The San Francisco call., 1901-10-07

~ AKLAND. Oct. 6.-The Right
NN& Rev. Theodore y. Morrison.
A "A " Bishop Of Iowa, addressed a
Il N large congregation at St.
NxAAL PauI's Episcopal Church this
morning. He spoke upon
Missions and the Missionary
Spirit" In pa1t he spoke as follows:
II we would follow the true missionary spirit
VIC must follow Christ. Ne certainly do need
an inspiration, & deeper conviction OF some
s-.L q motive Of our aggressive work. Il Will
cone. The church. as IN times past, viii feel
&c 1noNen'en5. as of a new breath 9f ne ne
WlI be manifested. In the meantime We must
seek il FOR ourselves in a greater devotion TO
Christ and bis teaching. The call Follow me-
Us. does not mean that we will find him in the
flesh that We may follow his earthly foot
steps but we can seek 10 reproduce MS lie,
10 have his spirit, TO obey with Sreat deYo-
tion his word.
II viii not 40 for Us to bewan the fact that
the old motive no longer moves Least Of
al must we try by insisting upon its truth and
power TO make men recognize that 1t ought to
appeal to them. We cannot by mere force Of
an trlaginstiot5 in The place of reality Ne 90
not want TO galvanize our emotions into a
EcmblsnCe Of life. We want 10 liVe-the feel
ing must be spOntaneOus-t1e ConvlStion come
feeling are ever ours they viii come because
living the Christ Ufe-in sympathy with
Lim-in touch with him. because We are open
20 the spirits influence. " G may be very sure
that al the root Of the conviction. which SO
T1rofoLludlg influenced Christians in the past.
there IS d profound and abiding fact It has
suffered eclipse, but again men VIII feel the
force or moral obligation. the awful certainty
that whatsoever man soweth that shall he
also reap.
At the conclusion Of the service Bishop
Morrison gave holy communion, assisted
by the Rev. Robert Richie, rector of the
church.
The Rev. J. Lewis Parke Of New York
and in the '70's rector Of St. PauIs Epis-
copal Church, preached at his old church
this evening and greeted many Of his
former pensioners. He took his text
from Acts, xGvii-32 dealing with the story
O. the Ethiopian treasurer OF the Queen
OF Candacee. In part he spoke as fol-
lows:
i has pleased God to make this Bible q
collection Of stories 70 translate in i'm
p-essive way the rewards and punishInents ac-
corded humanity. When one has studied these
stories he reasons Gods meaning in each o
10 himself in such way that not only himself
but his neighb0r. is improved in his moral and
ritual being Through the influence Of tbs
Bible man is made righteous and his righteous
Tess goes out into society and helps for the
betterment Of the world.
We never know anything about origin in this
world except from the leaves of this holy book
We could never have known what put gract
IN mans soul but from il. Science has
taught the world but little. even in all il:
le8rnedness. Through physics We have learn
ed much about the material world. but We
could never hope TO learn from ii anything
about the spiritual world. Why this universe
Is you or I don't know. but DO know ever
reason. that Il is Z spiritual universe, becaus,
We have the word from the book. Our judg
Tnent Of life is indeed TOO simple with nanl
Of us-we DO not think enough. We affec