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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
The Love of God Is
Infinite and Eternal

"Divine Love and Wisdom-How Can
They Be Reconciled With the Existence
of Evil and Misery?" This was the theme
of Rev. J. S. David's sermon at Washing
ton Hall yesterday morning. In the
course of his remarks he said:
1T is a revealed truth that God is love.
And as khe is infinite his love is infinite !;
and if infinite it is universal. He loves
his enemies. Ii infinite it is also eternal,
and cannot diminish or change. He can
not love his enemies in this world and
hate them in the other world.
"But if God is infinite and eternal love
how can evil and misery exist? The
sun cannot send forth rays OF
frost and darkness, and yet ice
bsrgs could not exist if the sun did
not exist. The sun gives birth to planets
and when the poles are turned from the
sun the water congeals into ice.
Likewise the Lord cannot give forth
rays OF evil and falsity, of misery and
death; and yet these could not exist ind e.
pendently of the existence of God. He
evolves the human will and understand
ing, but when these are turned away from
him the will stiffens into self-love and the
understanding darkens in to falsity. Man
is a free agent, the arDlter OF his own des-
tiny, and he is destined to go wherever ne
wills to go. He is operated upon by di-
vine influences, ever seeking to draw hi m
tenderly upward, but he is never COM
PEELED. To compel him would destroy his
individuality and make OF him machine
or nonentity; ana 1t Is better to be a
devil than nonentity. for a devil can be
OF use to the human race, but nonenlity
cannot. Evil spirits are our tempters,
and we are regenerated by means of tenn p
tations. 1t is indeed negative use, but
it is use all the same. Ii they should
cease to be useful they would cease to ex-
ist, for nothing can exist save for use.'
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
Rev. F. r. Farrand's
Story of Esther.

In the Howard Presby yterian Church,
corner Oak and Baker streets, The pastor,
Rev. +. r. Farrand, preached the sixth
and last OF series of sermons on 1.-The
Story OF Esther
His subject was "The Tables Turned,
or Retrbution" esther yii:i0). He
said it is hard to realize the amount Of
wickedness there is in the world. Even
the wicked will be confouRded by the
enormity OF their own misdeeds. Yetsuch
ignorance does not absolve from RESPONSE
bilitv. 1t was Xerxes business to have
known the reach of his fatal edict.
Like all arrant boasters and mean
men, Haman was coward. His plea for
mercy was met. by the Kings oraer to
hang him on the gallows he had prepared
for MordecAi. Behold the irony of fate
How are the tables turned! Mordecai has
the crown while Haman has the cross.
In the moral government of God there is
the element of reTibution. However
much wickedness may seem to flourish
and escape the consequences of its evil
deeds, time will surely come when tho
righteous Judgment of God will consume
its doers.
..But l thank God that while this fact of
retribution is here made plain this story
makes equally plain the most blessed fact
of mercy. The pure and gentle Esther.
kneeling before the throne of Xerxes-
her life in the Enthusiastically pleading
for the lives of her people, and the golden
scepter OF mercy resting over her, is a
beautiful type of our advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
But the type pales before the anti-type.
Esther's life was not required. Christ
died for you and me. The people for
whom she pleaded had done nothing TO
merit the Kings displeasure. We all
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veal the hand. But the revelation is mad G
at last ana they find that they both en-
deavored TO cheat and did wnat they in
tended. The second cause is mlstaking
fancy for love. The attraction that ends
in marriage, should be an inner rather
than an outer fitness. If not, a mistake is
made for which life will not be long
enough to repent in and get rignted.
The life of the man and the maid must
be an ever closer iuterlacing OF tastes,
sympathies and affections, or the founda-
tion is laid for thousand petty irrita-
tions.
Another cause of dissonance is the
inequality assumed to exist and which
places the woman at a disadvantage. a.
more radical reason is the quality of the
high contracting parties. The truest
welded life can only come out of the
truest unwedded life. Make the skeleton
soul without trust and it will be unequal
to the fultillment of the marriage vows.
Given the manly character and womanly
fidelity, given the love which is the seal OF
Almighty God upon a relation toward
which nature has travelled for ages and we
have nature s.foundation for the family" +"
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
DR.. Wells on the
Marriage Relation.

At the Second Unitarian Church last
night the pastor, Rev. DR.. Wells, deliv-
cred the first of two lectures on marriage,
his special subject being the place OF
marriage in nature. 1t was an attempt to
find the rules of this human relation.
tTwo causes" he said, Operate to i'm
pair the famiiy-the loss OF faith in the
sacredness OF marriage and the growth OF
indivIdualism. By so much as the infiu-
ence of the family declines 80 much does
the order of society suffer, and in self
governed nations the impotence OF politi-
cal forces to stand alone is disclosed
Nature is domestic in her purposes.
Many of the birds and beasts pair, and
fine principle of sex is established far
down in the vegetable life.
After tracing the evolution OF man and
showing the development of the two-fold
form of rhe individual, the speaker
pointed out certain causes OF dissonance
in married life. FIRST, the habit OF semi
deception.
Young people," he said, ''wear mask !;
thev put on an appearance. In the most
simple life of the country this is not pos
sible but in the city there is the restraint
of convention. The result is that they
know little of each other-less than moth
.ng. Often courtship is a game of cards.
10 which it is of first Importance not TO re-
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
FREAK BETS ON FNz
Two Barber Ride Four Blocks
in WheelbarrLWs and
Dine Free.
Comedien Burk Has Jolly Time in
Ferris Hartman's Part
at the Tivoi.

Market street afforded yesterday after
noon still another measure of the great
ness of the Carson scrap. A wheelbarrow
bet was paid, and wheelbarrow bets and
peanut rollings are not brought forth on
this earth except when a nation has
beer stirred by the hazard of something
that approximates the momentous i'm
portance OF Presidential election.
There was lots of fun at this Sabbath
wheeling in honor of Robert Fitzsim-
mons, but no psychologist or philosopher
TO observe its ways and to inquire about
the why's of these strange freaks Of human
nature.
a block and half into south of Market,
at 128 Fourth street, is f1ourishng bar
er-shop, and next door is fiourishing
place OF business and pleasure, with
''free hamburger day and night" and
neighboriy relations with the tonsorial
palace. W. F. Niedermak, who came
here as one of the Monogram base ba II
team of Portland last fall, twirls mus
taches there, and so does E. J. PrelI. A
fine young man, named ID. A. Desmond,
comes daily for the laundry work, and J.
Bishop. another fine young man, finds
the barber-shop filling large place in his
life.
Two weeks OF "Ch0Wlng the rag over
the fight didn't change the deep convic-
ton of the two young BARRIERS that Fuz
would knock the head off him and the
certainty of the two other fellows that
Fitz was "big stiff, :" and bantering in
friendly fierceness brought the serious re-
suit that the two that lost were to wheel
the other two around the block, preceded
by tho Oxford string band. and to pay for
French dinner.
So at $3.50 P. NJ. Desmond and Bishop,
wearing placards II bet on Corbett,'
started the trundiing of the BARRIERS. who
proclaimed II bet on Fi!z," and the string
band and the flags helped draw an at
tendant crowd.
The day after the fight one messenger
boy entertained Market street by wheeling
q comrade from Second street to the City
Hall and back.
Tivoli theater goers had an extra laugh
last night because John Burke, who was
doing comedy part at the Orpheum,
paid his bet with Ferris Hartman on the
fight on the Tivoli stage. These popular
comedians agreed that the loser should
play the others part that night, and
Burke paid his bet. He appeared on the
stage in the first act of "Pinafore" in
Hartman's costume, which was twice too
big for him, and without knowing line
OF his part, while Hartman sat in box
and enjoyed it.
Don't laugh" said Burke to the con-
vulsed audience, ''let the fellow in the box
laugh"
At the end of the second act he hastened
to his own part at the Orpheum.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
The Literature OF
The New estament.

Rev. William RAIDER of the Third Con-
gregational Church preached the second
of series of sermons on New Testament
Literature. He said in part:
Paul was not theologian. His writ
ings contained no system of thought, no
studied arrangement of ideas. They were
not an unbroken chain of thought, but
casket of jewels thrown together out OF
great soul, which apprehepded certain
truths and uttered them. He was not
philosopher, yet he had philosophy
The source of Pauls theology is found
in his conversion. He was educated
uigot. After his conversion he preached
tine universal love of God. 1t is i'm possi-
BILE 10 limit this divine love. The history
of religion is an exhibition of its constant
overfowing the narrow boundaries set by
men. God is not God of one race, but OF
all races. This is proved by the expert
ence of Jonah, OF Philip preaching TO the
eunuch, the conversion of Cornelius and
the ministry of Paul. The question which
Paul took as the text of his theology was.
How can man became right with God
This is his starting point. He declares
tnat both Jew ana Pagan come short of
the righteousness OF God; that Jew with
his broken law is little different from a
pagan with his Bible written on his con-
science. He preached in answer to his
question, righteousness and faith. He be-
lleved that men are not to be made right
with God by ceremony or ritual or blind
obedience to law, whe ther written or un-
written; that religion IS a life that saliva
tion is the character of God and that this
character is received through faith, which
is the mower 10 see and receive the invisi-
bic. He believed that this righteousness is
NOT barrier but an invitation from God to
man, and that men are good in proportion
to the degree of this righteousness In
them; and that as proof of Gods will
ingness to be merclful and to extend his
own character through faith to the world.
he has given his Son in dem onstration,
in whose sacrifice we love him because
he first loved u.s. The theology of Paul
is that OF justification BY faith rather than
Righteousness by law
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
ADVANCED CUBA'S CAUSE,
Echoes of Saturday Nights Big
Mass-Meeting Still
Sounding.
San Francisco's Citizens Aroused in a
Just Cause as They Nver
Were Befor..

San Francisco is yet ringing with the
Metropolitan Temple on Saturday night
and sent to the struggling Cubans the
knowledge that the City by the Golden
Gate is heartily in sympathy with them
in their valiant fight for liberty.
Certainly no such gathering was ever be-
fore held in this City. There were few or
none of the idle curiosity-seekers who usu-
ally attend such meetings merely to get
comfortable seats for the evening and listen
carelessiy to the eloquence OF the speak
ers. Almost every member of the audi
ence seemed to feel that he or she had
personal interest in the cause OF the patri-
OTIS and the eagerness with which ali lis
tened to the addresses and the spontane-
Gus applause that greeted each horolc
name or patriotic utterance testified to
the depth of that feeling.
Many went TO the meeting full of SYM
pathy for Cuba, but not exactly knowing
why, except that her men and women
were struggling for liberty. When they
left the big hall they knew just why, and
their in terest was vastly increased. They
card eloquent, logical speakers tell OF the
rights of the CubaEs and of the indig-
mites heaped upon them. They heard
the strong but respectful resolutions that
were passed in behalf of a downtrodden
though brave people,. and they caught
the enthusiasm of the thousands who
filled the hall. Then they thrilled and
cheered with the rest and went home to
talk of nothing else but the necessity Of
aiding the Cubans and to think only of
plans for doing something substantial in
their cause.
The mass-meeting did vastly more than
just pass those resolutions. 1t aroused
the people as only such gatherings can
and 1t set a ball rolling that will not stop
until Cuba is free and received into the
family OF American republics.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
VISITED CORRAL HOLLOW.
Party of Capitalists Inspects the Big
Coal Mines Which Are Soon
to Open,

A party of prominent San Francisco
capitalists and merchants returned yesser-
day from visit to the Corral Hollow coal
mines, which have just been opened. and
from which fuel will be shipped within
the next few days.
The Journey was undertaken at the in
vitation of the San Joaquin and Alameda
Coal Company. which owns the mines,
and was in the nature of junketing trip
to ssisw the resources of the vast deposits
OF coal that are. expected soon to free San
Francisco from the necessity of bringing
fuel from foreign markets.
A portion of the party went to Stockton,
the rend .zvous, by boat. and Others by
special car. the guests of the company be-
ing escorted to the mine by Superintend-
ent John Treadwell. All were vastly in.
terested in the big mine, which boasts of
its own railroad to convey its product to
tide water. and spent pleasant day about
the property.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
Presfdio AthIetfc Grounds.


Time of game--Two hours 10 minutes.
Presidio Athletic Grounds.
The CALIFORNIA; defeated the Marcus and
Runnels by score of 16 to T.
The feature of the game was a sensa-
tional running. catch by Krug, the Alerts'
shorts.op.
The National Guards defeated the A.
Shireck d Go. team by score of 81 to Is.
The Dolphins were defeated by the
South Ends by score of AZ to z.
The Hall OF Records defeated the II.
Friedman q Co.'S by score of 10 to 8.
An exciting game was played last Sat-
urdav on The st. Mary's College campus.
The competing teams were the Bank OF
'o7 VS.. Yard. The former won by score
OF 6 to5
The Pacific Stock Exchange team and
the William Clines will play ball next
Sunday morning at the recreation
grounds.
The Conway & Banners defeated the
Oakland Examiners by score of to g
The winners will accept a challenge from
any amateur nine, the Examiners or G..
H. Tays preferred. Send challenge to
o. E. Baldwin, 211K Jones street.
The Friedmans defeated the Golden
Gates by a score of IA to 10 The features
of the game were the superior pitching Of
Wllllam faDSt ana the neaVy UattlnS OF
Lange, o Leary, Malone and Pabst.
The married and single men of the Ex-
celsior Redwood Company crossed bats in
an exciting game of baseball at the recrea-
ton grounds in Golden Gate Park yester
day, and the boys who have not yet had a
| chance to decide whether or not marriage
is failure. won by score of 26 to Is.
The game was for $50 size, and the
winning team was made up of Connelly,
pitcher; Lombard, catcher; Simpson, first
base; LLOYD, second base; Ward, third
base; MtGrlli, shortstop; Ayres, right
field: Sundberg, center field, and Kelly
left field.
The married team was as follows: Nve,
pitcher; Williams, catcher; Faust, first
base; Firch, second base; Bodie. third
base: Perry, shortshop; Norton, left field ;
Stone. right field; Anson, center tiel
Mr.. Knight officiated as umpire.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22

command of their leader himself. But every
one of their demands had to be granted be-
fore they would retire.
In like manner did the insurrection rage TAR
and wide over England. In every recorded
case ihe insurgents were granted Whatever
they desired.
After the people had thus retired home In
perfect faith the Kings counselors rescind-
ed his promises and punished the revolt with
great cruelty and bloodshed. Nevertheless
its cause, ultimately gained; serfdom had
received its death blow.
1t was a great social movement, the back
bone OF which was an uprising against serf-
dom. Besides This, the rebels demanded a
low limitation OF rent, which would have
given them economical liberty, free hunting
and fishing and freedom from all tolls and
oppression. They wished to force the King to
rule by their OWL instead of his lords ad-
vice.
Several others addressed the meeting.
and among them was A. Bersford, the
author OF the new socialistic work.
PHILOSOPHY for Wage Slaves" whose re-
marks were we'll received.
M. w. Wilkins will soon depart for the
San Joaquin Valley, where he will or
ganize sections of the party in all of the
towns. The wagon will start out with
socialist speakers and literature for propa-
ganda work in the last OF April.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
MOTTO .
Office of the
Chief Of Police,
SAN FRANCISCO,
March 20, 1897

The attention of the public
is hereby called to Orders
3oo3 and 1864 of the Board
of Supervisors, which makes
it a misdemeanor, punish
able by a fine not exceeding
Twenty-Five Dollars or by
Imprisonment not exceeding
ten days, for any person to
expectorate on the floor Of
any public building, or on
any sidewalk, or on the floor
of any street-rallway car III
this City and County.
P. CROWLEY,
Chief of Police.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
AROUND THE BASES.
The San Francisco Athletic Club
Defeats the Santa
Claras.
Hale Bros. Defeats the K S & IS.
South Ends Win From the
Do.phins-Other Games.

The defeat of the Santa Claras yester-
day was due to the clever pitching of
Fleming, the Athletic Clubs new south
paw.
The visitors were only able to get one
hit off his delivery.
The game was an excellent exhibition
offast playing, and the large crowd was
kept in a constant state of enthusiasm.
The following score shows how the
game was won and lost:
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
The Commercial League.

The game played by the Kohlberg,
Strauss & Frohman and the Hale Bros.
teams was exceedingly exciting, despite
the score. The Haies were very strong
both at bat and in the field. and their
punching of twelve runs in the seventh
inning lost all hope to the admirers of the
losing team.
The attendance was over 1900.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22

Earned run-Santa Clara l. Three-base hit
Spellman. Sacrifice hits-Robinson. Spellman,
+. Foley First base on errors-AthIetics g. santa
Clara 8. First base called b b,lls-Athletics g.
santa Clara g. Left on bases Athletics T. santa
Clara T. Struck out-Raymond l. Fleming 8.
steffani z. Hit by ptcher-Van Norden and
Draghi Time of game-1h. 56min. Umpire
James NC cDOnald Official scorer-E. ID. Lowry
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
NOTICE TO DECORATORS.

TENDERS WILL BE RECEIVED FOR DE-
corating the streets for the Carnival of the
Go den Gate during the week, May TO s. at the
rooms 8 20. II, Columbian building, 916 Mar
st. Bids will close March % at p. NJ. Bidders
will specify the price block.
The decorations to consist OF flags and streamers
of he carnival colors, strung rope across the
Nr.ets five lines each block, nine flags and nIne
streamers on each line. The flags and streameis
to be of the carnival coors. The flags to be four
(4) ieet wide ard six % feet long the smers
TO be eight 81 inches wide and IL feet long: also
var-cO shields. to b. used, of proper design
m iQrS
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22

SUPERIORITY to fit defective sight conceded
to Berteling Optical Company; removed to IA
and IL kearny street.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22

Hale l. X. s. & F. L. Pas sed bafis-Hale 2, X. s.
d +. b. Left on baSes-Hale II. h. :. & +. 3.
struck out-By Craw ford 4 by Roberts 6, by Sta
pie T. Wild pitches-Crawford ], Roberts 8.
Umpire-Geggus.
Time of game-Two hours 10 minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.

Tenders are hereby called for the exclusive
privilege of erecting grand stands and trbures on
the ine ef the march OF the parade OF the Carnival
Of The Golden Gate.
Plans and specifications are at the office of The
Carnival Committee, looms 10, 20, II, Columbian
building, 916 Market s..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-10
Celebrate Its Anniversary.

The Young Mems Missionary Society OF
Seventh-Street Christian church Will cele-
brate it's twenty-fourth anniversary this
evening, and most attractive pro-
gramme has been arranged. The eXer-
cises will take place in the church. and
embrace the following features: Volun-
tary, invocation prayer. Hymn No. 1875,
"An Hail the Power of Jesus Name" /;
reading Scripture, prayer. Hymn No. AIS
From Greenland's Icy Mountains; re-
port BY the president Of society for 1886,
j. W. Peatross; address by Rev. E. J..
Powell, Of Louisville, Ky; solo, Captain
r. W. Cunningham; Offering for the So
ciety, Doxology, and benedictlon.
The annual address ON An Answer TO q
Divine Call VIII be made by Rev Mr.
Powell, who comes from his Kentucky
homo expressly to be present on this oc-
casion, and a real treat is IN store for the
many who will doubtless hear him.
Mr.. Powell reached the city Friday eve
ming, and will preach IN the church at the
morning service His subject will be 1.-THE
Day of the Lord"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-10
90 Midnight Cry.,

The mems meeting at the Young Mems
Christian Association this afternoon Will
be one full Of interest. Rev. j. T. Cook
win address the meeting, taking for his
theme "a Midnight Cry" Mr.. Cook is
not only an extremely forceful speaker,
but also eloquent. His theme will be
one full of interest to men. These meet
ngs are free to all men, and the at
tendance is quite large.
At o'clock, in the association parlor,
there will be a meeting Of the boys Cos
pei army. The attendance at this meet
ing is increasing rapidly, last Sunday al
most 100 boys being present The OPEN
ing exercises to-day will be in charge
Of Captain AIurren and Messrs. Stubs
and Merrill Instead Of an address, as
usual. there will be an excellent song
service, conducted by Secretary Mckee.
An announcement Of special interest will
be made at this meeting. Every boy
under 16 is welcome.