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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1921)
ft 0 a a . .. :. . .. . . -QJB" ? MB I a aTU . . "i. TV fl aa tadapaBdaai ' Nawapayar. Phoue Tha Obaanaa th Haw. (Day It Van. o o jrj, bWvK V Mf oRJttJ IfeTiA' . . o u SATURDAY. TSlNUARY 22lft?l NUMBER flu &BCtft0NTWO. 0 o 0.o 00 a o O 6 Howard Stoddard TeVfa of Conditions In Germany Dec. 28, 1920. Miu lieber Bruder Elmer: . Christmas has come and gone but it has been mueji more pleasant than I exacted, so, aside from not. having the companionship of my foiuily, I cannot complain. Here at the mis sion house we had a real American . Christmas dinner given by&Sister Ballif-for the American missionaries. For this renson, we,, did not get any Majto" Kaffe and Strenzel Kue&en. but more Christmases are coining so diseases caused by having no nour ishing food to eat. We havn noihmg vow, and can Wve only if oher people .v'm ."J.'pcsed tojlelp us." This is but one example, and when I Heaf.je that there are millions of other-, it makes me appreciate how v-.)nderfu;lr the .Lord fca?: ine-sed asf Here in the pcavehil old Schweiz, conditions are different. This little nation prospered daring the war ami richer tiow than ever before. A The Omnipotence of 0i: In Man. Jn the man who is fcelinelv con vinced that God is the 0 Infinite. Ever-Living Man, abiding only in the secret place of the human soul, there is released a stream of nower suf ficient, not merely to sufejec cver enemy of the spiritual life, but to endow him who so believes and feels with the very omnipotence of God Himself. . The almighty power of Cod ! noti locKeu up eternally in an iwnsome Diety external to man. deaf alike to his prayer and need. But God-Man ,it doesn't mean that we hava lost anlfcw places dependent upon tourist with all that He is and all that He experience. m iraue nave suuerea, Dut tne country Ynr letter rcaehed m in record ls wnole has been very prasperotM. time, as it wasconly eleven davs onjThe reaction has started here al, the tray, whereas other mii husltnouph. nd yesterdiiy I saw three bfB about three weeks. Needles toithousam, unemployed parading the ay, it was certainly appreciated, i reets and sinSinK Bolshevik songs. We don't have the privilege of receiV- My1 Switzerland's tmn is coming, Ing mail from a father, so it's mighty as alone- hai remained unscathed, fine to hear from one's older broth-1 Au of th,s mtan that the people rs and, as far as I'm concerned, ihave boen humbled .md ai-e in a con don't think it is waste of time todltlon t0 hear the gospel. In Deutch write, as the letters are worth a great I lan1 thc'r are responding and . the deal'on'this aide of the ocean. (wonderful record made last year by Perhaps, you heard from mother'8 nani'Ul of local miMionaries makes that 1 finnlly secured a six-months' !", optimistic for the future, visae from the Shweiz and. afterlPerfect freedom is given the elder about six wwks of missionary work and ,tne. C?vernments encourage, in Interlaken and Berne, I was called feaek to Basel and am now workin? in the office. Everything is vcryl",0"1' t0 "Pt pleasant here as we have a new mis sion home and all of the comforts of real house. However, I don't1 want tend of forbidding. Personally. I feel that if the German people are ev- tbe gospel, they will do it now, and rjie next few years will see a wonderful Fortschritt in inai country, in Austria they are o stay much longer, as getting out ;sro"dinR- in the same manner The trial balances and making up reports ! st . e' thoUffh: ' to "nd , th' never seemed like missionary work!near ? nave "mainea tru hful and ffld I enjoy the work in ihe field far more. We should be through are better members todiy than they ever were. Today, the Swiss and German mission is the largest of the I world, and, with President Ballif or ganizing and getting things in motion ing definite to me but my chances of , . "wv iu going into Germany seem to be prct-here d,nK "'talso. If he had his tyood and, it mav be possible. I can!''5'' th n"t two yerswoud see a visit your old field in .Chemniz. No ' hoiisand. elders in the field, but, un doubt, It will he interesting to you to!,1'1 hat t,mc- we must Push along ,he few days, though, and 'then it will be necessary to find a new place to hang my ht. Pres. Ballif has said noth know that the ChemniW branch the largest in the whole mission, hav ing seven hundred Saints and a new Ikat. ' Elmer, I realize that every new mis sionary cets very enthusiastic and expects to convert (he whole coun try in the first week, o you can de duct what you feel from what I write, but this is what I know from observa tion and stories told by others: f. Suffering Is Intense. The people of Austria and Ger many have undergone, and arc still best we can. Elmer, I have experienced the feel ing that you spoke of many times,, when things get , dark and you begin to wonder if it is worth while, after all. As I read the leUors from my friends at school and hear of all they are doing it makes me Tcalize that I, also, could be there and en joy their pleasures. This ; year in school I might be someone as I was ambitious to make good in student activites and had worked to that end. However, I am grateful to be here. The Lord haa blessed me far more as, w in every man, evil as well asj good, and His omnipotence is insep-i arable from His presence. His pow-f crMn man is absolutely without lim- itation, except by man himself whose: freedom ef choice subjects it to his! will to release of choke it back God's I omnipotence can never be made an in strument of evil to man. By the law of its own order it cwn effect only! what is good. It can fight only to uesiroy tii ana to preserve what is good. Against this infinite power in man "all hell is not only as nothing but is absolutely nothing as to pow er." ' This marvelous truth has an in tensely practical application' It means that there is constantly ac cessible to man a power from God within him against which every force that eeks ito curse and degrade his spiritual manhood is utterly incom petent And unavailing. It matters not tnat men cenmnllv do not avail themselves of this pow er. It nevertheless exists and is resi dent in every man by virtue of his creation from God. Like electricity. this power has always -existed; it simply awaits the day of recognition and of practical application to bless and glorify man into the radiant im age of his omnipotence and perfect Maker. WM. R. 'ItEECE. t : p . l i i. I unoergoing. some m T " th.n I deserve, the hardest part-the. ; ,; , . . - -language is over with v and never the theaters, operas, wine houses and ,bcforc h(ls such R irU or other places are fulled, but this only about ten or fifteen per cent of .the people who comprise the wealth ier classes. The others are suffcrr.g for the bare necessities of life. The stpries I have heard from Germans in Switzerland mike one's blood run cold, Three million children in Aus tria, Eastern Germany and Poland re actually facing starvation, and they are dependent for their lives up on the'generosity of others this win ter. You have, perhaps, read the ar ticle in the Literary Digest telling of conditions here, and I know from having seen examples, that the stor ies are not colored but arc actual realities' to which the people in F.u For these cold (tights, try a Kant leek Water Bottle at' c PUTRAM'8 1-21-8; What is it anyway t ' J A beautiful painting of beautiful birds from' Jensen's Poultry , VI Hilton's Garage Window. " " l-21-2t. In Andrew's Variety ... Store Ar you propSred for the cold, wet sloppy weather we are bound to hare during the coming weeks? get your needs in hose and under wjlar while thb construction Prices are the lowest All Ladies' and Children's Hosiery less 33 Men's Work Sox, Rockford, 2 pair... 25c Men's Fancy Black Sox, pair... 23c Men's Wool Sox, :...:.28c pair to 59c pair Ladies' Union Suits 93c to $3.98 Children's Union Suits 98c to $2.43 Men's Union Suits $2.87 to $3.69 Service- Children's Ailments DISORDERS f the stomach and constipation are the most common diseases of children, To correct them you will find nothing better than ' Chomberlain's Tablets. One tablet at bed time will do the work and will make your child bright and cheerful the following morning. . Do net punish your children by giving them castor oil. Chamber- tain s A ablets are better and more pleasant to take. Our undivided attention given to Laundry Work That's why we are able to give you the very best service. o The Modem Laundry mcnt and perfect satisfaction come to me. If I can keep up the good record made by you and Dave in this field, it will make me feel amply repaid. The Stoddard nime is known only for good over a great deal of this mis sion and my brothers are everywhere known as having been "good work ors." With this responsibility to maintain, I'll do my best and hope to be able, three years from now, tfl look back over my worjc wi'h no regrets. The lumber situation must be caus ing you quite some worry t present, but, perhaps, in the spring things will take a turn for the better. I often wonder, however, as I see how I.L- I J 1 :1 it . . , ' U, flnrt mi L.UIU pUIIISHCIl IIICSB nHllOnS, hS.'hIs'' ZJTo bring the people nonuajs, v lutpnl bck to their senses, and it may come rupome tales I nave ever usieneu.. fo He savs that, in that country, 'n an unexpected way about 95 out of every hundred chil- hoPe .? fe !"d "'"'""i" " dren have lung diseases due to un- the best of health and dernourishment and re five and tpnif"";. Take care of yonrself and ves behind in their physical devel- j P' h "less and keep All nassencer trains rave i' " r."t ih. lack of fuel.' Nt tim(., , w, tr. a Germitn ,et. Iirrn - ond neonle can only travel on freirlu train'. A pound 01 mca cosis m-.i-i than the average worker earns in aj diy, and milk is only a memory., timvvr. if one has money, he can I live just as luxuriously as ever, and the good old American dollar is the best possession a person can have. At present, the exchange rate is sev enteen French Francs, sixty-five German marks and six hundred and ' sixty Austria Kronen. One can live at the most expensive ho'els for a dollar a day and. as an example, I sent a cablegram home from Paris for seventy cents in American moie - The old German cities that ee nnra famous for thwV.tmtineii are J now dirtv rd unkempt as the peo ple are far more concerned, et oros ent about get'ing enough to eat. The other day. a young Oeman boy of about fifteen years hf age r.ime through and was it the mission hi-e for t.b,e day. When we can find a home among the saints in Swf.wr. y.A tnr ihe children, we arp permit ted to bring them n for -six weekw.f" and He" as one of 'h'ese children. Thif J is the storv he told fn a Woice that.i seemed to rark"all itl histph.ical l-;J ing nd hieh sounded" like ilth 'i ttle.9 I ' ZmA CUVaa ToVC. t "Sere the my father and', !er and see if, between , my schreck- iich deutsch and your old language, we can come to an understanding, un til then, Ghten Nichr. HOWARD STODDARD. t-em Star Realism. FnriliMrnn.re. we vanM rather !! h stfleinn In our closet than p h ft man for a boarder. Dal- ! News. " Ju-t a pointing. Just a picture. Who did it? Runyon. Hilton's Garage Window. . . BUY tOL'R COAL .AT HfH'HDAI.E UTAH'S BB3T. CALL MAW 733. THE l-a.tf i King Koal FULL. OF HEAT BEST IN THE LONG RUN Bother were well-to-do pc'jjfli' a n.- Iir.MORE.SQUE SHKRRY'S SUN DAY AMI MONDAY. l-l-4t Livery - Feed AND Sale Stable tend v rved ajl of WZ"n jnin i . ' a rtVt. There were seven chil !-rn in T Ave Phone Red 722 fie Warmly, m hoy a girl. i. av. and my fther are -lnne 31 1 lw.. Ki.fa killed i the n&ly day t'the War -.a th-j'.9. 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