Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-25
PASTOR TALKS IN
SARCASTIC VEIN
CAN'T SEE CHURCH UNION.
JUST YET
Temple Baptist Church Secures Mrs.
Bessie Ives Harrison as sololst,
and Her Return Causes
Rejoicing


celence of its musical programs as
well as DIR. Robert J. Burdette's elo-
quent sermons, has had the musical
features of its services very materially
strengthened by the addition of Mrs.
Bessie Ives Harrison as soprano soloist.
Pursuant with his ambition to have
the best quartet in the city Prof.
Bruce Gordon Kingsley, the musical
director, has been trying different
voices for several months, and at last
decided that Mrs. Harrison's pure,
clear tones would add materially to
the fulhlment of his pet ambition.
Mrs Harrison sang in Or. Burdette's
church when that body worshiped in
the old Hazards pavilion, but for the
past year she has not been with the
Temple people.
When Prof. Kingsley finally decided
that Mrs. Harrison was essential to
the best interests of his choir and
quartet he found that the musical al
lowance would not be sufficient to Sc
cure her; but dozen prominent mem
bers of the church who had appreciat'
ed her work a year before promptly
came to the front with an offer to
make up the difference themselves.
This plan was finally adopted.
Shows Quality of Voice
Mrs Harrison was in splendid voice
yesterday and despite a slight cough
sang a solo and solo parts in the an
thems and quartet work. The solo,
"Jesus, Meek and Gentle" gave her
an opportunity to display her light,
flexible voice, which mounts to high
c without apparent effort.
DR.. Kngsleys organ numbers were
well received. In the morning the
dainty and graceful Nightingale"
pleased large audience. At the even
ing service Suppes well known over
rendered.
While the musicians were pleasing
their large audiences the pulpit was
not neglected. Yesterday was COM
bined "Y. w. C. A. day." "Y. M. c. A.
day. and Washington day" at the
Temple church. At the morning serv-
ice several hundred dollars was raised
for the Y. w. C. A. building fund.
In the evening, following the bap-
tism of IA number of converts, DIR. Bur-
dette preached on the duty of joining
the church, taking for his text Acts
2:41 and Az "Then they that gladly re-
ceived his words were baptised and
the Lord added daily to the church
those that were saved"
Secretary Leslie M. Shaw has re-
Gently pleased people in and out of
the church by declaring his advocacy
and support of a universal religious
trust to embrace in one harmonious
communion all the creedS of the Chris
tian, and presumably the Buddhist and
Mohammeuan world. The newspapers
have, with few exceptions, cordially
commended the secretarys plan, and
many of them have taken occasion to
rebuke the churches for not having
thought of this befole. The have en-
phatically commended the secretary
for his all-embracing bull of universal
church union. Everybody outside the
various have I1rppH the Christian
bodies to rise up and listen to the new
prophet of unity.
ut is rather surprising that the
newspaper men, W tn the nose for
news that distinguishes them from the
superficial laity, should so enthusiasts
tically headline and featu a story
1000 years old.
Long before Leslie NJ. Shaw was
Abraham-some 1000 years beforehand
the blessed promis that in him should
'all the families of the earth be
blessed" Two + ousand years ago
Jesus of Nazareth head of the church,
told the world of the glad day that
was coming when there should be "one
flock and one shepherd Paul taught
in his letter to the church at Collos-
sac, There is neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcision nor uncircumcision, bar
barian, Scythian. bond or free; but
Christ is all, and in ALL
Inc unity Oh lne CHuTCn OF NIOQ mas
been the dream and the sure hope Of
the church in all ares Beautiful, the
idea is; Christian and orthodox ii GER
tainly is, original with Leslie NJ. Shaw
it decidedly is not. and 'news'-even
for a weekly paper-it certainly isn't
But since the world approves and the
church approves, and for once the
world and the church are at one, let
us start fair and altogether AS Sec
tary Shaw has a reputation as a pol
itician rather than theOlOg,an he can
marshal his hosts in step with the
church. Let us have political and re-
ligious unit. No more Baptists and
EpiscopalianG; no more Democrats and
Republicans. ] will ask for ordination
at the hands of Bishop Johnson, and
Bishop COAaty will exchange pulpits
with Robert Mcintyre.
THE Times will carry the picture
of Bryan at the head of its editorial
page over the battlecry Bryan our
candidate, municipal ownership our
PLATFORM The Examiner will fly the
portrait of Gc-eral Harrison Gray Otis
over the editorial slogan Our next
governor-God bless him.
blessed picture of the millennium
brought on by joint resolution when
the Times shall dwell with the Ex-
press and the Herald 81 Il lie down
with the News and Charley Bell and
Walter Parker and Senator Savage
together and the little Record shall
lead them. What 10 you think of it,
ye theological politicians? Perfectly
simple, from a preachers point Of
View-just as easy as church unity
from the politicians standpoint. Let's
rub out the denominatlonal lines and
nominate Roosevelt and Bryan for the
next presidential team. Teddy and
Billy
Just to show how easy it all is
on paper and in a sermon--and to get
both millenniums started right l nom
A mate Senator Iillman for professor Of
sociology in Booker WashinGton's Tus-
kegee institute, Before the politicians
reorganize the chul n why don't they
try something easy-Tcform the Cali
fornia Legislature, for instauce?"
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