The San Francisco call., 1904-10-28
BUSINESS MEN
And RELIGION
George w. Dickey Declares
They Desire to Follow
Righteous Examples Set
HUNGER FOR SYMPATHY
Congregationalists Fill Po-
sitions to Be Held for
the Next Twelve Months

The General Congregational Associa-
tion of California (North) resumed it's
sessions yesterday at the Third Con-
gregationaI Church, Fifteenth street,
near Mission. There was an attendance
of about 300 and the addresses at
tentively listened to by the audience.
Religion of a Business Man" was
the subject of the address by G. w.
Dickie, manager of the Union Iron
Works.
Mr.. sDickie said in part:
In our day the man who owns and operates
an industrial establishment no longer meets
the men who work with him in Gods house
and there worship together the Father who
presides over the interests of all men.
anes nave come 70 pc enemies, ana the time
common God is now devoted the study OF
methods whereby they may do the most harm
to each other.
The workingman will not worship in the
same house with his enemy, the business man,
so 1t may be that there will be a religion for
would have to be other than Christian, for
its great founder had only religion His
message was the same to those that labored
and who were heavy ladened. AS 1t was to
the ruler who came to him by night TO find
out If there was special religion for him.
God has settled the great verities of religion,
and they cannot be changed and the business
man must make his business conform to these
1t has sometimes been doubted whether a
business man can so rise above the sordid in
terests of his business to obtain a clear
vision of that which lies beyond the realm of
material things
There is nothing incompatible between a
man being an earnest, far seeing business man
and at the same time devout humble fol-
lower OF the man of Nazareth.
1 believe that the noblest Christian lives
among processing Christians to-day will be
found among the earnest business men. This
is an age when business men are being tested.
in ala ff.a.-n t,1x
preference choose the righteous way of doing
business.
The great bulk of all the business done in
any of our great cities is done on the simple
faith that one man has in the honesty and in
tegrity of other men with whom he is doing
business, and that faith is rarely disappointed.
At no time in the history of the world has
so much Of its business been in the hands of
upright men Of Christian character as to- day.
The business man needs new religion,
nor any modification Of the old truths as
taught by Christ. and the seed sown by the
Master is deeply implanted in the business
heart.
Other. addresses during the morning
and afternoon sessions were by DR..
Buckham, Rev. ]. H. Kimball, Gilbert
Dexter, Rev. f. H. Burgess, ]. N.
Young and b. S. Hayes.
The following appointments were
made, to hold for one year:
Committee on temperance-Rev George de
Kay Kay Rev A. B. snider, Rev. B. H. Jones.
Candidates for corporate membership of the
American board-Rev. Charles R. Brown. Dr.
George c. Adams, Sparrow Smith
Delegates 70 fraternal bodies to the Synod
of the Pacific--Rev. S. NJ. Dodge; to Methodist
conference-Rev. E. S. Williams; to Methodist
Conference South-Rev. c. H. Stevens; 10
Central Baptist Conference-Rev. Seneca
Jones; to Christian Convention-Rev. George
E. Atkinson; to General Association of South
ern Callfornia-Rev. H. H. Wikoff
Preacher for the General Association of
Northern California, to be held at Palo Alto.
1SOo-Rev. W. H. Hopkins; alternate Rev
r. G. Brooks.
Ministerial Relief Society Board--Rey Wal
ter Frear, George T. Hawley, Rev. ]. X Har-
Rev. w. c. Pond. DID,; Rev. Joseph Powell
Rev s. r. Yarrow. Rev. c. w. Merrill Rev.
E. S. Williams.
In the evening there was another
big attendance, which was, addressed
by the Rev. William Harmon Hopkins
and other speakers