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The herald., 1898-03-07
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
The Sabbath Was Made For Man and
Not Man For the Sabbath

Rev. Hugh X. Walker, in accordance
with the request of the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor of the
church, yesterday preached from the text,
1.-The Sabbath was made for man, and not
man for the Sabbath" This text is a
striking instance of the facility with
which men pervert scripture to their own
uses, for. as far as any practical under
standing of it is concerned, it is made to
read, "the Sabbath was made by man, not
for man." Set apart by man to have good
time if he pleases, in the way he pleases
This is contrary to the Lords teaching
Let us be careful of the proposition.
1 am going to preach on the origin, object
and observance of the Sabbath. l believe
it to be of divine origin and of no other.
There were in the old and new dispensa-
tions but one church and one Sabbath sci
apart by God at the creation. We find
records of the patriarchs' observing the
day and traces of it in the Persian. Assy-
rian and other early civilizations. In read
ing ancient history we find that all nations
had this division of time, setting apart one
day in seven to particular service.
Connect the Sabbath decalogue and we
find God Saying: Remember the Sabbath
day." as if it were already in existence
How do We reconcile the change from the
seventh day to the first? When Chris
rose from the dead on the first day the
early disciples were glad to celebrate it,
and for a time tried to keep the two, but
soon decided to keep the first. A strong
concession to the Christian sentiment of
our nation is that our Jewish brethren art
recognizing this fact, and almost every
synagogue holds service on the first day
of the week. Pliny recognized the custom
and tells of the work of Christians on the
first day. and Constantine. in making
Christianity the state religion, makes the
first day of the week the legal rest day.
Second, the object of the Sabbath
The herald., 1898-03-07

consulted their attorney. John 8. Chap
man. before acting upon the demand OF the
committee. Acting upon his advice. pay
ment OF this sum was refused. and the con-
gregation endorsed the trustees action.
After suit had been commenced against
them in the superior court an OFFER OF $l5,0oc
and furniture worth $4,000 was made to the
presbytery committee and request thal
the church might resume its name OF First
Presbyterian, as that of Westminster was
distasteful. The offer was stigmatized as
contemplate impertinence.
The speaker now critically reviewed the
trial at the Second church of himself ano
session, in which the presiding officer also
acted as chief prosecuting witness and IN
which all explanatory testimony was rig
idly excluded. The defendants were con-
sicsed and the pastor suspended The syn
cd reversed the presbytery. Later the gen.
eral assembly reversed the synod. but on
a technicality. AS to the civie suit. the
speaker said that little need be said about
it. The case is soon to be tried in the su-
preme court on its merits.
What the final outcome would be time
alone could tell. The speakers resignation
was already in the hands of the church.
A meeting Wednesday would consider 1t.
He earnestly urged every member OF the
congregation to be present.
The herald., 1898-03-07
FIRST CHURCH SITUATION
Rev. Howard Gives a Resume of His
Side of the Controversy

Rev. Burt Estes Howard yesterday spoke
on the controversy between the Los Ange-
les presbytery and the First Presbyterian
church. His address embraced retrospect
tive reviews of this church's history from
its organization on February Goth. 1874, up
to the present day. When the building a
the corner of Second and Broadway had
ceased to fill the requirements of the ever
increasing congregation, in 1895 it was sold
for $4,000, and the committee having the
matter of new location in charge by
vote of eleven to one chose the neighbor-
mood OF Washington street Soon after the
decision was announced a protest asking
that the new site be abandoned and one
nearer the heart of the city be selected was
signed by nearly one-fourth of the mem
bership. AT the annual meeting the trus-
tees were reelected and instructed by a
vote of 1872 to 10 to proceed with the build
ing of the church upon the location pur-
chased on Figueroa street
When the Los Angeles presbytery met in
session at San Diego in April of the same
year petition was presented to it asking
that the removal of the First Presbyterian
church to the new site be restrained. After
careful consideration Il was agreed that
the presbytery had jurisdiction only over
the spiritual and not the temporal affairs
of the church. 1t advised that If a consd-
cradle portion of the congregation desired
TO remain down town an equitable division
OF the funds resulting from the sale of The
original property be made.
Shortly afterward call was made for
a special meeting of the presbytery. whose
object it was to DISSOLVE the old church and
erect two new chu3ches out of the frag-
ments, and to divide the funds of the old
church between the 4wo new creations Yet
three weeks before the prsbytry had de-
olared its lack of .Erisdiction in the prem
ises. No notice of proposed dissolution was
sent 10 the Firlf Presbyterian church.
Over Its protest. and prayers the old
church was ru fhlessly destroyed and
new church, caHed Westminster, was de-
clared itA\succes&or in part
A commHttee oA the presbytery. without
making ank efforte to verify list present.
Cd to It OF those tvho desired to be called
Central church. and without determining
the gepuineness of the signatures upon it.
acted upon thjsAdocument and awarded
IN. "a thu al church, The trustees
The herald., 1898-03-07
THE LAW OF SEQUENCE
wHATsoEvERA A MAN SoWs THAT
SHALL he ALSO REAP
THE POWER OF FAITH
DR.. Howard Gives His Side of the
Church squabble-Sunday
Observance

..Wbatsoeyer a man SOW, that shall he
also reap" was the text read by Rev. N
A. Haskell of San Jose, at Unity church
The subject was: "The law of sequence In
conduct suggested be- the solloquy OF the
king in Hamlet and Portals plea IN the
Merchant of Venice The speaker re-
ferred to passages from Shakespeare as ar
introduction, ard then said in part: The
great truth we are learning today is the
law of solidarity. We cannot take our
lives out of close relations with other men,
Every moment, for good or Ill. our thoughts
are influencing others. Whether we VIII
or not, we are our brothers Keeper
Every influence that passes from us has
gone into another's consciousness. and is
past our control.
The great law of sequence in conduct
finds recognition neither in our lives nor In
the teaching of our churches. The per-
nicious effects of vicarious atonement are
seen in the corrupt lives of men. The idea
taught is that one sinner. if he is very
black. is worth more than ninety and nine
moral. upright men. 1t is confidently be-
lieved that repentance can wipe out sin and
the offender escape the consequences Ac-
cordfng to these low ethical standards.
there seems to be nothing inhereitly bad
in sin; the object is not to escape sin, but
the punishment for it
In the higher ethics it is seen that the
action does not lie in its true nature. If
you have wronged another, it must lie
against you for all time. If another
wrongs you, all bitter feeling must be BAN
ished, but the sin cannot be condoned, in
justice to the offender. One of the deter
mining forces that controls our conduct
is WILL and we underestimate this force in
life. man of strong will can arrest the
downward forces, though it may not be ac-
complished in a moment. The first step
is repentance, then contrition and restftu-
ton. Fortunate are we if opportunity is
given us to make atonement.
There is great need that the higher ethics
in science, philosophy and religion shall
be proclaimed to the world fearlesSly. 1t
is the voice in the wilderness crying:
"Prepare We the way of the Lord" Man
cannot choose; he must obey, whether he
will or not. What we have to learn is
this: ''I myself am heaven and hell.'
The herald., 1898-03-07
THE POWER OF FAITH
Rev. J. w. Balls Subject at the Eng
lish Lutheran Church

The Power of Faith" was the theme Of
Rev. j. w. Balls discourse yesterday at
the English Lutheran church. He spoke
of the physical power which man has
brought under his control, of the power of
the electric current, and of high explosives
which, without q moments notice. may
send the pride of naval architecture to the
bottom of the sea, a hideous wreck. He
then contrasted this with spiritual power,
saying we can readily understand how
man has come to control physical forces in
a measure. But that he should become
partaker of the power of God seems, at
first thought, beyond belief. and yet it is
not true? Said he not even to this grief
stricken mother: 20. woman, great is thy
faith. Be it unto thee as thou wilt"
The greatest power is not always exer-
| cised by those whom we should regard as
the strongest The very opposite may be
true, as in this instance. 1t was a woman
who came to Jesus, naturally weak and
timid. But love will impel even the
| weakest to great endeavor. Love for her
afflicted child drove this mother to him.
She came under great disadvantages. She
was heather, q woman of Canaan, a de-
scendant of the ancient. hated race which
was to have been exterminated. What
right had she to look for help to the Son
of David? THEN, too, Jesus took no notice
| of her. "He answered her not word"
Ine dlSclpleS seemed more compassionate
than he. They interceded for her, be-
sought that he would grant her request
and send her away. But Jesus, still un-
moved, answered only: II am not sent but
| to the lost sheep of the house of Israeli
She might have gone away in despair at
the words, but she did not. She came
| nearer, still entreating, Lord, help me-
And then he answered: ''It is not meet
to take the children's bread and cast it to
dogs" She is a dog, then; despised even
by him who had been so merciful to others
But there was something in the voice an I
| manner that brought to her lips the ready
reply: Truth, Lord. 1 accept the name
and the place. But on thine own showing
| thou shoudst help me, for the dogs do
partake of the chidren's meat. They ca.
| the crumbs that fall from their masters
| table. I ask no more. Give me but a
crumb." Only a grief-stricken mother in
| her last hope could reason thus, turning
his very refusal into a. consent to heal her
child. Like Jacob at Peniel, she wrestled
with the Lord and won. He. however,
not unwilling to be overcome. BE it unto
thee even as thou w.t." he now replies.
Her faith has wrested, as it were the
blessing from the hand of Almighty power.
1t is Gods good pleasure to be moved by
the faith of the believing heart The
power of faith may be exercised by the
weakest
The herald., 1898-03-07
REcoMPENsE OF WRONG
The Certainty of Punishment Unless
Saved by the Son of Man

Rev. A. A. Rice spoke on 1.-The Recon-
pense of Wrong" Matt. xviii7 and IL:
"woe to that man by whom the offense
cometh. For the Son of Man is
come to save that which was LOST He
said in brief:
closely connected in chain of truth. Our
Lord, who cries "Woe" to the vilest of
human creatures. also declares that "the
Son of Man is come to save that which was
lost" Our thought today is a continued
consideration of such of humanity as seize
worldly prosperity at the expense and loss
of the prosperity and spiritual life of 9TH
ers. The loss to that man by whom the
offense cometh is loss of soul. Reason, that
supreme, boundless, immortal faculty OF
his being, through which all light must
come, is impeached, abjured, shriveled,
by unholy and inhuman acts. Conscience
that sublime, heaven derived. God born
power which lifts men to ever increasing
and unending life is contracted and scared
to desoate woe. The affections, which are
the source of the spring of life, are dried
at the fountain head and the gaunt ange,
of thirst alone remains.
But If God and Christ and scripture be
true, there is an issue from this darkness
Either on this earth or in the world TO
come. light is to return-soul light, OF
reason, conscience and affection. Not
especially by personal contact with Jesus,
the eXemplar of light, for on earth he
sought not such contact. but when the
burned out fires of sense and the lower self
have given place to the returning and re-
asserting soul. With the heavenly atmos-
phere created by the labor and perfections
of our Lord enveloping his empty and
meaningless life, he shall behold the dawn
Of day. But pains like those experienced
by one resuscitated from drowning, pains
acute and excessive, must need exist, intro
ducing him to glory.
DR.. Hanson followed, speaking to the
effect that the recompense of wrong is
sure. and is prophetic of salvation.
The herald., 1898-03-07
Set For Tomorrow

DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith.
Nothing set
DEPARTMENT TWO-Judge Clark.
N. p. (S62) Patrick Connolly; annual ac-
count.
(26090 Sepulveda VS.. Sepulveda ct al;
trial.
Q7,1O Estate NJ. J. Brown petition to
mortgage real estate.
(66S2) Estate .,ad guardianship E. Ward;
petition to sell real estate and annual
account.
CAD Estate t. Voss; probate of will.
O6010) Estate B. Marquee; account.
1929 Estate H. A. Hewitt final ac-
count and distribution.
(1206) Estate 1. M. Leihy; annual account.
(245D Estate E. L. Schafer; letters.
(2455) Estate E. r. Mercer; letters.
(2SOD Estate o. B. Miner; petition to set
apart.
(2456) Estate E. L. Kennedy; letters.
(2225) Estate T. Swanson; final account
and sale.
(2S72) Estate H. Cohen; petition to set
apart.
Q93S) Estate A. Thompson; final account
and distribution.
Q379) Estate G. H. Devoe; distribution.
Q719) Estate and guardianship w. NJ.
Dewey; final account.
Q06D Estate and guardianship Rosel mi
nors; citation.
(24S4) Estate A. Hopper; letters.
(23S5) Estate J. K. Johnson probate of
will.
(2419) Estate ]. c. Drake; probate of will.
(239D Estate II. Kreim; probate of will.
(22S0) Estate A. Stevens; partial distribu-
ton.
DEPARTMENT THREE-Judge York
(26.9SD City of Los Angeles VS.. Crystal
Springs Land and Water company.
In re community property of G. M. de
Gardener; petition to declare owner
ship.
DEPARTMENT FOUR-Judge Van Dyke.
(2S,90S) Carse VS.. Southern California
Railway.
DEPARTMENT FIVE-Judge Shaw.
(2S9SO Webber vs. Southern Pacific Rail-
way company.
(2S,S9S Whittlesey VS.. Kiefer.
DEPARTMENT SIX-Judge Allen.
(2S,516) Freeman vs. Moreno ct al.
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice Young.
Van Epp VS.. Wiley: 9:30 a. m.
Pusick vs. Rokovich; 1:30 p m.
Jaughin VS.. Conrey; 10;30 a. m.
Foster VS.. Kinsman; p. m.
The herald., 1898-03-07
GODS IMMANENCE
The Omnipresent Spirit Which Hovers
Over ALI

David Walk in the Church OF Christ on
Eighth street, near Central avenue, read
Psalm l39:7-l2, inclusive, and announced
for the subject of his sermon The I'M
manence of Cod 1t appears to me the
most natural, as we'll as the most reason
able. thing in the world that when the
mariner cuts loose from the shore he
should have some fixed and definite harbor
before his mind. and some rule by which
he should sail. He must have some GER
tain knowledge in which he can
take refuge. In view of the GER
tainty of death, it should be the leading
question of the life that now is, ''in what
thought, fac. faith, hope, does my soul
take refuge?" 1t is said in explanation of
the marvellous achievements of Moses that
she endured, as seeing Him who is invis-
ible." 1t sounds like contradiction, and
yet l. IS the expression of the profoundest
spiritual truth in the whole realm of hu-
man knowledge. The hopeful answer,
then, is: MY soul takes refuge in the
omnipresent God.
"Whither shall I go from thy spirit ?'
is the question Of meditative soul in COM
munion with God. The spirit of God is
first mentioned as broodng upon the face
of the waters. And the teaching of Holy
Scripture is that the creative spirit of Je-
hovah is everywhere present; nor can
this fact ever be more distinctly realized
than in the heaving world or waters. The
great deep abounds with living creatures,
and in its fathomless depths majestic for
ests wave, and flowers of bewitching beauty
bloom. Hence, if I pass out upon the
bosom of the multitudinous sea, shall not
be separated from God
Thus in heaven, or in the unseen world.
on the solid earth, or in the uttermost parts
of the sea; in the splendor of MONDAY,
or in the darkness of midnight, God is
present in them all, and alike present in
them all. What sublime and comfort
ing faith is this to the Christian-to the
man whose life is helping to hasten the
coming of the day of God.
The man who lives with this conception
of God in his heart can never be alone.
Whether upon the mighty ocean, or upon
the rock-ribbed earth; whether wandering
beneath tropic suns or amidst the banks
and bergs of eternal ice and snow; whether
in the solitude of the wilderness, or in the
crowded city, such man can never be
alone.
And though he may be unable to speak
to his fellow man, and though he may not
be able to understand what his fellow man
says to him. he yet may speak to his
Father in heaven, and the Father will be
able to interpret the most secret thought
of his heart.
With the presence of God, the night shall
be as the day. God created this great
world and he made the peoples who in
habit, nor is his presence ever for a
moment withdrawn from either Paul
taught that God is not far from each one
of us; for in him we live, and move, and
have our being. and he adopted the senti-
ment of the Greek poets that we are his
offspring
The herald., 1898-03-07
FRUIT GROWERS CONVENTION
Horticulturists Will Meet in This City
and Riverside During April

A state convention of fruit growers will
meet under the auspices of the state board
of horticulture in two sections during the
next month. One meets at Los Angeles
on April II and II, the other at Riverside on
April IA and 10. All fruit growers, ship
pers. packers. nurserymen and horticul-
turists are invited. Papers on important
subjects to the fruit industry will be pre-
sented.
Special one-third rate tickets for return
to starting point will be issued by the
Southern Pacific. The chamber of COM
merce. Pathological society, ETC., will en-
deavor to make the visit pleasant one to
those attending the convention.
The herald., 1898-03-07

Christ never said word agoinst the proper
observance OF the Jewish Sabbath. bur
against the rabbinical restrictions. We All
love to live by rule. and the Pharisees had
made innumerable rules. but he taught
that the fourth commandment was as
binding now as ever, though people who
would scorn to kill or steal break this COM
mand with impunity.
As Christians, we should make the Sab
bath not only a day Of memorial. but OF
joyful anticipation of the rest that re-
maineth to the people of God. Let US
keep the spiritual side uppermost. There
are enough deeds of necessity to do
enough calls on the sick and sorrowing ia
make. enough worships In the sanctuary
without using the time for secular cares
Let us make the Sabbath day day of Joy
and gladness, when we shall come nearer
to that city which has foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
The herald., 1898-03-07
Joint Debate

The Y. NJ. c. A. and the High School
lyceum held joint debate Saturday even
ing on the question: Resolved, That the
restriction OF private fortunes would be
detrimental to the people of the United
States" The affirmative was taken by
Hall and Lusk of the high school: mega
tive, Swan and Turner of the Y. NJ. C. A.
The judges gave their decision to the mega
tive on argument, and delivery to the af-
firmative.
The herald., 1898-03-07
Downey Blythe's Bad Luck

Buswell NJ Blythe of Downey one of the
gypsy Blythes. is not to get any of the big
Blythe estate after all. On Friday Judge
Seawell in San Francisco threw out of
court the suit by which the Downey Blythe
man expected to take away from Florence
Blythe -Hinckley her whole inheritance.
The case came up on a demurrer and mo-
ton of the defendant for judgment on the
pleadings Judge Seawell sustained the
demurrer and ordered that judgment on
the merits be entered for the defendant
Mrs. Hinckley was represented in court by
Attorney A. r. Cotton, and S. w. Holiday
appeared for Blythe.
The herald., 1898-03-07

Fortune telling is traced to the early as
trologers, by whom the planets Jupiter and
Venus were supposed to betoken happi-
ness. The Slbyllae were women said to be
inspired by heaven. In England the
laws against fortune telling were at one
time very severe A declaration was pub
The herald., 1898-03-07
COURT CALENDAR
Cases to Be Called in the Departments
Today

Cases to Be Called in the Departments
Today
DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith.
Q991) E. ]. Bryant, felony; to plead.
(2429) John Mitchell, felony; to plead.
(2532) Mary Garcia, murder; to plead.
(245D w. r. Blackman, embezzlement;
sentence.
(2492) Victoria Sala grand larceny.
(253D Pedro Garcia; murder.
(26,746) Barnett VS.. Barnett
DEPARTMENT TWO-Judge Clark.
(29,995) Insolvency of j. Mcpherson; Pc
tition to set apart property.
DEPARTMENT THREE-Judge York.
(27,S24) Buck ct al VS.. Junker ct al.
trial.
(23.SS2) Phillips VS.. Clinkenblard.
DEPARTMENT FOUR-Judge Van Dyke.
ca, ,439) Clark VS.. City of Los Angeles.
DEPARTMENT FIVE-Judge Shaw.
Nothing set
DEPARTMENT S1X-Judge Allen.
Nothing set.
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice Young.
People VS.. Varchell 1:30 p. m.
People VS.. Collins; 10 a. m.
The herald., 1898-03-07
Arrested on Suspicion

John Peters was arrested yesterday
morning by Patrolman Ziegler en- sus-
picion. The officer received information
that Peters had stolen several small ar
ticles from a roommate, and locked him
up until he could investigate the matter.
The herald., 1898-03-07

Men buried in an avalanche of snow hear
distinctly every word uttered by those who
are seeking for them, while their mos
strenuous shouts fail to penetrate even 3
few feet of the snow.
The herald., 1898-03-07

lished in France, January II, 1850, of ex-
ceedingly severity against fortune tellers
and poisoners, under which several per-
sons suffered death. Fortune tellers, al
though liable by the acts of 1743 and 1924
to be imprisoned as rogues and vagabonds,
still exist in England.
The herald., 1898-03-07

Hawley. King & Co.. cor. Fifth st. and
Broadway. agents genuine Columbus Bug
gy company buggies and Victor bicycles.
The herald., 1898-03-07

Largest variety Concord business wagons
and top delivery wagons. Hawley. King
G Co
The herald., 1898-03-07
DEATHS

Agents Victor. Heating. World and March
bicycles. Hawley. King & Co.
The herald., 1898-03-07

Everything on wheels. Hawley, King q
Co., corner Fifth street and Broadway.
The herald., 1898-03-07
JOTTINGS
Our Home Brew

Our Home Brew
Mater & Zobelein's lager fresh from their
brewery, on draught In all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery, 40 Also streets
telephone 81.
The herald., 1898-03-07


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Michael on the steamer Alpha, which viii
have the Northern I.igh; in tow. The
members Of the party are;
J. j. Holman. o. l.. Burg. Charles l..
Dufaif, j.. l.. DHca.l j. II. Aisen. w.
Haines. John g. Bach. Albert X. York.
c. l.. Berry. Fred Christensen. r. Roberts.
Joseph kinster. w. T Summerviiie, Carl
Johnson. c. J. Samuelson. T. {. Jensen.
X. l.. York, +. w. SchmItten. F.. s. Hin
man. G.. Gavel. III. A. kaie. Frank An
derson. II. Thompson. Earl s. Snyder. r.
V. Rowe. Edward II. Hill. Duncan Me
MILAN. Timothy Flynn. J. L. Gabriel.
Henry Y. Rughridg. J. l.. McCardic, JOS ph
W. Drew. James l.. Robinson. James
Stewart, u r. Ahali, Lorent Leharge,
Christian korford. Charles Weber.
George Nelson. O. II. Drum. Jose Dahl. o.
" Snyder. J. c. Barclay and J. Strange.
The ladies In the party are: Mrs. Laura
H. Gris.. Mrs. J. V. StaNner Mrs. Gan
men. Mrs Ida Hanen. Mrs. W. T. Sum
merville Mrs. J Drew Mrs. r. {. Each
rem Miss Anna Englehrect. Mrs. Y. Soren-
sen. Mrs s. Matilda and Mrs. M.;che !.
Capt. valdna Sorensen Will have charge
OF the Northern Light.