Union Gospel News

Union Gospel News
Typeweekly
PublisherGospel News Company
PresidentD. L. Davis
Editor
  • D. L. Davis
  • R. M. Kurtz
  • F. M. Barton
General managerHorace H. Barrett
Founded1888
Ceased publicationJune 28, 1906
HeadquartersCaxton Building
CityCleveland, Ohio
CountryU.S.

The Union Gospel News (1888-1906) was an American evangelical weekly newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. It was published on Thursdays,[1] from 1888 through June 28, 1906, by the Gospel News Company, which was located in the city's Caxton Building.[2] The Union Gospel News was a 16 page undenominational religious paper, with circulation to ministers and laymen of all religious denominations. The subscription price was US$.50 per year.[3][4] The Union Gospel News had a number of departments that made it attractive as a family paper. These included Editorial, Sermon (by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman of New York), Bible Study, Sunday School Lesson Page, Young People's Society Notes, Inner Life Articles, Science Notes, Stories, Children's Page, Puzzle Column, and general reading.[4]

History

The Union Gospel News began publication in 1888 in Cleveland, Ohio.[3] On July 8 of that year, copies of the publication were distributed to Cleveland's central police station.[5] The following year, the publication was provided to the Elyria Free Reading Room, in the Eady & Foster block of Elyria, Ohio.[6]

In April 1890, Minnie Harpster, of West Cairo, Ohio was appointed stenographer and private secretary for D. L. Davis,[7] president of the Gospel News Company and the publication's editor.[8][9] Horace H. Barrett served as the publication's manager in 1891.[10] After marriage, Minnie Harpster Hartness and her husband continued to be connected with the publication while attending the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.[11] In the early 1890s, L. H. Nelson served as secretary and treasurer of the Union Gospel News Company.[12] In 1896, the average number of copies of each issue was 125,000.[13] That year, Rev. Vesey, of Toledo, Ohio served as itinerant and collecting agent for the Union Gospel News Company,[14] Mr. Reilley served as pressman,[15] and Alta Gilliland accepted a position as stenographer.[16] R. M. Kurtz served as editor in 1899.[17]

In 1900, F. M. Barton was managing editor.[18] In August of that year, the Union Gospel News had raised and forwarded to India nearly US$15,000 for the famine sufferers, and, in response to an appeal for help, the paper opened a fund for the purpose of assisting native Christians in China.[19]

It was a distributor of successive issues of Marshall Everett's The Japanese Russian War in 1904.[20]

Contents

From 1901 to 1903, Dr. James Martin Gray of Boston wrote 104 articles in the Union Gospel News, which were republished in 1908 in book form.[2] In October 1901, he began a two year course in Dispensational Bible Study. The first year of the course was in the Old Testament, with the New Testament following afterwards. Each week, the readers of that paper received a lesson by Epochs-a plan that was characterized as being altogether out of the ordinary. At the beginning of the course, over 10.000 new subscriptions to the Union Gospel News were received from persons who were anxious to take up the Dispensational Studies with Gray.[4] A new department called "A Primer of the Faith" was begun in 1904, with Gray again writing on the topic.[21]

Some of its articles and quotes were published in other media, such as "The Keeping Power of Prayer" (The Cleveland Leader, April 15, 1894),[22] "The Bible in English" (The Weekly Jeffersonian, December 8, 1898),[23] "Each glass of beer" (Edon Commercial, July 28, 1899),[24] "Why a Man Left a Church" (Wellington Enterprise, April 19, 1899),[25] "How Not to Grow Weary" (The Cleveland Leader, December 28, 1901),[26] and "What the Church Teaches Regarding the Dance" (West Unity Reporter, September 28, 1904).[27]

"The Redemption of David Corson", by Charles Frederic Goss , which came out originally in book form, was printed as a serial in the Union Gospel News in 1900.[28] In 1900, over the course of three months, the Union Gospel News published Charles Sheldon's tragic story, "The Crucifixion of Phillip Strong", and it was illustrated for the first time by original photographs.[29] "Christian Science Exposed" was presented in four sermons by Rev.A. C. Dixon, of Ruggles Street Baptist Church, Boston in four January 1905 issues.[30]

Weekly evangelical sermons by Rev. John Wilbur Chapman, D.D.; weekly prayer-meeting discussions by Rev. A. C. Dixon, D.D.; a Department of Personal Work by Rev. Howard W. Pope; and a Home Department by Helen M. Winslow were included in 1903.[31]

"All the tastes and inclinations of life are formed early" was quoted and expounded on The Greenville Journal on January 4, 1900.[32] In "What Do You See?", a German allegory is explained (West Unity Reporter, October 2, 1901).[33]

Legacy

Microfilm format of the publication is held by the New York Public Library.[2]

References

  1. ^ The IMS - Ayer Directory of Publications. Philadelphia: IMS Press. 1891. pp. 565, 1056, 1178. Retrieved 28 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b c "Dispensational Bible Studies". austinbiblechurch.com. Austin, Texas. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Union gospel news". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "The greatest Bible class in America". Kingdom. 8 (2). San Francisco: 15. February 1903. Retrieved 28 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Put Where It Would Do Most Good". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. 8 July 1888. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "Elyria Reading Room". The Elyria Democrat. Elyria, Ohio. 31 January 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ "Miss Minnie Harpster". The Lima News. Lima, Ohio. 26 April 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ "Rev. J. O. Fall". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. 2 May 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ Cleveland City Directory. Cleveland Directory Company. 1893. Retrieved 28 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ "Barrett-Heron". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. 30 April 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  11. ^ "Mr. and Mrs. Hartness". The Lima News. Lima, Ohio. 17 August 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  12. ^ "L. H. Nelson". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. 10 August 1895. p. 1. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  13. ^ "500 Prizes 500". Wellington Enterprise. Wellington. 27 July 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  14. ^ "Rev. Vesey". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. 23 May 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  15. ^ "Ada University Herald". The Galion Inquirer. Galion, Ohio. 29 April 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  16. ^ "Three Positions Secured". Wellington Enterprise. Wellington, Ohio. 18 March 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  17. ^ "The Country of Feuds". The Cleveland Leader. Cleveland. 19 August 1899. p. 10. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  18. ^ "Starving This Minute in India". The Plain Dealer. 24 April 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  19. ^ "In response to the above appeal for help". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. 28 August 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  20. ^ "The Japanese-Russian War". West Unity Reporter. West Unity, Ohio. 27 April 1904. p. 1. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  21. ^ "A Primer of the Faith". West Unity Reporter. West Unity, Ohio. 16 November 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  22. ^ "The Keeping Power of Prayer". The Cleveland Leader. Cleveland. 15 April 1894. p. 20. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  23. ^ "The Bible in English". The Weekly Jeffersonian. Findlay, Ohio. 8 December 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  24. ^ "Each glass of beer". Edon Commercial. Edon, Ohio. 28 July 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  25. ^ "Why a Man Left a Church". Wellington Enterprise. Wellington. 19 April 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  26. ^ "How Not to Grow Weary". The Cleveland Leader. Cleveland. 28 December 1902. p. 31. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  27. ^ "What the Church teaches Regarding the Dance". West Unity Reporter. West Unity, Ohio. 28 September 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  28. ^ Goss, Charles Fredric (1 August 1900). "A $1.50 Story for 50 cents". West Unity Reporter. West Unity, Ohio. p. 4. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  29. ^ "A 'What Would Jesus Do?' Daily". The Leader Enterprise. Montpelier, Ohio. 22 February 1900. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  30. ^ "Christian Science Exposed". West Unity Reporter. West Unity, Ohio. 18 January 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  31. ^ "10 Cents". West Unity Reporter. West Unity, Ohio. 30 December 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  32. ^ "All the tastes and inclinations of life are formed early". The Greenville Journal. Greenville, Ohio. 4 January 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  33. ^ "What Do You See?". West Unity Reporter. West Unity, Ohio. 2 October 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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