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Newspaper Page Text8 IS LACKING F Progress of Christianity Men aced by Doubt, Declares Dr. W. H. Heppe. POSITIVE FORCE IS NEEDED Methodist Pastor Asserts That Line Dividing Member of Religious Bodies From Otters Is Fast Dlsappearlng.- Answerlng the question. "What a the matter with the church of today?" Dr. William H. Heppe. pastor of the Grace Methodist Chur.h. said In his sermon yesterday morning that the modern church la lacking In moral force, faith in "eternal verities." and enthusiasm. Ho raid that the indifference of non-niembera ! largely the fault of those whose names are on the church roll, and that unlesai there U a speedy revival of religious faith the life of the church will become extinct. . Already, the pastor said, the line of demarcation between the members of the flock and those outside the fold has been almost obliterated. Next Sunday morning the topic will be. "Does the Church Need a ew Message; Dr. Heppe took for his text I Cor. xtv-12- "Even so ye. forasmuch as ye are seaioua of aplrltual (rifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. He said. In part: M Revsosi for mllor. l7r Da r and righteousness In the earth? U JS "fin. in h-r holy ml-loa. Jf S. bring. ?.V"T rn t EtuS Tr cMn .V untru. to tha tnt t -II the vital polo.. life and f eve: y other nation a life. Winia church and state should forever be Pr S?ed . y tha church should ba .urn a rnlnhtv constructive force In the Nation , Uti "that It w.,ul4 be In a portion to dictate I poll." or term, of righteousness, 'justice :nrU. The church .hould ba an a !l; on.uVrln. regenerating power In tha Ufa f today. It ahonld Pak with P""' "? authority in every city and munldpa.it. It should be the common parlance of he hour. "As os the church o oes the ClTh- church I. not at It. best because the members are not seeking to excel In the building up of the rhuroh. How many are trying to dlitlngutn themselves as mighty edtnra of the church? How man.-" investing their best In building It up? There ar. three thing. In which ths church ! wanting. . Afraid off Great Tahs. First of all the church ! not manifesting enouch faith In Itself. B-auea of Ihla it is wanting in aggressive force. It seems afraid to launch out Into great undertak ings, to di business In great waters. Hut back of this 1. a greater cause, ths want of faith In the eternal verities of the Gospel of Christ. There Is too much het tsncv. too much doubt, too much uncer talnl'y The world is not impressed with the church'a faith In a positive Christianity. It Is a period of transition. TiT are new views, new visions of truth. Hut amid It all there should be one clear, ring ing, positive note. How can there be authority, conviction. mJRhty -plrttual grip ping power on the part of the ministry and the chun-h. when everything Is open to question, when ths church has no definite. r!en-ut meseage. when it is uncertain of the foundations upon which it Is building? We are environed with a chilly atmos phere of doubt. The blighting winds of skepticism are sweeping over the flowery field, of Christian life until they threaten to de.troy every bud and blossom. Only Sneer for Believers, Men look with suspicion upon everything that cannot be weighed In the balancea of reason, and with contemptuous disbelief upon everything that cannot be laid bare bj the scalpel. To believe In Christ aa tha Incarnate Hod. to declare Jesus as the only rame given unto men by which they csn ba saved, to hold fast to the Bible as Ood'a word, to p reeent the Gospel of Christ aa the enlv hope of the world, as (Hailstone re garded It. 1. to expose ourselves to the sneers and criticisms of so-called liberal and advanced thinkers, to bs classified aa "bark numbers." and to be declared out of har mony with the supposed prevailing Ideas and beliefs of the times. Over sgalnst this uncertainty and unbelief the church Is not manifesting sad Offering a robust, positive faith in the great under lying truths of Christianity. We can never hope to awaken, much less to win men by e. weak, tepid faith. Men will be Impressed by a sound Gost-el. but not by a Gospel of Xnere sound. The need of the hour Is not a flabby, spineless church, but a faith-full, ffnlth-enriched. faith-throbbing- church. By t h- latter men will be wen. We are too ready to hold other agencies responsible for the Indifference today toward the church and holy things, when the church Itself Is in large measure responsible. We are not offering a mighty conterm-ttng spir itual f.irce that will sweep everything be fore It. and cause men to think of God. of their aouls. of salvation, and to tremble be cause of their sin. We need a revival of religious faith, and that right speedily. Ths ery l'f e of the church In dependent upon It. We shsll lose our heritage If we do not love It. Lives Are Not Buugkeleea, The church of today Is wanting In blame lens, holy living. 1 frar that In many cases ths tine which should distinctly separate between ths church and ths world Is fast reaching the vanishing point. Jesus said, " Ys are not of the world, even as X am not of the world." The apostle commanded. 'Ft not conformed to ths world, love not the world " Then wortls plainly Indicate a distinction. But there is so much of the Christian life of the day honey-rorr.bed With orM y indulgences sr.d compromise thst aM that Is left is a this outer shell of re liclous formality. Such has not been the life of the great edlflers of the church In other period. The church has no need, much less the world, for Christians of ths hermtt type. We want Christiana who are blameless and sincere, "the sons Of vlod. without re buke, in the midst of a crooked and per verse Nation, among whom we ara to shine as l.ghts of the world." Christ tana who preserve their purity and Integrity, not amid lonely mountain heights and the soli tudes of the desert, but amid the densest populations the keenest competitions, and ths pollution of our modern cities. What Church Needs Today. The church la wanting tdoy In Christians to whom character is everything. In Impor tance transcending culture. In dignity ct lllng honors. in greatness outranking thrones, in value outweighing gold. In power mightier thsn Niagara, in glory outshin ing worlds. The church needs to be greai'y reinforced by christians of the E.ljah and J -ph at-d Panlel tpe. Men and women v ho can pass through Gdleae Babylons and K man psJacea with all their mor&l filth, keeping their garments pure as ths drifted irov. snd without marring the bleom upon t their cheeks, or losing- the innocence of tiieir ee. In these days of greet opportunity, bleae- ; Ings. needs, and ;ra, the church la wanting la an aii-consumlng. all-embracing enthusi asm for the klnicdora of Gd. Many a church can be described as passionless. It t without emotion, enthusiasm. fire, or 1 spliltual glow. The most that can be said j ef It is that It Is "faultily faultiest, lcliy ! regular, splendidly null." Is there Isea reason for enthnalasm today th.n in me ivrs wnea ths foundations wwre SAYS CHURCH fiTH command ne.-es.ary to . a r - (h belnir laid ? If wr ChrUtlan la the church would sek to excel tn nthulara for the klDfdom of God we would not ask with Peter, "what shall this man do?" But with Paui. "Lort, what wilt thou bar m to do?" What the church needs la to et a freeh llon of Ju and hla redeemlnc power. Therefore, lift thin eye. O Church of God. and behold the Lord through the opanad beareni! SHOULD BELAK AXD FORBEAR Mtrtaal Consideration the Need of Husbands and Wives. "My Young- Man mm a Husband. was th subject of the aermon at the St. James Lutheran Church last night. Rev. J. Allen Leas, the paator, took for hla text the story of Jacob's courtship, recorded in Genesis xxlx. Mr. Leas said, in part: Falling In lova may b possible after the marrlas vow, but It la not probable. There la irreater danger today of too ahort court ship than of those too extended. Tha buay cried of tha divorce courts Indicates above all the haste on tha part of young people In the choice of life partnerships. A few broken trials at married Ufa, repeated misunderstandings, and It Is agreed that the two are not suited ; In other words, they were mlsxnated and It would ba better to separate. There are men. and women too. who are too coneclentloua to part, and un able or too weak In character to make tha needed, amends. They cannot say. "I'm sorry." and ara Just as unable to forgive. Jt Is a shame that there are so many lives thus practlcaily ruined. In new of all th i i - i Y oi 'II'"' jj 1 ' '! - : t v ' I if lr ; ' ffA' t M -r. ml 1'IIOTO OF THE CXITKD PRESBYTERIAN CHl'RCH, ALBANY, OR. ret posilbllltiu that God had Intended for them. . Toung msn. b . msn. Before you ask a younit woman for her ha.na and heart. M liir. that you can mak. a decent "vlng. Sh. will be wllllnit to help; but If .he will mak. you happr. she muet be In the home ' Be honest. Tf you only earn a week tell hr .o. Then If eh. la willing jk the "hancee. you have done your duty In hit re.pect ai any rate. Be honest In your Lttentlona. No reepectful young man can Trllle with a woman's affection, a. with a . " T," " ... regard on. woman aa a a iru. rouna woman, when sh. noes giv. ?,Uiractr In. wllf continue .0 hold up her .hlpwreck ot llf. and nc.n ',h:ocT. y leaded o d'v,a. equally th. I m of fh."". that are .0 common In ,h. domeatlc and social world. NATURE EVIDENCE OF GOD Pr. Young Finds Many Indications . of Existence. "Why I believe in God." was the sub- "ou"; John alv:18. The ron, In p-Jt. 'Talu no .7-Vr.n.Trn . SS ie'Vn' pneuT.n ture-s epre.on conrn. a perP ( e ot th. Divine f ather in omtlr ,d S"n.f, la'Vougnant or general acc.pt- "'h"?- .r:". .r'u.'ent to folly, .thelim Is well nil" T?, . natur. aug- Th TTtTl. If e 2 mind, ther. ..-JodTnd ,V OXaTofavVa ."rham. .n orphan In a chanc. ""ihVtd.ptatlon. in natur. te.t mind . THi. m-lenc. of optics tells us that ? eUher thT.w. of UM or th. structure of tni evs had been different, man would been Wind. A.tronomy teils na that rf the Sntrtt-a and centrifugal force. L . A. Tn balanced with mathematical hd ."laL JhSi earth could not have been l"VnnT cXogy .ph. . ufc. Truth The chemut dlr. that the par ticlea of matter enter Into union In flsed IlCd dniTs proportions. If 1.nra In ths various n.;ds of '1m"11 cannot deny it tn the human d are not orphana H we are. then the ' ?ems of Euclid cam. by ffh volumes ccmpoeing our city library ca rue together by chance; then we i-.ay xpct crT-talMxatlon to ro on and construct : . .co -loesal organ and the tempests to tmlte It iTeu". - Me-lah." From the petal of a flower to burning suns, from burn ng sun. to ths minu-V.t atom of uelent JWjtJ there are revealed geometrical flgures and mathematical proportions mdlctJvs or mind. Ws cannot ot away from GoJ The intelligence in nature says tloa is Ths philosopher i irreeted everywhere with what he eail. finality. There la finality in nature and flnallty says God. The chemist In his laboratory is unveiling the secrets of the world and making us acquainted with hidden lw. He is not making any--thins new. Who made possible cohssion axd chemical affinity? W built ths eye with reference to ths law of UhtT ho formed the ear with reference to the mathe matics of sound r Wno evolved the delicate inatrument for focusing vision ? These elementa which everywhere speak of intelUirence say God. The Implications of nature speak like wise The intelligence of instinct revealed in the building of the nest of the bird. In tto construction ef the hexagonal cell by the bee dlreete to mind on that wonderful line. 1 MANY GODS TODAY Money-Worship Nation's Chief Religion, Says Brougher. TAKES FLING AT MRS. EDDY Christian Science Is Exaltation of Self In Place of God, Asserts Pastor, Who Also Deals With Social Evil. In his sermon at the White Temple last night on Society's Joss House." Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher took occa sion to assail one of the positions taken by the Christian Scientists, saying that self-deirication is contrary to the first precept of the moral code. In the same 1 "V - 'rr7r yKKP- 1- ' 1 iiBl,inrii)lTiT rfimi n'l connection Dr. Brougher said Borne wives worship their husbands and some husbands their wives, but aa they are few he could forgive them. His ser mon was the first of a series on "The Ten Commandments Up to Date." The moral law, recorded In Exodus 20:1-20, was taken as a text. Dr. Brougher said in part: - The moral law enunciated In the ten commandments by God on Mount Slnal is still up to data. These commandments will stand as long as God stands because they are an expression of his nature and his will. There Is a copy of the Constitution of the United States so printed that It reveals the features of George Washington. Any one studying carefully the ten commind ments will find them revealing the character of God. You might burn every Bible In the land and still the ten commandments wouJd be true, for they are In harmony with the nature of God and the universe. So long as God Is God and sin Is sin, so long will It be necessary to preach the ten commandments The first which we notice tonight requires that ws shall have no other God except Jehovah as our God and guide. Let us study this In the light of Christian civilization. The dictionary says "any per son or thing exalted ss ths chief good or made an object of supreme devotion; any thing that abaorbes one'a attention or aspir ations" la a god. From this definition it la very clear that thia coirmandment Is needed today. The ancient Jews wore In danger of accepting the gods of the heathen nstlons about them and in many Instances they did. They worshiped Mammon. Moloch, Baal-Peor and deified various Individuals. Under different names ths same gods are worshiped now. More people worship the almighty dollar than worship Almighty God. We look In pity on the poor heathen who gashes and disfigures himself to appease the imaginary wrath of his god but In modern society to day men are sacrificing health, working dsy and night in order to accumulate money. There Is no denying the fact it Is a tre mendous power in business. In politics and In society. America has no aristocracy of blood but she has a most contemptible one the aristocracy of money. It la the magic key that opens the door to almost any social circle. Such aristocracy Is not based on In tellectuality, education or even refinement. It Is simply based on money. We are a eet of Mammon worshipers. We fall down be fore the god of gold and serve him day and night. Moloch was the Are god of the Canaan ltes. His Image was made of brass, hollow within. His face was like a calf's face. He had the arms and hands of a man. Fire was kindled within this brass monster and when he became red hot the victim was placed In his arms and roasted to death. Sieve we anything like that today In Amer ica T YesI The selfishness of man does not stop at any cruelty to gratify its over weaning ambition. The liquor traffic is will ing to sacrifice tens of thousands rather than deny Its appetite. There Is no business in this world that has practiced such cruelty, blighted so msny Uvea, blasted so many homes and kindled the fires of hell In so many hearts as the liquor business. Ask ths preachers who visit the poor; sk the police Judge who Is trying to enforce ths law; ask the Jail warden who must guard the prisoners; ask the physician and the hospital nurse; ask the heads of asylums for criminal lunatics; ask the workers among the pauper districts of the city, end every one of them will tell you that hundreds and thoueanda of lives sre being wrecked and ruined and sacrificed to the god of Moloch by a hesrtiess and cruel drink traffic. Great corporations and other employers of labor who pav low wsges and compel their em ploves to work in unhealthful surroundings with a perpetual grind upon rervea and muscle and mind are sacrificing the lives of men and women and boys and girls to the cruel rod Moloch. The worship of Faal-Peor among the Moabltes and Mldianltes was the exaltation of lust and lice utlousn ess. In view of the overwhelming opposition to the enforce ment of the law upon the North End. no one can possibly deny thst Baal has his thousands of devotees In the City of Pert land They tell us that this worship Is absolutely necessary to the well-being of society. Men tell us that there is no hope for the fallen woman that they must be kept In the prison houses of the slum dis tricts, lost to womsnhood. and shame itself. I doubt If there is any god that has more devotees In the social lUe of the world to day than BaaL This awful worship is burning the manhood out of voung men and breaking up hundreds of homes, filling our divorce courts with unnumbered cases and planting" a plaue spot in the heart of every city which many tell us can never be removed. This evil centers around the worship of Baal in a Christian land just PORTLAND BUSINESS DIRECTORY WHOLESALE AGKlCl-LTlRAi. BUOlLK'TS. A- H. XVKUX kACU. CU, JUU UeUnoaU BE ALL, CO., !Ul Hawthorn, av. JOHN DEERE PLOW CO.. a TamiUI M A. fi. JACOBS CO.. 168 Front. MITCHELL, LEWIS STAVER, E MoT . RACINE-SATTLEV CO.. 2tf E. Watar. SCOTT A anvm-i, 321 O. Morrison, AST GLASS Am Hi&BOJiS. POVKV HKOfi. GLA36 CO., 4U fc'lanJara. ASBLSTOS MATERIAL, GILLKN-CHAJiBtitb Co., u J. front- ACIO A.VD BICVCLB 8CFFIAK& EALLOL' A WHJGHT. bo 81k. , AWN1KGS. TENTS. BUCK.. PACIFIC lEit A AWMMI CO.. 2 . BABBITTS, BOLDEB, BTC PACIFIC JttTAL WKS-. 7a i. ita. BAGGAOK AXD TRASfSMSH. BAG. A uilNlLS TRANS. CO.. (Ha A Oax. BAUS. BURLAP AND TWIMK, W. C .NOOX BAG CO.. i-it lt L BAKKRIEB. ROTAL BAKERY Co.. lltn and Everstt. BLTI'U AXD MILL BCTPPLIEa.' XOTT-DaVIS CO.. 40 la I it. PAGE BELTING CO., 00 lit K. BICiXXB AND BICXCLB SUN DRIBS. BALLOU A WRIGHT. oO 6th at. BOOKSELLERS. THE J. X. GILL CO., liia Jtd. BOOTS AND SHOES RUBBER GOODS. DououEitii-FlitiiA.s buoji; cj.. 04 am. GOODMAN BROS. SHOE CO.. SO IProaU KRAUSSE BRGH.. M 1st St. PRINCE SHOE CO.. 80 ith St. BOTTLES, CORKS, DEMIJOHNS. HEITeHu. uiiANf CO.. i ruul u. drug and manufacturers' acenla. BOX MANUFACTURERS. MULTNOMAH LUMBER A BOX CO. Phon. Ex. SO. UNION" BOX A LBR. CO.. ft. Monnonwry. BREWERIES. ENTERPRISE bt-t-ci. AuCi.. 18th A JohnaoB. BROOMS. WOOD AND WILLOW WARS. AN BKOS.. LSC. fco-a jfront. BUTTER, EGOS, CHEESE. ICE CREAM. T. S. TOWNSEND CREAMER! CO.. 1 Front. BUTTER. EGGS AND POULTRY. D. C. BURNS CO., 21U So. EVERDING A FARRELL. 140 Front. HENRY EVERDING. 45-47 Front. CHEESE. PORTLAND CHEKS1S CO.. 11 ad. CHINESE AND JAPANESE GOODS. CAN'luN BAZAAR, vo oth at. CIGARS AND PIPES. SCHILLER CIGAR FACTORY. 28l Wa COAL AND WOOD. BANTTELD-Vttr.'Y f'LKL --u.. 0 Id. PORTLAND FUEL CO.. 2S7 E. Morrison. COFFEE, TEA AND SPICES. MOTD T. Co.. 00 1st at. CLOS8ETT A DEVERS. 1-7 N. i-runt. DEFIANCE TEA CO.. 64 Front. CONCRETE MACHINERY. BBiALL A CO.. al Hawtoorn. CONFECTIONERY ' JOBBERS. ALDON CANDY CO.. luth and GiUan. J N. MATSc'HEK CaNDI CO.. 270 1st at MODERN CONFECTRY CO.. lath A Hoyt. CONTRACTING ENGINEERS. PACIFIC ENGINEERING CO.. 508 Lum. Ex CORDAGE, BINDER TWINE. PORTLAND CORDAGE CO.. 14th A Northruo. CORNICES AND SKYLIGHTS. J C. BAYR. Front and Market. MOORE. MEAGHER A CO.. 43 1st. CRACKERS AND CONFECTIONERY. PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT CO. DOORS. SASH, MILL WORK. KELLY. THORSEN A CO.. 52-54 Union Are. OREGON PLANING MILLS, luth A Vaughn. FLEISCHNEH. MAYEK A CO., Front A Ash. MEIER A !TKArtt. t-AJjat-AJ. x. DRUGGISTS. BLUM ATTER-FRANK DRUG CO. CLARKE. WOODWARD DRUG CO.. 9th , w v-from Avn nAH TTXTUKBS. BARRETT'S, 408 412 Morrison. as much as It did In th. days ot ancient "Everyone Is solns to have som. sod. I ad not I?ns .so of a man of whora said. rto I" a " - ' most of his time worshiping nls maker. This phlioBopny oi wwra"i i " - - - prlncl?l. of life In tha religion of our Chris tian Sclenc. friends. Let mo quota tour lines which constitute the whol. of a poem. "L L I. I itself. I. . Th. lnstd. and outside, th. what and th. Th. when' and th. where, th. low and th. h' AH L l I. I "as". I " Where did I And that do you "raPPOseT You mlgnt navo u"juii ' " : . i. humorous column or th. funny pase of th. modern newspaper but these line, with tneir wn ava..us .. ... Health. With Key to' the Scriptures." They SS lS5-.".f Tf'l th.pl."of God !5. 5f 'IS. Z'-tToZ shaU hav. no other sods before ma." yfitw not God ana uoo is iioi wo. - ever become the other. . . . ,n .j mnA the denial or i n. losa oi r." ii ... " . personal resoonslbility is a form of wor ship of which many people are guil'v- we are all Inclined to hero worship. There are young women v .. young lady said to me once. "I would rather go to hell with my lover than to go to heaven without htm." Ther. are some wives who worship' their nusoanos. int few Ot miS Kino, llii.r.ni, . cllned to forgive them. There are soma husbands Who worsnip tneir wi " men are so scare. In theae days that w. will not conaemn mem. mere aio -worship their children. Any person that has the first place In our affections and de votion is our god and this commandment do- i .. .v... . . r. .hull h. no Other KOdS DO- fdre Jehovah. ' Th. summary l tnat i nou bu.u the Lord thy God with all thin, heart, and with all thy soul, and with all .thy might." Th. word "Jehovah" means "I waa, I am" and I will be." This eternal, self-existing, never-beginning, never-ending Jehovah, who is absolutely holy and perfect, who has cre ated us in nis own mutae. aim m " " live and move and have our being, calls upon thus we will b transformsd Into his like ness and realts. the object of our b.ins. TO I5IPROVE CHCHCH HOME Money Subscribed by Third Presby terian Church for Expansion. At the regular eervlceB yesterday morning In th Third Presbyterian Church, East Pine and East Thirteenth streets, the turn of S00 was raised within a few minutes, to be used In building a large basement-room under the church. Rev. Andrew J. Montgomery, pastor, made a short statement, when explana tions of the plans and purposes of the session were sex forth by several speak ers. B. -C Herlow, leader of the boys' brigade movement In the Third Church, was has gathered much headway, spoke of the pressing need of room lor the Sunday school and young people. W. H. Markell and 8. N. Steele further spoke of the need for Immediate action. It was shown that the work of the Sunday school' Is hampered by lack of room and there Is need of a place for the boys brotherhood. Very soon after these mem bers of the official board had spoken, two was subscribed. About J1000 will be needed to carry out the plans adopted, but the remainder will be secured without trouble. . The base ment room will be x70 feet. There will be a large room, smaller ones ior the kitchen, lavatory and other conveniences. The large room will be used by the Sun day school and for special meetings. Contracts will be let and work started at once. Rev. Montgomery said yester day that the work of the Third Church had expanded so much that it is impera tive to have more room. . i. ih. ..ma nf the new universal language, th. promote of which say it will supplant Eiaranto. WHOLESALE ELECTRIC MACHINERY SUPPLIES. PACIFIC ELECTRIC ENG. CO.. 21 Sd. WESTERN ELECTRIC WES.. 61 oth. ENGINES AND BOILERS. A. H. AViilKILL MACH. Co.. !uu Belmomt. ENGINEERS. PACIFIC ENGINEERING CO., 509 Lum. Ex FEED. GROCERIES AND PRODUCE. 3. D. HNNESY A CO.. 1U5 Front. LENSCH BROS.. HI Front at. THS STEPHENSON CO.. Z34 Front. ' FENCE AND WIRE WORK. E. PORT. F. A V . WaJi.. Mi E. Morrison. FIRE APPARATUS. Q. LONG, 4o-47 N. 6th. FIREPLACES AND TILES. "BARRETT'S." 4US-413 Morrison. FISH AND OYSTERS. CHLOPECK. FISH CO., 17b Burnalda. PORTLAND FISH CO.. 4 Front. FOUNDERIES. CASTINGS. PACIFIC LAS. WK.S.. E. Buroaiue Bridsa. FRUITS, EGGS, POULTRY AND MEATS. OnYUn. BULLA M a CO., i-a Front. FRUIT AND PRODUCE. BELL A cu., INC.. lu-llrt jjtoui. DAVENPORT-THOMPSON CO., 144 Fromt. 9i. B. GLAFEE CO., 108 Front. MARK LEVY A CO.. 121-123 Front. M'EWEN A KOSKEY. 12V Front. PEARSON-PAOIu CO.. la 1-134 Front. FURNACES' AND REGISTERS. MOORE-jaJbAUJaER CO.. 2 lat. FURNITURE. . HKTWOOD BROS. A HAlkEFIBLD. 148 10th. PETERS A ROBERTS FUR. CO.. Front-Davis. FURNISHING GOODS. MEIER A FRANK COMPANY. GRADING AND HOCK MACHINERY. BEALL A CO., 31 Hawthorne. GRAUi AND BAGS , , PATERSON. SMITH A PRATT, Board oi Trad. Bids. W. A. GORDON CO., Board ot Trade fcld. GRAIN, FLOUR. FEED, CEREALS ALBERS BROS. CO.. Front A Main. COLUMBIA MILLING CO.. E. 2d A Mark.t. GROCERS. ALLEN A LEWlo. 44-W f ront St. MAON-EHRMAN A CO.. 5tn and ETOratt- WADHA313 A CO., 4th and Oak. WADHAM8 A KERR BROS., Hoyt and 4th. GROCER WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. S. C. BURNS CO.. 41u Sd. GUNS AND FISHING TACKXK. EL T. HUDSON ARMS CO.. 110 3d. HARD WALL PLASTERS. THE ADAMANT CO.. 483 Worcester bide L. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. BREYMAN LEATHER CO.. .n and Oak. JOHN CLARK SADDLERY CO., 104-104 Front. W. H. M'MONIBS CO.. 24 Union ava il AY AND MILL FEED. W. A. GORDON CO.. Board ot Trad. bids". HIDES, FURS, WOOL. KAHX BROS., 1U1 Front. HOP MERCHANTS. HARRY L HAKT. Tin Worcester bids;. A. JT. RAT & SON. 334 Sherlock bld. J. W. 8EAVEY HOP CO.. 110 Sherlock bids;. HYDRAULIC RAMS. COLOMBIA STEEL CO.. 146 10th. ICE CREAM AND BUTTER. SUNSET CREAMERY CO.. 2S1 1st. ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS. HAZEL WOOD CREAM CO.. 3d A Hoyt. S WETLAND A SON. 273 Morlson. ICS, COAL AND COLD STORAGE CRYSTAL ICE A STORAGE CO.. 432 E. Sal. INDEPENDENT COAL A ICE CO.. 353 Stark. ICE AND REFRIGERATING MACHINERY. HARRIS ICE MACHINE Wks., 174 E. Water. IRON. STEEL. WAGON MATERIAL. ROBERTSON H" WARE A Steel Co.. 67 Front. BYRON JACKSON IRON WKS.. 810 Oak. KODAK PHOTO SUPPLIES. PORTLAND PHOTO SUPPLY CO., 149 3d. MEATS. FRANK L. SMITH CO.. 22S-228 Aldar. UNION MEAT CO.. 4th and GUsan. OLDEST IN WORLD First United Presbyterian Church Formed at Albany. FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Denomination Started by Union of Two Willamette Valley Churches In 1853 First Building Used Is Still Standing. ALBANY, Or., Oct. 11. (Special.) Today marked the 65th anniversary of the United Presbyterian Church of Al bany, the oldest church of that de nomination In the world. Organization of the church was effected October 11, 1853, In a house which yet stands on the corner of Second and Washington streets, in this city, and la used as a residence. The United Presbyterian denomination was first formed In Oregon. It resulted from a union of the Associate Church and the Associate Reform Church at a meeting held October 20, 1862, at the home of Rev. Wilson Blaln. at Union Point, JH miles south of the present town of Brownsville. Rev. Blaln, who conducted an Associate Reform Church at Union Point, and Rev. Thomas S. Kendall, who was pastor of an Asso ciate Church at a point on the Cala poola River, known as Kendalls Bridge, near the present town of Shedds, formed the union and adopted the name "United Presbyterian." This was six years be for the United Presbyterian Church was formed in Pennsylvania, which was the beginning of that denomination In the East. Both of these unions, though entirely independent of each other, were effected on practically the same basis and they are now under one government. When the United Presbyterian Church was first formed In Oregon, Rev. Blaln continued to conduct his church at Union Point and Rev. Kendall did the same at Kendalls Bridge, both under the new name and organisation. The first new church formed In the denomi nation was at Albany. As neither of the two old churches Is yet in existence, the Albany church bears the distinction of being the oldest United Presbyterian Church in the world, as well as the first congregation ever organized under that denomination. This church was formed 53 years ago today, the organization being .effected by Rev. James P. Miller and Rev. Thomas S. Kendall. There were H members. The first acting pastor was Rev. James P. Miller, who was killed In the explosion of the steamer Gazelle on the Wil lamette River April . 1854. Rev. S. Q. Irvine. D. D., then took charge of the church and occupied the pastorate for 40 years. Rev. R. M. Little, now of Chi cago, was pastor three years and was succeeded by Rev. C. R- Stevenson, now of Vandergrift. Pa., who was pastor four WHOLESALE LUMBER. " EASTERN A WEST. LBK. CO.. N. Front St. JONES LUMBER CO.. 4th A Columbia. NORTH PAC. LBR. CO.. 306 Wella-Far hU LITHOGRAPHERS. SCHMIDT Lithograph Co.. Wells-Farco bldl. LAUNCHES. RBIERSOJf MACHINERY CO.. 182 Morrison. LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER. THE J. M CctAKEN CO., 231 Pic. LIVESTOCK COMMISSION. PORT. UNION STOCKVDS. i7th A Vaurhn. LOGGER BLOCKS. TOOLS, COLUMBIA STEEL CO.. 146 loin. LEATHER. CHAS. L. MASTICK A CO.. T Front street MAIL ORDER AND SUPPLIES. FRANKLIN A CO., 132 Front at. MARINE HARDWARE. CHAS F. BEEBB CO.. 1st and Ankeny. MACHINERY MERCHANTS. PACIFIC LNGxN &ER1NG CO.. 60a Lum. Ex PORTLAND MACHINERY CO., U 1st. aUMMERMAN-W ELLS-BKOWN. M and Aah. MILLINERY. DL'TLER-eCHC'Uo. cu.. bo 5th. CASE A REIST CO.. 5th and Oak. MONUMENTS. BLAESINO GRANITE CO.. 267 3d. IMHoFF A M1NAR, 335 E. Morrison. PORTLAND MARBLE WORKS. 268 1st. SCHAMEN-BLAIR CO., E. End Mad. Brldzs. NVRSERY STOCK. B. PILKlNGioN, toot lamhlll. ORGANS, CHURCH AND PARLOR. EILaiMa piANo hubo&. Waah. A .rar sta. PAINTS AND OILS. KELLY. THuivaii.s at Cu., Ji-o4 Unloa ... RASMUSEN A CO., 1M-1U6 20. TIMM3, CKfiSS A CO., 144 1st. PAPER AND SHELF BOXES. PORTLAND PAPER BOA, CO.. 2U8 Oak. if. C biElTLh.xt, lotn and Guaaasta PAPER AND STATIONERY. BLAKE, M iaU CO., DO Vi n'ronu J. W. P. M'FALL. 108 Front. PHONOGRAPHS. SHERMAN, Clax A Co.. Bin A Morrison. PIANOS. . EILERS PIANO Ho con., rt'aah. A Park sta. REED-FRENCH PIANO CO.. 8th A Burnslde. SHERMAN, CLAY A CO.. 6th and Morrlaon. FICKLLS, VINEGAR, ETC KNIGHT PACKING CO., 474 East Alder. rLCMBlNQ AND STEAM SUPPLIES. THE GAULD CO.. ,l-l Front at. M. L. KLINE. 84-S6 Front. PORK AND PROVISIONS. SINCLAIR PROVISION CO . 4o N. Front. POSTAL CARDS ' PORTLAND POST CARD Co.. 124 8th. POULTRY, BUTTER. EGGS, FRESH MEAT RUBY A CO., 286 Couch. Commlaalon. Hides. Peln. Wool. .... SOUTHERN OREGON COM. CO.. W. H. Mc- Corquodale, 85 Front. RAILS, CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES. RAILWAY' EQUIPMENT CO.. 72-74 1st at. ROAD STREET-MAKINO MACHINERY. BEALL A CO.. 321 Hai7i.nc.rne. HOOFING MATERIAL. PARAFFIN E PAINT CO.. Commonwealth bid. ' SAWMILL MACHINERY. A. H. AVER1LL MACH. Co.. 32o Belmoat. SAW MANUFACTURERS. EIMONDS MFG. CO.. 85 1st St. SAWS, MACHINE KNIVES, ETC. K. C. ATKINS A CO., INC.. 60 lat St. SCHOOL FURNITURE. SUPPLIES. JC. W. SCHOOL FURNITURE CO.. 244 3d. SEEDS AND POULTRY SUPPLIES. J. J. BUTZER. 188 Front PORTLAND SEED CO.. Front and YamhUL SHTRTS AND OVERALLS. H. WOLF A SONS, 73-75 1st. SHOE STORE SUPPLIES. HERTSCHE BROS. 229 Oak. SIGNS. FOSTER A KLEISER. Everett and 8th. SODA WATER MANUFACTURERS. PIONEER SODA WORKS. 416 Water. years. Rev.' W. P. White, the present pastor of the church, began his pastor ate In November, 1901. The United Presbyterian Church Is one 6t the largest and strongest churches in the city and has one of the best edifices In the Willamette Valley. SCATHING WORDS FOR SALOON Rev. J. B. Knodell Blames It for Nation's Misery. That the salvation of the American people from the baneful effects of the liquo.- traffic Is the greatest question now befo: e them, was the statement made by Rev. J. R. Knodell, of the Oregon Anti-Saloon League in his ad dress before the members of the First Congregational Church, yesterday morning. Rev. Mr. Knodell said tl.at when he took up the League work in Oregon last January the organization was $4000 in debt, but that notwith standing the campaign of last Suring, through which 21 counties were voted dry, the League now owes but $1200. He made an appeal for subscriptions, which met with liberal response. The speaker's text was Galatians vi:2, in which the Apostle admonished the members of the Galatlan church to bear one another's burdens. Mr. Kno dell said, in part: ' om people would hav. us believe that the greatest victories for th. temperance cause have been won In the' South, through the efforts to protect th. Southern home and the Southern woman from the negro. But some of our first vlctorlea were won in th. North. We need to exercise much patience In dealing with this traffiu, which has in trenched Itself so strongly in the life of the Nation. It is a tremendous task to change the course of public sentiment, to alter the habits of men and women, and th. laws fa voring this business. Lawyers and law makers are bound by precedent. Remember that the Uauor business has been intrenched among the members of the medical and sur gical profession, and among business men. To drive It from Its position has been a hard task Our land Is covered with institutions In which men have invested millions to carry on this Iniquitous business. To meet their opposition will mean also a great " "Th-T'Antl-Saloon League Is the church of Christian action. It seemed a few yea ago aa though it did not make much dlf ferenc. what stand the church took on business questions. It waa said that 8 ,0.000 votes In the hands of the liquor men knock ing at the doors of Congress could obtain any sort of legislation asked But that Is not so now. If 250.000 votes, knocking with mailed flat, could secure legislation. 7.000. 000 votes will surely have a mightier power and a more commanding ton. In th. ear. of the leglslatora Th. liquor traffic Is no longer looked upon aa a business, it la a "criminal transac tion " Think of the shamerul and danger ous heritage which has come to this Nation as a result of the liquor business. Think of ..... .liiji... a. m.f w.!!-nlled the lmoecue tunwicu, ... . ------ lunatic asylums, and eleemosynary institu tions the country over. At least three fourths of the lunatlca and imbecile, are the result of this evil. Our flag la in danger of being stolen, and our homes In danger of elni desecrated. Business men are begin ning to see that th. liquor traffic Is an economic blunder. Evcry year millions of hard-earned dollars are eZt at th. feet of thla great Baal. Every year before, durinr and sine. th. Civil War. thla mora terrible struggle haa been going on. Every year 100.000 men ever th. precipice Into a drunkard', frave many of them In the prime of life. Every' year 60 000 girl. ar. leaving - their f" ' i-A nasslng out Into th. life of the woHd. to bPcom.lth. victim, of this .vll. We believe that in 1909 Oregon will hav. seven more dry counties, making 28. whlls in 1910 th. entire .tat, will go dry. Th. British Admiralty began experiment ing with submarla. boat, in Plymouth Har bor in 177. WHOLESALE STEEL BEAMS. CHANNELS, ETC PACIFIC LAS. WKS.. K. Burn.id. bride. STEEL CASTINGS. COLUMBIA 6iKtl, CO.. lib 10th. STOVES AND RANGES. LOWEN'B.KG A GOING Co.. ls'.n and Irrlnc TALKING MACHINES AND RECORDS. EILKRS PIANO HOUSE, wash. Par sis. TRANSFER AND STORAGE. HOLMAN TRANSFER CO.. 8-13 Frost. OREGON AUTO-DESPATCH CO., IS lat St. OREGON TRANSFER CO.. 134 f. 6to. TRUNKS AND BACS MULTNOMAH TliUNK CO.. 131 B. Watar. WAGON AND TRI CK WORKS. NORTH PACIFIC. WAGON WORKS. tk and Hoyt. WALL PAPER. HPNRT BBROEIt CO.. 128 IsL WINES AND LIQUORS. BLUMAUEK A HOCH. lua 4th HENKY FLECKENSTEIN A CO.. Ot H. VARWIG A SON. 231 Front. WIRE AND INSULATED WIRE. JOHN A. itOtBLlNG'S SONS CO.. til 1st. WIRE AND IRON WORKS. PORTLAND WIRE I. WKS.. 2d i EreratC WIRE ROPE. JOHN A. ROEBL1NG S SONS CO., 91 1st, WIRE ROPE. LOGGING TOOLS. S. B. HICKS A SONS CO., 44 lat. WOOLENS AND TRIMMINGS GARRATT A YOUNG, 92 let. FINANCIAL BONDS AND MORTGAGES. H. . NjBij. 3i4 Conunwial o.o. BONUS AND BTfCCKS. OVERBECl d. CuO&b Co.. jo C. ot Con, FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS W. J. CL.Jli.Na, Couuusrclai c.uo olds. HENRY HEW ETT A CO., 228 Sherlock bids. D. W. HOELBING A CO., 311 Stark. LAMBERT-WHiTMER CO., 107 Sherlock. PETTlS-GROiSMAYER CO.. Board ot Trad. bldg. " LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. MUTUAL BENE IT LiFai OS' N a. v ARK. N. J., Falllns bids- MORTGAGE LOANS WILLIAM MAC MASlaK. 3u3 Worcester Md. STOCKS, BONDS AND GRAIN. DOWN1NG-HOPKINS CO.. 201-4 Couch Bids- TIMBER LANDS. EMBODY A Bhaul-EY Co.. I)8 C of Com. FREDERICK A. KRIBS, 328 Cham, ot Com. JAMES D. LACEY A CO., 829 C. ot Com. RETAIL AUTOMOBILES. FRED A. BENNcrx. 4UO Aiaer. CROWE-GRAHAM Molor Co.. W'aah. A 13th. COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.. 10th and Alder. BUILDERS' HARDWARE. TOOLS. AVEctl CO., 48 3a. J. J. KADDERLY. 130 1st. . CARD ENGRAVERS W. G. SMITH a CO.. 3a noor. tVash. bids. ELECTRIC AND GAS FIXTURES. ELEC'i R1CAL APPLIANCE CO. 400 Wash. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES. SCANDINAVIAN- AMERICAN AND PA CIFIC STATES CONSOLIDATED. 2d and Burnsld FLORISTS. MARTIN A FORUES. 3-17 Washlnrton. GROCERS AND MERCHANDISE. (Mail Orders.) BICHET COMPA-SV. 112 Kront. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. I. C P. WESTENUARD. 2S3 Front. HOTELS. THE ESMOND HuTEL. Front and Morrtaoa. MEAT MARKETS. BOSTON PAClU.NO V.O.. 1st A Burnsld. 3d A Ankenjr. MONEY LOANED ON JEWELRY. PIONEER LOAN OFFICE. 13 N. 3d. TAILORS AND UNIFORMS. CHARLES COOPEY & SON. 3I Oak at. SIN'S WAGE IS HIS TOPIC CORBY WOULD HOLD PENALTY BEFORE EVILDOERS. Hope of Impunity I Nurse of Crime, Declares Pastor, Dis cussing North End Crusade. "Why We Have the Power to Compel Wrongdoers to Reform" was the topic discussed yesterday morning at the L'ni versaltst Church of Good Tidings. The pastor. Rev. J. D. Corby, referred to the efforts to do away with the red-light dis trict In Portland. He declared that pen alty should grip men and women who make a business of evil and that the hope of impunity Is the nurse of crime. He said that he would punish the real estate man who rents houses In his charge for vice so severely that he would hesi tate about engaging In so reprehensible a business. Rev. Mr. Corby said: Pour a cup of water on a sloping surfar. and you shall see th. little stream go trickling down, turning aside at very slight Impediment and following the line of least resistance. We say th. future of Portland is secure since there is a down hill haul from all th. surrounding coun try to our docks. In morals, also, your choice follows the line of least resistance. The choice of sin wears the channel deeper and deeper; this would seem to seal tha doom of many were It not for a new fact which appears. "The way of transgres sors Is hard." rihe downward path Is strewn with Im pediments. There comes a time when ths wrongdoer's evil disposition turns Into an instrument of torture. Appetite craves more than It can get. Deceit sees its flimsy structure fall to the ground. Th. more wrong he does the mors hardshlo he endures. Humanity Improves because tn. world Is so framed and man Is so consti tuted that It is easier to do right than wrong. Progress, says Spencer, is not an Bri-lrlent, h"t fl nfceslty. We Sell on the positive guarantea that if it does not give sat isfaction we will return the entire amount of money paid us for it. We ask all those who are run-down, nervous, debili tated, aged or weak, and every person suffering from stubborn colds, hanging-on coughs, bronchitis or incipi ent consumption to try Vinol with this understanding. Woodard, Clarke & Co., Drugsi"t. Portland.