The San Francisco call., 1906-06-18
LIVE TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED
BY DISTINGUISHED CLERGYMEN
Dr. Bane, Speaking Of San Franciscos Future, Says
City Must Be More Beautiful and Safer
Declares Saloon Destroyed More Lives and Wrecked
More Homes Than the Earthquake and Fire.

"San Francisco's Future and Our Re
sponsibility" was the subject Of a ser
mon last night by the Rev. A. c. Bane-
d. D.. at Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church. where his Howard street con-
grega tion worships in conjunction with
the Grace Church congregation every
Sunday evening. he said lin part:
Tho great calamity that destroyed
our city has thrust upon us the re-
sponsibility OF building a new city.
The worst element of our people has
been driven out; those who remain are
bad the fault viii be with those who
remain. Upon no one is the respon-
sibility so great as upon the Christian
people. VIII we be equal to it? -
If the new San Francisco is both
great and good God must build it, and
he Will do 1t only through his repreSen-
tatives. the Christians The new city
viii reflect the character of the indi-
viduals who compose it, and be no bet
ter. Every Christian must feel that he
has civil duties as, well as commercial
domestic, and religious duties,
The churches should be the first
buildings restored, and they should hold
the first place of influence in the life
of our people. God must be recognized
as the builder and preSe-Yers or the
city's life. Moral values must be re-
cognized above commercial and politi-
cal values.
The city's future greatness must be
founded in the divine blessing. Our
people are clothed FED and protected
by God. II he is ignored and his laws
diSobeyed our future city will fail
The greatest blight in the life of
the old San Francisco and the most
prolific cause OF disorder. debauchery.
crime, poverty and sorrow was the
Nsaloon- It destroyed more lives and
wrecked more homes each year than
did the earthquake and fire We have
lived two months without saloons, and
the effect has been benefcent 1t has
been an object lesson to the city and
TO the world.
HoSoRs THE MAYOR.
What good reason can be given for
necessity? Are they good? No; they
are an evil only We honor the Mayor
and other city officials for closing them
and keeping them closed. They should
be kept closed while our people remain
defenseless in the refugee camps. The
; Mayor has promised, as published. that
he will oppose the grocery saloon, win
ing and Sabbath closing until
o'clock p. NJ. May he be successful in
bringing in these reforms. If he does
l see better day for San Francisco.
The saloon is a worse pestilence than
contagious disease. May the Super
yisors on tomorrow not legislate in
favor of the saloon, but in favor of all
the people whom they represent.
In the past many of our people have
been lovers OF pleasure more than low
ers of God. l trust the calamity will
rious. May we never again be cursed
with the low variety theater. and 1
trust no theater will again be licensed
10 desecrate the Sabbath by a perform
ance-
In the new city let honor integrity
and honesty mark all public and pri-
trade, in the construction of buildings
and IN handling public funds. In re-
building the city we must make per-
y1naI pront secondary to public good.
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70 take. Our city must be more beau
tiful and safer. seek to serve rather
happier and better. Legislate for those
VINO have no voteS-the women and
children.
ENCOURAGE OFFICIALS.
Encourage help and speak kindly of
pubic of1cials when they do their duty
Our city officials certainly deserve
our ell doneF in the trying position
in which the calamity has thrust them.
We viii be doing the most for the new
and better San Francisco when we
persuade men TO forsake sin and follow
the master. If all the citizens were
Christsl disciples we would have a
model city.
We shall have a new and better city;
let every Christian rledge his support
TO hasten the glad day.
Two masses were celebrated in the
basement of ST. Mary's Cathedral yes
lerday Archbishop Montgomery Off
hel6
, $50 a. m. large audience was pres
ent and sat wrapt in devote attention
10 the words of hope and cheer offered
by the reverend Archbishop
The late mass was celebrated by
rather Ramm before an attentive
audlence which entered devoutly into
the ceremonies.
rather Hannigan preached the SER
mon. The reverend father chose as
ms SUBJECT "Worldliness." In terse
straight -to-the-point sentences he
warned the assembled congregation
against the evils OF the domination of
the world over the ethereal part of
man and showed clearly that worldli
ness and godliness cannot. walk hand
in hand.
Ell DOMINICA CHURCH.
Ell Dominica Church held mass yes
terday morning in temporary wooden
mouse amid the ruins of its once beauti-
ful edifce Several hundred refugee
parishioners crowded the long. low
building. hanging eagerly upon the
words OF Father A Santandreu. the
celebrant of the mass. Rough wooden
benches. served in place of the luxur-
lous plush pews of the former church.
A rude table was dsed as an altar.
Crude as were the accommodations
however, they did not deter in any way
the impressiveness of the ritual.
full choir. under the direction of
y .ArragIila, sang LambiIIottee's lyric
mass. Father Jose Figols delivered a
short address
ST. PATRICK'S SERVICES.
In portable shed used ordinarily by
the election commission, with none of
the 'conveniepces that go to make a
church, Father Rogers of St Patriolx,s
| gathered his congregation around him
yesterday morning and spoke on the
gospel Ignoring conditions he spoke
or higher matters and turned the
thoughts of his parishioners from
things material to the spiritual world.
| TWO masses were celebrated and at
| each the father delivered a sermon.
Despite lack of room. his people
were gathered for their weekly service.
| In the early Mass he took as his text
that parable in Luke which relates 10
| the rich man who sent out his servants
| TO call his friends to a banquet From
this parable Father Rogers drew the
| lesson OF the man who is so occupied
with earthly joys and with gaining
riches that he has no time for the
churcn. At the second mass he spoke
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