Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
DIR. JOHN WILLIS BAER TALKS TO
SOCIETIES
ASKS MORE TIME AND LESS
CRITICISM
Methodists In Conference Transact
Much Buslness and Many Inter-
estfng Addresses Are Made
by Able Speakers

Of the anniversary of the Woman's Homt
Missionary society and the anniversary
of the Home Mission and Church Ex-
tension society held yesterday afternoon
in the First Methodist church.
The main auditorium and gallery were
crowded for the sessions. Mrs. l. j.
! Reynolds presided at the session of tht
womans Home Missionary society. Dr.
John Willis Baer, president of Occidental
college, was the speaker, taking for his
subject: America, a Mission Field and
| Force" DR. Baer said in part:
at Is as true of the Methodist church
as 1t is of the Presbyterian-the best
men are the women. If dollars talk, the
women have spoken well.
| "In all the history of America the
voice of Jesus Christ can be traced.
He speaks in no uncertain sound and the
church was never more certain in its
devotion than today Let no voice super
| sede the voice of Him, who having seen,
we love- Today He calls for larger
work Miss not the voice of Jesus Christ.
| "a hundred years ago our flag was
fired on and insulted We have become
an unusual nation. Today America, with
| all her progress, is still great mission
field There are still great places to be
filed. And yet we say America is
world power. 1t is the greatest nation
In all the world.
ssOne hundred years ago ours was a
little fringe of peolpe on the eastern
coast. Our flag now flies in many places
and today is an emblem of help to all"
Tells of Mountaineers
DR.. Baer spoke of the mountain
whites" of the south. whom he termed
as the Highlander Of America, disuking
all class distinction, setting forth the
-. IL flnd ha
life of the mountaineers and of the trans
forming powers of Christ in their lives.
This great state of California con-
tinued DR.. Baer, ..is after all, the en-
uire state. There are counties here as
big as the state of New Jersey. There
are many places here where we may
open the door to the people.
'I think it as mean to hit city when
she is down as it is to hit man when
he is down. So with San Francisco, give
It time and it will surely come out. Give
it time and less criticism and it will
come out. Give the churches more force
and less criticism and they will make
of San Francisco the hub of the United
States. 1 know Boston is called the
hub. but l think that the map has been
changed since Dewey's guns spoke: Keep
that harbor safe for God.
''There is but one false star in our
flag and that is Utah. Mormonism Is as
great a menace to the religion of Jesus
Christ as ever it was. Polygomy is prac-
ticed. Anything that strikes at the
hearts as it does is menace"
In speaking of immigration, Dr. Baer
said:
immigration a Menace
''It is a menace bu. who is afraid?
We send many to the isles of the sea,
but God knows we cannot do 1t rast
enough and so he is sending the wide
world to u.s. The Golden Gate shall
stand as burning BUSH America Is
great mission field and force"
Girls from the Frances Depaw Spanish
Industrial school sang several Hymns In
Spanish and English. This was followed
by Mrs. P. H. Bodkin, who read re-
port of the work accomplished by the
society during the past year. n.
Miss Lamb of the San Francisco train
ing school for deaconesses made short
address, outlining the work being car
ried on by the deaconesses in the north
ern city.
Rev. B. c. Corey presided at the ses-
sion of the Home Mission and Church
Extension anniversary which followed, 1t
being the first session of the two asso-
Citations since the consolidation. Rev.
William Sterling led in prayer. followed
| by J. W. Patterson, who gave a(vocal
solo.
Mr.. Mathews was the first speaker He
said:
.The gospel that we preach was in
tended for the whole human race. Jesus
Christ never knew any difference; God
| had redeemed the whole world and the
gospel knew no difference. The world is
our field, as John Wesley said
First Great Step
seThe first great step was. the small
company starting from the eross and
| going out to face the great world or
heathenism-to take to the throns of the
Caesars the gospel of Jesus Christ Con-
slider what would have come to modern
Europe if Paul had not taken his gospel
into the household of Caesar. The con-
uuering of the Roman empire was the
worlds greatest uplift.
! \ 'eThe second great conquest was of the
| Germanic tribes and the third was the
settlement of America. How strange that
! this land was kept hidden until the print
ing press was in the hands of the sons
| of Thor.
1--WE have raised a great cry over
few people coming into this state of ours,
| vet in the past twenty years over forty
| millions of people have come into our
| eastern gates without any notion of the
responsibility of American citizenship.
But, thank OOu, elne rOieiBHStS oiS hoN
foreignizing America, but America is
Americanizing the foreigners.
Preach in Many Tongues
"In the United States the Methodist
Episcopal church is preaching the gos-
pel in fourteen tongues, and in this state
of ours it is preached in eleven tongues.
wherever the flag goes there may be
doubt about the constitution. but wher-
ever the flag goes the church extension
| follows"
DR.. Haywood presiding elder of the
Methodist church in Porto Rico, who will
be presented as a candidate for delegate
to the Geneva conference, was the next
speaker, and delivered one of the most
Interesting addresses of the conference,
extending over an hour In the middle
of his address he asked the people If they
were tired and wished to go home, but
received '.noes'' from all over the house,
and was requested to continue his mar
ratiye of the work as carried on in the
West Indies Although it was the last
address of the afternoon and the people
were tired from attending the various
sessions~of the conference, DR.. Haywood