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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1901. LENT . 18 AT HAND Wednesday the First Day of the Season, SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES Strict Observance by Catholic and High. Chnrch Epincopallans Spe cial Religions Work In First . 3Ietliodlst Chnrch. Lent, with penitence and prayer. Is at hand. Wednesday will be the first day of the Lenten season. Society will rest, and the round of parties and dances will cease for a time. Lent will be observed by nearly every Christian denomination but will be rig orously observed by the Catholic church nnd the high church party of the Prot estant Episcopal church. In the Cath olic churches the vestments and altar cloths will be of purple, the emblem of penance. The music at the celebration or "high mass will be simple and solemn, not elaborate, and the sermons will call the congregations to fasting, prayer and deeds of charity. The pastoral letter of Archbishop Christie has already ap peared in The Oregonlan. Beginning on "Wednesday, there will be low masses at C:30, 8 and S o'clbck A. M., and every "Wednesday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, there will be a rosary, sermon and benedic tion. Every Friday evening at 7:30 there will be a "Way of the Cross" and bene diction. This wJll continue until Holy "Week, when there will be special devo tional services on "The Passion of Our Lord," on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Saturday. Then will come the glory and awakening, on Easter Sunday. Members of Protestant Episcopal churches, and especially those who are high churchmen, will conscientiously keep Lent. They will not have the nu merous Lenten services of the Catholics to attend, it is true, but special Lenten j-ervlces have been arranged. As a prom inent Episcopalian expressed it, yester day: "Lent is a time to know the Inner man. It is the time to step up to a higher level, to examine the motives which pre vail strongest In us. The central Idea of Lent is to revive and to Intensify all the Christian graces and activities we have." A pastoral letter has been sent by Bishop Morris to the congregations of the diocese of Oregon. In part, it is os follows: "I am most anxious that this season of Lent, now so close at hand, shall prove to you all a blessed help In your reli gious life, and to this end I avail myself of the following wise and most fitting counsels of the bishop of Missouri to his people, with the hope that you will lay them to heart, and strive to make these swift-flying days a positive gain and advantage in the great work for which life was given: 'The chief purpose of this season set apart by the church Is to intensify, deepen, broaden and re peat the special Christian acts which make the most for growth in the spirit ual life. Keep in the atmosphere of prayer, control the temper, master the appetite toward God, think of self and what you are toward others, be patient and gentle, forgetful of self, serene and watchful.' " At Trinity Episcopal Church, on Ash Wednesday, there will be a morning service at 10:30 and an evening service at 8. There will be the usual Sunday serv ices, and holy communion at S A, M. On weekdays, the services will be: Mon days, at 4:30 P. M.; Tuesdays, at 4:30 P. M.; Wednesdays, at 10:30 A. M. and 4:30 P. M.; Thursdays, at 4:30 P. M.; Fridays, at 10:30 A. M. and 8 P. M. Methodists will also keep Lent. In the First Methodist Church reminder, is sued yesterday, this notice appears: "It Is now the season of the year, according to the calendar of the church, when every Christian body goes Into special religious work. On Wednesday, the Lent en season begins and the Christian world commits itself to religious enterprises. bpeciai revival meetings will be held at the First Methodist Church every evening this week, except Saturday. The Presbyterian, Baptist and other churches also are in line for a special season of religious work. LIKE WINTER OF 1856. A Pioneer's Recollections of Other Conditions. "This Winter is very similar to that of 1856 'writes Gust Murhard. an old set tler from Vancouver, Wash. "Still that Winter was milder, as the peach trees were in full bloom by the last of Febru ary, and the only snow we had was a light fall between Christmas and New Year's. I have noticed ever since my ar rival In Portland in the Fall of 1S55. that If a Winter is Inclined to be mild, and the wind goes to the cold quarter the northeast at the change of the moon, it soon veers to the southeast and south, and vice versa, when the Winter is In clined to be cold. "When I first came to Portland we usu ally got the cold spell about December 17. and the freeze-up of the rivers gave away in the fore part of January with a big flood. October was usually called the Indian Summer, and February was also a pleasant month. This rule seems to have undergone a change, perhaps from the clearing of the land." The Weather Bureau has no account of climate in the Northwest prior to 1871, so Mr. Murhard's statement cannot be compared with the official record. Scien tific observers, however, do not permit the moon's changes to enter their calcula tions, as these are not given credit for having any Influence on the climate. Weather Indications are now based upon conditions existing in distant localities, where storms have well-defined paths! Winter storms usually strike this country on the coast of Northwestern Washing ton or "Vancouver Island, and travel east ward or southward according to the baro metric pressure at points in the interior. The conditions cannot be telegraphed from any point on the ocean, and so very sudden changes may take place 100 miles to the westward of the coast without the knowledge of the Weather Bureau. This necessarily renders forecasts faulty at times. "Guessing by the moon has been rele gated to the past by the modern observ er," said a weather official yesterday, "and If there was anything to connect weather changes with the moon, scientific men would have long since figured it out. However, there are many good people who still go their pile on the weather predic tions in the almanacs, which are based upon the changing quarters of the moon. In fact, one of our volunteer observers on the Oregon coast is quite a crank on the moon's nhases, and Insists upon be ing supplied with a lot of patent medi cine almanacs every year. Sometimes he makes startlIng,predlctions from the al manac, and foretells dire storms for the Northwest coast which never materialize. This failure of Nature to keep her prom ise to him does not discourage him. how ever, and he is up and smiling with an other storm predction in a few weeks again. "The Weather Bureau is likely to hear quite frequently from any miscalculation It makes In regard to what the climate will be on a certain day, but its numer ous truthful predictions are quickly for gotten. The patent medicine almanac will continue to have its supporters throughout the generation, although nine tenths of Its guesses fall to reach the mark." RECORD CROP OF FRUIT. Favorable Prospects In First and Third Districts. Prospects are good for large fruit crops this year In the first and third horticul tural districts. The trees have passed through the Winter In fine condition and the approach of Spring finds them bright ly barked and strong, and the buds well developed. The apple tree anthracnose, one of the worst fungus diseases the Oregon orchardist has to contend with, is less prevalent than formerly In the first district,, and the pestiferous San Jose jale seems to be" disappearing. The third district has had exceptionally favorable weather and the Indications point to a record crop. Writing from Dllley, Commissioner Wilbur K. Newell, of the first district, says: "The season of 1900 was very favorable WILL COMPETE IN OREGON INTER-COLLEGIATE ORATORICAL CONTEST. Y ZiiJtlLrn.r y! III I V jwHpy CORVALLIS. Or., Feb. 17. Herman Tartar, '02, who will represent the State Agricultural College In the Intercollegiate ora torical contest, Is 19 jears of age" He was born at Airlle. Polk County. January 4. ISS2. His father la Nicholas Tartar, a profes sional school teacher, who attended the Agricultural Coll-se for three 3 ears about 23 j ears ago, and who has since been engaged In teaching In Polk County. The jounger Tartar graduated from the public school at PeDee, Polk County, at the age of 14. For the next two jears he was employed at farming In the -vicinity. He matriculated at the Agricultural College three sears ago, and en tered the agricultural course. In vhfch he Is now a junior. At the college he has earned hlu way, for the first two jears as an as sistant on the farm, and this ear at janitor work about the buildings. He has cry high grades In all his classes, and Is a bright joung man. His appearance la the local contest for representative was his first attempt In oratory. His subject was: "The Trend of Democracy." SALEM, Or., Feb. IT. Raymond E. Kerr, who is to represent "Willamette University In the state oratorical contest, to be held at Conallls. March 15. la a brother of Professor Loran A. Kerr, of the department of natural science, of the university. He Is the son of an attorney of Miami County. Ohio, his home being at Tippecanoe City, in that state. After graduating from the Tippecanoe City High School, the town of his birth, he spent two echool years at Ohio "Wesleyan University, Delaware, O., and completed the work of the first term of the Junior jear. He came to Salem in September last, and has since been a student at Willamette UnUerslty. for the growth of fruit trees, even If the crop was not all that had been expect ed. The weather in the Fall was Ideal for the proper ripening of the new wood, nnd the trees entered the Winter In the best possible condition; hence the out look at the present time Is as favorable as could be asked for. Trees that have been well cared for show a bright, clean bark, and very strong, well-developed fruit buds. Reasonably favorably wea ther during the Spring will insure a bountiful fruit crop for Oregon. "With each succeeding year a larger per cent of first-class fruit Is produced. The severe Winter of two years ago. and the other discouraging features of the business have about eliminated the or chards planted on unsuitable lands, or put out during boom times for specula- tive purposes. The old orchards of pioneer days are rapidly being removed, and the orchards that now produce the most of the fruit have been carefully planted and tended by men who are mak ing fruitgrowing their business. "During the past season the apple tree anthracnose, the worst fungus dis ease we have, was much less prevalent than In the preceding season. The San Jose bcale also was less numerous than usual, partly owing to vigorous warfare against It, partly to natural causes. On the whole, present conditions and prospects are satisfactory." Commissioner A. H. Carson, of .the third district, writes from Grant's Pass: "At this date the fruit crop promises large for 1901 In Southern Oregon. Var ieties of all kinds are full of fruit buds, and the temperature during the Winter thus far h'as been favorable for them. lor mem. i Up to date there has been no extremely ' "" " r " A": , " "(L ' Zy," . , j,j v, wnf tthi i we must consider those who are fighting warm weather during tne inter, witn ) . . .. .v.-. .v. sudden changes to freezing, to do fruit , fiL J5 nthI trees any harm, and unless the climatic ' the uniform of rebellion, wear the conditions should occur later I predict ' f?,.?1?! flA5 an Immense crop in this section this und" the flag of pracUcal atheism And year. We have had some snow In the 1 no "Z of attainment, no loftiness valleys that remained on the ground , of scholarship, no open-handed liberality for a short time, and the mountains are ve a man who Is In rebellion covered at this date. My observation is i fnsi 5?' " ls " necessary l so that when we have plenty of snow, trees through riot and waste to come to fam Wlnter much better than with a warm, lne and helplessness: It Is only neces- open Winter, and the sharp freezes while the trees are In bloom In March and April hardly ever occur the snow." when we have AGAINST POLITICAL SYNCRE TISM: Keep the F'lreii Burning? Party Altars. the PORTLAND. Or., Feb. 17. (To the Ed itorsIn yesterday's Issue Mr. Allen ad vises the Democrats of the Legislature not to vote for Judge Williams, but for some one else, provided he be a Repub lican. If the Republicans could agree on Judge Williams I think they would honor themselves and the state. But if there be not one Republican in the stat on whom they can agree, what Is the matter. Just for variety's sake, with a few Republicans joining the Democrats to elect a Democrat Mr. Inman, for example? I think a man should never sacrifice principle to party, but I also think a man should never sacrifice party to some other party's family quarrel. The Repub licans have an overwhelming majority. They can elect any one they please. If they cannot arise above political faction, I see no reason why a Democrat should help either, and if the Democratic pha lanx has the balance of power, let the Republicans come to them. I for one am tired of Democrats being eternally expected as a matter of course to help pome Republican faction out of a hole. C. E. S. WOOD. Sunday Blaze Costs ?200. A defective flue caused a $200 blaze last night at J. Bingham's house, on Eight eenth street, near Everett- Don't wait until you are sick before trying Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get a vial at once. You can't take them without benefit. The O. R. & N. Is storing about 1000 tons of Ice at La Grande. It Is trans ported from North Powder. FRENZY OF WAYWARDNESS SERMON' BY REV. A. W. ACKERMAN OX THE PRODIGAL SON. "The Difference Bettven "Wrong; and Sin" Discussed br Rev. H. "W. KelloRgr In Other Churches. At the First Congregational Church the pastor. Rev. Arthur W. Ackennan, preached on "The Frenzy of Wayward ness." The sermon was one of the se ries on the parable of the Prodigal Son. The text was the fourteenth and fif teenth verses of the fifteenth chapter of Luke's gospel: "And when he had spent all. there arose a mighty famine In that land; and he began to be In want. "And he went and Joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him Into his fields to feed swine." The speaker said in part: "Jesus has revealed to us In this par able the very pit of self-assertion, the frenzy of waywardness. Not that we are to suppose that every sinner must get to the bottom of It, but to show us the danger which attends every downward course, and also that even though a man shall wallow In the depth of It the Fath er still loves him, waits to hear his weak est filial cry. or to learn of the first manly resolution. First we discover that the young man comes to a new choice. Startled at his condition he must ask what is best to do. Shall he go home In the hope that the father will be mer ciful? But that would be giving up all that he had counted precious. Do you not know how difficult that would be? How that man would look about for some way of escape that would involve less self-denial? So men choose to turn their backs upon the only way to the Father and the better life; endeavor to discover a way for themselves that they may re trieve their soul's disaster without sub mission and confession. "The result of such a choice is beggars'- Instead of humbling himself and going back, he humiliates himself by seeking protection of another. He glued himself In desperation and frenzy; he bound himself with hoops of steel, to one who is confirmed In Ws intention to do the deeds of darkness. Tou must not allow the significance of that act to es cape j'ou. Before this we have consid ered how men drift on the current of their own will with no definite antag- . . v -cvwv,,,.. .t .... n v.... ?' w "" "'"''"" " uppusmon u the man leaps Into the far country and goes over to the enemy. "Then comes slavery. Jesus said that a man who begs for service of , the evil doer shall get a slave's task. Christ says, 'Arise, shine!' the world says, 'Grovel In the mire.' Christ says, 'Feed my sheep'; the world says, 'Feed the swine.' Christ says, 'Preach the good news'; the world says, T31ack my shoes.' Have 3'ou ever thought of the difference between John B. Gough, a little child In his mother's arms, looking Into his moth ers face with childlike Innocence, and John B. Gough lying in the gutter with a bloated face, bloodshot eyes and thick, en-ed tongue, and a woman's tenderness covering It all out of sight with a hand kerchief? But the degradation of soul Is as complete as this degradation of the body. "And the end of it all Is a hungering that may not be satisfied In the service of sin. One may be filled, but not fed by the food that ls thore to De had. It ls not only the mark of the beast In the forehead, but the heart of the beast, and the appetites and disgusting peculiarities of the beast that men come to. The highest natures are capable of the deep est Infamy. This was the father's son and typifies the sons of the heavenly Father, and now he ls come to be akin to the hogs. Students of vice and crime In these last days enable me to say that In all probability the most degraded man In Portland tonight ls a child from a civilized home, and has had the bless ings of civilization showered upon him. The most degraded specimen of woman hood In the city tonight ls probably a white woman who has grown up In the light of these last days; It would not be strange to find that she is a graduate of our public schools, and at some time has been a pupil In come Sunday school. "And here ls the kernel of the parable. Jesus seems to say, 'Is that bad enough? Has the young man gone far enough? He has wasted himself until he ls help less; he has consciously rejected the op portunity of go"ng back to God; he has tied himself up to an evil-minded man; he has become the slave of sin, the bond servant of unrighteousness; his soul is starving while he seeks to fill it with that Which will not feed him. Are you satisfied, you Pharisees who despise me because I am willing to receive sinners? If so, the truth is that the father still loves the boy; there Is no bottomless pit of evil that Is deeper than the bound less love of God." That Is the teaching of this parable. The father In heaven and In the hearts of men Is waiting tonight for the return of the wandering sons, though they may have gone to the ut termost reach of the far country. He Is throwing out his love lines and sending his messages of warning and entreaty. He Is calling tho boys home tonight." "THE PLACE OF CONSCIENCE." Rev. Dr. McLean On Its Influence On Civilisation. At the Third Presbyterian Church. East Ninth and Oak streets, yesterday morn ing Rev. Robert McLean delivered a sermon on "The Place of Conscience In the Development of Civilization." His remarks were based on the text. Acts xxlv :16, "And herein do I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offense toward God and toward men." .In part he said: 1 "Napoleon BonaDarte was accustomed to say that civilization traveled in a powder car. In a measure this Is true, for there Is no instance In history of a nation lifting Itself up out of barbarism Into civilization without some outside agency. Such a transformation can be brought about only from without, as the power ls not latent. The contact of na tions through war or other ways gives rise to new Ideas and customs and cer tainly develops the civilization of the less enlightened nation. Whence came the mighty civilization of Egypt? From another country, for each nation has prof ited by the civilization of its neighbor or conqueror. "From the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ comes the power that lifts up, and It might be called the outside In fluence. This power ls conscience, and In it lies the Influence of Christian nations. Let us look to the greatest examples In history of the downfall of conscienceless cities. In the palmiest days of Tyre and Sldon, even while they were at the zenith of their worldly power and glory, the prophets predicted a final overthrow of all their greatness. And tt was so. Are they not as desolate today as the Desert of Sahara? And why? But the question almost answers Itself In their records we find that they were without conscience toward God or man. They were cruel and savage as beasts In their attitude toward captives. They were ab solutely shameless toward God In their art as well as conscienceless toward men. True, the people were cultured and highly skilled In art, but art cannot save. When all the moral principles are disobeyed, there Is no saving power, even if a high state of culture and art has been reached. The God-given power of con-, science, which Is Innate in man unless destroyed by him. Is what saves. Though Intangible, we know It exists, for there ls no one but has heard Its warning. It 13 the thing that says. "Thou oughtest,' and lays the responsibility of sin on man Through It God appeals to man. It Is tho right which, together with reason keeps him above tho beast. When con science Is surrendered, human liberty goes with It, It was this power that sustained Washington through the long struggle for Independence. There was no possibility of personal gain for him but a sense of duty buoyed him up through the discouraging periods of the war. "But for conscience, civiHza'tlon would have been turned back and scientific truth would never have been discovered. For men who delve In those subjects do It from pure love and devotion. When human liberties are In peril, the men of conscience are always to be depended upon. It Is always these men who bear the Nation through a crisis. In fidels are too easily swayed and too pliant to stand firmly when a belief be comes unpopular. But men. strong in religious belief and possessed of con sciences, stand for the right, regardless oi opinion. "A certain materialism has crept into iuu uu5infS3 worm, conscience. In a great many cases. Is blotted out by the endeavor of men to acquire wealth. Its dictates are deadened as they push to the wall the proprietors of smaller businesses. No one has any right to acquire riches at the expense of his brother. His conscience ls dead when he does it. God says that we owe some thing to our fellow-mortals, and surely this does not mean that we are to crush him to the earth. If by so doing we can grind a few dollars out of him. His right to live must not be Ignored In our efforts to pile up wealth. 'Some unscrupulous, conscienceless people will go so far as to use the church as a means of protection. We have on record a certain church in New York that for years has rented houses for infamous purposes. Also, there is an instance of a man putting his property in the church's name to avoid paying legitimate taxes. In all reform work there is no success unless It ls based upon conscience. If conscience, the eye and ear of the soul, is dead, we cannot be reached by the powers of religion. or by any other power. The conscience must be schooled, taught and developed so that it Is our mentor and our safeguard." DISCUSSED "WRONG AND SIN." Sermon by Rev. H. W.TCellops Point ing Out tke Difference. Rev. H. W. Kellogg preached yesterday morning at the Taylor-Street Methodist Church on the topic, "The Difference Be tween Wrong and Sin." He chose as his text, I John 111:9: "Whosoever Is begotten of God doeth no sin." He said in part: "This astonishing utterance can bear no rational approval except that sin ls under stood to be an action. It does not deny the other facts concerning sin which allow other definitions. Faults and deficiencies, the remnant of a lower and beastly na ture which still clings to all man's thoughts, feelings and actions, are by pop ular opinion catalogued as sins. The text says, 'Doeth no sin,' describing a delib erate action. Moral philosophers are In clined to note four distinct elements which enter into every action: first, the concep tion of the action; second, the resolution to perform It; third, design or purpose of the action; and, fourth, the action per formed. Moral quality la impossible ex cept In the third, 1. e., the purpose'or mo tive directing the action. Two men may give to a third man $10. They both con ceive of the action, both resolve to per form It. and both really place the money In the hand of the man. So far there ls no difference in the moral quality of the act. One, however, gives the money as a bribe to be used in unrighteous work; the other gives It for purest benevolence. The difference ls only In the motive. We are compelled to look here alone for the right or wrong of actions. Here, then, ls to be found the distinction between wrong and sin. All eln ls wrong, but all wrong ls not sin. Sin in action Implies guilt, and guilt responsibility. This Implies knowledge and deliberate Intention. "The responsibility of men Is and ever will be an unknown factor In human life. So many elements enter Into It. Among them are education and training. Those we so often Judge to be criminals, when better known are but wrong-doers, with out much. If any, guilt. Temperament and disposition often reduce to a very low rank real responsibility, and excuse many acts which in their effects are Injurious to society. It is a commentary on the considerate kindness of this age that we are building hospitals, as well as prisons, for so-called criminals, dangerous to so ciety, but, nevertheless, not guilty. The dawn of knowledge changes the entire na ture of the act In Its moral significance, although it may be no worse In Its ef fects. What we did yesterday In inno cence becomes a sin today. We know bet ter now. The man who ls a destroyer of. human life when enlightened becomes a murderer. The act 13 no less horrible In the one case than the other, except to the man. Guilt now follows the act. "I would not mitigate sin. I could not If I chose. It ls too dreadful and de structive in its course in history and in human experience to allow any man to wink at it. Guilt ls the most awful thing a human soul can bear. It Is a raving monster that terrifies and threatens at every step. It follows a man and terri fies him In the night and In the day. It unfits a man. It will betray him and crush his soul. The greatest productions of literary skill and genius are attempts to portray Its Insane sovereignty. Read Shakespeare and Goethe for the best il lustrations of this truth, and In their best creations will be found but the pictures of guilt. Experience has too often made us aware of Its power. No sin ls to be avoided. Sin is to be dreaded and never to be excused. But there Is much that common opinion calls sin, which Is only wrong. No guilt can be attached to It. for responsibility Is lacking. "There are two lessons which this pres entation of the, subject teaches us: First, in reference to ourselves, that we should not bear needless burdens of guilt. We make, mistakes enough and by thought less actions bring to homes and lives sor row and affliction enough to make us weep. But It need not bring us under con demnation. We are to live with a pure purpose. This we should do. The Spirit of God which comes to those who are 'begotten of God' qualifies us to do this. The Inner being Is rectified, purified, and our intentions made sincere and right. This is all we may expect to reach In this present world In the perfection of character. Mistakes may grow less with careful training, but they will ever be our sad lot here. But such a condition, con sistent with blunders and wrongs, does not exclude us from chlldshlp with God. I wonder if that astonishing fact ls not what made the writer exclaim: 'Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the children of God! And such we are.' The Fatherly love, so broad and free, pities us, and docs not blame us. 'Ho re membereth that we are dust.' So we re duce life to a beautiful simplicity under God. who iooketh not as man upon the outward appearance, but who Iooketh on the heart,' "The second lesson for U3 to learn is to be careful of condemning the actions of men when we can know so little of their Intentions This secret room of tho soul cannot be entered by any other. My self and God alone know whst ls going on where purposes are created. The near est friend Is excluded. Sometimes It would bea relief If we could admit an other to Inspect it, but we cannot. The very keepers of the doors which attempt to admit you are susplcloned. To express our inner motive is to betray our true eelf. Why, then, should we with so much of recklessness sit In cruel Judgment on men's guilt? Another fact, one forever concealed from view, might change our blame to pity or praise. Public men are more exposed to this cruel censure than any other class. But either they become too stole. Indifferent or grieved, often lose respect for the people who unjustly con demn them. No true man but feels sen sitively the wrong or unjust blame, how ever little he seems to care for it, "The world ls full of bitterness and cruel feuds, because of misunderstand ings. These may be lessened only by a stricter observance of this law of consid eration. This scripture covers It all: 'Let us love one another.' If God's great love can still retain us In the family In spite of our Injurious actions to others, when done In purity of purpose, our love for others will supply many a needed factor In making up a judgment concerning oth ers quite different from what hatred and envy would do. If this could be done, how this heavy-weighted old world would be lightened of Its Ills and sorrows. On a stormy night I was called Into a de serted part of a big city to visit a house of death. There was unusual bitterness of grief gathered at this bedside. I went J into the street from the scene meditating i on the world's conditions. As I stumbled through the dark, passing an old, dilap idated building In a lonely- place. I was attracted by a song coming from a win dow above me. I think It must have been from two little girls. They were singing In the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.' I stopped In the pouring rain to listen. It was like a song from heaven, a voice of hope, sing ing over the dark world Its message of assurance that a time ls coming when grievances shall be healed and many wrong3 explained, in the land that ls fairer than day.' " "OPTIMIST OR PESSI3IISTI" Sermon by Rev. W. S. Gilbert, of Cal vary Presbyterian. Rev. W. S. Gilbert, of Calvary Pres byterian Church, yesterday morning preached on the topic, "Optimist or Pes simist?" As his text, he chose Deuter onomy xxxlv:l, "And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the moun tain of Nebo to the top of Plsgah, that Is over against Jericho, and tho Lord showed him all the land." In part, he said: "Aside from Christ, there Is no one GRIP Cured In One DR. CARVER'S PRICE Laue-DaYis Drug Co., 3d and Yamhill RAZORS THAT CUT AT CUT PRICES In history that has done so much to di rect the world's life as Moses. His splen did achievement of leading probably 3,000,000 people across desert for 40 years, developing within them a strength of character and religion that the centu ries have not erased, has never been i equaled. His statement of God's law and adaptation of It to men and to affairs ls equaled only by the Sermon on the Mount. "The work that had been assigned to him was faithfully done. The leadership of the people fell upon a younger man. and now he was led up from the plain to a mountain and was permitted to see the land Into which he should not be permitted to enter. He saw a glimpse of what was to be the whole land of the great promises of God. "We are today at the borders of a groat future, Into which we, perhaps, shall not be permitted to enter. It is our privilege to get a vision of that land from God's point of view. Who la there that does not often wonder what shall be? What are to be tho changes In the world during the century now begin ning? From the plain we cannot see nor will we enter far, but from. Nebo's sum mit we can see the land, though not the varied details of its conquest. "Shall politics become more and more corrupt? Will there be a truer brother hood, or does tho world move on to a keener selfishness? Who ls to rule the future of promise, Canaan or God's peo ple? Will lawlessness be tolerated, or will righteousness rule? Will chaos re turn? Will the people again return to bondage? Never! God reigns. The hosts of God may be only yet at the borders, but that kingdom of heaven ls already lifting the world. Man's will ls still free, but his heart ls being won. The covenant between God and man ls sure. All the families of earth shall be blessed. We may not live to see It, but from Nebo's mountain we see It already. There Is vast conquest before the host, but God lead3 on. Many generations and centuries may pass away, but God leads on, and the kingdom of the world shall become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ! "Let us get above the plain, above the monotonous level of life, and get a wider view; not an ethereal. Impractical, un earthly view, but a glimpse of the vast horizon of God's domain. On the street we see the things of the street. Feeling only the hard competitions of the busy life, we say, 'The world is hard; there is no sympathy or love.' The trickster concludes that all of life ls a trick. Men who have met disappointment, who have had every plan thwarted, easily turn pessimist. When we get above the plain and come Into a higher viewpoint,' we come to see that the world ls not all desert, nor murmuring, nor restless pitching of tents, but we see a final tri umph for God and the promise. "Wonderful as is the present, mar velous as has been the past, Nebo's height reveals a transcending future. The best things are to come. Shall we be optimist? Yes, forever yes. Man may be cowardly and may despair, and may even seek, to thwart the right and the truth, but God reigns. From man's plain we might despair, but from God3 height we are sure of victory. The splen did triumphs of Christianity the world around are not dreams. The conquest ls .long and hard, but the land ls ours. "From Nebo's 'height the earnest, ri pened life loves to look into the land be yond. Moses saw the rest that yet re maineth to the people of God, that In heritance, incorruptible, undeflled and that fadeth not away; and with his life faithfully lived and his duty done, he rested there in the mountain with God." MRS. NATION OF KANSAS. A Ratloral Commentary on Her Coarse of Action. Pacific Baptist (Portland), Feb. 13. This woman seized her hatchetand at tacked the drinking "joints" of her town. Sho demolished the furniture and emp tied the liquor Into the streets. She was arrested and put In jail, but the court decided her Insane and refused to let the case come to trial. Now she la a lion with the lecture bureaus, and with some extreme temperance advocates. There is no doubt that the business of selling Intoxicants is outlawed In Kan sas. The barkeeper handling liquor over his counter was as much a law-breaker as a burglar or thief. His business had no claim to protection of any sort. But had this woman any right to take the enforcement of law into her hands? The mirrors and doors which the smashed were property which the saloonkeeper had every right to own. He, as an Am erican citizen, had a right to a fair trial, and any punishment before such trial ls a violation of one of the most sacred privileges. Mrs. Nation represented the same spirit that moved the mob at To peka a few weeks ago when a negro was burned. Her acts did not Involve the same cruelty, but they Involve the samo principle. Mob iaw can never be justi fied. 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