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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
WOMAN AT HER BEsT.n
Rev. NJ. P. BOynton Tells the Story Of Mary
at Her Masters Feet

at Her Masters Feet,
The story of the amounting of the feet of
Jesus by Mary at the supper in the house
of Lazarus formed the basis of an interest
ing sermon on "Woman at Her Best"
preached by Rev. NJ. P. Boynton at the
First Baptist Church last night.
The sermon was meant for women only,
but there were half-dozen men in the
audience. Miss Ida Clayton, Miss Grace
Clarke, Miss NJ. Stevenson, Miss NJ. Brace,
Miss J. MuZzy and Miss K. Batchelder
acted as ushers.
MANY live and die" the preacher said,
'who never know the influence of woman.
Men achieve success and are praised by the
world, when perhaps all the honor is due
to some little woman in the home. The
place of woman in the world is tender
yet large one, human yet divine one.
There is much agitation of late as to
where woman is at her best. That cannot
be determined by years, nor position, nor
condition. This is an age of reform, and
will be noted for moral and political i'm
provements. But it is not in the move
ments of reform that woman is at her best.
This is an age OF social power, and it is
IN society that woman is queen, worshiped
by men, a butterfly, plaything. But in
this she is not at her best. Neither is she
at her best in the smoke of the factory, nor
the close atmosphere of the counting
"But when, with womanly humility, she
comes quietly in and breaks the flask and
pours the ointment of love over her
Savior's head and feet, she may go out and
engage in reforms, if consistent; she can
move in society, become a part of the bust
ness world; can retire to her home, worship
at church, go anywhere, be anything, and
at all times be at her best. When she is at
her best Christ expects great things of her."
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
ECHOES FROM PULPITS And PLATFORMS.

necessities in their eagerness to raise the
$1,000 necessary for moving into larger quar-
tiers and he begged his wealthy hearers to
contribute of their abundance to the same
cause.
Sidney NJ. Van Wyck declared that the
best remedy for the distracting social
problems of the day was for employers and
employees to come more into sympathetic
personal contact. "It seems to me-" he
said, 'that our duty as citizens is. to go to
these people and make them feel that we
are one with them. If this one mission of
the Good Samaritan has been such a power
for good what would not be the improve
ment in our city if we had dozen such in
situations.
Rev. w. w. Bolton stated that he, like
the two preceding speakers, wished to in
terest the congregation OF st. Luke's in
city missions. He exhorted his hearers to
practice the golden rule of Glove thy
neighbor as thyself," and drew a touching
picture of the wretched poverty and want
that are to be found in close proximity to
riches and wealth. whilst we are well
clothed, whilst we have rings on our fin
gers, many are starving, and we-some-
how we forget all about it" The address
concluded with an appeal to all present to
give personal service, prayer or aims to
the city missions.
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PROBING FOR TRUTH.
Charges Against Louis Blank
Discussed.
BY B'NAI BIRTH DELEGATES.
The Grand Seeretary's Alleged Faults
Weigh Heavily.
BUT NO DECISION COULD BE REACHED.
interesting Reports Of Benevolent Work
Are Read at the Society's
Annual Convention.

From all parts of the Pacific Coast
representative members of the Jewish faith
gathered yesterday in B'nai Birth Hall on
Eddy street. They came as delegates to
the annual convention of the B'nai Birth
Society.
1t fell to their lot to have some serious
questions to consider, more grave than
those matters which gave interest to pre-
vious conventions, and for the first days
work required three long sessions, the last
coming to close after midnight.
The absorbing question overshadowing
all things else was the charge brought
against Grand Secretary Louis Blank to
the effect that he was short in his
accounts something like $13,500. Such a
charge as this naturally savored of treason
to the benevolent and fraternal spirit
for which B'nai Birth is celebrated, and
on that account it was all the more i'm
portant. Delegates reserved expression of
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ishment of any who may be found guilty
of political corruption or otherwise defying
the laws of the city, he continued:
1--WE do not propose to allow this city to
remain in the clutches of such scoundrels
as Buckley, Rainey, Kelly, Burns and their
gangs of ballot-box suffers, who are the
unclean spawn of dives and saloons. We
shall wage relentless war against these
debauchers of justice, even if we have to go
into the Senate, drag them from their
seat and put them to picking jute at San
Quentin.
I'VE will show up the corruption of the
Police Department, which in its weakness
allows the gamblers to wax fat and permits
sergeants to grow rich on the blackmail
they receive from fallen women.
eve shall expose to the light of search
ing investigation those who live in gilded
palaces, wear broadcloth and rent their
property to people who conduct disreputa-
bic and immoral houses. We do not hope
to make new Jerusalem of San Fran
cisco, but we do intend to put good and
honest men at the helm of city affairs, and
we ask all loyal and fair-minded citizens to
aid US. 1t is the question of the Lady or
the Tiger and we want the lady"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
EVERYDAY FANCIEs.u
DR.. Haweis breaches Upon Strikes, Stage
and Servants.


Trinity Church was crowded last evening
by an audience assembled to hear Rev. DR..
Haweis preach from the text of every
day Fancies." Upon the subject OF ''Strikes,
and Labor Wants." he spoke of the
modern cry of the wageworker for legis1a-
ton. This remedy, he held, would never
cure the evil. The legislation that would
be called into action by the needs of the
situation would only be along the line of
the CAPITALISTS interest.
When the cooperation of the two great
contending forces took place, when the
employer made common cause with the
employed, when the results of joined brain
and muscle were shared by brain and
muscle-then there would be heard no cry
from the weak against the mighty power
of wealth that is dominating the world
When the cause of Christ was the cause of
all the social balance would hang level.
On the subject of the stage and the cleri-
cal war raging against it the reverend
gentleman said that the play and the
players were just what the people de-
manded. It's frailties, like its virtues, were
the choice of its patrons.
The role of the cody parsonage or the
hero was a lesson to the intelligence and
the goodness of the theater-goer, and the
part of the william, who was always pun
ished for his baseness, was the moral of
the play, without which much of its pre-
cepts for good would be lost. A review of
the best lines of the dramatic and operate
stage performers would disprove the ac-
cusation that there is no purity thereon.
Passing to the topic of mental service,
DR.. Hawels held that the dignity of the
servant was sinking to dishonor. 1t has
become the fashion to shunt the so-called
mental servitude off on the dark African
or the humble half-barbarian Asiatic.
Why should this obtain? Where has gone
the original nobility of the servant?
Where are the lessons that Christ taught
of the good and faithful servant and his
specter of persons, and man is not greater
than his masfer
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TALK Oh THE TOWN.
The People Are in Earnest
About the Reilly Bill.
IT MUST NOT PASS, THEY SAY.
One Way by Which the Obnoxious
Measure May Be Delayed.
KEEP on TALKING TILL IT DIES.
The Resolutions Adopted at Metropolitan
Hall Received in Washington Relief
for WOrkingmen.
KEEP on TALKING TILL IT DIES.

The action of Congress in the matter of
the Reilly funding bill is what the people
of San Francisco and of California in gen.
eral are watching at this time.
They are anxious to know whether or not
those who have the power to say and do
will become the tools of the gigantic mon
opoly and grant the prayer of Huntington
to be allowed to refund for period of fifty
years debt that is due and which the
people, not only of this State but of adj
jacent ones, and of States nearer the seat
of the national Government, demand
almost unanimously shall be paid.
They ask that if the debt be not paid that
the Government foreclose the mortgage il
holds on the property of the great corpora
ton, and that without delay.
The meeting in Metropolitan Hall on
Saturday night and the action taken was
the talk Of the city yesterday. The resolu-
tions, which expressed the sentiment of not
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
REVIVAL SERVICE FOR MEN.
Many Seek for Prayers at metropolitan
Temnle,

Temple.
The revival service at the Metropolitan
Temple last night was a remarkable one.
1t was a service exclusively to men, who
were only admitted by ticket, but notwith-
standing the vast hall was filled from the
highest seat in the gallery to the lowest
chair on the floor with a crowd of men, in
telligent and earnest, and just such an
audience as the finest of orators in the land
would be glad to have as listeners. The
exercises began by a sermon by the Rev. ].
Q. A. Henry, and the topic of the address
was Gas the Fool Dieth."
The example and life of Abner, the He
brew general, from his youth until the
time he was killed by Joab, the general OF
King David's army, was sketched in rapid
and graphic terms, and the lesson drawn
from that disastrous career applied to the
generation of young and old men of to-
day.
Ambition was one of the sins which alb
sorb mans mind to the destruction of
any thought except for present power and
greatness, and with the object of compel
ling the obedience of mankind and the
pursuit of selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
There are many men whose lives are
those of Gbertines-unclean, vile, false and
depraved. There are those whose lives are
blasted by the consequences OF their flag
rant SHINING. Is there any doubt that
when death comes these men, looking back
over their wasted careers. and knowing
that death is near, each one of them yields
to despair and cries out in the agony of
fear and distraction, 81 die FOOLS death"
The young, exposed to temptations which
our forefathers escaped, are deteriorating
day by day. The scarlet woman draws
them more and more to her embraces and
there is no escape from the grave of eternal
perditien without repentance and reforma-
ton. The sin of licentiousness was the foun-
dation of Abner's untimely and disgrace
full end. 1t robbed him of higher aspira-
tons and stihed all ambition to expand
those splendid faculties which were his
natural birthright. He died. and as the
Scripture says, as the fool dieth.
AT the conclusion of the address the
speaker called upon all those who desired
the prayers of the audience to arise and
many did so. An opportunity was then
given for those who wished to retire, but
more than half of the audience remained.
A hymn was then sung and request made
for personal experiences. Many spoke
and expressed the confidence and peace
which they found in believing. An appeal
for the anxious ones to come forward was
responded to by at least hundred men.
A short prayer and word of greeting to
the new converts closed the meeting, which
was regarded as most successful and as
giving decided encouragement for the
revival which has been in progress for a
week past and is under the auspices of the
Baptist clergymen of this city.
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YOUNG MEMS TEMPTATIONS.
President.John J. Vale ntine's Talk on the
Subject.


1.-TWO or more brief addresses by promi-
nent business men of this city on ''The
Possibilities of San Francisco for Young
Men, was the announcement that drew a
fair audience to the Plymouth Congrega-
tional Church last evening. The speakers
were John J. Valentine, president Wells,
Fargo & Co., and II. J. Mccoy, general
secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association. The speakers were intro
duced by the pastor of the church, Rev. w.
D. Williams, ID.
II can hardly say that am prepared to
deliver an address this evening" said Mr.
Valentine in opening. "On Friday even
ing last Mr.. Mccoy telephoned me to meet
him at the Plymouth Congregational
Church tonight. / was not at the tele-
phone, but the message was delivered to
me. | afterward met Mr.. Mccoy and he
explained matters. In the end he pre-
vailed upon me to be here.
SIN regard to our Young Mems Christian
much-loved president, George w. Gibbs, is
dangerously i'll. We never contemplated
losing him, and consequently the critical
condition in which he now lies gives rise
to universal regret. AT our last meeting
we, much against his well, reelected him
president. We never contemplated losing
him, and now the possibility Of it happen
ing is hard to discuss with calmness.
Owing to the illness of Mr.. Gibbs, great
amount of work has devolved upon me,
but nevertheless my regard for Mr.. Mccoy
is so great that | readily put off an i'm
portant engagement to be here tonight.
Before talking about the Young Mems
Christian Association, will first of all say
something about what makes such an in
stitution necessary. In contemplating all
the branches of commerce and manufac-
ture, can't help being struck with its in
cessant strife. The riches of this world
are the prize, and the treasures of heaven
are lost sight of.
''This is one of the things that makes
such an institution necessary in order
that good influences may be thrown
around our young men. Then there are
the books that are constantly pouring from
the press. There is The New Magdeline,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28

in which two women, a good and bad,
are placed side by side. In working out
his story the author makes the good wo-
man the most offensive Next there is
Ships That Pass in the Night. It's diction
is faultless, but Its morals are, to say the
story, but it's author slightly disparages
Christian views as we accept them Such
books confuse our judgment, to say the
least of it, and as such they should be
guarded against.
another point, and very tender one
with the average American That is our
public school system. Too much stress
is laid on it as remedial agent. An
intellectual education does not touch the
conscience, and without God in our schools
there is danger ahead. We all know how
widespread is immortality In this country.
You have all heard of the recent train rob-
berries, but does any one know how rapidly
they are on the increase. In the year 1870
one train was stopped, the sides of a car
blown out with dynamite and the treasure
in the safe stolen. During the last five
years Ill trains have been stopped and rob-
bed. The men who committed these crimes
were probably educated at our public
schools, but no Christian influences sur
rounded them.
cit is among the young men just leaving
school that the association aims to labor.
1t wants to throw influences around them
that will prevent them from going astray.
In this fight the churches can help us and
we want your assistance"
Mr. McCoy's address was on the moral,
social, intellectual and Christian improve
ment that was to be gained in belonging to
the Young Mems Christian Association.
He gave history of the institution from
the time he joined it in 1881 up to the pres
ent time, and concluded by inviting all
present to the anniversary celebration in
the new building tomorrow night.
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know that their business is disreputable,
for whenever they come in contact with
respectable people they apologize for their
calling and show that they are ashamed Of
it.
The speaker called upon every young
man to break the letters of drink at once
and not put it off until too late.
At the close of the address he performed
a marriage service, the contracting parties
being G. A. Guinand and Llewllyn Bur-
lingame. Miss Heydee Former and Miss
Annie Keegan acted as bridesmaids and
the groom was supported by r. V. Bon
and P. j. McVeigh.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
The Cry for Municipal Re-
form Still AScendS.
ST. PAUL'S DAY CELEBRATED.
An Appeal for City Missions Made at
st. LukG'S.
REVIVAL AT THE FIRST BAPTIST.
The Vicar-GeneraI at Old st. Mary'S.
Young Ladies as TsherS- The
Higher Criticism.
ST. PAUL'S DAY CELEBRATED.
REVIVAL Al THE FIRST BAPTIST.

There was not standing room in st.
Mary's Church, on California street, yes
terday morning when the services began,
the occasion being the celebration of the
feast of the conversion of St. Paul, the
apostle. The anniversary fell on last Fri
day, but was postponed to yesterday. st.
Paul's vocation was to preach the gospel,
and the Paulists, whose patron saint he is,
devote their lives to the same object. They
number among their members some of the
most eloquent divines in the United States,
and their missionary labors have been pro-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
DIR. HAwEIs CRITICISED.
The Bible Not Only Contains, But Is the Word
of God.

In his Sunday evening sermon at the
Swedenborgian Church on O'Farrell street,
near Webster, Rev. f. L. Higgins took oc-
casion to criticise DR.. Haweis' recent asser-
ton that 'the Bible was not the word of
God, but that it contains the word of God"
The speaker held the ground that if the
Bible were not the word of God it was no
more holy than other sacred books, or any
book which contains here and there certain
moral truths which have no organic rela-
ton one to another.
In that case the Bible is only on par
with the Shastra or the Koran, as each
have moral precepts of high order.
But the Bible contains the word of God as
its indwelling spirit of living truth as a
man contains his soul-that is, it is that
word and nothing else. That word, that
spirit gone, nothing remains but decay,
which soon covers all.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
THE LADY OR THE TIGER.
Rev. E, B. Ollie Says That Is the Case With
This CITY,

Some very pointed remarks regarding
the proposed investigation of local munich
pal and political affairs by the Civic Con-
federation were made by Rev. E. R. Ollie,
pastor of the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church, before beginning his regular serv-
ice last evening. After explaining to his
congregation that the societies and clubs
forming the federation number among
their members fully one-half of the tax
payers of San Francisco and that the object
of the organization is to purify the moral
and political atmosphere of the municipal
ity and provide for the detection and pun
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
MAN THE IMAGE OF GOD.

The Rev. George Walks Sermon at Trinity
Church.
The text of Rev. George Edward Walk for
yesterday mornings sermon at Trinity
Episcopal Church was the third and fourth
verses of Psalm viii, "When 1 consider
thy heavens the work of thy fingers, the
moon and the stars which thou hast or
dained, what is man that thou art mindful
of him, and the son of man that thou
visitest him?'
''This psalm" said the rector, twas writ
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICES.

L ULWER oNSoLIDA1ED MINING COM
- pany-Location OF principal place of business,
San Francisco, California; location OF works,
Bodie, Mono County, California.
Notice-Tnere delinquent upon the follow
ing described stock, on account of assassin ent
60. l0) levied on the 18th day of December,
1894 the several amounts set opposite the names
of the respective shareholders, as follows:
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
THEATRICAL NOTES.
Novelties Announced at the Different
Houses Tonight.

Sunday night has become, it would ap-
pear, favorite one for our theater- goers.
All the auditoriums were crowded to re-
pletion to enjoy the finish of the weeks
business.
Tonight several novelties will be offered.
Besides his easy and graceful legerde-
main, Hermann will give three great illu-
sions at the California. "The Mysterious
Swing" startling sensational novelty
the Chinese miracle "Yo-Ko-Yo, or
Chinese immigration Made Easy" which
has been especially elaborated for San
Francisco; and 'After the Ball. which he
considers his masterpiece. Nine. Herr
mann's new dances are called lie
Blanche" and sThe Butterfly
Maude Changers "Creole' promises to
be draw at Morosco's Grand opera-house.
Seats are selling rapidly for the entire
week.
The revival OF His Majesty at the Tiv-
oil NAV make financial matters easy with
the authors, Stewart and Robertson as the
house has been nearly all sold out, and the
line of purchasers indicates that the at
tendance will be of the elite.
George Osbourne and Ethel Brandon APP
pear together in III. Grattan Donnelly's
new comedy, 1.-THE American Girl'', at the
Alcazar.
Leonard Grover offers "The Old, Old
Story to the patrons of the Stockwell,
with Mr.. HI. Daniel Kelly and carefully
selected company.
Lydia Yeamans-Titus left for Los An
geles yesterday afternoon, but the Eddy
family, acrobats, consisting of two male
performers, woman and girl, remain at
the Orpheum Music-hall. They are aston
ishing in their line, equal, if not supe-
rior to the celebrated Crags.
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1.-THE LOST soUL.u
Revival Services at the Howard Presbyterian
Church,

Revival Services at the Howard Presbyterian
Church.
'The Lost Sour' was the subject of the
Introductory sermon in a series of revival
meetings begun at the Howard Presbyte-
rian Church by Rev. F. R. Farrand last
night.
He presented the idea that the loss of the
soul is not the loss of consciousness, iden-
tity, capacity, or memory, but the loss of
that which makes all the faculties of the
human mind enjoyable. He urged his
hearers not to permit the opportunity for
will come time, he declared, when it will
be too late.
At the conclusion of the sermon those
DESTROYS of receiving the prayers of Chris
tan people were invited to arise. Four
persons responded to the request.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
LEcTURBD ON TEMPERANCE.
Miss de Yelling at the First Congre gational
Church.

Miss de Yelling, well-known speaker
on temperance topics, occupied the pulpit
of the First Congregational Church., in
conjunction with Rev. G. o. Brown, last
evening. She delivered stirring address
on her favorite subject, and was followed
by DR.. Brown, who said that the saloon
keeper knows better than any one else the
benefits Of temperance teachings.
He sees the young man when he takes
his first drink and sees him later when he
has become broken down sot. They
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-28
APPEAL FOR CITY MISSIONS.
St. Luke's Congregation Addressed by Three
Speakers.

Speakers.
At the conclusion of evensong at st.
Luke's Church missionary addresses were
made by Rev. w. 1. Kipp, Sidney Van
Wyck and Rev. w. w. Bolton.
Rev. w. 1. Kipp made.an earnest plea. for
help to extend the activity OF the Mission
of the Good Samaritan, which has out
grown its present quarters on Second street,
near Folsom. The work of the mission
was described in detail, especially its sue
cessful efforts to interest the men and keep
them out of the saloons. The speaker
dwelt upon the fact that families in the
Tar Flat district, who were living upon $40
or SIS month, had stinted themselves of