TIIE MORNING OKEGOXIAX, MONDAY. 'OYEMBER, 5, 1906.
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NO EXCUSE FOR
ION
CHANS
Dr. Brougher Shows Weak
ness of Pleas of Those
Who Shun Church.
USES A HOMELY SIMILE
"Bed Too Short and Covering Too
Narrow," Is Novel Subject of
Baptist Pastor's Sermon
at White Temple.
"The Bod too Short and the Covering
too Narrow" was the subject of Rev. J.
Whitcomb BrouRher'a sermon at the
'White Temple last night. His subject
was divided into live parts. First, the
tied of intldellty, with the covering of
agnosticism. Second, a bed of self-gratification,
with a covering of universalism.
Third, the bed of morality, with the
covering of custom. Fourth, the bed of
hypocrisy, with a covering -of self-righteousness.
Fifth, the bed of by and by,
With a covering: of death-bed repentance.
Music was rendered by the temple quar
tet. Dr. Broufiher said In part:
The 2Sth chapter of Isaiah Is a remarka
ble prophecy. The first olght verses ehow ua
the condition of society at the tlmo the
prophecy was delivered. The people gave them
selves over to unbridled lust and drunken
ness. The prophets and priests erred in vision
and the Judges stumbled In Judgment because
of etrong drink. The prophet warns them of
the woes that will come upon them unless
they desist. But the drunken, insolent priests
end politicians made a jest of the Judgments
of Ood. "With a swagger, they sneered at the
prophet and challenged the Almighty to do
Ills worst. They declared that they had made
a covenant with death and an agreement with
hell and would run their chances In outwit
ting God.
Laughed Prophet to Scorn.
These politicians and rulers In Jerusalem
thought that they were wonderfully skilful
and that they could outwit God Almighty: con
sequently, they sneered at the, prophet of God
and lauRhed him to scorn. But Isaiati replied.
"You have made your bed out of lies and
covered yourselves with falsehood, and the
lay Is comlns when God will lay Judgment to
the line and, righteousness to the plummet,
and you will find no security and rest in
your refuge of lies; for the bed is shorter
than that a man can stretch himself on it,
and the covering narrower than that tie can
wrap himself in It."
I want to give credit to Dr. MacArthur, of
New York City, for some, suggestions In this
sermon. He has said, "The world is a great
dormitory and passing through it, we see beds
on either side an which men are vainly striv
ing to And security and repose." Let us no
tice some of these beds and their covering.
First, the bed of Infidelity with its covering
of agnosticism. This is not a very prominent
bed today. There are not many people who
try to find any comfort' In lnlledllty or any
refuge under a covering of agnosticism. This
bed- excites our pity and almost Justifies our
contempt. It Is nhort, hard, narrow and
lumpy. No man of average size can stretch
himself on this bed without having his feet
mlck out from under the covering and be
without any support at all.
There is no rest for the Infidel in either mind
or soul. He rejects the. word of God, re
fuses to accept Jesus Christ as Savior, and
virtually refuses to believe In any revelation
whatever from God. His god in a god of
force, and when you pin him down to a defi
nite statement concerning his god, he replies,
"I don't know., He tucks his llttlo head un
der the covering "I don't know," and thinks
that settles the whole question. buj infidelity
and agnosticism cannot satisfy the demands
of our conscience nor stand the test of real
life and the judgment day.
Bed of Self-Gratification.
, Second a bed of self-gratification with a
covering of universalism. There axe some peo
ple in the world who try to find refuge from
the demands of their conscience and the ap
peals of Christian duty by saying that they
believe everybody will be saved some day.
You urge them to gtve up their sins and live
the Christ life and they say, "I have no fear
about the future. I believe In a God of Love.
I believe God Is too good to damn anybody.
I believe that all men will at some time or
other be saved.' But will such a creed meet
the demands of real 'love and Justice? Can It
stand the teat of the dying hour and the
final Judgment day?
Dr. Torrey well asks: "What would you
think of a boy and glr:, whose mother lies sink
In the house. The boy has been sick and the
mother watching over him so faithfully and
, tenderly, caught the sickness. She haa brought
him back to health, but she Is now at the
point of death. She tells her two children
that there are some flowers in the yard, of
which she is -eery careful, and requests the
children not to pick them. John and Mary
go out Into the yard, and John begins to pick
the flowers. His sister expostulates, and re
minds him of what his mother has requested.
John repllos that he knows what his mother
said. But "he wants them and he says: 'Mary,
you know how mother loves me; how when I
was sick, ahe gave up sleep and everything to
watch over me through the nights to bring
me back to health. You know that Bhe Is
sick now because she loved me so, and al
though she requests me not to pick these
flowers, she will not punish me for disobeying
her; so I am not afraid to do what she told
me not to do. She Is too good to punish any
body. "
What would you think of a boy like that?
What do you think of a man or a woman who
will make God's love an excuse for sin? Oh,
the baseness of it! The contemptible Ingrati
tude of It! No universalism can ever cover
the villainy of such actions. The Judgment
day will allow the falsity of such reasoning
and hell will be none too bad for such a
character.
Rely on Own Goodness.
Third, the bed of morality with the cover
ing of custom. There are a great many people
'who declare that they do not feel any need of
a Savior, that they are "not so bad after all,"
that they have good moral characters, and
that while they do not claim to be perfect,
they Jo not think they are very bad. They are
trusting In their own morality or goodness to
save them. Their standard of right and wrong
is largely settled by popular opinion. If so
ciety says a certain manner of life Is all
right, they accept this standard and judge
their lives by It.
A young lady said to me on one occasion,
"I do not think gambling Is specially bad if
you have the money to pay your debts. I
know lots of people that are considered re
spectable who gamble at card parties and
other social events." But such a bod can fur
rlBh no rest for a truly enlightened Conscience.
When a man comes face to face with the per
fect life of Jesus Christ and then measures
his own miserable goodness by it, he will find
that his conscience will condemn him as un
saved. When you stand on the judgment day, face
to face with God, and he looks yon through
and through, and reveals your past and all
the secret thoughts of your heart, will you
dare stand and say, "O. God, thou who art
perfect and hatest sin, thou knowest mo
through and through and I am confident that
my own righteousness will pass me into Hea
ven." Y'ou may be able to boast about your
goodness to me and to your feilowmen, when
you test your life by the low standards of
morality In society, butI dont believe that
you will have the brazen effrontery to look
God In the face and declare that your own
goodness ought to save you. You will find
that there Is no comfort in the plea that your
life was equal to the customs of society, and
that Judged by such customs you were con
sidered pretty giod. Christ alone can meat
the demand for a perfect Ufa and He alone
con save, you for such a- life.
Some Plead Others' Meanness.
Fourth, the bed of "hypocrisy, with a cover
ing of self-righteousness. Think of the ab
surdity of a person trying to find any comfort
for himself In other people's meanness. This
fellow Is twin brother to the one who trusts
In his own goodness to save htm. This one
puts some emphasis on his goodness, but he
does not depend upon that so much to save
him a he does the other fellow's meanness.
How often do I go to a man and urge him to
come to Christ. If he thinks I mean by that,
I want hira to join the church, he says. "No,
I don't pretend to be very good, but I'm Just
as good as your church members." If you ask
him which one, he usually picks out some old
hypocrite and tells you how Inconsistent his
life Is with his Christian profession. If a man
cannot bo saved by his own goodness, how does
he expect to be saved by other people's bad
ness? Dr. Torrey, the great evangelist, says:
"Show me a man who Is always talking about
the faults of others, and I will show you a
man who Is rotten at the heart every time.
Show me a man or woman who is always In
sinuating about others, and I will show you
a man or woman, without exception, that you
can't trust. It never falls.'
Dr. Torrey made this statement in his church
on one occasion, and at the close a lady came
to him and said: "I don't believe that, for
there's Miss so-and-so, you know she's a great
gossip, and Is always talking about the faults
of others, and yet she Is recognized as pure,
and of good character. Now, what do you say
to that?" The Doctor replied: "Walt and see
If what I say is not true," and the Doctor
declares that it was not three weeks before
the person In question lost her position In the
choir and left the church because of her Im
moral life.
My friend, there Is no rest of conscience and
peace of soul for you because other people
are Inconsistent. Every man must give an
account of his life alone to God. and the
meanness of other people will be no excuse
for you.
Many Put Off Salvation.
Fifth, the bed of by-and-by, with the cover
ing of a death-bed repentance. There are a
great many people trying to rest on an unr
certain future, and expecting to repent Just
before they die. They have mistaken Chris
tianity a religion to live by for a religion
to die by. Many have slept on this bed, un
der the Influence of a powerful opiate until
life with all Its opportunities has passed. They
admit that being a Christian is an Important
thing .and after a while, they expect to be
one. They talk as If they could settle the
question of their own death. They talk like
the rich fool we heard of last Sunday night,
as If they had many years at their disposal;
but God is saying to them, "This night thy
soul Is required of thee.' Christianity Is to
live by. There is no comfort in a religion sim
ply with which to die. Conscience and a
Judgment day will both condemn the man who
has thrown his life away, and then expects to
repent the last minute and go to Heaven.
Others may lie down upon their short beds
and try to cover themselves up wlt little
narrow, self-made blankets, but for me and
for all others who want rest of soul, peace of
mind, and a happy, cheerful, life, there Is but
one source of rest Jesus Christ. In words
sweet as the music of Heaven. He has said
to a restless, sleepless, sinful world, "Come
unto mc, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest."
ELDER SNYDER MAKES REPLY
Continues Controversy Over Geologi
cal Proof of Man's Antiquity.
At the Auditorium last night Elder
Snyder, of the Beventh Day Adventlst
Church, paid the following tribute to
what he called the "theological editorials"
of The Oregunian:
"After I quoted good geological au
thority to show that the editor's so-called
'undisturbed glacial drift' has been sub
ject to change and disturbance, the only
thing left for him to do Is to persist in
asserting, without proof, that it is 'solid
and undisturbed.' His position 19 similar
to that of the woman who persisted in
saying 'scissors' to everything until her
husband took her out to the creek and
held her under the water. AH she could
do then was to stretch one hand up out
of the water and work her two forefingers
like a pair ot scissors.
"Professor Huxley, In his 'Discourses
Biol, and Qeol.,' makes the following ad
mission : 'One verdict not proven and not
provable must be recorded against all
grand hypotheses of the paleontologist re
specting tne general succession of life
on the globe.' Sir Honry Howorth in 'The
Glacial Nightmare and the Flood,' well
says: 'It is a singular and a notable
fact that while most other branches of
science have emancipated themselves
from the trammels of metaphysical reas
oning, the science of geology still remains
Imprisoned in a priori theories.'
"Dana says concerning the geological
strata of certain regions 1n Europe: 'One
of the overthrust folds has put the beds
upside down over an area of 450 square
miles.' Gelke, In speaking of similar con
ditions, says that when a geologist finds
things in this condition he may be ex-,
cused If he begins to wonder whether he
himself Is not really standing on his
head. It will now be In order for the
theological editor to Ignore all these au
thorities and go on saying "scissors' or
asserting that Mr. Snyder is confused.
People who are themselves lost in the fog
always think others are confused."
The elder read the foregoing quotations
from a recent work, entitled "Illogical
Geology," by Professor George McCready
Price.
The main part of the service was occu
pied by an interesting lecture on the
"Evils of Church and State." The speak
er Introduced the prophetic symbol of the
woman riding the scarlet-colored beast.
He said In part:
"The woman Is a symbol of the church,
and the beast is a symbol of the state or
political power. The woman riding the
beat represents that condition of affairs
where the church gains the ascendancy In
political affairs, and simply uses the
state to support her, and guides and di
rects political affairs for the purpose of
enforcing her dogmas. The prophecy
goes on to say that the woman was
drunken with the blood of saints and of
the martyrs of Jesus. History answers
back and says, yes, the union of church
and state during the middle ages is re
sponsible for the murder of millions who
loved liberty of conscience better than
they loved life.
"America boasts of having outgrown
the church and state theory of the middle
ages, but still there Is a powerful com
bination of religious forces continually
working with might and main to secure
state and National legislation for the en
forcement of certain religious observ
ances. It has not been very long since
a Portland preacher classed Seventh Day
Adventlsts with saloonkeepers because
they oppose Sunday laws. He knows very
well that we oppose Sunday laws for rea
sons radically different from those of the
saloonkeeper.
"We believe and teach that the saloon
evil Is a standing menace to society: but
it is hardly less pernicious than these re-llglo-political
preachers who have more
zeal for the legal enforcement of a relig
ious Institution than they have for the
golden rule. True Christianity knows no
power save that of moral suasion for the
advancement of its doctrines and tenets.
DRAWS LESSONS FROM JOB
Dr. Clarence True Wilson Speaks on
World's Oldest Drama.
Dr. Clarence True "Wilson's subject at
Grace Church last night was "The Oldest
Drama in the World." The speaker took
Job as a model character and drew
strong lessons from his struggles with
adversity and his remarkable fortitude.
There was a large congregation, and the
musical features of the service were
striking. The offertory was rendered
by a chorus of 20 male voices, and just
before Jjr. Wilsons sermon the song.
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul," was rendered
by the quartet. Miss Lytle and Miss Shea
sang their parts from the gallery.
Dr. Wilson said:
Daniel Webster said the Book of Job was
the greatest epic ever written. And Cakjyle,
that master of literary criticism, declared,
There Is nothing written, I think, In the
Bible or out of it. of equal literary merit. It
Is the first statement of the never ending
problem, man's destiny and God's ways with
him here In the earth."
It Is the drama of Divine Providence reveal
ing 6n the stage of life God's method with one
man. Did you ever think of the matchless
drama as containing the key to the entire
Bible? If you can get a clear idea of the
book of Job you have the clue to the whole
revelation. Away back there in the dark
vortex of civilization we are Introduced to one
of God's noblemen. He is the hero of the
play that bears his name and depicts "his
triumph.
The Bible portrays God's method with man;
this book with a sample man. See how God
traces for us the whole pathway of redemp
tion in the eight stages of Job's experience.
First we have a perfect man untried. He
feared God, eschewed evil and was without
stain.
Then we see Job tempted by Satan and
tried by adversity. Clearly does It show the
author of temptation and the steps by which
the race fell from Paradise. It Is all made
vivid when we see the suggestions to evil that
came to Job. Job fell, a picture of the uni
versal fall of humanity, the whole race In
sin and need.
We discover in the eloquent and learned
speeches of Job's three friends the efforts of
worldly wisdom, of human oulture to restore
a fallen race. When did profound learning
aside from grace make men better? Culture
polishes, but only religion can eradicate a
PASTOR OF THE TAYI.OR-STRKF.T
CHURCH SUFFERS NERVOUS
' BREAKDOWN.
Rv. F. Bnryett Short.
Rev. P .Burgette Short, the pop
ular pastor of Taylor-Street Method
ist Church, has suffered a nervous
collapse and Is confined at the Fort
land Sanitarium. If he is able to
travel, he will leave -with his wife
this afternoon for Wilmington, Del.,
where he will remain six weeks. Dur
ing the last month Dr. Short nas
been gradually weakening under the
severe nervous strain of hla work.
A week spent at Hood River failed
to benefit aim, and his doctors have
advised a long rest. Dr. and Mrs.
Short are both natives of Wilming
ton, and will spend some time visit
ing friends and relatives. The offi
cial board of the Taylor-Street
Church wilj meet tonight and select
some one to take Dr. Short's place
during his absence
bad nature and give a false and fallen man a
new set 'of motives and Impulses toward right
eousness. We have too much faith In culture
apart from Christ. There are men coming out
of our" schools and colleges every year whose
Intellect ehlnes above their hearts like an
electric light over a graveyard. They run to
brains while the heart shrivels.
After tho failure of EMphez, the Prince of
Teman; of BUdad, the Shuhite, and Zophar,
the scholar from Naamah, to restore Job or
to throw any light upon his dark problem,
Job thinks of God, and cries: "There Is none
betwixt ua that might lay his hand upon us
both." And young Klihu is as the arbitrator
of the controversy; he stands as the repre
sentative of the Christ, one of the several old
testament characters, who were types of the
coming Saviour.
God speaks and sllencea these miserable com
forters, whose theologlea failed so signally to
meet the needs of their friend, as all human
philosophies have since come short of supply
ing the universal heart craving of the race.
Then Job learns the lemon and acknowledges
his mistake and repents in dust and ashes of
his fall.
Finally God restores him and doubles all
his poesessions. The restored man intercedes
for his friends and they are "restored to favor.
"So God turned the captivity of Job, when
he prayed for his friends." "Saved to serve"'
la a good motto. No one can keep from sin
himself who does not try to help others. The
surest evidence that Job's restoration was per
manent and his experience real was his pray
ing for the friends - that had so distressed
him. Blessed Is the man who is comforted by
the faith that will enable him to toy in times
of trouble: "He knoweth the way that I take;
when he hath tried me, I hall come forth
as gold. Acquaint now, therefore, thyself
with Him and be at peace; thereby good shall
come unto thee."
OF NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS
Pa stor of Piedmont Presbyterian
Says Love Your Neighbors.
Rev. Jm M. Boozer, pastor of the Pied
mont Presbyterian Church, yesterday
morning spoke on the topic, "Loving Thy
Neighbor." He said in part:
The neighbor question presses constantly to
the front as one of importance and one dif
ficult to solve. To the Important question.
"Who lm my neighbor?" has been added
the equally perplexing -one of the treatment
of that neighbor. With the advent of Christ
there came about a most marked change In
the relation to be sustained among men. The
old philosophy taught men to hate their ene
mies, but Christ came to insist that men
should love their enemies and , their neigh
bors as themselves. It has taken us long to
discover that we neither live nor yet die
to ourselves, but must bear vital relation to
our fellows, and to bring to the fore this
second greatest commandment in our day is
but to emphasise our distance from the gos
pel conception of human relationship.
Sincere love for our neighbor Is the only
true basis on which to build the ideal hu
man relationship. Many res sons come for
ward In support ef this view. From the very
nature of the required attitude we learn how
desirable It is in the life of the community
Love Is the most disinterested motive. "Love
eeeketh not her own," A most disastrous ele
ment of neighborhood life is eliminated when
we cease endeavoring to use our neighbors for
our own profit. It is a, good thing In the
neighborhood when we consider its influence on
the peace and quiet of neighbors. "Love euf
fereth long, and Is kind, is not easily pro
voked, beareth all things." Scandalous gos
sip and all Its train of heart aches and blast
ed lives would pass away were we to heed
this great commandment of the Master, for
"Love thinketh no evil, rejolceth not in In
iquity." The intentional malice and deter
mined unklndness one so often sees and ex
periences nmong neighbors does not arise from
that emotion that "worketh no 111 to his
neighbor." The devilish ingenufty of neigh
borhood malice and hatred to inflict pain and
discomfort upon its victims emphasizes the
need for more neighborhood love.
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REASON 115. EXCUSE
Rev. E. S. Muckley Shows Fu
tility of Evading Re
sponsibility. DUTY NOT A TASKMASTER
When Joined With Love and Privi
lege, Right Living Becomes
Easy Avoidances Only
Lies in Disguise.
"Reasons Versus Excuse was the sub
ject of Rev. E. S. Muckley's address at
the First Christian Church last nignt.
Taking for his text, "And they all with ;
one consent began to make excuses he
delivered a strong address to a large
congregation. Following is the abstract
of his sermon:
In the pftrahle from which our text, is
taken- the Savior exalts the reasonableness
of duty and privilege and shows up the
utter unreasonableness of excuses when
made to God. Dutv is a hard word to a
(treat many people, but it all depends on
how you treat it. If you only knew it, duty
is one of the best friends you have: lreai
It rlKht and It will bestow innumerable
blessings. True, sometimes it will seem
like a taskmaster. But sometimes my fa
ther seemed like a taskmaster, when in
stead Vie was a most tender and loving par
ent. The trouble was that his boy was
sometimes lazy. Duty is always a hard
taskmaster to lasy folks. But it is a wel
come companion to the energetic and en
thusiastic. When duty shades into -love, then It be
comes easy to work at our tasks. When
they walk hand in hand they get to look
ing so much alike and enjoy one another's
fellowship so much that you cannot sepa
rate them. And privilege then stalks in
with a broad smile and winsome face, and
Mr. Excuse finds himself in sucn uncon
genial company that he skips out without
paying his board bill. But you don't care
for that: for love, duty and privilege are
such splendid companions and bring you
such rich compensation that you rejoice at
the absence of excuse and recall how mis
erable a fellow he was to have around.
While excuse was in your home you could
never reason with yourself about such great
questions as ' obligation and stewardship
without his sneaking around, or if he had
been with you long, coming boldly into
your presence and intruding suggestions
tnat made you waver in miserable inde
cision before doing the right thing, or made
you do the wrong thing and gave conscience
a chance to punish you. Almost every
Christian can bear testimony to the miser
able life excuse made him -lead while he
was harbored in the home. But when once
you get him out, then love, duty, privilege
and conscience live so peacefully With you
that your life is constantly radiant and
strong, and happiness silently steals in and
takes up her abode with you.
Ought and must stand not only for re
sponsibility, obligation, stewardship, but for
moral effects upon you. No man or woman
can grow in character without obedience to
the call of duty. And some people get the
Idea that duties exist only where we ac
knowledge them. But that Is a mistake, for
duties -exist whether you own them or not.
It is a law of yourbelng that, when you
trample duty beneath your feet, when yon
benumb the sense of oughtness that God
has planted In you to be kept alive and
keenly sensitive and responsive, you will
degenerate morally.
You can't build character for eternity un
less you learn to make yourself mind your
self. The moral effect of obedience Is its
only purpose. Obedience is not an arbitrary
demand of God's. It is a necessity of your
nature. When God demands obedience it
is for the education, the leading out of your
powers, and not to suppress or control the
powers of an unwilling slave. God has never
made a slave of anyone, though false con
ceptions of him have enslaved and degraded
thousands and millions of souls. So reason
is all on the side of doing what God wants
you to do without making excuse or beg
ging off. t
When Christ says, "Brother, you ought to
do this," there is that In you which re
sponds and says, "Yes, I know I ought to
do it." So It Isn't alone God whom you
must obey. You have to obey yourself as
well. And every time you mind yourself
and God, for you and God are co-workers,
you become stronger. But if excuses are
admitted from time to tlmo In palliation
of your neglect of duty, the time will come
when your sense of oughtness will be de
stroyed and duty can no longer make an
appeal to you. You will be morally degen
erate. So don't cry against duty; it is your best
friend. It helps you to build character.
Never admit excuses, for they are lies un
der disguise. They make you lose your
choicest blessings and merit and meet the
displeasure ofi an ouraged Father whose love
oners in a njessings.
ADDRESSES YOUNG PEOPLE
"The Journey of Life" the Topic of
Special Service.
"The Journey of Life" was the title of
an address yesterday morning at the
Central M" Church. Alh1nft tn th
ryoung people by Rev. J. T. Abbett, the
pastor. His talk was illustrated by a dia
gram on the blackboard. Rev. Mr. Abbett
made a strong plea for the boys and girls.
and urged parents to do their duty. He
said in part:
The fact that there are so many children
on the streets of our city, running with un
restrained recklessness. Into folly and sin,
Instead of being In the Sunday school; that
there is such a lack of parental authority and
watchful care over the children; that there
are so many homes where there is little or
no attempt, on the part of the parents, to
provide entertainment and Instruction for the
children, given them of God are surely rea
sons enough why every pastor should plan a
service occasionally, specially for the little
folks.
While we hail with delight the efforts of
Juvenile courts to elevate the morals of the
boys and girls of our land, we greatly 3-
plore the fact that there are conditions mak
ing them a necessity. Evils resulting to
children from neglect tn the home can never
be wholly corrected. The brightest spot In hu
man industry, the sweetest prize of earthly
Ingenuity and effort. Is a perfect home. Such
a home is not the outcome of mere luck or
chance, but it requires a clear brain, a glad
mind, a warm heart, coupled with self-re
straint, energy and loving patience, to make
It.
It must be built by strenuous effort, In the
midst of difficulties, and in the presence of
danger and death. The most pitiful tragedy
in this world is a failure to make a happy,
home when opportunity afforded. Of all dis
mal failures, that is the most deplorable. No
sight under the stars is more beautiful than
a perfect home where triumphant hearts and
sweet companionships reign. The home is a
divine Institution, ordained of God's love. It
underlies the school, the state, the church.
The chief duty God has laid upen us Is the
perfection of society through the power of the
home. The true measure of civilization is
not found in legislation, in architecture, in
poetry, in politics, in Industry, in commerce,
in schools, or in churches, but in the perfec
tion of the family and In the glory of the
home.
'RELIGION OF CERTAINTY.'
Dr. Leas Says Christianity Is Sus
ceptible of Demonstration.
"The Religion of Certainty" was the
subject of a strong sermon delivered by
Rev. J. Allen Leas at St. James' Luth
eran Church last night. Rev. Mr. Leas
declared the present age to be one of
doubt and uncertainty, because men have
ceased to study religion, to a large de
gree. He maintained that religion is in
the bounds of practical demonstration and
showed that religion in its finality to a
matter of he heart. The closing re
marks of his sermon were as follows:
This is the age of doubt, of uncertainty.
The time when men "do not know," when
opinions in regard to divine things are rare.
It Is the time of creedlcss religion. Men
say, do something nice and get together, bury
the differencee. Confucianism Is considered as
good as Christianity, and a religion that takes
no notice of Christ is as good as any. The
whole theme of religion is thought proble
matical. We maintain that religion is in the bounds
of practical demonstration. We may demon
strate the conclusions of the Christian faith
tho same way that the student demonstrates
that the three an glee of an equilateral trian
gle are equal to two right angles. Or we may
ascertain the product of certain moral fac
tors the same as a business man computes
the interest on his investment. We know ffr
a certainty that equal parts of dishonesty and
profanity and sensuality and infidelity. If put
at Interest by a father in the life of a grow
ing son will, in tine, produce a character
that la 100 pr cent bad. And we have it
demonstrated that disobedience to parents, bad
company, cigarettes and gambling will In five
years or less lead to the penitentiary.
Is this morality, do you say, and not re
ligion? These are, but the results of religion
or of the absence of religion? You can not
measure love, you can not take account of
faith, or hope, or weigh devotion in the bal
ances. We answer, all these are possibly to
those who have mastered the science or the
art of Christian culture. "Spiritual things are
spiritually discerned." To me, the click of
the telegraphic Instrument Is. but an unpleas
ant sound, while to the operator It Is alive
with sentiment. The cook in the kitchen may
know all about steaks and sweetmeats, but
she can not -solve a point in geometry. The
farmer boy may know a great deal of the
value of fresh air, but he can not chemicaly
analyze its constituents.
So we can not master the problem of Chris
tian living or demonstto Its vital principles
until we have become students of the spirit
ual. Now men have been impressed with the
certainties of the Christian principles to the
extent that they have given their lives for
the cause. Men do not die for sentiment. A
beautiful thought, a charming spot, may
charm, but it will not hold under such a spell
as to cause the admirer to give his life for its
existence.
Just as the ancient martyrs gave their lives.
or Paul sacrificed all for the new world to
which he was called, or the modern mlaelon
ary leaves home and comfort for the sake of
his fellow men, all because of a great thought;
bo any man, accepting the premises' of his own
sinfulness and the substitution of Christ in his
suffering, may arrive at the logical conclusion
of his faith and say with assurance. "I know
whom I have believed."
The result of this solution at once brings
an inward satisfaction.
REPROVES SOME CHRISTIANS
Rev. Lapham Grills Those Church
Members Who Oppress the Poor.
"One who Is In official connection with
a certain department of our city work
Is known as a merciless taskmaster, and
the toilers in that department feel the
sting of his autocratic lash driving them
on by unjust demands and hard require
ments. "What respect do these men have
for the church where such a man la
looked up to and obeyed?
"A working man said to me, 'We do
not want a man to tell ua on Sunday
that his heart Is bleeding for us, and
then on Monday refuse us living wages.
How can we pray with him on Sunday
when he preys upon us all the week?
We know that he is a hypocrite ; that
when he tells us he wants us to go to
heaven with him, he lies, for the heaven
he Is striving for is only for the rich.
The foregoing remarkable declaration
occurred yesterday morning In the course
of a sermon by Rev. S. C. Lapham, at
the Second Baptist Church, East Side,
while speaking on the topic, "A Revival
of the Church." The picture Dr.
Lapham draws is so pointed that hardly
anybody familiar with the affairs of
Portland will be unable to recognize the
man to whom he refers.
Dr. Lapham declared at the opening of
his sermon that a revival of the church
was more needed than a revival in the
church ; a revival of the church idea
and Ideal; a high estimate and just ap
preciation of the place of the church
In the world; a holy esteem on the part
of every member for the church as the
most important and sacred Institution
on earth. Continuing Dr. Lapham said:
You must respect the church more If you
expect the world to recognize Its claims and
respect it. The church is discredited and dis
counted by those on the outside because It
Is of so small value to the member. The
world thinks lightly of our churchly pious
play; for the laws, obligations anl duties
of church membership rest too lightly upon
us. The church demands 1 it tie of its mem
bers and if she has but -Blight authority over
her own, how can she justly expect her au
thority to be felt in the world?
Church discipline and laws are but a farce
to the average church member today, and
It is little wonder that men disrespect an in
stitution whose members do net and will
not recognize the right of the church to com
mand them and demand of them. The church
Is to be an Ideal Institution, a redeemed asso
ciation of redeemed individuals, bearing and
living the message of supreme good to man.
In shame we must confess that the accu
sations brought against the church are large
ly true. Our empty pews and insignificant
Influence in the real affairs of men and the
world for righteousness are Justly due us for
our lack of Christ character and consistency.
There are men of large wealth and Influence
in this city, who are the very pillars of their
church, whose names are a very hiss and a
by-word to men outside the church; men who
are grasping, greedy sharpers, forehanded in
finance and hard taskmasters to the tollers.
SPEAKS ON SELF-CONQUEST
International Y. M. C. A. Secretary
Urges Man's Fullest Development.
"Jim" Thompson of New York, one of
the international secretaries of the Y. M
C. A., was the speaker at yesterday's
services at the Y. M. C. A. and his ser
mon, full of every day references and
experiences, was one of the best heard at
the Association's hall for a long time.
Mr. Thompson began his lecture by a
quotation from the Scriptures. "Who is
he that conquereth the world but he that
believeth that Jesus Christ la the son of
God?"
' "The man who expects to make the
moat of his life must cultivate every
department of his body, mind and soul,"
said the speaker. "The man who believes
in Christ believes his body Is a temple
of the living God ana to desecrate it
would be dishonor to God. Keep your
minds like the mind of Christ: keep out
all filthy and unclean thoughts. Do not
debauch your mental powers but put all
your thoughts to study; keep your heart
clean and use all diligence to keep your
character free from stains that make you
fear the presence of honest men.
"It is bad to lose your brother or sister,
your business, or your health but it Is
far more terrible to fall into sin. Sin
is so pleasing, so alluring and so beauti
ful but once its stain touches your soul
it grows like a cancer and before you
know It your whole mind Is diseased with
it: It is like the young man who went
out to gather flowers and as he was going
along he saw a beautiful lily on the very
brink of a precipice. He reached out to
pluck it but as he stepped forward, the
earth beneath his feet slipped and he
fell headlong over the precipice.
"As the mother is. the child is. as the
master so Is his apprentice, as the gen
eral so is the soldier, and I say to you
that if you love Christ you will be like
him."
His Titles Are Legion.
London Express.
The Duke of Wellington, who recently
celebrated his 57th birthday, is Prince of
Waterloo in the Netherlands. He is Duke
of Ciudad Rodrlgo and a grandee of the
first class In Spain, and Duke of Vlttorla.
Marques of Torres Vedras, and Count of
Vlmlero in Portugal; also Earl of Mom
lngton and Viscount Wellesley, of Dangan
Castle, tn the Irish peerage.
II UNIQUE BLUNDER
Freight Intended for Portland,
Maine, Comes Here.
CLERK MAKES A MISTAKE
And Three Carloads of Goods Go
Five Thousand Miles Astray
and Are Now in Portland
Railroad Yards.
At the terminal freight yards in Port
land there are now lying three cars of
freight that were intended for Portland,
Me., 6000 miles away.
The circumstances that brought them
to Portland are without precedent or
parallel in the annals of railroading.
On the morning of August 28, in Alpine,
N. Y., occurred one of the most disastrous
freight wrecks in the history of the A.
& B. railroad.
Tho wreck was caused by a small and
unimportant bridge having been carried
away by a flood caused by a terrific
storm.
In the semi-darkness of early morning
the engineer of the ill-fated train did not
see the damage done to the bridge, and
without a moment's warning the heavily
loaded train of cars thundered on its way
and into the yawning cavity left by the
ditsippearanee of the bridge.
When within a few feet of the river
bank the fireman saw the danger, shout
ed to the engineer to warn him and
jumped from the rapidly moving cab.
But It was too late, and the locomotive,
together with several of the cars, plunged
into- the Mohawk River, 35 feet below.
Four of the trainmen were killed and
a greater part of the cars were complete
ly demolished, the woodwork being actu
ally reduced to kindling wood. The only
member of the crew to survive the wreck
was the fireman, who Jumped before the
crash. - "
When the tangled cars were at last
righted and the goods were once more to
start on their way to their destination.
it waa found that the bills were missing
from nearly all of them, and the railroad
men were at their wit's end to know
wher the goods belonged.
. Among the freight cars were three cars
of clothing, men's furnishings, groceries
and shoes billed from New York City to
Dodd, Fitzgerald & Co., of Portland, Me.
Through one of thoee Inexplicable mis
takes that sometimes occur In the most
systematic organization, these goods
when they were loaded into new cars
were billed to Portland, Or., Instead of
Portland, Me. For over two months now
they have been completely lost, as the
original shipping bills show that they
were to have been sent to the Maine city
but tho routing clerk had labeled them
lor tho Portland that has become so fa
mous in the last two' years.
Frantic inquiries by telegram failed to
locate them, and the firm to whom they
had been consigned refused all claim on
them and the A. & B. railroad had to
settle with Dodd, Fitzgerald & Co. for
them, thereby receiving all title to the
goods In case they were found.
Wednesday of last week they arrived
in the Portland yards, and no such firm
as Dodd, Fitzgerald & Co. being located
here, the A. & B. road was apprised of
the fact by wire.
As the Eastern firm had long ago dupll
cated their order to the manufacturers
and the A. & B. railroad was now the
owner of these goods, they at once decid
ed that It would be far cheaper to sell
them in this lively Western city than to
go to the expense and trouble of shipping
them all the way across the continent
again, and they are now negotiating with
the various merchants of this city in re
gard to arranging for the disposal of
them. The amounts are so large, how
ever, that few of the local men care to
add that much to their regular stock,
and it may be that these much trav
eled goods will yet go back to the East
ern markets for distribution.
I
CIT IS
RESIDENCE DISTRICT BUILDS
TOWARD COLUMBIA.
New Car Barns Attract Many Em
ployes to North Albina East
Side Builders Busy.
Portland Is pushing toward! . the Co
lumbla River, and will shortly reach
Columbia slough. The Portland Railway
Company has completed the new addi
tion to the bi?r car bnrn in North Albina,
and it is understood that the car barn,
now made nearly double its former size,
will be the center of the Peninsula dis
trict, including WoocXawn, which long
has been the abiding place, for the Van
couver cars. The new barn will mean
that several hundred more car men will
reside in North Portland, where already
there is quite a village of them.
To the northeast, houses cannot be built
fast enough to house the people and
many are living in tents until cottages
can be erected. The Highland school has
an attendance of over 900 pupils, and
still others are coming. This means that
the district will have to figure on a new
school house in the northeast part of the
city in next year's estimate of expendi
tures. George W. Bates has taken out a per
mit for the erection of a two-story mod
ern brick on the corner of Williams ave
nue and Knott street, to cost $19,000. On
the first floor. Mr. Bates will establish a
banking concern, anrl the second floor
will be devoted to office rooms.
In Upper Albina the. Portland General
Electric Company is completing the
power station on Knott street and
Rodney avenue. It is a four-story struc
ture and is being equipped with ma
chinery for a power station. The struc
ture Is one of the most imposing build
ings in that neighborhood.
There are quite a number who hope to
see the Board of Education move the
Williams avenue school house from Wil
liams avenue and open that valuable
block to business purposes. Some think
that the block could be sold for $75,000,
and another block secured for $20,000. more
suitable for school purposes, on which a
modern school house could be erected for
$45,000 or $30,000, containing IS or 20 rooms.
The building Is now overcrowded and no
more additions could be built.
In Lower Albina. work on the founda
tion of the foutvstory mill and two-story
warehouse for the Acme Mill Company is
progressing. This miy will be a great ad
dition to the manufacturing establish
ments already in Lower Albina. Ground
has been cleared on Union avenue and
Schuyler street for a frame warehouse
for B. T. Sodcn which will cost about
$2009.
Fifteen Directors Elected.
At a meeting of the Catholic Young
Men's Club, of St. Mary'a Parish, of
Albina, yesterday afternoon the following
directors were elected to have .charge or
the erection of the proposed clubhouse
and the club"s affairs: Rev. William A.
Daly. A. R. Zeller, J. P. Kelleher. J. P.
Kavanaugh. V. W. Wascher. A. F. Vel
guth. D. W. Ward. D. F. Duff. D. J. 11c-
LauehUn. H. C. Allenon. a. Momz, jonn
P. Miller. J. M. Manning. J. M. Meyer,
P. E. Sullivan,
The directors will meet this evening at
the parochial residence to elect officers
and appoint committees on building,
bonds, etc.
THE DEVIL'S AUCTION."
Famous Musical Spectacular Extrav
aganza at Helllg Tonight.
Chns. H. Yale's everlMtinlt succe. "The
Pevll's Auction." will bo the attraction at
Tho IlelliB Theater, Fourteenth and Washing
ton streetM. tonlRht at 8:15 o'clock, continuing
tomorrow nifrht for the last performance. This
popular spectacular extravaKana la full of
brlRht, lively muule, rretty girls and a world
of beautiful scenery."
"At Plney Ridge" Scores Success.
A great success was scored by the Baker
company In "At Plney Ridge." The unusual
character of the plot, the picturesque moun
tain fvenery and Southern atmosphere (save tt
a delightful flavor, and the two big audiences
greatly appreciated the play.
"A Royal Slave" Makes a lilt.
"A Koyal Slave." which opened a. week's
engagement at the Empire yesterday, proved
an immediate favorite with the two big
audiences which greeted Its initial perform
ance. It is gorgeously staged and the scenery
is perfect. Popular prices. Matinees Wednes
day and Saturday.
"The Octoroon" at tho Lyric Today.
The masterpiece of America's greatert dra
matist, Plon rtoucclcault, will be offered on
the most elaborato ecalo ever attempted In
Portland this afternoon and for the rest of
the week by tho I,yrlc stock company. "The
Octoroon" la as fresh and interesting as when
first presented.
"Brother Against Brother" at Star.
"Brother Against Brother" will be the bill
at the Star Theater all this week, beginning,
with tonight's performance. Thlft Is one of
the most striking and "sensational dramas In
the repertoire of the Allen stock company and
has made a hit wherever presented.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
"Arizona" Coming to the nellig This
Week Seat Sale Wednesday.
The advanco eale of seats for Augustus
Thomas greatest drama. "Arizona." will open
next Wednesday morning, November 7, at tha
box ofTlce of The Helllg Theater, Fourteenth
and Washington streets. This will be one of
the best productions of this beautiful play
ever given in Portland. A troop of 25 cav
alrymen and horses will be used on the 0tage.
AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS
Grand Opera at the Grand.
There is real grand opera at the Grand to
day and it will not be found out of place In
the " vaudeville house. Nellie Andrews, the
famous operatic prima donna, assisted hy
Henri Gunson and William Gordon, with
Charles Hazelrlgg presiding over the orches
tra, will render aclectlons.
Trick Cyclists at Pantages.
Nichols and Smith, comedy trick cyclists,
have been Imported from the Kast for thta
week's bilT at the Pantages. Other performers
Include Beverly and Danvers, star comedians,
Harry Lane, blackface comodian; Brown and
Brown, sketch artists, and Arbuekle and
Blaine, burlopiiue artists. Leo White has a
new nitrated song.
GASPIPE MEN ARE IN JAIL
Captured Thug Gives Information
That Results In Second Arrest.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 4. In the ar
rest of Lewis V. Dabnet. or John Kain,
and John Siemsen. after they had robbed
and murderously assaulted Harry A.
Behrend, a Jeweler, last night, the police
believe they have captured the men who
were implicated In the recent "gasplpe"
murders in this city. After Dabnet was
captured last night he waa sweated by
the police and as a result of his state
ments the police arrested Siemsen while
he was walking home with a young wo
man to whom he was engaged to be
married.
A remarkable feature of the case was
the call of Siemsen at the police station
soon after Dabnet had been arrested.
Giving his name as James McGuire he
reported that he had Just been robbed
of $900 In cash and a $510 diamond ring.
Siemsen, when arrested, admitted that his
story was a hoax and that he had called
at the station to get Information about
his companion Dabnet. Siemsen about
seven years ago was given - a flve-yer
sentence in San Quentin for holding up
a Powell street car.
It was admitted today by Hulda von
Hoff, tho young woman, who was in
Siemsen's company when arrested, that
they were married two days ago in Oak
land, without the consent of her parents.
Siemsen, who is a Hawaiian, represented
to her that he was heir to a rich estate
in Hawaii. Miss von Hoff is only 16 year3
old.
COURT SHOULD HELP.
Insure Its Jurisdiction and Ease
Overburdened District Court.
GRANT'S PASS, Or., Nov. 3. (To the
Editor.) As there seems to be a dis
position to give our next Legislature
something to do in the way of amend
ing and repealing some of our present
laws, I wish to call attention to what
I consider a very needful change in
our Judiciury system.
At present, the County Judge has no
trial Jurisdiction in criminal cases. He
can only bind over to the Circuit Court.
Persons arrested are entitled to a
speedy trial, and as the terms of the
Circuit Court are usually about three
months apart, it Is hardly in keeping
with tho Constitution to delay trial so
long. It not only works a hardship to
the accused, but greatly Increases
county expenses.
I see no reason why the County
Court should not have jurisdiction in
the trying of all petty larceny cases.
The sentence in such cases is usually
about one year of imprisonment or a
fine.
My suggestion is that all cases of
aggravated assault and all other cases
under the grade of felony be tried be
fore the County Judge, and that all
persons convicted be required to work
out their fine or term of imprisonment
on our public roads. This would add
thousands of dollars to our road fund.
In addition to what would be saved to
the general county expense In the mat
ter of court fees. Very few County
Judges are seeking this additional
work, but there is certainly a pressing
demand for some such change.
STEPHEN JEWELL.
Your complexion, as well as 3our tem
per, is rendered miserable by a disordered
liver. ' Improve both by taking Carter')
Little Liver Pills.
AT THE THEATERS
What th FreM AenU Say.