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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1912)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 4, 1913. 10 si!f iifliiS JiiKii Great R emoval .Sale Overcrowded as we are in the old corner First and Yamhill business is fairly booming with us. Our low Removal Sale prices is the magnet that draws the trade to the old corner people will flock to the store that saves them from 30 to 50 per cent. We are doing that now and expect to continue these prices until every piece of furniture is disposed of. We do not want to carry a single article to the 12-story new store now building at Fifth and Alder streets. It must be.a new store with a brand new stock. Remember we are now on the corner of First and Tamhill completed all details of moving and can guarantee per fect service and prompt delivery. You can't afford to pass us by, if in need of housefumishings. . FIFTH AMI -AI.DKIt STREETS. Eclipse 1 1 Steel R ange This Range bears our name and you know for this reason that the quality must be high grade. We could not afford to have bur name before you a dozen times a day on an article which did not give sat isfaction. The materials used throughout are extra heavy and the range is recommended to be not only the best, but the quickest baker on the market. Quick Baking Is Im portant to You -Installed in your kitchen on the small first payment of $5.00, then youspay only $1.00 Per Week $25 Sewing Machine $1.00 Down and 50c a Week Pays for our standard "Gcvurtz Special" Sewing Machine. Thousands sold in Portland, and they give uni versal satisfaction. A machine at the wholesale price . ff Only 5 1.00 Down O.UlS and 50c a Week Do not pay an exorbitant price for a sewing machine we sell at whole sale prices. We ship in carloads that's why "Gevurtz Sells for Less." Massive Solid Brass Bed Sale This great Brass Bed sale should interest every woman in Portland who admires one of these massive brass beds in the satin or polish finish. The- values range from $65 to $75 not two of them are alike. They are a cleanup of our high-grade stock; the celebrated Simmons make; the best beds in the world going at Removal Sale prices. $48 $65, $75 Brass Beds Going at Large continuous posts some of them nearly 3 inches in diameter with 4-inch husks and mounts; beautiful satin finish. Others of colonial pattern, with large 3 inch posts and center rods nearly 2 inches in diameter. These beds are guaranteed not to tarnish. Sold at dyjO Cf the special price. : DttO"U Printed Linoleum Per Yard 48c Regular 75c grade Printed Floor Linoleum suitable for pantry, bath, etc., in blue, white and black tile effects, now on sale at only, ,yci..48c Circassian Walnut Dressers' That Beautiful Wood $40 Values for $25.00 These are beautifully figured cases, with 22x40-inch tops, fitted with gen uine French bevel plate mirror, 24x30 Inches In size, the whole five and one half feet in height. The product of one of the very best Eastern factories. The workmanship is perfect in every detail. Worth fully 40. but here it is at the price of a very com- (OC ff mon dresser 3iJ.VVr 19 JMH FIRST AND YAMHILL STREETS "ALASKA BSS REFRIGERATORS coffee this morn in r, did you?RS$fl(! Well we can remedy that for you.j n 4. T -PA ,o 4- si Ua l,rtf I ItK I, i IlCI JL IfJ Cl UiLUl HUU LUG lIUlt 0 , VM.ti , . days sure to come now will hold fer vVSKSS no terrors for you. You can't af-tiSlX'SM ford to be without one at the prices we are quoting:, and they are good ones, too. .bach one guar anteed, irom M S10to$150 Ifea SOLD ON EASY TEEMS $1.00 DOWN, 50c -A WEEK See Our Great Specials in Mission Rockers Hickory Porch Furniture $7, $8 and $9 Rockers Only $4.4 There are many just like the cut, made of the finest quarter-sawed oak, mahog any and weathered oak, pol ished and finished in the very best manner. These rockers are offered at afd great special price. filter -LOOK AT THINGS AS THEY ARE AND REMEDY THEM" Milton H. St. John, Pastor of Central Seventh Day Adventist Church, Preaches Stirring Sermon to Large Audience in Big Tent at Thirteenth and Morrison. THE following sermon was preached by Milton H. St. John, pastor or the Central Seventh Day Ad ventist Church, Saturday night, at the large tent, Thirteenth and Morrison streets. "In the beginning God said to man: 'Of all the trees of the garden thou mayest freely eat. but of the tree which Is in the midst-of the parden. thou shalt not eat of it. neither shalt thou touch it. for in the day thou catest thereof thou shalt surely die." "The Ievil contradicted this state ment, and told the man he should "not urely die ard he has been telling that lie ro the human family ever since. Thousands accept his statement, and believe in the immortal existence of the human soul. ' ' "But Jesus tells us, 'he that hath th on. hath life, and he that hath not the on, hath not life." We are invited to come to him and be granted eternal life. How ridiculous it Is to ask for eternal life if we already have It. It would be stupid for me to ask my brother for my Bible when I hold it In my hand. "After man -had partaken of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the Lord said of him, 'behold the man is become as one of us. to know pood nd vil. And now. lst he put forth his hand, ar.d take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever therefore th Lord ser.t him forth from the Garden vt Kden to till the ground from whence ho was taken. So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of B:den Cheru birm, and a flaming sword which tirfced every way, to keep the way of toe tree of life.' 4pplr Tree Wa Literal One. "Why? Because If man had access to It he would live forever, aji Immortal !nner. I believe It was a literal tree, but It stood for the great source of Itfa. As long as man had access to tnat tree of life,- his eternal existence was assured. But as soon as he trans gressed, became disobedient to the great laws of the universe, it became necessary in God's divine plan to send him out from the Garden of Eden, and also to guard the way to the tree of life. "What happened when man was sep arated from that tree? He began to die. In that very day the seeds of dis ease and death were planted In his be ing. He became a dying man. "It is a striking truth, one, it seer.is to me, that throws a great flood of light upon this subject, that wherever we find men, under whatever condi tions, we find them having some belief in the life beyond the grave. "The ancient Egyptians believed in a future state. That was the reason they' preserved the bodies of the dead. They wrapped them in linen clothes, that the eternal spirit of that man, as they believed, might come back at come future time, and again inhabit the body. "The religions of tha ancie-nt and modern world, whether Pagan or Christian, have a very Important doc trine, a belief In immortality, in eternal life beyond the grave. But they differ as to just, when the life begins. Some believe it begins immediately, when the man dies; others at the resurrec tion day. "This great 'universal belief " of all men in eternal life beyoni the grave proclaims loudly the eternal truth of God s word; that uod gave to man in the beginning, eternal life; and that it was taken from him because of sin. Man separated himself from the source of life. "Man has within him the instinct which leads him to desire that eternal lift. Why? Because we were created to live eternally. No wonder, then, we find man desiring to live forever, and arranging in his mind some reason, some explanation, for what we . call death. Some men say. 'Yes. we die, and that Is only a vestibule of the eter nal world beyond.' "Man lost life by disobedience. How many lost the gift of eternal life? Every human being, for Paul In Romans 111:23 tells us, 'all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.' "Now I know this Is common knowl edge to all of you. I haveheard it many times. Yet we need to think of it often, because In this day there Is a tendency to forget We are sinners, and to pat ourselves on the back and think we are getting on all right. We hear that the world is growing better, that we are much more civilized than our forefathers. Our attention is called to the advancement and progress we have made. We are told we are rapidly de veloping into a perfect state, that we are rapidly approaching the great gold en age of this world's history. This is what the world is believing. Cities Proclaim Goodness. "You will find every city proclaiming to the world Its tremendous advantages over every other city on the face of the earth. Portland thinks It is about tha best city in the United States, if not in the world, and it is a pretty good place. But is there not a constant tendency for us to overlook the bad features, and to see only the good? Some say, 'Isn't that right?" It Is not the wise, sensible thing to do. Let us look at the thing Just as It is, and let us sea what the need is. "I am not a "calamity howler nor a 'weeping Jeremiah." I don't believe In weeping very much. But I do believe in looking at the world Just as it is, looking it squarely in the face, and not deceiving myself by thinking the world about me Is all right, when it isn't, or by thinking -I am all right, when I 'know, deep down in my heart, I am not. A man who thinks that Is self deceived, and that to his own hurt. A man who is self-satisfied will not try to Improve. Better by far see yourself as you are. than try to believe you are perfect, when you are not. "We clothe ourselves in our best, go to the photographer, smile, and expect him to snap the camera at the right in stant. Then, if when he gives us the proof, it doesn't look a great deal bet ter than we do, we wnt him to take the photograph again. If with the sci ence of photography we could actually take a picture of our characters instead of our faces, how many of us would go to the photographer? I don't think very many of you would want to send to your friends photographs of your hearts, for Jesus Christ said of man's heart. It is 'deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.' "That Is your heart and mine. We are all in the same class. It is not a very pleasant picture. Humanity Is Not Dlsconraslng. "But I am not discouraged with hu manity. God is not yet discouraged, and we have no reason to be. I am glad God describes us as we really are. The Bible called Abraham a liar be cause he was a liar. If you should read a biography of a public man would you find in it all the mean, resentful things he did? No; you would find only his good deeds. But when God inspired the writing of biography, it was biography unbiased and unprejudiced. We are told Just how Abraham went to Egypt and lied about his wife. We are told also Just what a mean man David was, although he had many good character istics. "We are all deceitful, deceiving even our own selves. But people say, 'That Is not so bad. Sin is such a little word. What if people do sin a little, if they don't commit some grievous sin it is all right." Many "don't want to be as YOUNGSTERS AT OAKS AMUSEMENT PARK SHOWN PLAYING WITH ONE OF CIRCUS ANIMALS 1 " v Ny- CHILDREN GROUPED AROUND KING PHARAOH. TRAINED HORSE. For two weeks it seems as if every visitor to the Oaks Amusement Park has been a child. The children have run from a year or so old to those with graybeards. The popularity of the Boyd & Ogle One-King Cir custhe kind that was so popular In the "50s. is backed up by almost every visitor to the park. , Despite previous engagements. Manager Cordray has Induced Dr. Boyd to stay one more week at the park, but the circus and the many acts connected with it will close positively Saturday evening. Every act will be changed this week, with the exception of Dan Boyd, the veteran 76-year-old clown, and Cactus, the trick mule, whose variations of temper are oftentimes disconcerting. King Pharaoh, whose calico coat and high-school education have proved remarkably attractive to Port landers will continue until Saturday, but on that day this famous horse must also pass out of the Oaks. Lady Livingstone, the skating bear, will still be seen with her stunts on roller skates, although in the afternoon it is no uncommon thing to find her romping with the children. An attendant keeps In close at tendance, but children find the bear so attractive that scores of them actually hug it with delight as if en deavoring to emulate the hug for which bears are famous. . . Swimming and all the usual park attractions go towards making the bill which Manager Cordray has pre pared unusually attractive. For hot days the ride in the clouds or giant whirl, with the blue streak, takes "r A number of special days by various organizations will keep every afternoon busy this week at the Oaks. good as God, nor as bad as the devil, but Just comfortable. n "Oh, how fearful we are of being too good. We are afraid of being too re ligious. But you need have no fear. You wilnever be any better than you should be, even though you are as good as j-ou can be. Most of us think if we could Just do as we please, whether it is bad or good, if we could just be com 'fortable, we would have our wish. Now, be honest: doesn't that express the de sire of some of you, and of all of you at some time in your life? "Now, I want to read to you a text in connection with the one I read a few moments ago. 'For the wages of sin- is death." Every one of us tonight is afflicted with a disease a thousand fold worse than tuberculosis ever could be. It is the dread plague of sin. The great white plague can at best take only theso physical bodies to the grave, but the disease of sin, except we be cured, will plunge us Into eternal death. Society Likened io Thistle. "I want to read to you Isaiah's de scription of this condition, a description inspired by God. He says: ""Why should ye be stricken any more? Ye will revolt more and more: the -whole land is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there Is no sound ness in It; but wounds and bruises and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up. neither molli fied with ointment." Not a very pleas ing picture! "Let this thistle represent the world society, as God looks at it. It is in blossom. Many good people in the world have banded themselves together to cure the world of the disease of sin. And "what are tlfey doing? They are doing as many doctors are trying to do with physical ailments, they are treat ing the symptoms. ' "Look at the great evil of intem perance. They say, 'We must remove this evil.' They pledge . themselves never to rest until the evil of intem perance is banished from the land. "I an in sympathy with that move ment. It Is a movement in which every right-minded man and woman ought to be interested. But they take just one branch of the thistle and say, 'We will clip it off. We will prohibit the sale of liquor.' But have you destroyed the thistle, friends? No, for where one branch was cut off, two will grow. You have not Improved the conditions. This may be plain talk, and not at all in harmony with what you have thought, but I ask you to consider it carefully. "Here Is the social evil. Every one who Is right-minded deplores it. Men band themselves together to fight it. They say, 'We will clip off this branch and so be rid of this great source of degradation and woe." But have they destroyed the weed? Sin Must Be Uprooted. "Let me say on the authority of God's word that there is only one way to cure the disease of sin. That is to take It out by the roots, to have it de stroyed, root and branch." That Is what the gospel of Jesua Christ does. There, Is but one way In which this great disease can bo cured. There Is only one way to have the eternal life, which measures with the life of God, and that Is to Invite Jesus, the Prince of Lifn and Glory, Into your heart. He will uproot tho thistle. He says he is mighty to save. 'He is able to save to tho uttermost those who come unto God by lm." That salvation Is a complete and perfect salvation. ' "The great cause of the evils of tho world is the selfishness and wicked ness of tho human heart. A change in the system of government will not re generate the heart. That can be done only by the Lord Jesus Christ for those who are willing he should change their hearts. When all those who will ac cept this good news have been cured of this disease, the Lord Jesus Christ will gather them Into his kingdom. Men and women from whose hearts selfish ness and greed have been taken will make up that kingdom. There Is a perfect cure in him. I have seen It demonstrated. It is not a theory with me, but a living reality." Galveston's Great Causeway. Popular Mechanics. Galveston's $2,000,000 causeway, tha third of the three great works of pro tective engineering planned to fortify that city against a repetition of the disaster which destroyed It in 1900, was recently opened to traffic. Governor Colquitt, of Texas, at the wheel of an automobile, headed a procession of more than 1000 ears, driving his ma chine through a barrier of ribbons and oleander blossoms. The causeway stretches across Galveston Bay for 12. 642 feet. Midway between mainland and island, the passage of ocean liners Is permitted by a lift bridge operated by electric motors, which leaves a clear span of 100 feet when raised. The causeway proper, which is the fllled and protected roadway approaching the arch-bridge portion from both the is land and mainland ends, is 4640 feet long on the mainland side and E530 feet on the island side. The arch bridge portion is 2472 feet in length and 66 feet in width, while the cause way proper is 110 feet wide. The Aeroplane's Kecords Popular Mechanics. It Is truly a century-loving creation. still in the experimental state, and far from comemrcially practicable. But though still an "enfant terrible," the aeroplane has achieved excellent rec ords. It lias attained a speed of 104 miles an hour in a closed circuit, has flown nearly 14,000 feet high, and has carried 13 passengers at once, their weight averaging 1440 pounds. It has flown through . storm clouds, over mountains, seas and continents. It' has royaged by compass over Inhos pitable routes, from city to city, faster than the eagle or the railway loco motive. When finally perfected suf ficiently for regular transportation, who will be called Its Inventor, and what will be its rank among the mar velous mechanical triumphs of human genius?
