The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25

noration is to afford protection to person and
to property. In other words, the chiei end Of a
city ci is to maintain righteousness and to put
| down ,yickedness. Some people think the city
belongs TO councils and the countrymAn thinks
it belongs to the policeman WIN MS p[asS put
| tons.-Rev. P. II. Mowry, Prespyterian, Ches-
ter, Pa. ,-rrt.Nn
He has been dragged from his place as a
| salesman down to the level OF the political
7eeches that surround him. BY one breath of
| his mouth he threw millions OF tne peoples
| money in the maelstrom OF nnauGlai G run IN
os allo 70 oIert the crash he has called down
1non our heads.-Rev. H. E. Cotton, Hagers-
| town, Nd.
THE PRESS.
The press of to-day is exercising tremen'
dous bower 1t arraigns polltleal parties,
| straightens out cornorations. unearths crime
| and discusses strategic points IN statesman
! shin It even collars irate theologleal dis
nrfon+s II anens larger mission for the
! church by disseminating sunday thoughts
through the week. 1t is hitlng up .id tne "PoIe P
nation. IL is itself a liberal education
W. H. G. Temple, Congregatonallst' oeatue'
Wash.
The talk that comes from mouths OF people
who look wise but are not is notnlng. man
NAV be a commitment, may be regular in
| prayer and be a very bad man. nate lnIs
cant that passes itself IN the naLne " prey,
| the disposition to do things on SUNDAY ana
never think of them again until the ne1s sun
day.-ReY John Leal, Episcopalian, Roehester'
LUCK AND PLUCK.
There is no such thing as luck. Luck is
| pluck Luck is afoolish doctrine OF tate; ~ IA
! the Stiffness of superstition; 1t is the cyhlclsm
of fools, ineompetents and failures. lou IcS
| hear real sensible man talking ABOUT IucK
! he knows the philosophy OF success 700 weIl'
he knows the meaning of patience and pans
| taking care, of energy and economy.-heF. J'
G. Rust, Baptist, Nashville, Conn.
FnTrcATTON
| No country is saved by multitude of books
or schoolhouses. A man is in danger OF pelng
roasted alive who at this time of day Will care
TO utter heresy, but 1t needs TO De uttered
knowledge is power, indeed; and so Is dyna-
mite but you need to be careful as to the hands
to which you intrust it. And education needs
| to be sanctifed by religion TO make IL SAFE
Rev. P. S. Henson, Baptist, Chicago, ILL.,
TURKEY.
If ever there was a putrefying carcass in the
shape of a nation, it is the so-called Turkish
Government. over which hope, at this mo
ment, hover the eagles of Gods avenging
Judgments: not that mean to be merc1less to
the individual man, black-hearted and brutal
as he may be, but the instinct OF humanity
does seem TO call for the wiping out OF the
very name OF Turkey from the register OF ma
| tions.-Rev. N. C. Fetter, Baptist, Doyles-
town, Pa.
SOCIAL PURITY.
In all the past society has demanded purity
on the part of woman. woman's crown is
her purity. II she loses this crown it is almost
an impossibility to reinstate her in society.
But society has been so constituted that man
could be vicious in conduct and depDaved in
life, ana vet find an entrance to good society.
1t is high time that society should demand the
same purity of a man as is demanded OF
woman.-Rev. f. A. scofeld, Methodist, New
Haven, Conn.
IMPERFECTIoN
No PERSONS faith or love or reverence is per-
feet. The trembling fears and hopes and anx-
ieties of life have not trembled to their final
poise and rest. 10 mans work is done
sense OF lmperfection stun nngers IN al nople,
earnest souls. There is imperfection in our
judgments, q want of charity; there is lack
OF self-control, want OF patience, a lack OF
| steadiness of purpose which destroys our iden-
! tity; want of deliberation We act first and
| then think. We do things too rapidly.-ReY.
E. l.. Rexford, Universalist, Columbus, Ohio.
BUDDHISM
Buddhism had no personal god. Ruddha
| himself as the representation of perfect in
| telligence, came to be worsh iped by Buddhists.
| If Buddhism recognized God at all it was an
impersonal god. No religion can continue for
! very long without personal god. Buddhism
i has almost entirely disappeared, being swal-
lowed up by the older Brahminism, and other
! forms of Hindooism. Buddhism recognized
| human misery, but not human sin. Buddhism
made no attempt at the redemption of society.
In all these respects Christianity supplies what
| Buddhism lacked. No system of morality ever
can be greatly effective which does not rest
upon divine sanction.-Rev. S. P. SDrecher
Presbyterian, Cleveland, Ohio.
FAITH AND DOUBT.
/ Falth is the natural attitude toward truth
and our fellow-men. Doubt is begetten of ex-
! perience. Trusting God is not stranger than
| trusting our dearest friend. Faith is the
| root. 1t is not believing set of PROPOSE tions
about God that makes the Christian, but it is
believing in God himself. Faith in God is
trusting him, just es you would trust surgeon
with your life, only in a higher degree. When
one believes in the things in the Bible, when
| one trusts his life and eternity in Gods hands,
| then is faith true. The object of faith is not
| doctrine or creed, but believing.-Rev. Dr. Nc
Clintoek Presbyterian, Burlingame, Iowa.
THE PREACHER INCAPAcITATED.
! The preacher is incapacitated for the practi-
| cal work of the world by reason of the mental
attitude which his position requires. He has
i which, however reliable it may be, is not the
commonly accepted one among men. His
mental processes are peculiar. His message
| has been given to him to declare without any
ditions OF his vocation he is ailenated from the
! life of the world. He represents the other
world. He is esteemed for his goodness and
| pitied for his lack of common, everyday sense.
He could not be Constable here, but ne may
be q candidate for Mayor of Paradise.-ReY. j.
E. Roberts, Unitarian. Kansas City, Mo.
SPEECH.
The mystery of speech is very great To seta
thought ahoat on breath is greater than
ana give it wings TO fly on q word framed by
the lips is as If you mined and minted gold
and breathed into the image spark of your
own souls life by single act Of will. It is the
wonder or Gods creating man out of the dust
of the ground when you utter, not the cry of a
beast, but thought that breathes, a word that
burns. Speech is the mystery of life, the deeper
mystery of the life of the soul. Speech IS a
creation greater than that of man himself.-
Rev. 4. A. Sawyer, Springfield, Mass.