THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 11, 1917.
PREPARATIONS ARE ON FOR BIG EASTER RELIGIOUS RALLY
Lenten Period Is Marked by Every-Member Canvass Multnomah Christian Endeavor to Hold Third Congress Meeting on March 13.
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THE Lenten period Is busy with
preparations for a great rallying
of religious forces on Easter
Sunday. In nearly all the churches
special stress is laid upon an every
member canvass, and in encouraging
all the church members to assist in
fretting new members into the church.
Dr. V. W. Youngson recently sent every
Methodist minister in the district six
postal cards which they were requested
to fill each Sunday and return to him
with a statement of attendance at serv
ices and Sunday school.
The third congress meeting of the
Multnomah County Christian Endeavor
T7nion will be held Tuesday evening,
March 13, at the Rodney-avenue Chris
tian Church, corner Rodney avenue and
Knott street. A banquet will be served
at 6:15 P. M. in the dining-room. Res
ervations should be made to Miss Bea
trice Brownell, 89 North Eighteenth
street, Main 8389, A-5165.
The chief speakers of the evening
will be Dr. George B. Prattf. Elbert
Charman. the newly-elected -president
of the Oregon State Union, and ex
President Lloyd R. Carrick.
The entertainment committee has
made elaborate plans for the evening
and a union social will follow the ad
dresses at the banquet. Those who have
attended past socials given by the so
cial committee of the union will know
what to expect.
Each society of the union should
make It a point to send their president,
the look-out chairman and other offi
cers, and all who attended the recent
state conventions, and the pastors of
the churches are also invited to attend
the congress meeting.
These meetings are proving to be of
much help to the societies In getting in
closer touch with their union officers
and co-operating more fully with them
in the Christian Endeavor work. The
Endeavorers are anxious to come into
closer touch with their pastors and to
help them as much as they can in their
work. Now that the Easter season will
soon be at hand, a greater co-operation
is hoped to be established between the
Endeavorers and the pastors, to -get a
closer union between the young people
and the church.
Reports of the different departments
of the union will be handed in by the
committees to the secretary at the ban
quet, but they will not be required to
read them at the meeting.
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Dr. Arthur F. Bishop, pastor of Cen
tral Presbyterian Church, will preach
this morning on "The Importance of
Personal Work." At 7:30, his topic
will be "Why I Am a Christian."
The plans of the Easter campaign of
the Central Presbyterian Church em
brace the following particulars:
A series of Sunday evening sermons
on the "Reason for the Hope That Is in
Me." March 11. "Why I Am a Chris
tian"; March 18, "Why I Am a Church
Member"; March 25. "Why I Am a
Presbyterian."
A series of seven sermons Sunday
mornings and Thursday evenings on
personal work: March 8, "Motives for
Personal Work"; March 11, "The Im
portance of Personal Work"; March 15,
"Personal Element in Soul Winning";
March 22, "Power of Personal Effort";
March 25, "Personal Qualifications for
Personal Workers"; March 29. "Meth
ods of Personal Work"; April 1, "How
to Deal With Particular Classes of In
dividuals." A pastor's communion class espe
cially intended for candidates for
church membership and for the young
er members of the church, to which all
persons are cordially invited. The class
will meet at the church Sunday after
noons at 4 o'clock, March 11, 18, 25 and
April 1. Topics. "What It Is to Be a
Christian," "Why Unite With the
Church?" "Duties of a Church Mem
ber," "The Sacraments of Baptism and
the Lord's Supper."
Evangelistic services each, night of
the week beginning April 1.
A great Easter day recognition serv
ice with the reception of new members.
The quarterly communion service
and baptism of Infants and children,
Sunday, April 15.
Much Interest Shown in
Coming Bible Conference.
Inter-Denomlnatlonal Meetings Will
Open Sunday, March IS Dr.
Gaebelein Will Lecture.
THE Portland Bible conference
(Inter-denominational) will open
Sunday. March 18, at 3 P. M.. In the
First Congregational Church, corner
Park and Madison streets.
It Is expected that this conference
will be the most largely attended of
any since their inauguration three
years ago. Inquiries are being received
daily by Robert E. Millard, chairman of
the conference committee, from pastors
and church workers of all denomina-
LINCOLN'S FAITH IN GOD
BY REV. HAROLD H. GKIFFIS,
Pastor of First Christian Church.
IN the 27th verse of the 11th chapter
of Hebrews we read. "For he en
dured, as seeing him who Is In
visible." The Inspired writer tells us that the
greatness of Moses lay In the fact that
he saw the invisible. The power to see
the Invisible will
make any man
great. Upheld ty
faith In an Invisible L
Uod wno lives anu
loves and plans,
men In every gen
eration "have gone
dry-shod across all
seas, turned stones
Into angel's bread,
caused the rock to
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mountains smoKingj
with the divine!
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every hill of diffi- Kev
oulty to be bright with the lightning of
God's command and promise."
' And this is the very essence of true
relisrion the ability to look at the
unseen. The man who has this ability
can believe that God will have time to
care for each life, and whoever has that
belief sees the best glimmering through
the worst, feels the sun's warm ray3
throbbing through the thickest clouds,
tastes the fruit before the blossoms
fall, hears the song within the silent
egg and discerns the signals of victory
in the very thick and smoke of life's
feat.
Religion Is Faith.
Religion is simply another name for
-faith, and what is faith but seeing
without eyes, hearing without ears and
touching without fingers? Religion may
have many definitions, but certainly it
has no truer description than that
sriven by the writer of Hebrews: "By
faith Moses forsook Egypt, not fearing
the wrath of the King, for he endured,
as seeing him who is Invisible."
Now when religion Is thus conceived
of as a practice of the Invisible, surely
we are Justified in saying that Abra
ham Lincoln was one of the most re
ligious men that ever walked the earth
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tHons residing In neighboring towns,
and many of them have announced their
intention of being in Portland to attend
the meetings.
. The lecturer will be Dr. A. C. Gaebe
leln, the eminent Bible .expositor, who
will speak every afternoon and even
ing. The lectures will cover many
phases of Bible truth.
Dr. Gaebelein is a fluent linguist, be
ing master of eight languages and
about a dozen dialects. In New York
he frequently preaches to the immi
grants in their own tongues, and dis
tributes large quantities of gospel
literature among them, printed in their
native languages.
For a number of years, when pastor
of a church in New York, located near
the Ghetto district. Dr. Gaebelein
opened the doors every Saturday and
preached to the Russian Jews in their
own language, showing the fulfillment
of the Old Testament scriptures In
Jemis Christ.
The opening lecture of the confer
ence will be "ati Important Question
in the Light of the Bible Universal
Peace, How and When Will It Come?"
There will be a 15-mlnute song serv
ice before each lecture, led by Dr. J. W.
McMichaeL The public is cordially Invited.
Congregational Services to
Be Advanced Half Hour.
La ill en' Aid Safety rlwiien Life
of MIim Mary A. Hsilirdoi and
II rot her hood Hears Talk oi Ship
ping; by J. nr. Teal.
LFNTEX services are being con
ducted in the First Congregational
Church by Dr. Luther R. Dyott, the
pastor, on Sunday evenings. Dr. Dyott's
theme will be "Can a Man Without Re
ligion Give Himself a Square Deal?"
"Perfect Peace" will be the theme at
the morning service.
The past week has been a most ac
tive one In the organizations of this
church. Wednesday afternoon the
Ladies Aid Society held Its regular
meeting in the church parlors. The
afternoon was spent in sewing for
charity an individual work. Mrs. R. C.
Taylor told of the life of Miss Mary A.
Hodgdon, who, for nearly 30 years,
was a most efficient and highly es
teemed member of this church, and
who died recently at her home in
Massachusetts.
On Monday night the Brotherhood
had its monthly dinner, which was fol
lowed by an address by J. N. Teal on
"Shipping Problems of Portland."
The Guild- and Silver Circle also met
during the week and on Friday night
the teachers and officers of the Biblj
school were invited to the home of
the superintendent, J. L. Bowlby. to
discuss plans for the Easter programme
and other business matters of the
school.
Beginning this Sunday, the hour of
worship in this church changes to 30:30
in place of 11 A. M-, and the Bible
school will follow the morning service,
beginning promptly at 12 o'clock. Pri
mary and beginners, departments will
meet during church hours.
Men's Bible Class Proves
Forceful Power.
Excellent T'f-o Brm mm r- Is Arranged
by First Christina Chares Orgas
tzatioa. THE men's Bible class of the First
Christian Church is proving a
forceful power in that organization.
Ex-State Senator B. F. Mulkey is the
teacher of this class and his thorough
exposition of Biblical truths is attract
ing the attention of thoughtful people.
as an auxiliary help to develop the
interest in the work, of this class, its
members and friends will hold a ban
quet in the church parlors Friday eve
ning, juarcn zz.
An excellent programme under the
supervision of A. H. Averill is in course
of preparation for this occasion. All
men are invited to be present.
WARRENTON. Or.. March 10. (Soe
cial.) There was a large attendance at
hpworth League on Sunday night when
Mrs. Isaac Seidel presided and Miss
Myrtle Copenhaver had charge of the
music. The musical numbers were
given by Professor J. T. Lee, and the
"Bound to Win" Sunday school girls'
class. At the close of the league meet
ing the pastor presided. The election
of officers was held as follows: Presi
dent, Sidney Campbell; first vice-presi
dent. Dr. E. S. Hamel: second vice-
president, Mrs. I. Seidel; third vice
president. Miss Runa Sigurdson; fourth
vice-president. Miss Blanche Moore
No
supposed that our first martyred Pres- i
ident was a dogmatic theologian or an
ecclesiastical zealot, but as one who
humbly practiced the presence of God,
it may very confidently be affirmed that
Abraham Lincoln had few if any su
periors. Search for the secret of his
strange power as he moved among men
and you will find It not In a brilliant
intellect or a scholarly training, much
less in a polished cleverness, but in a
keen moral Insight that was born and
nourished In the atmosphere of the un
seen, and when we pause to reflect
upon his almost superhuman triumph
over trial and trouble and tribulation,
truly It may be said of Lincoln, as It
was said of Moses, that "he endured, as
seeing him who is invisible."
Lincoln Intensely Human.
Nothing warrants us In elevating
Abraham Lincoln to the position of a
god or a demi-god. On the contrary,
he was intensely human. When ques
tioned by a campaign biographer as to
his early life, he pathetically replied
that the whole story might be told in
a single line from Gray's "Elegy"
"The short and simple annals of the
poor" and certain it is that tere is
not a child in our republic today with
fewer social advantages than those of
the -young TCentuckian whose path to
the White House began at the door of
a rude log hut. By all the leadings of
ancestry, birth, environment, occupa
tion and disposition Abraham Lincoln
was thoroughly identified with the
common people, of whom he once said
that "God must have loved them be
cause he made so many of them." If
his was divinity, it was the divinity of
democracy. And this makes his reli
gion all the more significant. It was
while walking among the masses that
he "endured, as seeing Bim who is In
visible." It was while living close to
earth and loving his fellowmen that he
kept his eye fixed on God.
Today, if ther"e be any profit In fol
lowing the New Testament injunction
"to consider one another to provoke
unto love and good works," may we
not find something of that profit In
considering Abraham Lincoln with his
religion of loyalty to the unseen?
Divine Guidance Is Credited.
Among other things, I would say that
Lincoln manifested his religious spirit
in his implicit reliance upon a divine
providence. In his farewell address
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Miss Hazel Vannice.
Rev. Marcus B. Parounaglan then de
livered his interesting lecture subject.
My Trip From Armenia to America, in
which he told many thrilling incidents
of the experiences of his countrymen
In that persecuted country. The choir
sang special music.
Rev. M. B. Parounaglan, the Sunday
school missionary of the Oregon Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, organized three Sunday school
classes at the Warrenton Methodist
BSplscopal Church on Sunday morning-
"The Live Wires" intermediate boys'
class, W. C. Wickline, teacher; the
Bound to Win" Intermediate girls'
class. Miss Myrtle Copenhaver. teacher,
and the young ladles' class, Mrs. Isaac
Seidel, teacher.
Twenty members of the warrenton
Ladies' Aid Society, of which Mrs. J.
T. Lee is president, were entertained
by Mrs. Edith Harmon at her home on
Wednesday afternoon. Miss Hazel Har
mon entertained the visitors with violin
selections and Mrs. Sidney Signer ac
companied at the piano.
Rev. Alfred Bates will preacn at tne
Clatsop Plains Presbyterian Church this
Sunday at 11:30 A, M., and at Warren
ton at 7:30 P. M., when the choir will
offer special music.
The "Jefferson Four," the popular
young quartet, of Frank W. Harlow,
first tenor; Elmo P. Brous, second ten
or; E. Fendall Young, baritone, ana
Carl Appelgren, Jr., basso, assisted by
Mies Gretchen Jackman and Miss
Grace Fields, staged a seven-act musi
cal vaudeville on the evening of rt
day, March 2, at the Artisans Temple
at Portsmouth. The programme wae4
varied and pleasing, consisting o
quartets, duets and solos, besides sev
eral instrumental numbers.
The vaudeville opened with & scene
In the Far West, which was carried out
In pleasing harmony. This? was fol
lowed by the talking cartoonist, Frank
W. Harlow. The third act was a ren
dition of Hawaiian harmony. E. Fen
dall Y'oung, a boy baritone, was heard
in Irish songs, and the comedy sketch
and ukulele solo by Miss Gretchen
Jackman were equally well worked up.
The show closed with the quartet in a
scene laid in Dixie and a good finale
of the entire cast. The show was pre
sented under the auspices of the Ladies
Aid Society of the University Park
Congregational Church at the Artisan
Temple. Portsmouth avenue and Lom
bard street.
The service in First" Methodist
Church this morning will be dedicated
to the Gideons. Dr. Joshua Stansfield
will speak on "The Book." At the
evening service Dr. Stansfield will have
for his theme "The Christian Stand."
representative John Gill will address
the vesper service at Laurelwood Con
gregational Church, Forty-fifth avenue
and Sixty-fifth street Southeast, at 6
o'clock. Mr. Gill will review some of
the recent legislation as It affected
moral questions.
The East Side Christian Church plans
to acquire a new home. Rev. R. H.
Sawyer, the pastor, has Just advised his
congregation of the immediate neces-
Particular Creed Embraced, but Divine Being Looked
to his neighbors at prlngfleld, just be
fore starting to Washington City for
his inauguration, Mr. Lincoln said: "I
now leave, not knowing when or
whether ever I may return, with a task
before me- greater than that which
rested upon Washington. Without the
assistance of that Divine Being who
ever attended him I cannot succeed.
With that assistance I cannot fall.
Trusting in him who can go with me
and remain with you and be every
where for good, let us confidently hope
that all will yet be well. To his care
commending you, as I hope In your
prayers you will commend me, I bid
you an affectionate farewell."
Shortly after the beginning of the
Civil War the great President, speak
ing to a company of visitors, declared:
"I hold myself in my present position
and with the authority invested In me
as an instrument of Providence.
One day during the war a minister
said in Lincoln's presence that he hoped
the Lord was on their side, to which
Mr. Lincoln replied. "I am not at all
concerned about that, for I know that
the Lord Is always on the side of the
right; but it Is my continual anxiety
and prayer that I and this Nation
should be on the Lord's side."
Gratitude Ever Present
It is worthy of special notice that In
every annual message to Congress Mr.
Lincoln opens his discussions with an
acknowledgment of gratitude to God
and reliance upon him. In a remark
able conversation Just after his second
election the noted President said: "I
should be the most presumptuous
blockhead upon this footstool if I had
for one day thought that I could dis
charge the duties which have come
upon me since I came into this place
without the aid and guidance of One
who is stronger and wiser than all
others." Certainly no man in the public
life of America had a stronger faith in
the guidance of God and in the ulti
mate triumph of right over wrong than
our first martyred President.
Furthermore, I would have you ob
serve that Abraham Lincoln manifested
his religious spirit in his reverence for
and constant use of the sacred Scrip
tures. During the plastic years v of
memory he had Just three books to
read and study and first of these was
the King James version of the Bible.
The result is that his literary style.
like that of the Scriptures, affords ua
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TOTHVO PEOPLE ACTIVE IX
CIRRESiT CHURCH EVENTS.
"Jefferson Four," an organiza
tion of clever -young mueicians
that entertained recently for the
Aid Society of the University
Park Congregational Church, is
made up of (left to right) Carl
Applegren. Jr., bass; Frank W.
Harlow, first tenor; Elmo P.
Brous, second tenor, and E. Fen
dall Young, baritone.
Miss Violet Johnson Is one of
the leaders in Sunday school
and Christian Endeavor work.
Missions are her specialty.
Rev. E. R. Martin is the district
superintendent of the American
Sunday School Union.
slty of providing a church home to" ac
commodate the rapid growth. A spe
cial meeting will be held this morning
at which the matter will be submitted
to the congregation together with plans
of the committee in whose hands the
affair was placed.
Mr. Sawyer will speak at the morn
ing service on "The,Place and Purpose
of the Book of Acts." He insists that
the Bible would be understood and be
lieved by all intelligent persons if they
would read and study it as they would
study history, geometry or chemistry.
First Presbyterians Already
Are Preparing for Easter.
Dr. Boyd to Conttnn. aerle on
"The Fatherhood f Cod" Today
and There Will Be Special 3Iusic
by Choir and Orchestra.
THE preparations for Eastern began
last Sunday at the First Presby
terian Church, Twelfth and Alder
streets, and great crowds thronged the
auditorium both morning and at night.
The pastor. Dr. John H. Boyd, will
preach today at both of the services.
At 10:30 in the morning he will con
tinue the series in "The Fatherhood of
God." which was begun last Sunday.
The topic will be "The Blessedness and
Terrors of the Divine Fatherhood."
This will supplement the message of
last Sunday, in which Dr. Boyd showed
what right men have to think of God
as a father.
The choir of the First Presbyterian
Church is: Organist and director of
music, E. E. Coursen; soprano, Mrs.
Leah Slusser Hathaway: contralto, Mrs.
Lulu Dahl Miller; tenor. Warren A.
Erwin; baritone. John Claire Monteith
leader of orchestra, William Bittle
Wells.
The musical programme In the morn
ing will contain Mendelssohn's "Hear
Ye Israel," sung by Mrs. Leah Slusser
Hathaway. There will also be an an
them by the quartet. Gounod's "Songs
of Praise the Angels Sang" and two
numbers on the organ, Foote's "Noe
THE TRUE ESSENCE OF RELIGION
an example of the purest English, while
his speeches and writings abound in
allusions to Biblical incidents and
texts. To his personal friend, Joshua
Speed, he said one day: "I am profita
bly engaged In reading the Bible. Take
all of this book that you can on rea
son and the balance on faith and you
will live and die a happier man." Lin
coln's private secretary, John G. Nlco
lay, testifies, "He praised the simplic
ity of the gospels. He often declared
that the Sermon on the Mount con
tained the essence of law and Justice
and that the Lord's Prayer was the
sublimest composition In human
speech."
Prayer Frequently Aaked.
Again, Abraham Lincoln manifested
hls'deeply religious spirit In his atti
tude toward prayer. "Pray for me" was
the request repeatedly upon his lips in
talking to visitors at the White House
during the dark days of the Rebellion.
More than once In the terrible crisis
did he call the republic to its knees
by proclaiming special days of prayer
and fasting and humiliation before
God. while it is a simple fact of his
tory that our modern Thanksgiving
day on the last Thursday of November
became a fixed institution in the life
of the Nation through the readiness of
Abraham Lincoln to credit the Al
mighty with the victories of the Union
Army and to acknowledge God as the
supreme source of all National bless
4ngs. On the day of receiving the
news of Lee's surrender Lincoln's Cab
inet held an Informal session, but
neither the President nor any member
was able, for a Lime, to give utterance
to his feelings. At length, at the sug
gestion of Mr. Lincoln, all dropped to
their knees and offered. In silence and
iai tears, their humble and heartfelt
gratitude to Almighty God for the tri
umph which he had granted to the Na
tional cause.
Again. Abraham Lincoln revealed his
deeply religious spirit in his beautiful
tribute of love and loyalty to Jesus
Christ. Discussing his position on the
subject of slavery one day with the
State Superintendent of Illinois Schools
Mr. Lincoln said: "I am nothing, but
truth Is everything. I know that I
am .right because liberty Is right, for
Christ teacltes it. and Christ is God.'
Once he remarked to a preacher friend:
"There la nothing as great under
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In the evening the music will be fur
nished by the orchestra of 25 pieces.
under the leadership of William Bittle
Wells, in connection with the choir
organ. Dr. Boyd will preach in the
evening on "You Ought" (a study of
man's duty). The evening musical pro
gramme will be elaborate.
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At the First Baptist Church the new
pastor. Rev. Calvin B. Waller, D. D.,
will preach morning and evening. His
morning subject will be "The Mountain
Top With Jesus and In the evening
he will preach on "The Life of Victory."
The Temple quartet will sing in the
morning the anthem "Earth and
Heaven," by Mercadante, and as an
offertory "The Earth Is the Lord's,"
by Neidlinger.
In the evening at 7:30 will take place
the monthly organ recital. Miss Nellie
Kennedy, organist. The choir will ren
der the anthem "Arise, Shine" (Lang).
"Prepare Y'e the Day" (Garrett) and
for the evening offertory "The Lord
Is My Light" (Salter).
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The alliance convention which has
been held in the gospel tabernacle.
East Ninth and Clay streets, will close
today. At 11 A, M. the Rev. Mr. Moy
ser. who has been for 23 years a mis
sionary in India, will preach on "The
Divine Plan for a Spirit-Filled Life in
Relation to World-wide Evangeliza
tion." The annual missionary offering
will be taken at the close of the morn
ing service. At 2:30 P. M. Dr. Zim
merman, of Toronto, Canada, will
preach on "The Atonement," using a
chart. At 7:30 P. M. Mr. Moyser will
give his closing missionary address and
to for Guidance in All Matters.
heaven as to be an anfbassador of Jesus
Christ."
Records Prove Faith.
I would not be understood as affirm
ing that Mr. Lincoln held any particu
lar view as to the deity of Jesus or the
doctrines of the incarnation and the
atonement. I only insist, what the
records will bear me out In saying, that
this great man grew into an increasing
appreciation of the claims of Christ
and that in a sublime spirit of love and
faith he became one of his disciples.
And this leads me to speak of an
other way in which Abraham Lincoln
manifested his deeply religious spirit,
and that was his profound respect for
Christ's church. It Is a fact that Mr.
Lincoln never became a church mem
ber, although there Is Indisputable
proof that he had planned to do so
shortly before his assassination. At
the same time Mr. Lincoln was friend
ly to the church, contributed to Its sup
port and attended Its services, greatly
to his interest nd enjoyment. While
in Washington he was a regular at
tendant and pewholder at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
ministered to by Dr. P. D. Gurley.
As to his failure to unite with some
religious body, we have his own ex
planation that the long and Involved
creeds of the various denominations
bewildered him. He said: "When any
church will Inscribe over its altars, as
its sole qualification for membership,
the Savior's condensed statement of
the substance of the law and gospel,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all they heart and soul and mind, and
thy neighbor as thyself.' that church
will I Join with all my heart."
Belief Not Sectarian.
Lincoln's mother was a Disciple, his
father was a Baptist, his wife was a
Presbyterian, his first teacher was a
Catholic, while during his residence In
Washington Matthew Simpson, one of
the great bishops of Methodism, was
often his spiritual adviser.
Thus his Christianity was uniquely
non-sectarian and undenominational.
The gospel which he accepted was the
simple gospel of Christ, free from rhe
admixture of dogmatic speculations and
Inventions of men.
But there was one more way, per
haps the most important of all. In
which the great emancipator showed
at 8:30 P. M. Dr. Zimmerman will speak
on A. Living Sacrifice," illustrated by
chart.
A Christian Endeavor Coclety will be
established tonight in' Kenllworth
Presbyterian Church. The new pastor.
Rev. E. P. Lawrence, is taking up his
duties with enthusiasm.
"Immortality and Its Effect Upon the
Common Man" will be the sermon
theme at the Church of Our Father
this morning. The pastor. Rev. W. G.
Eliot, Jr., will speak especially of the
social effects and the far-reaching in
fluence upon human happiness.
At the T. W. C. A. vesper service
Sunday afternoon, 4:30 o'clock. Rev.
Andrew J. Montgomery will give a
talk illustrated with stereopticon views
of Mount Jefferson, "The American Mat
ternhorn." S. N. .Steele wil sing. Hos
tess, Miss' Bessie Nye Grant. Ushers,
girls from Trinity Episcopal Church.
Social hour. 5:30 o'clock. All girls
are welcome.
Rest as Essential to Bodily
Harmony to Be Discussed.
Mm. Florence Crawford Also Tlas
Arranared Excellent Mnalcal Pros-rant
me to Accompany Lecture
Tonight.
OME Apart and Rest Awhile" Is
J the topic .of the lecture to be
given tonight by Mrs. Florence Craw
ford at 8 o'clock in EllerB Hall, corner
Broadway and Alder street.
A11 know the great value of the rest
in expressing the perfect harmony In
music, and this principle is equally im
portant in the development of harmony
in the physical form," said Mrs. Craw
ford, In speaking of her subject for
tonight.
The musical programme will be fur
nished by pupils of Hartridge Whipp
The meeting is open to all.
Mrs. Crawford speaks this morning
at 11 in "The Comforter Headquarters,"
18S Fifth street, her topic being "Free
dom From i''er."
a
Piedmont Presbyterian Church re-
Sunday Church. Services
ADVENT.
Advent Christian, 438 Second street, near
Hall street Rev. J. S. Lucas, pastor.
Preaching-. 10:80; Sunday school. 12; Loyal
Workers, 6:30; preaching. 7:80; prayer meet
ing, Thursday evening, 7:80.
ADVENTIST.
(These services are held on Saturday.)
Central, Eut Eleventh and Everett
street. P. C. Hayward. minister. Sabbath
school, 10; church services. 11:15; union
young people's meeting Saturday evening.
Arcanum Hall. ,
Montavilla, East Eightieth and. Everett
streets. J. F. Beatty, local elder. Sabbath
School, 10; Preaching, 11; Helping Hand So
ciety, Tuesday, 1:80: union young people's
meeting, Saturday evening. Arcanum Hall,
6:30.
St. Johns, Central avenue and Charleston
street. E. D. Hurlburt, local elder. Sab
bath school, JO; preaching. 11; special
evangelistic services Sunday, Wednesday
and Friday evenings, 8 o'clock.
Lents, Ninety-fourtn atreet and Fifty
eighth avenue Southeast 1. J. Chltwood.
local elder. Sabbath school, 10: preaching.
11; prayer meeting. Wednesday evening
7:80 o'clock. .
Mount Tabor, East Sixteenth and Belmont
streets J. M. Wtlloughby, minister. Sab
bath school. 10; preaching. 11; prayer meet
ing Wdtesdav evening, 7:46.
Alblna (German), Skldmore and Mallory
H. J. Dlrkeen. minister: A. C. Schweitser,
local elder. Sabbath school, 10:30; evangel
istic services. 11:30; preaching Sunday even
ing, 7:45.
Scandinavian. Ogden Hall, Mississippi ave
nue and Shaver street O. E. Sandnes. min
ister. Sabbath school, 10; preaching. 11.
Tabernacle. West Side. Knlgnts of Pythias
Hall, Eleventh and Alder streets Sabbath
school, 10; preaching. 11 A. M. ; special serv
ices every evening except Monday and Tues
day at Arcanum Hall. Thirteenth and Wash
ington, 7:45.
ADTASCED THOtGHT.
Portland Hotel Assembly Hall Bermon
lecture every Sunday night by Dr. Alzamon
Ira Lucas.
ASSOCIATED BIBLE STUDENTS.
Chrlstensen's Hall. 11th and Yamhill
streets 3 P. M-, discourse by F McKer
cher, subject. "Once I Was Blind": 8 P.
M., public lecture by W. A. Baker, subject.
"The Impending Revolution, its cause ana
Its Cure."
BAPTIST.
First. White Temple. Twelfth nnd Taylor
streets Rev. Calvin B. Waller. I. IX, pas
tor. 0:50. Bible school; classesor all sgps:
11. preaching by Dr. Waller, theme, "The
Mountain Top With Jesus"; 6:30. B. Y. P.
U. ; 7:30. preaching by Dr. Waller, theme,
"The Life of Victory."
Third, Knott street and Vancouver ave
nue Rev. Webley -J. Beaven, pastor. Bible
school. 0.4S; B. Y. P. V.. 6:30; 11 A. M..
"Wisdom for Life's Guidance"; 6:80 P. M.,
"Choosing the Best."
East Side, East Twentieth and Ankeny
his deenlv religious spirit, and that was
In his patient, kind, tolerant, merciful I
disposition towards his rellowmen. xie
was one of the tenderest, most forgiv
ing of characters. He never spoke un
kindly of anyone, not even of an enemy.
Not that he was weak or vacillating,
for in the presence of giant wrongs
and injustice his strength turned to
iron and his wrath became a flaming
sword. When a young man he made a
trip dowitthe Mississippi River to New
Orleans and there in the publlo square
of the city he caught his first glimpse
of slavery. A young mulatto woman
with pretty face and comely form was
on the auction block for sale, and as
Lincoln looked up into the auctioneer's
countenance and heard him say, "Come
on, gentlemen, and examine her; I keep
back no secrets front my customers,"
the heart of the young man from the
North grew hot within him and. turn
ing to a comrade, he exclaimed: "By
the Eternal Ood, if I ever get a chance
to hit that thing, I will hit it hard."
And God in his own good time gave
him the chance and he did hit It hard.
Gentle Manner Marked.
But, courageous as he was in the
face of evil, in his relations with sor
rowing humanity he was as gentle as a
woman and in his dealings with per
sonal foes he was absolutely free from
resentment. "It was his nature," said
General Grant, "to find excuses for his
adversaries." On a certain occasion he
remarked to an intimate frend, "I have
never knowingly planted a thorn in any
human heart, but I have always en
deavored to pluck a thorn and plant a
rose .wherever I thought a rose would
grow."'
While in office he pardoned so many
deserters and delinquents from the
Army who had been sentenced to be
shot that he became known as the
"pardoning President." Examine care
fully his writings and recorded utter
ances and you will not find a single
word of malice or bitterness towards
citizens with whom he differed on pub
lic Issues. His favorite motto was a
sentence from the teaching of Jesus,
"Judge not that ye be not Judged."
More than once did he say, "I have not
suffered for the South, I have suffered
with the South."
In the rugged honesty of his younger
years he won the epithet "Honest Abe,"
and honest he was with an almost di
sponded to the appeal for Belgian cati
dren with a generous contribution. At
the Men's Community Club dinner on
Tuesday evening about 140 people
heard with deep Interest W. D. Wheel
wright discuss the present peace situa
tion, which rang clear and true In loy
alty and support of the President in
these trying times. It was Indorsed
heartily -by the assembly. An inter
esting session of the Sunday School
Council on Monday evening showed
Improvements in the school and it
elected a grade superintendent arid
made changes in the course of study
for greater efficiency In the highest
grades.
Dr. Hutchison's series of evening
lectures on "Great Heart Thoughts of
the World" is creating considerable in
terest. The special topio for Sunday
evening will be "The Resurrections."
Many people wonder if there are any
more than one. The morning topic will
be "A Church at Work." Bible school
at 9:45, Christian Endeavor at 6:30.
"No Neutrality" will be the subject
of a sermon to be delivered this morn
ing at 11 o'clock by the Rev. W. E.
Brinkman, pastor of St. James Lu
theran Church. Tonight Dr. Brink
man will speaft on "A New Heart."
Following are other topics scheduled
for other occasions:
Thursday. March 15, "The Btlsmata the
Marks of Christ": Sunday. March IS, A. M..
"The Bread of Life"; P. M., "Be Ye Recon
ciled"; Thursday, March 23, "What Is the
Unpardonable Sin?" Ciindav, .March 5. A.
M-, "The Glory of Humility": P. M., "The
Indignant Christ"; Thursday, March 29,
"Rovk of Aires." Palm Sunday, April 1. A.
V., "Behold! Thy Kins' Cometh." Confirma
tion. P. M., "The Teat of Ulaclplehlp."
Holy Week.
"Wednesday, April 4, "The Agony In the
Garden"; Thursday, April 5, "The Three
Crosses": Good Friday, April 8, "Tasting
Death for Every Man": preparatory service
and communion; Easter Sunday, April 8, A.
M., "The Risen Christ"; holy communion,
pedal communion offering; Easter Sunday
evening, Easter programme by the Sunday
school.
All who are In favor and all who are
opposed will be interested in the dis
cussion of the state roads programme
and the $6,000,000 bond bill at the open
forum this evening at 7:45 o'clock In
the Unitarian Chapel, Broadway be
tween Yamhill and Taylor. The princi
pal speaker will be Senator Conrad P.
Olson.
streets Rev. W. B. Hinson, t. D., pastor.
10. Sunday school; 11 and 7:30. preaching
by professor K. G. Boughton, of McMlnn
ville: 6:3u. B. V. P. U.
Glencoe. East Fortv-flfth and Main
streets Rev. A. B. Walts, pastor. 9:4.,
Sunday school; 11, preaching by the pastor;
theme. "One Army Destroyed to Save An
other"; 6::ic; B. Y. P. U. ; 7:30, preaching
by the pastor, theme. "Hands of Toil."
Grace. Montavilla Rev. H. T. Cash, pas
tor. 1:4.V Sunday school; It, preaching by
the pastor. theme. "Bringing Back the
King"; 0;S9. B. Y. P. IT.; 7:30. preaching
by the pastor, theme, "God's Exchanges."
Calvary, East Eighth arid Grand avenue
11 A. M., "The Guiding Eye; How God Di
rects Our Lives"; 7:30 P. Al., "The Wonder
fulness of God's Love."
Second German, Morris and Rodney Rev.
F. Hoffman. xastor. Sunday school, 9:45;
preaching service. 11 and 8; B Y. P. U.. 7.
Bethany (Sellwood) Rev. W. H. Hayes,
pastor. 10, Sunday school; 11, preaching by
Rev. A. M. Petty. D. D. : 6:80, B. Y. P. U.:
7:30, preaching by the pastor.
Swedish-Finnish Baptist Mission meets at
7:45 In the lower White Temple, Twelfth and
Taylor streets.
Mount Olivet. Seventh and Everett streets
Rev. W. A. Maeett. pastor. Services, 11
and 8: Sunday school. 12:80.
First German. Fourth and Mill streets
Rev. Jacob Pratt, pastor. 9:45. Sunday
school: 11 and 7:30. preaching by th pastor.
The Young Men's Class H. Y. M. C. of
the Highland Baptist Church, East Sixth
and Alberta streets, meets at 9:46 A. M.
Sunday.
Italian Mleslon, East Eighteenth and Tlb
betts streets Rev. Francisco Sannella. pas
tor. 10', Sunday school; 10:80. short ser
mon for English-speaking people: 11. preaoh
Ing service: 7, pastor's circle (prayer serv
ice!: 8. preaching service.
Swedish, Fifteenth and Hoyt streets "Rev.
T. Gideon SJolander. pastor. Services, 10:S0
A. M. and 7:80 P. M.
CHRISTIAN.
First, Park and Columbia, Harold H.
Griffle. pastor preaching at 11 A. M.. sub
ject. "Why Go to Church? Seven Reasons":
7:45 P. M.. subject. "One Decent Man Out
of Ten"; Bible school at !:45 A. M.; Chris
tian Endeavor at :3i P. M.
Rodney Avenue. Rodney avenue and Knott
street, pastor. Rev. J. 'Carlos Ghormley
Preaching. 11 A. M. and 7:45 P. M. Morn
ing. "Young Men Who Succeeded"; even
ing Y. M. C. A. quartet will sing: Sunday
School at 10 A. M.; Christian Endeavor at
6:30 P. M.
East Side. East Twelfth and Taylor, R. H.
Sawyer, pastor Sermon subject at 11. "The
peculiar Place and Purpose of the Boole of '
Acts"; 7:30, "The Quest of Happiness."
CATHOLIC.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Williams ave
nue and Stanton street Rev. W. A. Daly.
Mass. 6. 8. 0; high mass, 11 o'clock; even
ing service. 7:30.
Blessed sacrament. Maryland avenue and
Blandena street Rev. Father F. W. Black,
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vine intuition; so much so that he
elicited from his fiercest political op
ponent, Stephen A. Douglas, the trib
ute, "Lincoln was the fairest and most
honest man I ever knew." And yet, in
view of the marvelous altruism and
breadth of sympathy so prominent in
his later life, I prefer for my own part
to think of him not merely as "Honest
Abe," but rather as "the kindly Lin
coln." Small Son! la EnvIsM,
And after all, friend, let me say in
closing, this is the ultimate test and
crowning glory of any man's religion:
the striving after that large celestial
charity which is patient, enduring and
unretaliating; that charity which tries
to see the other fellow's viewpoint and
respects an opposite opinion: that char
ity which suffereth long and is kind
and which even the overbearing world
Itself cannot withstand forever.
Only the soul that is small and self
ish and shortsighted can feed on envy,
hatred, malice and all uncharitable
ness. Shall we not carry home with us,
then, at least this practical thought
from our study of the religion of our
first martyred President: the thought
that If we ourselves will only keep our
eyes fixed on God, walking and talking
In the larger universe of the unseen,
keeping step all the while with Jesus
Christ, we, too, may learn to love yes,
to love even in the face of insult, in
gratitude, misrepresentation and per
secution, for, like Moses and Lincoln,
we shall "endure 1t all, as seeing him
who is Invisible."
Abraham Lincoln was a giant as a
lawyer, orator, politician, statesman,
yet after summing it all up we must
say that his was pre-eminently the
gianthood of a great heart.
"For though I speak with the tongue
of men and of angels; though I have
the gift of prophecy and understand all
mysteries; though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains yea,
even though I bestow all my-goods to
feed the poor and give my body to be
burned, but have not love. It proSteth
me nothing. For whether there be
prophecies, they 6hall fail; whether
there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall
vanish away. But now abideth, faith,
hope, love, these three, and the great,
est of these Is love."