The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-14
PROF. HERR0N'S TALK,
He Addresses a Large Au-
dience in the Metropoli-
tan Hall.
EPIGRAMMATIC UTTERANCEs.
Teaching Self-Interest VIII Always
Cause Men to War Against
Each Other.

Metropolitan Temple was crowded to the
doors last night with an audience that had
assembled to hear Professor George d.
Heron lecture on 1.-THE Fullness of These
Times"
Among those who occupied seats on the
platform We're the Rev. Mr.. McLane Rev.
Mr. Warren, Deacon Hatch, J. NJ. Rey-
nolds, Charlotte Perkins Stetson, c. C.
Terrill and wife, Rev. DR.. Scott and wife,
D. Gilbert Dexter George T. Gaden and
wife, Mrs. Theall, Rev. ]. G. Smith, Rev.
G. D. B. Stewart, Rev. E. ]. Dupuy, Rev.
F. Flawith, Rev. P. H. Greiff, Rev. A. r.
Sheriff, Rev. D. Hanson Irwin, Mrs. Rand
OF Iowa, who founded the chair of applied
Christianity for Professor Heron in Iowa
College, and Rev. J. Cumming Smith.
The Rev. J. E. Scott presided, and when
he appeared on the platform accompanied
by Professor Heron there was long and
hearty applause from all parts of the house.
Rev. J. Cumming Smith opened the
proceedings with prayer.
Rev. Mr.. Scott congratulated the audi
ence upon its bravery for daring to face so
dangerous an element as those who believe
in socialism are called.
This was received with deafening ap-
plause. The speaker said Professor Her
ron had been called dangerous man, and
think he is dangerous to those who by his
teachings will be affected in their seIf-in-
terest. l at first thought Professor Her
ron was dangerous man, but l walked
out to the park with him and returned safe
as to purse and body.
Professor Heron was introduced and it
was some time before the applause SUBJ
sided and he could proceed. He said:
1 shall not attempt to give anything of what
might be dignihed by the name OF lecture, but
win talk of the times and of the restlessneSs
that fills the world.
We hear it said that what the world needs is
not new ideas, but new methods, new plans
and new practices. The history of the world is
a few ideas The evolution idea is true in hui
man life and has been the development of q
greater idea. The first idea that we developed
was power: men aWoke TO consciousness that
they could get power.
There was another idea, that was slaves
Power needed something besides itself, and it
asserted itself on slaves It is not enough to
have power but it is must be used in right
eousness The Hebrews thought it was not
proper to use power unless 1t was used rightly
Then there was an idea OF redemption. The
world was under sin. The idea of redemption
was everywhere. Out OF the idea of righteous
ness grew the idea of redemption which had
its incarnation in what we know and what we
believe in. The incarnation was Jesus Of Naz-
areth.
After this idea of redemption, which has been
affecting the world for ever so many years,
there began to grow another Idea: an idea that
something should be done 10 secure freedom
That something was human liberty. 1t orig
mated in the Protestant reformation. This idea
permeated every one, and II was that no one
had power over another. There could be no
liberty unless there was freedom, perfect free
dom Of recent years there has been another
idea that has had possession OF the human race,
and that was individual interest Redemption
tended to individualize man, and so did lib
erty; but that was not enough
Liberty has been mistaken for lisence on