The San Francisco call., 1897-01-12
/! WILL SEND CORN
To THE H|NDOOS
Evangelical Pastors Will
Wait on Mayor
Phelan
To Secure His Endorsement for
Chartering a Ship to Go
to India.
Bliss Says Bishop Potter Is an Arbi
traitor Between Capital ami
Labor.

c. K. Clark, J. L. Barker and Rev. o.
G. May, the gentlemen in Berkeley inter-
ested in the relief fund for India. have re-
solved to make an effort to secure CO.
operation among the evangelical pastors,
with the object of sending from California
a ship laden with grain to relieve some of
the starvation in India.
At the Congregational Monday Club
yesterday Rev. o. G.. May asked for the
appointment of committee to cooperate
with him and his fellow-workers. ave
want as many pastors as possible" he
said, "to wait on the Mayor and secure
his Endorsement for raising collections 10
send a ship laden with grain direct from
California to some port in India. We ex-
pect to telegraph $4c0 to India to- morrow,
and we have piano which will be sold 20
add to the fund. President Gates, in
Iowa, has written to tell US that Iowa will
send some of her surplus corn to Iudia,
and we want to induce California to do
likewise"
Rev. o. G. Mays proposition was met
with favor by the ongregational Monday
Club and Rev. DR.. Adams, Rev. William
G. Pond ana Rev. Philip Coombe were
appointed a com mittee to cooperate with
him. The other evangelical denomina-
tions also appointed committees; Rev. DIR.
Masters was appointed by the Ne hodists,
Rev. Frank Ford by the Christians and
r v. DR.. Ketcham by the Presbyterians.
The united committees will hold meet
ing next Monday to arrange for waiting
on the Mayor.
There was largely attended meeting of
the Glorious yesterday to hear Rev. W. d.
P. Bliss Of the Church Social Union.
After expounding his principles of social
ism Mr.. Bliss answered questions put by
the clergymen present. question with
regard 10 the denomination OF the mem
bership of the union elected thu reply
that all the members are Episcopalians.
In the East Mr.. Bliss stated, the Epis-
copaI church is recognized as being in the
vanguard in the matter of church social
ism, and in any trouble between capitalists
ana laborers Bishop Potter was more ap-
pealed to than any other arbitrator. When
asked his opinion of Debbs, Mr. Bliss re-
piled that he considered Debbs and the
trades unions were not so much TO blame
as outsiders and irresponsible hangers-on.
The Presbyterian Ministerial Union held
a quiz-question meeting yesterday, Rev.
Theodore Burnham of Vallejo being the
quiz<master. The general answer 10 the
question, How can minister provide
Tor a rainy day and old age?' was that
giving advice on t'The Best Way OF In
vesting Savings" Mr.. Burnham thought
that the savings bank should be used to
accumulate sufficient sum TO buy gilt
edged mortgage.
The Christian pastors were addressed by
Rev III. B. Morgan of Alameda on How
to Use the Daily Papers" Mr.. Morgan
spoke some words in defense of the Sun
day paper, which he said was prepared on
Saturday. ''The paper which gives work
on Sunday is the Monday paper" he said.
With regard to prize-fghts. etc, he said
papers had 10 give the news. and he be-
lieved that there were church members
who if their favorite paper suppressed the
report of a prze-hght would go out to
hunt paper that did port it
The Bay Conference of Congregational
Churches Will meet this afternoon at
Bethany, tue Rev. William c. Ponds
church.