La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 13, 1915, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextUITS WILL DE AT CIIUllCIl SPECIAL SERVICES IN THEIB HONOR ARRANGED. Meeting for Young People tm Be Con . tinued at Baptist Church. Tomorrow evening the Presbyterian church will be the gathering place of large body of men who are mem i bars of the Knights of Pythiai order. The local lodge, and Knights who live in the city but belong elsewhere, are to assemble at the lodge hall prompt ly at 7 p. m., and at .7:15 they will inarch in a body to the Presbyterian -luinh where Rev. Clark, himself ; a Pythian, will lecture to the knight. A central section , in the auditorium will be reserved for the Knights.' k Addesses to Young People Draw. Tk. umuilnl QnnHnv Aveninor . oer- . ij u o)ivMni .ij - - - - n vice for young people at the Baptist church are meeting with favor. A marked increase in the attendance at the evening service was evident two weeks ago when Rev. R. Close began a series of sermons' to young people on "The Journey of Life,", taking for kU Araf anhUxf "Ktartfnir Riirht." Tomorrow evening tho Baptist pastor will give trne second in me nencs uuu the theme will be, "What You Are in the Light and in the Dark. j. .j. .j. .j. 4. 4. 4. '4. .j. 4 4 CHURCH AN N O U IS C; JSM BIN IB Saints tabernacle. Sunday school every Sunday at iu:ov a. m. ., , v Regular sacrament and speaking tervices at 2 p. m. Young People'a Mutual Improve ment association at 7:00 p. m. ; A4 the public are cordially invited. .... . C. i. Black, Bishop, ' Telephone Main 764. ' v ISLAND CITY CHURCH, Inland City church, Sabbath idhool 10 a. m., Walter Williams superin tendent, Isis Bryant, organist. Morn iiia worship. 11, Morning Worship, 11 a. m. ' ; -Epworth League ;tV'. . V Corner of Fourth Street and O Ave. Regular Sunday services. ' Holy Communion, except first Sun day in the month, 8 a. m. Sunday School 9:45 a. m. ' Morning Services-11 a. m. Evening services at ; 5 p. m. Upton H. Gibbs. Rector. Rectory, 1802 Fifth Street - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH. ; : (In I. O. O. P. Hall ) Sunday service at 11:00. Sunday School at 10:00. 1 Wednesday ' evening testimonial at 8:00 p. m. .m winvia snuiu ? ATHfllilf!. . Bi o ....... Fall and Winter schedule of ser vices::;' TV.- '..-.'; Low mass 8:00 a. m. vf t 1A.OA - ni rilgn niHBa iv;ou . Rosary, Sermon, Benediction, t.SO ir, ' . 1 1 .J an,..MJ-ir a Ft UllieSHIUIlS Ileum uaiuniH .....w noon and evening and daily before mass. - "'A ' Father P. J. Driscoll, Pastor, V l" l f" 4 ? l J I fr J l t V PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. (Sixth and Washington avenue.) Mrs. W. W. Berry organist. Sabbath school, 0:40 a. m., Robert Eakin, superintendent. Morning worship, 11:00 subject: " "The Harvest Appeal.' C. E. Prayer Mealing at 6:30 o'clock, ' Leader and subject: ';.; Topic, "The Solid Foundations of Lire." Leader, Mrs. J. K. Wright. - Evening worship et 7:80. Subject: "The Measure of a Man.'" The Red Cross Lodge of Knights of Pythias will attend the evening ser vice in a body, Spwifll preparations have been made. . . k.,. .a ' ' All are welcome. """ ' 1 G. L. CLARK, Pastor. Manse 1310 Washington, Phone B-2021, n;v: '- , . ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, j ' (Opposite High School) Sabbath school at 9:46 a. m.. Wil ; liam C, Drahn, superintendent, Harrb Humbel, organist ' ' ! ; ' ' Class meeting, 9:48. ' Morning worship 11:00 .Vclock. Subject: Evening Service . at 7:45, subject: William C. Drahn, Pastor. Res. 1602 Second St Phone Black 1291 V FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. .. Corner Sixth and Spring. Sabbath School 9:46 a. m., Jeste wiseinC?,- oupsrintendenti Iva Wilson, ' organist ' : '-' ' -. Morning worship 11:00. Subject: "What the World Is Waiting For." B. Y. P. U.- meeting at 8:80 p. m. Leader and. subject: ,; v v Elmer Horstman. "The Solid Foundations of Life." Evening worship at 7:30. Subject . "What You Are in the Light and in the Dark." . Second address in fier ier to young people. Prayer meeting Thursday evening t 7:3Q, i K. E. CL08E, V Pastor. ' Main 766. Sixth and Spring streets. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Seventh and Pennsylvania Ave. Bible School 9:45 a. m., Anna Morgan, superintendent; Ameta John een, organist Morning worship 11 a- m. Evening worship at 7:30. Leon L. Myers, pastor. 1304 Penn. Phone Black 411. . . FIRST M. E. CHURCH. (Corner' 4th and Spring.) Sabbath school 9:46 a. m., Dr, Brown ton,- superintendent; Lucile Jorris, organist. ; - Morning worship 11 a. ni. . Paul's Estimate of Life. Mr. West, a tenor from Salt I.ake; will sing at the morning services. , Class meeting following morning service. 6:30 Epworth League, W. C. Wick line, president. Evening service at 7:30. The patience of God. The imiin chorus will, sing at tho evening stcr vices. - Prayer Meeting, Wednesday. E. B. Fyke, Pastor. Parsonage 1206 4th St Residence Phone Main 705; Office Main 747. M. E. CHURCH SOUTH. North Fir Street. Sabbath School 9:45 a. m., V. V. Oroy, superintendent; Mrs. J. H. Lumper, organist Morning worship, 11:00. Subject: Epwortn League at 6:30. Evening worship at 7:80. Subject: ... J. H. LUMPER, Pastor. Parsonage 2103 North Fir street SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. M. St opposite High School. Meetings every Sunday and Wed. nesdny evening on Bible doctrines. LATTER DAY SAINTS. (Tabernacle Fourth and O Sts.) Sabbath school 10:30 a. m. Elmer jitoddard, superintendent Blanche Black, Organist Regular service at the Latter Day APHORISMS ON RELIGION. Persecution Is- a bud und indi rect waj to plant religion. Sir Thomas Browne. ; The body of all trnt religion consists, to be sure,, u obedi ence to the will of the sovereign of the world. In a confidence lu I1I11 declarations and in Imita tion of bis perfections. Burke. 7 Religion, tiie pious worship of ' God. Cicero. ' Mun will 'wrangle for religion, write for It tight for it die for it; anything but live for it, p. O. Coltuu. . -.v Piety, like wisdom, consists In the discovery of the rules under which wo are actually placed and1 In faithfully obeying them. Froude. .;. METHOD. . "The absence of method, which cbamctcrlxci the uneducated, la occasioned by an habitual sab mission of the understanding to mere eveuts and Images as such and Independent of any power In the wind to classify or ap propriate them. The general ac complishments of time and pface are the oufy relations which per sons of this class appear to re gard lu tuclr statements. As this constitutes their leadlug fea ture, the contrary excellence, aa distinguishing the . well educat ed nm 11, must be referred to the contrary linblt Method, there fore, : becomes natural to the mind which has been acenstom ed to contemplate not things only, or for their own sake alone, but likewise aud chiefly the relations of things, either their relations to each other o; to the observer or to the state awl apprehensions of the bear ers. Coleridge. GOOD ROADS AND THRIFT. "ranee Sets an Examaie the Rest ef the World Might Pollew. . Good farms and good roads go to gether. Good roads meaa cheaper Ins prices, better proOta therefore more money. The wealth of a nation la the wealth of its population. The population of the country of Franc Is known to be the most thrifty, this least poverty stricken and. the best provided for of any country In tbt world. And France baa better road system and more good roads In proportion to lu area thnn nuy other country of the same or greater size. Has France ru ral wealth because of its good roads or has It good roads because of Its thrifty peasantry? It is, therefore, for us in this country to look upon. K ranee not only tm a good example, but as the example of tha fulfillment of dreams. We cannot eolre our problem in any other way than as lfrauee bas solved hera wHI any surety of success. Bbe builds her national highways Bist, owns the. coutrols them, repair them. Sh ha her departments ber divisions corre sponding to our states build their owe roads aa feeders of this system, con necting with It, joining national road to national road. Finally ber pariah or communes similar political divi sions to our comities build their own roads, Interlacing, connecting and bind ing together the whole Into one vast network of bard surfaced roada. k whan Ufa. -. High Grade 3ob rrtnng costs no more than the other kind Observer. Lenten PastoralPIeads For Personal Service In Lent Ten times ha Upton H. Gibbs, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church in this city, written Lenten! pastorals to his congregaUon and tomorrow his parlshoners will be presented with this the 10th annual message from the rector. ;."'. , ' i's '.' ';'X.,'-i;;,':'V?v'-S''i ; "Old-fashioned religion'Ms. the theme of the pastoral this year, and in it Rev. Gibb remarks:.," , MY DEAR PARISHIONERS: , . It ha bean my custom to address you, at the ap- proach of Lent in a pastoral letter. For the ten , years, I have been with you, I have thus done. This - year it was in my mind, not to do so, as I had doubts, whether the letter attracted sufficient at- tention to pay for tha expense of printing, let alone ." the work involved. ' However, I find I have -a mes sage for you, which I am prompted to deliver, . . whether you will hear or whether you will forbear. ' In one of the church papers recently appeared a letter from a .theological professor advocating the . , ' . founding of a new- type of seminary, which should ' ... deal with religion, pure and. simple, and let alone matters of criticism. He thought that the students' ' faith was upset and disturbed by having so much . attention and- time devoted to critical problems. A . . . : mild storm of protest arose in consequence, but it set me to thinking that what we need in our spir itual life, either individual or parochial, is a revival ' of old fashioned religion, which accepting with a ' whole heart, the old fashoned truths of God'a love , manifested in the Incarnation and Atoning work of Jesus Christ, whereby forgiveness and remission of .' -' sins are obtained,' went about its work, in full as surance of this faith, without the aid of any compli- cated machinery," which seems so necessary, now-- -. , adays. The old fashioned religion was noted for its : fervor, its simplicity and absence of fuss. It could - ' always be relied on, and when the call came for vol- . : . unteers, there -was always an immediate response, "Here am I, send me." , "..'.-' 1 : ' The old fashioned religion is that of the apostolic . and post-apostolic age, yea, it is older, for its char acteristics were those of the saints of God in all agos. - It is the religion of the patriarchs and prophets of the old dispensation, as well as of the apostles, mar- - -. . , tyrs and confessors of the new. Perhaps its best . definition, in its outward manifestation, is that of St James. "Pure religion," he states; "and unde filed before our God and Father is this, "To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep ' ' himself unspotted from the world." As he was writ ing to Christians, the fundamentals of the Christian faith are understood. What he is describing is the conduct of those who' are doers of the word and not hearers only. This text divorced from- Its context ' is quoted by some to prove that faith is of minor im- - portance This is very far from either St James' -mind or intention. And in urging you to adopt this definition, it is that your Christian faith, may have , .. it right manifestation. . ' Let us ses what Jt involves: 3 I. "To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction." That is, to oersonally relieve the helpless and distressed, not merely to give out a dole or send a check to a charitable fund, but to . visit. Here is the call to personal service, to giv A of yourself as well as of your substance, to extend sympathy as well aa alms. What a difference it would make in ourselves and in our parish life, if ' we did this, showing that the tie which binds us to- . gether, is a living one. A clergyman in the East, revived a moribund parish, simply by getting his' people to call on one another. In a short time, the result was surprising from this personal contact and association. The parish throbbed with new life, a its members grew to know each other as belonging . . to the same household of faith, , The church became the common center, where rich and poor met together - -on an equality to worship God. The old hymn "Blesf -'.'". ' be the tie which binds,"-expressed new and deep meaning,. especially, the. lines: , . , - f ' "We anare our mutual woes, . .. Qur mutual burdens bear; Krr :, ; And often for each other flows - i The sympathizing tear." . V ....'' , How simply and easily this change was effected, without any. special committees or new guilds being -appointed and organised. Only, each week a request to certain ones to call on others whose names were : furnished, and the following week sending out a . reBh list, until there was general interchange of . . visits. -" ' , .. :-l'..".'; My dear people, I call on you this coming Lent to personal service, to visit those in affliction and to seek out those of the parish, whom you do not or -...'only, slightly know.- They may be in need of your sympathy and company, if nothing else. - And in . order that you may have time and strength for this, will you not forego during this season of only six weeks, your social entertainments 7 Believe me, if you do, you will be amply repaid for. the sacrifice of your pleasure. -r'. - II "To keep himself unspotted from the world." What is the world ? One of our bishops on being asked this question, replied, "Anything which comes -between me and God." This may be something sin ful or it may be something good in itself, but when it makes us forget our duty to God or one another, ' then it becomes a snare and temptation. The world 'stands for lower ideals than those of God. It is self-centered and its spirit which is called world liness, is opposed to that self denial which is of the .: essence of the Christian religion. Worldliness loves to parade itsulf and exalts the superficial things, such as drebti, wealth, position; pleasure. It has . no idea of the meaning of duty, except to better one's material condition. " It has no moral concep tions, if it advocate honesty, it is because this is the best paying policy, not because it is, right.' World- liness makes a man gross, sensual, selfish and lose all spiritual insight and vision. It is from this - ; worldliness that those who desire pure religion and undefiled, . must keep themselves unspotted, for : worldliness scoffs at visiting the 'fatherless and . . widows in their afflictions as labor and. time lost Look out then, how you are being led by world : liness. Try this Lent to live "other worldly," as be comes those whose citizenship is in heaven, and who "look for the city which hath the foundations, who builder and maker is God." Thus you will redeem v the time, while there is yet opportunity. The bene- . flcial effect will moreover, be far reaching, not only - -- will you yourselves be blessed but also those around " you. For it is this old fashioned religion which de- velops those old fashioned qualities, now so sadly lacking, courtesy, reverence, love of truth and the fear of God. Affectionately yours. , UPTON H. GIBBS. , I Grande, Oregon. Quinquagesima Sunday, February 14th, 1915. ASH WEDNESDAY, February 17th, Morning at 10:00. Evening 7:30. . ; Wednesdays at 4 p. .m and Fridays at 7:80 p. m. Holy Week services will be announced later. The Bishop's visitation the first Sunday after Easter, April 11th, at 5 p. m. - PANTS . , Men's Corduroy Pants THE HUB The Pace Setters , fC ."TV r Lie; Reserve Your Roons for the big J EX1P0SITI0II $1.00 to $2.00 a day. Address: HOTEL THOMAS Next Door to Every Thing in San Francisco - ' 971 Mission Street Near Sjxth. ON DIRECT CAR' LINE TO EXPOSITION AND DEPOTS. San Francisco, California. ELECTRIC LIGHTS WBRK INVENTED TO SUPPLY ' A NQBS8ltY. ALL OTHER METHODS OF CREAT ING ARTIFICIAL light were unsatisfactory. Candles wer dim and unreliable; gas dirty and dangeroat,1 kero seat, dull, smoky,, edoroas and also dangeious te health and property. When elctric lights were introduced there was but oas drawback. They cost considerably more than . other lights. . 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