The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS
An EpitOme of Sermons of the Week
Beyond the Rockies.

Following is O summary of the principal ser
mons recently delivered in the United States
and Canada by the leading clergym n, priests,
prelates, religious teachers and professors of
the Christian faith. In every instance the full
text has been carefully read and abbreviated.
CITIZENSHIP.
Every patriotic force should be utilized to
guarantee an equitable distribution of munich
pal duty and privilege. Too many OF the good
things are dropping INTO tne .9S wrong scoop OF
others are gathering the chestnuts. The pay
rolls of the city employees should be an inter-
esttng study to the taxpayers, our adY1Ge Is
your right. Stand on your manhood demand
a hearing.-Rev. L. A. Thirlkeld, Methodist,
Baltimore, Md.
CHURCH ,ARIsToCRACY?
The gulf between the masses and the church
is growing wider every hour Ihere is a steady
decrease Of communicates to be iouno IN our
pews. very small percentage OF the people,
and especially workinsmen, are regular
church attendants. The church is greatly re-
sponsible for this state OF AFFAIRS. Inc c ex-
clusiveness which has characteTlzed the
church has been drawback TO II. Worklng
men and women are actually driven from
her door-Rev. W. f. D1ckerman, New HaVen'
Conn.
SUPERSTITION.
Nine. Chance is an old hen, who matches out
every year an awful lot OF eggs. Poverty, pank-
ruptcy, unhappiness, gambnng, divorces Ihu
suicides are some of the chicks answering her
cluck. We practice hundreds OF supersutIons
and crankisms too silly TO mentlon. NONSENSE
leads on to nonsense and imbeciity breeds I'M
becility, and matter what our failures or
shortcomings we say we are in the hands OF Iate.
Rev. F. D. Talmage, Presbyterian, PlttsDurg'
Pa.
SUICIDE
The crime of suicide is nothing more nor less
than the outgroWth OF that infamous doctrine
which teaches that mans life, ike that OF the
beast, ends in the grave. One who is familiar
with the Bible knows that GOD has declared
against self-destruction and that the words of
a q Ju0ag
fcient to prove that it is contrary to divine
law.-Rev- DR.. Brown, Congregationalist, San
Francisco, Cal.
1t will be better for all, for Spain, for Cuba,
for the South American republics, Tor Mexico
and for our own country, better for the world
that these longeontinued, cruel and eppres-
sive wars should be brought to an end ana that
Cuba become a republic. And by all the sacred
memories and associations of this land, by our
love OF liberty and justice, the voice OF the
people should so declare.-Rev. DR.. Thomas,
Independent, Chicago, Ill.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.
The liquor trade and the foreign population
are the foes of our Sabbath, and against them
the American must be on his guard. II poltti-
cal party cannot afford defeat except by con-
senttng to a desecraIion OF the Sabbath, then
let it meet defeat.-ReY. A. w. Holder, Baptist,
New York City.
PATRIOTS.
The true patriot is one who honors the high
est type OF virtue. The Virtuous manhood ana
q virtuous womanhood decide the character OF
Ihe government. Inc true patriot Will nOnOr
his country's institutions The true patriot
win honor the Sabbath a day of rest and
worship. = David NJ. Shilling, Presbyterian,
Allegheny, Pa.
THINGS ETEENAL.
Only the good is lasting. God alone is ever
lasting, because he is exalted goodness,
justice, love and mercv, almighty and all wise,
and these qualities OF course, in much
smaller degree in man, are alone eternal, and
therefore man disposed TO do evil will see his
destruction.-Rabbi M. Rosenstein, Houston,
Tex.
MUNICIPAL REFORM.
The closing decade of the century will be re-
| membered a period of municipal regenera-
ton. Many city in these United States has
met with change of heart recently, and the
country viii be all the better for the next
decade because of this.-Rev. F. a. Warfeld,
Brockton, Mass.
SIN.
Sin has Eve points-the love of sin, the prac-
tice OF sin, the guilt of sim the state OF sin and
the dominion of sin. Faith destroys the love
OF sin, repentance the practice of sin, remission
the guilt of sin, bap ptism the state Of sin and
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit the dominion
OF sin.-Rev. w I. Black, Chicago, Ill.