The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
The Day Enlivened by a Game
of Baseball With a Stan.
ford Team.
ADDRESS BY SHERWOOD EDDY
Students Were Deeply Impressed by
His Ideas on the Victorious
Life"

For the benefit of those who don't belong
TO the R. o. S. H. we might explain that
the victim is left out in the woods with a
bag in one hand and a candle in the other
waiting Tor the snipes TO be chased into
the bag.
In the afternoon the challenge which
Stanford issued to any team to a game of
baseball was taken up by picked nine,
the faculty being barred to the outfield.
The picked nine comprised the following:
Michener, first base; Eddy, right field /;
Hahn, captain and catcher; Rowton, CEN
ter field; G. H Bott, left field; Cox.
pitcher; Seamens, third base; Price, short
stop; Atwood, second base. The Stanford
men are as follows:
Smith, center field; Gift P. V. Clifford,
catcher; Clark, second base; Dole, short
stop; Adams, third base; w. P. Clifford,
first base; Strong, left field; Arnold,
pitcher.
OF the Stanford mascot, an animal be-
longing 10 that species which is character
lied by obstinacy
The Stanford nine ewere frequently called
from the game by the braying of their
donkey, who objected most strenuously to
having tin cans annexed TO his tail, and
who also kicked at being denuded of the
The game was finally won by Stanford.
Score 21 to 5. During the game c. c.
Kitchener, who was playing on first. re-
celved severe rap over the right eve,
caused by getting in the way of the ball.
The morning session began by Sher-
wood Eddy instructing the delegates as to
missionary meetings. Their purpose
should be to deepen the spiritual life. For
their success prayer should be made def
nitely. Plan for the meeting and begin
early.
Mr.. Beaver class then took up the per-
sonal case considered, being that of
young man who did not care to give up
certain plans he had formed as to his life
work. The Bible lesson was on the QuaIi-
hcatIons for personal work.
An extra presidents conference was held
at 10 A. NJ, in which meeting Mr.. Michener
continued the plan which he had partly
given the day before. He laid especial
stress upon getting the committees to do
their s5ork as it ought to be done, and ad-
upon having written reports from all COM
mitteses.
Then followed the platform address by
SherGood Eddy. Yale 81, on the "Victo-
riousfLife. He hkened the three condi-
tionsi OF man to the Israelites, his
slavety to satan as the bondage of Egypt,
his conversion to the crossing of the
AsSo OSoI n1o CnbId1Ce INTO LDe larger
life OF Christian as the entrance into
Caanan. What are the conditions
necessary to this victorious life? Faith.
Hudson Taylor says, faith is reclining on
the faithfuIness of God. What are the
conditions OF abiding in this life? Faith,
obedience, study of the word of God and
prayer. The speaker concluded by saving:
do you want this victorious life? We
are standing to-day at the portal. Do we
want to enter2 The promises are sure,
shall we go and possess the land 2"
AT the LIE work meeting under the oak
tree, Mr.. Eddy introduced G. NJ. Fisher,
Berkeley. '96, and E. o. Campbell, Cooper
Medical Institute, SO, who gave very
interesting speeches. These remarks we,e
supplemented by Mr.. Eddy, who gave an
account of the lives of Alexander Mackay
and A. Judson.
He recounted the lives of these men
with such feeling that his hearers forgot
that the sun had gone down over the
mountain, and many afterward crowded
around him desiring TO talk with him con-
corning the work.
As the conference progresses the inten.
sity and fevor of the meetings inc crease.
The speakers who come from San Francis
co and Oakland do not speak to very large
audiences up here, but as one of the
speakers said: II realize that l am not
speaking to few, but to the biggest audi
ence have ever spoken to; am speaking
to many thousands
DIR. Coyle gave the principal address to-
day. his theme being "The Growth of the
Soul Life" The following is a SUMMARY
OF 1t: Among the New Testament writer's
none have so much to say about strength
as Paul. His illusions to atheletics are
many and he above all others realized that
the Christians fundamental need is
strength. Put on the whole armor of God
is what he expects Us to do. On the grave
OF soldier is the following inscriptions:
Here lies a soldier whom all should appIaud.
He fought many battles at home and abroad.
But the greatest OF battles without and within
Was the conqest OF self and the battle of sin
'This is the kind of fight which is To tar
US to our utmost capacity. We are all
much indebted to external conditions for
our own conditions. 1t is not the strength
of the prop, but the strength OF the san
which we need. The erious and never
ceasing aim of our lives should be the ac-
QUESTION of soul. What God gives us we
must develop and work out. He gave the
land TO the Israelites long before thew
crossed the boundaries, but they had to
take Jericho and to fight the Anakins be-
fore the land was really theirs. When
anything of great importance is given to
us we must acquire it. God has given to US
souls, but they are not by any means
ready made products; they must be de-
veloped; we must indeed cultivate them.
: "What programme shall we follow ont
in order TO feed the soul as it grows?
Many have grown coarse and carnal
through improper thinking. Nor can we
grow by choking down our best i'm pulses.
A mans first impulse, if he be a man is
usually a good one; the second impulses
are those which do the most harm. How
is the acquisition to be made? By giving
the heart to God. Then let us live with ali
the soul we have. There are people in the
church to-day who have no more soul to-
day than they had when they entered the
church years ago. The cradle that rocked
them in the babyhood of their spiritual
livesis big enough TO rock them to-day. We
can acquire soul by the cultivation of
generosity, Nothing will so uplift man
as this will do. The soul grows by what il
feeds upon.
"a poor old negro stepped up to Sher-
man just before his march to the sea, and
clapping him on the back said. sAba.
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