THE SUNDAY OEEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 21, 1918.
DR. CARL GREGG DONEY TO TELL OF WORK IN FRANCE
Municipal Auditorium Tonight Will Be Scene of Lecture by President of Willamette University, Just Returned Trom Thrilling Part in Y. M. C A. War Efforts.
DR. CARL GREGG DONEY, recently
returned from France, will give
his first public message to Port
land tonight at 7:30 o'clock, when he
will speak In the Municipal Auditorium.
It Is anticipated that the large build
ing will be filled to overflowing, for
Dr. Doncy has had some thrilling ex
perences and has seen things that will
make his address graphic in the telling.
The use of the Auditorium was granted
by the Commissioners at the suggestion
of Mayor Baker. Dr. Doney is president
of the Willamette University and. while
a. Methodist, has been doing work that
is broad in its character and without
any denominational lines In its meas
ure. His work has been for humanity.
And so all denominations, the public In
general, will be Interested In hearing
him. The Methodist churches of the
city will be closed tonight and their
delegations will attend the big mass
meeting. Lulu Dahl Miller and other
musicians will contribute to the ln
Eplration of the meeting.
The local T. M. C. A. committee has
made the original plans for the meeting
because it was Its organisation that Dr.
Doney represented In France.
"Patrlbtism and Home Missions" will
be the topic for the Christian Endeavor
Society of the Woodlawn Church of
Christ, Seventh and Liberty streets, at
the regular Christian. Endeavor hour,
7 o'clock P. M.. today. There will be
special patriotic music and other ap
propriate selections. The pastor. Rev.
Joseph D. Boyd, will deliver the prin
cipal address, "Religious Needs of Our
Country Today." There will also be
short talks on' the following subjects:
"The Call of Our Boys in Khaki," "The
Call of Our Cities," "The Call of the
Stranger Within Our Gates," "Food
Will Win the War," "Life Will Win the
World," and "The Necessity of Sacri
fice for Our Country and Our Christ."
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Rev. R. S. Ferguson, D. D., of Cedar
Rapids, la., field secretary of Sabbath
Schools for the district of Iowa, Kan
sas and Missouri, will occupy the pulpit
at Central Presbyterian Church at 11
A. M. today.
Seabeck Conference Has
Broad Programme.
Prominent Among; Speaker Are
Missionaries From Foreign Fields.
THE programme of the Seabeck Mis
sionary Conference for July 30
August 8 is a broad on. Following
are some of the prominent speakers:
Franklin D. Cogswell, secretary of
the Missionary Education Movement,
New York, formerly a teacher at Alla
habad, India.
Miss Grace Lindley, New York City,
general secretary of the Woman's
Auxiliary to the Board of Missions of
the Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Paul Raymond, San Francisco,
author of "The King's Business," field
representative of the Federation of
Women's Boards of Foreign Missions
of North America and the Council of
Missions for Home Missions.
Miss Miriam L. Woodbery, New York
City, secretary. Woman's Department
of the Congregational Home Mission
ary Society.
Rev. John K. Brown, San Francisco,
missionary of the American Board in
Turkey for 40 years.
Professor James F. Ewlng, director
of religious education. First Presby
terian Church, Portland, Or.
Rev. Ernest F. Hall, D. D., San Fran
cisco, district secretary of the Board
LASTING
BY REV. ROBERT H. MILLIGAN.
Rose City Park Presbyterian Church.
THE problem of civilization in its
political aspect Is the substitution
of a general state of peace tor
that warfare which Is the chronic con
dition of barbarous peoples. The many
other changes and advances denoted
by the word "civilization" are depend
ent upon this change from warfare to
peace. The political ideal Is therefore
that form of government which is best
fitted to secure and maintain the per
manent peace of the largest number.
America's answer to this problem is
her federalism. It is the best answer
yet given perhaps, indeed, the final
solution of the problem of the world's
civilization in its political aspect.
In federalism we find three leading
Ideas: First, freedom and independence,
secured by our local self-government,
of which the smallest village In this
vast republic enjoys Its full share; sec
ond, a centralized national govern
ment, securing the harmony of all the
parts and keeping the whole intact;
third, the system of representation, by
which alone the two foregoing ideas
local self-government and centralized
national government can be combined
and applied on a large scale. The first
of these three ideas we owe to ancient
Greece, the second to Rome, the third
to England. So we see that federalism
did not spring into life full-grown, like
Minerva from the brain of Jupiter, but
has been preparing through the ages.
The Greek said: "Know thyself." The
Roman said. "Control thyself." The
Christian says: "Deny thyself." These
three maxims indicate the direction of
the world's moral evolution; and from
each of these three there has evolved
a. corresponding political Ideal. Thus.,
moral progress and political progress
have ever marched side by side.
Freedom Is Essential.
The necessity of freedom to man's
highest welfare, secured only through
self-government, is the great lesson
' which ancient Greece taught the world
by her self-governing cities, where the
people met in a body and made their
own laws. The result was the most
brilliant period of thought and culture
the world has ever seen. But it was a
eystem that could not endure, for it
was incapable of expansion. There was
no national government over and above
that of the separate cities which could
enforce peace between them and main
tain harmony. Their mutual rivalries
and jealousies led them to' make war
upon each other until Greece, weak
ened by internal strife, fell, the help
less prey of the Roman Empire. More
over, there could not have been a cen
tralized national power in Greece to
which each city would give up some
portion of its governing power for the
Bake of the whole.
The morality of the age, and espe
cially the religion of the age, forbade
it. The Inhabitants of a given city
were bound together by their descent
from a common ancestor. This made
the ancient city unlike that of modern
times in many respects. Each city
had its own tribal religion, from which
all aliens were excluded. The brother
hood of man extended only to the in
habitants of their own city. Beyond
Its limits they had no sense of obliga
tion and recoernized no rights. It
would therefore have been an Insult
to Athens or to Sparta to have sug
treated that they should recognize a
higher -government than that of their
own city, and surrender to it some
Dortion of their power.
To the final failure of Greece and
of Foreign Missions for the Presby
terian Cliurch In the U. S. A.
Rev. Henry H. Kelsey, D. D.. San
Francisco, Cal., Pacific Coast secre
tary of the American Board.
Rev. J. D- Snrina-ston. Vnrtlx n Hp
fiirector of religious education for
American Baptist Publication Society.
Mrs. B. A. Thaxter, Portland. Or.,
Woman's North Pacific Presbyterian
Board of Missions.
. Miss Violet Johnson, Portland, Or.,
missionary chairman. Christian En
deavor Union.
Rev. A. M. Williams, Albany, Or., a
specialist In religious education.
The programme is scheduled as fol
lows: 8:30 Rising bell.
7:15 Breakfast.
8:00-9:00 Rtudy hour.
9:10-9:46 Devotional Bible hour.
For older delegates Dr. Kelsey.
For Servants of Kins Group Bessie R.
Burton.
For faculty leaders and missionaries Dr.
Ernest F. Hall.
10:00-11 :00r Mission study classes:
Normal class "Ancient Peoples at New
Task;" leader, Grace Llndsley.
The New Foreign Study, "Ancient Peoples
at New Tasks "
Tho New Home Text. "Gospel for Working
People." J. F. Ewlng.
The Woman's New Foreign Book. "Work
ing Women of the Orient:" leader, Mrs. P.
Raymond.
Woman's New Home Book, "Path of La
bor," Miriam L. Woodberry.
Servants of the King, "Comrades In Bar
vice." Belle A. Smith.
New Junior Book, "Stories of Brother
hood." Violet Johnson.
11:10-12:10 Graded Mission study classes
for all aires.
12:30 Dinner.
Afternoon Recreations:
6:00 Story Hour groups. "
6:00 Supper.
7:00 Vespers. Messages given by mis
sionaries. 8:00 Miscellaneous programme. (Shore
fire-meetings, stunts, missionary plays, ral
lies, etc.)
-10:00 Retiring bell.
. Sunday Services:
9:00 Bible and Mission study.
10:30 Morning worship and sermon by
Bishop F. W. Keator.
7:00 Vespers on "Sunset Slope."
8:00 Evening worship with missionary
address.
Expenses:
Registration fee, S5.00, payable at regis
tration. Rooms and meals, $15.00 for conference
period, sleeping double In single room or
dormitory; (18.00 per person sleeping alone
In single room or dormitory. Rates per day,
11.75. Special rates for children. All
churches are urged to send delegates.
Rev. Mr. Laslette will have charge of
the services at the Glencoe Baptist
Church today. The topio at 11 o'clock
wlil be "The Discipline of Life, or Les
sons From the Life of Job." In the
evening "The World's Needs and Chris
tianity's Response" will be the subject.
There will be special music under the
direction of Miss M. C. Beable. In the
morning the choir will render the an
them "I Am Alpha and Omega"
(Stalner). At the evening service
George W. Downs will sing "Saved by
Grace." .
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At the Rodney-avenue Christian
Church, Rodney aver.ue and Knott
street. "Christian Optimism" will be
the theme of Rev. J. F. Ghormley at
11 A. M. There will be a special song
service at 8 P. M., led by Mrs. E. S.
Rosenberg, following which the pastor
will Bpeak on the topic "After the Fall
of the Bastlle, What?"
Dr. A. L. Hutchison will speak on
"The War Crisis and the Bible" In the
Conference Tabernacle. East Fifteenth
street and Boise avenue (Sellwood car
line), this afternoon at 2:45 o'clock.
Meetings on Bible teachings are being
held every night during July and fol
low up the lectures by .Evangelists
Ironside and Bulgin.
PEACE IS HELD SOLUTION
the success of Rome we owe the second
idea ot federalism, the necessity of a
strong centralized government with
power to adjust difficulties between
the different parts and enforce peace.
Rome maintained a prolonged period of
peace, such as the world had not
known before, over a vast dominion
where chronic warfare had hitherto
prevailed. Moreover, by her enforced
mingling of various peoples in one
vast melting-pot she dealt a death
blow to all local and exclusive relig
ions, and prepared the way for the'
religion of Jesus Christ, which was
Boon to come teaching the brotherhood
of all men, and our moral obligation to
11, In the startling proclamation.
'There Is neither Greek nor Jew, bar
barian nor Scythian, bond nor free, but
Christ Is in all."
But as Rome's dominion grew wider
she tended more and more to despo
tism, until at last local self-government
disappeared. Nor Indeed was it
possible for an immense body of peo
ple, covering a vast territory, to be
self-governing except by the system of
representation, which apparently was
never thought of in the ancient world.
and which, if it had been thought of.
would have been impossible, inasmuch
as public morality was not equal to it.
For, the representative system presup
poses that the chosen representative,
instead of exploiting his constituency,
will sacrifice his personal and private
Interest to the interest of those whom
he represents. Representative govern
ment, therefore, had to wait for the
spread of the Christian's profoundest
moral maxim, "Deny thyself; had to
wait until "Ich dien," I serve, became
a royal motto.
Despotism Paralyses Mind.
Greece had taught that freedom and
independence, secured by local self
government. Is necessary to all high-
thinking and high acting, but Rome
became more and more despotic with
the inevitable result of all despotism
and autocracy paralysis of mind and
morals; and after having battled with
the fierce barbarism of Europe, having
conquered it and subdued It, the Ro
man ship of state that had endured
so many storms, at length sank in al
most calm water, by reason of Its
own rottenness.
Then arose the great Teutonic race.
the ancestors more or less direct of
all the great nations of Europe except
Russia, and the direct ancestors at the
English, the Scandinavians and the
Germans. Freedom was an element In
the very blood of this race; but from
the first freedom had to struggle
against the tendency to despotism. For
though the Roman Empire had fallen,
the Roman Church had arisen on its
ruins, the most complete despotism
ever conceived. These two tendencies
struggled together In a life and death
conflict through the long period of the
Middle Ages, and out of that fiery
crucible England alone came forth
with her freedom unimpaired, except
the very small powers of Holland and
Switzerland. Despotism had prevailed
in all the other nations of Europe with
more or less completeness, its chief
champion being Spain.
Representative System Appears.
The triumph of freedom in EnglatfQ
was, in its political aspect, owing to her
representative system, by which she
had combined local self-government
and its boon of freedom with a strong
central government, securing the har
mony and united action, of the whole
PROMINENT PORTLAND
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Wire 9ffe0SCS YT7J9
War Sermons Continue at
First Presbyterian.
Rev. John IT. Boyd to ' Occupy the
Pulpit at Both Services. .
AT the First Presbyterian Church,
corner of Twelfth and Alder
streets, the pastor, Rev. John H. Boyd,
D.D., will be in the pulpit both morn
ing and evening. In the morning at
10:30 he will preach on "The Duty of
Setting Oneself on Fire." In the even
ing there will be a patriotic service
with a sermon which has to do with a
doubt of wartime thinking, it is "A
Terrible Question Can God Be Trust
ed? The music during the month of
July Is carried on by the baritone and
contralto of the regular quartet, Mrs.
Virginia Spencer Hutchinson and John
Claire Montelth.
In the morning, Mr. Montelth will
sing a solo, "Fear Not, O Israel," by
Buck. In the evening Mrs. Hutchinson
will sing a solo, "The Evening Prayer,"
by Costa, and together they will sing
a duet, "Day la Dying in the West,"
by Kevin. At i". m., jnr. joursen
will give a recital on the great pipe
organ with the following programme:
(a) "The Question," woistenhoime.
(b) "Overture to Wilhelm Tell," Ros
sini. The Sunday school of the First Pres
byterian Church is having- Illustrated
talks at 12:15 each Sunday on the Gos
pel of Mark. These are given by
James F. Ewlng and an invitation Is
hereby given to all interested to at
tend. All the departments of the Sun
day school, except the primary and be
ginners, unite for this study.
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At the Sunday morning service at
Atkinson Memorial Church Dr. Warren
Morse will speak on the "Life of Wash
ington Gradden. a Great Christian
Teacher and Patriot." At the evening
service it Is planned to submit reports
of the special Y. M. C A. training
school which closes this week. The
school has been conducted for the in
Rev. Robert H. Milligan
nation. We find the beginning of this ,
representative system long before the
Norman Conquest in 1068.
Spain at the close of the Middle Ages
was both great and grand; for despo
tism had only reached its full growth
and had not yet borne Its fruits. But
Philip II hated English freedom and
English Protestamtism, and his heart
burned with the desire to trample that
freedom beneath his own despotic heel
and establish the Spanish Inquisition
In Westminster Abbey; of which In
quisition the historian Motley says: "It
was beyond the power of man's Inge
nuity to add any fresh horror to It." To
this end, massing together the whole
strength of his great empire, .he hurled
against England the Armada, caiiea
Invincible, the greatest power ever put
forth against a single nation until that
time. We may well read with bated
breath when we remember that the
very existence of freedom was in sus
pense. But with such naval heroes as
Drake. Hawkins, Frobisher, In com
mand, and aided by the providential
winds, the result was that next day
for leagues around the sea was afloat
with the wreckage of Spanish ships of
war.
Colonies Grow In America.
But just at this time England. France
and Spain were planting colonies on
the shores of America, little realizing
the transcendent importance of what
they were doing; that they were trans
planting English and French and Span
ish ideas, and that whichever should
become supreme on this vast continent
would one day have the power of de
ciding that conflict In Europe between
two opposing civilisations. On this con
tinent the struggle was renewed be
tween English freedom supported by
fewer numbers, and Spanish and French
despotism supported by far greater
numbers. For French rule in Canada
was more absolutely despotic and more
paralyzing, to national life than that
or Spain Itself. 1 am speaking, or
course, of France before tho- French
Revolution. The Issue on this continent
was decided when Quebec fell before
the English under Wolfe In 1759. which
victory 'gave to English freedom the
supremacy on this continent and Is
therefore an event equal In Importance
to the defeat of the Armada.
Next came the War of Indepedence,
after which It was confidently predict
ed in Europe that the Thirteen colo
nies, no longer bound to the mother
country, would certainly destroy each
other: so great were their rivalries and
jealousies. But common peril forced
them to combine; for each in itself was
Insignificant, while all together they
made a respectable Nation. The prob
lem of their Union was not solved with
out struggle and sacrifice. The ques
tion, how to secure permanent concert
of action without sacrificing independ
ence of action, seemed at times unan
swerable. But the final answer was
Federalism, reached in 1788. when the
present Constitution of the United
States was adopted a Constitution,
says an eminent authority, "which sat
isfied very few people at the time and
which was, from beginning to end, a
series of compromises, yet which has
proved in its working a masterpiece of
political wisdom." And Gladstone said
that it was the greatest political docu
ment in existence.
IT. 8. Type Still English.
The type is still English, combining
local self-government with a central
ized national government. But the
form is vastly different, for the Eng
lish government corresponds to that ot
one of our states, rather than the
aggregate. Our Constitution united 13
PASTORS WHO ARB ACTIVE IN
tensive training of those men who are
going into Y. M. C. A. Army service in
France. The speakers will be J. G.
Kilpack and other men who are just
entering this foreign service. Those
who attend will be given a clearer un
derstanding of what our Christian
workers are doing to keep up the
morale of the Army.
At Sellwood Nazarene Church today
Rev. B. H. Morse will preach at 11
A. M. on the theme, "Laying Up Treas
ures," and at the evening serfice on
"Have You Lost Christ?" The church
is located at East Ninth and Sookane
avenues.
"A Good Soldier" will be the subject
of the Sunday sermon at 11 A. M. by
the Rev. W. E. Brlnkman. at St. James'
English Lutheran Church, West Park
and Jefferson streets. Sunday school
will be held at 6:50 A. M. Evening
service and Luther League will be
omitted.
Bible - University Graduate
Accepts Pastorate.
Rev. Joseph Boyd Answers Call of
Woodlawn Church ot Christ.
REV. JOSEPH D. BOYD, a talented
graduate of tlse Eugene Bible
University, has been for the past year
regularly ministering to one of Port
land's progressive churches the Wood
lawn Chorch of Christ. He now comes
to Portland, accompanied by his
bride of a yean, Mrs. Zona Vernon
Boyd, who is also a graduate of the
Eugene Bible University. Mrs. Boyd
is an accomplished young woman, re
cently ordained for Christian service.
There are many commendable things
to be said about the Woodlawn Church
of Christ and its harmonious, ener
getic and patriotic congregation.
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"Our God, a God of Truth" will be
the subject at the Church of the Uni
versal Messianic, at 414 East Everett
street, today at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.
Preaches Strong Sermon at
Englands and now unites nearly 60
under one central government, yet
leaving each as completely sovereign
in its domestic affairs as England it
self. But the Federal Government de
cides all interstate and all internation
al questions; no state, for instance,
having any authority to make war on
another state, or to declare war against
a foreign nation. Both the Federal
and the state governments, moreover,
must have sufficient power to enforce
their authority. This also Is provided
for. the one controlling the standing
Army, the other the state militia. Fifty
years ago these conditions were broken
by 11 states, and federalism was
threatened with collapse and failure. Its
failure would have been the calamity
of the world. But the result of that
terrible war only served to prove the
Inherent strength of federalism. It
will perhaps never bo threatened
again. Nor would a revolt ever again
have half so much chance of success.
What then of the destiny of feder
alism?
Our first hope of its future is based
upon its power of assimilation. Think
of the vast quantities of European
blood that America has absorbed and
has so perfectly assimilated that the
original political type has been in no
wise modified. Whenever it comes In
contact with other types it prevails it
It have equal or nearly equal chance.
and conforms other types to Itself, thus
proving its greater inherent vitality.
Where men have the choice they will
almost Invariably choose federalism,
although born and bred under another
system. An American would make a
very poor German or Spaniard; but
even the Spaniard, in time, and the
German can be made Into good and
loyal American .citizens.
Flexibility Is Its Easts.
Our hope of federalism is also based
upon Its remarkable flexibility. It unites
48 states as easily as it once united IS
and even seems to grow stronger with
the increase. It secures perfect har
mony between states as different In
size as Rhode Island and Texas., as re
mote from each other as Maine and
California, as divergent in interests as
Florida and North Dakota, because that
each is perfectly free In the Govern
ment of its domestic affairs, while their
common interests are under one central
government. Federalism therefore by
this flexibility Is capable of indefinite
expansion. Dean Stanley once re
marked that tho American mistakes
bigness for greatness; but rn this in
stance we maintain that bigneas is
greatness, inasmuch as it proves the
flexibility and expansive power of the
system. And when we begin to com
pute the probable Increase of popula
tion during the next hundred years, or
the whole population that this coun
try is capable of supporting, we seem to
be speaking in a dream. For Instance,
it nas Deen estimatea mat in mm coun
try were populated just half as densely
as Belgium before the war, it would
have a total population of 1.500.000.000
more than the present population or
the whole world. But federalism could
adjust Itself to such a number with per
fect ease. In fact, by its flexibility and
expansive power it is capable of be
coming a world-wide policy.
Moral Validity Is Chief Qaallty.
We are especially hopeful of federal
ism because It conforms to righteous
ness. After all, moral validity is the
chief quality of endurance In any sys
tem; for righteousness Is a consuming
fire that devours all else if we give it
time. The progress of the race Is fun
damentally moral. No lorn, of sot
AFFAIRS OF THE WEEK.
Missionary to Speak at First
Free Methodist.
Rev.
Alexander Beers to Contlano
Special Sermon Scries.
R
EV. ALEXANDER BEERS, pastor
First Free Methodist Church. East
Ninth and Mill streets, continues his
interesting sermons on the operations
of the Holy Spirit, choosing for his
theme this morning "The Wind a Type
of the Holy Spirit."' In his discourse
the pastor will show the necessity of
the Spirit.
Miss Effle L. Southworth, tor 1C
years a missionary In the heart of In
dia, will deliver a special address in
the evening, under the auspices of the
Young People's Missionary Society.
Miss Southworth has just arrived in
Portland, saving sailed from Calcutta
about two months ago, and has some
Interesting experiences to tell.
This is her first appearance In Port
land.
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On Wednesday evening a compli
mentary dinner was tendered the new
psstor. Rev. W. A. Zabler, of the Con
gregational Church of Vancouver.
Wash., and his wife. The dinner was
held at the St. Elmo Hotel and was the
occasion of a gathering of leaders of
the denomination of two etates. Be
side members from the local church
there were present Superintendent L. O.
Baird, of Seattle; Superintendent A. J.
Sullens. of Oregon, and the following
Portland ministers: J. J. Straub, of Sun
nyslde: Edward Constant, of Highland,
and Warren Morse, of Atkinson Me
morial. Dr. Balrd told how the .work Is being
put on a stronger basis than ever be
fore by the co-operation of the Na
tional societies. The rapid growth of
the city makes the outlook most hope
ful. Rev. Mr. Sullens brought the cor
dial welcome of Oregon Congregatlon
alists and It was his co-operation with
Dr. Balrd, in connection with the Na
tional societies, whose headquarters
OF WORLD CIVILIZATION
Rose Park Presbyterian.
ernment can advance tar beyond the
social life of the people, for they are
sustained by the same moral forces.
Democracy is not simply a form Of gov
ernment, but a stage In the moral evo
lution of the race. It follows that It
can be lost more easily than it can be
gained. Moral disintegration would
surely Involve the loss of democracy
and a reversal to despotism. The ethi
cal basis of federalism is the eaual
rights of all men, which conforms to
the fundamental Christian principle of
the brotherhood of all men. Its moral
code, too. Is that of Christianity, the
consideration of the rights of others
including the small and the weak even
as our own. which conforms to the
golden rule of Christianity, that we
should do unto others even as we would
have others do unto us. Federalism
therefore conforms to Chrietianltv both
in principle and in action, and like
Christianity is capable of world-wide
application. John Flske relates the
story that during the Civil War. at a
dinner party of Americans residing in
Paris, when patriotism at fever heat
quite vanquished modesty a speaker
propounded, the following toast: "Here's
to the United States, bounded on the
north by the Aurora Borealis. on the
south by the precession of the equi
noxes, on the east by primeval chaos,
and on the west by the day of judg
ment." Civil War Unifies System.
The Civil War unified the Nation.
Until that time men thought in terms
of the state rather than the Nation.
The Civil War gave us a National con
sciousness. To quote President Wilson:
"The Civil War was not merely the sal
vation of the Union; it was the re
birth of the Union. It was' the time
when America first realized Its unity
and saw the the vision of a united des
tiny." But, If the Civil War gave us a Na
tional consciousness, the Spanish War
gave us a world consciousness. The
Spanish War really marks a very im
portant stage in our National' educa
tion. It found America still provincial.
Its policy toward other nations was:
"Let us alone and we will let you
alone." Isolation, however. Is no more
possible, and no more moral, for a Na
tion than it Is for an Individual. We
found it Impossible not to be interested
when we beheld at our very door a
little Cuban army of 50,000 men fight
ing against an Invading Spanish army
of 150.000; fighting, too. for the very
liberty that we had gained for our
selves. Our Interest In the Insurgents
rose to the height of passionate admira
tion when we read the story of their
old commander-in-chief, Gomez, and his
little army, as told by such men as
G rover Flint, who lived a considerable
time In their camp, and marched with
them. The army, all in rags and toil
worn to the bone their fathers,
mothers, sisters, children, most of them
dead the army is disheartened and
some are complaining, but the old chief
rouses them to courage and heroism
when he exclaims: "Are you wounded?
So am I; so are we all. sick and wound
ed. I think I shall have the surgeon
examine us and see which Is the sicker
man, you or L"
But It was when the head of the
Spanish forces, the notorious General
Weyler, conceived the brilliant Idea of
destroying the noncombatant farmers
with their wives and children, to pre
vent them from giving aid and comfort
to the insurgents it was then that
grief and indignation convinced us that
our policy of Isolation was morally in
defensible. And at length we declared
.war. A war may be great without be
are In New York City, which attracted
the needed financial assistance. Dr.
Staub, dean of Oregon Congregational
ists. promised his co-operation and as
sistance and emphasised the readiness
of men today to listen to a man who
has a genuine, vital Gospel message.
Rev. Constant, as president of the
Congregational Brotherhood of Port
land ministers, save the address of
welcome.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Zabler made happy
and appreciative responses and won the
hearts of the audience. Rev. Warren
Morse spoke eloquently.
Editor to Preach Before
Local Congregation.
Experience of Gordon Taylor Will
Be Given From Pulpit.
GORDON J. TAYLOR, editor and
owner of the Molalla Tidings, of
Molalla, Or., will address the congrega
tion of the Clinton Kelly Methodist
Episcopal Church Sunday morning, and
the congregation of the Lincoln Meth
odist Episcopal Church In the evening.
In place of the pastor. Rev. E. B. Lock
hart. The services will be of great interest.
It is expected, owing to the fact that
the newspaper man will bring to the
local congregations the result ot much
research, experience on the lecture
platform and of the secular Dress.
Kev. Mr. Lockhart is visiting with
nis family in Salem.
Rev. William A. Waldo. Ph. D.. pas
tor of the First Baptist Church (White
Temple), announces as his subject for
the morning service. 11 o clock today.
ine way to the crown. In the eve
ning at 7:45 will occur a short song
service, following which Dr. Waldo
will speak on the topic "A Magnificent
Dream." There will be special music
at both services, and the public is cor
dially invited to all appointments of
the church.
The New Civilisation Church (New
Thought) will have regular service this
evening at 403 Central building. Tenth
and Alder streets. The subject for dis
cueslon will be "I Will Be What I Will
Be." Doctor Beth .Worthington will
speak. The public is Invited.
The subject for next Wednesday will
be "Some Fundamental Problems of fte-
lng Human."
o o o
At Woodlawn Christian Church. Sev
enth and Liberty streets. Rev. Joseph
D. Boyd will speak today at 11 A. M.
on "The Christian Outlook on Life,1
and at 8 P. M. on "Christ. His Claims.'
There will be a special Christian En
deavor programme at 7 P. M.
The Harp of David" is the topic of
Che programme to be given at the
meeting of the Young People's Union
of the East Side Baptist Chrch this
evening. The greater part of the pro
gramme will be musical. It will be
opened by a recital ot legend of the
ancient Jewish Rabbi, which repre
sented that over the couch of David
the great shepherd-king, hung a harp
which was set to vibrating so melo
dlously by the night breezes that the
great monarch and poet was con
strained to rise from his sleep and
continue to set words to its music until
the break of day, thus giving expres
sion to the heart of humanity as it is
played upon by the hand of God.
The place of the psalms in music, in
eluding their use in psalmody of early
days, and especially their use in the
finest hymns and sacred music, will be
ing big. The Spanish War will ever
be a proud page In the history of this
Nation. Righteous wars have been
waged before; but there was always
some self-interest at stake. History
records only one war undertaken from
wholly disinterested motives. The
United States sought nothing for her
self from Spain; and she gave of her
very best to Cuba.
Whole World Governs Destiny.
I have thought It worth while to
dwell upon this, for It was through
this experience that this Nation awoki
to world-consciousness, and began to
feel that even in the remotest quarters
of the earth it makes an immense dif
ference to us whether democratic or
autocratic civilisation prevail; that our
own destiny is affected by the senti
ments that are being transplanted
from Europe and fostered In the vari
ous portions of the world not yet
civilized; and that our honor and duty
are Involved In questions of right and
wrong outside our own borders; In
short, that the world Is a neighborhood
and ought, to be a brotherhood.
The United States learned much
from the present war before she en
tered It. We have realised as never
before what freedom has cost. For we
saw at last that this war Is really the
old conflict of freedom and despotism.
It Is on a larger scale a repetition of
the struggle at Runnymede where, TOO
years ago, the English people wrested
the Magna Charts from the tyrant
John: a repetition of the struggle be.
tween Cromwell and Charles I; a repe
tition of the struggle of the French
revolution; a repetition of our own
War of Independence. The freedom
which we had accepted as a matter of
course we now realize has been bought
with the precious blood of nations:
and we bow our heads In reverence to
the brave men and women ot past gen
erations who suffered and bled and
died to purchase for us a priceless In
heritance. We Are Conscious of Destiny.
We are also becoming conscious of
a peculiar destiny. We are becoming
aware of a mission to the world a
mission of peace. This Nation Is pe
culiarly free from the race prejudices
and race hatreds of Europe. Our ideal
Is that of universal peace because our
National sentiment is universal broth
erhood. Therefore, while our motto Is
not by any means peace at any price,
yet the United States would probably
make sacrifices for peace beyond any
nation. And we found before we en
tered this war that we differ from the
nations of Europe In regard to what
a nation can sacrifice and what It can
bear without dishonor and without
war. I am sorry that we were not
better prepared when we entered the
war. but I am not sorry that we for
bore so long.
The Christian Ideal Is peace, but not
peace at any price. The Christian, as
an individual wages present warfare
for the increasing peace of the future.
So this nation, dedicated to peace, to
day wages war In the Interest of fu
ture peace. And we are proving to the
amazement of Germany that no nation
can make war like a nation that hates
war; for we fight with the Inspiration
of a moral Ideal.
Unman Energy Is Expended.
An editorial In The Independent de
clares with truth that this last year,
since our declaration of war, has wit
nessed the greatest liberation of human
energy, the most stupendous reorgan
ization ot human activity that has ever
brought out In a talk by one who is
well qualified for that part, and by
use of music which is illustrative in
this connection as well as in connec
tion with other numbers on the pro
gramme. A reading will be given from
Browning's poem "Saul." in which Da
vid's harp is described as It affected
Saul's disordered mind. A paper on
"The- Psalms in History" will be read,
and an open discussion will follow,
dealing with favorite psalms. tho
psalms in Individual lives of great men
and in the lives of those present.
This programme begins at 6:30 P. M.
at the East Side Baptist Church. East
20th and Ankeny streets.
...
An innoation that promises to be In-
ensely interesting and at the same time
solve the problem of the loss of teach
ers and pupils during the Summer
montns is to be inaugurated by the
Sunday school of the Sunnyside Con
gregational Church.
Instead of the classes retlrlnsr to
their respective rooms for the study ot
the lesson, they will all remain in the
assembly room for a consecutive study
of the life of our Saviour. These les
sons will be taught by competent lead
ers and will be illustrated by copies of
the world's masterpieces In superbly
hand-colored steropticon slides.
The entire course of study Is to bo
acomplished in 10 consecutive lessons.
oeginning next Sunday at 10 A. M.
Visitors will be welcome.
Scientists Arranee Summer
Service Schedule.
Third and Fourth Churches Omit
Sunday Evening Worship.
THE Christian Science churches and
society of Portland hold services
at their respective places of worship at
11 o clock Sunday morning and all ex
cepting Fifth Church and the society
repeat the service Sunday evening at S
o'clock, with the exception that during
me montns or July and August Third
and Fourth churches are omitting thetr
Sunday evening service. The same
service is held in all the churches and
the society, the subject for the lesson
sermon this week being "Life."
At the Wednesday eenlng meeting,
which is held at 8 o'clock, testimonies
of Christian Science healing are given.
The churches and society are located
as follows: First Church. Everett and
Nineteenth streets; Second Church.
East Sixth street and Holladay avenue;
Third Church. East Twelfth and Sal
mon streets; Fourth Church. Vancouver
avenue and Emerson street; Fifth
Church, Sixty-second street and Forty
second avenue: Sixth Church. Masonio
Temple. 388 Yamhill street; society,
Holbrook block, St. Johns.
Two sessions of the Sunday school
are held at First, Second. Fourth and
Sixth churches and the society, at 9:45
and 11 A. M., respectively. Third
Church also conducts two sessions, the
first at 11 A. M. and the second at 12:10
P. M. and Fifth Church :S0 and 11
A. M.
A reading-room, maintained by the
churches, where all authorized Chris
tian Science literature may be found.
Is located on the 11th floor of the
Northwestern Bank building.
The Sprltualist Church of the Soul,
incorporated. 208 H Third street, will
hold services today as follows: 11 A. M..
lecture and messages by the pastor on
the subject "Salvation"; at 3 P. M..
symposium, addresses by Mr. Norrls
and Mrs. S. B. Selp. followed with mes
sages by the local and visiting me-
(Continued on pan 11.
occurred. Our speople, long hesitant
and divided, are now unitedly for war.
Their vision is clarified, their wills
steeled for the conflict. They have
given to the President the mandate to
use the full power of the Nation, and
to use it effectively and relentlessly.
In the course of a single year we have
adopted conscription and have made It
operative. We have practically created
an army organization wide as the na
tion and have put a million men in
Europe. We are putting shipping1
afloat on a scale that one year ago
would have seemed Incredible. We are
producing munitions more than Ger
many herself can produce. In one year
this great Industrial nation has been
completely transformed into a war ma
chine. "The machine is under head
way: it is daily scquiring momentum:
Its weight is equal to its speed; and
its striking force will yet crack Ger
many open from end to end." A na
tion dedicated to peace does not make
war for nothing; nor does it stop until
It has achieved its purpose. America
Is determined that the articles of peace)
shall be signed at Berlin.
Ideals, to become effective, must be
embodied in institutions. The Chris
tian ideal, to become effective in the
world, requires the Institution of the
church. So the political Ideal of world
peace must be institutionalized In a
political federation ot world powers
for the enforcement of peace. To
America belongs the credit of having
proposed such a league of the powers.
And. Indeed, the conception could
scarcely have occurred anywhere else
but In America, where federalism has
made the thought familiar. At first
It was treated with derision by some,
and by others reerarded as visionary
and unpractical. It Is not so regarded
now. And by the time the present
awful war shall have ended the na
tions will be eager to listen and ready
to make whatever sacrifices of national
authority may be necessary in order
to erect a central authority represent
ing an International organization for
the enforcement of peace.
Nations Recognise fa.
This Nation, today as never before.
Is possessed with a consciousness ot
destiny, a conviction of a world mis
sion. And here is something quite
unique in history the nations of tho
world seem to recognize our mission.
They are looking to us today for tho
realization of their longing hopes, and
they feel that their respective destinies
are somewhat involved in ours.
O may this Nation realise its re
sponsibility to God! May we under
stand that whatever our destiny It will
be achieved only as we become an in
strument in God's holy hands, engaged
In his eternal warfare for the truth
against unrighteousness, of which this
present war is an incident. It Is pos
sible to fight a righteous war un
righteously. The fact of a man's par.
tlclpation In this war is no evidence of
his personal righteousness and no as
surance of his salvation. Thank God
for a President, in this critical moment
in our history, who exemplifies the
Nation's best; profound thinker, invet
erate idealist, sagacious statesman, de
vout Christian. We thank God that
again, as before, he is urging this Na
tion to prayer.
This bloodiest of wars may be made a
glorious occasion by the dedication of
ourselves to God's service through
Jesus Christ. For. both for the indi
vidual and for the Nation, it is true
that what we shall do tomorrow de-
penda upon what we are today.