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THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX, ilONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907.
S.
EDDY'S METHODS
Dr. Brougher Indorses Dr. A.
C Dixon's Criticism of
Christian Science.
TEACHINGS ARE HARMFUL
Declares Many of Founder's Ideas
Vc,re Stolen Alleges That She
Twists Scripture Into Proof
of Her Doctrines.
Rav. J. Whltcomb Brouffher preached
lae the White Temple yesterday morning
on "The Bible and Christ or Christian
.Science." Ho charged that many of
Mrs. Kddy'a ldena were stolen, and fur
Ither, that while claiming to take the
Bible as a basis for her theories, she had
twisted its true meaning, or denied Its
truth altogether. He said In part:
"It was In 1888 that Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy claimed to have discovered this
extraordinary eclence. Frederick W. Pea
body, the great Boston lawyer, has in
vestigated the matter carefully and de
clares without hesitation that 'the whole
Christian Science eystem, terminology
and all, in so far as It Is a mental healing
pysteVn, Mrs. Eddy obtained from Dr.
Qulmby In 1364, so that when Mrs. Eddy
says that In 1666 she discovered It, she
states what she knows to be absolutely
untrue.' So Instead of Christian Science
being a direct revelation from Jod to
Mrs. Eddy, as she claims, it is well
known to those who have Investigated it
that she stole the Ideas from this man
Qulmby.
"I see no reason for accepting the Idea
that Christian Science was In any sense
a special revelation to Mrs. Eddy. After
reading carefully the volume entitled
Science and Health," I am prepared to
txate at the beginning that If the Chris
tian Scientists are right in their theology
and philosophy, then the Christian church
1m wrong and has been wrong ever since
the apoBtolio days. If I do not under
stand her language I think I have the
right with another to complain that she
does not give me a fair chance to under
stand it. I have been In the habit of
using my eyes and ears and other senses
3n the study of the world, but Christian
Science will not allow that I have eyes
or ears. She even strips me of my mor
tal mind, and being a common mortal and
not deity, 1 feel my loss keenly. In fact,
she so denudes me that I feel like the
thinnest spark or ghost that ever came
down the pike.'
Dumbfounds Dictionary Itself.
"She dumbfounds the dictionary itself.
She says her glossary, which Is Intended
to "elucidate the meaning of the inspired
writer." contains the metaphysical Inter
pretation of Bible terms, giving their
spiritual sense, which i also their orig
inal meaning. It would be difficult to find
any scholar in the land who would risk
his reputation for clearness by using the
terms 'metaphysical.' 'spiritual' and
original' as synonyms, yet she does it.
"'It is this shifting use of words that
puzzles the ordinary reader and defles
any attempt at understanding it. With
this explanation for my stupidity, let us
examine the theology of the system, test
ed by the Bible. Mrs. Eddy says 'the
Bible has been my only text book,' but it
I la no wonder that she can draw almost
any conclusion from it when we consider
. her method of interpretation. Take this
example fS. & H., p. 233): The word Adam
phe divides into two syllables, and it
jreads A dam. or obstruction. This sug
gests to her the thought of mortal mind
1n solution, as opposed to matter. With
this method it is not difficult to wrest
the Bible from Its correct meaning.
"Take the belief concerning God.
Soience and Health says 'God Is divine
principle . . . including in itself all
mind the father, the mother God.' Note
that Mrs. Eddy says 'Itself fills all space.
Who ever heard of an Infinite Itself? A
self-existent neuter. She denies the per
sonality of God, while the Bible every
where recognizes his personality.
"Mrs. Eddy denies that God created the
heaven and tho earth. The Bible says
that In the beginning God created both.
Mrs. Eddy declares that the Bible lies.
S. & H.. p. bob). If Christian Science can
rot twist the scriptures so that they fa
vor the statement "that matter, sin, slck
ijipss and death have, no reality," then she
.flatly contradicts them.
Is System of Infidelity.
"Dr. A. C. Dixon says: It is a fact
that Christian Science, while it claims
to reverence the Bible, is a system of
Infidelity which contradicts the Scrip
tures or twists their meaning to suit
Its own purposes. While Rev. Mr.
Hinckley. ray assistant pastor, was
reading the Scriptures without com
ment, from the platform of the Rurgles
Ftreet Baptist Church In Boston, a
Christian Scientist In the audience was
overheard many times saying, 'That's
lie. Thafs a He."
"Such is the attitude of Christian
Science toward the Scriptures. If they
can be twisted so as to favor the state
ment that matter, sin, sickness and
4eath have no reality, they are so used,
but when the Scriptures affirm against
this statement, they are flatly contra
dicted. Again, Mrs. Eddy denies the
reality of death. The Bible says all
(have sinned. 'If we say we have no sin
we deceive ourselves, and the truth
Is not In us.'
"In the face of Mrs. Eddy's teaching,
I am not surprised that no one accepts
Christian Science in order to be saved
from his sins. There is. according to the
Christian Science view, no sin from
which to be saved. Consequently, Chris
tian Science runs no rescue missions,
and makes no special effort to save
Hie outcast. They spend their time
looking after the nice people who have
tome "error of mortal mind' to be
cured. Jesus Christ 'came not to call
the righteous but sinners to repent
ance." Christian Science seems to have
come for the purpose of calling the
righteous and not sinners into the
church. Who ever heard of a Christ
ian Scientist going to the slums and
reading 'Science and Health" to out
cast men women? What's the use if
there Is no reality in sin? If one has
lost the sense of sin. he surely would
not be bothered with" his conscience.
"If we had the time we could show
by numerous other quotations that Mrs.
Eddy contradicts the Bible and the
teachings of Jesus Christ at nearly
rvery point In her so-called system of
Iheology. She denies the necessity of
In atonement, declares that the Holy
Spirit is only divine science, repudi
ttes the church ordinances, and denies
the Anal judgment.
Without Sense of Humor.
"Now let us notice, for a few moments,
the philosophy of Christian Science. One
cannot read the philosophy of this sys
tem without feeling that Dr. Hudson
was right when he says. 'Christian
Scientists are lacking In- a healthy, pro
' tective sense of humor.' Mrs. Bddy ay
DENOUNCES
the metaphysics of Christian Science, like 1
the rule of mathematics, proves the rule
by inversion. For example: There Is no
pain in truth and no truth in pain, no
matter in mind, and no mind in matter.
Mrs. Bddy must be the illustration of this
theory. It would not be hard to believe
that there was no mind in the gray mat
ter that produced the metaphysics of
Christian Science. My friend, if you are
sitting next to a Christian Scientist, just
stick a pin into him and let us see
whether there is any 'pain in truth," or
'truth in pain."
"This philosophy of nothingness is
simply the Hindoo philosophy that has
been taught in India for the past 4000
years. Fundita Ramanai, one of the
greatest scholars of India, in a recent
statement says: "What has this philoso
phy done for the people of India? A tree
is known by Its fruits. You are a people
of some feeling. Everything is real. You
feel that when other people are starving
you ought to give them something to
eat, but out In India they do not feel any
sympathy for others. Why should they,
when they claim the suffering is not Veal?
The ultimate result of this philosophy is
no compassion for sufferers, and supreme
egotism. Christian Scientists in this
country build no hospitals, and have very
little sympathy for those who claim to be
sick."
"Mrs. Eddy says: "Decrepitude is not
according to law, nor is it a necessity
of nature, but an Illusion that may be
avoided." This was written by one who is
now a white-haired decrepit old woman,
who, on account of her Infirmities of
body, refuses to attend public meetings
and to appear on public occasions. She
declares that pain has no reality, and yet
Bhe is known to have visited a dentist
and received his treatment. However, I
do not suppose that Christian Scientists
ought to. be held responsible for not prac
ticing all they preach.
Insanity as a Fine Art.
"Dr. Dixon has well said, "Christian
Science is the art of making people think
and feel as if they were Insane." Mrs.
EUdy's teaching is insanity reduced to a
fine art, advocated in eloquent language,
studded by refined people, accepted by
some, and practiced fully by none.
"The secret of the influence of Chris
tian Science is its power to heal some
kinds of diseases. It does not restore
maimed parts of the body, nor raise the
dead. The process by which the healing
is accomplished Is simply the well-known
mental process. Some diseases are purely
Imaginary, same are caused by a certain
condition of the mind, and still others can
be affected by auto-suggestion, when
caused by some physical disorder. Dr.
Price, the great psychologist, has cured
scores of people by exercjsirg the power
of mind over matter, but to say that this
is the only method for curing disease,
and that It is the divine method, used
by Jesus Christ, is to assert what Is not
true. Fhysloians of all schools cure peo
ple of various diseases, but this does not
prove that their method Is the divine
method and the method used by Jesus
Christ.
Why Tliey Left Church.'
"Nine out of every ten Christian Scien
tists were once members of evangelical
churches, who had never had any vital,
spiritual experience. They were living a
half-hearted, unsatisfactory Christian
life. They were unwilling to meet the
spiritual Ideals presented by the church,
consequently, it became easy for them to
accept a system that does not believe in
the reality of sin, and which does not re
quire great, personal, self-sacrifice of its
followers. '
"In the next place, nine out of every
ten have had some Illness for which
mind-healing was Just the remedy needed.
Jesus says that the sheep recognize the
voice of their shepherd and follow him.
A noted traveler put this statement to a
test and found that no sheep except a
sick sheep would follow a strange voice,
but a sick sheep would follow anybody.
So it has been In Christian Science. Given
a church member who is sick physically,
mentally and spiritually and he will fol
low a system that promises comfort,
cheer and healing."
Dr. Brougher spoke last night on "The
Struggle with Habit,'" this being the fifth
in his series of sermons on "Je6us and
Life Struggles." He said that a man
should possess self control in all things,
good and bad, and that no habit should
enslave a man. That It is possible to
attain this self-control he said, had been
demonstrated.
PATTL RADER BECOMES PASTOR
Anti-Saloon rader Heads Hassalo
Street Flock.
Rev. Paul Kader was received into the
membership and installed as pastor of the
Hassalo-street Congregational Church,
East Side, yesterday morning, after which
he preached on the topic, "The Church."
Rev. Rader was elected pastor at a meet
ing of the members last Friday night,
and entered on his work there yesterday,
preaching morning and evening. The
morning sermon was In the nature of an
outline of Rev. Rader's views on what
constitutes a true church of Christ. His
text was, "On this rock I build my
nhtirch. and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it." He said that that!
church that works solely to attract is
not a church of Jesus ChrlBt. and It will
fail.
"Men gather in crowds," he said, "out
of curiosity for various reasons. A dog
killed by a streetcar will attract a great
crowd, and yet it is mere idle curiosity
that attracts the crowd. A few pass
along and prefer seclusion. The church
that works solely for the purpose of get
ting a crowd is not based on the Lord
Jesus Christ. It may get the crowd for
awhile, but after the attractions have
ceased to draw, the crowd dissolves. Some
churches have a congregation and others
an audience of 6000, like the dead dog
which draws a crowd on the street. It
is not the business of the church to draw
the crowd, or look for the results. These
take care of themselves.
"We have the different denominations,
the Methodists, Baptists. Catholics, Con
gatlonallsts, but after all the one church
of Jesus Christ Is made up of members
who believe on Jesus Christ We have
the Humane Society, tho Society for the
Protection of the Birds, other societies,.
but they are not churches, but organi
zations good and useful In their way. The
church of the crowd alone Is not a
church: it is an organization. The true
church is founded on the rock spoken of
in the text on Jesus Christ."
Rov. Rader received a most hearty wel
come at Hassalo-street Church yesterday.
He had preached there occasionally, and
hence is not a stranger. It is expected
that plans will be adopted for the long
oontemplated improvements, now that the
church has a regular pastor.
DR. DRIVER TALKS OX ANARCHY
He Says It Came Into (he World
With the Serpent.
Rev. I. D. Driver spoke yesterday morn
ing at the Grace Methodist Church on
"The Ten Virgins,'" and in the evening
on "Anarchy What Is It and How Did
It Come?"
He said that anarchy Is an absence of
government and was brought into the
world when the serpent in the Garden of
Eden counseled the woman to do as she
pleased without regard for law.
Next Sunday night Rev. Clarence True
Wilson will give the second of his series
of Illustrated lectures on "The Anglo
Saxon Race and Israel's Lost Tribes." the
subject being "The Scepter and the Birth
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CHRIST AS PASTOR
Dr. Foulkes Says Minister's
Work Is Threefold.
ASSUMES NEW PASTORATE
True Teacher Must Follow tlie
Course Outlined by the Mes
siah in His' Walks
Among Men.
Rev. "William H. Foulkes, of Clinton,
la., has assumed the pastorate of the
First Presbyterian Church. He preached
his first sermon in Portland yesterday to
a large audience, and in a forceful man
ner described the ministry of Christ and
the requirements of a pastor. He said
the minister has not done his full duty
when he preached each -week, but that in
the full meaninB of the term he should
be, a minister. He said in part:
ome of the reformed churches are
content to use the generic 'preacher' and
"pastor" to denote the man who fills the
pulpit. The latter term brings him very
near to us. so that he becomes a friend,
but the term 'minister' means more.
"Let us look into the three-fold minis
tery of the Son of Man. and at his me
thods. Christ ministered to the physical
needs of those -with whom he came in
contact. No one realized better than -he
the Infirmities of the human race.
Throughout his ministry he seems to have
been saying to the people. 'My Father
knows, and my Father cares.' I am far
from saying that the miracles were
adjuncts to his power, but I do believe
that they were done solely for the pur
pose of relieving human needs. Beneath
this there was a hidden meaning.
No Hospitals Before Christ.
The eleemosynary Institutions of to
day have sprung from the teachings of
Christ. Before the Christian dispensa
tion there were, no such institutions as
hospitals for the relief of suffering. In
the lands where Christ is not known, in
India, for Instance, where one in every
100 is Insane and one in every ten is
blind, and where there are many lepers,
no hospitals exist. It Is the same in the
land struggling under the ban of Con
fucianism. The minister who would ex
emplify the work of Jesus Christ must
throw himself into the breach of human
suffering. ...
The second phase of Christ s ministry
was his teaching In the synagogues of
the Jews. He ministered .to their intel
lectual needs. He went among them
doing good, and In regard to their down
trodden law said. "'Think not that I am
come to destroy the law, or the prophets:
I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill."
It has been said that the church is op
posed to progress, but the church which
is following in the footsteps of the Son
of Man Is not opposed to progress, but
Is rather making progress.
As I came across the Rocky Mountains
and saw the Mormon villages hidden away
in the darkness of the towering rocks.
I thought of how the mountains became
barriers to hide away these people be
cause they have feared the light. I
thought of how these same Mormons have
said "We do not fear the preaching of
the church, but these Presbyterian women
with thetr schools."
May God forbid that any word shall be
uttered here, either flippantly or half-thoug-ht-out,
but may It be a. place where
truth shall be enthroned, because God
speaks through his Son and through his
ministering servant.
Must Meet Spiritual Needs.
The last phase of the ministry of our
Lord was to the spiritual needs of his
people. The heart is often the sorest
spot in man's being. Deeper than the
mind and far more delicate than the
Yesterday it was lively among' the trees of BELLE CREST Hundreds of People
were cared for by the Belle Crest management It rained all day but nobody
got wet Covered automobiles take people from their homes, allow them to
inspect the tract and then take them home again Fifty-Three Lots were sold in six hours.
TODAY, RAIN OR SHINE, THE SAME ACCOMMODATIONS AWAIT YOU. PHONE US
AND WE WILL CALL FOR YOU. BELLE CREST LOTS ARE SOLD ON INSTALLMENTS
Yesterday the rain didn't dull our ardor a bit. "We were out
In it all day, but we were prepared for it. Belle Crest is a beauti
ful place in all sorts of weather. "We had seven automobiles in
motion from 10 in the morning till 5 in the evening, and on the
tract we had covered carriages to handle the people. Everybody
was comfortable, and everybody was enthusiastic. Unanimous
consent votes Belle Crest the queen of Portland's subdivisions;
but our saying so doesn't make it so. Nature has decreed
this, and everybody believes it when they have contemplated the
country for hundreds of miles about, as seen from its sightly
Crest.
Fifty-three lots were sold in Belle Cerst yesterday, to 42
people there's no speculation in this sort of buying; it
means people are after homes if three or four people had
bought 53 lots, we might figure differently. .
cutaneous covering of the soul. Is that
sore spot within. The gospel that can
dry the tears of human sorrow, and make
the grave lose some of Its horrors, this
is the gospel which, since Christ minis
tered to the needs of man and through
2000 years has not lost its power. This
gospel of helpful power is what all the
world wants and needs to hear.
I can ask no greater reward nor any
higher Joy than that of being your serv
ant, weeping with you when you weep
and sharing your Joys with you. I can
have no greater blessing than to hear
from the lips of my Lord the words,
"Well done, thou good and faithful serv
ant: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
DESTCCTIVE CRITICS MANX.
Speaker Deplores Tendency to Rush
After New Teachings.
Rev. H. Wyse Jones spoke at the T. M.
C. A. .yesterday afternoon. He said In
part :
"Many scholars are switching off to
some destructive criticism of the word of
God. They have discovered some great
teaching in India or some philosophy
from some other country and set that up
as the standard of living. Biblical criti
cism is all right if it is carried' on prop
erly, but I refer now to the destructive
criticism of the Bible. There seems to be
somebody always standing on the street
corner with his teaching ready to turn
the feet out of the path of right to follow
some Joseph Smith, or some Mrs. Eddy,
or some slate-writer.
"These people who have gone off on a
tangent, on a side-track, so to speak,
are of no use to themselves and are a
positive curse to others. The fraternal
order is another of the departures which
Is likely to lead away from right. I am
not against the secret order, but I am
opposed to It In the place of a man's
church home. There are hosts ot men
today who substitute the fraternal order
for the church."
HEARERS MAY TALK BACK
REV. VROOMAN TO SHARE TIME
WITH AUDIENCE.
Swedenborgian Pastor Will Try Ex
periment of Allowing Free Dis
cussion of Religious Topics.
Rev. Hlrman Vrooman will try the ex
periment for four Sunday ex'enings, be
ginning next Sunday, of allowing the au
dience to share the time with him in the
presentation of the subject of the evening.
The discussion will always be upon a
strictly spiritual or religious theme. Mr.
Vrooman will open and close the discus
sion, allowing one hour for ten-minute
addresses from the floor. The subject
next Sunday night will be "What Is Re
ligion?" The services will be held in
Knights of Pythias Hall, corner of Alder
and Eleventh streets, at 8 P. M.
Mr. Vrooman is an orthodox Sweden
borgian clergyman, thoroughly evangeli
cal believing in the dlvlnltv of Christ,
in the divinity of the Bible, in a life ac
cording .to the ten commandments, and
yet he invites persons of all religious or
even nonreligious connections to stand In
his pulpit and treat the subject under dis
cussion from their respective points of
view. He says that all religious beliefs
must ultimately stand or fall upon their
merits.
When asked if he did not think thai
cranks would disturb the meeting, he re
plied:
"In the first place the majority of thos
who take part will undoubtedly be rep
resentative men and women. Most
cranks, however, are earnest and serious
men and women, and such persons not
only have a right to bo heard, but they
almost always have something of value
to present. However, I would advise all
persons who are easily shocked, or who
are quickly offended by statements that
oppose their own views, to remain away.
If a few offensive people should Intrude
no harm should result."
When asked if he were not afraid that
some members of his own church would
be led away into other denominations or
religions or Into agnosticism by the force
of the arguments presented by the speak
ers, he said there is a fundamental rea
son why such a matter should not give
him any uneasiness.
'There is," he said, "a spiritual law
that causes everybody sooner or later to
come into a system of religious belief or
unbelief which will harmonize with and
be the expression of that person's ruling
love. When two sides of a religious ques
tion are presented in contrast, as they
will be at these meetings, then it is best
for the church and the world that each
person select for himself the views which
seem truest to him. Therefore if mem
bers of my own flock leave our fold. I
would pray God's blessing upon them
wherever they go and feel satisfied with
their decision."
"One of the chief things which charac
terizes this unprecedented age, in the
early dawn of which we live, is that
humanity has for the first time developed
the intellectual capacity for reasoning as
sanely and logically about spiritual mat
ters as about scientific and prudential
matters. Religious conviction henceforth
therefore is to be based upon knowledge
and reason instead of upon dogma and
authority. These free discussion meet
ings should stimulate those mental pro
cesses which seek the rock of truth for
the foundation of religious belief."
PROBLEM OF MOHAMMEDISM
Far Eastern Situation Likely to In
volve America.
Rev. Franklin E. Hoskins, D. D., who
has charge ot the large printing plant
of the Presbyterian Church at Beirut,
Syria, spoke at the First Presbyterian
Church last night on "The Mohammedan
Missionary Problem, or the Eastern Ques
tion." This subject has offered many
difficulties to the American Department
of State, he said, and he believes the
United States will be thrown as suddenly
and unexpectedly into the Eastern ques
tion as she was Into the question related
to the acquisition of the Philippines. "We
have In our college in Beirut," he con
tinued, "large numbers of Moslem, Jewish
and other boys. These receive a thorough
education along Christian lines, but they
do not necessarily adopt tire religion of
Christ. This education will go far in the
future to modify the antagonism which
has caused ruptures between the Chris
tian and non-Christian element in the
Turkish empire.
"Very few people realise that tonight
one-seventh of the race is of the Mo
hammedan faith, and. that this is the
only belief which did not exist at the
time of Christ, but which exists today.
In the British empire at the present time
there are 94,000.000 Moslems, while there
are not more than 55,000,000 Christians in
the same territory."
Rev. Howard Agnew Johnston will oc
cupy the pulpit ot the First Presbyterian
Church tonight, when he will speak to
men only on Christian work -for men. He
has Just returned from, a two years' tour
of the Orient, where he has been making
a study of the mission stations for the
Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board.
"THE MAKING OF MANHOOD"
Man Chooses His Own Destiny and
Shows . His Thoughts.
Rev. Howard Agnew Johnston, of the
Madison-Avenue Presbyterian Church, of
New York City, spoke last night at the
First Congregational Church on "The
Making of Manhood." He took for his
text II Cor., iii:18. He said in part:
"Tou do not believe in a man's sincer
ity unless he lives up to his profession.
Every man reflects day tiy day the thing
which is uppermost in his thoughts, the
thing which rules his life., Others, after
becoming acquainted with you, can tell
the motives which are uppermost in your
life, Just as you can In others. Pleasure
dominates marly a man. Money rules
others, and 'as a mat. thinketu in his
heart, so lg he.'
"I talked with a Japanese Major who
had repudiated Buddhism, and who 'had
studied the writings of Confucius, when
I was in Tokio, and from what he had
since learned of the Word he said it was
not only the hope of the Individual but
the hope of Japan. The Y. M. C. A. is
doing a large work there, both in the
army and out of it.
If you don't like Schilling's Best tea and
coffee, they cost you nothing.
Over half the lots in Belle Crest are gone. One more weeli
and Belle Crest will be off the market ; there will be no more lots
left. There were only three hundred to start out with, and
it doesn't take long to sell this many lots.
A Word About Prices. Belle Crest is our first subdivision
In Portland; and we want to get off right, as the saying goes.
Friends and outside enthusiasm count for more than office en
thusiasm every time. We purposely planned to put on the
market the very finest tract of land purchasable in Portland, and
at a price admittedly below the market. Belle Crest
is the most beautiful tract of land in Portland, and four hundred
dollars for a lot is just two hundred below the market, judging
from prices asked for desirable lots in other parts of the city.
Today be sure and see us either office or phone
ns, and we will call for you any hour you say,
THE JACOBS-STINE CO.
The Swetland Bldg., on Fifth St ,
PHONE MAIN 359
OPPOSES HIGH ' LICENSE
REV. H. C. SHAFFER SAYS SYS
TEM IS WRONG.
He Believes City Should Fproot
Liquor Traffic Instead of Shar
. . ing in Profits.
In his sermon on "High License" last
night at the United Brethren Church,
East Fifteenth and Morrison streets, Rev.
H. C. Shaffer took a position squarely
against many of his ministerial "brethren
and declared he was opposed to the 51000
license they are favoring-, and severely
arraigned them for what he asserted was
an inconsistent position. He denned in
his address the position of the United
Brethren Church toward the licensing of
saloons, and said in part:
Some days ago I was approached by a
gentleman who asked me to sign a petition
favoring high license. I told him I could
not, for no man who claimed to be a fol
lower of Christ could favor any kind of
license. He answered by declaring that the
Anti-Saloon League of Oregon was behind
the movement. I denied it. He affirmed.
He had Just come from the office. Officials
of tho league had told him they favored it.
I said to myself, "No wonder the league Is
going to pieces."
The second argument was that not only
did the league favor high license, but that
the City Ministerial Association had taken
action, and was in favor of high license. I
denied it. He aiTirmed it. "Sir," said I,
"you are mistaken. I am secretary of that
association and I know that no such ac
tion was taken or even contemplated. While
there may be a few men who claim to
preach the Gospel, who would be guilty of
favoring high license, they are very few,
and their lniluence Is small."
The third argument was tfcat I should
sign, anyhow, for it would mean 2 cents
to him. This needs no comment. No per
son who has convictions could allow such
a plea to move him.
The plea that we need the money is ap
parently the basts for the present demand
for high license. The real fact Is, the
liquor Interests of the state are scared at
the rapid development of prohibition senti
ment, and they are going to sidetrack the
real issue by getting the people to think
"how small our taxes will be if we Just
have high license." That was the plan of
the liquor forces In 1880-89, when prohibi
tion would hare swept the country had It
not been for the liquor men's high-license
system inaugurated in Nebraska and other
states by them, in order, as it was after
ward learned, to torn the people's atten
tion from the vital issue of the hour prohi
bition. And now in Oregon, with a good
opportunity to place three-fourths of the
state under prohibition within the next five
years, an attempt is made and is encour
aged by a few well-meaning, but short
sighted, advocates of temperance, that while
it is wrong to license the saloon, if we can
only get a little more money out of the sa
loonkeepers it won't be so bad after all.
If this license of a crime is increased,
who will pay for It? The saloonkeeper?
No. The brewer? No. The distiller? No.
The drinker or the drunkard? Yes, a part;
but his worse than orphaned children, and,
worse than widowed wife will pay the most
of it. Shame on us. If we must take bread
out of the mouths of the hungry and
clothes off the backs of children, and coal
or wood out of the fireplaces in the homes
of our. drunkards, whose characters have
already been stolen in order that "our taxes
may not be increased or may be lowered."
COUGH drops, throat lozenges, or
cough syrups may relieve a cold, but
they don't cure it Scott' 's
Emzttrlon not only immediately re
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lieves your cough or cold, but cures it by
giving you the strength to throw it off. Take
Scott "j" Emttfofon for coughs and colds.
ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND Jim
It is morally wrong to tax the drunkard
because he Is down and a slave to habit
and cannot help himself. It is unfair to
make the drinking man pay his legitimate
taxes, the same as I do, then to add an
indirect tax upon him and his family, be
cause he Is already the victim of our com
plicity with the liquor business.
Drinking men who favor this proposed
law are very foolish, that is all there Is to
it, and are acting the very part that their
masters desire them to.
It would be far better to sever the re
lation of partnership between the Govern
ment that Is to say, between the people
and the liquor business and have free
whisky, than to have low or high license,
and thus place the stamp of approval upon
the blackest business that ever hailed from
bell.
Talks on Syrian Life.
Revs. Franklin E. Hoskins D. D. of
Beirut, Syria, spoke on "The Home Life
of the Women of Syria" at the Y. W.
C. A. "at home" yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Howard Agnew Johnston; of the
Madison-Avenue Church, of New York
City, will address Portland business wo
men at the Y.. W. C. A. at 12:30 today.
AH women and girls are invited.
DENIES CLASH WITH U'REN
Mrs. Levelling Says Only Banter
Passed Between Them.
MILWAUKEE. Or., March IT. (To the
Editor.) A news Item in today's Oregonian,
in which my name was mentioned gives a
false Impression.
I wish to say a word in correction. The
occasion was the opening of the Grange
Hall. Many visiting members were present,
and, it being an open meeting, the public
generally was Invited to listen to speeches
from the Grangers' standpoint. A programme
was given, after which ten-mlnut speeches
were delivered. Among the speakers were
doctors and lawyers, who, in a vein of
pleasantry, were Joked for being Grangers.
They were especially funny at the expense
of Robert A. Miller, and fired questions at
him. which he parried good-naturedly.
While U'Ren was speaking. Colonel Miller,
to get even with him. asked U'Ren if he
were one of the agriculturists who farmed
the farmer, whereupon I spoke, saying: "No,
he is the S80 statesman." Another woman
asked him about his record concerning the
anti-pass law. Answering this question
U'Ren made excuse, saying he was chief
blunderer in that matter. To this I re
marked aloud. "We well know you are a
blunderer."
As Mr. U'Ren was fresh from the Legisla
ture, where he had been busy lobbying for
laws which were opposed to the principles
of the Grange, was It any wonder he caused
displeasure? There was no disturbance of
any kind. The master of the Grange would
not have permitted disorder. All interrup
tions were of a pleasant character. If there
were any hisses they were directed toward
Mr. U'Ren, who. it appeared to me, was a.
very unpopular person.
In this same article I am accused of be
ing a Socialist. I do not deny it. U'Ren first
called my attention to Socialism as the next
step onward, when In our home, working
for the referendum. After he went to Oregon
City he endeavored to establish a Socialist
party, without success. He then spent con
siderable time and energy ln securing large
lists of subscribers for a leading Socialist
paper. You can see that Socialism had
nothing to do with this matter at all.
" S. V. LEWELLING.
After typhoid fever, pneumonia and
other prostrating diseases, take Hood'a
Sarsaparilla.
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