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( 6 T1TE SUNDAY OREGOAX, PORTLAND, ' JULY - '13,' 1919. DEPARTURE OF DR. JOHN H. BOYD FEATURE OF COMING WEEK Portland Welcoming Dr. William T. McElveen of New York, .Who Is Filling Pulpit of the First Congregational Church. Topics of Sermons in United Brethren Churches Given. Dr. Bnn J. Clark 'Will Talk ai Thm Departure af tka Church." DR. BYRON J. CLARK, pastor of the I First United Brethren church, Flf- I teenth and East Morrison streets, will THE departure of tr. John H. Boyd from the pastorate of the First Presbyterian churqh to the homl litlcs chair of the McCormlck Seminary in Chicago will be one of the dominant featares of this week not only for the church world but also for the entire city. Dr. Boyd has made a large place for himself in the community during his eight years' residence here. His name has been prominent not only in reli gious affairs of his own denomination and other churches but also in connec tion with civic life. He has placed him . self with a small body of citizens who have consistently and constantly fought for better public school condi tions. As a member of the Rotary club and other business clubs of Portland he has stood for larger and more hu manitarian projects in which the busi ness and professional men have Inter ested themselves. (Socially he has been widely known and. loved. Numerous protests have been made address his congregation Sunday morn- throughout the city since his resigna- lng on the very interesting subject, tlon from the First Presbyterian pas- "The Departure of the Church." His torate became known. Gradually it be- evening theme will be "Escape for Thy -'- vnn-n that ha was arolnr not I Life. Special music, under the airec- - M.itinn of arrester lalarv but to I tlon of Professor W. H. Moore, will be nrw - ,hi,-h h. would receive 12000 I rendered at both services. ' a year less compensation but where he. At Second United Brethren church, himif m convinced ha would be Twenty-seventh and Sumner streets. able to do greater good. Neverthe- the pastor. Rev. Ira Hawley, will less his departure from Portland is I preach at the morning hour on the marked with sadness by many friends. I subject. "Good Deeds Are Always Re- rr Rovt will leave Portland with nisiwaraea: Jesus said so. me topic iot family by motor Thursday. They, will I the evening discourse will be "The to bv wav of Yellowstone park. I 'Be Not Afraid' From the Lord Is Suf- At iha name time Portland is bidding I ficienL' farewell to Jr. Boyd it is welcoming I The Sunday morning service at the ' Dr. William Tr-ilcElveen of New York. I Third United Brethren church. Slxty who for three Sundays commencing I seventh street and Thirty-second ave julr i Is filling the pulpit of the First I nue southeast, will be conducted by Congregational church. I Rev. C. T. Whittlesey of Philomath col- Rev. McElveen is a former newspaper I lege. His subject will be "The Philo- - cits. For a number of years he was a I math College Forward Campaign." In reoarter and space writer on the New I the evening the pastor. Rev. E. O. Shep- Tork Herald, doing this work to pay I herd, will preach on the theme, "Seek, expenses while he. prepared for an- I is snail find. other vocation. Graduating irom mo University of New -York, from wmcn , guidance of Dr W W. Wiliiard of Los PORTLAND MINISTERS CHOOSE OFFICERS FOR INTER-CHURCH FEDERATION AND NEW YORK PAS- the Ust six months. During This tlmt TOR COMES TO PREACH THREE SUNDAYS AT THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. it has established a public forum which has been opened to the public for the frank discussion of political, social and religious topics. The forum has met with decided success. - At the First Congregational ehnrch Dr. William T. McElveen of New York city will preach at the morning service at 11-o'clock on "The Perfecting Power of Patience." and the evening service at 7:45. "Knowing God and Doing Exploits." Dr. Boyd Will Preach Fare well Sermons Today. Service Will Close Ministry af Eight Years In Portland. T the First Presbyterian church, L corner Twelfth and Alder streets. the pastor. Rev. John H. Boyd, D. D., will preach two farewell sermons, as this Is his last Sunday in Portland. I With these services Dr. Boyd closes a ministry of eight years In Portland, a Rev. C. P. Blanchard. naator of the I ministry of exceptional power and In -f.... .nn.iinii he received the Ph. D. I Fourth United Brethren church. Tre- I fluence. H.rr,. and from Union Theological I mont station, will preach Sunday morn-1 Tne services today will mark the ..m.rf a nostorate In I Ins: on the theme "The Preacher in the close of an active ministry of 11 years t-ew York City and stayed long enough Bible Who Took a Vacation." The sub- Dr. Boyd. He left the Princeton m kniin rnimnod ous butiaing. iie jeci tor ui evening service win uouSiuu jb h auu ih.n uiini hv the denomination of I "The Philomath College Forward Cam-I served small parishes In Mississippi. i..rir to combine two Conrrea-attonal palgn." This will be under the direc- Since that time he has served four churches In Brooklyn. This United Con- tlon of Rev. C W. Whittlesey of Phllo-I cnurcnes only. Charlotte. N. C. Evans- gregatlonal church was the church I matn. or. from which the late Dr. Dyott came to Portland. I TJIvlne Ideals and Practices In Life Because he accomplished this com-I That Make for Humanity and Justice" blnatlon job ho was called to the paa- I will be the subject of the sermon at torate of one of the famous old I St. James Lutheran church by Rev. churches of Boston, the Shawmut I V llltam E. Brtnkman today at 11 church. Shawmut was the Indian name I o'clock. The Sunday school will hold for Boston. It means "Everlasting I its session at 1:60 A. M. The evening KDrins-." When Dr. McElveen assumed I service ana tne LUtner Hague devo- the nastorate the church was accus- nonai meeting win do ommea tms tomerf to close two months every sum- I month and August. A principal and mer. but he insisted that a church that alternate delegate will be elected to- I s sStel-IVS Subject of Lesson-Sermon 1 ing will be "The Place of Faith in the A. M. Rev. T. M. Minard Is pastor. Rev. Programme of Life." At Centenary Methodist Episcopal, corner East Ninth and East Pine streets, the pastor. Dr. J. C Rollins, will speak at 11 o'clock on "Worth-While Attain ments." At S o'clock there will be an important platform meeting with sev eral prominent speakers. "A State Wide Programme" will be the theme. Excellent music is promised. Communion Services to Be Held in Christian Science Churches. ton. 111., Detroit. Mich., and Portland, I Or. Dr. Boyd was born 58 years ago In the state of Mississippi, was edu cated at Clarksville university, darks vine, TeniL, and Princeton seminary. Some of the features of his ministry are: The construction of an $80,000 church house which has been paid for, I leaving the church entirely free from I debt; the Increase of the membership of the church from 1465 to 2382, and the increase in the enrollment of the wlinamei Everlssting Spring should day by the congregation to attend the Su"d"v 8c,ho1 ,f rora 998 "7 , it roma, to he an I synoaicai convention In .Everett. Wash.. e very-day church. Dr. McElveen stayed JuJyls-SO. He servea on tne "Does Death End All?" to Be Discussed by Dr. Hinson. During the eight years that Dr. Boyd has been with the First Presbyterian church. 2082 persons have united with the church. 773 on profession and 1310 on certificate. Topic In Boston ten years. Boston school board and wrote the weekly review for the Boston Tran script. He was the teacher of the large ly attended temple teachers' training class. The average attendance at this class was about $00. It met every Sat urday afternoon. During this period he declined a call to the Plymouth church of Seattle, the 1'nion Park church of Chicago, the and the Plymouth church of Worces- at II and S. In the morning his f"". " ,e " meetin at 7 o clock ter. Mass. Finallv he listened to the I theme will be "Does Death End All?-1 call of the Congregational church of I anf in the evening he will speak on Rer. J. K. Thomas, pastor - of the Calvary Baptist, church at East Eighth and Grant streets, will preach at 11 o'clock this morning on "The Gospel of Christ: What It Is; What It Can Do. At 8 o clock he will speak on "Getting Sunday school will be at the East Side Baptist church. I 9:50 o'clock this morning and the Hew I Shoald Like Die.1 ef Evealag S pvR. W. B. HINSON will preach today Rid of God.' LJ at "How I Should Like to Die." Next Sunday will be Dr. Robert H. MIlllKan s last before erolna- on his v in spite or the warm weather there I cation, which he will spend on Puget Is no slackening of interest In the en- I sound. During the pastor's absence the gagements of the church and spiritual Sunday evening service will be omit seal Is being maintained at a high ted. The pulpit will be adequately sup level. One hundred and seventy-five plied for the morning service. Walter people attended last week's prayer Hardwlck is directing the singing in meeting. The young people held a I place of waiter Jenkins while tne lat most Impressive service a week ago, I ter Is taking a vacation. when their new officers were installed; I The subject of the sermon Sunday they have received nearly 60 new mem- I morning will be "Rest." The subject bers into their society In the last six of the evening sermon will be "Joseph months. I and Jacob." This will close the series Dr. Hinson preaches at 1:30 today at I of evening sermons on "The Life and tne Gladstone Chautauqua, and epeaks I Character of Joseph. tnere every day this coming week from 10 to II. Deep Interest la being shown I At the Calvary Presbyterian church. In these addresses. I corner Eleventh and Clay, Rev. Warren H. Landon. D. D.. president of San The Paclflo T.nthamn mirnnA mwtA . I 1k-n1iM-1 - ill In the first year of its life it ministered women's Home and Foreign Missionary conduct the services at 10:30 In the society oi me synod, representing the morning and at 1:45 P. M. racuic norinwesi aistrict or tne re cently organized United Lutheran Church of America, will hold its annual convention in the English Lutheran ch urch At Everett. "Wf six h . Jtilv i fiA French, first aid. and Europeon his- The Rev. William E. Brlnbmui tory. Dr. McElveen conducted a weekly I of St. James Lutheran church of Port- current events class in which the sol- I land, will attend the convention. Th dlers and sailors were Instructed as Pacific synod covers the territory of pal church, corner of East Stark and to the significance of contemporary Oregon. Washington and British Co- Sixty-first streets, of which E. Olin events. I lumbia. The theological seminary of KiMriH. i nar rv SnnHm .111 Dr. McElveen preaches at the First I the Pacific synod is located in Seattlo. I x. k-u Pr..ki.. 11 1 m Congregational church today, in the Wash. and g P- M. The subjects of" the ser- morning on the topic "The Perfecting mons will be: Morning. "The Friend- ' ranrnce. ana in me evening I At 11 O'clock todav -Where Than T hln Tht Abides " anil in th Av.nlnc 111 lup.c jvuu.inj uou ana .uoingi.-so vision, tne People perish" will be I "Beauty and Its Mission.' -"ul"- 1 tne subject or the sermon at the Pll- The First Congregational church of arrim Conrrantlonal delivers,! hv T? -v Portland has been without a regular I William H. Meyer. At 7:45 there will pastor since the death more than a year I be a meetlnar for men. with movies and ago of Dr. Luther R. Dyott. under the I music Evanston. III. There he built up church of over 1000 members. There wss built for him what waa said to be the finest Congregational parsonage in America. In Evanston he was presi dent of the board of education, the president of the Congregational train ing school for women, and the presi dent of the Congregational state con- ference of Illinois. He waa aeked to succeed Dr. Charles Aked. pastor of the First Congregational church of San Francisco. Both Denver and Detroit asked him to accept pastorates. Two years ago he accepted the great responsibility of leading the Manhattan Congregational church to success. Thir rhurcb haa the distinction of having the largest and most successful sailors' and soldiers' club In the entire state. to over (O.Uvv soldiers and sailors. It bathed them and canteened them. It I furnished rooms for 100 soldiers and sailors every night. It held two dances I a week. limiting its guests to 600 on each occasion. 'It maintained classes in The Comforter Center will meet In the Hotel Portland assembly room. Services at 8 P. M. The speaker will be Mrs. Melva Merrill, of the San Francisco Home of Truth. At the Mt.. Tabor Methodist Episco- Sunday school will be at 9:45 this morning, and the Epworth league at 7 this evening. m Services will be held at Universal 1 Rev. Joshua Stanafleld, president of the Intrr-chnrph federation. 2 Ralph C. -McAfee, religions director of the Y. M. C A., who has been asked to consider position of executive secre tary of Inter-church federation and whose decision will be heard tomor row smb. 3 Grant Phegley, treas urer of Inter-charch federation. Dr. William T. McElveen, pastor of Manhattan Congregational church of New York City, who Is occupying the Portland First Congregational church pulpit this month. Messianic church at 11 A. M. and 1 P. M. today. The subject for this morn ing will be: "Secret of Demonstra tion." Study classes will meet Wednes day evenings at 8 o'clock. All services are held in room 318, Abington building. at era Rev. Byron J. Clark, pastor of the First United Brethren church, will be the speaker at the Men's Resort meet ing Sunday at 4 P. M. John Long will lead the community singing. The Laughton family orchestra and the popular pianist. Miss Alice Johnson, have arranged a fine programme of music. .......... a-.a.a......t CHURCH PAGE CLOSES THURSDAY. Church notices should be in the hands of The Oregonian church editor on Wednesday, if possible, and not later than 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. They 6hould be written, type written if possible, in news style. All names should be spelled correctly and initials and titles should be given. It is possible to use 250 to 300 words each Monday morning on the sermons delivered the pre ceding day. ' a Copy for this must oe at The Oregonian office by 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. If possible, the copy should come in with the regular church notices on Wednesday. ANNOUNCEMENT of- services in Christian Science churches for to day have been made as follows: Subject of lesson sermon "Sacra ment." Communion services will be held In all the churches of Christ, Scientist, In Portland at 11 o'clock, and Second and Sixth churches will repeat the same service Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Wednesday evening meetings are held in all the Christian Science churches at 8 o'clock. A feature of the Wednesday evening meeting is the giving of testimonials of healings in Christian Science. First Church will J-hold its next Wednesday evening meet ing on July 16 in the Scottish Rite ca thedral, where all of its services will be held until further notice on ac count of repairs and improvements be ing made to the church edifice Sunday school is held for the older children In all the churches except Third and Fifth at 9:45 A. M. and for the younger classes at 11 A. M. In Third and Fifth churches the Sunday school sessions are at 9:30 and 11 A. M. Pupils up to the age of 20 years are admitted to the Sunday school. The Christian Science churches main tain a free reading room in the North western Bank building, where the bible and all authorized Christian Science literature may be read, borrowed or purchased. A cordial invitation is ex tended to the public to visit the read ing room and the church services; Missionary Society President to Speak Here. Frederick W. Bnrnham ts Occapy First Christian Pulpit. TT1REDERICK W. BURNHAM of Cin- X? cinnatl, O.. president of the Amerl can Christian Missionary society, the home missionary board of the Disciples of Christ, will occupy the pulpit at the First Christian church on Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock. Mr. Burnham is pass ing through Portland on a tour of spe cial state and district church conven tions in the United States and Canada. At the Sunday morning service the pastor, Harold H. Griffis, will annonce the new subscriptions to the building fund received by the official canvassers during the past week. In the evening at 7:45 a special musical programme will be rendered by the church quartet, with a short discourse by the Rev. Mr. Griffis on "The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life." The Rodney-Avenue Christian church. corner Rodney avenue and Knott street. will hold Bible school at 10 o'clock Sun day morning, followed by a sermon at 11 o clock by a special evangelist and again at 8 o'clock in the evening. - Christian Endeavor will meet for Sunday evening service at 7 o'clock. Rev. Warren H. Landon, U. u., 01 ban Anselmo. president of the San Fran Cisco Theological seminary. Is expected to occupy his old pulpit in calvary Presbyterian church. Eleventh and Clay streets today. Many of his former narishoners and friends In .fortiana will be glad of this opportunity of hearing him again. He will preach both morning and evening. Thomas Parker Boyd will speak on "The Voice Eternal," also Rev. Henry Victor Morgan on "What Is God Doing Now." At 3 P. M. and 8 P. M. Rev. A. C. Grier and Rev. Thomas Parker Boyd will speak on "The Sovereign Remedy." . .- . Our Savior's Lutheran church, corner East Grant and Tenth streets, of which Rev. M. A. Chrlstensen is pastor, will have service at 11 o'clock. The addaess will be by Judge W. S. T. Derr. The world's revolt against creeds must have some alternative, thinks Rev. Elbert E. Flint of the Atkinson Me morial Congregational church, corner East Everett and Twenty-ninth streets. who will speak Sunday morning on I "The Conversion of Creeds." A most timely topic is announced for the even ing: "The High Cost of Living and the Higher Cost of Dying." Rev. A. C. Grier of Spokane and his family are visiting at the home of Rear. H. Edward Mills. The Church of The Truth was founded by Rev. Mr. Grier, who is its present pastor. Rev. Mr. Mills was for five years associate pas tor of that church until he came to Portland and established the Realiza tion league. Rev. Grier is attending the sessions of the New Thought con ference now being held at Woodman temple. He will preach at 11 A. M. at the rooms of the Realisation league. 188 Fifth street, over the Woman's ex change. His subject is "Fundamental of the Truth." "What Is Your Life?" Dr. Stansfield's Topic. Sermon at Evening Service on "The Trascedy of the Strong." 'The Christian Shrine,' Topic of Dr. Waldo's Sermon. Evening Service at White Temple to Be Preceded by Organ Recital. MX. WILLIAM A. WALDO, pastor of the White Temple, will speak at both services today. In the morning at 11 o'clock he will have for his theme "The Christian Shrine" and In the even ing at 8 o'clock his subject will be "The Seaside Followers." The Temple quar tet will give special and appropriate music. The evening service will be preceded by an organ recital and the ordinance of believer's baptism will be administered. the First Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Joshua Stansfield, D. D., the pastor will preach at 10:30 in the morning on the subject: "What Is Your Life?" The pastor will take for his text the following: Life Is good, for God did give It, Good to all who rightly live it; Sweet affections laud its beauty. Stirring conflict makes It grand; Faith triumphant makes It holy. Leaning on the Father's hand. In the evening at 8 o'clock the ser mon by Dr. Stansfield will be on "The Tragedy of the Strong." This will be a consideration and study of one of the most fascinating stories of the early Old Testament scriptures. Mrs. Miles D. Warren will be the soloist of the day. The evening service will be promptly from 8 to 9 o'clock. The Portland society of the New Christian church will hold its closing service for the summer today, when Rev. William R. Reece will speak on the subject "Where God Is. and How to Come Near to Him." The morning service will be followed by the Lord's supper. In the evening Rev. Mr. Reece will speak to the Ballston New Church society. Fall services will he resumed September 14. m m Music was furnished at the Wilbur Methodist church last Sunday morning by a male quartet under the direction of Professor William Mansel Wilder, organist-director, and the selections were received with applause; the quar tet will continue its services this sum mer. The sermon subject for this morn- At the Grace Baptist church of Man tavilla the following programme has been announced: Bible school at 9:45 A. M. : preaching at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. by acting pastor Rev. Fred Berry. Morning subject, "What Does It Mean to Be a Real Christian?" Eve ning subject. "The Life-sized Picture of a Happy Man;" young people's meet ing at 7 P. M., and prayer meeting Thursday at 8 P. M. . "The Undlscouraged God" will he the subject upon which Rev. Webley J. Beaven of the Third Baptist church. Knott and Vancouver streets, will preach this morning at 11 o'clock. His evening sermon at 7:30 o'clock will be on "The Aim of God's Calling." The B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6:30 o'clok this evening. Sabbath school willa be at 9:45 o'clock this morning. Dr. Alonzo M. Petty, secretary of the Baptist society, will deliver the sermon this'morning at 11 o'clock at the Glen- coe Baptist church at the corner of East Forty-fifth and Main streets. At 7:30 o'clock the pastor will give the fifth of a series of sermons. He will take his text from John 3:16 and his subject will be "The All-Ineiuslve Gift" Rev. F. C. Laselette, pastor of the Highland Baptist church, will speak this morning at 11 o'clock on "By-products on Life's Highway." Rev. Owen T. Day, pastor of the Ar leta Baptist church, will conduct serv ices at 11 o'clock this morning and 8 o'clock this evening. . . A sermon will be delivered by Dr. Morrison in Trinity at 11 A. M. based upon a recent article in a prominent magazine by A? Clutton-Brock under the title "Religion Now." The address in the evening will be on "Things Un seen." The First Divine Science church will hold services at the Woodman temple, 128 Eleventh street, Sunday at 10:15 Motion Pictures at Sunnyside Congregational Church. "The World's Great Liberator" la Tonic of Sermon. UNDER the tremendous Impression made upon Lincoln when for the first time he witnessed the horrors of a slave auction he was heard to ex claim: "If ever I get a chance to hit slavery, I'll hit it hard." His chance came at the time of the civil war and his blow put it out of existence forever. This famous Incident will be shown in an Inspiring motion picture Sunday evening at the Sunnyside Congregation al church. Dr. J. J. Staub will deliver an appropriate sermon on "The World's Great Liberator." The theme of the pastor's sermon at 11 o'clock will be "The Fullness of Christ Our Assurance." This morning the Rev. Edward Con stant, at the Highland Congregational church, will preach on "A Call to Cour age." Through this month he is con ducting a series of short summer ves pers at eight, a form of service which fits in well with the summer evening, everything being so arranged as to give a quiet, refreshing and thoughtful hour at the close of the day. The sub ject of the short address will be "A Mirror of God." At the Waverly Heights Congrega tion church, corner East Thirty-third and Woodward, of which Rev Perry Avery ts minister, the following pro gramme will be observed: Morning service at 11, subject, "The Triumphant Force"; evening preaching at 8, sub ject, "The Right to Become"; Sunday school at 9:45 A. M.; intermediate Chris tian Endeavor at 7 P. M. Sunday; prayer meeting Thursday at 8 P. M. - Rev. Alexander Beers, recently ap pointed to the Free Methodist church at Alberta, has Just returned from at tending the general conference of his denomination which was held at Green ville, 111., and will preach his first ser mon in connection with his new pas torate this morning, taking for his subject "The World's Crisis and the Church's Mission." In this sermon the pastor will point out what he believes to be the church's course during this period of reconstruction. The pastor will also preach in the evening. The church is located at Thirty-third and Wygant streets. "The Contagion of Faith" will be the subject of a sermon by Rev. William G. Eliot Jr. this morning at 11 o'clock at the Church of Our Father, Broadway and Yamhill. The evening forum and Sunday school are intermitted. The reading room is open daily as usual. e "Prize Fighters," will be the subject of the sermon delivered by the rector. Rev. Thomas Jenkins, at 11 A. M. on Sunday at St. David's church. East Twelfth and Belmont, and at 8 P. M. the rector will preach on "People Who Crit icise." The holy communion will be celebrated at 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock. School is held at 9:30 o'clock and for little ones at 11 o'clock. The church is open daily and all are welcome. . The Spiritual Church of - Eternal Light, of which Rev. May A. Price is pastor, will meet Sunday at 8 P. M. at 1340 Division street. ... The Sellwood Methodist church. East Fifteenth and Tacoma avenue, of which William Steward Gordon is pastor, will hold regular services today. The subject at 11 o'clock will be Concluded on Page 7.) PATIENT CONTINUANCE HELD SECRET OF ALL SUCCESS Sermon by Dr. William T. McElveen of Manhattan Congregational Church, New York City, Now in Portland. PORTLAND is having the oppor tunity this month to hear six ser- -- mons by Dr. William T. McElveen of the Manhattan Congregational church. Seventy-sixth and Broadway, New York city. Dr. McElveen deliv ered two sermons at First Congrega tional church last Sunday and will preach there at the morning and even ing services today and also on next Sunday. One of his sermons which haa at tracted a great deal of favorable com ment was on "Patient Continuance in Well Doing." He took for his text Rom. 2:7: "To them vho by patient contin uance in well doing seek for glory and honor and Immortality, eternal life." He said: Our text declares that patient con tinuance is the key that will open the door to glory and honor, immortality and eternal life. It is a key that is stout and strong enough to throw back the bolts of the door to success here and to heaven hereafter. It is an open sesame to many desirable and excellent consequences. It Is the seed the sow ing of which will yield Immense har vests. Very much depends upon and very much will result from the prac tice of this virtue. Paul makes happi ness now and happiness hereafter to hang upon It. He says that glory and honor and Immortality and eternal life will follow if we possess and exercise this virtue. He promises that If we are untiringly active in doing good we will be successful candidates for fame In this life, and for an Increasingly fuller and finer being In the life to vome. Patient continuance is a most re warding virtue. There are few virtues that ran earn more. If there Is about our doing rood a kind of moral adhe siveness that will make us and our purpon stick torether we may hope what we will, and our hopes will un fold into fulfillment- If we want a thins with that solidity of desire that I keeps us plodding until wa get it we can expect to get about everything upon which we set our hearts. If we are willing to earn results we may nave what we will. Perhaps we had better define and describe this recompensing excellency. fatient continuance means doing good thing and then doing it again and again, and then doing it yet again and again. It means the courage to try to do a thing we know to be good before we really know how to do it well: the persistence to keep on doing it better and better, after we have found out how to do it and then the steadfast ness to untiringly renew the faithful doing of that good thing day after day until mankind and the world are influ enced by our repeated doing of it. Genlss Is Pattest Csatlainataee. Patient continuance means glu tenousness of pt:. ose. holy dogged ness, sanctified obstinacy, the quiet settling down to the doing of a need ful task with a grim yet gladsome de termination not to grow tired until It bears all the good fruit it should. It means ethical keepativeness. moral consecntiveness. spiritual pertinacity a mood that makes you resolute that drought will not dry up the channel of your purpose or cold freese it over until your good desire has become a realized fact. Patient continuance means having such a faith in God and in the ultimate triumph of good that defeat does not disturb you or victory does not overelate you. It means that if your faithful work of yesterday does not eventuate in the desired result today you will go to bed tonight and not lose a wink of sleep. and rise in the morning determined to do the thing again and again, and each time better and better, until you i have made defeat to be the mother or 1 the grandmother of a splendid victory. 1 here is prooaoiy such a thing as ge nius. But at least nine-tenths of genius is willingness to work carefully and continuously. Genius is but a shorter label for the idea that Paul calls pa tient continuance in well doing. It is the name which lazy people give to the faculty by the exercise of which con stant, people earn results, while the lazy people are sleeping or puttering or wishing they could gain it without toll lng for it. All the men of light and leading have been men of indefatigable industry. They didn't spend any time looking for an easy way to do the difficult thing. They had no confidence in any cut across-lots methods of achievement. They were willing to earn results and the price they paid was work, patiently and perseverlngly prolonged. Labor protracted, persistent labor is the al chemist who transforms the baser metals into gold. We sometimes call Mr. Edison a wizard, but we might more properly call him a worker an assid uous, painstaking worker. Let him get on the track of something worth while and he will gladly give up sleep and food In the pursuit of It. Everything is forgotten but the one thing into the accomplishment of which he throws himself with holy abandon. Worry Is Always Folly. We call Napoleon a military genius, but what was the real Inwardness of his military ability? When Napoleon was a boy at school, one day his teacher gave the class a mathematical problem which no pupil could solve. Indeed, the teacher was unable to work it out. Toung Napoleon took the problem to his room and there, refusing food and denying himself sleep, he worked at it for 72 consecutive hours until he solved it- Tou say that such an expenditure of nervous energy was foolish. But it was a manifestation of that splendid resistless energy of will that afterward transformed a mob of tattered raga muffins Into an almost unconquerable army. But isn't It possible to overwork, to be too strenuora. you ask? Perhaps it is. But I'd rather die of overwork than 1 to be scared to death by it. And to die of overwork is not the most Inglorious of ends. I'd be ashamed to die if I spent the major part of my time dodg ing work, or postponing work, or wish ing someone else would do wnat should do, or in hoping that the lapse of time would make it unnecessary for me to do the work. But it is not work, but foolish habits of life, that kills. Worry, for instance, is always folly, since it exhausts vitality, paralyzes courage and stands In the way of any end that is worth while. Worry halves our strength and doubles pur burdens. Then, too. unbalanced work hurts. The great producers among men have known how to turn from one form of work to another, and make the second form of work rest them from the fa tigue caused by the first. Goethe a Prodigious Worker. Goethe was a prodigious worker. We know him as a poet, but he was also an Investigating scientist, a speculative philosopher, a superintendent of public works and a director of a theater at the same time. There are a hundred vol umes in the Weimar edition of his works. How did be pen so many sheets of paper? How did he do it all? In the first place he knew how to concen trate all his mind upon the definite task in hand. In the second place, he knew how to make the doing of the second task rest him from the fatigue produced by the doing of the first task. But above all, he possessed this virtue which Paul calls patient continuance. The more I know men the more cer tain I am that the great difference be tween men between the great and the mediocre, the influential and the insig nificant, the successful and the fail ures lis constancy; the moral tenacity which enables a man to stay with a task until it is completely done. It is not enough to have talent- To be pro ductive talent must be exercised con tinuously. Having is using, and using is Increasing one's talents and augment-1 I ing one's life; but not using is losing. 1 The man who wrapped his talent In a napkin and buried it in the ground had It taken away from him. Coleridge had talent. Few men had more. Woodsworth called him the most wonderful man he knew. Carlyle re ferred to him as "The myriad-minded man." But the great experimenter in the realm of thought was fitful and wayward. Perhaps because opium had enfeebled his will, benumbed his rea son and shattered his nerves he worked not steadily and cumulatively, but by fits and starts. And this many talented man who in his youth gave promise of adding some permanent, priceless treas ure to our English literature left a few short poems, and Leigh Hunt says, "Five thousand other poems, not one of them complete." And 'all his work is fragmentary. His greatest works, "Christobel" and "Kubla Khan," are un finished. He began well, but something hindered him. He lacked continuance. Coleridge had talent, but not tenacity. He had power, but not persistence. He had strengtn, but not steadfastness, jtte soon, grew weary in well doing. Continuance Brings Greatness. Often men who are not great by original endowment become great in Influence and achievement because they possess and exercise this virtue of con tinuance. You may at first possess but little native power, but if you are al ways exerting it. If uninterruptedly. day after day, your little power gives its push to some good cause, eventually that good cause will move and contrib ute to your advance. One blow of a thousand pounds power each will also break it. A small deed. If it is a good one, needs to be persisted in and in definitely multiplied in order to become a great deed. The effect of an act de pends less upon its size than upon the number of times it can be repeated and duplicated. There is plenty of chance for small talent if it is not too much in a hurry. An ordinary man can't do as fine or as large a thing as a superior 1 man, but he can do it oftener. He can I keep on doing his little deed until it accomplishes as much as the one great deed. Twice ten is twenty; yes, but ten times two is also twenty. Ten times doing the smaller act will equal twice doing the larger act. The amount of effect that a man will produce, there fore, is not in proportion to his bril liancy or to the impetuosity with which he begins to do his task, but to the holy doggedness with which he hangs on, after he has taken hold. ' A very small creek will keep the wheels of the mills and factories going if the water in the creek keeps flowing. The creek does its work well, not because it is noisy or overflows its banks, but because It keeps steadily flowing day after day. Patient, persistent pressure always wins. Eventually everything gives way before it. That is the way Washington won the war of the revolution. That magnificent calm that we see in his face is the expression of a faith that never faltered and a steadfastness that was never relaxed. Ridpath writes that Washington was not a great fighter, but he was a great general. Defeated often, on the verge of starvation fre quently, he kept his poorly equipped little army everlastingly at It until the British army grew weary and tne Brit ish people grew tired. Thus he won for the colonies a place among the world's nations and a place for himself among the Immortals. Faint neart never won fair lady or anything else worth while but patient continuance in well doing makes the world better and the man himself great. Enthusiasm Not Sufficient. Now, it is not enough that a man begin his task enthusiastically. En thusiasm is a good and necessary thing. All the world's greatest enterprises have been passionately Initiated. Cold blood has accomplished little of hu manity's choicest work. It is in the order of the nature of things to begin hot. Even this earth is gradually coagulating, from its . original, jnolten fervor. Religion begins as a passion. So did art; so did literature; so did all fine things. So It is good to be zeal ously affected toward any good thing. But zeal needs to be yoked up with constancy, if the enterprise that has been passionately initiated is to come to glorious completion. The objection to depending on enthusiasm alone is that it is not always to be depended on. It often goes up like a flashy skyrocket, but comes down like a burnt stick. Enthusiasm Is not always re liable. It cannot always be harnessed and reined for a long, hard pull. It will do a good deal at first, but cannot be counted upon for steady effects. It is not difficult to keep it enkindled. If I wanted to read, I Would rathtir have an old-fashioned tallow dip than a streak of lightning. So it is not safe to leave tasks that are worth while to the dictation of the feelings. For feeling is an inconstant quality. Feelings change with a thou sand fickle circumstances. ' Feeling is one of the most irregular elements In our complicated composition. The emo tional type of religion is not the strong est type; neither is it one that is calcu lated to carry a man bravely and up rightly through all the temptations of business and society. Feeling needs to be combined and informed with con viction of truth and great principles of duty. It is not enough to feel good; you must be and do good continuously and cumulatively. The conclusion of Dr. McElveen's sjr- mon was an application of the prin ciples thus unfolded. "This church," he said, "will grow in membership and in Influence, not by religious innova tions and novel and unique ways o: doing things, but by keeping steadily at it. Some men acquit themselves from doing their pledged duty, but It is only by every member of the church doing his little, and doing it repeatedly. and then bunching all these littlenesses into one great thing, that thts church will realize .all its possibilities.".