The herald., 1895-11-17
MR.. CLARK ON THEOSOPHY
Druggist Lang's Libel Case Comes to a
Sudden Close
several Fires Which Are Commonly Attrib.
III uted to the Ever-Present Hobo.
49, New Postmaster

PASADENA, Nov. 16.-The closing ses-
sicns of the Baptist convention were
held yesterday afternoon and evening,
and the attendance was somewhat in.
creased in these closing meetings.
The convention of the Southern Cali
foYuia Baptist Young Peoples union was
opened at $50 pm. by Rev. J. d. Green,
who led in a praise service. The presi-
sdnt, Rev. A. P. Brown of Monrovia, hen
called the meeting to order.
The committee on enrolment reported
fofty-five accredited delegates.
The nominating committee nominated
a. officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent Rev. A. P. Brown If Monrovis !;
vice presidents. Rev. s. J. Nunn, Rev.
W. F. Binney, MIR. Howard Jones; sec.
rotary. R. G. Haskell; treasurer, Edna
Tinker; mem bsrs of the board of mana.
gers, Miss Lillian York. Mrs. Anna Cleve.
land, e. Garfield; transportation leader
for B. Y. P. U. convention, Milwaukee,
Rev. A. W. Ride.
Rev. A. P. Griffith of Azusa reported
that this convention must make applica-
tion at the Milwaukee convention to enter
the membership of the B. Y. P. U. A.
Rev. Mr.. Griffith was renominated for
membership ON the international board
of managers.
Best Methods of Cond ucting Christian
Culture Classes was the first address of
the afternoon, by Rev. ". F. Harper of
Redlants.
Rev. A. ". Rider of Los Angeles ad-
dressed the convention on What and How
should Our Young People Read?
The evening services was openeu with
. praise service and renferd more enjoy
able by mum Der of we'll rendered Or
chsstral selections under the leadership of
II. Edmund Earle. Rev. T. L. Beck of
Los Angeles len the praise service, after
which Miss Isabel Sherman of San Diego
Rad an able paper upon Spirituality in
Our Social Gatherings. Miss Shearman's
leading thought, about which she wove
many a pleasant metaphor and entertain
ing sim,le was that the social life was
part of the church and not removed from
the influences OF religion.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted with enthusiasm:
.As the liquor traffic. if not the sum
of all villainies. 10 a potent factor in
every crime known to our calendar, is O
standing menace to our government, the
church, the com 1iunity, the home and
the individual; therefore
Resolved, That we, the representatives
of the Baptists of Southern California, in
convention Assem- bled, pledge ourselves
anew to do all in our power to drive his
gigantic evil from our presence and from
our land"
Resolutions of thanks were passed re-
cognizing Pasadena hospitality, the
Christian church for the use of their
house, the press for impartial reports,
Prof. Lowe for courtesies shown by bin.
The principal address of thu evening
was delivered by Rev. e. R. Bennett of
Pomona upon Honoring the Holy Spirit
IN Our Work.
MR.. CLARK'S LECTURE
Abbott B. Clark's second lecture on
theosophy, It the Universslist church
this evening, was we'll attended, ana the
audience seemed thoroughly interested
throughout the lecture.
The subject was Spiritualism. Hypno-
tism, Science Healing and Psychism Sci.
entifically explained by Theosophy, and
the speaker said in part:
This subject is one which must be dis
cussed from a very liberal and broad |
standpoint, for every man has a perfect |
right to his own belief, based as it is |
upon his own experience. Theosophy is
a science as exact as math e m atics, of all |
the laws and finer forces of nature, and |