The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS
An EpitOme Of Sermons Of the Week
Throughout the Land.


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great man. The name OF Napoleon is doomed
to second place, our nineteenth century
magazines to the contrary no'withstanding.--
Rev. Clarence T. Brown, Congregationalist,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
INTEMPERANCE.-Intempe rests upon
America blighting curse. 1t is the nod
ding plume in the ranks of wickedness that is
making It's deadly charge on humanity But
1t has thousand enemies to-day where 1t had
one year ago.-Rev. l. d. Steele, Presbyterian,
Nashville, Tenn.
1t is quite possible he may be spiritually ig-
norant, and the most illiterate man, ii taught
by the spirit OF God, may know more than he
ana be able to teach him.-Rev. Alice 2. New
ton, Methodist, Philadelphia, Pa.
QUESTIONS OF THE hoUB.-The questions of
the hour are social questions-aboye all ques-
commercial prosperity = they are questions
that involve the very existence OF society,
moral questions, so closely allied to religion
that the church must notice them;.Rey. Hen
CHURCH WoRKERS.-The church is not
"Saints' Rest" 1t is not an asylum. 1t is mol
hospital 1t is not a place even where our
chief duty will be to save our own souls. The
church is great army. 1t is an organization
of workers.-Rev. W. Macafee, Methodist, Co.
| lumbus, Ohio.
LovE.-Love is the essence of religion. It is
| the outburst of heart that God sees. 1t is the
| sum total of the commandments. Love as q
Christian grace is the sum of all graces. Love
can't DO wrong thing. Love cant do an i'm
pure thlng.-Blshop Foster, Methodist, at
| Chicago, Ill.
BASIS OF RELIGIoN.-Religion must have some
all-controliing thought or idea. There must
be some central figure or some life-giving
principle. Confucianism rests on code of
morals. Buddhism rests upon a system of
human philosophy, but Christianity rests upon
the character and integrity of person.-Rev.
G. w. Giboney, Presbyterian, Spokane, Wash.
CHARACTER.-Character is what God knows.
Your reputation is what man thinks you are.
Character may, and usually does, make ones
may SO control that a good person is thought
evil and an evil person good. Character is in
ward and reputation outward.-Rey. c. A.
Hare, Baptist, indianapolis, Ind.
DEBTS UNPAID.-The requisite of prayer is
restitution. Ifyou have wronged man you
must repair the injury before g cd will hear
| you. If you owe him debt you must cancel
| it. The trouble with great many people is
| right along this line. They don't pay their
| debts.-Rev D. L. Moody, evangelist, Atlanta,
Georgia.
| ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENTIAL the State of
| New York would propose the name of Theo-
| dore Roosevelt for the Presidency and enough
cowardice and political bosses to nominate him
| at the next National Convention there are
| enough people in these United States who be-
| lieye in his brave stand to elect him-Rey.
Johnston Myers, Baptist, Chicago, Hi.
MoNEY.-Money is king. We give first rank
| to the man who has it and pass by on the other
side the man who is without it, no matter how
wise or good he may be. We are not in love
with the moral reformer, nor with the reform,
| If it affects our money-making. - Rev. DR..
Young, Baptist, Richmond, Va.
THE GOLDEN RULE-The golden rule is the
gospel in nutshell. The world is suffering
| from failure to observe the golden rule. No
where is this failure more noticeable and work
| ing more harm than in the business world.
The rush to get rich makes men forget the
| golden rule, which insists upon a fair balance
and just deal--ReY. F. Bergsh esser, Luth.
eran, Allegheny, Pa.
HAPPINEss-Without God there can be no
| true happiness. All that the world can offer
cannot recompense man for the loss of his soul.
| 1t is only by self-control. by abstinence from
| the worlds pleasures, by modification of our
| appetites and our passions that we can hope to
| gain that superlatiye, that complete happi-
ness-the reward God has promised us all in
the end:.Rev. Father Murtagh, Catholic, st.
Joseph, Mo.
CHRISTIANITY christianity comes as the
| fulfiliment of the most real elements of our
human life 1t rounds out our love by opening
| it to the boundless love of God and ali human
! ity. 1t fills up our JOY by refining and uplift-
ing and hallowing our truest pleasures. 1t
finishes our hope by letting US see Gods plan
in the world and showing us the certainty of
its success.-Rev. w. II. Jones, Episcopalian,
Cleveland, Ohio.
ADAM AND EvE.-Adam is not the name of an
individual, but descriptive term. It's original
meanings are 1.-The earth man." "red earth,'
Glow born" etc. Eve also is not an individual
name, but signifies womanBind in general.
ically. 1t means, literally, pleasure land,
and stands for condition OF enjoyment, a
state of sensibility and consciousness; in a
word, life itself.-Rev. L. ii. Squires, Universal
ist, Rochester, n. Y.
THE NEW WoMAN.-She is in trade, she is in
all the professions, she is in shops and stores
and factories, she is in schools ana colleges,
she is almost everywhere in active life and
feeling with her brothers an equal response
bihty in the high aim of making life and the
home and the work better, sweeter and more
beautiful. We hail her with joy and bless
God for the new woman.-Rev. r. II. Pullman,
Universalist, Baltimore, Md.
BIGoTRY.-A man is not liberal simply be-
cause he holds advanced or radical opinions.
Whether he is liberal or not will depend upon
the spirit in which he holds them. If that
spirit is narrow, unsympathetic, scornful, in
tolerant and irreyerent, such man is not lib
eral. He is bigot, no matter how freely he
has discarded the traditional creeds or how
vehemently he denounces the authority of
Pope, council, church or priesthood.-Rey. c.
w. Wendte, Unitarian, Oakland, Cal.
PATRIoTIsM.-Our flag should be a symbol of
purity. We should cherish cur institutions
and principles. Anarchy and lawlessness
should be put down by the strength of public
opinion, Or with arms, if necessary. We should
honor our heroes. We should teach our chill
dren to honor them. We should cultivate an
intense American spirit. There is no room in
this country for any other flag than Old Glory.
Above that flag nothing but the Bible, for
without The divine word we should have
neither fiaff nor country.-Rev. DR.. Dinsmore,
RELIGIOUS EDUCATIoN.-Our public schools
are justly forbidden to enter the domain of re-
ligious instruction. Even the pupils, perhaps
unwisely. are much given TO the discussion
and application OF subtle problems beyond
reach OF the child's mind. And so we are
forced practically to admit that there is no
definite provision for the systematic instruc-
tion in the things of the spirit. save the meager
hour of the Sundayschool. This is the one
attempt to bring our children into open, direct
and social contact with the great varieties of
morals and religion.-Jenkin Lloyd Jones, In
dependent, Chicago, Ill.
THE BIBLE.-The Bible will stay here as long
as there is on earth government and states
manshjp; as long as there is court of law,
jury in the box, a witness On the stand or
Judge on the bench. 1t will stay as long as
there is q true literary culture and desire
for more, as long as one poet walks the earth,
as long as melody seeks expansion and as
long as men seek by brush or pencil to render
permanent the passing glories of life and time.
Rev. James Vernon at Nashville, Tenn
PRIEsTHooD.--A priest is an ambassador of
Christ. His place is to do and say what his
master would do and say if placed in the same
circumstances, and on this account the Catho-
lie priest becomes at one time a spiritual
father and at another spiritual physician
His life is an unSelfsh life His motive is n