THE SUNDAY OREG0XIAX, PORTjLAXD, FEBBUABT 24, 1918.
PORTLAND CHURCHES WILL UNITE IN PATRIOTIC SERVICES
Series of Union Meetings Will Be Held on Fridays During: March and Denominational Lines Will Be Obliterated at Meetings.
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a 8 AN vldnc of th spirit of
A friendliness and co-operation that
la dominating th churches now, a
erica of onloo meetings will b held on
tho Fridays of March and possibly
later on throughout th followInK
month. Thes gatherings hare been
arranged by tho pastors of the old first
churchea of the city. Ienomioatlonal
llnea will not be In evidence. They
will be completely forgotten and pa
.' trlotlsm aa tho great them will pre-
vaiL The church' part In war work.
. tho church's miaaioa to help humanity
and th church aa a powerful factor In
11 good iinea of endeavor for the sen
oral welfare, spiritual, moral. Inteliee
. tusl. optimistic, uplifting ths will
be th subjects that will find consider
at Ion.
Th meetings are to be held In th
Bearcat church to th down-town dta-
. trlct. th Church of Our Father (Unt
tartan), and anions; th speakers will
b Ir. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church: Rabbi Jonah B.
Wise, of Temple Beth Israel; Father
O-Hara: St. Mary's Cathedral: Rev. H.
H. Grlffls. First Christian Church: Ke.
Joshua Stansfield. First Methodist, and
others of different denominations.
Th first meeting will b next Fri
day at noon. March 1.
Th ministers of th city have been
asked to mention especially today the
subject of food conservation and this
refluent will be (ranted.
Th churchea are all ralsinc war
funds fr servlr in th Army and all
ax working loyally.
sate. rightly understood, to th con
Iditiona of our Urn.
Last Sunday th rector, with th as-
slstanc of -a. number of men and
women parishioners, opened up - a
branch Sunday school. The location Is
147 East Fiftieth street. The building
Is In process of being" fitted up for Its
new purpose. Th opening- was auspi
cious, and th promts is that It will
supply a- long-standing need. The
school meets at I In th afternoon.
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"Mind" win b the subject of the
lesson sermon In all Christian Science
Churches today. Following; ar th
locations of th Portland churchea:
First. Everett, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets, service 11 and
o'clock: Second. East Sixth atreet and
Holladay avenue: Third. East Twelfth
and Salmon atreets: Fourth. Vancouver
avenue and Emerson, street; Fifth,
Sixty-second atreet and Forty-second
avenue Southeast: Sixth. Masonic Tem
Pie. tsS Yamhill street: Christian Sci
ence Society, Holbrook block, St. Johns,
services 11, Wednesday venlng meet
inn- at .
PASTORS OF PORTLAND WHO HAVE PLANNED SERIES OF FRIDAY NOON MEETINGS, TO BEGIN
MARCH i.
Returned Missionary Speaks
at Church.
Mr. Kmlly Baaka Telia f Keartee
Tears Saat la Africa.
A patriotic service has been ached'
aled for th First German Congrega
tional Church for 7:S o'clock tonight.
A special patriotic service and dedica
tion of servlc flag will be held at the
above church, corner Stanton and Sev
enth atreet. A programme of patriotic
one music and addressee will b
given under the auspices of th Ehene-
ser Young Ladles Society. Iter. F. A.
WUIraan. pastor of the church, will de
liver an addreia on "Georg Washing
ton, th First President of Our Glorious
Vnion." In honor of young men from
th church who answered and followed
th call of our country to th Army,
servlc flag will be unfurled by two
sisters of on of th young soldiers, th
IIiimi Molli and Elisabeth Kepp. while
th congregation will sing "America.
"Another Adventurer for
God, Sermon Topic
Rev. Tswssa Jeaklaa. Heeler f St.
lMvM's. Makes Aaaaaaeesseat,
, JTTT 1!AT TO DO- and -Another
Y Adventurer for God" ar the
euMerts which Rev. Thorns Jenkins.
ret tor of St. David's Church at East
"Twelfth and Belmont streets, an
nounces for Sunday. At 11 o'clock be
will help to answer th question so
often aed one of th first questions
to b asked la In history of Chris
tianity and recurring In th experience
f every earnest man or woman. At
Bight e will glv th second address
on "Soma Modern Adventurers for
;od." th special character being
a mod rn martyr at th age of 35."
The offering for the war commission
fund Is st 11 open. Everyone who has
a church friend la th National service
will want to know about It and glv
towards it. Envelopes ar provided.
Th fund la to enable the church to fol
low every churchman to camp and
battlefield with th ministration of re
ligion. Th Junior chol will sing at th
1 euchanat Tber is room for a
few mora boys In lh choir. This Is
a good opportunity to receiv Instruc
tion and training In th us of the
vole and singing th church servlc.
Friday night during Lent th rector
Ss giving a aentea of addresses on the
nature and message of th Apocalyps
of St. John. Perhaps no r-ok Is less
understood and more often mlaialcr
prelsted thsn this book. This need
not be so. becau th early church
found bo such difficulty In nnderstand
Ing It. Import. It has a signal mes-
I'NDAY evening at th Sunnysld
Methodist Church. Mrs. Emily
Banks, for 14 years a, missionary in
Africa, gav an interesting address,
under th auspices of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs.
Chaates E. Lenqne president.
1 -receding th address a short, but
beautiful pageant. "The Cross: Its Ap
peal; Response of the Nations. was
given by th four missionary organisa
tions of th church assisted by th
choir and som members of th Sun
day school. It waa under th direction
of Mm. Charles T. McPherson. aaslsted
by Mrs. Lucius Alexander. Mrs. Laura
L. Baker. Mrs. E. R. Martin, reader;
Mrs. J. D. McKaU and Mr a. H. C Belz.
soloists. I
The Introduction, a poem written fori
the occasion by Mrs. ilcl'herson was
recited by her daughter, Mlaa Elols
McPherson:
Behold th glory f th Cross!
Thro all the dim. uncertain light
Of aces pest Bad gooe.
ptill slow Id raya serene aad brlabt.
The hop of all the world.
The earth, 'midst clash nf arms and man.
i.r am a o.irjsemane finds In slL
An! hearts now break with grief
while, ehroun.d 'neath Its awful pall.
Sin eks to rurg the world.
Still towers aloft the crystal Cross!
hark! 'tis a Vole, a message sweet.
The pltytn Saviour apeaka:
H.r find uove a eecrlflr eoroplet
For the aattoaa of all the world.
"Iter find for broken hearts a balm.
For blinded eyes, return of sight.
For the brulaed. their liberty:
For captives, d.livera-nre end llsht;
3o; tell th Ballon of th world."
When mea shall know no autocrat
Hut loving God and fallowm.n.
Th.y obey hlch H.aven'e command.
Then Victory comes, and only thea
For the sufferer la all th world.
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JKySYSm at 'eVw"9
J?erc SSJf. Gj-SSy-jW.
Hleh Is thy standard, oh Crass of Christ. 1
Of a better day thy heralds sing.
When, coming from near and far
The nattona owa that Christ la King.
Thea Lev aaall rule th world.
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Dr. E- II. Pence will begin a series
this evening at Westminister Church,
East Seventeenth street North and
Schuyler, on "Life Metaphors." Th
aollier. athlete, builder, farmer, la rich
ly sugrestlv by Illustration In a bet
ter and more Intensive life. "The Sol
dier will be th them Sunday ven-
Ing. and In th morning th them will
b "Th Psychological Moment-"
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Professor J. R. Hart, of Reed Col
lege, will apeak on "Mobilization of
Belief Agencies for War," at th t
o'clock vesper service In th Laurel
wood Congregational Church today.
Th pastor will preach In the morning.
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District Epworth League to
Have Quarterly Rally.
Affair vVlll Re at Ceateaary TMeth
allit EpUeopal Cktirch.
TaORTLAND DISTRICT EPWORTH
ST LEAGUE will have its quarterly
rally next Friday night at Centenary
Methodist Episcopal Church. Arrange
ments arc In charge of Miss Nell John
son, district deaconess, who la handling
th affair for Dr. George B. Pratt,
first vice-president.
Thla rally will differ from others
that have been held In this district. In
that th social hour will be first on
th programme. Centenary chapters
and church will serve a light dinner,
nd it la th Intention of those in
cbarg that all who can shall be pres-
nt at that hour, th Invitation having
been extended o thos who are work-
ng downtown to go direct to the
church for the evening.
After dinner time will ba devoted to
departmental discussions, under the
direction of th district officers. This
considered on of th most impor
tant features of the rally.
ater there will be srt talks by
well-known speakers, followed by a
consecration meeting In charge of Dr.
T. W. Lane, pastor of Centenary Church.
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The Christian Workmen, the newly
organised men's club of the East Side
Christian Church, held an enthusiastic
meeting at the church on Tuesday
night, when several new features were
suggested, and will be put into execu
tlon as rapidly as possible. Dr. K. C.
Powell, president of the club, presided.
It is anticipated that the committee on
ritual will be ready to repont shortly.
H. L. Ganoe. chairman of the soldiers
welfare . committee, reported that a
practical demonstration of assistance
waa rendered by the congregation.
when, on last Sunday, a large number
Of soldiers from Vancouver Barracks
were entertained. A bureau of employ
ment and rentals will be established
and already letters have been sent to
out-of-town ministers, asking that the
local church be notified whan any
itiember moves to Portland, in order
that the committee may render assist
ance In at least the two lines specified.
A stag dinner will be given by the
Chmstian Workmen on the night of
March 6.
At his meetings today Rev. Paul
Rader will be assisted by Arthur Mc
Kee, soloist.
Baracca Service Flag Has
Twenty-four Stars.
rV. O. Tfflnley, of Atkinson Chareh.
Gives Banner in Honor of Former
Pupils.
Gordon Manary, Battery A. 66th Field
Artillery: William Adams, Forest smith,
Marion Smith. Battery A. 147th Field
Artillery; Everett Hilton, Battery
347th Field Artillery; Edmund Hand,
Otto Fruiht, Company B, and Otto Ly
strup. Company E. First U. S. En
gineers; Hugh Glen, Company C, 116th
U. S. Engineers; Henry Lystrup, Com
pany E, 170th TJ. S. Engineers: Henry
Henrikson, Frank Pounstone, William
Turney, Company B, and Harld Doty
and Orlan Hollowell, Company C, 162d
TJ. S. Infantry; Harry Oldham, Company
E. 361st TJ. S. Infantry; Roland Ma.-
nary, Clarence Martin, Lloyd Martin
and Don Sloan, in the TJ. S. Navy; Leon
K. Reynolds, quartermaster's depart
ment, and Emll Kruger.
At the Sunday morning service Miss
Mary F. Denton will tell about the
Doshlsha Girls' school, where she has
been the efficient head for many years.
This school is a part of the great Dosh
lsha University, at Kioto, Japan, and
through its alumnae is exerting wide
influence for good.
Ex-Missionary to Lecture on
Experiences. .
Young People of MHIard-A venue
Presbyterian Arrange Meeting.
On land and sea 24 boys of the old
Baracca Sunday school class of the At
kinson Church are serving our country.
W. O. Ntsley was their teacher for
seven years and won the lasting affec
tlon and devotion of the boys by his
understanding of them and by his de
votlon to them. Mr. Nlsley has given
a beautiful service flag in honor of
these boys at the front and it will be
unveiled at a special service at the
church this evening.
In th days of th activities of this
class, camping trips, baseball games
nd other athletics were common and
several pictures of these old festivities
will be thrown on the screen. The
class had about 60 members and those
at home who are In the vicinity will
attend the service and the public is also
cordially Invited.
The roll of those In the service aa
far as known follows:
Fred Lystrup, 34th TJ. 9. Aerial Squad
ron: Herbert Kruger, Coast Artillery;1
TONIGHT the C. E. Society of the
Millard-avenue Presbyterian Church
will take charge of the entire evening
services. The reg-ular C. E. topic will
be discussed from 7 to 7:45 P. 21. For
the regular church hour the society
has obtained Barclay Acheson. a for
mer missionary of Syria and the Holy
Land, to lecture on his work and ex
perience in these countries, under the
topic of The Power of the Cross in
Asia.". Special music will be furnished
by the male quartet and chorus.
This meeting will furnish a climax
to the series of special meetings held
during the past 10 days. The young
folks have arranged this splendid pro
gramme and extend a cordial invitation
to everyone to come. The meeting will
start promptly at 7 o clock.
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All parents and teachers concerned
with the religious training of teen-age
boys and girls will be greatly inter
ested in the special address to be given
this morning at 11 o'clock at the First
Christian Church by Miss Cynthia
Pearl Maus.
Miss lfaus Is a Sunday school spe
cialist of National distinction and in
her own field of work is looked upon
as having no superior among the
Protestant educators. She will be in
the city durintr the coming week as
member of the faculty in the School of
Methods at the First Christian Church.
Everybody will be welcome to the lec
tures and recitations at this school. A
large number of students are expected
from many cities both in Oregon and
in Washington. This evening the pas
tor. Rev. Harold H. GrifTis, will speak
on the subject, "The Collapse of Culture."
"Father and Son Week" was appro
priately observed in the University
Park Methodist Church. A dinner was
given on Friday night. The dinner was
attended by 70 fathers and sons. The
programme following the dinner con
sisted of songs, recitations and re
sponses to the toasts, "Our Boys," "Our
Dads." and "Our Boys in Uniform." The
speakers were S. A. Dotson, Kelsey
Cook'and H. C. Turner. Dr. E. R. Ab
bett was toastmaster. The songs were:
"We Shall Reap as We Have Sown,"
"Dixie," "When Sammy Comes Marching
Home," and "Keep the Home Fires
Burning," closing with "America."
The Sunday services were interest
ing and appropriate. At 11 o'clock a i
sermon on the text, "Is the young man
Absalom safe 7" was preached by the
pastor. Dr. Abbett, and in the evening
a platform meeting was held in which
four 10-mlnute addresses were delivered
on 'Showing Our Colors at Home,
"What Our Community Owes Its Boys."
"What the Boys Owe the Community,'.
"Getting Acquainted and Working To
gether," and "The Three-Fold Chal
lenge: To Produce, to Sacrifice, to Live
for God and Country." The speakers
included the pastor, C. A.- Dotson, H. C
Turner and Ur. B. J. Hoadley.
At the morning service a class of boya
sang "Keep the Home Fires Burning."
and at the evening service they Sana
again. The work of the week was pro
ductive of good. The spirit of good-
fellowship was fostered and intense
fled.
The hearty thank of the boys and
men Is due to the superintendent and
teachers in the Sunday School, who
worked faithfully under the leadership
of Mrs. Hatfield in preparing and serv
ing an excellent dinner in which th
rules of Mr. Hoover were fully ob
served. The boys are enthusiastic id
their praise of the affair.
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The Oregon "Twin" Christian En
deavor conventions are drawing large
delegations of young people to Baker
and Eugene. The entire Pacific Coast
is 'represented at the Eugene conven
tion, which is now in progress. Dele
gates have registered from Oregon,
California, Washington afd Idaho.
The Eastern Oregon convention at
Baker, which was concluded last Sun
day night, was a great success. There
was an attendance of 105 delegates.
Fourteen young people took the step
of life-work recruitship af the decision
service held by the keynote speaker.
Dr. Levi Pennington, president of Pa
cific College. This was one of tho
best records, according to the percent
age of attendance, ever made In ChrisH
tian Jnaeavor service. j
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The Sunnyside Congregational Inter
mediate Society has reported a very,
unusual record, it has n active mem
bers, 100 per cent of whom are Pocket
Testament Leaguers; 15 war service
workers, 14 co-workers, 13 quiot-hour
comrades, 1Z church members and 15
students of expert endeavor work. The
majority of these young people attend
high school and take active part in
every line of their endeavor work.
Rev. Paul Rader to Help
xv Salvation Army Drive.
Noted Minister Will Give Two Talks
at Lincoln High School.
BESIDES the public addresses which.
Paul Rader, famous pastor of th
Moody Tabernacle Church, of Chicago,
will deliver this afternoon and evening
in Lincoln Hlgh School in the interest
of the Salvation Army drive, his many
Portland friends will have an oppor
tunity to hear this wonderful preacher
in one of his soul-stirring eermons at
the Sunnyside Congregational Church.
East Taylor and Thirty-second streets,
Sunday at 11 A. M.
Ever since Rev. Mr. Rader's pastorate
at the Hassalo-Street Congregational
Church, of this city, some years ago.
and the pantor of the Sunnyside
Church have been close friends. Thla
friendship was renewed last Fall dur-
ng Dr. Staub's Eastern trip, and th
latter takes unqualified pleasure in pre
senting Dr. Rader, whose work has
been of Nation-wide Importance, to an
audience of Portland admirers at th
Sunnyside Church.
The man who fills a tabernacle eat
ng 6000, and does that day after day
and year after year, will tax the ca-(
pacity of this spacious building.
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The Friday noon a.memblies. under
the direction of the following clergy
men: Rev. John H. Boyd. Rev. William
Eliot, Jr.. Rev. Harold H. Grlffi.
Rev. A. A. Morrison, Rev. Father Ed
win V. O'Hara, Rev. Joshua Stansfield.
Rev. William A. Waldo and Rev. Jonah
B. Wise, are to be resumed beginning
March 1. These meetings will be held '
in the interest of the "Nation's Soul
Under War." It was part of the origi
nal plan to hold a similar series at
proper intervals.
There has been considerable demand
recently, in spite of the fact that thi
is the busiest time of the year for the
ministers who have these assemblies
in charge, and they have determined
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SUPERMAN OF NIETZSCHE AND OF CHRIST ARE CONTRASTED
German" Philosopher, Who Died Insane, .Most Modern Example of Anti-Christ and Prophet of Prussianism.
BY" REV. HAROLD lL GRIFFIS.
Drat Christian Church.
Matt. 5 2-3S -Ye know that th ruler
f the Caul. lard It av.r tto.oa aad th.tr
ar.at ea. exerris authority over tbem.
Not so snll It be arr.- ( you: but wfanao
er would become area! amnnc yoo shall
he your mlnlatar. and whosoever would be
fir.i amoas yoa shall b your arrat. ev.o
a. ih. Mob of man raen not to be mtnlar.red
wnio hat to minister, aad to civ hi lire a I
feasor ror maay.-
TESl'S Is talking to hl disciples
I about social distinction. It I
f always an attract! subject. Th
desir for preeminence Is well-nigh
universal. Whether It b Napoleon on
horseback, bent on th military mas
try of Europ. or Simon Stylltes
climbing his prflar In th desert to
njoy th faro of his self-denial, th
passion for distinction continues to as
sert its power. In th cas directly
v before us th disciples of Jesus ar
.contending among themselves a to
fWhich of them shall b th greatest In
th klna-dom of God. And much to
tneir disappointment and consternation
Jeaue disqualifies th whole company.
For greatness In th kingdom of God,
Js would have them understand. Is an
a.ltoa-sthr different proposition to
grtnas In th kingdom of th world.
hriatiaa greatness, unllk neatnen
greatness. Is incompatible with th
spirit of strife and scramble. It stands
not for competition but for co-opera
tion, not for mastery but fur ministry,
jiot for sovereignty but for service.
''For whosoever would become great
among yoo shall b your mln
later and whosoever would be first
mong yoo shall be your servant.'
To-lay w ar witnessing th tragic
gesults of a virulent revival of man's
old-tlm passion for pr-emlnenc and
distinction- Ideas control nations
iwell as Individuals, and th explana
tion of th European war will be found
in th study of certain dominant
national Ideas aa to what constitutes
thumao greatness. For years the Uer
Cnan Emajr has been gripped by
something stronger even than th
clutch of th Kaiser It Is th iron
grip of an Irrepreaelble philosophy.
Th chief exponent of this philosophy
Saras Frederick Nlelxsch. whoa life ex
tended over th second half of th last
century. Nietasch declared that true
areata reside In th BBsolutlsm of
an Imperial will-power. He Identified
rlckednea with weakness. He taught
(hat th rl god of th world la force,
that th method by which this fore
manifests Itself la evolution, and that
th formula which expresses th process
L th survival of th fittest.
wievsaek feaad a Aatt-Ckrlst,
Nletxsrh was an Implacable fo of
Christianity. Insisting that b himself
ras th Anti-Christ. He never tired
t( praising th culture of Greece and
:om. that system of thought and life
sthtch was based upon autocracy, ab
solutism, militarism and th rule of
fore, and h declared that when for
thee thing Christianity substituted
Mmocrmcy, tratsrnlty. peaceful Indus
try and U rul of love, th world suf
fered sn Infinlt loss. Ha denounced
th teachings of Christ as being un
manly and dishonorable and aaid,
"What th species requires is th sup
pression of th physiologically botched,
th weak and th degenerate, but It Is
precisely to these people that Chris
tianlty appeals." He revised the beat
itudea in th Sermon on th Moun
saying. "Te have heard now In old
times it was said. Blessed ar th meek.
for they shall Inherit th earth: but
say unto you. Blessed ar th vallan
for lhay shall make th earth thel
throne. And y hav heard men say
Blessed ar th poor In spirit; but
say unto you. Blessed 'ar th great In
soul and th free in spirit, for they
shall enter Valhalla. And ye hav
heard men ssy. Blessed ar th peace'
makers; but I say unto you. Blessed
are th warmakera. for they shall be
called. If not the children of Jehovah,
th children of Odin, who Is greate
than Jevohah." In his glorification of
militarism he mad a statement that
has been quoted many times sine the
beginning of th conflict In Europe
"They say A good causa hallows war.
but I say a good war hallows any
cause.
Now. as a result of this doctrln of
force, Nlettsche's Ideal of human great
nesa had Its own special form and name.
He called this Ideal th Superman, by
which h meant that superior being
who waa to be evolved through th
here, select lv straggle of th genera
tions to core, a Th Superman is
higher order of man built up by th
elimination of hia weaker brothers. He
represents th survival of the physlo-
fit. He Is the Incarnation of th
will to power. He la In a class br him
self and all that the rest of humanity
la good for Is to produc th Superman
ana now Defor him.
PallMsihy Per aaiated Grrauay.
Such was th philosophy of Nietzsche.
Its Influence extended throughout th
German empire. It permeated th
thought and teachings of thousands
who repudiated Its nam but kept Its
spirit. Many preachers mad a habit
of condemning th philosopher himself
while, at th sam time, they approprl
ated his philosophy and applied it vig
oroualy to th German people. Under
he nam of Cbrlst they really wor
shiped th anti-Christ, and th out
com of It all was a militarized Ger
many, a bleeding Belgium, an agonized
Franc, and a whole continent cast Into
helL
Certainly th politic of Europ hav
presented a striking fulfillment of the
plctur drawn by th Savior: "Ye know
that th rulers of th Gantilss lord It
over them and their great orsss exer
cise authority over them." What Is it
but a delineation of Nlettsche's Super
man! But. thank God. there la another
kind of auperman: "Not so shall It be
mong you, continues ths Savior, "but
whosover would become great among
ou shall be your minister and whoso
ever would be first among you shall be
our servant. And that Is the snper-
man of Christianity, not an Ideal of
elfish strength .ssulfig In the divine is called upon to do not only his "bit,"
rignt oi tn few, but an ideal of help
ful ministry recognizing th sacred
privilege of th many!
As followers of Jesus Christ w ar
compelled to believe in th doctrine of
th superman. Only let us remembe
that hia la not the superman of brut
force, but th superman of aelf-sacrt
ficlng love. They who think of th
typical Christian as being soft and
flabby at greatly deceived. Th Chris
tian ideal calls for a manhood that is
virile, positive and aggressive. It does
not take a big person to believe in th
creed of th tiger or to practice th
law of the Jungle, but It does require
a regenerated person to live and illus
trata and If need be die for th brother
hood of man as taught In th golden
ruie ot Christ.
ror a moment or so. then, let us
think a little mora fully of what Is in
voived in Christ's doctrine of th super
Service Is la valved.
Among other things. It involves serv
Ic. Whooevr would be first among
you shall be your servant Jesus him
self was among men as on who served.
It was because he took upon himself th
form of a servant that God highly ex
alted him and gav him th nam which
la above very nam. This Is th mean
Ing of th flag which wa hav unfurled
tonight; It is a service flag. It tells
us that America is among the nations
of ths esrth as on who serves. It con
veys to us the practical lemon that we
ought to measure men not by the length
cf their swords, not by the size of their
bank accounts, not even by the con
volutions of their brains, but by the
unselfish and wholehearted service
which they render to their fellow
beings.
After all. greatness, real greatness.
Is not In social rank but in social
character. As Dr. Henry Van Dyke
says, Thr is a loftier ambition than
merely to stand high tn th world it
la th ambition to stoop down and help
nrt mankind a little higher." And let
m say that th great thing about any
ot you is not where you are In the so
cial scale, but what you ar doing. It
not what you hav, it Is what you
ar.
The distinction point the difference
between autocracy and democracy and
sounds the keynote of America's par
ticipation in the world war. Autocracy
tends for th subjugation of th many
for th selfish gain of th few the
Ideal of Caesar; democracy stands for
nstlnted service to other for th com
mon good of all th ideal of Christ.
Between the two Ideals there la an
irreconcilable conflict, and this Is the
central Issue now being fought out on
th battlefields across th sea. Nay.
th conflict rages not only along the
nes of naming steel In Europe, but
also tn the secret chambers of the soul
in th Individual American citizen,
whether that citizen b th khaki-clad
son In th camp, hi father In th shop
or office, or his mother In ths kitchen.
In this larger atruggl we ar all en-
sted; ther la no room for neutrality
here; there ar no exemptions. Fach I
It
but his "best" If ths boys at the front
are willing to give up their lives in
this cause, surely we who remain at
home ought to be willing to give up
some of life's comforts. Remember,
men and women, democracyls on trial
tor Its life. It is Prussianism versus
Americanism; it is Caesar versus Christ;
it is the superman of Nietzsche versus
the superman of Jesus; it is selfish
ness versus service.
Righteousness Must Be Present.
But our Savior's doctrine of the su
perman involves another element be
sides service, or rather another ele
ment which defines this service. The
criterion is the Son of Man who "came
not to be ministered unto, but.to mln
ister, and to give his life a ransom for
many. Now "ransom carries with
the idea of deliverance or emancipa
tlon. The thought was amplified by
Jesus himself when h said: "The spirit
of th Lord Is upon me, because he
anointed me to preach good tidings to
the poor: bs hath sent me to proclaim
release to ths captives and recovering
ot sight to the blind, to set at liberty
tbem that are bruised and to proclaim
the acceptable year of th Lord." That
la to say, the ministry of Jesus Christ
was animated and controlled by
mighty passion for justice and right
eousness.
It Is a featur of the Christ ideal
that la often overlooked. The pictures
of Jesus, both in art and in the popu
lar Imagination, have been those of a
person soft submissive and even ef
feminate. And yet th severest blows
ever struck against evil and wrong
doing were delivered by Jesus Christ
The sight of Inhumanity or of lnsin
cerslty kindled bis heart to a furnace
heat He told lying and murderous
Pharisees that they were the sons of
the devil. He told religious leaders
who robbed widows and for a pretense
made long prayers that they were rot
en to the core "whlted sepulchres full
of dead men's banes." His penalty for
those who wronged childhood was
something worse than a millstone tied
to the neck of a man that bad been cast
Into the depth of the sea. His sentence
pronounced upon those devoid of all
vmoathv and compassion was, "uepart
from me, ye accursed, into the eternal
fire which is prepared for the devil and
is angels." When be saw men turning
the house of God into a den of thieves
e made a whip and with It drov th
grafters into th street
Good Shepherd Rates) Wolves.
True. Jesus waa ths Good Shepherd,
but let us remember that even th
hepherd la a fighting man when It 1
Question of wolves, lie was indeed
the Lamb of uod, out ne waa aiso tn
lion of th trib of Judah. He was
ender, but he oould also be terrible.
When he was reviled, ha reviled not
eainr" Yea. but how waa he when he
aw that others wre being reviled?
Then his wfird was. "Woe unto your
Jesus waa called the Prince of Peace,
and he was: only It was the peac of a
righteous God, and not the peace Of a
icked world: "Mr peace I give unto
you. but not as th world giveth, give ,
I unto you." Looking toward humanity babe in the manger is superior to that
and righteousness, Christ did come to
bring peace; but looking toward sin
and selfishness, he came to bring
sword.
The superman or higher man of Jesus
stands for service, but it is service that
contemplates justice and fair play for
alL The Christian ideal is one of peace,
but it is peace that is based on right
eousness. In fact we are coming to
understand that there is no peace worth
while that is not based on righteous
ness. It is righteousness that Justifies
the use of physical force. The "rlgh
of force" is unquestionable while it i
the "fore of right" It is the spirit
behind it that counts. Almost any
brute can whip his child when he is
"mad," but it takes a real man to
whip his child when he is not beside
himself. Force may represent love as
well as bate, although right at the time
perhaps the child of t may not recog
nix the difference in his father's slip
per. . But there Is a difference and
when administered in the right spirit
the slipper may become a means of
grace. Some one asked Sam Jones what
was needed in the raising of children
and th reply was, "prayer and
hickory." Sam Jones believed that the
right wiy to raise a boy was to raise
him often and there Is many a citizen
among us now who ought to thank God
for the sound threshings which his
good Christian father gave him when
he was a boy and but for which he
would not have been worth the rope it
would take to hang him.
Lincoln Story Retold.
That physical fore as an instrument
of righteousness may b perfectly com
patible with a kind and tolerant dis
position is well illustrated in the life
of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was one
of the tenderest and most sympathetic
of men and yet in the presence of
giant wrongs and injustice his strength
turned to steel and his wrath became a
flaming sword. When still a young
man he made a trip down the Missis
sippi River to New Orleans and there
on the public 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, gentle
men, and examine her; I keep back no
secrets from my customers," the heart
of the young man from the North grew
hot within him and turning to a
comrade he exclaimed, "By the eternal
God, if I ever get a chance to hit that
thing. I will hit It hard." And God in
his own good time gave him th chanca
-and h did hit It hard.
Today, America goes forth to battle
not to gain territory, money, power or
revenge, but to promote righteousness
throughout th earth. She wars not be
cause she hates men ana loves con
quest but because she hates conquest
and loves men. She goes out in the
firm conviction that right not only
makes might but may also justify
might and that th philosophy ot the
of the dog in the manger. Having tried
intellectual force and moral force and
failed, she now stands ready to pay the
awful price in the use of physical
force. If only thereby she may proclaim
release to the, captl-es, set at liberty
them that are bruised and make our
world a safe place for democracy.
Some people quote from the "Sermon
on the Mount" and declare that Jesus
Christ preached the doctrine of abso
lute non-resistance: "Ye have heard
that It was said, an eye for an eye and
a tooth for a tooth, but I say unto you.
resist not him that is evil, but whoso
ever smiteth thee on the right cheek.
turn to him the other also. And If any
man would go to law with thee and
take away thy coat, let him have thy
Cloak also. And whosoever shall com
pel thee to go one mile, go with him
two." But I challenge such interpreta
tlon of scripture as being narrow and
superficial. It is true that so far as
one's own personal grievances were
concerned, Jesus did teach and practice
forbearance and forgiveness, but when
It came to the wrongs of society an
the consummation of his own rlghteou
purposes, he was as firm as the Rock
of Gibraltar and as uncompromising as
the law of gravity.
Jean Defied Herod.
Tako for example the saying, "Who
soever shall compel thee to go on
mile, go with him two," and let us see
how Jesus applied it in his own expert
ence. Tou will recall that near the
close of his ministry certain Pharisees
came to him, saying, "Get thee out and
go hence, for Herod would fain kill
thee." And Jesus replied, "Go and say
to that fox Herod: Behold, I cast out
demons and perform cures today and
tomorrow, and the third day; I am per
fected. Nevertheless, I must go my
way today and tomorrow and the day
following, for it cannot be that
prophet perish out of Jerusalem."
That is to say, he not only refused to
go the two miles at the command of
the Pharisees and of Herod, but he did
not budge an inch. Go and say to
that fox Herod that I will not desert
my post nor shirk my duty, come what
will!
So also a Herod of the twentieth cen
tury, the great Kaiser, sent his emis
saries to say to the Government of the
United States of America: "Behold, I
am engaged In a great war. Already I
have crushed Belgium, plundered
France and turned Serbia into a deso
lation. My armies control nations and
peoples from the North Sea to the Eu
phrates River. America, be warned
and keep out of the path of my ambi
tion. Have no dealings with my ene
mies. Keep off the seas. I, the Kaiser,
warn your citizens to stay at home, for
I shall sweep the seas with my subma
rines and give your people to the
sharks. My 100,000 spys are already in
your midst fully prepared to terrorize
your land, dislocate your industries
and intimidate your statesmen. Be in
structed, therefore, you exasperating
for I am the
I Yankees, and fear ine,
Kaiser."
Then America, patient, peace-lovfnf?
America, answered those emissaries)
and said: "Go and say to that tyrant,
we are freeborn souls and we will not
submit to your decrees. So long as we
have men in whose veins flows th
blood of liberty; so long as we have
women who refused to live with cow
ardly husbands and sons, we will not
submit. We will pour out our wealth)
until the last dollar has been spent;
we will convert our colleges into train
ing camps, our factories into arsenals
and our schools and churches into hos
pitals for our freedom and the freedom
of the world; we will, if need be, sell
our coats-'and buy swords with which,
to combat your autocratic ambition;
but we will not submit Our sword i
drawn, and we shall not sheathe it
until we have exterminated the last
vestige of your despotism and mad
the world safe for democracy."
The course of our humanity Is th
doctrine represented by the superman
of Nietzsche: the hope of our humanity
Is the doctrine of Jesus Christ ths)
superman of service plus an uncon
querable passion for righteousness.
For "ye know that the rulers of the)
Gentiles lord it over them and their
great ones exercise authority oven
them. Not so shall it be among you;
but whosoever would become great
among you shall be your minister, and!
whosoever would be first among you
shall be your servant, even as the Son
of man came not to be ministered unto
but to minister, and to give his life a
ransom for many."
Then let us go back to Christ and to
his ideal of human greatness! Not to
the Christ of our selfish dreams. Not
to the Christ of our sentimental fan
cies. Not to the Christ of our indulg
ing indifferences. But to the Christ
of righteousness and self-sacrificing
service. Nay, let us go back to the
Christ of the cross! Surely the men,
and women who are fighting this war
under the banner of righteousness -the
boys who are pouring out their blood
in the trenches, the fathers who ar
laying down their fortunes, the moth
ers who are sacrificing their sons
surely these ought never again to
doubt the necessity of Calvary!
The trouble with Europe was that it
had become bankrupt in manhood. It
had thought more of culture than of "
conscience. It had developed the body
and the brain to the disregard of the
soul. And now it is falling to your lot
nd mine to help in restoring the bal
ance. May God make us equal to th
task!
And tonight. In the name of these
39 splendid young people who havo
presented themselves to their country
with such heroic self-abandon, shall
not each one of us gladly Join hands
with the great Savior of men, and like
those whose memory Sve honor in his
flag, b ready to go forth with Him,
not to be ministered unto but to min
ister, and if necessary to give our lives,
ur fortunes, and our all, as a sacrifice
for freedom of the world, and a ransom
for manyl