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THE MOHXTNO OTOOOKTAN. MONDAY, APEIL -15, 1901. ANSWERED B. FAY MILLS PORTLAND MINISTERS CRITICISE HIS UTTERANCES. He I Declared to Have Based HIu Universal Religion on Principles Advanced "by Christ. Many Portland ministers combated the doctrines advanced !T-the Rev; B. Fay 21111s In their sermons yesterday. As ex pressed by Dr. Hill, the point ot diverg ence between Mr. Mills and -what the lat ter terms the orthodox ministers is the divinity .of Christ. Dr. Hill asserted that Mr. Mills' .doctrine of .a universal religr ion founded upon the practice of love is 3iot peculiar to Unitarianlsm, but Is basic in Christianity. In this- he was joined by the Rev. J. F. Ghormley and the Rev. H. W. NKelloss. These hold that the Christian-religion Is founded c love, that Mr.1 Mills has abstracted his ideas and jihllosophy .of religion from the Christian faith, and that Christianity .Jias at root the idea ofbelng a world-wide religion. DR. HILL'S SERMON: Logical Arraignment of the Doc trines off Mr. Mills. At the First Presbyterian Church yes terday Rev. Dr. E. P. Hill devoted the morning sermon to a reply to the lectures of Rev. B. 'Fay Mills. Dr. Hill made a logical arraignment of Mills' doctrines. He chose as his text Matthew xxli:41-42, "'While the Pharisees were gathered to gether, Jesus asked them, saying, 'What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?" " "'This morning," said Dr. Hill, "I- come to my task with great heartache. I long to dwell In hearty co-cperatlon with all who delight in the things of the higher 3ife. On thefirst day of the new century J. was permitted to sit on the same plat form with men whose friendship I covet, and gave pledge to stand with them dur ing the unknown years ahead In striving to bring in God's kingdom of righteous ness. But we who were there on that high day are of divergent religious creeds. In points which some of us re gard as vital we radically disagree. By 7he very nature of the case, therefore, there come times when to remain silent da equivalent to an acknowledgment of de feat; to dwell at peace with another ne cessitates a repudiation of one's most charished convictions, while to hesitate , to speak out lest the feelings of men be "wounded Js to refuse to bear witness ot what with,, all our souls we believe to be the truh, thus wounding the great, heart of our blessed Lord and Master. 'A .man who a few years ago went from city to city preaching the gospel of the crucified Son of God. and who won the confidence and love of all whose hope of salvation Is in the cross of Cal vary, has" since renounced his old faith. He return to the city where crowds had listened to his burning words in order to give his reasons for changing his be liefs. His coming Is preceded by the an nouncement that he does not believe less than before, but Infinitely more than he did. Standing on the same platform -with a Jewish rabbi, ne does not hesitate to say that their religious views are the same. Among his reasons for renounc ing his former faith, he says that a study of science and history has led him to the conclusion that Christianity is not an authbritatlve and ilnal religion; that the Bible Is no more inspired than the Koran; and that Christ was the Son of God only In the sense that Socrates and Buddha end Mohammed were children of the divine Father. ''First of all, let us divest the discus sion cf Its non-essential features and get at the heart of the controversy. The speaker, said that one significant change that had taken place in his religious views was in regard to eternal punlsh 3neutj0nce -he believed in, .hell flre,but -now the thought is repulsive to him that any man can be eternally punished for a few little -sins or an intellectual blunder. But the doctrine of eternal punishment is simply a -question In theology. Canon Farrar takes almost the same stand that Mr. Mills does on the subject, and yet he retains an honored place In the Church of England. Mr. Mills says that the re ligion to 'which he has become a convert Is characterized by love, and he pictures a splendid future where the -whole race shall he one great family. In which gen tleness and affection and righteousness 6hall prevail. But, of course, such an ideal is not peculiar to Unitarianlsm. Every Sabbath 3ay, from every pulpit in Christendom, the people are urged to lov one another, even as Christ ioved them and gave himself for them, while prayer Is offered that the time may come speedily when all mankind shall dwell together as one great family. "Mr. Mills believes In a religion of good works, and he proposes to set hefore himself the task of ministering to the eick, comforting the sorrowful and lifting the fallen. It need scarcely be said that good works are not peculiar to "Unitari anlsm. The onward march of the hosts of Christendom has been marked by the iipsprlnging of philanthropies. Hospitals have been erected In the name of him whose ministry was to the sick. Asylums have been built in honor of him who said, 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' While others have played or slept. Christian disciples nave gone forth to sacrifice oand bleedrf and die for their fellows. " ' " "',",, "'Mr. Mills draws attention to some of Vine hard thlng6 concerning the doctrine of the atonement. He cannot believe that the sins of the world can be laid upon an Innocent God. It seems to him a hqrrible doctrine that the loving heavenly Fattier should demand a sacrifice before he will forgive. But the cross always seems a horrible doctrine to those who cannot grasp the thought that while God's jus tice demands that there shall he punish ment for sin, he showed his boundless love by offering himself upon the altar. aul announced his message and prophe sied its reception unto the end of time when he eald; 'We preach Christ cruci fied unto the Jews a stumbllng-hlock and to tha Greeks' foolishness.' ""The vital point of the controversy can he Indicated in no clearer way than hy the question which Jesus asked the Phar isees, 'What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?' The plain issue must not be obscured. For a man to go out to some theological graveyard and haul out of their resting places the dead bodies of burled beliefs in order to show how strong he is by kicking them around reflects no credit on an aspirant for ath letic honors. To designate the t:redo of Christendom by speaking of a partial God, who reveals himself to a few, which no sensible man teaches, or to Intimate that the orthodox Christian believes in the meanness of the terres trial life which is only a polntof view or to talk of a doctrine which makes ar tificial distinctions between the children of God and the children of the devil, which Is only some people's way of de scribing what all people recognize all this Is quite aside from the main point, "What think ye of Christ? This question indicates the line of cleavage, Mr. Mills is right, when he says that the heart of orthodoxy is that God has given us an authoritative and final manifestation-of himself in the person of Jesus Christ. He ipdlcates the spot where the ways part, -when he tells of a time when he began to believe that Jesus was no more divine, save in the degree of his obedience, than every member of the human family. Who was Christ? A mere man or the uniquely divine Son of God? It need (not take us long to find out what the Bible teaches. Centuries before the birth of the won derful babe, a Messiah had been prophesied. Isaiah had told of one who was to appear whose name should be Immanuel; God with us. His "kingdom" was to "be an ever lasting kingdom, and the conse quences of his rule were to he such as flow only from the dominion of God. Mlcah took up the strain and declared that the Messiah-was to be born In Beth lehem, that he was to be the ruler of Israel; that although born of woman, his goings forth had been from- everlasting. Jeremiah, in prophetic vision, announced that the anointed of God was to be a -descendant of David., a King; one who would be called Jehovah our Righteous ness. Daniel declared that the Messiah's kingdom was to absorb all -other king doms; that all people, .nations and lan guages should serve this' great King, and that his dominion should never end. And then Jesus was born In eBthlehem. What ever any one else may believe. It is plain enough that the -writers of the New Testament regarded Jesus as the long-expected Messiah and that they thought of him, as the uniquely divine. Son of God. To them true religion is iot worship of God merely as a spirit, but it consists In a knowledge and love of Christ. Every one is to appear before the judgment seat of Christ. According to their view everyone who" believes that Jesus is God, manifest in the flesh, is born-of. God. The denial of the divinity of Christ is re- LARGEST O. The'O. R. & N..Co. has recently other is doing service in the yards at garded as rebellion against c'God'.. him self. Christ is our life. We" are com plete' In him. Though we die, vet if we trust In him we shall live. His body did not remain In the tomb In Joseph's, gar den, for the Son of God could no.t be holden of death. 4 On Easter morning the risen Lord came forth from the embrace of death and became, the first fruits of them- that sleep. The Apostle John cer- tainly taught that Christ was the unique- J ly divine Son of God. Mr, Mills says that : all men are just as much the sons of God as eJsus was, except In the degree of obedience. Very well,' let Mr. Mills substitute his. .own name for that.of Jesus fit' the first chapter df the "gospel according to St. John and see how it sounds. I scarcely dare", do such a thiogj even as an illustration, but the man who says that he is as much divine as Jesus was demands- that the test be' made, Listen then: 'In the beginning was Mr. 'Mills, and Mr. Mills was with God and Mr. Mills was God. The same was in the'beglhnlng with God. All things were made by Mr. Mills, and without him. was not anything made . that was made. And Mr. Mills was made flesh, and dwelt among us (andwe beheld his glory as df the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth.' God for give me- for such sacrilege. But If Christ was no more divine than the rest, any one of,, us might substitute his .name for that of Jesus without any suggestion of irreverence. "Does anyone raise the question as to what Paul thought of the divinity of Christ? Then let him turn to the Epistles to the Phlllpplans. "No words -could be put together to make the thought more clear; 'Jesus Christ was in the form of God'; i. e., was God in- his nature and manifestations. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God; L e., to claim equal ity with - God was no assumption. Ho clothed himself in flesh. He humbled him self even unto the cross. Therefore, he Is "exalted above everv name that Is named, ha at the name of Jesus, the divine per son clothed In the nature of a man, every knee should bow of things in. heaven, and -things In earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should con fess that Jesus Christ Is Lord. But' If any one is not convinced by that, let him turn to the Epistle to -the Colossians. The very position which-Mr. Mills takes was being assumed by the opponents" of the gospel. Men were saying that God ,bad not ap peared in the flesh, and. that Christ was not uniquely divine. Therefore Paul wrote his epistle to the church at Colosse to combat that very heresy. Does anyone say that Christ was only a man? Listen to Paul: 'He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all" creation, for m him were all things created In the heavens and upon the earth; things visible, and things Invisible, whether "thrones, or do minions, or prlnclpalltles,.-.0r powers; -;all things have been created through him and In him all things consist. And he is the head of. the body, -the church, who is the beginning, the first born from the dead, that In all things .le... might have the pre-eminence, that he might istand alone.' I could occupy the entire hour in giving quotations from the apostles' writings, from the confessions of doubting disciples and the testimony. 'of .those who saw and heard, to show that the New Testament Christ is as high above men as the heavens are above the earth. Christ had power to forgive "sins, and only God has such power. He could make the sea obey his will. Only God can do that. He could call the dead to life. Only God can do that. He had power to lay down his life and to take it again. And no mere man can do that One thing, therefore, is as plain as a demonstration, i. e., the Christ of the New" Testament cannot be classed as a mere man. The, disciples regarded him as one who -was entitled to their worship as God him self and the apostles ascribe to him all ttie attributes peculiar to divinity. "But Mr. Mills has come to that poinf in his Investigations where he Is forced to believe that the Bible is not the word of God in-any other sense than Homer's -Iliad. He feels f ree to expurge from It all that is put of harmony w"th his reason, nut in order not to plunge Into blind atheism he desires" to retain so much as shall leave him a "knowledge of God. In other words, he goes to this hook In order to get the highest concep tion of God which the world 'affords, but he feels at perfect liberty to strike out of it any portions which "may not agree with his precoricelved notion. Before he opens the book he assnmes that Christ is not the uniquely divine Son of God, ana- men, opening tne book, he insists that the portions which do not harmon ize with his assumption are false, while the rest be is even willing to preach. Now suppose, for the sake of argument, we eliminate every reference to miracles latJmai&lfamjmm&tm "" '' Miiirlil- niiillilllliiiiiliirniniiiimrnggiil'iT ti" " ' and all the rapturous ascriptions of adora tion of the apostles, and, hold in abey ance for the moment the Insistence that such an event as the resurrection took place. . Cut out of the Bible the stories of Cana, and the scene on Gerinesaret, and the transfiguration, and the raising ot Lazarus, and the ascension, and every other, incident which superstitious, friends might have' magnified or imagined. Let us think of Jesus as he described "him self, and of that character which we know appeared among men, since to helieve that ignorant fishermen could conjure a myth which" has revolutionized humanity Is a thousand times harder than to believe that the one whom they describe dwelt among them. Take, then, the Christ whom the Rosseaiis and "Voltaires and Renans are willing to say appeared among men, and let us see what sort of- a dilemma our Unitarian friends are in." They admit that Christ was the most perfect man that ever lived. He had an Intellect that lifted him above the greatest thinkers of the 'world to"' a height that is Im measurable, for while others have gropea their ' way th'rough theological problems h announced the truth without mental process. While others here- sought in LOCOMOTIVES IN R. & X. CO:'S 100-TON SWITCH ENGINE. pulnto service two 100-ton switch engines. One is stationed- at Umatilla, and the Portland. They are of Baldwin make, and are the largest switch engines in Oregon. valn for answers to social questions, he announced principles which we are just beginning to grasp. Today we assume that, when a great thinker can prove that his plan is in harmony with the thought of Jesus, he has won his case. The love of Jesus separates him from others by such spaces as are between the stars. To say that anjv man's love is even.suggestive of that of 'him who jelimbed the blood- stained way to Golgotha' is sufficient to immortalize his name. His holiness was such that the samtliest saint draws back in horror from thfe thought that any son of the race should ,dare say lri his pres ence,' 'I, too, am; h'oly.' Strauss said .of Jesus r 'He is the highest mo'del of re ligion within, the . reach" of our thought., Renan said, that 'the highest knowledge of God that ever existed in the bosom of humanity" was that of Jesiis.' When an admirer of, the .great philosopher, Kent, placed his name too near that of Christ, the great thinker nobly said: 'The one name is holy, the other that of a poor bungler doing his best to Interpret him.' And what did this hpliest of the holy have to say concerning 'himself? If Jesus was the highest model of religion' within the reach of our thought, he certainly would not consciously He, and 'to say that he stupidly blundered whenever he made reference to his relation to God Is to relegate him to a place among Idiots. He, the holiest of the holy, -said: 'I and the Father are one That is true, else Jesus deceived his followers. He said: 'Destroy this body and I will raise It up ;in three days.' That is true, else Jesus was playing on the credulity of his listeners. He said: 'Search the Scriptures and they are they which testify of. me.' If that statement is true, Christ was the one towards whom the centuries-had been pointing since the days of Moses. If It is not true, the speaker is brandpd as a fool, an egotist 'or a liar. Nor will It do to explain away the passages in which Christ so plainly announced his divinity since every word he uttered, every deed he performed, is Inextricably a part of his high clalrri. Peter said: 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of 'the living God.' and he accepted, the title as a matter of course. Thomas said: 'My Lord and my God,' and Jesus did not demur. The Jews, under stood plainly that he made himself equal with, -God. and for that blasphemy they cried for his blood. "We are putting aside for the moment the miraculous element in the career of Christ and thinking only of the calm words which he spake and the unique character he bore as he moved among men. Think, then, of the prophecies he 'made, and which in these days, 1900 years afterward, are being fulfilled. . He said, 'On this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.' To those who heard the words they migh thave seemed like the wild dream of a fanatic. But the "startling thing is that after 50 generations have Jived and died, the most careless student of history knows that -what must have seemed a crazy boast has come true. The church of Christ is the great wonder of the ages. Kings have persecuted it learning ' has assailed it, mammonfsm has creptt into it, but here itls today, stronger and more hopeful than ever before In all its history. Christ said with as much confidence as if it had already happened, 'If I be lifted up I will draw -all men unto me.' Think of a' man about to be put to death as 'a common malefactor saying, that his death is to win the attention of nations" yet unborn. It -seemed to be the height of absurdity. But the marvelous thing is that what he said has come truet and that from the vantage ground of the 20th century we can sing with greater con fidence than ever before in the world's history: In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time. AH the light of sacred story GatlrtrV'round its head sublime. "Every effect must have a cause suffi cient to produce It. When we see elec tric cars rushing by, we know that a power greater than a single cell can pro duce is being generated somewhere. When tidal seas sweep over the face of fathom less depths and fling themselves in crys tal glory against opposing shores we know that yonder world Is putting forth its strength. "When stars dash through space like horses of the sky and are turned by the slightest pressure of the rein, we know that the sun god is in his chariot of fire. Great effects must have great causes. So We look abroad over the lands and the centuries. We see men moved to their best heroisms, their holiest aspi rations, their' most glorious ministries. A strange Influence comes Into men's lives, and painters cover canvasses with heavenly visions, architects rear such splendid temples as were never seen be- fore, muolclana touch the strings of harp .or notes of organ as if a divine afflatus had come upon them. Schools of learn ing are established. Hospitals are start ed. Campaigns of righteousness are in augurated. Millions of hearts are com forted, and multitudes are transformed from lovers of sin into lovers of God. And where shall we look for an adequate cause for so stupendous an effect? Some may say, If they choose, that the one In whose -name all this has been done was only a mistaken youth of Gali!ee. I pre fer to believe that he spake truly when he declared himself to be the one of whom Isaiah had spoken as the wonder ful, the miracle of the ages. It Is as sumed by those who regard Christ as a mere man that they can deny him every suggestion of the supernatural and leave intact all the splendid blessings of Chris tianity which the veriest infidel If he be honest must recognize. But a greater mistake could hardly be made. The vic tories of Christianity were not won, and could never have been achieved in the name of a mere man whoae body had rotted in an Eastern tomb. The trans formation which took place In some ig- OREGON. norant fishermen which made them the Invincible heralds of an unconquerable faith was caused by their conviction that Christ had risen from the dead. Saul, the persecutor, became Paul, ""the mighty evangelist, by a vision of the risen Lord. Martyrs gave their blood to be the seed of the church; Boniface plunged Into the forests of Germany, and Augustine led his monks to the savage shores of Britain, I and our own heroic missionaries have i sanctified' the soil of China, not because or their remembrance of a 'dead prophet of Nazareth, but in the name of the liv ing Christ -of glory. Ho absurd to at tempt to retainhe-i-bleBslijgslSf1 Chris tianity and deliberately take, front it the secret of its power? If today you were to take from Christendom Its confidence In a divine and risen Lord, tomorrow you would look off upon the most dreadful desolation-that ever stretched before the eyes of man. The millions, who today in the midst of sorrows manifold and temp tations untold, are brave and strong by reason of the conscious presence of him who said, 'Lo, I am with you al way, even unto the end of the world,' would stagger about dazed and undone If their stay would be gone. The multitudes who are drawing nearer to the end of life as to gates of pearl, repeating the words of-Jesus: 'Because I live ye shall live also,' would suddenly be bereft of their vision splendid, for the promise would mean no more 'than If spoken by Socrates or George Washington or Queen Victoria. And those who today through their tears are looking off towards the house of many mansions would sink down in despair by the graves of their beloved, for He who gave the world the first clear words' concerning the life beyond, if He was only a man knew no more about the unseen world than the suffering patriarch of Uz, who cried out, 'If a man die shall he live again?' If Christ was only a man, then when the next Christmas time draws near, we must give up all thought of sing ing the angel's message or worshiping the Babe of Bethlehem, for such adoration would be as Idolatrous as to bend before any babe In any cradle. And when the next Easter day rolls around no one but a hypocrite would think of decking the church with flowers and praising the risen Christ, for He did not rise at all except In a figure of speech. I cannot under stand how one not believing In the divine Christ can go home from his Easter serv ice and look at himself in a mirror with out blushing with shame at his utter lnr consistency. Thus we are able to get an idea of the workings of the new faith which Mr. Mills has adopted. With one sweep he would destroy all the aspira tions, the comforts, the ministries that spring from faith in the Christ of glory, and then looking over the awful ruins, he would say joyfully, 'I preach a religion of hope, I believe infinitely more than I did. I am a thousand fold happier than I was.' . "There Is just one more item to which I desire to allude quite briefly. Mr. Mills tells us that he has been led -Into Uni tarianlsm by his scientific studies. He leaves the Impression on our minds that one who is familiar with the latest in vestigation in the scholarly world cannot longer hold to the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. In an Interview in Bos ton, two or three years ago he frankly referred to the doctrine of evolution as having been a factor in leading him to change his faith. .Now, surprising as it may seem, along this very path over which the evangelist has gone from ortho doxy to Unitarianlsm, there walked not long ago another man, but in the opposite direction. He was one of the leading sci entific scholars In the world. He was thoroughly familiar with the theories of Darwin and Huxley for he himself had written an elucidation of Darwinism which was recognized as an authority. If any man In all this world was familiar with the flood of light poured upon relig ious questions by the investigations of sci ence, that man was Professor George John Romanes. After Professor Romanes has .surveyed the whole ground and con sidered the new light which had been let in on questions of religion he said, 'I am convinced that the gospel is true.' And in the book which he wrote explaining hi? .change, of views, he used these words: 'Unitarianlsm is only an affair of the reason a merely abstract theory of the mind, having nothing to do with the heart or the real needs of mankind. It is only when It takes the New Testament, tears out a few of Its leaves relating to the di vinity of Christ, and appropriates all the 'rest that Its system becomes In any de gree possible as a basis for personal relig ion.' Therefore, when the explanation is made that a man has surrendered his be lief in the divinity of Christ because of the flood of light which has been poured upon religious questions hy recent re Downing, Hopkins & Co, ESTABLISHED 1SOX EAT AND STOCK BROKER! Room 4, Ground Floor search, it seems evident that he has not read far enough. "That ' was a significant scene which took place the other evening, when a Jew ish rabbi announced his religious Views, and then added that he and Mr. Mills were of the same conviction. During the first years of the Christian church many Jews -became convinced that Jesus was the Messiah. A complete change took place In their convictions. They accepted Christ as their leader, and believed that their sins were cleansed by the blood of Calvary. Persecution came upon them, and some were on the point of surren dering their new faith. Then a letter was written to the Jewish Christians, urging them, to be steadfast In the faith, and -reminding them that the old faith and the new Tvere so radically different that for them to so back to Judaism would be to trample under fqpt the Son of God and to 'coun.t the bloodlof the covenant an un holy thing.' When Saul, a Jew, became Paul, a Chrls'tlan, he thought of his peo ple as separated from him by a fearful chasm, which only, the body of Jesus could bridge. They were living under the law; he under grace. They were blind; the scales had fallen' from his eyes. Therefore, as If pleading with those who were lost, he said: 'If thou shalt con fess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and Aalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shaljt be saved.' There was a day so awful that the sun covered his face with a cloud that he might not see. Jesus, the Son of God, stood before" the high priest, a pris oner in bonds. 'Not a friend did the suf ferer have there save two frightened dis ciples, who dared not announce them selves. With scornful 'face the high priest looked upon the gentle prisoner and despised him because he dared to claim that he was the Messiah, the Son of God. 'I adjure thee, by the living God,' said Calphas, sharply, as If It could not -be- possible -that the prisoner would stubbornly Insist upon his high claim even in the face of death, 'that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of the living God.' Jesus salth unto him: 'Thou hastsaid. Nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming In the clouds of heaven.' Then the high priest rent his clothes, say ing, 'He hath spoken blasphemy.' The other evening a descendant of Abraham again announced tire faith of his ances tors. As Calphas did, he repudiates the Messlahshlp of Jesus. Like the high priest of old, he scorns the thought that .Tmur was the Christ, the Son of the liv ing God. And Mr. Mills takes his place. on the side of the high priest; j. uuse my stand on the side of Jesus." "VANDALISM OF B. FAY MILLS." Sermon by Rev. J. F. Ghormley, at First Christian Church. "The Vandalism of the Rev. B. Fay Mills" was the subject of the. evening ser mon of the Rev. J. F. Ghormley, at the First Christian Church. His' text was: "For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might-be .saved." John iii:17. "Rev. B. Fay Mills came, he had his say, and Is gone," said the speaker. " 'The Church of the 20th Century,' A Universal Religion,'" and "Why I Became a Uni tarian,' were his themes. It was my good, fortune, or misfortune, to hear Mr. Mills on The -Church "of the 20th Century,' andLhlsjutterances on that occasion may have been new tq himself, as they were apparentlrpfetsingr-tO'hltrThefrers. The atmosphere of 'the 20th century Is -so com pletely charged with Christian thought that 11 Is being" unconsciously uttered. Had Mr. Mills presented his '20th century Church' from any other platform than that of Unitarian", the gross deceptions and glittering generalities would have been unnoticed, and he would have left the impression upon one of his sincerity. The fault Is not so much with the things uttered by Mr. Mills, as the source to which, from his standpoint, they are log ically attributed. He denies tne uivmuy of the Christ-love made flesh, this infinite thinker, lover and worker, and seeks to take the fruit of more than 1800 years of his teaching, and hand It out as the prod uct of the bramble-bush of anti-Christ. He represents the 20th century church as a church of 'thinkers,' 'workers,' of 'lov ers,' and one could not help thinking, 'Mr. Mills, you are almost up with the proces sion.' "The church of the New Testament has never been any other kind. It has had in It the best thinkers of every age, the most unselfish workers and lovers, who have faced death in every form for the uplift ing of humanity. From the Man of Galilee to the present time the question has been: 'What thlnkest thou?' 'What thinkest thou of the Christ; whose son is he?' And because of what he was and did. human lips have made reply: Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God. Jesus the Christ was a great doer be cause he was a great lover, and the whole creation was the object of his divine com passion. There was nothing-new in the utterances of Mr. 'Mills, nor in his. let us believe, unconscious, attempt to adorn the temple of occultism with the jewels of thought, the silver Instruments of serv ice, and the golden cups of love taken from the temple of our God and his Christ. The beautiful things presented by 'Mr. Mills, apart from Christianity, are mere abstractions. -The eternal fitness of thlrigs forbids this sacrilege. Adorn this temple of occultism as you may, with the prod ucts of Christian thought, disappointed humanity will turn from this prlestless temple, to seek the world's manger-born redeemer. ''Mr. Mills only hope for a world-wide religion is an entirely new religion. 'We will unite upon the practice of goodness as the practice of religion,' is the chief article in the creed of this would-be new avangellsm. But, sir, this thing is more than 1800 years old. 'Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and the wid ows In their affliction and to keep him self unspotted from the world.' Janies 1:27. Why, sir, a world-wide religion was the burden of the utterances of all the Hebrew prophets. Christ, God's in volution of universal empire, the fulfiller of the prophecies, had no other concep tion of his mission than world-wide and, heaven-hJrh. The brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God were demonstrated in his life and teachings. 'Go ye Into all the world and preach tne gospel to the whole creation,' was his last message tp his apostles. In accepting Unitarianlsm Mr. Mills denies the divinity of Christ:. as he puts it, 'I could not be honest and con tinue to teach that Jesus was uniquely divine.' The God of the Bible is not a partial God; for while his revelations may have been made to the few, the blessings have flown to all, and 'Whoso ever will, may come.' The redeemed shall come out of every nation, and kindred and tribe, from all the earth, and enter Into life everlasting. Christ shuts no one out: the Bible shuts no man out: but sin. sin will shut out the unpenitent. It is i Mormon Blahons' Pills ' PIII3 fOiiuic.tr Church sua ueir loiw.vcr. foiiuitty ot seii-iDiuc, ousipauua, excesses, or 3, excesses, or Jjfm I potoncyi tost Power. Wight-Losses, Spormatorrhooa Insomnia, Pains in.Eack, Evil Desires, SomfnaJ Emissions, t-amo aact, Nervous Lo- Diuiy, noaaaci cho.Unfltness to or ConsMontlon. fitons Oulcknois of Dla firs y a eharcra. Stons Ner vous Ttf Itching Of Eyollds everv function. lMnt ret anuomlnt. organs. Stimulates the brain and nerva centers, we a box. "6 for fa 50 br mail. Mitffia A written gutramee, to euro er jawey refunded, with 6 boxes. Circulars free. AddreSSi Bishop Remedy Co., San Franl3CO, CaU Chamber of Commerce not only scrlpturally Impossible, but It is also scientifically and ethically Impossible for any one to enter the kinsdom of God except he be born again. 'God has given us an authoritative and unlimited mani festation of himself in" a man and a book. This Is the very heart of orthodoxy; or thodoxy will die when this dies, and not before. This is "the 'backbone of ortho doxy, which Mr. Mills Is seeking to break. Hymenius and Phlletus. of old, and Jul ian, the apostate, and Voltaire and Inger soll, endeavored to do the same thing; they are gone, but the man and the book are still here, blessing humanity. Our holy religion, born of the agonizing love of Calyary, Is being proclaimed unto the ends of the earth, and the people who have been long In darkness are rejoicing in his light." A Springfield (Maes.) publishing com pany, whose business is so large that it furnishes more mail matter than all the rest of the city put together, was recent ly awarded the four years" contract for carrying the mall to and from the post office and the railroad depot. Several au tomobiles are now being built to do the iwork. "WAS BALD SIX TEARS. Three Months of the Neiv Scientific Treatment Restored His Hnlr. Baldness Is caused by dandruff, which is caused by a germ. Kill the germ and there Isi almost certainty that hair will grow again, if the follicle has not been totally destroyed Nels Peterson, of Llmu Spur, Mont., says:. "I had been bald six years, and had tried all kinds of 'cures,' but without any benefit whatever, until I tried Herpiclde. November 16, 1S99, I began using Herpiclde. and In three months a fine growth of hair covered my head completely." Ask your druggist for 'Herpiclde. Everybody can have lux uriant, glossy hair. If Herpiclde Is used thoroughly. Take no substitute. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. And With 't We work with every railroad running trains out ot Portland and with some railroads that don't. We can ticket you via the Northern Pacific; clfic, Canadian Southern Pa Paclflc, Great Northern and O. R. & N. No matter whether you want to go East via St. Paul, via Denver, vla-San Francisco, or via "BlU!ngsr Mont., we can fix you out give you all the Information you need make everything so clear. to you that there will be no chance that you will go astray. TICKET OFHCE: Cor. Third and Stark Sis. R. W. Fostor. Tlokot Agent 1 Ticket Office, 122 Third SI ' Phone 680 LEAVE No. -1 J:00 P. M. The Flyer, dally to and from St. Paul, Minne apolis, Duluth, Chicago and all points East. ARRIVE No. 3 7:00 A. M Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Burret Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP TOSA MARU For Japan. China and all Asiatic points will leave Seattle About April 29th Pacific Goast Steamship Go, FOR NOME The magnificent new steel Steamship Senator will sail from Seattle and Tacoma direct. From Tacoma 12 m., Seattle 9 p. m. May 30, '01. For rates, reservations and other information apply to the company's agents .. PuSiuN. S4J Washington St., Portland. Or. Ticket Office 007 Paclflo avenue, Tacoma. G. M. LEE. Ticket Agent. F. W. CARLETON, N. P. R. R. Dock, Ta coma, Wash. Ticket fufflce 618 First avenue, Seattle. M. TALBOT. Comm'l Agent. C. W. MILLER. Asst. Gen'l Agent, Ocean Dack, Seattle. Wash. GOODALL. PERKINS & CO... General Agents, San Francisco. BOSTON ts LIVERPOOL, via QUEEN5I0WN New England. Twin Screw, 11.600. April 2-1 Commonwealth, Twin Screw, 13.000. May 8 PORTLAND t LIVERPOOL via QUEEaSTOWH Vancouver May 18 Dominion ....Apr. 27 Cambroman ...Mav ' Vancouver ...June 22 THOMAS COOK & SON, P. C Gea'l Ajcnts, (21 Market St.. San Franclico, CaU WHITE COLLAR LINE BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street Dock). Leaves Portland daily every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday, Oregon phone Main 351. Columbia phono 35 U Steamers Altooa and Pomona Dally (ex. Sunday) for Independence. Salem and all way landings. Leave Portland 0:45 A. M.; leave Salem 8 A. M.: Independence, 7 A. M rfHr and dork, foot Tavlor st- have bcea In use over 53 yens by the leaden of the Monnc cura the wont cases la old and yonny triilnir (torn eifec have beea In use over to yean by the leaden of the Mormon cures the worst cues la old and youny ariilrtif from eifeets clgireue - imokla?. Cure .Lost Manhood. Im- cigareue - imoicin?. Marrv. i-oss of &wkA Soman. Varlcocalo. Effects are immeUiaw. EJfl IroparOigor ana potency to . cura is at hand. KTf'i l!m Restorer small, unilcvelooed Record Voyage 6 Daw. 7 Hours. 22 Minutei. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. IBs OREGON fllP SHOIgrlilNE AMD Union Depot, Sixth anil J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST 'CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL.' Leaves for the East, via, Huntington, at 0:00 A. M.; arrives nt 4:30 P. M. SPOKANE FLYER. for Spokane. JCoatarn Washington, and Great Northern points, leaven wtlK M.: arrives at 7 A. M. ATLANTIC EXPRESS. Leaves for the East. via. Huntlnzton. at 00 P. M.; arrives at 8:10 A M. THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. OCEAN AND RIVER. SCHEDULE. -Water lines schedule subject to caaat with out notice. OCEAN DIVISION From- Portland, Je&Tt Alnsworth Dock at 8 P. M.; aall every 5 days; Steamer Elder sails April 2, 12, 22. Steamer Columbia sails April 7, 17, 27. From San Francisco Sail every 3 days. Leave Spear-street Pier 24 at 11 A- M.J Steamer Columbia sails April 3, 13, 23. Steam er Elder sails AprU 8. 18. 23. COLUMBLIl river, division. portland and astoria. Steamer Hassalo leaves Portland dally, est cept Sunday at 8:00 P. M.: on Saturday aX 10:00 P. M. Returning, leaves Astoria daily except Sunday, at 7:00 A. M. WILLA3IETTE RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEM, OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem, Independence and way points, leaves from Ash-stxeet Dock at 3 A. M. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Returning, leaves Independence at 0 A. M., and Salem at 0 A. M., on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. CORVALLIS AND ALBANY. Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at 6 A, It. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Re turning, leaves Corvallls at 6 A. M- on. Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmnr. far Oreiron City. ButtevlllB. Champoeg, Dayton and way landings, leaves Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 A. M. Leaves Daytoa for Portland and way points Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays it It A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. RIP ARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO Steamers leave Rlparla at 3:40 A. M. dally arriving at Lewlston about 3 P. M. Returning; leave Lewlston at 8:30 A. M.. arriving at Rl parla same evening. A. L. CRAIO. General Passenger Agent. CITY TICKET OFFICE 254 "Wnshlngrton St.. Corner Third. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO, For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight via connecting steamers for Manila, Port Ar thur and Vladlvostock. SS. INDRAVELLI SAILS ABOUT APRIL 28. For rates and full Information call on ot address officials or agents of O. R. N. Co. EAST m SOUTH lUepot I'Mftli" and I I Streets. Leave Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRALtd. for Salem. Rose burg, Ashland, Sac r a m e n to, Ugden, San Francisco. Mo Jave, Los Angeles. El Paso. New Or leans and the East. At W o o d b urn (dally ezcept Sun day), morning train connects with train for lit. Angel. 311 v e r t o n, Urowna vllle. Sprlngtl eld. and Natron, and Albany Local foi Mt. Angel and Sll verton. Albany passenger.... Corvallls passenger. aherldan passenger.. 8:30 P. M. 7:43 A. M. S :30 A.M. 70'P: M. 4:00 P. M. 117:30 A. M. 114:50 P.M. 10:10 A 3 5:50 P. M. 3:23 A. M. Dally. Dally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sain between Portland, Sao ramento and San Francisco. Net rates SIT first class and 511 second class. Including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA, HONOLULU and; AUSTRALLV. Can be obtained from J. B KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent. 140 Third street. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street. Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20. 0:40 A. M.; 12-30 1:55, 3:25, 4:40. 0:25. 8:30. 11:30 P. M.; and 0:00 A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive? at Portland dally at 0:35. 8:30, 10:50 A. M.; 1:35. 3:10. 4:80. 0:15. 7:40. 10:00 P. M-; 12:4 A. M. dally, except Monday, 8:3 and 10:00 A, M. on Sundays only. Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, af 5:05 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlla Mon days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 3:00 P. M, Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. - -j.vji , R. KOEHLER. Manager. C. H. MARKHAM, Gen. FrU St Pass. Agt CAPE NOME DIRECT PACIFIC CLIPPER LINE wltl dispatch thr elegant, new S. S. Nome City SAILING FROM SEATTLE APRIL 27, 1001. Finest wooden steamship on the Pacific; steam heat and electric lights In every room; will bo sheathed with Iron bark to work her way through the Ice. Reservations now being made by F. P. BAUMGARTNER, Agent. Couch-street. Dock. Portland, Or. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES Depot Fifth and I Streets. ARRIVE For Maygers. ttainter, Clatskanla. Westport, Clifton. Astoria. War renton. Flavel. Ham mond, i ort Steven. Gearhart Pk.. Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Express. Dally. Aslcrla Kxprerj. L.'iy. 8:00 A.M. 11:10 A, M. 7:00 P. M. C:40 P. M. Ticket omce 235 Morrison at. anil Union Depot. J. C. MAYO, Gen. Pass. Agt.. Astoria. Or. Pacific Coast Steamship Go, FOR ALASKA. The Company's steamships COTTAGE CITY. SENATOR. STATE OF CAL. AL-KI ani CITY OF TOfEKA leave TACOMA 11 A. M., SEAT TLE 'J P. M.. Apr. 0, 10, 13. 20. 25. 30; May 5. 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. June 4. Steamer leaves every aim aay thereafter. For further Information obtain folder. The Company reserves the rlgnt to ehanga steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing, without previous notice. AGENTS N. POSTON. 240 Washington at., Portland. Or. F. W CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock. Tacoma; Ticket Omce. tU3 First ave., Seattle. M. TALBOT. Comm'l Agt.. C.W. MIL LER. Asst. Gen'l Agt., Ocean Dock. Seattle; GOODALL. PERKINS CO.. CUa'l Agsau, Eaa Francisco. union FAOHy lfl SUNSET -n O 0CCEN4SHASU Ij wn routes Jnj