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EIGHT PAGES DAILY EAST OIIEGOXIAN. PENDLETON. OKEGON, MONDAY, KKITEMItEIt 18, 1911. F. J. Milnes, Minister, Parsonage, 1209 E. Court Street.) Sunday Morning; Sermon, In Part: AmldHt the amazing splendor, the lnflnte mystery, and the besetting glory of the universe, the greatest of these lie In man himself. A little lower than the angels, he setps upon this earthly .stage, a child of destiny. Counting it not robbery to bo equal with Qod, he at once begins creative work. Hearing sounds, he sweeps them Into music; seeing colors, ho blends their hues into a masterpiece painting; looking . outward, he coins his thoughts from the mint of obser vation and preserves them in reposi tory poems and dramas. He holds dominion over everything external to himself. He touches the forests with arm of strength, and they fall; rocks roll together Into temples and pyra mids at his command; mountains are cast down and valleys are lifted up. The sky is his work-shop and the earth Is his tool-chest. He uSes the Infinite distance between the stars for his measuring rod; ho harnesses the lightning as his draft-horses; he em ploys the sun for his coal bin. He Is the world's master, and "the noblest work of God." And "what a piece of work he Is! How noble In reason, how lnflnte In faculty, in form and moving, how express and admirable. In action how like an angel, in appre hension how like a god, the beauty of the world and the paragon of ani mals." The mountains are not so high as his towering mind; the sea is less deep than his nature; the heav ens less sublime than his Immortal oul; the stars aro but the scintillating sparks that flew from the anvil when God hammered out man. Hut practically speaking, what is the differentiating characteristics that constitutes man's pre-eminence? Man lias been called the only laughing ani mal, the only food-cooking animal, tlio only firebuilding animal, the only clothes-wearing animal. Yet, these material distinctions are but superfi cial. The exclusive trait that makes God BO mindful of man Is the Instinct for self Improvement Birds build .the sain nests and elders spin the same embroidery as' In ages remote, but man makes continued progress. He only aspires; he oh'.y has an l leol. This Is his distinction. The fart that all culture arises from the love of perfection, thai all great works spring from the ruins of great projects, makes It Imperative that the measure of man's greatness Is the quality of his aspirations. And man's Ideal It no volatile vision or mystic 'mirage. An Ideal is that which as seen through the lens of conscience embodies the highest good consistent with a practi cal possibility of realization. An Ideal refuses to build upon tlio sinking winds of materialism, reje.ts matter us the ultimate ground of r-alty, and puts 1)0 trill t In the tl.inirs that p r , Ish. An Ideal pleads not for quantity but quality, not matter but mind, not the immediate but the eternal, not the svmbol but the things symolized, not bulk but value. An Ideal Insists that the moral and spiritual forces of the world shall be recognized; that sun sets are as useful as smokestacks; that mus'c and painting and sculpture are quite as important as the roar and grinding of cogwheels; that the build ing up of human character Is worth us much as the bulld'ng up of a com mercial trade; that the refinement of a noble manhood is as precious as the refinement of Standard oil; that "the harmonious expansion of all the puwers that make the beauty and worth of human nature" will return no less material value to the assets of mankind than the forging of steel rails or the launching of gun-boats. ' Moreover, that particular quality of man's Ideal, which differentiates him from the rest of the world. Is religion. He not only aspires but aspires toward the perfection of his highest nature, the "divinity that stirs within him." Here he becomes exclusive and stands completely alone. Bees have their warehouses, prairie dogs have their towns, wolves hold their social sere nades around the western settler'B home at sundown, but nowhere in the kingdom of the, brutes do we find a priesthood or a temple of worship. In every age and clime man has been distinguished by the exclusive mono poly of the religious instinct. It Is a part of his native constitution. It is not a foreign addition to his na ture externally ucquiredby exzigency of environment. It is the original. In nate, and vital essence of his very be ing, touching and sanctifying all the phenomina of his entire experience. As the day spills out of the sky at high-noon, as the flowers come forth at spring time when called by the voice of rain-drops and coaxed by the breath of sunshine, so religion springs, from the life of man as thu natural, the normal, and the lnexlL able consequence of his Inherent na ture. But, alas, coevll with his re ligious Instinct arises the concomi tant demoniacal instinct, as certain as It is mysterious, as real as it Is in explicable. His spiritual nature seems organically antagonistic, "a house di vided against itself." "When I would do good, evil is present with me I find a law In my members at war with the law of my mind, bringing me into captivity to the law of sin and death. U, wreched man that I arn, who shall deliver me from the body of this death " Certain advanced stu dents In the Berlin University once' grafted the pupa of a spider upon the-' pupa of a butterfly. So delicate wasj their operation that the actually pro- , dueed a cross offspring, a freak of nature, half l.utterfly and half spider. a r.ioriMr.?!ty Indeed two .opposite natures bound together in one antag nisllc organism! Here was the love oi' sunshine and the love of darkness, a hunger for the roses and a thirst for blood' Hut thi. Is onlv a pale parable of the pathetic duality of man. Two contending forces strive within the soul like opposing armies in deadly conflict. Plato delineates tie sou! of man as a team of steeds, one white and one black. To mo It oppoars as the arena In which wages t:,o struggle of life and death, the endless struggle between the man and the beast, a struggle In which the man requires constant reinforcements. In this I confess I am old fashion ed. Power Is old fashioned, and I believe that there is a power at man' disposal, Inexhaustible and irresistable which alone can make feasible his dreams. And I further believe that that power Is none other than "the greatest thing In the world," the mag netic potency of love. O' the refin ing, transforming, saving power of love! We ure all aware of its puis sance in. manifestation whatsoever. We are drawn toward the bird that sits on her nest in the storm to pro tect her young. We are enlarged in sympathy by the wild beast that risks her life in the Interests of her cubs. We are mellowed to useful ness by the nurse who remains at her post in time of plague. We are ex alted to patriotic heroism by the sol dier who dies for his country. We are stung to industry by every work man in love with his toll, as we are chastened into character sublime by the holy love of mother. Indeed man's worthiness and supremacy over the animal world is in direct proportion to his susceptibility to love. And the purer and holler that love becomes, the more respicable is the creature who resists it. If then, "God so loved the world that He gave His only be gotten Son" for it, what shall we say of the creature who spurns that love? Think it overbeloved. Meantime I close with the following nummary of definition: Man's distinc tion is religion; coeval with his religi ous nature arose two antagonistic tendencies; the potency which assures the triumph of the upward tendency Is love; and the highest love Is the love of God. What, then, is religion? Consciousness of the life of God in the soul of man. What Is man? God's residence, God's temple. What is God? The Indwelling personification of the best I know. What, therefore, is man's supreme obligation? Eter nal fidelity to the voice of that in dwelling presence, In spite of "dun geon, fire, or sword," in spite of the "insolence of office of the proud man's contumely," In spite of the knife of slander or the advice of fools, In spite of the allurement of self-indulgence of the glitter of prof fered fame. Not the external appear ance, therefore, of the number of legs the creature walks upon, but to obey or to disobey that heavenly voice constitutes the distinction between the Man and the Beast. ML LEOXIfA HUT'S DISCOVKKV. Too Precious. "Makcrg to his majesty" and "Im ported" are words that carry much weight to-many minds. It is strange what a glory a foreign label can ctst upon a commonplace article. The fact of a commodity having crossed the wa ter, however, is not taken quite so se riously today us It was some fifty or Bixty years ago. M. C. I). Sllsbee gives an Instance in her "A Half Cen tury In Salem." Miss Ana M. Itust was one of the two milliners. She had a large collec tion of finery, shelves full of handsome ribbons and glass shovcrises of rich embroMeries, besides the Inevitable bonnets. Onco she imported a quan tity of exquisite French caps. The strings were somewhat crushed In Ihi transit across the ocean. The caps were quickly disposed of. An auut bought one, and Miss Rust innocently observed that a ''warm iron would make the crenses all right." "Wlint:" Indignantly exclaimed the mint. "Smooth a crease made in Paris? No. indeed; never!" Two Collars on a Dog. Having bought a dog that he admir ed, n man undertook to buy u dog col lar. The dog had a neck nearly as bljj as his head, and the dealer advised the man to buy two collars. "What for?" wild the man. "lie's only got one neck, so I guess lie can get along with ouly one collar, can't he?" "Maybe so," said the man, so the man went away leading the dog by his new collar and chain. Iu less than a week he brought tin- dog back. "I'm afraid I enn't keep him," he said. "lie is too obstreperous. I can't keep him tied up. His neck is the big gest part of him, and he is as strong as an ox, therefore It Is u cinch for him to slip his collar off." "That was why I wanted you to take two collars." said the dealer. "Put both on and fasten the chain to the. back collar, nnd he can tug nway all night without getting loose. He may commit suicide, but he won't get loose." New York Sun. Heni-Kolg W ill Interest Every Person Who Has Pit's. The public is indebted to Dr. J. Leonhaiilt of IJncoln, Nebr., for years of study of the treatment of piles, and for his discovery of a successful rc mcdy, taken inwardly, which livens up the stagnant blood circulation and reduces the swollen vessels. Dr. Leon-. I'.i.rd's prescription is HEM-UOIP, sold by The Taliman Drug Co., Pen dleton. (He., and all druggists at $1 for 24 days' treatment. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. I)r. Leonhnrdt Co., SUtion p. Buffalo, N. Y. Writ for booklet. The sugar trust can have a old time now. high 1X1IAI11TAXT.S OF HYGOXK DAYS. , ,X ",. s .. - ..? -. -:5'I t'.si h- -'...?VV'P Dissppointcd In Her. "And so your father refuses to cou sent to our union." "He does, Kodoiphus." The sad youth swallowed a sob. "Is there nothing left for us, then, but on elopement';" saiil he. "Nothing." iTin girl was fond, but firm. "Do you thlaU. Clementine, that yon could abandon this luxurious home, forget nil the enjoyments! of great wealth, banish yourself forever from your devoted parents' hearts and go west with a poor young man to e::tor a Lome of lifelong poverty nnd self denial?" "I could. I'cdo'.phtis." The s;:d youth rose wearily fad reached for his hut. "Then." raid ho. "you tire far from being the practical girl I have all along taken you to be." And villi ouo Iript look uroutid on the sunitifuousiii'ss that some day he had hnpcJ to sh::re Le s'!'.i!.1 and said farewr II. drowning'.-! Magazine. Courtesy of Taeific Monthly OOOOOOOOGGCGOdGOOeOOOOQ0QOGOOOOOQOOO o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Announcement The J. A. Borie Lumber Co. has purchased the Pendleton Planing Mill of Robert Forster and will conduct the mill in the future, in connection with the adjoining lumber yard under the name of the Pendleton Planing Mill and Lumber Yard We aim to conduct a lumber yard compete in every particular and turn out the best mill work to be obtained in the northwest. No Job too Large or Small for our Prompt Attention O o o Q Q O o o c 0 Q C e o o She Has PosUiva Proof. The Cook-Pure, an' ye don't mane to tell me that ye think it's bad luck to break a mirror? The New Maid (earnestly) I don't think; I know it. The Cook Glory l e! An' how do ye know it? The New Maid-Every time I break one I lose my Job. New York Journal. Part of trie Role. "Shall we pose as millionaires or as foreign dukes nt the hotel?" "As the latter, my boy. As million aires we might be expected to display s-irae evidences of wealth, but as dukes nobody can possibly take it amiss If we skip." Kansas City Jour nal. Curryir.3 No Favor. "Lend n hand. Hiram, nnd help ketch the alderman's pig." "Let the :. Merman ketch his own pig. I'm out oi politics fer good." Louis vtlle Conrler-.Tournal. Taken at His Word. Creditor Suppose I'll have to wa!t till the day of judgment for what yo: owe. Debtor -Yes; call Into In the day, though. Fliegende matter. Thought works In silence; so does virtue One ralght erect statue to silence. Carlyle. The council of Klamath Falls has adopted the plans for a new city hall ana nas advertised for bids, which will be opewned September 18. CIIUKCHMKX f. It ILL, TAFT; 'imEWEK1 WILSON CAl'SE. Tlireo Denomination Angered by Ag riculture secretary Presiding. Kokomo. Ind. Voicing its orotest against Secretary of Agriculture W.l eon presiding at the forthcoming In ternational Krewers' Congress in Chi cago, the St Joseph conference Unit ed Prethren, telegraphed its criticism to President Taft. Secretary Knox was a'so criticised for Invitlnz fort-Ism nations to participate in the exhibit. Flplsofqwillaiis Irot-st. Sparta. Wis. At a session of the Western Wisconsin Eoisconal crfnrch. resolutions were adopted condemning hcevretary of Agriculture Wilson for accepting the honorary presidency of me international Brewers' Congress, to be held at Chicago. Methodists Send Wire. Bloom'ington, Ind. At a session of the eighth annual Indiana Methodist conference a resolution presented bv Bishop McDowell, protesting: aea nt Secvretary of Agriculture Wilson act ing as honorary president of the forth coming session of the Brewers' Con gress in Chicago, was unanimously adopted. The resolution was wired to Pre!'iprt Taft. 6EEKS FEES KIIOM DEAD. Physician Asks $10,000 on L4fe Con tract Terminated by Murder. St. Clalrsvllle, O. Daniel Biers, the wealthy farmer who recently was murdered for refusing to give a man a drink of whisky, is shown by a suit to have made one bad bargain In his1 life. It seems that s.x months ago By ers contracted with Dr. F. A. Korrelf for medicinal services. The physician was to receive $10 000, for which lift was to take care of Byer's health dur ing the rest of the farmer's life. , . Though the contract ran but six months, the physician is asking for his $10,000, for wiuch amount he to day brought suit against the Byers estate. Many sufferer" from nasal catarrlr say they get splendid results by us ing an atomizer. For their benefit we prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Except that it is liquid it is in all respects like the healing, helpful pain allaying Cream Balm that the public has been familiar with for years. No cocaine nor other dangerous drug in it. The soothing spray is a remedy that relieves at once. All druggistSy 73c, Including spraying tube, or mailed by Ely Bros., 56 Warren Street, New York. The Laziest People. There Is no doubt that the Malays ure nmong the laziest people in the world. Except in rare eases they will not take the trouble to learn when they are young, and afterward, if they have learned, they will not exett themselves to apply their knowledge to nny object which require a sustained effort. That they possess effort is known to any one who has seen Malays engaged lu any enterprise which savors of sport. They do not uiiud the trouble If there is only some risk ami excite ment iu the work. Times of Malaya. The Burns schools have Insufficienf house room and the condition calls for the renting of temporary quarters for the overplus. A Marked Judge. The descriptive reporter of a certain dally paper iu describing the turning of u dog out of court by order of the bench recently detailed the occurrence ns follows: "The ejected canine as he was Ignominlously drugged from the room cast a glance at the Judge for the purpose of being ablo to Identify him nt some future time." Work of Providenoo. "The man died eating woterinelons," some one said to Brother Plckey. "Yes, suh," ho said. 'Trovldence sometimes puts us iu puradtse befo' we pits ter heaven." Atlanta Constitution. ON THE COLl'MUIA. i i 1 -.4 Courtesy of Pacific Monthly. 05iS.' RE-OPENED We have re-opened the Fiirmcr?' eat farket on eaai Court ftrcet and will carry a fine and fres-li line of I FRF. SIT . AXD CURED "MEATS, SAUSAGES xVXD LAUD. POULTRY EVERY SATURDAY. KURRLE&SON Phone Main 445. Prompt Delivery. a r Raised printing for tho blind was Enter some exhibits of iuur handiwork at the American Land & Irrigation Exposition: Nov. 3 to 12,1911 Madison Square Garden, New York City A rare opportunity for the Farmers and Fruit-srroNvers of the Xorthwest to show tho world where the Hciil Umnln eonto from Note the List of l'rUes: For Best 25 boxes of Apples, any variety $ 500 in Gold For Best HOO-pounds Wreat grown in U. S J 1,000 Gold Cup For Best 100 pounds Wheat grown in No. & So. Am. $1,000 in Gold For Best 30 ears corn grown in U. S $1,000 Cup For Best 100 pounds White Oats grown in 1 S... $1,000 Cup For Best Alfalfa Exhibit .'. $1,000 Cup For Best Half Bushel Potatoes grown In V. S $1,000 Cup For Best Sugar Beets grown in U. S For Best Hops grown in V. S $1,000 Cup For Best Bushel Barley grown in U. ? $1,500 Cup Writo quickly for e' alar jrivim: detailed information about this exposition and tho numerous prizes offered for displays of farm products and your opportunity to pet 1 (to neros of Mon tana land to be awarded by popular allotment by the Nopthepn Pacific Ky. Address: L. J. imiCKEK A. M. CLKLAXD General Immigration Agent General Passenger Agent ST. 1WCL ST. TAI L J Q oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo introduced in 1830.