The San Francisco call., 1906-11-30
JOIN IN THANKSGIVING
Protestant CONGREGATIONS Unite in
Praise of the Creator

Praise of the Creator
The congregations Of the First Con-
gregatiOnal Church, Rev. George c
Adams; Plymouth Church, Rev. / G.
Meserve: First English Lutheran
Church, Rev. Edwin H HadIock; Cen
tenary Church South, Rev. ]. z.
SQuires; West Side Christian Church.
g. Robert Lord Cave; Hamilton
1Sluare Baptist Church. Rev. Lou.s ].
Sawyer, and First New erusalem
Church. Rev. William de Ronden-Pos.
assembled yesterday morning in Ply
mouth congregational Church, on Post
street. near Buchanan. in a union of
churches for praise and thanks.
There was an invocation by the Rev.
Louis J. Sawyer; reading from the
Scriptures by Rev George c. Adams;
prayer, Rev. Robert Lord Cave; read
ing Of the proclamation Of thanks
giving. Rev. J. z. Squires; Thanksgiv-
ing sermon. Rev Edwin H Hadlock.
Phi D., and benediction by Rev. w. de
Ronden-Pos ChOirs of the First and
Plymouth churches furnished the mu-
sic
The sermon by Rev. Mr. Hadlock was
listened 10 with close attention by an
assemblage that flled the church to
its limit He spoke on The Lord s
Lamb" selecting his text from Mala-
chi- All nations shall call you blessed,
for ye shall be a delightsome land"
The God OF. Israel has ever been the
COD Of America, said the speaker
our land is rhe Lords in a threefold
sense-by creation, discovery and con-
secration-" After mentioning the ex-
tent Of the national domain. its wealth.
prosperity and prospects, DR.. Hadiock
referred to the problems which now
perplex the people. The first men,
toned was that Of the distribution OF
wealth.
After speaking also Of the problem
10 church attendance. in which DR.
n Aadlock proved that the most success
ful men are regular church attendants,
he referred 10 the problems which con-
front san Francisco, He said:
In San Francisco there are two
other grave questions that are demand
ing our attention just now. The first
is that Of municipal honesty. Shall
our City Hall be a den of thieves or
the seat Of righteous municipal gov
eminent? Shall the honest people Of
san Francisco protect themselves from
highway robbers and robbers in high
places? Shall the wounded, bleeding
city be stabbed TO the heart by those
who have sworn to protect her life and
guard her highest interests. or shall
she be lifted to a larger life and be
made strong for a glorious mission? ?
In short, shall San Francisco be ruined
by robbers or ruled in righteousness?
This is the question which our
stricken city must squarely meet at the
present time No one appreciates more
fully than I do the noble spirit dis
played by our Mayor and his co-worlx-
ers during the trying days which i'm
mediately followed the earthquake We
can never forget the officials who ruled
our city as IL passed through the agon-
les Of the awful conhagration. 1 hope
our Mayor may disprove every charge
OF Official dishonesty brought against
him in the present Grand Jury in
vestigation. But evil and corruption
must suffer the fate that ultimately is
always meted out to wrongdoing
The sword of justice must fall
though it may smite friend or foe.
though il shall slay our heroes and
pierce to the heart our dearest friends
Personal feelings. friendly alliances.
even family relations, are as light as
leather when cast in the balance where
justice and eternal welfare are on the
other side. Personal animosity, vim
oictive retaliation and incorporate de-
nunciation should have no part in IN
investigation whose outcome NAV
bring sadness to many hearts and an
gulsh TO some who are innocent The
citys issue is not with personalities or
lndividualities, but with the evil which
threatens its overthrow. The investi-
gators at the present time are evil
IDENTIFY men of probity and high honor;
men who, believe, have only the high
est welfare Of the city at heart Let
US hope that they and all who are
called to perform uncomfortable tasks
in the purging OF our city may per-
form every duty with the spirit of
as well as justice, with
malice toward none, charity for all, but
justice and righteousness first, last and
always.
The second question before our city
today has to do with the japanese and
our public schools. Shall the action of
our Board Of Education in segregating
the japanese children and placing them
in separate schools be supported by
the people, or condemned as an act Of
racial prejudice? Shall the National
enter into the affair of our
education and compel the
Ljty to treat the children under its in
4uuction as It may dictate? The solu-
ton OF the latter question may require
some time and possibly national and
litigation.
But IL seems at present as If sepa-
rate instruction for colored and white
children in our schools were desirable.
IN the first place II is probable that
greater educational efficiency may fol-
ow this plan, and whether the children
be instructed in different buildings or
iinerent classes It viii be for the mu-
tual benefit Of all Of those who are
handicapped by llck OF familiarity