The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS
An EpitOme Of Sermons Of the Week
Throughout the Land.

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.
PURE GOSPEL.
What men want to-day is the pure gospel
Rev. ii. NJ. Watson. Presby Westchester,
Pa.
CHILDHOOD.
A child's mind is more active, has more
thlngs TO learn before he is z wears old than in
any seven after years.-Rev. M. w. Reed, In
dependent, Denver, Colo.
GROWTH.
Men and women are developed children.
We Can make no leaps in growth, either physi-
'cally, intellectually or morally.-Rabbi Elkin,
Hebrew, San Antonio, Tex.
MOTHERS.
- GOD pity the man who has fool of motherl
10 nave foolish father is bad enough, but a
ioo1sh mother is positive calamity.-Rey.
NJ. C.. Peters, Independent New York City.
CIVIL SERVICE.
Civil service is a question of morals, and not
political issue. 1t differs greatly from the
is moral element in governmental policy
Rev. w. NJ Weleh, Methodist, Tacoma, Wash.
BoARD1NG-HoUsEs.
The meanest place on earth, outside OF Jail,
average boarding house There is in nearly
every one group of gossips who pry into
everybody's business.-Rev. V. D. Talmage,
Presbyterian, Pittsburg, Pa.
UNsATIsFIED
Our hearts tells US that we were made to be
satisfied. and this life never Qllita satisfied
The one unsatisfied being on the earth is man,
because he belongs to another world.-Rev.
T. G. Bowling, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRAYER.
There is an educational power In prayer 1t
brings blessing into the heart; new power and
new life comes into the soul when communing
with God. Prayer has more power than sing
ing or instrumental music.-ReV. j. r. Sampey,
Baptist, Lewisville, KY.
HEAVEN.
The Bible has little to say about heaven. 1t
is rather occupied with the earthly life of the
Christian. But the few thoughts in the Bible
about the other life are full of comfort and in
sp1ration.--.:Rev. w. P. Merrill, Presbyterian,
Chicago, Ill.
POLITICAL PURITY.
The church STANDS for law and order and
righteousness, therefore it has right to shed
Iight-the light of Scripture OF divine truth
upon the dark retreats OF political wirepullers
Methodist, Philadelphia, Pa.
FRUITS OF CHRISTIANITY.
A man is "judged by his works." and the
Christian religion by its fruits, by the upright
saints it produces and, lastly, it is judged by
its enduring powers.-Rev. Father Kershaw,
Catholic, Charleston. s. G.
MYSTERIES.
We live amid an environment of wonders;
we have touched so many mysteries, we have
seen so many things done which we solemnIy
thought could not be done, that no man knows
their limitations or can measure their po-
fnn % AcQG Go ITraixT 1iCtp lNnpfn
n. Y.
In our attempt to solve the riddles of the
universe we must be governed by our reason.
and we can see nothing higher than man. He
may be enlarged, purified, developed, but
there can never be anything higher conceiv
able 10 us.-Rev. Lyman Abbott, Congregations
alist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
DEEDS, NOT CREEDs.
To have correct faith is one thing, but
correct life is better. The creed time is passed
and the deed time is here. A higher life a
purer spirit, are, among other things, imp eri-
ously demanded in our age of boasted culture
Rev. c. S. Lucas, Chris tian, Allegheny, Pa.
TOO MUCH GOSPEL.
There are men who have heard the Gospel so
long that it has become second nature They
grace makes no impression on them, when the
hearts OF others beat faster by reason of the
touch of divine love.-Rev. DR.. Pratt. Baptist,
Rochester, n. Y.
CONVERTS.
When 1 get fellow mad enough to abuse
and ours me | expect to baptize that fellow.
It's the man who wraps himself up in gentle
manly culture, never gets mad and treats you
so kindly-he is the man that is the hardest to
reach.-Rey. A. c. Dixon Baptist, Raleigh, n. c..
JESUS.
The whole life of Jesus was beautiful and
such life as only divine being could live.
His miracles were those which only God could
perform, and in them, while in the mortal
flesh of man, he proved he was at the same
time God.-Rev. George T. Mahoney, Catholic,
Woonsocket, r. 1.
ASPIRATION.
God created man with certain aspirations,
and all the aspirations of the soul are not
satisfied by anything on this earth. No mat
ter how great the honors are that man may
acquire, it will not fill out the aspirations OF
the mans soul that God has implanted there
in.-Rey. Father Burice, Catholic, Austin,
Mimi.
THE LAW OF GOD.
Life is the stamp of the unseen on the seen.
Men h ave been seeking for the origin of life in
Spontaneous generation" and combinations
OF dead matter, but why seek for the living
among the dead, for that life comes only from
life is the law of nature, or, better, the law OF
God.-Rey. ID. +. Pierce, Methodist, Rome, n. Y.
MoHAMMEDANIsM.
Mohammedanism possesses some good fea-
lures Its fundamental doctrine is the unity
of God, and in that respect it is far ahead OF
the polytheism of paganism. Another good
point is its religious prohibition of intoxicat-
ing liquors. In consequence, there is not
single saloon in the world kept by Moham-
medan. : Rev. S. g. Bedickian, Methodist,
Pittsburg, Pa.
PATRIOTISM.
Patriots are not made by parade and fustian,
by impassioned applause of stock lingo senti-
ments and superstitious obeisance to any sym
boil. The roots of true patriotism are the prin-
ciples of honor, manliness and justice. To
cultivate these in the public school is of more
value than to raise the flag over it-Rev.
Frank Crane, Methodist, Chicago, Ill.
Life is i'll no mans hand, and il is nonsense
to talk of taking it in the hand 1t is sacriIege
to seek even to touch it. The suicide cannot
approach it; the microscope cannot explain
it: it comes and goes at the beck of a viewless
hand and an irresistible power.-Rev Wallace
Nutting. Congregationalist, Providence, R. l.
IMMORTALITY.
Mans life needs Immortality to complete it.
single span is too short 70 realize the fruit OF
honest endeavor, and heaven, with its CON-
pletion and perfection, is on TO this life with
its inadequary and imperfection. The spirit
ual is the natural blossom upon the natural
the celestial is the fruit of the terrestrial. Rev