The San Francisco call., 1897-07-13
MISSIONARY WORK.
The Morning Session at the Big
Mechanics Pavilion.


While Caleb Cobweh" may not be a
picturesque speaker he certainly has q
picturesque way of presenting his argu-
ments 10 an audience, and his object
lessons were received with more generous
applause and laughter than any other
speakers at Mechanics Pavilion yester-
day. He showed in most graphic manner
the various uses to which the money Of
the United States is put annually, and
said that the Bible had so little of it as TO
be almost invisible beside the other items.
After the praise service and devotional
exercises Miss Edith Russell OF Oakland
sang Dudley Buek's Come, Holy Spirit, -
web of the Golden Rule--made the hit
of the day. He said, in part:
Some men pray for the millennium and
don't give mill toward its coming. EnGeav-
Orers, the chariot wheels OF the millennium are
made OF consecrsted dollars.
go ye into all the world" we say to our
missionaries. stay right here in my pocket
book" we say to our greenbacks.
We take an interest IN missions-but we
keep our money on Interest,"
THY kingdom come" we pray. Ali, we
must send our money to fetch IL.
The Lord will judge this Nation, Endesvor.
eTs, not by its prayerbooks, but by its eccoun L
books. And how do the account-books OF our
Nation read? want 10 show you line OF
shameful totals.
(Here the speaker stretched q cord between
the platform posts and hung upon it, as each
item was mentioned. a pasteboard sym Dol.
These represent a bottle. a pipe, A loaf OF
bread, a bicycle, q wooden gate, q shoe, a
molGsses jug, chair, q Bible. The first was
very large, the rest successively smaller, the
last being very small
Endeavorers, what is to be done about this 4?
Mr. AmeTmGn, president of the New York City
Union, knew what to do. With Christian En-
deayor dlrectnsss he wrote pledge, and the
pledgers promised 10 pay 10 The Lords work
One-tenth OF their incomes. Thus, in the wear
1896, was formed the Tenth Legion. This
Tenth Legion takes Tor its motto, Unto God
the things that are Gods"
And now does any one think tenth too
much TO give to the Lords work? Look at
this circle; il stands for your income.
tThe speaker hing on the line large paste
board circ divided into ten sections, each of
differ, nj color, and one of them-the white
ore-TemOvabe.l
Here is the Lords tenth. / set it aside.
What have you left? Well, there's one tenth
Tor your head to provide roof to cover il.
GAS the several particulars were named ap-
propTiate paseboard symbols were hung on
ach OF the nine sections-a picture of q roof
little book, the picture of picture in q
frame, a bar of music bottle OF perfume q
pie. necktie, gold ring. a bicycle.)
There's one.tenth for your brain, and books
to feed il; one-Ienth for your eyes, and pic
lures to delight them; one-teath for your
ears, music To hear; one-tenth for your nose,
perfume to smell; one-tenth for your mouth
something to eat-including pie; one-tentt
Tor your body, something 10 wear; one-tentt
for your nands, a ring, and all it implies
and one-tenih for your feet-a bicycle, to be
sure, with arnica and court plaster thrown in
And now what depends u pon the Lords tenth?
(The speaker hung upon the detached sec
tion in lengthening chain fitting pasteboard
symb bols-a church, an IS. s., sc. En-"