OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JAB, 10, 1913
MATTERS WE DO
NOT READ 0
JOHN STARK TAKE8 UP A SUB
JECT THE PAPERS SKIP.
Caustlo Comments and Observo
tlons from Mapla Lane.
You may have noticed the word
"Eugenics," lately. That has
particular reference to the town
ud the valley but refers to the
idea which some people have
resrard to improving the race
not the presidential race howev
er, for I have it confidentially
from one of the late candidates
that anyone who thinks that coulc
be improved, is an "atrocious
liar and an undesirable citizen.
Neither does it refer to the race
trace for I have a private tip
from a jockey that the machiner
there is perfected so as to draw
all coin from the outside to the
inside somewhat like -Lawson's
description of the stock exchange
it win do rememoerea a citizen o
New York some years ago made i
noise like a reformer about the
race track and was boosted on
the suDreme bench, where if he
would not be useless, ho would at
lease be harmless. The race l'
be imoroved is the one that if al
ways disdainfully referring to
other animals as "the lower ani
mals." Personally I have been
advocating the teaching of sex
hygiene in the schools, so that no
child would grow up in ignorance
of the human ooay. inepnysioi
oaries in the schools now will in
form a child, that by a good deal
of practice it can learn to crack
the joint of the big toe and that
at the other end of the two-legged
cabbage worm is a globule, some
what like the sphere seen on
monuments in old' ' fashioned
grave yards only is not solid clear
through mat is, not always
that the shell is of several pieces
connected by sutures, which will
allow for expansion of the skull in
case an idea should find its way
in: however as in the case of
losing the ability to wag our ears
the function has practically be
come obsolete from non-use. Of
course the text book tells a lot
more than these two facts, but it
seems merely to keep printers and
b ok-binders from becoming ho
boes.
Some years since a venerable
man by lh name of Harmon pub
lished a paper on Eugenic, but
was sent to jail. The Alice B.
Stockham Publishing Co., ' also
got into trouble over some pam
phlets that were written so plain
that it did not require a finished
mind to comprehend them.
You see it was this way, that
aggregation of mileage collectors
in Washington,-being relieved of
the necessity of hustling for
grub, by the sargent-at-arms,
bringing their salary to them, do
put hi meir unit) tn suuiouimg,
the Oregonian to the contrary not
withstanding, have made a set of
regulations to pronimt sex Know
ledge from reaching the people
except in such language as can
be learned among the tombstones
of the ancient dagoes. Conse
ouently a number of well-mean
ing people, whose information is
limited to the literature sent out
by the specialists as advertising,
seek to improve the race with a
"thou shalt not," copied from the
pocket edition tombstones that
were smashed by Moses, along the
trail leading from the Nile to
Mount Pisgah. 1 will digress from
the central idea to explain that
"business is a great factor in
all human affairs undor the pre
vailing economio system which
may account for the method
which these Eugenics take, to
bring about that condition of the
species which is said to have ob
tained "before the fall." As an
example of business I will men
tion that it seemed through the
action of local practitioners that
the wholosalo. arrests wore made
in connection of the mail order
abortion houses not so long ago.
The big fellow was putting a
crimp in the numerous little fol
lows and he put up a holler to
"smash the trust.
Now those so-called Eugonlos
are going before legislatures to
establish eunouch factories. Am
well aware it is pretended, noth
ing dishonest is intended by the
movement to sterilize criminals.
Let me ask what criminals will
this apply to, all of them? Not
on your liver pad I Those who
have means to oribe will nearly
always bo successful, and 1 care
not if the loudest-mouthed of
these "uplifters" is doctor or not
nor what oath of offioo ho or she
made subscribe. No, then there
will be no graft in that oh no I
Really it seems as if a state emas.
cultaler would be a nice offioo;
too bad; the bed sheet promoter
offioe was defeated at the polls,
with the $7,000 per and expense
account. The official cmasoula
tor would of course need a "cur
ette", and a "hypo-gun." The
state could easily be soaked for
about $5,000, "for costly aqnip
, ment." These two publio benefac
tors could find much in common
and tour the state together. The
moral uplift could be soaring, I
wonder if these two would not
make fine candidates for the Mo
ral Uplifters' League, that was so
prominent about tho V. M. C. A.
headquarters. I wonder if the
"Criminal Trusts" would run
amuck of our State Sterilizer.
An an adjunct to the other
beautiful arrangement it Is also
proposed that candidates for mat
rimony shall submit to a fine
hold-up, by one or a board of L).
M. D. S.. No there will be noth
ing wrong about this, ladies and
o-entlemen: everything will be on
the square.
I am aware, Mr. Editor, that
hia whnln mill inct-cannot be nan.
rfiAd completely in a paper of
(rftneral news, like The Courier. It
requires a technical Journal, how
ever. This is a public matter and
should have some pumio atten
tion and knowing that the attempt
will be made to put u over on me
next session of the legislaure, so
while not having the price. of
loves, proceeded on the job witn
are hands.
Am well aware by such statis
tics as are obtainable by me, that
crime and insanity are on the
increase, in spite of all our wise
statesmen; incidentally, so if pov
erty, the greatest of all crimes;
all the' legal doctoring seems to
be of no avail, even though legis
lative bodies are convening at so
much per, asking for divine guid
ance, all to no enect. it wouia
seem to thn man from Mars, eith
er the chaplain's petition fails to
(ret to headauarters or the divine
guidance is of poor quality. If
prayers are indispensible, why not
go at in a modern way; get a $4U
nhonograph with six records, one
for each day in the week. It
seems high time that humbug
was cut out, but of course it fur
nishes some dealer in futures, a
little rake-off. and the legislators
dare not spoil a vole among their
innocents at home.
Am well aware that this paper
will not add any popularity to
yours truly, however. After mak
ing many miles of trails through
the underbrush in the hills, am
ready to cut just a little swath in
the social jungle and feel certain
some will follow me a little ways.
- All that sort of legislation (the
repressive article) deals only witn
effects. The cause is going on
just the same, only there will be
in this case some fine chance for
a favorite quack to connect with
a sure-enough income and the
scheme will receive the endorse
ment of the pink of the brigade.
who are never guilty of diligent
inquiry, nor are willing to have
tne present oruer 01 tnings ais
turbed. So they proceed on the
uplift of the race racket, by pull
ing in their boot straps till their
face look like a new flannel un
dershirt, and some honestly think
they are working.
Others take a sort of a hold,
merely because it gives some dis
tinction and maybe a few lines of
brevier, so the rest of us duos
may gaze at them with open faces
because we do not understand
such intricate problems.
JSIiould the practice to castrate
the criminal become national in
scope, I'll bet a sack of spuds that
if impartially followed, the city of
Washington would have more
euneuchs than Constantinople.
But who would want to sit in the
gallery of the halls of Congress
and listen to a lot of speeches all
in the tenor key? ;
John r . stark.
THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM.
The Wy a County Farmer Looks
at tha Ins and Outs.
Editor Courier: In this week's
paper apears an article on the
doings of the county court. Why
not every one toll of their treat
ment by the court? Perhaps it
is by his means that wo may make
them so unpopular that they will
take a tumble to themselves and
act more like they were our ser
vants and not our masters.
If a taxpayer from the country
says a word against their action,
they will run him out of the court
house.
There are many actions of this
court that would give cause for
the use of the recall and perhaps
if we gave some of them the dose,
it would bring them to terms.
I have heard men. who were
opposed to the recall, when it was
broached before, say that they
wished now that it had been car-
id through, and that they would
sign it any time it was presented
to mem.
Now a few words as to the
township system of administra
tion of county affairs. This sys
tem is one in which tho county
judge as we know him is unknown
&acn township lias us noaru 01
trustees consisting of three men
and their clerk. All business re
lating to the township has to go
before the board and receive its
sanction before it can come bo-
fore tho county commissioners
Thus we have men who know the
circumstances in regard to the
matters in hand,' and aro close at
hand to investigate the mutter
and decide from personal' knowl
edge or observation whether it
hull he done or go lartncr.
Theso men aro elected Dy tne
peoplo and are responsible to
them directly.Tho road supervisor
is also elected by the people . and
not appointed by the powers that
bo and responsible to them only.
his part, the oiection or supor-
isors by tha neoplo, was tried
for a year or two. but it did not
prove to be a good thing from tho
point of view of tne political doss.
nolhor thing that was consider.
d against it was the fuct that tho
bosses pets wore not always the
ones that wore favored at homo
So the boss had the law ropeal-
d. thus dec ainiK that the people
didn't have sense enough to know
hat they wanted, and the boss
and Hie county court know better
hat they wanted man tne people
themselves.
It is a fine thing to havo some-
ody who knows it all and cun tell
us poor devils wnat to do.
t. u. lung.
HlnU for Housekeepers.
Keop Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound always on hand, and
you can quickly head off a cold by
ts prompt use. it contains no
opiatoS, heals and soothes the
inflamed air passages, stops the
oough, and may save a big doc
tor 6 bill. In tne yellow pacK
age. Huntley juros. lo.
A SOCIALISTIC IDEA.
A Scheme that Would Force the
Churches to Make Good.
Colton, Ore., Jan 4
Editor Courier:
Here is a definition given by the
Encyclopedia Brittanica: "Eth
ics of Socialism and the ethics of
Christianity are identical. The
general tendency is to regard as
socialistic any interference un
dertaken by society in behalf of
the poor. In general it may be
described as that movement
which seeks, by economic chang
es, to destroy tne existing ine
qualities of the world's- social
condition."
Here is another by tho standard
dictionary of the English lan
guage: "Christianity applied to social
reform in accordance with the
views of Maurice .nd Ludlow.
These views are opposolion to the
Manchester competetive system,
elimination of the working class
es by a just and generous appre
ciation of their rights and essen
tial brotherhood Insistence on
ethical and spiritual principles
as the true bonds of society and
promotion of co-operation asso
ciations.' Now how in the name of all
that is wonderful can a man who
is supposed to be preaching the
gospel of Jesus Christ get up in
his pulpit and denounce a set of
men that believe in these defini
tions, and are trying to live them
out? It Is more than I can ac
count for. Christ said if the
blind led the blind they should
both fall into the ditch. Thank
(Jod there are over 900,000 men
in the . United States who refuse
to be led by the blind, and this
number is still on the increase at
about 15 per cent per year. And
if ten per cent of our money will
bankrupt the world in a short!
lime, what will fifteen per cent do .
for a society. Oh. it s coming and
when it gets here It will do more
for humanity and more tor the
world in general in ten years than
all the pin-head sky pilots have
done in the past two thousand
YOU FARMERS INKUIFP I
How Many of these Advertised
Benefits Have Helped You?
Oregon City, Ore..' January 6.
Editor Courier: . -.-
The farmers seem to be alive
and waking up thanks to organ
ization, and papers like the Courier.
I want to ask the farmers a -few
questions in regard to their wel
fare. Scientific farmers who
farm, the fanner tells us we must
intensify our farming, rotate our
crops, grow lagumes and raise
more bushels of food stuffs. Dur
ing 1912 we raised two billions of
bushels more than 1911 and the
crop was worth live hundred mil
lion less. And they are teaching
us ior our uenemr
These same scientific journals
a few years ago made an awful
hard fight for us poor farmers
for a denatured alcohol bill, so
we could work our surplus crops
into alcohol for our automobiles,
etc. The bill passed. Did it do
us any good?
Again these same scientific fel
lows who are so interested in the
welfare of us farmers made an
other hard political fight for an
other scheme called the Postal
Savings Bank. We got it. Now
if we deposit our money in the
postal savings bank we get two
per cent interest if we leave it
there for a year and the local
banks would pay you four. And
Uncle Same 'always turns the
money over to the local bank at
two and a half per cent interest,
so it looks like a good scheme for
the banks, if they can loan the
money back to you at 8 1-2 per
cent.
How much benefit is it, Brother
Farmer, to you?
Another fine thing these scien
tific politicians have inaugurated
is the Parcels Post. We can now
sent a package of eleven pounds
to Chicago for one dollar sixty
cents by parcel post. We can
send by express for 85c.
Express companies are making
800 per cent dividends. What will
your Uncle Same do with his surplus?
DOVER.
. iweive aDove zero. That was
our record here on the fifth of
January.
FranK Morrison of Portland
came out Saturday evening to vi
sit his relatives at this Dlace. Sev
eral of the Dover people attended
a new lears party given hy Mr
E. It. Hart at Firwood. They re
port a pleasant evening enjoyed
uy an present,
John Roberts returned to Cor
vallis after a week's visit here
with his parents. .
During the storm here Sunday,
a large section of the roof from
Mrs. Harriet Miller s barn was
blown off.
Joseph Deshazer had a very
narrow escape last Monday. He
was draving a pair of mules
hitched to a wagon. The team be
came unmanagable and ran away.
Mr. Deshazer was thrown from
the wagon beneath the wheels, the
vehicle passing over him and
bruising him up most painfully.
Several of his ribs were broken.
Mrs. S. A. Cooper has been hav
ing her house remodeled, adding
much to the appearance.
Harry Morrison returned to
Portland after a short visit with
relatives here.
W. P. Roberts had the misfor
tune of losing a valuable horse on
New Years day.
Donald Badley has' returned
home after a short vacation with
friends at Welches. He reports
having had a pleasant time.
Miss Alice Wheeler wiil resume
teaching school at this place af-
ted a two weeks vacation.
Victor Bodley went to Portland
Saturday on n pleasure trip.
ORDER YOUR NURSERY STOCK.
J. W. Hlatt, the ML Pleasant
nurseryman, has a fine assort
ment of all kinds of nursery
stock, roses, irjit treas, shrub
bery, berries, at the rear or the
Courier office, and his office Is In
the publicity building, and before
you buy your spring line he asks
you to call In and see what his
line and prices are.
DJUSER FROM GRIPPE
Lies In That Cough and Weak,
Worn-out Condition.
Grippe, pleurisy, pneumonia, these
are greatly to be feared at this time
of Uie year. ,
To prevent grippe from being fol
lowed by either pleurisy or pneumo
nia, It is Important to drive the last
traces of It out of the system quickly.
Our advice Is to take VInol, our
delicious cod liver and Iron prepara
tion without oil, and get your strength
and vitality back quickly.
Mrs. A. A. Grablll, of Str&sburg,
Va. says: "Grippe left me weak, run
down and with a severe cough, from
which I Buffered four years. I tried
different remedies, but nothtng seemed
to do me any good until I took VInol,
from which I received great benefit.
My cough la almost entirely gone, and
I am strong and well again, and I am
glad to recommend VInol to others
who suffer aa I did."
Try VInol with the certainty
that If It does not benefit
rou we will sirs back roar money.
Huntley Bros. Co., Druggists
Oregon City Ore gon.
Farmers
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N OW
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ANYTHING in Imple
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Double Steel Reach
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Dick's Feed Cutters
A big line, and good '
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A genuine labor saver
HARROWS
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The Mitchell Wagon
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BIG FREE IMPLEMENT CATALOGUE SENT YOU UPON REQUEST
years.
Hero is a paragraph from
business men's conference
church workers, ami in the Chris
tian Flying Wodgo of Massachu
setts: "Some day a body of christian
business men will be found in
each community which will noti
fy the churches that its support
will ho given to tho church which
best fullllls its functions."
Twenty largo conscientious
givers in any community thus
hound together to support the
church, irrespective of denomin
ation, which does tho most con
sistently, withdrawing their sup
port from others, can solve the
church problem of that commun
ity, in fact, the rural and citv
church problems will he solved
only when w'p will havo learned lo
give generously to tho church and
preacher who make good and re
fuse to support those which do
not even if our own comes with
in this latter class. This will be
called the Christian Flying Wedge
and I wonder if the church is go
ing to meekly receive these ord-
8?
O. EvRogers.
Now if Undo Sanio did not pay
q in inn tm-iy year iui postal cars
- imiir man uu: I'UIS UUM. nun, lie
'"P". ' ' 1 1 1 1 n l u Willi II aihM
& Co. lUit as it is what benefit
Hiollier ! armor, are you getting
out, of it?
Now there is another scheme
coming for a sort of an agricul
tural loan hy the national gov
eminent. Now if the farmer's
security is good, ho gets his mon
ey at a low ralo of interes direct
from Uncle Samuel . It will be a
good thing for the farmer and
html on the hanker, but if the
government loans to the banker,
won't the banker got all tho bene
fit? Are you a member and helping
tho Fanners' Society of Equity?
P. V. Meredith.
A healthy man is a king in his
own right: an unhealthy man an
unhappy stave. For impure blood
and sluggish liver use Uurdock
Wood Hitters. On the market 35
years, f 1.00 a bottle.
A Girl's Wild Midnight Ride.
To warn people of a fearful
forest fire in the Catskills a young
girl rode horseback at midnight
and saved many lives. Her deed
was glorious but lives are often
saved by Dr. King's New Discov
ery in curing lung trouble, coughs
and colds, which might have end
ed in consumption and pneumon
ia, "it cured me of a dreadful
cough and lung disease," writes
W. R. 1'alterson. Wellington.
Tex., "after four in our family
had died with consumption, and I
gained 87 pounds." Nothing so
sure and safe for all throat and
lung troubles. Price 50c and $1.
Trial bottle free. (Guaranteed by
Huntley Bros.
HART'S EASY JOB.
Slept For a Week and Mad Enough to
Live on For a Year. -
To sleep for one's living. Bays tbe
London Chronicle, amy appeal to some
as ii wore ii 'tractive alternative than to
work for one's living. But tbe feat bas
been achieved. In tbe Dally Courantof
Aug. 9. I'll, the following advertise
ment appears: "Nicholas Hart, who
slept last year lu St. Bartholomew's
hospital. Intends to sleep this year at
the Cock and Bottle In Little Britain."
Some further particulars of this profes
sional somimllst are to be fonud In tbe
Spectator for Oct 1 of that year. It
apiears that Hart was every year
seized with a periodical fit of sleeping,
which began on Aug. 5 iiud ended on
tbe 11th: Its various stages are Uu
described:
"On the 1st of that month be grew
dull; on the 2d, appeared drowsy; on
the Sd. fell a-yawnlng; on the 4th. be
gan to nod; on tbe 5th. dropped asleep;
on the t!tb. was heard to snore; on tbe
7th. turned himself Id bis bed; on the
Sthj recovered bis former posture; on
tbe 0th, fell a-stretcblng; on the 10th.
about mltlulgbt awaked; on tbe 11th,
In the morning, called for a little small
beer." This performance. It Is asserted.
gained for Hart "enough to support
himself for a twelvemonth.
WILL COURT EXPLAIN?
Hubbard Farmer Thinks It Is Up
to Them to 8ay Something.
Hubbard, Ore., Jan 7.
To the Editor:
In your last week's issue Mr.
Olds surely called the county
court to book, and now in my op
inion it is up to the county court
to explain to we taxpayers why
they paid $17,000 for bridge ma
terial, which according to Mr.
Olds' letter they could have pur
chased of another company for
$11,000.
Taxpaying time will soon be
here and many a one will have to
dig deep in his jeans to rake up
enough to pay his share of the
necessary expenses of the county.
Eight thousand dollars to our way
of thinking is quite a sum.
I wish also to commend your
editorial in the same issue on the
proposed road legislation. You
are right in saying "give us the
cross roads first and let the Pa
cific highway come after, or
words to that effect. That is what
we need, better roads from the
foothills of the valley toward the
railway lines and the river. If
the auto fiends, the speed man
lacs and the Marathorn racers
want a speedway paralleling the
railway lines and the river, let
THEM build it. I for one will ag
ree to keeD out of their way.
You are rigfit too in saying tnai
any bill that proposes to buna
trunk lines first will be turned
down by the people. And it
should be so. The farmers of the
valley have no more use for the
much advertised Pacillc highway
than they have for another wheel
to their wagons, and I hope that
any legislation that tends in that
direction will be turned down
good and hard, and especially if
tne Din snouia carry wun ii some
high salaried officials with pow
ers to appoint as many deputies
as they see fit.
J. S. Yoder.
KNOW
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MOUNTAIN VIEW.
From the general appearance
it looks as though our hose
house needed two hundred and
fifty dollars more exDended to
hold it up. as it is now propped in
several jlaces.
Mrs. S. A. Gillett's condition is
not improved and no hopes are
held out for her recovery.
John Copeland is quite feeble
and not able to be up.
J. W. Imbler has sold three ac
res of his place, including resi
dence to a gentleman rrom east
ern Oregon, who will take posses
sion in the spring. Mr. Imbler ex
expects to build on the ground he
retained. (
Claude Van Hoy of Goldendale,
Wash., is here spending the win
ter with his parents.
Mrs. Lizzie Nobel of Hillsboro
was here this week visiting ner
sister, Mrs. S. A. Gillett.
The self-appointed mayor and
council of Mountain View hold
usually a daily session in the cou
ncil room of Beverlin's store,
Mayor Lewellen, councilmen
Brant, Stafford, Van Hoy and
Brown usually present. They us
ually attend to the -planning of
pure water systems, taxes and
general city government,! as it
should be. They adjourn at i p.
m., go home, feed the chickens
and carry in the wood. The fol
lowing positions are expected
when Woodrow Wilson takes the
oath of office: Agriculture, W.
B. Stafford; secretary of war, O.
H. Van Hoy; private secretary and
chief councellor, R. M. C.Brown;
peace commissioner to Turkey,
John Lewellen. The remainder
of the council will remain at
home and fill the vacancies. Hen
ryBrandt Sr. will look after the
humane society of this nart of
our city, and Emory Darling the
water supply.
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COLTON.
The concert which was (riven
by the Young People's Society on
New Years' Eve was well attend
ed. Splendid music and singing
was rendered by the orchestra
and choir.
Mjss Hannah Stromgreen, who
nas oeen here visiting relatives
and friends left for San Francis
co, Cat., last Monday.
Mr. Alfred Berglund left for
Corvallis last week to attend college.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Swartz of
Portland, were visiting with the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs, M.
Clark of Bee-Hill.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. Lind
strom, a 5-lb daughter, Christmas
eve.
Gus Gottberg took a load of
hogs to town Tuesday.
Mri and Mrs. J. A. Stromgreen
were guests at Mr. and Mrs. P.
Berglund's last Sunday.
Miss Esther Hult of Portland,
is home visiting her parents at
Colton.
I. O. Dix of Mulino was a busi
ness caller at Colton the latter
part of the week.
J. Putz had the misfortune of
losing a cow. While crossing the
creeK ii ieii and was drowned.
Jake Schewe was a visitor
Colton New Years day.
at
Old Age.
Old age as it comes in the or
derly process of nature is a beau
tiful and majestic thing. It
stands for experience, knowledge,
wisdom, counsel. That is old age
as it should be, but old age as it
often is means a poor digestion,
torpid bowels, a sluggish liver
and a general reeling of ill health
despondency and misery. This is
almost every instance is wholly
unnecessary. One of Chamber
lain's Tablets taken immediately
after supper will improve the di
gestion, tone up the liver and
regulate the bowels. That feel
ing of despondency will give way
to one of nope and good cheer.
For sale yb Huntley Bros. Co.
Harsh physics weaken the bow
els, will lead to chronic constipa
tion. Doan's Regulets operate
easily. 25c a box at all stores.
John Erickson of Portland, vi
sited his parents here Sunday.
Dr. L. G. ICE
DENTIST
Beaver Building Oregon City
hoot- Pacific, 1321; Horn A 19S
OF THE DOCTRINE. j
Dec 29. I
'If any man trfllrti to do OH . I "'
InoJot th, doctrino, vhether it t of Jod.
. '. . i. - U....II "Jokn Bit It.
or wmimt i pcu vi "f"'!'
IIE word doctrine seems to be
offensive to tbe majority oi
Christians. Each denomina
tion realizes that Us doctrines
nre undefendable. Hence by muium
consent Christians seem disposed to
Ignore doctrines, believing that the
matter never will be clear to anybody.
All this Is a mistake; the doctrines
of Christ, as presented by tho Great
r.i.... onH itu Anostles. were
great Message, of which none were
uslmnicd. The difficulty is that we
gradually fell away from those doc
trines into bondage to human tradi
tions and creeds. We need the doc
trines of Chrlnt and the Apostles to
hrenk down our
creed fences, wblch
have separated
flod's neople into i
various denomina
tional folds, contra
ry to tbe Divine ar
rangement; for God
hns but one fold
for all His "sbeep" gt
of this Age. ' --t 1 I W1
If as God's people ,.Th, toctrii t
we put away sec- vhrit Kill r
tnrianlsm and the doun tur ored
creeds of our fore
fathers, and go with sincere hearts to
tbe Lord and His Word, we shall there
and the "one Lord, one Faith, one Bap
tism, one God and Father oyer all, and
one' Lord and Savibr Jesus Christ",
and one "Church of tne rirst-uoru,
whose names are written in Heaven.
The Doctrines of Christ
What Ood'a people need Is to put
away other gospels, other messages of
hope, aside from the one wnicn we
Rible Dresents. Theosophy is one of
these, Evolution another, New Theology
another. These bold out a different
gospel from that of Jesus and the
Apostles-the one given to us for our
sanctlflcation.
The doctrines of Christ are those
presented in the Bible by Jesus ana
the Apostles, xuese
doctrines relate to
the Church and to
the world, and God's
blessing for each;
to sin and its for
giveness: the terms
of thar forgiveness,
the basis of that
forgiveness the
death of Jesus
and the hope of
j,. that forgiveness, re-
, m Ti I . I
h nbla to under- lease irom uiviue
land the deep condemnation, fel
thingt of God." 0wship With God,
and everlasting life through resurrec
tion of the dead.
Someone uuiy inquire, Why are the
doctrines of Christ so misunderstood
that six hundred different denomina
tions have resulted from the differences
of theory respecting them? The ex
planation is that, shortly after the
death of tbe Apostles, tbe Adversary
sowed tbe seeds of false doctrines, us
ing human lips and pens in his service,
through pride and ambition. Tbe dark
ness became so great that we speak of
the period as the "Dark Ages."
Tbe various denominations of Chris
tendom are evidences of bonesty, per
severance and love of tbe Truth, be
cause our forefathers who made these
creeds were each trying to get back
into the true Light. They all made the
mistake, however, of holding too much '
to the creeds and theories of the past
God, who foretold through tbe Proph
ets tills darkness, and who has blessed
and guided His children throughout It
bas promised that with the End of this
Age will come a great enlightenment
upou His people, scattering the dark
ness. "The wise shall understand, but
none of the wicked shall understand."
We are in the dawning of this New
Age, and see clearly the Divine charac
ter and Plan for human salvation.
Willeth to Do Hit Will.
Today's study Is a message from tbe
Master's own lips. He gives us the
key to a clear knowledge of His doc
trines; namely, that tbe Btudent must
be fully consecrated to God and fully
desirous of knowing His will and His
Plan. In order to see the Truth, from
the standpoint of Divine Revelation,
we must draw near to God In the
spirit of our minds, consecrated in our
heart We must will to do His will.
God's will represents actual perfec
tion of thought, word and deed toward
God and toward all mankind. This Is
the Divine Standard, but we are no
more able to fulfill its demands than
were tbe Jews. The best we can do Is
to will to do right, and to the best of
our ability carry out that covenant
But for those who have come Into
harmony with God through Christ
their Advocate, a provision has been
made whereby all desiring to do the
Divine will and manifesting endeavors
so to do. are counted as righteous-as
though they did the Divine will per
fectly. This class are the lirosnonn
members of the Body of Christ. To
these the promises of our text annlv.
They shall know if our Lord merely
miKie up uiese teachings, or whether
He was the active Agent of Jehovah.
On the threshold of a new year shall
we not determine to give our hearts
fully t the Lord-to do God's will?
If so, we shall doubtless be enabled
fully to understand the ddetrines of
Chrlst-the deep things of God, reveal
ed to this Class by the Sp'rlt of God.
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