TIIE SUNDAY OREG OXIAX,' PORTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1918.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TRAINING STATION OPENS THURSDAY
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ffAMP MULTNOMAH." Christian
I . Endeavor training station, will
open Thursday, August 15, at
C P. St. It represents the annual
county Christian Endeavor convention,
which aims to bring; before the young
people of the county all phases of the
Christian Endeavor movement. A camp
ing trip of five days.' with every aft
ernoon devoted to Invigorating out-of-door
recreations, will furnish the dele
gates with, plenty of genuine fun and
fellowship, as well as an Inspiring pro
gramme.
Following la the schedule for the
first three days:
Thursday, Angus 15.
7 to T:30 P. M Social rood fellowship,
LeRoy Robinson, chairman.
7:30 to 8 P. M. Evensong, leader, Harold
Humbert, Sunday ncnooi secretary o. v
O IU n - J . . . nwjav. "
On." Edna Whipple, president of Oregon
.Lnfleavor unions.
9: IS to :."o P. M. Evening watch snd
bonfire: "A Glimpse of Him." Edna Whipple.
10 F. Ji. Taps. HfOU out.
Friday, August IS.
A. M. Reveille.
6:30 to 6:45 A. M. Settlnc-up exercises.
:4S A. M. Breakfast.
n . .trill F. ACtl 1 1 VC.
president's conference, led by Miss Faye
Stelnmets. president auimomu
Union; missions, led by Mine Violet Johnson.
, i Kaii-mBH Af Multnomah County:
chart, state and county plana; social serv-
Jce. led by Cllve Dais. wiwrirn;.
man of Multnoman county; prayer ""!
led by Mrs. J. L. Orr. prayer-meeting chair
man of Multnomah County: Intermediate,
led by J. Evert Baker, state alumni superin
tendent. . . .
:10 to :40 A. M. Bible study, led by
Ttev. Harold Grlffls. "The Gospel for a
World at War." "My Brother's Keeper."
:M to 10:50 A. M. Squad drill. Look
ut. led by Edna Whipple: social, led by
Ruth Hodee: Junior uperlntendents; the
chart, explained by Helen Andrewa; war
service, led by Robert Clifford.
Jl to 12 M. Assembly, round table dis
cussions. The challense chart. Edna Whip
pie." 13 V. Mesa.
1:10 to 5:30 P. M Hike.
6:30 to 7 P. M. Mess,
7:30 to 8 P. M. Evensonr. Rarold Hum
bert, leader. t
g to : P. M. Address. " "Over There
With the Red Triangle." by J. W. Palmer.
T M. C. A. secretary from the front.
:1s to :30 P. M. Evenlna watch. "Not
My Will, but Thine." by Edna Whipple.
10 P. M. Tape.
Saturday, August 17.
A. M. Reveille.
6:3o to 6:45 A. M. Setting-up exercises.
6:4 J A. M. Breakfast.
8 to S A. 34. Squad drill. Executive,
secretary, led by Elms Rehwalt. secretary
of Multnomah County: missions, led by Vio
let Johnson: missionary meetings, mission
study classes: prayer meeting. Mrs. Cox;
Intermediate. J. Evert Baker.
010 to :40 A. M. Bible study, led by
Rev. Mr. Grlffls. "The Gospel of the World
at War." "Jesus and the Fighting Instinct."
0:50 to 10:MV Fquad drill. Lookout. Edna
Whipple: social. Ruth Hodge: junior. Violet
Johnson: missionary work for the Juniors;
wsr service. Robert Clifford.
It to 12 M. Assembly.
12 M. Mesa
1:30 to 5:30 P. V. Shore party.
5:30 P. M. Mess.
7 P. M. Stunt night, each society to be
represented, big bonfire, Jaas band; even
song. Harold Humbert; evening watch, Edna
Whipple; "The Zeal of the Master."
lo P. M. Tana.
Sunday School Association
to Have Publication.
Evealna- Services at Trinity Will Be
Omitted Dnrtag Augast.
THERE will be services at Trinity
Church, Nineteenth and Everett
streets, on Sunday morning, beginning
-with the celebration of holy communion
at 8 o'clock in the chapel, entrance on
Everett street.
At 11 o'clock there will be morning
prayer and sermon in the church. The
rector. Rev. A. A. Morrison, will preach.
During August the evening service will
be discontinued.
Rev. C. August Peterson, Sunday
school missionary, will be in Port
land today and will speak in the Van
couver Avenue Church, Vancouver ave
nue and Skidmore street, at 11 A. M.
In the evening at 8 o'clock he will
address the congregation of the First
Church. Hoyt and Eighteenth streets,
on "The History of Missions." Rev. C.
August Peterson is considered one of
the foremost speakers among the Scan
dinavian people.
The Free Methodist campmeetlng for
the Portland district will be held on the
old campground at St. Johns commun
ity from August 14 until August 25.
Evangelst N. T. Klotxbach has been en
gaged as principal speaker. He will be
assisted by the pastors of the district,
a
A meeting of the executive committee
of the Oregon Sunday School Associa
tion was held Friday, ta which time
five departments were created. The
children's division is directed by Mrs.
J. W. Wilklns, the young people's work
by Harold F. Humbert and Mrs. F. N.
SOUL, SAYS DR. BOYD, PAYS PENALTY OF SPIRITUAL NEGLECT
BY DR. J. H. BOTD.
Faator First Presbyterian Church.
Proverba xxlv:30. "I went by ths field of
the alothful. and by ths vineyard of the
man void of anderatandins. And lo. It was
all grown over with thorna, and nettlea had
covered the face thereof, and the atons wall
thereof waa broken down. Then I aaw and
considered It welL I looked upon It and
received Instruction. The penalty of neglect.
Matthew xxv :28. "Take therefore the
talent from him. and sire it unto him which
has ten talents. For nnto every one that
hath shall be given, and he shall bave
abundance: hut from him that hath not
hall be taken away even that which ha
hath." Ths penalty of neglect,
I AM speaking to you concerning the
soul its powers. Its capacities, and
also upon the penalty of spiritual
neglect. In my frequent use of th
word soul, it is to be understood that
I am not using it to designate the im
material essence of our being in con
trast to our material part, as when
we speak of the body and the souL 1
do not mean by "soul" the spiritual
self, the ego, which thinks and feels
and wills. That Is a true and most
common meaning of the word "soul,"
but there Is a narrower meaning, which
covers a more specific, more definite
frphere. and I use the word to designate
a certain realm or department of activ
ity of our apiritual self.
There Is a five-fold division in our
composite nature. There is something
that is physical. There is a realm of
the mental. There is something es
thetic, where the sense of the beautiful
resides. There is a department of the
moral, where conscience operates. And
above all this lies the sphere of what
I call "the soul." the sphere of the
spiritual, which is the very crown, the
divine glory of our nature.
Mennlas; nf Sonl Illustrated.
I might describe a personality, whose
nhvsical selfhood was roDust, sym
metrical and graceful; whose mentality
was marked by culture, fulness or in
formation, and lntellecutal force; a
man of moral cleanness. Yet, after
placing this high estimate upon the
Rogers, and that for adults by Ellton
Shaw. Leaders for the educational and
administrative departments will be ap
pointed. The administrative section
will develop eflciercy standards, rec
ords, publicity, worship in the Bible
school, special days.
An official publication, the Oregon
Sunday School Outlook will be issued
monthly, beginning in September.
Chicago Pastor to Preach
at Congregational.
Themes of Patriotic Nature to Fea
ture Evening Services.
PREACHING services at the First
Cone-rea-atlonal Church. Park ' and
Madison streets, will be held today at
10:30 A. M. and 7:45 P. M. Dr. J. Aiex-nrriji-
Jenkins, castor of the Warren-
avenue Congregational Church of Chi
cago, one of the largest or tne aenonn
nation In that city, will supply the pul
pit during the month of August.
His morning themes will deal witn
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i win h. Th Pronhets of the
Church , ror August ia. io x-iof""-
Motive in Life," and for August 25,
"Th. r'hristlsn'a nnnaclousness of Un
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failing Power." The Sunday evening
themes win do or a popular aim -otic
nature. This evening Dr. Jenkins
will use for his theme, "The 'We of the
West," dealing with the privileges and
obligations of our democracy.
t-w i.niiin. i. rfan nf Union Theo
logical College of Chicago, and also
chaplain of 11th Infantry. Illinois Na
tional Guard. The regular meeting of
iii. Rihia arhool at noon will be under
the leadership of J. I Bowlby.
At the Waveriy iieignts t-onirega-tlonal
Church, East Thirty-third and
Woodward avenue. Rev. W. T. Kerr
ji . I. . 11 A TW Sunriav school
at 9:45. All are Invited to Join in these
services.
The preacher "this morning at the
Highland Congregational Church will
toe the Rev. A. W. Young, whose theme
will be "Encompassed by the Power
Divine."
"Unknown God in Portland'
Is Sermon Theme.
Rev. Harold H. Grlffls to Preach at
First Christian. '
rp HE Challenge of the Scriptures;
A the One Way to Christian
Union." will be the subject of the ser
mon at the East Side Christian Church,
East Twelfth and Taylor, Sunday
morning. The sermon is suggested by
the current discussion among Portland
pastors regarding the possibility of
finding some plan of congregational
co-ODeration. at least during the period
of the war. Rev. Sawyer will speak at
the evening service on "The Unknown
God in Portland."
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At Rodnev-Avenue Christian Church,
Rodney avenue and Knott streets. In
preparation for the special evangelis
tic meetings soon to begin In tnts
church under the direction of the Fa
ran evangelistic company. Rev. J. F.
Ghormley will take for his theme at
11 A. M. "A Call to Prayer." At 8 P. M.
his sermon will have to do with the
current vital question, "Does the Unity
of the Church as Presented in the New
Testament Scriptures Furnish a Suffi
cient Basis for Modern Christian
Union?"
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"Idols of the Theater or Stage Stunts
In Religion" will be the sermon sub
ject tonight at the First Christian
Church, corner of Park and Columbia
streets. The pastor, the Rev. Harold H.
Grlffls, will be In charge of the serv
ices. The topic this morning at 11
o'clock will be "Yeast or Religion In
Everyday Life."
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Rev. A. Krause, pastor of the St.
Paul Lutheran Church, East Twelfth
and Clinton streets, will preach this
morning at 10:30 and tonight at 8
o'clock. Communion will be at 10:30.
Sunday school will be held at 9:30.
Wyoming Pastor to Preach
at First Presbyterian.
Dr. Robert H. Mllllgasi Leaves oa
Ills Annual Vacation.
DR. M. DeWITT LONG, pastor of
the First Presbyterian .Church of
Sheridan, Wyo., will preach at the
morning service of Rose C(ty Park
Presbyterian Church for the next two
Sundays in the absence of Dr. Robert
H. Milllgan, who Is on his vacation.
Dr. Long's subject for this morning
will be "The War of the Lamb and
the Beast."
physical and mental and moral, if I
should pause and say, "But the man has
no soul," it would mean something to
your minds something real, something
definite. It would mean that there was
wanting a certain subtle, exquisite at
mosphere. It would mean that the man
acted apart from some profound, splen
did Impulses that were possible to him,
and that all his lower nature was un
refined, unbeautified and undirected by
spirituality.
The "soul, as I am using it, is tne
realm of religion. The "soul" is the ca
pacity for God. In the realm of the
soul, residVa the sense that we have of
the divine who lies around us it's the
point where the finite In man touches
the Infinite spirit who enfolds him.
In that realm there is the sense of awe,
reverence, yearning, aspiration, the
feeling of dependence, and all that goes
to make up what we call the religious
Instincts and emotions and activities of
man's nature.
It is in such sense that I am using
the word "soul." It is just this realm
of one's self it is just these exercises
and activities and facts in our human
nature, that Smith, In the terms of a
recent discussion about attendance at
church, says that he "cares not a
farthing about," and for this reason he
does not go to church. Now, when
Smith puts that estimate upon the
spiritual realm of his nature, and these
activities and functions of the soul,
his Judgment is at variance with the
estimate of all the centuries. For there
haa ever been in man's nature a crav
ing after the infinite an insatiable
thirst for God. The temples of old wit
ness to that the hymns, the prayers
all that underlies universal religion,
however imperfect that religion may
be, however f ragmentarjt. however
marred by superstition, however gross
and adverse to human progress, wit
nesses to a universal unquenchable as
piration in the realm of the souL
Great Realties Come From SouL
Those great realities in man's life
which are marked by high inspiration,
our poetry, the outbreakings of yearn
ing souls, all come from the soul. This
soul of ours haa put itselX up on can
Camping Trip of Five Days Will
THREE MEN PROMINENT IN
SisJrtp Jfomes C Jv-ffz, WA
Bishop Stuntz and Wife Due
in City August 21.
Methodist Prelate to Be Feature of
Session of Paclfie Germaa Coafer-
BISHOP and Mrs. Homer C. Stunts
will reach Portland Wednesday
.r.nl.r Auaruat XI. St T P. M. They
will be the guests of the Methodist
Men's Social Union for the week prior
to the opening of the Pacific German
conference at Rodney-Avenue Church,
Portland. The bishop will speak at tne
innrhMin nt the Pennsylvania Club
.v. iAv .nt.Ft.ln oM anIHiers from
the Keystone State, Thursday, August
22; at the Rotary uiud on ssunaay aiier
noon, August 25. At 4 o'clock there will
flitv.wlfl. MAthndlftt mass
meeting in the City Auditorium, with
Bishop Stunts as tne speaner 01 me
u .. xtnAav .vnlnff Ane-uftt 26. In
Laurelhurst Park, there will be a great
UathAi1lt nli?nln from 6
o'clock on. A band will play patriotic
airs ana leaa in a rommuiuij num.
Wlriav evenlns-. August 23. Bishop
Stunts will speak at Astoria.
Bishop stunts was Dorn in oion,
Erie noiintv. Pa.. In 1858: studied in
State Normal College, Edinboro. Pa-,
and In the Academy or XMortnwestern
University; graduated from Garrett
niv.u i Tn.titut. in i R Q i wn n. mis
sionary to India In 1888-1895; superin
tendent of the rnuippine lsianas ot.ib
.t iQAi-ion7 1a1 no-ent nt the hoard
of foreign missions 1907-1908; assistant
corresponding secretary of the board of
foreign missions 1908-1912; elected
bishop May 16, 1912. He is the author
of "The Philippines ana tne ran r,av.
Bishop Stuntx presides at the annual
I r . V. a Pnhimhla RlvPr. Pll eet
Sound and Norwegian-Danish confer
ences. He and Mrs. stunts win men
sail for the Orient to preside over the
flM Ha TTa t V.a if in nlace
of Bishop Bashford, whose health will
not permit him to go.
The following characterization of
Bishop Stuntx is by Dr. C. E. Cline, who
knows him well: "Bishop Stuntx stands
six feet in his stockings, with keen
eyes and iron gray hair. He is pos
sessed of a vigorous and commanding
nature commended to all by a genial
and captivating manner. His preach
ing is not by contrivance, but by in
spiration. Genial, prompt, never con
fused, knowing by instinct what to say
and do, he is able to iron out smoothly
everything without harshness or hurt
to any."
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Rev. Edward H. Mills, leader of the
Realization League, will speak this
morning and evening at the Realization
room In the Woman's Exchange build
ing, 186 Fifth street. "The Power of
Imagery" will be the subject at 11
o'clock and at 8 o'clock the subject will
be "How Divine Understanding Works
Out Harmony in Human Affairs."
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Rev. B. R. Weiner, of Chicago, field
secretary and evangelist of the General
Missionary Society, will preach at the
Lents Evangelical Church tonight at 8
o'clock. This morning at 11 o'clock the
pastor of the church. Rev. Noah Shupp,
will preside.
At Second United Brethren y Church,
Twenty-seventh and Sumner " streets,
Di.hnn William H. Washineer will oc
cupy the pulpit at the morning hour,
taking for his subject, "The Problem
of the Age and How We May Help Solve
It." A. unnstian r,naeavor society nan
Pastor Pleads with Men and
vas. The divinest creations of art are
expressions of these Instincts and fac
ulties of our nature. It sometimes finds
a medium in music. The most splendid
melodies of all the musicians' creation
are born out of this upward reaching
faculty, this diviner domain of man's
nature. It Is the very highest that
belongs- to us. The Inspirations, the
yearnings, the struggles, the idealisms,
all that make the history of man's past
a drama of sublimity, of upward strug
gle and ascent, are due to the activ
ities, the movements within this higher
realm of man's being.
But more than- that. There is no les
son of modern psychology which has a
subllraer, deeper meaning than that
which teaches us that our personality
!s Immeasurably greater than the little
area bf selfhood held at any one time
in consciousness. What I am at this
moment of thought what you are at
this moment of self scrutiny is but a
part of a great outlying domain, lying
beyond the reach of consciousness.
The part of yourself that you know and
can -command at this moment is but a
part of an almost Infinite something
that reaches beyond consciousness. Just
as the bay or inlet is a part of the
boundless sea that reaches out beyond
the cape to far distant shores, so our
complete personality is an immeasur
ably larger thing than -the little self
which at any time or for any single
moment lies in our conciousness. With
in that larger self there are capacities,
there are powers, there are resources,
available for living, which we can only
command by the cultivation of the spir
itual nature. Resources of courage,
resources of confidence, resources of
resistance, resources of happineses
immense, immeasurable resources of
force, mental force, spiritual force, perr
sonal force, that are not available.
There is an unpossessed possession
that lies out beyond the reach of any
thing that we have ever conquered.
There are powers, energies, that could
be ours. If we would but reach - out
into-this unexplored, uncaptured do
main of our self.
.These unpossessed values, these un-
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CURRENT EVENTS OF GENERAL
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been organized at this church during
the week by the pastor and jnnstian
Endeavor workers from the ' Third
Church, and the Initial devotional serv
ice will be held Sunday evening at 7
o'clock. At the evening hour Rev. J. E
Connor will preach.
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Rev. Alexander Beers, pastor of the
First Free Methodist Church, East
Ninth and Mill streets, will preach the
last of his series of sermons on the
operations of the holy spirit, taking
for his subject today "Oil: A. syraooi
of the Holy Spirit." Rev. J. H. Jack
son, a returned missionary from South
America, and an outgoing missionary
to India under the auspices of the
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene.
will preach at night. Rev. Mr. Jackson
is a very forceful and Interesting
speaker.
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At Universal Messianic Church Sun
day school Is at 11 A. M. today and
services are at 8 P. M. The subject
Is "The Radiating Powen of Thought."
Study -class comes Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock. All services are at 414
East Everett street.
Christian Science Services at
Six Churches.
Locations of Various Meeting Places
In Portland Given.
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,
with the exception that during the
month of August, First Church, Third
Church and Fourth Church are omit
ting their Sunday evening service. The
same service is held In all the churches
and the society, the subject for the
lesson-sermon this week being "Spirit."
At the Wednesday evening 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, Eaat
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, Masonic
Temple, 388 Yamhill street; Society,
Holbrook block, St. Johns.
Two sessions of the Sunday school
are held by 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 the Fifth Church at 9:30
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.
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W. N. Coffee, pastor of the Free
Methodist Central Church, will preach
this morning and evening. The morn
ing topic will be "The Essential Ele
ments of True Holiness," and the even
ing topic wIU be "The Whole Duty of
Man."
Professor Matthews, of Willamette
University, will speak tonight in Mount
Tabor Methodist Church. Dr. E. Olin
Eldridge, pastor, will preach at 11 A.
M. on "A Shining Virtue."
Women to Cultivate Diviner
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untatbomaDie energies mat im uci
. 1 tMM.JInt. mi.f.nil that 11a n 1 1 1 H i fl P
of the little selfhood that we are deal
ing wlln Hour oy nour, oecgnio vmi-
v . . . - J .k. i. V. nf opprffff
BUlfl I.U UB Ulluci ...w .WW ,. " - ' "
releasing ideas. That is what Profes-
sor James aeait wun in nis mwo
let upon the "Energies of Man." There
is within man's spiritual nature an un
acquired energy, a capacity of living,
a force to conquer, a force to achieve,
-.ki.i. a-m Km moriA available when
those resources have been called forth
by what he cans energy rmis
There are facts and realities wheh,
when they touch man's nature, touch
it with an impact, a force, like a dy
namic driving the cannonball, and man
becomes tremendously irresistible in his
energy. There are realities available
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weaker concrete, to make it firm, re
sistant, ana iriumpnant over an uu
attacks and would destroy. There are
influences, like the arms of a mother
calming and soothing the troubling
care of the anxious spirit. . They lio
within us, but they can only be called
forth, they become available only when
they are stimulated, awakened, and put
into our possession by certain ideas
that act through the spiritual nature.
Now, what are these ideas? They
are the ideas of God! They are the
ideas of the spiritual, the Infinite, the
enfolding Eternal, the wisdom and love
of the universe; the feeling that we are
akin to divinity, the idea of life reach
ing out into vast, immeasurable horl
xons of immortality, and that, in the
ranks of being, you and I stand at
the very apex of creation, crowned by
the glory and worth that God him
self has put upon us.
Meaning of Religion Shown.
Under the touch of these spiritual
ideas, that are not available through
the mere avenues of pure mentality,
but are resources of the soul and come
through avenues of the spirit under
the touch of these ideas, God, the di
vinity of human life, the significance
of human destiny, the infinite value of
INTEREST TO CHURCH FOLK.
JrjyiJct. WAsrerr, XxigZh
War - Secretary to Tell of
Life in France.
Dr. E. II. Pence Will Occupy Pulpit
nt Westminster,
DR. E. H. PENCE will discuss "Who
Shall Be Found to Be the Super
Man?" this morning at Westminster
Presbyterian Church. This will be Dr.
Pence's last sermon until his return
from a vacation at Neah-Kah-Nie, after
double duties of the parish and at Camp
Lewis during June, July and the early
part of August.
James Palmer, chairman of the Y. M.
C. A. overseas campaign committee,
will be the principal speaker at this
morning's services at the Mount Ver
non Presbyterian Church. His subject
will be "Over There With the Red Tri
angle." The .Sunday morning services
of this church are in charge of the
Christian Endeavor. Society.
In the absence of the pastor. Rev.
Paul E. Ratsch, who is attending the
conference at Seabeck, Wash., Estes
Snedecor will preach at Kenilworth
Presbyterian Church today. In the
evening the Waverley Heights Congre
gational Church and the Kenilworth
Presbyterian Church will meet with the
Clinton Kelly Methodist Church in
union services.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, at East
Twelfth and Clinton streets, will have
Sunday school at 9:30 A. M.; confession.
10 A. M.; service and communion, 10:30
A. M.; evening service, 8 P. M.
The Spiritualist Church of the Soul
will hold services today at 208 V4 Third
street. Services will be held at 11. 3, 6
and 8 o'clock.
"How Can We Love Ger
many," Sunday Sermon.
Rev. Francis Bnrgette Short to Talk
nt Methodist Episcopal.
REV. FRANCIS BURGETTE SHORT,
pastor of the Wilbur Methodist
Episcopal Church, will speak at 11
o'clock on "How Can America Love
Germany?" Sunday school will convene
at 10 o'clock. Strangers in the city are
invited to attend services of this church
which are held in the ballroom of the
Multnomah Hotel.
Out-of-Town Pastors to Oc
cupy Local Pulpits.
Patriotic Programme to Fentnre
East Side Baptist Services.
MANY of the prominent Baptist
preachers of the city are on vaca
tions. Rev. W. A. Waldo, of First
Church, is away, but Dr. J. Whitcomb
Brougher Is preaching In the White
Temple.
This morning in the East Side Bap
tist Church Dr. S. J. Reid, of Victoria.
B. C will preach at 11 o'clock, tak
ing for his theme "The Spoils of Vic
tory." At the evening service. be
ginning at 7:45, Dr. Reid's subject is
"As a Fool Dies." Dr. M. B. Huson,
pastor, is on his vacation.
The young people of the East Side
Faculties of Their Nature.
beauty and love, the life of man is em
powered and dignuiea ana sn
and made competent to earnest living.
This is the meaning of religion. This
is the meaning of spiritual culture.
There ar,e no powers in man's nature
which are so high, so compelling, as the
powers coming down through one s
spiritual self under the impact of these
tremendous ideas of God and the divin
ity of human life.
Dr. Hyslop, of Eastern Riding Hos
pital of England, says that no drugs
and no devices and influences for pro
ducing sleep have power comparable
to the power of prayer.
The treatises on psychotherapeutics
devote whole chapters to the calming,
strengthening influence of prayer, re
vealing the fact that through the spir
itual faculties and instincts and poten
cies of man's nature, a calming, re
freshing influence is available which
cannot be had from any other source.
Faith. Loss Suicide Cause.
The sociologists who are studying
the strange features of our age are
telling us that the awful increase in
suicide is because of loss of religious
faith. The universal restlessness, the
frenzied agitations, the widespread un
happiness and distress, this insatiable
yearning for an unattained good in life,
is because of the multitudes of those
who are no longer availing themselves
of the help through their spiritual na
tures. I am trying to show you men and
women that there is a department of
your nature, that there are faculties
and Instincts, and emotions and capa
cities (describe them under any term
that you will), which are infinitely sig
nificant In the business of practical,
triumphant, courageous and happy liv
ing, and when Smith or any man says
that he "cares not a farthing for his
soul," he Is despising that which Is a
'resource, wnicn is an inspiration,
i-is a divine helpfulness, set Into man's
life that he may live it as toa woura
have him live it.
You are losing an immeasurable
value when you refuse to cultivate
your spiritual selfhood, when you neg
Baptist will give a special programme
tonight'at the church. For some time
a contest in Proverbs has been in prog
ress and tonight the contesting sides
will meet for the final decision. The
young people of this church take an
active part in patriotic affairs and the
meeting tonight will be along patriotic
lines.
Special Music to Feature
Lutheran Services.
"Where the Church Has Failed and
Why," Morning Theme.
IN the Bethlehem Norwegian Lutheran
Church, Fourteenth street, between
Couch and Davis, services will be held
this morning at 11 o'clock, a,nd In the
evening at 8. At the morning service
a duet will be sung by Mrs. Hele Erigh
and T. Kaarhus.
The service in the morning will be
conducted In Norwegian. Rev. Wil
helm Pettersen will preach on "Where
the Church Has Failed and Why." In
the evening the pastor will preach in
English on "One Hundred Per Cent
Christianity."
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At the Church of Our Father (Uni
tarian), Broadway and Yamhill, Rev.
William G. Eliot, Jr.. will preach
upon te text "Sufficient Unto the
Day." The service will be the regular
monthly patriotic service, with the
reading of the names on the service
flag. Mr. Eliot Is spending the month
of August in Camp Lewis, returning
each week for his Sunday duties. The
evening forum Is Intermitted for Au
gust and September.
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Rev. C. C. Rarick, of the Central
Methodist Church on Vancouver avenue
and Fargo street, will discuss "Dr.
Boyd's Challenge to the Churches" to
night at the regular Sunday evening
services.
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Hamilton Chapel. East Eightieth and
Glisan streets, will have the regular
Lutheran services this morning. The
subject of Rev. F. J. Eppling's sermon
will be "What is the Sin Against the
Holy Ghost?"
British Columbia Minister at
First Presbyterian.
Illustrated Lecture by B. A. Thaxter,
to Follow Morning Service.
REV. J. K. UNSWORTH, D. D., of
British Columbia, will occupy the
pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church,
both morning and evening. Dr. Uns
worth Is well known on the Pacific
Coast.
The music for the services will be
furnished by Miss Astrid Roal, soprano;
Mrs. Mabel Orton Wilson, contraltfl,
and W. C. McCulloch, organist.
Following the morning service B. A.
Thaxter will give an illustrated talk
on "The Gospel of Mark." This lecture
takes the place of the regular Sunday
school service and is to be held in the
Sunday school auditorium.
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The eighth annual meeting of the
Northwest Coast Baptist Church opened
Wednesday morning at Montavilla
Church, Seventy-sixth and East Ever
ett streets, with a large delegation
from Oregon and Washington present.
The introductory sermon was preached
by Rev. Mack Allen, pastor of Monta
villa Church. The Wednesday evening
session was featured by welcome ad
dresses by Rev. Mack Allen, in behalf
of the ministers of the city; Editor E.
D. Cannady, of the Advocate, in behalf
of the citizens of the city. The re
sponse was given by Rev. J. A. Nel
son, of Tacoma. The associational ser
mon was delivered by Rev. Emmett B.
Reed, of Butte, Mont. .- :
Prominent among delegates In at
tendance are: Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Car
ter, Mrs. W. W. Casmor, Mrs. William
Chandler, Mrs. William Varlack, Mrs.
E. Herrington, Mrs. G. Bell, Mrs. J.
Stanton, Mrs. G. Brown, Miss Theo
Clark, Mrs. William Wilson, Mrs. M.
Wallace, Miss Rebecca Scott, Mrs. L.
Miller, of Seattle; Rev. and Mrs. S. G.
Wilson, Mrs. Jessie Sewell, Mrs. E.
Quinn, Miss B. K. Teel, Mrs. Cather
ine Doran, Mrs. K. Martin, of Spokane;
Rev. C. H. Graves, Mrs. Jessie Harden,
of Tacoma; Rev. B. F. Brown, Mrs.
Hassel, of Roslyn; Rev. E. M. Matthews,
Renton, Wash.; Rev. and Mrs. W. F.
Greene, of Everett, Wash.; Rev. and
Mrs. J. L. Murray. Mrs. Sarah Smith,
Miss Martha Rice, Mrs. Sarah Nelson,
Mrs. E. J. Corbln, Rev. and Mrs. A. W.
Williams, of Tacoma. On Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock the ground-breaking
services will be held.
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Rev. P. O. Bonebrake will preach
at both morning and evening serv
ices of the First United Brethren
Church today. These will be his last
sermons as pastor of this church since
lect this higher realm, these subtle
powers which we call the soul.
There is one yet deep difficulty.
There is a law in universal operation
I care not where you look. Look along
the garden walk; look down along the
.rows of orchard trees; look across yon
field of waving grain on the great
farms; look yonder in the school room;
look yonder on the streets where men
throng and there is one great, ter
rible law in action. It Is this: Every
faculty, every capacity unutilised, un
developed, neglected, will wither and
ultimately perish and be taken away.
The Almighty Creator of the insect and
the bird and man with a man's soul,
has decreed that except a man uses his
faculties, except the seed shall use its
capacities, except an animal shall use
its aptitudes, those functions, those
powers, shall be taken away from him.
There Is no more fascinating chapter
In all Darwin's works than where he
speaks of the pigeon fancier who has
developed the different varieties of
pigeons, with their exquisite forms and
coloring and ornamentations, taking
them off to a lone isle of the sea and
releasing them, and then neglecting
them. After a term of years he comes
back to discover that they have all re
verted to the simple, origrnL blue
pigeon of the woods. They have gone
back. They have lost themselves. The
scientist Wallace tells us that as he
passed along the deserted plains of the
Euphrates River he discovered that the
wild rice growing there was but the
degenerated wheat of the ancient Baby
lonians and Assyrians.
Darwin Talks of Loss.
Darwin writes:
"If I had to live my life again I
would make it a rule to read some
poetry and listen to some music at least
once every week; for perhaps the part
of my brain now atrophied would thus
have been kept active through use. The
loss of these tastes is a loss of happi
ness, and may possibly be injurious, to
the intellectual, and more probably to
the moral character, by enfeebling the
emotional part of our nature."
There is more of this same tragedy
his resignation was tendered some time .
ago. Under the direction of W. H.
Moore, the choir gives special musical
selections every Sunday.
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The order of services at the Third
United Brethren Church. Sixty-seventh
street and Thirty-second avenue, this
Sunday follows: Bible school, 10 A. M.;
preaching at 11 by the pastor, subject.
"A Non-Militant Church;" Junior Chris,
tlan Endeavor at 3 P. M. ; Senior Chris
tian Endeavor, 7 P. M.; preaching at
8 by the pastor.
CITY IS REFUGE PLACE
Learn Sacrifice by Contact With the
Multitude, Is Advice.
(Christian Endeavor World.)
It is always interesting to find the!
different ways in which men feel about
the very same thing. This war is a
good Instance. It is the same war for
all of us, but thought about It ranges
all the way from almost disloyal de
testation to almost Inhuman delight Iri
It. Two equally good men may be so
impressed with different aspects of the
same reality that they praise It or con
demn it. One of them sees the terrible
aspects of war. and the other sees Ha
ennobling possibilities for men who
take it seriously. Both aspects are
really there, of course, but it Is hard
to keep them both in sight at the same
time.
Interest in this difference deepens;
when the thing in common Is a daily
fact In the lives of men. Tske, for ex
ample, the city as a fact of human life.
Arthur Hallam, and Tennyson used to
debate about it. Tennyson pra.ised it;
Hallam railed against it because it was
a "social mill" that grinds us till "we
rub each other's angles down." That
robs us of our individuality, the most
precious thing anybody has to con
tribute to the world. It is true that
cities produce the largest number of
commonplace people, and there is no
place where men are more slaves of
custom and habit than a great city.
Look over the average city audience of ' f
men, and see how uniform the attires)
is. A gathering of farmers always
shows a larger variety of clothing. It
may not be so good, but It is more inde
pendent. And that comparison runa
through many aspects of the life.
But Tennyson was right, too. In
thinking that the city gives opportu
nity for the finest virtues in the fact
that Jts people are thrown so close to
gether. The angles rubbed off are,
those that separate us from our fel
lows and prevent our giving to tho
world the best of ourselves. It is not
necessary to lose Individuality, though
it is common. We can use the city, if
we will, as a place of supreme service,
putting our strength Into the lives of
others who are so near to us that we
cannot escape them. In the city wa
help or hinder; there is no rniddla
ground.
BAPTIST WOMEN IN CAMPS
Home Mission AVorkers Seek to Pro.
inote Soldiers' Welfare.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2. Tha
American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety has appointed two experienced
women to work in Army camps. One ol
these is stationed at Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., and the other at Camp Funston,
Tex. "
n-i , w i..,i Aff.nnlpn these women.
are endeavoring to provide suitable rec
reation for the somiers. umtr mm. ui
needed service are being investigated
and plans formulated for further work.
These women are assisted by the local
church workers and community or
gantzatlona, "If this work succeeds we are hoping
to put other women In the field." said
Miss Kathferlne S. Westfall. correspond
ing secretary of the Woman's American
Baptist Home Mission Society.
GARDEN GIVEN RED CROSS
Patriotic Resident of Salt Lake Does
- What He Can Do.
SALT LAKE CITT, July 30. Samuel
Oldham, of this city, 61 years old,
grieving because he could not aid the
American troops in France by belnsT
with them, has shown his patriotism in
ih. fnilnurins- manner: Mr. Oldham has
a thriving war garden. When ho
learned of the tnrllling American vic
inri.B over In France he decided ha
would sell the vegetables produced in
his war garden ana turn over me re
ceipts to the Red Cross. Mr. Oldham
is further credited with orrering to givo
tin a anv nerson in Salt Lake who
will do likewise with their war garden
produce.
in Charles Darwin.
lng to write:
"Formerly I was led to the firm con
viction of God and of the immortality
of the soul. In my Journal I wrote that
whilst standing in the midst of the
granduer of the Brazilian forest. 'It is
not possible to give an adequate Idea
of the higher feelings of wonder, ad
miration and devotion which fill and
elevate the mind.' I well remember my
conviction that there is more in mart
than the mere breath of his body. But
now the grandest scene would not cause
any such convictions and feelings to
rise in my mind. It may be truly said
that I am like a man who has become
color-blind; and the universal belief
by men of the existence of redness
makes my present loss of perception of
not the least value as evidence. Dis
belief crept over me at a slow rate, but
was at last complete. The rate was so
slow that I felt no distress."
Spiritual Atrophy Analysed.
Here is a scientific man analyzing
the process of spiritual trophy In hta
own nature, due to spiritual neglect.
May you all catch the meaning of my
message this morning. I am pleading
with you to cultivate the diviner facul
ties of your nature. You men of the
20th century, you busy, successful men
of the street, you lawyers who have
narrowed your faculties to the mere
investigation of law, you who aim at
the mere acquisition of money, of tn
inanities of society and are neglecting
this realm and element of your nature
the time will come when the tragedy of
life, the tragedy of eternity, will ba
written across your Immortal soul,
when the power to find God, the power
to feel the divinity of life, the power to
believe In immortality, will go from
you, leaving you insensate, withered,
"lost"
It is for this reason that I beseech
you to be a complete man In Christ
Jesus, to surrender yourselves In all tho
splendid fullness of your five-fold na
ture, and let God speak to you, awaken
ing and strengthening you through tha
spiritual instincts and divine faculties;
of your souL