The San Francisco call., 1906-09-17
ARBITRATION TEXT
Of HIS SERMON.

OAKLAND, Sept Rehabilitation was
the subject of a sermon this evening by
the Rev. o. E. Hart, pastor of the Cen
tennial Presbyterian Church Of East,
Oakland, Dr. Hart founding his sermon
on the text, Christ abolished in himself
the enmity. so making peace" After
dealing at some length with the evils
of armed conflict and the employment
of force in. the adjustment of labor diff
ficulties, DR.. Hart said:
The history of arbitration reveals
many interesting facts, and especially
makes plain that war and other con-
fiictS incident to human passion, either
between nations or in the commercial
world, can never be prevented by con-
sanguinity, increase of gold or the
teachings of any dogma or creed Ar
bitration must be or the will, when
moral and not physical forces control.
Arbitration must have basis in JUS
tice, truth, human confidence. No power
resident in any cabinet, nothing In the
storehouse of political intrigue or the
powers of unaided human minds can
chain the dogs of war or prevent COM
mercial conflicts.
Christ and his christianity through
his life lived incarnate in believers and
! in their willing obedience to his Cold
en- Rule" Can there come a. cessation
of conflicts, not from discernment or
weakness. but from the supremacy of
love, justice, truth, mercy?
The Palestine Exploration Society ia
1871 found a tablet from the partition
wall of the temple forbidding Gentiies
to enter on pain of death; but, Christ
has broken down the wall of partition,
slain the enmity, SO making peace
Some things are more than nation
wide; they are race worldwide
Christ unites the race elements, and
reconcileS the united race to God by
Precipitation for sin and expiation Of
guilt
cipation proclamation and Himself be-
comes the Arbitrator between the soul
and sin.
He comes Lord and Arbitrator not by
force may be undone "They that take
the sword shall perish by the sword"
bitrator by love and sacrifice.
When the people came to take him
| by force and make him king he de-
clined their offer. Love is his law, and
he will ascend TO the throne by the
nails of the cross"
NOTED EVANGELIST COMING.
! Announcement was made today by
Dr. Hart that the Rev. John C. Redding
of Atchison, Kan, who won fame
| throughout the East as an evangelist,
will conduct series of meetings at the
| Centennial Church. commencing on Sat
urday, October 6. Mr.. Redding has re-
Gently concluded a series of similar
departure from that city the session of
the South Omaha church adopted reso-
lutions expressing appreciation of the
services of the evangelist.
Mr.. Redding is a man of wide expe-
rience, having been a miner and rail-
road man, and he has the faculty of
reaching all classes and conditions of
people. This indeed is the secret of his
! great success in the East.
The Rev L p Russell. DaStOr of the
| First Baptist Church of Alameda, today
occupied the pulpit of the First Congre-
gational Church of that city. the text
chosen by him for his sermon being
"The Beauty of Faith" In part, the
minister said:
Faith is a power of soul and life, as
much higher than reason than reason
is higher than sense. Many persons
possess such power and yet are not
aware of it. Faith is crystalized imagi-
nation, spiritualized and made objec-
| tive. and faith in God, who is spiritual,
is crystalized and made objective in
Jesus Christ. God revealed in a Son
| of Man.
result of mans most near approach to
and communion with God through Jesus
Christ Beauty of faith walks in COM
pany with great thoughts, with great
deeds, and when spiritual with God,
and leaves the coarse and vulgar world
| behind, duty ceases to become a task
and becomes a privilege. Beauty of
\ spiritual faith walks with God, absorb
ing his character and life and living
| the divine life in deeds Of kindness and
helpfulness to others until at the end
| of the journey we rest in God.
Bishop H. Castle. senior bishop of the
United Brethren denomination, conduct
ed the morning and evening services at
the United Brethren Church at Thirty
fourth and Adeline streets today the
topic of his morning sermon being "Old
/ Age and It's Lessons" while in the
evening he chose as his subject "The
Three Crosses and Their Lessons" /"
Bishop Castle five years ago founded
the church in which he preached today.
OLD LANDMARKS OF RELIGION.
The first of a series of Sunday even
| ing Considerations of the Old Land
marks of Religion was held at the
First Christian Church this evening, the
subject of the pastors address being
The Changing Viewpoint in the His
tory of Religious Thought" The fol-
lowing subjects will be considered or
the dates named below.
September %, THE Question of Bibli-
cal Inspiration; September 3u, What
Are We to Continue to Believe About
the Deity of Christi October Z, Must
We Give Up Miracles2" October 1 4, .arhe
Problem of Prayer; or, Who Rules the
\ yniverse?' October 81, What About
Hell21 October 2S. rs One Church as