The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-05
A NOTED PASTOR.
Rev. F. w. GunSauIuS of
Chicago.
A Sermon Delivered at Plymouth
Congregational Church Beforea
Large Attendance.

Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus. the welI.kuown
pastor Of the FIRST C0ngreg stional Church
of Chicago and President of the Armour
industrial Institute, arrived in San Fran
cisco yesterday morning. lie came to the
Pacific Coast in company with the AT
mOur party. consisting of Messrs. Phil Ar
mour, +. leighton, Henry W. Kaler. II.
Hart and DR.. Billings.
The party left Chicago in private car
on February 10 last, and went to Pass
Christian. Miss, and then to New Orleans,
where several days were spent The next
stop was at Phoenix, AriZ.. where the en-
tire party put in several days in the exam
ination of the Salt River VALLEY. From
there the run was made 10 San Diego,
where several days were spent, after
which the entire party proceeded TO Ray
mond.
The trip was most delightful one. and
the citizens Of the places visited did all In
their power TO make il pleasant for the
visitors. Mr.. Gnnsaulus left the Armour
party at Raymond and came on here TO do
some work, bnt will be Joined by them
shortly AMI resume the journey in their
company.
Mr.. Gunsaulus was glad to read of the
Wilmerding bequest to the University.
! L
had ever happened for education in Cali
! f0rnia. If an industrial training school
was started its benefit would be so great
that contributions TO it would flow in.
! Tie Armour Institute had done an meal
culable amount of good in Chicago, aud
! there was no doubt plenty of room tor
such work here.
Mr. Gunsaulus had plenty of work
| planned out when he started here. consist
ing Of a sermon at the Plymouth COngre-
gational Church. a lecture on "SavOnar0la"
at the same place, a sermon In Oakland,
lecture at Palo Alto and few little talks
| in different places.
He commenced his work last night with
| the sermon at Plymouth Congregational
] Church, and the edifce was packed to over
| flowing. He took for his text the third
verse Of the seventeenth chapter OF st.
| John: And this is life eternal, that they
may know the only true God"
Rev. Mr.. Gunsaulus began by pointing
| out how much the desire for eternal life
was part of our nature, and how we had
| every reason TO hope for II when we OBJ
served the works of God around us. The
| development aud growth of flower, if
properly considered. could be looked upon
as promise of life eternal.
The sermon was more like collection
of beautiful thoughts than philosoph-
ical discourse. and every sentence was the
result of profound sincerity. The words
/
erence to the subject of eternal life.
In part Mr.. Gunsaulus said: Life is
life to-day, but eternal life is 10 live in
eternity. 1t is to be filled with the ever
lasting life of God. Life eternal is TO know
the only true God.
ASK the intellect where life came from,
and you will see how utterly impossible
any life is without God.
ut is impossible to live ia world like
this without feeling the great God above.
beneath and all about you-without know
ing there is only one Gud. ! say the MEN
of intellect to-day must attribute all their
work to the processes of God.
"a machine of the inventor is only the
place where he has planted G1d. and his
law Is Coos purpose. The carbon, the
copper wire and the thousand things tina,
go TO make up the wonderful inventions
of today are all the work OF God The
machine that has the most of these is the
greatest, and no machine will work with
out obeying the laws of God.
"The nineteenth century has almost
grasped the skirt of God.
mo man ever lived that did not love, fol-
love is life. Give him something TO love
and his spirit becomes filled with divine
sweetness.
"But there must he something eternal tr
l0Ve-sOmetbilg Infinite, or man will be
lost. God is love, glory and self-sacrfice
Get the love that lasts forever; this il
eternal life Get divine love and We shall
not see death.
II must have God, and yet / cannot have
God. He is TOO great-tO0 far beyond fol
me to grasp.
"The man who anticipates the footstep
of God is the man who learns TO wall
toward eternal life: TO know God, the onl,
true God, and Jesus Christ. whom he haiti
sent"