The San Francisco call., 1895-07-15
ADVICE FROM THE PULPIT
Eloquent DiVineS Discourse to
the EndeaVorer Class
at Boston.
Canon Richardson Urges Unity
in the Churches of the
ProteStantS.

BOSTON, MASS, July 4.-No meeting
of the Christian Endeavor Convention was
held to-day, but the Endeavorers crowded
the city churches, where many distin-
guished clergymen from abroad preached.
An immense congregation thronged
Trinity Church in the morning to hear
Canon J. B. Richardson of London, On
tario, who preached a sermon npon
"Church Unity" from Ephesians iv:3.
He said that the Pope's recent enCyclical,
while remarkable for its gentle and devout
spirit, is permeated with the assumption
that Rome is the only church and union
must be upon its dogmas. Any corporate
union with Rome is impossible so long as
she retains her distinctive erroneous doc
trines. He added:
"There is set forth in Scripture a way
into which all believers in Christ should
lead and hold the faith in unity of spirit.
| have often thought our primitive apos-
tolic church does present to the Christian
world the very position here set down by
st. Paul himself The word of God, the
two creeds at the two sacraments, the his
toric episcopate, are the foundation stones
of churches in unity. Whatever unity we
obtain must be unity in adversely. May
there not be spiritual unity among US
now-an iDterdenominational fellowship
through this Christian Endeavor move
ment2 1t stands for intense loyalty to the
church and congregation with which it is
connected, and also for interdenomina-
tional fellowship"
Rev. KNIGHT Chaplain of London, Eng
land, preached to a congregation which
filled Music Hall at the service of fremont
Temple Society. His subject was, Glib
erry in Christian Service Through the
Power of the Holy Spirit"
Dudley-street Baptist Church was packed
long before the morning service began.
The sermon was preached by Rev. Henry
I. McEwen, DID,, of New York. He took
for his text the parable of the house built
upon the sand. He used instances of ordi-
nary difficulties encountered by the human
soul in developing sound character.
Bishop P. Samuel Fallows, LID, of
Chicago, preached in the Tremont-street
Methodist Church this morning upon
"Sanctihcation." He said in part:
1.-THE word sanctify' includes expiation
and conservation. The church is school,
the object of whose teaching is Saintship.
Christ, the teacher, never gets out of pa
tience. We have hard lessons. He says,
Thou knowest Christ and all the saints
are one, and we are one, no matter what
our names, if we are sanctified in Christ "
DR.. Arthur Little of Dorchester presided
at the meeting upon Sabbath observance
held this afternoon at the Park-street
Church, which was well filled with Chris
tian Endeavorers.
w. H. Smith of Washington, D. c., one
of the speakers, said that lying around the
house was not keeping the Sabbath, but
one must do active Christian work. While
the Washington Sabbath was not ideal,
church people had taken hold of the mat
ter, and newspapers could not be sold
during church hours, and it was dry"
city.
DR.. Page of Leavenworth, Kans., pleaded
for the Puritan Sabbath in the West,
where, he said, Sunday was holiday. He
spoke against readers of Sunday papers,
but not the papers themselves.
Treasurer William Shaw of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor spoke briefly.
The First Baptist Church was filled to
the doors this evening, when Rev. Wyland
Hoyt, DID,, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
preached upon Christ's touch of the bier
in the raising of the widows son.
He called attention to the fact that
Christ could have performed the miracle
without touching the bier, and the touch
was given in order that he might put him.
self on the same plane of defilemelt as the
mother, who had doubtless touched it and
become unclean, according to the Levitical
law. He then detailed other experiences
of Christ similar in character to this one.
In closing he explained the thought of
Christ's resurrection and ascension as an
experience parallel with the others men
toned, claiming that he was in touch with
human nature, even after his ascension.