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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 22, 1917.
WARNING AGAINST
"MILITARISM" GIVER
Chautauqua Speaker Says Ef
v feet of System Is Begin-
ning to BrFelt Here.
MORE SEATS ARE ADDED
Special Arrangements Made for
Appearance of Billy Sunday at
Gladstone Park; Special Con
cert Is on Programme.
TODAY AT CHAUTAUQUA.
10:30 Sunday school.
. 2:00 Sacred selections and
scenes from "The Music Master."
Anna Theresa Devault; lecture by
Billy Sunday.
4:00 Special concert.
7:30 Closing concert. James
Goddard, base-baritone, of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company,
assisted by Ruth Loy, violinist,
and Robert "Vale, pianist.
GLADSTONE PARK, Or.. July 21.
(Special.) "If you want to win more
oil wells In China for John D., you can
do that most easily by keeping still,"
said Dr. Frank Bonn, one-time profess
or of history, more recently a corre
spondent for the New York Evening
Post and now devoting his time to lec
turing from the Chautauqua platforms
on "The Mind of Germany." "You can
do this for John D. if you not fight
against the coming system of mili
tarism that has already begun to make
Itself felt in this country. Personally,
I think that you- are going to fight
against it."
Bohn's remarks were greeted with a
storm of applause.
In his address Bohn attempts to
Isolate and identify the Prussian mili
taristic spirit. This he finds to be the
rigid rule of obedience which is bo dis
tinctly ingrained in the Individual.
Seating Capacity Increased.
Special " seating arrangements were
being made at the Chautauqja grounds
here today in an effort to provide am
ple accommodations for those who
come to hear Billy Sunday at 2 o'clock
Sunday.
The seats formerly used In the old
auditorium were carried to the new
building today and placed in a semi
circle about the outside.
Besides Billy Sunday, who of course
Is to be the headline attraction, three
other big features will be on the pro
gramme to close the Chautauqua.
These are James Goddard, bass-baritone
o fthe Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany, the concert by a chorus and Port
land's soloists, led by Hartridge Whipp
And Anna Theresa Devault.
Special Concert Arranged.
At the special musical concert to be
given under the direction of Hartridge
whipp at 4 o clock the following pro
gramme will be given:
Chorus, "The Heavens Are Telling"
from "The Creation" (Haydn) : tenor solo.
"The Cross" (Ware), Mr. Whetzel soprano
solo, "Save Me, O God" (Randegger), Miss
Peterson; quartet, "He Sendeth the Springs
Into the Valleys" (Wareing), Miss Peterson,
Mr. Whetzel, Mrs. Thomas, Mr. Whipp: bari
tone solo, "The Lord Is My Light" (Ailltsen).
Air. Whipp; chorus, "Inf lammatus." "Stabat
Mater" (Rossini), solo by Miss Hall: con
tralto solo, "Hold Thou My Hand" (Brlggs),
Mrs. Thomas; trio. "My God Is Father,
While I Stray" (Wiegana), Miss Peterson,
Mr. Whetzel, Mr. Whip; soprano solo, "I
Will Extol Thee, O Lord" (Costa), Miss
Kail; chorus. "Hallalujah Chorus, from "The
Aiessian (Hanaeij.
Soloslts MIfs Eloise Tnlta Hall, soprano;
Miss Goldie Peterson, soprano; Mrs. Grant
Thomas, contralto; Harry Miles Whetzel,
tenor; Hartridge Whipp, baritone; Oswald
A. Olson, basso.
At the piano Mrs. Lenora Fisher -"Whipp,
Miss Luclle Murton.
Chauujiqua chorus of 100 voices, directed
by Jnartrltlge Whipp.
TESTER BLOWS UP; 2 HURT
Crearcn Examining Device Bursts at
Lebanon Plant.
LEBANON, Or., July 21. (Special.)
W. E. Bohle, one of the proprietors.
and Sheridan Long, a buttermaker of
the Lebanon Creamery Company, were
tieriously hurt last night by the ex
plosion of a steam cream-testing in
etrument while they, were making :
test. The instrument was not work
ing Just right and Mr. Bohle turned on
too much steam when the whole top
of the tester blew off, fragments of
which struck both men.
Mr. Bohle's right hand was . badly
lacerated and his thumb broken, and
Mr. Long was badly cut about the face.
CHINA SIGNS BIG CONTRACT
llailroad to Be Built 2 6 00 Stiles
and Canal to Be Cleared.
BAN FRANCISCO. July 21. Contracts
totaling $75,000,000 for financing the
constructio-i of 2600 miles of railroad in
China, and for dredging the grand
canal, have been closed between the
republic of China and the American
International Corporation, according to
an announcement here today by "War
ren R, Austin, counsel for the corpora
tion.
Mr. Austin has Just arrived from the
Orient.
SUMMER RESORT BURNS
California Forest Fire Believed of
Incendiary Origin.
SAN FRANCISC, July 21. One Sum
liter resort was wiped out and others
were threatened from a forest fire
raging on a six-mile front across the
llussian River from Healdsburg,
Sonoma County, according to reports
reaching here early today.
The fire was believed to be of in
cendiary origin in vew of the fact
that it was to have started simul
taneously in two different sections o
timber land.
NEW CABINET COMPLETED
China Has New President, but Tnan
Chi Jul Is Dictator.
LONDON. July 20. Confirming' th
announcement that Feng Kwo Chan
has accepted the Presidency of Chirm.
a. dispatch to the Times rrom Peki
todav says this serves to strengthen
the hands of Tuan Chi Jui, who has
now completed a Cabinet of moderate
men This temporarily establishes
Tuan Chi Jul ia dictator.
PORTLAND WOMAN WHO HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCE ADRIFT
AT SEA .IN
MRS. W. P. GIBS-OTP, OF PORTXAXTJ,
OPEN SEA I.N
"ADS" AID URINES
Sea-Soldier Arm of Service
Filled in Record Time.
COLONEL M'LEMORE IN CITY
In Recognition of Excellent Work
by Recruiting Staff Throughout
Country, Ten-Day Furlough
Will Be Given.
Having a good proposition fo- young
men. Colonel Albert S. McLemore, chief
of the Vnited States Marine Corps re
cruiting staff, made It known through-
opt the length and breadth of this coun
try by iiberal portions of advertising.
The man who luilt up a machine which
has filled this arm of the service In the
shortest time on record, doubling its
enrollment, is In Portland now on an
official trip of Inspection.
A modest man himself. Colonel juc-
Lemore refused to take r-iuch of tne
credit, but generously gave to Captain
L. P. Pinkston. In charge of this dis
trict, honor for having organized tne
great advertising campaign which has
made the Marine Corps perhaps the
most widely known of the war units.
Ten-Day Forlongh to Be Given.
Rv September 1 the full quota al
lowed-by law for the Marine Corps will
have been reached, and as a recognition
of the excellent services rendered by
the recruiting staff throughout tne
country Colonel McLemore will Issue
an order closing all stations ror a pe
riod of 10 days, during which time
the officers and men will be on fur
lough. At the expiration of that time
offices'will reopen for the period of the
war.
We shall need more men," explained
Colonel McLemore, "and therefore shall
keep the machinery in running order.
We have met with splendid response
to our appeals. All sections of the
country have come forward nobly and
we have Just about completed our
work as far as recruiting is concerned.
The officers and men of all stations
in the recruiting service will be given
a 10-day furlough as a special reward
for the work they have accomplished.
Press la Thanked for Its Help.
Colonel McLemore thanked the press
for Its big share in the work of build
ing up the corps, attributing much of
the success of the campaign to the
newspapers.
"The newspaper boys have been very
kind to us," said Colonel McLemore,
'and have helped to make the Marine
Corps known. They have published
everything we have asked them to,
gladly, and in this manner have done a
great service to tiie country."
Colonel McLemore will be here until
Colonel Albert S. McLemore. o United
States ALarlne Corps
f ; is ; N
i jr - ' M
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OPEN BOAT.
t ST"
WHO DRIFTED FOR 24 BOVkS OX
SMALL BOAT.
tomorrow, when he will leave for Seat- I
tie, Spokane ana the .fcJast. testeraay
morning he visited the state fish
hatchery at Bonneville, In company
with Captain Pinkston, and enjoyed the
trip over the Columbia Highway Im
mensely, he said.
SACRED CONCERT ON TODAY
Chorus, Directed by Hartridge
Whipp, to Perform.
i he Chautauqua chorus or iuo voices,
directed by Hartridge Whipp, will give
a sacred concert at 4 o clock today in I
the new auditorium on the Chautauqua 1
grounds at Gladstone. I
Miss Eloise Anita Hall, soprano, who
has become so popular through her re-
cent appearances in operatic and re-
cital work, will be one of the assisting I
soloists. Mrs. Grant Thomas (Elizabeth
Hamilton Stowers), contralto, who is
soloist and precentor at Second Church
of Christ Scientist and contralto soloist
in the quartet choir at Temple Beth
Tsrfl will sine- a Artln.
Miss Goldie Peterson soprano, who
wun Lilts Ileal La ui liic viiauLauqu CLU
dience at last Sunday's concert, will
sing again today.
. The other soloists on today's pro
gramme will be: Harry Miles Whetzel,
tenor; Oswald Olson, basso, and Hart
ridge Whipp, baritone, with Leonora
Fisher Whipp and Lucile Murton at the I
pianos.
The programme: Chorus, "The Heav
ens Are Telling" (Haydn); tenor solo,
"The Cross" (Ware), Mr. Whetzel: so
prano solo, "Save Me, O God" (Randeg
ger), Miss Peterson; quartet, "He Send,
eth the Springs Into the Valleys'
(Wareing). Miss Peterson. Mrs. Thom
as, Mr. Whetzel, Mr. Wmpp; baritone
solo, "The Lord Is My Light" (Allitsen)
Mr. Whipp; chorus. "Inflammatus,"
'Stabat Mater" (Rossini), solo by Miss
Hall; contralto solo. "Hold Thou My
Hand (Briggs), Mrs. Thomas; trio,
'My God My Father. While I Stray'
(Wiegand). Miss Peterson. Mr. Whet-
zel, Mr. Whipp; soprano solo. "II
Will Extol Thee, O Lord" (Costa), Miss jh.in k.ajl.xa, wasn., ouiy ii. tope
Hall; chorus, "Hallelujah Chorus," "The clal.) Three Pe Ell boys who recently
Messiah" (Handel). I
MANY
RIF COR miTIMft
wi.i- wit wuiiiiu
Eighty-One Blind Persons Enabled I
to Have JMciHc.
Through th courtesy of the C-"W.
R. & N. Company and half a hundred
Portland merchants, the blind folk of
Portland were enabled to enjoy their !
first all-day picnic at Bonneville Fri- j
day. Eigrhty-one blind persons went
on the excursion, which left the city
nt 7 -SO A - AT.
The firms whose generosity made the
mitine- no.ssibl r fallow:
O.-W. R. & N. Company, Olds, Wort man
A King:, union Meat Company, Sawyer Mar
ket, Alblna Cash Market. Kaat Buraside I
Market, Page & Son, La Grande Creamery,
Branded Creamery, Corvallis Creamery, I
State Market, Ksty & Dixon, Lang-Jones I
Candy Company, Vogan Candy . Co., United
States Bakery, Log; Cabin Bakery, Royal
Bakery, Tru-Blu Biscuit Company, Burnett
& Sons, Metropolitan Grocery. Wood ard A I
Clarke, Mathleu Drug: Company, Ryan Fruit
Company, Pacific Fruit & Produce Com
pany, Portland Pure Milk & Cream Com- I
pany, McJury Grocery, Portland Cheese Com- I
pany, Sealey & Dresser, People's Market, D, I
C. Burns & Co., Pacific Coast Cone Com
pany. Mount Hood Ice Cream Company,
Washington Creamery, Hazelwood Cream
ery. Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, Hud-
son-Moore Candy Company, Glaf ke St Co.,
Mark Levy & Co., Russell Furniture Com
pany. J. Klnn, jjwigrnt-niawaras uompany.
Clossett & Devers, Lang: & Co., Allen
Lewis, Rosenfeld-Rmlth cigar company and
Hart Cigar Company.
FATHER THINKS SON DEAD
'Xat" Steenson, Wlio Disappears
Wednesday, Has Left Xo Trace.
The belief that his son. "Nat" Steen
son, has met with a fatal accident or
has been drowned is held by the father,
A. Steenson, of 540 Spokane avenue,
who has kept up a continuous search
since the boy's disappearance Wednes
day morning.
Elated by a rise of . salary, young
Steenson left home to go to his work
at the General Electric Company. He
did not arrive at the office, nor has
further trace of him been obtained.
The father, who is a fireman with en
eine 20, states that the boy had no
reason for leaving home.
The missing boy Is 14 years of age,
weighs 110 pounds, with blue eyes and
light hair. His face is freckled. He
wore a blue serge suit, long trousers
and a white negligee shirt. His fore
arms were badly sunburned. His moth
er died while "Nat" was in infancy,
and he had been reared by his father.
Information, of the slightest sort, is
anxiously sought by Mr. Steenson and
may be telephoned to Sellwood 1740, or
to him at Bio Rnokane ave-
TEH ADRIFT AT SEA
Mrs. W. P. Gibson, of Portland,
Has Unpleasant Experience.
PARTY IS IN SMALL LAUNCH
Engine Will Not Go, and for 2 0
Hours Men and Women Take
Turns Paddling With Boards
Until Rescue Party Comes.
Tossed about on the open sea. In a
small launch for nearly 24 hours, with
out food or water, was the unpleasant
experience of Mrs. "w. P. Gibson, of
Portland, according to a letter re
ceived by Mr. Gibson, Oregon manager
for Butler Bros., wholesalers, from San
Pedro. Cal.. where Mrs. Gibson and
I daughter have been visiting with rel
atives for three months.
Mrs. Gibson was one of a party of
10 who went to Catalina Island in. the
launch of her brother-in-law, W. I,
Turck, a prominent California mer
chant. On the return trip, engine trou
ble developed, and the little launch be
gan, drifting rapidly to sea.
The frightened men and women tore
up planking In the boat and made
oars in an effort to stop drifting sea
ward. At one time they nearly went
on the rocks at Catalina Isthmus, but
all through Sunday night and all day
Monday the men and women took turns
at the oars and managed to keep the
disabled craft practically stationary.
When the .party failed to return to
San Pedro late Sunday night friends
took boats and searched the channel
throughout the night and ail day Mon
day until the little launch was finally
sighted late Monday afternoon, having
drifted more than 20 hours.
In writing to her husband of the
unusual experience, Mrs. Gibson said
she suffered greatly from the blister
ing sun throughout the afternoon of
Monday. Fortunately, she did not take
her baby girl on the trip with her.
Mr. Gibson expects his wife and
baby home Wednesday evening.
E. D. BONBRIGHT SETS PACE
Jitney Bond Law Observed and Old
Taxi Replaced by Xew Vehicle.
E. D. Bonbright, as a Jitney driver, is
a personage of the past, but E. D. Bon
bright, as a driver of a modern taxi-
cab, is a personage much of the living
present. For that reason' reference to
him and his "dilapidated taxi in con
nection with the dying-hours of the jit
ney regime Friday did him a business
Injustice. Mr. Bonbright explained
yesterday that his "dilapidated taxi
has itself gone the way of the Jitney
V,ti o and thot In Its RiAad. hA And Vi i m
Dartner. Charles Wheatley. operate
high-class taxi service, catering to
Portland Heights.
Mr. Bonbright explained also he was
not one of the for-hire autoists who
have been seeking to evade the In
demnity bonding protective ordinance,
but that he has money and backing
enough to bond a couple of taxlcabs If
necessary. He operated a Jitney bus
for a time, but gave it up for the stand
ard taxicab -service, and has made no
effort to evade the new ordinance.
CARL S. VR00MAN LEAVES
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
to Study Northwest Forests.
From Portland Carl
S. Vrooman,
Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture,
goes out into the forests of the North
west to get acquainted with them at
first hand. He made his dive into the
tall timber yesterday In the White Sal
mon country.
His trip up to the White Salmon
was made via the Columbia Highway
under the guidance of John Teon. In
the party were W. H. Crawford, of
the Oregon Development Bureau: Mr.
Teon, George H. Cecil, of the District
Forestry Service, and Dr. J. I. liewes.
in charge of the road office of the Fed
eral service.
pe eh Boys in Training Transferred
enlisted In the marines Garrett Vena
ble, Fred Belcher and Uwlgnt Carpe
have been transferred from the Mare
Island Navy-yard to the marine train
, station at Quantico, Va. The boys
spent July 4 In Washington, D. C. C.
c.
E. Wood of Dryad, enlisted this week
in the Medical Corps, tie is stationed
for the present at Fort Lawton.
Traffic Violators Fined.
Nine men were fined for various vio
lations of the traffic ordinance by
Judge Stevenson in Municipal Court
yesterday morning. The highest fine
was $5.
GIRL, WHO DIED IX SOUTH DAKOTA
LOXO RESIDENT OK PORTLAND.
Goldie Irvine Harklns. who died In
Bellfourche, S. D., July 13, following
an illness of less than 24 hours, was
horn at Independence. Or.. April 23,
1885. She had resided In Oregon the
greater part of her life and had been
connected with several newspapers,
both In Oregon and Washington.
The funeral was held Saturday at in
dependence. She was a member of the
Women of Woodcraft and Rebekah
lodges.
Her mother. Mrs. Ella M. Hart, of In
I dependence, and two brothers, Roy
Irvine, or i-a v-ronoc, v tn., o.u xcu
STAR WHO WILL COME TO PORTLAND IN "COME OUT-OF THE
KITCHEN" BEFORE CHICAGO
COMEDY FULLOF FUN
"Come Out of the Kitchen,"
First of Heilig's New Plays.
SUCCESS IN NEW YORK BIG
Story fcy Alice Dner Miller, Dram
atized by A. E. - Thomas, Af
fords Boundless Opportunities -for
Delightful Situations. "
The first fruits of th entrance of A.
Jj. Erlanger, of Klaw & Erlanger, into
the Northwest theatrical field, were
apparent yesterday in the conclusion
of arrangements for bringing to Port
land, before it has played in Chicago,
Philadelphia, Boston or any of the
other big Eastern cities, except New
York, the new comedy, "Come Out of
the Kitchen," with. Kuth Chatterton
and Bruce McRae In the principal roles.
The play was one of the big successes
last year, and has Just concluded a
32 weeks', run In the George M. Cohan
Theater in New York.
"Come Out of the Kitchen" will ap
pear at the Heilig the week of August
7 to 11. It is a comedy by A. E.
Thomas, founded on the story by Alice
Duer Miller. Mr. Thomas will be re
membered as the author of two de
lightful comedies, "Her Husband's
Wife" and "The Rainbow."
The story of "Come Out of the
Kitchen" is written around a Southern
family of the old aristocracy, who,
temporarily embarrassed, rent their
magnificent Southern home to a rich
Yankee.
One condition of the lease stipulated
that a competent staff of white serv
ants should be engaged. One of the
daughters of the family, Olivia Danger
field, conceives the madcap idea that
she, her sister and their two brothers
shall act as the domestic staff for the
wealthy Yankee. Olivia adopts the
cognomen of Jane Ellen and presides
over the kitchen. Her sister, Elizabeth.
is housemaid. Her elder brother. Paul
butler, and Charley, the youngest, is
bootbov.
When Burton Crane arrives irora me
North, accompanied by Mrs. Faulkner,
her daughter and Crane's attorney,
Tucker, the servants behave so out of
the ordinary that amusing complica
tions arise immediately. Olivia's charm
and beauty impress Crane and a maze
of delightful incidents follow, until the
real identity of the heroine is finally
disclosed, but not -until Crane has pro
fessed his love for his charming cook.
The play ends with the brightest pros
pects of happiness.
The whimsical, merry pare or viivia,
Is Dlayed by Miss Ruth Chatterton,
whose brilliant portrayal of Judy In
Daddv Long-Legs." has resulted In
nation-wide fame for the young star.
Associated with Miss Chatterton will
be the strongest cast It has been pos
sible to procure.
CHARGES' ARE EXPLAINED
KLAMATH MAX AUTHOR. OF ANTI-
DRAFT ARTICLE.
Henry J. "Weeks' Protest to President
la Answered by United State
Attorney Reamea.
Reasons for the imprisonment of
Henry J. Weeks, recently caught in
the Klamath Falls drag-net for I. W.
W., were given out yesterday by United
States Attorney Reames, upon advices
that Weeks had filed a protest with
President Wilson.
The protest denies that Weeks owned
sympathy for the I. W. W. or their
radical methods, and declared that his
constitutional rights have been vio
lated by the arrest and imprisonment.
He was manager of an abstracting
comoanv at Klamath Falls.
Mr. Reames states that Henry J.
Weeks is the author of an article en
titled, "Conscription," which, the latter
aays, was written by him In February
and later distributed In. pamphlet form.
One of the quotations furnished by
Mr. Reames Is as follows: "Its (con
scription's) pretense i defense. Its
ouroose offense, invasion, robbery, lust.
murder and. rape. It is a word that
If Jm&mmm
V:;;;r;ft o
1
OR PHILADELPHIA SEES IT.
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cannot be so much as whispered in a
nation of free men without dishonor
and disgrace. No politician who makes
it an issue should be suffered to live
until sundown. Its purpose is death.
To invoke it as an institution should
also mean death instant and violent,"
With a situation bordering upon an
archy in Klamath Falls, it is pointed
out, anyone who bears the belief ex
pressed in the Weeks' pamphlet may
properly be detained.
IRRIGATION PLAN IS NEW
Pumps May Be Reversed, Land
Drained or Gophers Killed.
A brand-new drainage and irriga
tion system, declared to be practical
jind inexpensive for the small farmer.
is patented by John steeiquist, a Port
land man.'
The system Is best adapted to plots
of 10 acres. The project calls for a
six-inch main to run the length of the
field, connected with four-inch laterals,
sunk to a depth of three and one-half
feet. The laterals are perforated to
permit water to be forced Into the
soil for irrigation. When it is wished
to drain the ground the pump is re
versed. When the ground becomes
foul fresh air Is pumped through the
system. When gophers, fungus and
other parasitic animals and plants are
endangering the crops, gas can be
pumped through the underground sys
tem. Mr. Steelouist. the patentee, conducts
an experimental small farm at Clats-
kanle. Or.
PLEASANT
SUMMER
TRIPS
At Special Fares via
the North Bank Road
Clatsop or North Beach
Resorts:
Connections with boats at As
toria for points on Washing
ton, shore.
White Salmon Valley
Retreats:
"The Eyrie."
Jewett Farm Home.
Mountainbrook Inn, Trout
Lake.
Mineral Springs at
Carson:
Hot and Cold Water Cures.
Rhipherd's and St. Martins.
Government Mineral Springs.
Tours of Canadian
Rockies :
Itineraries of Circuit Trips
Especially Attractive.
The National Parks:
Yellowstone or Glacier Na
tional Very low fares from.
Portland.
An Ideal Sea Trip:
SS. Great Northern and North
ern Pacific Tuesday, Thurs
day, Saturday. Between Port
land and San Francisco.
Central Oregon Lakes:
Ask the City Ticket Office
about these places for real
outings.
Summer Tours of the
East:
ctn u-I.' trio North. Bank and
the cool northern routes. t.
Beautiful Bozanta
Tavern :
A bit of Switzerland near
Spokane. One of the finest
golf courses
Deschutes River Fishing:
The sport royal. Low fares to
the canyon every week-end.
The North Bank Road
City Office
Fifth and Stark
Station
Tenth and Hoyt
THE BAPTISM OF FIRE
POWER OF THE SPIRIT
By DR. JAMES K. TALMAGE,
Of the Council of tke Twelve, Church a
Jesus Christ of Latter-Das' Saints,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
We believe that tne first principle
and ordinances of the Eoaprl are tl
Kalth In the Lord Jesus Christ) 2) tr-
pentance; (3) baptism by Immersion for
the remission of aina; (4) laying on of
hands for the Klft of the Holy GJvoa
(Articles of Faith 4).
John the Baptist proclaimed the ne
cessity of repentance and of baptism
by water, which latter he adminlBtenad
to all who came in contrition seeking
admission to the kingdom of God. Wiy
equal fervency this voice crying in the
wilderness foretold a second or higher
baptism, which, however, John was not
authorized to give. This he character
ized as the baptism of fire and the
Holr Ghoat, ordained to follow his ad
ministration and to be given by that
Mightier One, whose pre-eminence John
delighted to proclaim. This waa the
Baptist's testimony:
"I Indeed baptixe yon vrlth water an4o
repentance; but he that comet h after
me la mightier than I, whose ahoes I am
not worthy to bear; he ahall baptise
you vrlth the Holy Ghoat and with
fire" (Matt. 111:11).
That the Mightier One referred to
was none other than Jesus the Christ
is thus set forth in the words of John:
"Behold the Lamb of God. . . . This
is he of whom I said. After me cometh
a man which is preferred before me;
for he was before me. . . . And I
knew him not; but he that sent me to
baptize with water, the same said unto
me. Upon whom thou shalt see the -Spirit
descending, and remaining on
him, the same is he which baptizeth
with the Holy Ghost" (John 1:29-33).
In his incisive instructions to Nico
demus respecting the works essential
to salvation, the Savior did not atop
with the specification of the watery
birth. Baptism by Immersion In water,
though administered by one invested
with the power of the holy priesthood,
is Incomplete without the quickening
effect of the opirit. "Born of water and
of the Spirit" is the indispensable stat
us of every man who shall gain ad
mission to the kingdom of God.
While yet in the flesh, our Lord
specif ically. and repeatedly assured the .
apostles that after his departure the
Comforter or the Spirit of Truth would
be sent unto them; and the scriptural
context plainly shows that these ex-
pressive appellations have reference
solely to the Holy Ghost. Amidst the ,
solemnities of his ascension, the Lord
reiterated these assurances of a spirit-
ual baptism, saying: "For John truly
baptized with -water; but ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many
days hence" (Acts i:5).
A rich fulfillment was realized at
the succeeding Pentecost, when the as
sembled apostles were endowed with
unprecedented power from heaven, be
ing filled with the influence of the
Holy Ghost, so that they spake In
tongues other than their own as the
Spirit gave them utterance. An outward
manifestation of this divine Investiture
was seen In the tongues of flame which ,
rested upon them severally. The Lord's
promise, so miraculously fulfilled upon
themselves, was repeated by the apos
tles to those who sought their instruc
tion. Conditioned upon their repentance
and baptism in water, Peter assured
the penitent Jews that they should "re
ceive the arlft of the Holy Ghoat" (Acts
11:38).
That the bestowal of the Holy Ghost
is an ordinance requiring higher au
thority than that by which water bap
tism may be performed is evidenced by
scripture. Philip not the Apostle
Philip, but presumably one of the seven
men who had been set apart for a lesser
ministry (Acts vi:3-6) preached to the
Samaritans and baptized many. Plainly
Philip was empowered to administer
water baptism: and it is equally clear
that an authority greater than his was
requisite for the higher baptism of the
Spirit or the conferring or tne oiy
Ghost by the laying on of hands. To
this the scriptures testify:
"Now. when the apostles which were
at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent
unto them Peter and John. who. when
they were come down, prayed for them, .
that they might receive the Holy
Ghost; (For as yet he was fallen upon .
none of them; only they were baptized .
in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then
laid they their hands on them, and they
received the Holy Ghoat" (Acts vlii:
14-17).
Very illuminating is the Instance of
Paul's ministry unto certain devout
Ephesians (Acts xix:l-7) who professed
to have been baptized "unto John's
baptism." but who were plainly unin- .
structed as to the necessity of the bap
tism of the Spirit. It is probable that
these men had submitted to Immersion
by unauthorized hands and therefore
Paul caused that they be baptized "in
the name of the Lord Jesus. And when
Paul had laid hla hands upon them tne
Holy Ghost came on them; and they
spake with tongues and prophesied."
To the twelve disciples who were or
dained by the resurrected Lord among
the Nephltes on the American Conti
nent. Chrlft gave special power, so that
all baptized believers upon whom they
would lay their hands should receive
the Holy Ghost; and thus is the assur
ance recorded:
"Yea. blessed are they who shall be
lieve in your words, and come down
into the depths of humility and be bap
tized, for they shall be visited with
fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall
receive a remission of their sins" (Book
of Mormon. Ill Nephl xii:2; see also
Moroni, chap. 2).
And in this modern day, the author
ity of both the lesser or Aaronlc priest
hood, which Is requisite to water bap
tism, and of the higher or Melchizedek
priesthood, without which the gift of
the Holy Ghost cannot be authoritative
ly bestowed, has been restored to earth,
through the prophet Joseph Smith. The
elders of the church today are com
manded to preach the gospel, to baptize
the penitent, "and to confirm thone wh
are baptleed into the church, by the
laying; on of hands for the baptism of
fire and the Holy Ghost, according to
the acrlptnrea" (Doctrine and Cove
nants xx:41).
For the book of Mormon. Doctrine
and Covenants. Articles of Faith and
other literature, much of which is dis
tributed without cost, apply to the mis
sions of the church, among which are:
Northwestern States Mission, 810 East
Madison street. Portland. Or., and Bu
reau of Information, Salt Lake City,
Utah. Adv.
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