The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22

need heroes to organize the victories of peace
Lolltlcs, society, Industry, all spheres call for
ton, Mass.
Inc so-ealied objections to the Bible arise in
nlany instances, II not all, from ignorance OF
u. Ihe book, or from unintentional malicious
misconceptions of its contents.-Rev. l.. q.
hcroert' Congregationalist, Finolay, Ohio.
HEAVEN.
Ioupt whether there is any popular idea OF
ileaVen now prevalent among the peonie. l
know scarcely two persons that have the same
coHcepuon OF heaven.-Rev. B. Fay NILS re-
VlVallst, at New Haven, Conn.
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS.
Today there is q crisis OF religious thought
IN IN TINS country, and it is important that the
christian church should insist that its schools
Shouid be Christian, from president 10 the
lowest tutor-Rev. y. i. Wood, BAPTIST Bos-
ton, Mass.
CHARACTER.
Every man is builder. The only lasting
building is character. A noble character is
the grandest building on earth. NO monu-
ment or tower or work or architecture & can
Compare with it.-Rev. NJ. Neil, Baptist, VIII
Transport, Pa.
The principal causes of poverty are made
quate natural resources, bad climatic conol-
tions, detective sanitation, evil ASSOCIATIONS
and surroundings, defective legislation, defec-
tive judicial and punitive machinery, nlsdl-
rected and inadequate education, bad INDUS
lrldk CONDITIONS. unNlSS puI4al- lllOpS ~
Philip w. Ayres, Chicago, III.
oFFICE-sEEKERs
The office-seeker cannot possibly become an
oflice-fller. He does not descend 10 Inat
search until every other place Is closed. Inen
he concludes to be statesman and lhfllctS
himself upon the communicates. Myron
Reed, Independent, Denver, Colo.
THE HOME.
II the home We're rendered more attractive
we would hear OF fewer ruined characters, less
Ar1rr i-aTan npS n
come forth like evil birds OF prey when night
shrouds all things in darkness.-Rey. j. T.
Heelty, Catholic, Augusta, Ga.
SOCIETY.
Not all misery is in the slums. Not all dan
ger to society arises from the victims OF pow
erty II may be that there is great danger
TO society from the boulevards as from the
slums.-Rev. K. A. White, UniVersalist, Chica-
go, ILL.,
FAIsEHooD.
Liars are the Goths and Vandals of society ;
they take delight in distorting and debasing
the fair name of truth; they are hateful in the
sight of Almighty God. and they are TO be de-
Spised by all truth-loying men.-Rev. James
Mcleod, Presbyterian, Scranton, Pa.
AHLwARDT.
The anti-Semitic agitator, Ahlwardt, came to
this country TO spread his notions. Both press
and pulpit poured such contempt on him the t
now there is not soul in the country so poor
rs 10 do him reverence.-Dr. Gottheil, Hebrew,
New York City.
The leprosy OF the soui IN its unelean state
from moral sin is far more loathsome than the
leprosy OF our human flesh. When mortal sin
passes in the glory of God passes out, and pur-
ity is destroyed as by the blast of destructive e
fre.-Rev. q. T. Mahoney, Catholic, Woon-
socket, +. l.
UNIvERsALIsM.
Our religion appeals to any man who is in
favor OF building Up the moral life of human
ity. We believe in advancing liberality and
men hail it as a sign of progress. 1t teaches a
nh3 more divine brotherhood and is forcing other
Fisher, UniYersaltst, Lowell, Mass.
sEcrARIANIsM.
Men are sick OF sectarianism and in these
enlightened days they prefer to listen to the
cries OF the helpless in the slums OF our cities
rather than TO the fierce discussion on dip or
plunge, q sprinkle or pour, hardShell or
softshell, rock-bottom or sand-bottom.-Rev.
". I. Veale, Presbyterian, Jacksonville, Fla.
METHoDIsM.
To-day the Methodist Episcopal church has
more societies than any other branch of Chris
tlanfty, more church property and the largest
membership. Every fourth communicate is a
Methodist. Every fourth person in the United
States is Methodist or adherent, and every
day adds thousand souls to her membership
and two church ediices.-Rey. G. L. Tufts,
Methodist, Cincinnati. Ohio.
There has been no law handed down and
given TO US as divine but what it would be
better for man IL 1t were kept. The great diff
ference between heaven and earth is that
heaven is place where Gods law is kept and
earth is a place where it is not.-Rey. DR..
Hopkins OF the Y. NJ. C. A, Kansas City, Mo.
DOGMA.
Religion is no longer an antidote against the
fall OF Adam, but always grander striving
for better life. The old church has as hope
lessly lost touch with the religious develop
ment as necromancy and eXorcism has with
science. Prejudice may yet continue the old
church, but to the belligerent their dogmas
have become hollow mockeries.-Rev. D. W.
Morehouse, Unitarian, New York City.
PROGRESSION.
God put no child OF his into this world to
grovel and TO be a worm; God wants every one
to strive 10 get up in the world. 1t is only as
men are possessed with this desire that the
world improves. Let all men be satisfied with
everything just as IL Is and that would stop
progress--Rey. W. Il. Fishburn, Presbyterian,
Columbus, Ohio.
TOO MANY CHURCHES.
We have got Methodist Christianity and
Baptist Christianity, and Presbyterian Chris
tianity, and Congregational Christianity, and
you can just order any sort of Christianity you
want, except that genuine, heroic sort that
gets out en- the right side of every proposition
and stands there until the last blow is dealt
The curse OF the world to-day is the church
getting bigger than Christ.-Rev. Samuel P.
Jones, evangelist, Kansas City, No.
THE SOUL.
Our soul is like the sensitive plate of
words and deeds leave their
impressions On the soul and have the tendency
to reproduce themselves with fearful rapidity
Sow thought and you Will reap word; sow
a word and you will reap a deed; SOW deed
and you viii reap habit; SOW habit and you
viii reap a destlny.-Rev. Richard Hariin,
Presbyterian, Rochester, n. Y.
MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS.
Cities are fast becoming the predominant
element in the Nations welfare. AS popula-
tion is now centering, they will soon abso-
lutely control our destiny. Ii a man now
40 years of age live out the average time
that mortality tables allow him, he viii live
to see millions more than half the people Of
the United States domiciled in cities. Munich
pal problems are the supreme problems in the
welfare of the Nation.-Rev. L. c. Barnes, Bap-
tist, Pittsburg, Pa.
ARMENIA.
The Turk will yield to nothing but fear and
force and that force should be applied from
some source as soon as humanity can mass its
forces and poise its cannon. 1t is sheer Grim
inality for the Governments of the earth to
wait for one another. The people are mightier
than any minister or court, and will support
any nation that viii go into the field to end
these Gameless strocities.-Rev. NJ. w. Haynes
Baptist, Chicago, III.
UNITY.
The time Will soon come when the various
churches of the different denominations and
those of the same sect will cease to drive one