MORNING ENTERPRISE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1912
BISHOP-APOSTLES
A COSTLY MISTAKE,
Pops Now Sees Error Direct
lag Failh Back to Apostles,
All Followers of Christ Repudiating
Apostolic Succession, Now Have
Proper Basis For Harmony and Union
Through Untrammeled Bible Study.
(TOTT j- N-WT-fT? St Louis, l
F twJ We report
y"fJK S Pastor R
St Louis, Oct. 20.
one of
Russell's
discourses here to
today from the
text, "Have not 1
chosen you
Twelve?" (John
vl, 70.) The Pas
tor declared that
shortly after the
Apostles died Sa-
PASTOR. EU5SELL m the Church, us
ing two insiruiiieu
talitles to introduce false doctrines.
(1) By the Second Century the min
isters began to be recognized as sepa
rate from the congregations, and in
stead of being elected their servants,
they established themselves as a cleri
cal class and began to lord it over
the household of faith, themselves ap
pointing the ministers over the congre
gations, instead of their being chosen
by election, as in the days of the
Apostles.
(2) At the same time the chief ones
of the clergy, having the title of
bishops, were claimed to be the suc
cessors of the Apostles.'with the same
right to teach and to be considered in
fallible messengers of Christ. The
doctrine of Apostolic Succession was
formulated. They pointed out that
when Judas lost his place amongst
The Twelve, the eleven met and chose
one to fill his place.
The speaker called attention to the
fact that the eleven Apostles, in elect
ing Matthias to their number in the
place of Judas, did it without Divine
authority and sanction. The one they
chose the Lord ignored, and we hear
nothing further of him. In His own
due time the Lord brought forward
the one He purposed should take the
place of Judas St. PauL
Jesus assured these Twelve that they
should "sit on twelve thrones, judg
ing the twelve tribes of Israel," in the
"Times of Restitution" and "Regenera
tion." (Matthew xix. 28; Acts iii, 19
21.) These Twelve were again pictured
symbolically in Revelation as the
crown of twelve stars, on the head of
the symbolical Woman, who represent
ed the Church of Christ. Again The
Twelve are pictured in the symbolic
New Jerusalem, which portrays the
Church beyond the veil in Heavenly
glory, as twelve foundation stones.
Revelation xxl. 14.
False or Pseudo-Apostles.
Of these Twelve alone Jesus said.
"Whatsoever things ye bind on earth
shall be bound in Heaven, and what
soever things ye shall declare loosed,'
or non-essential, on earth shall be de
clared "loosed in Heaven" so carefully
would the Great Head supervise the
words of those who were His mouth
pieces to the Church.
With St. Paul we can then agree that
"The Word of God is sufficient, that
the man of God may be thoroughly fur
nished." (II Timothy iii, 15-17.)
The Emperor Constantine, a convert
to Christianity, noted that the teach
ings of the various bishops were quite
contradictory. Although not baptized.
he recognized that if these teachers
were Divinely guided their testimony
would be harmonious.
Constantine, in A. D. 325. convened
the Council of Nice called an "Apos
tolic Council." because the bishop?
were thought to be living apostles.
- Although Emperor Constantine prof
fered transportation free, only about
one-third of the bishops attended 3S5.
For days, weeks and months dis
putes prevailed; and fi Dally the Em
peror gave the decision respecting the
wording of the Creed. ) And that Ni
cene Creed was promulgated as the
Christian Faith; and the edict went
forth that all who would not accept it
should be banished. Thus uniformity
of Faith was effected by a worldly
prince.
For twelve centuries after this. Apos
tolic Succession continued, operating
through "Apostolic Councils" and
creeds. Is it any wonder that in all
those fifteen centuries the Truth itself
wa3 buried under a mass of supersti
tion, error, false doctrine?
Bible the Torch of Progress.
For four centuries the Bible has been
coming back to the people. Proportion
ately liberty has been enlightening the
world. Ignorance, superstition and
persecution have been yielding to no
bility and justice. We all praise God
that we live in a day when it is no
longer considered Godlike. Christlike
to persecute others!
But. alas! for the past fifty yeare the
influence of the Bible is on the wane!
Infidelity, styled Higher Criticism, is
rapidly undermining faith in the Bible.
The present Pope, realizing the situa
tion. has banned Higher Criticism in
all Catholic institutions and has issued
an order that the faith of all Catholic
ecclesiastics and teachers be tested by
oath. He sees, too, that faith in Apos
tolic Succession is gone from the mass
es. and that to preserve religious faith
the masses must be directed back to the
words of Jesus, the Twelve Apostles
and the Prophets, as the only inspired
authority on religion. We commend
his course and rejoice In it.
E. T. MASS
SHERIFF
Candidate for Re Election.
Democratic Nominee.
TO THE LEGAL VOTERS OF
CLACKAMAS COUNTY:
Being a candidate for re-election
and believing my first duty to be- to
attend to the duties! of the office to
which I was elected and therefore be
ing unable to interview the voterB in
person, I take this method of familiar
izing the public of an outline of what
has transpired in the sheriff's office.
I desire to call attention to the fact
that the 1910 tax roll was $75,000 larg
er than 1909, the the 1911 tax roll $ 150,
000 larger than 1910 that owing to the
increase of population, etc., of the
county, 1,000 more tax receipts were
ssued in 1910 than in 1909 and ,3,500
more than when my opponent was
last chief deputy sheriff Therefore this
office waited on 1000 more tax payars
than did tne sheriff of 1910, and 3500
more tax payers than when my oppo
nent was last chief deputy. Thejre
were 30 more cases in the Circuit
Court in 1911, not . including County
Court cases, such as non-support of
family or contributing to the delin-
quincy of minors, etc., that there were
20 more in jail in 1911 than in 1910.
As shown by the records kept by my
opponent, there were, only four men
in jail in four years when he was last
deputy sheriff, against 81 in my first
year. The fees for serving civil pap
ers in one year were one half more
than the whole four years my oppo
nent was deputy, last.
That owing to increase of popula
tion there was a general increase in
crime. There were two blind murder
cases, one very brutal and atrocious,
in which I made every honest and
possible effort to apprehend the
guilty parties, for which effort I was
commended by the grand jury in their
final report and the following letter
which I hereby submit. If you ap
prove of this record, I solicit your sup
port for re-election.
E. T. MASS,
Sheriff.
Safe For a Short Distance.
A. young man who Is blessed with a
Scotch kinsman need never fear that
he will be allowed to bold too high an
opinion of himself.
"What do you think of my project to
study law?" asked young Wltherby of
his great-uncle. Robert Donaldson.
person whom be was desirous to pro
pitiate.
"I should call it a vera harmless
amusement," said Mr. Donaldson dry
ly after a comprehensive survey of the
young man's fatuous, face and gay at
tire, "if not carried too far."
(Paid Advertisement.)
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TO THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS
OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY
On account of recent attacks made
for political purposes on the standing
and official worth of Sheriff E. T.
Mass. I am comDelled bv a sense of
tairness and jutness to make refer
ence in this public manner to the re
volting crime that robbed me of a
beloved 'daughter and her husband and
two beautiful and innocent grandchild
ren tnat were tne joy and sunshine
of my declining years. I refer to the
murder ot William Hill, his wife and
two children.
I desire to say as emnhaticallv as
it is possible for human utterance to
make it, that in the official investiga
tion undertaken by Sheriff Mass im
mediately follwing that foul crime
and which has been pursued with
flogged determination and without in
termission up to the present time, he
nas done all and more than could be
expected of an honest, intelligent and
emcient omcer. More than this, he
has accomplished that which, had he
Deen given the support and assistance
to which he was entitled by right and
by law from the state's officials, would
have enabled him to bring to justice
me perpetrator of the foulest crime
ever committed in the state.
These statements are made hv mo
with a full and intimate knowledge
oi tne tacts. That which is done can
not be undone, and -no human aerencv
can return to me and mine the loved
ones so brutally slain. But I can and
do render the tribute of appreciation
to the honest worth of Sheriff Mass.
As a sorrowing father and erand
father I thank and honor him: as an
old time resident of Clackamas Coun
ty I commend to my friends and to
those residents of the county who
hold honesty and efficiency in an offi
cial above the lying utterances and
seinsn motives of petty Dolltieians.
THOMAS F. COWING,
No. 334 Worcester Bldg.,
Portland. Or
October 12, 1912.
The Secret of Golf.
The true secret of successful golf Is
accurate iron play. A man cannot be a
really first class .player unless he I
more or less a master of all manner of
iron clubs. Deadly accurate approach
ing will make up for many defects in
wooden club play, and in consequence
it is the iron clubs above any other
with which a player should practice. I
am not going to say that it is necessary
for a player to be a complete master of
every class of iron shot and to have in
timate knowledge of the correct way ot
playing them, but I will say that it is
absolutely necessary for a player who
Is anxious to attain any great measure
of success to have a good command of
his Iron clubs. Outing.
Adam's Mistake.
Eve had Just come in from the wood,
where she had gathered unto herself a
fine new costume of autumn leaves.
"How do you like my new dress. Ad-
die?" she said, striking an attitude be
fore him.
"It's a peach." said Adam admiring
ly.
"No, dear; it's a maple." returned
Eve.
It was about this time that it began
to be rumored about that women have
no sense of humor. Lippincott's.
Roosevelt Vote
Looms Immense
NEW YORK HERALD POLL CON
CEDES HIM VICTORY.
Metropolitan Newspaper Bitterly
Opposed to Progressive Candidates
Finds Small Comfort for Any'
Others in Contest.
Though bitterly opposed to the elec
tion of Theodore Roosevelt, the New
York Herald, by its own figures,
gives the strongest hope of success
to the Progressive Party yet held
forth. To date the Herald has held
two polls of the sentiment in various
parts of the nation, and the conclu
sion to be drawn from both of these
is that a Roosevelt landslide will
occur In November.
The first poll, taken about two
weeks ago, indicates that in New
York Roosevelt will have a plurality
of 239,000 over Taft, who will be his
nearest competitor.
16,000 Over Wilson.
In Connecticut, in this same poll,
the Herald concedes Roosevelt a
plurality of 16,000 over Wilson and
plurality of 23,000 over Taft Penn
sylvania is conceded to Roosevelt
without any doubt; and in Indiana
the Herald sets forth that Roosevelt
will have a plurality of at least 16,000
over Taft
So startling did these conclusions
seem to the Herald that a more ex
tensive poll was taken, returns from
which were published October 6.
This second review of the political
situation shows Roosevelt in undis
puted lead in eleven states, and puts
Taft in third place in all but five
states, in these five his position be
ing second by a narrow margin. In
eleven other states covered by the
poll Roosevelt support is shown to
be growing at a remarkable rate, and
tremendous votes in his favor are
indicated.
More Roosevelt States.
Details of this second Herald poll
show that in Wyoming every poll
and straw vote taken gives Roosevelt
a bis lead over all. In Montana a
safe plurality is indicated, while in
Colorado a landslide of ten to one in
Roosevelt's favor is indicated.
The Herald concedes Oregon to
Roosevelt by 12,000 plurality. In
California a plurality of between 100,
000 and 150,000 is indicated for
Roosevelt and Johnson, with a simi
lar victory for the state Progressive
ticket
Nebraska, in spite of the efforts of
Bryan, is regarded by the Herald as
safe for Roosevelt, while Pennsyl
vania is shown to be still stronger
for the Colonel than the first poll
indicated.
Twice as Many as Taft.
Michigan is set down as favoring
Roosevelt to the extent of 50,000
plurality. In Kentucky the Herald
believes that Roosevelt will receive
twice as many votes as Taft, while
Kansas is reported as being over
whelmingly in ttfe Roosevelt column.
A plurality of over 100,000 is indi
cated in Illinois.
Aside from these states the Herald
poll shows 50,000 votes for Roosevelt
in Alabama; a third of the total
vote in Georgia; a large percentage
of the Confederate soldiers' vote in
Arkansas; from 25,000 to 75,000 dem
ocratic votes in Tennessee, and a
large vote in Louisiana.
Indiana is regarded as safe for
Roosevelt; 25,000 votes axe conceded
him in Mississippi; Missouri shows a
rapidly growing strength in his favor;
and Maine and New Jersey are re
garded as fertile soil for the growth
of Roosevelt sentiment.
The Herald finds that In Massa
chusetts the fight is entirely between
the Progressive Party and the Dem
ocrats, and Roosevelt is regarded as
a favorite.
This report from a paper avowedly
opposed to Roosevelt, is regarded as
being one of the most striking in
dications of the strength of the Pro
gressive Party leader.
CATTLE MARKET HAS
The Portland Union Stock Yards
Company reports as follows:
Receipts for the week w.ere 1262, 56
calves calves, 3633 hogs, 5880 sheep
and 26 horses.
There was some little difference
of opinion among buyers and sellers
as to whether or not the cattle market
was" as high last week as any time
during the fall. There was an unde
niable stiffening in prices as compar
ed with the week previous, and it was
generally conceded that the market
was full strong and in some particu
lars higher than last week. A glance
at the scales will show steers at $7
and cows at ?6.50.
The hog market was strong to 15c
higher this week. Buyers stated that
the advance in price was due to the
extreme quality of the offering There
has not been a great deal of quality
to the hogs that have been offered
this fall. Growers have not taken the
trouble to finish, their hogs, rushing
them into the market in only a fairly
fat condition. This; has had at tenden,
cy to . reflect on the prices.
The sheep market was fully strong
throughout.
Many Brokers in Line.
While speculators and capitalists
are not in sympathy with Theodore
Roosevelt or with the Progressive
Party, it is interesting to note that
in a poll taken of brokers and deal
ers in the New York stock exchange,
84 men were found who declared with
Tigor that they were for the Colonel.
Three of these brokers said they
were out and out Bull Moosers; 29
declared that they were Republicans
who were going to vote for Roose
velt, and two said they were Demo
crats, but were going to vote for
Roosevelt for president.
Travelers Favor Colonel.
Travelers from The Dalles to Port
land upon an O.-W. R. & N. train
were polled for an expression of po
litical preference on October 7, and
the ballotiag showed a good lead for
Colonel Roosevelt , The vote stood:
Roosevelt 74, Wilson 21, Taft 20 and
Debs 4. Just before the train left
The Dalles a poll was taken in one
of the leading hotels, and showed
file three leading candidates about
evenly favored, the figures being 21,
20 and 19.
Roosevelt Is Favored.
Employees of the commercial de
partment of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company are more
than two to one in favor of R6os
velt tor President, according to a
Straw vte taken recently.
Buttons in Demand.
A number of cigar stores in Port
land have been giving away Roose
velt Wilson and Taft buttons with
each purchase. Two of these stores
have already been forced to send
for a new supply of Roosevelt but
tons, but the Wilson and Taft slgr.i
seem to hold out well. ,
Tillamook County Right
A poll of Nestucca precinct, Tilla
mook county, taken by John Hellen
brand, Progressive committeeman,
hows the following result: Roose
velt 30, Wilson 20, Taft and Debs
B each.
Prevailing Oregon City prices are as
follows:
DRIED FRUITS (Baying). Prunes
on basis 6 to 8 cents.
HIDES (Buying), Green bides 6c
to 7c; salters 7c; dry hides 12 c to
14c; sheep pelts 30c to 85c each.
EGGS Oregon ranch eggs 35 and
38 cents case count-
FEED (Selling), Shorts J27; bran
$25; process barley $38 per ton.
FLOUR $4.60 to 5.50.
POTATOES New, about 50c to 60c
per hundred.'
POULTRY (Buying) Hens 11c;
spring 13c, an droosters 8c.
HAY (Buying) .Clover at $9 and
$10; oat hay best $11 and $12; mix
ed $10 to $12; alfalfa $15 to $16.50;
Idaho timothy $20; whole corn $40;
cracked $41.
OATS $26; wheat $1.05 bushel;
oil meal selling about $55; Shay
Brook dairy feed $1.30 per ' hundred
pounds.
Butter, Poultry, Eggs.
BUTTER (Buying), Ordinary coun
try butter 30c and 35c; fancy dairy
80c roll.
Livestock, Meats.
BEEF (Live Weight), Steers 5 l-2c
and 6 l-4c; cows 4 1-2 and 5c; bulls
3 l-2c.
MUTTON Sheep 3c to 5c.
PORK 10 12c and 11c.
VEAL, Calves 12c to 13c dressed,
according to grade.
CHICKENS 11c.
MOHAIR 33c to 35c.
Fruits
APPLES 70c and $1; peaches 50c
and 65c; crab apples 2c lb.
VEGETABLES
ONIONS lc lb; peppers 7c lb; toma
toes, 50c; corn 8c and 10c a doz.
A Good Rule.
When thou wishest to give thyself
delight think of the excellences of
those who live with thee for instance,
of the energy of one. the modesty of
another, the liberal kindness of a third.
Marcus Aurelius.
A ueaa una.
The doctor says that 1 ' will live
about a year."
"That will be a great change for
yon."
"What wUir
"Living." New York Press.
- Heligoland's Sundays.
The Sabbath begins in Heligoland at
6 o'clock on Saturday evening, when
the church bell is rung, and ceases on
the following day at the same hour.
At one time no vessel was permitted
to leave the port during the Sabbath.
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