The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

n.Hey latner ueprlVe themselves OF the bread OF
ne because 1t costs them something.-Rev. D.
M. Benham, Pittsburg, Pa.
WAR TALK
The talk of war between two great Christian
nauons when Armenians are being massacred
| daily by the Turks is shameful America and
England should be working together to put
| the Turk out of Armenia; instead of that these
TWO great nations threaten one another, and
| by SO doing make further massacre in the
East probable.-ReV. jeremiah Zimmerman,
| Syracuse, n. Y.
THE ARMENIANs.
The Sultan of Turkey has out-heroded Herod
oy the slaughter ofthouSands upon thousands
OF innocent Armenians. Let US pray, almighty
Hoo, not only in our public worship but also
IN our private devotions, that he will arouse
me Chrlsuan nations OF Europe to rescue the
Armenians from further desolation and de-
struetlon.-Rev. John E. Adams, Presbyterian,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
PERSONAL RELIGION.
Christianity Is not an abstract philosophy or
asystem OF ethics merely, but it is before all
anu ABOVE all a personal religion. The claim
~nlch Jesus Christ makes upon every man and
woman IN the world is one which if yielded to
must IN the very nature of things change and
transform the entire life.-Dr Lewis Banks
Methodist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
THE CHURCH
While the church must be in the world the
world must not be permitted in the church.
me church Is like a river; insist that it be
Kept pure. The church is like temple; keep
1t from decay. The church is like an army; it
must be true to its spirit and mission and be
loyal to its COMMUNICATIVE. T. E. Busfield,
Baptist, Utica, N. Y.
THE STANDARD OF PURITY.
The standard OF purity has been steadily
raised and 1t is steadily rising Neither Swift
nor Sterne would be tolerated to-day in any
Christian pulpit. The tone of the English
literature has been greatly elevated since that
time and, moreover, it is cause for grstitude
that pure and healthy literature is NOWADAYS
quite as cheap as that which is filthy and de-
grsdlng.-ReV. James Mcleod, Presbyterian.
Scranton, Pa.
W ar means picture too horrible to contem-
plate; 1t means sacred relationships broken;
1t means homes shattered: it means universal
sorrow and mourning: it means nrosnerons
cities erased from the map of our country: ii
means great fortunes lost; it means an inner
1tance OF poverty to our descendants War is q
relic OF bar barism, brutal device of sayagerv
1t has no place in Christian civilization to-day
-Archdeacon Z. S. Rousmaniere, EpiscopaIian,
New Bedford, Mass.
PoLITENEss.
Politeness costs little, but it paws well.
Courtesy in the home is like morning sunshine
pouring IN at every window. An employer can
Wen ahord TO be polite to an employe, for it
makes the Worklngman do better work and
binds together the two classes in beautiful
fellowship. In the effort to settle the Differ
ences between capital and labor, if we could
Drlng into the controversy more courtesy and
less bitterness of speech it would help amaz-
lngly In solving the question.-Rev. John L.
Iacops' baptist, Grand Rapids, Mich.
PEACE.
Would it not be better for the salvation of
man-far better for the CONQUEST of RELIGION
instead OF sending missionaries into the lar
East, into the jungle of Africa, into the Dark
comment, spending millions of dollars sacri-
nclng precious lives TO teach the semi-savage
ana barbarians the lessons of Christian love
l say. would 1t not be better to send these very
missionaries to the conflicting and hostile
civilized Christian nations of Europe. demand
ing OF them compliance with the injunction of
anaL great req Jew, Jesus, the founder OF Christi
snlty, Love ye one another."-Rabbi Essen
Der, Hebrew, Peoria, Ill.
LOST TIME.
In view of the brevity of time and its rapid
flight, the utmost care should be taken in the
use OF time lest any of it should be wasted.
The wind that blows by us may return again
on its backward sweep; the stream that flows
by Us may descend again upon the earth and
resume Its channel; the sun that shines in
heaven to-day may shine again, but wasted
time is lost forever. Wasted health may be
restored; lost reputation may be regained;
squandered wealth may be recovered, but lost
time is forever lost and not single hour can
be Tecoyered.-ReY G. B, Stricken Presbvte-
rlan, Atlanta, Ga.
ATHLETICS
In the Christianity of tomorrow men would
learn OF the saeredness OF the body. Athletics
to-day percolate i1to all kinds of society Men
thunder against women riding the bicycle, but
the laundering does not decrease the number
OF women sstride the wheel. God is behind
TINS general craze for outdoor sports. Men
now need health, and God viii give it to them,
just as he gave the world steam and electricity
after many years; 1t was at time when most
needed. Out OF this Improvement in health is
to come a race of strong men and women, who
Will be the greatest toilers ever known in the
Kingdom OF Godfrey. j. E. Smith, Methodist,
Trenton, n. j.
THE UNPARDoNABLE SIN.
The objectionable sin is the act of one who is
highly enlightened and a the same time very
malicious against God. Light respecting spir-
itual things and malice against the person
work or Offices of the Holy Ghost are the essen
tals. In many ways man may commit such
sin, and he who would not sin beyond forgive
ness must take heed how he trifes with holy
things. TO continue to say mo- to the offer Of
mercy is one way to commit the sin. A willful
and continued rejection of evidence is one
way. Any one who can deliberately reject the
offer of Christ's mercy can commit the unpar-
donable sin and be left alone by the Holy
Spirit to perish.-Rev. d. A. Cunningham
wheeling, w. Va.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Have you thought for q moment what war
between England and America would mean?
1t would be war between the two greatest
Christian nations of the earth. 1t would mean
vastly more than what is involved in the
boundary dispute between England and Vene-
zuela. 1t would be calamity from which the
cause or Christianity would not recover for
centuries. II would result in the fatal dis
turoance OF those social, commercial and
spiritual relations which year by year have
been drawing England and America closer
together. 1t would tend to rnsettle the faith
after nineteen centuries of the reign of the
prince OF peace war between Christian nations
had become impossible.-Rev. DR.. Cornell
EplscopalIan, Sioux City, Iowa.
JONAH AND THE WHALE.
The story of Jonah and the whale interpreted
by liberallsts, has been most prolific cause of
skeptlcism. More ridicule has been aimed at
the Bible because of this than any other one
thing
The religious world has been more disas-
trously afflicted over the attempt to swallow
the whale than the whale was with Jonah, and
q great deal of faith has been thrown out in the
attempt to dispose of Jonah. AS long as Tai
images defend the story as literally true Ipger-
SOILS viii rtdicule it as absurdly false. As long
as one insists On having Jonah swallowed the
other Will enjoy drawing word pictures of
Jonah lodging rapidly around to escape the
gastric juice" or "sitting on posterior molar,
wlping the sweat from his forehead and
anxiously looking out for signs of nd."-Rev.
L. ii. squires, Universalist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Tracing Gladstone's Phrases.
A rather futile correspondence is being
carried on as to Mr.. Gladstone's merits as
phrase maker. Probably the question is
settled by the fact that "bag and baggage
"a jingle which he did not invent-is
quoted as one of his most brilliant efforts.
Now people are tracing the phrase back,