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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917. DR. PENCE HEARD AT WESTMINSTER Large Congregation Greets i New Pastor, Who Is De- dared "Right Man." SPECIAL MUSIC PROVIDED Cospel of Christ Held Out as Solu " tlon of All Problems of Human : Iilfe Christian Attitude to i ; Others Is Urged. ET KDITH KNIGHT HOLMES. Westminster Presbyterian Church was filled yesterday with a congregation of Interested, attentive, appreciative men and women who assembled to hear their new pastor. Rev. Edward H. Pence, formerly of Detroit. There was In the atmosphere, at the beginning, bo me expectancy and, maybe, a little curiosity, but before the sermon was half over the members krew that their new,, pastor was the right man in the right place, a man with a message, a man who would preach fearlessly, con vincingly. "God grant that I may preach the (rospel of Jesus Christ to you," said Dr. Pence, "but grant, too, that you may preach it to the nearly 300.000 people of the city of Portland. "The gospel of Christ will solve all the problems of human lie. I have nothing else than this gospel to preach. It grapples all the difficulties. There Is no other solution for your problem of personal sin except Jesus. Let's have It out here and now, if you have an Idea that in some way of happen . stance there will be a working out of : your problems without him, just give ' It up now. Christ is the only way. Three Problems Cited. "There are in the world the three . problems that of evil In the world , that of man's individual sin, and the other the experience of human suffer ing. Jesus met and grappled with all of these and he conquered them." Dr. Pence urged his hearers to accept and rely upon the word of God as the great foundation for strength and good Iness. He said that, without the help that is found in the Bible, all striving is in vain. "My beloved people, for by "that term I may call you now," he "said, "I call upon you to realize that, - without the foundation of this blessed book, all our labors will be in vain. The faith that has inspired you to build this beautiful building must be exemplified in your everyday lives, must be the keynote of all your acts." The 53d chapter of Isaiah, read as the morning lesson, formed the inspiration for the sermon. Its prophecies and fulfillments were referred to through out the discourse. The chapter was ttermed by Dr. Pence "the greatest pic ; ture of all time." Special Mnsfc Provided. Instead of taking a text. Dr. Pence Cffld he took a " pretext " for that matchless chapter and from Matthew Viii:17 he quoted: "That it might be ful filled which was spoken by Isaias, the prophet, saying, 'lie is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was de epised and we esteemed him not. All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.' To him who Inspired these lines, the Man of Galilee, Dr. Pence urged his congregation to turn. Special music was given by the choir under the direction of J. Hutchison, choir director and organist. The anthem was "Hallelujah Unto God's Almighty Son" (Beethoven). a A reception to Dr. and Mrs. Pence will be tendered by the women of the church in the parlors on Tuesday night, January 16, from 8:30 to 11 o clock. injury done him. cannot call himself the child of our Father in heaven. "Everyone who would be the child of God must love even as the Father in heaven has loved. The greatest of all Christian graces is love. Love is the bond of perfectness the tie that binds all the other graces o( a Chris tian character into a perfect whole. He who would be perfect must be per fect in love. Let us strive, therefore, to be perfect In love, even as the Father. "How men strive after perfection in other directions! How they covet its attainment! I have read somewhere of two artists who- each strove to outdo the other. One painted fruit so perfect that the birds came and picked at it. The other -jaid: 'Lift this scroll and you will find my picture.' The artist attempted, but found that it was a painted scroll, "I have won the prize,' said the second artist, 'for you have deceived but the birds, and I have de ceived a great artist.' "But you and I can paint a greater picture than that. Upon the canvas of our hearts let us keep painting the love of our fellow men. And finally the greatest of all artists shall say: 'I am satisfied, for my child is per-, feet, even as his Father in heaven is perfect." SlVEDEBOBG'S WORK UPHELD Rev. W. II. Reece Preaches Before New Church Society. In his sermon on "The World," Rev. William R. Reece, yesterday in Ellers Hall, before the New Church Society, said: "Due to the efforts of higher criticisms, numberless men and women have lost faith in the Bible as the Word of God. When insisted on as a lUeral account of creation, a handbook (9 science, or a textbook of ethics, it immediately arouses the ire of the niddern scientific mind. "Many earnest thinkers wish to pre serve a belief in the Bible- as a book of supreme worth, but cannot do so under fire of scientific historical and textual criticism. "To such came Emanuel Swedenborg, asserting that a key to the book, 'a science of correspondences' fully set forth in his writings brings out a meaning within the letter, revealing a book within a book. This inner book treats solely of the unfoldment of hu man life both individual and social "Among great thinkers who have rec ognized Swedenborg's claims may be mentioned Emerson, Coleridge, Ben Franklin, William Dean Howells, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Professor William Lyon Phelps, of Tale, Mark Twain and Edwin Markham, who paid a recent tribute in these words: "There to no doubt that Swedenborg was one of the colossi of all ages, one of the three or four greatest intellects that haye appeared upon the planet.' " MOT BOW WING DIES Son of Chinese Consul, 34, Succumbs to Pneumonia. YOUTH LEADER OF RACE Education in English and Father's Tongue Complete and Devotion Given to Betterment of Ori entals In This Country. Moy Bow Wing, eldest son of Moy Back Hin, Chinese Consul, and one of the foremost of Portland's young Chi nese business- men, died yesterday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital, after a brief illness from pneumonia. He was Si years old. The passing of Moy Bow Wing is wiaeiy ana oeepiy regrettea, as ne was The sisters are Moy Tit and Moy Tong. of this city. When Moy Bow Wing was born.' the Chinese and their Caucasian neighbors in Portland bad scarcely learned to be friends. The Chinese did not turn to the local physicians In their illness, and it was thus that Moy Bow Wing was ushered into the world with the kindly ministrations of Mrs. Seid Back, Sr., wife of the Chinese merchant and philanthropist, whose death recently occurred. Mrs. Seid Back passed away in 1894. . ' Seid Back, Jr., and Moy Bow "Wing were former classmates and firm friends. "I feel a deep personal loss," said the young head of the Seid fam ily yesterday. "He was invaluable to our people and to Portland, a quiet, honest worker." The funeral preparations are being made by the Holman Companyr Serv ices will be conducted at 1 o'clock Thursday from the United Brethren Chinese Mission. 206 Second street. I ' '" i . -. V ' -. . :; f ! V -" - H ! h - ; j FILM IS PULPIT THEME "INTOLERASCE" IS DISCUSSED BY REV. A. L. HUTCHISON. BELLIXGHAJI PASTOR HEARD Rev. Wilbur Morse Preaches at At kinson Memorial Church. Rev. Wilbur Morse, pastor of the Con gregational Chursfa at Bellingham, who will occupy the pulpit of the Atkinson Memorial Church for the next two months, preached his first sermon In that church yesterday morninsr. Atkinson Memorial Cburch has been without a pastor for some time and the congregation may extend the call of Rev. Mr. Morse after he has been here two months. He was Introduced yes terday morning by Rev. A. J. Sullens. who directs the home missionary work" of the Congregational churches in Oregon. "The soul's growth," said Rev. Mr. Morse, "is dependent upon the Christ life that is revealed in it. The soul should have a growing resemblance to the one whom we have taken as our .Savior. "As we have power to reason, think, act and plan, we have a kinship with '. od. We have the power to choose be- tween the good and the evil. Therein lies our sonshlp wfth Christ. "We must realize that this likeness to God is a growing likeness, the de velopment being dependent upon the ' Individual. "We must not compare our lives with" ; . others. If compared with others' lives wo might be contented without adding ; to our growth. Only when compared : with Christ's life may we realize how email our own lives are. "What sort of a habitation are you . building for your soul? Tou must not choose merely for the satisfaction of the senses. Tou should record on the reel of your memory things that you will not be ashamed of when that pic ture is unfolded." Great Griffith -(Spectacle Begins Itm Second Week In Portland In Eleventh-street Theater. "Intolerance" began its second week at the Eleventh-street Theater yester day. The audiences were big both at the afternoon and evening presentation. indicating that the Biblical significance of the spectacle drew heavily on the Sunday theater-goers. The picture also was the subject of pulpit discussion yesterday at the Piedmont Presbyterian Church, where Rev. A. L. Hutchison analyzed its adherence to Biblical de tail and the scope of its theme. The photo-drama is D. W. Griffith's only production since "The Birth of a Nation," and he sought to dramatize, on a spectacular plane, the allied hu man emotions coincident with love's struggle through the ages. His popular theme has been embellished with the picturesque and lavish episodes stand ing out in four particular ages of his tory, namely, the Babylonian period. 531 B. C, the Judean era, 27 A. D., the French Huguenot period of the 16th century, and the modern age. The theme has been handled with melodramatic touch, especially in the modern story, which make it a more human picture than so spectacular an undertaking could be without It. The spectacular scenes are in the Babylonian, Judean and French Hugue not periods, and the warfare of Cyrus, King of Persia, is magnificent in scale and detail. The famous feast of Bel shazzar Is like a master painting brought to life. Other famous charac ters in history have been depicted in the story, among them Henry of rJa varre and Catherine de Medici. "Intolerance," it is reported, cost al most $2,000,000, and 15,000 persons took part in its prsduction. On seeing the picture the statements are not doubted Manager Pangle said yesterday that already there were a number of "re peaters" among the spectators. A syi phony of 27 pieces, and a chorus, are used with the picture. Moy Bow WlnK, Son of Moy Back Hin, Chinese Consul, Who Died Yes. terday. REVIVAL IS UNDER WAY Rev. XV. T. Tapscott Says Church Must Be Awake. "God cannot convert a wide-awake worm with a half-asleep church." de clared the Rev. W. T. Tapscott, of Sa lem, at the Calvary Baptist Church yesteraay morning, in his sermon launching the week of revival services to be held there. "If a revival movement is to bo suc cessful the church must be awake to realities as every other department of human thought and endeavor is today awane. ine cnurcn must show ac tivity commensurate with the activity or tne world, if it would win the world to Christ." The Rev. Mr. Tapscott continued his preparatory sermons for the revival in the evening, preaching along much the same line. The morning service was followed by communion. Revival meetings will be held at the Calvary Church, at East Eighth and Grant streets, each evening of this week except Saturday and a general invitation to members of other contrre gatlons to participate in the work has been extended. The Rev. Mr. Tapscott will conduct the entire series of serv ices. He will be assisted in the work by the Rev. J. E. Thomas, the regular pastor or the church. consistent and continuous laborer for the betterment of conditions among his countrymen and for the general advancement and welfare of Portland. Mr. Moy was a native of this city, being born at 244 Yamhill street, in premises that have since given place to the Hotel D'Moy, which is the prop erty of his father. Moy Back Hin,- who also is associated with Good Dip, Chi nese Consul at Seattle, in the owner ship of the' Hotel Oregon. Law Course Taken. Moy Bow Wing was given a thorough education, both in his native tongue and in English. He first attended the Bishop Scott Academy, which was suc ceeded by the Hill Military Academy, of which school he was graduate. In 1911 he graduated from Adelphia Col lege, in Seattle, having completed a law course. Since then he had been manager of the Eastern Trading Com pany, and has served also as secretary to his father in the Chinese Consulate. In 1910 the young man wedded Yip Me Yong, daughter of Yip Yen, wealthy merchant and agent of the Canadian Pacific Company, at Vancouver, B. C. The social standing of the young peo ple was such that It was considered fitting they be married in China, and the nuptials were celebrated in Hong kong, with all the ancient rites of their race. Proud of th.e land of his birth, and equally, proud of his lineage, Moy Bow Wing was one of the most active organizers of the American-born Chi nese Association, which came into be ing in this city in 1900. It is intended that this organization, the first of its character in -the country, will soon promote branches throughout America. He was president of the association for two terms. Help Given Countrymen. Active in mission work, and in the social advancement of his people, Moy Bow Wing lent the result of his edu cational advantages, and of his keen observation, to their relief. He had traveled widely, both In America and in the Orient. He is survived by his widow, and three children,' the eldest son. Stanley, 6 years old, and two little daughters; and by his father, four brothers and two sisters. Moy Chuck Wing, Moy Jew and Moy Sing, are brothers resid ing in Portland, while Moy Wing, an othea brother. Is a student at a gov ernment university in Pekin, China. LAURELHURST WILL ELECT Four Directors Are to Be Named by Club at Meeting Tonight. Four directors to fill the place of those whose terms expire will be elected at the annual meeting of the Laurelhurst Club, to be held tonight at the clubhouse at 8 o'clock. The an nual reports of officers will also be made. A general discussion of plans for the proposed, new $40,000 clubhouse will come up at that time. A proposition for the issuing of bonds for the financ ing of the project is now under consideration. LAND LAW DEFINED Representative Sinnott Sends Draft to Constituents. ' GRAZING AREA . AFFECTED Entrymen Allowed 64 0 Acres, o Which They 3Iust Reside Three Years and Make Improve ments of $1.25 an Acre. The Ferris 640-acre homestead law. which was signed recently by Presi dent Wilson, has, apparently, numer ous attractions for Oregon residents, and X. J. Sinnott, Representative in Congress from the Second Oregon dis trict, has sent out a rough draft of the law with the hope that it will give the major Information sought by his con stituents. It will be some time before the full text of the law and the rules and regulations governing the entry on the lands affected will be issued by the Government printing office, though the land offices have the information and the law is in effect. Pending re ceipt of the full text of the measure Mr. Sinnott writes that the rough draft should be sufficient for prospective entrants to get a general understand ing of the law. The law permits the entry of 640 acres of semi-grazing land by any qualified entryman. The law does not apply to all public lands, but to sucb areas as -are suitable only for stock raising and grazing. There is a con siderable acreage in Oregon and other Northwestern states. Residence Is Required. To acquire title under the Ferris act an entryman must reside upon his homestead not less than three years and make permanent improvements to the value of at least $1.25 an acre, orre half of which must be placed on the land within three years after the date of entry. Cultivation Is not required. Commutation of entry is not allowed. If a homestead entryman heretofore has exhausted his homestead right by securing title to 160 acres in the humid regions, the 640-acre homestead tract does not restore his right nor permit him to enter an additional homestead. The theory of the law is that only one homestead may be taken by an indi vidual entryman. If the homestead was lost or title never acquired or grazing land previously taken in smaller portions which would now come under the new act, a second entry could be made of course. Provision for restoring homestead rights to those who previously bought Indian land is being made. While awaiting the d"-"ignRtlon of Romantic Sunset Route to the East SAN ANTONIO Founded by the Spaniards in 1718. The his toric Alamo is the sacred spot. Its history was written in the blood of the bravest of the bravo on March 6, 1836. Of its brave defenders all were killed by the Mexicans. Surely this historic city, with its eight old Spanish missions, is well worth a visit. All tickets allow a stopover when routed via Southern Pacific Sunset Route. And this is only one of the many interesting things in this roman tic land. Two Daily Trains "SUNSET LIMITED" "SUNSET EXPRESS" Thermopylae Had lt Meenrer of lrfrut The Alamo Had one. San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Antonio, New Orleans. Visit the Apache Trail of Arizona En Route. Write for "San Antonio" booklet or call for complete information. City Ticket Office, 131 Fourth Street. John M. Scott, General PassAger Agent. Southern Pacific Lines tracts available under the Ferrta 640 acre homestead law. a prospective en tryman may file an affidavit showing the land he desires and make application-for suspension of any entry until the character of the land is designated. If the land Is then designated as being under the new law actual entry may be made, otherwise it will be nullified. The maker of an affidavit ae a pros pective entryman must be personally acquainted with the land and have in spected it. The General Land Office does not Issue maps. All arrangements should be made with the local land offices of the various districts. In -Oregon land offices are located at the following cities: Burns, La Grande, Lakeview, .Portland, Roseburg, The Dalles and Vale. HOOD RIVER FIRE LOSS LOW Only 10 Alarms Sent In for 1916 and Damage Is $1800. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) L. G. Morgan, chief of the Hood River volunteer fire department, an nounces that a minimum record for fire loss was made in the city last year. Mr. Morgan thinks the city of Hood I River will stand well within the lean over the state for the small loss In curred through fires. "For the year 1916." says Chief Mor gan, "we had only 10 alarms. Eight small fires occurred, the total loss of which did not exceed $1800." Chief Morgan and his assistants de clare that the policy of rigid inspec tion of school buildings and other pub lic structures, enforced last year, will be continued. MRS. MONTGOMERY PASSES Funeral of Portland Welfare Workc er Will Be Held Today. Elizabeth Zelgler Montgomery, wife of Samuel Montgomery, died at her home in this city, 287 East Sixth street. Saturday afternoon, after suffering for some time from pneumonia. Funeral services will be held this morning at 11:30 from the Finley chapel, with In terment in Mount Scott Cemetery. Mrs. Montgomery was an earnest and ambitious woman, who turned to writ ing and made Investigations into many subjects of general welfare. She had been an invnlid for some time and had lived in Portland four years. She was 51 years old. and Is survived by her husband. . GIRLS AND WOMEN AT TABLES D0NT MAKE THEIR FEET BEHAVE Dinner Dances Are Held Responsible for Common Lapse From Correct Under-Table Etiquette Society Folk Often Seen in Ungraceful Attitudes. 1 A. Popular Way. PERFECT LOVE IS THEME lr. Arthur Bishop Says Man Must Reach God's Standard. "The Doctrine of Christian Perfec "tlon" was preached from the Central Presbyterian Church pulpit yesterday Ijnorning by Dr. Arthur Bishop, whose .ermon was one of love and a plea Tor unselfish service. . "We must be perfect in love, even as our Father which art in heaven," he said. "His love stands out in con trast with that of those who love their k neighbor and hate their enemy and . who love only those who love them. , Ve are required to love our enemies and to bless them that curse us, to do ftood to them that hate us and to pray for those who despicably treat and ' persecute us. "Stephen prayed when they heaped . stones upon him. "Lord, lay not this ' sin to their charge," and the God-man, Vfcufferlng the agonies of death by cru- cifixion, prayed: 'Forgive them. Father, for they know not what they 'do.- "But can mere man do this? "That person who says he cannot ; forgive, or forgiving cannot forget an A THERE'S work for mothers and governesses to do If the dancing feet of Portland's young women and girls are to behave properly. If novice orators and parlor elocutionists know not what to do with their hands. It is most apparent o the average din ner - dance habitue and grillroom fre quenter that some of the best - bred laughters are equal ly at a loss as to what to do with their feet when they are not dancing. There is an etiquette for the feet at dinner quite as much as there is an etiquette for the hands, and, while some of this latter has been shattered by popular consent to the point where chicken and chops may be nibbled from the left hand little finger protruding at a proper tangent- the fact remains that the conduct of the feet has been growing decidedly ugly. Bachelor Identity Hidden. "Onlooker," who shrinks from mak ing his bachelor Identity known, wails at the sang froid with which the smart est girls in the grill slip into their chairs, hook one foot over the other or thrust them back under the chair or tie them up in all manner of knots. And "On looker" is not alone in his observation. Head waiters and captains in the dining-room have said some rather un becoming things about society's feet. You d think a girl who dresses so well wouldn't hook her feet around the legs of a chair like that, wouldn't you piped the-head waiter In a large hotel grill the other evening. "You know it wasn't so noticeable a few years ago. when the dresses were longer. There are apparently three ways In which milady of fashion errs in the behavior of her feet that is. there are three major wajjj. One of these Is Atrocious. SEP Sadly IH-Bred. her heels is ful- when she hooks one around one side of the chair and one around the other, and proceeds to do a toe dance with reverse English. Crossed Feet Not Pretty, ine second is when she crosses them, not unlike the skull and cross bones of pharmaceutical fame, which makes an unpretty picture, especially where white shoes or spats are worn. The third, and quite popular, t r a n s g r esslon is when 'she thrusts her otherwise quite graceful pedals un der the table to beyond her appor tioned place and teeters them, with crums. mere is but one proper way for we reet to rest when a girl of fashion Is dining." said Onlooker, "and that is for them to be planted squarely on the soles in front of her chair. I imagine their 111 manners with the feet is due to thoughtlessness, for surely they know, that is the only way." Bad Impreaalon Made. But to walk down a grill room and see a lot of otherwise neat feet sprawl. Ing around and under chairs gives me aoout the same Im pression as seeing a well-dressed young fello-rf going down the street with his hat on one side and a cigarette hanging from his lip. "The trouble is The Only Correct not alone with the Way. young women. Since grill dancing has come back into vogue, and a lot of mature women and men have tak en to dancing, the lapse on the part of the matrons is as pronounced as among the girls. These women. I im agine, would have heart failure if a guest planked his elbows on the table." Of course, nothing is said of the menT"Their ways are bad enough, but not so noticeable. The Kaiser Replies but - Does Not Answer President Wilson's note. It is the belief of the New York Times that Count von Bernstorf f stands quite alone in this country in his view that Germany's note should be regarded "as constituting an acceptance of everything suggested by President Wilson in his note to the belligerent nations of Europe." On the other hand the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung affirms that Berlin's reply marks "a further step on the right road," and that "Germany has taken up her position completely on the same ground as President Wilson" in planning for the prevention of future wars. The Allies say they want restitution, reparation, and guarantees of future security. Germany's-reply to the President's note states a desire for "an immediate meeting of delegates" before terms are disclosed. This injects a new point of friction. Shall the delegates meet first, or terms be stated first? Is Germany sincerely working for peace, or cleverly avoiding the President's request? In THE LITERARY DIGEST for January 6th there is a very comprehensive article which throws the strong light of public opinion from every section of this country and France, Austria, and Germany, upon the peace negotiations. 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French Emancipation from German Chemists Explaining America to England Mrs. Fiske Against Repertory Jewish Favor for Mr. Wilson Unpeaceful British Pastors The Complete Election Figures How Europe Appraises Wilson's Peace Effort , Constantinople for Russia if Allies Win Artificial Volcanoes Barnard's "Lincoln" Statue A People Without Conversation The Cry of the Belgian Children The Bane of the Middleman in Divorces Striking Illustrations, Including Humorous Cartoons "The Digest" an Unequaled History of Our Own Times Every issue of THE LITERARY DIGEST con tains special articles on current events of world wide importance, on great national issues, on the latest developments in art, in religion, in science and invention, each article made up from the com bined statements and opinions of a large number of periodicals of every shade of conviction, polit ical, racial, and social. 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