The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-06
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS
An EpitOme Of Sermons of the Week
Throughout the Land.


and professors of the Christian faith. In
every instance the full text has been care
fully read and abbreviated.
PATRIOTISM.
race of martyrs has made our liberties
secure. When peril comes TO climax my
countrymen shall not fail.-Rev. c. \. Crane,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
EPISCoPALIANS AND CATHOLICS.
The church of Rome respects and fears the
Episcopal church more than il does any other
organization ~ Christians in this country
Rev. William 5 Chase, EQiScopallan, Noon-
socket, r. l.
SALOONS AND SLAVERY.
The saloon has no more right 10 exist than
the auctiou-block 81 slavery. one has gone,
the other viii soon follow it.-Rev. J. NJ. Tho
burn, Methodist, Detroit, Mich.
SUCCESS.
Money can buy magnificent headstone, but
not holy memory nor an honorable record.
Modest Self-reliance, vigorous industry, invinc-
ible determination, stimulated by the vigorous
motives OF right, are sure TO wind. 3.
Dewey, Baptist, Chicago, III.
UNITY.
There is a great world-religion now forming
in America, into which all the sects will grad
uslly grow, as they learn to discard their rlgid
limitations under the stress OF the spirit OF
the age.-Rev. E. NJ. Wheelock, Unitarian,
Austin, Tex.
NATIONS AT WAR.
The rosy morning has not yet dawned when
great international questions will be finally
traitors. European countries are experiencing
unrest. Their rulers nearly all wear under
garments made OF bullet-proof teXture.-Rev.
DR.. leech, Methodist, Charlottesville, Ind.
INGERsoLLs FOLLOWERS.
There are thousands OF young men and
young women who not only take no interest in
religion, but are prejudiced against II. OF
these Ingersoll is the leader He speaks and
they echo; he leads and they fOlloW.-Rabbi NJ.
). Cries, Hebrew, Cleveland, Ohio.
LESSONS OF LIFE
Our lives are a discipline. BY sorrow and
trial we are learning the lessons OF life. When
we reach the end OF orr earthly career we just
begin TO know how 10 live. We see then what
life means.-Rev. Edgar p. Hill, Presbyterian,
Portland, Or.
DANCING.
The churches that are most aggressive and
successful are the most opposed 10 dancing.
The dance will never influence any one for
good, and the ballroom is no place for the
Christian. and every Christian should dis
. countenRnce the dance in every form.-Rey.
James Hey, Methodist, Youngstown, Ohio.
FUTURE AMERICANS
The child viii yet be born in America in whose
veins will flow the blood of all nations who are
congregating here, and when that time comes
there VIII be giants IN this land, not only
OF physical prowess but intellectual power
Rev. Calem A. Hare, Baptist, indianapolis,
Ind.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
The conflict to-day is between labor and cap
ital, the latter selfish the devil and the for
mer exactly as selfish as the latter These two
mighty forces stand like giant and hostile glad
lators, thirsting Tor the life-blood each OF the
other-Rev. David B. Cheney, Racine, Wis.
THE BALLOT.
The ballot is sacred trust, given into our
keeping for ourselves, our families, our coun-
Try and our Prosperity. Not until Christian
men recognize the fact that the religion of
Christ lowers not its standard to any evil; not
until Christian men carry their convictions to
the ba!lot-6oX VIII 1ntemperance and its kin
dred evils disappear from our land.-Rey. S. B,
Jones, Methodist, ST. Paul, MINI.
MIRACLES.
The miracles OF the Bible are not unnatural,
that is, contrary TO nature. They are super
natural, that is, above nature-aboye the laws
OF nature with which We are at present ac-
quainted II we knew as much OF the laws of
nature as Jesus Christ there would be no such
thlng as miracle in its special and technical
slguihcance.-Rev. George T. Bowling, Baptist
Boston, Mass.
JEW AND CHRISTIAN.
There is no reason why the Jew and the
Christian in these days should not work to-
gether as one in belief, one in sentiment and
one in end. Already liberal Christian and lib
eral Jewish frequently exchange pulpits, and
members OF their congregations go now to hear
one, now the other. Already marriages are
contracted between parties OF the lOng-opnosed
sects.-Rabbi Joseph krauskopf, Hebrew, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Any political party that lays its hand on the
little red schOOlhOuse viii be smitten by the
iron rod OF public Indignation till its hand is
broken in dozen places. Any minister be he
called clergyman or priest, who lifts his voice
against the little red schoOlhuuse is an amos
tate and q traitor to the Declaration OF hide
pendence.-Rev. {. w. Gullette, Methodist.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
MOB RULE.
Mobocracy is never justiiable. 1t is set OF
wild, passion-famed, fanatical, unreasoning
manlacal-Ilke men, who have no regard for
their own lives or the lives and rights OF others.
mob does not want Justice it wants blood
1t IS driTen on by passion, by revenge 1t will
resist officers. 1t will destroy public property
Rev John NLyle, Presbyterian, Lewisburg,
Tenn.
THE SOCIAL EVIL
The cure for the social evil will not come by
summing, by simply visiting the haunts OF
the vicious, or the elegant parlors OF the on
chantress, or uncovering to the inexperienced
and morbidly curious the Vaccinations of
sensuality and bestiality. But heroic and per
sistent Christian and philanthropic work must
be prevention rather than cure for the ire
souEdestroying tides.-Rev. DR.. Hirst, Metho-
DIST Chicago Ill.
EDUCATION OF WOMAN.
The idea underlying the education OF woman
is not 10 mt for business, but it is rather TO de-
velop i'll her true WomanhoOd. She is the mo-
Their TO whose care the infancy OF the race is
committed, and as such she is in sense the
director OF the destlHies OF the race. 1t is her
hand which, unseen, molds society, gives q
trend TO literature and fosters morality-Rey
}. W. knappenberger, Allentown, Pa.
HAPPINESS.
The whole trend OF human activity is TO the
end that we be happy. But no one can be
truly happy who Is not good, and what is good
ness but moral perfection? And this is saliva
ton. Therefore, every man may be said TO be
indirectly working out his own salvation in
that he is striving for happiness. when is the
harmony of rightly adjusted or good life
Rev. Charles K. East. Universalist, Kansas
City, Mo.
SOCIALISM
Socialism and Christianity agree in two re-
spects-they both desire a reorganization of
society and they both aim at a reorganization
of society which shall give greater diffusion
OF intelligence and wealth throughout the com
munity- Socialism puts the social condition
first and the individual condition second
Christianity does the reverse. Socialism con-
slders that happiness rests on the condition OF
the individual: Christianity considers that it
rests on the character of the individual-Rev
Lyman Abbott, Congregationalist, Brooklyn,
y. Y.
JESUS A SOCIALIST.
Jesus was an egoist, not an egotist He was
both an individuaist and a socialist. He had
in mind the idea of perfect sociology and
the prevailing teaching of the Gospels outlines
the plans OF perfect social system founded on
equality.-W. J. Colville, Independent, San
Francisco, Cal.
ENGLAND AND TURKEY.
England in the past has supported Turkeyin
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