THE SUNDAY OREGOXIA7 PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 191T.
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WASHINGTON HIGH GRADUATING CLASS TO ATTEND CHURCH
Installation Services for New Pastor and Special Exercises for Young People Are Arranged.
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- yr ETHODS for greater efficiency i
I and meetings planned specially
-- for young people are dividing
the attention of the churches with the
welcoming of new pastors and the
preparations for the arrival of minis
ters recently called. '
Dr. Edward M. Pence, the newly
elected pastor of Westminster Pres
byterian Church, was admitted to the
Presbytery of Portland Monday, at
which time also the details were ar
ranged for the installation services.
These services will be held at West
minster Presbyterian Church on Tues
day night, January 23, at 7:30.
The meeting will be led by Rev. S.
W. Scemann, moderator of the Pres
bytery of Portland, and the order of
service will be as follows:
The sermon will be given by Rev.
Robert H. Milligan, pastor of the Ira
manuel Presbyterian Church, of Ta
coma. Wash. The constitution ques
tions will be propounded by Rev. A. L.
Hutchison, of Piedmont Church; in
stallation prayer by Rev. A. J. Mont
gomery; charge to the pastor by Rev.
J. M. Skinner, of Rose City Park
Church, and the charge to the peopie
by Dr. John H. Boyd, of the First
Church. Appropriate-music will be in
terspersed. A cordial Invitation is extended to
the public to be present.
The pulpit committee of the First
Baptist Church will arrange for several
interesting speakers for services be
tween now and March 1, when the new
pastor. Dr. Calvin B. Walier, is to ar
rive. The committee has obtained for
today Dr. E. L. Humphrey, from Porto
Rico, who is one of the great ministers
who have served in the readjustment
of "orto Rico since its acquisition by
this country. Dr. Humphrey will give
an important message on the religious
transition through which that interest
ing people has paused since Old Glory
began to wave over it. The public i3
inited both to the morning and even
ing services.
Music by the Temple quartet; morn
ing anthem, "Thy Light Is Come," by
Dudley Buck. In the evening the an
them, "The Choir Angelic" (Hanscom),
and for the offertory "The Lord Is Aiy
Light" (Salter) will be given.
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It has been -the custom of Dr. Luther
R. Dyott, pastor of the First Congrega
tional Church, to set aside certain Sun
day evenings when the services are
devoted to young people. On this Sun
day night his theme for a practical
message of this nature. will be "Temp
tations of Young People." The morn
ing service will be of equal interest,
because of the fact that the graduat
ing class of Washington High School
will be present in a body, and friends,
generally, are invited. Dr. Dyott will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon, tak
ing as hia theme: "The Price of Opportunity."
Prominent Methodists at Big
Conference.
Visitors, 0f Last Week, Include Two
Bishops, 17 District Superintend
ents and Many Noted Leaders.
THE event of Importance in Method
ism was the conference held in the
First Church Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Many persons of prominence
attended. Among these were two bish
ops. 17 district superintendents, sev
eral Eastern leaders and educators and
local pastors and laymen.
Among those who were present were
Rev. C. C. Rarick, Rev. E. L. Benedict,
Vancouver; J. J. C. Armstrong, Lester
C. Poor, Mrs. D. J. Van Nostrund. Van
couver; Mrs. J. M. Cause. Bellingham;
W. S. Turner, Robert H. Hughes, A. A.
Heist, C. L. Hamilton, Robert Elmer
SSmith, Dr. D. A. Waters, Ulysses F.
Hawk, Spokane: Dr. and Mrs. George
A. Landen, Seattle; Dr. Spencer S. Sul
liger, Tacoma: Edward H. Todd, Ta
coma: Bishop M. S. Hughes, Dr. Joshua
Stansfleld, Portland; Thomas E. Elli
ott, Vancouver; R. E. Koontz, Spokane;
Andrew Warner, Walla Walla; H. O.
Perry. Kennewick; Edward Laird Mills,
.Salt Lake City; Rev. Robert Warner,
Moscow, Idaho; W. H. Selleck, Tacoma;
Rev. Charles A. Bowen, Seattle; Rev.
Elijah Hull Longbreak, Hood River;
Rev. D. C. Bevan, Mrs. Bevan, Mrs. E.
Schmidhuber, C. B. Harrison, Willa
mina; Mrs. M. Stutcher, Mrs. M. E.
Kirk, F. A. Schumann, H. P. Nelson, C.
J. Larsen, Miss A. Anderson, J. K.
Hawkins, Oregon City; M. J. Black
udder, Mrs. Anna Watson, Mrs. C. D.
Minton, Mrs. W. G. Anstey, Mrs. James
D. Ogden. Mrs. H. S. Coffin, Mrs. C. U.
Moore. Mrs. D. B. Thomas, Mrs. . E. E.
Van Stone, J. Montcalm Brown, Dal
las, Or.,; George E. Eyre, Mrs. C. J.
Larsen, C. E. ClineC. O. McCulloch, J.
S. Hamilton. Miss A. R. Kissell, Rev.
James C. Erwln, Falls City, Or.; Rev.
J. F. Coleman, Clackamas: J. H. Irwin,
St. Johns; M. H. Marvin. W. W. Switz
er. Coupeville. Wash.; Charles McPher
son, W. E. Klosler, F. N. Sandifur, A.
R. Maclean, O. V Badley. F. J. Eppling,
David M. Jack. W. S. Gordon. Astoria;
BIBLICAL
" (Sermon by Rev. R. H. Sawyer. East Side
Christian Church. East Twelfth and Taylor.)
THE statement that the great war
In Europe was proclaimed by the
prophets 3000 years ago may seem
startling to some persons and pre
sumptuous to others, but will not care
lessly be rejected by any thoughtful
mind.
To reject any proposition without at
least a consideration of the evidence
offered in support
of it would be both
unfair and -unwise.
No less an authori
ty than Solomon
Said:
"When one re
turneth an answer
before he under
standeth a ques
tion, it is a folly
unto . him and a
shame."
The Bible is an
inexhaustible
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tion. We have not -hrhardt studio
as yet received allRev. K. H. sawyer,
that it holds in store for us. It is a
vast mine, of gold and men have but
scraped its outer surface with the crude
impli!ents of the prospeator.
Daniel Webster said: "There is more
of vaJuable truth yet to be gleaned
from the Sacred Writings that has
thus far escaped the attention of com
mentators, than from all other sources
of human knowledge combined."
George Bancroft, the eminent Amer
ican historian, sought to emphasize the
truth of this statement in his quotation
of the charge delivered by John Robin
son, the pastor of our Puritan fathers,
as they prepared to sail from Leyden
on their perilous Journey across the
Atlantic. He said:
"I charge you, before God and his
blessed angels that you follow me no
farther thanyou have seen me follow
the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord has
more truth yet to' break forth out of his
Jloly Word. 1 beseech you to remember
A. C. Brackenburg, Gresham; Mrs. A.
C. Brackenburg, Mrs. C. A. Litter, For
est Grove, Or.; Charles A. Littler, For
est Grove, Or.; Mrs. O. J. Bales, E. M.
Hill, Aberdeen. Wash.; George W.
Frame, Centralia, Vah.; W. J. Fenton,
First M. E. Centenary South; Rev.
Francis A. La Violette, Queen Anne.
Seattle. Wash.; James A. Sutton and
wife, Hoquiam. Wash.; Edwin M. Ran
dall, Seattle; J. Earl Else, M. D., T. B.
Ford. Salem; Henry Spiers, Estacada,
O. W. Mintzer, Asotin, Wash.; C. W.
Pague. Viola, Or.; J. T. Abbott. D. Les
ter Fields, McMinnville, Or.; H. J. Van
Fossen. Ashland; W. J. Douglas, Ash
land; E. G. Decker, Wood burn; A. R.
Maclean. R. E. Duney, Foreet Grove;
A.. G. Hoffman, Forest Grove; M. B.
Parounagian. Salem; W. A. Lindsey, E.
Hertzler, A. F. Cramer, George Har
tung, P. J. Sehnert. Ridgefield, Wash.;
Alfred P. Bates, Warrenton, Or.; Will
iam Hargreaves, A. W. Brown, Kalama,
Wash.; T. W. Lane, Centenary city;
Robert Brumblay, Spokane, Wash.; F.
W. Keagy, Seaside, Or.; Mrs. F. W.
Keagy, Seaside, Or.; V,". W. Youngson.
J. E. Crowther, Seattle; John Lowe
Fort. Chicago; J. M. Canse. Bellingham,
Wash.; J. C. Harrison. Olympia, Wash.
jSelf-UnfoIdment Lecture Is
Set for, Tonight.
"Your Hidden Talent" Subject In
Series by Florence Crawford.
THE second lecture in the series onT
X self-unfoldment will be given to
night at 8 o'clock by Florence Craw
fod in Eilers Hall, Broadway and
Alder street. The topic for tonight is
"Your Hidden Talent." Mies Margaret
Clark, who has studied in Leipzig un
der Leschetizky, will play two piano
numbers. Solos will be sung by Miss
Elizabeth Jones and Miss Vida Christ
ensen. The lecture is open to all.
At the lecture given last Sunday
evening, the topic of which was "Find
ing Your Place," Mrs. Crawford said
in part: "The .unfolding self often
wakens to a sense of great discour
agement when it finds its present ex
pression so at variance with the high
ideal held in mind. This is but nat
ural in its outworking, for the body
and affairs must follow the mind, and
all that is now in expression is the re
sult of the past mode of thinking."
Mrs. Crawford will also speak at
H o'clock in "The Comforter" Head
quarters, Women's Exchange build
ing, 186 Fifth street, near Yamhill
street.
One of the big features of Oregon's
Endeavorer Convention is the School
of Methods, which will be con
ducted at Salem the morning and after
noon of February 24. Several classes
of 40 minutes duration will be con
ducted. The School of Methods is to
be conducted just -as a College School
Day. The members" arrange their own
schedules and each may attend " one
class in which a certain phase of Chris
tian Endeavor work will be taken up.
This class lasts for 40 minutes, with
a short intermission giving a chance to
go to another class which takes up a
dirrerent phase and so on through the
day. This is something new in En
deavor Convention work, and Oregon's
Convention is being watched to see
how jt will come out.
The entire school will be conducted
by the officers of the Oregon En
deavor Union.
Woodmen Will Attend Serv
ice Tonight.
Multnomah Camp Accepts Invitation
of Dr. Arthur F. Bishop.
CENTRAL Presbyterian- Church will
be turned over to the Woodmen
tonight, Multnomah Camp 77 having
accepted an Invitation to be guests of
the church and its pastor. Dr. Arthur
F. Bishop, who is a member of the
camp, at that service. The main audi
torium of the church has been set aside
for the exclusive use of the Woodmen.
their families and friends, who are to
meet at Woodmen Hall and march in
a body to the church. Dr.- Bishop will
use for his text the subject "Doing
Good."
The social committee Is arranging
plans for a congregational social get
together meeting on Friday evening,
January 26. A programme is being ar
ranged, but this will be short, as tha
evening is to be devoted to a "gel
acquainted" and "everybody-have-a-good-time"
purpose. Light refresh
ments will be served.
Rev. Wallace H. Lee, D. D., president
of Albany College, will preach in Cal
vary Presbyterian Church. His topics
are: "The Pre-eminence of Jesus
Christ" and "Christian Preparedness."
PROPHECY FULFILLED IN GREAT WAR, SAYS
it. that ye be ready to receive whatever
truth may.be made known to you from
the written word of God."
History Is Fulfilled Prophecy.
The lamented President Garfield,
who was for years a Christian minis
ter and faithful student of the Bible,
once said, "History Is but the unrolled
scroll of prophecy."
The one purpose of this sermon Is to
susrgest to thoughful minds the Inti
mate relationship existing between the
present great war of nations and the
utterances of Jehovah's prophets In the
half-forsotten centuries of the past.
The great war which is devastating
Europe, and the . awful Influence of
which is felt in every part of the world,
is not an accident of history, nor is it
simply an expression of human hatred.
It is undoubtedly a part of the eternal
plan of Jehovah for the overthrow of
evil, and the advancement and elevation
of the good.
The language of Right Rev. Herbert
Edward Ryle. Dean of Westminster, as
he stood in England's most sacred pul
pit Christmas day. speaking to and for
a people who have been the greatest
factor in civilizing and christianizing
the world, may well be considered by
all thoughful minds. He said: "It is
our resolve, God helping us, to over
throw military brigandage in Europe,
to rescue the liberties and homes of the
desolated countries, to obtain for these
people reparation for their wrongs,
and for humanity lasting securities
against a recurrence of aggressive vio
lence and crime."
This is not the language of a war
rior, nor such utterances as we might
expect from a politician, but the earn
est, sincere declaration of a man of
God who speaks for a mighty people
whom he believes, from the depths of
an honest heart, are being used of God
for the perfection of an imperfect
world.
Nations Are God's Servants.
To claim for a particular nation, or
group of nations, that they are the
chosen of Jehovah does not arrogate
to them any monopoly of the blessings
of Providence, pa the. contrary, it
Mission of Methodism Is to
Be Sermon Theme.
Rev. W. J. Fenton Today Will En
deavor to Show That Denomination
' Has Distinct Message.
rTlHE Mission of Methodism" will
JL be the theme at First Methodist
Episcopal Church South, Sunday, at 11
o'clock. The pastor, W. J. Fenton,
will endeavor to show that Methodism
has a distinct message and therefore
a special mission. This Is intended
as a sort of preliminary to ;he simul
taneous movement of Methodism in
Portland, looking toward a general re
vival, which is scheduled to begin on
February 18. The plan originated in
the Methodist preachers' meeting and
was unanimously, adopted last Monday.
"Personal work" will be the keynote
of this revival.'
At the Y. W. C. A. vesper sexvice
today at 4:30, Rev. Levi Johnson will tell
of the work at the Men's Resort. Mrs.
Mitylene Fraker Stites will sing. So
cial Hour, 5:30 o'clock. "A welcome
to all girls" is the invitation.
"Divorce and Remarriage" again will
be discussed by the Rev. Thomas Jen
kins, rector of St. David's Episcopal
Church, who will speak tonight at the
request of many who heard his ser
mon last Sunday. Of his ideas along
this line Mr. Jenkins said yesterday:
"Whether Oregon shall continue in the
class with Oriental heathenism in re
spect to family life is for us who live
here to answer. Those who profess
and call themselves Christians should
give a verdict." This morning the rec
tor will preach on "Jesus Christ, the
Life." Sermons are at 11 A. M. and
7:30 P. M.; baptism administered at
9:30 A. M.
Pastors Change Pulpits to
Help Pension Cause.
Special Semen to Point Out Treed
of Some Such System Are Ar
ranged for February.
THE Episcopal churches of the coun
try are all taking an interest in
the pension fund, and to bring it and
its necessity before the people special
sermons will be preached on February
11. Pulpit exchanges have been ar
ranged and it is hoped thereby to at
tract large congregations and to inspire
the parishes of Portland with a zeal for
the work.
These will be the principal pulpit ex
changes: Pro-Cathedral, Rev. T. J.
Williams; St. David's, Dean McCollister;
Good Shepherd. Rev. T. F. Bowen; St.
Matthew's. Rev. John Dawson: St.
Mark's. Rev. Thomas Jenkins; Trinity.
Rev. O. W. Taylor: Grace. Rev. A. A.
Rev. R. H. Sawyer
places them in the position of servants,
not only of God. but of men, pledging
them to use every possible effort to
secure these God-given blessings for
the people of all nations. It is to place
upon the shoulders of a consecrated
people the "white man's burden," to
imbue prepared minds with the eternal
truth that man is his brother's keeper,
and to cause a mighty people to hear
their world-wide mission in the voice
of God of their fathers: "I will make
of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a blessing."
It must be admitted by all unbiased
minds that England has conquered only
that she might bring the blessings of
a better civilization to the nations
against which she has been arrayed
in the past. "The history of the great
culture race, of which she is one' of
the most powerful representatives, is
truthfully epitomized in the lines of
Kipling: - ' .
They do not ask the meaning of -things.
They consult no creed or clan:
Behold they clap the slave on the back.
And behold he becometh a man.
They terribly carpet the earth with their
dead.
And before their cannons cool
They walk unarmed by twos snd threes
To call the living to school.
Civilization Is Advancing.
There are times in human history
when it would seem that God had for
saken humanity, and that the wheels
of human progress were beginning to
turn back ward,, but in the clearer light
that has ever followed these times of
trial and heart-searching distress men
have realized that the guiding hand of
the Almighty Jehovah has ever been
with them. and. that civilization has
ever moved grandly forward. With
Pope wo need to 6ay:
There sometimes glimpses on my sight.
Through present wrong, the eternal right;
And step by step since time began.
I see the steady gain of man.
Today there are thousands of honest
men. among them many of unque
tioned scholarship, who believe that the
awful holocaust ot destruction now
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Morrison; Grace, Astoria, Rev. F. K.
Howard; All Saints. Rev. W. R. B.
Turrill; Hillsboro, Rev. J. . Hatton.
Following is a brief outline of the
pension system:
Old Age Pension Available at 68 to
those' retiring from regular cures. 1
per cent of average salary multiplied
by years of service. Minimum, $600;
maximum, half of average salary.
Disability Pension Available at any
age. Forty per cent of average salary
for last five years of service. Minimum,
$600.
Widow's Pension Half of pension
husband would have been entitled to
since marriage. Minimum. $300 if mar
riage contracted before retirement.
Minor Orphans' Benefits $100 an
nuity up to 7 years; $200 annuity be
tween 7 and 14 years; $300 annuity
above 14 years until majority or end of
dependence. For present clergy and
their widows only minimum can be
promised unless individual assessments
on their behalf produce more.
Commission Government Is
Topic Tonight.
"Ought Portland to Abandon Pres
ent Form of Ruler" Will Be Dls-
' eussed at the "Church1' of Our
Father.
THE Sunday evening open forum at
the Church of Our Father will dis
cuss the question, "Ought Portland to
Abandon the Commission Form of Gov
ernment?" this evening in the chapel at
7:45 o'clock.
The discussion will be open to all
following the principal addresses by W.
L. Brewster and Sanderson Reed.
Rev. -W. G. Eliot Is pastor of the
church and will preside.
The Thursday evening prayer meet
ings are devoted to the matter of In
augurating a membership campaign.
Plans are formulated and the standard
set for 100 new members to be ad
mitted into the church on Easter Sun'
day.
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Rev. H. T. Cash, pastor of the Grace
Montavilla Baptist Church, will resume
his ministry Sunday, occupying his pul
pit again at the morning service. In
the evening Mr. Will Hale, of the- State
Training School for Boys, will give an
In Atkinson Memorial Church the
new quartet will begin -its duties at
the morning and evening services on
this coming Sunday." Miss Hellene
Pierce is-' soprano and director; Miss
Marjorie Rood, alto; F. E. Lewis, tenor:
J. G. Kilpack, baritone. Miss Irene
Reynolds is pianist. The new Bible
class for women was started last Sun
day. Mrs. W. I. Wheaton is the teacher.
This class meets at the regular Sun
day school hour and all women in
terested are Invited.
Sees in Strife Part of Plan
sweeping the nations of the old world
is but the faithful fulfillment of the
prophetic promises of God, who said:
"I will overthrow the throne of king
doms, and I will destroy the strength
of the kingdoms of the nations." And
there is much evidence In support ofJ
the statement that this and kindred
prophecies describe the events of
world-wide Importance transpiring in
the times In which we live.
Daniel, the prophet of God, pictured
to Nebuchadnezzar the destruction of
the great Babylonian empire and the
three mighty world powers that fol
lowed it. The passing of the Ba"bylo-
nian, Medo-Persian, Greco-Macedonian
and Roman empires are well-known
historical facts, and the accuracy of
the prophet's description of their pass
ing is not denied by historians.
If we have witnessed the faithful
performance of God's purposes con
cerning these mighty nations of the
past, may we not consistently expect
that he will as faithfully perform the
purposes outlined in his Word concern
ing the great nations of the present?
Mission Given Chosen People. -
Carl August Auberlen, in commenting
on the philosophy of history according
to the Bible, said: - "God caused the
world-power view In its totality to
appear to Nebuchadnezzar under the
figure of a colossal human form,
whose head of gold represents the
Babylonian, whose breast and arms of
silver the Medo.-Persian, whose body
and loins of brass -the Greco-Macedonian,
whose legs of iron and feet partly
of iron and partly of clay, represent
the Roman empire with its Germano
S'avonic offshoots."
The world has witnessed the prophe
sied return of this colossus of barbaric
power. The pitiless crushing of a help
lees nation under the iron heel, the ut
ter disregard of international cove
nants, the bold proclamation of rights
based only upon the boasted power to
enforce them, has caused millions to
tremble at the awful possibility of a
world-wide militarism that would en
slave nations- But the Ged of justice
ajid mercy, under whose guiding hand
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Rev. H. H. .Griff is to Give
Sermon Lecture on Bible.
First Christian Church to Hold An
nual Congregational Meeting Tues
day Klght.
THIS evening at the First Christian
Church the" pastor. Rev. Harold H.
Griffis, will give a sermon-lecture on
"How We Got Our Bible." illustrating
the transmission of the sacred records
by the use of a large chart. In the
morning the Rev. Mr. Griffis will speak
on "A Typical New Testament Conver
sion." setting forth the Hivine plan of
salvation free from the admixture of
human opinions and ep;culations of
men.
The programme of music by the
quartet choir will include the follow
ing numbersrln the morning, anthem,
"My Faith Looks Up to Thee" (Bass-
ford); In the evening, anthem, "Truly,
My Soul Waiteth U,pon God" (Briggs);
soprano soio. in promise or Lite
tCowen).' Mrs. G. F. Alexander.
On Tuesday evening the First Chris
tlan Church will hold its annual con
gregational meeting. The programme
will be made up of yearly reports from
all departments of the church, the an
nual election of officers, special musio
and a social hour. On Thursday even
ing at the midweek service for prayer
and Bible study the pastor will con
tinue his special weekly discussions on
"The Parables of Jesus," dealing main
ly with the story of the wheat and the
tares, or the conservation of character.
'Happiness" Theme of Series
of Sermons by Dr. Boyd.
First Lecture to Be Given Tonight
at First Presbyterian Church.
Monday Evening Cluba Pro
arrammes Are Popular.
rpHE Happiness of the Unthink
J ing" will be the opening sermon
of a series on the general theme o
"Happiness," which Dr. John H. Boyd
will begin tonight at the First Pres
byterian Church, Twelfth and Alder
streets. There will be three other ser
mona in the series on the following
topics: 'Happiness of the Burdened."
as illustrated by the life of Robert
Louis Stevenson. January 28; "Happi
ness of the Plain Man and His Wife,"
February 4; "The Happiness of the
Great-Souled," February 11, as shown
by the life of Abraham Lincoln.
"World - Reconstruction" will be the
topic of the sermon this morning by
Dr. Boyd, and will deal with the oppor
tunities which are betsig opened to the
Christian people by the war.
Following the service this evening
at 9 o'clock Br. Boyd will be host to
those of the congregation who desire
to remain for & short after-meeting.
to Overthrow E viL
humanity has ever progressed, has said i
that this colossal specter of barbaric
might, shall not prevail, and through
hs accredited prophet he indicates th.
presence in the world of his chosen
people through whom his eternal pur
poses are to be fulfilled: "And in the
days of those kings shall the God of
Heaven set up a kingdom which shall
never be destroyed, and the kingdom
shall not be left to other people, but
It shall break in pieces and consume
all those kingdoms, and it shall stand
forever."
Mission Tiot for Church.
A moment's reflection will convince
the" thoughtful that this prophecy was
not uttered concerning the church and
Sunday school, for it certainly is not
the mission of these Institutions to
break in pieces and consume kingdoms.
God spake concerning earthly king
doms that should be destroyed and of
other earthly kingdoms chosen by him
as the instruments through which the
destruction should be wrought. Of a
people who should be a mighty power
in all parts of the earth some time
after the beginning of the Christian
era. God said:
"Behold, all they that were incensed
against thee shall be ashamed and con
founded; they shall be as nothing, and
they that strive with thee shall perish.
"Behold, I will make thee a new
sharp threshing instrument having
teeth; thou shalt fan them and the
wind shall carry them away, and - the
whirlwind shall scatter tbem, and they
shall see and know and consider and
understand together that the hand of
the Lord hath done this and the Holy
One of Israel hath created It." ,
The promises of Jehovah as contained
in the scriptures are of two kinds
the material and spiritual, the racial
and individual. There are spiritual
promises of salvation and life ever
lasting through Jesus Christ, which are
undoubtedly addressed to all men, of
every nation. But the racial promises
have to do with material things, and
are addressed to a people or race who
are separate and distinct "a peculiar
people." "a royal race," "a nation and
Opportunity will be given to discuss
any part of the evening's address which
may not be clear or which may sug
gest other thoughts.
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The Monday Evening Club, planned
and set in motion by the First Pres
byterian Church, has outstripped
speedily all expectations as to its popu
larity and place in the community.
Last Monday evening 313 persons
signed up as present In the various
courses of study, and many more
dropped in at 9 o'clock for the second
period, which consists of an Illustrated
lecture at which all classes assemble
The work of the club la entirely edu
cational and the classes are free and
open to anyone who wishes to register
and devote an evening a week to the
work. Four courses are in session from
7:45 to 8:45 P. M. Course 1. on "Shake
speare," is under the leadership of B.
A. Thaxtrr: Course I, on "Literature,
under the direction of Mrs. Helen R.
Starrett, recently from the Starrett
School, of Chicago: Course 3, "Histori
cal Roots of the Great War," lecutres
by James F. Ewlng; Course 4. "Cur
rent Events." by Estes Snedecor.
At 9 o'clock tomorrow nicrht all
classes will repair to the Sunday school
auuiignuiM, iiri a . u ill fei.v
the first of two lectures on Athens, the
first to he "Athens of the Past and
its Significance," and the following
week the sequel, "The Athens of To
day." These lectures will be illus
trated with stereopticon slides and are
the first of a series on "Capitals of
the Great War." which are to form a
regular -part of the Monday Evening
Club programmes. -
Programme of Work Is Set
Forth by Methodists..
Areal Conference at Meetina; Here
Adopts Plan of Campaign.
HE committee of goal and pro
gramme at the areal conference of
the Northwest Methodist superintend
ents this past week submitted a pro
gramme that was adopted unanimously
and that will be followed out Immedi
ately.
It gives something for every member
to do. The plan is simple and covers
all branches of church work.
Following is the complete and of
ficial programme:
As the call to Internationalism becomes
louder and more insistent Methodism cornel
face to face with a world task. For the
successful performance of this world task
thero is demanded a rejuvenation or th
local church and the strengthening of the
home base.
It is with profound rrstlflcstlon we note
the rrowth, under the new operations of our
polity, of the areal consciousness. It is
our conviction that the co-operation of the
leaders and churches within an Eplscopa
art a will contribute greatly to our compact
ness and efficiency.
The convening of the leaders of this area
by our resident bishop. M. 8. Hughes, has
Sunday Church. Services
ADVENT.
Advent- Christian, 438 Second street, near
Hall street Rev. J. S. Lucas, pastor.
Preaching. 10-30. Sunday school. 12; Loyal
Work n, preaching, T:30; prayer meet
ing, Thursday evening. ?:S0.
ADVENTIST.
Central. East Kleventh and Everett streets
P. C. Ha ward, minister. 10, Sabbath
school; 11:13. church service: prsyer meet
ing. Wednesday. 7:30; Young People's So
ciety. Friday. 7:20.
Tabernacle. Yvest Side. Knights of Pythias
Hall, Eleventh ard Alder Sabbatb school.
ll; preaching, 11; preaching Sunday even
ing, 8.
Montavilla, East Eightieth and Everett
streeta J. F. B.atty. local alder. Sabbsth
school. 10; preschins:. 11. Young people's
meeting, 4; prayer meeting, Wednesday,
7:lo; Helping Hand Society. 1:80 Tuesday.
Lents. Ninety-fourth street and Fifty
elghtb avenu.: Southeast D. J. Chltwood.
local elder. Sabbath school. 10: preaching.
11 ; prayer meeting, Wednesday evening
i :30 o'clock. . . , .
St. Johus. Centrsl avenue and Charleston'
street E. D. Uurlburt. local elder. Sab
bath cro':l. 10: preaching. 11; prayer meet
ing. Tuesday evening. 8.
Mount Tabor, Eaat Sixtieth and Belmont
streets T. M. Wllloughby. minister. Sab
bath school, aO; preaching, 11; prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening. 7:15.
Alblna (German), Skldmore and Vallory
H. J. Dlrksen, minister; A. C. Schweltxer.
local elder. Ssbr-sth school. 10:30: preach
ing. 11:S0: preaching Sunday evening. 7:43;
prayer meeting.' Wednesday. 8 o'clock.
Scandinavian, Ogden Hall. Mississippi ave
nue and Shaker street O. S. Sandnes, " inln
tster. SaDbath school. 10; preaching, 11;
service Wednesdsy evening at 7 -.SO. -
' AUVAXCED THOUGHT.
Portland Hotel Assembly , Hall Sermon
lecture every Sunday night by Dr. Alumoa
Ira Lucas. .
Temple of TJnlversal Fsllcsrshlp ftsv. -1.
H. Dickey, pastor. Service st 22 Klevsntk
street, corner Columbia, at 7:45 P. M. : oc
cult lessons on the Bible, followed by answer-..
ing quesuoaa
ASSOCIATED BFBI.K STUDENTS.
Christeneen's Hall. Eleventh and Ysm4r!ll
streets 3 P. M.. discourse by F. MCKercher.
a company of nations through whom
the purposes of the Almighty are being
wrought."
All Israelites Not Jews.
It may be said that the people of
every nation believe that they are, in
some particular sense, the chosen of God.
This is but an added proof that some
where in the .world today that great
people exis'ts of whom Jehovah said:
"Thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob,
whom I have chosen, the seed of Abra
ham, my friend. Whom I have taken
from the ends of the earth and called
thee from the chief men. thereof; I
have chosen thee, and not cast thee
away. I will make thee my. battle-ax
and weapons of war; for with thee
will I break in pieces the nations, and
with thee will I destroy kingdoms."
That this promise does not refer to,
the Jews, who number less than a
dozen million, must be apparent to the
student of Bible and history. A grand
and noble people are the descendants
of Judah, but the promises of great
numbers and world-wide dominion was
never made to them, but to the sons of
Jos'eph, and every scholar knows that
the name Israel belonged to the 10
tribes or Northern kingdom. Far yon
der in the days of the patriarchs, Abra
ham, Isaac and Jacob, God promised
that in the "latter times" Israel should
be numbered by ever-increasing ' mil
lions, and that her colonies or nations
should be planted in every part of the
earth.
These promises are undoubtedly be
ing fulfilled in the marvelous history
of the Anglo-Saxon nations who have
become, within the past 600 years, the
great civilizing and ' christianizing
forces of the world. A writer, of an
alien race, in commenting on the rapid
development of Anglo-Saxon power in
both hemispheres, said : "Two rival
nations, but only one as to race, lan
guage, customs and laws England and
America are. with the exception of
Europe, dominating the world. This
predominance of the Anglo-Saxon
everywhere, out of Europe, is but a
feeble image of what an approaching
future has in store for us." Comment
Ing on the rapid acquisition of ttrri
obviously . resulted In the highest bensftt
to those participating, and with the hope
and the object In view of carrying these
benefits to the remotest bounds of the ares,
and that the Methodist forces bo so co
ordinated and organised as to attain their
maximum efficiency In some directions ss
sendee of the kingdom ot God. we submit
the following as a policy or goal fox our
area:
We call upon our pastors snd churches
to adopt a system of evangelism In every
church, which shall arrest the attention of
the entire community, shall reach the last
man. woman and child with a vital personal
message, urging him to recognise God as
his Father and Jesus Christ as his personal
Savior.
We believe the principle of God's owner
ship and man's stewardship In mil thlnga
la fundamental to individual Christian
growth and to world conquest, and we
therefore urge every pastor of the Portland
area to diligently promulgate these vital
teachings among our people.
In order to meet the Insistent financial
needs for world evangelisation we recom
mend that district superintendents and pas
tors, within the Portland area, take Immedi
ate and effective steps to sea:
First That the plan for Intensive areal
cultivation as formulated by the commis
sion on finance be carried down to every
district, and that In co-operation with the
"1na,
wherever deemed advisable.
'dsstrict"- and "group meetings' be con
ducted; everywhere throughout our territory.
That our brethren of the foreign-speaking
conferences are invited to co-operate In
the holding of these group meetings. In
conformity with their own suggestion, such
co-operation be with groups that are con
tiguous to. tie several charges of the for-eign-sjjeaking
conferences.
Second There are certain detailed ob
jectives that we trust shall be reached in
the Portland area as a result ot this cam
paign :
1. The thorough organisation of every
local church according to the provisions of
the disciplinary financial plan.
a) Election of a committee on finance
and a committee on apportioned benevo
lences. b The making of a complete "member
ship and constituency roll."
(c) The division ot the "roll" into sec
tions.
(d) The sppointment of two canvassers,
or visitors, for each section.
2. The flnsncial organisation made per
manent and used through the year.
(a) To enlist every member of the church
in organized Intercession.
b To give every member a definite church
responsibility.
3. An honest attempt on the part of each
church to reach its full apportionment for
the benevolences.
4. The elimination of blsnks from the
financial returns for the several boards, and
a square deal for every one ot the eight
boards in every church.
5. A determined attempt to enlist an In
creasing: number of people as Christian
stewards.
6. The putting of a Methodist Church
paper in every Methodist home.
7. Urging our young people to enter our
church schools of this sres, becsuse upon
them we rely to furnish the highest type of
leadership In society.
We consider this plan as possessing the
elements of scientific completeness and be
lieve that It will recommend itself to the
business Judgment of ell of our members
and constituents. Backed by the prayef
and Intelligent, consecration of the Metho
dists of this Section It csnnot fail to lift
our entire area Into a new epoch of service
and power.
MATT S. HrGHKS. Resident Bishop.
ROBERT BRUMBLAY. Secretary.
subject, "Brotherly Xovs": 8 P. M., publfo
lecture by A. A. Yerex, subject, "Why Does
God Permit Evil?" ,
BAPTIST.
First. White Temple. Twelfth and Taylor
streets :50, Bible school, classes for all
ages: 11 and 7:30. preacning by Rev. K. R.
Humphrey, D. D., of Porto Rico; 6:30. B. v.
p. u.
Glencoe. East Forty-fifth and Msln streets
Rev. A. B. Walts, pastor. 8:45, Sunday
school, clssses for ill sges: 11. preaching
by the pastor, theme. "God Dealing With
Individuals"; 0:30. B. Y. P. V. ; 7:30, preach
ing by the pastor, theme. "How We Got Our
Bible"; third sermon In series.
Grace. Montavilla Rev. H. T. Cash, pas
tor. 9:45. Sunday school; 11. preaching bv
the pastor; :30.- B. Y. P. U. : 7:30 address
by will Hale, of the State Training School
for Boys.
University Park. FIske and Drew streets
Rev. Thomas Stephenson. acting pastor.
8:45, Sunday school: 11 and 7:30. preaching
by the pastor; 8:30, B. Y. P. U. ; prayer
meeting Wednesday. 7:45.
Second German. Morns and RodneyRev.
F. Hoffman, pastor. Sunday School. 0-45:
preaching service. 11 and S; B. Y. P. U.. 7.
Bethany (Sellwood) Rev. W. H. Hayes,
pastor. 10. Sunday school: 11. preaching by
Rev. A. M. Petty. D. D. ; 8:30. B. Y. P. U.;
7:30. preaching by the pastor.
Swedish-Finnish Baptist Mission meets at
T:45 In the lower White Temple. Twelfth and
Taylor streets.
Lenta Rev. J. M. Kelson, paster. 10,
Sunday school: 11 and 7:80. presetting by
the pastor: 6:80. B. Y. P. U.
Mount Olivet. Seventh and Everett streets
Rev. W. A. Magett. pastor. Bsrvless. IX
and 8; SundSy school. 12:0
First German. Fourth and Mill streets)
Jacob Pratt, pastor. :43, Sunday
sahool: 11 and 7:80. preaching by the pastor.
The Young Men's Class (U. T. U. C. et
the Highland Baptist Church. East 8txta
and Alberta streets, meats at 9:4 A. M,
Sunday.
Italian Mission. Esst Eighteenth and Tra
nsits streets Rev. Francisco Sannelle, pas
tor. 10. Sunday school; 10:o. short see.
mon for English-speaking peopie; 11. preach
ing service; 7. pastor's circle tprayer serv
ice) ; 8, preaching service.
Swedish. Fifteenth and Hoyt street Rev.
(Concluded on Page 11.)
PASTOR
ory by both nations, the writer con
tinued: "When affairs shall have
reached that climax, will It be possible
to deny, from one end of the globe to
the other, that the. whole world in
-A-nsio-caxon :
America's Mission Teld.
This, my friends, is only what the
Almighty promised when; he said:
"Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill
the world with fruit."
Believe or disbelieve this humble
presentation of a great truth plainly
taught in the word of God. but every
loyal American must agree with me
that the mission of our God-given
country Is fairly set forth in the burn
ing words of Westminster's noble dean,
and that as individuals and as a mighty
nation, by such methods as will prove
most effective in the age in which we
live, we, too, should "resolve, God help
ing us, to overthrow military brigand
age In Europe; to rescue the liberties
and homes of the desolated countries;
to obtain for these people reparation
for their wrongs, and for humanity
lasting securities against a recurrence
of aggressive violence and crime." This
is the mission of God's chosen people,
and this is the world-wide task in.
which the Anglo-Saxon has ever en
gaged. The task has been appointed,
the strength has been provided, the
day of decision is near at hand, and
when it comes I am confident that the
readiness of our people may be well
expressed in the words of an American
Senator: "We will not renounce our
part in the mission of our race, trustee,
under God, of the civilization of the
world. And we will move forward to
our work, not howling out regrets like
slaves whipped to their burdens, but
with gratitude for a task worthy of our
strength, and with thanksgiving to
Almighty God that he has marked us
as his chosen people, henceforth to
lead, in the regeneration of the world."
"The earth is full of anger, the seas are dark
with wrath:
The nations In their harness go up against
our path!
Ere yet we loose the legions ere yet we
draw the Made
Jehovah of the thunders. Lord God of bat
ties, aid." ,
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