THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1906.
CHURCH THE ALLY
OF II
Father Thompson Says Catho
lics Have Always Taken
Side of Workers."
PREACHES AT CATHEDRAL
While Maintaining Human Inequal
ity, Speaker Says Poor Have
Risen From Condition of
Slavery to Comfort.
Father, George Thompson delivered a
forceful address last night at the
Cathedral on "The Catholic Church and
the Working Man." His sermon was
very conservative. Father Thompson
maintained that because the' church Is
opposed to some theories, the belief
should nst prevail that the Catholic
Church is an upholder of the rich and
an oppressor of the poor.
Ho showed that the working man has
risen from a condition of slavery to
the place he now occupies. However,
, he does not say that the working man
lias no grievances for he has many that
time alone will solve. According to
Father Thompson the present relation
of capital to labor will always exist to
a certain degree. "Human inequality,"
lie said, "is a factor in organized so
ciety." He said in part:
"This is not equivalent to saying
that working men at present have no
grievances, that there are no evils
which demand a remedy. As long as
men are finite and live in a finite world,
so long will there be a field for the
reformer and abundant opportunities
for his zeal. But effective, fruitful so
cial reform must take into account
well established facts and principles.
As long as social reformers work along
the lines laid down ' by the church,
and the accumulated experience of all
civilization, their efforts will produce
valuable results, but if dominated by a
spirit of insolent Belt sufficiency, they
repudiate such guidance, they will in
evitably meet the fate of others who
have gone before them.
"One of the first principles to be
kept in mind in remedying the defects
of the existing order, is this, that there
is no getting away from the fact of
human inequality, which Is taken for
granted in the teachings of Christian
ity, and is a constant factor in all or
ganized society. Nor is this inequality
to be attributed to any artificial ar
rangement, which may be destroyed as
justly as it was perfected.
"Just as flower surpasses flower in
beauty, so long have distinctions among
men arisen from antecedent forces,
which man is powerless to control and
cannot reasonably or safely ignore. By
the working out of a natural law. so
ciety has instinctively sanctioned priv
ate ownership, and wherever we find
men united In the bonds of civil so
ciety, there we find the majority work
ing in the employ of the minority. The
liicentlv.eto. Industry and economy has
ever been the hope of personal gain,
and It would be the height of absurdity
and injustice to deny a man the right
to own as a source of permanent in
come, . what he had acquired by dint
of just labor and careful management.
It is a perverse intellect however,
which would find in the foregoing prin
ciple any Justification for the aggres
sions of capital or the crimes of mono
polies. What government must do is
to safeguard man's natural rights, and
at the same time eliminate the abuses,
which follow from bad morals. Sys
tems of social reform which have for
their purpose the redress of wrongs
and the betterment of the working
man's condition, have at the outset the
advantage of a commendable undertak
ing. But before accepting the doc
trines of any school of social reform
ers, we should demand more convincing
credentials than the honesty and sin
cerity of their ultimate purpose.
"The starting point of the Catholic,
who seeks a solution of problems hav
ing to do with labor and capital, Is
the principle that such problems are
radically ethical, and that the church
holds the key to their solution. If it
be asked 'Why does not tho church
apply the key?" the answer is that she
has and does. And if full success has
not attended her efforts, the fault lies
in the mechanism of the lock, and not
tn the character of the key. It is not
to bo assumed that because the church
sets herself against certain theories of
reform, that she is therefore solicitous
, for the rich and the strong, rather than
fori the poor and the weak. Her his
tory, Is, to any impartial examiner, a
refutation of the calumny. The
church abolished slavery, she set her
self against the usury of bygone ages,
phe opened her monastic schools to
the children of the poor, and in our
own day, the head of the Catholic
Church has laid it down as a law of
justice', that, irrespective of supply and
demand, that wage alone is just, which
will enablo the toiler to support him
self and family in frugal comfort.
"The Catholic Church is by her very
mission the devoted friend of labor, and
the difference between owner and em
ployer, between the connotations of
workman and slave, clearly express the
measure of her benefits to the poor and
the oppressed. Whatever wrongs the
workingman of today endures, he is
not what Christianity found him, a
helpless, miserable; slave; and no tor
rent of calamity rhetoric can con
vince our multitudes of intelligent,
thrifty, independent, self-respecting
worklngmen that they are hungry,
naked and ignorant, the abject victims
of capitalistic despotism."
...ISES CHARACTERISTIC- TOPIC
Dr. Brougher Talks on "Be Bad and
You'll Bo Iioucsome."
Ir. J. Whltcomb Brougher preached to
a large audience at the White Temple
iast night on the subject, "Be Bad and
i'ou'U Be Lonesome." The sermon was
& companion to that preached a week ago
and interested those in attendance. Dr.
Brougher said in part:
To be good is to be Chrlntllke. Jesus was
the ideal of gwjdness. To attain that Ideal
. one must break usually with the crowd and
travel alone the upward way. His company
will be a few select friends and the con
science presence of Jesus Christ himself.
He will be alone, yet not alone. Now is the
opposite to this true? Will the person
whose life is un-Chrlstilke and out of har
mony with God's be lonesome?
John said of Judas, when he deserted
Jesus and went out to betray him, tliat
"it was nicht." A noted writer has said:
"Perhaps the two loneliest figures in the
world, on the night of tho betrayal, were
the sinful disciple and his sin less L,ord."
But there was a world of difference be
tween the two.
Jesus was lonely, but he had the approval
rf his conscience, the satisfaction of know
ing that he was doing right: a few friends
that loved him, and He nan trie approval
of his heavenly father. On the other hand,
Judas was lonely bpcause he had lost the
best friend he had ever had on earth; had
lost the approval of his conscience; had log
BOHNG Ml
the presence of God and, being; rejected of
men, went out alone and committed suicide.
The story of Judas vividly illustrates the
nature of sin. Sin always separates. We
talk about social sins, but sin is anti-social.
It tends to Isolate and give that loneliness
of spirit which drives to despair.'
Sin will separate from the truest ideals
of life and make success impossible. Sin
means to miss the mark, and he who Is
willing to live a life of "missing the mark"
is bound to be a failure. After the worst
has been said concerning the depravity of
human nature tlfero still remains In the soul
a longing for that which is best and trusO
Live a life of sin and the attainment of
such an ideal is utterly Impossible. A man
may be able to go through this world with
out popularity if he has a great purpose and
ideal throbbing In his soul. When he lias
A vision of noble achievement a man can
well afrord to live without the applause of
the multitude. Some day he will achieve
it and the crowd will be at his feet. When
a' man has something to live for and to
struggle for r?e can never be utterly alone,
but sin robs a man of his ideals. He had
failed so often he gives up in despair, and
Is utterly alone.
A man must make his choice. He may go
on and live his life of sin, follow Judas out
Into the night and end his life in loneliness
and darkness; or he may choose to live the
Christ life, be Inspired with the ideals of
Christianity, seek to be somebody In the
world and abide In the fellowship, friend
ship and companionship of true men and
women. At times he may have to climb
alone, but when he reaches the mountain
top he will find friends and loved ones there;
he will have the approval of conscience and
the presence of God. On the other band,
he may go with the crowd now, and enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season, but mid
ultimately that sin has robbed him of all
that is best in life, stolen his peace of mind,
placed him under the condemnation of his
own conscience, separated him from friends
and at last, dying alone without hope,and
without God, he goes into the other world
to face the Judgment day and finally make
his bed in hell.
VETERAN PASTOR IN PULPIT
Rev. I. D. Driver Preaches at Sunny
side Methodist Church.
Rev. I. D. Driver, the pioneer minis
ter, of Eugene, addressed a large con
gregation at the Sunnyside Methodist
Episcopal Church yesterday morning.
He was introduced by Dr. Ford, the
pastor, as a very promising young
man of about SO Summers, who has many
years of activity and usefulness before
him. ilis morning address was a pure
ly gospel sermon, based on the text,
Romans v:6-7: "For when we were yet
without strength, in due time Christ
died for the ungodly; for scarcely for a
righteous man will one die; yet perad
venture for a good man some would
even dare to die."
Dr. Driver set forth that all men fall
under four classifications the child,
youth, maturity and age, and showed
the responsibility of each to God. He
illustrated the difference of the man
with strength and the man without
strength, using Moody, the evangelist,
as an illustration. Moody has been a
man of great moral power before whom
great congregations have wept, and
yet he has been an illiterate man. The
speaker pointed out that the secret of
his success as an evangelist was in his
moral and spiritual power. Besides the
man of learning, Moody did not shine,
yet he has been a great factor forgooj
in the world.
Dr. Driver pointed out that men" were
robbing God, and returning nothing.
They took and enjoyed his manifold
blessings and yet returned nothing.
They were simply robbers and nothing
less. In further illustration of the lack
of moral power. Dr. Driver spoke of
two Oregon pioneers who were the vic
tims of drink. They had been told if
they drank again it meant death, and
so they joined in a pledge to abstain,
but they had no morai power and fell.
One died in delirium and the other as
the result of an accident caused by
drinking.
The sermon was logical and com
manded close attention. There was no
evidence of failing power in the deliv
ery of the veteran. His voice was
strong and clear and reached every
part of the auditorium. At the conclu
sion of the morning sermon many in
the congregation came forward to greet
him. In the evening he preached on
the "Atonement." Announcement had
been given that he would answer any
question concerning the Bible, interpre
tation or theology at the morning serv
ice, and he was kept busy more than
half an hour unraveling knotty prob
lems, and although the questions were'
read off to him without tils having seen
them. Dr. Driver was never at a loss
for an answer. ,
He "will begin his course of lectures
this evening at Sunnyside M. E. Church,
and one of the features will be ques
tions from the audience. In addition
to the regular evening lectures. Dr.
Driver will speak next Thursday after
noon to womenon "Opportunities and
Responsibilities of -Women."
BRINGS COMFORT TO WEARY
Rev. J. Allen Leas Has Encourage
ment for the Downcast.
Encouragement to those who have
grown weary in the struggle to con
tinue in the straight and narrow way
was preached by Rev. J. Allen Leas
yesterday. He spoke of the long and
weary road the Savior trod and told
his congregation to be of good cheer.
The discourse was delivered at St.
James' English Lutheran Church, and
was an advent Bermon. He said in
part: , .
Aa we are approaching the season . when
we shall elng of the love of the "Infant Sa
vior, we are reminded that another church
year has passed Into history- There has been
little of tho ertartlinK and much of the stead
fast. The records that are now completed
are not to bo altered or revised. They, .are
with eternity. We turn now to the prospects
of the coming year. They are introduced with
the royal procession of the king amidst the
shouting of the populace in the groat "Ho
sannas." Such a victorious march, we think, must
have had a most royal beginning. From some
rooms of Vermillion, some floor of mosaics,
some "canopy dyed In the splendor of the
setting sun." from 6ome castle by the sea,
did he come? No, from a cow's stall, near
where the camels were feeding, some sheep
bleating, the dogs barking, and where armed
desperadoes were watching without for his
life. Only a distance of six miles and yet It
required 33 years of circuitous route for the
Savior to make the journey from poverty and
scjualidneas to the eminence of adoration and
victory.
Through Quarantanla, black with robbers'
dens, where he routes the spirits of perdi
tion; over the "Horns of Hattin'- where with
the rocks for a pulpit, he preaches a sermon
which with Its unparalleled sentiment, shall
transform the world; over Galilee he must
travel while his feet mount the crests of the
waves which stand up as frozen walls. It Is
the way of duty. For such noble purpose he
came to earth. Tell the bereft, he heals the
broken hearts by raising the dead. Tell the
deaf and dumb that the Physlplan who once
healed as he passed on his Jerusalem journey.
Is their hope today. Tell the betrayed that
this King was sold for $15 of money: that he
was betrayed with a kiss, that most eacred
of all demonstrations.
He Is not yet at his destination. Up Cal
vary he strugles with a load heavier than he
can bear. Weak for want of -food, maltreated
for years, be be'- the weight of earth and
hell upon his 0 alders and then there hap
pens what -Angelo, and Raphael, and Titian
and alt the great artists of the world endeav
ored to picture. That which Boemet and
Massllon and Luther and Wesley and Chal
mers preached and what musicians have
sung nnd what we try to express In "0, Sa
cred Head now wounded," or falterlngly sing
in "Alas, and did my Saclor bleed?" ami
which no one can understand, for no one ever
suffered such Ignominy and pain. But sud
denly, our Traveler emerges from tho darkness
of the night of his Journey ami he is in the
eternal city. The hosannas are resounding.
The .'13 years of toil are ended and the Jour
ney i flni?hhcd. His Is -the world's victory.
Still he marches, quietly and unseen. Wom-
an he elevates until her beauty, long -forgot
ten, beams, and her virtue shines, and her
voice is lifted up by a fair representative in
the immortal song of "My eoul dotb magnify
the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced In God
my savior." In the cotton fields of the South
and in the galleys of the ancient world, there
are the plaintive walls of the slave under the
lash He breaks the lash asunder and liberates
the soul Mthln and demonstrates that it is
equal to ascend to the heights attained by any
of the would-be great men In the congress of
the world. Nay.he liberates the slave under
the lash of the tyrant sin: puts clothes on
the back of the drunkard, decks well his chil
dren, supplies their table with bread, ) for
"when the son shall make you free, "ye shall
be free Indeed." Churches and schools and
hospitals, end Institutions of mercy spring
up In his silent wake. Fathers and mothers
are made to care for their own with a great
er zeal: they love more ardently, .and pray
more earnestly. The result Is better oitlzens,
more enlightened government, a literature
more uplifting, and for this the nations gather
to strew their choicest flowers and proclaim
their loudest hosannas.
Then toil on with greater zest, ye young
men and women. Ye who have grown gray in
the service and have received nothing but
scars, be not dismayed, your Journey, like the
Savior's, shall have a glorious ending. When
father and mother, have forsaken you, and
friends have forgotten you.ryou will see the
bright and shining one. the cbiefeet of 10,000:
in the midst of the myriads of celestials and
you will recognize him as the one who rode
Into Jerusalem and you will know that he
has been with you all the time, and your
voice, then too, will join in the hosannas.
WORLD'S GREATEST ORATORIO
Subject? of Address by Br. House at
First Congregational.
"A Biblical Description, of . the
World's Greatest Oratorio" was the
subject of an eloquent address deliv
ered by Dr. K. 1. House at the First
Congregational Church last night.
"Music has no mortal artist for Its in
ventor," said Dr. House. 'It was im
planted in man's nature by the Divine
Musician." A large congregation was
present. Dr. Houde said in part:
They sing the song of Moses, the servant
of God, and the Bong of the Lamb. "In these
words we have the song of earth and heaven;
the itong of the human and the divine; the sons
of the law and the gospel; the eong of tne
beginning and the ending of things earthly."
Music has no mortal artist for ita in
ventor. It was implanted in man's nature by
the Divine Musician. The first authentic in
formation we have of music cornea from Figypt.
Where the temples of jUuxor and Carnac rise
In majesty, sang the mighty army of the
priesthood. Whether the Jews assimilated thia
art we do not kpow, but we do know that they
incorporated music into their ritual, never to
depart from it. When we come to the days
of Christ, we are told "that they sang a
hymn," and the echoes of thia hymn have
bet-n heard around the world.
p-rom the hosom of the Christian church,
modern music, was born. The first epoch of
modern music was the development of the
mass. In the eighth century. Pope Gregory
Improved the chant of Ambrose, and It be
came the basis of the grandest musical ser
vice in the world, that of the Catholic church.
But what has been, and is, is only a shadow
of what Is to be. The great choir of heaven,
the one hundred and forty-four thousand
are to sing a strain and a harmony that never
has been neard on earth. It will be the cul
mination of all muic and musicians. And
that oratorio is to be about Moses and the
Lamb.
Now notice first that this song has to do
with the beginning and the ending of 'things
earthly. Moses in this oratorio Is the be
ginfng of a great dispensation of mercy and
education. He far back In the beginning of
the world's history organized truth and beauty
and right, and set In motion great forces and
services by which the aoul was to be ennobled
and enriched.
And then, in the , next place, think what
patience God must cultivate between the be
ginning and the ending of thia song! What
rude attempts at song; what discords
what Jargon of sounds! And yet
what splendid attempts have been made,
and what sweet, soul-stirring melodies have
charmed the sons of God. What a tortuous
path from this beginning of Moses to .the
ending in Christ ! Think of the patience a
father and mother, or a teacher must culti
vate with a child between Its beginning and its
maturity. And thus is it with God. Never
did a composer attend so assiduously to rec
tify his composition that proved to be defec
tive to his highest thought, than does our
gracious Father seek to reconstruct the great
oratorio ql life out of the chaos of his chil
dren. WEAVE WEB OF CHARACTER
Men Work Out for Themselves Their
, Own Destiny.
'"Weaving- the Web of Life," was the
theme of the sermon last evening' at
the Mizpah Presbyterian Church, Bast
Thirteenth and Powell streets. The
pastor. Dr. McGlade, took for his text,
Isaiah 59:5, "They Weave the Spider's
Web," giving an exposition of the art
of weaving in the field of character.
He said in part:
The textile art is a very ancient one,
for long before the advent of man the
spider spun its web in field and forest, and
"gemmed it with pearls of morning dew."
The weaving of the spider no doubt suggest
ed to man his handiwork so fully devel
oped and so greatly perfected in our own
time.
The prophet saw the application of this
art to human life in the weaving of the
web of character, picturing human beings
at life's loom, weaving in colors all their
own the product of character.
Life Is a loom, man a weaver; time,
circumstances, events, habits and compan
ionship are the threads, the product char
acter, unsightly or beautiful. Men of all
nationalities are here toiling, their work
being of merit or demerit, according to
what they weave into the web.
The low grade workmanship is mentioned
in the text. The prophet was describing a
product of an evil character when he said:
"They weave "the spider's web, their webs
shall not become garments, neither shall
they cover themselves with their works;
their works are works of iniquity and tne
act of violence is in their hands."
What trte prophet described is true of
a g relit deal that Is evident to our eyes
in our age. The web of character is in
numerous Instances being woven without
forethought or purpose or care or design,
and in Ignorance as. to its Importance. Tnere
are products of life's loom of no merit,
marred by the hands of the wravcrs, woven
of materials unfit. Some are tissues of
deceit, falsehood, vice, sin. The Apostle
Paul refers to some threads as being "for
nication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, envy
ings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and
such like." H uch threads are rotten, the
product corresponding to the materials.
There Is a vicious product on exhibition in
the markets of the world. It is in evi
dence in the world, of affairs, in congested
districts of vice, in police and criminal
courts, and in jails and state prisons.
Today there Is considerable agitation in
the public press regarding the neglect of
parents. It is recognized that it is in the
early years of life that character is estab
lished' The fact that religious training must
largely be accomplished with the child is a
matter of statistics. Neglect of parents is
ratal. The neglected youth weaves the spi
der's web. The loom is on street corners:
the threads are the vulgar thoughts and
vicious words and lewd jest. The web is
a tangled one.
But I do not wish to speak only of the
evil side, for the spider's web is sugges
tive of beautiful workmanship. The same
apostle who speaks of the threads that are
evil describes also those that are silver
and gold. He shows the shuttle swlftly
flylng with the threads, "love, joy, peace,
long suffering gentleness, goodness, faitn,
meekness, temperance." Here are beautiful
patterns, exquisite jjenign, woven not alone
with the ingenuity of man, but by the aid
of the Holy Spirit.
Condemns Both Candidates.
Rev. F. M. Kisher, of the Milwaukie
Evangelical Church, spoke on the Mil
waukie election last night, in the
course of which he said that neither
candidate for Mayor represents the true
principles of reform, and that the elec
tion of either candidate means that the
city will continue to secure its revenues
from the saloon and gamblers. He drew
a picture of the spectacle of a city
government being supported by such
revenues. He condemned the present
policy of collecting- revenue from the
saloons as wrong and subversive of the
manhood of the community and a ter
rible example to young men and wom
en. Ho said he hardly expected to cast
a vote, under the circumstances, for
either candidate for Mayor.
LAWOFRETR BUT ON
Man's Every Act Must Have
Its Consequences.
SIN REACTS UPON SINNER
Dr. Clarence True Wilson Preaches
on Results of Wrongdoing
and Says Penalties Are
Inevitable.
"The Law of Retribution" was the sub
ject or Dr. Clarence True "Wilson's ad
dress at GYaceM. K Church last night
"Every moral act is followed by conse
quences relevant to its character and
bears fruit according to its kind," said
Dr. Wilson. The music was a feature of
tho service and was enjoyed by a large
congregation. A number of selections
were rendered by the male chorus and
Miss Ethel Ly tie's solo was well received.
Dr. "Wilson said, In part:
"Were you ever stung by a bee? It
hurt for a moment, possibly for the hour.
But the bee was ruined. It lost its sting
and went off to die, Such are the conse
quences to everyone who stings God. He
sustains so vital a relation to us and has
such large Interests in us that any trans
gression of his will 13 a blow at his very
heart. . But he has so constituted us that
the blow reacts. They that regard lying
vanities forsake their own mercy . He
that slnneth against me wrongeth his own
soul.
"Every moral act is followed by conse
quences relevant to its character. It bears
fruit according to its kind. Lust, when
it has conceived, beareth sin; and sin,
when it is full grown, brlngeth forth
death. The natural consequences of sin
are many.
"Law Is a necessity of things, and pen
alty is a necessity of law. Here con
science asserts its functions and power,
taking peace from the soul and at times
slumber from the eyes. There is the
sense of separation Xrom God, of loss and
pain. Guilt at its height wrings from the
soul the cry, 'O wretched man that I am.
,who shall deliver me from the body of
this death?'
"The entail of sin is a depraved condi
tion of the whole man, that vitiates the
entire life. It is this that gives such ter
rible effect to whatswe call habit in the
case of those who go aside from the path
of obedience. I will not enter into the
difficult doctrine of depravity, but what
ever it is, sin is its cause.
"The bondage of sin must be recognized
before It can be broken. The mission of
the spirit is to awaken to a consciousness
of sin. All forms of religion or philan
thropy that ignore or touch lightly the
evil of sin are weak in their power to
reach and help a needy world. This is
the weakness of Buddhism, Confucian
Ism, Mohammedanism and the merely
ethical cults of our Christianity. Sorrow,
fate and natural consequences are all they
see, but sin is the bitter root whence all
this evil fruit springs.
"Man was made for immortality. This
is implied in his constitution as personal.
In the Image of God. The purpose of
redemption in Christ is a complete con
firmation of this soul and body shall
bear the image of Christ. That the hu
man body is of the animal kingdom and
subject to the same law of deterioration,
death and dissolution as other animals
cannot be denied, but man as man does
not belong to the animal kingdom.
"Death is a departure of the soul from
the body, when it ceases to be a fit hab
itation. The Intelligent spirit Is the ten
ant. The corpse is the "Vacated tenement.
That which was joined for life must be
separated in death. The body of the
earth earthy gravitates earthward; the
spirit in God's own image gravitates to
ward him when released from Us shrine.
"But there Is a deeper death than that
of the body which sin inflicts upon the
man; there Is a spiritual death In sin.
The final separation from God, the only
source of life and happiness. Is the final
curse of sin. This is necessarily eternal.
The separation of the human spirit from
God, looked at apart from redemption, is
in itself a doom unrelieved. The sinner
has in himself no power of self-restoration
to union with God. ' But thank God
we are not abandoned to this doom. 'If
any man sin we have an advocate with
the Father." "
TEIXS OF MISSIONARY WORK
Dr. J. F. Gliorniley Speaks at Central
Christian Church.
Dr. J. F. Ghormley took for his theme
last evening at the Central Christian
Church, "The Call of the Cross." His
text was "Go'ye therefore and teach
all nations, baptizing? them into the
name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you, and lo I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the
world." He said in part:
This is the day set apart by tlie National
convention in which to present the work of
tho Christian Woman's Board of Mission
in tho churches, and to take an offering for
the enlargement of its field and forces. This
organization was entered Into in 1874. From
feehl beginnings it has (crown to be a
mighty power in the church for worldwide
evangelism. There are today HoDO auxiliar
ies and mission circles, 3-00 children's or
ganizations in the churches. With the
mottd. "The love of Christ constralneth
us," these women are supporting 3"0 mis
sionaries, evangelists, teachers and native
helpers. They have done effective evan
gelistic or pastoral work in 30 states in our
home land. They have gone to the islands
of the seas. They have entered India with
Its 2SS.00H.O0n population. 246.000.000 unable
to read or write. 20.000.000 women secluded
In Zenanas, 14.000 under 4. 2. 500.000 wives
under ten, 250,000 under 14 and 50.000,000
outcasts.
Tli'-y conduct the largest Protestant school
in the Republic of Mexico. Many of the
pupils have already become members of the
church some have become" active mission
aries, going from house to house wherever
admitted and reading the Bible. They have
sent Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bruner to South
America and there the work is opening up
gloriously. Secretary Root's recent visits
to South America and the Pan-American
conference at Rio Janeiro have forced at
tention upon the political and material in
terests of the great continent that stretches
froV the Caribbean Sea to the Atlanttn
Ocean. A new era of development and ex
pansion has already begun. The building
of railways and the commercial propaganda
will go cn more vigorously than ever be
fore. As political conditions become more
settled and a better understanding prevails
between the different states, men In all parts
of the world with money to invest will be
'lert to the opportunities In the South
American continent. . The many opert doors
bid us enter through Into the fields white
for the harvrst-
-TELLS OF NEW ZEALAND.
Ilarry Holmes Addresses Y. M. C. A.
on That Interesting Country.
Harry L. Holmes, general secretary
of the Y. M. -C. A. of New Zealand, was
tho speaker at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday
services yesterday afternoon and In ad
dition to his lecture a series of 6tereop
tiron views of New Zealand were
given. The Auditorium was filled and
the audience greatly appreciated Mr.
Holmes' address. He spoke, of the
great resources of the country, of its
economic and social conditions, and
of the Maori race.
"There has not been a strike In New
Zealand for over 30 years," he said, "we
have none of the distress of families or
the suffering of the general public
that follows the American strike. We
have the compulsory arbitration board,
and the differences of the employer and
employed are settled by that means.
From this court there Is no appeal, its
decisions are unalterable. Any seven
men employed in any shop, store, or
factory have the right to form a union
and this union will be recognized by
the government.
Another of our civic laws that works
great benefit is the old age pension
law. Any man over 60 Is sure of a
living If he Is too old to work. Our
government has also assisted the set
tlers in procuring lands. For a long
time the farmers have been oppressed
by the money lenders but a few years
ago the government secured about
25,000,000 and lent it out to the people
at a low rate of interest. This enabled
the people to make small payments as
they could afford it and in the mean
time live comfortably.
"Gentlemen, I wish to speak to you
ebout another matter, it is not acres
or dollars, cattle, or grain that de
termines the real strength or beauty of
a country: It is the character of its
people. And though we are from dif
ferent countries; we are children of
the same God; we lift up our voices
in the same prayers and hymns, and
obey the same laws. In New Zealand
we have the Y. M. C. A. the same as
you have it here and let us keep up Its
work until it spreads to every city of
the globe."
PREACHESxOX LAW OF LOVE
Elder Snyder Gives a Hard Rap to
r the Cynics. ,
At the Auditorium, 20814 Third street,
last night Elder G. A. Snyder, of the
Seventh Day Adventists, in speaking of
some recently published statements to the
effect that there Is too much love In the
world, said" in part:
The Idea that there Is too much love In the
world grows out of an erroneous conception
of the- true nature of love. Love Is commonly
supposed to operate In defiance of all law;
but the Bible definition of love Is entirely
different. "Love Is the fulfilling of the law,"
Rom. xiii:10. Genuine love is always in har
mony with the laws of nature, and takes into
account the welfare of posterity. The hasty
matrimonial ventures ending' in divorce or
worse, should not be charged to too much
love, but rather to an abnormal development
of eentimentallsm which is constantly fed
by the impure streams of dime novel litera
ture and newspaper romance.
In Matt. xxii:34-40 the Savior closely asso
ciates the principles of divine law with the
idea of love. When we love God with the
whole heart, and love our neighbors as our
selves, we are in harmony with the princi
ples of both love and law. National, srtate
and municipal laws are ordained of God to
regulate the varied relations of men to their
neighbors, and ought to prohibit the contam
ination of society in every reasonable way. If
we had more laws for the wholesome regu
lation of matrimony, and the publication of
sentimental soft stuff, and fewer petty regu
lations conceived In the Interests of some
trust or union, society would be better off.
It la proper for a city to have laws regu
lating the erection of buildings; but when we
forget to protect the inhabitants of those
buildings from the invasion of social miasma
and corruption, we forget the main thing.
If the churches and the ministry would
seek to secure legislation on some of the cry
ing evils that menace the homes of the
ms-sses. and which are clearly within the jur
isdiction of civil law, they would be in far
better business than in trying to secure leg
islation for the prohibition of certain evils
on a certain day of the week because it hap
pens to be their day of worship. There are
thousand of every-day evils that need reg
ulating every day in the week for the com
mon good of common society. Why not. Join
hands on those questions which concern all
the people all the time, instead of narrowly
seeking to secure legislation which concerns
some of' the people only part of the time?
The law of lore has two departments: liove
to God and love to our neighbor. The former
embraces religious duties only, and is entire
ly outside the Jurisdiction of human Taw;
while the latter embraces civil duties which
are proper subjects of human legislation. The
observance of one day each week as a Sab
bath is a strictly religious duty, and there
fore not a proper subject for legislation. The
law of love forbids such legislation, and those
who seek to secure it show plainly that they
do not love their neighbors as themselves.
TROLLEYS IN BAY CITY
United Railroads Counsel Denies
Reports of Bribery.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. Referring
to dispatches appearing in some East
ern papers concerning the report that
Supervisor Sanderson, of San Francisco,
had made a confession of bribery in
various matters connected with the
Board of Supervisors, including the
granting of the so-calied overhead
trolley rights to the United Railroads,
Tirey I. Ford, general counsel of the
United Railroads, today said:
Mr. Fandcrson could not have made any
confession respecting bribery In connection
with our overhead trolley rights, for there
was no bribery to coiifew. The righta were
granted to the United Railroads shortly after
the earthquake and Are in San Francisco, in
response to a universal demand for the re
sumption of street railway operation "by the
then only means available, which waa the
overhead trolley.
There waa not a dissent in voice to this
mode of operation and the only question was
whether these overhead trolley rights should
be temporary or should continue during the
lif of the eompany'is street railway franchise,
being, on the averaffo. a little over 20 years.
In view of the heavy expenditure whi'-h th
company would be compelled to make in re
constructing ita roads for overhead trolley op
erational running into millions of dollars, it
positively declined to go forward with this
work under aurh enormous) expense unlpps
these rights were to continue during the life
of its several street railway franchises. Tho
overwhelming sentiment of the city was in
favor of granting the rights in the manner
In which the company !n3 requested, a cvmall
minority only holding out for temporary per
mission. These were the conditions and causes that
led to the passage of the ordinance under
which th United Railroads proceeded with
its overhead construction and operation.
There wan, o course, no bribery or at
tempted bribery of any kind, directly or in
directly, or in any manner or form whatso
ever. Indeed, the United Railroads feeia that
It has some cause to feel Justly proud of the
part It played in the rehabilitation of an
Francisco and the energy it displayed In the
resumption of street-car service. Anyone who
went through tho awful days .following the
earthquake and fire will tell you that the
flnitod Railroads waa hailed a one of the
savior of the city, and that the telegram
sent from New York by the president of the
company, directing that their rehabilitation of
the street-car lines be proceeded with prompt
ly and at whatever cost, did probably more
than any other one thing to restore confidence
and put heart and hope in the city's popula
tion. Taught to Use Spray Tumps.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) The annual meeting of the
Clackamas County Horticultural Soci
ety will be hold at the courthouse in
this city next Saturday, when officers
for the ensuing year will be elected.
During the 18 months this society has
been organized. It has done much to
promote the fruit industry of this sec
tion. Through the agency of this society,
various farmers' Institutes have been
held, where subjects relating to the
proper care and cultivation of fruit
crops have been intelligently discussed
by experts. The result has been that
a majority of the orchardists of the
county now employ the spray-pump,
the treatment for the initial year fully
Justifying the trouble and slight ex
pense involved. Having been shown
the practical results that follow the
use of tho spray-pump, fruitgrowers
have become enthuiastlc.
1 Vs
jewelry,
and styl
give any
cut-glass ware, solid silverware, opera-glasses, etc. The;
e of our goods are wonderfully beautiful. It is beyond
descriptfon. They must be seen to be appreciated.
t Our old customers knjw, and our prospective
ones we would like to have know, that visitors
always find a welcome in our store. We are always
pleased to see you and Show you our goods whether
you purchase or are only looking.
Christmas will soon be here, and remember the
early buyers always get the best selections.
The C. HEITKEMPER CO.
JEWELERS DIAMOND DEALERS SILVERSMITHS
"The Lowest Price Jewelry House for Fine Goods"
S. We can add to the above motto for this year:
jewelry house In Portland for fine goods."
by mail promptly answered. '
286 MORRISON STREET
BATTLE OF BALLOTS
Milwaukie City Election to Be
Held Today.
FIGHT ON FOR MAYORALTY
Mullen and Shindler In Race Each
Gives Reasons IVhy He Should
Be Elected and His Oppo
nent Defeated. '
Mllwaukie's municipal election will
take place today, and the polls will
open at the new city hall at 7 A. M.,
closing at- 6 o'clock In the evening.
The contest is between the two can
didates for Mayor, Isaac Mullan on the
"Citizens' Ticket," and William Shin
dler, who is running independent with
O. Matthews, candidate for re-election
to the Council. The other candidates
are as follows: Dr. W. T. Houser and
Grant Barker, for Councilmen; Fred
Lehman, Recorder; E. T. Elmer, Treas
urer; Edward Paetsch, Marshal.
It is conceded that the only doubt
as to the outcome Is on the Mayoralty,
and as the two candidates represent
practically the same policy It becomes
largely a personal contest. A larger
vote than ever before Is expected. Mil-,
waukle has movea forward rapidly for
the past year. Improvements in new
buildings, aggregating over $35,000,
have been made, including a new City
Hall, more than a dozen dwellings
and the athletic club. In setting forth
his principles, fsaac Mullan, Citizens'
candidate for Mayor, said:
"It has been stated by the opposition
that I will be opposed to the saloons
and the Milwaukie Clubhouse, and
therefore we will have a closed town.
Now, I want "to say right here that
no one has ever heard me make any
such statement at any time; the sa
loon has been run in a very respect
able manner and could not be objec
tionable to anyone. r The Milwaukie
Club has been very orderly, and has
spent several thousands of dollars ini
Milwaukie. and all business houses in
our city receive a considerable amount
of business each month from it.
"As to the convention held last
Monday night, it is my opinion that
It was conducted in good faith by all
parties concerned, and I was the peo
ple's choice, although 1 tried hard to
Have someone else nominated, but if
I am elected I will endeavor to do the
will of the people to the best of my
ability. We all knoK, that the Coun
cilmen are the men you must look
to to make your laws, and not the
Mayor, although it has been said that
Mayor Shindler dictated to the Coun
cil and his words became law. Let
that be as it may, Mf. Shindler points
with pride to what he lias done, and
he may bo justified in what he says.
But. Mr. Shindler has been Mayoror
three terms, and he promised the lut
time he was elected that he would not
again' be a candidate for Mayor, yet lie
went to We Legislature and had the
charter tn amended as to hold over for
one more year; then because he has
not been nominated for a fourth term,
he acted like a madman, denouncing
the citizens of Milwaukie as rascals
and rats, and then said, 'I will run
independent and be elected." Now t
wish to say to the people of Milwaukie
that if I am elected Mayor, and can
not do as well as Mayor Shindler, just
let me know in time and I will hand
In my resignation with pleasure."
Mayor Shindlrr's Statement.
"I have not the slightest fault, to find
with Mr. Mullan." said Mayor Shindler,
"Ho has a right to be a candidate for
Mayor, and to be elected If he can get
enough votes. Nobody disputes that
point. I want to point to what has been
accomplished in Milwaukie within the
past few years. We had been sleeping
hero. No improvements were being made.
People were afraid of the power houses.
What have we today? We have an ex
cellent water tystem. We have some
fire protection. A large number of dwel
lings have been built, aggregating prob
ably JS0.000. We have a band hall. Tho
Orange has purchased a building. Our
friends, the Evangelical peop are pre
paring to erect a modern church. Tho
athletic club has esta,bllslieit a line re
sort. We have a large shingle mill in
operation. Land Is changing hands and
more improvements are . to ho made.
Never has the future of this old pioneer
town been so promising s right now. All
we need Is a &-cent fare to and from
Portland. N
"Now in all candor, laying aside all pre
judices and personal spite, I ask Mr.
Muilan what part has he had In all these
improvements of Milwaukie. How many
trips has he made to Salem to get a suit
able charter for Milwaukie. paying his
own cost out of his own pocket? What
part did he have in getting these im
provements under way? How much time
and money has he spent in building up
Milwaukie? Will friend Mullan show to
the people of Milwaukie where ho has
labored. night and day, for the
past seven or eight "ears, to infuse
some life into the old sleepy town of
Milwaukie. Will he kindly explain what
part he has taken in these matters.
"The part I have had in aiding the
growth of Milwaukie in the past seven
years is well known to the taxpayers.
DIAMONDS
Every day new goods are arriving.
Beautiful things for home and personal
use. We have purchased this year and
are offering the most magnificent stock
of jewels, diamonds, pre-
cibus stones, solid 14K.
jewelry, solid gold watches
for ladies and gentlemen,
filled gold watches and
novelties of all kinds. Ex-
tra quality filled and plated
finish
us to
"The best-stocked
Inquiries
Our city has not a dollar of debt. I
have refused to contract a single debt.
We have a city hall started. It ought
to be completed next year. It will be
&fi ornament to Mllwaukie's enterprise
and ' push when llnisned, and yet the
taxpayers have been called to shoulder
the burden. Portland people are being at
tracted by Mllwaukie's advantages. They
are buying property and building homes
here. All this has been the result of
the policy I have followed while I was
Mayor. The records speak for them
selves. Taxpayers may go and examine
them for themselves. It is a gross In
sult to such men as Councilmen Streib,
Wetzler, Mathews and Hlvely to say that
they had nothing to do with city af
fairs, and that I dictated everything. We
consulted together about all affairs, and
agreed that there should be no debt ami
no burden resting on the future of this .
town. They are entitled to as much
credit as myself and perhaps more.
No Disorder In Milwaukie.
"St. Johns on the Peninsula has a bis
debt and it is growing. It has a lot of
saloons and I am told it has much
trouble and disorder. We have absolutely
no disorder. The Milwaukie Clubhouse Is
one of the concerns '.hat helped Milwau
kie get a ptart. Portland men attend
there, and not one out of a 100 from
Milwaukie ever visit the place. The slngl
saloon is orderly and conducted within
1 r-l n-A hutra naauorl Thore i
less drunkenness in Milwaukie than be
fore there was a saloon here. I think
that if we must have saloons why not
make them pay their share of maintain
ing the city government. Every city in
this country collects saloon licenses.
"It irt true that I got the charter
ar.-.ataA f Hirl ka tn nave the taxoavcrs
nf Milwaukie a lot of money that was
being collected and used somewhere else. .
In amending the charter we tried to
improve it. The old charter made it pos
sible for the whole city government to
go out at an election. We simply changed
it so the Mavor, two Councilmen and th
Hecorder should hold office ' two yearp.
This was done so that ttiere would al
ways he' somebody familiar with affair
in office. . .'
"This is the situation. I wanted the
nomination in order to complete the oity
hall now under construction and carry
forward some improvements we have in
view, including a full fledged Fire T)
partment. However, if the taxpayers of
Milwaukie. with tills showing in then
behalf, want Mr. Mullan as Mayor I shsll
be the first to congratulate him on hi
election, and give him what assistance t
can while he may be in office. If the
voters re-elect me. I shall continue In
future to give all the time and energy I
can for the upbuilding and improvement,
of Milwaukie. and the taxpayers ot Mil
waukie may rest assured the city will
never be in debt as long as I have a
hand In preventing it."
MRS. G.S. PAUL1NGS KILLED
AVife of Portland Contractor Is
Thrown From Buggy.
GOLDEN DALE, Wash., Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. C. G. Taullngs, wife of a
Portland contractor, was the victim of
a runaway accident yesterday, which
resulted in 'her death. Mr. and Mrs.
Paulings have been visiting with J.
Baker, a farmer, residing two miles
soutli of Goldendale. About 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Baker and
Mrs. Paulings were on the road to
town, when tho team became fright
ened and ran away.
Mrs. Baker was thrown from the
huggv first, and escaped with slight
injuries, but Mrs. raullngs struck the
frozen ground on her head and the
skull was fractured. She lived several
hours after the accident, but was un
conscious all- the time.
The remains will be shipped to Port
land for interment i the morning.
PERS0NALMENTI01!.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2. (Special.) Oregoni
ans registered today as follows:
At the Auditorium J. 11. Vogt, J. C.
Grlpper Portland.
At the MH.icstic R. Davidson, Portland.
At tho Morrison V. B. Chandler, Ore
gon. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. (Special.)
Northwestern people registered today
as follows:
From Portland K. T. Burrowes at
the Waldorf; Dr. J. O. Wtlley at the
Imperial; A. Gschwend at the Belvi
dere; A. G. Long at the Broadway
Central.
From Seattle D. II. Jarvls at the
Walcott; A. F. Hoffman at the Herald
Square; W. Nisson at the Normandle;
IS. B. Jordan at the Kverett.
-From Spokane C. K. Mitchell and
wife, at the Victoria.
From Walla Walla; Wash. L. W.
Roberts at the Grand Union.
From Kverett, Wash. A. Johnson at
the Imperial.
From Tacoma Mrs. K. H. Miller, A.
G. Avery and wife at the Albert.
Oldest of the Quiniaults.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Dec. 2. (Special.)
A report from the Quiniault reserva
tion states that Grandma Mason, '
mother of oil! Chief Mason, of Quini
ault Indians. tiled yesterday at the age
of 119 years. She will be buried with
all the pomp and ceremony of the
Shaker religion. This aged woman was
the oldest of tho tribe, and from her
was handed down much of the history
of the tribe. ,
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SIHwaukie Country Cluf.
Eastern and California races. Take 9su
wood or Oregon Ciur car. starting from
First and Alder streets.