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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, JUNE 21, 1914. MEMORY'S RETRIBUTION FOR PAST IS TOLD BY LOCAL PASTOR "A Scene at Court" Is Theme of Serpion by Dr. Walter B. Hinson at White Temple. 10 BY DR. WALTER B. HINSON. "We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we paw the anguish of his soul. Therefore is this evil thing come upon us. Gen. xlil:21. THE story of which this text is a part is one "of the fascinating stories of the Old Testament. You may recall though some of you can not, because you never knew it that Jacob had 12 eons; one of them named Joseph. And Jacob made the great mis take of evidencing his partiality for his son Joseph, and gave him as a present a coat of diverse colors. And Joseph had a . knack of dreaming I dreams, and in his guilelessness he used to' tell the dreams. And one day he told how in his dreams he saw sheaves of wheat. And they all bowed down, and did obeisance to his sheaf. And the brethren realized that fie stood for the sheaf to which all the rest of them must bow. And then he had another dream,-wherein he saw the 'sun, and the moon, and 11 stars ren dering homage to him. And, of course, the only interpretation that could be placed upon that dream by his brethren was that father and mother and all the other brothers were to bow down to Joseph. So one day, when old Jacob had sent Joseph to see how his brethren fared, as the lad came into vision, they, said: "Here comes the dreamer. Now let us put an end to his dreaming by putting an end to him." And murder was in their hearts. But one of them, moved by pity and willing to save the life of Joseph, sug gested that he be thrown into a pit. A company of slave traders, coming along, suggested another method of getting rid of the dreamer; and so j they sold Joseph into the hands of i some Midianites, who took him down Into the land of Egypt and sold him Into the house of Potiphar. Here Joseph withstood the temptation for which he is deathlessly renowned, but as a result of the withstanding of the evil he was cast into prison. But even in the prison dreams eeemed to be about the man. For two of his companions in tribulation also dreamed dreams, the chief butler and the chief baker of Pharaoh's house hold. And appearing to Joseph one day they said: "Here is our dream.' And the baker told how in his dream he had three baskets on his head and in the topmost basket there were pro visions that Pharaoh avored. And the birds came and picked at the pro visions in that basket. And Joseph said:. "That indicates that in three days Pharaoh will hang you - up, and the birds of the air will pick at you. And the chief butler came with his dream how he saw a three-pronged vine and ripe grapes, and from the grapes the cup was filled. And Joseph said: "That shows that in three days you will again be ministering unto your master in the court: and when you are there remember me. I pray thee for good." And all this came to pass just as Joseph had said. But the butler, like some of the rest of us, forgot the friend of his adver sity, when the day of prosperity had arrived. But now Pharaoh began to dream dreams. And he dreamed that he saw seven fat kine, and then came seven lean kine, and the lean kine ate up the seven fat kine. And he wondered greatly about that dream, but went to sleep again. And then he dreamed that he saw seven full ears of corn, and then seven lean ears of corn appeared, and the lean ears consumed the full ears. And iie was greatly perplexed by these dreams. And the matter be ing noised abroud throughout the pal ace, the forgetful butler remembered how Joseph was an interpreter of dreams. And he said: "I do remember my faults this day.' And so he told Pharaoh there was a man in the prison who could interpret dreams. And Joseph was sent for. And he told how the seven fat kine and the seven lean kine stood for seven years "of plenty and seven years of want, and that the same interpretation might be placed upon the dream wherein the ears of corn figured. And Pharaoh was so pleased with the interpretation that he made Joseph second in power to him self in the land of Egypt. But, by and by, the famine came. And Jacob and his sons in the far away land of Canaan knew want. And they heard of the plenty stored up in the land of Egypt and Jacob sent down 10 of his sons leaving Ben jamin behind to buy corn in the land of Egypt. And ' Joseph recognized them and played two or three tricks upon them that I think we can hardly justify until they were perplexed and bewildered and half crazed with fear. And then comes my text, where after the rough speech of Joseph had fallen upon the ears of those affrighted men. one said to the others: "Do you not recall how we refused to listen to the voice of our dead brother's distress?" For they thought Joseph was dead. "Therefore, this great evil is come upon us." Memory Recalls Past. So you see in that court of Pharaoh there was memory, recalling the evil deeds they had wrought; and there was conscience, saying, "We are verily guilty of our brother's blood"; and there was retribution, asserting, "Therefore is this evil come upon us." And I want for a few minutes to talk to you about memory, conscience and retribution. Pharaoh's butler said. "I do remem ber my faults this day." My friends, there are four days when we are very likely to remember our faults. Per haps the first day would be the day of our repentance. I shall never forget a most wicked man uttering a piece of profound philisophy in my hearing 20 years ago. He was telling of a great temptation that had beset him during the week. And somebody said, "Well, why did you not yield to it?" And, with a laugh, in which there was no merriment, he said, "borne day I may have to repent, and in the day of -my repentance I do not want to face any thing like that evil I came near doing last week." When Sinai's artillery is unlimbered. and the great guns of God begin to play upon the soul, in the fierce light of repentance we remember our faults and see our sins, and marvel that we ever dared commit tham. Then there Is the day of retribution, when again we remember our sins. vv hen the trouble smites and the calamity overtakes, and we sit down and have distress added to distress, as we remember we are only reaping the harvest of our own sowing, and when the soul cries, "I built myself the cross which later on was laid on me." And so in the day of retribution, when these mills of God that grind slowly but which grind small begin to do their deadly work in our experience, we remember our faults in that day. And I am firmly of the opinion that In the day of death we remember our sins. You know it is commonly sup posed those dying by drowning review, as in some startling panorama, the en tire past of life. I do not know why that should be peculiar to death by- drowning, and I have sometimes thought there was ho way of adequate ly explaining the distress manifested by some dying persons, except on the sup position that, in the hour of death, the startling and awful proportions of one's wrong-doing blot out the very sky in which one might look for hope or clemency. And surely, in the day of judgment, we shall remember our faults. Ah, they talk glibly about books being opened and pages turned, and grim records read. But, my friends, God will have no need to do that. For before the white throne of his unsullied holiness the guilty soul of the unpardoned man will shrink away; and, in the day ofj doom, we shall remember the wrong things we- said and did, and the evil life that we lived. Now, you see; my story, though thou sands of years old. is strictly up to date. You and I possess memory. We may, when the deed is done, say, "Get thee gone to appear no more forever,' but memory has made its record. We may push the sentence to one side and say we will never recall it: but it is beyond us to banish a single sentence forever. It is no wonder that one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived has assured us nothing is ever forgotten. But on the sensitive tablet of the brain every word is written and every deed recorded. And all that Is needed is the environment and exigency to bring the soul into the condition of sensitive understanding of the life, and in the day of doom surely all will be' w "" v From his retreat en the Thames Pope wrote: What conscience dictate, to be done. Or warns me not to do; That teach me more than hell to shun. That more than heaven, pursue. God pity the man in this house to night who has made an enemy of his own conscience. And God's blessing; assuredly rests upon the man tonight who Is on good terms with his own conscience. "Did we. not, when we saw his anguish, did we not steel our hearts against him?" So conscience made note, and we now read the rec ord. And while I was thinking; out this sermon, a letter came to me through the mail asking; If I would I send a copy of a verse I have recited here at some time or other, bearing: right on this theme. You now harken gospel In it So why jDld not clear and-plain to us as memory does Its work. I remember once preaching In Bos ton. and I then heard for the first time a man sing as a solo the hymn, "I Sat Alone with Life s Memories. . And almost unfitted me for my . task preaching. For the poem the man sang was a marvelous thing. "I sat alone with life's memories In sight of the crystal sea." And it goes on to tell how he thought of his childhood days; of the days when he played, and the church bells rang and the father spoke of righteousness and the mother made a plea' for right living. And then he says: thought, and thought, and my thoughts raa on. Like the tide of a sunless sea. Ah. vou cannot escape from memory. So let me. as I move from this part of my theme, ask you what I have asked myself many a time: "When we see all the life standina- out in absolute dls tinctness. what will our judgment of ourselves be?" Memory! But there was conscience in that court. Many a year had gone by since they did their cruel deed to Joseph. And the ups and downs Incident to life had been their experience. And the deed was many years away, trouble about It any more? Shakespeare say: . If 'twere done when 'tis done Then 'twere well 'twere done quickly. What does he mean? He means it is not done with when It Is done. Sink your action into the deepest sea, but the sea shall give up its dead. Hide your deed in the core of hell, and It will come forth to confront you in the doom day. Be that deed Insignificant as the giving of a cup of cold water to a school child, it snail De rememDerea by God when the stars scatter and the elements are aflame. Conscience the god within us the god at whose ap proval or disapproval the cheek grows white or red; the strange something whose verdict makes you hang your head or lift it; that unseen monitor In your soul that makes your footsteps shuffle apprehensively as you walk, or ring true upon the sidewalk because you are fearless. Conscience The approval of your conscience makes you stronger than all the wickedness of the world. What was the dramatist declared? "Thrice Is he armed who hath his quarrel just." Three suits of armor does he wear who is right and wiio has the approval of his conscience. Sir Galahad, you remember, in the poem talks along the same line: My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. "O, coward conscience, how thou dost afflict me, cries the character in the play. And In the matchless soliloquy of Hamlet you have the terrifying statement that "Conscience makes cow ards of us all." Out of his own experi ence Burns says: Its slightest touches, InBtant pause Regard no side pretences. And resolutely keep Its laws Uncaring consequences. Had he only taken his own advice! I sat alone with my conscience. In a land where time had ceased; And I thought of my former doing. In the place where tne years increased And the ghosts of forgotten actions Came trooping Into sight. And the things I had thought were dead tnings Were alive with a horrible light. And the vision of all my past Ufa Was an awful thing to face. While sitting alone with my conscience in mat solemnly silent place. And I know of the future Judgments How dreadful so-e'er It may be That to sit alone with my conscience Will be Judgment enough for me. Conscience! And lastly there was retribution in that court scene. "Therefore is this evil come upon us." O, how clearly they recalled their sin. With what particularity they say, "Did not we see the anguish of his soul, when he be sought ur Men. they had seen that anguish every day of their Uvea Those men never' looked at their own lads. but they thought of the brother agains whom they had sinned. And often they furtively wiped tne tear out of the eye, because they were wondering whether retribution would deal with their sons as they had dealt with Jacob's son. "See the corpse." said Hillel. the great thinker of 20 cen turies ago, "he drowned somebody, and now somebody .has drowned him. Do you recall how in the Old Testa ment, Adoni-bezek, the King, whose favorite punishment for his captives was to cut off their great toes and their thumbs, one day fell into the hands of his enemies, and when the enemies inflicted upon him that pecu liar and striking torture, Adoni-bezek cried, "Three score and ten Kings have suffered that Indignity at my hand, and now It has come to me also." O, there Is a great law of retribution working In this world. And many a man has looked at the result of sin in his own kith and kin. and the sadness with which he gazed has been reinforced by madness, as he has thought how possibly that was but the penalty of his own wrong-doing in the days long dead. Retribution! O, we slur the thing over, and say it is dead, but it is alive with a hor rible might, and quite unsettled. And you know if only . the spirit of God would enable some of us tonight to look into our lives in the fierce light that plays upon them from this fact ox retribution, we should stand up and beg God for mercy. And the Lord, on this hot night In the midst of your weariness, has sent me to you with this stirring message concerning re tribution. Therefore," ah, when ""'therefore" begins to thunder, what Is your con- WARM WEATHER BRINGS DEMAND FOR NEW SALAD "Accompaniment" and "Substantial" Dishes May Be Easily Made for Use With Cold Meats or for Main Feature of Luncheon. dltlon? For you pursued with a relent less hostility some person In the days that are gone: now what If that penalty should turn bark and smite your own son or daughter? You made the life of some person bitter and in tolerable In the days that are dead, but what If the circle should begin to complete Itself, and within Its sweep catch up some life dearer to you than your right hand, or your right eye? "Therefore Is this evil come upon us." 1 am trying as I stand here to get back a verse; somewhere It Is In Longfellow's writings. 1 have read in an old marvelous tale. A legend strange snd vague; How a midnight hnut of Borders pals, Bcleagured the walls of 1'rague. BY LILIAN TINGLB. 1 HE following potato salad recipes ley. This salad are given in the hope that one of.! with cold meats. sprinkling of very finely chopped pars- s suitable for use them may suit the purposes of a correspondent who recently asked for "a potato salad Tecipe" without any suggestion of its purpose. They may also be useful to otners at this season, especially for picnic lunches and cold suppers. Potato Salad (1) Put Into a mix- ng bowl one quart of half-inch cubes of cooked potatoes, one cup cubes of cooKed young carrot, one-nail cup chopped ptckled cucumbers jor cauli flower, one-half cup olive or snowdrift oil, or thick cream, four tablespoons vinegar, 1 teaspoons salt, one-half teaspoon paprica or white pepper, one teaspoon mixed mustard, three table spoons chopped onion, one tablespoon chopped parsley, two . tablespoons chopped nasturtium leaves or stalks. Mix all together In a serving bowl; mask with cooked dressing or mayon naise, garnish with lettuce hearts, hard egg and a few well-washed nasturti. um flowers. This salad is suitable for service with cold meats. It would not be used as a "course" salad. Pink Potato Salad Cut six boiled potatoes in cubes and place in 'a mlx- ng bowl with two tablespoons finely chopped onions, one tablespoon chopped parsley, or green pepper, and one-half cup young boiled, beets, cut In dice. Mix thoroughly and bind with boiled French dressing, increasing the usual amount of salt, acid and season ings. Let stand to chill, then scoop up with a small cup, unmolded on a nest of lettuce hearts and garnish with a Potato and Egg Salad For a "sub stantial" salad, to form the main dish of a luncheon or supper add to either of the above one or more hard eggs for each service. A small quantity of chopped ham is also good. Other "substantial" potato salads may be made by adding not more than hi cups chopped cold meat, or flaked cooked fish to either of the above. The carrots or beets may or may not be omitted in such a -case. One or two tablespoons of salted or peppered fish or of grated cheese to every cup of potatoes, prepared as above will give another "series" of sub stantial salads. Plainer "accompaniment" salads can be made by omitting some of the minor Ingredients in either of the two first recipes. Chopped celery or cooked peas or cut up string beans or. diced (not sliced) cucumber may be substituted for the carrots or beets where further va riety Is desired. Sliced tomatoes are also good in place of the beets, but will not stand so well. The following is good with potato salad: . Cream Horseradish Dressing To cup thick sweet or sour cream, add 1 teaspoon onion juice, 1-3 teaspoon each salt and paprica, 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar and beat until solid. Add 1 tablespoon grated horseradish, or more if the bottle has been previously opened. A little more acid may be added for potato salad .and 1 level tea spoon sugar will improve it for some tastes. 1 I Befthle the Mold-au's rushing stream. With tlis wan moon overhead. They stood as in a mhjhty dream. The army of the dead. Yes. but when the army of our dead words, and dead deeds, and dead In fluences. that we burled, and concern ing them said to ourselves: "They will never torment us more : what snail we do in the day when we look upon that resurrected army of the dead? O when the cry of that spectral host I Like a ruihlng beast shall be; Say what will ihv answer be to God, And what thy God's to thee? A word and my task Is complete. Young man and young woman, do not make enemies of memory, conscience and retribution. Before you put the record on the sensitive plate of mem ory, just think whether you would like. In the days that are to come, to read that record again. Because, read It you must. So before you do the deed. Just ask yourself the question. "How will that deed look when I behold it in the coming time, when the great light of the Judgment may. be flaming and play ing upon It? And what reply will you make when memory, conscience and retribution commence to make state ments an ask questions? How will you meet the charges that will rise up out of memory, conscience and retribution?: You tell me, do you. that the day has gone past for the preaching of the gos pel of Jesus Christ? Oh. you little fool: Do not you know whenever you ap proach the real tragedy of the soul and whenever you go talking about those great fundamental laws of conduct do not you know that whether you choose or not. you are driven up to God? And it is not a choice of whether you will or will not, for necessity Impelts you. And there is not a man In the house who has half attentively followed this Dresent discussion but In the depth of his soul Is saying: "Then I have crooked that must he made straight, and wrong to be made right, or else there Is a fearful looking for of fiery indigna tion." As for me. my only hope is the cross of Christ, when I get up Into these high regions. And It would be a pre tense to come to me and talk about a ritual or a ceremony, for all the waters of .Abana and Pharpah and Jordan can not wash away these stains. And the Apostle John is profoundly right when he says that only the blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse tho soul from sin. Is Jesus Christ your Savior? Out on that street. In five minutes' time, there will come rushing in wave after wave, and the Impression I make by my God given message upon your soul may soon find obliteration. Therefore 1 would tlmt I could rut deep In that mind and heart of yours the question, "Have you yet been saved?" so that up through all else, and above all else, you might still hear the boom of that great question. When 1 was a boy it was a common thing to be walking along the street and suddenly see written upon the pavement. "Where will you spend eternity?" And many a msn 1 have heard mock at the Inquiry. But never in my life did 1 read It without a solemnity falling on my spirit. Kor.1 after all. t have got to spend rliv somewhere, and vrry pertinent is the Inquiry. "Where shall I spend It?" And If that great question must be answered by me In a court where mem. ory gives evidence and conscience Is a Jury and retribution Is a Jiiig. I have no hope unless for me lie dtd upon the cross and shed Ills precious blood. And I believe He did this for me. And I belley Ms la inv nartnr tonight, and so I recommend Him lo you. Little Lawn to Se Out-of-Door Tea Nook. Flower Hedge ml Olo-Kashiaaee' Bissau III Tat Off I a'rtraaly t.ase af rablle Kraai Street. A WOMAN who spent part of last Summer visiting her husband's relatives In England, wsa discovered one morning, this fprlng. superintend ing the planting of hydrangeae and rhododendrons In a seml-clrcle around a tall lilac bush In her suburban lawn, "I'm making a nook for afternoon tea on the lawn." she explained to her Interested friend. "One of the most delightful memories of my Knglteh visits Is the memory of tea hour out-of-doors. Do you know how perfectly delicious tea and hot buttered toast can taste out on the grass In a low chair, lute in the afternoon? Well I do, and I mean to treat my friends to It. every day thla Summer. "Now, I haven't any big trees or tall hedges only thla little lawn, between the house and the street. Hut I've hap pened to note that my big lllao bush casts a generous shade on the aide toward the house when the eun gets low. In this spot of shade I am going to have a, low white wicker table and some chatra to match. These hydran geas and rhododendrons will shut the nook off from view of passorsby In the street and when Kail comes I mean to plant some syrlnsa snd forsythla bushes and start a real ir-nglish hedge. Meanwhile, with my lilac bush and wicker tea furniture and a lovely muf fin stand that I brought from Knaland, well, you ahall see what you will see In the way of tea when 1 get tilings started." A wicker muffin or rikrsland Is an Inestimable convenience In serving afternoon tea nut of doors. Tlnv bis cuits, piping hot and well buttered, thin slices of bread and Jain, sms'i frosted cukes or doughnuts msy be carried out, three plates at a time on the muffin siand. following the big tray of tea paraphernalia. If this tray Is always kept ready, lacking only the fresh Jug nf cream and rrreh cot of ten, with accompanying Jug of hoi water, one maid may serve afternoon tea very quickly and at a moment s notice. Vr. Vrrllj ! Mr. Gladstone once said t'iat he had solved the domestic prnMrm In file way: "Whenever Mrs. Cladstone In sls'.s. I submit; and whenever I Insist she submits." He didn't say, however, whether they took turns about Insist ing and submitting. .Marriage Is a failure when one of the parties Insists on being the Insister and doesn't taao turns In submitting to he the submitter. Is Xow all S. I V. r. OrlKg" The last lime we went fish ing together I remember ol i incht the hook in your Jaw and I had the dickens of a time getting it out. Hrlgifs Yes, from thai l'!t' s 'l -dent I got the fish's tlewpotm on Ilia sport and 1 haxen't been flslilna Mm-e. A VERY ATTRACTIVE INFANT'S CARRIAGE COVER FOR SUMMER USE aSSSttrTWTTTT T-TT---T T------------------ - - - T T T 1 T T J , ' ' ' t . YLBT BUTTON-HOLE, AND OUTLINE STITCHES " j i w C 1 " 1 X t I I III "ml tn" ,lk' th" "Implest way Is to I t j (( ' . - . i I) 'A A A A i I I 1 r 7 V -r V y o, I X I I ll find a neat and accural out- I I y vvj' ". This Is an attractive embroidery design for a baby's carriage cover and may be developed In aatln. eye let, buttonhole and outline stitches. Tique 1m an excellent material lo Morft out the pattern on, and the accompanying one Is 27 Inches wide. There are two ways to apply the design to the material upon which you wish to work It. If your ma terial Is sheer, such as lawn, batiste and the like, the simplest way Is to lay the material over the design and with a sharply-pointed pencil draw over each line. If your material Is heavy, secure a piece of transfer or Impression paper. I-ay t fare down upon this, then dr over each line of the paper design with a hard pencil or the tiolnt of a xtcH knitting needle, t'pon lifting the pattern and transfer paper you will find a neat and accurate out line of the design upon your ma-terlnl.