TIIE SUNDAY OliEGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 2, 1917.
LABOR DAY SERMONS WILL BE GIVEN IN CHURCHES TODAY
Portland Ministers Are Returning to Their Pulpits After Summer Vacations.
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WITH the return of the ministers
who have been enjoying: vaca
tions, church work will take on
an added zest and greater plans will
be made for extensive activities for
the Fall and Winter. Labor day ser
mons will be given by many pastors
today.
At St. David's Episcopal Church,
East Twelfth and Belmont streets. Rev.
Thomas' Jenkins will speak at 11
o'ciock on "The Morality of Business,"
a sermon applicable to the spirit of
Labor day.
In the evening at 7:30 o'clock the
sermon will be on "Public Opinion,"
-What It Is and How to Regard It."
The Sunday night services during the
attendance campaign increased 100 per
cent, and now that the holiday season
Is coming to a close, larger increases
may be expected. Adult choir re
hearsals will be resumed Thursday
night. The children's choir will meet
JTriday at 4 o'clock.
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Rev. "W. H. Prince, pastor of Bethel
'African Methodist Church, will close
his two years' pastorate this morning.
Ho will leave Sunday night for Great
Falls, Mont., to attend the annual con
ference of the Puget Sound division.
Mr. Prince's pastorate has been a
strenuous one. On being sent to this
charge he found the membership
greatly divided and discouraged, hav
ing Just emerged from a lawsuit, which
arose from the removal and building of
the new church, and he found debts to
the amount of nearly J4000.
Rev. Mr. Prince appealed to the p-tfb-11c
and went personally to white friends
and the first year the church raised
$2309.50 and paid all floating debts
and reduced the mortgage to 3000. This
year the amount raised is $2494, the
mortgage is reduced to J2500 and the
church is in a fairly good financial
condition.
Tour to Preach Gospel in
Ireland to Be Described.
Dr. Sam J. Reld Will Address Union
Rally at Snnnyslde Congregational
Church Today.
A GREAT union rally of the young
people's societies of the city will
fee held today at 3 o'clock at the Sunny
side Congregational Church, corner
East Thirty-second and East Taylor
streets, when Dr. Sam J. Reid, of Bel
fast, Ireland, will give a lecture on "A
Trip to Donegall and Tipperary, Ire
land" or "How a Young Preacher Car
ried the Gospel Through the Streets and
Market Places of Ireland." The lecture
will abound with interesting anecdotes,
and will prove highly instructive as
well as entertaining.
Beginning Monday evening, Septem
ber 3. Dr. Reid will lecture every night
for two weeks, Saturdays excepted, on
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," on
which he is considered an authority.
Each evening Dr. Reid will take a dif
ferent character in the book, and after
giving 15 minutes of colored stereop
tican pictures, will proceed to explain
the literary style and characteristics
of the allegory, bringing out the wit,
humor and pathos and the religious
teaching it embodies.
These lectures have been delivered
throughout the United States and Can
ada, and have made a great impression
everywhere among young people.
The Christian Endeavor, Baptist
Young People's Union and the Epworth
League are co-operating in these meet
ings, and the largest and best union
gathering of Its kind ever held in
Portland Is anticipated.
The lectures will begin at 8 P. M.
sharp and will be over In ample time
for everyone to get home early. Al
though they are adapted especially to
young people, everyone la invited to
attend and enjoy them.
The church can be reached by Sunny
side, Mount Tabor and Hawthorne ave
nue cars, stopping at East Thirty-second
street.
Holy Eucharist Celebrated
at Pro-Cathedral.
Services Will Remember Wounded
and Dylns on Battlefields.
SPECIAL celebrations of the Holy
Eucharist will be held at St.
Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, Thirteenth and
Clay, Tuesday and Thursday mornings
at 7:30. These are designed with the
special intention of remembering our
own boys, the wounded and dying, our
own or of the enemy. All church peo
ple, are invited to attend.
St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral Red Cross
unit, made up of women of the parish,
meet every Tuesday at 8 P. M. in the
parish house. Thirteenth and Clay. All
those Interested in this work of making
comforts for those who are to fight our
battles are Invited to Join this little
group. Work can be done on the spot
or taken home.
The regular activities of Piedmont
Presbyterian. Church will be resumed
today. The various organizations are
planning their initial meetings, which
"will be to plan for the Winter work
along all lines.
Dr. A. L. Hutchison, the pastor, re
turned last week from his vacation
spent around Puget Sound and in the
Olympic Mountains.
Today at 11 o'clock the pastor will
CHRIST, MODEL MAN, PERFECT IN THOUGHT, ACTION AND LIFE
No Victiih of Saviour's Tongue, or Hand, or Heart Can Be Produced His Works, Fruitage of His Holy Living, Are Evidence of His Divinity.
BT REV. W. B. HINSON.
$t East Side Baptist Church.
T The Three Crosses.
John xix:18 "On either side one."
Oby the stable in which he was
a man. I know him to be a man
N THE central cross there hangs
born, and the manger In which he was
cradled; by his boyhood 'spent In the
far-famed Nazareth; by his hunger in
the wilderness, and his weariness at
the well; by his sleep upon the storm
tossed ship; by his bloody sweat in
Gethsemane, and by his thirst on the
cross; by his death upon the tree, and
by the grave la which he was buried.
And he was a wounded man in his
feet, and hands, and head, and heart.
He called his body a temple. And ver
ily It was a battered and shattered
temple when Annas and Caiaphas, and
Pilate, and Herod, and Earth, and Hell
Were through with It.
Slander's wind had blown roughly
around this man. For he had been
called glutton, and drunkard, sedltion
1st, and crazed, blasphemer and sinner.
Solitude also he knew. Lonely, was his
soul as Is a mountain top on which
thunder finds no echo, and the men
of "his day would have none of him.
His world, which he" had made, fur
nished the wood and Iron for his cru
cifixion. Men, the men for whom he
died, cried, "Away with him!" Sorrow
ful was he. He was the man whose
specialty was sorrow! That as other
men are called strong or weak, wise or
foolish, he was called the Man of Sor
give a ' message, on the Labor day
tbougnt "An Ideal Partnership." Mem
bers of labor organizations are special
ly Invited to be present. The best lead
ership of organized labor now urges its
members to attend! Labor day religious
services.
The evening topic at 7:30 will be,
"In His Image." Bible school at 9:45.
Midweek conference and devotion
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
The chorus choir will be reorganized
and on hand for these services.
At the evening service the popular
half hour song service will be re
sumed. -
Rev. E. P. Lawrence will be In his
pulpit at the Kehilworth Presbyterian
Church this morning. In the morning
he will speak on the labor question and
in the evening "Lessons From God's
Great Temple of Nature.
Presbyterian Pastors Will
Exchange Pulpits.
Rev. John H. Boyd Speak at
Westminster and Rev, K. 11. Pence
at the First Presbyterian Church.
AN exchange has been arranged be
tween the pastors of the West
minster Presbyterian Church and the
First Presbyterian Church for this
morning. The people of the First Pres
byterian Church will have the pleasure
of hearing Rev. Edward H. Pence, D.
D., and the Westminster people will
have the pleasure of hearing Rev.
John H. Boyd, D. D. Both services
are at 10:30.
In the evening, at 7:45, Rev. John H.
Boyd, D. D., will be back in his own
pulpit after his vacation. He will
preach on "Impressions of a Summer
.Vacation."
The new choir of the First Presby
terian Church will begin its work to
day, The First Baptist Church (White
Temple) Is again to have the privilege
of listening to Rev. Robert Bruce
Smith, D. D., of the Calvary Baptist
Church, Denver, Colo. Dr. Smith's
morning subject will be "The Eternal
God" and In the evening "The Unseen
Forces Made Real." Dr. Smith win
conduct the communion service to be
held Sunday morning. The new quar
tet will give some especially fine
music
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Rev. T. B. Ford, D. D., district super
intendent of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, is in this city, the guest of
his daughters at the St. Francis Apart
ments. Mr. Ford is closing a success
ful year of the church work in his
district.
M. E. Church South Confer
ence Is This Week.
Bishop Luibnth Will Preside Rev.
W. J. Fenton Preaches This Morn
ing. THE subject at the First Methodist
Episcopal Church South this morn
ing will be "The Things We Should
Love." The services at this church will
be of especial interest from the fact
that Sunday will mark the closing of
the conference year. Rev. W. J. Fen
ton is pastor.
The opening sermon of the confer
ence will be preached Wednesday even
ing, September 5, at 8 o'clock. The
conference, which embraces all of West
ern Oregon, will open for business
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. Bishop
W. R. Lambuth will preside.
At Centenary Methodist Episcopal
Church this morning , the pastor will
discuss the subject of "Special Divine
Providence." In these days when so
many are questioning as to how much
and how little God has to do with the
management of affairs of this world,
this is an especially interesting topic.
Dr. Lane will attempt to show that spe
cial providences are necessary to com
plete an efficient government? that
no great Interest can be properly cared
for and efficiently administered with
out special attention to all the detail
of matters involved. There will be
some ideas presented very radically dif
ferent from the oldtime orthodox idea
of "Special Providence."
At the evening service the subject
of "Come-outer-ism" will be presented.
The pastor will attempt to show the
difference between a "permitted" and
a "prohibited" nonconformity to estab
lished truth. In these days of "fads"
and "side issues" in religious life this
topic will be of more than, ordinary
Interest.
After a month's vacation. Including
a motor trip to the McKenzie River
country. Rev. R. H. Sawyer will re
sume his work at the tast Side Chris
tian Church today. He will epeak at
the morning service on "A Young Man's
Awakening" and in the evening on "The
Mirror of Divinity. The hour of the
evening service will be changed from
S to 7:30 during the Fall and Winter
months. The Bible class for the study
of fulfilled prophecy will convene on
Thursday evening. The class is open
to all, whether members of the congre
gation or not. The annual rtlly and
rollcall of members will be held Sun
day, September 16."
rows. - And men hated him. Sadducee
and Pharisee hushed their strife to slay
him: and Scribe and Herodian shouted,
"Take him to the cross." And he failed,
too, for at last he was the King whose
scepter was a reed, whose crown was
made of thorns. Rather ' than possess
him, the mob called for Barabbas, the
dishonest and murderous.
All-A round Perfection Noted.
Yet was he a good man. Never said
he a word in which the sibilant hiss
of sin sounded; never wrought be a
deed to be regretted, or needing re
pentant change. No . victim . of his
tongue, or hand, or heart, could be
produced though the three worlds be
searched. Indeed, he was the model
man of all time. No specialist was
he, for he had no outstanding, excel
lence, because he possessed an all
around perfection of thought and ac
tion and life. He was the unique man.
Flaws are discernible in others. Never
In him. Of all others it may be said,
"Thou aileBt here, and ailest there."
But in him is no flaw. He might well
be named "Wonderful" by the prophet.
For he belongs to no school, lends him
self to no classification, and has never
been duplicated. Therefore he is the
mystery of the world. His supernatural
birth can readily be believed by those
who most passionately study his char
acter, life and mission. He Is the Di
vine man. He must be, -or become the
contradiction of Time and the despair
of Ethics. For he said he was God.
And he was good, and good men do
not lie. His works, the fruitage of his
holy life, evidenced his divinity, as he
himself declared. And he was God's
Man and man's Man. For he has done
for God a work of revealing God to
Dr. Luther R. Dyott Returns
From August Vacation.
Pastor of First Congregational
Church to Conduct Two Services
Today General Activities of the
Church to Be Resumed.
DR. LUTHER R. DYOTT, pastor of
the First Congregational Church,
who has been taking his vacation
during the month of August, returned
to the city yesterday and will conduct
the services in his church today. Holy
communion will be observed at the
morning service, with reception of new
members and an aopropriate address
by Dr. Dyott. Services also will be held
in the church at 7:45 P. M.
General activities of the church will
be resumed this month. The League
and Ladies' Aid Society have continued
their work during the entire Summer,
giving one day a week to sewing for
the Red Cross Society.
"Do the Present World War, the Edu
cational and Religious Conditions,
Justify the Belief In the Speedy Return
of Christ?" is the subject for a ser
mon to be preached by Rev. Alexander
Beers, pastor of the First Free Metho
dist Church, East Ninth and Mill
streets, this .morning. This subject was
announced for last Sunday, but the
pastor was called to Seattle to attend
a funeral and a number who came out
to hear him were disappointed. The
pastor is giving much attention to
the interpretation of the Bible as it
relates to the war and general condi
tions of the times. He will preach
on the same subject In the Free Metho
dist chapel at Lents at 3 P. M.
Special music has been provided by
the young people and Donald L. Mac
Phee will sing.
The. pastor also will preach In his
church at night and Mrs. Adelaide L.
Beers will conduct the young people's
meeting at 7 o'clock.
These sermons are attracting much
attention and a large attendance is ex
pected. There will be Scandinavian services
in the Methodist Church, in Vancouver,
next Sunday at 8 o'clock. Rev. H. P.
Nelsen will preach. All are most cor
dially invited.
Fourth Presbyterian Will
Reopen Today.
Edifice Will Show Results of $1250
Repairs Done Last Month Rev.
Mr. Hanson Will Occupy Pulpit.
TTHE Fourth Presbyterian Church has
X been closed during August for ex
tensive repairs. In addition to needed
repairs on the woodwork, the church
has been painted, the walls tinted and
the inside woodwork varnished. A new
furnace has also been installed. Two
retaining walls and a concrete walk
adds to the appearance of the church
lot. An electric pump for the organ
has been put In. In all, repairs amount
ing to about $1250 have been under
taken and the church will present an
attractive place for worship when Its
doors open this Sunday. These im
provements were made possible to a
large extent because of an anonymous
gift of $1000 this year. The rest Is
cared for by different agencies inside
the church.
There Is also a possibility of a moving-picture
machine being installed In
the church in the near future, as soon
man such, as all the multitudinous gen
erations combined "have never, done.
And Christ's God is the onry perfect
God. Having seen him. we do see the
Father. And he is man's Man Son of
Man, Son of David, Son of Mary, the
Brother of the Race. The Word of Ood,
in, whose utterance slumbers the mu
sic, sweeter than that of Bethlehem
angels. The Way by whom mourners
o'er Paradise Lost can become mem
bers of a Paradise Restored. The One
who blazed the Trail for the world,
so that by his cross he opens the King
dom of Life to all believers and makes
possible, yea, certain, to all trusting
souls the inheritance incorruptible and
undeflled and unfading.
Second Cross Bears Penitent.
On a second cross there bang! a
penitent thief. His long life of evil
nears its close. ' The voyage, chequered
as It may have been, nears the end. The
port Is within sight, and in a few min
utes will be entered. To ' sane men
there is ever something solemn about
death. They who fear it least regard
it most solemnly, while those who fear
it most seek to cover up their fear
fulness with flippancy. "For to die.
to sleep, perchance to dream," has ever
given "pause" to the minds of serious
and thoughtful men. To go on the
pilgrimage all created mortals save
two have gone, and yet every one of
us must go unattended by friend or
foe. Is worthy of earnest consideration.
To break Into that new order of ex
istence sin-stained and scarred with
the wounds self-inflicted is sorry work.
With only one life to mar and shame
and waste it! To have just one seed
time on earth and to sow tares alone!
To spend life in the sad gathering of
as the necessary funds can be raised.
The usual services will be held to
day. The pastor. Rev. Henry G. Han
son, Is back from his vacation and will
speak in the morning on "God Is Our
Helper" and in the evening on "The
Dignity of Labor."
Sunday school will be held at 12
o'clock and Christian Endeavor at 6:30.
Rev. J. E. Nelson, pastor of the Ana
bel Presbyterian Church, and family are
at home after spending two weeks at
Neah-Kah-Nie beach. Rev. Mr. Nelson
slipped upon the wet rocks, one foot
became fastened In a wedge-shaped
creilce. and the limb was twisted and
a tendon sprained. Rev. Mr. Nelson
was in his pulpit Sunday morning and
will preach next Sunday, morning and
evening. There have been no night
services in the Anabel church during
the month of August, but the regular
servicees will be resumed tonight. This
church extends a cordial invitation to
strangers in the community.
Rev. H. H. Griff is Will Preach
Labor Day Sermon.
Topic Is "Message of the Church to
the WorklnsTmen."
A MESSAGE appropriate to the ob
servance of Labor day will be de
livered by Harold H. Griffis at the
First Christian Church this morning.
The topic for discussion will be "The
Message of the Church to the Work
ingmen." In the evening "The Final Test of
True Religion" will prove an interest
ing subject to those who desire to learn
more of the gospel truths as taught by
Jesus.
Today promises to be full of interest
at the First Church: all departments of
the church are ready to begin vigorous
work for Fall and it is said never in the
history of this church has there been
such harmony and unanimity of purpose.
Su.nd.ay Services in City Clrurclies
ADVENT.
Advent Christian, 438 Second street, near
Hall street Rev. J. 8. Lucai, pastor.
Preaching. 10:80; Sunday school, 12; Loyal
Workers. 6:80: preaching, 7:3U; prayer meet
ins, Thursday evening. 7:80.
ADVEXTIST.
(These services are held on Saturday.)
Central, East Eleventh and Everett
streets P. C. Hayward. minister. Sabbath
school, 10: church services, 11:15; prayer
meeting; Wednesday night. 7:3; youns
people's mealing, Friday. 8. -
Bt. Johns, Central avenue and Charleston
street A. R. Folkenberg, local elder. Sab
bath school, 10; preaching, 11; prayer mast
ing, Wednesday evening, 7:45.
Scandinavian, Ogden Hall, Mississippi ave
nue and Shaver street O. E. Sandnes. min
ister. Sabbath School, 10; preaching, 11.
Alblna (German). Skidmore and Mallory
streets A. A. Meyers, minister; A. C.
Schweitzer, local elder. Sabbath school.
10:30; services. 11:30; prayer meeting,
Wednesday evening, 8; preaching, Sunday
evening, 7:30.
Tabernacle. West Side. Knights of Pythias
Rail. Eleventh and Alder streets Sabbath
school, 10; preaching, 11.
Mont a villa. East Eigntleth and Everett
streets J. F. Beatty. local elder. Sabbath
school. 10; preaching, 11; prayer meeting,
7:43 P. M., Wednesday.
Lents, Ninety-fourth street and Fifty
eighth avenue Southeast D. J. Chltwood.
local elder. Sabbath school. 10: preaching.
11 o'clock; prayer meeting, Wednesday,
P. M. -,
ASSOCIATED BIBLE STUDENTS.
Chrlstensen's Hall. Eleventh and Yamhill
streets 3 P. M., public lecture by W. A.
Baker, subject, "Future Probation: Is There
fuel for an awful and eternal Suttee
flame! It may be questioned whether
among the many sad sights seen by
angels there is one to match this in
sadness.
Yet was not that life, upon which
it would seem that Satan held a fore
closed mortgage, without its moments
when goodness challenged badness,
and the forces of light wrestled with
those of the dark for supremacy in
that city of Man-soul. For not un
warned sinks any man to hell. But
there are lights that strive to enlight
en every man coming into the world.
No prodigal, in country ever so far
away, but has visions of the old and
abandoned home. Vagrant notes of
music wander over the whole world.
And men hear them, all kinds of men,
and in all places. Then the aspira
tion rises, fitful though Its life may
be, and a flash of holy desire, like
sudden spark struck In the night time,
warns of the trail which leads to the
gates of despair. It may be that only
God knows of the efforts made by bad
men to halt, and mend, and retrieve,
and change. Half-beast and half-devil
Is no man. But bearing gleams of
glory do we enter the world. Not with
out effort to remain, does the higher
forsake the soul. When the man is
quite lost none may know. For the
down-and-out become the twice-born
men. '
Appeal to Judas Not Ignored.
Christ's last sentence to Judas is full
of passion for the traitor's redemption.
"Friend" an appeal to a sacred bond
by the use of a holy name "betrayest"
the passing of a firebrand in the gloom
surrounding Judas, that he . may see
the baseness of his treachery "thou"
Dr. Joshua Stansfield Is to
Occupy Pulpit Today.
Pastor of First Methodist Church
Will Be Welcomed Back After
Month's Vacation Labor to Be
Sermon Topic.
D
R. JOSHUA STANSFIELD has re
turned from his vacation, having
been away during August, and will
preach in the First Methodist Churcb
this morning and tonight. The theme
of the morning sermon will be "I Shall
Not Want the Lord Is My Shepherd."
This being Labor Sunday. Dr. Stans
field will take for the theme of his
evening sermon "What God Requires
and What Labor and Capital Must
Have." This sermon will be based upon
the pronouncement of the prophet
Micha: "What doth the Lord require
of thee, but to do Justly, and to love
mercy and to walk humbly with thy
God?" which sets forth that the rights
of labor are founded upon human
rights and the demand of justice for
right and merciful dealings.
The music for both services will be
furnished by the quartet ' under the
direction of Hartridge Whipp, baritone;
with Miss Goldie Peterson, soprano;
Miss Anne Mathison, contralto, and
Harry Miles Whetzel, tenor. Mrs.
Gladys Morgan Farmer will preside at
the organ.
The workers conference of the Ana
bel Presbyterian Sunday School, which
was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ellton Shaw, on Monday night, was
well attended. The conferences will be
held regularly at the church on the
first Monday night of each month dur
ing the coming year. At these confer
ences the Sunday School workers go di
rect to the church from their respective
places of employment. Supper is
Hope Beyond the Grave?"; 8 P. II., dis
course by W. A. Baker.
BAPTIST.
First, White Temple, Twelfth and Taylor
streets 0:50, Bible school; classes for all
ages; 11, preaching by Rev. Hobert Bruce
Smith, IX D., theme, "The Eternal God";
8:30. B. Y. P. U. : 7:43. preaching by Dr.
Smith, theme, "The Unseen Forces Made
Real."
East Side, East Twentieth and Ankeny
streets Rev. W. B. Hinson. T. ., pastor.
9:50. Bible school: 11, preaching by Ir.
Hinson; theme, "The Greatest Parable of
Paul"; 6:30. B. T. P. V. : 7:43, preaching
by Dr. Hinson; theme, "What Shall I Do
With Christ?"
Glencoe. East Forty-fifth and Main
streets Rev. A. B. Waltz, pastor. 9:43,
Sunday school; 11. preaching by the pastor;
theme, "Gifts and Guardians of Divine
Love"; 7, B. Y. P. U.; 8, preaching by the
pastor; theme, "The Teacher of Many
Things."
Highland, Alberta and East Sixth streets
North Rev. Charles F. Mlelr. pastor. 9:55,
Sunday school; 11, preaching by the pas
tor; theme. "Always Full"; 7, B. Y. P. U. ;
8. preaching by the pastor; theme, "Avoid
ing the Torture of Regret."
Lents Church 0:45, dunfliy school: 11,
preaching by Rev. E. P. Walts; 7, B. Y.
P. U. ; 8. service.
Grace Motitavllla Rev. H. T. Cash, pastor.
10, Sunday school; 11, preaching; 7, B. Y.
P. U. ; 8, preaching by the pastor.
Arleta Rev. W. T. fcprlgge. pastor. 10,
Sunday school; 11. preaching by the pastor;
4:80, B. Y, P. U.; 7:45, preaching by the
pastor.
Swedish-Finnish Baptist Mission meets at
T:45 in the lower White Temple, Twelfth
and Taylor streets.
Bethany (Sellwood) Rev. W. H. Hayes.
betrayest thou, the familiar one, the
companion, the one whose knowledge
of my place and habit of prayer occa
sioned thee the chance of making $18
"the Son of Man the rebuker of
wind and wave, the one of the parables
and miracles "with a kiss" that ap
pealing proof and expression of af
fection? Oh, my soul, I marvel much
that Judas did not discover how a
path led up from hell to heaven as
he pondered our Lord's searching ques
tion. But this poor thief now is arrested
by the Nemesis that long has followed
him. wolf-like . from stage to stage.
Now the penalty seizes body, mind and
souL And he sees, coming into clear
view, the harvest for which he so
sedulously and foolishly sowed.
"Sowing the seed of a lingering pain.
Sowing the seed of a maddened brain.
Sowing the seed of a tarnished name.
Sowing the seed of eternal shame
What shall the harvest be?"
Well, he soon will know. Or, more
correctly, he soon will begin to know.
For will a lost soul ever know the
dimensions of the word "lost"? And
bo there he hangs. His poor, bruised,
broken body but the reflex of a dis
ordered mind and stricken soul, and he
has railed at the Savior. Added one
more drop to the bitter draught at
Christ's lip. But suddenly the man's
soul becomes a battleground. And over
It, in last firm fight, .there 6wept the
contending armies. of heaven and hell.
And he looks at the Lord he has
grieved and shocked. What made him
do It I have no time to tell, but he re
buked his fellow-thief's blasphemy.
And then, turning to Jesus. hs uUwa
served and the business and discussions
carried on.
These conferences have been found
beneficial and are to be made a perma
nent feature in the life of the school. A
committee of three women has been ap
pointed to arrange for the suppers.
The school has adopted the Depart
mental Grade Lessons, published by the
Presbyterian Board of Publication and
Sabbath School Work. The new system
of lessons will be taken up October 7,
the week following Rally day, which
will be observed by the school on the
last Sunday of September, when promo
tions will be made and new classes
formed. During the weeks preceding
Rally day strenuous endeavor will be
made to gather in all members of the
school who have become delinquent
during the Summer months.
The school pledged its financial as
well as its moral support to the State
Sunday School Association. The finan
cial condition of the school is good and
Superintendent C. C. Tripp and his
corps of workers are well pleased with
the outlook for the opening of the year
just ahead. -
The school will hold Its annual picnic
at Kenilworth Park on Labor day.
Series of War Sermons Is
Announced.
Rev. W. G. Eliot. Pastor Church of
Our Father, Will Begin Talks
Touching; on World Conflict Today.
REV. W. G. ELIOT, Jr.. pastor of the
Church of Our Father, Broadway
and Yamhill street, announces a series
of sermons upon "Personal Motive and
Motive-Power for the Work Ahead."
Personal In their appeal, these sermons
will treat of issues that are rapidly en
gaging the attention of thoughtful lov
ers of their country and their kind,
namely, the questions of reconstruction
after the war, the Immediate bearing
of the war and world-opinion at the
present moment upon individual duty.
Today Rev. Mr. Eliot will treat of
"The Inspiration for the Double Task
of Soldier and Civilian." This will be
followed on successive Sundays of Sep
tember by sermons on "Making Democ
racy More Than Safe for the World."
"Three Things Educators May Learn
From the War," "The Approach of a
True Church Ideal" and "The Chief
Glory of the Present Hour."
At the service today the choir, con
sisting of Otto Wedemyer, chorister;
Ralph W. Hoyt, organist; Mrs. Rose
Coursen-Reed, Mrs. W. G. Hathaway
and Ross Fargo, will sing as a choir for
the first time following vacation.
The Sunday School will be resumed
on next Sunday and the evening forum
on October 7.
In the East Side Bapttist Church this
morning Dr. Hinson will preach on
"The Greatest Parable of Paul." The
sermon will deal with one of the great
judgments of the New Testament, the
Judgment of the Christian.
The ordinance of the Lord's Supper
will be observed at the close of the
morning service, when the hand of fel
lowship will be extended to all new
members.
At night Dr. Hinson will speak from
the text, "What Shall I. Do With
Christ?"
Mrs. Florence Crawford will speak
tonight in Eilers Hall, corner of Broad
way and Alder street, at 8 o'clock, the
topic being "Celestial, or Christ, Con
sciousness." There will be special mu
Blc and the lecture is open to all. At
11 o'clock Mrs. Crawford will speak in
The Comforter rooms, 186 Fifth street.
Women's Exchange building, upon "The
Urge of the Spirit."
pastor. 10, Sunday school: 11, preaching
by the pastor: 6:30. B. Y. P. U.; 7:30,
preaching by the pastor.
Mount Olivet. Seventh and Everett streets
Rev. W. A. Magett, pastor. Services, 11
and 8; Sunday school, 12:30.
Italian Mission. East Eighteenth and Tlb
betts streets Rev. Francisco Saflnella, pas.
tor. 10. Sunday school; 10:30, short ser
mon for English-speaking people; 11,
preaching service; 7. pastor's circle (prayar
service); 8. preaching service.
First German, Fourth and Mill streets
Rev. Jacob Kratt. D. D.. pastor. 0:45. Sun
day school; 11 and 7:30, preaching by the
pastor.
Swedish. Fifteenth and Hoyt streets
Rev. T. Gideon SJolander, pastor. Services,
10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
Highland Rev. C. F. Mlelr, pastor, will
resume his duties. Bible school, 9:45 A. M. ;
preaching. 11 A. M., subject, "Always Full";
B. Y. P. U.. 6:30 P. M. ; evening service. 7:30,
subject, "Avoiding the Torture of Regret."
CATHOLIC.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Williams ave
nue and Stanton street Rev. W. A. Daly.
Mass, 6, 8, 9; high mass, 11 o'clock; even
ing service, 7:80.
St. Patrick's, Nineteenth and Savler street
Rev. E. P. Murphy. Mass, 8; high mass.
10:30; evening service, 7:80.
Blessed Sacrament, Maryland avenue and
Blandena street Rev. Father F. W. Black,
pastor. Mass, 8 A. M. : high mass at 10:30
A. M. ; evening service. 7:R0.
Pro-Cathedral, Fifteenth and Davis streets
Rev. E. V. O'Hara. Mass. 6. 7:15. 8:30.
9:45; high mass, 11; evening service. 7:45.
St. Lawrence. Third and Sherman streets
Rev. J. C. Hughes. Mass, 6. 8:30; high
mass. 10:30; evening service, 7:30.
St. Peter's. Lents Rev. P. Buetgen. Mass.
8; high mass, 10:30; evening service, 7:30.
St. Michael's (Italian), Fourth and Mill-
the sentence: "Lord, remember me
when thou comest Into thy kingdom."
I wanted to put an adjective in that
phrase introducing the thief's speech,
but my tongue lacked readiness to say
it. Because I know not what now to
use. What shall I call that utterance
from that second cross? I know not,
even now. But one thing does become
clear to me. Have 1 not heard men
say: "Ah, well, I shall have the faith
of the dying thief?" I am very sure
that word of theirs is false. The faith
of the thief! Why, man, he had the
most faith of any man within a hun
dred miles of Calvary. Peter and John,
and I know not who else were near
the cross. But they saw no king in
him of the thorny turban, nor any
kingdom at Golgotha. But the thief
saw the kingdom, and he saw the king.
And from his cracked, swollen lips
there issued prayer and homage and
acknowledgment of deity. And he saw
all this not as I see It with the resur
rection and ascension and pentecost
and two millenniums of sacred history
In full vision, but he saw a king in
the crucified, a throne in a cross, a
Lord, even the only Lord, in a man
whose face was spittle-stained and
bloody. That was faith If you will.
And compared with It thy faith and
mine is as a spider's web to a ship's
anchor. "The faith of the dying thief
Is thine," saidst thou? It is not. Nor
can it ever be. For never again will
Jesus hang upon a tree. And the 20
centuries since Calvary can never be
erased, nor their testimony lost.
Prayer, and faith, and adoration!
These three. And the greatest is adora
tion. "Lord," he said. Now I can say
"L" JK-fcaJ f, aiw,
Jesuit Fathers. M. J. Balestra. 8. J., pastor.
Low mm, 8:30; high mass, 10:30; evening;
service, 7:30.
St. Francis, East Eleventh and Oak
streets Rev. J. H. Black. Mass. 6, 8, V.
high maaa. 10:80: evening service. 7:80.
Holy Rosary. Eaat Third and Clackamas
Rev. C. J. Olson. Miss, 6, 7. 8. 9; high
mass, 11; evening service. 7:30.
The Madeleine, East Twenty-fourth and
Siskiyou Rev. G. F. Thompson. Mass, 7:30,
9; high mass. 10:30; evening aervJce, 7:45.
St. Andrew's. East Ninth and Alberta
streets Rev. T. Kieman. Mass, 8; high
mass. 10:30; evening service,
Ascension, East Yamhill and East Seventy
elxlh Franciscan Fathers. Mass, 8; high
mass. 10:80; evening service, 7:30.
Holy Redeemer, Portland boulevard and
Vancouver avenue Rev. F. H. Miller. Mass.
8. 8; high mass. 10:30; evening service. 7:30.
Holy Cross. 774 Bowdoin street Rev. C
Raymond. Mass. 8; high mass, lu:30; even
ing service. 7 :SO.
Sacred Heart. Fast Eleventh and Center
Rev. G. Robl. Msss, 8; high mass, 10:30;
evening service, 7:30.
St- .Agatha. East Fifteenth and Miller
Rev. J. Cummlsky. Mass, 8; high maaa.
10:30; evening service, 7:30.
St. Joseph (German), Fifteenth and Couch
streets Rev. B. Durrer. Mass. 8; high
mass. 10:30; evening service. 7:80.
St. 8tanlslaua (Italian). Maryland avenue
and Willamette boulevard Rev. T. Matbew.
Mass, 8; high mass, 10:80; evening service.
7 :30.
St. Philip Neri's (Paullst Fathers). East
Sixteenth and Division streets William J.
Cartwrlght, pastor. Hours of mass, 6. 8:30.
10:80 A. M.; evening service, 7:80 o'clock.
St.- Clement's. Smith and Newton streets
Rev. C. Smith. Msss. 8; high mass. 10:30;
evening service. 7:20.
Bt. Iguatlus. 3220 East Forty-third street
Jesuit Fathers. Father William J. Deeney,
rector. .Mass, 6:30, 8. 9:15, 10:30; evening
service. 7:30.
St. Clare's Capitol Hill Franciscan Fath
ers, Rev, Modestus. pastor. Services at 7:30
and 9:13 A. M.. high mass.
St. Rcso, Fifty-third and Alameda drive
Rev. J. M. O'Farrell, pastor. Masses, 7 and
9 A. M.
C1TRISTIAX.
First, Park and Columbia streets Harold
H. Griffis. minister. 11 A. M., "The Mes
sage of the Church to the Worklnsmin";
7:30 P. M.. "The Final Test of True Re
ligion"; 9:45 A. M., Bible school: 6:45 P.
M., Christian Endeavor.
East Side. East Twelfth and East Taylor
R. H. Sawyer, pastor. Communion and ser
mon at 11; topic, "A Young Man's Awak
ening": song service and sermon at 7:30;
topic, "The Mirror of Divinity": Bible school
at 10:15; Christian Endeavor at 0:30.
Rodney Avenue. Rodney avenue and Knott
street Rev. Carlos Ghormley. pastor.
Preaching. 11 A. M. and S P. M. ; 'morning
theme, "The Three Graces"; Sunday school,
A. M. ; C. E.. 6:43 P. M.
Woodlawn, Seventh and Liberty Joseph
T. Boyd, pastor. 11, "Blessings of Adop
tion"; 9:43, Bible school; 7. C. E.; 8,
"Safety First."
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
First. Everett, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets Services, 11 and 8; sub
ject of lesson sermon. "Christ Jesus"; Sun
day school, 9:43 and 11; Wednesday evening
meeting at 8.
Second. East Sixth street and Holladay
avenue Services. 11 and S; subject of lesson
sermon, "Christ Jesus": Sunday school, 9:45;
Wednesday evening meeting at 8.
Third. East Twelfth and Salmon streets
Services, 11 and 8: subject of lesson sermon.
Christ Jesus"; Sunday School, 11 and 13:10;
Wednesday evening meeting at 8.
Fourth. Vancouver avenue and Emerson
street Services, 11 and S; subject of les
son sermon, "Christ Jesus"; Sunday school,
9:43 and 11; Wednesday evening meeting
at .
Fifth, Sixty-second street and Forty-second
avenue Southeast Services, 11 A. M. ;
subject of lesson sormon. "Christ Jesus";
Sunday school. 9:30 anil 11; Wednesday
evening meeting at 8.
Sixth, Portland Hotel Assembly Hall
Services, 11 and S; subject of lesson ser
mon, "Christ Jesus": Sunday school, 11 and
12:10; Wednesday evening meeting at 8. -
Christian Science Society, Holbrook block,
St. Johns Services, Sunday 11; Wednesday
evening meeting at 8; subject of lesson
sermon, "Christ Jesus."
CONGREGATIONAL.
First, Park and Mad:n streets Dr.
Luther R. Dyott. minister: 10:30 A. M.,
communion services, with address by Dr.
Dyott; 7:43 P. M., Dr. Dyott will preach:
12 M.. Bible school.
Pilgrim, shaver street and Missouri ave
nue Rev. W. C. Kantner, minister; 9:43,
Sunday school: 11. "An Immortal Cross
Bearer" ; 8 P. M., "The Brotherhood of La
bor." Funnyslde, corner East Taylor and East
Thirty-second streets Rev. J. J. Staub, pas
tor. Services at 11 A M. and 7:45 P. M. ;
Sunday school, 9:45 A. M. : Junior Christian
Endeavor, 8 P. M. : Senior Christian En
deavor. 6:15 P. M. ;, morning sermon,
"Perennial Earmarks of a True Dlsclple
ship"; the evenmg sermon -will be delivered
by Dr. Sam J. Reed, of Ireland, one of the
most eloquent of Irish preachers.
Atkinson Memorial 9:45 A. M., Sunday
school; 11, Sermon by pastor, "Facing New
Problems With What?"; 7 P. M.. Y. P.
S. C. E. : 8. sermon, "The Master Leader."
Laurelwood. Forty-flftn avenue and Sixty
fifth street. Southeast Mrs. J. J. Handsa
ker. pastor. 11 A. M., Sabbath school meets
at 10 A. M.
Finnish Mission. 107 Skidmore street
Samuel Nevala, pastor. Young people's
meeting at 6; preaching at 7:30; prayer
meeting. Thursday at 8:15.
Ardenwald. Ardenwald Station Ft. w.
Hopilnk, speaker. Sunday School. 10:30 A.
M.; Christian Endeavor. 7:30 P. M. : church
service and sermon. 8:13 P. M.
Pilgrim, Shaver street and Missouri ave
nue Rev. W. C. Kantner. minister. 9:4S
A. M., Sunday school; 11 A. M. ; no services
in the evening.
DITTXE science.
First. 131 Twelfth street, corner Alder
Rev. Thaddeus M. Minard. pastor. Services
11 A. M.; Bible class, 2 P. M.; study class.
Thursday. 8 P. M.
EVANGELIC AX.
The Swedish Free Church, corner of Mis
souri avenue and Sumner street H. G. Ro
dine,' pastor. Sunday school. 9:45; preach
ing, 11 A. M. ; young people's meeting. 6:4B
preacnlng, 8 P. M.
First German, Tenth and Clay streets
G. F. Fleming. Sr., pastor. Sunday school
at 9:30 A. M. ; preaching service by the
pastor at 30:45 A. M. : Young People's So
ciety services at 7 P. M-, and preaching by.
the pastor at 8 P. M.
Third Reform, Lents W. O. Lienkaemper,
pastor Sunday school at 10 A. M.: preach-
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Fatmos, and see the son of man clothed
with a garment, and girt about the
breast with a golden girdle, with head
and hair white as snow, and eyes like
a flaming fire, and feet like unto the
refined and burnished brass, and voice
as the sound of many waters, holding
in his hand seven stars, while out of
his mouth proceedeth a sharp two
edged sword, as his countenance shines
like the noon-tide sun. Oh, yes, I could
adore him. as did John, as do the angels.
But the dying thief saw quite another
picture. For he saw a man stripped,
and bleeding, and very weary. Yet to
that man the thief said "Lord." As
should not I. Nor would you. And
often I have thought of the high honor
and rare privilege which were possessed
by that man on the second cross. For
I often look at the robin, whose breast
is ever red. because according to the
legend It sought with its bill to peclc
the nails from out the hands of Jesus.
And when I behold it. I think of the
thief who gave water to the thirsty
soul of the Savior, when he poured out
over the dying form of God's son the
spikenard of worship, and belief, and
adoring love.
Very pleasant in the sight of Jesus
must he have looked who ministered
to the spirit of the dying master as
12 legions of angels could not have
done. Was not the thief the first, even
while Christ trod the winepress, to as
sure the redeemer that he should see
of his soul's travail? Very satisfying
to Jesus must the homage of the male
factor have been ;and great his joy at
seeing this son entering into the glory
of salvation and eternal life.
Take heed unto it, my people. Which
way are you going? Which cross are
you nearing? Choose now, and choose
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