THE STJXDAT OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 1, 1919.
JEWISH FESTIVAL TO BE CELEBRATED DURING THE WEEK
Confirmation Services Will Be Features of "Feast of Weeks" Convention Echoes to Be Heard in Portland Churches.
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S FECIAL festival services will be'
held in all Jewish houses of wor
ship on "Wednesday in celebration
of the Feast of Weeks or the Pentecost.
In orthodox synagogues further services
will also be held on Thursday. Services
at Temple Beth Israel will be held Tues
day at S o'clock and Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. At the confirmation
cervices on Wednesday morning a class
will be confirmed.
The Feast of Weeks derives its name
from the fact that the festival falls
eeven weeks or 5ti days after the be
ginning of the Passover festival. And
just as the Passover festival is the
precursor of Easter, so the Feast of
Weeks is the prototype of the Christian
feast of Pentecost which falls 60 days
after Easter. While the Feast of Weeks
was in Biblical times an agricultural
festival to celebrate the gathering of
the " wheat harvest and of the first
fruits, later tradition makes it the an
niversary of the giving of the Ten Com
mandments and the Law on Mt. Sinai.
Thus in the modern synagogue the an
. cient harvest festival has taken on an
liistorical character which gives it its
greatest significance in the ritual.
The Reform synagogue, stressing this
historical feature, which commemo
rates the dedication of the ancient
Israelites to the faith in one God and
to the highest morality, have introduced
the confirmation service in which the
youth of the congregation, who have
been specially instructed in their his
' tory and their faith, express before the
congregation their understanding of
and their loyalty to the religion of
their fathers, thus renewing the ancient
covenant made at Mt. Sinai. The chil
' dren are the center of interest in the
service and, to commemorate this
solemn event in their lives, are usually
the recipients of gifts and other social
B-ttentions.
The aftermath of two large national
conventions will be shared this week
by Portland churches of the Baptist
and Presbyterian denominations. Dele
pates from both churches included a
large number of laymen as well as
clergy. The Baptist laymen included a
number of women delegates. Those
who represented Portland at the na
tional assembly of the Presbyterian
church which ended May 23 in St.
Louis, were Rev. Boudinot Seeley, 454
Alder street; Rev. Arthur L. Hutchin
eon, 1206 Cleveland avenue; James K.
Kwin.cr, 454 Alder street, ant' Walter
Waugh, 2016 Sandy boulevard.
In attendance at the 3aptist northern
convention at Denver held at the same
time as the Presbyterian convention
were Dr. William A. Waldo, Dr. W. B.
Ilinson, Mrs. O. P. Jameson, J. W.
Stewart, Mrs. James Failing, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Teddy and Dr. O. C. Wright.
Luther League Holds Annual
Convention.
Address on "The Call of the Hour"
by V. W. Peterwa of Kelso.
rT)HE Oregon- and Washington Luther
. . X league met In annual convention
In Our Savior's Lutheran church, at
the corner of East Grand and Tenth
streets, with memorial services. Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock. Delegates
were in attendance from Silverton,
Chinook, Astoria, Canby and South
- Washington churches.
The memorial day programme was as
follows;
Invocation, Rev. Wilhelm Pettersen,
Gettysburg address, Thorleif Hansen;
anthem, Bethlehem church choir; Cava
' tina (Raff), Johan Eide; address. Rev.
George Henriksen, Silverton, Or.; bari
tone solo, Mr. Bert Norblad.
The convention held three sessions
Saturday. The convention annual ser
mon will he preached today at 11 A. M.
and at 8 P. M. there will be an address
by Professor Frank W. Peterson of
Kelso. Wash., high school, on "The,
Call of the Hour."
Sunday school will be held at 9:30
o'clock, the morning service an hour
later, and the evening service at 8
o'clock today at St. Paul's Lutheran
church, at East Twelfth and Clinton
fctreets. The pastor is Rev. A. Krause.
At the Willard-avenue Presbyterian
church Mrs. Myra Zehrung will report
DESIRE
Text: "Verily I pay unto you, whereso
ever this gospel shall be preached through
out the whole world, that also which this
woman hath done shall be upoken of for a
memorial of her." Malt. 26:13.
ONE of the noblest traits of human
nature is its desire to be remem
bered. The normal man shrinks
from the thought of oblivion. His
civilization is full of memorials. He
liimself not only wants to be remem
bered, but he is eager to remember
others. To this passion for perpetuity
we are indebted for the pyramid, the
Ftatue. and the cathedral. It is this
faculty of recollection that gives sig
nificance to the picture, the poem and
the flag. The Great Master himself
would live again in the minds and
hearts of his followers and so blessing
and distributing the bread and the wine
lie said: "This do in remembrance of
me." And when he came to express his
approval and appreciation for the over
flowing love of the woman with the
broken alabaster box, he appealed to
lier pure and innocent ambition to be
remembered and reared for her a monu
ment, saying, "Verily 1 say unto you,
wheresoever this gospel shall be
preached throughout the whole world,
that also which this rtman hath done
hall be spoken of for a memorial of
her."
And well it is that man should use
Jiis talent of memory. Otherwise he
might remain a perpetual infant.
Through this power of recollection he
is enriched with all the treasures in
the storehouse of yesterday and finds
himself a comrade to all the good and
the great who have gone before.
I'recious, then, are those days that are
dedicated to memory, reminding us
that others have labored and we have
entered into their labors! Beautiful and
very helpful is this custom of bringing
our flowers as the expression of our
gratitude for what we owe to those
whom we have loved and lost "awhile!
These beautiful tributes are not only
the monuments of an enduring love,
but rightly understood they become the
icolden chains that bind us to the very
throne of God. My friend, as you re
call how others ha-e sowed and you
today are reaping the harvest of their
sowing, break the alabaster box of your
nffection and pouring out your thanks-
-piving enroll yourself on God's cata
log of Immortals, even as Mary was en
rolled when Jesus said to her: "Where
roever this gospel shall be preached
.throughout the world, that also which
this woman hath done shall be spoken
ef for a memorial of her."
Memorials of Heart Greatest.
But while we are thinking at this
time of the power and glory of human
memory, particularly as manifested in
art and architecture, let us not forget
-that after all the greatest memorials
The Jewish Congregation Beth Israel,
12th and Main streets, reform syna
gogue, will hold services Friday even
ing at 8 o'clock and Saturday morning
et 10:30 o'clock. Dr. Jonah B. Wise
is rabbi. AH men and women are in
vited to these services.
on the national assembly at the morn
ing service at 11 o'clock and at' 8
o'clock in the evening a song service
by Professor J. A. Hollingworth, Assisted-
by Professor Davis and his
chimes will be held. "Why Be a Chris
tian?" is the topic of the sermonette
which will be preached by Rev. W. Lee
Gray.
Yakima Churches Discuss
Advisability of Union.
Congregationalisms and Methodists.
Preparing to Build Seriously Re
tard Co-operation.
YAKIMA. Wash.. May 31. (Special.)
Combination of the First Metho
dist and First Congregational churches
of this city for the erection of a mag
nificent community church are under
earnest discussion in both congrega
tions. Both churches have building
propositions on.
The Congregationalists. after dispos
ing of the church property which they
had occupied since early in the history
of the city, purchased a site and have
arranged to build a $45,000 church.
The Methodists have outgrown their
present house of worship, which they
built 14 years ago. and have formed
plana for a building to cost $100,000.
Both enterprises embody the "com
munity'' Idea, the plans calling for gym
nasiums, recreational and educational
rooms, etc.
Those favoring a combination of
forces argue that the joint resources
of the two churches would secure a
larger and better equipped building.
Apparently the strongest sentiment in
favor of the plan, however, grows out
of a desire to see an attempt made at
united, or at least co-operative, church
work.
Old Songs Will Be Sung in
Hotel Lobby.
WUbur Methodist rbnrch Plans Pa
triotic Community Service.
PLANS are completed for the final
community service of this spring
by the Wilbur Methodist church in the
lobby of the Multnomah hotel tonight.
Professor William Mansel Wilder, di
rector of the quartet, has some pleas
ing features and songs that will be in
troduced. The fireside melodies will
be led by a double quartet stationed
about the piano on the lobby floor
within sight of the entire mezzanine
occupants.
Veterans of the civil war, and heroes
of the Spanish-American war and the
world war are cordially invited to share
In this patriotic community service.
The offering will be divided equally be
tween the Children's home and the
Deaconess home.
"I can hardly wait for Sunday even
ing to come as I'm so anxious to hear
the folks sing those old songs, 'Down
Upon the Swanee River," "The Long,
Long Trail," etc., said Dr. Short, the
pastor.
Walter Jenkins, leader of the choir,
will conduct a song-service at the be
ginning of the evening service at the
Rose City Presbyterian church. The
evening sermon will be the second in a
series on the life of Joseph, the most
modern man of the ancients. 'In the
morning Dr. Milligan will preach on
"The Effect of the War Upon the
Church as an Institution.
Rev. George Henriksen of Silverton
will preach at Our Savior's Lutheran
church. East Grant and Tenth streets,
at 11 A. M. Visiting pastors who are
in the city attending the Luther
league convention will take part in
the services. The choir will render
special music, J. T. Ellinglo taking the
solo part. The convention will close
with the evening sermon, when Miss
Anna Sollie of Canby will read a paper
on "The Church and the War" and
Professor Frank W. Peterson speak on
"The Call of the Hour."
TO BE REMEMBERED IS
Memorial Day Sermon Preached by Rev. Harold H. Griffis, Pastor of
in this world are not the memorials of
wood and granite, but the memorials of
the heart. Mary's monument was her
deed itself with all its wealth of loyalty
and thoughtfulness and thanksgiving.
Her name has not been carved in stone
or written in brass, but today in the
very center of the world's heart and
life stands her monument the fadeless
grandeur of an unselfish love.
Friends, we too will have our
memorials. Some of them no doubt will
be made of polished marble, while the
others will consist only of crude wooden
markers. Many of us will find our last
resting places in handsome mausoleums,
others perhaps will lie in nameless
graves, unhonored and unsung. But
whatever may be our lot, let us be
thankful for the assurance that these
are not the only memorials that are
possible to mortal beings. The most
valuable and most suggestive things
that we may leave behind us are not
material things, but the things of the
spirit. Even these material things in
the form of flower or flag or shaft
have significance only as they are the
embodiments of spiritual ideas. Then
let us think for a few moments of some
of these greater monuments of human
life monuments that live within the
reach of us all.
Words Constitute Memorials.
To begin with, I would have you no
tice that our words constitute a memo
rial. We shall live in the lives of the
generations to come through the pur
pose and quality of our speech. His
tory shows that the issues of life and
death may lie in the tongue. Often
times what neither the pen nor the
sword can do, it is given the speak
ing voice to accomplish. We have been
reminded that the Protestant reforma
tion represented not only the light
ning of Luther's thought," but also
the thunder of Luther's throat. Point
ing to the possibilities of conversation
the inspired writer has said: "So the
tongue also is a little member and
boasteth great tidings. Behold how
much wood is kindled by how small a
fire!" Happy, indeed, would all of us
be if we only had the power to revoke
some of our words:
I shot an arrow Into the air;
It fell to earth, I know not where.
For, as swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in Its flight.
I breathed a. sons; Into the air:
It fell to earth, I know not where.
For who has sight ao keen and stronc
That It can follow the flight of sons;.
Lonr, Ions; afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke:
And the sone, from beginning: to end,
I found again In the heart of a friend.
Men and women, let us cultivate the
ministry of helpful speech, and with our
words build monuments that shall
brighten and bless. Let ns remember
that people cannot be scolded into love
PORTLAND CLERGY AND LAYMEN RETURN FROM PRESBYTERIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HELD
IN ST. LOUIS AND FROM BAPTIST (NORTHERN) CONVENTION HELD AT DENVER.
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Dr. Boyd to Continue ' His
Ministry Until July 13.
Tonight's Topic Is "Tke Call of the
Dead to the Living;."
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R. JOHN H. BOYD, D. D.. the pastor,
Presbyterian church, both morning and
evening. The evening service will be
the address given in the Tacoma sta
dium Memorial day. entitled "The Call
of the Dead to the Living."
The presbytery of Portland will meet
June 10, at which time the resigna
tion of Dr. Boya as Dastor of the First
Presbyterian church will be presented
and accepted, thereby dissolving his
pastoral relations with that church.
Arrangements have been made with Dr.
Boyd, by the jiession of the church,
however, to continue his ministry until
after the communion service, July 13.
The bible classes of Mrs. Helen Ekin
Starrett and J. J. Ross will be led to
day by Mrs. Starrett, the subject being
"The Undying Fire."
The Warren bible class will have the
second of a series of talks by Mrs. A.
L. Ford-Warren on "Leadership for
Christian Work."
Lieutenant B. M. Benson will talk
to the men of H. C. Ewing's bible class
at 12:15, on his experiences In training
camps in France, as an artillery officer.
Great preparations are being made
by the Sunday school for the gradua
tion exercises on Children's day, June
15. All departments will unite in the
main auditorium and there will be spe
cial exercises. The primary depart
ment will graduate 50 pupils, and the
junior department 56.
Rev. Levi Johnson again will be the
speaker at the men's resort meeting
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. A com
munity sing, the Laughton orchestra
and a solo by R. Desmond will be the
musical part.
A concert will be given at the resort
Wednesday. June 4, at 8 P. M. In honor
of Dr. Boyd. Musicians from the ship
yards will take part and solos by Miss
lline Dunbar and Mary E. Mullan will
be given.
This morning in Mount Tabor Presby
terian church there will be held a spe
cial mother and daughter service as
the climax to the mother and daughter
banquet held Wednesday night. Ser
mon, "Great Mothers of the Bible and
Their Message to You."
Evening service will feature the
moving picture film "The Holy City."
Miss Lorraine Lee will sing "The Holy
City." Sermon "The Holy City."
Mizpah Presbyterian church will hold
regular services morning and evening
today. Dr. Arthur F. Bishop will pleach
at 11 o'clock on "The Optimism of
Jesus" and at 8 P. M.. "Some Reasons
for Leading a Christian Life." Good
music by the choir will be furnished.
nor scourged Into goodness. What lash
ings can never do, firm but gentle
words may easily accomplish. Espe
cially In these days of political up
heaval and social unrest, let us refrain
from complaint and fault-finding and
intemperate talk and give ourselves
more fully to the constructive task
of promoting human brotherhood. What
society needs now is not blows and
criticism, but kindness and encourage
ment.
Again, our gifts constitute one of
life's memorials. We are going to be
remembered by the way in which we
have helped others with our substance.
Jesus said: "Make to yourselves friends
with the mammon of unrighteousness
that they may receive you Into eternal
tabernacles."
The world war has given new mean
ing to stewardship. Citizens have been
learning that they have no absolute
moral right to say of their wealth,
"This Is my own and I will do with it
as I please." On the contrary, life to
them has taken on a new zest because
they have found that humanity is
greater than property and that It is
more blessed to give than to receive.
Over against the Judas spirit, with its
avaricious protest, "To what purpose is
this waste?" we behold today the beau
tiful spirit of Mary, the spirit of sac
rificial devotion, the spirit that utters
its great living in its great giving.
In the face of millions upon millions
of men, women and children who have
given their lives, their fortunes and
their all that civilization might not
be turned into the jungle, who are we
or what are we that we should with
hold from suffering humanity our pal
try dollars? Strictly speaking, no man
these days owns his money he owes it.
When we stop to think of the heroic
dead, of the maimed living, of those
who wear soul scars which time can
never heal, surely we cannot suppress
the feeling .that "we are not our own,
for we have been bought with a price."
Gladly, then, let us bring the alabas
ter boxes of our generosity and empty
ing their contentF on the brow of a sor
rowing world acknowledge our grati
tude and our fealty to these worthy
masters of us all. For
He to dead whose hand ia not open wlCe
To help the needs of a human brother;
He doublea the length of his lifelong ride
Who gives his fortunate place to another.
And a thousand million Uvea are hla
Who carriea the world In hla sympathies.
To give Is to live! To deny la to die!
Personal Service Brings Honor.
Again, our personal service consti
tutes one of life's memorials. The
place that we shall hold in the memory
of our friends will be determined in no
small degree by the amount of time
and thought and talent that we shall
have devoted to some worthy and un
selfish cause. Jesus made this personal
service the final lest of human great
uess, saying to his disciples, "Whoso
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1 Mrs. O. P. Jamison, delesrate to Den
ver convention. -Dr William A.
Waldo, pastor of White Temple, who
attended Baptist convention. 3 James
K. Kwlag:, layman who represented
Portland at Presbyterian national
convention. 4 Dr. iloudlnot Seeley.
delcfpate at St. Louis convention.
'Christ's League of Nations,"
Rev. Griffis' Topic.
Itellsrloos Slsrntfleance of Proposed
World Alliance to Be Shown.
REV. HAROLD H. GRIFFIS will oc
cupy his pulpit at the First Chris
tian church, corner of Park and Colum
bia, today, both In the morning at 11
o'clock and in the evening at 7:45 P. M.
At the morning service special con
sideration will be given to the religious
significance of the proposed world al
liance, the subject of the sermon being
"Christ's League of Nations."
At the evening hour the pastor will
speak on "Three Kinds of Wisdom,"
the service beginning with the adminis
tration of the ordinance of baptism.
Tuesday the women of the Church
Sisterhood, representing all districts of
the city, will hold their quarterly
business and social session with lunch
eon at the noon hour. -
This church will be host to all the
Christian Endeavorers of Portland
Tuesday evening In the May meeting
of the Christian Endeavor congress.
ever would become great among you i
shall be your minister, and whosoever
would be first among you shall be your
servant, even as the Son of Man came
not to be ministered unto, but to mln- '
ister. and to give his life a ransom for
many."
The truest citizen In any community
is that individual who renders the com
munity the greatest amount of personal
and unselfish service. We talk about
our "honored" or "prominent" citizens,
but let us make sure that the honor or
prominence is based not on money or
fashion or culture but on personal de
votion to the common welfare. What
we need is a reappraisement of public
merit. The mere possession of money
or education without the willingness to
help others should not be placed to any
man's credit, but. on the contrary,
should become hla everlasting disgrace.
We have seen something of the beauty
of this Individualized helpfulness In the
demands of the European war. During
this conflict every one was put under
the law of service, from the newsboy
on the street corner to the president of
the White House. Our American re
public itself was among the nations of
the earth as one who served. Because
It fought not for property or power but
for humanity, America has come out of
the war with a glory which time can
never dim.
Deathless Example Bequeathed.
The men who sleep In Flanders fields
have bequeathed to us not only the
priceless heritage of democracy, but
also that greater boon which is funda
mental to democracy itself the death
less example of an unselfish devotion.
And in this period of reconstruction,
so critical with tha issues of liberty and
authority, of manhood and money, of
labor and capital, let us be assured that
it Is only the same spirit of personal
sacrifice, once so respnendent in win
ning the victories of war, that can now
solve the problems of our peace. We
have reached an age when the salvation
of human society must rest on a citi
zenship that shall think less of Its
privileges and more of its responsl
billttea. less of its rights and more of
Its duties. There is a certain church
which undertakes to immortalize its
deceased worshipers by canonizing them
as saints, but what we need today is not
the sainthood of a dead ecclesiastlclsm,
but the sainthood of a living service.
The sweetest Uvea are those to service wed.
Whose deeds both great and small
Are close-knit atrande of an unbroken
thread.
Where love ennobles alt.
The world may found no trumpet, ring no
bells:
The book of life the shining record tells.
Thy love shall chant Its own beatitudes.
After Its own life working.
Character a Fundamental Reality.
But there is one more memorial that
T would not have you overlook. It In
both the source and the summary uf
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Adventists' Annual Camp
Meeting Opens June 3.
Whole Thirteen Days to B Devoted
to Spiritual Interests.
THE annual campmeeting of the
western Oregon conference of Seventh-day
Adventists will ' be held In
Creston Park beginning June 3 and
continuing to June 15.
All the tents are pitched and the fin
ishing touches only are being given.
The large pavilion tent will seat 2500
people. Besides this, large tents have
been erected for the youtha' and chil
dren's meetings; In fact, everything has
been done to make the campmeetlng
the very best that has ever been held
In the state of Oregon.
The 225 family tents already erected
are not sufficient to accommodate all
who will be in attendance, necessitating
the securing of many rooms in the
neighborhood.
Meals are to be served on the cafe
teria plan in the large dilng tent, and
grocery store with city prices has
also been erected and is already doing
business.
No conference session will be held at
this meeting; the whole 13 days of the
campmeeting will be devoted to spir
itual interests, each evening service
being specially set apart to the visiting
public.
Many phases of Bible, truth will be
presented at the three preaching cerv
ices daily, and the second coming of
Christ in the light of the great world
problems of today will be studied.
Professor W. W. Prescott. field secre
tary of the world's conference. Wash
ington, D. C, will attend the meeting.
ir. t-rescott is just back in the home
land after two years' extensive travel
in the Orient. Under the direction of
the general conference committee the
professor has been visiting the various
headquarters and mission stations of
the Orient, and his sojourn in the camp
is looked forward to as a great Inspira
tion to the people In the cause of mis
sionary endeavor.
Professor M. E. Kern, general confer
ence secretary young people'a mission
ary volunteer department. Washington,
D. C is coming to the meeting. He
will take charge of the cervices in the
interests of the youth, which are a very
special feature of every campmeeting
new djt teventn-iay Adventists.
Many other prominent speakers will
be present, and all the ministers and
workers of the western Oregon confer
ence.
Everything 1s being done to make the
public specially welcome, and each
evening service will be made tremen
dously interesting to them.
The opening service will be Tuesday
evening. June 3, at 8 o'clock. A chorus
of -about 100 voices is being organized
The campground is on the line of
the Mount Scott car service.
Dr. Byron J. Clark, pastor of the
First United Brethren church, corner
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them all. Our lives are perpetuated t
not oniy oy our words and our girts
and our personal service, but also by
tnat indefinable yet fundamental real
ity which we call our character. It Is
not so much what we have or what
we appear or even what we achieve,
but what we are in the deepest
thoughts and feelings and impulses of
the soul that builds our monument.
Lmerson says that there was a cer
tain power in Lincoln. Washington and
Burke not to be explained by their
words or their deeds. Lincoln the man
was inexpressibly finer than anything
ne ever said or did. As the poet Is
more than the songs he sings, as the
architect of more than the temple he
rears, so man Is more than the books
or business he fashions. The one essen
tial difference between people is a dif
ference of character. An evil heart Is
just as repulsive in broadcloth as in
rags, while among the immortals there
may be diversities of gifts, but there
Morale of Army Its SooL
It is character that makes an army.
We call it morale. Swords, guns, am
munition, uniform, organization these
furnish the body of an army, but
morale is the soul that makes it throb
and thrill with life. The glory of the
American army lay not in its material
equipment, but in its morale. In a
similar way it is character and not
accouterment that glorifies the Indi
vidual. Society may admire its schol
ar, its statesman, its warrior, but so
ciety reveres and loves its hero whose
power is clothed with goodness. No
scene of earth is half so fair as the
temple of a man's soul adorned Indeed
with all the graces and knowledge and
learning, but also hewn out of the rock
of integrity.
Therefore, my friend, with all thy
building, build character. It is the
one form of possession where your ten
ure is secure. It is the one memorial
of life where your Influence Is ever
lasting. There is only one thing which
a man is never compelled to lay aside
in this world, and that Is himself. He
takes his own qualities of mind and
heart, his own measure of character,
with him wherever he, goes, and in
that fact lies his highest reward or his
severest penalty. Then
Build thee more stately mansions, O zny
soul.
As the awlft seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last.
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more
vast
Till thou at length art free.
Onr Lives Our Monuments.
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's un
resting sea.
Stimulating. indeed, then, is this
thought of God's recognrtlon of life's
higher memorials. "Verily I say unto
you. wheresoever thin gospel shall be
preached throughout the whole world.
of East Fifteenth and Morrison streets.
will begin a, series of popular Sunday
evening lectures in his church as fol
lows: This evening's topic is "Bible
Knots." He will endeavor In this lec
ture to answer objections and untangle
the knotty questions of the Bible. Next
Sunday evening his lecture will be on
"Barnacles." This deals with issues
right up to date that effect the com
munity, the nation and the church. On
June 15 he will lecture on "The Bui.
sard's Brood, or Poverty, Drunkenness,
immorality and Crime." Sunday night.
June 22, on "The Man That Is a Man."
a study in character.
Cleveland Bishop Visits
Evangelical Churches.
Tare
Larce Meetlnira of Welcome
Arranged for Today.
B1
ISHOP G. HEINMULLER. E. D.. of
Cleveland, O., is making an Epis
copal itinerary In the coast states.
Washington. Oregon and California,
holding conferences and making gen
eral inspection of the condition of the
church. He will be the guest of the
Evangelical church of this city over
this Sabbath, and will preach at the
First Evangelical church. Tenth and
Clay streets, at 11 A. M. A general
mass meeting Is arranged for him at
3 P. M. at the Evangelical church in
Ladd's field. Sixteenth and Poplar
streets. In theevening he will preach
at- the Lents Evangelical church at 8
o clock.
These meetings. It Is expected, will
be well attended, especially the mass
meeting in the afternoon, which was
particularly arranged in the interest
of effecting an organic union between
the two churches. Both churches are
looking forward to the general confer
ences In October next, that the details
which are being worked out by com
missions of the church shall be com
pleted and an organic union effected.
Bishop Helnmuller Is a strong man in
his church, having filled many promi
nent positions professor of theology,
editor for many years, president of the
Parents' Missionary society and Young
reople s alliance. He has also made
extensive official trips Into the orient
and South America in the interest of
the church. He now enjoys the highest
position within the gift of his church.
Pastor Will Ask Congregation
to Support Boy Scouts.
Features of Services Sunday. Jane ft.
Will Be Laaa in Uniform With Ba
ffles. PASTORS in churches all over Oregon
will be asked to devote part ot
their services on Sunday, June 8. to
asking support of tneir congregations
ror the drive for associate members
of the Boy Scouts of America. Oregon's
quota of the national goal of 1,000.000
members is 5S0O, of which Portland
must provide 3000. The Rotary club
of Portland will put workers into the
field to obtain the members under the
direction of Edward Cooklngham. state
chairman. County chairmen have been
named for Oregon by William G. Mc
Adoo. national chairman of the cam
paign. Features of the services on June 8,
or In Jewish churches on June 7, will
be the appearance of Boy Scouts in
uniform at the churches, where they
will recite the Scout oath, after which
buglers will sound the call to colors
and the audiences will be asked to Join
in pledging allegiance to the flag.
The purpose of the drive is to obtain
funds from adults at SI each to carry
on and extend the Scout movement Into
every community of the nation where
live, red-blooded American boys are
without Scout leadership. The drive will
prove to the lads who served so faith
fully in liberty loan and Red Cross
drives that their grown-up neighbors
appreciated their efforts in patriotic
service.
All funds taken in for associate
memberships will be sent to national
headquarters, cost of conducting the
local campaign being cared for by
f i lends of the organisation.
Following the launching of the cam
paign in the churches June 7 and 8,
workers from the Rotary club and
TRAIT OF MAN
of Portland.
that also which this woman hath done
shall be spoken of for a memorial of
her." In this attitude of Christ toward
Mary's gift we find a clew to the
heart of the eternal. A beautiful deed,
like Mary's, Is unspeakably precious In
the eye of God, and through his won
drous providence such loyalty as hers
becomes Itself a broken vase whose
perfume shall exhale sweetness to the
end of time.
Today, as we think of memorials
that shall be worthy of our dear and
heroic dead, let us recall the Immor
tality of this good woman of Bethany
and find inspiration in the thought
that through our affection and grati
tude the lives of our departed loved
ones themselves are their own truest
memorials "after their own lives
working." Some one traveling through
England became troubled because he
saw nowhere a monument to William
Shakespeare, but soon ha was remind
ed by a loyal Englishman that such a
memorial was unnecessary, for so long
ss the English language should endure
Shakespeare would be his own monu
ment. And so it is with the heroes of
our love and faith. In the sight of
our heavenly father an enduring recol
lection belongs to every faithful serv
ant of righteousness, from the highest
to the lowest. They are immortal, be
cause they are enshrined in the recog
nition of God and iu the fidelity of
Christian hearts.
Self-Saerlfiee !Vot Forgotten.
Three days before the Germans killed
him a French lad wrote to his father:
"You know, daddy, that I am ready to
CIVIC FORUM TONIGHT
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Corner Park and Madison Streets
7:45 o'CIock
Governor Ben W. Olcott
WILL SPEAK ON
"THE JUNE ELECTION"
Community Singing of Popular Songs
OPEN FORUM AFTER THE ADDRESS
Do You Want to Vote Intelligently Next Tuesday?
Then Come and Hear the Governor
DOORS OPEN AT 7:15
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women, directed by Mrs. Sarah A.
Evans, will take tha field and the drive
will continue until the quota ia ex
ceeded. "The Church and Reconstruction" wUl
bo the subject this morning of Rev.
Edward Constant at the Highland Con
gregational church. In the evening
Rev. R. M. Jones will speak on "Work
for the Peace of the World." This will
be an address dealing with the pro
posed league of nations and other
agencies for the promotion of peace.
...
The First Spiritual church, at East
Seventh and Hassalo streets, and of
which Rev. A. Scott Bledsoe Is pastor,
wiil hold services at 3 o'clock this aft
ernoon and 8 o'clock this evening. Mrs.
A. Scott Bledsce will conduct the mes
sage service. New members will re
ceive the hand of fellowship at the
evening service.
Sen-Ices will be held at Universal
Messianic church at 11 A. M. and 8
P. M. today. The subject for this morn
ing will be "Success in Failure." Study
classes meet on Wednesday evenings
at 8 o'clock. All services are held In
room 318 Abington building.
At the Comforter Truth Center there
will be a service at 8 o'clock this even
ing. The Sunday morning service and
the Thursday evening healing meeting
will be discontinued until furtther
notice.
Julia Ward Howe Centenary
WilL Be Observed.
Rev. Robert Murray Pratt Will
Speak on "The Eleventh Hoar."
Lovers of Julia Ward Howe will find
an inspiring programme at the Pilgrim
Congregational church this morning.
The pastor of the church. Rev. Robert
Murray Pratt, will deliver an address
in observance of the centenary of this
public-spirited woman based upon "The
Eleventh Hour."
The Sunday evening congregation
will be addressed by Secretary L B.
Rhodes of the Y. M. C. A., who will
speak of his personal experiences in
France. Special music will be ren
Jered at each service. The Christian
Endeavor society and the Knights of
the White Cross, organizations of Pil
grim young people, will jointly present
a "circus" at the church on Wednesday
evening, June 4. Boy minstrels will be
an attraction.
At the First Congregational church.
Park and Madison streets, at 11 A. M..
Rev. W. W. Willard. acting pastor,
will speak on "The Glory of the Com
monplace." The Bible school meets at
9:46 A. M. under the direction of J. L.
Bowlby, the superintendent. Amicitiae
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 P. M-. with
Caroline McEwen as leader, and the
subject, "Our Relation to God In Rev
erance and Public Worship." will be
considered.
Governor Olcott will address the
Sunday evening civic forum in the
First Congregational church tonight at
7:45 on "The June Election." Preced
ing the address there will be a period
of community singing under the direc
tion of Lucien Becker. The closing
will be an open forum for questions
from the floor.
The third sermon In the series on
"Christian Unity," namely, "The Society
of Friends. So-called Quakers," will be
given by Dr. Thomas L. Eliot at the 11
A. M. service today at the Church of
Our Father, Broadway and Yamhill.
The sermon on The Presbyterian
Church." postoponed from May 25, will
be given on June 15 In combination
with "The Congregational Churches."
The open forum will be intermitted for
the summer months."
Dr. W. B. H in son will preach at the
East Side Baptist church. East Twen
tieth and Salmon streets, both morning
and evening. At 11 his subject will be
"The Greatest Question Ever Asked."
and at 8 he will preach on "The Great
est Question Answered." The ordinance
of the Lord's supper will be observed
at the morning service. Dr. Hinson re
turned yesterday from the northern
Baptist convention at Denver, where he
preached five times In the First Bap
tist church and the Galilee church to
oncludd on Pave lt.l
go. because, for me, the beauty of life
Is much more than life itself." Lying
fatally wounded in a hospital in France
an English boy sent his last message
to his mother: "Tell her that I am not
afraid to die; I have found Christ. It
Is great to die for freedom." and then
pointing to his wounded head he whis
pered: "Yes. it is battered and broken,
but it will be all right when I get the
crown."
Friends, as we listen to such senti
ments as these and remember that the
self-sacrifice revealed therein was
poured out for you and me, shall we
not build to these heroic spirits an im
perishable memorial out of the appre
ciation and thanksgiving and loyalty
of our deepest souls?
Yea. let us build our own memorials
by resolving that we shall be so wor
thy of these dead that they shall not
have died in vain and in answer to
their mute prayer uttered in Flanders
fields dedicate ourselves here and now
more unreservedly to the same glori
ous cause for those who have given
their lives and their all.
In Flanders fields the popples blow
Between the crosees. row and row.
That mark our place, and In the aky
Tha larks, still bravely aingrng. fly.
Scare heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow;
Loved and were loved, and cow wa lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch be yours to hold it high.
If vou break faith with us who die
i We shall not sleep, tho' popples grow
' Tn Flw"ler fielfls,
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