THE Christians in San Francisco are unable to draw the line between the church and the bowling alley. It has been a long time known that the Young Men's Christian Association has a bowling alley below its hall, as a means of attracting young men to the Christian influences of its hall and meetings! It would no doubt add much to the interest, and attract greater numbers, if it would add a billiard table and card playing. And still there would be a large number who would turn a deaf ear to the calls to "Come," until there was added a saloon as a means of grace. A report in the Chronicle of a recent noon-day meeting in the hall of the association speaks of a speech of Rev. Aaron Williams, as follows:— "The latter gentleman, who was some time ago ejected from the hall on a charge of disturbing the meeting by his severe denunciation of the gymnasium and bowling alley connected with the association, renewed his attacks in a most energetic manner. He said that Christian influences were all the more necessary in the church and the family because there was so much infidelity in the schools and such temptations to evil courses presented to the young on every side. He had been assured by a public-school superintendent that eight out of ten of the public-school teachers were infidels, and even in this Young Men's Christian Association there was an attempt to serve both Christ and the devil—Christ above and the devil in the gymnasium and bowling alley below. 'Let us be one thing or the other,' he said, 'Christ's or the devil's. We cannot be both. We cannot serve two masters. The proceedings in the gymnasium on New Year's Day, as described in the daily press of the next day, were a scandal and a shame,' and he would consider himself a traitor to the cause of Christ if he did not denounce such doings under the name of Christianity. Mr. Williams spoke with much earnestness and apparent sincerity; but some of those present showed their disapproval of his criticisms by getting up hastily and going out. One middle-aged woman, seated a little in front of him, slammed down her hymn-book on the settee so hard as to resound through the hall, and went out showing great displeasure. But no one interfered with him while he was speaking. The meeting was then closed with the doxology and benediction, when several persons approached Mr. Williams and thanked him emphatically for calling attention again to 'the bowling-alley iniquity,' as they called it, while others expressed as decided disapprobation of his remarks."