The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12
FOR SUNDAY MORNING.
A Batch Of Notes TO Be Read Aloud at the
Breakfast Table.

The Rev. Mark Guy Pearce of London
tells of one OF his deaconesses who went to a
mother OF a child Of the Sums and offered to
take her for a walk in the park. The little
one had never seen tree even. When she
saw the fountain in the park she asked, "ls
this the sea?" mo; that is not the sea. +"
us the sea larger than that2" Yes
'Could l walk round it?" mo" "Then it
must be as large as our square," Andas she
brought the little one back a man vino lived
in the top story of the same house said to
her, 81 am an atheist by right, you know,
but cannot help saying to you. God bless
you"
Highly suggestive, In these days of trial
for heresy, when so many great names in
denominational Christianity are coming
under the search-light of ecclesiastical in
quiry, is the story, volched for by the Con-
gregati0nalist, of Connecticut pastor WHO
on recent Sunday, after telling God in a
long prayer the grim story of theological de-
fecti0ns that signalize our time, finally found
what seemed to him place OF rest in the
feeling that took exactly this form of ex-
preston. But, Lord, we thank thee that
thou art orthodox"
Apropos Of trials for heresy and COM
menting on the recent telegraphic announce
ment from New York that certain Jewish
rabbi there IS to be thus tried, the Stockton
Independent says pertinently: This causes
a smile among the Jews. There has not
been such thing as heresy trial among
them for centuries, and even when such
trials occurred they were by local authority
and bound no one but those Immediately in
yolved II would be very amusing to see a
heresy trial in church or religious organi-
cation that has no creed. The single dogma
of die Jews is that there is but one God. All
the rest of the religion of Judaism consists
of matter Of ethics and ceremOnials. Diff
ferences of opinion about ceremonials, prin-
cipally, cause religious subdivisions among
Jews who are know as orthodox, ultra-or-
th0doX, liberal, reformed or radical, but
these divisions are made on non-essential
matters. A member of an ultra-orthOdox
congregation might be expelled for what
Gentiles might style heresy, but no other
congregation would be in any way bound by
the expulsion.
The only way in which Jew may be os-
tracised for heresy is by the common con-
sent of the Jewish people from knowledge
of his otfenSe. Ii a local congregation eX-
pei him, and the offense seems sufficient,
Jews generally will approve the expulsion.
Mr.. Ottendorfer of New York, In the cur
rent issue of "The Forum" has some re-
corded impressions of his first landing in
this country that may be read with profit by
preachers on ''the dignity of labor" He
says: have very lively remembrance of
the impressions l received on the occasion
of my arrival in the United States about
forty years ago. / had become an ardent
adnirer of American Institutions, from what
| had learned of them In my college studies.
The ship that brought he over was scarcely
fastened at the dock before ran up the
nearest street, and, standing in Broadway,
near the Astor House, observed the passers-
By From their appearance they were
mostly men who worked for a living, but
nearly every one of them bore himself as
if he was sovereign. The expression of
their eyes seemed to say, II am second to
none; there is nothing so great and 50 high
that cannot accomplish it, and | intend to
fight my way" Not speaking English, 1
saw that it would be impossible for me TO
obtain situation where | could utilize the
knowledge acquired during my university
studies, and, having no means to speak of,
| took few days later position as common
laborer in factory, although had never
done stroke of manual work in my life
before. After few hours my fingers were
full of bllsters and in few hours more the
blood was running down my hands; but /
had been inspired with the energy that /
saw in the eyes Of those men on my arrival,
and l continued, not disheartened by pains
or difficulties, in my work. i had received
the baptism of the real American spirit, and
/ was never so proud of anything as OF the
blister on my hands in consequence of my
labor.