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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1915)
Che Gift Month. oíd Vulctide Calce. Dw'vtnbei^ the gift month! “Give; It is Ilka God,” Bays an old proverb. Christmas Is a happy time l>eeau»e then the best feelimw of the heart are elicited ami allowed full play. What would otherwise be smothered down as suKgestlve of sentimentality, as un seemly. as Indicative of a too dear dream, may venture forth in the Rood coucentality of Che t'hristmaa seasou and. quickly attaining unto beautiful gift-fulness, blossom out tn good will, gladness. Christ-like kindliness, bless ing and blessed. It is well that there should be such a season. We are all kinder than we seem. Life as it comes to us with its Imperative pressure of duty demands, its brain racking cares for the Immedi ate future. Its pitiful misunderstand Ings leading unto estrangements, cold ness, forgetfulness—life, even as It Is and ever must be unto us mortals, cre ates. as it were, an icy film over what Is the kindliest snd best In all our hearts. Then comes the Christmas season, with Its memories of other years, of better, happier hours, and the hand of a little child brushes away that ice film, and there rise up silently Into our busy day those gentler, kindlier feelings which, though dormant, were not dead. At home we are loved best; there, too, we love best In the genial Christian home, as in no other place on earth, there are full meaning, full apprecia tion. full enjoyment of the God given gift. Christmas. There is a legend In Germany that when Eve plucked the fntal apple the leaves of the tree immediately shriv eled Into needle points and its bright green turned dark. The nature of tho tree changed, and It became an ever green. In all seeaona preaching the story of mans fall through that first act of disobedience. Only on Christ mas does It bloom brightly with lights and become beautiful with love gifts. The curse is turned Into a bleaslug by the coming of the Christ Child, and thus we have »ur Christmas tree. The visits of 8t Nicholas to tho homes of the people on Christmas eve as an annual custom grew out of a festival in honor of Hertha, a Norse goddess. At this festival the house Was decorated with evergreeua. and an altar of stone was set up at the end of the ball where the family as sembled From Hertha’s stone we get our word "hearthstone.” On the atones so set up were heaped fir branches, which were set afire, and through the smoke aud flame Hertha was supposed to descend aud Influence the direction of the dames, from which were predicted the fortunes of those present. A Skittish Christmas Trss. The Swedes have a custom at Christ mas time of decorating a pet lamb with red ribbous and bells, then load ing it with gifts for the family The lamb is turned loose in the bouse, and each parson attempts to catch It aud find his or her gift Santa Claue Up to Date. Old faehloncd Chrfetmae. Every year I am tempted to come out on a housetop and tell the young and self raising generation the truth about Santa Claus. I believe It only right that the chil dren should know Santa Claus uq lon ger goes about In u dinky little sleigh, delivering toys down the chimneys. He simply couldu’t do It If he tried. That kind of thing was all right when his business was small and be was young er than be Is now. In those days be made the toys himself glued even the little tails of the little toy sheep In place, stuck the little eyes on the tops of their little heads, painted the little bodies as different from the real thing as he could aud do It quick, amt then, hitching up hls six reindeers, delivered the whole tmtch before sunrise Christ mas morning. It is different now. Santa Claus is old. aud all be does Is to live on tbs profits of the bualueas The business now la run under the name of H. Claus A Co., and the firm has msny workers clerks, drivers and the rest. Some of the employees of this big Ann have grown so caralewi that they miss little boys and girls who live In out of the way places. Old Sauta Claus never did such a thing In hh life. If any of our young people are over looked this year they must not blame Ranta Claus. He Is just as jolly and good as ever. They'll have to blame It on the new driver that looks after their section of the earth. Ths backlog's flams has died away: The embers Into ashes drift. Outside (be snows are eddying, gray, And piling teat In many a rift White robed Is now the cedar tree Where once the catbird nightly Bang, And from lhe seven by two and three The Icicles like arrows hang. The shadows on the Bomber wall Flit, «roaa and dance amid the gloom. And alreaka of gboetly color fall la changing hues about the room. The apulera In the corners dim Within their waba the closer cling. And from the manlal’s oaken rim A pair of children's etooklnga awing • Oar fleld and tureal. lane and road Fast and atilt faster swirt the enowa. And In the barn loft eaugly stowed A drowsy rooster wakes and crown The clock elrikea twelve, and midnight wanes. WhUe winter eklee stretch cold and drwar. Frost flowers blossom on the panes. The enows float by and disappear. And then across the rooftree swells. Horne by the winds that fall and rise. A sound of many hurrying bells. A sound that abba and psala and dlsa And next adown the chimney creeps The children's saint In ail the lands. And. true to all the trysts he keeps. While bearded on tho hearthstone stands —Ernest MeGaffey In Ixidlss' Home Com panion Tho Supreme Gift. Fear not. my friend, giving more than your due; llsnwmbrr the gift presented to you In the long ago and try to he true When Christmas comes WUUaas • Daily Mails Mails at the Lenta pootoffice arrive and depart daily, excejit Sunday, as fol lows : Arrive Itepart 6:00 A. M. 7:1ft A. M 12:30 P.M. 12:30P.M 3:30 P.M. 5:30 P.M. Fall and Winter Patterns Latest Styles SUITS AND TOP COATS Our Clothing is as Stylish as the best City Tailored and Moderate in price REPAIRING, GLEANING, AND PRESSING AT reasonable : cost You will make a mistake if you fail to see us before ordering JOHN MANZ, Tailor Drake & Mauck Additon Bldg., Main Street, Lenta MAUORA HAT SHOPS tse 4TH ST. 340 WASHINGTON ST. LENTS BAPTIST CHURCH Lents Baptist Church There are but three Baptist churches in Portland younger than the Lente organization, theee being the Tabernacle, St. John? German and the Italian churches. On May 19, 1907. in a meet ing at the home of W. P. Kneeland on Ninth avenue, a service wae held for the purpose of organizing a church. A. , Black, then paetor of the Calvary Bap tist Church, preached a sermon on the text, “O, Lord, I beseech tbee, send now prosperity.” Nineteen enrolled themselves as charter members of the new church. Only three of this num ber are at present resident in Lents. The following month a building site was secured on First avenue between the carline and Foster Road and a build ing was immediately started. This was enlarged in 1910 by the addition of a primary room and a basement under the new part, in some unaccountable way this building was entirely des troyed by fire on the night of March 16, 1912. The new location, fronting on Fourth avenue and Fifth avenue, a new structure of bungalow type, was r|edi- cated on June 26. Eleven rooms, be sides hallsand lavatories give the church an excellent plant for its varied church activities. The auditorium is seated with comfortable oak pews. The seating capacity of this room may be increased something more than one hundred by throwing the prayer meeting room open to this room. The first pastor of the church was the late J. F. Heocock. The present pastor, J. M. Nelson, has been with the church since March 31, 1910. The work so grew during the first two years of the it sion until April 29, 1906, when a perma nent church organization was effected with charter members. This church was first known as the East View Presbyterian Church nntil Jan. 1907, when the name was chang«-d to Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church by which name it is known at the pres ent lime. The church building has been en larged twice since it was first built, hut is still inadequate to meet the needs of its growing work. A tent house was erected on the church lot one year ago, in which is housed two Sabbath School class»*. This relieved the congestion some but plans are now being considered for still further improvement. The church at the present time em braces the following organizations and societies viz: The Church Bible School of 200 members: the V. P. S. C. E. of Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church 36 members; the Ladies Aid Society of The Millard Avenue Presbterian 40 memtiers; the I.adíes Missionary So Church grew out of a Mission Sunday ciety of 12 memtiers. The present mem School which was started in February bership of the church is 100. Thia church is carrying on an active 1904 by Rev. Levi Johnson, a Sabbath School Missionary. This Sunday School and aggressive work in all of its depart was conducted in the hall over the ments. Its Sabbath School through its Woodmere store until the following efficient organization and administra July when a chape) was ere« ted on the tion has become one of the beet known Its Young People’s So site of the present church on Millard in the city. ciety has also come into prominence Avenue. The funds for this chapel were ob I through its ability to carry off silver tained from the following source», viz: cups and other trophies at different Halley Smith donated the lot; the Cal rallies held in the city. The following ministers have servetl vary Presbyterian Church gave $100; the Presbyterian Board of Church Erec this church since its organization : Rev. tion gave |2fX> ; the people of the com D. A. Thompson, Rev E. M. Sharp, Rev. Geo. Arms, Rev. A. D. Soper, Rev. munity gave 6200, making the total cost J. A. Townsend, D. D., Rev. Chas. T. of|the building IbOO.’CJ; »iSXiSS?- Roosa, Rev. Levi Johnson. The pres The chapel was conducted as a mis- ent pastor is Rev. Wm. H. Amos. present ministry that in active, resident membership, the church more than doubled in strength. Tlie growth lat terly, while not so great, finds the church hopeful and aggressive. The church is well organised in every department of its work. The main Sun day School, capably manned by an earnest body of officers and teachers, i“ doing a good work. An afternoon Sun day School in the Elmo Heights Addi tion has been trying for almost four years to shed a little light for God in that part of Lents. There is a live Ladies’ Aid Society and Mission Circle, meeting weekly on Wednesday for an all-day meeting. The Baptist Young People’s Union, Senior and Junior, are each thoroughly wide-awake. A good choir furnishes special music every Lord's Day. To the Public! At this time, the closing of the old year, I wish to thank my many friends and patrons for their loyal support for the past year, and extend to all my best wishes lor a merry Xmas and a happy New Year. Let your New Year s resolution be to trade at Sager’s, the store where quality is supreme, where service is our watchword, and where you get a guarantee with every article purchased, if it is not good we make it good. Let us serve yo« one year, and at this time 1916, balance your accounts and see if you have not had better satisfaction, and saved yourself money by the resolution. Thanking you one and all I remain. Very truly yours, Clyde E. Sager