The San Francisco call., 1897-11-15
1T WAS A DAY FOR YOUNG MEN.
Sermons on Youth and Its Temptations.
A Special Time of Prayer.

him. and desires tor each of us the largest life
and success. Ii we come 10 him from years
OF wandering he will not turn ds away. The
door of mercy is never shut The gate OF par
don stands open night and day.
At the Chinese Presby Church
yesterday afternoon Rev. DR.. J. A. Gard
ner. former missionary among the
Chinese in Victoria, preached on the sub
ject of "Harvesting." He divided his
sermon into three par's-the harvest
sown, the harvest of tho body, and the
harvest of the soul. He passed briefly
over the first two heads and dwelt espe-
cially on the harvest of the soul. he ad-
ylsed the young men to SOW the right
kind of seeds, so when the harvest came
they would reap good and not evil.
The week of prayer for young men was
auspiciously opened In the Y. NJ. c. A.
auditorium Yesterday afternoon, when
the Rev. DR.. E. r. Ollie and a special male
choir of thirty voices entertained very
large audience that the seats in the main
hall and gallery could not hold.
DR.. Ollie discussed earnestly and in a
picturesque cratorical style the subject,
who and What Was Jesus of NazarafhP ?"
He said that if Christ were only an imag-
mary character then the man that created
that character and made 1t speak with
the wisdom and the gentleness and the
marvellous fairness attributed TO Jesus
was an author and a deIineator OF char
acter greater than Shakespeare, as great
as a Christ himse But, he declared, the
men that recorded Chrlst's acts and ut
terances were simple people. 1t were i'm
possible that the purest water should
sparkle from fountain dehled.
Christ was a reality, God in ideal
human form come TO teach lesson to
mankind and set example for all time.
DR.. Ollie dealt In many beautiful COM
parsons to impress his meaning, and
when he had conclu1ed he was generally
appIauded.
Rev. DR.. George c. Adams of the First
Congreg gational Oh urch said:
The poets have made out that God made the
country and man the city. But the Bible be-
all its teaching Of civilization is in favor Of
the city. Young men flock To it in hope OF
making conquest OF fortune. When they come
tired and discouraged any one who beiriends
them has influence. To Oliver Twist, nearly
DEAD on the road, the Arttul Dodger was an
angel OF light and led him easily to the den OF
Fagin, the robber. The young man OF to-day
finds Ii difficult to get WoIk; all places are
full; the trades not open 10 him; the
world is cold; and lie finds that any one with
ordinary business ability can be2in the saloon
business without dollar of capital. We need
less preaching on this subject aud more effort
10 open doors that lead to lite and heIpfulness.
We cannot overestimate the value of young
men. With their aid Patrick Henry carried
Virginia lOr freedom. General Grant said that
If he and every other general officer had fallen
the young men OF the Union would have filled
the places and saved the untry. The Y NJ.
c. A. tries TO make the young man welcome to
the city, and opens place OF warmth and
comfort for him. Nipoleon Bonaparte once
was in Paris, homeless and friendIess. and
spent his time IN Il little rea ding room. When
he was First Consul and was urged to close the
reading-rooms for State reasons he refused 10
do so. Let US hel p TO keep open these places
where the stranger can find friend, and the
young man away from his mother secure
haven, free from evil influences.
At st. Luke's Episcopal Church last
night the services were under the direc-
tion of the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew
i. c. McAfee, a well-known business man
of this city, introduced William Sterling
of Chicago, who spoke in part as follows:
The church expects every man to do his
duty. 1t does not expect the women to do
their duty-they are already doing it. We
men respect our business obligations, but
how about our Obligations TO God? am
afraid we do not pay enough attention to that
part. We stay at home and let alone the ma
chimes that make our politics, which have
been getting us in such bad odor In the eyes
of the world. You and | have not put sui
fcient value upon the church. We must
make our own particular church the best
working one in the city. We don't want
church manned" by women, as some one
once said. We want 1t manned by men. The
Brotherh ocd of st. Andrew has certainly done
a great deal of good, but it should do more.
We get great many testimonials from travel
ing men VINO STOP at hotels saying that the
Episcopal church is the only one that gives
them such warm invitations 10 come 10 the
church and it pleases then to have the lit tie
cards that the brotherhood issues asking them
TO attend the cnuTch.
Bishop Nichols. who has just returned
from Europe, then spoke glowingly of the
future OF the brotherhood, after which
collection was taken TO pay the remainder
of the money due on the little mission at
Ocean View.