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THE SAN FKANCISCU CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1901. 5 F e OQUENT I | HEARD IN OAKLAND SERMONS ] i hrongs Fill Churches Where Fa- mous Men of God Preach. seek and helps for the in this ven e rigin or n becaus, Jur ju le with m We a tion to | DISCOURSES UPON THE REVELATION se about certain come about fortuitously, but we’ do natural they were.'” Our feeble ¥ d be nd 1 have probably heard people say thelr circumstances were such that they e God. Circumstances are often through poverty and but 1 believe that if a hat there will be no ning God wants more anything else in this world it is to be- the open door 10 a man’s heart, and be present to the seeker. ZEAL OF ST. PAUL GIVEN AS EXAMPLE! The Rev. the diocese of New Jersey, filled the pul- pit of the Rev. John Bakewell at Trinity Episcopal Church this morning. His text e “This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reach- ing for those things which are before. I press toward the mark for the prize of the calling of God,” from the ebistle of Paul to the Philippians. He spoke in part as follows: Who does not feel ashamed in the presence of an example as St. Paul has set? In arison, even the most worthy of us to- sink into insignificance when our eners arc compared to the unflagging zeal and con- tinual pressing forward of Paul. He ever for- gct the good deeds that he had dome. He e things which were behind and forward for those v saying - “‘forgetting ch are behind?” Did he mean he was a Jew? Or did spiritual significance at- ds? 1 think he meant that é-.are privileged to forget our,sins and trans- essions, N more than this, it is our nden duty to do so. It is folly, it is worse than folly to dwell upon the past and its sins. ch contemplation cannot result in any good. he Creed teaches us daily to eay I believe in the forgiveness of sins.’’ The apostie's words makes it necessary that we forget the sins that are behind and fix our eyes upon the rget merel have a deep: hed to his | things which are betore. Paul's words have still a wider interpreta- tion. They not only include the forgetting of sins, but also a forgetting of the good deeds that are done. In the pest, if we have per- formed charitles they must be put behind I have heard many Christians boasting of what had done. Even sometimes the little deeds that were done were magnified and of- fered as an excuse for not doing more in the living present. 1 know of nothing more dead- ing than to keep your own goodness before r eves. If You are growing in grace, vour t goodness will not satisfy you. A good past should be the basis of a bountiful harvest | of good deeds in the future. ing the deeds that are done is the e of a Christian life. Reaching for before is the positive Keep your eves to the upon the deeds that are f Christianity. Do mnot loo e. Turning back may be the ruin of a | noble life. Remember Lot's wife. She turned - | back and paid a grievous penalty. There is nc ng still in a Christian’s life. One duty another as night does day Serfestocie et DRSO AND DESTIRY Continued from Page Four. S ot & t we unde weelf without witnesses everywhere a sacred as to lead to the we see to-day the t stands to-day on the ortality, out of the wil- a realization of were full only God in- ks of Moses of any to0, we may ham and Jacob. ure state, the greatest ea might fin f ma I of religion days a con- Solomon e it to scope in not only ing every there and the and even the uched by this Tribute to Womanhood, The wi human I con- problem t evolution of God. inence the church g was the ned at morning services » Nichols. The sermon was Bishop Tuttle of Missouri. HOPKINS DEFINES MODERN IDOLATRY Hopkins of Chicago, pulpit at the services d last night at the Cathed- m of t Good Samaritan, chose s discourse the second argued that idolatry in the bowing of 2 before graven images, Iso an idolater whose pe of a continue | In he lower levels. It | ¥h God | tend | whether the church in Hawali glorious | ures of this money. world and the getting of At the morning services at the sa..él e church Bishop Moreland of Sacramcnto preached the sermon. The pulpit was 1. have been filled by .ne Rt. Rev. Dr. Hun- tington of New York, but he was un- oidably detained at Burlingame. Bishop Moreland spoke on missions and mission- work. He advised his congregation to be more energetic in the conversion of souls to the Lord In his sermon at the evening servicc the Rev. John Henry Hopkins spoke iv | substance as follows: The stringent provisione contained in le ewjcimng all 1p of idols appe: the Christians against the wor- to the people of to-day 10 be abzoutely inapplicable and incongruous The average man's conception of an idel i< of a hideous image set up in a niche calied by some heathenish nan The pture abounds with commands agatast idol and yet the commands would all. be Lle to the inteiligent men and woi y meant solely the o of some descriptio for a considerable time. prevails everywhere. It s evadcs de- Covetous jdol- ts among as among s. The whole creed sbject of existence of some people is their e. If you take away their income you vzy their title of manhood—you ta ay their god of idolatry. Idolatry on Sunday, Lere i+ a way of detecting all idolaters. man on Sunday if you would decide is a worshiper of idols. A man on Sundey does what he likes an on week ays be does what he is compelled to do. On 4 every man worships. If he does not shkip God he worships idols. The idolater's s devoted to his eating, his drinking, i.s ing end to his play. His Sunday is no differert from that of his horse. Some of our €rican men ralse such a high piane that #y, like the animals in the park, devote it time to the lofty ideal of keeping them- s in a etate of perfect phvsical comfort. latry means decay. If any one believes 1 the civilization of the American people— be ever so strong—can stand against the enervating force of idolatry he has, totally nmored all the history of the nations of t L This is a universe which permits t vival of only the fittest. The idolater who dcas rot devote to communion is not enrolling himself in the ranks st. A lifetime of idolatry will turn nd thus he will enter the hereafter. us keep the greai friends, et ent. Let d at their ht the second com- us place the things of the real value. Let us 50 live that our Christian i.ves will shine out nd our brethren will glorify, not us, but our Father which is in heave —_—— BISHOP FROM HAWAII REACHES THE CITY The Right Rev. Mr. Willis, Bishop of Hawali, arrived in this city Saturday from Honolulu, via Victorla, to at- the convention and is at the Palace. He went to Honolulu in 1872 from England and was appointed by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. At that time the church was known as the Reformed Catholic church and he changed the title to the Anglo Church of Hawall. Among the important matters to be discussed at the present convention is the question shall be- come a branch of the Episcopal Church of America. Bishop Willis said last evening in an In- terview that it is the wish of all the | members of the church in Hawaii to see i their church | church in this country, and that he is up | here to discuss the matter with the Bish- annexed to the Episcopal ops in the conference. He says that the matter cannot be settled in a moment and that it requires deep consideration. Considerable work is needed in the trans- fer and valuable property is involved in the issue. Bishop Willis is at present under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canter- bury and ranks the same as a colonial Bishop of the Church of England. Bishop Wiilis wears the Bishop’s frock and gait- ers of the English church. Aid for Oregon Hop-Growers. SALEM, Or., Oct. 6.—The board of di- rectors of the Oregon Hop-Growers’ Asso- ciation met yesterday to consider an offer of capitalists to furnish half a miilion dol- lars to carry the growers for six months, until t market advances. The propo- sition was considered favorably and the growers are to be canvassed by the as- Sociation to ascertain the amount re- quired. A committee was appointed to organize a pool for shipping hoys 1o Lon- devoled to the pleas- | don by the all-water route. e things that happen or | think it is God's whose is the di- | We are t00 apt to say. about th se | e ys unable to analyze mat- | loneliness ! John Scarborough, Bishop of | things which are ONE OF ENGLAND’'S PRELATES SPEAKS IN ALAMEDA CHURCH Lord Bishop of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Is Heard. 7/ wy P o PRELATES WHO OCCUPIED PUL- ;TTS IN CHURCHES HERE AND ACROSS THE BAY. LAMEDA, Oct. Rev. Edgar Jacob, Lord Bish- op of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng- land, and the personal repre- sentative of the ArchBishop of Canterbury. was the principal speaker at the services held in Christ Church this evening. Bishop Cort- landt Whitehead of Pittsburg presided. | Other eminent prelates who participated were the Right Rev. Dr. I. L. Nicholson, Bishop of Milwaukee, and the Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Bishop of Washing- ton. Missfons and missionary work was the £ s < service. | general theme of discourse at the service. | oF SEariiame ol Lord Bishop Edgar Jacob, who has worked in missionary fields in various parts of the world, gave a historical re- | view of the inception and progress of Christianizing as pursued by the Protes- tant Episcopal Church. He said in part: Labor Two Centuries. Our church missionary efforts were begun 203 6.—The Right Propagation of the Gospel. Two vears after this society was founded it was seen that the field to be covered was much too large for | it. so another organization, designated as the Missionary Society, was started. Both are in | existence to-day and have accomplished much for the cause of Christianity and will accom- plish much more. During the first 100 years after the establish- iIng of these societies,” be it said to the shame of England. but littie headway was made. The English did not have any faith in the work and did not come forward and support it _the way it deserved to be supported. Even in India there was not a single mis- slonary from England until the close of the eighteenth century. By the laws then pre- valling that large dependency of the crown was closed to misslonaries. In 1513, by an act this impediment as removed and the territory was thrown open to the ener- gles of the missionaries from the English church. The first workers in the field were the chaplains who had been sent out to India in the service of the East India Company. A bishopric was established in Calcutta and b came a central point for the spreading of mis- sionary efforts. In Jap: China. Canada and Africa we have missiona Bishops and stations. In Nuganda. Africa, is the greatest mission I have ever = 3 great explorer. There are now thousands of native converts there who would yield up their lives for the faith. Nuganda is destined to be the place from which the Christianizing of Equatorial Africa will be effected. Other Bishops Speak. Bishop I. L. Nicholson of Milwaukee re- cited the history of the missionary worlk begun in the Great Lake region by Episco- palians in 1842. Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee of Washing- ton spoke on the plan to build a grand cathedral in the capital city of the nation. The Right Rev. G. W. Peterkin, Bishop of West Virginia, preached a special ser- mon at the morning services. His text, “What is the great commandment?” was taken from the gospel of the day. In answering the question Bishop Peterkin said in part: The greatest commandment is: *‘Thou shalt love thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with thy whole mind and with ail thy strength.” The next greatest command- ment fs “Thou shalt love thy neighbor &s thy- self.” 1 am afraid we do not love God enough, but we should not be discouraged. Our re- ligious love should come from within and not trom without. True religion is the essence of the attitude of the heart toward God. We should love God because God loves us. A Godly man loves God and a Christ-like man loves Christ. Such love comprises Christlanity, vears ago, There was then organized in Lon- | heard of or read about. Its founding was due |and Christianity Is the highest possible con- don a society known as ‘the Soclety for the | to a suggestion from Henry M. Stanley, the ' ception of Lumenity. L e e e e e el S S O e 3 2 2 e 020 30 2 e 2 Y ) PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY’S CONVENTION. ISHOPS of the Episcopal Church wiill meet in convention at at 10 o’clock thix morning. take up the work on the constitution, which swas passed upon by the House of Deputies last Saturday morning. The House of Deputies will convene at Trinty Church at 10 a. m. debate on Dr. Huntington’s amendment. it is expected that to-day the most important matter to he considered will come up hefore the Bishops—the question of divorces and marriages. J BISHOP POTTER EMPHASIZES TRUTHS ————— Continued From Page One. sequence. On the occasion of a_ dinner mgen by Mr. Crocker he said: ‘We are glad to have our guest here; we are glad to open his mind to a much larger horizon than, living in_the effete East, he is ac- customed to. For what gentlemen who come from his.part of the world need to learn, what they are perhaps reluctant to recognize, is the fact that San Francisco is the front door and New York the back door of the United States.’ 4 The East and the West. “I regarded that as a very nice saying, though quite untrue. The effete East holds out its hand to the new blopd and brawn of the West. Yet it is not the commercial enterprises of magnitude, not your energy in the construction of great railway sys- tems which are to be potential in binding the East and the West in indissoluble bonds, but it is the fiber which is behind these movements. The question is not what shall be accomplished, but what shall be the temper, the moral standard of vour works by which to_ illustrate to the Bast the supremacy of the West." The speaker then referred to his trip to Japan, the Philippines, India and the Or- ent. Everywhere he found young men banded together in the cause of Christ. In Madras he found one of the fnest Young Men’s Christian Association build- ings in the world, but finer than the struc- ture itself was the spirit that dwelt with- in its walls. He spoke of the Oriental caste which prevented men from dining with one another, but In the cause of Christian- ity caste was forgotten. He spoke of nis early ministry in New York, and told of having a trotting horse which one Sunday Trinity Church They will session. session at St. and will morning. at 11 a. m, During the day the House of Deputies will also take up the matter of the Court of Appeals. Should there be receive nominations for the This order of business is all done The Dauzhters of the King will hold a bus'ness Luke’s Church at 10 There will also. be a meeting of the American Sunday School Society at 10 a. m. at Grace Church and a special service of the society at the church time to-day the Bishops will issionary Bishoprics. in executive o’clock this he tried on the road while on his way to church. A butcher came along in a cart, and immediately the speaker’s horse be- gan to trot at a lively gait. The harder he pulled the faster the horse went, and when he passed through the country vil- Jage in which his charge was located peo- ple remarked with horror that the Episco- al clergyman was racing on the Sabbath. 'he butcher beat him, however, and the Bishop was glad of it, for the butcher was a Baptist. Laughter followed this story. “It s a question of opportunity,” con- tinued Bishop Potter. ‘‘What are you do- ing with your opportunities? What sacri- fices do you make, what studies do you ursue? The great question of the hour s honest government, and we look to our Christian young men for such govern- ment. All depends upon the sacrifice, de- votion and heroism of the young men. You may undertake to make a great start on the basis of philosophy and political econ- omy, but beneath it all must be loyalty to Jesus Christ. Let me advise you to get vour debt paid. Owe no man anything; but love one another.” Rolla V. Watt made a few pointed re- marks at the close of Bishop Potter’s ad- dress. He urged the young men to stand firm as Christians, and to assist the asso- clation in_the performance of the noble work in which it is engaged. He spoke of the debt upon the Young Men’s Christian Assoclation building, and expressed the hope that the young men of this city would see to it that the mortgage was soon lifted. Secretary McCoy called attention to the work being dane by the association in far- off Japan. The young men of San Fran- cisco had undertaken to support the sec- retary in Japan, and were now raising $500 a year for his maintenance. He called at- tention to the debt alluded to by Mr. Watt and sald subscriptions would be welcomed at any time. A song service was then held and after benediction a reception was tendered to Bishop Potter and Mr. Morgan. The af- fair was a hnpgy one, and thoroughly en- joyed by all who participated. 2 3 UNITED SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICES e Continued from Page Four. best of all this and you will spread a great and powerful influence.” Rev, Herman L. Dubring of Philadel- phia talked entertainingly on ‘“We De- clare Unto You Glad Tidings,” following out the idea of*a glorious future, full of opportunities. The children were abjured to seize the best of the world and ad- vance along the lines of character and P oThe anthem FTell It O e anthem ‘Tel t Out Among t Heathens” concluded the services. s The Right Rev. Edgar. Jacob, Lord Bishop of Newcastle, delivered the ser- mon at Trinity Church yesterday morn- ing. He said in part: San Francisco well might be deemes Antloch of to-day. There are three pol:gg s successful work in any State: The first u per- sonal contact with the divine Lord, which em- Dbodies the individual. The second is embodied in corporate union, for society is reformed by society. All the great movements concern so- clety.” The tkird point is that soclety invites decuy v its life is expressed in missionury zeal. g —_— Discussion on Labor. The Church Association for the Ad- | vancement of the Interests of Labor will hold a special service in the interest of workingmen at Trinity Church on Thurs- day evening at 8 o'clock. Bishop Potter will be the principal speaker. A number of representatives of organized labor have been invited to speak, and a general dis- ;:usslon of the question of labor will fol- ow. e —— Tennis playing. may be all right, but, grammatically speaking, ‘‘ten are play- ing” would sound better. . isiting Prelates in the Churches Beross the IBay ADDRESSES MADE —_— BY THREE BISHOPS Church-Goers of Berkeley Hear Zealous Episcopal Leaders. ERKELEY. Oct. 6—Thres Episcopai Bishops delivered sermons In this city to-day at different hours. Right Rev. Chauncey Bunce Brew- ! ster, D. D., Bishop of Con- necticut, spoke to students ot the university this afternoon at 3:3) o'clock In Hearst Hall. The other ser- vices were held by St. Mark’'s parish in Shattuck Hall. Dr. Brewster occupied the rostrum alone at the Hearst Hall services and conducted short services unassisted. The singing was led by the Women's Choral Society of the univer:ity, the members of which, in mortar-board and gown, occu- pled seats on both sides of the hall in front of the audlence. Besides the students there was a large number of townspeople present. Rev. Brewster's address was young people. n this life and what made men and women strong. He sald in part: When I was honored by this finvitation it seemed to me that I could not do better than to speak in a simple and practical way of some of the things that make up vour life. A strong will —the will In & man determined to accomplish a set object—makes a strong man. To such a difficulty becomes only the raw material for success. He sees in opposition opportunity. It is fight that brings out such stuff as men are made of; it is resistanco that we need. Tt is not enough that we have good ideas, but we must have good ideals. They must be placed before the will as models, objects, goals and purposes. 1 tell you we must not let our ideals be dethroned. We must reverently cherish them. e must look to them for the to * the inspiration of our manly and womanly en- | deavor and effort. Young men and women, do not let yourselves be befogged by any agnostic knownothingism. It s possible for agnosticism to have it say, vet all the while there are the eternal verities. 1 speak to the young women. I ask you to see, and If you do mot see. learn to see. in the faith of Jesus Christ the secret whereby you may attain the dignity, the strength of true womanhood as God meant it to be. Young men, allow me to commend to you the cross of Jesus Christ as the banner of man- It dealt with the things of | I am pleading for no doc- | may become a man. h< Christ as & | trines, but I stmply present Jes: | personal ideal. | Right Rev. S. C. Edsall. D. D., Bishop 1 of Minnesota. delivered the sermon at the | evening service in Skattuck Hall. saying: | ,The sacrifictal death of our martyr Presi- | dent has brought to the minds of the American i people the outpouring of the spirit of God upon them. In a time of prosperity. when men had all they needed, when (hire was an abundance of material things, there was a danger that the American people should forget thelr God: | there was a danger of growing cynicism and { Irreverence among them. In this time of great prosperity. and where there was a danger of the forgetting of God. there rings out a shot heard throughout this country. A man, the very embodiment of God, is stricken down as a sacrifice to the sins of the American people. | In the stlence of the throngs upon the streets and in the multitude that Is willing to come to church, there is seen the instrument at work touching the heart of the American peo- ple and bringing them back to the old truths of God. In and out of sad events like this throughout the history of the world there comes a rebuke to the skepticism of mankind. Right Rev. A. C. A. Hall, D. D., Bishop ser of Vermont, delivered the morning mon in Shattuck Hall, upon Chriss love and self-denial. The services were | conducted by the Rev. George E. Swan, { rector of the church and a fully vested choir was in attendance. The hall was crowded to the utmost capaeity with | worshipers. | Dr. Hall's sermon was livered. He said in part: The great rule lald down by Christ is, “Love | God supremely. and love thy neighbor as thy- self.”” Follow this and all of the old negative commandments will take care of themselves. There Is no need of long detalled promises if you love him supremely and your neighbor as rourself. ¥Many of us, and voung people sspecially, are apt to think that the Christian religion con- sists of a set of tiresome restrictions. So long as ,we think of our religion in that sort of a | way we haven't got hold of the distinguishing | characteristica of our Lord's religion. Be your fullest and highest selt In honor and in ser- vice of our Lord. Christian self-denial is al- ways letting go of the lower in order that | we may lay hold of something more precious. It is as much a part of Christian religion to abhor all things bad as it is to love all things eloquently de- hood. Under that banner dare to do, all that | govd. SOLEMN SUNDAY SERVICES AT OLD ST, LUKE'S CHURCH, Continued from Page Four. D., Bishop of ndiana, preached the ser- mon this morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Eighth and Grove streets, and there was a large crowd present to hear the noted speaker. The rector. Rev. Mar- tin N. Ray, officlated. Bishop F\‘sfincls took for his text II Kings, 1, “But Naaman was wroth and went away and said, behold, I thought he will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord, his God, and strike his hand over the place and recover the leper.” ’rl,'he Bishop Is a forceful and convincing talker and easily holds the attention of his audience. He briefly pointed out the lesson to be learned from the story of the leper—the necessity for right thinking. He said: You have no right to think wrong. Jesus Christ laid down unchanging laws for our guidance and we have no right to set up our individual opinion in opposition to the teach- ings of the church of which God said:. “The gales of hell shall mot prevail against her.’” Men may think as they choose, of course, but they 'must thing on a right foundation aad the church alone is a safe guide. ELOQUENT SERMONS AT GRACE CHURCH The services held yesterday morning and evening at Grace Church, corper Californfa and Stockton streets, were at- tended by large crowds. In the morning Bishop Potter of New York delivered an eloquent sermon, the text of which was taken from St. Luke xv:2. He sald: The divine in’ Jesus Christ breaks through at most unexvected points and none of them could be more unexpected than in connection with eating and drinking. Eating and drinking stand ordinarily fo: our coarser wants, which are met by coarser processes. Can you tell. me of any great man in’connegtion with whom they are emphasize: as a distinctive feature in his public lif Well, it was 5o in the case of Jesus Christ. The subject is of pre-cminent intbrest. as it relates to the attitude of the church of God to modern-life and its most pressing problems. What is the situation? It Is a decay of fe dalism, the consequences of which are ac centuated by modern industrial _conditfons. Ana what are the proposed remedies? They are soclalism on the one hand and Institu- tionalism on the other. Jesus Christ lends no sanction to elther. His unit of Influence and transformation Is the family. Every pew' in Grace Church was crowded last night with people who came to participate in_the services and hear the Right Rev. T. D. Dudley, D. D., Bishop of Kentucky, preach. He said: - And behold a certain lawyer stood up and addressing him said, ‘‘What shall I do to gain eternal life?” and the Savior, answering him, Said, Do what is written in the law.’" A lawver of that day was a man whose study was God's law. ‘‘Master,” sald the fawyer, “what shall. T do to gain eternal Mfe?” Think of the answer: He sald noth- ing about a_sacrifice. He sooke not of his own flesh and blood as the way to his father's hand. He doesn't tell him of the living bread that has come down from heaven. He asks him what i3 written in the law. Don’t think that Jesus said to_the lawyer that God's law can be changed. What has been always will De. God's law can never be changed. WWhen you stand at the grave and hear the last artillery of life. dust to dust. ashes to ashes, you cannot help asking. ‘‘What shall f do to gain eternal iifo and the kingdom of heaven?' Thou shalt render unto thy crea- for everything that Is possible to render. It vou wish to buy eternal life. love God with all your heart. Love God with all your mind, et thought of him enter into every action of your caily life. The lawyer, the business man, the politiclan, the clerk, in fact. the man’ of every vocation canmot expect to buy eternal life by allowing his dally routine to crush God out of his mind. Ask vourself from time to time during the press of your business affairs, ‘Isn't there —room in” my mind for love and thoughts of God?” Yom must do it. That's the price. It's the price and you can’t get away from It Love God and love man, because God Is man's father and you can't love God without Joving man. God has given us eternal life in his son. Give thyself to him while you live here ard you will be joined to him when you go to live above. I am not here to speak of heorfes, T am here to tell you that he bids You €o join yourself to him, so that you may fhave eternal life. Come, join thyselt to him, for when you have done that you may havs no earthly fears. Then you can sav I am sat- {sfied, for T have no earthly fears. Eternal lite: that is his gift. Join thyself to him. KNOW OF A LIFE BEYOND THIS ONE The Right Rev. C. P. Anderson, D. D., Bishop coadjutor, Chicago, preached the sermon yesterday morning at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, on Stockton street. The service was largely attended. Attracted by the promise of a sermon by Bishop Gailor of Tennessee another large congregation filled the church in the evening. In honor of the distin- guished visitor the choral part of the ser- vice was somewhat amplified and the large attendance was made the occasion of an appeal by the rector, the Rev. W. M. Bours, for liberal contributions to a special collection taken up for the ex- penses of the present convention. Bishop Gailor took the text for his sermon from Deuteronomy 32:47, “For it is not a vain thing for you because it is your life.” He also quoted a verse in similar vein from the New Testament. The subject of his sermon was religion. He sald in part: Relizion is the one thing In a man's life ighomxraphlc supplies at fairest which appeals to all his faculties, the one thing which meets all the requirements of life. Religion has become so twisted in its appli cation_that it has lost its effect in our daily life. We have got to look upon it as some- thing attalnable only by a certain few, as something suitable for the aged, as a hobby for those of us blessed with plenty of leisurs time. | “Reiiglon 1s the personal relation between man and God. The bellef in love and all that love implies. It Is the certifieate and guar- antee of manhood. There Is not much to attract in lite it we consider the bald facts. All we learn from investigation Is calculated to dishearten. Sci- ence teaches us our hopeless insignificance. | Astronomy teaches us our slight importance in | the great plan of the universe and the micro- scope Introduces us to another world of infinite life. to a life our eyes are too dull to see, the music of which our ears are too dull to hear. The more we try to demonstrate our great- ness the more we learn of our insufficiency. Although our life is a gamble and full of apparent injustice, we are better than the dead, dumb earth’ in knowing of the exist- ence beyond this. Sin is the great fact of life, faith the refuge. This life, religion teaches us, is but the suggestion of the beyond, the train- ing_ground for the great hereafter. We_get our guaraptee of the permaneney of 1ife in the Iife of Christ, and in spite of pain, doubt and distress, the human soul zoes on- ward toward the goal it belfeves must Lo Teached. As we stand In the presence of that terrible mystery we call death, our consolation lies in the knowledge that our life s noc measured by earthly vears. He-is our life and he that dles in Christ goes not to death, but enters through the gateway-of death, to life eternal. GREATER THINGS IN THE FUTURE At the Church of St. John the Evan- gelist yesterday morning the Right Rev. ‘Willilam Lawrence of Massachusetts took for his text | shall ye do.” “Greater things than this He said that in view of the general advancement in science and in re- ligious workings the church js able to ac- complish greater results to-day than | could have been accomplished in the days | of Jesus Christ. He stated that we are standing. as it were, on the achievement of the past ages. and because of this posi- tion_the church is able to take a step in | advance. He contended that in order for the church to make great progress an in- timate relation with Jesus Christ must be maintained. CITY'S SIGHTS PLEASE CONVENTION MEMBERS Many of the visiting Bishops and other dignitaries of the Episcopal church spent a portion of Saturday afterncon driving about the park, Presidio and ocean beach. | The charming weather which prevailed | rendered the visits to the various places of interest hignly enjoyable to all. In consequence of the resolve of the Bishops to visit Golden Gate Park car- riages were at a premium. Every dele- gate quartered at the Crocker and Scott residences, as well as those at the Palace. Occidental and California hotels. joined in the outing. Some twenty carriages and barouches were alone required to transport the Falace delegation. The places of interest about the park and Presidio were visited by the Bishops in a body. The drive was then resumed along the ocean beach as far as the CHff House. The return trip was made about 5 o'clock. Sightseeing in Chinatown, under the chaperonage of guides, was the rule Sat- urday night. Large parties from the Pal- ace and Occidental visited the Chines restavrantas, josshouses and other pol of interest in the Mongollan quarter. To most of the tourists the trip was a de- cided novelty and it was thoroughly en- joyed. ‘Anchored on the Bar. A dense fog hung over the ocean all of vesterday. and_sailing vessels bound out and in were afraid to proceed. About a dozen of them are reported by the tow- boats as clustered around the lightship awaiting the iifting of the black pall. It pas a low-lying fog. and when the tug Rellef was coming in with the Muskoka in tow all that people at Point Reyes could see were the upper yards of the ship. Among those anchored outside are the British ship British Isles. a French bark and two American vessels. one sup- posed to be the Henry Villard from Hon- olulu, and a coaster. Both the Muskoka and the British Isles made splendid runs, the Muskoka com- ing over in 113 days. beating the Kilmeny, now out 116 days; Elfrida, now out 124 days, and the Rajore, now out 149 days. The British Isles came over in 133 days, beating the Plerre Loti. now out 134 days the Le Tour d’Auvergne, now out 143 days, and the Afon Alaw, noew out 144 days. Almost this entire fleet was in the same latitude and longitude about the middle of June last, as. for instance. on June 13 the British Isles was spoken in latitude 30 degrees north, longitude 20 degrees west. while on June 12 the Le Tour d"Au- vergne was spoken in latitude 31 degrees north. Jongitude 17 degrees west The tugs canrnot find the British Isles in the fog, and the chances are that It will be this morning’s tide before it gets in. ST Cleveland Caught a Fish With a pele. which was very clever of him. 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