The San Francisco call., 1907-01-29
WORSHIPERS FLOCK
To CHURCHES
Pre-Lenten Services Are
Held by Episcopalians
in This City and Oakland
MIssIONERS PREACH

Streams of people poured into four
Episcopal churches of San Francisco
and Oakland last night. evincing deep
interest in the pre-Lenten mission
services which began on Sunday and
are TO last ten days. Missioners
from New York, New Jersey, Massa-
chusetts and Illinois filled the pulplts
of the churches, endeavoring by elo-
quence of speech and song to gain
new converts to their faith.
At Trinity Church, Bush and Cough
streets, Rev. Endicott Peabody, d. D.,
head master of Groton School, Groton,
Mass, preached on the necessity OF re-
pentance from such sins as John the
Baptist saw In the multitudes to which
he appealed on the banks of the Jor-
dan. He modernized these sins, re-
ferring to the prevailing dishonesty
In the stock exchange and in the busi-
ness Office, among individuals in their
homes and collectively as communities
He enumerated greed, cOvetousness and
gambling-getting from others what
had not been fairly earned, whether at
the stock board or at the parlor card
table.
Rev. Mr.. Peabody declared that II all
the honest gains of stock brokers were
separated from those dishonest and
taken away, there would not be enough
left to give each man $40 year. He
sara IDdl young uidn WIZ " eSo J~9N =
entering upon a business career came
hto him and asked him for advice. The
youth was employed in a railroad once,
and one day a business man who eX-
pected a shipment of goods called up
the office and asked regarding his con-
signment Turning to the head of the
Office the young man asked wnat ne
should tell the inquirer.
Tell him that his goods are in the
yards and that we'lI send them to him
as soon as possible The clerk knew
that this particular shipment was not
near the city but he was forced to tell
lie.
So, said the preacher, many young
men are tempted to do wrong, prac-
ticing deceit because of the corrupt
business and social habits of the day
Real repentance was not merely feeling
sorry or ashamed. but resisting and
forsaking sin,
A large volunteer choir in the front
pews of the church led in singing.
At st. Stephens Church, in Fulton
street, near Fillmore, Rev. George
Craig Stewart rector of st. Luke's,
Evanston, Ill, preached to a large con-
| gregation on the subject, THE
Heights" He took for his text Revela-
tions w., l: Come up hither and l
will show you things that must shortly
come to pass"
He illustrated the bearing OF this
| upon life by pointing 10 the benefits of
elevation of vision-the setting of
| standards higher than earthly, that
| man might not be tempted by things
nearer and more intimate. He illus
| trated the strength of elevation by
| pointing to the force Of gravity-the
automobile. for instance. must first
ascend a hill to gain added strength for
speedy progress that is given by the
point was that elevation brought peace.
! Services will be held daily in each
/ church; holy communion at $50 a. m,
evangehstic service at p. m and
afternoon service to be announced at
/ the discretion of the missioners.
| In Oakland Rev. Charles Fiske of St.
Johns Somerville, n. J., filed the pull
| pit of ST. Johns, and Rev. James z.
| Freeman, st. Andrews, Yonkers, n. Y,
preached in the Church of the Advent.