THE MORyiXG OREGOyiAy, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1906. IS Velguth No Worse Than Cor porations That Rob Pub lic, Says Preacher. ' WHO WILL BE THE NEXT? Pev. S. C. Lapham, Pastor ol Sec ond Baptist Church, Says Many Other Young Portland Men Lead Double Lives. That there is no moral distinction be tween tha crima of Bernard O. Velguth. the, gas office embezzler. a.nd the crimes of the great corporations whose mil lions have been stolen from the public was. the statement made from the jiulpit of the Second Baptist Church last even ing by the pastor. Rev. S. C. Lapham. Mr. Lapham harshly criticised the gas company for its failure to keep Velguth In the right path and declared that it was deserving of no sympathy. Mr. Lapham spent several days last week In talking over the Velguth case with the leading business men of Port land and his sermon on "The "Way to Hell and the Chambers of Death" em bodied the opinions expressed in those Interviews. One of these opinions was that Velguth was no worse than his em ployer. Incidentally the preacher remarked that there were others In tha Velguth class occupying responsible positions In Port land, and declared that at least a thou sand Portland men dined each evening with their mistresses. "Who next?" was the question naturally suggested by his sermon. In part, Mr. Lapham said: "The revelations of crime, its shame and disgrace, do not cease. The eyes of the nation have been turned upon our own fair city and state as the roll of our criminal statesmen and law violat ing citizens, prosecuted and sentenced in creases. We wonder when the uncovering of the whlted sepulchres, full of dead men's bones, will cease. We hope not until the moral vultures and financial pirates are removed and we are rid of the whole deadly brood. "In our humiliation we may draw some lessons from these events. I wish to commend to you two recent cartoons pub lished in The Oregonian, as preaching two of the strongest sermons ever de livered in this city against fraud, embez zlement and its handmaidens of vice. I refer to the picture of the young man looking at the dishonor roll of the bribe takers and thieves convicted in the land fraud cases, and the other the youth and the harlot, with the words of Proverb 7 printed beneath, referring to Velguth, the embezzler from the gas company. Terrors of Moral Death. "I have never had much time to think of or tajk about the hell of the future, but these with thousands of others about us, unknown possibly to us, are already there. Death is but an event in life, which we need not dwell upon, but the evil which leads to death, moral, spiritual the death of character, reputation, life and happiness is a pestilence more to be dreaded and mora fatal than the black plague. "It is as true as ever, "Broad is the way to destruction,' and the way is crowded. Who is to blame for the acts of this young embezzler? First of all, he is! No Juggling with words, the subject of heredity or life and conduct can change the fact of moral responsibility. He knew better, as every wrongdoer knows better. Every man knows better than to steal, whether It be a few hundred dollars or a valuable franchise worth millions. Men iknow better than to lie and steal, and to carry on an immoral, vicious life. Men are not puppets. Men are not moral Idiots. Every drunkard, every embezzler, every gamester, every thief, every nianlp. ulator in 'high finance,' whether it be this young man or the gas company who employed him. know better. "A business man connected with one of the largest corporations of the city said to me: "I blame tha gas company as much as Velguth; it is a crime to Tun a business today in a way that would make possible such theft. And what about the gas company buying and selling, water ing 6tock. increasing its capital and the whole scheme by which somebody has re cejved or will receive thousands of dol lars? Ha Is no worse than his employer. "There is such a thing as moral overstrain- A man has no more business to Jeopardize a man s integrity than to en danger his physical well-being. Every employer should make it as difficult as possible for men to do wrong and as easy as possible for men to do right. Gas Company Cheap Concern. "The course of the gas company Is to tie condemned if we may judge by the results. It has done much as the woman who placed a 10-cent piece in the sink to see it her servants were honest. No one has any sympathy to waste upon e. cheap company that does business on men a system, and besides, why should any company trust Its property or affairs to a man of such moral habits as Vel sTuth? The company that retains crooks, sports, libertines or drunkards in its employ ought to be robbed, if it will learn no other way. "The swift way to hell for the aver age young man today Is to follow the example of the many big corporations, trusts. Industries, railroads and the meth ods of the modern business world. "It Is no secret that the millions of the greatest enterprises about us were never earned. They were stolen. They were obtained by stealth, by force, by fraudulently protected and vested rights, and corrupt use of money, and what is tha difference between the rich thief and the poor thief? Largely that one is caught and disgraced and the other hon ored and protected. "Society shares In such crimes. I have been wondering if this young man's friends and those who bear his name were as anxious about his habits and living as they now are about clearing htm. In relation to this case, a man of the city said: 'There are 1000 men who eat dinner with their mistresses every night in Portland." Who hcres those men? Be careful, business men. Every one of them will steal If ha has tha op portunity. Surely. Portland is becoming a good-sized ante-chamber to hell and death- 'Some of Those to Blame. "Every foul-mouthed man who has placed a premium on vice In the presence of this young man; every theatrical ex hibition whose theme has centered in Illicit love, murder, divorce and the cul tivation of the baser part; every man who has scouted temperance: every sa loon and joint and brothel and vicious institution, has helped this young man on his way to hell. ' "Consider the example of a great cor poration bribing voters in order that it may go into the beer-garden business. Velguth is the product of his surround ings. He's the child of society. He is tha offspring of institutions and men COMPANY HARSHLY REBUKED that have pressed about him from tha beginning, and he has plenty of com pany in his disgace and conduct" "THE PLEASURES OF LIFE" Rev. E. S. Muckley Preaches Ser mon on Velguth's Embezzlement. ' In his sermon at the First Christian Church last night Rev. E. S. Muckley drew a distinction between the sensual and the mental and spiritual pleasures of life. He held up the career of Bernard O. Velguth, tha confessed embezzler, as an example of the wrongful pleasures. The subject of his sermon was "The Pleasures of Life." He said in part: Thre are two realms of pleasure. Solomon lived in one. Moses and Paul in the other. The one is in the sensual, the other is in the mental and spiritual. Solomon took his power, position and wealth, and made them minister to his baser appetites and passions. He was self-centered. He lived to please himself, and only pleased others as they could please him, until his experiences proved that man is easi ly surfeited with the sensual pleasures of this world. His declining days were more wisely spent. Moses and Paul took their power, position and wealth, and made them minister to the higher development of them selves and others. - The lesson is this: There are pleasures that are right; there are pleasures that, are wrong. Nor should it be difficult for us to discriminate between them. A bit of ob servation would teach us which Is the better and safer set of pleasures. In our own city we have Just been pre sented with a warning experience of a young man In the employ of the local gas company. Young Velguth chose the wrong set of pleas ures. They were the expensive sort. He had to steal from the men who trusted him 'In order to satisfy their extortionate demands; for the pleasures he chose drain not only one's pocketbook and demand that one shall steal, but they drain the very physical, moral and mental vitals, and ultimately leave their victim a sad and surfeited wreck along the pathway of life. Life is strewn with such wrecks. So many have demonstrated the vanity of such pleasures that there is no excuse for entering the portals where they are found. But what are the pleasures in that other realm of life? It is full of a real Joy. Men have testified to this. First is the pleasure of achievement. A man who sees a work grow up under his hands, a m-ork of noble character and proportions, a work that min isters to the good of his fellows as well as to his own. Is happy In both the prospect and retrospect of his achievement. In the second place, there is pleasure In victory. There la more pleasure in overcom ing temptation than in yielding to It. There is a Joy in victory that is known in hardly any other experience. The life of worldly pleasures Is ultimately discovered to be a life of defeat and failure. But the life of service for the larger world has for its crown victory and an eternal pleasure. DEFENSE OF MRS. NICHOLS Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher Says She Was Not to Blame. Though Nadine Nichols ' cast a spell about Bernard O. Velguth and led him to embezzle thousands of dollars that she might enjoy the luxuries of life, the young man is none the less responsible for his actions. This is from the view point of Dr. J. Whitcomb Bfougher. who discussed "The Woman in the Case" at the White Temple last night. He declared that the young embezzler, and the offi cials of the gas company, because of their loose business methods, were the ones to blame, and that the responsibility should not be shifted to Mrs. Nichols. His subject was. "The Embezzler Why? Is the Woman to Blame?" "It makes no difference how great a sinner a woman may be if a man is en ticed by her to do wrong he should bear his own responsibility and not try to ex cuse himself by blaming it on the wom an," he -declared. "But human nature has a streak of the sneak running through it and we are inclined to try to shift the responsibility of our sins upon the other fellow. I believe in one moral, standard by which both men and women ought to be Judged. The woman must stand or fall on her own record. The man must stand or fall upon his own also. I have no sympathy whatever for the young man who goes with evil companions and Is relieved of his money and ruined mor ally. He need not blame the woman. There is no excuse for him. He gets what he deserves. "A great deal has been said about the woman in the case. The newspapers have a great deal to say about her and after some investigation I should Judge that the papers know what they are talking about. As a general thing, however, the woman gets more blame than the man. If the woman is the stronger personality of the. two, then she. is to blame..' If he is stronger, then he is the more to blame. If they are equal then they must bear equally the responsibility. "Society, however, has been absolute ly unjust in this regard. The woman has always been blamed the most and that by her own sex. too. She is not given equal chance with man to rise again. Onca she is down there is little hope. "In tha case before us the gas company does not escape responsibility altogeth er. Their careless methods seem to make It very easy for a clerk to steal. If the management had been half-way observ ant it would have seen the fast life this young man was living and called a halt before he had gotten very much money. The officials might have brought him to himself and saved him from ruin." In this connection Dr. Brougher told of several Instances where young men had been warned by their employers and saved from their disgrace to become useful members of society. "A young man should know something of the character of the young woman with whom he goes," he continued. "If he does not know and gets into the com pany of some designing woman, he is sure to be ruined and showed up to the world as a fool. If a young man knows that the woman he is keeping company with is bad and then he still goes with h6r he deserves to be ruined without pity from anybody." SPIRITUALITY IX PROGRESS Rev. Vrooman Shows It Forms Basis for All Civilization. "Spirituality tha Soul of Reform and Progress" was the subject of Rev. Hiram Vrooman of the Swedenborgian Church whose services are held in Knights of Pythias hall. He said in part: Civilization is. this year 1906, further in advance of the civilization of 100 years ago than that civilization was ahead of the one of prehistoric times. The pro gress of the past century, therefore, has been absolutely unique and unpre cedented. And the pace is quickening still at something like compound ratio. If we compare the life of today with that recorded on any page of history, it seems as though something super-human had Invaded nature. Relatively, the present time Is also, ap parently, the most plastic period of hu man development. We are onlv at the threshold of this new age which has itself already superseded miracles bv its more startling and confounding achieve mentsand the dazzling rays reflected from the horizon of the future give only the faintest suggestions of what the harvest is to be from the seed of our planting. We look with pride and veneration upon our country as the foremost power among the nations, in this century that balances the scales with all preceding human his tory. A citizen of the United States is the one who first bares his breast to the unpolluted breeze on the bow of world achievement. Another century hence and our nation will be much further ahead of what it is today than it is today in advance of what it was in the time when George Washington and his contempor aries stamped their mould of liberty upon its plastic form. Other nations, following in the wake of our own. will consequently advance relatively yet more swiftly. As citizens of the United States, then, we are political sovereigns, in the na tion that leads the nations. In the age most plastic of the ages, In which the mould is being cast of governments which are to tower above our own pres ent one as mountains above the plains. And yet we hear the cry of weaklings bewailing the lack of opportunity; and we look into the faces of blank stupidity beneath which are no fires of enthusiasm. But. as the vision of opportunity emerges from its hitherto obscuring clouds, and as the fires of enthusiasm quicken our pulsations, and as we step boldly to the fore in the realm of deeds, we will find, if we look for it. a direct ing star, without the aid of whose spiritual rays we and our aspirations will be dashed to pieces. That star is simply this: The perfecting of ones own in dividual character as the transcendent aim and supreme purpose of life. PREACHES FAREWELL SERMOX Rev. Henry T. Atkinson to Leave This Week for Juneau. Rev. Henry T. Atkinson preached his farewell sermon at the Epworth Meth odist Episcopal Church last night-to a congregation that filled every available seat. Dr. Atkinson will leave Portland Thursday morning for Juneau, Alaska, where he will ba pastor of the Metro politan Methodist Episcopal Church. "There Is no miracle that Jesus ever performed," he said, "that seems more wonderful to me than the way in which this church by following his di vine leadership has grown and pros pered. In barely two years' time the church has been organized, it has borne all its financial obligations, its prop erty has been paid for and it is com pletely out of debt. "Those who have been associated with its history have known of the difficulties, seemingly insurmountable at times, which have confronted us, but all have been overcome and the foundation upon which it now rests is permanent." Dr. Atkinson, who is the founder of the church, thanked the membership for the loyalty it has always shown and expressed his regrets at tne sever ing of a relationship which has always been so pleasant between himself and each individual member of the church. A farewell reception will be given in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Atkinson to night at the Epworth Church. The sermon was based upon Luke viii:40. the pastor's subject being "Two Receptions." In the course of his re marks he said: One would think that, after the manifesta tion of tna Lord's power over evil In their country, the Gadarenes would have besought him to stay, but they were sinners, those people of Gadara, and they could not bear the contrast between their own wickedness and the pure and holy presence of him to whom even Peter upon one occasion felt impelled to pray: "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!" "What was true of the Gadarenes is true of the world today, where fast living, and vi cious Indulgence, and dishonest methods of securing riches prevail, there Ohrist is an un welcome guest. In Capernaum, however, to which the Lord returned after the absence of a single night, his welcome was different, his reception was enthusiastic, for the people had need of him; there was Jairus. whose little daushter of 12 years was at the point of death, and there was the woman who for 12 weary years had lingered along in the clutches of a disease that robbed her life of vigor; these were among the multitude that sought for his return, and when he came his power was great enough to satisfy their need It was the knowledge of what he could do that caused Jairus and the woman' to wait for the coming of Christ. Well, the world needs him today as much as it ever did. and it is always ready to. welcome him whether he be manifested in your words and actions or in mine. As long as tears of sorrow- fail, or some tempted, sinning human heart has need of divine strength to sustain it, there Christ is welcome. ADVISES AGAINST WORRY. Dr. Clarence True .AVilson Preaches on "The Cure of Care." Dr. Clarence True Wilson selected for tha subject of his sermon at the Grace Church yesterday morning, "The Cure of Care." The object lesson of the sermon was "don't worry." It cannot affect conditions and leads only to distrustf ill ness and discontent, 6aid the preacher. Dr. Wilson said in part: Anxiety .brings about results which we cannot control and is 6o Inconsistent with our own efficiency and with our peace and quiet. It induces loss of temper and leads to dlstrustfulnoss of the providential govern ment of the most high. Oh! we need to fear anything which Induces a state of mind averse to the holy will of God. This is the anxiety, the care to be cured; and there are grave reasons for the prohibition. "Which of you by taking thought can add to his statute one cubic? If ye uaen cannot do that which is least, why take ye thought for tne rest?" All our worries do not change anything. The rain or drouth or vermin will come to the farmer Just the same. If come tney will, thougn he give himself to agony of mind. The winds and waves will be Just as tempestuous though the merchant in his frenzy curse the god of storms. The disappointment, humiliation and hardship will come upon the preacher Just as certainly. If come it will, though he bow his head like a bullrush and lie down In despair. To the one who yields to the temptation It renders him unhappy, affecting even his health unfavorably, lessening his own creative and executive capacity, curtailing his good opinion of his Heavenly Father, be clouding his faith, bringing leanness to his soul and often insanity and even suicide. And the injury done is not only personal, but gloom and melancholia are contagious; thev work injury to the family and friends and of all who come in contact with the victim of the dreadful Indulgence. What right have we to spoil the happiness and hope of those who by every consideration we should protect from all adverse influences? How many homes are rendered almost untenable to wives and children by the unhapplness and repining of the one who, by every con sideration, should save them from Influences so unlovely? , It Is an injury to ths cause of God. Our ungodly neighbors know what is claimed for the religion of Jesus. Not only that it makes Us devotees good where others are bad. namely, in presence of temptation and opportunity, but through Its influence we claim that it gives resignation and trust and peace in the day of calamity. When they see us, the exponents of its truths, the ex emplars of Its power, bowed in despondency over the ills of life and made miserable by the. weight of woe. how can they do other than conclude that either our religion Is a fraud or that we are? Either that religion itself is a failure or Its professors false? SERVICES AT WESTMINSTER Rev. Henry Marcotte) Preaches on Opening of Eyes. Illustrated by speech and song, the serv ices and sermon yesterday morning at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Hol laday's Addition, were particularly effec tive. Rev. Henry Marcotte, the pastor, preached on the scripture. "And their eyes were opened and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight." The fine solo which followed the closed of the ser mon was Illustrative of the text- It was by Mr. Miller and was entitled, "Open My Eyes." "Recently we have come to know the use and power of electricity and radium,' said Mr. Marcotte. '"but the power which these elements rep resent - have always existed from the beginning of the world. It was hidden and has only been developed for use of man, by some genius, who discov ered their uses, and yet their power was always there. The name Westinghouse suggests at once what it stands for throughout the world. Tha Westinghouse brake make it possible for railway trains to travel at a high rata of speed in safe ty. The name suggests what it stands for. So the name Jesus Christ stands for a reality that many do hot see, feel nor understand. Their eyes are not open. But my friends can we not make him real this morning and take him into our lives and business? Why not our eyes be opened to him. He represents everything to us. He represents that hidden power that has existed from the beginning. Can we not take the real Christ into our lives? May not our eyes be opened unto him?" . Following the conclusion of the sermon by Mr. Marcotte. came the solo. "Open My Eyes." rendered by Mrs. Miller in her clear and effective miner. Sermon and solo blended together in close har mony, and made a most beautiful and unique service. USEFUL LIFE ENDS Mrs. Jacob Fleischner, Pioneer of Portland, Is Dead. KNOWN FOR HER CHARITY Belonged to Various Benevolent Or ganizations and Was a Lavish, Though Unostentatious Giver to Poor and Xeedy. Mrs. Jacob Fleischner. one of the most highly respected and widely known pion eer women of Oregon, died yesterday morning at 3:30 o'clock at " the family home, 231 Seventh street. Mrs. Fleischner never fully reoovered from the paralytic stroke 6he suffered several years ago, and about two weeks ago experienced a gen eral breakdown. , Old age and continued" suffering under mined her constitution and although she made a brave fight to regain her health yesterday morning she succumbed. While It was known that her health was not of the best the news of her death comes as a sad surprise to her hundreds of friends who loved and admired her for her manifold womaly qualities. Mrs. Fannie Fleischner was born in Tachau, Bohemia, Austria. April 35, 1841. She came to this country when a girl of about 16. Jacob Fleischner, who had crossed the plains to Oregon, returned to the East to claim her as his bride, and they ware married at Newark. N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Fleischner then came to Oregon by the way of the Isthmus of Panama and settled at Albany. Shortly afterwards they moved to Portland. Mrs. Fleischnsv had been a resident of Portland for about 40 years, and spent the greater part of her life in the home at 231 Seventh street, where she died. Be sides her husband she leaves five chil dren: I: N. Fleischner, a member of the Portland " school board, and Marcus Fleischner, a member of Mayor Lane's Executive Board, both of Fleischner, Mayer & Company, are her sons. Mrs. Rudolph Goldsmith. Mrs. Sol Blumauer. of Portland, and Mrs. George Davis, of San Francisco, are her daughters. Mrs. Fleischner was widely known In Portland for her charitable work. She be longed to several different charitable and philanthropic organizations and took an earnest Interest in work of this character. She was an unostentatious giver and dis liked to have her acts of charity made public. It was often said of her that she was too kind-hearted and that persons sometimes took advantage of her In this respect. She never refused an appeal from one In need or distress. The funeral services will, be held to morrow morning and will be private. In terment will be in the family lot at the Jewish Cemetery. CHOIR BP THIRTY VOICES ORGANIZED FOR WINTER. AT TAYXOR-STKEET , CHURCH. Dr. F. Burgette Short Preaches on Consequences of Minor Sin6. Refers to Velguth Case. A choir of 30 voices, led by Profes sor W. H. Beyer, took part in the serv ices at the Taylor-Street Methodist Church yesterday morning and night. The choir was organized for the Winter and it is one of the best ever secured for a Portland church. Dr. F. Burgette Short took for the subject of his eve ning sermon, "Guilty as Charged." The sermon was not upon the Velguth em bezzlement, as the title might Imply, although the robbery was referred to indirectly and held up as a moral les son. Referring to Velguth Dr. Short said: "My young friends accept of a kindly word of advice. Live within your in come. Don't become enamored with so-called high life. The old-fashioned life of industry, honesty and economy is the only life worth living. Save a little of your earnings every month. Consider the love and loyalty of your family. Don't occasion them any grief. Live uprightly before all men. Trust God and remember that men reap what they sow." Continuing, he said: Sane men are accountable for their deeds both unto God and the state, rats fact is deep-rooted in the ethical fabric of the uni verse, and civilized men believe In it and cherish Its meaning. Recognliing and en forcing this principle is necessary for the continuity and perpetuity and solidity of state and race. God's universe Is domin ated by law. and therein and thereby the days come and. go. Man's universe the sphere which he dominates must be and is also under law. else his realm soon goes to pieces. The dignity, the sovereignty and the enforcement of laws must be maintained. The good, the peace and the prosperity of the state demands this. Men cannot break the law and escape. Its penalty Is Inflicted in their consciousness. Its terror makes hideous their life, save as they sink deeper and deeper into crime and lawlessness. Every farmer expects to reap a harvest like the seed he sows: and the Kingdom of Grace differs not In this respect. He that surrenders his nobler na ture to the dominion of his baser nature may expect in breaking the higher laws of life to reap a crop of misdeeds and disgrace and Infamy. No man Is obliged to sow "a few wild oats." Most men may; but every wild oat sown' becomes an occasion of endless regret when noble aspirations nil the soul and actuate the life. It's as true now as ever and it's ever true, he that breaketh, the hedge Is bitten by a serpent. I call your attention to two spiritual seed sowers of whose sins the human law takes no notice and to whom earthly courts can not mete out penalties. But when those tins manifest themselves by unlawful rela tions with men. then the human law comes In to mete out its penalty. I refer to pride and covetousnesa. These are the colossal sins of the people. Are they your sins? Are the seeds of pride and covetousness growing in your heart? If so. you are sowing unto the flesh and of the flesh you shall reap corruption the cor ruption caused by extravagance, duplicity, dishonesty, dishonor and disgrace. What panderings to pride. What sacrifices of honor, parental, ambitious, and unbounded trust are made unto the Moloch of an ex travagance, caused by the sins of pride and covetousness. How many, O how many are the victims of these sins! How many are already guilty as charged! Guilty before high heaven of these, and perhaps soon to be, if not already, guilty before men. SPEAKS AGAIN OX EVOITJTION Sermon by Elder Snyder at Seventh- Day Adventist Church. "Harmony of the Bible Record of Creation and Recreation" was the topic of Elder Snyder's discourse at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church last night. He spoke in part as follows: The position that the first and second chap ters of Genesis are "radically different in OPERATIONS AVOIDED Two Grateful Letters from Women Who Avoided Serious Operations. Many Women Suffering from Like Conditions Will Be Interested. When a physician tells a woman, suf fering from female trouble, that an operation is necessary it, of course, frightens her. The very thought of the operating table and the knife strikos terror to her heart. As one woman expressed it, when told by her physician that she must undergo an operation, she felt that her death knell had sounded. Our hospitals are full of women who are there for just 6uch operations! It is quite true that these troubles may reach a stage where an operation is the only resource, but such cases are much rarer than is generally supposed, because a ereat many women have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after the doctors had said an operation must be per formed. In fact, up to the point where the knife must be used to secure instant relief, this medicine is certain to help. The strongest and most grateful statements possible to make come from women who, by taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable . Compound, have escaped serious operations.' Margrito Kyan, Treasurer of St. Andrew's Society, Indianapolis, Ind., writes of her cure as follows: Dear Mrs. Pinkham : " I cannot find words to express my thanks for the good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did me. The doctor said I could not get well unless I bad an operation for the trouble from which I suffered . I knew I could not stand the strain of an operation and made up my mind I would be an invalid for Ufa. Hearing now Lydia nmtnams Ask Mrs. Pinkham's Advice A Woman Best Understands a Woman's Ills. their origin," and that they do not agree, is not tenable from the viewpoint of either the Bible or reason. First let us notice what the Bible says. In the first chapter of Genesis we read that man waa created In the imaa-e of God. In the second chapter it is true that we find "nothing about man being made, in the image of his Creator." In the second chapter we find the word "Adam." which Is - not found In the first chapter. Now, let us look at the first two verses of the fifth chapter: "This Is the book of the generations of Adam. ' In the day that God created man. In the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were cre ated." Now, any one can eee that the writer of this language referred to both the first and second chapters as describing the same event. In Matthew xix: Christ refers with ap proval to the record of creation in Genesis Here are his words: "Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female?" If Genesis is not authentic then Christ Is not authentic, for he sanctions the record. There are too many references all through the Bible to the record in Genesis for any one to discard Genesis without being driven is the end to discard the whole Bible. Some men find It exceedingly hard to swal low the simple fact that God created man a human being in the first place, and so they go to work and fix up a complex theory which la far more mysterious, . and swallow it very easily. Evidently the Pharisees were not the only people to "strain at a gnat and swallow a camel." If man is ever born into the spiritual king dom. It will be by an acency from aoov Instead of by a gradual evolution from within. The mineral kingdom cannot of Itself evolve into- vegetable. A seed from the vegetable kingdom must come from above, and fall Into the soil. Then the seed germinates aid grows, and we behold the properties of the mineral kingdom transformed Into vegetable fiber, food and flower. The animal reaches down from above, and feeds on the vegeta ble. Then we behold the vegetable transformed into animal tissue. The transforming agency comes from above. In like manner, the power must come from the spiritual kingdom above, and transform man into the spiritual likeness. This is the new birth from above which peo ple scoff at because they cannot reason It out. It la a mystery, to be sure, and so Is the transformation of vegetable Into animal a mystery. Who can reason out the process by which grass Is turned into hair on the back of the cow. wool on the back of the sheep, and feathers on the back of the goose? Who would thing of refusing to eat until he could reason out the process by which bread Is turned into bone, muscle, flesh and hair? Such a reasoner would soon die physically, and in like manner some reasoaers will die spiritually, or else never become spiritual, because they refuse to allow the spiritual power from above to reach down and trans form them by the mysterious process of the sew birth. WAVE SEVEN FEET HIGH Hay Swept Away and Hogs Are Drowned in Nebraska, JACKSON'. Neb.. Sept 16. At 7:30 o'clock this morning water from a cloudburst in the northwestern part of Dakota County and the eastern part of Dixon County rushed down the valley of Elk Creek, sweeping away hundreds of tons of hay, drowning hogs caught in pens, flooding cellars, washing away railroad tracks and doing other dam age, all of which is conservatively esti mated at $100,000. The wave of water in the creek which struck this town was seven feet high. The Omaha and Great Northern Railroads both lost considerable track. Three Men Blown to Atoms. ; WINNIPEG-, Man., Sept. 16. By a premature explosion of dynamite this afternoon at a railroad camp 18 miles from Kenora three men were blown to pieces. Fragments of their bodies were picked up 40 feet away. TRAVELERS' GCTDE. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamers Pomona and Oregona for Salem and way landing, from Taylor-street dock, dally (except Sunday) at 6:45 A. M. OREGON CITT TRANSPORTATION CO, Office and Dock, foot Taylor St, Vegetable Compound had saved .other women from serious operations I decided to try it, and in less than four months I was entirely cured; and words fail to express my thank fulness." i Miss Margret Merkley, of 275 3d Street. Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "Loss of strength, extreme nervousness, severe shootine pains through the pelvic organs, cramps, bearing-down pains, and an irritable disposition compelled me to seek i i -i i . e an examination, said that I had a serious female trouble and ulceration, and advised an operation as my only hope. To this I strongly objected and I decided as a last resort to try Lydia . E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "To my surprise the ulceration healed, all the bad symptoms disappeared, and I am once more strong, vigorous and well ; and I can not express my r-hankn for what it has done forme." Serious feminine troubles are steadi ly on the increase among women and before submitting to an operation every woman should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. for advice. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been curing the worst forms of female complaints, all functional troubles, inflammation, ulceration, falling and displacement, weakness, irregularities, indigestion and nervous prostration. Any woman who could read the many grateful letters on file in Mrs. Pinkham's office would be convinced of the efficiency of her advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. TRAVELERS' GCEDE. EAST via SOUTH Leaves. ONION DEPOT. Arrives 8:45 P. M. DVERLAND ex press TRAINS for Salem, Rose burg. Ashland. Sacramento, Og ien, San Fran lsco, Stockton, Los Angeles, El Paso. New Or leans and the East. Morning train connects at P7oodburn dally except Sunday with trains for Wt. Angel, Silver ton. Brownsville. Springfield. Wend llng and Natron. Sugene passenger connects at Woodburn with Mt Angel and Sllvertan local. Corvallls passen ger. Sheridan passen ger. Forest Grove pas senger. T:25 A. M. 8:00 A. M. T:15P. M. 4:15 P. M. 10:35 A. M. 7:00 A. M. 4:50 P. M. S:0OP. M. 11:00 A. M. 5:50 P. M. 8:35 A.M. 82:50 P. M. 810:20 A. M. Dally. Dally except Sunday. FORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVICE AND TAMHILL DIVISION. Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street. Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:40 A. M.: 12:50. 2:05. 5:20. 8:25. 8:30, 10:10. 11:30 P. M. Daily except Sunday. 5:30. 6:30, 8:40, 10:25 A. M. Sunday only, 9 A. M. Returning from' Oswego, arrive Portland, dally, 8:35 A. M. . 1:55. 3:05. 6:15. 7:85. 8:55, 11:10 P. M-: 12:25 A. M. Dally except Sun day, 6:25. 7:25. 8:35, 11:45 A. M. Sunday only. 10 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and In termediate points dally. 7:30 A. M. and 4:15 P. M. Arrive Portland. 10:15 A. M. and 6:25 P. M. The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. con necting with S. P. Co.-a trains at Dallas and Independence. First-class fare from Portland to Sacra mento and San Francisco. 820; berth. $5. Second-class fare. 815: second-class berth. J250. Tickets to Eastern point, and Europe; also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE. Corner Third and Washington 6ta. Phone Main 712. C W. 6TINGR. W3t M'MCRKAT, City Ticket Agent. Gen. Fax. Ag. North Pacific S.S.Co.'s popular Flrt-Clas Passenger Steamship Roanoke 2500 tons) Sails for San Francisco Los Angeles and Eureka THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 27; OCTOBER 11 At 8 P. SC. from Martin's Dock, foot 17th st. Take S or 16th-t. ears. Ticket office. 132 3d. near Alder. Phone Mala 1314. H. YOUNG. Agent. PORTLAND - ASTORIA ROUTE Fast Str. TELEGRAPH Makes round trip daily (except Son day). Leaves Alder-street dock 7 A. M.; returning leaves Astoria 2:30 P. M., arriving Portland 9 P. M. Telephone Main 565. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co. Leave PORTLAND, with freight only. BARRACOUTA," September 20. "COSTA RICA" September 24. "AZTEC." September 30. Leave SAN FRANCISCO, with freight only. "coma kica." eeptemDer i. "AZTEC," September 24. "BARRACOUTA." September 28. Subject to change without notice. Freight received dally at Alnsworth Dock. rnons uain zs. j. a. juewaon. Agent. TRAVELERS" GCTDE. jgtoUITON PACIFIC 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pullman standards and tourist sleeping cars dally to Omaha. Chicago. Spo kane; tourist sleeping car daily to Kansas City. Reclining chair cars tseats free) to tne UN'IOX DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL for the East 9:30 A- M. 5:00 P M. yla Huntington. Dally. Daily. SPOKAVE FLTFH 6:15 P.M. i8:0OA. M. orum.Nt, FLTER. pally. I Daily. For Eastern Washington. Walla Walla. Lewiston. Coeur d'Alene and Great Northern points. ATLANTIC EXPRESS 8:15 P.M. 7:15A. M. for the East via Hunt- Dally. Dally. Ington fSJTJ'11 - BIGGS 8:15 A.M. 6:00 P. M. XT? . LV for aI1 Iocal points between Bless and Portland. , RTVER SCHEDCXE. FOR ASTORIA and 8:00 P M. 5:00 P.M. ay points, connecting Daily Dally witn steamer for Ilwa- except except co and North Beaca Sunday. Sunday, steamer Hassalo. Ash- Saturday stdock. 10:00 p. M. ,DATJ0.?' re- :00 A. M. i5:30 P. M. on City and Yamhill Dally Daily ?rpolnts' Asfc-t. except except dock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday. For Lewlston, Idaho, and way points from Klparla. Wish. Leave Rlparla 5:40 A. M . or upon arrival tram No. 4. dally except Sat Frlday Rlparia p. M. dally except Ticket Office. Third and Washington. Telephone Main 712. C. W. Stinger. City Ticket Agt.; Wm. McMurray. Gen. Pass. Agt. THE COMFORTABLE WAY TWO OVERLAND TRAINS DAILY THE ORIENTAL LIMITED The Fast Mail VIA SEATTLE OR SPOKANE. Daily. Leave. PORTLAND Time Schedule. Daily. lArrlve. c . To and from Spo-! S:oOam ikane st. Paul Mln .7:00 air. neapolis. Duluth and! 11:45 pm All Points East Vla:6:50pm Seattle. I To and from St. I Paul, Minneapolis. Duluth aud ah 8:00am Points East Via i Spokane. 6:15 pm Great Northern Steamship Co. Sailing from. Seattle for Japan and China ports and Manila, carry ing passengers and freight. 5. 6. Minnesota, October 20. 6. 8. Dakota, November 28. NIPPON YCSEN KAISHA. (Japan Mail Stea-mship Co. S. S. KAGA MARU will sail from Seattle about October 2 for Japan and China ports, carrying passen gers and freight. For tickets, rates, berth reserva tions, etc.. call on or address B. DICKSON. C. P. & T. A.. 122 Third St.. Portland. Or. x-nono .nain turn. TIME CARD OFJRAINS PORTLAND DAILT. DeDart. Arrive. Yellowstone Park - Kansas Clty-St. Louis Special for Chehalls. Centralla, Olym pia. Gray"e Harbor, South Bend, Tacoma. Seattle. Spo-, kane, Lewlston. Butte. Bil lings. Denver. Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Southwest 8:30 am 4:30 pm North Coast Limited, elec tric lighted, for Tacoma. Seattle. Spokane, Butte. Minneapolis, St. Paul and the East 2:00 pm 7:00 am Puget Sound Limited for Claremont, Chehalls. Cen tralla, Tacoma and Seattle only 4:30 pm 10:55 pm Twin City Express for Ta coma. Seattle. Spokane. Helena. Butte, St. Paul. Minneapolis, Lincoln, Omaha, St. Joseph, St. Louis. Kansas City, with out change of care. Direct connections tor all points Etast and Southeast 11:45 pra 6:50 pm A. D. Charlton. Assistant General Paasen ger Agent. 255 Morrison St., corner Third, Portland. Or. Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co. Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Dally. For Mavgers, Rainier. Daily. Clatskanle. Westport, Clifton, Astoria, War 8:00 A.M. rentoa. Flavel, Ham-11:65 A.M. mond. Fort Stevens, Gearhart Park. Sea side. Astoria and Sea shore. 7:00 P.M. Express Dally. 9:50 P.M. Astoria Express. Dally. C A. STEWART. J. C. MAYO. Comm'l Agt.. 248 Alder St. G. F. & P. A. Phone Main SOS. Columbia River Scenery Regulator Line Steamers THE EXCURSION STEAMER "BAILEY OATZERT" makes round trips to CASCADE! LOCKS every Sunday, leaving PORTLAND at S A. M.. returning arrives 6 P. M. nallv service between Portland and The Dalles except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7 A. M., arriving about 5 P. M.. carrying freight and passengers. Splendid accommodations for outfits and livestock. Dock foot of Alder street, Portland: foot of Court street. The Dalles. Phone Mala 81. Portland. 60CTHXASTERV ALASKA ROCIE. From Seattle at 8 P. M. for Ketchikan. Juneau, Skagway. White Horse. Dawson and Fairbanks. S. 6. City of Seattle, Sep. tember 19, 29. S. S. Humboldt. Septetn- ' ber 13. 23. B. S. Cottajre City (via Sitka), September 22- - FOR NOME, senator, uctnoer FOB SAN FRANCISCO DIRECT. From Seattle at 6 A. M. Umatilla, Sep tember 17; City of Puebla, September 22; Queen. &eptemoer i. Portland Office. 248 wssnington su Main 128. G. M Lee. Pass. Ft. Act. C D. DUNANN, Q. P. A.. San Francisco. Steamer Chas.R. Spencer FAST TIME Up the beautiful Columbia, tha most enjoy able of river trips- Leave foot Oak wt. tor me .Dalles ana way points jionaay, weane day and Friday at 7 A. M.; returning, leave The Dalles Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at T A. M- Freight for up-river points. Phone Main 2060. 4