At the same time the experience of every age teaches us that the weakness and perversity of many wrest to evil purposes these gifts, which in the Divine intention should serve only for good.

It is against the perverted use of two of God's gifts that we would very earnestly warn you to-day.
During the last century the power that men have of conveying their thoughts to others has been multiplied incredibly by the facility of the printed word.

Thoughts uttered in speech or sermon were given but to a few hundreds who came within the reach of the human voice.

Even when they were communicated to manuscript they came to the knowledge of very few.

What a complete change has now been wrought.