THE MOEXIXGOEEGONIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1907.
SALOON LICENSE
MOHEY TAINTED
Elder Snyder Objects to the
Church Interfering With
the Liquor Traffic.
PREACHES LAST SERMON
Leaves This Week to Take TTp Evan
gelistic Work at Oakland, Cal.
Dr. G. Jj. Tufts Tells of
Temperance Crusade.
"Is Saloon License Money Tainted?"
was the subject of a lecture by Elder G.
A. Snyder at the Seventh Day Adventlst
Church last night. The saloon Is an evil,
he said, which should be dealt with on a
consistent, every-day basis, without a
religio-political concordat between the
churches and the saloons. In part, he
said:
"Some people believe that the liquor
traffic Is all right provided It can be made
to appear respectable, and compelled to
pay a good share of Its earnings Into the
public treasury. Others believe that the
liquor traffic should not be sanctioned by
any kind of a license. Judge Artman of
the Circuit Court of Boone County, Ind.,
recently rendered a decision on the license
question, the substance of which is as
follows:
" 'The State cannot, -under the gruise ot
a license, delegate to the saloon business
a legal existence, because to hold that it
can is to hold that the State may. sell and
delegate the right to make widows and
orphans, the right to break up homes, the
right to create misery and crime, the
right to make murderers, the right to
produce Idiots and lunatics, the right to
fill orphanages, poornouses, insane asy
lums, jails and penitentiaries, and the
right to furnish subjects for the hang
man. "This judge seems to be of the opinion
that license money received from the
saloon business Is more tainted than
money received as gifts from a Standard
Oil magnate. This judicial decision Is
rather a hard slap at churches and
ministers who are In favor of a liquor
license, and it raises the question as to
whether it is better for society that the
saloon should be recognized as an honor
able Institution because it pays a high
license end closes its doors on Sunday,
or whether It should be regarded as
too great an evil to be sanctioned at
any price.
"We are told that the saloons as well
as other lines of business should suspend
operations one day each week because all
lines of business are more successful as
a result of so doing. Then la Sunday
closing really a move In the direction of
making the saloon business more suc
cessful? It Is quite likely that a nice,
respectable, high-license, Sunday-closing
ealoon would be more successful in lead
ing young men of refinement astray.
"If Sunday closing is based merely on
the physical welfare of society, there are
other matters of far greater physical Im
portance than resting one day in seven.
It would be far more consistent from a
merely physical view-point to have laws
requiring everyone to spend certain
hours in bed every day, and to be regular
In their habits of eating and bathing.
"Why should we try so hard to compel
everyone to rest one day In seven for
his physical good merely, and allow
these other more important matters to go
without regulation?
"The answer Is easy. It ia because
resting one day in seven is far more of
a religious than a physical matter; and
If the religious element were taken out
of the Sunday law propaganda there
would be no more effort to enforce a
weekly rest day than there Is to enforce
daily hours of rst."
Elder Snyder has accepted a call to
Oakland, Cal., as assistant with Cider E.
A. Simpson In his evangelistic work at
that place, and will leave this city this
week to enter his new field ot labor.
CRUSADE AVJAIXST SAIH30NS
Dr. E. Ii. Tufts Explains Work of1
Ueform Bureau.
At Taylor-street Methodist Episcopal
Church yestorday morning T. S. McDaniel
Introduced as the speaker Dr. Q. L. Tufts,
Superintendent of the Pacific Coast Dis
trict of the Reform Bureau. This organi
zation, through Dr. Wilbur P. Crafts, its
goneral superintendent, has brought about
h passage of 12 laws by Congress.
Dr. Crafts is now In the Orient In behalf
of a worldwide movement to prevent the
pale of Intoxicants and opium by civil
ized nations to uncivilized and aboriginal
races. Dr. Tufts is in charge of the
work in three Coast states, Oregon, Idaho
and Nevada, with headquarters at Port
land. In his Interesting address yester
day morning, which held the close atten
tion of his audience, he said in part:
"Jesus is king of this earth. His mis
sion here was to establish a kingdom.
This khiKdom Includes the United States
Rovernment, the State of Oregon, the
City of Portland. Our highest tribunal,
the Federal Court, has declared that this
Is a Christian Nation. The ten com
mandments are the constitution of the
world. Jesus of Nazareth founded his
kingdom upon moral and religious prin
ciples. Although organically distinct from
the state, yot it Is the teacher and con
servator of the public morals of the state.
Every Christian man should be an active
citizen for righteousness. He has a duty
to perform to the state as well as to the
church. Not until good men attend the
primaries and the election, and are will
ing to serve the people as public officers
will this be In reality a Christian Nation.
The great need of the hour is civic patriot
ism. "Civic righteousness will not be estab
lished until social evils are overthrown.
Sunday-breaking, gambling. Impurity and
Intemperance are the four evils which the
Iteforcn Bureau Is combatting. The moral
forces should be marshaled against all
these social evils Instead of devoting all
their energies to one. Oregon needs a
better Sunday law. Idaho now has the
feust Sunday law of any state In the West
fend as good as any in the Union, secured
fcy the help of the Reform Bureau. Gamb
ling and the social evil are vices which
Mved close attention in these Western
States, but not until proper officers of
fte law are elected by the votes of Chris
tian and moral citizens will they be
radicated. Then there is the licensed
jaloon. I am not here to upbraid the
friends who are working for high license.
They are doubtless siuoere In believing
M wtll check the evil.
"But the Reform Bureau demands, so
far as Its work extends, the unconditional
surrender of this sum of all vlllanles, this
tin against God and crime against man
kind. Just on the eve of complete vic
Aory it is no time to make compromises
with the enemy. Allow me to submit for
your consideration a few reasons against
the license system.
"It Is opposed to the teachings of the
churches: Tour own discipline says: 'We
are unalterably opposed to the enactment
of license laws, because such laws are
wrong In principle and Influential as a
. means of restraint' A $1000 license will
very slightly reduce the number as was
discovered by the adoption of a similar
license In Chicago. The few down-town
dives that it will close are not as detri
mental to our youth as the uptown gilded
saloon that will secure a monopoly. In
Massachusetts the license is from JloOO
to $2590, and yet that is not prohibitive.
Marysvlile, Mo., has fixed the license fee
at over 15000, and yet two saloons will
pay this amount. High license increases
the liquor consumed and the attendant
drunkenness. The temptation to adulter
ate the liquors Is Increased and mora
blind pigs will be operated.
"Then, In my Judgment, the license sys
tem Is unconstitutional. It is contrary to
common law, which is summed up in the
legal adage. The public welfare Is the
supreme law." The chief object of law
according to the deliverance of the Su
preme Court of our land is to promote
the public health and the public morals.
The saloon traffic Is diametrically opposed
to both these ends and hence is unlaw
ful. It may be legalized by a statute of
the Legislature, but there have been many
such statutes that have been pronounced
unconstitutional. So Judge Artman, of
the Circuit Court of Indiana has taken
the firm position regarding the licensed
saloon traffic There is only one method
of dealing with a sin and a crime, and
that is to seek Its destruction."
CHURCH WILL CELEBRATE
CALVARY CHURCH IS -TSARS
OLD.
Two-Day's Session Marks Quarter
Century ot Active Work by
Loyal Congregation.
This evening at 8 o'clock the members
of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Tenth
and Clay streets, will commence the cele
bration ot the 25th anniversary of their
organization as a congregation. The pro
ceedings will last two days, and a large
attendance Is anticipated. No church
gathering In the city contains a larger
number of loyal, kindly, warm-hearted
people than Calvary, amongst whom are
a lot of "couthy" Scotch people, who
stand on no ceremony In making
strangers feel at home.
The church has been proud of its pas
tors, two former ones being present -for
this celebration Rev. Warren H. Lon
don, D. D., now of the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, of Gan Ausehno,
Cal., and Rev. William S. Gilbert, now of
Astoria, who holds the distinction ot be
ing the first Protestant minister to preach
in the Philippine Islands, while acting as
Chaplain of the Second Oregon Volun
teers. The present pastor. Rev. B. E. S.
Ely, D. D., Is conceded to be one of the
most scholarly men in the city, whether In
the pulpit or out of it.
Special muslo has been arranged for
the occasion, refreshments will be
served and. under the direction of the
Ladies' Aid Society and the Men's
League, open house will be kept and
every one made welcome.
The service will begin at the same
hour, 8 o'clock each evening. Follow
ing Is the programme:
Monday night Greetings, "Words of
Welcome," the pastor; "Mother to
Daughter," Rev. William Hiram
Foulkes; "Then and Now, Chiefly
Then, the Session," Mr. Coleman; "The
Trustees," Mr. Honeyman; "The Sunday
School," Mr. Ramsdell; "The Endeavor
Society," Mr. Bain; "Music," Mrs. Ely;
"The Ladies' Aid Society," Mrs. Scott;
"The Missionary Society," Mrs. Holt;
"The Men's League," Mr. Labbe; "The
Toung Women's Bible Class," Miss
Margaret Lamberson; music. Miss
Brown; "From the Absent," communi
cations from Rev. E. Trumbull Lee,
D. D., Mrs. Morrison and former mem
bers; words from former pastors Rev.
Warren H. Landon, D. D-, Rev. Wil
liam S. Gilbert; hymn, "Blest Be the
Tie That Binds."
Tuesday night Service of thanks
giving; anthem by the choir; Scripture;
hymn (written by one of the members) ;
prayer; memorial offering; Presby
tery's congratulations, the moderator;
historical sketch, W. B. Honeyman;
music the choir; address. Rev. W. H.
Landon, D. D., "The Influence of Cal
vary Church on the Pacific Slope";
service of remembrance; rollcall of the
members now in the Church Triumph
ant; prayer. Dr. J. R. Wilson; hymn,
"For All Thy Saints."
Dr. Landon spoke yesterday morning
at the Calvary Church on "A Recipe
for a Sweet Sleep." Last night Rev.
B. E. S. Ely told of the experiences of
the Christian while In the "Valley of
the Shadow," and of what was the
wisest course to pursue.
HONOR DEAD FIRE CHIEF
Dennis Sullivan, Earthquake Victim,
Burled at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. The re
mains of Dennis Sullivan, the former chief
of the San Francisco Fire Department,
who was fatally injured in the earthquake
a year ago and died a few days after the
disaster, were interred today with impos
ing civil honors and Impressive religious
ceremonies. From the receiving vault at
Lone Mountain where they had rested for
almost a year, the remains were taken to
St. Mary's Cathedral and from there to
Holy Cross Cemetery where the interment
took place.
The cortege, many blocks in length, was
preceded by 100 policemen and as many
firemen. Immediately after the hearse
came the former chief's horse "Brownie,"
which had taken him to the scenes of
many fiery battles. Among the honorary
pallbearers were Mayor Sohmlta, District
Attorney Langdon and many citizens
prominent In social, political and business
circles.
Chief Sullivan was sleeping at the Bush
street flrehouse on the morning of the
earthquake. When the shock came he
attempted to go to his wife who was
sleeping in an adjoining room. Before he
reached her, he was so seriously Injured
that he died at the Presidio General Hos
pital five days later without learning the
fate of the city. Mrs. Sullivan was so
badly hurt that her life was despaired of
for some time but she finally recovered.
GOOD PIANOS FOR RENT
Not only good ones, but at very mod
erate charged $4, $5 and IS a month,
and cartage free. If piano is kept six
months. Lots of pleasure for little
cost. Same rate. In town or out- Ellers
Piano House, 353 Washington, corner
Park.
Big Feed Mill Is Sold.
William E. Splcer A Co. have sold
their big teed mill at Creston. on the
Powell Valley road, to Masson &
SchmelzeL The price Is not announced.
Effect of the Grip.
An attack of grip seldom results fatal
lv hut it Is the Indirect cause of many
deaths. If It does not result In pneu
monia, which Is frequently the case It
leaves its victim with a cough which
lingers on long after every other symp
tom of the disease has vanished. The
svKtem Is thus left In a weakened con
dition and Is susceptible to almost every
other disease. The grip can be greatly
lessened in its severity If Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is used, and any tendency
toward pneumonia is promptly checked.
It cures the cough and leaves the system
In a natural and healthy condition. For
sale by all druggists,
FRAUDS
CHURCH
Rev. J. D. Corby Preaches on
' "The Unavoidable God."
STRIKES AT PRETENDERS
Condemns Those Who Profess to
Accept Creeds in Which They
Have No Faith The Con
sequences of Sin.
Rev. James I. Corby preached yester
day morning on the "Unavoidable God,"
In the Church of the Good Tidings. His
text was Psalm vii-xil:139. Dr. Corby said
in part:
A pure food law ham "been adopted that peo
ple may know the ingredienta of the goods
they are purchasing1 and be protected from
fraud. The deception in foodstuffs has con
taminated commercial and social and Intellec
tual life. The church is charged with dodglng
and attempting to straddle great moral ques
tions. Ministers are charged with taking
their orders from influential laymen regarding
leading problems while they dare not jeopar
dize their plac by declaring their actual the
ological -views.
Instead of accepting the challenge and gtv
lng proof of their courage and honesty, promi
nent journals like the Outlook and Independent
give editorial approval to articles which advise
a man who has outgrown a creed to conceal
bis advanced thought and battle within the
ranks. Is there not a vital connection be
tween the lower moral tone in civic, commer
cial and social life and. the flabby, hop-ski p-and-Jump
ethics which terms Itself "new
theology. Instead of lifting humanity to the Christ
level, much so-called religion has relaxed the
bowstring and lowered Its standards. "Churches
have padded their rolls, Gypy Smith says,
"with nominal members, that is unreal mem
bers and Christiana who are such in name
only.
Put fifty pictures of the sun around a snow
bank and they would never melt It, but twenty
minutes of the warmth of a real sua would
carry It away, o nominal churchmen who
are not working to build noble character affect
the sin In the world as pictures of the sun
affect the snow.
The Bible and human experience teach us
the consequences God has) attached to sin
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap, that, not something else. The wicked
are like the troubled sea. Though hand Join
In hand, the wicked shall not go unpunished.
Our text declares wherever we go God Is with
us. God is unavoidable. It to said many
who come west leave their church letter and
religion east of the Missouri River.
But you can't leave God there. God Is with
us in all the activities of dally life.
It Is within the very nature of things that
we must live as the sons and daughters ot
God.
"We must conform to the divine pattern.
Where laws are only partially enforoed and
favorites are allowed to escape, evil Increases.
Conditions go from bad to worse, until some
vigilante with righteous indignation enforce
law justly and equally.
Our church not only protests against an un
just God who confesses defeat by Imprisoning
a soul . In endless torment; but we protest
against a God who Is so weak that like fool
ish earthly parents he spoils children by let
ting them do less than their best. .
The low moral conditions visible In current
affairs grow rank In the thought that God
la an amiable old gentleman who Is so loving
and dull of comprehension that he can be
cheated as a schoolmaster can be deceived by
a tricky pupil.
Let nothing blind you to the fact that this
is a moral world, not a chance world. The
prodigal who went to the far country found
there was no efcrt cut home. Every prodi
gal must walk all the way back to his
father's house. Neither your parents, friends
nor Christ himself can do right for you. If
not here then across the bridge that we call
death. There Is no peace to the wicked here
or elsewhere. Men may hide their sin
to a certain extent here, but in the ' spirit
world they will see themselves as God sees
them and suffer as they realise the shameful
state they are in. Because they cannot es
cape the light they will seek to escape from
their sinfulness and God will help them to live
aright.
Under the haphazard theories of the popular
theology many a youth seys: "I'll take my
chances, and we see many doing It. "We
must make it plain that In a moral universe
there is no chance about it. The grafter and
the briber, the libertine and the thief and the
drunkard and the coward, the selfish and the
foul, must cease doing evil and learn to do
well. Once make the sinner understand that
there Is no evasion, no substitute. Let Buef
and Croker, White and Thaw; let the folks
who grow rich on Injustice and unfairness
know once and for all that God is unavoid
able and will never let them go and they
will come to themselves and so come to God.
We should understand that God has attached
fearful consequences to wrong acts because he
cares which way we go; he guards every pre
cipice with sharp prongs to scare us back into
the path of righteousness.
No wealth, no Influence will secure us t-B-favorltlsm;
we must do God's will, and sing
with the poet: "Oh, love that will not let
me go, I yield my trembling soul to thee.
Our strenuous age needs this virile faith In
a victorious Father who loves us too sincerely
to let us stop short of anything less than
our best. These principles Inspire Christian
TJnrversaliais to be severe with themselves.
Since we must walk back In pain and borrow
every step we take away from right, it be
hooves us as thoughtful and wise to rum to
God and grow In grace and In the knowledge
of the truth as It is in Christ.
THEME GOD'S SAFETY VATJIT
Rev. "W. H. Foulkes Takes His Text
From Timothy,
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes spoke
at the Y. M. C. A. men's meeting yester
day afternoon on "God's Safety Vault.
He took as his text II Tim., 1:12, "For
which cause I also suffer these things;
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I
know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that he Is able to keep that
which I have committed unto him
against that day. He said in part:
"If there was any one who could
have said, 1 am sure I shall be able
to hold out, It was Paul. But as he
stood there, an old man with a frame
racked by the hardships of many years,
and felt the hot breath of the passion
ate Nero upon his brow and the exe
cutioner's sword upon his neck, he said
these words to Timothy, who was then
a young man. We may never be able
to get away from the memories of the
past, memories of a misspent life, but
we should remember that Christ is
able to keep our souls, is able to keep
the past, the present and the future."
SERMOX TO SORROW STRICKEN
Dr. B rougher Preaches Iast of Idfe
Struggle Series.
Those who have had sorrow in their
lives, received a special message from Dr.
Brougher at the White Temple last night.
His subject was, "The Struggle With
Sorrow" which was the last of a series of
nine popular sermons, on "Jesus and
Life Struggles." . His text was Matthew
96:38: "My soul is exceeding sorrowful
even unto death." He spoke partly as fol
lows: "Such is the cry of each one of us
in turn. No matter what or where our
lot may be, each heart,, mysterious even
to itself, has a struggle with sorrow. The
mystery cannot be fully explained, but we
know that Jesus "was a man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief." If sorrow
had a mission to perform In the life of
Christ, it surely has its place in our lives.
'Sorrow is a disciplinary force. It is
not always punishment. When a physi
slclan performs a surgical operation upon
a beloved child, no one would accuse him
of punishing his son. Under the disci
pline of sorrow, the Christian has his life
enlarged. He is given a new meaning to
life. He grows more gentle, mellow, lov
ing and sympathetic. Ho becomes more
Christlike. Sorrow, therefore, is a bless
ing and not a curse.
"There are manv rura vUn,
but all of them center around the sense
UA -mis is wnat gives sorrow its
sting. Tou feel that some good is lost,
and for the time being, you do not real
ize that something better will soon take
its place. Take the lose of property.
This indeed is a sore trial, but remember
that "Jesus had not where to lay his
head." Take the loss of health. What a
sorrow it is to be shut out from much
that makes life worth the living. Take
the loss of reputation, whether it be
deserved or undeserved, and it becomes
also a source of great sorrow.
"But whatever the cause of sorrow, Je
sus can teach you how to meet it and
bear it. The scene represented to us in
the Garden of Gethsemane teaches us how
Christ met the supreme sorrow of his life
He can be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities."
The music was rendered by the Temple
Choir under th HrtAn
Belcher.
NEW CHURCH IS DEDICATED
Laurel wood Congregation Has Home
Free of All Debt.
The Laurelwood Congregational
Church, on the Mount Scott railway,
was dedicated yesterday afternoon, en
tirely free of debt, in the presence of
a large audience. This is the fifth
church to be completed In the suburb.
The invocation was by Rev. R. M.
Jones; the Scripture reading: by Rev.
Paul Rader and the sermon by Rev.
J. J. Staub, of the Sunnyside Congre
gational Church. Mr. Staub warmly
congratulated the people on the com
pletion of the chapel. Rev. E. S. Bo
Ilnger, of Highland Church, extended
the greetings of the old churches to
the new. Rev. D. B. Gray, city mis
sionary and pastor In charge, also
spoke hopefully of the work. Rev.
Daniel Staver gave the dedicatory
prayer.
At the annual meeting of this
church. Rev. D. B. Gray was elected
pastor for another year; Miss Hart,
clerk; B. B. Kavanaugh, treasurer;
Mrs. Alta Jones, deaconess; Ir. S. I).
Brlggs, deacon; Charles Jamen, trus
tee. The new church Is generally
prosperous.
llltttA. WORKERS IN ALASKA
MAKE 2000-MILE TRIP,
Sirs. W. A. Held, Daughter of Judge
Sehlbrede, Returns From Mis
sion In Far North.
Mrsi Wi iti. Raid, whose husband is field
secretary of the I M. C. A. In Alaska,
has arrived from Port Seward, near
Haines' Mission, on the Lynn Canal,
Alaska, and Is tarrying for a day or two
at the Perkins Hotel, with her father.
Judge C. A. Seblbrede. of Coos Bay.
Fort Seward is located 16 miles south
of Skaguay, and Is garrisoned by United
States troops, and it is there that Mr. and
Mrs. Reid are stationed. They are work
ing under the direction of the Y. M. C. A
which receives most of its funds for oper
ations in Alaska from Helen Gould, of
New York, whose philanthropic work in
providing for special religious services,
libraries, etc, for frontier soldier garri
sons, is well known.
Last Summer Mr. and Mrs. Reid trav
eled on their launch, the Helen Gould,
from a point on the headwaters of the
Yukon River to its mouth, visiting the
several army posts along the river, ln
cluding the Canadian mounted police sta
tions and mining towns, where they held
religious services and distributed Y. M.
C. A. and other literature.
The entire trip was made without unto
ward incident or accident and was greatly
enjoyed by both. Whenever they held
services or lectured along their 2000-mile
river course, they were heartily received,
and had large and appreciative audiences.
The trip in their launch, which was pur
chased by Helen Gould for their special
work, occupied five months, and the Jour
ney was a revelation to Mrs. Reid as
their little launch sped down this beauti
ful river, the monotony of travel being re
lieved by new and ever-shifting scenes of
scenic beauty and grandeur.
Judge Sehlbrede and W. A. Reid, some
six years ago, safely made the same trip
in an ordinary row-boat. Mr. and Mrs.
Reid will repeat their 2000-mile trip down
the Yukon the coming Summer, after
which they will go East on a short vaca
tion and business trip combined.
After visiting friends in Salem, Mrs.
Raid will accompany her father. Judge
Sehlbrede, to his home at Coos Bay.
WRECK CAREFULY PLANNED
Train Hits Turned Switch and
Three Men Are Killed.
ALEXANDRIA. La April Three
men were killed and one probably fatally
injured as the result of what is believed
to be the work of train wreckers at Che
neyvllle, 30 miles southeast of here on the
Texas & Pacific Railroad today when a
westbound passenger train plunged Into an
open switch. The dead:
Engineer John J. Covington, of New Or
leans. Fireman Michael Kass, of New Orleans.
One unidentified man.
The switch lock was broken, the switch
turned and the signal lantern thrown
away.
BVBDOasa ITEMS,
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth
Be sore and uae that old and weU-trid rem
edy, Mrs. Wlnslow'a Boo thine Byrup. tor chil
dren teething. It eoothe the child, softens
the sums, &UaorB all polo, cure wind ooUo
fend diarrhoea.
Badways Puis cure constipation, sick
headache, female dlaorders. Indigestion.
I IADNCH HJSTjKTf OOUI.D. !
REFORM FDR CITY
Municipal League Official
Tells of Its Work.
HAS BETTERED CONDITIONS
M. Murdock Says Organization Has
Stopped Gambling and Made It
Harder for Young to
do Wrong.
In his address last night in the Calvary
Baptist Church on "Clvio Reform," M.
Murdock, of the Municipal League, spoke
of what the league has accomplished and
what It hopes to do In the future for the
moral betterment of Portland.
"We have sought to Introduce reform
measures and methods," said Mr. Mur
dock, "rather than to reform men, to
make It easier to do right and harder to
do wrong. I think that it can be shown
that It Is harder for a young man or
woman to go wrong In Portland than it
was before the league started its work.
There was open gambling, which has been
closed down, with its official and public
graft. Open gambling was the prolific
source of graft In Portland. However,
we were told that It would bankrupt Port
land If we cut out open gambling. Even
an official, now a candidate for Mayor,
told us It would bankrupt the city if our
cranky project against open rambling
was successful. It was successful, and
with It has come a general improvement
of the morals of the city. Business men
recognize that open gambling did not
stimulate or improve business as It bad
been claimed It did. Even the preachers
say that it is easier to preach since open
gambling was cut out of Portland."
Mr. Murdock then turned to the Mo
Kenna 11000 saloon ordinance and dis
cussed It. He said he did not know
whether the people of Portland would
have a chance to vote on this ordinance
or not, but he declared that It contained
effective reformatory measures.
"It will regulate the saloons," he said,
"and that is what the liquor Interest is
fighting against. It means that when the
saloonkeeper pays $250 for his quarter, he
must comply with the ordinance or for
feit his license. If he opens his saloon on
Sundays he loses his license.
"First 1000 names disappeared from the
petitions, and some 700 names were ob
tained to replace them, but we cannot
say whether the $1000 ordinance will come
to a vote or not. The liquor men favor
Councilman Gray's $800 ordinance, for the
reason that it practically takes the regu
lation of the saloons out of the hands of
the officers, and creates a trust in the
hands of the Portland brewers, who can
limit the number of licenses Issued and
can practically name who can get them.
It will enable the Portland brewerymen
to farm out the licenses and collect what
they see fit, while the city gets only $800.
Councilman Gray was the ready Instru
ment for the liquor men, and If we do
not get the $1000 license ordinance with
its effective regulation of saloons In
Portland, we' shall have the Gray $800
ordinance, which passes over the control
of the- saloons to the brewerymen to do
as they please."
In speaking of the efforts made to de
feat the McKenna ordinance, Mr. Mur
dock said that he was discouraged when
he found such ignorance displayed on the
part of even church men in registering.
He said that the first 100 names counted
showed a number of church members who
had not given their own addresses cor
rectly on the petitions which they had
signed.
"The secretary of the Liquor Dealers'
Association," said Mr. Murdock, "re
marked that church members did not
know enough to correctly sign a petition.
and needed instruction from the liquor
men, and he seemed about correct."
T. A. Pattullo, of the Municipal League,
also spoke briefly on civic reform and
set forth what had been done.
Rev. G. A. Blair at Sellwood.
Rev. G. A. Blair, pastor of Vernon Pres
byterian Church, addressed a mass meet
ing held yesterday afternoon in the Sell-
wood Presbyterian Church, taking as his
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text Isaiah jcxvti:20, "For the bed is
shorter than a man can stretch himself
on it; and the covering narrower than a
man can wrap himself in it." Mr. Blair
drew practical lessons from the text to
show the folly and shortsightedness of
men In their lives. They fail to make
that ample preparation so necessary to
reach success. They build short of suc
cess, he said, especially in the Christian
life. The meeting marked the conclusion
of the special meetings held In the Sell
wood church for the paBt two weeks.
Rev. L. M. Boozer of the Christian En
deavor Society spoke in the evening.
AXGLO-SAXOXS IN GERMANT
Rev. Clarence True Wilson Preaches
on Hebrews in America.
Rev. Clarence True Wilson gave the
third of his series of sermons on Anglo
Israel at the Grace Methodist Church last
night, this one being on "England and
America in Prophecy-" He took as his
text Amos 9:9, "I will not utterly destroy
the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah. For
lo, I will command and sift the house of
Israel among all the nations, like as grain
is sifted In a sieve, yet shall not the least
kernel fall upon the earth."
He said in part:
"Of ail the millions of Jews In the Unit
ed States, the government has not expend
ed on insane, criminal or Indigent among
the race of Jacob as much money as
Multnomah County alone costs Oregon.
"While Judah was to have the scepter
and be the progenitor of the Messiah, as
real a destiny belonged to Joseph and his
children, who took precedence among the
ten lost tribes. They were to be sifted
among the nations, yet the kernel of their
identity preserved. They were to possess
the gates of their enemies and were to
be a family of nations. They were to
teach language and extend civilization. All
these prophecies apply to the Anglo-Saxon
race. ureat .Britain is a family of na
tions, including England, Ireland, Scot
land, Canada. Australia, India, South
Africa, Central Africa and islands of the
sea.
"It is significant too that the Anglo
Saxon race In tT nni v... . mnin
...w 'J Vnjvm H.l. UlOtu-
talns a spiritual Christianity."
New Church at Vernon.
Tt is exnectad that vatV n.u i
on the new Presbyterian Church building
on East Twentieth and Wygant streets
in the Vernon Tract, of which Rev. G.
A. Blair Is pastor. The small chapel now
used is overrrawrtprt nt all .ha .-.
Mr. Blair says he hopes to start on the
now uiuiuing oy way x.
Evangelist Wolfe's Services.
Special services were begun last nieht
in the Mississippi-Avenue Congregational
Church, of which Rev. William Upshaw
is pastor, by Rev. J. E. Wolfe, a national
evangelist. Meetings will be held every
night during the present week.
EXPERIMENT IS ENDED
FREE RELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS
COME TO CLOSE,
Rev. Hiram Vrooman Answers Ques
tion, "Wliat Is the Bible?" at
Swedenborgian Church
"What is the Bible was the subject
of Rev. Hiram Vrooxnan'a address at the
Bwedenborgian Cburcb last evening. The
meeting1 bringing; to & olose the experi
mental series of four Sunday evening:
meetings for free religious discussion. The
meetings were all well attended and
characterized by animated, but serious
presentation of widely differing beliefs.
Dr. Vrooman said In part:
In answering' the question, "What ts the
Bible." the faot must be borne In mind that
God plays a part in human affairs. The two
most conspicuous and sLsnlflcant of the in
numerable things of God's doing in this world
have been: First, His putting on finite and
sinful human clothes and walking about among
men by the name of Jesus Christ under tfhe
limited and circumscribed conditions suoh as
these would necessarily impose, and, second.
His writing a book in man's imperfect and
deficient language.
The Bible Is absolutely unique in this, that,
expression to the thoughts of finite men, the
whereas every book other than the Bible gives
eotpreasion to the thought of finite men, the
Bible, in contradiction, gives expression to the
veritable tcoughta of Clod, who is the infinite
and divine man. The truth expressed In the
Bible is as distinct from that expressed in
any other book as God himself is distinct from
any finite man. The Bible is as sacred and as
holy as was the person of Jesus Christ and
for the same reason. That so-called righteous
Indignation today which vents Itself in cruci
fying tirades against the Bible represents the
same quality of motive power that impelled
the mob to crucify Christ.
Both God and men express themselves in
many different ways. Men express themselves
in smiles and frowns, hi architecture and
painting and sculptures, In engines and dyna
mos and telegraphy and social order, and
they furthermore express themselves In litera
ture. God expresses himself in as many dif
ferent ways. Us expresses Himself In the
consciences of men and by good Impulses and
expressions In the hearts of men. He expresses
Himself by the incarnation as God In the
flesh In the person of Jesus Christ, He ex
presses Himself in nature and In natural laws
and forces and substances, and He further
more expresses Himself In literature.
In the realm of literature the difference be
tween the Bible and all other books is as great,
staggering as the fact may seem, as the dif
ference, in the realm of created things, be
tween nature Itself and of the works of men's
hands. This statement X make while holding
in mind with respectful and thoughtful regard
the arguments of Thomas Pains and Robert
G. Ingersoll, and the facts laid bare by the so
called higher criticism of the Bible. The proof
of my statement and of the divinity of the
Bible is to be found in the parabolic or spir
itual Interpretation of Scripture by the aid of
the science of correspondences discovered by
Emanuel Bwedenborg. All of my sermons Sun
day mornings are nothing other than the spir
itual or parabolic interpretation of some pas
sages of Scripture by whicTPwe learn from the
Bible, as the disciples learned from Jesus, the
spiritual truths which lead to the best de
velopment of our character.
The relation between the history and narra
tive and science of the Bible and the inner
parabolic or spiritual truth contained therein
is precisely parallel with the relation between
the bos.es and flesh fibres and blood of
Christ's physloal body and the divine Life
which was using them for its clothing and
Instrumentality. Neither chemist nor anatom
ist could have discovered any difference be
tween the materials which composed the physi
cal body of Christ and those of an ordinary
man. And likewise neither "higher critic"
nor ekeptlo can discover any essential differ
ence between the literary construction of the
Bible and that of ordinary human composi
tions. There are some few passages of Scripture,
however, from the surface of which divinity
beams as It beamed from the face of Christ.
If we are spiritually receptive and responsive,
our hearts respond to the manifest truth of
these passages as the hearts of the ablest dis
ciples melted before the expressive smile or
frown or flash of fire from the eyes of
Jesus. But there were many in that day who
saw nothing exceptional In the face and eyes
of Jesus, so there are those today who are
blind even to the most manifest truths re
vealed in the Scriptures.
Opening of Conference Year.
New conference year begrlns at all the
LJimeu evangelical cnurches today tn the
city. Rev. B. S. Hughes, the new min
ister at Second Ohnrch Alhfno j
uhio, cuwciCU
on his work there and preached today
iiiuming- ana evening. Air. and Mrs.
Hughes have received a hearty welcorne
to that field. Rev. J. Bowereox began his
work at Ockley Green, In North Alblna,
under favorable auspices. Rev. A. A.
Winter has been welcomed back to First
Church, East Tenth and Sherman streets'.
Rev. C. P. Gates, sent to St Johns, also
has entered on work there.
Speaks of Backsliders.
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes spoke at
the First Presbyterian Church last night
on the subject, "Going Back Upon Jesus."
He took as his text, John iv:66. He told
of those who are in danger of falling
away, wnen tne danger is at Its height,
and the reasons for leaving the fold of
Christ. He concluded the sermon by
saying that some of the disciples of
Christ, as well as people In the multitude
who had believed on him, fell away after
he had fed them with the loaves and the
fishes, and that It was to be looked for,
though regretted. In the church.
Speaks at Cbnrcht of Xazarene.
Rev, B. Carradlne spoke at the Church
of the Kazafene, yesterday afternoon and
night. He took as his text at the morn
ing service the words of John, "If we
walk in the light as he Is In the light.
. . his blood cleanseth us from all sin.'
Meetings will be held during the week
at 10 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
Dr. Vrooman Will Speak.
Rev. Hiram Vrooman, president of
the State League of Government Own
ership of Railroads, will address Gar
field Grange on "Government Owner
ship" April 27.
Will Open St. Johns Library.
The St. Johns Library Association
will open Its rooms next Wednesday
night in the Holbrook block with ap
propriate exercises. In connection
with the library there will be a free
reading-room. About 200 books from
ths Portland Library will be kept on
hand. The catalogue of the Portland
Library also will be kept, so selections
may be made' from the list. This will
grlve the people of St. Johns all the
advantage of the central library. Miss j
YESTERDAY
HARD TO BEAT
WEATHER MAN FURNISHED
FINEST BRAND IN ALL
HIS SPRING STOCK
Everybody Was Happy, Streetcar
Company Reaped Big Harvest, and
Here's a Moral for Many Readers.
One of those days to be remembered!
And PortlanUers took full advantage of
It yesterday. Away they went, to the
hills and woods, where the buds and
blossoms could be found In all the
glory of their freshness and beauty;
where the scent of the wild flowers
and the first genuine breath of Spring
might be enjoyed to the hearts' con
tent. Yes, it was a day for the lovers
of nature to revel in.
The retreats and nooks where the sun
was warm and there was a melody of
bird notes; where all nature seemed to
smile, and where fresh air, rest and
recuperation in plenty abounded these
were the spots sought for yesterday.
And It was not hard to find them,
eitner.
But today most of us must come back
to the air of the shops and to the marts
of trade to the "steady grind" to the
music of electricity's whirl, to the hum,
hurry and hustle of business. And when
the day's work is done, how many are
there who wend their way to a musio
less household a pianoless home?
EVERY ONE ENJOYS MUSIC.
There is no excuse for & borne with
out a piano. Today, through the lib
eral methods of modern piano merchan
dising, any one may enjoy the pleasure,
the uplifting Influences, of a piano.
"The Eilers Way" makes piano buying
easy. It's the result of doing things
in a big way, a different way, the pop
ular way and the ponular way is the
way that wins nowadays.
"The Kilers "Way" puts a piano Into
any home "today." It's the way of
buying in immense numbers thou
sands of pianos, several million dollars'
worth a year the way of shipping In
carloads yes, train-load, lots distrib
uting through a chain of stores that
cover a vast territory all the great
Pacific Northwest buying on a oasis
that means a much lower oost than is
enjoyed by any other piano-selling or
ganization in America today, and last
and most Important of all, to the in
dividual buyer to you selling at a
price that means saving on each and
every purchase.
THE VERY BEST WAY.
That is, "The Ell era Way" better pi
anos for less money, easier terms, a
broader and more satisfactory guaran--tee,
not only that of the factory, but
also of the most powerful, strongest
and most substantial piano house In
the country. These facts merely ex
plain why Eilers Piano House sells
more pianos, control a higher class and
larger line and enjoys a, greater share
of public confidence than'any other one
piano firm in the United States.
Buying of Eilers Piano House means
the advantage of making a selection
from the "Line of Highest Merit" the
line which includes the incomparable
Weber, with its wonderful tone; the
grand old Chickerlng, famous through
out all the world as the master musi
cians' ideal; the Kimball, the most pop
ular make on the American market, and
33 other splendid makes produced by
the best-known piano builders. And
tn buying of Eilers Piano House there
is the satisfaction of the strict one
price system. You, your neighbor,
man, woman or child are all priven the
same cost figure no deviation one
salesman's figures exactly the same as
another's the only fair and honorable
method.
.SOMl-n'II I.Vi DOING TODAY. '
Today would be a good day to in
vestigate a little. Come to Eilers Piano
House, look around. Ask to be shown
through the establishment. See for
yourself. There's a special Bale of second-hand
and slightly used instruments
under way this very day. And every
one of these are exceptional bargains.
Ask to see them; the list appeared in
yesterday's paper perhaps you'll want
to bring it alone: for reference.
Remember, "The Eilers Way" makes
piano buying easy. Remember the
number. 353 Washington, corner Park
and don't forget, it's The House of
Highest Quality.
Isom, of the Portland Library, and
other prominent citizens from Port
land, will be present at the opening.
Mrs. T. T. Parker is the librarian. T.
J. Monahan is the president. The li
brary Is the result of the concentrated
efforts of churches, lodges and busi
ness men.
Improve Philadelphia Street.
Outside of the completion of the City
Hall In St. Johns, the most Important
improvement projected is that of Phil
adelphia street from Jersey to the Wil
lamette River. It may be Improved
on an easy grade, which will enable
heavy loads to be hauled up from lower
to upper Bt. Johns. It Is a fine street
and will connect with the new ferry
soon to be put into operation. Bur
lington Is the only street Improved to
lower St. Johns, but It has too steep
a grade ever to be popular. Accord
ing to the grade of Philadelphia there
will be a moderate incline down to the
Willamette River from Jersey street.
Besides being 100 feet wide and con
necting with the ferry, Philadelphia
street will make an Important highway.
RISER KOIl SOUVENIR PHOTOS.
Northwest Scenery Lobby Imperial.
Pabat Blue Ribbon Resr
.is a pure food rich in thn
nutriment of malt and the
invigorating properties of
choicest hops. Drink it
at meals or between meala.
Heart Pains
Are relieved, and palpitation, flut
tering, and irregular pulse over
come by using Dr. Miles' Heart
Cure. It makes the heart nerves
and muscles strong, so the heart
is able to do its work easily. This
relieves the strain which causes
the distress. Sold by all druggists.
"Dr. Miles' Heart Cure cured me
when several doctors failed. My case
was bad. I had difficulty in getting my
breath, my heart beat so fast at times
that I thought it impossible to live with
out relief; the pain was -very severe in
my left side, and my nerves was all un
strung. I am sure I would not have
been cured if I had not taken the
Heart Cure."
MRS. MARY C. HAHLER,
Sullivan, Mo.
If first bottle falls to benefit, money back.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. Ind.
ATHLETES
TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM
MUST LOOK WELL TO THE
CONDITION OF THE SKIN.
TO THIS END THE BATH
SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH
SAPOLIO
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