The San Francisco call., 1906-11-05
BREAKING FE7TERS
OF CORRUPTION
Sacramento Minister Pays
to Men Who Are
Fighting Ruef's Grafters
CITIZENS MUST AID
SPECIAL DIspATcH TO THE CAIL

A-Oi<1i- DlSI ~ 1f1E OAIL4
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 4.-Rev. James
II. n. Williams. pastor of Sixth-street
Metho6st Episcopal Church and for
merly of the : tlpson Memorial Church
OF San Francisco. preached this even
ing on the subject, Built Four
Square, He discussed the Christian
home, the Christian church, the Chris
tian school and the Christian citizen,
and dwelt particularly on the Christian
citizen. DR.. Williams spoke in part as
follows:
In citizenship we reach our highest
earthly place. This is the field where
what is learned in the Christian home.
church and school is to be converted
into useful and patriotic. God fearing
service. 1t is where men and women
are to show themselves worthy of their
heritage, competent and trustworthy,
and passing on to posterity enriched
privileges and possibilities.
In Christian citizenship is 70 be
found the crowning pride and glory Of
our civilization, together with the
guarantee of its perpetuity The
strength and stability of nationality lie
here. for no nation can abide without
virtue and. honesty-primary principles
in Christian citizenship. These are as
sets of incalculable value. All else is
dross and dirt unrehned and unrefin-
able.
OhAtt.
Christian citizenship is the highest
style of manhood. l would address
myself to this style cf manhood, for
upon the man particularly fall the
duties of politics and of civic govern
ment-duties they have never been too
ready to assume, resulting in manifest
evidence of decadence which by spurts
of endeavor is sought to be corrected
No times in our national life have
laxl
citizen to stand forth and do his duty
than these very times, when virtue and
honesty and integrity in public life are
struggling against graft and corrup-
tion
What a spectacle San Francisco. our
metropolitan city, presents to the
world this very day, Look upon her
struggling to rise from quake and fire
but still moe desperately struggling
to break from her neck the chains and
from her wrists and feet the fetters
that her corrupt officials have bound
about her while with diabolical glee
they draw her life blood and all the
while protest their honesty and inno-
cence. ! say, look upon her. And
while with one breath you pity her and
with the next damn the thieves and
rascals- who would drag her down to
death ana hel!. 1 say applaud the men
and women who rise up in their wrath
to cast the thieves out of the temple
and cleanse the place of government
while Christian citizens have slept
these enemies of civic righteousness
have been busy capturing the places of
power. and now battle royal is or to
drive them hence. Thousands of citi-
zens over the State are ready to shout
with gladness and thankfulness when
the victory is won.
REDEEMINC CITY's FAIR NAME.
1T is manifest that {: new day of de-
termination is on in San Francisco.
The iron has entered into the soul of
her best citizens. The press ceases not
it's efforts to expose official rottenness
and rascality and to encourage every
effort to redeem the citys fair name
and to keep her on her course of prog
ress undaunted. To all such-aIl honor
and hail
San Francisco will rise from the
ashes and the debris because her peo~
ple-her best people. her worthy citi-
Zens-have confidence and courage She
will also rise from the shame and dis
honor cast upon her by debased Off
cials, and there shall again be pride in
an honest government. With Christian
homes, churches. schools and citizens
she shall be a city built four-square-
a tower of strength against all that is
adverse to her highest good. She shall
be a city among a thousand cities of
like quality. making nation whose
God is the Lord and whose glory is its
virtue and it's honor-a nation built
four-s square.