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The herald., 1898-06-20
yfS1fRDArS SERMONS
1AocALAu1EATE ADDRESS TO
NORMAL STUDENTS
MHAT SHALL IT PRoFITAMAN7
Whsncs Came Wei Why Are We Herer
Christ in Christianity-Preach-
srs' Practical Precepts

4 large audience that filled the capa-
cious auditorium Of the First Christian
church assembled yesterday morning to
hear the Rev. A. c. Smither's baccalau-
reate sermon to the graduates of the state
normal school. The class, numbering 80.
occupied prominent seats. and to them Mr..
Smither addressed his sermon. The text
was: ITO this end was born, and for
this cause came 1 into the world. that I
should bear witness to the truth" John
xviii:n. This text refers primarily to the
Son Of God, said the speaker, but the great
principle contained in it is applicable to
all-that Of a mission in the world on the
part Of US all. All men are sent of God
into the world for purpose. Whether or
not this purpose is carried out is dependen.
upon the will of man. This mission is two
fold, that affecting US or for our own
benefit, and that relating to others, SER
vice rendered our fellow men in their
lives. For our own development and
growth God is using the various agencies
and instrumentalities Of life. To some life
is q battle. a conflict, strife The ene-
mics are numerous; the battles are
many; the conflict is lifelong. Who has
not so experienced? Out of the battle the
victory is won; out of the struggle comes
the strength; out of the conflict comes
power. To others life is discipline. The
great end sought is the publication Of our
characters, the development Of our ma
lures. This may be wrought in the cru
cible Of pain; it may be accomplished by
great suffering. The great characters of
history have been fashioned out of the
sorrows and tolls of adverse conditions
and circumstances. Jesus was made per-
feet for his great life work by his suffer-
ing. The greatest personal achievement
Of human life is the fashioning of charac-
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Universal Brotherhood

At Universal Brotherhood hall, 525 West
Fifth street, A. B. Clark lectured Sunday
morning on ''Wonders of Science, or
Vibratory Universe" The speaker said
the wonders of ether were just dawning
on scientific minds, and great progress may
be anticipated in this direction. The
liquefaction of air, the advance of electrical
science and X-rays all tend in this direc-
ton. The ether is the workshop of ma
ture, physically and spiritually The an
clients called 1t ''Omnipotent Father
Aether" Descriptions of the ether and
vibrations in it were given with an account
of recent advancements by science. Also
the power of the voice to produce vibratory
effects, and our responsibility for the
same. "In the beginning was the word"
means sound, or the vibration of the divine
thought which thrills throughout infini-
tude, bringing all into being. Man is the
most perfect receiver and transmitter, and
can tune himself with the divine harmonies
till knowledge, peace and power shall be
his
The herald., 1898-06-20
THE NEW CYCLE
Mrs. Mary G. Lyman at the Harmonial
Spiritualist Society

Mrs. Mary c. Lyman, an ordained minis
ter of the Gospel of Spirituaism, and for
the past five months pastor for the Harmo-
nial association of spiritualists in this city,
spoke last evening in Kramers hall on Fifth
street upon the subject: 1.-THE New Cycle
and Higher Civilization"
The speaker said there were ominous
clouds upon the mental horizon and the
very air is freigbted with new life that
foretells the birth of wonderful change.
Darkness will enshroud the minds of earth s
inha abitants more ard more ere the new
cycle wills be ushered in. Like storm 1t
will break, and from the travail of nature
reason will have its greater birth and as
sumo it's influence over the mind and earth
ly affairs of all humanity, for intellect and
reason are progressive entities and will
build the higher civilization. Them the uni
versal brotherhood of humanity will be a
truth; realized by earth's inhabitants with
one religion and our only creed, "to do
good.'
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III do not 20, the teacher will not come
a. IL eoid IN hrtaf.

III do not 90, the teacher will not come
to YOU" He said in brief:
The tendency of some religioniststo elm
mate Christ from the religion of which He
is the founder leads us to consider this
subject and to attempt to give the personal
Christ His proper place in His own religion.
In our text we conceive Jesus as saying:
"If do not go away, II do not meet death
on the cross, If fail in this last crucial test
to stamp My individuality and perfect per-
sonality on the world. the teacher will not
come to you, the spirit of truth will not be
yours and enthusiastic spiritual life will not
exist In other words, Christianity as
system of truth can have no ef-
fective existence without the person
al Christ. Christians, and especially
those who accept Christian TRUTH
though they would forget the Lord who
gave it to the world, must accept this word
of Jesus that without Him personally His
truth cannot live. The great Talleyrand
committed no error when he told the infidel
who asked him why infidelity prevailed so
little against Christ. go and be crucified,
and raise yourself the third day, and you
will then know why you cannot overthrow
Christianity" Christianity cannot be sep
arated from the individual who perfectly
lived 1t.
1t is said. but we meet the saying with
limitation, that all the truth spoken by
Jesus was spoken before His day. And
yet men did not live that truth. Why?
Because it lacked the individuality of one
who who ''lived the precepts which He
taught" In order that men may be
brought to full, holy, spiritual life, Jesus.
as the embodiment of His truth, is neces-
sary. The mind and heart of man are COM
pletely touched only when truth is brought
to its personal relations in the example of a
perfect being. Jesus said: Except we
abide In me (not in My truth only ye can
do nothing"
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ter, the securing of that which surpasses
time and defies death. 1t alone is imper-
ishable and oblivious to the ordinary
conditions of human life. Our great work
in life is character building.
A greater mission than that wrought
upon ourselves is that for others. In this
we rise above the level of human life, and
enter upon the sphere of divine operations,
for a just synonym, for God is the giver.
When we give out of our life and powers
to aid others we reach up after the Cod
like. The sphere of the teacher is dis
tinctively altruistic. Altruism is key
word of the wider, richer civilization Of this
age. For the teacher to fail here is TO
fail indeed. What a solemn and tender
task is imposed upon him or her into
whose hand is committed the plastic clay
of human character to be fashioned into
statuary more imperishable than marble.
No Phidias OF Praxiteles ever did such
work. No architect ever fashioned temple
so enduring or building SO imperishable.
The true power of the teacher is not in
his ability to impart facts, but in his
higher power of impressing personal char
acter upon the student, the power to
impart his higher, richer and better nature
to the pupils. If you would command the
highest and grandest possibilities within
you, it can only be done by the introduc-
ton into your character of the ennobling
principles Of the gospel of Christ. The
greatest weakness Of our public school sys-
tenn is the lack of teaching along the line
Of Christian ethics. This lack should be
supplied by the personal character of the
teacher. 1t is this power of personal char
acter that has given many of our rarest
spirits this power and prestige. By fully
accomplishing your mission here you shall
be able to achieve the divine purpose in
your lives; you shall come up to the devel-
opment of the latent powers within you;
you shall fill your own lives with the
sweetest and choicest Of blessings; you
will be blessing to your generation and
race, and, II you are the children Of God
in faith and love and service, you shall in
death pass up into realm Of endless life
and fadeless joys in the presence of God.
The herald., 1898-06-20
WHAT DOTH IT PROFIT A MAN
Rev. B. E. Howard at the Los Angeles
Theater

For what doth it profit man to gain
the whole world and forfeit his life?"-Mark
vii:36-was the text from which Rev. Burt
Estes Howard of the Fourth Congrega-
tional church addressed his congregation
yesterday morning.
"It has been said by some one that Jesus
discovered the individual. Whether this be
true or no, he certainly discovered the
value of man as man. The Gospel is not an
appeal to sef-interest but to the divinity
that sleeps within each human heart. Jesus
was the mighty redeemer of manhood. Not
alone did he save men, but he rescued the
ideal from the low level to which it had
fallen.
"Viewed from long perspective, the king
and the beggar look just alike. Jesus was
so far above the mere accidents and arti-
| ficialites with which men love to drape
themselves and by which they judge and
rate each other, that from Ills view point
all these trappings faded out and every man
stood forth simply as man. 1t was on
this common level that Jesus dealt with
the race. When it came to comparison
of values between men and things the
question of relative worth solved itself in
this very statement; men are worth more
| than things.
Jesus does not insist or imply that the
world, the complicated system of buying
and selling, eating and drinking, the intri-
cate relationship in which human life finds
itself located is evil in itself and for that
reason to be scorned and avoided. Jesus
never taught weak and peevish withdraw
al from lifes responsibilities. The world
is Gods world and He meant His children
to live in it. but He meant them to be larger
than any circumstances in which they are
placed. A man is worth what he is. What
he owns Is only SO much accumulated op.
portunity. 1t must be translated into char
acter to have intrinsic value. Men lose theil
worth when they are transmitted into mer'
stuff. Things gain value when they are
converted into personal love"
The herald., 1898-06-20
THE RESURRECTION
Conclusions on the Subject Reached by
Rev. David Walk

Rev. David Walk
David Walk. in the Church of Christ. on
Eighth street, near Central avenue. read
Matthews account of the resurrection,
and announced that as the subject of his
sermon. Jesus either did or did not rise
from the dead. One or the other Of these
alternatives is true. That he was cruci-
fled, dead and buried. has never been
called in question. The controversy be-
tween faith and infidelity turns upon the
fact of the resurrection. If he came out
of the tomb alive, then all predicated of
him is true; If not, then there is not one
ray of hope resting upon any grave, or
lighting the pathway Of any human soul.
The very best that can be done to dis
credit his resurrection was done the day
he rose. Some of the guard came into
the city and related the fact of the empty
grave to the chief priests and others in
authority. A bribery and corruption fund
was at the disposal of these functionaries,
and, handing a large sum to the legion
aries, they thus instructed them: "Say
that his disciples came by night and stole
him away while we slept" OF course this
was a transparent lie. If the guard were
all asleep, which was an offense punishable
with death, how could they know that the
disciples came and stole the body? And
if they did not steal it, what became Of it:
No one pretended to deny that the tomb
was vacant If the body was still there
it would have been the short and easy
method to throw open the tomb to the
public. But the body was gone, and the
rulers knew it. Who took it? The dis
ciples could not, and the authorities would
not.
Suppose for a moment that the disciples
did steal the body? What followed? They
spent their lives and all they had and suf
fered martyrdom for proclaiming what
they knew to be a lie
But suppose that the enemies of Jesus
stole the body? What would have follow
ed? Why, as soon as the disciples began
to preach the resurrection as the great
and fundamental doctrine upon which the
whole superstructure of Christianity was
to rest, the body would have been instantly
produced, and the tongues of the adherents
of the Nazarene would have been silenced
forever.
1t follows, therefore, that the evangelists'
The herald., 1898-06-20
Edwards-Davidson

The marriage of Miss Julia Davidson,
daughter of Mr.. M. L. Davidson. and l..
Louis Edwards. business manager of the
R'nai Birth Messenger, took place at the
residence of the brides parents, S15 Cali
fornia street, Sunday morning. Rabbi
Edelman performed the ceremony. A re-
ception was held between and p. m.. Mt
which many of the friends of the Davidson
and Edwards families attended.
The herald., 1898-06-20
Praise Service

The praise service of the Central Pres
byterian church, held last evening in Y.
NJ c. A. hall, was attended by an over
flowing congregation, fully as many people
being turned away as gained admittance.
An excellent musical program was fur
nished by Mr.. and Mrs. Modini- Wood. Miss
Alice Eaton and Frank Wallace, assisted
by Mr.. Ballard on the cello and E. C. Will
son on the violin.
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wHENcEp wHYp wHITHERp
DR.. Wendte's Subject at the Church
of the Unity

Rev. c. w. Wendte preached at the
Church Of the Unity yesterday on Life
Problems; Whence Came We? Why Are
We Here? Whittier Do We Tend?"
Everywhere, and in all times, mankind
is found supplicating an answer to these
questions, asking for light on it's path a
disclosure of the purpose of the creation,
the will of the Creator, solution of these
profound problems which can give it
peace and strength for it's earthly Pilgrim
age.
And first, whence came the human crea-
ture, with the perplexing marvels of its
The herald., 1898-06-20
Responsive Service

The service at the Young Women's Chris
tian association yesterday afternoon was
led by Mrs. Z. r. Smith. The exercises
consisted of sacred song, prayer and re-
sponsive readings. The music was fur
nshed by the choir of the First Baptist
church, and their selections included I'm
a Pilgrim Lead, Kindly Light" and ''Te
Deum," with solo, Come Unto Me-" by
Miss Beattie. Mrs. Smiths reading was on
"The Secret of Peace"
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EXONERATION
OF Mr.. and Mrs. williams

I, the undersigned, Lester Green, in the
employ of Samuel Meyer, do hereby certify
and declare that l caused the arrest of Mr..
and Mrs. Williams on the 18th day of June,
1898, and that my action in the premises was
caused by mistake. Of which beg sber
pardon, and 1 fully exonerate Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams from any and all blame, and re-
quested the dismissal of the case against
them. LESTER E. GREEN.
The above is to my entire satisfaction.
SAMUEL MEYER.
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Funeral of DR.. Mellette

The funeral services of the late Josiah
H. Mellette, principal of the Sand street
school, were held yesterday afternoon
from Booth & Boylstons undertaking par
lors, 256 South Main street, conducted py
Rev. DR.. Day of the First Congregational
church. The orders of which Mr.. Mellette
was a member, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Fraternal Brotherhood and
knights of the Maccabees, attended each
as a body. The interment was at Rose
dale
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tents few days ago of picture of the pope.
Leo XIII, beautifully framed, which his
holiness forwarded to them with his bless
ing in writing on the occasion of their mar
riage. This is an honor that is not often
conferred upon ordinary mortals, and Mr..
and Mrs. Scott are very proud of the dis
tinction.
The herald., 1898-06-20
Christian Endeavor

Representatives from twenty-five So
cieties out Of thirty-flve comprising the
Los Angeles City Union of Christian En-
deavorers, met at the First Baptist church
Sunday afternoon. Special prayer was
made for the convention, which meets here
The herald., 1898-06-20

Thursday Friday and Saturday of this
week. Over 1000 members will attend. Only
three hundred require to be entertained.
Places for free entertainment of $50 not
provided for is desired by Chairman c. d.
Wilbur, ia North Spring street.
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Largest variety Concord business wagons
and top delivery wagons. Hawley. King 4
Co.
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Our Home Brew

Maier & Zobeein's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery, 44o Also street;
telephone 81.
The herald., 1898-06-20

Hawley, King & Co., cor. Fifth st. and
Broadway, agents genuine Columbus Buggy
company buggies and Victor bicycles.
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veloping and perfecting mans mind. heart
and character. This points quite con-
clusively to continuance and higher use
of these spiritual faculties in life to come.
The herald., 1898-06-20
H w Is Your Lawn?

For a reliable grade of garden hose and
the best line of lawn mowers go to James
w. Helman's, successor to w. c. Furrey
company.
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its forces are now chiefly devoted to de-
account of the resurrection is the only
credible explanation of the empty tomb.
The herald., 1898-06-20

Agents Victor, Heating, World Stearns
and March bicycles. Hawley, King & Co.
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W ante !

200 girls, ages II to Is, for living flag, for
July 4. Apply at Kramer's dancing school,
1879 West Fifth street.
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Everything on wheels Hawley, King &
Co., corner Fifth street and Broadway.
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JoTTINGs

Blumve & Jay, plumbing and gas fitting
Repair work a speciality. Garden hose. l3s
The herald., 1898-06-20
Leo,s Picture and Blessing

Attorney Joe Scott and his newly welded
wife, formerly Bertha Roth, were the recip-
The herald., 1898-06-20
Gasoline Stoves

Gas stoves
Al James w. Hellmaus, successor to w. G.
Furrey company.
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uN1vERsAL1sT CHURCH
Christ in Christianity by Rev. A. A.
Rice

The pastor, Rev. A. A. Rice, spoke on
"Christ and Christianity" from John xviii
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GENERAL SKATER IL PARADE UNIFORM.
ban campaign. When the war broke
out, ho was long and lean and lank. He
was tough as hickory. He followed tho
reaper baroleggod and did a mans
work. When President Lincoln called
for volunteers, he joined the army rs q
private. He did not stay long in the
ranks. 1t was soon discovered that the
tall soldier with the fighting hook"
to his nose and the clear steady eyes
was man born to command. So a COM
mand was given him.
Promotion came rapidly. He was
made major of the Nineteenth Mich-
gan infantry. Next he was made lieu
tenant colonel. When the war closed.
he had been brevetted hrigadicr gen
eral, the same title which he now holds.
Perhaps the fact that he was twice pro-
noted in one day on the same battle
field for bravery in action is sufficient
to show that he fought gallantly.
After the civil war closed he went
into the regular army and for 30 years
was assigned to posts far west of the
Mississippi. They were not peaceful
stations either. He fought Apachos,
Sioux. desperadoes and outlaws. 1t was
during that period he won the now al
most forgotten nickname of 'Pecos
Bill"
General Shafter has acquired years
and bulk. He now weighs over 300
pounds, and his hair is snowy white.
He parts it in the middle when he parts
"a T. l.. g.,
In dress parade uniform he is an impos
ing figure, for his weight is distributed
over a six foot frame.
| But there is very little blue and brass
about General Skaters field uniform.
| In fact, it is scarcely uniform ut all
Vests he entirely discards, and when he
wears coat it is the first one that is
handy. Usually it is a thin one, with
neither shoulder straps nor brass but
tons. In Cuba he has been wearing a
pith sun helmet, which makes fine
setting for his strong leonine face. The
| sketch shown was drawn by New
York Herald artist.
Shafter has short legs and n long
vody. lie has heavy gray mCs'aclo
s,l9 cr,at rhas ~ white eyebrows Yea
Couldn't ,All him Gr'm, f1r tEc:o's n
! ~cn.icl V,.;.a al ~ his twi"l,.ing
! H." '-' i..ra eyebrows,
| " i'c can't moye
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H. making others
r, To- .pariards that
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stone. the variety of which Is not yet
settled. The grounds will be tcrraccd and
there will he stone steps of TIE
same material rs the basement.
The building will lee surn.uu. y
with hip roof of slate. Tho
plans show the building to be literally
oruamcntcd with arches, carved cornicos
and panels. The degree to which this eff
feet will be carried out will depend upon
the cost mp to the point where Ornamental
ton begins ana If the appropriation is
running short when this point is reached
the trimmings can hc abbreviated. There
Is but little attempt at display of any
character. The building is approximately
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and the school board was to raise the
figures of. the request to $4,000 and the
REQUIRED forms were executed
The plans which will be followed in the
construction of the new school aim at ar
chitcctural beauty in keeping with the
handsome site upon which the building Is
to stand, without in any way hampcrng
the facilities for the accommodation of
pupils. Il Is the desire Of the school board
to have the nov building ready for occu-
pancy at the opening Of the school year
in September 1900 10 do this 1t is pos
siblc that the bids for the construction
of the foundation and the main building
will be let separately Thus the work
upon tho basement could begin us soon
a. plans are prepared ana while this Is in
progress the plans for the remainder Of
IN" nuildue could bc completed and the
contract arranged, ready to begin upon
when the work of the first contract has
been GCLr.
The building will be of brick with trim
n.ngs Of terra Gotta and the basement OF
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IL by 100 feet in size. Facing toward
Main street the main entrance will DO
upon that side, with an entrance at either
end for the use of the pupils These On
frances are pillarcd and above them VIII
nc constructed ornamental balconies
Above the windows Of the upper story are
places for inscriptions both at the front
and upon the west side. The general inn
precision given to the eye from look at
the plans is that of "A large, solid struc-
ture of pleasant roomy appearance, with
good light ana no particular effort toward
ornamcntation. The style is apparently a
little heavy, this effect coming from the
arrangement of the trimmings.
The interior arrangement strongly rec
ommcuded the plans TO the school board
and the Illustrations presented herewith
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show most completely the size and ar
rangCinCnt of the rooms upon each floor
The plans are so drawn that one half
of the building could be picked mp and its
place given to the other half, each cor
responding except in minor matters of de-
tail. with the other A study of the IL
lustratons, which give the location and
size of each room in the building, carries
the idea of the plan far more fully than
would any descriptive matter.
The basement includes, besides the usu-
al rooms given up to heating and vcntila-
ton, gymnasium with II running track
and shower baths and two bicycle rooms.
Lockers are provided for the gymnasium.
There arc also two rooms which can be
used for almost any purposes. They are
row marked Manual Training" and
"janitors workshop" The main corridor
of the basement, like those upon the
floors above, runs through the building
and there arc corridors running along
three sides OF the main room in the rcal
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centre and separating this room from the
outer rooms
I'von tho first floor Is show n the scat
irg capacity Of the assembly hail, when
Indicates the capacity Of the building as
80. This can be made 600 when required.
This assembly hall runs upward two stor-
los. At the right and left of the main en-
trance are found the rooms of the super
ntcndent, commissioners, principal and
teachers, each with storcrooms and clos
cts In each corner Of every floor aye
class rooms The second floor has Il IL
hrary directly over the entrance of the
floor below and recitation looms on cith-
~ side. The third floor IN. y y t be lin