The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN REV.ROBT JOCHNSTON- THE SPEAKERS AT THE MORNING MEETING IN THE MECHANICS' PAVILION. ol s 80 ed to ihe church. It has moved the hurch up to better work_for our Master, not only in taisland butin all lands. It is our desire 1o sce tLe average church aside all bu ss cares and avoca- the night of tie midwerk to find a wersis a great i ers 1110 midweex op Chr.stians. fety feels re- h is prepa ugs of th y will help us 10 ind that biows. Inst from Christ by Sabb cons and infidelity, we s and drive them—foreign are—out of this free Ameri- | and desecration, will turn these ev monsters that th can land. | Rev. Jacoo W. Kapp, D.D., of Rich- | e of *Christian Endeavor | unday Evening Serv.ce.” His ad- dress in substance was as follows: in many churohes with ening service, “To be or not question.” y studied this subject witn tears prayers. 1 believe that 1f the young | people will help the pastors to answer their prayers it may be said, 3 power with God and ha : desperation some pastors have y said, “The young people’s meeting is to biame fo the lack of attendance ut the evening service; | they atiend their own meeting, bul neglect | the second service.” 1f thatcan be Liuly said t Curistian Endeavor society it is the endeavor left out on Sabuath evening. ! Whatever the cause msy be—and It is not | my b s to diseuss that mattc t isundoubtedly true that there are u great many people in all our communitiesand cities | who have no ides of what is said or done in a church which is wit! casy reacn of thelr bomes. They lear | invitation of the | church bell Sebbath after Sabbath but give | 1o heed toit. And th comes to be more or | less of & division between a certain class of | people in every munity and the church. | This 1s a condition that eve one of us ch we | con- | s yin ct with the people, that there | may not be a division or a separation. i We need to enter more and more into per- sonal work and come im contact with men, We must go aiter them. 7 1 ficulty is not 80 much wit inside of the four walls of the church r ide of the church. e of the work is e do notdo:0 weil when we doors t0 go about our ordi- v A lady s2id to me a short time ago, in talk- ing upon this subject, “Well, it is very much easier to give mouey for the foreign mission- ary cause than to go out invite people | to'come to theservice.” Certainly it is, E\'c‘ can do that very much easer theu 10 go 1o the | houses of your own ne.ghborhood aud urge them to come 1o the service that they may hear the gospel. In fact, it is very ofien thay Chr Uans know very much about the condi- | tion of the heathen in Atrica or in Japan, or here and there, but_they do not know any- | thing about the condition of their own uncon- | verted meighbor. They know about the suc- ' cess of this and that mission in the foreign lands—how many have been converted, what | success has been made and the varions lines | of work that sre being carried on, but cannot 11l how many people were at the evening ser- were not there themselves, ihe trouble 1o i quire. nothing thet has the power of per- | sonal 1. The people of old, us they went | out of Jerusalem, preached Lhe word from | house to honse, individual 1o individual, and | if we do the same we shall be able to solve the | question of attendance upon the evening serv- | ice, and the evening service will be a mighty | power and means to lead many to Jesus Christ | and the glory of God wiil be accomplished and the kingdom of Christ carried forward. | [Applause.] tev. E.\WW. Thompson of Paterson, N.J., | addressed the meeting on the subject of ‘Christian Endeavor and the Midweek Prayer-Meeting.” He said: Christian Endeavor is no. longer an experi- ment. Its existence has been justified. an realizes this fact and believes in it. God biesses it. Christian Endeavor s divine enterprise which enables it (o carry out its own principles. It is not the church, buts force within the churck, and the most ambi- #ious of us has no desire that 1t shail be any- thing eise; for Christ and the church is its motto. ITem reminded that I must be sho though I am more than six feet long. * nic” said & long-sufferiog elder one day, "I would presch shorter sermons . er sermons,” wes the reply. “Why, I , commanded to give the pcople'the sincere milk of the word.” That's ail right,” said the “but these are the days of condensed I have in ms own church in Paterson, N. J., ) 1 kndeavor Society which has done thing T have asked of you to-day. Any place can do anythin, Puterson can go. We bave furnished the Vie-President of | the United Siates and the Governor of New | th Jersey, and you can any of you do that. 1| 10ld my sccisty a few wceks ago many of fhe | things'l have told you wo-day. The result has | been ihat they are proving a great help to me | und the whole congregation in the midweek prayer-meeting. Two *-open parliaments” for the di-cus- ¢ion of the addresses oi the day were an- nounced on the programme, but owilg to the absence of W, C. Perkinsof Baltimore, whoison one of the aelayed irains, the two were merged into one. ducted by Rev. A. B. Pullputi, D.D., of Pniladelpia. After he had made a brief speech on the three addresses that had been delivered, he called for suggestions from those among the audience. Among the genilemen who responded were the following: Johr T. Stanley of New York, Attention Christian ¥ndeavorers—Yel- lowstone Park Trinm, 1t has been reported that the Northern Pa- cific Railway bave booked all the Yellowstone | Park business that they will be able to handle, 1 take this method of denying the rumor and will state that we are prepared to handle all ety hrs, indeed, been an engine This was con- | purties that cdesire to muke the trip. T. K. Slateier, General Agont, 638 Market st. o &EO.W._CO RS — 1 EAAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY REV.E.L.POWELL,D. JULY ‘W.H.G.TEMPLE REV.W. COCHRAN | D. R. Weldon of Humboldt County, 8. S. | Lewis of Pond Creek, Indian Territory, J. W. Webb, Fresno. took the floor. D. L. F ing poem: You sheuld bow at Christ's own altar, You should stand like Gibraltar, For the one who died for thee: Yes, shed his blood 01 Culvary. d, the Prince, the King, ove, like an angel’s wing, 15 spread about and over yon; "1is he who says, “My word is true.” Sing sones of praise and hymns of love, Sing perfect peace to him, above All shades of worldly strife and care; For we must 5002 his glory share. Call ye upon the Lord each day, Call ye his uan e, #s ot ye pray. For sweeter tastes and sips of love Shall come from him, that beavenly dove. Engage your hesrts in silent praver: Eugace nis love who takes your care bears your burden all along ntil you join the heavenly tsrong. To fill up the gap made by the omission of on= of the “pariiaments’’ Rev. Ernest Warburton Shurtleff ot Plymouth, Mass., read his poem, entitled “The Army of D.ybreak.” This had been on the pro- Several ladies also er of San Jose read the follow- isfied with farming, with practicing law or medicine; if you can be satisfied as a me- chenic,as a_banker, a railway president, a | merchant prinee; if you cen be satisfied with | | holding office in the municipality, in tne State, in the republic; il you ecan b before God in any of these lines pui s veeations. Do mot, I tell you, seek a place in the gosvel ministry. Do not become & minis- ter simply s a profession; do not enter this | calling us you would enter a calling merelg to 10 have a respectable | make a living, and and honored pigce in the world. Enter the ministry Lecause God lays the work upon you in such wise thatyou canno t the call. IN THE EVENING. Presentation of a Banner for Best) Work Accomplished. There was a much better attendance ir | the evening at Woodward’s Pavilion. When the services began the main floor was fairly well filled. afterward a steady stream poured into | denominations. | tion Endeavor to the denominations? | En ] the assignment of this topic to 8 place on the programme is appsrent in every pariicular except in the choice of the speaker. We ail have home interests and responsi- bilities. It goes without saying that each Endeavorer hasa church home. We sreall Endeavorers, but we are aiso Congregational- ists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Meihodists or representatives of some other one of thirty What is therelation of Chris- In its relation to denominations Christian Endeavor adheres to two fundamental princi- les. The first is loyalty to the denomiuation, he second fraternity between the denomina- jons. These principles provide for fidelity | and fellowship—fide ity to the denomination, | fellowship with il other denominations. Thus 1t will be seen that Christian Endeavor, judged by its principies, is entitled 1o be known s asoclety for the promotion of de- nominational loyalty. Itstands in such de- nomination for loyaity to doctrine, for loyaity 10 polity, for loyally. to usage, for loyaily to authority. It insists on the Presbyterian being 8 true-h ue Presbylerian; upon the Congreza- tionaiist being an al -round Congregational- ist; upon the Baptist being an upana down For half an hour | Baptist, and upon the Methodist being a Methodist first, last and all the time. U you wish to become a first-class Endeavorer you the huge ed fire, and soon the gallery | mustbegin by asting what is _required by loy- s'ats began to disappear. Most of the | | laier arrivals comprised those who had Many pastors | gramme for Thursday, but was tempo- | been unable to gain admittance to thel Let me aiso emphasize, in closing, the fact aity to the denomination to which you beloug. Lojaity to the denomination aud to Endeavor principles must be one and inseparable. in India, in which a missionary was the central figure, he entertained his auditors with a hymn sung in one of the Indian dialects. He spoke at length of the great difliculties to be overcome in securing the conversion of the people of India, China and Japan. In this work, he declared, only the very best men, from an intel- lectual standpoint, should be allowed to engage. He pictured the <cene of & native holy man who had his feet washed by the natives gathered about bim. When he told of how the women and children after- ward drank this water murmurs of horror | arose from -the audience. sionary work in the lands across the sea, On behalf of the United Scciety Christian Endeavor Rev. Canon J. B. Richardson of London, Ontario, made the presentation of the banner to the jocal city union, it having reported the best work accomplished in the past year in | promoting fellowship by organizing the largest number of new Christian Endeav- orers. It was awarded to the Philadel- phia union, from which it was taken by Chicago » year ago at Washington. T, J. Grant Bhields, president of the C. A. Auditorium yesterday from 2 to 4 Py The main ball of the suditorium | was about half filled, but the audience was appreciative, and the discussion after the regular spreches was spirited. After the introductory remarks by the | chairman, Rev. A. A. Murphy, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick, N. J., made a brief address. *Render unto Ceasar the things which are Caxsar’s, and unto God the things which are God’s,” was his theme. *Christians should not stand by and see politics go to the dogs,”” he insisted. ‘“There are duties i In conclusion | {5 (he State us well as duties to the he called attention 1o the great need of | opyreh, more men and women to Carry on mis- | oq gt present While it isencoura:ing to see, Christian rulers at the head | of the civilized governments of the world, of | it is, on the other hand, discouraging 10 see the indifference of many people toward the affairs of the siate. *‘He who fails in his duty to the State,” concluded the speaker, *neg'ects one side of Christ’s great principle, ‘Render unto Cmsar the things which are Cessar’s and unto God the things which are God’s.” ” Rev. G. W. Scott, D.D., a Congr: tionalist from Boston, spokeof the **Ame: ican Spirit” and insisted upon it asan essential of Christian citizensaip. He ek \ DIRECTOR MUEFPO\NEL\- EVANS RE\-’. & ERNEST A= JRTON (WARBL The Orators of the Day at Woodward’s Pavilion. rarlly pas<ed owing to the failure of tl:le t clerical poet to get through on time. was delivered with fine effect. At the conciusion of the reading of the poem the following telegram was read: CHICAGO, ILL., July 9, 1897. Dr. Francis E. Clark., Christian Endeavor vention, San Francisco: Beminary sends greatings to your convention. CHARLES CUTHBERT HalLL, President. The address delivered by Rev. B. B. Tyler, D.D., New York, was in the nature His subject was,"“The the Ministry Upon Young | of an exhoriation, Claims of Men.” F¥ollowing are the more impor- tant portions of the address: 1 desire, first, to sppointa committee, and 1 e appointment if you | should be named as a member of that com- | 1 desire to appoint the men and the women who are here present a committee to report to young men. pious young men, as far as possible, the things that I shall say this beg you 10 accept L mittee. mornin| Xwourd that T could speak to this room | packed with young men concerning the min- | esus Christ, the | claims of the minisiry on the young men. I| would be delighted to have them present per- sonally, but Icannot; they ave absent. Indi- would reach them through you. istry and the claims of Ji rectly, 1 Hence the appointment of this commitiee. 1 begin what I have to say with this remark, having studied the matter: Do not enter the minisiry if you can belp it. 1f you can be sat- Union Theological Mechanics' Pavilion. Before the even- ing’s services were over there was only standine room left. Rev. Charles A. Dickinson, D.D., of Bos- ton, presided, and O, M. Vesper of Oak- land, Cal., performed the duties of mu- sical director, and led the convention chorus of about 200 voices in fine atyle, Twenty minutes were devoted to the praiss service, in which chorus and con- gregation engaged with much entbusiasm, being greatly siimulated by the nersistent | exhortations of the mu-ical leader. Wil- bur Walker of Oakland presided at the organ. Rev. A. J. Turkle of Omaha led the de- votional exercises. Chorus and audience sang theanthem “‘Speed Away,” ana Rev. Matt I Hughes, D.D., of Minnespolis, then delivered an address on ‘‘Promotion of Denominational Loyalty by Christian Endeavor.”” He spoke in part as foliows: To those who have made a study of the priuciples underlying this mighty movement of our times my task will seem a violation ot that article of our creed which declares against works of supererogation, As citizens we must move withiu the limiis of Lhe consti- tution of the Unied Stutes; as Endeavorers ‘we must build for the future upon those basic principles which liave furnished the founda- tion of past successes. Tostir up ‘““pure minds by way of remembrance” is as essentia as to illuminate with new truth, 8o the wisdom of that upon strict adherence to this principle of denominational joyalty hangs the principle of interdenominational traternity. A society for the overthrow of nstitutions founded upon convietions is an organized impertineuce. It is 1m0t 100 Much to say that Ciristian En; will mainuin its magnificent influence as an interdenominationa inctor only by strenuous observance of the principle of denominational lovaity. In all our relations to each other as followers of Christ I know of no better guide than the comuprehensive directions contained in the famous words of an oid church father: “In essentals, unity ; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” By special request Miss Josephine Pat- terson an« Robert Husband sang “Saved by Grace.” 8o well were their efforts re- ceived that they were compelled to re- spond to an encore. Rev. J. C. R. Ewing, D.D., of Lahore, India, spoke on the subject, ‘‘C:ristian Endeavor Promotes a Worldwide Fellow- sbip.” In part be said: It 18 my joy to-night to bring to you the greetings of 250 Endeavor soCieties from far- Away Indis. The promotion of international fellowship can best benccomplished, I b:lieve, when we know something of what our ulstant lellows are and what theyare dm"f’ The brothers and sisters of faraway India have their thoughts fixed upon us to-day. They know we are gathered here and that they are & part of this great organization. In the course of describiug a street scene AT 2= REV- E.W: THOMPSON victorious union, returned thanks on be- half of that organization, saying: *“I was informed to-day that the slow city of Philadelphia had taken the banner away from Chicago. This certainly came tome as a surprise, for I had no idea we had done so wvell during the year. We simply determined to do better work thar we had been doing, but did not have the return of the banner in mind at all. 1t will, however, afford me great pleasure to take the banner back with me to Phila- de'ptia.’ The emblem was not on hand, being among the unidentified baggage covering the floor of the ferry landing, so had to be presented in spirit. To the singing of bymns the audience dispersed, —— COMMITTEE CONFERENCES Eleven Different Meetings Held Simultaneously. The - Duties of Christians Their State Em- phasized. to Rev. W. E. Davis of Lebanon, N. J. presided over the CLristian citizenshi conference which was beld in the Y. M. 127 protestsd against the contamination of the American spirit by foreign immigra- tion. **We have had too much of Europe and Asia,” he declared. ‘‘America should not be made a dumping ground for them. I am totally opposed 10 unrestricted i migration and also to ‘hyphenated Ame; cans.’ When a foreigner comes here he should assimilate the American spirit and become an American through and through.” Bishop Samuel Fallows, D.D., of the Reformed Episcopal church and presi- dent of the board of managers of the Illi- nois State Reformatory was the jast speaker on the programme. He re-em- pbasized the need of restricting immigra- tion. ‘'‘America has been a haven for communist and- a paradise for anarch- ists,” be .sald, “‘but we should make it a purgatory for one and the hottest kind of a place for the other.” The speaker closed with an appeal to his hearers to take part in the polities of their States and lic.litics. *“There will always be rings and machines,” he con- cluded, “but itis ourduty to see that we have the right men in the rings and ma- chines, for God demands that Christian men shall control the world.” Attheconclusion of the regular speeches a practical discussion ensued in which a number of those present took part, each relating his experience in endeavoring to reform pclitics in his locality. A conference of those interested in the formation of information and news bureaus throughon' the country was held in the Central M. E. Church. Rev. War- | ren P. Landers of Salem, Mase., spok : of the work done by such committees in Massachusetts, where they have already been formed in many cities, Their plan is to place some competent person in each city in charge, whose duty it is to keep the public informed throngh the press of the doings of the various so- cieties. s The plan 2s suggested was decided to be a goodone, and its adoption will be rec- | ommended to the various societies. Other commiitee conferences neld be- tween 2 and 4 in the afternoon at the various churches were as follows: Lookout committee, First Congregational Cburch, W. E. Sweet of Deaver, chairman, issionary committee, Calvary Presbyterian C)?{x‘rl:h. Mrs. George W. Coleman of Boston, chairman. After the conference F. F.Tucker of Lincoln, Nebr.. led a conference of those ex- pecting to enter the missionary s P fayer-meoting rommitiee, First Presbyte- rian Church, W. G. Alexander of San Jose, chairman. Social committee, First Congregational Church, A. G. Braden of Minneapolis, chair- man. Sunday-school committee, Calvary Presbyte- rian Church, W. L. Noell of Teunessee, chair- man. Temperance committee, First Presbyterian Church, James A. Floyd ot Boston, chairman. Brothernood commiitee, Third Congrega- tional Church, Rey. J. H. Bomberger of Onio, chairman. Good literature committee, Third Congrega- tional Chureh, C. L. France of Toledo, Obio, chairman. Lord’s day committee, Central M. E. Church, Rev. W. P. Landers of Middleton, Mass., cha man. e TO PLEASE THE GAZE A Lounging-Room and Art Gallery Combined. A Fine Salon Grows From Nebu- losity to a Thing of Beauty. According to the comment of General Becretary Baer of the Christian Endeavor Union Boston would be paralyzed could it see the art gallery arranged for the benefit of the visitors to San Francisco during convention week. Unless one made a personal visit to the gallery this comment of the genial secre- tary migiit be taken as one of his pleasant compliments, but after vou are in the long salon in the Mechanics’ Pavilion you can fally realize that there were good and suf- ficient grounds upon which to predicate the remarks. The art gallery is not a conception but a growth. Itcame out of a nebulous con- dition and has become a star in the firma- ment. It is a metamorphosis from s lounging-room to an atelier, from a read- ing-room to an art salon, with it all it bears the im press of the original idea and is what may be termed sui generis in the way of art galleries, for the big room with its walls adorned with bright-hued gems of art has been furnished with long tables and chairs and well equipped with writ- ing materials, so that the visitors may write their letters, ana at the same time the funereal gloom usually attaching to reading-rooms and art galleries through the many 1njunctions to silence, has been dispelled by the fact that here is the one place in the big Pavilion where the hum of voices in talk is invited, for it is to be the great lounging place of the City. The pictures, the books, papers and magazines and the writing-desks are but incidents to enhance the pleasure of the conversation-room. Here everybody expected to talk and laugh to their hearts content. Yet while this is true it must not be supposed that the pictures are not to be classed as high art—and as high art is generally “high’’ in the double sense it may not be amiss here to state that the commercial value of the paintings on the walls is far above the §100,000 mark. Two sections are devoted 10 high art work and one to phdtographs, and while the space is seeminglg vast, and the com~ mittee had some doubt as to their ability to make a really credilable showing, the response was so ready that the contrib tions exceeded all expectations, and there is barely room to hang the pictures, The greatest canse of regret is that more of our hygure-painters did not make an exhibit. The hanging committee as done most excellent work under ihe supervision of Dr. May,and the general appearance of the gallery is most pleasing, while the ar- tistic effect strikes the visitor upon en- trance. The effort has been rather ‘to bave good work done than a crowding of the walls, and the fringed palm settings to the wall between the fine paintings give a rest to the eye that is rarely felt in noted gaiieries, _The great painting of the Yosemite Vailey, by Hili, loaned by the Crocker estate, is the one that atiracts most eyes, because, probably, Prang, with his chromo copies, has made it world famous. Every- body knows it and says so, one visitor even going o far as toshow his knowledge ofart by telling a compunion that it was —_— e Effects of Impure Blood Boils and P mpiex. Havs Disap- peared Sincs Taking Hood’s. “I suffered from the effects of impure: - | blood, boi:s, pimples, etc., for five years. Nothing gave me refief untii I purchased six botiles of Hood's Sarsaparilla ana be- gan taking this medicive. The boils and vimples have now atl disappeared and I am entirely cured.”—LOUIS THOMAS, 1412 11th St., Oakland, California. 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