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EVEflXO OB8ERTEB. LA GRAJTDK, OREGON, THCItSOAY, MAItCH It, 18.
rASR TWO
DIRECTORY
or THE
I FRATERNAL. ORDERS
LA GRANDE, ORE.
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. Woodmen of (lis World.
L Grande Lode No. Hi. W. O.
W meets first and third Friday of
ch month in K. of P. hall In Corpe
building. A visiting members wel
come. M. M. MAKQUI3,
3. H. KEENEY, Conaul Commander.
Clerk.
Fcreatera of America.
woun uaia Marian No. ! meet
ana rourtb Wednesday night
in K. of P. hall. Brothers are Invited
to attend.
NERI ACKLES, C. R.
' O. V. HENDRICKS, F. S. '
- Board of Trustee: Dr. O. L. Big
Cera, Oscar Berger and Herbert Patterson.
, Rebekaba. .
Crystal Lodge No. (0, meets every
Tuesday evening at the L O. O. F.
lodge. All visiting members are ta
ttled to attend. ;
' LAURA STILES, N.!Q.
JENNIE 6MITH, SecreUr.
Pythian Sisters.
Rowena Temple No. , Pythian
Asters, meets every Thursday evening
tip. m.. In K. of P. hall. In the
!Wm bnllrtln. Vlaltln members oor-
eually Invited. - . . '
LIZZIB HA WORTH, M. E. C
EUNICE PROCTER. M. of R.
1 F. O. E.
La Orande Aerie No. 261, F. O. E.,
meets every Friday night In Elks
hall at I p. m. Visiting brethren In
vited to attend. -
D. H. PROCTOR, W. P.
' J. H..LEISHMAN, W. S.
U O. T. U.
. . i o. t. it., meets
very first and third Thursday of each
month at t o'clock In the afternoon.
Visiting members mads welcome.
SADIE KLINTWORTH. L. C,
MRS. EVA MTNTTRE, K. of R.
Brotherhood of Owls.
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uranae jvest No. 17, meets In
K. of P. hall every Tuesday eve
mtng at s o'clock. Visiting brothers
ordlally Invited.
J. B. VANDERMUELEN. Executive,
C W. BAKER. Secretary,
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K. of P.
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vrtwa jLiOOge NO. 17. m.t.
very Monday evening In Castle Hall,
Corps building.! a Pythian welcome
to all visiting kalghta,
D. H. PROCTOR. C. C.
R. U LINCOLN. K. of R. 4 a
A. F. A. M. . i
L Orande Lodge No. 41. A. F.
A- M., holds regular meetings first
And third Saturdays at 7:10 p. m.
L. H. RUSSELL, W. M.
C. D. HUFFMAN. SecreUry.
I. O. O. F.
La Orande Lodge No. 1, meets In
their hall every Saturday night. Vie
Jting brothers cordially Invited to at
tend. Cemetery plat may be seen at
Model Restaurant.
T. J. SCROOGIN, N. O.
D. E. COX, Secretary.
C. J. VANDERPOEL. Fin. See.
M. W. Am
La Orande Camp No. 770t meet
every Monday evening at I. O. O. F
hall. All visiting neighbors are cor
dlally Invited to attend.
E. C. DAVIS, C.
D. E. COX, Clerk.
relief cornTr!t' K. C. Davis.
HUMAN NATURE AND
RELIGIOUS TRITIL
EXISTENCE OF GOD.
In my last article I made the point
that our moral nature was a compass
whose needle pointed to Ood. Now
as some deny the existence of Ood and
many who believe In Ood cannot give
any particular reason except that they
have been taught so to believe, I pro
pose now to consider some' of the ar
guments which may be advanced to
sustain the belief In Ood. As my
main purpose In these articles Is to
show that the moral nature In Its de
mands witnesses to religious truth, I
shall begin with what Is called the
moral argument.
Charles Dlsqua, A. J. Warner and
E. Cox.
M. B. of A.
Meets first and third Thursday eve
at I. O. O. F. hall. VUltlng member
always welcome.
J. A. ARBUCKLE, President
C. J. VANDERPOEL. Secretary!
B. P, O. E.
La Orande Lodge No. fit, meeU
each Thursday evening at I o'clock Is
Elks' hall on Adams avenue. Visit
ing brothers are cordially Invited tc
attend.
W. B. SARGENT, Exalted Rule
O. E. M'CULLT. Rec Sec.
O. E. 8.
Hope Chapter No. It, O. E. S.. hold
stated communications the second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month.
Visiting members cordially Invited
MART O. FORREST, W. M,
MART A. WARNICK, Secretary,
I. O. O. F.
Star Encampment No. tl, L O, O
F., meets every second and fourth
Wednesday In the month In Odd Fel
lows' hall. Visiting patriarchs always
welcome. D. E. COX. C. P,
W. A. WORSTELL, Scribe.
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The moral nature as we have seen
has a standard of perfection by which
to Judge the actions of men. It has
also a voice by which to pronounce
Judgment, which voice is called con
science. ' The question arise whence
comes this standard of right and
wrong? How is it constituted? In
my last article I said such a standard
of moral perfection could only be
found In a perfect being whose nature
is absolutely morally perfect. Moral
ity remember, can only be said of per-
annul beings for it Implies a power of
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choice. Which choice to make
moral, Implies a knowledge of good
and evil. The animal has no such
knowledge, so If It exercise, in any
way, a power of choice, It Is by no
means a moral choice. Even the fi
delity of the dog In remaining faithful
to his master under the most adverse
circumstances, does not reach the
moral level. The dog is not capable
of comprehending the moral Issue at
stake. For a perfect moral standard
which can only originate In a perfect
moral nature and be manifested by a
perfect moral character, we are
obliged to look to God who alone can
be such a Being. That there Is no
such perfect moral standard Is abso
lutely unthinkable, for all men have
some Idea that such exists. Beside 8
such a standard and so originating If
absolutely necessary to make morality
blndlnsr mm.
If there be no God whose character!
exhibits a perfect moral standar.1, then I
whatever standard men adopt, It will
be purely arbitiaiy. Though experi
ence may prove such a standard to be
beneficial to the general welfare of
men, yet it will lack universal con
sent There will be some who will
lalm It Is Injurious to their interests
and do not see why they should sac
rifice their own welfare to that of the
majority. In such a case tho moral
law depends only on expediency and
the power of might to enforce it. But
given a Creator whose character ex
hibits a perfect moral standard and
given a man who has been created to
pattern his life after that of his
Maker, then that moral standard be
comes the natural one for man. Be
cause It Is the standard according to
hlch he has been created. It Is the
iow ui nis nature anil ho nt
ve naturally unless he Is conforming
o and obeying this law. Consuouent-
It is not only binding on him, but
also promotes his own interest as it
leads to what Is highest and best.
The voice of conscience moreover
confirms this Idea. Conscience Is the
needle of the moral compass which
points to God as the source of morali
ty and Its upholder. Conscience Is
the faculty within us which perceives
what Is good In reference to a future
responsibility unto God. It has also
been defined as a mind naturally con
scious of God. Conscience pronounces
Judgment on our rnoral actions. It
approves or disapproves of them
Probably Its disapproval is more pro
nounced than its approval. Some
huve maintained that It merely disap
proves. Us object being to shut men
"lit from WrollKilnhlir hv nr..1ill.ltln..
rather than to shut trietn Into t!u.
Sod by affirming It. CVituiuly eon
soirnce is more active when iv nn
lnltiK wrong than when we are doing
right. Thot is, we feel it more keenly.
It Is a question whether the sense of
complacency which accompanies right
uolng is due to the active approvul of
conscience or whether it 1 the natural
result of the conscience bring undls-tiirbt-d.
However, conscience Is recos
nlzed as a Judge and its Judgments
have Hnrflih.nt force to make a man
uneasy, if they condemn his actions.
Hut conscience Is utterly unable to en.
force its Judgments or Inflict a penalty
case of disobedience. Whence rom.
osoDhlcal to be popular.. It appeals
more to the student than to the prac
tical and average man. The simplest
and easiest argument to understand Is
that from the evidence of design in
nature. Any thinking marr- who uses
his powers of observation cannot fall
to see that there is a design In the
construction of the universe. That it Is
not a haphazard arrangement. -'l-ncn
has Droved this conclusively. It
teaches us that "there is nothing use
less," nothing meaningless In nature.
nothlnc due to caprice or. chance,
nothing Irrational or without a cause,
nothing outside the reign of law. Or
der Is the first law of the natural
world." Does not this imply an in
tellls-ent suDerhuman mind? And as
the plan of nature Is a unity In diver
sity that mind must be one. A man
might Just as well believe that a stronf
gust of wind should Jumble together a
mass of printers' type and produce a
play of Shakespeare as to believe
that the universe Is the result of e
similar process by blind creative
force.
Again, some who appeal to reason
are fond of, referring to the theory ol
evolution, which they think has done
away with any need of a God. . Let
us appeal to evolution then. Here
I shall call the late Professor John
lKe to luc Witness St?.!!", who was
an ardent evolutionist and 'friend of
Darwin, Huxley and Spencer. What
does he tell us? In a book entitled
"A Century of Science," and in th
fourth lecture, he writes as follows
"Just at the time when the human
race was beginning to come upon the
scene, when the germs of morality
were coming in with the family, when
society was taking tis first start,
there came Into the human mind,
how, one can hardly say, but there
did come, the beginnings of a grop
ing after something that lies outside
and beyond the world of sense. That
groping after a spiritual world has
been going on here for much more
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men its authority? The only adequate
reason Is that it voices a Judgment
which anticipates a future Judgment
to be strictly enforced by a rlghteom
ind all powerful Judge. That Judge
can only be the Supremo Lawgiver of
'he universe. Thus conscience testl
'les to Ood as Its explanation.
Pt-t the mort.1 argument is too phll.
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