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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1906. 9 GOSPEL OF LOVE Sermon at Cathedral by v . Morrissey, C. S. C. Dr, RELIGION BASED ON LOVE It Has Been the Controlling Law of the Universe Since the Crea tion, Say Ex-President of Notre Dame. Right Rev. Father Andraw Morrlseey, former president of Notrle Dame Uni versity and one of the foremost members of the Order of the Holy Cross, delivered a sermon last night at the cathedral. His oublect was "Th Law of Love." An excellent musical programme In connec tion with the service was rendered by Mrs. Walter Reed. Miss Katherine Law- ler. Arthur Alexander and Com Zan. "Love has been the secret Influence for all that Is highest and noblest In the soul's aspirations." said Dr. Morrissey. "It has also shown the corelations exist ing between the creator and the creature. The whole system of Christian morality brings on the law of love and the highest form of morality springs from love that Is purest and most sincere. Christian lire Is based on love and religious life, which Is after all only a form of Christian life, Is nothing more than a reflection of the highest and purest love. "The attribute of God that we find brought into play most In the divine ecenomy is undoubtedly that of love. Tlte creation of man only after he had taken special council with himself is an evidence of God's regards for him. The gifts with which he endowed this noblest work of bis creation Indicate his predilection for him above all other creatures. Man was treated by Ood In a state of justice and sancitv to which were added wonaerrui gifts both of body and soul In the first place perfect knowledge and ordination of the will In regard to the soul, and second ly Immortality and Immunity from all miseries and pain as regard tne Doay These gifts were gratuitous on the part of God and In no way due to man, yet, de spite this, he fell and brought upon him self and his posterity the maledictions of heaven. "Evt-n In his fall God loved man. We know the history of the human race dur ing the years that Intervened between the fall of man and the coming or tne savior. We know what was the condition of man during these years. The wickedness of man as the Scripture tells us was great upon the earth, and his heart was bent on evil at all times. "So widely diffused did this universal abandonment of God become that he was forced, so to speak, to make use of that astounding expression lit Scripture where in, he says: 'It repenteth him that he had made man on earth." The deluge and Its consequences followed. After the disper sion of the human race and after God had made a covenant with Noah and a few others, corruption soon again sets It, man sinned again and so great became the estrangement of man's heart from God that with the exception of a privileged few there was scarcely any one who said In his heart. 'There was a God.' In the same degree that the population of the world Increased. In the same degree did vice Increase. Men forgot the God that "made them and offered sacrifice end honor . to objects of their own creation. "The coming of Christ, over WOO years ago, brought the human race that lay 'tattered and bleeding by the wayside of the world, a civilization that was based on the noblest Instinct of the human sod love. The civilisation that existed prior to the entrance of the humble Galilean on the stage of human life had no concern for the weaknesses and misfortunes of fallen human nature. The lives of Indi vidual men were trifles In the estimation of the statesmen and philosophers of those days. The Individual was nothing,. Society was all. "Conquest, wealth, intellectual refine ment, physical strength were the factors considered in the formation and develop ment of the ancient olvillzation. Their best philosophers taught that true forti tude consisted In holding the worst forms of human suffering without the heart emotion of pity. Deformed chil dren were cast into a ditch and left to perish; parents who had grown old and Infirm and were no longer able to advance the Interests of the state were put to death by their children, not only with out a tear of sympathy, but with all the fortitude and resolution that a sense of duty inspires. Whoever could not help the state either by his intellectual en dowment or physical strength, had no right to live in those days of a boasted civilization. Rome and Greece with their conquerors and heros, with their philos ophers and statesmen, with their power and glory, heard not the waitings and groanlngs of the poor, the sick, the in firm, the aged, and hence their civiliza tion knew nothing of the blessings that flow from that general spirit of public beneficence that Christ's appearance brought Into the world. Christ's mission was one of love and on the principle that all men shake hands in the spirit of un iversal brotherhood.' He has built a civ ilization that will endure for ever and whose chief concern is for the eternal una temporal welfare of all, sick or poor, trong or weak, learned or Ignorant. , Remove from the world today the Im mense moral influence exerted by the teaching of the law by the Cathollo church and the world will stand in dan ger of reverting to the moral condition In which Christianity found It. No mat ter what the caprices or passion of man may demand, no matter in what direc tion the breeze of popular favor may blow the Catholic church will always stand forth as the sturdy and uncompro mising champion of the interests of God and of pure morality. She is fearless be cause she feels God Is" with her. Every thing may change, her teachings does not change the creed which she expounds, the decalogue which she explains, the sacraments, whose efllcancy she pro claims are always the same. .The world may spurn her teachings or be irritated bj- It; may cry out to her as it did to the prophets of old. Speak to us of pleas ing; things, preach to us the errors we would liko to hear and not distasteful truth. The voluptuous may be offended for she has ne Indulgence for their sin ful pleasures. Superiors may be in dignant because she reproaches them with their inferiors. Inferiors may be offended because she preaches to them their duty of being respectful and obedient to those above them. All about her may clamor for novelties; she may be told that she ought to accommodate her doctrines to modern conditions and Ideas, that she ought not to shock men's minds with such repulsive subjects as & final Judgment and an eternity of punishment, and unmoved by murmur, clamor or criticism she will never ceae to proclaim the gospel truths, which she was commissioned to teach. She has but one criterion of religion, one standard of right and wrong the teaching of the Gospel as laid down to her by her divine founder. Whether urging, entreaty or force be Used to Induce her to deviate from that standard, her answer must In variably be. 'I can not. It Is not right.- " Dr. Brougher Preaches to Veterans. X large audience attended the patriotic: services at th White Temple last night Three Grand Army posts and several Women's Relief Corps and Ladles of the G. A. R. Circles were present, and the entire lower floor was reserved for them. The church was decorated with American and foreign flags. Dr. Brougher deliv ered a sermon upon "The Flag." He said that the red was symbolic of sacrifice, the white of purity and the blue of loy alty and liberty. LIFE OF PACJj THE THEME. s Rev. II. T. Atkinson Speaks on "The Battle of lAle." Rev. Henry T. Atkinson, pastor of the Methodist Kplscopal church, de livered a sermon yesterday morning upon the subject, "The Battle of Life." He took his theme from the IWe of Paul, choosing; for his text Paul's tes timony to Timothy, "I have fought a good fight." "Paul was never a warrior In one sense of the word," he said. He had never accompanied the irenerals of Rome on their campaigns of military conquest, nor had he ever formed one in the great triumphal prooesslons which added luster to the names of those military leaders in whose nonor they were given, but Paul was a sol dier, nevertheless-, and his victories were won on a field which rendered them brlllliant with a glory that time shall never efface nor dim, while If earthly eyes were blind to the immor tal deeds which he had wrought, heaven was waiting- to see the hero crowned. "It was In the battle of life that Paul so successfully engaged; there's many a man possessed of splendid physical courage who could face death without a tremor on the battlefield and in the face of an earthly foe who Is nothing: but an arrant coward In the battle of life, so great Is the difference between courage that is physical and that Whioh is moral, yet the display of physical courage Ib one that has al ways won the admiration of the world and hearts are thrilled everywhere by its exhibition; the display of moral oourage counts more, however, on the battlefield of life: that sort of courage which enables one to stand firm for "nls convictions even when those con victions do not meet with popular ap proval, for there is admiration in the hearts or even tne most raiien xor tne courage that maintains consistency In the face of every opposition, wnue tne world hates shams, religious or other wise, and all shams are discovered sooner or later. "The secret of Paul's courage was the result of "his cultivated compan ionshiD with Jesus Christ, whose spirit was s-reat enough and powerful enough to sustain him amid all the hanlness which he endured as a good sotaier of his (treat Captain. "Of the many suicides that are re corded from time to time there Is not one that does not result from the Be lief that the experiences of life are harder to face than Is the experience of death, and many a protessed roi lower of Christ has realized that were It not for the divine strengtn ana companionship such as Paul Knew, tne burdens of this lire wouia oe wen nign Impossible to endure, at times. "When the Civil war was over, ana the soldiers came home to receive their country's welcome, they referred with nrlde to the engagements in which they had participated, each one of urnlch fastened the close 01 tne war. Well, some day the Battle of Life will be ended, some day tne nour of our homegolng will have arrived, therefore. Christian, looK well to your record, so that when you depart from the battlefield forever you may go with the glad consciousness of the hero Paul. "I have fougTit a good fight, the warfare Is ended, the crown Is won. 'SYMBOLISM OF THE FLAGS." Sumner Post Attends Service at Uni versalis! Church. 'Symbolism of the Flag' was the subject of a memorial sermon delivered vesterdav morning by Dr. Small, pas tor of the First Universalist church. Sumner Post. No. 12, G. A. R., and Sumner Women's Relief Corps, No. 21, attended the service. Dr. Small said In part: "I do not like to have our flag spoken of as a painted rag. Of Itself It Is but a piece of woven fabric but is significant for what It symbolizes. My purpose is, to point the symbolic meanings of the three colors. Whether there was any Intent, originally, of at taching symbolic Importance to colors of the flag, I do not know. I will read my own symbolism into the flag, be lieving that, inasmuch as colors always have been given symbolic value, we may learn some lessons. 'Blue symbolizes loyalty. What but that Is Implied, when one Is spoken of as 'true blue?' And here's the essence of patriotism. A patriot Is true to the large interests of his country and com munity. He who would vote for a yel low dog If It were under his party em blem, has yet to learn the elementary meaning of patriotism. Loyalty has a broader value than that of fidelity to country. True men and women are loyal to any right In terest or 'cause which they In any way recognize as having a claim upon them to home, to friends, to church, to lodge, to convictions, to Ideals, to eternal principles of Right and Duty. We do not always discriminate herein. Loyalty to country Is sometimes con ceived as best expressed m disparag ing other countries; fidelity to some creed or church is thought of as beat shown by hurling anathemas at other creeds and churches. That preacher who, with a delicious lack of ordinary discrimination, puts some eight or nine different forms of tnought under the one category of 'devil's fakes,' very likely thinks he Is proving his zeal for historic Christianity; thinks he is loyal. 'So he Is loyal, and sincere. In a way and bigoted. Loyalty to party, church, creed". Is an absolute need! but It has obviously necessary limita tions. The same may be said of loy alty to friends and to any relations Into which men often enter on a fra ternal basis. The man who Is not faithful to his friends, who betrays them to serve his own ends; the man who wilfully casts aside those who are tied to him by bonds of family the husband who enters Into mesalliances with women: the wife who does so with men; the father who wilfully pillories the children he should love all such hav to learn the first principles of loyalty; and doubtless the experience may carry with it great bitterness. But there Is a greater loyalty to broad principles of Righteousness, charity, and brotherhood which may over shsdow these other loyalties:' for no man should put any Interest, above those Imperial obligations from which no soul can escape, to obey first of all, the eternal laws of right, and duty, "Red Is the badge of courage: and courage 1s close linked to loyalty. No one can be truly loyal to any Interest and be afraid to defend 1t. Some of the loft iest expressions of this virtue are shdwn on the field of battle. But not all: for courage has other forms of expression. It takes a brave man to face calmly the guns of the enemy. No less a degree of courage is required to face the scoffs and rkilrule and malignant Judgment of bit ter and violent prejudice. Some of the most courageous souls in history haven't won fame on the martial field. Savana rola. Luther. Parker. Darwin and a host of .others have had this courage. It makes a soul great, even though Its place in human affairs is very humble; and humble men need It; for without it we cannot face defeat, be outvoted, j laughed at, misunderstood and misrepre sented and maintain serenity of mind and heart. With courage to be true to our sense of duty and the demands of truth and goodness, we can scorn to make any explanation of our motives and Just go on to do what conscience bids us do. "White is symbolic of Innocence and purity. Innocence Is negative. Clean ness Is positive. If our country Is to hold a large place In the world's affairs, it will be by becoming more and more clean Think of the rottenness, the greed and graft, the crime- and disorder rampant The Augean stables need a Hercules. Who is it to be7 Not an individual, but the American people, purifying them selves into increasing honesty and right eousness and truthfulness. We have much, to do-in keeping the white in the flag from besmirching. It is as much my duty and yours to be free from that which la low, vulgar and dirty as it is for the President to be free from poli cal trickery. Many a man was doubtless full of daring in the face of the enemy in 61, and Is now dirty In his thought ana reelings. "While I might reverence the blue uni form that man wears I wouldn't rever ence him, and I hazard the word that no matter how courageous a man may nave been as a- soldier of the Great War, if all his subsequent life has been filled with uncleanness he is not Justified in Doasting or his deeds of 40 years ago. That which concerns us is most of all the very living present, this day. this hour In this time we are to keep our lives clean so that when the next hour and the next day arrives we may have power to be cleaner and by our clean ness do all we can to make the symbol ism of the white In our flag to . be significant." ALL SHOULD BE PREACHERS. Rev. E. S. Mnckley Says That Church Members Should Be Active. In his discourse yesterday morning; at the First Christian church. Rev. E. 8. Muokley discussed the question, "When Is a Church Evangelistic. " He held that the truest test of an evan gellcal church is the activity taken by the Individual members in furthering the -work of the church, and preacning the gospel. "We as a people claim to be apos tolic In a peoullar sense," he said, "and yet we have railed, at least in these latter years, to apply one of the most essential principles of the gospel; that is, apply it to its full apostolio extent. The bane of the church. In my Judg ment, has been the notion that the preaching should be done almost ex clusively by the ordained ministry. Apontolio practice not only does not warrant such a conclusion, but is dia metrically oppose 1 to such a notion. "A church cannot be apostolic that commits to one, or even a few paid men, the exclusive work of winning men to Christ. And I have every church. I preach for understand that I do not get paid one cent for preaching two sermons on Sunday. I donate my Sunday work. I get paid because the work of the church as a local organi zation demands at least all of one man's time during the week, as an or ganizer, manager and leader. I pro test that I am not hired to be a pro fesssional, or any other kind of a soul winner. Tou employ the preacher as you employ the gas company, the organist, the janitor, to help you carry on the organized work of the church. And when yon pay your money into the treasury of the church it is not for the support of the preacher, for he is able to support himself, but it is for the purpose of making a strong organization for the conservation of the achievements of the gospel. The preaching is yours to do. And a church Is not a strong evangelistic church until every memebr Is a soul winner. "Those who Vent about preaching the word' were not the apostles, for they remained in Jerusalem. Neither were they spclally commlssiond by the apostles. They were just disciples of Christ who, when they were run out of Jerusalem, felt under obligation to propagate the gospel. So they preached. They had as good a right to preach as the apostles had. What is the lesson? That every one Is un der oommlsslon and has the right to preach the gospel. The church whose members recniaraize this fact is an evangelistic church in the truest sense of the word. It is the leavening prin ciple that must be applied, each mem ber of the church passing the Christ life on to another by direct contact, by person-work, work that cannot be committed to the preacher without fearful loss to the church. . "A church should not be distin guished for its social qualities, though these are Important; nor for having the finest building in the city, for this would administer to pride; nor for its learned discourses from the pulpit, for that would win only a few; nor for the fact that it can furnish the highest grade entertainment in town, for the church is not primarily commissioned to entertain the people, though the services should be winsome. What should a church be distinguished for, then? It should be distinguished Tor the fact that it is an instrument in God's hand In winning large numbers to Christ." UXIOX MEMORIAL SERVICE. St. Johns Churches Addressed Rev. F. W. Warren. Union memorial services were held yes terday morning in the United Egangellcal Church, of St. Johns, where the Congre gational and Methodist churches united. S SEP S 45 3 $;' 'OS-"- " ST. JOHNS SCHOOLHOCSE tVILL, BE EVLABCED. So great has been the Increased attendance of the St. Johns public school the past year that the directors find It necessary again to enlarge . the schoolhouse. making it a 12-room building with an assembly hall. From a four-room building three years ago and with an attendance of about 100, the attendance has Jumped up to nearly 600 pupils. This year 12 rooms and 13 teachers are employed. Two extra classrooms on the school grounds are used. It Is expected that these extra rooms will have to be used next year, even with the enlarged schoolhouse. An assembly hall has been greatly needed, and at a recent meeting the directors were instructed to make the necessary additions. The directors were also instructed to install a modern sanitary system. These improvements will cost upward of $5000. These additions will provide room for only about one year more, when . another schoolhouse will be built in the north end of the district to accom modate the people there. V - . I f tJt. ... .'." . ' ' VI.- ,' 3 SM THE PASSING OF THE FAMOUS "QUARTER BLOCK OF FINE PIANOS" ELLEES PIANO HOUSE FORCED OUT OP BUSINESS OWING TO DEMANDS FOR RENT ENORMOUSLY GREATER THAN IN SEATTLE OR SAN FRANCISCO. The Largest Piano Concern in the West and One of the Biggest Retail Mercantile Concerns in the City of Portland to Discontinue Everything Must Be Sold by June 1 The Chance of a Generation Awaits Fastidious Buyers Wanting the Very Cream of Amer can Piano Manufacture Costly Baby Grands and Uprights, Pianola Pianos, Orchestrelles, Organs, Fixtures All Must Go. It is with genuine regret that we look forward to the few remain mg days of our occupancy of the famous "EMlers Piano House," now become world renowned as the only place where nearly all the highest grade instruments are to be found tinder one roof. In the turn which affairs have taken we faced the alternative of acceding to the unreasonable demands of an arrogant landlord, and pay a rent which would practically amount to our entire annual retail earnings, or discontinuing the business. No American citizen would have submitted to the former and thus nothing remains but to discontinue the retail department. We fully reafllze that only the most extraordinary inducements will move the balance of the fine stock of Instruments during the remaining few days of this month. Before commencing the tearing out of the famous downstairs piano parlors we must dispose of all of the costly and special art style Chlcker lngs and Webers and Kimballs, also a number of very fine "Baby Grands." These pianos are cased in choicest of selected mahogany, mottled English walnut, Hungarian ash and other rare and costly woods. Commencing this morning we will close out these instruments regardless of intrinsio value or cost, and an unprecedented opportunity awaits well-to-do homes to secure one of these special style pianos at a tremendous saving. Make your own terms. Everything must go by June 1st. Pianos, Pianola Pianos, Orchestrelles, Church and Parlor Organs, and also the genuine Pianola which is only sold by Ellers Piano House. This morning we commence work in deadly earnest. If you have -any possible use for anything in our line, now is the time to get it. Pu $25, or even 16 in your pocket for a part payment down, and come in. We won't split hairs about terms of payment. No reasonable offer will bs refused. But do not put off coming. Today, this afternoon or this evening Is the time. Tomorrow may be too late. . EILERS PIANO HOUSE, 351 Washington Street The services were held under the auspices of General Compson Post, No. 22, G. A. R. Rev. F. W. Warren, of the St. Johns Con gregational Church, delivered the oration. The auditorium wa filled to overflowing. Rev. Mr. Warren declared that It was not his purpose to glorify war nor to eulogize the illustrious dead, as that would be done Memorial day, but rather to draw lessons from present conditions. He spoke of the dark clouds of '61 and the final triumph of the Union when "Old Glory" floated over a republic without a master and without a slave. Turning from that phase of the situation. Rev. Warren said: 'The right triumphed, the wrong was dead. We need this lesson now. The conflict between labor and capital is be coming more fierce and the volcanic flashes of future Judgment are manifested in the strikes and lockouts of our present day. The cold, despotic methods of the trusts and their insatiate lust for gold is being more clearly Illustrated than ever before by the actions of the Standard 'OH Trust. Something Is radically wrong when '6000 men in this country,' .says a writer in Suocess, 'actually own (without counting what they control) nearly one- sixth of the entire national wealth, money, land, mines, buildings industries, every thing, which sixth if put into gold would give them all the gold in the world and leave 19,000,000,000 still owing them.' I do not believe that one man, or a few men, should control the masses. Nor do I believe that the body of the human race Is the legitimate prey of the few. Nor that laws should be enacted requir ing the great mass of mankind to stand and deliver their hard earnings at the command of a few aristocrats. Nor that very few men should have the unre strained right to take from them by pick pocket methods of legislation, their hard earned dollars which should go to the support and education of themselves and families. I have faith in God. I have faith 4n the American people and our flag." Meting at Sellwood Church. At the Sellwood Episcopal Church, last night, the Methodist, Baptist and Presby terian congregations assembled in a union memorial service. Pickett Post and Clr- , cle of the Ladles of the G. A. R. attend ed the services In a body. Rev. William R. Powell, the rector, delivered a pa triotic sermon. . r. ? ' 7 a1" w - 'i ' I i.i CONVICT Li R. A. Harris, of State Commis sion, Collecting Data. . WRITES TO CANDIDATES Believes Scope of Resolution Should Be Broadened to Make New Act General in Its Application. R. A. Harris, of Mount Scott, secretary of the road commission appointed to pre pare a bill for the employment of con victs on a highway to be constructed be tween Portland and the California lire, is now engaged in gathering material for this bill, and Incidentally has sent out cir cular letters to the candidates for the Legislature on all tickets asking their views on the Bubject. Mr. Harris already has received some replies and most of them are enthusiastic for the employ ment of the convicts on the public high way. One or two writers, while favoring the proposition, say that they will wait to see the bill before promising to sup port it. Mr. Harris has gathered much' data from other states bearing on the question of employing convicts on the public roads, but none of this material is conclusive, and he has come to believe' that the bill prepared by the commission will have to be practically new in details and pro visions, and supply the omissions in the laws in other states bearing on the sub ject. ,. . , Will Have to Be Broadened. Secretary Harris has also come to the conclusion that the resolution confining the work of the commission to preparing a bill to work the convicts on a highway between Portland and the California line is altogether too narrow, and that, if success is desired, the scope of the reso lution will have to be broadened so as to include the working of convicts on all publio roads. ."It seems to me," said Mr. Harris, "that if any county wants to employ the con victs it should be allowed to do so by making a requisition and paying ex penses of their operation. Their employ ment should not be confined to any par ticular highway. I think that the com mission recognizes this principle already." It is his opinion that the success of any bill that may be drafted on the subject will depend largely on the fairness with which it is executed after it has become a law. It Is this point that he considers moat Important and he is giving it much study. He thinks that the administra tion of the law, if It be passed, authoriz ing the employment of convicts on the public roads, should be placed In the hands of a commission of high-minded and public-spirited citizens, who should serve without pay. Only a clerk should be employed under salary. Good Commissioners Needed. Such a commission, says the secretary, would be able to deal fairly with all sec tions. It should be made of men inter ested in good roads The commission already has accom plished an- important work in securing auxiliary .members In many of the dis tricts throughout the state. In the pos session of the secretary of the commis sion are lists of citizens interested in road construction who have consented to become auxiliary members of the main commission. This movement is of great importance, as it brings the whole question d:rectly home to the people themselves and en ables the commission itself to get into close touch with the people and learn their sentiments. The names of several hundred representative citizens are on these lists, which are In the hands of Sec-J retary Harris and County Judge Lionel ' St '3 J "Jf : illr-r . J I IIIIIIUM. Kill f ....... "l J -' R. Webster, who was the author of. the present law authorizing the employment of convicts on the public roads. Heal Work to Come. This is the line of the work the commis sion has undertaken. The real work of drafting a suitable bill has not begun out side of the collecting of data by Secre tary Harris. There will be a meeting, probably s6metlme in July, when definite plans will be laid. Members of the com mission are: G. W. Jett, of Baker City, president; R. A. Harris, of Arleta, Mount Scott, secretary; A. B. Cavender, of Brownsville; J. W. Shattuck, of Gresh- am; W. K. Newell, of Gaston. Judge Webster, of Multnomah County, has been the promoter of the plan, and whenever he has been called on to address any audience he rarely fails to' introduce the subject of employing convicts on the publio roads, or rather in the construction of a macadamized highway between Port land and the California line. He has talked recently to Grangers on the sub ject and asked their support. His pet proj ect is this through road to California, there to connect with a road to be built through California on to Mexico. Origin of Convict-Labor Law. Tears ago, when Judge Webster was a Recorder in a little town In Jackson fcoun ty, they were troubled with hoboes, and finally the Recorder and the Selectmen made a law of their own and set the trampa to work on the streets. That was the start. Judge Webster then got a bill through the Legislature authorizing em ployment of prisoners on roads, which was a dead letter until he became Judge of Multnomah County, when be enforced his own law for the first time. While he has advocated this state road some of the other members of the com mission believe in framing up a bill that will be broad enough to cover employment of convicts anywhere. Will Attend Theological School. Rev. W. P. Plumer, who for a number of years was pastor of the First English Evangelical Church, East Side, but who for the past year was pastor of the Evangelical Church of Salem, is supplying the pulpit of the Memorial Church, East Eighteenth and Tlbbetts streets, until the arrival of Rev. La. C. Hoover from Ohio. Mr. Plumer has temporarily retired from the active ministry to afford opportunity for further study. He expects to enter the theological department of the Wil lamette University this Fall. Rev. R. L. Streyfeller, pastor last year of Memorial Church, was transferred at his request to the Washington con ference, and he has gone there to take TELLS BY THEIR SLEEP "I can tell by my little ones' sleep when a cold ia coming on" said a mother when speaking of the advance symptoms of colds in children. " Thjey toss about, are rest less, their breathing is heavy and there are symptoms of night sweats. The next morn ing I start with Scott's Emul sion. The chances are that in a day or two they are all over it Their rest is again peaceful and the breathing normal." Here's a suggestion for all mothers. Scott's Emul sion always has been almost magical in its action when used as the ounce of preven tion. Nothingseems to over come child weakness quite so effectively and quickly as Scott's Emulsion. SCOTT MWNB, 4fi rearl &U, Xwm fork. 1' I.' W. Kt - - .... -".. ""TJ charge of the Reardon Evangelical Church, of "which ha was pastor two years ago. DAILY M ETC RO LOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, May ST. Maximum tempera ture. Ad dec : minimum. 44 de. River readlng at 8 X. M., 10.7 feet; change in past 14 hours, fall. 0.1 of m foot. Total precipitation, 5 P. M. to 8 P. If., .02 of an inch; total sln-e September 1, 1006, 85.8T inches; normal" since September 1. 1906, 43.5T Inohee; deficiency. 7.90 Inches. Total eunehlne. May a, 8 hours and 40 minutes; possible, 15 hours and 31 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea-level) at 5 P. M.. 28.66. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. Wind. 11 4 STATIONS. Walla Walla Tatooeh Ialand Seattle Spokane Ban Franolsco..... Bait Lake City Sac A mento. ........ Roseburg-........... Red Bluff. Portland Pocatello North Head Helena. . . . Eureka Bolee T. I14ISB 'Clear 68IO.O0I12IE! eo'o.is e m R4 0.38 4lN 48 T. 8NW 54I0.00I24NW Clear H"loudy l-loudjr Rain Pt. Cldy. M 0.2CH a w 66:0.00 lllSHJ Rain Cloudy 56 0.60 4 N Cloudy 66 0.00 StSW M'0.92 4I8B 58l0.02 8'NW 60,1.141 8'W !fl2 T. I 8 8 Cloudy Cloudy Kain Pt. Cldy. Cloudy Pt. Cldy. fto'O.OO 12 NB Bismarck. RS!0. 00 14'NW Cloudy Baker Ctty 410.02 4W fx. Cldy. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Unsettled weather continues In ths North Paelflo States and light showera have occurred In California, Utah. Eastern Oregon. Eastern Washington and Idaho. No rain fell in West ern Oregon and Western Washington during but elsewhere no marked change m tempera but elsewhere no marked change tn tempera ture has taken nlace. The conditions are farorable for showers In this district Monday. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasta made at Portland for the 28 hnon ending midnight. May 28: Portland and vicinity Shower..- -aHnA. ly westerly. Western Oregon and Western Washington Showers; variable wind, mostly westerly IdSSw.r200- amem w"lneton 1 TOWARD A. BBALB, ATJCTTOX BALES TODAX. At the Portland Auction Rnrvm. i 1 street. Sale 3 P. M. C. L. Ford. Auctioneer- By J. T. Wilson, at salesroom. an si. street, at 10 A. M. J. T. Wilson. Auctioneer. At residence. 723 East Stark, take Dnnnv.M. or Mount Tabor car to Twentieth street, gale by the Portland Auction Rooms, at 10 A. M. C. L Ford. Auctioneer. MEETINOXOnCEA Q. A. R. : NOTIdV-To vol4 a long march, comrades of Gevge Wright and Lincoln - Garfield Posts. O. A. R and all veterans are requested to meet at Sumner Post Hall, corner East Ash ajid t'nlon avenue, at 10 o'clock A. M., May 80. there to Join Sumner and Ben Butler Poets and march thence to Lone Ftr cemetery. Servians will be held at the monument In Lone Fir at 11 A. M At 2 P. M. Memorial rfaf ell members of the G. A. R. and Veterana not belonging to posts are reauested to meet e.t the Armory, O. N a.. Tenth street, between. Everett and Davis streets, to Join In the pro cession from thence to Plaza block, front of Courthouse, to take part In the dedication of the monument to Spanish-American War Vet erans. Comrades unable to march and all members of the Woman's Relief Corps will be given seats at the Plaza block on exhibition of barlge or O. A. R. button. All comrade are expected to wear their buttons and badge. Comrades assigned to visit the schools on Tuesday P. M. will see their assignments In The oregonlan of Saturday. May 26. F. L. WItMASD. Chairman Memorial Day Committee, G. A. R. HARMONY XjODGBL NO. 12, A. F. A A. M. A stated communica tion thU (Monday) evenlnr, 7:30 o'clock. Masonic Temple, Third and. Alder srtreetB. Work In the F. C. All M. M. welcome. By order TV. M. JBLTU8 R. BALU Secretary. degree. 2f MARTHA WASHINGTON CHAP TER. NO. 14, O. E. 6. Stated com munication thi f Monday), 8 P. M., Burkhard bid. By ordr W. M, BEIA.lv RICHMOND, Sey. 7. O. W.. ATTENTION! Member of Wb- foot Camp, No. fto. are earnestly requested to attend the funeral of our late netahbor. Walter FX -Mitchell, which will take piara from the family residence, BO Columbia street, Tueday, May 29, at 10 A. M. Members of other camps also invited. By order of W. 8. GAYLORD. C. C. A. I-. BARBUR. Clerk,