The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS
An Epitome Of Sermons Of the Week
Throughout the Land.

Following is summary of the principal
sermons recently delivered in the United
States and Canada by the leading clergy
men, priests, prelates, religious teachers
and professors of the Christian faith. In
every instance the full text has been care
fully read and abbreviated:
THE PRESENT.
Salvation must be accomplished within the
limits of the present earthly life and our eter-
nal destiny will be dependent on the life we
now lead.-Father M. j. Byrnes, Catholic, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Morally speaking. cities are storm centers;
every evil force of the devil is let loose in
them. Lanes, alleys, attics and cellars are
made necessary by sln-Rev. ]. B. Graw,
Methodist, Camden, n. J.
FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Value highly your physical health: get all
of the mental training you can; prepare your
self for self-support; guard well your affections
and follow your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Rev w. W. Morton, Presbyterian, Allegheny,
Pa.
THE TURK
The Turkish Government should be wiped
off the face of the earth, and the,sooner Il is
done the better. The Turkish Government is
despotism. 1t is the incarnation of barbar-
ism.-Rev. S. B. Linhart, Presbyterian, Pitts
burg, Pa.
MENTAL PENANcE
Mental penance is of paramount Importance,
for, as the mind has sinned, having been at
one time the instigator of the sin and at an
other condoning it, it must enter naturally
into the elements of repentance.-Rev. c. E.
Woodman, Paulist, Philadelphia.
MANHOOD.
The prejudice of church and state must sur
render to the supreme authority of true man.
hood. Man must be judged as man, not as Jew
or Christian. Not as white or black; not as
Asietic or European, but as man.-Rabhi Phil
ipson, Hebrew, Cincinnati, Ohio.
THE GIFT OF LOVE.
The gift of tongues, including eloquence, lit
erature and everything pertaining to human
speech, without love is only so much noise,
compared 10 brass instruments and cymbals
So with prophecy, knowledge, faith-all, with
love eliminated. are worthless. - Rev. D. G.
Garrett, Episcopalian, Seattle, Wash.
There are four great characters the world can
not forget. Oliver Cromwell; William Prince
of Orange; George Washington and Abraham
otic men. Each brought something to pass and
erected his cwn monumen..-Rev. T. G. Dick
inson, Methodist, Columbus, Ohio.
BROTHERHOOD.
We seek as much as possible to minify de-
nominationalism and magnify Christianity
Our name, United Brethren in Christ, stands
for fellowship, brotherhood and union, the
trinity of power, which will win back the surg
ing masses that have gone astray.-Rev. J. S.
Kendall, United Brethren, Cleveland, Ohio.
PRAYER.
The highest earthly attainment is prayer
Mr.. Moody says he would rather pray like
Daniel than preach like Gabriel. Christ taught
his disciples how to pray, but never how to
preach. True prayer must be fervent This
implies hopefulness that expects an answer
-Rey. w. ]. Mosler Baptist. Brooklyn, N. Y.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
The saloon cannot be mended it must be
ended. The evils of the saloon exist. The al
ternate is not necessarily prohibition. Some
means can be provided, perhaps along the
ply the reasonable demand for hquor.-Rev.
+. w. Hamilton, Universalfst, Boston, Mass.
THE HOME. M
The Christian in his home is the index to
his character of the man in every, other rela-
tion in life. His whole character is there re-
character is more potential and more i'm
portant than in the home.-Rey. Henry H.
Waters, New Orleans, La.
sALOoN-KEEPERS.
We shall not avert the evils of intemperance
by making saloon-keepers respectable. The
business should be outlawed everywhere In
Kansas the liquor seller is a criminal, and we
must see to 1t that our laws never put any
that.-Rev. H. w. Chaffee, Methodist Girard
Kans.
The fear of being hurt doesn't count with
God The Christian must expect to be hurt.
His Master was hurt, and every true disciple
has been hurt from his time to the present.
We need never hope to wear the crown if we
are unwilling to bear the cross.-Rev. John
Evans, Baptist, Westerly, R. l.
DANGERS OF WEALTH.
Those with wealth and power Cypress the
poor and weak to an extent almost beyond be-
lief The French Revolution was huge bon
fire, in which everything was tum bled to m axe
blaze to illuminate the darkness of the times.
The world had better look out or there will be
other bonfres-Bishop Keene, Catholic Wash
ington, D. c.
PATRIOTISM.
True patriotism will lead men to purify their
own lives. Every criminal, every debaucher
is a blemish upon his country. Every pure
man, every scholar, every true man adds to
her greatness. The country called for soldiers
once. True patriots responded. To-day she
patriots will again respond to her call.-Rey
Johnston Myers, Congregationalist, Chicago,
Ill.
WASHINGTON
washington's religious life was humble but
deep, and throughout his life he was a devoted
communicate of the Protestant church. On
all proper occasions he acknowledged the sii-
preme power OF the Lord, and it was the arm
of his God that supported him through his
eight years of political llfe.-Rev. j. D. Pickles
Methodist, Boston, Mass
IMMIGRATION.
One of the most awful dangers menacing
this land to-day is that, while Congress is
building up our tariff walls SO high that no
foreign goods can come into the domestic
the lower boards OF the fences down. through
which are crawling from European sewers all
the ignorant, stenchful, filthy, immoral, an
archistic and criminal rascals. Before for
eigners are allowed to vote they ought to pass
through a twenty-one years appren ticeship.
We ought TO dam back that scum as we would
a p1ague.-Rev. F. Dewitt Talmage Presby-
terian.
REVERENCE.
Reverence is the key that unlocks the mys-
teries of the world. Only in reverence can we
work with any sincerity and earnestness.
There is tendency TO lay aside reverence as a
thing not to be cultivated. Our Government.
our hopes of free institutions, are based on
reverence for man. If we would save this
Government and hand it down with all the
liberties connected with it, we must learn Fl rst
OF all to reverence our fellow-men, and we get
our first lesson at home by learning to reyer-
ence ourself.-Rey. Calvin Stebbins, Unitarian.
Worcester, Mass
CATHOLICS AND METHoDIsTs,
The Roman Catholic, in common with
Christian churches generally, is built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief cornerstone
When we Protestants 60 below what we con.
slider their human additions to the doctrine of
Christ and the apostles we find we are at one
with them upon such fundamental truths as
that of sin, atonement, regeneration, iudg-
ment, heaven and hell. AS Methodists, we far
more nearly agree with Roman Catholic
teaching upon some points than we do with
the Calvinists. We, therefore, recognize them
as fellow-citizens with the saints and of the