The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07

auspices of the First Church. Rev
George E. Burlingame pastor, in it's tenn
porary headquarters in the New Jeru-
salem Church edifce, on O'Farrell
street After a song service by the
Union Chorus, directed by A. A. Ma
eurda, there, was a scripture lesson and
prayer by Rev. C. E. Durham, pastor
of the Covenant Church, after which
Rev Louis J. Sawyer, pastor OF the
Hamilton Square Baptist Church, was
introduced and delivered short. forci-
Bile address on open Doors Tor Baptlsi
Forces" He spoke of the grand oppor-
tunities for the Baptists of this city by
unity of action to produce great results,
as at this time as never before could
the work of the Baptist churches be
made effective. He said that there was
need of energy in the Richmond Dis
triet. in Noe Valley, in the Mission, in
South San Francisco and in the very
heart of the city.
Rev. j. H Kelly or the Third Church
spoke on Gospel Work Among the Ne
groes," saying that the great needs to
elevate the negro are first, religion;
second, education; third, money. lie
said that it had been asserted that edu-
cation made the negro naughty. lie
denied this, and stated that on the con-
trary it made the negro better man
in the religious as well as in every
other sense. and declared that statistics
proved that less than l per cent of the
crime that is laid at the door of the
negro was committed by educated ones.
B. p. Patrick, chaplain of the United
States naval training station on Yerba
Buena Island, spoke interestingly on
The Strategy of Faith" and from the
standpoint OF the army and naval
strategist told of the opportunities for
the extension of the Baptist church in
ftl
of strategical movements for the pur-
pose of accomplishing great ends, and
said that the churches could proft by
opportunities presented by such move
ments.
All the churches. he said, must CEN
tralize on one objective point and work
as a unit for it's accomplishment. The
church. he said. must not be passive,
but must take the aggressive and en-
ter the camp of the enenlv where sin
prevails and attack it on vi sides and
keep up the attack until il Is uprooted
but to do this all must move together
to gain the victory for righteousness.
Sergeant Frank Davis Of the United
States Artillery, stationed at the Pre-
sidio, spoke of the opportunities for eN-
cellent work by the church among the
troops stationed al the Presidio post
saying that the soldier boys are a
good lot of individuals, who are always
ready to listen to the teachings of re-
ligion. He invited the churches to send
pastors to the post.a and assured them
that whoever came would receive a cor
dial welcome.
The singing of GLORY TO Thee, My
God, this Night by Mr.. Maeurda was
followed by an address by c. w. Brin-
stadt, d. D., State secretary of the
Northern California convention on RE
sources for our Task" The meeting
closed with a brief service of prayer
Evangelism will be the theme of the
pulpit in the First Baptist Church
George f. Burlingame, d. D.. pastor
during October In the temporary loca-
tion at 1920 O'Farreu street The morn
ing sermons will deal with various
phases of evangelistic effort and the
evening services will be to soul win
ming effort.
/ A party OF missionaries sailed for th'
! Orient last week, but before leaving