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9 THE STTXDAY OREGOJfTAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 16, 1914. GODS SALT IS FOUND IN CHRISTIANS, IS PASTOR'S VIEW Fact of Influence Is Found to Be Amazing by the Rev. W. B. Hinson Serious View of Self Is Advice Given All Persons SERMON BT REV. W. B. HINSON'. Te arc the lt of the earth. Matt. v:13. HOW amazing: is the fact of influ ence ! I asked the rabbi of the syna sogue on the other side of the street, ivlien it was erected. And he answered n:e that they commenced building- it In 1.SS. Inded they did not! That syna gogne was commenced over 2500 years ago, when a woman, in an ark of bull rushes smeared witli pitch, laid the In fant Moses on the waters of the river Nile. And that synagogue is but part of the lengthened shadow of a man who has been in heaven over three millenniums. A Lutheran minister asked me If would go and preach in his church And he said his church was quite new But as I prepared this sermon, I found myself questioning that man's state ment. New? Why that Lutheran church dates back to 1483. when the wife of a slatecutter in far-off Ger many gave birth to a boy, who was afterward called Martin Luther; and the crystallized influence of the monk who shook the world, is seen in the Lutheran church of our day and gen eration. They are making preparation to enlarge the Methodist church on the corner opposite to this building. And tbey are talking about the time when it was erected, mo Deginmnss of that church were laid long years ago. In 1703. when a little lad was born in the Wesley family, whose name was declared to be John. What a wonder ful thins is Influence. Dorcas Society Traced. Where I was preaching only a few weeks ago. I was asked what I thought of the Dorcas society in a cnurcn. Ana half thoughtlessly 1 said, "Well, it's a very old society." And a lady correct Ingly, said. "O no. it is only a few vears old." "Well." I retorted. "My sister, if you go and read the Acts of the Apostles you will find the root or jour Dorcas Society dates back to when Medford, Or., was only known to God." Why are you seeking to be a Chris tian?" was asked of a young man in an ordination service I attended some years -ago. And I thought the young man was embarrassed, for he paused so long. And I saw the mist gathering in his eyes, and he appeared as though strancelv nerturbed. And ne saia husk fry, "i think It was my Godly father's life that turned me toward the thought of Dreachin? the gospel of Jesus Christ." Influence! One of our curses today is a non realization of the seriousness of life and one of the expressions of that curse is the phrase, "It will be all the same 50 years hence." But do you know. I am heartening myself this hot night, as I preach, bv the assurance that it will not be all the same 60 years hence, as though I had not preached. For this spoken message is going to influence some life, and that life will go out to toucn otner lives. and it will be other than It would have been throughout God's long eternity, because we have held this service in this church tonight. Verse of Youth Recited. So I want to recite to you a verse that came to me when I was only a boy, and I have neXrer told you of It before, because it is almost too sacred for me to talk about. I wonder if any young man will catch it tonight, and have it bear fruit in his life as it has borne fruit in mine? I think could we all be made to feel The truth, that to me seems plain and dear. That every act and word and thought To -whlnh we commit ,ur lives while hero Is done, la said: and all the power Of all tbe universe cannot change That record by a single Jot. Our Uvea would take a higher range. If we fel that nothing could be revoked. That no ilightast sin Is ever lorgrvan. CHARMING ROSE DESIGN IN l : 11 mmmmu iii,,'l,lt' ggggggTTTTTjrj t -"-,-j-j---t- r-r-t tt t f t "SSS So many requests continue- to Jome i with a hard pencil or tho point of I "7 A . yrT I asking that a rose design In punch work 0 to observe In I f y J If f fjf ' v v D repeated that the accompanying do- thIs Bimpie process If you would ex- II y II y Xks I sign and 'illustration are given. This ecute it satisfactorily. One is to see I II x. IS fl ' l design is worked in punch work, satin, that your material 1b level, cut and II Y ' outline, and stem stitch detail. folded by a thread, and that your de- J. : . . . ( ' To apply the design to the material V I I l upon whlch 11 18 t0 be WOrke(1' secure ouratey, secure the design to the ma- Va.j-ssS s ftf t If J m a plece ot transfer or Impression paper. terial with thumb tacks or with pins, i Mlfeslfll if y " r V - 1,ay jt fa0 down uPn the material. so that it cannot slip during tho opera- s II -d4SPJ then draw over each line of the paper Uon. - ' I PUNCH-WORK, SATIN, OUTLINE tA NO 3TEM-6TITCH ' Z V CE TAILS L - gai jLi That the marks we mako on our souls on earth We carry In hell or carry in heaven, T-hmt w,rvi- thp, soul may soar or sink, The act o thought must cling to It still A part of Itself, and no uttermosi power Can divide tho two. for so 3od doth will. That life would grow solemn, and sacred, And we should walk grandly and talk like kings: Our faces would shine, and our hearts would shrink From mean and low and Ignoble things; We should scorn to lead the life of today, Ami un to the life of a nobler age: Arid the chances we lose for heroic deeds Would seem like a princely Heritage. My friends, that is Influence. Mannerism Are Influence. A very thoughtful person asked me one day how many persons I thought were in a single personality. 1 made no reply, but I have often pondered the Inquiry. Ask me tonight to write down the figures that stand for the erection of the Jewish Synagogue, and I make that figure eight in a I way I have never seen anybody in Oregon make it; and I do it because old John Sedwell, my early teacher, had that knack of making the figure; and he imparted It to me; and I cannot get away from it now. You move your hand in a certain way, because you saw somebody do it in the days long dead. You have little tricks and pecu liarities of speech, that were be queathed to you by those who have long since passed away. Said a man to me the other day, "When I sit still at night, when the day's work is done, there is a mannerism that unconscious ly I fall into. And the children, al ways laugh at it. And when they laugh, it seems to me they are laugh ing at my father, for I received it from him." Influence. And there Is the shaping of Influ ence which comes to us from heredity. Oliver Wendell Holmes was only about two millenniums out of the way. when he said the education of a child ought to start 200 years before birth. Had he 6ald 2000 years, he would have been nearer the truth. And we are Influ enced by our environment. As a keen thinker of Scotland said, you will find the Highlander somber in thought, and given to mysticism; and the explana tion of those facts of mind and heart lie imbedded in his environment. And we are Influenced by the things that have surrounded us. People Cast Influence. As we have moved along this high way of life, the pictures we have looked at and the songs we have listened to and the books we have read, and the characters we have met have all af fected us; and so we may each for him self say, "I am a part of allxl have ever seen." as said the poet. And we are influenced by people. Will you young folk bear that in mind? And will you remember how the wise King said. "You cannot touch pitch and es cape defilement." For unless that per sonality of yours be so wonderfully strong as to Influence a whole host, you may depend upon !t that the host will influence you; either for your bet terment or for your worsening. Now. sometimes that influence may settle down upon the life and grasp It very slowly, indeed almost Imperceptibly. But at last, though by slow subtle degrees, your character comes under tho sweep of that outside influence, and is changed. And sometimes it does its work with the swiftness of Pom- peilan lava. And in Just a few min utes the whole life Is changed and shaped and settled by influences that have touched the life. Yet attain hear me for a minute, as I tell you of the power of Christian In fluence. Do you remember how Elisha said to Blljah. "Give me some blessing ere you ascend to Ged. And L-ujali said, "If you are witness of my ascen sion, the blessing you crave shall as suredly be yours." And Elisha watched. with eyes made wide by wonder, as i alive his great master the prophet went up Into the heavens? And do you recall how afterward the men of Israel said, "The spirit of Elijah rests upon Elisha"? How the spirits of those who have gone are determining the lives of the men and women in this house tonight! For the influence stops not at death. For do you recall again how the Old Testament tells that they were burying a man, and when the body touched the bones of Elisha, who had long been, buried, life was imparted to the corpse by contact with the body of Elisha? And even so those who have long ceased to be visible in the- world are living again in the lives they shaped while they were here. Nor does that influence ever end. Christian Influence Told. As may be learned if we ponder the significance of that statement in the "Hebrews." that the blood of Jesus speaks better things than the blood of Abel. Why the world was in its in fancy when the blood of Abel was spilt: and yet it was speaking when the epistle was written, and Is speak ing forever. Christian influence. But, do you know, my friends, there is one fear I possess regarding the coming generation? You and I were started under the dynamic of a. tre mendous blessing that came to us from the godly lives of the parents who reared us. And under the impetus of MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN SHOULD SEEK CHARM, NOT COQUETRY, IN DRESS As Long as Elderly Society Matron Itooks Young Enough to Wear Any Style She May Adopt It-Bright Colors Tahoo White Admirable for Summer Footwear Draws Line Between Youth and Age. THE age of elderly dressing, the pe riod when youthful frivolities are discarded in favor of the dignities of age, has been advanced farther and farther forward. "In tho days of our great-grandmothers, caps and kercniers n o a AomdH the nrorjer badge of matronhood after 40, when indeed most women had already become grandmoth- A cranarnHnn later. OUT ois tiiciiiociTvo. . r. - - grandmothers adopted caps, lace shawls and other emoiems oi niu-i.iuU about 50. Still another generation, and ...... MAhA.a tnnlr tn honnets. mantles and felt slippers in the house at 60. Women or tnis generation, mi nine , n l 1. nrt tavrnr on the DTOSDect of donning old-ladified attire even at 70, and there is no telling when the up rising generation, facing the still un dreamed of developments of the femi nine movement, will choose to lay down their scepters of charm. Looks Determine Garb. But the dress of age is no longer a badge or a uniform. So long as a wom an looks young enough to wear any style, she may wear It. It Is no un usual thing these days to see daughter, mother and grandmother at a fashion able function, dressed very much alike. The trouble comes when 50 refuses to renoenize that it looks fully 50 and in sists upon affecting the garb of 20. It is very hard, these days, when women's reading and pursuits keep them young in heart and minu, to leei me uuiuou of years. , In one s semi-a.arK.eneu, pui-hbum;u Luiilala 1,, Imirrt tha.t CnnfrOTltS One in the glass is still young enough to v...v hlno .i ti white :t saliev hat. vci " . u - or a girlish bit of neckwear. Alas for the searcning sunngnt or eiecmu ns"i that brines out the hollow in a cheek,i . i . .11,,,,. ,.,1f. in u mnlflfntl or Lilt, JCHWIT - ' ' . i the sagging flesh under a chin, which make the girlish hat or shade or low collar ridiculous and pitiful. Charm, Grace and Chic Shown. . charm u tViA ffArt the middle-ared nmwioii nhnnlri nini nt in her dress. never coquetry. Grace should be her fetish, striking effects being left to younger women wno can awna mem. that constraint for good, our lives have been shaped with some degree of nobleness. But will the coming generation re ceive that same dynamic from the lives we have been living and now live? I ask no one's pardon for the statement that there are lacking the indications which suggest that the home life of today is equal in sacredness to the home life of 25 years ago. And I mako no apology for asserting that the characteristics of motherhood today are not so gratifying to men who love their country, their religion and their God as was the manifested mother hood of a quarter of a century ago. And we are declining in our regard for the home, and in our association of religion with the home, for which may God forgive us, and enable us to change our ways. Home Declared Fundamental. For a moment may I revert again to the home life? We American people are organizing many schemes for heal ing those who fall wounded on the battleground of life, but I sometimes wonder if we shall ever be wise enough to seek to suppress the awful warfare that produce those wounds. There was a home before there was a church! And there waa a home before there was a Bible! And fundamental to the very life of this Nation. Is the home. Chic she may accomplish, and often a smartly dressed, perfectly groomed woman of 60 or 60 is very smart Indeed. The woman of 50 should employ the very best tailor, dressmaker and milli ner she can afford. She should take no chances with dressmakers-by-the-day nr with readv-inade tailored wear un less she has an excellent figure. Unless she is certain of her good taste in color and that she has a sense for the har monious and artistic, she should leave the choice of shades in her costumes to her dressmaker. The woman past 50 should not wear bright, crude colors, no matter how be coming they have proved in youth. Pale blue is usually hideously trying to el derly faces. Reds, except the soft wines and crimson tones, are impossiDie. Faint pinks, the very faintest, if used with discretion In trimming toucnes, are usually becoming. Green may be worn if it is blue-green rather than yellow-green. Various Shades Becoming. Most of the lavender, plum and raisin shades are becoming, and strangely enough pale yellow, often Impossible in youth, is charming on the older worn an. particularly If her white or graying hair is accompanied by dark eyes. The gamut of grays is, of course, the stand by of the elderly woman. Almost all the grays, save perhaps cold slate gray, are most becoming. There is wide choice, for the shades of gray are in numerable. Gunmetal is good, so is taupe. Mole gray is particularly be coming to some women. Very pale gray with white lace or tulle about the throat Is entrancing on blue - eyed, white-haired women In the evening. The woman of 50 should learn the value In both charm of color and grace of line of chiffons veiling soft tints. Indeed, it Is a wise woman of older years who wears chiffon lavishly. There Is no material like it to lend grace and charm to the personality and to soften outlines that are not perfect in proportion. Gray chiffon veiling of deep red, rose, mauve, peacock blue or primrose yellow effects a charming color scheme for after-fifty. There Is no valid reason why black should be considered the proper badge PUNCH WORK FOR But are we exerting tho influence we should In the home iife today? I know we have advanced in a great many things; but many and many a time 1 have sat on this platform and I have looked off at you occupants of those news, and quite eften the father sits alone, .and more frequently the mother sits alone! Then, where are the fam Hies? Sit down at the communion in any church and ask the men dispensing those elements that stand for the Lord's Supper If their sons are quali fying for the positions their fathers hold. Or bid the man conducting that communlion service ask his audience "How many of you parents have your children under the roof of this cnurcn at this moment?" and the answer would be heart-breaking. I have been making it my practice for over 20 years to ask every preacher I have conversed with "Have you got a boy growing up for the ministry? And the last time I asked that ques tion was yesterday afternoon, of a foremost pastor in this city. And sadly he said "No." What Is the matter with us? Are we exerting the right kind of influence? Are we indeed as the salt of the earth, in the home, in the business, in the church, in the community, in the world? I tell you Jesus had a magnified of age, yet nine out of 10 women past f;n oVtrtnaA hiar in preference to more becoming shades when selecting a handsome new gown or tauorea suiu "Very dark navy, plum or rich dark aroon ara ft fleal more becoming, but the woman with gray1 or white hair must never attempt Drowns or tans. They are for youth alone. Black dashed with white is usually becoming, much more becoming than solid black. Black mohair hairlined with white is excellent for a demi sason or traveling suit. Black pussy willow silk dotted or figured in white is admirable for a warm-weather all around gown. In the house the woman of 50 or over wisely wears white, which is invaria bly becoming. Her white gowns may be of voile, cotton crepe, eponge, crepe de chine, pussy willow taffeta, tango crepe or shantung. White linen is usually too harsh, though a white linen skirt with a graceful batiste blouse may be donned in the morning. Care a to Corset Repaired. The woman past 60 should be very particular about the corset she wears, and should go to an expert corsetiere, whose advice in regard to brassieres and undergarments will be valuable, as well as her well-fitting corset. Two corsets of the same good make should always be on hand one fost use with formal dress and one for wear around the house. The latter corset should never be allowed to become broken down and out of shape. Superfluous flesh accumulates rapidly around the waistline after 60, and the older woman must take no chances on losing her figure by sitting around uncorseted during the day. NURSERY JtVGS. (' - Aha, nlffe fnr tllB niirSfirV are made with familiar nursery charac ters printed in colors on their surface. dogs, horses' and clowns, ali make the floor OI tne nursery gay. Regardless of the ancient axiom that time is precious, a number of people continue to play checkers. ' I conception of the Influence of us men I when he said "Ye are the salt of the I earth." And I submit that In the view I of this wonderful utterance of the Master we ought to begin to take our selves more seriously. And we ought to see to it that the power of the mighty spirit of God moves out In our speech and conduct In such a way as to influence those about ub towards God and holiness and the things of the eternal world. And 1 found myself asking of my own soul this solemn question, as I pondered my sermon tonight: "Should God describe you and would he call you the salt of the earth?" And as I lifted my heart to God in humble prayer, 1 began to wonder what name I should bear If I heard the voice that is authoritative describing me. And a strange fancy took possession of my mind and I seemed to see man after man from the Bible rise before me. And there appeared "Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin." O, may Christ save us from bearing a name like that. And then Balaam, the undecided; tho man who temporized; the man who tried to be on both sides at once; the man who wishes to hold in with God and to hold In witb Bulak. And you know in the book of Revela tion we are told there is a curse rest ing upon the class of people who bear the name of Balaamltes. And would that name describe us? And then I thought of Esau, the man who could not detect the worth of his birth right; who lacked the wisdom rightly to estimate values; and who suffered Irreparable loss because of his inabil ity so to do- Should we bear that namo? And bitterly 1 thought of an other man as I remembered the text. "Ephriam Is Joined to Ills idols, let him alone." May God in mercy forbid that any of us should bear the name of Ephralm! And I thought of another man who is mentioned In the New Testament. And 1 trembled as I quoted: "Demas hath forsaken me. having loved this ' present world." Could Christ in truthfulness call us after the name of Demas? Good Are Salt of Earth. Say. is your piety as strong as it was 20 years ago? Are you an earnest stu dent of the Bible, as you were when you were first converted? Do you pray with the game regularity that charac terized you when first you Joined the church? Do you speak to rb many peo ple about their relationship to God now as you did once? Is there moving out from you an influence for God and good, that is wide and strong as that which once you exerted? "The salt of the earth." That is what good men and women are when they rightly live. Somebody said to Colonel Ingersoll a little while before he died, "Now, you have been lecturing against Christian ity a -great many years. Do you think it would be a good thing today if Chris tianity suddenly died?" And Colonel Ingersoll is reputed to have made this reply. "No, the world is not yet ready for the withdrawal of the Christian riiirlnn" I should say it is not! For Christians have been tho salt of the earth all down the ages. Ana n uu want to imaelno hell. Just think of all Christian influence suddenly being re moved from this Nation. Thrice nappy would the man be who died before the dlro catastrophe arrived! But are you as the salt or the eartnr Are there other lives made strong be cause of the strength of your life? Are there other lives made good because of the holy. Chrlstllko Joy that charac terizes vou? Does your life, rise up like some protecting wall between your loved ones and the menacing evil ? Will vour bov. 20 years from tonigni. oravo- ly withstand the temptations of life be cause he remembers your Godliness? And are snatches of prayers, offered by vou at tho family altar, to De on rugi- tlve notes of God's own music In the ears of your boys and girls in tho com ing days? ' 'Ye are tho salt oi tne earin. saia Jesus. I know tnese woras are to some COMBINATION SUIT of you as the ravings of the man who dreams. And I know five minutes after this service ends some of you would be unable to say what the sermon was about. But I also know I am looking Into the faces of others, who tonight are saying. "God. we have not lived up to the possibilities; and the privi leges, and the responsibilities that ara ours." And you. with me. In your heart are praying that God may halp ua to be more careful and mora oonsecrated; to make straight paths for our feel, under the solemn realization that we are making patha for those who come after us. VILLA BUYS HEAVILY Tliouitand of Uniform Ordered Are Hegularly Ordered for Troop. NEW YORK, Aug. . Anyone wh" still believes that "Pancho" Villa has no well organised military force might profitably observe the activities of Senor Don Jose F. Fir las, of Juarez. Mexico, who Is staying at the Aator Hotel with Scnora Farias. Senor Farias courteously avoids discussion of Mexi can affairs, but the large purchases of clothing he makes often and regu larly for Villa's army throw on Inter eating light upon Its size and Impor tance and upon tbe desperate character of its numerous engagement. "This week I bought 10,000 pair of shoes, while four week ago the order was for 28,000 pairs." Senor Far la Baid the other day. 'Other Items for the current order are uniforms of ollv drab khaki. 26,000; knitted underwear. 20,000 suits; legglne, 10,000 pairs: mili tary campaign hats, about 10,000. Be lieve me, they need warm clothing at night in the mountains. These supplier are delivered In lota of about 6000 to 6000 weekly at the commercial head quarters of the Army of Northern Mexico in Juarez. "Whenever another city Is taken by General Villa we must have thouBxl more of everything needed by the sol diers, most of whom are cavalry. The loss of uniforms worn by the killed and wounded Is large, and always ther is a great rush of naw recruits to Join In the army after those victories. All have been victories for General Villa, you know. Of course, we must hv adequate supplies all ready on hand to meet such emergencies, as wall a the normal demand through wearing out of uniforms, shoes and other simi lar equipment. Those men fight hard and they are hard on clothing. With between 35,000 and 40.000 actually en gaged with the Army of Northern Mex ico, clothing supplies must go to them regularly in large quantities and often. And Villa started with only (0 men. remember." "Isn't there considerable Iohb beyond thut from wear and tear?" waa asked. "We try to provide against that. Everything worn by a constitutionalist soldier bears tho stamp 'EJerclo (army) Constitutionalist de Mexico.'" "Do you purchaso for General Car ranzaT" "There is wide misunderstanding concerning General Car ran la. He Is the civil chlof of the constitutionalists. He is not a military chief. I purchase only for tho Army of Northern Moxlcot the Villa forces." Historic (Philadelphia Publlr Ledger.) "Say, waiter." said tho traveling man to the hotel waiter, "what klnM of chicken do you call this?" "That's a Plymouth Rock, I bellevfe" replied the waiter. "I am glad it has some claim to his toric mention." tiald the man. "X thought It was Just an ordinary cobble stone." An able-bodied knocker seems to think that most of the truths aro of the unpleasant klmL