The San Francisco call., 1895-12-28
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT And PROGRESS
An EpitGme Of Sermons Of the Week
Throughout the Land.
Edited by WILL NJ. CLEMENS.

FolIowingis q summary of the principal
sermons recently delivered in the United
States and Canada by the leading clergy
men, priests, prelates, religious teachers
and professors Of the Christian faith. III
every instance the full text has been care
fully read and abbreviated:
FOREIGNERS.
cities and his foreign idea endangers our laws,
our schools and our citizenship.-Rev DR..
Dudley, Methodist Des Moines, Iowa.
TURKEY.
The Turkish Government has forfeited its
right TO exist and by common consent it ought
TO be obliteIated from the earth.-Rev. John
L. Scudder, Jersey City, NJ j.
TRUTH.
Truth wins slowly, but it wins. All false
men and false institutions and false cities and
false nations must get out of the way.-Rey.
DR.. Egbert, st. Paul, Mimi.
HINDRANCEs.
1t is not the degenerate in the sums who
are dragging down the standard OF religion,
but the great mass OF so-called respectable
people.-Rev. W. J. W. Findley, Episcopalian,
Boston, Mass.
TWO PATHS
There was but one life to live, one death to
die, one God TO judge, one soul 10 save, one
eternity TO spend-either in everlasting bliss
or torment-tWo paths, one of which all hu-
manity must ehoose.-Rev. NJ. 2. Smith, Cath
olic, Nashville, Tenn.
PEssIMIsM
The nihilism of Russia, the socialism of
Germany, the communism OF France and the
labor leagues OF England are permeated with
pessimism and atheism. Their cry is that the
world is sad and bad, and continually waxing
sadder and worse.-Rev. Nelson MiIlard, Pres
byterian, Albany, \. Y.
DEFIANCE OF LAW.
We in the North are horrifed at the lynching
IN the South in defiance of law, but il is time
that we were horrited at the defiance of law
by the liquor traffic all over the land.-Rey. j.
W. Coniey, Baptist, ST. Paul, Mimi.
EDUCATION.
believe it incumbent upon the citizens of
the twentieth century never to rest till Con-
gress shall enact laws compelling every child
for seven years TO be educated al State expense,
and at the pubic schools and nowhere else
Rev. Claude Roboteau, Baptist, Jersey City,
\. j.
FOOTBALL.
Football is too good sport to be spoiled By
sports, who have lowered its standard OF re-
spec liability until it Is the decentralization of
mems brighter and letter nature. Let football
cease its mediocre scholarship and brutality
and irreyerence and gambling propensity
Rev. q. l.. Morrill,, Denver, Colo.
sELF-coNTRoL.
The unit OF the Nation is the private citizen.
The piety of the entire community is affected
by the conduct of each. Ii we would become
and continue TO be well-governed people we
must first achieve ne great conquest of our
selyes-lesrn self-con trol.-Rev. B. 7. Noakes,
Episcopalian, Cleveland, o.
MODERN SERMONS.
Some of our modern sermons are disgrace
to the pulpit and buslesque upon preaching.
Their theology is bad their itera ture is worse.
They have no oratorical charm, no Intellectual
power, no spiritual Life. With such sermons
nobody need wonder at empty pews and
sleepy hearers.-Rev. T. s. Cartwright, Episco-
palian, Brooklyn, n. y.
DEsPoTIsM.
America has suffered from despotism, and
therefore, she has right TO hate all despots,
and OF all the despots that ever lived upon this
earth outside OF the Orient, Spain has been the
hardest, the most brutal, the most exacting,
the most merciless and most godless.-Rev. J.
A. Milburn, PRESBYTERIAN, Indianapolis, Ind.
THE PRESS.
The press is the worlds university. 1t is the
great educator OF the age. 1t does not neces-
sarily make scholars, and vet all learned men
are great readers of the newspaper. Some OF
the greatest and brainiest men of the century
have been given us through the inspiration OF
the press.-Rev. Robert Mcintyre, Methodist,
Denver, Colo.
ToTrERING THRONES
The Kingdoms OF the world are tottering and
trembling upon their foundations. They real
ize that the end is upon them, and they dare
not move for fear of precipitating the conflict.
But they are compelled to move, and will soon
be gathered together to the battle OF the Lord
God Almighty.-Elder W. H. Ebert, Seventh
Day Adventist, Elmwood, Ind.
PATIENCE.
Virtue is learned by patience, and in our
daily struggle in life the fac thatt we often
earnest, conscientious effort with a determin-
alton to succeed. Patience not only marks the
road OF goodness for the soul. but il also marks
the road of goodness for the world.-Rev. Paul
Van Dyke, Presbyterian, Northampton, Mass.
HAPPINESS.
No man is completely happy who is not a
Christian Some are happy amidst surround
ings that would make others misers BILE. Hap
piness is contentment with surroundings.
Some are supposed TO be happy in palaces with
great bands of servants. Others who control
men and their opinions are called happy ard
yet native in Congo is as happy as they.-Rev.
Lansing Burrows, Augusta, Ga.
IGNORANCE.
Ignorance is not the mother OF devotion but
the mother of cruelty, superstition and crime.
One of Satan's most powerful auxiliaries is
ignorance. 1t was ignorance that put that
black place. in history we call the dark ages;
ignorance bathed the sword in blood On St
Bartho olomew's night and killed men for witch
craft in the New England States.-Rev. DR..
Fishburn, Presbyterian, Columbus, Ohio.
POETS.
Some poets think that all the themes for
poets have been exhausted and that there is
no room for poets in the future. 1t is not so
Noble themes sre plenty and all that we need
10 do is 10 break the surface and scrape away
the dust and mire and we will find much TO
portray in melody.-Rey. DIR. Lorimer Baptist,
Boston, Mass.
OUR COUNTRY.
We are great geographically, great in climate
great In wealth, great in undeveloped resources,
in unparalleled possessions and in those ele-
ments which go to make up great nation as the
ans, writer's, philosophers and professional
men and women vii. compare most fayorably
with any similar number of men and women
in any age OF the worlds history.-Rev. H. D.
Fsrrar, Baptist, Albany, n. y.
pIsTRUsT.
There is tendency in the natural man. in