The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-08
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS,
Ordination of Frank E. Hinck-
ley, the Chicago Reporter
Preacher.
REV. MR.. GUNsAULUs SERMON
Mrs, Aram No Longer Deputy
Sheriff-Orator Rosenberg's
Voice Drowned.

Rev. Frank E. Hinckley, preacher and
ex-reporter, was ordained at the Second
CONGREGATIONAL Church, West Oakland
yesterday afternoon with great ceremony
Frank w. Gunsaulus, the great Chicago
divine, preaching the ordination sermon
and welcoming the young man into the
ranks of Congregational clergymen.
Mr.. Hinckley was pupil under DIR.
Gunsaulus in Chicago after he gave up his
position as newsgatherer on the News to
devote his life to the ministry and the
training he had received from the we'll
known preacher was nearly II not all his
fitting for the pulpit.
The ordination was quite an event IN
clerical circles in view of the prominence
of Hinckley's sponsors and OF the severe
and unusual ordeal he had been compelled
to undergo to gain his title OF reverend.
In addition to the sermon preached by
Rev. Gunsaulus Rev. J. X. Mclean, presi-
dent OF the Pacific Theological Seminary,
Rev. J. B. Orr of Benicia and Rev. Frank
H. Foster OF the Pacific Theological Semi
nary took part in the ordination services.
Olive Reed Bachelor and Hiss Louise
Wolcott furnished the vocal music IN a
manner BETTING the occasion.
Rev. Mr.. Gunsaulus took his text from
Paurs letter to the Hebrews, in which he
saws: He endured as seeing him who
is invisible" This reference to Moses,
whom Rev. GunsauIus rated as the great
est preacher the world had ever produced,
he applied to the preachers of today,
claiming that unless they saw the lnylsl-
BILE and had the true inspiration OF God
they would not endure in their calling.
THE preacher" he said, need not be
an orator nor yet possessed OF great bril-
hancy to be successful in leading his con-
gregation in the path of the Christian
"What he must have is the light OF divine
inspiration, and through that only can he
expect to endure and carry on the work to
which he has consecrated his life. Brains
and hard work will not aid him much
unless he has the assistance of Gods pres
ence. Too many ministers are prone to
speak and think of Gods greatness as a
thing of the past and forget that God said
/ am that | am. The present is the
thing, and the man who believes that the
golden age of Gods greatness is past is
lost. When a minister can realize the
divine force which was, is and always will
be, he is all right. Ministers find 1t hard
to lead crowds as they would desire to lead
them. They cannot please all, and they
find that some of their hearers are I'M
sympathetic and cynical. They are asked
to explain away facts that appear to some
to controvert the Scriptures. The success
ful minister must Withstand these so-called
facts and believe in the inspiration OF the
Scriptures In word, he must see the
invisible and be guided by it.
The preacher then called Hinckley to
the pulpit and congratulated him on his
success in reaching the title OF reverend,
and urged him to look ever upward and
onward, asking God for strength at all
times. After Rev. J. X. Mclean had de-
livered the ordination prayer, the ceremony
of receiving DR.. Hinckley into the church
was performed The church was filled to
its utmost extent with the congregation
and friends of DR.. Hinckley.
Water COhpany's supply.
The following open letter is self-explan-
atory:
To Our Patrons: This is to thank the people
OF Oakland for the consideration so generously
extended to the Oakland Water Company upon
the occasion OF the lack of water supply to
many OF its patrons for few hours yesterday.
Owing TO hidden defect in the casting OF the
massive ''Y'' in use at Twenty-second avenue
and East Fourteenth street, and at the place
where our 30-inch main divides into two
2O-inch mains serious break occurred early
Friday morning, which compelled the re-cast-
ing OF new tiange and the subsequent
emptying of millions OF gallons OF water, to
replace the broken connection. While the
water was temporarily turned OFF it was
deemed advisable 10 permit the house-holdeTs
TO suffer rather than 10 exhaust water which
might be needed Tor use in the event OF fire,
hence the inconvenience which our patrons
underwent yesterday. The work OF repairing
was begun and finished soon as possible, ana
If human ingenuity can devise means strong
,obr M Of iDd vii a
place again.
Hoping that this explanation viii suffice for
the unfortunate accident, and that our patrons
viii bear with US in a matter for which no one
was 10 blame, / am, on behalf OF the Oakland
Water Company, yours sincerely,
WILLIAM J. DINGEE, President.
She Is Net a Deputy Now.
Mrs. W. F. Aram, one of oakland
female public servants, has discovered that
the polite road to fame and fortune is not
a path of roses. Her official head mas been
removed because of her inclination to Cos
sip OF the affairs of her superiors and criti-
CHE the work of her fellow-officials
Though never regularly appointed by Sher-
iff White, Mrs. Aram has drawn the pay
and performed the duties OF a Deputy
Sheriff in removing female insane pa
tients from the County Jail to the asylum
to which they were committed.
Mrs. Aram's hus band is an attorney and
recently had a case in which the actions of
some of Sheriff Whites deputies did not
please him. Mrs. Aram was also dis
pleased and took occasion to say so in
plain terms. The consequence was when
the matter came TO Sheriff Whites ears he
promptly gave orders that the lady
deputy should be deprived of her trips to
Ukiah, Stockton and Napa and the in
cidental emoluments.