THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 19U7.
PREACHES ON THE
PAPAL SYLLABUS
Father O'Hara Takes Inter
esting Topic for Sermon at
the Cathedral.
RELIGION AIDS SCIENCE
Speaker Declares Two Are Not Op
posed but in Biblical Times
Fopular Scientific Terms
Had to Be Used.
"The Papal Syllabus' a topic of wide
spread interest, was the subject of Rev.
Father Edwin O'Hara's sermon, at the
11 o'clock mass at the Catholic Cathedral
yesterday morning.
This important subject deals with the
attitude of the Catholic Church toward
scientific progress, and has aroused com
ment from every quarter of the globe.
Ministers of every denomination and men
of every walk in life have been discussing
the subject since the time the edict was
first issued at Rome. Father O'Hara
has. studied the matter carefully, and his
Bermon showed the signs of deep re
search. The announcement that the important
subject would be discussed brought
crowds to the church yesterday, and
many of other faiths than the Catholic
were present. The services were es
pecially good, and the choir rendered
good music. Father O'Hara said:
It Is a. primary duty of the church, as the
authoritative exponent of Christian truth, to
raise her voice In protest against religious
error. Without a guide, humanity would
grope Us way blindly In the maze of contra
dictory theories which each succeeding age
brings forth. Haeckel, at Jena, has led
thousands to reject all belief In God. Immor
tality and human responsibility; Sir Oliver
Lodge, the London scientist, castigates
Haeckel unmercifully, declaring that, the
Jena philosopher has gibbeted himself as a
laughing-stock to future generations. Some
years ago the worship of Herbert Spenter
as the prophet of the unknown and the un
knowable, was a widely spread cult through
out the English-speaking world; today lead
ing thinkers like Royce waive aside Spen
cer's solemnities on religion as the un!n
tructed efforts of a mind to deal with mat
ters for which it had no aptitude. And
Lodge and Royce In turn are laughed at be
cause of the wonderful theories they have
pun. But religion, concerned as it ia with
conduct, is too important a matter to be left
tn charge of theorizers. Religion demands
certitude and conviction. . Opinions and
theories are things too slight to Induce live
men and women to dedicate their Uvea In
obscurity, to the eervice of the ailing and
the aged and the orphan. The Catholic
church, by her definite and unmistakable
definition of doctrine, becomes a lamp to
the feet of erring humanity. Like her divine
founder, she teaches as one having au
thority. Popular Terms Used.
The eavant tells us that the sun "rose
and "set" at certain hours yesterday. The
Inspired writer embodied his Instruction In
popular terms without affirming or denying
the scientific value of those terms, just as
the man of science epeaks of the rising and
Betting of the sun without committing him
self to the geo-centrlc theory.
The writer of the first chapter of Genesis
employed the account of the origin of things
common to the surrounding peoples to con
vey his profound religious teaching on the
Unity of God, of God's relation to the ma
terial universe and to man. The religious
leaohlng of that first chapter has become
the heritage of the civilized world. Had the
writer dressed up his instruction in terms of
modern science supposing that he could
have mastered those conception his failure
to impress his thought upon subsequent gen
' eratlons would have been as ignominious as
his actual success has been remarkable. The
writer teaches no scientific errors, because
rte teaches no science at all. He teaches
noble religious conceptions and the Catholic
church declares that that teaching contains
bo error.
Father O'Hara then met the charge that
the church is opposed to scientific progress.
He recalled that Pasteur, perhaps the great
est of nineteenth century men of science,
was accustomed to be present at mass every
morning before beginning his dally labors.
In the field of historical criticism, he in
stanced Father Duchesne, the head of the
French critical school in Rome, who has no
superior among contemporary historical
critics; and Lagrange, the eminent director
of the Biblical School at Jerusalem, whom
the Pope has made a member of the Papal
Biblical Commission
Bible Is Xot a Text-Book.
It will be said that the church binds
Catholics to believe that the Bible is a veri
table text book of science, notwithstanding
the obvious fact that any of the scientific
conceptions of the Bible are antiquated.
Such a criticism I can only characterize as
unmitigated buncombe. The church has
never committed herself to such a wooden
theory of Inspiration. The inspired writer
Is not writing a text book of science. He
aims at religious and moral Instruction and
makes use of the crude scientific concep
tions of his time as a vehicle of his thought.
He Is teaching religion, not science, and the
Catholic church declares that the teaching
is true. The Inspired writer may class the
retacea and crustacea among the fishes and
bats among birds to the great acandal of the
naturalist.
The view that the human race originated
about 4000 years before our era is a belief
which grew up In a manner similar to that
of spontaneous generation In biological
science, and has suffered the same fate.
The eun that was supposed to have looked
down for the first time on the newly created
Adam In the year 4000 B. C. must also have
beheld in the Euphrates Valley the city of
Babylon with its temples and fortifications
built by human hands that had crumbled to
dust 1000 years before.
The impression that Catholic scholars are
unduly hampered in their Biblical studies
will be best corrected by acquaintance with
standard authors. Among others, three may
be named as representative. Lagrange, who
la a leading member of the Biblical Commis
sion appointed by the Pope, is the author of
a classic work on "The Historical Criticism
'of the Old Testament." Father Prat, 6. J.,
the affix to whose name Is a warrant of un
swerving orthodoxy, has brought out an im
portant work on "The Bible and History."
which leaves nothing to be desired from the
Standpoint of the most rigidly scientific
criticism. A similar work from the pen of
the Benedictine scholar, Dom Hildebrand
Hoepfl, is likewise of the highest critical
value.
POINTS OUT GREATEST FIGURE
John Wesley Called the Leader of
Eighteenth Century.
T. B. Ford, of the Sunnyside Methodist
Church, has been delivering a series of
sermons on "Great Reformers and Les
sons From Their Lives" Sunday nights,
and last night he spoke on "John Wesley,
the Colossal Figure of the Eighteenth
Century." He said in part:
In my discourse last Sunday night on
John Knox, the undaunted citizen, political
seer. Protestant minister and reformer, the
Savonarola of Scotland, I observed that the
Sixteenth Century In the Christian era vi
brated with great movements, throbbed with
mighty pulsations, was stirred by high
ambitions, and characterized by gigantic
struggles for liberty of political opinion and
freedom of religious thought and action.
But agitations and awakenings, whether po
litical, social or religious, do not reach
the magnitude of revolutions, and revolu
tions do not become complete in a single
generation, or century. Ages are their.
There are laws that govern them. Like
seismic convulsions, they seem to cease,
but like the inextinguishable flrea of the
earth'a purification they are Irrepressible,
and survive the crash of thrones, the over
throw of dynasties and the wreck of em
pires; they live on. blending the passing
centuries into an epoch of reform.
The reformation of the Sixteenth Century
projected Itself into the Eighteenth. Genu
ine reforms of the past push themselves
up Into the resistant, opening present, and
give us prestige. The men of today who
fear God rather than man, love truth bet
ter than creed, telteve In the unity of the
race, and promote the brotherhoodif man
kind rather than clan, or class. They would
rather be exiled like Seneca, or haled before
the Diet of Worms, like Luther, or impris
oned In the French galleys, like Knox, or
shut out of the church and forced to preach
on the commons, like Wesley, than to sur
render their convictions and become sub
servient to the aristocracy of wealth) the
syllabus of prelate, or the" edict of king.
These are the men who will live In the
millenniums to come.
What I said of the Sixteenth Century,
and more. Is true of the Eighteenth. It
stands out in bold relief, clearly distin
guished from any of ita eventful predeces
sors by the number and character of its
mighty transactions.
Great men were on the world's stage then,
and they wrought for God and for humanity.
They trod the wine-press, where the grapes
of wrath were stored, but not alone nor In
vain. Back of the great forward movements
In philosophy, literature, criticism, science,
poetry, music, art, history, statesmanship,
war and religion, were men like Leibnitz
and Kant, Addison and Johnson, Voltaire
and Lessing, Newton and Franklin, Schiller
and Gray, Handel and Bethoven. Hume and
Gibbon, Pitt and Washington. Napoleon and
Wellington, and John Wesley, the most
colossal figure of the age. Others were
great, but John Wesley was the greatest,
and time will accord to him the central
position In the grand galaxy of the revival
ists of the Eighteenth Century. He was
weli-born and well-reared. He was a stu
dent and a scholar. He waa a historian and
a commentator. He was a preacher and a
statesman. He waa a traveler ana an au
thor. He was a poet and a logician. He
was a reformer and a prophet. He waa an
evangelist and an organizer. He was full
of th Hoiv Ghost and of faith. He turned
the great currents of thought and National
life and destiny In the direction of peace
and good will to all men. His Influence was
felt throughout all Europe and among the
Colonies of America, and today girdles the
globe with a girdle of light.' Hia name is
enshrined In the hearts of men of all na
tions and tongues. He stands out In history
more and more as the most colossal figure
of the age.
John Wesley was a faithful man ana
worthy the honor the millions of his fol
lowers bestow upon him today. Let us fol
low him as he followed Christ, and abve
all. follow Christ.
SEES SERINS' IN STONES
REV. AV. H. HEPPE TAKES I;ES
SOX FROM NATURE.
Femininity and Weakness of Chris
tianity Should Be Replaced by
Masculine Strength. ,
"The Gospel of the Hills" was the sub
ject of the sermon delivered yesterday
morning at Centenary Methodist Church,
by Rev. W. H. Heppe, who has Just re
turned from his vacation. The sermon
had been formed In Dr. Heppe's mind
as he stood on the mountains, and the
message he brought was from a study
of nature. Dr. Heppe said that there are
many evangelists evangelists human and
divine. The evangelist of nature Is divine,
naturally and spiritually.
"One must be In sympathy with nature
to understand the significance of the
spiritual lessons, or they are nothing but
materiality and atoms," declared the
speaker. "There is nothing muddy about
the theology that nature teaches. Nature
Is perfectly clear and never makes a mis
take for those who read nature aright.
Christ spoke for the beauty of nature,
but Faul saw It not and speaks nowhere
of It, although he passed magnificent
scenery. He was too much absorbed In
dogmatic things to see the beauty of
nature.
"Every tree and every flower has a
thought. There is the gospel of the tree.
the gospel of the heavens, the streams
and the hills, the latter of which I wish
to speak particularly of. The gospel of
the hills teaches masculinity, of strength,
of power, superhuman power. The mass
of stone and material of the mountains
is the embodiment of all power. The eter
nal hills have stood the tempest, and
have witnessed the coming and passing
of kingdoms and kings. Men of the moun
tains, take on the rugged strength and
character of the mountains, while the
sons of the plains take their character."
OCCUPY NEW BAPTIST CHURCH
Growing Congregation at St. Johns
Has Fine Home.
The handsome new Baptist Church of
St. Johns was occupied yesterday morn
ing and evening for the first time, but
the dedication of the building will not be
held for some time. Rev. E. A. Leonard
Is the pastor, and much of the credit of
erecting the building la accorded to him.
He came to University Park to retire
from active work, but was induced to
take charge of the St. Johns Baptist mis
sion. He purchased tue lot on which the
church stands and the little society later
refunded the money to him. Mr. Leonard
also undertook the work of raising the
funds for the church, with the result
that a $4000 .building has been completed
and practically paid for.. The whole
property Is valued at $5000.
Rev. Mr. Leonard occupied the pulpit
at the morning service and in the evening
a union meeting was held of all the
churches of St. Johns, which was ad
dressed by Rev. R. J. Johnson, of the
Christian Church. The visitors were
hearty in their congratulations showered
on the congregation and pastor of the
new church. Formal dedication of the
building will be arranged for later.
DR. J. A. RYAN AT ST. MARY'S
Eastern Pastor Tells of Doubts
Shattered by Christianity.
' The services at St. Mary's Catholic
Church yesterday morning were the oc
casion of a sermon delivered by Rev.
John A. Ryan, D. D., a well-known
Eastern priest. Dr. Ryan's sermon was
well received by the congregation, and
the mass end other ceremonies of the
service were unusually Impressive. Dr.
Ryan said in the course of his sermon:
. "When our blessed Lord began to teach
he found practically the whole world
dominated by Greek thought and . Roman
law. The degrading worship and hideous
ly Immoral practices of imperial Rome
we shall pass over In silence. The truths
which the .great pagan intellects saw
were only shadowy fragments, but Christ
has made them clear.
"Christ 'has given clear and satisfactory
answers to the great questions which
baffled the ancient world. As a result
of his teaching this world possesses a
religious creed and a code of morality
Immeasurably above the highest specula
tions of the philosophers. The Christian
knows with infallible certainty who he
is, whence he came, and how he ought to
live.
Special Masses at St. Michael's.
An oil painting, representing the pres
entation of the Virgin Mary to St. Eliza
beth was unveiled at St. Michael's Italian
Catholic Church at the 10:30 mass yester
day morning. The unveiling of the pic
ture was celebrated by a solemn high
mass, special dedication services, and
other rituals of the church. . The paint
ing Itself Is a beautiful one,' a work of
art from the brush of George De Pyro,
a Portland artist. The scenes laid around
historic Calvary are shown on the can
vas and the picture in all Is a great ad
dition to the church.
The mass yesterday was celebrated by
Rev. Father H. Ciabattonl, pastor of St.
Michael's. He was assisted by a large
number of altar boys, and a special
trained choir of 60 voices rendered the
music.
FILLS OLB PULPIT
Rev. E. L. House Preaches to
His Former Congregation.
"THE SYMPHONY OF LIFE'
In Discussing This Subject Rev. Mr.
House Characterizes Popular
Follies as Forms of a Mere
Ragtime Existence.
Rev. E. L. House preached at the First
Congregational Church last night to his
former congregation. There was a large
attendance at the service, when Rev.
House preached on the subject, "The
Symphony of Life. He said:
When God said that "Ezekiel was -a very
lively toni." he paid him a high compli
ment and suggests my toptc. Every man'J
life Is a song of some kind, and the song he
sings gives him his rating before the world.
Why men go up and why men go down is
not understood until we have considered the
underlying tone of a man's song. The world
very quickly senses a man's keynote. If a
man pitched it too high, to show vain
powers, the world will not long be deceived.
It is true that a man must go through
struggle to sing a lovely song. Friction Is
a yoke fellow after all; for without friction
the wheels of an engine would have no grip
on the rail. Bo minor strains are a part of
our life's oratorio. But the darkness must
give way to light, despair to hope, and the
minor to the major under the Master's
teaching.
Now, a true life song witnesses to the
truth as nothing else In all the world. The
world cares but little about sectarianism.
Down at the office where you have authority
over clerks, what kind of a song does your
life sing there? If you are a Christian, let
me ask you if you change your tune when
you get down to the store or bank? Our
piety counts for no more than the character
back of it.
Now, there are two kinds of song we
should avoid. First, the song that Is set to
rag time. Rag time is the expression of
folly, the output of trivial minds; the prod
uct and vocation of the moral buffoon. It
is foreign to serious and stable character.
When thousands of men have no more
serious Intent than to rush for a race track
on Saturday, a baseball game on Sunday.
When women in high society make a pet
dog or a scanty gown the highest object of
living, they march and keep time with
vacuous hilarity to a perpetual "ta ra, ra ra.
boom-de-aye." Immortal souls live as If
life were a debauch and the world made for
the benefit of Punch and Judy.
A life, then, is mere rag time when the
singer of It lives to put his whole life on
things that amount to the froth on the
wine; on the trivial, the passing fashion and
follies of the hour. The laughter of devils,
the derision of angels, the grief of heaven
is a rag time life.
But, thank God, there is a universal key
note to which we may pitch our song and
make life worth living. The tuning fork
represents a universal pitch. That little bit
of metal struck on steel and carried to the
ear vibrates to the note that is the same the
world over.
RELIGION AND SCIENCE AGREE
Rev. Everett M. Hill Says- the Two
Are Not Opposed.
Rev. Everett M. Hill, pastor of the Tay
lor-Street Methodist Church took as the
subject for his sermon last night, the
theme of the alleged antagonistic spirit be
tween religion and scientific research.
Rev. Hill's talk was a comment on the
recent syllabus of Pope Pius X and he
declared In the course of his sermon that
religion and science are one and the same,
and that all scientific work only points
out the great truths of Christianity. Rev.
Hill brought the Catholic Church to task
for several of its doctrines. He said in
part:
On the 19th of last month I read In The
Oregonlan the syllabus of Pope Plus X. In
which he publicly declares that the church,
meaning, of course, the Roman Catholic
church, is the enemy of natural and theo
logical science." Of course, remembering
the history of this great church and how
Galileo was forced to recant from hie decla
ration that the sun did not stand still when
Joshua commanded It, we are not surprised
at this utterance. But a for the great uni
versal church of God being opposed to nat
ural and theological science, I deny it as
readily though the infallible Pope uttered It.
That God has given us a book that is the
wonder of the ages, and will continue to be,
is one of the great and blessed facts of our
lives. But this is not the only book. There
is another book which we call the creation,
or nature. This book all devout minds rec
ognize as the handiwork of God. From it
there have come many branches of science,
as astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology,
zoology, anthropology, botany and the like.
Now, to say that theology, the science of God,
should find its source of Information solely
from the Bible is to me the greatest fallacy
of all the centuries. 'If we can find the
finger-prints of God on the pages of holy
writ, can we not see the footprints of God on
the face of his worlds?
Borne time ago I saw the announcements
of how an antl-lnfldel lecturer was going to
lecture against the higher critics and evolu
tionists and other rascals who attack the au
thority of the Bible. Think for a moment of
calling Bishop Phillips Brooks an infidel be
cause he had advanced religious views!
Think of classing Professor Henry Drura-
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vout believer in evolution!
In the story of Jonah, divested of all Its
spectacular and humorous ideas, and the
great truths of the missionary work of God,
gives a great Impetus by our peeing that
away back yonder God endeavored to organ
ize a missionary society. The book of Jonah
is nothing more or less than a great mis
sionary evangel when we see it in this way.
Now, brethren, have I taken anything from
your Bible? Not a thing, but I have added
to It only what was there before subtracting
only the things that men said were there,
but are not.
NEED RELIGION TO BE HAPPY
Men Cannot Rely on Earthly Pleas
ures Alone and Be Contented.
Dr. John Roach Straton, assistant pas
tor of the White Temple, conducted the
services at that church yesterday, both
In the morning and evening. At both
services the church was crowded. Dr.
Straton took as a subject for his even
ing sermon, the twentieth verse of the
twentieth chapter of Isaiah: "For th bed
is "shorter than that a man can stretch
himself on it, and the covering narrower
than that a man can wrap himself in
It." Dr. Straton said In part:
I had a little iron bed when I was a stu
dent at a theological seminary that im
pressed this truth on me. If I stretched out,
I woke in the morning with frosted heels,
and the covering was so narrow that If I
doubled up to fit the bed I arose with freez
ing knees. The old prophet could not have
selected a better expressive figure of the
utter disappointment of the man who tries
to do without God, and yet many men will
make that effort In our own age. There are
some in this very age who endeavor to make
their alliance for Intellectual satisfaction
and religious peace, with philosophy. They
endeavor to substitute science and philos
ophy for religion, but this effort always
leads to sorrow and disappointment in the
end. The unaided human mind cannot
fathom the mysteries of destiny and the
world around us.
Other men endeavor to find happiness in
life without God by making an alliance wltn
pleasure. Now, pleasure has Its designed
place In human life, and we may be sure
chat God desires every one of his children
to be happy, but the man who makes God
less pleasure the chief end of his life
wrecks his peace of soul and defeats the
very ends that he seeks to serve. The high
est and most lasting pleasures of life are not
found by searching. They come unsought
as the result of right doing and the serene
consciousness of duty done. Pleasure Is a
good thing, but when we become engrossed
in It, it separates us from that spiritual at
mosphere which is the very breath and life
of the soul. Lord Byron is a pathetic Illus
tration of a man who sought to make his
alliance with pleasure, to the neglect of God,
and we find him, defeated and despairing, at
a time when he was only 33 years old.
My life Is in the sere and yellow leaf,"
he wrote.
Byron was plunged into such' a depth or
despair through his failure to find happiness
through an alliance with pleasure, that he
was tempted to entertain that awful thought
that he would be better dead than alive.
Robert Burns was another man who dipped
deep in pleasure, which this world offers,
and he, too, was defeated in his effort to
find true happiness.
Another man makes an alliance with mo
rality, and thus seeks to do without God,
offering the excuse that with all the dif
ferent denominations, he does not know
which is right. That sounds fair and fine,
but look Into it for a moment, and you see
that if vou really wish to be a moral man.
you must enlist under the flag of Jesus
Christ. .
Friends, we cannot do without God. Man
was made to be a religious being, and until
he gets Into himself the Joys, comforts and
peace of religion, he cannot attain his high
est possible self.
LAYMAN IN MIZPAH PULPIT
E. C. Bronaugh Segregates Individ
uals Into Four Classes.
The morning services of Mizpah
Presbyterian Church, Powell and Mary
streets, were in charge of Dr. Mo
Glade, the pastor, but E. C. Bronaugh,
. kvmin. was the speaker. Mr.
Bronaugh spoke on the "Relation of
Life to the Bible."
The speaker, by illustrations, showed
theclose relations between prosperity
and happiness and observance of teach
ings of Christ. It was shown that the
word of God has the same relation
ship to humanity as a flowing river
in a "desert, without which life could
not exist.
"There are four classes of people in
the world," said Mr. Bronaugh, "those
who believe and put their entire trust
in the Bible and live according to Its
teachings; those who are too busy to
attend to their church duties at pres
ent, expecting to do so at some future
time; the careless, who do not give
thought to their duty, and those who
do not believe. This last class should
be looked after and if possible shown
the error of Its ways.
"There are a great many people in
the churches today who are in
Ignorance regarding the real teach
ings of Christ. These are try
ing to follow out some indepen
dent line of thought. Young men and
young women should recognize that it
Is commendable to live Christian lives,
instead of living frivolously and wast
ing their youth in questionable pur
suits. They should understand that It Is
commendable to be Identified with the
church and its work. It is the duty
of parents to teach their children so
that It will be a pleasure rather than
a duty to attend church services and
be active members."
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DR. C. T. WILSON TO DO RESCUE
WORK AT KELLY'S BUTTE.
He Will Preach to Prisoners and
His Flock Will Carry Them
Tracts and Flowers-
No longer will the Kelly Butte pris
oners be without religious instruction.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, pastor of
the Grace Methodist Church, has re
solved to take upon himself the task
of giving these men the consolation of
religion and he has secured the per
mission of the county authorities to
hold services at the Butte prison every
Sunday. Dr. Wilson has hopes that his
plans will materialise and that i the
hitherto uncared for black sheep" will
repent of their misdeeds.
In addition to the services every Sun
day, Dr. Wilson has arranged with -a
number of the young people of his
church to visit Kelly's Butte once every
two or three days and carry fruits,
flowers and Christian literature to the
prisoners.
Dr. Wilson is enthusiastic over his
new linn of work, and thinks that,
with a little persuasion, he will be able
to bring a number of the guests at the
Butte back to the fold. Dr. Wilson,
in company with Mr. Lightner, the
County Commissioner, recently inspect
ed Kelly's Butte. Dr. Wilson had a
talk with every prisoner at the place,
and is of the opinion that most of the
men are really good, but were led
astray by bad companions and en
vironments. "When I went over the rockplle the
first thing I noticed was- that all the
prisoners seemed satisfied with their
work," said Dr. Wilson. "I did not
hear a single complaint about the food,
hours or work. Many of those men
have committed but one crime, done
perhaps In a state of Intoxication or
drunken frenzy. Some have-commltted
petty thefts, others are there for In
temperate drinking, others for
vagrancy and loafing. Now, most of
these men are not hardened criminals.
They were thrown into bad company,
perhaps, and committed the crime. -I
think that a great many of them
would make good citizens. There Is
as much hope for these men, I say, as
for many who are out of Jail. Tes, I
intend to do as much for the prisoners
as Is in my power.
Last night Dr. Wilson delivered a ser
mon on the theme that any religion is
better than none. Dr. Wilson took an
optimistic view of the different faiths and
showed the great good that existed in
all. His text was taken from John xvl:10:
"And other sheep I have which are not In
the fold."
"There are Catholics as good as Protes
tants," he said, "Unitarians as good as
Methodists, and outsiders who do as many
Christian acts as many people we have
within the fold. From the Catholics we can
learn the lesson of devout reverence in
the house of God, from Methodists to re
establish old' doctrines with justice, .and
even from the Mormons we can learn the
lesson of liberal giving.
UNBELIEVERS SAME AS EVER
Those of Christ's Time Used Argu
ments of Moderns.
Rev. Charles Gorman Richards, D. D.,
of Sterling, III., who is filling the pulpit
of the First Presbyterian Church during
the absence of Rev. Hiram D, Foulks. the
regular pastor, preached his first sermon
to the congregation yesterday. Rev. Rich
ards conducted both morning and evening
services. In the morning the subject of
his sermon was "A Personal Sense of
God," and at night he took for his text
the seventh verse of the fourteenth chap
ter of John. In his latter sermon Dr.
Richards said:
"Have any of the rulers or Pharisees be
lieved in him?" The text is the sneering
taunt that the enemies of Christ flung at
those who were sent to seize Jesus, when
they came back, not only having failed in
their attempt, but confessing the strange
fascination that the new teacher had ex
erted over them. They say "Never roan
spake like this man." Nevertheless, the
Pharisees think to dispose of the whole
question by the bold challenge of the popu
larity of Jesus and his teaching among
those who constituted the aristocracy of
that dav.
It is true that in no time has the gospel
been popular with the selfish egotists, who
may bo called the Scribes and Pharisees
and their logical successors. The expres
sion "The rich man's church" is a para
dox and an anomaly. Jesus never came
to teach class distinction of any sort, save
that which distinguishes between saved sin
ners and unsaved sinners. We are not
asked to choose the object of our supreme
devotion upon the basis of his popularity
with any set of people, but solely upon
his ability to supply the need ot every
lonc-lna heart. Not the Christ of the church.
nor the Christ of some misguided religious
zealot In whom you have no confluence,
nor yet the Christ of your own precon
ceived notion is the object of our appeal
to your menhood and service, but the Christ
of the New Testament. The greatest de
cision In your life will happen the hour at
which you dacide in iWhlch one of these
classes of witnesses to the faith you wish
to be ranked.
Mail Clerk Hurt In Wreck.
SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal.. Aug. 18. The
money -a definite
AVERY LARGE SHIPMENT
OF FINE ORIEIIL AL RUGS
IS DUE IN ABOUT TEN
DAYS. WAIT FOR THEM. IF YOU
NEED ORIENTALS DO NOT BUY
UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN THEM.
"W TE ARE SHOWING TODAY
W A SPLENDID ASSORT
MENT OF FINE DOMES
TIC AND IMPORTED RUGS IN
ROOM SIZES. YOU WILL FIND
RUGS NOT SHOWN ELSEWHERE
IN- THE NORTHWEST, IN OUR
OWN EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS AND
COLORINGS.
EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE
J. G. MACK & CO.
86-88 THIRD STREET
300
MILLIONS
IN
REAL MONEY
Figure for yourself the amount" of money that will pour
into Bay City when the largest mills in the world begin to cut
a million feet of lumber a day. There are over 30,000,000,000
feet of standing timber, suitable for cutting. At the lowest
calculation, this means an actual gross receipt of more than
$300,000,000. Add to this the tremendous amounts that will be
derived from coal, oil, dairying prbducts, farm produce, flsh,
summer resort properties, of which Bay City is the center.
Then, ask yourself if you can possibly make any mistake by
purchasing property in Bay City, Oregon. It's positively the
surest, safest and best investment in the entire Northwest.
It promises greater returns, quicker returns and safer returns
than any other investment you can mention. There is only
one condition that applies to you if you ever expect to make
any money in Bay City, and that is that you get busy, buy now
and hold on. Build if you can. Improve your property and
the first thing you know, you will be a factor, not only in Bay
City, not alone in Oregon, but in the Northwest and financial
circles of the United States.
Free, reliable information from the Bay City Board of
Trade, Bay City, Oregon.
BAY CITY LAND COMPANY
319 Lumber Exchange
Portland, Oregon
train from the South, due here at 8:05
o'clock, was wrecked near Conception,
17 miles south of Honda. Three passen
ger coaches and the baggage car were
ditched. No one was seriously Injured
except a mall clerk.
Crops Are Good at Ely.
BL.T, Or., Aug. 18. (Special.) Owing
to a heavy rainfall, haying is progressing
slowly, though there is a good crop to
harvest. There Is little grain sowed
through this district though what there
is is headed well and will make a very
heavy crop. Alfalfa is being cut the sec
ond time. Other crops show up very
favorably.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Aug. 18. Maximum tempe
rature, 74 degrees;' minimum, 50. River
readine; at 8 A. M . 6 7 feet; change in last
24 hours, fall 0.2 feet. Total rainfall, S
P. M. to 5 P. M., none; total rainfall elnce
September 1. 1906, 45.32 inchee; normal rain
fall since September 1, 1906, 46.54 Inches;
deficiency, 1.22 inches. Total sunshine,
August 17, 1007, 10 hours, 64 minutes; pos
sible sunshine, August 17, 1007, 14 hours 4
minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level),
at 8 P. M.. 30.18 inches.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The high area over the Pacific Northwest
has continued to develop in energy, and this
evening it exercises a controlling Influence
over the weather of this section of the coun
try, clear skies and northwest winds pre
vailing over the territory reaching from the
Pacific eastward to the Rocky Mountains.
No rain occurred at any point. There were
no marked changes in temperatures, which
LOOK
At the Map
And you wi,ll be surprised
to see how close to the
heart of the city Rose City
Park is. While It Is the
biggest addition that was
ever platted to any city in
the United States, it is also
. true that it is about the
closest-ln tract of land,
suitable for home building,
that you can find In the
1 City of Portland. There
are very few people In
Portland who have not
seen or do not know about
Rose City Park. It is only
2hi miles from downtown
tot the beginning of Rose
City Park.
HARTMAN fi THOMPSON
BANKERS.
Chamber of Commerce,
At
Bay City
Oregon
on
Tillamook Bay
170 Commercial Street
Salem, Oregon
over the district east of the Cascades were
decidedly below the seasonable average.
The indications are for continued fair
weather over this forcast district today.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
Observations taken at 5 P. M. Pacific
time, August 18, 1907.
Wind.
I
rrATlo.va.
Baker City
Boise
Eureka ,
North Head
Pocatello
Portland
Red Bluff
Sacramento. . . . .
San Francisco...
Spokane. ...... a ,
Seattle
Tatoosh Island..
Walla Walla
00I10IN
OOI14NW
001 6!W
OO'WINW
0024ISW
00U2INW
00 4N
00! 4 8
00!20!W
H12jNW
6'W
O0 4!NW
Clear
Clear
72 ;0.
620
600
7210
74r0
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear .
Pt. cloonT
Pt. cloudy
9 0.
90 IO
720
68 0.
.I7OI0.
JR0!O
l7;o.
Clear
TClear
IClear
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair: northwest
winds.
Western Oregon and Western Washington
Fair: northwest winds.
Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and
Idaho Fair.
L. lODHOLZ,
7.ocal Forecaster, Temporarily In Charge.
Grand Central Station Time Card
SOUTHERN PACrFIO.
Leaving Portland
Shasta Express
Cottage Grove Passenger.
California Express .
San Francisco Express.
West Side
Corvallls Passenger.......
Sheridan Passenger
Forest Grove Passenger..
Forest Grove Passenger..
Arriving Portland
Oregon Express
Cottag-e Grove Passenger..
Shasta Express. ..
Portland Express.
West Side
Corvallls Passenger
Sheridan Passenger
Forest Grove Passenger. .
Forest Qrove Passenger. . .
8:18 a. m.
4:15 p. m.
7:45 d. m.
11:80 p. m.
T:00 a. m.
4:10 d. m.
11:00 a. m.
6:30 p. m.
T:35a. m.
11:80 a. m.
T:80 . m.
11:80 p. m.
5:55 D. m.
10:20 a. m.
8:00 a. m.
2:80 p. m.
NORTHERN PACIFIO.
Leaving Portland
Tacoma and Seattle Express...
North Coast & Chicago Limited.
Puget Sound Limited
Overland Express.
Arriving Portland
North Coast Limited
Portland Express.
Overland Express. ............ .
Puget Sound Limited... ,
8:80 a. m.
2:00 p. m.
4:80 p. m.
11:45 p. m.
7:00 a. m.
4:15 p. m.
8:15 d. m.
10:88 p. m.
OREGON RAILROAD NAVIGATION CO.
Leaving Portland .
Local Passengei
Chicago-Portland Special.......
Spokane Flyer
Kanras City Chicago Express.
Arriving Portland
Spokane Flyer
Chi., Kan. City A Portland Ex..
Chicago-Portland bpeciak
Local Passenger
8:00 a. m.
8:80 a. m.
7:00 p. tn.
7:40 p. m.
8:00 a. m.
9:45 a. m.
8:20 p. m.
6 :48 p. m.
ASTORIA COLUMBIA RIVER.
Leaving Portland
Astoria A Seaside Express....... 8:00a.m.
Astoria as Seaside Express....... 6:00p.m.
"Seaside Special 8:10 p. m.
Arriving Portland
Astoria Portland Passenger. . .H2:10 p. m.
Portland Express. 110:00 p. m.
Jefferson-Street Station
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Leaving Portland
Dallas Passenger
Dallas Passenger......
Arriving Portland
Dallas Passenger. ....
Dallas Passenger
7:40 a. m.
4:15.p. m.
10:15 a. m.
8:25 p. ra.
Saturday only.
All other trains dally.