The San Francisco call., 1896-09-28
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Bishop Kendrick at the Oh ur oh OF II
Advent, Bishop Johnson at Trinity and
Bishop Leonard at Grace.
Bishop Leonard spoke on the text from
Ephesians -"F1nally, my brethren,
| be strong in the Lord" He said:
"The age and country in which we live
make much of the practical. 1t is char
acteristic much admired and one which
contributes largely to success. The end of
life with most men is to succeed in that
which they undertake, and it is certainly
a laudable desire. No doubt the reason
why there is such admiration OF successful
men is because they are SO few.
! "Fame, wealth and high mental achieve
ments come to few. Mediocrity is the
distinguishing mark OF the larger num-
! ber while for the vast majority of men
| there seems to be nothing but bare exist
| ence and little to relieve the dull monotony
of comm onplace lives.
"There is a word about which much
needs to be said-it is moral courage
| Stand up for that which is right. How
comes it that men have so little to say
! about this kind of strength?
1--WE are regretting all the while that
there is in our society low moral tone.
We are all striving, [ hope, each in his
own way, to abate this tone. Our public
school system of education is doing all
that is possible in this direction, and there
are MANY other agencies working upon
! the same lines"
Bishop Leonard spoke strongly against
divorce. He said he had read that in
proportion to the number of marriages
| more divorces were granted In San Fran
cisco than any place IN the world.
! Bishop Kendrick delivered a sermon at
the Church of the Advent. He took for
his text the following: AZ must work the
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the night cometh when no man can
work" (St. John, ix:4.l
1.-THE law of opportunities is that there
is fit time for doing things, and if they
are not done then they cannot be done at
all, said he.
There are some opportunities that con-
sist of single event. There comes a
time when something must instantly be
done
presently it will be too late to admin
lister the remedy or perform the operation.
In many great battle there was SUI
preme moment when everything de-
pended on doing the right thing. The
smoke lifted and then was the opportun-
lty. Then or never the victory must be
won. And in the battle of life many a
man can trace his success or failure to an
opportunity that came to him once and
that never came to him again, and he
used 1t or failed to use it.
|
every day is an opportunity on whicn the
sun goes down not to rise again. The
work that we do not do in day can neve r
be done. We cannot put IL off till to- NOR
row, for tomorrow will have its own work
If we do to-day's work tomorrow, when
shall we'do to-morrow's work? Or, if we
can do two days work in one, how long
can we keep that up?'
Bishop Barker delivered a sermon at ST.
Johns. His subject was "The Law of
Growth
"The most interesting illustrations of
the law are found in brief consideration
of the physical side of human life" said
he. "The body is endowed with faculties.
talents, powers and sights. The law runs
underneath each faculty. The mind ex-
pands by education. AS a nation we
spend millions of money in buiIding
schools, and this illustrates the applica.
ton of the law"
The Bishop described lecture of Tyn-
dall's in Philadelphia on light and in a
few words drew the parallel lesson for the
! church. As the various gas Jets leaped
! into prominence when different tuning
forks were sounded SO must the church.
through its members, ever proclaim her
truths until the individual soul quivers
and responds. He closed with the simple