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STIRRING SERMONS HERALD NEW YEAR OF PEACE AND VICTORY
Portland Pastors Will Review Important Events of Old Year, and Deal With Great Problems That Must Be Solved in 1919.
THE Sl'XDAY OREGOXIAX, TOIITLAXD, DECEMBER 29, 1918.
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Z will be heralded In by stirring: er
mons from the pulpits of Portland
churches today. A resume of the kalei
doscopic changes that the past year
has brought will be interwoven into
many sermons, presenting their effect
upon the problems of tomorrow. Re
construction and ltj attendent responsi
bilities will be the underlying theme
of many of the addresses which will
forecast the activities of the new year.
New sermon series upon topics of the
day will be inaugurated today and new
activities and departures in church
work will also be begun. Holiday mu
sic will be a feature of services both
morning and evening in many of the
larger churches.
Watch night services will be held at
both the First Presbyterian and First
.Methodist churches on New Year's eve.
Several of the smaller churches in the
outlying districts will hold community
cervices, ending with a social hour.
Churches of all denominations have
been unusually festive this season. Not
ince the war have larger gatherings
Deen neid on all occasions attending
the holiday season.
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The sermons and services of Mount
Tabor Presbyterian Church today will
reflect the New Year thought. In the
morning the pastor. Ward W. Mac-
Henry, will preach on "Christ and His
Church In 1918.' In the evening his
subject will be "Stop, Look, Listen."
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At Sellwood Methodist Church.- of
which Rev. W. S. Gordon is pastor,
there will be a watch night social
Tuesday evening in honor of those
members who have settled in Sellwood
within the last year. There will be a
reception, a literary programme and a
social hour with refreshments. In the
upper room Dr. Francis Burgette Short
will hold services.
Watch Service Planned at
First Methodist.
Quartet to Repeat Cantata, The
"Star Divine," This Morning-
AT the First Methodist Church this
morning the quartet will repeat
by request the Christmas cantata "The
Star Divine." This beautiful cantata
was rendered Sunday evening. Decem-
ber 21. It consists of the following In
terpretations:
1 Introduction and hymn of the
Prophets.
2 The watching of the magi for the
star.
3 The journey of the magi.
4 The adoration of the magi.
6 Finale.
Dr. Joshua Stansfield will preach a
short sermon on the "Christman King."
In the evening the services will open
with a pipe organ recital by Mrs.
Gladys Morgan Farmer and after a
congregational sing Dr. Stansfield will
take up the happenings of the year
and review them, the subject of his
address being "The Momentous Year."
The Christmas exercises of this
church's Sunday school were held last
Alonday evening. These exercises were
unique In that instead of the children
receiving they gave to the Armenian
relief. These gifts' amounted to $184.10.
First Methodist Church will observe
New Year's Eve with a watch night
service in the church, beginning with
an organ recital at 8:45, followed by
40 voices in choral song and praise
service. At 10:20 there will be a so
cial hour. At 11 o'clock Harlow F.
Humbolt. state superintendent of the
Sunday School Association, will speak
on the Sunday School of Today."
The watch night sermon will be
preached by Dr. Stansfield, beginning
t 11:35.
The Christian Science Churches of
Portland will hold services at their
respective places of worship at 11
o'clock this morning, and all except
Fifth and Seventh Churches repeat the
services in the evening at 8 o'clock.
The same service is held in all the
churches, the subject of the lesson
sermon this week being "Christian
Science." At the Wednesday evening
meeting, held at 8 o'clock, testimonies
of Christian Science healing are given.
The sessions of the Sunday school are
neld by First, Second, Fourth and
Seventh Churches, at 9:45 and 11 A. M.
reppectively. Third Church also con
ducts two sessions, the first at 11 A.
M. and the second at 12:10 P. M., and
Fifth Church at 9:30 and 11 A. M.
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The membership of the Wilbur Meth
odist Church is steadily increasing un
der the leadership of the pastor. Dr.
Francis Burgette Short. Last Sunday
the auditorium of the Multnomah Hotel
TRIUMPH OF ALLIES OVER
The Victory of Rl&ht A New Song."
BY REV. JOSHUA STANSFIEL
Pastor of First Methodist Church.
WE COME today with thousands
in our land, with great thanks
giving to God for the victory of
righteousness and truth recently
achieved, and in this thanksgiving serv
ice we would take these scriptures as
a basis for our thought: "Justice and
judgment are the habitalion of Thy
throne." "The righteous vLord loveth
righteousness." "Sing unto the Lord a
new song, for he hath done marvelous
things, his right hand and his holy arm
hath gotten him the victory."
The text proper will be this last
statement from Psalm verse 1. "Sing
unto -the Lord a new song, for he hath
done marvelous things, his right hand
and. his holy arm hath gotten him the
victory."
God lives. He is the mightiest, the
holiest, the wisest, the best of all life.
knnd God lives. His throne is estab
lished in the heavens. That is in the
highest, the highest of right and justice
and truth, God's throne is established
there; which means that the mightiest
and' the highest and the holiest of all
is most just and right and faithful and
true, and shall always finally prevail.
When we say that God lives, it means
U1 that.
Today we are rejoicing in a great
ctory, but it is the victory of God.
lis right band. His holy arm hath
gotten this victory. The mightiest
forces in the world are moral and
spiritual, and the forces which have
finally prevailed in this great war are
uthe moral and spiritual forces. I know
jthe enginery may be material and
I physical and may be seen and handled
land tabulated, but the dynamic, the
power behind it all is moral and spirit
ual; me lurcea now victorious are tne
moral forces of the universe.
What is it against which we fought?
f What is it for which we fought? Any
thing material? Not directly. We
fought against tyranny, injustice, in
humanity. Those three things out
standingly, tyranny, injustice, inhu
manity. We fought for righteous free
dom, justice, self-government. We
fought against inhumanity and we
iought for human interests and human
rights. And. know this, human inter
ests and human rights in this world
ar.e nearest to the fact and reality of
God in anythmg there is In all life.
God in this world is at his highest
was taxed to its capacity. Beautiful
music is given at each service by the
quartet. Dr. Stuart McGuire will sing
the offertory this morning and Dr.
Short will take for his subject, "The
Sheriffs Request."
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Sunday school meets at 10 o'clock this
morning at the Norwegian-Danish
Methodist Church and preaching serv
ices are held at 11 o'clock. At 8
o'clock this evening the Sunday school
will hold Its Christmas entertainment.
On New Year's day the young people
of the church will hold a celebration
at 8 P. M.
Start the New Year Right,"
Sunday Sermon Topic.
Chriatmaa Services at First Con k re
lational Enjoyable and Helpful.
AT First Congregational Church the
morning services will be held at
10:30 o'clock, with sermon by Major
T. A. Mills, whose theme will be "Start
the New Year Right." At 7:45 P. M.
he will take as his topic "What Must
I Do to Be Damned?" Bible school
mets at 12 M. and Intermediate Chris
tian Endeavor at 6:30 P. M., to which
all are invited.
The annual meeting of the church
for reports of departments will be held
on January 9. The Christmas services
of the church last Sunday were en
joyable and helpful. The women of the
church are still busy with Red Cross
work and urge all women of the church
and congregation to help this important
department. The league meets each
Tuesday all day and the Ladies" Aid
Society Red Cross Unit has an all-day
meeting each Wednesday.
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At the East Side Baptist Church Dr.
Hinson will preach this morning on
"The Birth and the Death of a Year."
Tonight he will take for his theme
"Your Homecoming." This sermon
also will be appropriate to the season
of the year. The morning sermon will
be In the nature of a review and a
forecast, a glance backward over 1918
and a look forward into 1919, a stock
taking to ascertain what the dying
year has brought and a prospectus on
what the coming year may and ought
to bring.
The night sermon was first sug
gested by a picture called "The End
of the Trail," in which a winding road
is seen in the twilight, and a pilgrim
approaching his journey's end.
In the morning at 9:15 a special Sun
day school service will be held where
classes for all may be found and a
hearty welcome received by all who
attend. At 6:30 the Young People's
Societies hold their meetings in the
upper and lower halls of the church.
All young people are Invited to these
meetings. The preaching services at
this church commence at 11 and 7:30.
All Sunnyside and Mount Tabor, Haw
thorne and Mount Scott cars go to
within a block or two of the church.
Leave all cars at East Twentieth
street.
"Beast of Bible Prophecy,"
Evangelist's Topic.
L. K. Dickson Will Lecture at
Chrlatensen'a Hall.
BY special request Evangelist L. K.
Dickson will lecture upon the sub
ject "The Beast of Bible Prophecy," in
Christensen's Hall, Eleventh street, be
tween Morrison and Yamhill, tonight at
7:4 5 o'clock. These services are for the
public and are given under the auspices
of the Western Oregon Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists.
Large audiences are turning out to
hear Mr. Dickinson lecture on the
prophecies of the Bible and many re
quests are being received by him to
publish these lectures in permanent
booklet form. He says if the requests
continue to be sent to him in sufficient
numbers to warrant him to undertake
the task that he will do so in the near
future.
At Centenary Methodist Church, Rev.
J. C. Rollins, the pastor, will have
for his theme this morning "The
Church of the Good Shepherd." At the
evening service Dr. Clarence True Wil
son will speak on "The Victory Year
or Winning Two Wars." Excellent
music is rendered by a large chorus
choir.
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At the ."few Civilization Church,
which holds Its services In the Tilford
building. Dr. Beth Northington will
speak this evening on "What Shall We
Do to Inherit Eternal Life?"
and best in man. Human interests are
always near to the heart of the eternal.
The revelation is, that God is for man,
and wherever human interests and
human rights are concerned, there,
right near. Is God. The mightiest forces
of this great war. have been moral
forces, and the victory that has been
achieved is a moral ard righteous vic
tory. . Therefore, "Sing unto the Lord
a new song" a new song a new song.
There have been victories before many
and great tribal victories, family vic
tories. National victories, religious vic
tories and personal victories, and they
have all had their songs and paeans of
praise, but now. now, we sing unto the
Lord a new song, such as has never
been sung in all the ages. For now
the victory is wider, and deeper, and
.more human than the world has ever
before known. Because of this fact,
sing unto the Lord a new song.
Sing unto the Lord a song of tri
umphant democracy. In spirit and
prophecy, and promise, this has been
heard and spoken again and again, but
never until now could it be fully sung;
but now among many peoples through
out all the earth, there has come the
upstanding and the outstanding of de
mocracy. Me-, as men are coming into
their right: t personal freedom, and
initiative, and self-government. Never
before was the victory for democracy
so large, so grand, so full, so deep, as
it is this very day.
True, there are dangers, incident to
the new intoxication and excitement,
but thank God there is the liberation
of the peoples and the rising up into
a fine manhood and clttzenship, in civil,
and social, and religious life, of the
peoples of the earth.
Sing unto the Lord a new song of
triumphant democracy.
Sing unto the Lord a new song of
the downfall of tyrants. From time
Immemorial some men have arrogated
to themselves,' a power belonging to
others; they have taken to themselves
the right of government, and control,
and an autocracy and power illimitable.
Thank God the day of such kings, and
autocracy, is now passing, or Indeed Is
passed, and throughout the world there
has been in this glorious victory, the
tottering of thrones, of autocracies and
arrogant. Irresponsible power. The
world today is breathing more easily
In a finer atmosphere of human free
dom among all the nations of the earth.
Sing unto the Lord a, new song of
triumphant democracy, and of the
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From Left ta sMat, Lawer Row MIsa Gertrade Hoeber, Leader Kenneth Goeta,
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Godfrey, Cheater Bonne ana Mrs. Myrtle Drake, Planiati Arthur Simmon
'Balance Sheet of 1918" Is
Presbyterian Theme.
Special Mnalral Recital Feature (
Evening Service.
AT THE First Presbyterian Church,
Twelfth and Alder streets, the
pastor. Rev. John H. Boyd, D. D., will
preach at both services. Both of the
subjects will have reference to the
closing of the year 1918 and the begin
ning of the year 1919.
In the morning at 10:30 the subject
will be "The Things That Survive."
This will be a discussion of the im
portant features of the year about to
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Ing character of some of them. In the
evening at 7:30 Dr. Boyd will preach
on "The Balance Sheet of 1918." Be- I
ginning at 7:15. preceding the evening
service, Edgar E. 2oursen will give a
recital on the pipe organ with the fol
lowing programme: (a "Oh, That We
Two Were Maying." b "Narcissus."
(c) "Wedding Intermezzo" (Nevin), (d)
"Evensong" (Johnston).
. The special musical feature of the
morning service will be a baritone solo
by John Claire Monteith. This will be
"My Redeemer and My Lord," by Dud
ley Buck.
The church will hold a New Year's
prayer meeting In the chapel at 9
o'clock on the morning of Wednesday,
January 1, 1919. This Is one of the
great features of the church year at
the First Presbyterian.
Rev. Thomas Jenkins, pastor of St.
David's Church, will preach this morn
ing at 11 o'clock on "The Capital of
the Old Year." Holy baptism will be
administered at this service. The
church school will meet at 9:30 This
evening the choir will sing selections
from Handel's "Messiah."
At the First Spiritual Church Rev.
A. Scott Bledsoe will preach at 3 o'clock
this afternoon and again at 8 this even
ing. Mrs. Bledsoe will conduct the
message service and Mrs. Emma K.
Powers will sing.
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At Our Savior's . Lutheran Church,
services will be held in English this
morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. M. A.
Christensen. A New Year's Eve song
service will be given by the Staples
family on Tuesday.
Rev. W. N. Coffee, pastor of Central
Free Methodist Church, will occupy
the pulptt this morning at 11 o'clock.
At 7:30 this evening a sermon will be
preached by Kev. E. L, Silva, of Se
attle. Special music will be a feature
of both services. The programme is in
charge of Mrs. Fannie Herald.
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At the Church of Our Father (Uni
tarian), corner of Broadway and Yam
hill. Rev. William G. Eliot, Jr., has
made the following announcements for
today: 11 A. M., service with sermon
for the New Year on "The Vocation of
Portland Pastor Ascribes
downfall of autocracy and imperialistic
dynasties.
Sing unto the Lord a new song of
liberation and self-government for all
nations, small and great. We have
heard that word all nations small and
great, again and again in recent
months, but it is one of the greatest
the world has known. Nations, as
such, coming into their native and God
given rights of self-government, and
freedom, and personal initiative, and
fullest expression of their own life
this is now not something to be hoped
for and longed for, and prayed for, it
is something actually here, and in the
peace terms which shall soon be con
summated, these nations, small and
great, shall have all Just rights.
Oh, men and women, thank God today
and sing a new song of the rights of
humanity. A new. standard of life has
come into the world, and that stand
ard is neither military, nor intellec
tual, nor philosophical it is human,
and all governments and peoples are
henceforth to be tested and measured
by that standard. Thank God. and sing
today a new song, for the Lord hath
done mightily.
Have we made it clear that It is God
who hath wrought this great victory?
It is God through human Instru
mentality, as he always works but it
is God. The causes and the issues of
the great war just past went to the
very foundations of life; and "if the
foundations be destroyed what can the
righteous do?" The foundations are
of God. "The righteous Lord loveth
righteousness." "His throne is estab
lished in -the heavens," and "His right
hand, and his holy arm hath gotten
himself this glorious victory."
I ask again, what was It for which
we contended? It was the rights of
men: and the rights of men are the
highest and most sacred of anything
there is in all this world. What was it
against which we fought? It was
tyranny, injustice, inhumanity, and
wherever there is inhumanity there is
that which strikes most directly
against God. When we speak of God's
throne as established in righteousness,
what we mean is that it is established
in "right." and always has reference
to the relations of people. When the
Kaiser and his people went out through
Belgium they trampled upon the rights
of humans and that was the climax of
their wrong. Right and wrong are al
ways a matter of human relationships.
Right and wrong are more than ab
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an Immortal Soul." At 7:45 this
evening the open forum will be held.
Miss Dorothy Wysor. executive secre
tary of the Home Service Department of
the American Red Cross, Portland
branch, will speak on home service
work, and will treat of Its importance,
extent, principles and methods.
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At Sunnyside Congregational Church
Rev. J. J. Staub will preach at 11
o'clock this morning and again at 7:45
this evening. His subject for the morn
ing service will be "Things of 1918
Which Remain Forever." This even
ing he will preach on "The Story of the
Years." Sunday school meets at 9:45
V. M., Junior Christian Endeavor at 3
P M., Intermediate and' Senior En
deavor at 6:15 P. M.
First Christian Church to
Give Benefit.
"The Magi of Today." Title of Bible
School Entertainment.
TONIGHT at the First Christian
Church, corner Park and Columbia,
the Bible school will offer a special
programme for the Armenian and Syr
Ian relief Xn the form of an allegory
entitled "The Magi of Today." The
programme will be tinder the direction
of Mrs. C. M. Klggins, assisted by the
quartet choir. In the morning at 11
o'clock the Rev. Harold H. Grlffls will
deliver a New, Year's message on the
subject "Life's Purpose, Plan and
Prise." By request, several of the
Christmas musical selections rendered
last Sunday evening by the church
quartet will be repeated at the morning
service. On Tuesday evening the young
people of the congregation will hold a
New Year's social in the church par
lors with a devotional watch service
conducted by the pastor at the mid
night hour.
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The pastor of the Highland Congre
gational Church. Rev. Edward Con
stant, will preach' this morning, on
"The Massacre of the Innocents." which
will be a present-day application of
ne of the stories connected with the
birth of Jesus. The evening meeting
will be an end-of-the-year service,
with an address on "A Memorable
Year." This address will show how the
world, under the providence of God,
has been led through tumult and suf
fering to a path which will conduct
mankind to a higher stage of life and
make the world a better place in which
to live. The exercises of the evening
will open with an arousing praise serv
ice led by the choir.
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Rev. F. A. Ginn, pastor of Lincoln
Methodist Church, this morning will
preach on "God Searching for a Man."
Watch services will be held at the
church Tuesday night, beginning at 8
o'clock. The Epworth League convenes
at 4 o'clock this afternoon, with Jo
sephine Handler as leader.
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GERMANY TERMED GOD'S VICTORY
Teuton Downfall to Divine
stract principles, they are always con
crete in conduct, and when the Kaiser
and those who were with him went out
to trample down the rights of the peo- J
pie of Belgium, and to break down the
rights and securing the possessions of
the good people of France, that was a
great wrong. And God's throne the
highest, mightlet. strongest of all
"God's throne Is established in the
heavens." it is established In righteous
ness, and whoever atrikes against the
right, or invades the right is striking
against God.
This war was not a money war, or a
money man's war, it was not a war of
industry or commerce, or of nations, or
of peoples, or a religious war in the
limited sense of that word, it was more
than all these, it was a war of right
against wrong, God against evil; Jus
tice against injustice; man against
brute force. The causes and the issues
of this great world war as we said a
moment ago, go to the very foundations
of life, and "if the foundations be de
stroyed what shall the righteous do?"
Thank God, the foundations were not
destroyed and they never will be. Now,
it is seen more clearly than ever before,
that the mightiest force and power that
can ever rise against righteousness and
human rights cannot prevail. The last
of the Caesars is the mightiest of the
Caesars, and he has had a fall and a
break proportionate to the heights to
which he had climbed, and the vastness
of his awful, imperious, inhuman pur
pose. Thank God "His throne is estab
lished in the heavens." All the power of
German imperialism, all the power of
world autocracy, and all the power of
intoxicated and inflated militarism, and
all the power of scientific and inventive
genius that they could command, all
these will fail. As the waves break on
the sea coast, so these will break as
they touch the righteous God in the
rights and interests of men. And so
today, we, and millions of others, are
gathered together to "sing a new song,"
for the Lord hath triumphed marvel
ously, his right hand, his holy arm bath
gotten him the victory.
Sing unto the Lord a new song of
"the reign of rule and reason" in the
largest affairs of life.
We have heard much of the reign of
reason in the intoxicated days and
times of the French Revolution. I
have heard of the reign of reason - in
discussions and talks among excited
men, but it is not of such reason we
now s-eak. I speak now of the reign
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Warren Vesper Class Proves
Popular Organization.
Taaair Men and Women Away From
Family Circle Welcomed.
THE Warren Vesper Orchestra of the
First Presbyterian Church was or
ganized in November. 1916. when the
vesper class was projected as a feasible
plan for entertaining lonely young men
and women away from the family cir
cle. Dr. John H. Boyd and members of
the session most heartily co-operated
with the official heaOs of this proposed
work, and It has more than met the ex
pectation of all who have taken an
active part in the original plan from the
beginning to the present time. The
method of work In this class Is exceed
ingly flexible. Constant changes and
new features are presented, keeping up
an increasing interest. This class
meets for a three-hour session every
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. There is
a song service led by the chorister,
Mrs. Marguerite Moore Bourne, fol
lowed by a musical programme given
by the orchestra under the leadership
of Miss Gertrude Hoeber, assisted by
well-known soloists.
After the concert a brief lesson Is
given by Dr. Angela L. Ford Warren,
invariably presenting the salient points
of character building for effective serv
ice in any chosen field of labor. The
most remarkable feature of this class
Is that every denomination is repre
sented in its membership, which now
numbers close to 400. The homelike at
mosphere adds a charm which brings
a longing desire for the next meeting.
All mature young people will find a
"Friendship Circle" alwaltlng. arid a
cordial greeting Is always extended to
visitors. Refreshments are served at
6:45, followed by a "Fireside Social1
which is enjoyed by all until time for
the evening service. To all who are
interested a cordial invitation is ex
tended to visit this vesper service and
learn more of the method of work used
In helping the individual along all lines
of life and service.
Rev. J. F. Ghormley, pastor of the
Rodney-Avenue Christian Church, will
speak at 11 -o'clock this morning on
'Man: From Whence and Whither." At
7:30 this evening he will speak on "The
Work of Our Women." On New Year's
eve at 8 o'clock the church will hold
Its annual business meeting which will
be followed by a social hour and a
watch meeting.
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The East 81de Christian Church, East
Twelfth and Taylor streets. Is enjoy
ing an unusual season of prosperity
since tne lilting or the Influenza ban.
New members are being added almost
at every service and the audiences fill
both floors of the auditorium. Rev.
R. H. Sawyer, the pastor. Is present.
Ing a series of sermons at the morning
services on the New Test, ment Church
which has already attracted much
Direction of Entente Armies.
and rule of the righteous and the ra
tional in all nations and national af
fairs. That time has now come, and
there is being formed, and there will
be consummated, a league of nations
for peace and good-will, or rather for
peace to men of good-will, for we can
not take into that league of nations
any nation or a people of bad will and
purpose. You cannot force peace and
good will, you can only have peace in
the world to those of good will, and it
is certainly to be hoped, and indeed is
fully expected, that in the league of
nations soon to be formed there shall
not be any persons or people of the
character, and cast, and caliber, and
conduct, of those whom we have re
cently defeated.
Germany, the Germany of yesterday,
imperialistic, tyrannous, autocratic,
grasping, world-clamoring Germany,
shall , have no place In that league of
nations. And Austria, imperious, au
tocratic, intoxicated, pompous; Austria,
with all her pedigrees and centuries of
misrule Austria shall have no place
there. There must be another type of
life in the territory of Austria and in
the rulershlp of that country before
they can have any place in the league
of nations. And Turkey, the unspeak
able Turk, shall have no place in that
league of nations. There must arise
there a new type of manhood and
people before they can come into such
a league, for peace can only be to men
of sood will. Italy will be there. France
will be there, Belgium will be there.
England will be there that mother of J
civil ana religious iiDerties, ana -tne
United States, thank God, the youngest,
healthiest and strongest child of all,
will be there, and others, and they will
all be persons and peoples of good will
toward one another and good will for
the world. The league of nations and
peace must be made up necessarily, and
only, of nations of good will toward
men. Thank God such a league is now
more than a dream, more than a
prophecy, more than a promise: it is a
consummation long prayed and hoped
for by many, the end of human war
fare. I see it no more clearly now than
I did four years ago, but I saw It then
as the ideal thing. What a glorious
thing it is to see. It is a function of
men who truly see, to see the Invisible,
and really men and women do not see
much until they do see the invisible
and the ideal.
What la the ideal! It ta what it ought
favorable attention. The theme of the
next of the series will be "The Church
Officers, and Their Relationship to the
Members of the Congregation." "The
New Year, and Afterward." will be the
pastor's subject at the evening hour. A
special effort Is being made by the
pas'tor to reach all disciples in Port
land who are not actively Identified
with some one of the local congrega
tions. The Spiritualist Church of the Soul.
Inc. will hold services today at 208 V4
Third street, as follows: at 11 A. M. the
pastor will lecture on the subject of
"Psychological Juggling." , followed by
messages. At S P. M., symposium: ad
dresses by Judge Plggott. Rev. S. B.
Selp. Mr. Lawrence and Mr. J. Met
ealf. followed by messages by Mrs.
Barber. Mrs. Elkenton. Mrs. Lyon. Mrs.
D. Littler. Mrs. P. Moor and Mr. II.
Partlow. At 5 P. M. there will be cir
cles held In the church, conducted by
Mrs. Seip, Mrs. Lyon. Mrs. Barber, Mrs.
Elkenton. Mrs. Masters, Mrs. D. Littler
and Mrs. Moor. At P. M. Dr. R, McL.
Angus will lecture on the subject "The
Animal Nature in Man." followed by a
seance.
'Reflection and Resolve to
Be Sermon Subject.
Cmlted Brethren. Chnrch Plana Drive
to Anne Spiritual Awakening.
T- EV. BYRON J. CLARK, pastor of
JEV. the First United Brethren Church,
Fifteenth and East Morrison streets,
will preach this morning on "Reflection
and Resolve, and In the evening on
"Divine Preparedness." This church is
entering Into a campaign whereby all
the organisations of the church will be
enlisted In a drive for the spiritual
awakening of the community.
'Unconditional Surrender" is the
theme Rev. Ira Hawley. pastor of Sec
ond United Brethren Church. Twenty
seventh and Sumner streets, has for the
service this morning. His evening theme
will be "Jerusalem Church Grows."
The pastor of Third United Brethren
Church. Rev. E. O. Shepherd, will speak
In the morning on the theme "The
Past In Review," and in the evening on
"The Remnant." This church is located
at Sixty-seventh street and Thirty-second
avenue. All are welcome.
Rev. C. P. Blanchard, pastor of the
Tremont-Station Fourth United Breth
ren Church, is planning a revival for
the very near future and announces for
a morning theme today "The Three
Ps in a Successful Revival Prepared
ness. Prayer. Praise." The evening
theme will be "Taking Stock." This
church also la planning a watch-night
meeting for next Tuesday evening,
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The Sellwood Spiritualist Church of
the Soul, Inc., will hold servlceo In
Strahlman Hall, corner Thirteenth and
Spokane streets today, as follows: at
3 P. M. Mr. Ankney will lecture on the
subject "Future Reform." followed by
messages: at 8 P. M. Mrs. F. Lyon will
give a shortaddress following with
psychometric readings.
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Rev. T. M. Mlnard. pastor of the First
Divine Science Church, will speak this
morning at 11 o'clock on "The New
Life." The Bible class meets Tuesday
at 3 V. M. and stuoy classes are held
Wednesday at 8 P. M. All services are
held in the Tilford building.
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At Sunnyjlde Methodist Church. Rev.
Robert Elmer Smith will preach this
morning at 11 o'clock on "A Twen
tieth Century Pragramme." This even
ing at 7:45 the Sunnyside Masonic
lodge will attend in a body in celebra
tion of St. John'a day.
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Services will be held at Universal
Messianic Church at 11 A. M. and 8
P. M. today. The subject for the morn
ing service will be "Perfect Harmony
in True Creation." Study classes meet
Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock. All
services are held in room 318 Abington
building.
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"The Secret of Unhappiness" will be
considered at the morning service of
the New Christian Church (Sweden
borgian) today by the pastor. Rev.
William R. Reece. This will be a varia
tion of the usual theme of the secret of
happiness. The class in the study of
the inner meaning of the Bible will
meet Thursday next week at the church
home. January G the pastor will pre
sent a special missionary sermon from
the New Church standpoint on "Death
the Gateway to Larger Life."
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The Second Spiritualist Church will
hold services at 3 o'clock and S. o'clock
today in Allsky HalL Rev. Max Hoff
man will lecture and give the mes
sages. His evening subject will be
"Jesus, a Medium."
to be. It is easy to see the what is.
not alone common folks, but even
coarse folks may see that. It takes very
little eyesight to see the what is, but it
takes true seeing to see the what ought
to be, and the seer sees the what ought
to be. any of us saw it, and saw it
clearly, but now. the what ought to be
is coming up clearly as the what is,
and after the days of peace I expect
to see a league of nations, the strong
est, bravest, ablest, best, most human
and humane of all the peoples of the
earth. The only hope for a league of
nations for peace is that it shall be of
nations of such character and stripe
and caliber; and. thank God. it will be.
One word more: Sing unto the Lord
a new song for the valor and heroism,
and self-sacrificing of a free people. Oh,
it -is a new song. Never before did a
nation go out on so large and humane
and idealistic a work as has the United
States in this great war. America
went out primarily not to get anything
for herself, but to seek for others and
for herself, of course, as a part of man
kind, but to seek for men anywhere
and everywhere their deepest and tru
est rights. Never, never, never before
has there been anything like that in
the history of any nation or people,
und because that sacrifice, and service,
and heroism, and valor have been bo
marked and effective, the war is now
won. For. mark you. there is a very
real sense in which "the Yanks did It"
a very real sense. They did not do
such protracted and suffering fighting
as did the indomitable British and the
heroic Belgians, and as did those glo
rious Frenchmen, and those splendid
Italians. No. our boys were not there
so long, they did not suffer so much
nor have the losses and the strain,
but they brought in finally the lrreslst
able forces and turned the tide. "The
Yanks did it" I will tell you why: Be
cause this entire Nation of free people
declared themselves clearly, and then
gave themselves fully, with all their
resources, for the accomplishment of a
certain thing. And when that declara
tion was clearly made, and Germany
came to understand that the whole
American people had committed them
selves to this great programme oi
world democracy and for the break
down of autocracy and the defeat of
unrighteous force, when Germany knew
that all the resources of this people,
and the people themselves, were given
to this programme, and ball a, million
White Temple Sermon Will
Deal With World War.
Dr. William A. Waldo to Oeenpy
Pnlplt at Both Sei-rlcea.
DR. WILLIAM A. WALDO, pastor of
the White Temple, announces his
themes for Sunday.
In the morning he will preach on the)
subject "The Status of the Night of th
Closing Year." He will use the "nlghf
as an opportunity to deal with many
happenings during the last year, dwell
ing upon the facts of the baneful con
ditions of war and of the blessed Influ
ence of peace upon the earth.
In the evening he will speak on the
subject "The King of the Night or tho
Closing Year.v in scanning the year,
he will give the pre-eminence to Jesus
as Lord and Kino;, finding Deity en
throned in the affairs of everyday life
and particularly in human hearts.
The Temple Quartet will render mu
sic appropriate for the last Sunday of
the closing year.
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Rev. A. L. Hutchison, pastor of Pied
mont Presbyterian Church, will use for
his topic this morning at 11 o'clock.
"The Reckoning." At the service at
7:30 this evening his subject will be,
"The King's Fireman." Bible school
meets at 9:45. ' The women of the
church will serve New Tear's dinner in
the church on Wednesday from 3
o'clock until 7.
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Rev. Alexander Beers, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, will preach
this morning on "What Is a Scriptural
Revival?" In the evening the pastor
will preach on "Hindrances to a
Genuine Revival." These two sermona
will be the opening of a series of ser
mons -that the pastor has planned to
preach on the fundamental principles
underlying all true gospel work.
Cantata, "Son of the High
est," to Be Sung Tonight.
Choir of the Co-atral Presbyterian
Chairs, AsaUted by Stuart Mc
Guire. Will Reader Musical Fes
tare. THE Christmas cantata. "Son of the
Highest." by Birge, given by the
choir of Central Presbyterian Church,
assisted by Dr. Stuart McGuire. will bo
the feature of Sunday evening's serv
ice at Central Presbyterian Church at
7:30 o'clock.
Musical Director J. William Belcher
has been rehearsing the choir the past
month in preparation for the occasion.
The solos and chorus numbers to this
cantata are tuneful and can be enjoyed
by all. The Schubert Club also will
assist and sing one of the chorus num
bers, a trio for women's voices. There
also will be special music at the morn
ing service, when Rev. O. B. Pershing
will speak on "Men of Wisdom." '
W. D. Deaver. for the past 20 years
superintendent of Sunday school of the
old Hawthorne Park Presbyterian
Church, prior to its consolidation with
Central Church, has been compelled to
relinquish his office owing to frequent
absence from the city, and W. W. San
som. for many years assistant superin
tendent, has succeeded to the supcrin
tendency temporarily.
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The Realization League will be ad
dressed by Rev. H. Edward Mills at 11
o'clock and 8 o'clock today at the
league rooms. 186 Fifth street. Sub
jects: "Receiving the Christ" and "Be
ginning the New Year Right." During
the morning hour a service for the
children is conducted by Miss Margaret
Thomas.
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Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist,
announces a lecture on Christian
Science by John C. Lathrop. member of
the board of lectureship of the Mother
Church, the First Church of Christ,
Scientist. In Boston, Massachusetts, to
be given December 27. at 8 P. M., in
the auditorium of the James John High
School. Philadelphia and Syracuse
streets. Doors will be open at 7:30. Tho
public is Invited to attend.
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Atkinson Memorial Congregational
Church will have usual services at 11
A. M. and 7:30 P. M. today. Rev. J. Wil
liam Carson, of Seattle, will occupy
the pulpit at both services. Th Sun
day school meets at 9:45 A. M., and
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 P. M. Tho
annual meeting of the church for the
reports of departments will be held on
January I. The public is invited to all
these services.
C an k'ltnl on
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of them as a forecast landed over in
France, and then a half million more,
and then a half million more and then
800.000 more, and finally up to 2.250.ono,
and not alone that, but preceding them,
and following them, munitions, und
food, and relief, and comfort for all
who were suffering In every part of
Europe, when the enemy saw these
forces and got just a glimpse of the
resources, and knew the unfaltering
and unfailing purpose of a great free
people, the freest In the world, over
100.000.000 of them. Germany kr.ew it
was time to quit on any terms, aye. on
any terms. And. thank God. thoy were
allowed to quit on just and righteous
terms. And all the squeaking and
squalling and bawling of certain men
and women of Germany are beside tho
mark. The terms of armistice are just,
and right, and good, and they will h.
for the most human forces of all the
world have gotten this victory. And.
mark you. the truly human forces of
the world are nearest to God.
Oh, we talk of the allies, and we
name them. Listen, they are allied not
alone to one another, but they were al
lied to God. Whenever a person or a
people roes out to do the superbly
human thing anywhere, anywhere irt
God's world, that person is allied to
God. For God Is never so near as lie
Is to human need and human want;
and when this great, free American
people came in as one of the allies,
they came in with the full and supreme
purpose to serve humanity, and the
women at home, and the men, in their
Red Cross work, their food conserva
tion, their war work ministries and
giving for relief of all peoples every
where, they have shown a power, a
purpose, a resourcefulness, and a char
acter such as man had never before
manifested. The generosity, and good
will, and kindness, and sacrifice and
gifts of the American people have been
the amazement, and the glory of the
peoples of the earth. I say to you again
it Is God who hath gotten this great
victory. The forces that were at work
were under the impulse and touch of
God, and it was such forces in their
mighty form that finally Drought the
complete surrender.
And so today we sing a new song,
for God. the rlchteous one, hath gottt ii
the completest and fullest victory fur
human Interests and human rights that
the world has ever known. "Sing unto
the Lord a new eong."
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