The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-26
Conference at Pacific
Grove Addressed by
the Divine.
"NeW Manhood in Christ
Jesus" the Subject of
His Discourse.
Earnest Advice for the Guidance
of Young Men In Their Walks
of Life.

PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, May 25.-This
has been red-letter day in the annals of
the students conference. The platform
speakers we're both men of note and abil-
ity, and the morning-session classes
seemed unusually successful. Besides
this, the afternoons baseball game
brought prominently to the fore the real
athletes who are here, some of whom are
Pacific Coast champions in their particu-
lar line.
The mornings session was called to Or
der by the chairman, and the first class,
the missionary institute, convened under
the leadership OF Robert E. Lewis. The
general topic which he discussed was
The Financial Problem of Missionary
Work. The stringency in funds, he said,
was great obstacle in the way of sending
properly qualified men into missionary
work. The student volunteers gave
large amount of the money which went in
this direction, having donated in the past
year 5000 Mr.. Lewis suggested the
further possibilities of sub cription from
students by estimating the amount of
money expended by them in their college
athletics at about SIS. 600 for the institu-
tions of the Pacific Coast. He also sug.
gested means for increasing the amount
now being given.
The first conference of presidents of COL
lege associations OF the convention was
held in the Epworth League reception
room. The important duties and respon-
sihllities of men in the position of presi-
dent OF an association were discussed ct
some length by c. G.. Michener The
qualifications for this place ne gave as
executive ability, good record as a student,
appreciation of the power of an associa-
ton in college, good business traits and
popularity.
F. L. Willis spoke at the same hour to
the assembled presidents or general Sec
retarles of city associations upon social
qualifications necessary to success in their
special work.
The 10 o'clock platform meeting was
the event of the morning if not OF the day
because of the fact that William Ford
Nichols, DID,, Bishop OF the Episcopal
diocese of California, addressed the dele
gates and large crowd Of outsiders rs
we'll. After a short song service and
opening prayer by Noel 81. Jacks of Oak
land Bishop Nichols was introduced
The purpose of deepening the spiritual life
OF college men, he began, involved the
treading upon holy ground. The main
head under which he talked was New
Manhood in Christ Jesus" Aristotle, he
said, analysed humanity as composed of
body and soul technically, but the New
Testament analysis being more profound
added another attribute as deeper-the
spirit.
Bishop Nichols went to the root OF the
matter by translating the word from the
original Greek. Nina, the word meaning
spirit, is used oftener in the New Tesla
ment scriptures than psyche (soul). and
the two words dIfferentiate the dominant
parts of the human being IN the now and
the hereafter. The technical New Testa-
menJ soul (psyche) is not presented as
the highest part of mans nature, but this
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tinct from body and soul. A great quail
ication for this higher attribute is clean
illness - physically, intellect ually and
spiritually-in study, in athletics, IN man.
ner of life.
There was an attribute of our spiritual
(rationa) part, said the Bishop, which
corresponded to physical muscle, and it
needed exercise just as an athlete needed
training. Along this line he told the
students to be careful ana resolute
in choosing their reading to read biog-
raphies of good men, and so gradually
allow tie spiritual nature to work itself
toward the mystic model-"the measure
of the stature of the fullness OF Christ"
Most of the afternoon was taken up with
athletic exercises. The ball game be-
tween two mines chosen from the dele
gates supplied plenty of sport, ard the
preliminary games of the tennis tourna-
ment were begun.
ing was conducted informally by Mr..
Willis. c. c. Kitchener delivered short
discourse.
DR.. E. r. Ollie of San Francisco ad-
dressed the delegates at a meeting to
which the public was invited in the ain
auditorium OF the church at s O'Clock.
His lecture began with the custom, who
and what was Jesus OF Nazareth?" He
said:
In the New Testament we find four little
biographies about person called Jesus, who
needs no mir acles or miraculous birth to prove
his divine power, but who proved the miracles
divine. This man was younger when he died
than William J. Bryan is now yet the world
has rung with bis fame for 1900 years. Great
epochs produce great men. Out of the darkest
era OF the worlds history and out of the mean
est province and city of the Roman empire
Christ arose.
Socially he was poor and unlearned Buddha,
Confuclus, all great religious teachers were
learned men, but Christ knew all things With
out have udied. Christ while he never saw
any system of truth which had preceded him.
took all that was good out of all these sys-
TENS and By divine wisdom formed perfect
system of his own. Others taught a truth
suitable 1or their time; Christ taught one
which fits all time. Instead OF changing the
system, Christ said, "Change men" The
very claim he makes for absolute homage is
his strongest credential of deity