THE STTXDAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. MARCH. 10, 1918.
SPECIAL LENTEN MEETINGS INTERESTING CHURCH FOLK
Rev. H. L. Stephens and Wife Inspiring Speakers at Evangelistic Campaign Started by Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, on East Side.
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SPECIAL Lenten meeting and ser
mons are occupying the attention
of cburch folk and are Interesting
tnany converts.
Early this paat wek Centenary Meth
odist Church, at Eaat Ninth and Eaat
llne streets, atartad an evangellatlc
cam pa I so. with tha Rev. IL L Stephens
aa tha Inspiring speaker. Assisting hira
U bis wife, aa attractive, delightful
apaaher and musician. The meetings
are trdwtng daily ta attendance and
Intareat and will continue for two
weeks more. Inftdels. skeptics and all
having doubts regarding religion are
especially Invited to hear Mr. btepbena
tonight, when he will speak on "Five
Reasona Why Everyone Ouirht to Be
m Christian. la announctnc hla theme.
Mr. Stephens further atated that be
"will give a fit bill to anyone wbo can
give a feasible reason why any person
should not be a Christian." For this
tnarnlne the evangeliat will have aa
hla iuM'CI -The Creates! Need of 1'ort-Unit-What
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When Mr. fltephens tild a meeting
In PcotUrd hi tabernacle was donated
by Sir Josph McCUy. now head of tha
hipping Interests or Oreat uritatn.
One of hla prised Inrtorsemente Is
from J. F. Aldrtdge. superintendent of
a large fUli worka of Alexandria, Ind.
Jte has attracted the attention of men
of all c!aa and conditions and fre
auently holds meetings announced for
"men only."
Pr. T. W. Lane, pastor of Centenary.
presides at the present series and In
troduces tha speaker, on aionuay Air.
' Stephens was a guest at the Minis
terial Association.
Many ef the churches are feeling the
Seed of revivals Jut now and are hold-
In special meeting The St. Law
rence Catholic Church, of which parish
Father Hughes Is pastor, baa held a
Const successful misslon.
In St. Mary's Cathedral tha miaalon
this paat week has been a great suc
cess and has been widely attended. It
will conUnuo all this week, and the
-message will be for men. In SL Fran
cis Catholic Church, of which Father
Black la pastor. Lucre baa been a splen
did mission.
Id the Swedish Methodist Church, at
Beech and Bancroft streets, revivals
have been going on and will eontlnus
thla week. Today three meetings Wiil
be held for Scandinavians.
flee"; March 19, "My Placa fa God's
Plan"; March IT. Tha Consecration of
Victory." The meetings are to be in
formal and are open to tha public
At tha T. W. C A. treper eerrlca this
afternoon at t:it Mrs. Edward P. Geary
v-ill apeak. Her subject will be
Vision and What Cams of It," a story o
heroism on tha West Coast of Africa.
Mrs. E. N. Wheeler will sing and
social hour will follow at S:10. All girls
and men are Invited to attend.
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Rev. B. B. Lockwood Is doing rood
work at Clinton Kelly and Lincoln
churches. Hla sermons are attracting;
good audiences.
Mrs. Mabel Jones delighted the audi
net of the Clinton Kelly Methodist
Episcopal Church Sunday morning with
tha solo entitled "Face to Face." She
will sing there again In tha near fu
ture.
WEXL-KXOWN EVANGELISTS HOLDLXG INTERESTING REVIVAL MEETINGS IN THE CENTENARY
METHODIST CHURCH.
"The War and the Soul," Dr.
Griffis' Theme.
First Chriatlaa Charrh Fmaeurka aa
Fre-Eaater Work.
Salvation Army' War Drive
Starts March 17.
Dr. Teoaasaa Will Lead la Ceuav
palsja ta llalsa 33.0OO.
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R. WILLIAM WALLACE TOCTNO-
SON will head tha drive for 125.000
IE War and tha Soul" will ba
tha one great theme of th
First Christian Church from now until
Easter. All services and departments
of tha church will ba utilised during
the remainder of the Lenten period to
deepen the religious lire of tha mem
bershlp and also to enlist many ne
members. A systematlo visitation o
the homes will, ba made during tha
next two wecka by tha ladlea of the
mlaatonary aoclety and during tha week
Immediately preceding f aster the paa
tor. Kev. Harold H. Urlftis. will hold
apecial preaching service each evening
at 7:45. Laet year theaa pre-Eaater
meetings were eminently successful
and the purpose this year la to ac
compllah even greater things In a
spiritual way In order that cltlxens
may ba the better prepared for the
mergenclea growing out of tha world
war. Thla morning at 11 tha pastor
will apeak on the subject, "Around tha
World in Thirty Mlnutea." and In th
evening at T.4i the topic will "a. "How
Cod Hates Secrecy."
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LAFATETTE. Or, March t. (6p-
et.iL) Kev. M. B. Parounaglan waa the
apeaker at tha Lafayette Methodist
- Episcopal Church on Sunday, last, when
a larva congregation heard his lecture
On "The Armenian Question."
Professor Alpheua tlllletbs was
sleeted chorister of tha new Methodist
Episcopal Church choir lat Sunday and
tha choir will alng for tie first time
this Sunday at 11 A. M. and at 3 P. M.
The Epworth League will meet at C:30
P. M. Kev. Alfred Bates will preach
both morning and evening. Mrs. Kather
Gillette will preside at tha organ,
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Beginning Wednesday, March . Rev.
XV. J. Heaven will give a aerlea of noon
TUbl lalka In the living-room of the
T W. C A. The general subject will
be "Easter Mcasagea for Our Day."
The talka will continue through Lent.
The dates and aubjecta are as follows:
March t. "The Rtgatness of God-;
March 11. "God's Treasuring of Sacrl-
fur tha Salvation Army In war work.
Tha dates set for tha drlva ara March
IT to ti. Dr. Toungsoa will grtve his
entlra time to tha causa, which Is In
dorsad by prominent church and busi
ness men. and Is sura to go ' with
hum. Dr. Toungson Is superintendent
of tha Methodist churches of tha Port
land district and Is a member of tha
Rotary Club, an eminent Knight
Templar and well known In social serv-
Ice, civic and church work.
Man and women of all denominations
nd all who know tha practical.
humanitarian work of tha Salvation
Army ara rallying to tha support of Dr.
Toungson In the coming drlva. It Is
anticipated that the sum will ba reached
easily f tha promised backing Is given.
Labor as wall as capital Is behind the
army drive and men and women In all
walks of Ufa have promised to assist
Dr. Toungson.
Pretty Salvation Army laaales will
gather In the dollars. Society men and
women will help. In fact all patriotic
persons will ba Interested. " The min
isters of the city have Indorsed the
drlva and will ba among- those most
loyal In supporting It.
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The regular monthly meeting; of the
First Congregational Brotherhood Mon
day evening, which waa In tha form
of a reception to Dr. Padley, who will
be tha temporary pastor of tha First
Congregational Church for three
months, waa exceptionally well at
tended and was full of enthusiasm
from start to finish. Five of tha Port
land Congregational ministers were
preaent and made abort talks wel
coming Dr. Pedley.
Two piano selections were rendered
by Professor Luclen E. Becker, who has
been engaged as organist for tha
church commencing April L
Dr. Pedley talked to tha men on the
great opportunity for service that la
before the Christian Church of today
and especially of the part tha men can
and must have In tha future work of
the church. At tha close of Dr. Pedley's
talk the matter of the every family
visit to ba made on "Fellowship Sun
day." March 17, was discussed and the
majority of the men preaent were reg-
latered as being willing to participate
In this movement. "Fellowship Sun
day" has been designated by this
church as the day on whrca.. every
family of tha congregation will be
visited by the men of the church.
Dr. Pedley will preach at thla even
ing's service of tha church, hla sub
ject being "The Devil, tha Beasts and
tha Angela" The members of the
church and Dr. Pedley ara looking
forward to a great work together
during; his brief stay In Portland.
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Rev. John Persona, D. D formerly
superintendent of Alaska Missions of
tha Methodist Episcopal Church, will
preach thla morning at tha Clinton
Kelly Methodist Episcopal Church,
taking for his subject "Tha Olivet
Messags of Jesus." As Mr. Parsons
s a former pastor of this church.
It Is expected a large audience will
greet tha well-known church worker.
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Rev. R. W. Rogers will preach tn
Calvary Presbyterian Cburch on the
subjects. "The Meaning of the Phrase
Everlasting Ufa and "Tha Success of
Klndneaa."
Coffee Will Be Served After
Church.
First Presbyterian Wtntt and Girls
Plan Welpeme for soldiers Sunday
Evealag.
DEV. JOHN H. BOYD, D. D.. pastor
J.W of tha First Presbyterian Church'
corner Twelfth and Alder streets, will
Inaugurate a new plan thla evening in
order to welcome tha soldiers and give
them a touch of home. This Is the plan
to make the evening services specially
attractive to the aoldlers and to pro
vide soma entertainment and refresh
ments for them In the. church house
after tha service Is dlsmiseed. Tonight
for the flrat time the mothera and
glrla of the cburch will welcome the
aoldler boya in the reception room after
the evening service and have a musical
programme. and give them coffee and
aandwichea.
The sermon In the evening, by Dr.
John a. Boyd, will be the second in
series on "Four Great Questions Con
cerning Jesus Christ." The subject is
Y hat Does Jesus Mean by Asking Men
to Follow HlmT"
In the morning, at 10:30, Dr. stoyd
will have the second in another series
on "Soma Large Values of Religion."
This special subject Is "Religion and
tha Task of Right Living." There will
ba special music both morning and
evening and both services are in the
Una of preparation for the Las tor serv
ices of March 31.
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In announcing his theme for today
Dr. E. 1. Pence, of Westminster Pres
byterian Church, said:
"When a Russian array refused to ro
to battle with the German forces until
a vote of the privates had been taken
they Illustrated the universal cause of
failures. It la either a refusal to func
tion or an attempt to function at some
thing lor which there is no Qualifica
tion which la tha fertile causa of life's
failures."
Dr. Pence will discuss tha moot Ques
tion of alleged failure of the church
to function to tha times. There are
things honest with the truth to be said
on both sides. Westminster Church.
East Seventeenth street North and
Schuyler at 10:30 A. M. At night. "Met
aphors of Life: Tha Builders."
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Today will bo tha last Sunday of the
revival campaign held at the Swedish
Tabernacle. Glisan and North Seven
teenth streets.
The forenoon service will begin at
10 o'clock with a Sunday school rally, ,
when the Sunday schools will ba pres
ent at the service of the church. The
Sunday school at Powell Valley also la
expected to be present. Rev. August
Skogsbergh will preach to young and
old. In the afternoon at 1:30 he will
give seven reasons why he became a
Christian when he was young. The
song service In the evening will begin
at 7 o'clock. This will be the last ser
mon of the ovangeUst during the campaign.-
Offerings will be taken at all the
services. The church chorus Is expect
ed to be present at all the meetings.
In continuation of tha series of ser
mons on tha book of Revelation, Rev.
E. D. Hornschuch, pastor. First Evan
gelical Church, East Sixth and Market
streets, will use as a basis for" the
11 o'clock sermon this morning the
tenth chapter.
"Winning Men One by One':
Is Dr. Waldo's Topic.
Discourses Are Arranged by Pastor
Especially for Yonng People,
(TTT IXXINQ Men One by One," will
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IT bo the subject of Dr. W. A
Waldo's discourse at tha White Tern.
pie this morning. He will discuss the
question of the church being brought
into new relations-and the realization
of a much-needed sympathy and per
sonal interest that la everywhere ap
parent the obligation of world evan
gelism as the need of the moment.
This reaches into every sphere of life
the individual, the family, the city, the
state, tha republic, the world.
"The tragic need of the hour Is for a
deeper and more abiding expression of
brotherly love and interest with every
member of the social and spiritual
body, declares Dr. Waldo.
"The Glory of the Cross" wfll be the
subject for Dr. Waldo s evening dis
course, the second In his Easter series
on "The Wondrous Cross." These dis
courses are especially delivered for
young people.
The Temple quartet will render spe
cial and appropriate musio at each of
these services.
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Miss Helena Martin, ef Eaa Francis
co, will speak at 11 A. M. today in the
Metaphysical Library, 401 Central
building.
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On Friday, a patriotic programme
was given and an address; tnaoa by F.
J. Meyer. I
"Mission Work in America,"
Mrs. Woodbury's Subject.
Boston Womaa Will Tell of Experi
ences Was All Klnda of People.
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DISTINGUISHED and Interesting
sitor in Portland . is Mrs. Ida
Vose Woodbury, of Boston, who is here
to speak at several of the Congrega
tional churches and to tell of mission
work. Not only missions among the
black, the white and other peoples, but
social Bervice work and Immigrant aid
come under the notice of this eloquent
speaker and untiring worker. .
This morning Mrs. Woodbunry will
speak In the First Congregational
Church.
This evening Mrs. Woodbury, who Is
field secretary for the American Mis
sionary Association, will speak at the
Atkinson Memorial Church. "Mrs. Wood
bury has traveled much .throughout
the country and much of her time has
been given to studying the condition of
the whites in the Tennessee mountains.
Her stories ofjthe loyalty-of these peo
ple and the sacrifices they have made
are most fitting for the present time.
Of one trip far away from the rail
road among the mountains, where she
found an aged woman who had never
seen the stars and stripes and her re
turn there months later with the pres
ent of a flag, she tells an unfor
get table story.
In the morning Rev. Warren Morse,
the pastor, will speak on tha loneli
ness of men, even when to all outward
appearances the seem contented in
friendly surroundings. Six new mem
bers were received into the church last
Sunday.
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In East Side Baptist Church last Sun
day the pastor, Dr. Hlnson, preached
tha first sermon of the second year of
his present pastorate. At the morning
service 20 adults came into the ac
knowledged membership of the church.
At the evening Bervice several oth
ers came forward - to confess Christ,
and three offered themselves for bap
tism, and the candidates are now
awaiting the ordinance of believers'
baptism, which will be administered
at the Sunday services.
In the morning. Dr. Hlnson will take
for his theme, "The Two Great Ques
tions of the Damascus Road." The
questions asked by Saul of Tarsus,
"Who Art Thou, uorar- ana "iora.
What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?" The
sermon will show that life is at its
highest and best when Uved under the
' influence and impetus of the questions
and answers that will be discussed at
the service of the morning hour.
At night. Dr. Hlnson will preach his
second sermon on the "Return of the
Lord" as misrepresented by Schailer
Matthews, of Chicago.
The week preceding Easter Sunday
will be given over to a nightly service
with a Bermon, leading up to the glad
Easter Sabbath. The Sunday school is
working and praying for a baptism
service, when many from the school
will publicly confess Christ In this
ordinance.
The Baptist Young People's Union In
vite all young people to their service,
which commences at 6:30 o'clock, and
merges Into the preaching service
at 7:45. '
The Sunday school meets In the
morning at 9:50, and classes ara ar
ranged for all ages.
Ministers of All Denomina
tions Plan Union Meetings.
Dr. HatchlsOB and Dr. Hlnson to
Speak in Flrat Methodlat Chnrch.
UNION meetings .for churches of all
denominations have been planned
by the ministers of the city and will be
held Tuesday evening, March 12 and
19, In the auditorium of the' First
Methodist Church.
On the first occasion Dr. A. L Hutchi
son, pastor of Piedmont Presbyterian
Church and president of the ministerial
association, will speak, and on the lat
ter Dr. W. H. Hlnson, pastor of the
East Side Baptist Church, will make
the address.
These two meetings wilt lead up to
large mass meeting to be held in the
Municipal Auditorium Easter Sunday
afternoon, at 3:15 o clock. It is proba
ble down town meetings will be held
during Holy week and that the mini
sters will uss every effort to make the
coming events a factor of clty-wido re.
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Bishop M. S. Hughes will speak this
morning in the First Methodist Church
and In the evening Dr. Stansneld, the
pastor, will give the second of his torles
of sermons.
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At Highland dkmgregatlonal Church,
corner Frescott and blxth streets, on
Sunday night at 7:30 there will be
song service, a real people's sing, led by
chorus, under the direction of Ml
Orrel Rose, which will be followed by
an address by the pastor. Rev. Edward
Constant, on "Our Boys In France.'
This talk will be frank and forceful
and of special interest to all those who
have friends serving the cause of Amer
ica in France.
Stars have to be added to the flag
from time to time, for the number of
boys from this church who have entered
service under the colors continues to
grow. The ministrations of the pulpit
are such as to roster a patriotism which
is brave, broad and brotherly. 3. he
theme of the morning sermon will be
The Gift of Self to God and Human
ity." I
Does It Pay to Pray?" Is
Dr. Morrison's Topic
Soldiers and Sailors Especially In
vited to Trinity Church Service.
OES It Pay to Pray?"
This' will be the question from
which Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, will preach
at 11 o'clock this morning. All men in
uniform are invited." It is of Interest
to know that at Trinity each service
the soldiers, sailors and all men in
service in the cause of freedom are
prayed for, especially the men whose
names are on tne nonor roii.
There will be a special musical pro
gramme. Lucien E. Becker, organist,
will Dlay "Kamenoi-Ostrow," by Rnben-
stein. Uniformed men are invited and
their friends are asked to be guests.
All will be welcomed. The evening song
will be at 8 o'clock tonight and will be
preceded by a meeting of the Good
fellowship Society at 7 o'clock, to which
all young people of the congregation
are Invited.
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Bishop Walter A. Sellew, of James
town, N. Y., arrived at 10:30 last even
ing from Los Angeles, Cal., where he
has been looking after the Interests of
the church work, and will preach for
Rev. Alexander Beers in the First
Free Methodist Church. East Ninth and
Mill streets, both Sunday morning and
night. Bishop Sellew is here in the In
terest of a campaign to raise money
to liquidate the Indebtedness on Sea J
tie Pacific College, an Institution wldi
ly known in the denomination. Re
Mr. Beers was .for many years presJ
dent of this school, and Is co-oj
erating with the bishop and others 1
this campaign.
'The services at night will be mlrl
sionary in character. Bishop Sellew i
president of the 'general? misslonar
board of the Free Methodist Churcrl
and has traveled around the worl.
and made extensive trips to forelc
countries In the interest of the worl
The bishop Is accompanied by Mrs. Sel
lew, who will assist In the misslonar
meeting.
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At the First Methodist Church. coH
ner of Twelfth and Taylor street.'
Bishop M. S. Hughes will preach ,
"before-Easter" sermon this mornim
Tonight at 7:30 Dr. Stansfield wi
preach his second Sunday night sen
mon on The End of the World, a con
ttnuation on the becond coming o
Christ, So-Called."
Following are subjects for termor
to ' be given in St. James' Lulbera
Church by Rev. W. E. Brlnkman:
Sunday. March 10 A. M "The Powsr J
the Cross"; . M., "Toe Title on tne Cross.
Thursday, March 14 "Father, Forglv
Them, For They Know Not What They Do.
Sunday, March 17 A. M., "Verily. I 8a
Unto Thee. Today Shall Thou Be With 1
In Paradise"; P. M., "Woman, Behold Th
Son! Son, Behold Thy Mother."
Thursday, March 21 "My God! aty See
Why Hast Thou Forsaken Mat"
Holy Week.
Palm Sunday, Ijareh 24 A. M., "Tha Kir
fit Kings." Confirmation, recsption to ne
members and baptism of children. P. M
sacred cantata, "The Crucifixion." by fc
James Choir. J. Stalner.
Wednesday. March 27 "I Thirst"
Holy Thursday, March 28 "It Is Fin
lshed."
Good Friday, March 29 "Father. Into Th
Hands. I Commend My Spirit." Preparator
service and holy communion. Communion o
ferlns.
Easter Sunday, March 81 -A.
Hope of Easter." Holy communion wit
communion offering;. P. M.. Easter pro I
gramme by the Sunday school.
Piedmont Church Adopts
Slogan for Month.
"Make . March Memorable to Be
Motto of Organisation for Period.
TJIEDMONT Presbyterian Church haJ
JT adopted a slogan' for the month o
March "Make March Memorable.'
One of the events' to this end will b
the Service Flag programme to b
given tonight at 7:30. "Old Glory" wil(
be raised with" proper accompanying
exercises and music. Then the faervlc
Flag will be unveiled, bearing 20 star.-!
The roll of names will be called ana 10
cation of the men given.
The popular Veteran's Quartet wllj
participate. ll
An orchestra will assist ana oorgean-
Webb. of Vancouver Cantonment, wll
be special soloist. Lieutenant Burket
from the same cantonment, will de
liver the address of the evening. Th
regular church choir will sing. At 1
A, M.. Dr. Hutchison, the pastor of th
church, will preach on "The More Ex
cellent Way."
The Woman s Missionary Society o
the church closed a prosperous yea
with a session at the home of Mrs. C
E. Griffiths, on Wednesday last.
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"Healing" Is the subject of an ad
dress to be given by Mrs. Agnes M
Lawson In the Divine Science Center
186 Fifth street, Sunday at 8 P. M. Thai
morning topio is The Old and the
New."
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Monday night, March 11, the fourth
session of the Christian Endeavors
Co-Workers' class, under the leader
ship of Mrs. W. E. Wright, will meed
at 7:45 P. M. at the First Chrlstia.
Church. The study taken up by thifJ
class is under different lines than naval
been undertaken by Christian Endeavor!
societies before, as it prepares theirl
members for the personal work for
which they have pledged themselves ini
the co-workers' pledge, which Is the!
latest movement of the Christian En
deavor Unions.
The programme of classes, which
has been revised, is as follows:
March, 11 hxcuaes."
March IS "The Honest Doubter anfi
the Dishonest Doubter."
March 25 "False Religion."
"The Heritage of Half a Century,'
stereopticon lecture on the history
and work of the Woman s Foreign MiS'
ionary Society of the Methodist Epts-
copal Church, will be given by Mrs.
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CHRISTIAN LIFE MEANS CONTINUAL GROWTH IN STRENGTH
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Dr. John IL Boyd Answers Question: "What Are We Here For Activity Without Aim Results in Wasted Effort and Lost Opportunity.
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I em thst triy misht hse ltf. aad
tVsi to- auay base It more aauadsAUy.
ET DR. JOHN IL BOTD,
first prasbrtartaa Chorea.
THE association of these two pas
sages brings Into view a single
truth, but In two differing sspecta,
Th words of the Apostle Paul are aa
earnest exhortation to the Tbeasalon
laa Christians to enlarge their lives,
svddlss: force to fore and worth to
worth, until life had reached Its high
at possible strength and value.
The words of Jesus are an Interpre
tation ef the meaning of man's exist
ence here In the world, and aa ex
planation of his own relation to the
dlfflcullproblem of living. He came
that man might really live live at
their beat and their flneat! He came
to releaae them from disabling limita
tions which defeat this noble purpose.
lie came to show them the way Into
the larger life, lit came to administer
the Impulse that would enable them to
reach their better life.
Crrat Qa rat lasts AskeaV.
Now. from these two declarations we
are able to frame a partial answer, at
least, to the most pregnant question
' which one can ask. There Is no Ques
tion which reaches so far and means
o much aa the almple words: What
re we here In the world for? What
re we to do and what are we to be
come? What would be that use of our
life whlc would most completely meet
the aupreme obligation of existence?
These are tremendous questions, very
easy to nttar. very eimple In the fram
ing, but hard to anawer adequately.
1 do not believe that aa exhaustive or
final answer can be found by ua There
la not sutf. cleat data. We do not un
derstand God well enough. We do not
understand ourselves well enough. We
do not understand the universe well
enough. The Infinite paths which lead
out Into eternity cannot be followed far
touch by our eve. Bat I claim that
a partial and tentative answer to those
great questions can be conatrucled
by ua.
Look at ourselves. Think of what
we are. aad you find that our being.
ur personality, however you describe
ur aalf. Is ava agsrcgatioa of vital
forces. All kinds or energy are
wrspped up on the Inside of us. All
kinds of faculties aad powers belong
to U- Take the mind In all the mani
fold flelda of Ita operations, reason,
memory. Imagination and all the rest.
Take the great emotional powers with
their vibrancy, their capability of en
klndlement of burning with fierce or
holy passion. Take all the range of
choice and decision, and the qualities
of character. And here In all of them
we find the possibility of expansion,
the poselblUry of running out the di
ameter of ourselves Into some larger
thing than we have ever attained.
TV Breaalas at Life Tela.
Bo we sea that the meaning of Ufa Is
the Increase of our self. It Is the en
trance upon a large measure of life, so
that we shall have fullness and en-!
ergy, and a harmonious development.'
and ba able to command the energies
and resources of our personality la
the largest and completes! way.
Now. however Inadequate thla de
scription or life may be. I am certain
that the answer to the great question
lies In tha direction I have pointed
toward. I believe that your own con-
acienca Is Inawerlng back with an af
firmative. "Yes. I ought to be the larc
est possible man or woman that I am
capable of becoming! I ought to In
crease. I ought to abound. I ought to
lay hold of the resources that are
within my reach. I ought to make the
best and flneat application of all that
belongs to my personality. v
Holding this definition of life's mean
Ing In view. If we look across the fields
or mankind our eye falls upon th
tragedy of failure. There are men and
women who have gone down In defeat.
who have never accomplished, never
realised themselves. They have been
broken under the strain of temptation.
They have been marred and twisted, so
that all the magnificent functions of
their lives are not available for the
higher nsea of life, and they will never
reach, win never attain. They are there
lying upon the -waste heap. They can
never come back. That la the tragedy
of life's failure. It Is terrible In Its
aspects, and yet. thank Ood. the num
ber of those who do completely fail la
very email compared to the number
pf those who live.
'At tbq other end of society's diame
ter are the stalwart men and women,
the larve. the strong and the compe
tent. They have Increaaed their Uvea
They have made that growth and de
velopment which has put them Into
possession of Life's forces and life's re-1
sources, and they are there living
worthily. They are doing the large
things of the world. They are doing
the great feeling and resolving of the
world. It Is their hearts that are fur
nlshlng the Impulse to progress: their
wills that ara creating the highways
Into tomorrow. They are competent
men and women who with magnificent
courage are breaking down the rough
ness of life, and are battling against
the weaknesses that overcome their
weaker kind, and they are making the
earth a livable place, sweet and beau
tiful, as they open tha pathways of the
future.
Negative Maaaea Cited.
Lying In between the masses that
have failed and the strong, stalwart,
competent leadership of the world,
there lies the" great common mass of
men and women. Tou cannot classify
mom iu rimer extreme, loexvfl not
failures. They have not sunken to a low
level. Neither are they ' successful.
They have never risen high. They are
tne unrealised, the undeveloped. They
are those who havenever taken a large
and serious view of life. They have
never, in some calm, separated hour,
asking themselves the deep, penetrating
questions with which I have already
citea. They have never gone Into them
selves and taken account of the assets
of Ufa They have never sat down and
made an Inventory of their values and
their resources. They have never un
derstood what a magnificent thing it
Is to live, to fulfill one's destiny, to go
out upon the rtm of one's self, and live
through all tha circumstances of one's
possibilities!
They have never raced the difficulties
and the dangers of fine livlnjr. There
Is In them an Incomplete condition of
life, unawakened, lrreaolute; they are
living a Ufa which la neither failure
nor success.
It Is this class of people In a nega
tive. Irresolute and Incompetent state,
who are being piled from every side at
tne present time with Influences to
arouse them. , Take the whole cult of
efficiency, very characteristic of the
business world at this time, which Is
trying to bring a man to the tasks of
life and the fields of business endeavor
with sufficient force and knowledge
and competency to succeed. The maga-
slnes and schools of business training
are everywhere addressing themselves
to the masses of business men and tell
ing them that there are resources avail
able for them which they have never
used. The method Is sn approach to
the whose manhood. While the object
Is salesmanship, or efficient manage-1
ment In some business somewhere, still
the effort is with the Inward man in
an attempt to draw out the undevel
oped forces and resources of the com
mon man. In order that, he may come
upon the field of business endeavor
with more of himself Invested In life's
task.' The plea Is for escape from the
realm of the negative Into the realm
of the positive. Into the aggressive,
forceful, positive energies of one's man
hood! Then from another direction we have
the influence of what Is called the New
Thought. This type of thought has
developed sufficient magnitude and
penetration to Influence all of our forms
or thinking at the present time. lne
New Thought teacher talks about the
untapped reservoirs of the sub-con-
soious self. It does not matter whether
respectable psychologists recognize the
subconscious powers or not, the new
teacher has created hla own vocabu
lary. and he tells us that there are un
sounded deeps, resources of energy
within us, that there is an omnipotence
In the concentrated will and thought,
able to breeak down all barriers and
make "manhood a powerful, efficient
thing!
Still again our modern and highly
scientific psychologists are doing pre
cisely the same thing from their own
position. Take the writings of William
James, and again and again In thoss
writings he calls the attention of the
reader to tha fact that the most or men
are not In possession of their full pow
ers. They are not bringing them Into
action. Their reserve faeces are not
mobilized and available In the action
of life. He says that "jnoat men are
but half awake." "Their fires are
damped." "Their drafts ars checked."
I am quoting these phrases from James'
teachings. Somehow or another we are
all tn a state of repression, of half de
veloped. Our full resources and pow
ers of life are not in play.
Chriatlaa View of Life Shown.
And now we go back to the very
fountain head of Christianity; we sit
and listen to the vibrant words of the
Apostle Paul: to the teachings of the
Divine Master himself, and they ap
proach man from the same direction.
"I beseech you. therefore, that ye in
crease more and more. "I am come
that ye may have life abaundantly."
In such full measure, so developed, so
Intensified, that It shall bubble up and
overflow, and a man shall live through
all the diameter and cover (he whole
circumference of his possibilities.
This la the essential duty, the su
preme responsibility of life. If this be qualities of being and therefore -they I was only 17 years of age, but when he
true why Is it that so many of ua are I find for themselves a multitude of 'looked me in the face and took me by
in this middle ground between complete empty trivialities and inconsequential the hand, there was an iron touch that
moral failure and the larger reaches of
life's competency and fullness? That
is where the masses of men and women
are. in this indeterminate neighbor
hood and territory of the half-accom
plished. Why is It? My own answer
Is that there is wanting in mans nie
a quality which corresponds to what
we know as courage. I do not believe
that men and women have the courage
to live their larger selves. It Is no
easy task to take a raw piece of un
developed human uature, with all its
inward potencies dormant, just a
promise, the mind Just' 'awake and
sleepily looking. out upon the world
of reality: the heart Just moving in
slow vibrations of passion and to bo
fill that mind that it shall know, and
so awaken that heart that It shall be
keenlv alive with the finest and d
vinest emotions, costs an effort. To
throw oneself Into the attitude of pro
tectlng one's innoeefice, keeping one's
will from being warped by the evils of
the world, requires tremendous energy
a struggle. Then to take up a task
that Is large and full ana wortny ana
to' let all the trivial and Inconsequen
tial things of life drop from us until
we concentrate upon some goiaen vaiue
to which we can address ourselves and
work out to completeness all this re
quires a fine measure of energy and
courage.
This strenuous life, the life of appli
cation and earnestness, lies in one di
rection, while in another stretch away
the smooth, pleasant fields of in
dulgence, of 'peace and of quietude'.
There Is no risk there, no chance to
struggle; everything Is smiling and
peaceful. The currents of life move on
unruffled, unbroken by the rocks or the
rapids or dangers whatsoever. We
smile in our careless way, choosing the
drifting life. We smile, refusing to pay
the enrgetio price lor tne larger manhood.
Activity Without Alan.
The world is full of activities, noble
deeds are being done; there are agita
tions and movements making for hu
man progress, and these people of the
middle realm, seeing that the world s
In motion. Instead of gripping some
splendid action and bringing it to com
pletion and contributing that to the
world, simply fill their lives with mo
tion. JIave you ever noticed that the
little people, the people, who seek the
easy ways of life, are the busiest of all
peoplfc? They must stimulate the higher
things. They are the people who never
have time for anything.
They rattle In their movements be
cause they are light. They are largely
the. people who lie upon hospital beds
in nervous prostration. The men and
the women who are doing things that
are worth while are rarely stricken
with nervous over-strain. It Is the lit
tle people who fret their nerves with
sent a dart of pain through my hand.
I looked at him and thought within
myself, "Baby? This man has found!
himself and the strength and fire of hld(
young manhood in thj Nation s defense;
and glory. He has the courage tot
live!"
So it was at the Army camp. I found
my way to the machine gun target
practice. This branch of the service is
the rattling of things small and empty. 1 called "the Suicide Club," the dangers
Such neonle are unwilling to make I of it are so great. As I walked along
the hard choice. They haven t the cour- 1 Denina tne guns, a young orricer
age to live. Life is not eafiy. Its sue- stepped out with smiling face to greet
cesses conceal themselves and must be
uncovered. Its higher places are all
Lapijroached by rugged paths up which
a man must uruise mmeu a.a ue warns.
There Is necessity for struggle, and we
simply refuse to pay the price of effort.
It is too costly, and we fall back into
the great middle realm where we refuse
either to fail completely or to work out
any large task.
Soldier's Courage Surprise.
I have recently been in the atmos
pheres of courage. I advise you men
and women to make a visit, under the
right guardianship so that you can get
Into tne spirit of the thins, to oneof
these naval stations or to one of the
Army camps. They breathe an atmos
phere of magnificent courage. What
impressed nue most deeply and made
ma vibrate most keenly was the aban
don with which these -young soldiers
are choosing the hard places and their
eagerness to get into the places of
danger.
I discovered at the naval station
that the average age of the men Is
under 20. There are no drafted men
in the Navy. As my mind got to think
ing,. I remembered that poster on every
bulletin board of the land inviting men
to enlist with the marines and sailors
'because they were the first to fight,'
and the splendid courage of our young
manhood seized the opening of an op
portunity to "be first in the fight." They
rushed toward the Navy in overwhelm
ing numbers. An audience room full
of these young sailors and marines is
so electrical with the spirit of intense
patriotism that it is very difficult to
address them. Every suggestion starts
the cheer or brings them to their feet
to the interruption of the speaker.
After my address, there came up a
dimpled, rosy-cheeked fellow -with a
complexion that a girl might envy, a
veritable Adonis; I thought within my
self, "You darling boy; you ought to
be at home with your mother;" lie,
me. I remarked that I expected to find
him In another part of the camp. "Oh,
no, I am right here. This Is the service
that is worth while. Behind thesa
guns ie the only place." Magnificent
courage! The whole camp was vibrant
with this spirit.
The courage to be a soldier! Tha
courage to fulfill their lives! The
courage to stand up before the Weapons
of death and fulfill the soldier's duty!
Secret of Larre Living Told.
The soldier has discovered the secret
of all noble being. I came back out
of the martial atmosphere to tell you
that not only is the secret of living in.
camp and on battlefield couracre. but
out there where you, with your defeahn,
your half-realized and unresourceful
selves, sneaking around trying to find
the smooth way, the secret of your lif e.i
too, is courage. Ah, you need to stand1,
by the side of that magnificent man
hood who went out among the rough ',
ways of life and foiuid ruggedness and
cruelties. He was pricked with pain.
He was tried and troubled. At the end
he traveled the dark ways of Golgotha.
He went calmly, courageously the
whole cad journey. The ages look back.
and silhouetted a.gainst the eternal sky
Is the form of a man who had the
courage to live. There was no whin
ing, no complaining of God or thn uni
verse, no faltering or fears. With all r
the shadows lying deeply about him.
ruggedness ana hardship under his
feet, he went on with unblanched
cheek and fulfilled himself. The maa
of courage!
Let us here, on this middle ground
of compromise and haif-llving, note
mat unpossessed territory which ought
able, the power not yet in action, the f
larger worth of manhood and woman- 1
hood which we have never dared to
reach; then let us. in touch with the
one perfect vnan, go out into the field
of life's endeavor and find the couraga
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