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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 20, 1907. Foreword There i a compensation In everything even to the man who wu blrMd with a disorderly wife. No matter how ranch everything u at sixes and seven In the house, and nothing In It right place." ho could always set up In the middle of the ' nlitbt and pnt hie hand on the fly paper without ever having to strike a match. Merrily yours. MARSHALL P. WILDER. THERE la a morbid desire latent in the breast of nine-tenths of hu manity to have it out with Fate. sooner or later, and to "best" her, it we can. If the old lad. has been particularly hard on us, we eel that our grievance is just abut the worst ever; and then we want to do something desperate. If we are in the neighborhood of eight years or thereabouts, we fly to the candy shop and sink our all in pepper mints and gumdrops. If we are at the romantic period, when love has every thing else at a discount, we get real reckless and say to our best girl, "Come! to the Utar! Let us plunge! Ho! there, installment man!" ragtime portieres and marble-top cradles for ours!" Then, when we have done the deed, we're not sorry no, Indeed; only it entails responsibilities, and things; and consequence: the inevit able consequences, as Kipling puts It. So,, let me give you a little suggestion: U'rien the reckless fit overtakes you, start on a journey, .if not 'round the world, - then 'round the back yard. Never mind the expense plunge! Re member, you're going to get even with Fate! and, besides, think' of the re ward. Travel Is the greatest educator. Travel opens the mind and bottles of good cheer, and hospitable doors, and the arms of friendship; it sometimes close them, too, but never mind tnat. Keep going. , "Keep ahead," as the undertaker said to the doctor at tht. funeral, "I know my place in this pro . cession!" Now, that was what we thought ORGANIC REV. D. ,B. GRAY. ONE way and another the subject of the organic union of the Protestant churches has come to be of ln- creasing and absorbing Interest through out Christendom. There be some here and there who would loftily minimize its Importance; who would turn aside with a wave of the hand the mention of the desirability or possibility of bringing together In one fold the various divisions and denomi nations of evangelical Christendom. But the tide of interest in this great theme has been gradually rising and in creasing for half a century. The subject will not down. It Is in the air. - It appeals to a vast number of the most intelligent and spiritual ministers of the churches and even more to a mul titude of men and women who make up the rank and file of the army of Chris tian workers whose hearts are In the work of saving the world and bringing It under the rule of Jesus, the Christ. Luther's mighty protest against the dominant and corrupt eccleslaatlelsm in - the, 16th century was followed In suc ceeding centuries by many and various protests for each denomination may be aid to have een an organised protest sgalnst some real or Imagined existing irror. The right of protest had the Tight of way and seemed to glory In the liberty 1 of making as many divisions as possible. The pendulum was . swinging far out toward chaos and confusion in the ranks of the followers of a common Lord: but In the 19th century the pendulum began to swing the other way. Scottish Unions. About SO years ago two of the most conservative branches of the Prosby terlan faith in Scotland and the United v States, the associate reformed and se ceder, came together and formed what Is now known as the United Presbyterian Church. In a few years there followed . the union of the new and old school Presbvtcrian churches, which had been divided largely over questlons-'of a strict and modified Calvinism. In Scotland about the year 1900 a union was formed between the free and the united Presbyterian churches. A few years later the churches, forming the Con j? re lational Union of Scotland united with the Scottish Evangelical. Only recently another division has been healed and the Cumberland Presbyterian and the Pres byterian Church of the United States have become one. It only remains now for the Presby terian and the United Presbyterian, and the Northern and Southern Presbyteri ans to unite and the great Presbyterian family will have shown one of the finest examples of Christian . union In the , world's history. Leaven Working Everywhere. But the work does not stop here. The leaven Is working in all the evangelical churches of the world. Sometimes it has shown Itself In the federation of differ ent denominations in cities planning to work in harmony for the common good. But federation can never accomplish the work that could be accomplished by or ganlo union. The young people of our churches grasp the Idea of union eagerly en thusiastically. Several years ago at a large convention of young people In Canada a resolution was passed as fol lows: "That we heartily rejoice in the good accomplished by federation of different denominations in Christian work; but we believe the time has come for organic union between the Methodist, Congregational and -Presbyterian Churches of Canada." From that time to the present the three bodies have been working vigorously on a plan of union, which promises to be successful In the near future. At the last meetlnfe of the Presbyterian General Assembly in that country a test vote was taken as to the proposed union, the vote showing 14 to 1 In favor thereof. Practically the same work toward union Is going, on among the churches of Australia. Proposed Consolidation Xow. And the question of union le being either agitated or thoughtfully con sidered by other denominations than those mentioned. Different Baptist bodies have had the subject under con sideration. Just now the Christian when we started to tour the world; but, try as we would, we couldn't keep our place In the procession.- We start ed for the Grand Canyon of the Colo rado in Arizona; that was to have been our first stopping place. But we were like the Irishman who started out on a bet to shoot a certain bird; he missed the bird, but killed a frog. He picked it up, and looked at it in sur prise. "Be gobs," he said, "I knocked the feathers off it. annyway!" The Grand Canyon was our bird; we didn't hit it- but we knocked the feathers off lt in the way of divers unexpected ad ventures, as will be shown later. The start was propitious, and every thing progressed favorably until Kan sas City was reached. We arrived W Ge&rg. - UNION OF PROTESTANT CHURCHES world Is watching with much interest a proposed union of Congregatlonallsts, United. Brethren and Methodist Pro testants. The Methodist Protestants have a membership of 18.8,000; the United Brethren 260.000, and the Con gregatlonallsts 672,000, making a to tal of 1.121,000 members for the pro posed consolidated denomination. Ne gotiations have been pending for sev eral years. A plan of union has been carefully considered and revised from time to time by some of the ablest minds of the three denomina tions. The deelre for and the belief In the possibility of such a union have been growing from the first. As far as Congregatlonallsts of the country are concerned, the sentiment in favor of union seems to stand at least at 2 to 1, The state associations voting favorably as far as heard from are Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio and Illinois. Of many yet to be heard from, no doubt a majority will be found vot ing favorably. A few of the prominent ministers warmly advocating union are Rever ends W. H. Ward, editor of the Inde pendent; Washington Gladden, Church ill King, president of Oberlln College; Thomas Chalmers, of Manchester, N. H.; W. D. McKenzie and A. H. Brad ford, late president of the National Council. The two leading Congregational pa pers, the Congregationallst and the Ad vance, are outspoken In favor of union. Opponents Answered. With those who oppose the union some of the reasons may be briefly given: . It is claimed that there are tem peramental differences among Chris tians which are better provided for in a variety of denominations than they would be In a united church. To this it might be said that it should be the glory of the Christian Church, through abounding charity, to harmonize temperamental differences. There was no trouble about temperamental differ ences at Pentecost. 3. That these differences abound In most churches of any denomination. S. Christ chose for hiB Apostles as great a variety of temperament as could be found In the same number of men. 4. Nature teaches us that the perfection of beauty lies in infinite variety har monized In essential unity. Another objection strongly urged by some Congregatlonallsts is the fear- that any act of union acceptable to the three denominations would endanger the vital principle of the autonomy of the local church a cardinal feature of Congre gationalism. Yes, we have made a good deal of the independence of the local church possi bly too much. We have stood so straight, ao perpendicular on this question that we have been in danger of leaning back ward! And what Is the truth about the whole situation? It is this: There has been a growing belief among Congrega tlonallsts that we have need of a soqne what more centralized form of govern ment. Centralized Government. On the other hand, churches of more highly organized and central government have been moving toward greater Inde pendence and responsibility of the local church. Our beloved brethren and pre siding elders and bishops of the Metho dist Episcopal Church have manifested Increased willingness that the laity and the individual churches shall be accorded larger influence and responsibility In the affairs of the local churches. The splen did Presbyterian Church of the United States has been advancing and adapting Itself to the larger freedom of belief, and the larger responsibilities of the indivi dual church that may be characterized as a world-wide movement among all churches. ' The lessons of past experience, the power of an intelligent public opinion, the evils of sectarianism, and most of all a larger spiritual experience among the Lord's people, has been drawing the churches nearer together, modifying de nominational pride, and preparing the way for what la sure to come the union of the evangelical churches. The necessity is upon the churches, if we would see the Kingdom of God take possession of the world as of right Its own. Great things have been done In missions to the pagan lands, but how much greater had It not been for the handicap of sectarianism. The mission aries themselves have felt this check upon their success and some of the most earnest pleas for union come to the home land from them, la it any wonder that early in the morni-ig and were re quested by the conductor to get break fast at the eating station. Yet that man had seemed to be our friend! As we couldn't eat the food, we turned our attention to the people. Not that we felt cannlballsh; but It gave us something to do. There was a youth at tfie quick lunch counter who served coffee, and there was a maiden beside him who occasionally changed a plate or handed-out a spoon when she wasn't caress ing her sky-scrap . pompadour, or smoothing out a beruffied white apron that had perceptibly shrunk In the wash. The young man's running fife of re marks to customers, and side compli ments to her, sounded something like this: "See here! If you've finished, get a move on and give somebody else a show! Say, Mame! there's one o' them up-town girls that think so much of themselves. Why, they ain't a marker to you! I tell yon, you're worth Fifteen cents, please, and the cup don't go with the coffee for a souve neer. Say, Mame, was you to Nellie's last night? I bet you looked out of sight. I couldn't get away from this beanery. That's the very best butter, madam! We get it five miles out in the country. Wh-t' that? No; I don't reckon it walked all the way here! Ain't she fresh?" A stout woman hovered along the line seated by the counter, like a per turbed hen trying to find a hole in the chicken-yard fence. She held a small tin pain and ha" evidently come from the car of excursionists attached to our train. ' She inquired anxiously of the Ganymede of the coffe urn: "Say, young feller, what's yer coffee wuth a cup?" But Ganymede was too closely occupied to heed h r. Finally she poked a beetle-browed old gentle man In the back with the dime she held, repeating: "Say, mister, what's coffee wuth a cup, here?" native Christians, who could easily under stand and' accept the simple gospel mes sage as God's revelation of love to men, should be confused when confronted with the divisions among the Lord's people as to denominational names, and church government, and forms of baptism and various denominational peculiarities? The one thing needed today to give a mighty forward movement to foreign missions is a union Chrtetion church And the home missions of the different denomina tions: they have been very fruitful largely for good, but partly for evil. They have been fruitful In education, in temper ance. In patriotism. In moral power; they have been the salvation of the country. But O, that they might have been ail this, and also free from the blighting In fluence of sectarianism! waste ot Funds and Effort. How much unbelief and want of genuine respect for a genuine Christianity Is the multiplicity of small struggling churches in the smaller towns and villages ac countable for? What a waste ot funds what a squandering of money supposed to be given sacredly to exalt the Christ of the New Testament, when we behold 10 or 16 denominations competing for public favor and expending separately enough of home missionary money In feebly supporting several ministers,' to royally support one or two and give them at tho same time the inspiration of congregations worth while! An increas 6 Iff! . A "Say Mister, What' Coffee Wuth a Cup Here?" Turning fiercely, the man glared at her and snorted: "Well, they charge lfl cents, but It ain't wuth a d n!" "Washouts 'on the road!" was the word when we returned to the train, and we must be switched south- at Newton, Kan. We had visions of the Grand Canyon receding into the fu ture and darker ones of spending we knew not how many days on the train. So we looked abcut us to see what manner of people were to be our trav eling companions. They were cer tainly varied. Back of us was an old Irish woman the pathetic sort that are peculiar to County Down. She would confide her story in a plaintive little monotone to everyone. She sidled into our seat and confided to us that she was going to "Californy.". "To1 me daughter," she explained. "God knows I want so few days of sunshine before I go intirely. I'm not strong, and I ate nothin' at all, ye'd wonder what I live on. I've had ing number of thoughtful men and wom en of character and Intelligence are say ing, "Why cannot the churches unite? They seem to be teaching mostly the same essentials of doctrine and Chris tian livings What differences are there in these churches worth contending for? What differences of doctrine that could not easily be tolerated between individual members in one united church?' 1 . Crisis Is Here. . The truth is. a crisis has come, in the life and usefulness of the churches. A large number of Christians and adherents of the Christian faith are turning their attention to Christian organizations out side the churches, but working along the lines of Christian unity notably the Young Men's and Young Women's Chris tian Associations and the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor. In these societies we have an example 'Of what union In Christian work can do. An Eastern religious newspaper says that men of wealth who belong to churches and give them a few hundred dollars give to these associations tens of thousands of dollars. The churches must come together, or lose In large measure the enthusiasm of the young people, which will find Its fruition in nondenominatlonal work. Large numbers of our most active young people, as'welg as older ones, are growing weary of de nominational divisions, and from this time forward the churches will be losing "ft -... .if 3 f 'if t, 1 9 Vrv .( s ,;k. u. b. gray. nothin' the past three days but eight pomes oi jvumys, iou. Doiuew ul wmo an' a box of crackers. Think of that now Just nothin' at all." She went to one of the eating-houses along the way and, not knowing they would charge her for a full meal, she sat at one of the tables and ordered a cup of tea and a roll. Her indigna tion, when charged 75 cents, was sub lime. It took the cashl-r, four wait resses and the proprietor to explain that she should have gone to the coun ter. But of no avail. The blood of County Down was at white heat. She raved like a mad woman. Finally the cashier offered to take C cents that was allowing IS cents for the rest of the dinner. He was a just man, and with a due sense of proportion. That's all the dinner was worth, anyway. Farther down the car was a would be fashionable woman, the kind who affects an English accent and uses a lorgnette. She was traveling with her small daughter and maid. The maid was evidently her most treasured pos more and more their best strength. If the evil Is not remedied, whereas If they see the need of the hour and come to gether new enthusiasm, new strength, new progress, new power, will come to a united church. And some of the wisest leaders are seeing it. Dr. Alexander McLaren, who stands among the very first of the Baptist ministers of England, and whose writings on the Sunday school lessons for these many years have not been excelled by any author, lately spoke earnestly for the union of the churches, and said he could see no reason why they should not come together. Rev. F. B. Meyer, another noted Baptist minister of England, but later preferring a work more along union lines, and now giving himself entirely to interdenomina tional work, has expressed himself strongly for union. If Spurgeon were living today he would fall In line with the rapidly growing de mand for union. Even while living, he discarded the commonly accepted doc trine of his church close communion. The renowned Bishop Phillips Brooks of the Episcopal Church preached and labored for a closer affiliation with other churches. In England the union of the Anglican and Independent churches is deemed by some not an Impossibility. A gew years ago Canon Henson, one of England's greatest Anglican preachers, declared that "the claim to Apostolical succession Is rapidly disappearing among educated Anglicans that it is untrue i-fH: mm jT rlk i ,1 i Jsf ' Willi session, for she displayed the greatest anxiety on her account, ceaselessly asking everyone the same question: Had they seen her Abisall ? The small daughter was a bright, restless -child, whose every action called forth a cau tion or a reprimand from the mother. "Nina, darling!" in a mincing, ele gant tone, and quite piano; "my pre cious sweetheart" then sforiando crescendo fortissimo "You little vix en stop that, or I'll break your neck!" An Austral: in couple who were re turning home by way of San Fran cisco, after having come to America by way of England, had the next section. She had talented Leslie Carter hair deeply, darkly, beautifully red; but after all, good Jesuit hair the roots justified the ends. She was not at all pleased with America oh, dear, no! and constantly aired her Impres sions in a -strident voice, and with a strong cockney accent". She thought America a "shocking plice" and .very much overrated one she never cared to see "aglne." And the railroad serv ice "the h'Idea of dragging them all over the country and cheating them out of the Grand Canyon- why, It was downright dishonest!" The porter was an amusing charac ter, and had a droll way of referring to himself in the third person. I asked him If he was married. He said : "No, sah. but I got a gal. Nicest little gal you ever saw she's pretty dark but George' likes 'em that-a-way, they cain't come too black fer George. I ain't got no kind o" time fer dese yer yaller ones, they simply ornery, they got all the big feelin's o' the white folks, an" the bad qualities o' the niggers!" Just then the lady wif the lorgnette came along and, peering through it at George, asked: "Oh, George, have you seen my maid?" "No, ma'am, I ain't!" he said, add ing when she passed on: "Seems like REASONS WHY THREE DENOMINATIONS SHOULD NOW MERGE INTO ONE that the mass of English laity hold It In contempt, and that it has been disproved by the most respected ot the English bishops, and disallowed by the ablest clergy." - Time would fail us to go further In showing how for half a century this mighty prospect and possibility of the organic union of the churches has been growing and strengthening until the answer to the prayer of the Master seems not far away: "I pray Thee, O Father, that they may all be one. as Thou, Father, art In me and I in Thee, that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me." . Think of it! Think how like a mighty army would be a united church, gather ing In one communion Methodists, Pres byterians, Congregationalists. Baptists, Episcopalians, Christians, Evangelicals. United Brethren, Methodist Protestants Modern Three Not One of Tbem Old IT Is not necessary to be young in order to look young these days. The rule Js that a woman should not grow any older In looks for 20 years after she has reached 40. The years as measured by a woman's looks are these: At 20 she loses her child ish appearance. Then she comes to a standstill and looks the same until she is 40. Between 40 and 60 there should be no change. At 70 a woman may allow herself a little Indulgence in the matter of growing old, but if she be up to the times she will not change very much pp to the day she goes to the grave. To keep so young that you cannot guess within 20 years of her age a woman must have these qualities: She must have a young profile. Her back must be young in its curves and Its outline. , Her hair must be young in color and In arrangement. Her hands and her feet must be young. She must not let herself grow fat. She must not let her complexion get yellow. She must not let her voice get high and cracked and she must be able to control her temper. Learning how to keep young Is one of the tasks of the woman of today. She studies it and takes expensive lessons In acquiring the art. She knows that once the art Is here she will never regret It. Keeping the profile young requires nice teeth. The cheeks must be round, and this means a full set of sound teeth. Keeping the profile nice also depends upon the shape of the chin. The woman who lets her chin get the determined lines of ill-temper will surely have an ugly pro file. The woman who hugs her chin down close in her neck will have a poor profile. The profile depends upon the poise of the head, upon the lifting of the chin, the plumpness of the cheeks and the habit of keeping the eyes open. The head may even be tossed a little back and the profile will be all the prettier for It Keeping the back young Is a dktinct art. It can hardly be taught in a few lessons. One of the necessaries In acquiring it Is a long three-winged glass such as dress makers use. It should reach from the floor to the height of a woman's head. With it a woman can study her figure and correct defects in her back. Stooping makes the back grow fat and humped. The woman who stands up straight has taken one move toward keep ing her back well-shaped. Standing flat against a door and exercising with the arms will make the back grow straighter. The shoulder movements will take the superfluous fat off the back. In the first lift your right sholder as high as you can. twist It a little and lower It. Next move the shoulder in Its socket In circular fash Ion. Lift your right shoulder.' describe a circle with your arm. lower your shoulder and let your arm fall to your side. Try this half a dozen times. The ladies of the olden times had vari ous tests for the back. The belle who boasted of her sllmnees would stand erect and tap her elbows together behind her. Falling to do thia the first time she would practice it again and again until she could accomplish It. Her second test was more difficult, but It was considered necessary to beauty of figure. Standing erect with arms out Spread, she swung her arms out oa each side of her. then behind her. Three times she swung them, each time carrying them back further and further, and the third time the backs of her hands came together with a slap. Touching she has an awful : ard time keepin' up with that maid she's so feared we won't know she's got one. George, has seen big white folks down South bo po' they didn't know wh r they nex' meal was comin fum, but, sah," Impressive ly, "dey was quality jis' de same! Dis yer 'ooman ain' got no mo' use fo' a maid dan a hawg got fo' !de pawk-" ets!" George's - quaint remarks, and very often homely wisdom, were a great solace to use through the long days that dragged by as we meandered aim lessly over the southwestern portion of this great and glorious country of ours. Down through Oklahoma and Texas, from Fort Worth across to El Paso, and up through Arizona and Southern r 75F ' "Had They Seen Her Abigail?" California, we took our devious way, dodging washouts, which seemed to multiply with alarming rapidity. (To Be Continued.) , Copyright, 1907, by J. B. Bowles. and other smaller denominations; and let us not forget the Lutheran Church a mighty power for God in Germany and Scandinavia and the United States and the whole world. The pioneer ot Pro testant missions in India and Africa, it ranks third in membership among the Protestant churches In America, having nearly two million members, and claim ing a membership in the world at large of 56.000.000. And when the other Pro testant churches have united it will not take this great church long to fall In line. I say, think of the power of a united church, such as we are pleading for! Let us see a real union spiritual and or ganic (and if the first comes in stead fastness and power the second Is sure to follow) and there will be such a gath ering unto the fold of God as has never yet taken place, and the millennium will be close at hand. Ages of Woman Age if She Is l'p-to-Date. her hands together behind her, backs and palms, should be a daily exercise of the woman whose back Is too chubby. The woman whose hair looks old must go to work at It and work steadily for a whole month before she has restored her hair to Its natural lightness and pret tlness. Siie must work upon the hair lme, which is the line surrounding her face. A scraggle hair line will make any face look old. Then she must work upon the color of her hair. Thin hair is never pretty, and the French woman who prides herself upon her hair, will move the world to make her locks more plentiful. In these days the ready to wear hair is pretty and com-, fortable, but the natural hair must be heavy around the forehead and the back of the neck or the hair will look thin and scraggly. Massaging the roots of the hair every day with the finger tips will make the hair grow heavier, and combing the hair differently each day will also tend to make it grow stronger. Hair can be made the right color by washing It, drying It, sunning it, and coaxing it into tone. It can be made glossy and it can be made to bloom if it be dull looking. As soon as the hair begins to look young, a woman will And herself Improving In general looks. The woman whose hands are old will ' And that they can be made to look much younger by the process of plump ing them. They can vbe soaked in hot water, then massaged with good cream and Anally encased In something soft and warm. Sleeping in gloves lined with paste will do wonders for a hard pair of hands. Well-kept shoes are another Item neces sary to a woman's youthful appearance. The woman whose tired feet call for old shoes will find that she can get Just as much comfort out of a pair of shoes that look pretty provided tbey fit her feet. The remedy for sallow skin Is outdoor air and food that is easily digested. The English woman of 60 has a skin like the rose. It Is bright and clear. She walks In the open, dashes her face with cold water, eats food that agrees with her and lives a regular, happy life. Ner vous indigestion will make the skin sal low and fretting will make the face like parchment. Bleaching the skin will do It a world of good where the cuticle has g-own yel low. It can be bleached with fririt Juices. The most Important thing, how ever, is exercise In the open air and the ability to laugh and digest one's food. One of the most telling signs of middle ago Is the dress, which becomes rather slack as a woman ages. The woman of 40 who wants to look IB years younger should be very fastidious and careful In dress. Sink Ship to Save It. Popular Mechanics. To sink a ship, and that by means of a submarine torpedo. In order to sive It,. Is one ot the strangest of marine experiences; yet that is precisely what happened to the "Canada" In the harbor of Oran, Algeria. The vessel which flies the English flag, with a valuable cargo on board, caught Are. In spite of the efforts of crew and tugs It was found Impossible to subdue the flames. A destroyer towed the ship to a sate place and Ared a torpedo under the water line. The vessel sank In comparatively shallow water, which of course. Instantly put out the Are, and she was then repaired and raised.