The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
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:
AToNEMENT
The essence of the atonement is fathomless
plan worthy OF a loving God, whereby he is
able to forgive his penitent creatures and do
no injustice.-Rev. f. w. Luce, Methodist,
Davenport, Ia.
FUTURE PUNISHMENT.
1t matters not whether there is an extraneous
torment in the future life or not. The suffer
Ing of the unrepentant soul for sin will be in
finite and terrible.-Rev. Z. H. Dornflasher,
Lutheran Springfield, Ohio.
PROSECUTED CATHOLICS.
The history of the Catholic church from the
beginning OF the Christian era down to the
present time shows that she has been perse
MelIey, Catholic, Scranton, Pa.
sELFIsHNEss
Selfshness is the worm that eats the divine
life out OF the heart OF man. Selhshpess is the
giant that battles with Christ for the souls OF
men.-Rev. c. S. Sargent, Congregationalist,
st. Louis, Mo.
HEAVEN.
The Scriptures teach us that heaven is a con-
dition rather than locality. Heaven is
brought to us before we go, to heaven. Apart
from this there can be no heaven.-Rev. K. A.
Sawyer. Springfield, Mass
LABOR STRIKES.
do not believe in strikes. 1t is not the way
to settle difficulties between employer and en-
ploye. A strike does harm TO both parties and
then it gives a chance to lawless people to do
evil.-Rev. ]. w. Sullivan, Baptist, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
HAPPINESS
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costs something-what we sacrifice some
thing Tor. 1t makes no difference as to the
value OF the gift-it is giving with love in the
heart which makes the true recompense.-Rey
Joseph Rennie, Presbyterian, Covington, KY.
THE FIRST MAN.
The first man of whom science has any
knowledge was a dull-witted, earthy-minded
creature, intent upon something to eat or kill,
landscape, with small power of sentiment or
feith.-Rey: George A. Thayer, Unitarian, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
INTELLIGENCE.
The glory of God is intelligence, but not th q
kind OF intelligence that comes merely of
scholastic training. A man may be worldly
wise and yet a fool for saying there is no God.
Intelligence is priesthood and not anything of
the earth earthy.--George Teasdale Mormon.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
With passion on the one side and capital on
the other, with Nation in danger of being cut
in twain by these battles between the upper
and lower classes, the only way to settle these
quarrels is by the intervention of law and JUS
uce.-Rey. Lyman Abbott, Brooklyn, N. Y.
THEoLoGIANs.
You have not made 6. man a LAWYER when
you have furnished him with license and code
You cannot make a physician out of a box of
pills and case of instruments. Neither can
you make ministers of Christ with ecclesiasti-
cal ritual and vestments.-Rev. Mr., Vance
Nashville, Tenn.
POWER OF THE CHURCH.
The saloons exist to-day by permission of the
Christian church, and every other evil lives
because Christian people tolerate it. The
church of to-day, would she but use her power
would mold public sentiment, would outline
State and National legislation and control the
business in the marts of trade-Rey J. F.
Hartman, Lutheran, Altoona, Pa.
IS SIN ATTRACTIVE.
It is mistake to say that sin is repulsiye
and unattractive. The truth is there are thou.
sands OF naughty things that the unregenerate
thinks are nice. Sin is often ettranfive nd
enticing, else fewer people would be sinners.
Too often men are in sinful ways because they
like the ways of sin.-Rey. C. B. Mitchell.
Kansas City.
NAPOLEON AND LINCOLN.
For some purpose or other the magazines
have given lis great deal of Napoleon. They
have now started us on Abraham IjncolG
That is more cheerful They would not do
that unless the people were found to be more
Win hHu justice tIlhn Win tOrCe-hnaVv
artillery.-Rev. w. Reed, independent, Denver
Colo. q
UNITY.
The peoples of the earth are coming closer
ana closer together. The standards of citizen.
snip ana character are universally rising. We
are coming 10 common tongue, or else to ;
common understanding OF all tongues. The
elements of religion are coming to he recog.
nlzed as universal, and the old religions
natreds are dying out.-Rey. S. B. Stewart Uni
tartan, Lynn, Mass. ~
CIRCUMsPEcTIoN.
To walk circumspeet is to walk with head mn
ana eyes open. Legs and head and ewes an
heart ali at work examining the past search &
ing the present and scanning the future. No
looking back only, but looking up ana dowr
ana back and forward-looking ali aroma
That is what circumspection is.-Rav' q p
Rogers, Baptist, Springfield, Ill. .
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
Inc CHIEF end OF the existence of a city cor