The Sunday Oregonian., August 01, 1915, SECTION FIVE, Page 10, Image 59

TTTE SUXDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1915.
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OSTEOPATHS TO OCCUPY MANY PORTLAND PULPITS TODAY
Doctors From All Parts of Country, Attending Convention, Will Address Congregations on Subject of Health and Religion at Morning and Evening Services.
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Subject. "I
dut-
iect.
In
N MAST of the Portland churches to-
day osteopathic doctors who aro her
X to attend their National convention
will glv health talk. That much of
moral worth can he found In right,
healthful living will bo explained by
these visitors, many of whom are sift
ed speakers. According to the subjects,
tt will be observed that the texts at
least Indicate ther know how to start
service In a pulpit.
Dr. C E. Atzen. of Omaha. Neb., past
(resident of the American OsteTpathlc
Association, will be one of the leading
speaker and will addresa the evening
service at First Methodist Church.
Dr Ira W. Drew, of rhlladcltmla,
has the subject. "I D"n't Know." at
the evening servlca In the First Chris
tian Church, and will describe the
harm In a man or woman putting off
proper care of themselves because they
don't know.
Dr. Dane L. Tasker. of Los Angeles.
Is another prominent osteopatn wno
.in ....rh. and he will discuss the
-Personal Factor In Public Health" at
the St. .VrancU Church Hall at 1 o'clock
t I aftrnMn.
The list of churches and . speakers
follows:
A. t. HUdreth. Macon. Mo. Subject. "The
Physician.
. i . vi l . f iirrh 1 P. M. VT. C
n a omaha. Neb. Subject. The
ir.t ChrrtiM Church 11 A- si.DrirP
J Xnyder. Philadelphia. Pa. Subject. The
Keiiaioa or n.aim.
r.r rhrutian Church 13 P.
Ira 8. Drew. Philadelphia, fa.
First Baptist Churt-h Whlte Tempi'
P. il. rr. A. G. Hlldretb. Macon.
Je-t. "The Real PbjreiclaB-
Forty-flfth-etreet Baptwt Church II A.
M. Dr. Aura B. Ford. Seattle. Wash. Sub
ject. -The Prlf-e of Health."
rerty-flith-etreet B ut Church P.
w rw t J RaddT. Lh Aocl'i Cl. Hoo-
-t The Examination or wnimi vuni.-
Relation to the prevention of Tubercu-
Cntnanr fthdl.t Episcopal Church
11 A. M. IT. t'narlea C. Held. Ienver. Col".
Subject. "Analysts of the Ilesmmncs of
fUt Hide Baptist Chun-h T-45 P M.
IV. Charles C. Ketd. lener. Colo. Suo
Jeer. "An.ljel. of the Ilesinalnss of Death.
HtSrilaad Concressttonjl Church It A.
?t. Dr. Irs W. lew. Philadelphia. Pa.
eubject. "I Dent Know." .
HKiland "oBrei.isl Churcb .4.. r
t Dt H. S. Bunttns. Chlcaso. HI- Sub
ject. The Jtarrb ot Truth."
St. James Knll.- Lutheran Church 11
A M. Dr. An Wlllard. Mlaeoula. Mon
nbject. The Body the Temple ot tbe
Soul."
Wood awn Methodiet a,plet-opl Cht rch
11 A. l. Ir. '. B. Teter. DaTenport. Hub.
nS)-l. The ln of er-0llitln-
riret Blettodiet Church South P. M.
nr. John K. Hod"n. pokao. Wash. Sub
ject. 'Preeoiie Medn ine."
ounnrside Con ere ;t Ion a I Church P.
M Mondar. Ausuet 2. IT. O. J. Snyder.
Pbllxdelphla. Pa. Subject. Tbe Kellsioa
of Health."
St. Francis Church Hall Cathollr 3 P.
M. fr. Dene U Taeker. l-oe Ansele. Cat
(iubjecu The Persvoal f actor la Public
He-lth.
P1e.lmont Preebrterlee Chunh II A. .
Ir H. 8. Buntlns. Calcaso. ill. Subject.
The March of Truth.""
Tnutr Men's Chrtetfta Anaoclatlon I 31
P M. 1 T- C. H Atsen. Onwha, Neb. Sub
ject. The Fundamental Cuee of reatb."
Mlee Vluervlwu. Sunday echool rtaea at
the Tottnf Women's Chrlvtln Aiwaocl 'Ion.
.". A. M. Ir. C J. Oeddia. Oakland. Cal.
Haptiet Church of Van oueer. Waen.
II aioa serlce P. M Dr. M C liartlln,
Atlanta. Ga. Subject. Tbe KeiaUoa of Ic
iwsact tv Dlaeaee.'
Owtnr to chanes In his plans. Rev.
John H. Boyd. D. D . pastor of tbe First
ITesbyterlan Church, has consented to
remain over one mori Sunday, and will
prea.h In his own pulpit both mornlns;
and evenlnc today. Dr. Boyd will
leave tomorrow mornlns; for a two
weeks' trip In California. He will
preach In Mount Hermon. Cal. on
August S. after conducting a study
course In the student conference to be
held tier during the comlntc week.
On Aurust li he will preach In the
First Presbyterian Church In Berkeley.
CaL. where Dr. Lapsiey A. McAfee Is
the. pastor. After a visit to the Fair.
Dr. llojrd will return to Ore.on and
pend the remainder or his vacation In
camp at Vonnt Jefferson and amona
tne be-utles of his own ranch home
near Mount Hood. He will be heard
In his pulpit for the last time before
leaving on his vacation this evenlns;
at 7:45 o'clock at the First Church,
corner Twelfth and Alder streets.
Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, the rerular
soprano, has returned from her vaca
tion and will sins; at both services. J.
pom Zan. regular baritone of thi choir,
has aiso been away for a month and
will be back today.
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Rev. W. H. Amos, pastor of the Millard-A
venue Presbyterian Church, ac
companied by his family. Is passing tils
vacation at Kockaway Beach. Kev. Mr.
Amos will hold services each 8unday
while away in the Presbyterian chapel
at R-ckawy. This chapel was erected
by th people of the community with
some assistance from the Portland
Presbytery last year.
On Sunday night tha young people
of the Christian Endeavor have planned
a programme for the entire evening
service beginning promptly at 7 o'clock.
At 7:45 there will be given an Illus
trated stereoptlcon lecture. "Into AH
the World." by J. F. Valentine and
Eliton Shaw. Special music baa been
provided.
The pulpit will be - filled at the
morning service by Rev. J. A. Speer. of
the lTnlted Presbyterian Church.
Dr. LoveIa.ncT War Sermon
Scries Ends Tonight.
Threaga Are Drawn ta Mght Serv
ices at First Methedlat Church.
MONO the
L Illuminating
most Interesting and
ot all the sermon I
series given by Dr. Loveland at the
First Methodist Church Is the present I
series on the "Psychology of the War.
Dr. loveland Is a profound student of I
history and Is at his best wnen dis
cussing a theme of historical signifi
cance in the light of modern psychol
ogy.
Throngs have attended the night
services thst they might hear him In
these great sermon-lectures. The topic
tonight is. "Tbe Mind of tha Anglo-
Saxon." This will be the concluding
sermon of the series. This discussion I
will bring out the reasons for Kng-1
land's attitude toward Germany, and
the reason for the Intense feeling be
tween these great nations. Miss Hasellel
Im Desca Iveland. the popular young
soprano, will be heard In the solo of
the evening.
Last Sunday Dr. Loveland was heard
by a rapacity congregation. He spoke I
on the "Mind ot the Moslem." and I
pointed out the great danger of Mo
hammedanism as a menace to Europe.
A "live wire" organization of the I
First Methodist Episcopal Church Sun- I
day school is the young men's class I
that is conducted by the assistant I
pastor. Rev. Henry T. Greene. The
lessons are not carried out in any dry I
or uninteresting fashion, but are!
planned to attract the attention and
fit the needs of the young people who I
study them.
Rev. FatI.er O'Hara Is Home
From Eastern Trip.
Religious Can re rem ecu Attended aad
Addresses tilvea la Different
Cities by Portland Cbarrhmaa.
FATHER E. V. O'HARA returned on
Friday from an extended Eastern
trip. Father O'Hara lectured at Cliff
Haven before a Catholic Summer
school. At fit. Paul, where there was
a Catholic school convention, the dis
tinguished Portlander read a paper. In
Washington. D. C. ha attended a meet
ing of social workers and visited the
Catholic College, and he was in Chi
cago at tbe tlma of tha Eastland dis
aster. SOS
In addition the Knights of Columbus
Convention to be held this week ' In
Seattle, other conventions of Interest
to Catholics are:
Indian Congress in South Dakota,
August 7. and .
Third Convention of Knlrhts of de
1'Epee (deaf mutes) at Buffalo. An
gust 2 to August T.
Nsttonal Convention of the Knights
of Columbus at Seattle. August 1-7.
The Central Vereln Convention at St.
Paul. August (-11
Forty-tifth annual convention of tbe
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America ac Pittsburg. August- J-11.
Federation of Catholic societies an
nual convention at Toledo, August Il
ls. International Convention of the Cath
olic Order of Foresters at Providence,
it. I.. August 17-21.
National Convention Order of the
Albambra at Binghamton, August 21-25.
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II Des Moines Educator Is to lit mbx prominknt ix church I
Preach in White Temple. t affairs iv porti.a.d
1 1 I I t .rch bishop Christie was host T
II I'J this week for the distinguished I
II Jeha A. Earl, lews College Presl- II visitor. Archbishop Bonzano. the I
Job a A. Earl, Iowa College Presl
deat, to Speak en "A Mouataiatop
ExpeHeaee.
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K tha White Temple this morning,
President John A. Earl, of Des
Moines College, will preach on "A
Mountain Top Experience." The or
dlnance of tha Lord's aupper will be
observed at the close of tha morning
service.
In tbe evening President Earl will
take for his subject "The Passing and
tbe Permanent
The . Sunday school la held In the
morning at :S0 o'clock. All are cor
dially Invited; also to the young peo
ple's services held In the ladies' par
lor and the Lower Temple at :30.
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The Sunday School Convention of the
Evangelical Association at Jenning
Lodge closed Thursday night with an
attendance of more than 200 people.
The Liberal Sunday School 'sent a del
egation of SO to the convention.
Rev. E. l. Hornsnucn. president oi
the Evangelical Sunday School League. '
ME PROMINKNT IX CHURCH
AFFAIRS IV PORTLAND.
...rch bishop Christie was host
this week for the distinguished
visitor. Archbishop Bonzano, the
apostolic delegate.
The Rev- Horace M. Ramsey,
dean of St. Stephen's pro-Cathedral.
Is one of the leading Episco
palian clergymen . of the North
west. Rev. J. M. Skinner Is pastor of
the Rose City Park Presbyterian
Church and is building up the
membership rapidly.
Rev. Charles T. Hurd and Rev.
Levi Johnso are assistant pas
tors in the F.rst Presbyterian
Chnrch. They will have charge
of the services while Dr. J. H.
Boyd la on his vacation.
presided at all the meetings. A large
delegation of the Puget Sound League
was present
The open-air song service at the
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Eleventh
and Clay streets, will be continued
through the next few weeks. ' A cor-
netist will assist at the services, tonight
Miracle Characterized as
Parable in Action.
Dr. B. P. KuIIerton Makes Plea for
Church Independence and Activity
at Meeting of Mount Tabor Presbyterians.
real need in America, and relate itself
to that need, so as to supply it in a
natural way.
"Because of selfishness we often see
the need but do not want to find the
relationship of the church to the need.
I don't see much use in building a hos
pital at one end of a street and per
mitting conditions at tbe other end of
the street tov All the hospital. The
adaptation to needs must be done
wisely."
Sufficient explanation of any miracle
is given by the admission of God Al
mighty Into its workings, he said. He
pointed out the way in which hsyhad
ridiculed a woman's disbelief in the
miracle of Jonah and the whale. She
had admitted that it would have been
possible for a whale to have swallowed
Jonah and also to dislodge him, but
could not see how he could have lived
in the whale for three days and nights.
"That is the easiest part of the
miracle to explain," Dr. Fullerton said
he told the woman. "Who made Jonah?
God, If God had the power to put life
In Jonah, would it have been any prob
lem for the Almighty to have kept that
body living for three days though In
a whale?"
The sermon was a plea for a loyal
support of church work and an In
dependence of aid from the East. The
text chesen was: Matthew xiv:16,
"They have no need tb go away. Give
ye them to eat."
Prominent "King's Daugh
ter" Takes Pulpit.
Many Members of Order Gather In
Congregation to Hear Mrs. F. J.
Mansfield.
"A
PARABLE in action," was the
definition given to a miracle by
Dr. B. P. Fullerton, ex-moderator of
the General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church of the United States, and
present western secretary for the
Board of Homo Missions, with offices
In St. Louis, in his sermon at the
Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church last
Sunday.
"There was a great sacred truth
contained in' each miracle," said Dr.
Fullerton. "Jesus Christ was not a
mere miracle worker for the purpose
of awing his followers, but there was
a central truth underlying each mir
acle. . In the miracle of the loaves
and fishes is discovered the need of the
world, and the church's relationship to
that need. The multitudes were hun
gry. They needed food. And the food
was forthcoming. My notion is that the
church in America must discover the
THE King's Daughters of Portland
were well represented last Sun
day at a meeting held in the Millard
avenue Presbyterian Church to hear a
distinguished member of the order
rrom the East, Mrs. F. J. Mansfield.
As a result of her visit many new
circles are being formed throughout
the city and state. Mrs. Mansfield is
a woman of wide experience and has a
pleasing personality.
The "King's Daughters is a non-sec
tarian organization of Christian work
ers, founded January 13, 1886, at the
residence of Mrs. F. Bottome in New
York City, for the promotion of
spiritual sympathy and unselfish labor.
The spirit of the organization is em
bodied in their motto, "Look up and
not down, look forward and not back,
look out and. not in, lend a hand," and
in their watchword, "In His Name."
The badge is a royal purple ribbon
which may be worn either with or
without the silver maltese cross.
The general work of the order is In
charge of the central council, having
its headquarters in New York City.
The branches of the order are known
as "circles," and usually consist of ten
or more members, though any one per
son may be a King's Daughter and
unite with no circle.
In all details relating to work there
is perfect liberty, each branch choos
ing its special work. These circles are
found in Canada, Europe and Australia
and the organization numbers several
hundred thousand members. The au
thorized organ of the order Is the Sil
ver Cross, a monthly magazine.
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The evening service at the Atkinson
Memorial Church will be omitted during
tae month of August. Services for the
Bible school under W. B. Bethune and
the morning sermon by the pastor. Rev.
Frank W. Gorman will be conducted.
The topic for the month Is "Prayer:
Its Meaning."
renton Methodist Episcopal Church to
night at 8 o'clock.
A Sunday school picnic will be held
Thursday at Warrenton for the three
Sunday schools of Warrenton, Ham
mond and Clatsop Plains.
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This will be tho last Sunday before
Dr. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of the First
Congregational Church, will leave on
his vacation. Dr. Dyott has chosen for
his morning theme "Realities of Re
ligion," and tonight his theme will be
"A Pastor's Vacation Prayer." A. Mus
grove Roberts will be the soloist at
both services.
The pulpit will be supplied next Sun
day by Dr. Frank Dyer, pastor of the
First Congregational Church, of Ta
coma. Wash. Dr. Kantner, of this city,
will conduct the devotional services on
Thursday night. August 5. Special mu
sic will be rendered by Stanley Baker
of the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, accompanied by Mrs. Baker.
First Presbyterian Sunday
School Holds Interest.
Summer Session Attendance Shows
Pronounced Increase Over That of
Last Year, .More Than 100 Never
Missing Day.
Methodist Church Confer
ence Opens August 9.
Rev. J. W. McDongall to Preside at
. Quarterly fathering at Warrenton.
REV. J. W. McDougall, D. D., of Port
land, will go to Warrenton August
9 to preside at the fourth quarterly
conference of the Methodist Church of
the district, which will open at 2 o'clock
on that date in Warrenton Church.
Rev. Alfred Bates will preach at the
Clatsop Plains, Oregon. Presbyterian
Church today at 11:30 and at the War-
THE active Summer session of the
Sunday school of the First Pres
byterian Church, meeting each week
during the vacation months at noon in
the auditorium of the church house,
54 Alder street, is showing an unusual
record of attendance and interest.
A large number is following tho
course of studies in the life of Christ,
which are presented by the superin
tendent. Mrs. James F. - Ewing. and
illustrated with excellent lantern slides.
Announcement was made on Children's
day that prizes would be awarded to
everyone who attends the Summer ses
sion without a single absence from that
date until Rally day. The records show
that more than 100 pupils have kept
this requirement of perfect attendance
during the six weeks which have
passed.
The names on this honor roll follow:
In the primary room Alice Ander
son, Eunice Anderson, May Anderson,
Adrian Davis, Lala Heustis, Robert
Heustis, Jr., Florence Horn, Ruth San
ders, Vera Sanders, Esther Scott, Mrs.
A. B. Slauson. Miss Kate Protzman,
B'rederick Sturn, Vecca Sublette, Ken
neth Tillson, John Tillson. .
In the adult Bible class John S.
Bradley. Mrs. C. Drone, C. T. Gould
ing, Levi Johnson, Mrs. Isabel Kelly,
Henry Kirk, Mrs. F. T. Montgomery,
Mrs. T. A. Sherman.
In the young men's Bible class An-drcv-
M. Chrystall. E. D. Eddy, W. W.
Wlthee.
In the main auditorium Ronald -tit-ken,
Charles Allen, Euphemia Ander
son, Kenneth Bonnewell, Vera; Boyn
ton, Dorothy Brandenburg, Mrs. S. A.
Brown, H. B. Burrows, Mrs. Harry Ca
den, Anna Katherine Chapman, Harry
Coffin, Jr., Clarence Cooper, F. E. Coop
er, James F. Ewing, Mrs. J. F. Ewing,
Margaret Ewing, Tom Ewing, Girlie y
Grigg, Marjorle Gunn, LaNore Hoover,
Lois Horn, Ellsworth Hurd. Merrill
Jackson, Nina Jones, Bruce Kinne, L. B.
Kinne, Mrs. L. B. Klnne. Douglas Kirk,
John Kirk, Sarah Lam jerson, Ruth
Laughton, Virginia Mackenzie, Eliza
MacLaren, Tom McCamant, T. C. Mc
Intire, Maude McKI'obin, Robert Mc
Kibbin, Cornell.-. Meek, James Meek.
A. A. Morse, Estelle Mulr, Mary Mur
doch, Julia Palmer, Cecil Parry. Martin
Paulbach, Susie Scholes, Mrs. W. D.
Scott, J. H. Sidey, A. B. Slauson, Mar- .
garet Slauson, Villiam Swindells, Eliz
abeth Tillson, Ralph Walker, Mrs. C.
'At. Wight. Virginia Irwin.
This exhibit of perfect attendance Is
33 1-3 per cent In advance of the recjrd
of last year at this time, and a larger
interest is shown in the lessons than
in previous Summers.
The special topic for today is "Tlie
Peraean Ministry," and the pictures
which will be shown cover the parable
of the Good Samaritan, the Lord's
Prayer, the parable of the Rich Fool,
Jesus as the guest of Mary and Mar
tha, the parable of the Three Losses,
the raising of Lazarus, the cleansing of
the ten lepers, Jesus blessing the little
children, and the story of the Rich
Young Mi.n.
The great company of delegates from
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RELIGION THAT SATISFIES DECLARED NEED OF HUMANITY
Kev. 3Ir. Boyd Points Out That Craving of Nature, With Modern Tendency to Overcome All Obstacles Faced no Matter How Difficult, Can Be Answered in Christ.
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The hhim here presented Is one of s
-rl- of ten." on 'ftel!(lon and the Modern
Men" Brrsrbed he Bee. John H. Bojrd. 1.D..
SaMor ot the Klret Preebjrterlnn I'hurcb.
C"rnr Te:tt and Alder etreete. Portland.)
And re ensll knr the irutn and tbe trutb
ball make jrou free. John
BT REV. JOHN H. BOTD.
OCR study today concerns the re
ligion for which the modern man
Is searching. In our discourse
preceding this, we discovered that the
modern man is in search of religion.
Wa want now to find out what relig
ion will satisfy htm. Full of new prac
tical knowledge, possessing power un
paralleled In any ag of the orld.
living a large and
secure life there
Is yet a lack. Tbe
modern man
vscuely realises
that there la no fi
nality In his prea
ert position or pos
sessions. Ha yet
- needs tbe on su
preme t h n in
which be can rest
and be satisfied. It
Is for this larger
and better and di
viner thing that the
heart of man Is
searching. Dr. John II. Boyd.
This is only another way of describ
ing the fact that man e incurably re
ligious: and that Is only another way
of saylnr that man refuses to be sat
isfied with an Incomplete nature: be
refuses to allow any faculty or realm
of his beinsr to be neglected. Ignored
nd undeveloped. His mind craves the
trutb searches after and finds It and
rests In It- His taste lonas after beau
ty, and laves In the glory of it. His
heart longs for love, and finding love
rests saltstied.
His memory goes back to repossess
the past, tha lost yesterdays. His
hopes leap forward to anticipate the
on born future. His conscience Is ever
yearning after tha good, and tbe soul
of man rises upward to the Infinite.
' Strang mystical currents of desire
breathe from the shores of earth out
toward tha Infinite, shoreless eterni
ties. Great spiritual gravities wrap
themeetvts around tha nature of man.
and draw the spirits of earth toward
the Spirit of Heaven, toward tbe Cen
ter of Love, toward tha Divine Father
hood. Tha err of tho modern man how
ever muffled and nnsrtlculate. with all
his strength and dignity Is at last
tho cry of a lonely and weak child,
and that cry is Just the cry f all the
ages. It Is tha cry of universal hu
manity. "Mr heart and my flesh cry
out for the living God."
MeaalaaT ( Reuses Is Traced.
Ws come at this point face to face
with tho Idea of the meaning and
function of religion. Religion Is set j
among the realities of tha universe.
Itself an inescapable reality in order
to meet the needs of man's nature, and
Its endurance depends upon Its ability
to supplv these needs. Tbe religion
which fails to strengthen tha heart,
and to meet tha Just demand for guid
ance through the wilderness of this
world, is a doomed religion. In dua
time it will pass away. The centuries
are- not only strewn with tbe wrecks
of empires, with systems of effete
thought, which have lost relationship
to man's mind, not only is there the
waste and havoc of spent forces and
modes of activity but the past is
strewn with tho wreckage of outlived
religions, because these religions failed
to supply the Inspiration and power
needed by an advancing race. -
The realm of religion Is not the
realm of spiritual facts alone, nor of
mere faiths and hopes. The realm of
religion Is tha realm of the will, the
realm of the heart's longing desire,
and while It ultimate goal is far be
yond all our striving and yearning. Its
pathway lies through the realm of hu
man need.
Now. catch that fact clearly. If It
be true, that the religion which is to
survive and satisfy, must meet tbe
supreme needs ot human nature, then
we must discover what those needs
are
Therefore. In order to know the needs
of the modern man we must turn to
a brief analysis of him. I will at
tempt no exhaustive analysis of tha
modern man. but I will sketch with a
few bold strokes the outline, the es
sentlal characteristics, ot tho man of
our era. There are four of these cen
tral, essential characteristics.
The first is this: The modern man
has been trained In the forms of
modern thought, and has been plied by
the content of our largo modern knowl
edge. He has developed a fine sense
of reality, a passionate love for tba
truth. He honors, respects and re
ceives a reality from whatever source
It comes. He thinks. Ho knows that
ho must think, and that ho has a right
to think, and therefor he will not be
trammeled by any authority other than
his own sense of reality. He will not
permit himself to bo dictated to. nor
will ha allow any department of his
mentslty to be disqualified or neglect
ed. He knows. And he knows that ho
knows. Knowledge la tho desir ot
his heart, and therefor he demand,
that all truth shall be recognised.
Modern Man Terssee Democrat.
Lying nest to this characteristic of
the modern man Is another, very closely
associated with It. The modern man
Is democrat a man with a larg
sense of equality. Democracy tends
in two directions th democracy of
degeneracy that pulls downward to
some low. mean level of unworth and
cheapness. That la th fevered kind
of democracy very much abroad today.
Th other tendency of democracy Is up
ward wherein human nature is lifted
Into supreme dignity, where the modern
democrat comes to see that ther Is a
superlative worth within his per
sonality, and therefor he puts a su
preme valuation upon himself and re
sists all attempts to belittle him, or
to repress the expansion and develop
ment of the possibilities of his nature.
That the modern man is a democrat
la Indicated by our growing sensitive
ness to violation ot human rights
all discrimination between personali
ties. The philosophy of th individual
so rank In our day, is an Indication
of th democratic nature of the modern
man. You may read poems In which
It is declared that "I am master of my
fate." and scintillating prose that tells
us that "every man is a king." For
the most part, this philosophy of in
dividualism is pur bombast and non
sense, but it is the splendid and un
mistakable witness to the fact that the
modern man is a democrat.
Tha third characteristic of tha mod
rn man la this: He Is so genuine and
honeat that ho stands boldly before the
facts of life and looks at them without
blinking, however dark and dlscourag
Ing they may be. Ha is a reader of
history. He goes back across tba cen
turles and hears all the wearying atory
of human failure and waste, sees the
pages of human records blotted with
the blood of Incessant, aeonlc conflicts,
and then dares to stand and look at th
world around him, noting the persist
ency of pain, tbe failure and sorrow
and Injustice and tho thousand forms
of selfishness which make up tbe sura
total of the human tragedy. There was
never a generation of mankind which
so thoroughly knew th records of the
past aa this generation of th modern
man. And there never was a genera
tlon which bad such clear Intuitions
and such magnificent courage, as to
stand and look into the bald, bloody
face of all th dark facts of life and
whatever belongs to It; and ther never
was a generauon that so appreciated
th stupendous character of this prob
lem ot human redemption, and all in
volved In th attempt to rescue the
world from Its limitations and Its evils.
Moral Idealist Also Characterised.
Mark the fourth characteristic: Out
of this spirit of genuineness and this
honest reading of history, and clear
perception of tho present, springs the
fourth characteristic, which is this:
Th modern man Is a moral Idealist. All
tha disappointing facta of the past can
not convert him Into a pessimist- He
Is too courageous for that, too nobly
balanced In temperament for that.
Neither can the brightness and Joy In
the world convert him into a fervid
optimist. He refuses to shut his eyes
to the presence or sorrow, na rerusea
to blink- tho presence of tragedy of
human evil. Therefor he becomes a
resolute Idealist.' He believes In good-i
ness. He believes that the game of
life ought to be played fairly.
He believes that righteousness is
of the essence of things. He inter
preta the individual in terms of charac.
ter, and ftuman welfare in the terms ot
Justice and brotherhood. Then he sets
his will and bares his arm to give vic
tory to the cause of good.
There is th modern man. The man
who dares to think, and refuses to
allow any limitations upon his men
tality. The man who not only thinks,
but prizes his individuality, believes in
the possibilities of his nature and re
fuses to receive any restrictions or
limitations upon the development of his
proper personality. Here is a man
who Is honest and sees the stupendous
task Involved in the redemption of the
world. He Is an Idealist who demands
a moral goal for his life.
This is tha man for whom we must
find a religion. What sort of a religion
will satisfy this modern man? The re
ligion which Is to satisfy this modern
man, as outlined, must have three dis
tinct characteristics.
The first is this: It must be a re
ligion so broad and so comprehensive.
so genuinely sympathetic and honor
ing to human nature, that It will take
up Into Itself the complete manhood
of the modern man. without discrlm
inatlon or disqualification of any of
his faculties. It must throw Itself
around the entire nature, and recog
nize and honor and provide for the ex
pansion and perfection of all the com
posite and complex nature of human
ity: and it must also sympathetically
receive and appropriate and utilize all
the complex interests and values
which belong to man's entire life. His
commonplace tasks the very drudg
ery at which he must labor, all of bis
art. all forms of beauty, all modes of
thinking, all investigation, all common
relationship, of the state, of the do
mestic Interests whatever belongs to
humanity must be Included In -the re
ligion which will satisfy tho modern
man. There Is to.be nothing alien to
this religion except evil Itself.
Provision for Atonement Needed.
The second characteristic: The ref
usion of the modern man must make
provision for atonement. Remember,
my hearer, that atonement is tho com
posite of the words at-one-ment The
religion which will satisfy the modern
man must make provision for atone
ment. It must reconstruct and recon
stitute the harmonies belonging to
man's nature. Whatever may be his
end, however It Came to be, man's life
snd man's world today is a discord.
Now mark that. However you may
analyze or describe our common hu
manity. I am.snirming mat man s lire
and. the world of humanity is a discord.
Th inward harmonies hav been
broken up. The entire life of man is
a chaotic, restless and dissatisfying
thing. The will is at war with the
Judgment. The conscience is in con
flict with the desires, the Inward ideal
stands over against the outward actual
with reproach and rebuke, and Insists
upon Improvement. There is not a
soul listening to mevthis morning who
does not know that inward discord,
wherein the judgment and the imagi
nation, the will and conscience, are
somehow tearing at each other, and
striving to draw in different direc
tions. The outward world of relationships
and interests is a discord. Is not the
world at war with itself, where na
tions battle fiercely against nations,
and classes are conflicting with
classes? The world is at the feet of
exploiting selfishness. You see a thou
sand injustices, while you hear the bU
ter and unavailing cry that goes up
from the weaklings of earth. Man
knows that his life and the movement
of his development is not In harmony
with the mind and the heart and the
will of the Eternal. Are we not pained
by tho penalties of violated natural
laws? Is there not within us some
thing which is constantly urglnc to
fear the Eternal Power or tne uni
verse? Are we not agonizing under
laws of retribution which are every
where operating? Dc we not stand
tremulous and confused before tho mys
tery of the universe? Is there not
heart of loneliness within us, as we
realize that somehow we have been
alienated from the great harmonic sys
tem of righteousness and of peace?
Han knows ' ..hat he ought to come
home again from the far land of pain
and of anxiety, back to the embraces
and kisses and love of the Father's
house.
, Religions Needs Considered.
The religion that is to meet the needs
of the modern man must be an aton
ing religion. It must reconstitute
these broken harmonies. It must bring
peace to all the relationships enr in
terests of life. Therefore it must not
be a shallow religion, dealing with
mere things, with th surfac and ap
pearance of things, but deep and es
sential in its reaches. It must be a re
vealing, a regenerating religion, which
must have the power to give rebirth
to human nature, so that the mind shall
find new aspects of truth, and the will
shall thrill with a new power impart
ed, and the heart shall throb with purl
fvlnar affection, and t-11 the deformed.
defeated life of man pulsate with the
quickening of a new life uniting It har
moniously t- . " o; tn eternal.
The third' characteristic of this re
ligion must be this: It must present
a great moral task for the efforts of
humanity. It must gather Into Itself
a goal of endeavor, with which affili
ating and co-operating, the modern
man shall feel mat an nis nignest
dream of good is being fulfilled In that
effort. He must feel that in mo work
ing and struggling, he Is moving on
with the Eternal purpose of the uni
verse, and that as he struggles, if fail
ure be his lot, the future will bring
success. He must feel the warm,
sweet touches of a di-ine hand strug
gling with the same task as himself,
and then ho will nerve himself to the
vast endeavor of moral striving.
There are two elements in a goal
or an ideal like this. One Is individ
ual to take from the individual all
the limitations of evil, all diseases of
the will, all the rottenness of the heart;
to release the Imperial powers of hu
man nature irom ine iimiiaiiuiii o.uu
hlnderances of evil, will give it power
in dnvelnn to Its uDDermost complete
ness, until human nature shall realize
itself In all of Its original, poieni per
fect inn.
The second is socialistic: Collective
humanity must be rescued from all that
mars and hinders and causes confusion
and pain, and the relationships and
interests of man's outward life must be
harmonized and perfected, until a veri
table kingdom of God shall re reai-izert.
The religion which Is to satisfy the
modern man must present a goal like
this something stupendously worth
while. In which a man may invest him
self, feel that he is a part of the think
ing and struggling of the eternal.
Religion of Christ la Offered.
Where is there such a religion?
Where is there a religion which throws
Itself sympathetically around the com
plete life of humanity which dis
honors and disqualifies no faculty and
no interest and no relationship of man?
But rather takes them and purges
them, and Inspires and strengthens and
uplifts them until all of man's life be
comes complete. Where Is there a re
ligion of atonement which has the
power, the searching spirituality to
reach to the very roots of human need
and there transform whatever is wrong
in the world? Where Is there a re
ligion with an Ideal as lofty and com
plete as that? There is but on an
swer to such questions. It Is the essen
tial religion of Jesus Christ. -
I do not say that it Is the Christian
ity as Interpreted by the historic
church. I do not say that It is the real
ity revealed in tbe formularies of the
centuries. But 1 do say that the re
ligion adapted to the modern man is to
be found in the original content of that
mind, and that heart, and that uprpose
which was in Christ Jesus, the divine
man, the Son of God.
Is it not a religion which throws It
self around the entire circumference of
man's nature, and honors and dignities
and completes it? Is It not an atoning
religion, which brings humanity back
from its discordancy into the peace of
God and enables lost humanity to find
the eternal Father? Is is not a religion
which nurooses the cleansing of the
earth from all its wrong, and the bring
ing of humanity into the divinest po
tentialities of its nature?
The modern man, searching for re
ligion, will find at last the essential
religion of Jesus Christ.
Challenge to Study Is Given.
Very illustrative and very fascinating
Is that remarkable autobiographical
sketch of Gilbert K. Chesterton in his
hook known as "Orthodoxy." in which
he tells you that he had become faith
less the old faith had lost relation
ship to his mind and life. He was con
fused in the wilderness of this world
by the events of time, and so -started
out to discover a new philosophy of
lire. He wanted a new etliic, he
wanted a larger morality, he wanted
to find another interpretation of hu
manity, he wanted to conceive of the
universe, of its significance and des
tiny, in other terms than those in
which he had conceived them. So, with
a faithless, confused mind and heart,
he turns to this search after the new
philosophy and for the new faith, and
for the new estimate of man and man's
worth. It Is here that he Introduces
that most brilliant and charming par
able. He likens himself to an English
yachtsman, who has sailed no further
than the English Channel and there
loses his bearings. He becomes con
fused In memory and Imagination. He
fancies himself far off in the Southern
Pacific, in the great Island world of the
Southern hemisphere, and immediately
his strange expectations are awakened
as the yacht sails on. He looks for
some new land to arise from the ocean.
He anticipates In keenest delight the
novelty of the new world, the new
flowers, the new fauna, the new ge
ology, the new man, which he will
find there, and tbe new institutions.
He sights the shore, and sailing thence
with all his expectations awakened h
lands and finds that he has discovered
old England, that he is walking th..
streets of familiar Brighton. "fco."
says Chesterton, "I started in my con
fusion, upon the great seas of human
research, upon the great ocean of man's
realities. And there I lost my bear
ings. Oily mind, my imagination, did
not yield results, I sailed on toward
the shore that I believed to be a new
land. And when 1 reached it. I found
that It was the old Christianity
Christ's Christianity that I had dis
covered anew. Its philosophy. Its
ethics, its morality, its ideals, its moral ,
task. Its estimate of man, its Interpre
tation of God. its meaning of the uni
verse, came in and tilled and satisfied
me."
So I challenge you modern men and
women, thirsting and searching for re
ligion, as I know that you are 1 chal
lenge you. as you sail out upon the
great depths of human thought, ol hu
man philosophy and ot human need,
I challenge you to study deeply into
the essences of the religion of Jesus
Christ, and you will find there tho
religion of completeness, of finality.