The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-24
MANS DUTY UNTO
, HIS FELLOW MAN
Student Leaders Point
to the Christ as an
Exemplar.
Christian Charity Needed to
Tighten the Burdens
of Life.
Sabbath Sermons and Discussions
in the Conference at Pacific
Grove.

PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, May 23.-The
third day of the convention OF Pacific
Coast students opened rather lnauspi-
cousIy, so far as the weather was concerned.
1t was cold and a heavy log obscured
the sun the early portion OF the day. Later
the brightness and life of the enthusiastic
college men seemed to have been Infused
with the atmosphere, and the sun dissf-
pated the fog into beautiful golden mist.
eventually driving it away entirely. A
large mum Der of delegates arrived On last
evenings train, so the representation from
the various colleges is much larger than
was anticipated.
The Bible class this morning was under
the direction OF Robert E. Lewis of Chi
cago, and was ably taught by him. His
subject was 1.-THE Analysis of the Tempta-
tons of Christ" Mr.. Lewis brought these
temptations down to everyday life, and
made them fit with the experience, past
present and future of all of his hearers.
The general summary-of his lecture he
made under two heads: First, Jesus met
and conquered temptation as the son OF
man and not in his divine capacity, thus
bringing himself much nearer humanity
and its needs. Along this line he quoted
Canon Farrar as having said that "a
divine impulse led Christ to seek his hour
of peril alone" and SO secondly earned
the power to teach and lead.
L. F. Willie, the leader of the confer
ence city association delegate and the pre-
siding officer of the convention, opened
the platform meeting in the Epworth
League lecture room with a very affec-
tive choral hymn which he led. The de-
votional exercises were led by him and
then Robert Z. Lewis delivered the ad-
dress of the day on the subject Our Eel
lowship With Christ" The strong point
OF his discourse was our propensity to live
q selfish life, rather than to become fell
lows with Jesus Christ. In the second
division OF his sermon he showed that,
having put away selfish things, we earned
q right 10 claim a companionship with
Christ upon terms of perfect and abso-
lutte equality. In all his lectures Mr..
Lewis exercises most marked ability to
draw vivid word pictures. and his knowl-
edge OF the Holy Land and the history of
the time OF Christ is unusually complete.
Noel II. Jacks, general secretary OF the
Oakland Young Mons Christian Associa-
ton, delivered the sermon to the as
sem bled delegates in the main auditorium
of the Me hodist Episcopal Church at IL
o'clock. Besides the students there was
IL ldFg6 COUHIeRdllOtI Ol CIl1ZtuS VI dCl1lC
Grove and Monterey. His subject, Rest
Found in Christ" the text being taken
from Matthew XII: 28 Come unto me all
ye that labor and are heavy laden, and |
VII give yer rest"
Mr.. Jacks spoke of the personal care and
watchfuiness of God for human creatures,
rs taught by the Bible, and as contra.
dicted by those VINO scoffed to be fashion
able and who claimed that God was the
personihcation of II don't care" The for
lornness of humanity. he said, would be de-
pIorable were such things SO. The worlds
great characteristi tic of present day was
most complete unrest, and he cited as
evidence OF its need OF rest the wars, riots
and general turmoil and bloodshed.
He chnched this point with Napoleon S
WORDS: Cesar and l founded mighty
empires which did not endure because
depending solely upon force. But Christ
founded an empire upon love which shall
endure for all time"
At o'clock c. G. Kitchener addressed
the delegates at an informal meeting, TAX
ing for his theme Prayer" and taking
in a practical man-to-man fashion, which
was greatly appreciated by the students.
A feature of his talk was the proof by
historical facts of the efficacy of prayer.
lie quoted Motley in his history of the
Dutch Republic regarding the beleaguered
Huguenots in the city of Llege, who were
starving and prayed for deliverance. 1t
came in the shape of a plentiful rain,
which cleared tie city of fever and pesti-
lence and made il possible for them 10 live
until aid came TO them from without.
Several instances Of Old Testament his
tory were also brought forward.
At the end OF Mr.. Michener's talk F. L.
Willis sang Savior, Follow On and
this closed the session.
The open-air life class assem- led half
hour earlier this evening and the sun was
just over the pine tree tops when the
opening song began. f. l.. Willis, who
has charge of the city delegations of the
convention, conducted this evenings
class. He very appropriately took as his
subject The Call of CoIiege-Bred Men to
Christian Callings" He dwell upon the
point that whether a mans calling be
religious or secular he should none the
less live for the good of his Fellows. as did
Athenasius and Savonarola of old. The
college man was not left free to make his
independent choice, he said, for each was
the beneficiary of his college TO some ex-
tent and his preferences were Influenced
by this fact.
The platform meeting In the church
auditorium was very largely attended.
Short devotional exercises began the SER
vice and addresses followed