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95???S55?E'3sT.-fT-! Iippp 10 THE MORNING OREQONIAN, MONDAY, 'APRIL' 18, 1904. VICE AS HE SAW IT Rev. Dr. House Tells of Visit to the Dives. FACE TO FACE WITH EVIL Gamblers, Saloons and Degenerate Women Source of Corruption to AssociatesHow to Choose Bight Kind of Companions. "I "went; Into the ealoons and gambling houses pf Portland lost week. I looHed about to study conditions there. It was repugnant to me. There "was nothing to attract one "who Tras accustomed to good surroundings and good Influences. "There were young men and old men men of all ages; and there were women! Dissipated, fallen women, both young and middle-aged. It made me shrink from contact with' such a life. But I saw them jthcre, drinking and associating with evil companions. "I saw gamblers, with hardened, stoical countenances. They had money, piled in iront of them, which they were wager 'lng. Some lost, fewer won. I was not attracted or endangered by this gambling, imt a man of different temperament, a unan who would allow himself to become .accustomed to the sight of it, might get ;the fever in his reins and it would de Tour him as a Are. Association with euch scenes would endanger any man." In a sermon on the "Companions of the Twentieth Century Man," Rev. Dr. i. I. House cfted thus briefly his ex perience in the dives of Portland the past week. He saw enough during his visit to convince him strongly that evil asso ciation Is the roost dangerous thing with 'which a man or Woman has to contend. He said: "Solitude is not a law of the universe. The law of society is blazoned on every xock it is manifest in every walk of life and throughout the animal kingdom. Robinson Cruso was not an ideal man neither is the hermit They are the ex ceptions to this universal law, for it is the nature of man and beast to seek companionship. "The home Is the first offspring of the social idea, and there as a rule man Is surrounded by good influences. If he is not, he soon shows the effect of evil, but If he is of strong character, he can rise above it he can lift himself out of it, overcome evil environments and com mand the respect of the world. "But, to do this, companions must bo chosen with regard to their character. Choose companions with noble and lofty Ideals ideas that are a stimulant to pro gress of every kind, moral and commer cial. To live with a masterpiece is to he a masterpiece yourself. Have Ideals which will color ymr surroundings so that you will absorb the good in them, the beautiful and true. "Choose companions who are busy never associate with an idler. An idler Is a criminal, and the loafer who lives on his father's riches is worse and lower than a criminal. Such are our worst nen they are a foe to good men and good women and a menace to civilization. Xieave them alone; avoid them as unclean lepers. Choose the companion with a purpose the busy man. "We are Impressed with those we meet and with whom we associate. We absorb, unconsciously, tho good or evil dominant in them. So be euro they are good ones. "We take the moral tone of our sur roundings, and this is but another argu ment in favor of choosing good com panions. There is an old proverb which reads, 'Tell me whence thou comest and I will tell thee where thou goest;' and another, Who comes from the kitchen emells of smoke.' Let the atmosphere about you be good. Seek a friend who can help you who can be of service to you. "Be not deceived; evil communlca jtlons corrupt good manners." DFL GISSON ACTS AS PASTOR. Order of Presbytery Dismissing Him Is Not Obeyed. There was nothing in the services yes terday at the Grand-Avenue United Pres hyterian Church that pointed to a sever ing of the pastoral relations between the society and Rev. J. H. Gibson, D. D., or In the dissolution of the church, fol lowing out the order of the Presbytery held at Oakville, Or. Br. Gibson ad dressed with vigor attentive and appar ently sympathetic congregations both anorning and evening, and in spite of the eiorm mat nas Deen raging about the .church there was an air of peace that would Seem foreign to the conditions. Dr. Gibson made no direct reference to tho mandate of the Presbytery, and in the morning announcements the only sig nificant notice was that the members who had subscribed to tho support of the church would be expected to pay to the ..trustees their contributions, as they had In the past, for the coming year. In Ills prayer Dr. Gibson gave thanks for the abundant blessings and growth of the year that had come to tho congrega tion and ail its enterprises. The altar was decorated with sprays of red wild currant and pure white fruit blossoms. tMrs. Gibson at tho opening of the morn ing sermon by her husband repaired to the lecture-room to Interpret tho words tspoken to the deaf and dumb in the sign language, in which she is skilled. At 'the close of the morning sermon Dr. Gib son greeted the members of his con igTegatlon with a warm grasp of the hand, And in turn was greeted in a most hearty manner. Just what the outcome of the action of he Presbytery will be cannot be foretold, jas it appears a large portion of the con 1gregatlon Is standing by tho pastor and want him to remain. In large measure Jthis is a Home Mission Church, and was planted by the Home Mission Society, which has heretofore named the pastors with the consent of tho congregation. It is said that the Home Missionary Society ,Is backing Dr. Gibson. In the action of the Presbytery at Oakville that body reversed Its action taken at its meeting hold several months ago in Portland In the First United Pres byterian Church, when it demanded that the elders who were opposing Dr. Gibson -"resign and cease from causing a fuss." There are prospects of appeal to the Synod, or perhaps even to the General Assembly, provided it be shown that the Presbytery controls the destinies of tho Grand-Avenue Church, which is disputed by some. When the Presbytery under takes to enforce its mandate, the crisis will be reached. LAST SERMON AT MISSION. Dr. Carridine Preaches Eloquently on Coming of the Holy Ghost. Perhaps the greatest and most resultful of the Carradlne series of holiness meet ings at the Berea Mission, which ended at that church last evening, was the ser mon he preached in the afternoon. His text was that passage of Scripture de scriptive of the coming of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles. He described those upon whom the Holy Spirit fell as a sim ple, unpretentious but God-fearing people, yet so Important was the event that It 4ias been tho subject of thousands of .ble and eloquent sermons, and now, nearly 2000 years after its occurrence, is still fresh in the Christian heart. What humanity and the Christian world most needs today, he said, is a similar baptism of tho Holy Spirit a baptism that is tho begetter of love and the parent of the most loyal and tolerant human affection. He said that Christian teachers must take the Bible as it reads, and not construe it to please the fancy and desires of those who have no craving for the soul-touching baptism that came upon the simple fol lowers of the Lord in that upper room in that sweet morning hour. "What would one think," he Inquired, "of the restaurant that would provide an elaborate bill of fare and then when the guest would order this or that tempting delicacy he would be told: 'I am sorry, sir, but we are entirely out of that. The last truest took all we had of it, and we shall not have any more. The Bible is the Lord's bill of fare," Dr. Corradino de clared, "and his guests never consume it all. There Is always plenty left for all who call and ask for any luxury It con tains. Put your finger upon any verse In that holy book," he added, "and you will ring a bell In heaven." His invitation at tho close of his hour and 20 minutes' sermon brought a great number of persons to the penitent form, and tho service did not close for almost another hour. Last night's sermon was Dr. Carradlne's last at the Berca Mission. On Monday evening at 7:30 and on Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday at 2:30 and 7:30 P. M. he will preach at the hall of tho Volun teers of America on Second street be tween Everett and Flanders, and these services will close his very successful campaign in Portland. Several hundred persons have professed religion slnco he came to the city two weeks ago. Cantaln Anderson hopes that there may bo a large attendance at tho Volunteers' meetings. EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL. Dr. Cressey Discusses Hudson's Ar gument on Soul's Divine Origin. At the Unitarian Church yesterday morning Rev. G. C Cressey, D. D., spoke on the "Evolution of the Soul" on the basis of Thomson J. Hudson's last book published under that title, before a large congregation, taking as a text Gen. 1:20. Dr. Cressey spoke in part as follows: "There are no facts which necessitate belief in the derivation of the human soul from, or even through, tha sontl ency of lower forms of life, to the ex clusion of all other theories. In my own philosophy of an idealistic nature, evo lution, though accepted, is of entirely secondary Importance. Accepting the evolutionary hypothesis in its entirety, however, do the facts. Impartially viewed, lead to belief in the soul as shadow or substance, to a purely materialistic or broadly thelstic interpretation of the universe? This question Dr. Hudson an swers on the basis of scientific facts in favor of the latter alternatives. No one who is not entrenched in his own opinion to the exclusion of all light, can fall to see that the theory of the dual function of mind, subjective and objective, ex plains with remarkable clearness and comprehensiveness not only tho abnormal and unusual phenomena of mentality but, what is of vastly more significance, the common facts of genius, inspiration and the logical unfolding of a subject In de duction, when the mind contemplates it in fixed attention to the exclusion of all Interruption through the avenue of the senses. This is the corner-stone of his inductive edifice." After giving in brief the propositions In regard to the development of the soul which the author establishes by an argu ment based on the undisputed facts of physical science, Dr. Cressey character ized the general course of thought and Its relation to religious life by general comments, a partial outline of which is as follows: "First, the author turns the argument of the materialist against the material ist himself. He shows that the paral lelism of the ontogenetic gradations in the development of the human organism and the phylogenetlc series in the de velopment of the human species, a fact emphasized by materialistic evolutionists, if it is to be logically and actually com plete, must have In both cases an intel ligence behind at least equal to the In telligence into which the series develops, thus involving an Infinite living energy or God behind as the source of finite phenomena. To break the parallelism completely and postulate spontaneous generation In the one in correspondence with intelligence in the other is unau thorized in logic as well as unsupported in fact, sirice spontaneous generation is, in spite of all effort, still a pure fancy. The testimony of eminent neurologists who have demonstrated that the brain is not the seat of the instinctive facul ties, the possession of some of these faculties by the monera, tho simplest forms of organic life, in which there are in reality no organs of any kind, the gradual development of . this subjective mind up through the gradations of ani mal and human instinct and Intuition, these and other facts show that the brain is not the organ of the subliminal consciousness or subjective mentality of man. an umes or its greatest activity, indeed, brain action is inhibited. "Psychical evolution further avoids as TITBITS FROM I F x tel1 a story In which my I father may seem to occupy a rid iculous position," said Homer Davenport at the Empire Theater yes terday afternoon. "It is only to show how little the veneers and affectations Of life amount to. "One time in Philadelphia I prevailed on my father to attend a banquet with me. Ate soon as the old gentleman was served with a cup of cold consomme, I saw that he was in trouble. Ho prodded It with his finger to see if it would spill, and when he found it wouldn't he proceeded to 'attack it with a f,ork. As he conveyed the first morsel to his mouth with the shaking hand that an old gentleman is entitled to have, the consomme shook also, as cold consom me Is entitled to do, and slipped on to tho table cloth. Father tried to gather it up with his fork, but it eluded his endeavors. He pursued it pretty near ly to the other side of the table, gave up in despair, tried a new mouthful, and pretty soon ho was chasing It along tho cloth also. In a few minutes he had a line of chunks of cold con somme ranged up on the tablecloth just out of his reach and the ban queters were becoming interested. "I kept thinking to myself that I was tho real criminal in this case. I never should have coaxed the old gentleman to a function where the modes were un familiar to his sturdy old character. afW HEN Chief Joseph visited New W York," said the cartoonist, as he began another anecdote, "I went to sketch him. My father had been an Indian agent in the early days and knew the famous Indian general, but ho refused to accompany me. " 1 knew Chief Josonh in his great ness," said my father. 'He might not like to see me now. He is a great and noble man.' "'But this is an Indian,' I protested. "Always remember it said my father, 'for you will meet no white men better than he.' "When I saw Chief Joseph he had just risen from lying on the floor of his hotel bedroom. The bed was too soft, he explained. I told him that I was my father's son; that my uncle was John Davenport, who had been one of the chiefs best friends in the early days, and Joseph was much interested Later, I asked the old general If he re membered Piotot, an Indian who used to wear out all the sidewalks in Col sumptions of a magical nature which materialism Is compelled to make to present even an appearance of consist ency, e. g., the derivation of the con scious from the unconscious, mind from matter pure and simple, which tho great est masters of physical science them selves have pronounced unthinkable, andJ wuitu uiuat acute pnuosopners uko jonn Fiske characterize as utterly absurd. In short, a proper recognition of the orig inal and persistent psychical element alone gives an adequate explanation and an accurate description of the evolution ary process, an element which is not de rived or smuggled In to explain other wise Inexplicable, facts, but the chief ele ment and fundamental power In the en tire process. The interpretation of the universe, moreover, given by thelstic evolution, imparts a grandeur and su blimity to the universe which is wanting in theologies in which persistent antag onisms and arbitrary divisions of man kind form the very essence of their theories. It makes all nature and all life divine in that highest sense of har monious progression toward a spiritual end. "The Instinctive faculties as they have appeared In higher form in the ascend ing scale of organic life, the power of Immediate perception or Intuition which may be regarded as the loftiest form of reason, are akin in nature to omniscience. We cannot rationally conceive of God as arriving at truth through Inductive process, but we may readily conceive of Infinite power of immediate perception, of eternal knowledge of this character ever present In the divine mind. We can not, of course, comprehend this fact as a picture in our Imagination, hut it Is a clear and logical conception. Likewise the affectional emotions are seen to be present In low forms of life, and to have Increased and developed till they reached their profound reality in the self-conscious, rational soul of roan. In these and other ways thelstic evolution delin eates roan to us as created in the verit able image of God. Especially In the subtle methods of the subjective mind wo may find a natural power which is the secret of psychical influence, man upon man, and of inspiration, the power of prayer and communion with God. "The test of a work of this character Is not agreement with every Idea which may be presented or accord with every detail of argument, but in tho reply to the simple question, does it establish some one great fact of vital Importance in our theory of life and in Its practical economy? Dr. Hudson's summary of psychical evolution meets this demand. Materialism explains minor facts of life, but .leaves unexplained or relegates to the sphere of magic the all-Important and ever-present realities. The author, on the other hand, whllo we may dis agree with soroo secondary conclusions, affords adequate explanation of the crucial and significant experiences of humanity. He demonstrates on the basis of physical science the reality of mind or soul and the logical necessity of pustulating as the only possible first cause, a living infinite energy, the Living God. HETMAISr GOODMAN DIES. Aged and Highly Respected Pioneer of California and Oregon. Neuman Goodman, an old and re spected Oregon pioneer of 1832, died of heart failure in the 76th year of his age at his residence at 67 North Twentieth street yesterday morning. Ho was born in Prussia December 28, 182S, and came to New York City in 1849, journeyed across the Isthmus of Panama and arrived in San Francisco In 1850, and entered into business. In 1852 he came to Oregon and opened a store In Cham poeg, but soon went to Butteville. Ger vals was the next place Mr. Goodman moved to, where for 21 years he con ducted a general merchandise business. He amassed a neat fortune and retired from business ten years ago and shortly afterward moved to this city. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Jean ette Goodman; four sons, Joseph and Morris Goodman, of this city; Dr. A. R. Goodman, of the City of Mexico, and J. E. Goodman, of New York City, and three daughters, Esther, Lillian and Rose Goodman, all of whom reside at homo. The funeral will take place from the family residence at 67 North Twentieth street at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. David Levlne will officiate and interment will be at Beth Israel Cemetery. Naturalization of Austro-Hungarlans SALEM. Or., April 17. (Special.) Secre tary of State John Hay has written to Governor Chamberlain saying that the Ambassador from Austria-Hungary asks that in making certificates of naturaliza tion the clerks state particularly whether the persons naturalized were born in Aus tria or Hungary. Those who arc natural ized In this country and subsequently re turn to their native land have difficulty If an error has been made In this respect Governor Chamberlain asks that County Clerks give attention to the matter In making out naturalization papers. Spring humors, bolls; pimples, scrofula, and Bait rheum are all cured by Hood's Sareaparllla HOMER DAVENPORT'S LECTURE fax by running in big bands of horses every day or so. Chief Joseph spoke excitedly to the interpreter, and this gentleman translated the Indian's words. " 'What kind of a world is this 7 queried the old chief. 'A long time ago I left my homo. I traveled for day3 over mountains, and moro days through wheat fields. Then I traveled more days through a country where nothing grew but corn. Then I traveled many, many miles through a country full of build ings and people and smokestacks. At last I come to the side of another sea and the first man I see is the nephew of John Davenport, brings mo a mes sage from his father and asks mo if I remember Piotot. It makes me very homesick.' " NEXT, Davenport told how his father once reformed an Indian at tho Pendleton agency. Employed at the agency was a very pretty young squaw, and one day a strapping big Indian rode up, explained that he want-' cd the girl and offered to trade some ponies for her. "My father stood tho Indian up along side of the girl," said Daven port, "and asked him why it was that God had made him more than six feet high, big and strong, while he had made the girl delicate and frail. The Indian said he didn't know. " TIL tell you,' said my father. It's so that you can stand around in the sun all day, wrapped In a blanket, while the girl can go out, saw a cord of wood, carry It Into your cabin and support you generally. You can't marry that girl until you agrep to keep her properly and not treat her like a new pony.' "Some time after that," said Daven port, "the Indian asked my father to show him how to build a white roan's house. A few months later he married the girl and abandoned tho Indian sys tem of making tho women do all the work." C NE time," said Davenport, "the J Indians on the reservation near Colfax sold their land to the Govern ment, and every one of 'them received $2200. Now, 32200 is a positive dis comfort to an Indian In a breechclout. He has no pockets to keep it in. And accordingly the whole tribe came to Colfax to get rid of the burden. The first Indian to arrive Immediately bought a horse and buggy and thereby set n fashion. Within an hour the price MR.COURTENEYPUTRIGHT TRUE HISTORY OF THE CELE BRATED FLAG INCIDENT. Professor Pratt Denies the Canard Mr. Courteney's Boy Dedicated to His Country's Service. PORTLAND, April 1C (To the Editor.) A report has been Industriously cir culated to the effect that I removed my boys from the public schools, because I would not allow them to salute the Amer ican flag. I, now and here, brand It as absolutely false, without foundation of truth. Tho boys have received their edu cation wholly In tho public schools of the State of California, whero they were born, and this city. Professor L W. Pratt, principal Failing School, who it is claimed is the author of the story, emphatically denies It and dictated and signed the following state ment, which should prove conclusively to any intelligent person that there Is no foundation for the report: "Falling Schoolhouse, April 4, 1S04. I would make the statement as near as I can remember. In the first place, every body that has come here has the im pression that Mr. Courteney did not want his boys to salute the flag. That story Is entirely untrue, because he never ob jected to It, and the boys always took part In saluting the flag. At the time President McKlnley was to come here, we received word from the directors and Superintendent that the schools would be expected to participate in the reception. The first and second grades were left out because they were too small. We were told we would be expected to organize here and march to the Park block, and after the reception, be dismissed without marching anywhere, and I said it would be a very nice plan for each pupil to have a flag, and we were having a little drill here a day or two before It was time to take place, and I had procured flags for all except probably a dozen; they had been a little careless In the matter, and tho school was in the Assembly Hall, and Mr. Courteney came In, and as near as I can remember he asked me what It was about, the marching and drilling, etc., and I told him and he remarked at the time he did not want his boys to march and did not want them to carry a flag, and I said to Mr. Courteney that it was school-day and wo were not excused that day and that we would all have to re port for the march, and that there was no marching except from here to the Park- Block, and I said as far as tho flags were concerned I would get the flags, but he remarked he would rather they would not go, but the next morning the boys had flags, which I suppose Mr. Courteney bought and gave them, and they took part in the drill. .Now, you can see from that that Mr. Courteney never refused to furnish flags, because he pur chased them himself, and the boys were always good boys and never refused to salute the flag, and the next day the news came of Mrs. McKlnley's Illness and there never was any marching. The impression made upon me at the time was that Mr. Courteney might object to his boys carrying the flags, although there was nothing in his language to indicate that he was opposed. L W. PRATT, "Princlnal Falling School." This statement of the case as made by Mr. Pratt Is true, except that It does not state tho reason I gave for not desiring the hoi's to march. The weather was wet and It was proposed to march the chil dren down town, and then seat them on temporary benches, hastily erected In the Park Block, where they would probably have to sit for a considerable time, per haps hours. To this I objected, first, on account of the fear I always have of ac cidents when children are massed In thousands upon hastily-constructed plat forms or benches, and, secondly, because I did not wish the boys exposed to the weather for that length of time without shelter. I had arranged to take them down town and occupy a window from which they could view the parade, and so told them. One evening they Informed me that they had been told at school that if they .did not march they would be ex pelled, and it was on this point I sought an Interview with Mr. Pratt. The ques tion was not one of showing respect for the flag, simply one of whether the boys would be expelled for beipg absent and not marching. The question was fully decided by Professor Pratt stating It would be a school day, and If the boys were not there they woufd be marked absent. I made no objection to their carrying their flags, or taking part In the patriotic exercises, as they have always done. My ambition for my boys has been that one, If not both, might be able to enter either Annapolis or West Point and not long since I sought an appointment as of a horse and buggy had risen to $2200, and there wasn't one left In Col fax. Tho only Indian who hadn't a horse and a wagon of some description was disconsolate. There were none left for him. All his comrades drove past him on the way home, and as he lived 18 miles out in the country, both he, his squaw and his papooses felt de jected, as they trudged homeward with their $2200. "Presently they met a hearse return ing from the cemetery, and hope sprang up within their breasts. In ten min utes the undertaker was walking toward Colfax with 52200 In his pock ets, while the Indian was crowding his squaw and his children into the ve hicle. Thon ho shut the doors on his delighted family, mounted the driver's seat, stuck one of tho sable plumes in his hair and drove homeward. "Never was there such grandeur in the Indian world. Truly ho who had been last was first, and from behind the plate glass sides of tho hoarse the squaw stared haughtily at her less for tunate neighbors, and the papooses played with the strange rollers in the bottom of the floor. "No Indian knew what the real use of the strange vehicle was, and it was In great demand for months as an at traction for tholr festivals. Finally some one told tho old Indian that his grand chariot was a white man's dead wagon, the other Indians refused to envy him any more, and the old man died of a broken heart. "The other Indians placed him In tho hearse, put frying -pans, weapons and food by his side and then, according to their burial customs, pulled the whole business up into a pine tree, fastened It there with lariats and left it there. For many years the sight of this hearse pulled up into a treetop was a feature of a visit to the old reservation." DAVENPORT told few political an ecdotes at his lecture yesterday. "Once when an elderly colored preacher called on Senator Hann:. ho grasped the statesman's hand," said Davenport, "and assured him that he recognized him In a minute from the pictures he had seen of him. "Not from those terrible and hide ous cartoons of Davenport, I hope,' said the Senator. 'I hope those aren't like me '"Well said tho dusky preacher, 'they're not a bit like you; no, sir; not a bit; but I just recognized you from them.' " Cadet to Annapolis and was offered the appointment as first alternate for one of them, but declined it as the minimum age for entrance had been changed, by Congress from 15 to 17 years of age, and the boy had not reached the minimum. Is it supposable that being willing to de vote my boys to the service of our coun try I would instill into their minds a dis respect for the flag. In whose defense they might be called to give their lives? ine answer Is apparent and must be con clusive to any fair-minded person. The following is a copy of a letter from Senator Mitchell bearing on this matter: ."United States Senate, Washington, D. C., October 23, 1903. A. A. Courteney, Portland. Or.: My Dear Mr. Courteney Referring to conversations we have here tofore had In regard to your son, who Is desirous of being designated for the pur pose of entering the United- States Mili tary Academy at Annapolis, Md., as a cadet, I beg to say I am about to desig nate my grandson. John Mitchell Hardy, for examination next April, and if you are still desirous of having your son designated. I will make him first alter nate, so In the event of my grandson failing ho will stand a chance to got in. Kindly, therefore, on receipt of this write me and tell me whether you wish me to do this, and if so send me your son's name In full and his age, giving tho exact date of birth and where, and I shall then have the necessary papers for warded to you. as It Is necessary that you, as the father of the boy, should consent. Yours very sincerely. JOHN H. MITCHELL. On Juno 13, 1SS3, or nearly 21 years ago, I completed my naturalization in the United States Circuit Court, San Fran cisco. Cal. My first vote wa3 for Blaine and Logan and I have voted a straight Republican ticket ever since. My reason for resigning from the Legis lative ticket two years ago was that I was offered the position that I now hold upon tho distinct understanding that I would withdraw from the ticket at that time. This statement should suffice to put to rest the malicious stories that are cur rent. A. A. COURTENEY. MRACTJIOUS IN RELIGION. One Who Clings to the Hope of a Natural Christianity. PORTLAND. April lL-To the Editor.) I venture a response to your editorial of April 11 upon "Dangers of Liberal Reli gion," although not without some doubt as to the profitableness of Indiscriminate and inconclusive newspaper controversies upon such themes. Nor do I write with any desire merely to exploit the opportu nity for a defense of the churches which in a measure I represent in the Pacific Northwest. The point upon which I shall dwell Is to some extent above the divis ions of the sects. Moreover, I shall not attempt a running commentary upon your editorial, every paragraph of which seems calculated to evoke from tho critical read er many and opposite sentiments of agree ment and difference. One sentence in your editorial states quito concisely that to which I take ex ception: "The effectiveness of religion for morality Is proportioned to the extent to which it Is Informed by the miracu lous." This contention seems to me hardly to comport with the moral sanity customari ly evinced by you In discussions of this sort; unless Indeed, your contention Is In tended as a covert assault upon Chris tianity and the Christian churches. I can scarcely conceive of an allegation better devised or moro accurately calcu lated to detach from Christianity and the Christian churches any Intelligent and right-minded man. Unquestionably religion is effective for morality. That Is not In dispute between us. What seems to me demoralizing Is your contention that religion Is effective In the degree to which it is informed by the miraculous. I can conceive of no ad mission more humiliating than this to the substantial claims of either religion or morality, and scarcely any admission more dishonoring to human nature and the present state of Christianity in the mlnd3 of Intelligent men. A miracle In its specific and technical sense Is a contradiction within itself and self-destructive. We cannot escape from this by slipping Into synonyms "wonder ful," "marvelous," "exceptional," "mys terious" and claiming that because some amazing occurrence takes place, we may not therefore reasonably doubt any amaz ing allegation. The crucial point with any alleged miracle Is the question as to whether It did happen, and that is a mat ter of evidence; romembering always that by valid laws of evidence the more In credible an allegation, the more corrobo ration must we require in direct ratio to the Incredibility of the allegation. Have we any such evidence for the alleged miracles upon which the effect iveness of religion Is alleged so largely to depend? Is It not reasoning In a circle to declare that the Bible roust be inerrant because it is a miraculous book, and that tho miracles of the Bible are to be be lieved because they are found In the Bible? If you claim that the effectiveness of religion is proportioned to tho extent to which it 13 Informed by the impossible, you seem to me to be stating an absurd ity. If you mean merely that religion is effective in the degree that it Is seen to be wonderful and mysterious you are uttering a truism. The same is true of all the forces of human life and progress, of mor ality itself. But apart from the question of the essen tial validity of your contention, may I not further Inquire, With whom, with what classes of people Is religion really effective in the degree that it is Informed by tho miraculous? With the highly In telligent class? Is It tho case with the guiding minds and consciences of tho present day, that their religion 13 effect ive for their moral life in proportion to the extent to which it is Informed by the miraculous? Supposing, however, that your contention be true of the very igno rant and superstitious. Is it not true of them only because of their ignorance and superstition? Even for them, is not their real -virtue in spite of their belief in the miraculous? To Just the extent that their virtue is really dependent upon their be lter In the miraculous. Is It not spurious? Moreover, as they grow more Intelligent, must they not inevitably enter a perilous moral crisis? Is not the civilized world In exactly this case today? Is this not ex actly what alls the morality of the rapidly Increasing multitudes of men In all civ ilized countries, who from their traditions and church teachings are ignorant enough to believe that religion depends upon mira cles, but just Intelligent enough and just far enough Informed of reason to discredit if not to deride the miraculous? What will become of the religion, not to say the morality of such men, unless and until tho true foundations are more clearly ap prehended? Mr. Editor, I am of those who- believe that no church can permanently endure which Is half reasonable and half miracu lous. If the race shall continue to advance In intelligence. I believe that in matters of miracle as In matters of authority there is no tenable middle ground between Rome and Reason. I believe that the Chris tian Church will stand, and that its great est days are yet to be; but I believe that it Is passing through the gravest crisis of its history, and that it requires above all else. If It is to meet adequately the pitiful needs of the age, a baptism, in intellectual seriousness and sincerity. I believe that the gravest crisis for the Christian church, if not the gravest crisis for human his tory inheres in the right decision of this question: Is religion a rational experi ence and the Christian life its own oxcuse, or are Christianity and Christian civiliza tion and the moral Hfo of man to be per manently dependent upon that utterly worthless and counterfeit sort of faith de fined by an Oxford undergraduate a few years ago as "a man's capacity for be lieving what he knows to be untrue"? If a Christian cannot be consistently truthful, so much tho worse for his Chris- D. H. BARKER SHERIFF OF CHATTANOOGA. TENN., Another Prominent Man, Finds in Vlnol the Only Cure for Stomach Troubles. Hon. D. H. Barker, Deputy Sheriff of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes: "As I have suffered for years with dyspepsia and stomach troubles, and Vlnol has driven that dreaded disease from my system, I am only too pleased to state my experience for the benefit of others. My system became so enfee bled by indigestion that I was unable to work half the time. Many remedies were given a trial, but Vlnol was the only medicine that benefited and Anally cured me completely. I am so grateful to be rid of this trouble that I trust this testimonial will como to the eyes of jother sufferers who may be bene fited as I have been by Vlnol." What Vlnol did for Mr. Barker, our druggists, Woodard. Clarke &. Co., of this city, guarantee It will do for every person in Portland suffering from a tired, overtaxed or worn-out stomach which cannot properly digest food. Through the digestive organs the blood receives its body-building ma terial, and strength and vigor is given to every organ in the body. Vinol strengthens and tones up the weakened nerves of the stomach, and soon en ables the sufferer to digest with ease the very foods that once caused dis tress. Vlnol contains no drugs and no nauseating oil, but it does contain the vital principles of cod liver oil which will heal and tone up irritated, worn, tired stomachs. If any person in Portland tries Vlnol for stomach troubles, for a run-down, debilitated condition, to give strength to the weak, to gain flesh, to invigor ate old people, to make rich, red blood and build up the convalescent, to cure hard colds, stubborn coughs or bron chitis, and it fails to give satisfaction, we will refund the money paid for It. Woodard. Clarke & Co., Druggists. tlanlty. If religion is effective In propor tion to the extent to which it is informed by the miraculous, so much the worse for religion. If morahty depend even indi rectly upon the sanction of miracle, so much the worse for morality. If morality and religion and Christianity have no stronger basis and support than the alleged miracles, alas for our race! W. G. ELIOT. JR. There Is no real conflict between this correspondent and the position of The Ore gonian, except that the correspondent seems to us to underestimate the extent to which Christianity rests upon the miraculous. His belief Is very attractive and one could certainly wish It might be true; but it Is not in conformity with the evidence. What proportion of Christian believers today would be willing to re nounce the divinity of Jesus and the doc trine of the atonement? Rationalism is not Teligion. I0WEE DOCKS ARE PL00DEQ Willamette River Is 17 Feet Above Low Water and Still Rising. The slips leading down to half the lower wharves along the waterfront have been decorated with a sign, "goods re ceived on the upper floor." The lower floors are flooded. The forecast of the weather man was right. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, an official hour at the Weather Bureau, the river stood 17 feet above low water and it was still rising. It will not rise much more, per haps a half foot, and then It will begin to fall slowly, probably enough to drain off the lower floors to the docks. Not many cellars as yet have been effected by the freshet. Tho Willamette Is perfectly innocent about the latter part of this rise, as It is falling fast, over a foot In every 24 hours at up-river points. The Snake is beginning to get In Its work. It also Is falling now, but the flood it started is now at its height along the lower Co lumbia and the melting snows from the Blue Mountains are now felt. However, the Snake Is beginning to come up again slightly high up, threatening continuous high water. The table of reports received yesterday shows the situation: Weiser, Idaho, rise in Snake 0.9 ft. Lewiston, Idaho, fall In Snake 1.0 ft. Rinaria, Wash., fall of Columbia.... 0.8 ft. Umatilla, Or., rise of Columbia l.l ft. The Dalles, rise of Columbia 2.5 ft. Cooler temperature will cause a fall In the rivers for a while, but the great quantities of snow in the mountains will have to be got rid of some way and the usual thing is that in such cases all the rivers run bankfull during April, May and June, but seldom become so swollen at any one time as to do a great deal of damago, though the Willamette Is forecasted to be raised to the level of Front street and higher this June. Ministers, lawyers, teachera and others whose occupation gives little exercise, should use Carter's Little Liver Pills for torpid liver and biliousness. DIDN'T LIKE IT. Soon Found Why. Coffee has a terrible hold on some people. "About eight years ago I was a great sufferer from stomach trouble; my liver was all but out of fix and a wlso doctor forbid ten and coffee. At that time I was so weak I could hardly walk, ab solutely poisoned. "One day I noticed Postum in tho store and having read about it I bought a package and made some. I did not like it, but tried it again and followed directions carefully. It was not long before I liked It bettor than nny other drink, and it has brought me out of all the old coffeo troubles, too. "I can now ont what I want, am strong and healthy, and tho effects of Postum on mo woro so good all our family soon drank it. "In Summer when tho weather Is hot I do not have that 'all gone' feeling now, for when I drink a cup of Postum it refreshes and strengthens, but never has the bad after-effect like coffee. "Postum is like everything else it needs to be made right, and there Is no better way than the directions on the package." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look in each package for tho famous little book, "The Road to Wellville, HON. D. H. BARKER. 1 . 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