THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 28, 1917.
ENDEAVOR WEEK IS BEING OBSERVED THROUGHOUT NATION
Oregon Societies Will Aid in Celebrating Thirty-Sixth Anniversary of Founding of Organization That Now Numbers Millions.
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OREGON Endeavorers today will
celebrate tlie 36th anniversary of
the origin of Christian Endeavor.
Today is Christian Endeavor day and
this is the first day of Christian En
deavor week January 28, Christian
Endeavor day, to February 4, Decision
day.
Endeavorers all over the state have
plannea special services and meetings
,for the entire week. Many societies
In the state will have entire charge of
the evening church services. One so
ciety has adopted the following plan
for Christian Endeavor week: Sunday
they will have a special Endeavor
meeting. Monday will be visiting
night; every member of the society
will visit some- person and will invite
him to the service for the next Sunday
evening. Tuesday they will hol their
monthly business meeting and social.
Wednesday they will attend the
church prayer meeting In a body, as
& surprise party for the pastor.
Sunday, February 4, Decision day,
they will have a special programme
for their Endeavor meeting.-They will
also take entire charge of the evening
service of the church, furnishing
speakers who will talk on different
phases of Endeavor work.
Event Is National.
The celebration of "Christian Endea
vor week" is a National event and
every State Endeavor Union has for
mulated a real strong programme for
the societies in their state.
"Christian Endeavor" is 36 years old.
It has grown from one little society in
Portland. Me., organized, in 18S1 by
Rev. Francis E. Clark, who is now
president, and haa been since that time
president of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor of the World, to an
organization with over 50,000 societies
and with societies in nearly every
country on the globe.
In July, 1915, at the National Chris
tian Endeavor convention, a campaign
for 1,000,000 new members, 1,000.000
new converts, 1,000.000 new church
members and 1,000,000 new dollars for
missions, etc., was launched. The cam
paign ends In July, 1917, and already
come of the goals have been passed.
The united society assigned every
state In' the Union a portion of the mil
lions to secure. Out of 11 goals some
states have passed, as many as seven
goals. Oregon has pased three and is
close up In three others and will pass
them. In a short time.
The united society puts out a weekly
publication called the Christian En
deavor World, with a circulation of
over 75,000.
IHr- Things Predicted.
The next five years will see a growth
and a development In Endeavor work
that has never been seen before, it is
predicted.
During the last year the publication
of the Oregon Endeavorer Bulletin was
started. The Oregon Endeavorer
Union has attempted to put out a state
paper before, but never so successful
as this one. The Oregon Endeavorer
Bulletin Is published every month, ex
cept July and August. E. B. Charman.
of Oregon City, is the business man
ager. The paper Is entered as second-class
matter at the Oregon City postofflce.
The Endeavorer Bulletin has also a
nice large circulation. Mr. Charman
has practically placed the paper on a
elf-supporting basis.
A result of, Mr. Carrleks" adminis
tration Is a practical working pro
gramme. The campaign for millions
Is the first thing for the new officers
to complete In the State of Oregon. Af
ter that the working out of the prin
ciples President Carrlck has launched
will nearly complete the programme
for the year.
- Mr. Carrlck has his report system
worked out so that every month in
the year the president of the union
receives a report from each society
PASTOR
Dr. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of the First
Congregational church.
"By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing
the wrath of the king; for he endured aa
seeing him who is Invisible." Hebrews,
xl:27.
MUCH of our present-day think
ing Is endangered by the want
of vast and clear perspective,
and by dwelling too long upon the
dark side of things. In fact, It
Is to be feared that some persons
are heading toward erroneous con
clusions with reference to Christian
ity and other saving forces of God.
able. In the very
places where we f
snouia do most cer
tain of success.
It is high time for
the pale thought t
of our modern life f
to take color m
God; for enervated
souls to brace up;
for the flabby man
of today to come,
personally. Into the
nossession of more
Rev. TL. R. Dyott.
moral fiber, courage and mental health;
for him mightily to believe something
worth while, and to do that which
shall call out the full resources of a
God-fllled life; for him to know that
he may face things as they 'are, and
carry the secret of success in his own
soul, and hear his divine master say,
when the sun "ireathes roses on the
edge of the western sky, "Well done,
good and faithful servant,"
Success, of the right kind. Is not out
of date. Let us think about it. There
are two kinds of success in this world
Just two. One is artificial, the other
Is genuine. One does not pay. Here
the game is not worth the candle.
The other is profitable unto all things
and all persons, sharing its benign
influence and abiding results. Here the
price is never too high, and no man
can corner the market.
None Despises Success.
No wise person despises, or even
lightly esteems, the thought or gen
wine success, for it is a part of God's
perfect plan, pressing into imperfect
human life, and distinctly marking his
own divine achievements. standing
forth all the more conspicuously when
the ages remove the scaffold work, and
men and angels behold the temple not
made with hands. God does not fall.
Really we have no right to fail in any
thing essentially related to the making
of a successful life for God, for our
brother man and ourselves. We are,
or may be, workers together with God.
Here life touches the radiant center.
where he Is the eternal soul and unfall
Ing inspiration of all who would not
fail. In this serene light our affinity
for him makes room for the power of
discrimination. When we exercise this
power we distinguish between artificial
and genuine success. Then we make
wise choices. The mind becomes fixed
In preferring the right instead of the
wrong, the true Instead of the false,
the genuine Instead of the artificial.
Then we establish our high alms, and
give full sweep to our God-trained
wills. Then our very blunders, and
Incidental failures, can only contribute
to the main issue of our success. Low
aim is always failure criminal failure.
They seem to think ptKjrj -.t'vksfn-1 wj?iwm.
that failure Is be- f - d
coming pervasive, ,
Inevitable, unescap- v 1
in the state. The president then knows
each month what each society is doing,
its weakness and Its strength.
Compliment Given Oregon
Mr.' Carrick recently received a let
ter from Daniel A. Poling, associate
president of the United Society of the
world, and. this is what Mr. Poling
says: "Oregon has made more con
structive progress in Endeavor work
than any other state in the Union."
The Oregon Christian Endeavorer
Union haa made several big steps in
progress during the past year. At the
Grants Pass convention, held February
18-20, 1916, the following officers were
elected: Lloyd R. Carrick, Portland,
president; E. E. Feike, first vice-president,
Portland; Miss Edna Whipple,
second- vice-president, Eugene; Miss
Clara Calhoun, third vice-president.
Grants Pass; E. B. Charman, secretary,
Oregon City; Miss Mollie Fetting,
treasurer, Portland. Mr. Charman re
cently resigned to become manager of
the Oregon Endeavorer Bulletin; Miss
Frances Lemmon was appointed to fill
his unexpired term. v Under the admin
istration of Mr. Carrick the Oregon
Endeavorer Union has organized .nine
county unions. When M. Carrick
was elected there were three organized
county unions there are now 18 or
ganized counties out of 36 in the state
and plans are now laid for the organi
zation of three other unions that In
clude eight counties, which will make
a total of 26 organized counties in the
State of Oregon.
Mr. Carrick has also perfected a cab
inet of workers, which, when he came
in, consisted of 25 members and now
numbers 210 persons, each an expert
in their line.
Mr. Carrick, with the aid of Mow
bray Tate, an assistant secretary, has
perfected a mailing list, which enables
the state workers to keep In close
touch with the societies. .Mr. Tate
keeps a card index file.
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The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Rodney-avenue Christian
Endeavor Society will be held at the
church on Wednesday evening. A
dinner will be served at 6:30 P. M. for
those who wish to come early. Reser
vations should be made with the presi
dent. Fay Johnston. 321 Morris street.
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WARRENTON. Or., Jan. 27, (Spe
cial.) Rev. Alfred Bates will preach
at the Methodist Episcopal Church to
morrow at 7:30 P. M. Large congrega
tions are attending these services.
...
This will be "Woman's evening at
Pilgrim Church, Shaver street and Mis
souri avenue. Miss Grace DeGraff, who
was a member of the Ford peace expe
dition, will make the address of .the
evening, discussing that movement and
telling of her experiences in connec
tion with that expedition.
...
Miss Upham, representing the Board
of Home Missions in New York City,
addressed the Ladies' Home and For
eign Missionary Society of the Mlzpah
Presbyterian Church at the home of
the pastor, at 960 Brooklyn street, on
Tuesday of this week. A large number
enjoyed the address.
...
The Rev. Henry Collins, of Olympla,
Wash., delivered a lecture Wednesday
at the Mizpah Presbyterian Church on
"Church Hymns and Hymn Writers."
The lecture was Illustrated by a set of
stereopticon slides and by numerous
snatches of music and song.
Tonight the rector of St. David's
Church, East Twelfth and Belmont,
will give an illustrated lecture on "The
Conquest of the Continent." This lec
ture is based on Dr. Burleson's well
known book, written under the same
title, and will take the place of the
usual sermon. In the morning the rec
tor will preach on "Jesus Christ the
Light of the World." This is the fifth
and last sermon in the series on "The
Supremacy of Christ."
POINTS OUT GREATER THINGS THAN
Dr.
High aim is ever an Integral part of 1
real success, animating its possessor
to struggle upward toward the approx
imation of the divine Ideal, and then
seeing the ideal lifted a little higher.
Browning says:
Retter have failed In the high aim. as I.
Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
As, God be thanked 1 1 do not.
The blessed thug about It all Is not
that we never blunder, nor mistake.
He who never makes a mistake, among
mortals, never does anything else. It
is not that we never blunder, nor mis
take, but that we never make the same
blunder, or mistake, twice, and that
we turn the first one to everlasting ac
count. Here is found the chief differ
ence between wise and foolish persons.
Success Is Natural Right.
We were born to succeed. The pene
trating spirit of the eternal broods
over the depths of our mysterious life
within to turn chaos Into cosmos. When
one responds to and co-operate with
the high omnlfic power, then omneity.
that which comprehends or constitutes
all Justifies the tribute to Individual
life, saying:
Born for success, he seemed
With grace to win. with heart to hold.
With slutting gift, that took, all eyes..
That person endures "as seeing him
who is invisible." So was It with the
unusual man mentioned in our text,
Moses had the secret of success In his
life. We, also, may have that secret.
By faith he forsook Egypt," That was
not an easy thing for him to do. But
ease and improvement have little, or
nothing. In common. The very sting
which compels one not to sit. or stand,
but go and do, is worth more than all
ease, luxury and comfort, where the
soft place beguiles the withering soul.
Wisely did the great Phillips Brooks
say, "Do not pray for easy lives! Pray
to be stronger men! Do not pray for
tasks equal to your powers. Pray for
powers equal to your tasks! Then the
doing of your work shall be no miracle.
But you shall be a miracle." Men dem
onstrate that the age of miracles Is not
past when they are full-orbed men,
equal to any occasion, or demand. If
it had been easy for Moses he would
not have been quite himself. Had he
looked at Just one side of things he
would have failed. . But he had the
visive faculty which was a sort of sixth
sense that one side could not arrest.
It swept out. on and beyond the Im
mediate appearance and attraction of
things. One never reaches a high
value in himself without a fine sense
of values, without putting first things
first, and standing his ground without
being torn to pieces.
The hold and pull of Egypt were
strong upon Moses. The hold and pull
in another direction were stronger. A
weak man would have been torn asun
der, but this man's moral fiber with
stood the test. His magnificent per
sonality leaped forth from the pleas
ures and promises of the Egyptian
court into the burning fires of afflic
tion as he seemed to say, "Go, pleas
ures of sin for a season, go! Go, treas
ures of Egypt, go! Go, all that can
contribute to selfishness, pride, unholy
ambition, and failure' Come, wrath
of the King, I am not afraid! Come,
reproaches of Christ, bringing your real
riches with the unspeakable recom
pense." Oh, this was wonderful! Do
not forget that this man was. at this
very time. In what we call the prime
of life, when wealth, position and
Congregational Praise Serv
ice Will Be Tonight.
Quartet Will Be Directed by Mm.
II. G. Whlpp -Dr. Dyott Will
Speak on "Goa's Business."
THE regular monthly praise service
rendered by the quartet of the
Firet Congregational Church, under
Mrs. H. G. Whipp, director, will be
given In the church this evening at
7:45. No seats will be reserved, and
the doors will be open at 7:30.
At 11 A. M. Dr. Dyott's theme will
be "God's Business." Bible school pre
cedes this service. The matter of
changing the hour for the Bible school
is being contemplated. The change will
necessitate changing the hour of the
morning services to 10:30, and the
Bible school at 12 o'clock.
...
Many of the Congregational women
have been assisting the Y. W. C. A. In
their campaign to raise the new year's
budget- .The Business Girls' Club,
which met on Tuesday evening at the
home of Miss Beatrice Young, was
told of the work of the association and
their efforts to reach the jfS.000 mark.
As in former years, the club pledges
its support to this- work, both In
dividually and collectively.
...
With the belief that the war In Eu
rope has given new significance to
the old question. "Is the World Grow
ing Better?" the Rev. Harold H. Griffis,
pastor of the First Christian Church,
will discuss this mooted topic in bis
sermon this evening.
In the morning Mr. Griffis will
speak on "The Saving Indif ferentism of
An Exalted Task," pointing out the
secret of a successful Christian life.
The quartet will render the following
numbers In the imornlng: Anthem,
"Sing Alleluia Forth" (Dudley Buck);
in the evening, anthem. "The Shadows
of the Evening Hour" (Galbraith),
baritone solo, "The Good Shepherd"
(Barri), Walter Hardwlck.
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ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
Rev. Alfred Bates will deliver an il
lustrated lecture entitled "Laddie," to
the boys of the Astoria Y. M. C. A. on
Tuesday evening, when an enjoyable
evening is anticipated by the young
sters. Luther R. Dyott Shows Way
worldly honor had a most powerful ap
nfil. but he made a wise choice tH
w ..ich his subsequent life and Its suc
cess bore witness.
Two Worlds Not Enemies,
We need not press the comparison,
and the application too far in an at
tempt to win our case. We are not all,
in every respect. In the same position
as Moses was, but we all may have the
secret of making life a success here
on earth. Fundamentally, it should be
affirmed that man is a bi-world being,
related to the world of material things,
and capable of relationship to spiritual
realities where God. himself, is supreme
reality. Normal man does not profit
by holding an ascetio view human life.
Red blood Is not an enemy to the di
vine soul. It Is not necessary to lose
one world In order to win the other, or
utterly to abhor one part of one and
the same world, that we may show our
appreciation of the other. The main
position is not so much In distracting
conflict as it is in perfect harmony
with the will of God. He who taught
us to pray for the coming of our
Father's kingdom spoke of our daily
bread also. When he found men anxi
ous about their material affairs, he re
minded them that their heavenly Fa
ther knew their needs, and that the
best way to assure a sufficiency of
these material things was for them to
seek first the kingdom of God and his
righteousness. He desired them to suc
ceed In both. But success Is more in.
being and doing than It Is In having
and holding. The soul of all prosperity
is prosperity of the soul. No person
can be successful without God In his
life, and without so sharing In the
great common burdens of humanity
that he shall feel the necessity of rare
endurance. "He endured as seeing him
who is invisible." There was the secret
of the man's success. Paul admonished
his son In the ministry of the gospel
saying, "Take thy part. In suffering
hardship as a good soldier of Christ
Jesus." It calls for heroism of no
mean order for one to take his part in
bearing burdens which must be borne,
and then enduring them, not with a
sort of grim resignation, but with
cheerful fortitude. There are persons
who take more than their own part
because others shirk, and vainly strive
to shun responsibility. The craven cow
ard dodges, and runs away, and does
not care who is over-burdened so long
as he escapes. He does not escape him
self, however. The selfish. weak
hearted, spiritless and spineless under
ling who brags that the unfortunate
condition of the lives of many of his
fellow men does not affect him, has a
still worse condition in his own soui.
There are some who are in possession
of much of this world's goods, but have
turned their own inner life Into "poor
houses" where they, themselves, are
the wretched Inmates, starving to
death because they do nothing for oth
era No man is successful who does
not bear his share in helping his
brother man. No church is successful
unless it Is filled with a spirit of altru
ism, and dares to prove that its mis
sion is world-wide, and aj lasting as
the needs of human life.
Success Not Material Alone.
Now It dawns upon us that success
cannot be limited to mat-rial things
for personal purposes. Success that
is wholly individualistic Is not success
at alL It is nothing more than egre
gioua selfishness wearing 1 the damp
'Essentials of Religion" Is
Dr. Stansfield's Theme.
Special Music to Be Suns; at Both
Meetings Today at First Meth
odist Church.
AT the morning service today In the
First Methodist Church, the pas
tor. Dr. Joshua Stansfield, will have for
his theme "The Essentials of Religion."
The development of man has produced
many types of religion, all of more or
less merit, according to the type and
environment of the race with which
they have been developed. An old
Hebrew prophet summed up the best In
religion under three Items, to do Justly,
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
God. Dr. Stansfield doubtless will bring
the application of such elements as
these to modern life in terms of present-day
speech. .
For this evening's sermon his sub
to Sucess for Those Who
shroud of death, even the death of the
soul.
The large thing, burning with the
life of God In us. pours Itself out for
the good of others, and compels us to
Invest our divine capital for the uplift
of others. This success can never come
save through the power of endurance.
It comes not Immediately. The task
Is toe great to be measured by mo
ments. It runs through the ages. Gene
rations are but night and day . shirts
for the one great common Job on the
hands of God and men who are big
enough and brave enough to do that
which lies next us. We can see bow
this calls for endurance. Endurance
calls for divine energy. Divine energy
calls for God. So they who really suc
ceed, or who make their contribution
toward that great common success
which shall be seen In the light of eter
nity, always mrve God with them. They
cannot leave him out. They would not
If they could. They see him. They
see him In their assignment to serv
ice. They see him in his providence
giving them the opportunity to serve.
They look to him when the task is
very hard. They do not become embit
tered toward such as shirk, and dodge,
and run away, or refuse to acknowl
edge their accountability to God. They
endure. They endure hardship, pain,
affliction, suffering, sacrifice, anything,
everything, that may come to them.
They endure "as seeing him who Is in
visible." With this new view of what success
really Is we should conclude that It Is
Infinitely more than the small thing
about which we have read and heard
all our days until the very theme has
become so trite and common-place that
many have lost the keen edge of Inter
est In It, It is not a matter for purely
academic discussion. Life throbs, and
destiny takes its initial steps here.' It
does not belong to our personal lives,
merely. Patent virtues and graces can
not complete the enterprise. God means
It to be as deep as his love, as vast as
life, as wide as need, and as lasting as
eternity, with all life on earth and. in
heaven sharing In its benefts. In a
sense too profound for moral mind to
touch bottom it Is yet to equal the
character and work of Almighty God.
Co-operation Wita God Essential.
The fullness of personal life depends
very largely upon one's co-operation
with the Infinite where he shares in
the divine movements of the age in
which he lives, and takes so much upon
himself that he is compelled to endure
as seeing him who is invisible. A sane
philosophy, employing the larger vis
ion, does not limit the Idea of success
to the world's masters of finance, nor
yet to those who have found room at
the top in their chosen vocations. Never
can It regard that man as successful
who won by some clever trick; or who
crushed others that he might rise; or
whose spirit of competition prompted
him to resort to unscrupulous methods.
Real success never asks for crooked
ways. He who pawns his character
asd good name in the greedy game
finds nothing to atone for his irretriev
able loss.
It is not "a sin to make money, if we
do It honestly, and use our wealth to
the glory of God. but we can never af
ford to coin our souls into dollars, and
forfeit our interest in the spiritual and
eternal, on account of the more limited
success In material things. A man's
worth to society is not to be measured
ject is "Quit You Like Men. Be Strong."
History tells the story of a great num
ber of strong men differing in actions,
spirit and character from the strong
man of the camp of Dan to the Lion of
the Tribe of Judah.
The First Methodist Church takes a
Justifiable pride In its splendid quartet
and; vested choir. They will render two
special numbers at each of the serv
ices. In the morning the chorus will
sing "Be Glad. O Ye Righteous." by
Stearne, and the quartet will sing "God
So Loved the World;" from 'The Cruci
fixion," by Stainer. For the evening
service the quartet will sing "Appear.
Thou Light Divine," by Morrison, ana
this will be followed by a soprano' solo
from Miss Peterson, "He Knows," by
Sheldon.
At the evening hour Dr. Stansfield
will make announcement of a series of
monthly sermon lectures to be given
on the first Sunday evening of each
month, beginning oa the first Sunday
of February.
Child Welfare day will be observed
byhe Y. W. C. A. at the regular ves-
Have Failed in Material Affairs.
by his material accumulations. You
cannot know the size of his soul by
knowing the price of the house in
which he resides.
We are told that "Everybody is
struggling for the good things of the
world, and all arguments to prove that
they are not desirable are worse than
wasted." Perhaps this is so when ap
plied to most persons. Hence the busi
ness of religious teachers is not to at
tempt to show that there is no good In
material possessions, but that the bet
ter way Is to relate them to spiritual
assets. "All the toys which Infatuate
men and which they play for," says
Emerson, "land, money, luxury, power,
fame, are the self-same thing, with a
gauze or two of illusion overlaid." No
one finds the real zest for the game un
til he relates his genius to the king
dom of God. It is nothing less than a
tragedy, over which angels weep tears
of blood, for the so-called successful
man in the everyday affairs of the
world to have no personal Interest in
the church, and in philanthropic and
humanitarian movements contemplating
the betterment of the masses.
Mercenary Motives Bring Failure.
Some men are too great to make
money. Agassis could not be Induced
to lecture at $500 a night because he
was so busy In what he believed to be
the higher good and success that he
could find no time to make money.
Senator Charles Sumner refused to lec
ture at any price, saying that his time
was not for sale. It belonged to Massa
chusetts and the Nation. Spurgeon, the
great preacher, declined to come to
America and lecture BO nights at f 1000
a night, and said he could do better; he
could stay in London and try to save
60 souls.
Our main contention Is that success,
as God sees It, and as he means it to
be. cannot be limited to material things
and that all mercenary incentives and
motives end in failure. The chief prob
lem of the world is to lift the human
race from the mercenary to the mis
sionary basis, and so relate the indi
vidual to the entire human race that no
man in the end shall have lived In vain.
Our world is full of failures because
so many persons have yet to find the
real meaning of life. We are here not
simply for the purpose of succeeding in
things, but In life; not merely for the
purpose of having what we think is a
good time, but to make life better for
all who live; to lift persons from
mere existence to abundant life; so
many, all about us, are really not liv
ing at all; we. who know God. should
be able, personally, to say with our
Savior, "I came that they may have
life, and may have It abundantly."
Therefore, the first thing for men to
ascertain Is whether they are succeed
ing in this great business of living, or
not. How are they to know? Well,
the whole matter is as simple as It Is
serious. We are told that life is cor
respondence with environment. If we
live only through correspondence with
the facts to which we are alive, and
we do. then It Is a question as to what
the correspondence and the facts are.
When we are alive unto sin. we are
sinners, no matter what may be our
religious professions. When we are
alive to small and mean things only,
we, ourselves, are small, and we can
and will do some very small and mean
things, reproachful to our margin of
per service today at 4:30 P. M. There
will be special music furnished by Ed
win and Jack Anstey. Mrs. Robert
Tate will talk on child welfare work
in Oregon, illustrated by stereopticon
views. All are invited to remain to the
social hour, 6:30 o'clock.
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An Interesting evening was given at
Ogden's Hall, Mississippi avenue and
Shaver street, by the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of Pilgrim Church on Friday.
There was a burlesque installation of
the officers of the society. An origi
nal song and other music and readings
of a most entertaining character made
up a delightful programme.
Reception Tendered New
Pastor and Wife
Affair at Westminster Presbyterian
Cknrrk Parlors la ills Kir Knjoy
able Kvent for Those Present.
THE women of Westminster Presby
terian Church gave a reception for
their new pastor and wife. Dr. and Mrs.
E. H. Pence, last Tuesday evening." The
church parlors were very attractive
with cut flowers, greens and many
shaded lights.
In the receiving line with Dr. and
Mrs. Pence were Mr. and Mrs. S. P.
Lockwood. Mayor and Mrs. Albee and
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kern. A musical
programme given during the evening
Included "Jack" Frazler, cellist of the
Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by
J. Hutchison at the piano; solos by Mrs.
Pauline Miller Chapman; also a quartet
composed of Mrs. H. T. Bohlman, Mrs.
Anna Shlllock, Walter J. Gill and I. G.
King, recently organized under the
direction of William R- Boone. All of
these gave numbers with a beauty of
finish that delighted all who heard
them.
Refreshments were served In the
smaller parlor, made beautiful with
Spring blossoms. The table was pre
sided over by. Mrs. C F. Fisher and
Mrs. H. N. Randall.
Professor Hudson B. Hastings will
be th principal speaker this evening
at 7:45 o'clock at the open forum held
in the chapel, Church of Our Father,
upon the subject, "A Proposed Zona
System for the Building Code of Port
land." At the morning service at 11 the
pastor. Rev. William G. Eliot, Jr., will
preach upon "The President's Mes
sage to the Senate." The sermon will
analyze the message and attempt to
interpret it in its possible effects.
Dr. J. M. Dean to Be Heard
at White Temple Soon.
Noted Chicago Divine Also to Con
duct Series of Meetings at Y. M.
C. A.. Beginning ext Week.
REV. JOHN M. DEAN. D. D.. who is
to conduct a series of meetings at
the Y. M. C. A. next week, will be at
the White Temple for the next two
Sundays. Dr. Dean Is president of the
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
In Chicago and also Is pastor of the
Second Baptist Church of that city. His
morning sermon topic will be "God's
Truth Dependent on Man's Courage."
In the evening he will preach on "The
Microcosm of the Cross."
Rev. Calvin Waller, the new pastor,
will take charge of the work March 1.
In the East Side Baptist Church Rev.
E. A. Woods will preach today and Dr.
Hinson will occupy the pulpit all of
February.
...
The visit of Multnomah Camp No. 77,
Woodmen of the World, to the evening
service of the Central Presbyterian
MONEY -
manhood, or Its fragmentary aspecta
The only good we do Is to make it
harder for those who are trying to do
their best, and compel them to endure
more. Our opposition will make them
stronger. The wind' that makes the
good trees sway, compels their, roots
to take a deeper hold, and helps to 1
force the sap into the utmost branch
and twig. But. after awhile the wind
spends its force, and men see it not;
but they do see the stronger trees.
more able to endure the next storm, and
to survive its whimsical fury.
Pleasures Shut Out Essentials.
If we are alive only to our own
selfish little pleasures, and have no
large and clear conception of what we
are in the world to do, we pass through
it, and out of it, without ever amount
ing to anything worth while, unless we
wake up in time to change our mad
ways. Many persons In Portland, and
elsewhere, are seeking pleasure at the
expense of thel rprofit- O, men and
women, who are not living as you
should, you must not go on in this
way! You cannot without making your
misguided souls wet and red In the
very heart blood of some of us who
love you enough to tell the truth about
yourselves which so sorely you need to
bear and heed. We love you enough
to think of you, to live and die for jr'ou.
We all need to be alive unto God,
Our natural life and senses cannot ap
prehend a world large enough to af
ford sufficient breathing space for our
immortal souls. God's area must be
acknowledged before man becomes al
together man. Without seeing him who
is invisible, life on earth, with all Its
sin. sorrow and suffering, is an in
soluble mystery, an enigma which no
human being can understand. When
we see him we do not become blind to
things as they are, but we do not con
fine our view to one side only.
"I see the wrong that round me lies c
Z feel the g-uilt.wxthtn.
I hear, with groan and travail cries,
Tbs world confess its sin."
But still with Whittier we believe In
"The Eternal Goodness." and upon this,
rather than man's failures we proceed.
Just here is the indictment of many of
our modern prophets, with their more
pessimistic notes. They are too one
sided in their views, and they point
out the evils and ills of the world as
it is today without saying enough
about the remedies and the unfailing
cure for the souls of men. They take
their little theological sticks and stir
stagnant pools'and call attention to the
mud and scum when they might stand
by that river which John saw. "bright
as crystal, proceeding from the throne
of God and the Lamb." They bag apples
of Sodom when they might tell us more
about the "tree of life, bearing 12 man
ner of fruits, yielding its fruit every
month. They climb rugged places,
with discouraged hearts, and bleeding
feet, and gather withered leaves, when
they might show us the leaves of the
tree by the side of God's crystal river,
which leaves are for the healing of
the nations. God knows the nations do
need healing. Let his prophets tell us
how they can be- healed. Tell us they
will when they see him who is In
visible. God. himself, is the one sover
eign remedy for the poor; imperfect
lives of men. God, in his truth, and
love, and power. .for lives in error, sin
and unlovableneas; God, in his divine
Church last Sunday was a success. The
membership of the church welcomed
the visitors, and the members of the
lodge expressed themselves as well
pleased with their visit. Dr. Bishop de
livered an able address upon the sub
ject, "Doing Good Unto All Men." He
is a member of the order himself and
therefore was in a position to get close
to his audience, which seemed to ap
preciate his address. The music was ,
inspiring, and the whole service was
one long to be remembered, both by the
Woodmen and by the church, which
acted as hosts on this occasion.
...
"The Most Significant State Paper
Ever Written" will form the. basis of
Dr. J. H. Boyd's sermon at the First
Presbyterian Church today at 10:S0
A. M and at 7:30 P. M. a special Robert
Louis Stevenson evening has been ar
ranged. Dr. Boyd has announced a
series of sermons on "Types of Happi
ness." and this week will preach upon
"The Happiness of the Burdened" with
the life and philosophy of Stevenson as
a background for his thoughts. John
Claire Montelth will give two special
musical numbers, the words of which
were written by Stevenson. "Evensong"
and "Requiem." More than a thousand
persons heard the first sermon of this
series last Sunday night on the "Happi
ness of the Unthinking." Strangers and
newcomers in Portland especially are .
invited to the evening service, when all
seats are thrown open to the public
...
"Losing and Winning" will be dis
cussed at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church South this morning by the
pastor, W. J. Fenton, "The reason soma
people have lost out In -the Christian
life makes this subject a real necessity.
To those who are anxious to succeed,
there can be no more Important theme.
The present and the future are both
Involved." says Rev. Mr. Fenton. The.
Broadway W. C. T. U. will have charge
of the service In the evening and come
able speakers will be present to take
pare
...
Rev. Warren Morse comes to the
Atkinson Memorial Congregational
Church as acting pastor after four
years as pastor of the First Congrega
tional Church of Bellingham. Wash.
He previously had lived In New Eng
land, and is a graduate of the Yale
Divinity School.
While in Bellingham Mr. Morse, In
addition to the work of his church,
had been active in educational, philan
thropic and interdenominational re
ligious Interests. He had served as
pastoral adviser of the Christian En
deavor Union, as chairman of a com
mittee for an interdenominational night
school for Sunday school workers, as
president of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation of the Roeder School, and as
chairman of the city war relief com
mittee. Rev. Warren Morse will reside with,
his family at Ankeny Court, 935 East
Ankeny street, phone East 6523. Mrs.
Morse remained with the two daugh
ters in Bellingham so that they might
finish th' school semester before chang ing
to the schools here.
...
To keep up the Interest In the lay
men's missionary movement, confer
ences and rallies will be held here
February 14 and IS. E. Guy Talbott.
of Los Angeles, was In Portland during
the week to arrange for the big meet
ings. Mr. Talbott is Pacific Coast sec
retary of the laymen's movement,
E. L. Thompson is local chairman.
Dr. Luther R. Dyott. Dr. Joshua Stans
field and D. A. Thompson are on the
committee of conference and institute.
A. S. Pattullo, G. M. Taylor and Rev.
W. O. Wright make up the committee
arranging for the dinner for men, the
big event of February 14, at the First
Methodist Church. A mass meting will
be held on February 15 In the White
Temple. Ten conferences will be held
on this Coast, The first will be In
Spokane. February 8 and 9, and the last
at San Diego on March 1 and 2.
MAKING
Son. our Savior, for all who need to
be saved from everything that ruins
life; God. with his comfort for all who
sorrow; God. with his peace, for this
poor, troubled world, tossed amid its
tempest: God. with his rest for those
who are weary beyond endurance: God.
with his guidance, for the world -that
has lost its way amid the blinding
storm, like a sheep among the thunder-
riven mountains. Oh. there is no sub
stitute for God!
Hope Held Out for Failures.
The remainder of this message Is to
deal, especially, with those who ara
failures those who are failures and oo
not know it; those who are failures and
do know it. We undertake to show
how your real success may yet come In
spite of these failures. Some of the
most successful persons in the world
have failed somewhere and some time.
The great outstanding characters of
Biblical history were failures at cer
tain periods in their lives. Abraham
failed, but he became the most success
ful man of his age in spite of his fail
ure; Jacob failed, but God took the
best that was left in him, and after
wards made him a prince in spite of his
failure; David failed, but his broken
heart opened a door for God. and the
sweet singer has made millions of souls
hear glad music from the heart of God;
Peter failed, but he had strength
enough to endure the searching, tender
look of his wronged Master and to re
turn to him. and mightily did the spirit
of God use his subsequent days: Saul
failed, but when God changed him to
Paul he produced moral earthquakes
In the empire of Satan, and gave Jesus
an adequate chance through his lite.
All among men have failed, save the
man of Nazareth, who shall yet "see of
the travail of his soul and be satis
fied." The man who is a failure with
out knowing it is in a worse condition
than the one who Is a failure, and
knows it.
How are we to neip tne rormerr no
should submit to the real test of God
Let God weigh him in his Just balance.
What is he actually doing to show that
God completely possesses his life, and
mightily uses him In his work? Is be
really a man at all In the sense that
he has "put away childish things?"
What results are coming through his
life in God's business? If some per
sons did not make any greater success
of their business than they do In their
religion they would either be the char
ity cases for their generous friends or
candidates for the poorhouse. If you
are a failure, find it out and let God yet
make something of your life.
Now all who have failed, and have
lost heart, and have been crushed to
the earth by their heavy burdens, and
manifold temptations, need not despair.
The hard places in life are not too
hard when we have God to help. The
visible does not equal the Invisible, and
the Lord. God of Hosts, is not In a
losing cause. Try his way, and de
pend upon him, and know that the com
ing days may be the best part of your
life. Share with God in the time of
toll, and know his strength now, anil
Ms Joy when he shall have accom
plished his work among men. No battle
can be too great when we make him
our fortress.
"A mighty fortre Is our God,
.A bulwark never falling;
Our helper he amid the flood
Of mortal Ills prevailing."
Triumph Is sure to all who endure,
as seeing him who is invisible.