OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1914.
"CLIMAX OF ABSURDITY"
A. J. Mikejohn so Classes Rev. Gar
mire's "Subtle Errors" Article
Mr. Garmire's article in the Cour
ier of Aug. 13, "Subtle Erros," etc., is
"an excellent exhibition of that class
of awkward, fallacious," argument
which protestant ministers endeavor
to refute the teachings of the Bible
Indeed it is a masterpiece of sophistry
a climax of absurdity a burlesque
on logic. And yet as a drownig man
grasps a straw the protestant clergy
accept and recommend just such self
evident fallicies.
And this action by the clergy is an
evidence they give m spite of them
selves of the -weakness of their posi
tion. For, indeed, if they had the
truth it would be unnecessary to stoop
to such inconsistent reasoning as our
opponent otters. Nor is there a pas
tor in Orgon City who would be will
ing to follow his principles to their
logical conclusions.
Let us consider a few of them. In
his tract, "The Word, etc of God," p.
7 he says, that he is marked "as a sin
ner" if I fail or am guilty' "in one
point of true, scriptural exposition.
Preposterous!" Who can claim per
fections in all points of true scrip
tural exposition Y "To err is human."
And I don't believe that even Mr. Gar
mire claims perfection in ALL
POINTS of true scriptural exposition,
regardless of his tract. On page 16 he
tells us that the man who doesn't
wear a beard will be classed in with
thieves, murderers, etc., and shall not
inherit the kingdom of God. What
do you think about that some of you
protestant ministers who recommend
the circulation of this tract?
In his Courier article under the
sub-title, "The Seal of the Living
God," he says, is defined in Rev. 7:3,
as one who has power to say, "Hold."
But anyone who will read the text
will see that the holding does not con
tinue after the people of God are
sealed. It seems to me that he has
failed "in one point of true scriptural
exposition." And this is a fair sam-
pie of his work.
He further says, "By defining the
Sabbath as the seal of God, they deny
salvation thru the atonement." We
do not believe that any is saved by
merely keeping the Sabbath. We be
lieve as firmly in the atonement as
anyone. But we also believe Christ is
our pattern. (1 Pet. 2:21; 1 John 2:6;
2 John 9.) He kept the Sabbath
(Luke 4:16; Mk. 2:27; Matt. 24:20.)
We must go to heaven back of Christ
therefore keep the Sabbath.
Mr. Uarmire fails miserably to es
tablish his points, as any one can see
who will look up his references. If he
has any proof on the following points
which he affirms, we should like to
see it.
1. That the seal of God is given to
all overcomers.
2. That the mark of the beast is
given to all blasphemers.
3. That the mark of the beast is
blasphemy or unpardonable, except
(as in case ol all sin) where it is
continued in till one severs his con
nection with divine grace. More than
that we believe that the mark of the
beast is not received till one has had
an opportunity to receive the light
respecting God's commandments
(Kom. 2:13; Kev. 14:12; zz-.li)
and it is spurned .
t Our position on divorce is based on
Matt. 19:9. "Whosoever shall put
his wife except it be for the cause of
fornication and marrieth another com
mitteth adultery." And this is more
strict than any other protestant de
nomination of which we know, even
Roy L. Dunn's, who so heartily en
dorses this article.
Now, Mr. Garmire, you will please
rise and tell us all you can about why
Adventists should leave the U. is
even tho' we do believe it to be the
two-horned beast.
We believe Mrs. E. G. White is a
prophet with Bible qualifications (Isa.
8:2U; 1 Jno. 4: 1-3; Rev. 12:17:19:10.)
Being a true prophet the Spirit that
works thru her is omnipresent. And
finally, Mr. Garmire professes to be
lieve and keeD the Seventh-day Sab
bath as stroner as I. When I asked
him why he has written as he has he
replied: "1 have written m tne lan
cuace of eauivocation. to the man
who believes in Sundays it augurs for
him, to the Sabbath keeper it is the
strongest possiDle argument ior mm.
Mv dictonary tells me that to equivo
cate is to prevaricate, or lie. I don't
know how Mr. Garmire explains this,
Our reasons for calling Sunday the
mark of the beast (Rev. 13:14) are
these:
1. The prophecy is the beast, by quite
common consent among protestant
commentators and abundantly proved
bv scriDture.
2. The mark of the beast must be
the mark or sign of authority of the
Catholic church the prophecy. Let
us ask the Catholic church, "What is
vour sign or mark of authority and
power?" We shall find our answer
in Doctrinal Catechism p. 174, a Ca
tholic work. "Quiz Have you any
other way of proving that the church
has power to institute festivals of
precept?" "Ans. Had she not pow
er, she could not have done that in
which all modern religionists agree
with her, she could not. have institu
ted the observance of Sunday, the
first day of the week, for the obser
vance of Saturday, the seventh day, a
change for which there is no scrip
tural authority."
A similar evidence is given by pro
testant commentaries. Alexander
Alexander Campbell says, "If it (the
Sabbath) be changed, it was that au
gust personage changed it who chang
ed times and laws ex-officio. I think
his name is Dr. Antichrist. Chris
tian Bap. vol. 1, p. 44. "It is clearly
proved that the pastors of the church
have struck out one of God's ten
words!" Debate with Purall, p. 214.
Dr. Campbell was the founder of what
is called the Christian church. There
fore we conclude that Sunday is pure
ly an institution of the Catholic chur
ch which they claim as their mark of
authority.
In vain do we worship our Master's
teaching for commandments the doc
trines of men. (Matt. 15:9, 13.) There
is not a word of scriptural authority
for Sundav keenine. Let us keep the
" commandments of God and the
faith of Jesus." (Rev. 14:12) thatTwe
may be accounted worthy to meet with
those in the new es-rth who from one
Sabbath day to another shall assem
ble to worship before God. (Jsa. 66:22,
23.) A. J. MrJlKL-lUHlN.
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JENNINGS LODGE
The following beautiful verses pen
ned by Emma Jennings, one of our
lodge matrons, is dedicated to the
members of the Spooner camp, which
is on the banks of the Willamette at
this place.
In this dear old Sponer camp
'Neath the shade of the trees,
Hosts have shared the friendships
pleasures,
And the cool refreshing breeze.
How oft on the old Willamette banks
we have sat.
And enjoyed the sweet pleasures of
an innocent chat.
When things were bountiful or less
'twas the same,
All were welcomed there in sun
shine or rain.
And each seemed in loving endeavor
to please
In their dear old camp 'neath the
shade of the trees.
Sometimes 'twas a trip in quest of
wild-flowers,
With a rest when weary, mid leaf
laden bowers.
Or it was a cool shady nook, we fur
tively sought,
To rest and .read a good book we
had bought:
While with the exhuberance of youth
we shouted and sang,
Joining the birds as they twittered
at the first gleam of dawn.
With a plunge in the Willamette
Or, in a boat on that stream,
We lived all day long in one beautiful
dream.
And when the night shades came
creeping down
We slumbered so sweetly, trusting
God, who "sees.
In that dear old camp 'neath the
shade of the trees.
There are. Ella - Addie - Lillian and
Willa and friends
Whose dear loving efforts charm
to the camp lends.
There are Major - Frank - William
and John,
They make the camp cheery in mis
chief and song;
With Lloyd, and Langdon beloved by
us all,
Whose noble young manhood may
others enthrall.
Our Bronte, Florence and beloved
Clare
Whose dear young lives enfolded
right here.
Oh, yes! dear Mary and Francis and
artistic Lucile,
And many faces of the past, in
dreamy vision one sees
In this lovely old camp, 'neath the
shade of the trees.
There are paths for the stroller, wind
winding up the side hill;
And an appetite for breakfast we
augumented with will;
With our gaunt stomachs aching for
vians to fill.
Back to the camp we cry, a bee-line
for the grill.
These pathways pressed by many dear
teet some have gone
Naught remain but a memory
sweet.
Our circle is broken. Fathers gone
to that land,
He is camping with Jesus on that
bright golden strand-.
And when we have entered those
beautiful gates
And been wafted o'er the eternal
seas; will we ever look back
To the dear lonely camp 'neath the
shade of those beautiful trees.
I
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MOUNTAIN VIEW
The Sunday School of this place
held their annual picnic in the grove
west of the church last Friday. Quite
a good attendance and everybody en
joyed the day. At noon a long table
was set and all the good things to eat
of which the ladies of Mountain View
are noted, were placed before the hap
ny crowd. Watermelons were part of
the treat. Mr. Mantz was the oldest
boy in the crowd, but had a jolly time.
He tried hard to get one of the other
old boys out to join him in the games
but Mr. Crawford failed to put in an
appearance.
A pretty wedding was that of Miss
Emma Sanders and Harry Shelley at
the home of the bride's parents on
Caufield street last Thursday after
noon. Rev. W. T. Milliken officiating.
Only a few friends of both- parties
were present. They left for a few
days visit and will reside in Oregon
City on their return.
Mrs. Francis Welsh invited her
neighbors in last Thursday evening to
enjoy the talk and stereoptican views
given by Rev. Chas. Rutherford, a
missionary in India, who is taking a
year's vacation here in his old home
with his mother and other friends. It
was a very interesting description of
places, people and their habits in
India.
Mrs. Katie Harrington and daugh
ter ,A. Lettia, started last Monday for
Eastern Oregon on a two week's vaca
tion visiting relatives.
Messrs Van Auken, Gillett and
Scouton started on Tuesday of last
week for the mountains, when they
return we'll have huckleberry pie and
bear meat.
George and Dan Gillett have re
turned from Washington where they
have been working for several weeks
in harvest.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Swan, of Port
land, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Gibson, of
Fowles, Indiana, visited Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. C. Brown last Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Gibson came from Indiana in
their auto, a distance of 2,700 miles,
in 19 days, including a few stop-overs.
They used one hundred and twenty-
gal, of gasoline and paying twenty
five cents for machine repair. What
machine can beat the Ford on a trip
of this kind?
All the small boys of the neighbor
hood gathered their machinery to
gether and serenaded the newly wed
ded couple last Saturday eve.
Mrs. Cora Ballou and two sons left
for Goldendale, Wash., last Monday
after spending three weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Van Hoy, Mrs. Ballou's parents.
BlBliSTUDYOtl ST
GREATNESS THE REWARD OF
SERVICE.
Mark 10:32-45 July 12.
"The Son of Man came not to tl min
Wired unto, but to minister, and to otvt
Ui Ho a Ransom for many."V. i5.
T was at tuo close of Jesus' min
istry. For more thun three years
the Master hnd been calling Ills
disciples uud Instructing them.
They had come to recognize Illin as
Messiah, through whom the Messianic
Kingdom would be set up, to bless all
mankind dead as well as living.
The Master had particularly assured
them that If faithful they .should sit
with Him iu Ills Throuo. However,
He had not told them that His King
dom would he a spiritual one, that be
fore tuey could share It they would
need the change of the First Resurrec
tion, and that a
whole age would
Intervene before
that Kingdom
would be estab
lished amongst
men. But He hnd
hintetKall this.
In today's les
son Jesus again
brought up the
matter of the
shame, tll-treut-
ment and death Requesting Kingdom
Which WfiS to Honors.
come upon Him. This time He Includ
ed the thought of nis resurrection from
the dead on the third dny. However,
the matter was Incomprehensible to the
disciples; and they merely said to
themselves. This is another of the
Master's dark sayings, which seem so
mysterious.
Not until after Pentecost did the dis
ciples get the full grasp of what Jesus
had told them. There the Holy Spirit
began to make plain the Divine ar
rangementthat the sufferings of all
the Church must first come before the
glories of the Kingdom would be re
vealed and the world's blessing begin.
On Rigjit Hand and Left.
Another account tells us that the
mother of James and John came with
them and voiced their plea for them.
They believed that the time for dis
tributing the Kingdom honors was very
near. We need not assums that these
two dear disciples sought the positions
closest to the Master merely for am
bition's sake. Ilather, let us suppose
that they loved the Lord very dearly,
and therefore thought that they could
appreciate a nearness to Him more
than could some of the others. In
deed, they evidently appreciated being
near the Master In Ills hours of deep
est suffering, and were permitted to
come nearer than the majority of The
Twelve. They were glorious charac
ters, whom the Lord greatly loved.
Let us mark carefully the words of
Jesus. He did not say, My dear dis
ciples, there will be no Throne. On
the contrary, He declared that while
there would be a Throne, and places of
preference In that Throne, these would
not be distributed by Himself, but by
the Father. Places in the Kingdom
will be given absolutely on the score
of quality.
Are Ye Able?" "My Cup, My Bap
tism?" Jesus then made known the fact that
any position whatever in the Kingdom
would require the fulfilment of certain
conditions. It was not enough that
they had been called to discipleshlp,
that they had left all to follow Him,
that they had assented to His teacn
Ings. There must be something more;
else they might not enter the Kingdom
at all. These conditions the Master
declared, saying, "Are ye able to drink
of the cup that I shall drink of, and to
be baptized with My baptism?"
In the Divine Plan, God bad ar
ranged that whoever will be entrusted
with the Messianic Kingdom glory,
honor and power for the blessing of
tha world, must demonstrate his
worininess.- ni Jesus case me cup
meant all those experieuces of lgno
miuy und shame, including crucifixion,
which He underwent dining the three
und one-half years of His earthly min
istry and which He fully accomplished
at Calvary.
The Master's baptism at Jordan was
merely a picture of the real baptism.
His going down
into the water
symbolically rep
resented His go
ing down into
death and His
resurrection
therefrom. H i s
real baptism
progressed from
Jordan to Cal
vary. When on
the cross He
cried, "It is fin
ished," He meant
that His baptism
Into death was completed. He was
raised out of that death-baptism on
the third day by the Father's Power.
That baptism meant the full renun
ciation of all earthly rights; and the
Master asked those dear disciples
whether they were able to share His
cup of Ignominy and His baptism into
death. The same principle applies to
all followers of Jesus. It is for each
to decide whether he will drink of the
Master's cup and share His baptism
into death. Only the lowly, the self
sacrificing, will be able or willing to
endure such experiences.
The other Apostles were indignant
that Jnines and John should have
made such a request. However, the
incident afforded Jesus opportunity for
laying down the rules which must
govern in respect to greatness iu the
Messianic Kingdom There whoever
serves most will have the. highest
honor.
On Feature of Jesus'
Death-Baptism.
Blnskleg Is responsible for the death
of more cattle than almost any disease
to which they are subject. The disease
cannot be cured, but in sections where
it Is prevalent cuttle raisers usually
guurd against it by vaccination. The
treatment renders an animal immune
to tbe dlseuse for a period of six
months. The dlsense only affects cat
tle under two years of age. The ap
pearance of the malady is accompanied
by a loss of appetite, and the animal
stops chewing its cud, gets lame in the
joints and has a high fever, while
painful swellings appear over the
shoulders and flanks. These swellings
spread rapidly and give a dry, crack
ling sound when rubbed with the
hand. Blackleg Is highly Infectious,
nud animals Unit die of It should be
burned or buried deep enough so that
dogs or other animals will not be able
to get at the carcasses
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