TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, FEBRUATtY 10, 1919.
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in dollars or foreign currencies;
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Campaign to Begin Wednes
day in Multnomah County.
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Belated Graduating Exercises
Are Announced.
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BUREAU TO BE FINANCED
Oregon Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations
to Aid Children.
All Is In readiness for the child -welfare
drive -to be held Wednesday of this
week throughout Multnomah county by
the Oregon Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher associations for the pur
pose of financing1 the Parents' Educa
tional bureau located at 551 courthouse.
1 where information, counsel, advice and
reading- matter for expectant mothers
and young: parents is given free of
charge and where babies are given the
sientific eugenics test every Wednes
day and Thursday afternoons with a
view to improving their physical and
mental condition by learning- wherein
they are not perfect and advising- and
taking- measurements to correct the
Imperfections.
Mrs. A. F. Flegel Is general for the
drive and her major-generals are Mrs.
I. M. Walker, Mrs. J. K- Chapman and
Mrs. William N. Akers. Fifteen colonels
have have been selected, they to se
cure as many captains as necessary to
canvass the district asigned them. In
a few of the outlying districts enter
tainments will be given instead of mak
ing a house-to-house solicitation. Al
ready subscriptions have been made by
people who know of the excellent, con
structive work done by the bureau, and
the drive promises to De a great suc
cess. Teams Are Organized.
The teams are organized thus far
follows:
Colonel. Mrs. P. J. Miend!; captains Dr.
Hart and ten Reed college sirla; Mrs. Jacob
KanzTer, Mrs. L. B. Andrews, Mrs. George
Crawford, Mrs. C. A. Miller and Mfs. George
Fisher.
Colonel. Mrs. R. E. Bondurant; captains,
women members of the board of directors
of the AJbertlna. Kerr nursery and the
Louise home.
Colonel. Mrs. E. H. Frazelle: captains,
Mrs. Frank faub, Mrs. Anna Bummer, Mrs.
Paul Whiteside, Mrs. Bessie Wilson. Mrs.
Robert Risllntr, Mrs. Sidney Lathrop, Mrs.
A. S. Burkhart, Mrs. C. A. Pengra.
Colonel, Mrs. William Fehronbacker: cap
tains. Mrs. E. B. Hyatt. Mrs. C. F. Pefley,
Mrs. A. Lu Arnold, Mrs. Alfred C. Benson,
Mrs. ( Irani ,U. Welch, Mrs. Frances Whea
ton. Mrs. J. O'Brien, Mrs. A. F. Dresser.
Mrs. W. T. Josse. Mrs. Kenneth Poorman
and Mrs. E. A. Martin.
Colonel. Mrs. P. E. Alger; captains, Mrs.
Frank Haselin and Mrs. L. A. Quigley.
Coionel, Mrs. Ed L. Collins; captains. Mrs.
W. J. Jeffries, Mrs. Lista Ilovson and Mrs.
E. N. Fuller.
Colonel, Mrs. W. J. Hawkins; captMna,
Mrs. Edward Swindells. Mrs. Elton Watkins,
Mrs. R. P. Bonham, Mrs. Harry L. Vorue,
Mrs. Fording, Mies Trobridge.
Mrs. Allison, Colonel.
Colonel, Mrs. T. C. Allison; captains, Mrs.
J5. V. Llttlefield, Mrs. Fred Cassaday, Mrs.
J. F. Patterson. Miss Ruth Savan. Misa Mar.
Caret Masters, Miss Margaret Burchard, Mrs.
Meldo Goldstein, Mrs. W. P. Musseily, Mrs.
A. Schad. Mrs. Meldo Hillis. Mrs. John
Stites. Mrs. J. W. Jlowateon. Mrs. Amos
Moore, Mrs. D. II. Diamond and Mrs. Jack
Fletcher.
Colonel. Mrs. A. C. Newton; captains, Mrs.
.T. A. Eastman, Mrs. William E. Chase. Mrs.
E. H. Palmer, Mrs. E. Williams. Mrs. Will
iam Bates. Mrs. L,. J. Mitchell. Mrs. G. W.
Chilsean. Mrs. George G. Root. Mrs. W. B.
Harpreaves. Mrs. Dora Brandenburg.
Colonel. Mrs- E. IT. Works; captains. Mrs.
I. D. BoDine. Mrs. W. B. Crewdnon, Mrs. J.
Fi. Rogers. Mrs. Mary V. Kobinson. Mra, M.
E. Xeale, Mrs. L. E. Joy, Mrs. C. J. Suther
land. Colonel, Mrs. O. A. Hess; captains, Mrs.
M. C. McCord and Mrs, H. A. Darnall.
Colonel". Mrs. E. J. Stack: captains. Mrs.
T,. C. Cantrell, Mrs. L. A. Harlow and Mrs.
J. P. Lynch. V
Colonel. Mrs. Iv. A. Hallowayf captains,
offtcore of the Sunny&ide Parent-Teacher as
sociation. Colonel, Mrs. X F. Kinder; captains, pres
idents of the various chapters of P. , E. O.
sisterhood.
Colonel, Mrs. J. W. Jolly; captain, Mrs.
A. E. Alexander.
Mrs. A. King ' "Wilson Is acting as
colonel in tho Oswego district, and is
organizing a capable corps of workers,
as is also Mrs. J. F. Rislcy, whose
district comprises the Miiwaukie and
Oak Grove communities.
IDAHO WOMEN 'ARE HIGHER
"Cniversity Scholarship Averages
Show Men. Xot "Cp to Expectation.
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow,
Feb. 8. (Special.) The scholarship
averages of the University of Idaho for
the year 1917-18 show that the women
average higher than the men.
There was a slight drop in the aver
ages of all colleges, except that of en
gineering, which succeeded law to sec
ond place. The college of letters and
science holds first place.
A comparison of the Greek letter and
non-Greek letter students revealed in
teresting averages. Xhe average of the
latter is usually highest in the case of
both men and women. Tne average of
the 152 Idaho women was 4.720 and the
average of the 237 men was 4.230.
Soldier's Wife Goes East.
FIEDALE, Wash., Feb. 9. (fepecial.)
Mrs. R. A. Schneider has gone to
Newport, Kjr to join her husband, Ser
geant Schneider, of the medical corps.
S who was recently stationed at Raymond
Jwith the spruce production division.
f She will remain with her husband at
Newport until he is mustered., out of
eervice,-when they will go to Muncie,
Ind., to make their home. . .
Dallas Delegates Chosen."
DALLAS, Or., F. 9. (Special.) At
recent meeting of the Dallas Com
mercial Club W. V. Fuller, Representa
tive of Polk County in the Legislature,
nnd Dr. A. B. Starbuck were elected
delegates to the Northwest Congress
for the League of Nations to be held
in Portland February 16. Several other
Polk county citizens will attend the
meeting.
Safety Meetings Held.
.DALLAS, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
The safety first committee of the
Southern Pacific company has begun
to hold monthly meetings for the ben
efit of local employes. The Commercial
Club rooms will be used one night each
month for the meetings.
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GEHALDIXE FAI1RAR IV "SHADOWS," THE WIIURD MACK PHOTODHAMA
AT THE MAJESTIC THEATER.
TODAY'S FILM FEATrRES.
Majestic Geraldine Farrar,
"Shadows." .
Star Vivian Martin, "You Never
Saw Such a Girl."
Sunset William S. Hart, "Wolf
Lowry."
Liberty Louisa M. Alcotfs) "Lit
tle Women."
Peoples Thomas Dixon's "The
One Woman."
C o 1 u m b i a Harold Lockwood,
"The Great Romance." ,
Globe Dustin. Farnum, "Captain
Courtesy."
Circle Maeterlinck's "The Blue
Bird."
liberty.
It's a. difficult thing to film a story
so widely read as Louisa' M. Alcotfs
"Little Women," but it has been done so
satisfactorily by William A, Brady that
this Paramount-Artcraf t special at the
Liberty theater is certain to bring joy
to many thousands.
In the way of a clean, wholesome, in
teresting, close-to-the-heart picture
nothing better than "Little Women"
has ever been offered. Joe, Meg, Beth
and Amy live on the screen, Just as they
do in the book and id on the stage,
with the difference that the screen
offers opportunity to elaborate more
upon the original story than the stage
version.
The story deals with the home Mfe,
the joys and the sorrows of the March
family. Mr. and Mrs. March, with their
four daughters, the Little Women, live
in the town of Concord used in filming
the tale in the 'COs. March accepts a
position in Washington and becomes ill
there. Mrs. March goes to him and
later he returns to his home. To get
money for the trip Aunt March "is ap
pealed to, but at first refuses help, jfc
sells her h lir to raise money, but the
sacrifice is not necessary. Beth dies
anjl the other girls are married one
by one.
While the picturlzation of the story
is altogether charming, there is no star,
but a number of excellent players
whose work is all that could be de
sired. Dorothy Bernard, well known
to Portlanders, plays Jo; Isabel Lamon
Is Meg. Lillian Hall is Beth and irjlor
ence Flinn is Amy.
Mutt and Jeff cartoon comedy and
Burton Holmes Travelogue also are on
the programme which opened yester
day. -
Lyric.
A T7DIENCES at the T.yrtc theater
XA. yesterday were taken by storm by
"Tho Quakers," the musical comedy
playlet which opened the week. With
its pretty girls, clever chatter, har
monious melodies and Mike and Ike in
new roles, "The Quakers" is scoring
one of the biggest hits of the season
at the Lyric.
Instead of being companions and
working one for the other, Mike
Dooley (Ben Dillon) and Ike Leschin-
sky (Al Franks) each play their own
hands in their own way in "The
Quakers." Mike is really a sport and
Ike, really a never-swear, never-chew,
never-drink sort of fellow, yet Mike Is
mistaken for Ike by a family of good-
looking women (with one exception)
and is forced by their charms to play
the part of the good Ike. This etaie of
affairs results in the usual combina
tion of complications when Ike appears
on the. scene to visit his brother. Pro
fessor Goodly. Ben Broderlcks in. the
role of an, escaped lunatic, adds to the.
complications and merriment of the
mirthful playlet, but everything is
finally cleared up and the curtain falls
on a scene of cutting-up actresses and
actors.
Spanish olo dances by the Lund sis
ters and Marie Celestine make an ex
traordinar' interruption in this week's
programme. The other musical in
terruptions include a number of the
very latest popular songs made more
enjoyable by the Rosebud chorus-at its
very best.
A moving-picture comedy and an
educational film complete the excellent
programme for this week.
Strand.
A MOVIE of love, romance and sac
rifice entitled "The Cabaret Girl,"
starring pretty Ruth Clifford, Is the
feature of the bill which opened yester
day at the Strand theater. The story
is based on life in a modem cabaret,
quite an unusual setting, for the type
of story portrayed.
A village singer's life leads her to a
New York cabaret, where she falls in
lovewith-"a handsome member of the
smart set. The love affair leads to a
true lover's sacrifice and everything
ends happily. Spictacular scenes and
thrilling incidents make the picture a
favorite one. 1
This week's vaudeville programme Is
an unusually good one and i of the
highest Strand caliber.
"Billy's Visit" is the title of a clever
comedy skit presented by the Two
Lucases. The audiences yesterday
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fairly roared with laughter from the
beginning of this to the end.
Kent and Corinne are also clever and
successful mirth producers In their act
of songs artd stories.
Harriet Tryon, billed as "Nature's
Sweetest Singer," is also a clever in
strumentalist and plays a new and un
usual type of harp.
An extra act is one of songs and
imitations and travesties and is as suc
cessful in bringing forth applause as
all of the others on the bill.
News of the day is portrayed on the
screen, in. an interesting number of
Current Invents and completes the pro
gramme. Screen Gossip.
Goldwyn has bought the Basil King
story, "The City of Comrades,", which
appeared in serial form ii the Satur
day Evening Post, and will offer it with
Tom Moore as the star. Tom, by the
way, was a stock actor before he went
into pictures. His wife is Alice Joyce,
of Kalem and Vitagraph fame.
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With Matt Moore leading man for
Mae Marsh, Owen recently engaged to
support Goldwyn stars, and Tom a star
in his own right, Goldwyn has every
one of the Moore boys except Joe, hubby
of Grace Cunard, on its fctafr.
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Fannie Ward is the girl, who. like
the boy, Peter Pan, has never grown
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batei breath. Marguerite Clark- retains
her girlishness remarkably well, but
she's a mere novice in the art com
pared with Fannie.
Charlie Chapltn says he has but three
more pictures to make for First Na
tional and will be ready to make com
edies for the "Big -Five" within ten
months. "A Dog's Life" and "Shoulder
Arms" have been given the public, two
more subjects are ready for final cut
ting, and considerable headway made
on a third. Charlie has called off his
proposed Eurean trip and his Holly
wood studio is the scene of feverish
production activity.
Frances Marion, ' Mary . Pickford's
scenario editor, who gave up a $50,000
contract to go to France to engage In
war work, married Fred Thompson,
world's champion all-round athlete and
chaplain of the 143d field artillery, in
Paris in November.
Mary Pickford IS Just- out of "flu"
quarantine. Bessio Barriscale had It
recently, too.
Kathleen O'Connor is Jarhes J. Cor
bett's leading woman in the Universal
serial he is making.
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Lawson Butt and Herschel Mayall
indulged in a strenuous fist fight in the
Thomas Dixon picture, "The One
W oman."
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"The Great Romance" was one of the
last pictures made by Harold Lock
wood. This popular star was one of the
film victims of Spanish influenza.
Geraldine Farrar's gowns . give a
fashion show coloring to her Goldwyn
picture, "Shadows." Even as a dance
hall girl she wears the richest of garb.
Edna Mae Cooper, with Vivian Mar
tin in "You Never Saw 'Such a Girl,"
has been dubbed "the girl with a face
like a dollar," for she has a profile ex
actly like that of the well-known lady
on the coin.
There's a big cattle round up in the
Bill Hart picture. "Wolf Lowry."
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WORK DISTURBED BY WAR
Classes at Jefferson, Lincoln and
Washington Schools to FlnUU
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on Friday Evening.
Belated graduation exercises for th.e
Jefferson. Lincoln and Washington
high schools will be held Friday even
ing at the respective school audito
riums. Members of the mid-year grad
uating class of the Franklin high
School have become eo scattered that
it has been decided to hold no exer
cises for that school. The James John
high school also will have no gradua
tion exercises.
At the Jefferson high school the
class colors, red, white and blue, will
be in evidence In the decorations which
will combine the class flowers, red
and white roses and violets. Miss Con
stance Eleanor Nichols will be gradu
ated with the high scholarship honors,
having In all studies during her four
year course at the Jefferson school, an
average of 9S.7 per cent. Miss Audrey
Logan ranks second in scholarship with
an average 98. per cent. Officers of
the graduating class are Oliver Carl
son, president; Marion Lawrence, vice
president: Constance Nichols, secretary:
Warner Fuller, treasurer, and Howard
Schads, sergeant-at-arms.
ProKtanme Is Arranged.
The following programme has been
arranged for Jefferson high school ex
ercises: Processional, Jefferson high school orches
tra, Harold Bayley. conductor; class sons,
graduating- class; piano solo, "Thruih," Mir.
jorl Ittcd; girls" sextet le. "Drink to Mo
Only With Thine Eyes." Margaret Alexandnr.
i;ida Lesiing, Clco Base, Beatrice Smith.
Sylvia Hobson, Myrtle Wendllck; address to
the class. Rev. William Wallace Toungion,
D. D. : solectlrm. "The American Patrol"
tMeacham), Jefferson high school orchestra;
reading; solo. "Until" (Sanderson), Sylvia
liobson, Audrey Logan at the piano; presen
tation of the class. Mopkin Jenkins, princi
pal; presentation of diplomas, School Direc
tor O. M. Plummer; the American hymn,
graduating class; recessional, Jefferson high
school orchestra.
Scattered Students Return.
Sixty-two boys and girls will be
graduated from the Washington: high
school on Friday night. Of this num
ber, 18 boys completed the high school
course in October and enrolled in the
student army training corps at Reed
College, the University of Oregon or
the Oregon Agricultural College. Every
member of the class is expected back
for the graduation exercises. The fol
lowing programme has been arranged
by Principal Herd man:
Selections, Washington high school or
chestra; class song, members of graduating
class; address. Judge George W. Stapleton;
duet. Miss Lorraine Lee and Miss Mildred
Benimore: presentation of diplomas. School
Director Orton: selections. Washington high
school girls' glee club; recessional. Washing
ton high school orchestra.
Lincoln Programme Arranged.
The following programme has been
arranged for the Lincoln high school
graduating exercises .-by Principal
Davis: '
' Processional. Lincoln high school orches
tra; clas song, members of graduating
class: solo, "The Swallow." Miss Katherlne
Wallace; address. Bishop Walter T. fiumner;
selection, girls' chorus; presentation of di
plomas by member of school board: selec
tions, girls' chorus; selections, Lincoln high
school orchestra.
Members of the Lincoln sradnating
class, who left school early to enlist in
student army training corps are ex
pected to return to receive their di
plomas at the exercises Friday even
ing. Water Polo Games Announced.
Two water polo games will be played
In the House league at Multnomah club
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KIDNEYS WEAKENING?
BETTER LOOK OUT!
Kidney and bladder troubles don't dis
appear of themselves. They grow upon
you, elowly but steadily, undermining
your health with deadly certainty, until
you fall a victim to incurable disease.
Stop your troubles while there is time.
Don't wait until little pains become big
aches. Don't trifle with disease. To
avoid future suffering begin treatment
with GOLD. MEDAL. Haarlem Oil Cap
sules now. Take three or four every
day until you feel that you are entirely
tree from pain.
This well-known preparation has been
one of the national remedies of Hol
land for centuries. In 1696 thei covern-
: ment of the Netherlands granted a epe
icial charter authorising its sale.
"Portland's Bank
for Foreign Trade
this week. The Octupus tesm will
clash with the Whales in the club tank
tonight, while Friday night the Sar
dines, captained by "Ilairbreath" Harry
Dddas, will try and score a victory
over the Stlngarees.
YAKIMA OFFICER FIRED ON
E. W. Wilder, Target of Would-Bo
Assassin," Uninjured.
TAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
E. W. Wilder, Takima county proba
tion officer, was shot at five times
Wednesday night as he' was going
home, and believes he was the target
of an attempted assassination at the
hands of some person seeking revenge.
Several of the bullets, he said, passed
close to him, but he was not stru-ck.
Mr. Wilder eaid he recently was In
formed that a man who had taken
offense at seme official act of his, had
threatened to kill him, but he had
regarded the matter as nothing more
than an idle threat. A number of per
sons living near the place where the
shooting occurred were aroused by the
reports and Joined iQ. the search.
FRUIT JUICE AN INDUSTRY
Pacific County Development Con
gress Favors aFctory.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the Pacific
County Development Congress, held
here last night, the proposition of se
curing a fruit Ju'ce factory was heartily
indorsed. The Northwest Fruit Prod-
S. Fat. Off
The good housewife of Holland would
almost'as soon be without food as with
out her "Real Dutch Drops," as ehe
quaintly calls GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
Oil Capsules. Their use restores strength
and is responsible in a great measure
for the sturdy, robust health of the
Hollanders.
Do not delay. Go to your druggist
and insist on his supplying you wiih a
box of GOLD MEDAL H4lem Oil Cap
sules. Take themas directed, and if
you are not .satisfied with results your
druggist will gladly refund your
money. Look for tho name GOLD
MEDAL on the box and accept no
other. In sealed boxes, three sizes.
Adv.
We invite those who require this service to permit
us to register in our private code their names, the
names of their foreign friends, and particulars of
usual credits used. Through this arrangement we
can save you a considerable sum in cabling expenses
when normal wire conditions again prevail.
When exporting under letter of credit, specify that
such credit be opened with this bank. We will pro
tect the interests of all concerned in seeing that.the
terms of the credit are carefully complied with, and
we will assist you in meeting such terms with the
least possible inconvenience.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
The UNITED STATES
NATIONAL BANK
J. C. Ainsworth, President
ON SIXTH STREET AT STARk
Resources Over $30,000,000.00
ucta 'company of Olympla and Salem,
Or., wants at least 300 acres -of black
berries and logalberrles guaranteed
and will pay 6 cents a pound for ever
green blackberries and 41 cents for
logalberrles on a five-year contract.
The congress appointed a committee of
five to take up the matter with the
fruit growers and the company.
South Bend Boy Gets Commission.
SOUTH BKND. Wash.. Feb. 9. (Spe
NO BIBLE EVIDENCE THAT SUNDAY
IS LORD'S DAY OF NEW TESTAMENT
Evangelist Dickson Declares That Majority Keeping Sun
day Cannot Annul the Example and Teachings
of Christ and Apostles Regarding the
Seventh-Day Sabbath.
Were the question of Sabbath ob
servance to be decided by the prepon
derance of numbers, or the number of
eminently great and learned men ad
vocating it, there would not bo" needed
a moment's consideration. We could de
cide only in favor of Sunday. But this
manner of deciding would satisfy no
true protestant, for numbers are of no
value whatever in determining such
questions. The scriptures expressly
declare that we should not follow a
multttudo to sin (Ex. 3:2); and the
Lord tells Israel that they have eaten
the fruit of lies, because they trusted
in the multitude of their mighty men
(Hosea 10:13). So declared Evangelist
L. K. Dickson last night in his lecture
on "Is Sunday the Lord's Day ofthe
New Testament?." ' In Christensen's
hall. Eleventh street between Morrison
and Yamhill, where he is lecturing
every Sunday evening under the aus
pices of the Western Oregon Confer
ence of Seventh-day Adventists.
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Evangelist L.
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Vslng for his text Matt.
13:13
the
evangelist said in part:
That the doctrine of Sabbath ob
servance is a Bible doctrine which
should be observed by all Christians
Is recognized by all Bible students to
day. But there are certain questions
such as. "What day is the Sabbath of
the Lord?," "Is Sunday the 'Lord's
day?'" etc., upon which all are not
clear. Numbers must not enter Into
the deciding of this case, but upon the
answers which may be found to the
questions, "What is the truth of the
matter?" "What does the Bible say?,"
must depend the decision of the issue.
The question of the Sabbath is a
Bible question. The Sabbath origin
ated with God; to the revealed will of
God we must go to ascertain the truth.
"What saith the Scriptures?" will be
the question of every true rrotestant,
every true Bible believer, every true
Christian. How was it regarded by the
Lord Jesus Christ, our perfect pattern?
What was his example? Ail other con
siderations sink into insignificance
compared with these. Where the word
of the Most High speaks, where tlje
example of our divine Lord is before
us. what are numbers, or customs, or
traditions, or any other human inven
tion? What the scriptures say concerning
the first day of the week is very brief.
It is mentioned only eight times in all the
New Testament. The texts referred to
by the evangelist were Matt. 2S:1, Mark
16:1,2: Mark 16:9; Luke 24:1: Jn. 20:1;
Jn. 20:19: Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16.1, 2.
"We learn from the record given in
these texts," continued the speaker,
"that the first day of the week was not
the Sabbath, but was the day following
the Sabbath. Therefore, as the next
day after the day called by the New
Testament writers "the Sabbath,' was
"the first day of the week," it follows
without controversy that the Sabbath
was the seventh day of the week in the
time when the gospels were written,
namely, the last half of the first cen
tury. And it certainly follows that as
the seventh day was the Sabbath, the
first day was not the Sabbath.
But many well-meaning Christians
strive to bolster up this heathen fes
tival day Sunday as the 'Lord's Day'
cial.) Mrs. George Little of this city
learns that her son William 'has re
ceived his commission In the navy.
When he left here In December a year
ago he was chief enginer. Last year
h was promoted to ensign. He has
spent most of his time on patrol duty,
especially In -rescue work on the At
lantic ocean. Four times he made the
trip across the ocean with convoys,
and once he touched at Brest. France.
He is now on the IT. S. 3. Arctic.
by concluding from Jn. 20:19 that tha
disciples were assembled upon the first
day oftthe week in commemoration of
the resurrection of Christ. These either
totally ignore, or are ignorant of the
fact that the desciples at this time did
not believe that Christ had risen and
therefore could not have been com
memorating that occasion (Mark,
16:10-13.14; Lu. 24:36-40). The text
states clearly why they were together.
"They were assembled for fear ofthe
Jews.'
In spite of the overwhelming evi
dence of what day Christ kept (Lu.,
4:16: Mark 1:21; 6:2). and what day was
sanctioned bv the example of the
apostoles (Acts. 13:14, 15. 42. 44: 16:13:
17:2; 18:1, 4, 11). yet many pass by theso
stupendous facts, which are immovable
and unchangeable, and seek to justify
their position on Sunday keeping by
the one and only recorded Instance of a.
meeting 'being held on that day by th
apostles (Acts. 20:7). The Lord's day is
not mentioned in connection with this
meeting which was held according to
Bible time upon Saturday night (Lev.
23:32; Neh. 13:19: Mark 1:38). and nor.
upon Sunday, as many suppose. A mere
meeting upon the first day of the week
is no evidence of the sacredness of that
day, else every day back there would
have been sacd (Acts. 2:46) and pre
eminently would be the proof of Sab
bath sacredness for there are over 80
recorded preaching services held by the
disciples upon the seventh day of the
week iu contrast to one meeting on the
first day.
The expression the 'Lord's Day' is
found only in Rev. 1:10, and because of
no intimation in this chapter of what
day is meant by the expression, we
must go o Mark 2:28. where we find
that tho Sabbath which was made for
all mankind is the day of which Christ
is Lord. From this language we may
be sure that the seventh-day of the
week is the Lord's day of the New
Testament and not Sunday.
In ICor. 16:2 the eighth and last in
stance of the use of the expression 'the
first day of the week' may be found,
but with no mention of any sacredness
attached to the day. The 'believers
were simply commanded to gather to
gether in their homes the offerings
which they gave after counting up how
God had prospered them, which offer
ings Paul was to gather up on his way
to Jerusalem. (See Greenfield's Greek
Lexicon, or Justin Edwards' Notes, or
Commentary by Albert Barnes.)
It is clear then that the plant of
Sunday-keeping in the professedly
Christian church. regardless of the
tender care which it has received, is a.
plant 'which my heavenly Father hath
not planted.' for it has no place in the
scriptures, but those who would find
its origin must go to the history of the
great festival day of the sun in all
pagan and papal times where it may
be found in all times as the rival of
the plant which the Heavenly Father
has planted, namely, the seventh-day
Sabbath. In the Christian church we
must go to the Council of Laodicia (364
A. D.) for its entrance as an article of
faith, proving that it is the offspring
of that power of which the prophet
said 'he shall think himself able to
change times and laws (Dan. 7:25) even
the man of sin (2 Thess. 2:3,4). Let
us now as true followers of Jesus
Christ keep the Sabbath he kept and
walk in the doctrines given by the
founders of the early church, the
apostles, and by the word of God.
There will be no lecture given next
Sunday night, Feb. 16, on account of
the Congress of the League of Nations
to be held in the Auditorium on that
night. The next lecture will be given
Feb. 23 on the subject. "The Greatest
Danger In the World's History, or the
Last Warning Message of Bible
I'rophecy." Every man, woman and
child in Portland should hear this lec
ture. Those desiring free literature
upon the subjects of the lectures should
communicate with Evangelist L. K.
Dickson, 608 E. Everett St., Portland,
enclosing 2 cents postage.