Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-08

tinct fauna and fora become fossil
lied.
Many have already perished for lack
of this power of adaptation. Others
are today In a dying condition for the
same reason" says Bishop Potter. AT
such time for the church of God 10
sit still and be content with theories
of it's duty outlawed by time and long
ago demonstrated to be grotesquely in
adequate to the demands of a living
situation, is to deserve the scorn
of men and the curse of God.''
Another Danger Indicated
Still another danger to which refer
ence is made is that the biggest sin
ners in Los Angeles today will not be
reached. Many women and children
and ordinary sinners will accept the
| invitation. God bless theml May the
number of such be multitudinous. But
Mr.. Torrey and all who can do so
should together lay hold of "the horns
on the altar and plead nightly that
some of the editors and reporters of
Los Angeles; that many real estate
men and promoters of mining and
other schemes, in many cases church
| members, and whose name is legion;
and that the business chance brokers
may be brought to Christ, and in be-
half of all such who are converted, a
| special service should be held by the
evangelist before he goes away, and
an appropriate Bible text on which to
address them Is found in Ephesians,
v, 25, where 1t says: Put away lying,
and another might be, Speak every
man truth with his neighbor."
Many of the church members, includ-
ing some of the ministers of Los An
geles, might be told to remember what
Moses said: Thou shalt not go up
and down as a tale bearer" and that
gossip and slander are most heinous
misdemeanors-an old writer said Of
the talebearer and the one who lis
tens thereto, "Ought both to be hung
the one by the tongue and the other
by the ear"
The Worst Thing in City
Another peril is that the great meet
ings will come and go without re-
moving or even touching the very
worst thing in this fair and lovely
city with its many noble and broad
minded people in the churches and
outside What is the worst and mean
est thing among us?
Twelve years ago a minister of the
east was about to start on a trip for
health to Southern California, know
ing next to nothing about it. AS the
members OF IlC IdInlly were ldAhAi6
together the minister's father-in-law
made what seemed then a strange re-
mark, but 1t does not appear so now
He said: Il have heard from some
source that in Los Angeles 1t is very
easy for people to 'get out" against a
person, and when this occurs they say
and do all sorts of mean things against
him and try to injure him in every
way. BY constant residence in this
city and vicinity since then the min
lister has learned by observation and
experience that the far-off report was
exceedingly true of Los Angeles even
among church members also, especially
such as profess to be very pious and
holy. Some of the newspaper editors
excel all others and set the pace in
this unsaintly, wicked and Satanic
habit.
When this great revival is over steps
should be taken to purge Los Angeles
of these inhuman practices.
The saloon and other bad institu-
tions are not the only ones to be pro-
hibited. Better methods should be in
augurated for popular enlightenment
and education as to "a square dear in
religion as in everything else; as tc
tlA new social ideal which the full
teaching of Jesus brings to view ano
the great duties of the hour which per-
tain to good citizenship, to well tenn
pered application of the words and ex-
annie of the Lord to society, to the
uses and abuses of the power of prop
erty and to the wrongs and cruelties
which sorely obstruct the advent of the
Son OF Man and his kingdom.