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