TITE SUNDAY OREG ONI AN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 28, 1919.
JEWS WILL CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF THE TABERNACLES
Methodist Conference Begins October 1 Portland Training School for Sunday School Workers Ope
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OX Thursday, October 3, the jewel
will celebrate the feast of tab
ernacles (Succoth). The holi
day Is one of the most important ones
in the Jewish calendar, and extends
from the ninth to the sixteenth of
October. Orthodox Jews observe all
nine days, while Reform Jews keep
only eifc'ht days.
The Succoth festival is based upon
two fundamental ideas. It is. first
of all, the harvest festival, a period
celebrated with great joy by the Jews
of long ago in Palestine, a festival
of rejoicing and thanksgiving to God
for his bounteous crops. The festival
lias, likewise, a. historical signifi
cance. It commemorates the success
ful 40-year journey of the Israelites
through the wilderness after the
exodus from. Esypt. and is reminis
cent of the fact that the Israelites
dwelt in booths (Succoth) during this
entire period.
For this reason the Jews are com
manded in the Bible to dwell in
booths during the festival, a custom
which is quite popularly observed
even today. Where climatic condi
tions permit, the Jews erect wooden
booths roofed over with leaves and
palm branches and spend part of their
time therein. Where climatic condi
tions do not permit, a Succah is
erected in the synagog or on the
eynagog grounds. The feast of tab
ernacles is one of the most joyful or
all the Jewish festivals and is always
observed with great rejoicing and
gladness.
The Jewish new year known as the
festival of liosh Hashana was cele
brated by Portland followers of the
Hebrew faith from Wednesday at
sundown until evening of the follow
ing day. Temple Beth Israel and
other temples of the city commenced
their ceremonials Wednesday evening
and continued them Thursday morn
ing.
Methodist Conference October 1.
The Oregon annual conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church will
convene in Salem, Wednesday morn
ing, October 1 with Bishop Matt S.
HiiEhes, D. D., presiding.
The conference is an important one
for it will elect four ministerial dele-
pates to the quadrennial general con
ference to be held in the spring at
Omaha, Neb. The general conference
the highest governing body or tne
Methodist church. The election will
probably occur in Salem on Friday
of next week. On the same day the
lavmar.s electrol conference, held
every four years, will convene. This
conference is made up of prominent
laymen of the church elected by each
church, whose function it is to elect
four lay delegates to the general con
ference and vote upon certain amend
ments and changes in the governing
laws of the church. To be elected to
the general conference is regarded as
one of the highest honors in the MethJ
odist church. At the First Methodist
church in this city, it being the last
Sunday of the conference year. Dr.
Joshua Stansfield will preach in the
morning on "The Simplicity of Truth
in Religion. He will show that the
thought of men is turning awry from
the imperial, sacrodotal, legal and
commercial interpretations of re
ligion and are learning God and his
government, and the philiosophy of
the atonement and salvation and of
the doctrines of grace as exemplified
I in a father's compassion, a mother's
love, a child's trustfulness, a broth
er's faithfulness. It is life and not
logic that best interprets religion
I and God.
In the evening Dr. Stansfield will
take as his theme, "The Voice of v is-
Idom." The voice of wisdom and the
voice of God are not the 6ame and
I should not be confused. Wisdom may
mock at man's fear and laugh at his
I calamity, but God never.
The quartet and big chorus cnoir
Iwill sing at both services.
At tht; last quarterly meeting of
this church, the members unanimous
ly requested the return of Dr. Stans
field and it is thought that tne an-
Inual conference will accede to this
request.
Training School for Teachers.
The Portland training school for
I church echool workers, under the
auspices of the Multnomah County
rfundav School association and the
Portland federation of churches, will
open in the First Methodist church
Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The registrar. Miss Winifred Bassett,
has received a considerable number
of advance registrations, indicating
Ithe eagerness with which the first
1 semester's work is anticipated. Sun
day school officials are showing their
realization of the value of the tram
ma: school to the Sunday school of
Ithe future, by electing their promis-
linc young people for instruction and
paying the registration fees. The
WHOLE WORLD FAILS TO POSSESS ITS POSSESSIONS, SAYS
God Has Provided Marvelously Well for All, bat Sordid Things of Life Often Obscure Grandeurs and Glories Strewn Along the Way, Dr. Hinson Declares in Sermon.
BY DR. W. B. HINSON,
XPastor of East Side Baptist Church.)
Komans v:l Let us have peace with God.
NOW in all proDaDHity in your
Bible that text read3 like this,
"We have peace with God." But
an equally correct rendering would
tbe, "Let us have peace with God.
And there is no lack of harmony
between the two sentences, for very
Joften we fail to .possess our posses
sions, and quite often we do not en-
Hoy what is there for us to enjoy. I
have been told that once a belated
fvessel had steered its way into the
mouth of the Mississippi. On board
that ship were men almost dead of
h-hirst. Chancing to see another ves
tal within hailing reach, they begged
Eor water. And the startling reply
ras wafted back. "Dip it up. You
fcire in fresh water now." You se
hey failed to possess what was there
las their possession. And they failed
jto enjoy what was there to be en
toyed by them.
Beauteons Elements Described.
Now this sad practice of not pos
sessing our possessions is of world
wide application, and capable of lllus
tration from almost anything you
can think of. Will you for a moment
think about the beautiful world In
fwhlch we are now placed? What gor
eous clouds are those navies of the
(upper seas that sail the skies. What
imarvel of coloring in sunrise and
sunset. What mystic suggestl veness
hn the stars. What tragedy and ro
fmance In the rushing w-inds. What
jrine architecture suggested by the
ftrees. What Edenic beauty In the
! blossoms of tree and shrub and
Sower. How we ought to rejoice In
it all. and be entrancingly happy be
cause of It- And yet we are in dan
ger of going through life with our
eyes on the toes of our shoes, and our
ears closed to all the melody, and our
hearts insensate to all the glory sug
gested by the world God said was
good. I listened yesterday to a rob
in s song. I listen to it with an ever-
increasing charm as the years go by.
As X listened I .ttougbt J&OV Shelley
First Christian and Pilgrim Congre
gational have each voted tv send 10.
In presenting the programme for the
first semester, the dean. Rev. Robert
Murray Pratt, directs attention to the
comprehensiveness of the courses.
The aim has been to provide for every
department of religious education.
Pastors will find in the course on
"Administration of the Church School"
something of great value to them in
their contact with the church of the
future. The registrar and assistants
will be present at 7 P. M. to care for
the work of registration and the sale
of text books. ?he registration fee
is $1. The plan of study follows:
First Semester.
7:30 Introductory service of worship
conducted by a superintendent.
7:45. section A "The Message of the
Hebrew Prophets," Prof. Norman F. Cole
man. A study of the Old Testament
prophets, emphasizing their social message.
Test, "The Earlier Prophets," Kent and
Smith.
Section B "The Life of Christ." Mrs.
Clara G. "Esson. A careful study of the
biography of Jesus, showing how to teach
his life to pupils of various ages. Text,
"The Life of Christ." Barclay.
Section C "The Unfolding Life," Rev.
Robert Murray Pratt. A presentation of
the elements of psychology and the prin
ciples of religious nurture. Text, "The
Pupil," Weigle.
e:30. section A "The Religious Nurture
of Little Children," Miss Georgia Parker.
A course in methods of instruction and
worship for workers in beginners' and pri
mary departments. Text. "The Church
School." Athearn.
Section B "The Training of Juniors,"
Mrs. S. Earl DuBois, Mrs. J. Earl Else,
Mrs. A. B. Slauson. A study of alms,
equipment, worship programs nd expres
slonal work in the rligious .training of
juniors. Text. "The Juniors." Baldwin.
Section C "Girlhood," Mrs. M. B.
Meacham. A study of the psychology of
early, middle and late adolescence, with
methods of religious instruction and train
ing. Text, "Youth and the Church,"
Maus.
Section r "Administration of the
Church School." A practical presentation
for general officers pastors, superinten
dents, departmental superintendents, sec
retaries, librarians, etc. of principles and
methods of conducting a Sunday school.
Text: "The Sunday School Organized for
Service," Lawrence.
Section E "Music Leadership." Walter
Jenkins. A practical course In methods
of effective song directorship and hymn in
terpretation. Text: "The Hymnal for
American Youth." Smith.
The training school assembly
October 1 9:1.", the summer school of
Christian education.
October S The summer school of Chris
tian education.
October 15 Education through dra
matics. October 22 Pageantry.
October Hi The Junior choir.
November 5 Education through pic
tures. November 12 Home co-operation.
November 19 The organized Sunday
school movement.
The assembly sessions are to be con
ducted by Miss Bernice Adams, Miss Vida
Nichols, Harold F. Humbert, Robert Mur
ray Pratt and others.
Second Semester.
7:R0 Introductory service of worship,
conducted by a superintendent.
Section A "The Old Testament a Living
Voice," Harold F. Humbert. A survey of
Hebrew history and literature, indicating
the message of the Old Testament for
childhood, youth and adult life. Text: "The
Teaching Values of the Old Testament,"
Moore and Mack.
Section B "The New Testament Church
in Its Relation to Modern Life," Rev. Will
iam A. Vvaldo. Ph.D. An exposition of the
Acts of the Apostles with applications to
present diy needs. Text: "The New Test
ament Church," Conley.
Section C "The Principles of Teaching,"
Professor James F. Ewing. A normal
course in methods of lesson building and
lesson presentation. Text: "The Teacher,"
Weigle.
Section A 8:15, "Missionary- Education
for Little Children," Miss Violet W. John
son. A practical course in ways of de
veloping: the spirit of friendship and help
fulness. References: "The Sunday School
Teacher and the Programme of Jesus."
Trull-Stowell. "Missions In the Sunday
School," Brown.
Section B "The Teaching of Juniors,"
Miss Bernice R. Adams. A study of Junior
lessons, emphasizing methods of teaching,
story-telling, memory work and incen
tives." Texts: "international Graded Les
sons for Juniors," "Stories and Story-Telling."
St. John.
Section C "Boyhood." Harold F. Hum
bert. A study of the four-fold life of ado
lescent boyhood physical, mental, social,
religious and how to lad boys into the
Jesus way of living, through organization,
instruction, worship - and service. Text:
Syllabus: "The Four-Fold Development of
Young Manhood," Humbert.
Section D "The Adult Division Or
ganized for Service," Dr. J. Earl Else and
others. A discussion of organization,
courses of study and service activities of
the adult Bible class, as well as the work
of the home department and parent train
ing. 9:15 The training school assembly
January 21 Music in religious educa
tion. January 28 The culture of worship.
February 4 Accredited Bible study.
February 11 The use of posters.
February 18 Rewards and recognitions.
February 25 Object teaching.
March 8 Church school publicity.
March 10 Exhibit of hand work.
On two or three evenings during each
semester special conferences for pastors
will be held, dealing with the minister's
once heard a lark sing, and as he
heard it he wrote:
Teach me half the gladness that thy brain
must know.
Such harmonious madness from my lips
would flow.
The world would listen then as I am list
ening; now.
We possess the eong of the robin.
But I wonder, do we really possess it?
And those flowers that are bloom
ing all about us today in the gardens
and in the woods; glory of blossom
ing fruit trees, glory of fragrant
shrub, glory of rose, multitudinous
manifold glory. I wonder if we are
putting it to the use we should. You
know Wadsworth once saw a field of
waving daffodils. And he looked at
them until the vision of their mag
nificent beauty had gotten into his
brain and heart and life. And then
he wrote these words:
Oft when on my couch I He
In idle or in pensive mood.
They flash upon that Inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils.
I wonder If we are possessing our
possessions.
And in a higher sense, what mag
nificent endowment has God given to
us. Take only one of the faculties of
the mind. Think of memory. How
good that we can sit here this morn
ing and see the face of the old mother
who has been in heaven a quarter of
a century. And how good that a song
being sung can call up through the
memory those whose voices have long
since failed us, so far as this world
is concerned. Oh, we hang on mem
ory's walls these wonderful pictures.
But I wonder If we are storing that
memory with the thirgs worth while.
Store Best Advice.
The keenest criticism I have against
you young people attending so much
of the transient amusement is that
you are filling your imagination with
debris, mere driftwood, the inferiot
I will not say the base all that which
Is of lesser importance. How much
better for you to put inside that
memory the great utterances of poets
and historians and travelers and his
tory makers. So that in solitude you
can walk with a multitude. And at
the midnight you can see the noon,
and, .when, the roada are rough you
NEW WORKERS ASSUME IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN THE CHURCH LIFE OF PORTLAND AND I
lfr&s fl '".-'-'. ? ' vM'l
relation to the church school. Definite
dates will be announced later. Pastors
will find Professor Ewlng's course in ad
ministration of special value.
Bible Institute for Teaching.
At the recent conference on funda
mentals held by Baptist churches of
the city. Dr. Riluy spoke of the splen
did teaching given by Hope Hall
Bible teaching staff. Sunday at 3 a
Victorian life conference -will begin
at 266J,i Alder street. Monday at 3
Dr. McClain will lecture on "The Dis
pensations and Ages." Tuesday, at 8,
Dr. Hutcheson, on "Hebrews." On
Wednesday, Dr. W. T. Milliken gives
teacners the Sunday school lesson
without helps and continues weekly.
The Highland gospel team preaches.
Friday Pastor F. Hoffman gives Bible
lectures and the whole week will be
a wonderful opportunity for Bible
students, orthodox,- spiritual, pre
millenial. Hope Hall is the great
center for these truths and by both
books and meetings a great work has
been acocmplished, as was seen by
the conference gatherings.
"Volunteer Day" Method of
Raising Church Budget.
Mrmben of First Chrlntlaa Con
grrgation Pot on Honor for Sub
scription. TODAY at the First Christian
church, corner of Park and Co
lumbia, will be observed as "Volun
teer Day," when each member will
be put on his honor without personal
solicitation to volunteer his subscrip
tion to the running expenses of the
church for the new year beginning
October 1. The close of the church's
present fiscal year finds the congre
gation, not only with all expenses paid
and all appropriations met, but also
with more than $61,009 subscribed for
the new church building to be erected
in'tl-e near future.
Heretofore pledges, for operating
expenses have been secured by means
of an every member canvass, but this
year the men who have conducted the
canvass have been busy in promoting
the drive for the new" building, and
so will be released from the regular
annual drive by the plan of volunteer
pledges.
This morning at 11 o'clock the Rev.
Harold II. Grlffis will bring home to
his people by way of encouragement
the New Testament truth of steward
ship, taking for the subject of his
sermon, "Money the Acid Test." In
the evening at 7:45 a carefully ar
ranged programme ol music will be
followed by a discourse by the pastor
on "The Foundation of a Rational
Faith."!
Rev. Alexander Beers, pastor of the
Free Methodist church, Thirtieth and
Wygant, will preach this morning,
taking for his subject, "The Criminal
Extravagance of the Age." The pas
tor will also preach in the evening,
taking for his subject, "Paying the
Price." Both of his subjects will deal
with present conditions and what may
be expected in the future as result of
the extravagance and irreverence of
present times.
can hear songs of uplift and cheer
that have not been forgotten.
And in the realm of emotions I won
der if we are possessing our posses
sions. To specify only one, what a
magnificent talent is that of kind
ness. Whatever men say in their blindness.
There Is nothing so kingly as kindness.
How'er it be, It seems to me.
It's only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets.
And simple faith than Norman blood.
And if the kindness Received is
worth while, how much better is the
kindness imparted. To know you
have cheered some life, lightened
some burden, taken a boulder out of
some footpath, removed a thorn from
somebody's heart, there are the things
worth while, my people. Not stuff
in the bank and the safety deposit
vault, and the acreage, and the build
ing, these are no good compared with
those higher things that we are in
danger of possessing and not enjoy
ing
Friendship Great Inheritance.
And still higher yet, what a mag
nificent thing is the inheritance of
friendship. You will pardon me if I
allude to last Wednesday night when
you said such beautiful things in my
hearing. I went out feeling wealthier
than Rockefeller ever felt, stronger
than feamson ever dreamed of bein
with heart elate, and hands filled
with the good things of life. You
said frankly that you appreciated me.
I said frankly I appreciated you. Bach
believed the other. What treasure
lies right there! I wonder are we re
celvlng all the friendship we should
in its fullness and Its glory?
And then take affection. You par
ents are not getting out of your chil
dren what you might get. and you
children are not getting out of your
parents what is there for you. The
same is true with every department
of life, every activity. .We are allow
ing things to go down here, and there,
and that is folly. Just a few days
more, and there will be the severance
so far as this life is concerned. Make
your hay while the sun shines, and
bask in all the love that comes your
way. and impart affection to other
people.
And still rising. How much there
is in prayer that you have never yet
PACIFIC COAST.
'fj' -'v ' II Named for Campaign.
1 Dr. AV. T. Milliken. formerly paator
of tbe Oretton city Ilaptiat church,
who recently accepted tbe pastorate
of tbe Hiahland Ilaptlnt eburcb.
Cut K. CurtlM, alnKlnir evaDge-
lLnt. Mho baa been esKsged for tbe
year by tbe Woodlawn Christian
eburcb. a Mra. I. II. Oaborn, for
merly Mlaa Helen Hope Hlalr,
daughter of Rev. J. Edtrard Blair,
field secretary for Albany colleice.
from which ahe was graduated and
nho, with ber husband, la conduct
Injc evangelistic services nt Salads
and Moss beaches. California. 4
K. II. Onhorn. vrho Is conducting? nt
Salada lleach. t'nl., Kptscopal serv
ice for an Knit Hub-Scotch settle-
ment and at Montnra. Cnlt Presby
terian services. Mr. Osborn's mar
rlnare to Miss Helen Hope Illalr was
a recent event.
"God-Intoxicated Men," Dr.
Waldo's Morning Topic.
ETralDg Discourse, "The Other
World," Plea for Immortality.
DRo,
WILLIAM A. WALDO, pastor
of the White Temple, will be in
his pulpit and 'will address his audi
ence this morning at 11 o'clock on
the subject, "God-Intoxicated Men."
Religious enthusiasm with a broad
spirit for the spread of the gospel
will be the tenor of his address. Spe
cial emphasis will be placed on the
power of the holy spirit in Christian
activities.
In the evening at 8 o'clock he will
speak on the subject, "The Other
World." It will be a plea for Immor
tality and the conditions under which
people will live in the spirit world. '
Mr. Harold Hurlbut, tenor eoloist
and director of the temple quartet,
who has been absent for a few weeks
on his vacation, will begin his year's
work next Sunday and special music
will be given by him, as likewise by
members of the quartet. A hearty
invitation is given to the general
public to attend both of these services.
At Arleta Baptist church this morn
ing, beginning at 10:30 o'clock, the
rally day exercises will be held, all
of the departments of the Sunday
school participating. Rev. Owen T.
Day, the pastor, will give a thort
address. In the evening Mr. Day's
topic will be. "The Things That
Abide." The women of Rebekah lodge
of Arleta will be present at the even
ing service.
discovered. Why, how you would en
joy to have conversation with some
of the great thinkers and singers and
orators and workers of the world.
But here is an opportunity given you
of talking with God. And not merely
talking with God as you would shout
across the distance to someone, but
having actual communion and fellow
ship with God so that you and God
learn to think the same thought and
look at the things from the same
viewpoint. What an inestimable, an
inexpressible treasure lies there. I
am sure we are not possessing it as
we should.
And then think of this book. What
must it be to have the thoughts of
Moses, and David, and Isaiah, and
Peter, and Paul, and Jesus Christ, and
the heavenly Father, and the Holy
Ghost, and they are all there in that
book. And yet many of you last
week read The Oregonian with more
regularity than you read the Bible.
And there are scores of you here this
morning who never read the Bible
through. And with my Imperfect
knowledge of it I could quote great
sayings, magnificent phrases shining
like suns, musical as the chorus of
the angels, more fragrant than ever
was rose, lily or mignonette; and you
would never know where It would be
found. Let us possess the possessions
we have in God.
Comfort for AIL
And yet once more, what a mag
nificent inheritance we have in the
indwelling spirit of God. How you
can be kept from blundering. How
you can be sustained and therefore
not fall on the wayside. How you
can. have the heavens open by the
illumination of the spirit of God. How
you can have songs rh the night, re
pose on gray skies, and the tur
square city on the golden skies, if you
will only possess what is yours by the
Indwelling ever-accompanying spirit
of God.
But now secondly, what a magnifi
cent thing for you and me this morn
ing to possess peace with God; to
have the realization that between you
and God there is no bit of thin mist;
to have the consciousness the littl
child possessed who to John Wesley
said, "If I saw God I would run right
Into his arms.
Why, some of us have been desti
tute of that thing long year. Some
Deleicatea to General Convention
From I)loeec of Oregon t Leave
Thia Week.
THE preliminary steps for the nation-wide
campaign were com
pleted last week with the appoint
ment of the parochial committees
that will act with the diocesan com
mittee in formulating plans for the
campaign that begins immediately
after the general convention, which
meets the first three weeks in
October in Detroit, Mich.
Delegates to the general conven
tion from the diocese of Oregon
will leave this week, so as to be there
for the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
convention October 1.
The delegates to the general con
vention from this diocese are the
Reverends Thomas Jenkins of St.
David's, Oswald W. Taylor of Grace
Memorial, E. T. Simpson of Corvallia,
and Archdeacon Chambers. The lay
delegates will be Dr. H. C. Fixott
and W. J. Burns.
Bishop Sumner is one of the prin
cipal speakers at the brotherhood
mass meeting, and will speak on the
subject of "Christianizing Industry."
Colonel Raymond Robblns of Chicago
will be the other speaker. Colonel
Robbins has spent considerable time
in Russia doinw Red Cross work.
The diocesan board of religious edu
cation, which met last week, formu
lated plans for a drive for Sunday
school pupils; to begin next month
and to be continued until Thanksgiv
ing. The Pro-Cathedral and St.
David's parish have already begun.
Other parishes and missions of the
diocese will begin in the near future.
The Right Reverend Walter T. Sum
ner. D. D., bishop of the diocese, will
preach at the 11 o'clock service today
at St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral. The
dean will preach at the evening
service.
s
Beginning tonight St. David's
church will change the hour of serv
ice from 8 to 7:30 o'clock. The first
15 minutes of the hour will be given
to an organ recital by Tom G. Taylor,
the organist of the church. The rec
tor will preach both morning and
evening on "Some Vital Matters Be
fore the Church of Today."
The school rally will continue both
at the morning and afternoon schools.
The school for young children will
resume at 11 o'clock, thus enabling
parents to bring their little children
with them when they come to the
service.
The rector expects to leave next
week for the general convention in
Detroit. During his absence the
parish will be in charge of the Rev.
Walter Gray, a Canadian priest of
Ocean Falls, B. C.
A church school of missions will be
organized in the Woodlawn Christian
church today. It will take the place
of the regular evening services, open
ing at 6:30 and closing at S o'clock.
The Endeavor societies will adjourn
during the six weeks of the school.
The 6chool will meet at 6:30 for a
short devotional period. The assem
bly will then separate into six differ
of us never had It. Let us have peace
with God. It Is there for us. We
know where to find it. It is in Jesus
Christ. He is the prince of peace.
For, mark you. you never have the
peace of God separate from God, never
did and never will. It is only as you
possess God that you possess the
peace of God. Jesus Christ never
bands out peace as I hand out that
book, a thing separate from myself.
Jesus says. "My peace I give unto
you as you come to me. Behold I
stand at the door and knock. If any
man open the door 1 will coma in."
And the peace of God comes in with
him. We ought to have that peace.
Ah. "There is no peace," salth my God,
to the wicked." Yes, there Is no sin
to those who trust in Jesus Christ.
"Justified by Christ."
Because you see we have not been
rescued as a sheriff might rescue a
prisoner from the hands of an in
furiated mob, but we have been jus
tified by Jesus Christ. So as
God looks at us we stand in Jesus
Christ he sees no more sin in us than
in an angel; he sees no more sin in
us than in his Son. It is gone. And
the great hindrance to the soul's en
joyment of peace has been taken
away. I was thinking during that
pause of a great theologian of Scot
land who never, so far as I know,
quoted a single verse but once, and
then he said the atonement was in
this little hymn that sometimes 1
sing:
Bearina; shams and mocking rode.
In my place condemned he stood.
Sealed my pardon with his blood.
Hallelujah! What a saviour.
Now when he sealed your pardon
in his blood he blotted out all the
handwriting that was against you,
and so Sinai's artillery of condemna
tion is now silent. And when the
law comes to you now and says "I
want a perfect life or your death"
you can smilingly say, "I will give
you both. For here is the perfect life
of my savior, 'Jesus Christ, and here
is his atoning death." So I answer
both accounts.
Now the devil will use all sorts of
devices to keep us from this peace,
and he will tell us we have not got
the right kind of feeling, faultless
ness or faith. Dismiss all that. This
peace of God does not depend on me.
It is Jesus Christ coming into the
ent classes for mission study. At theJ
time of reassembling each class will
present missionary truth in play and
tableau. The service will close with
stcreopticon lecture or short mission
ary sermon.
Mrs. Nannie Stevenson, dean of the
school, will have a faculty of six men
pnd. women to assist her in the work.
There will be classes for primaries,
juniors, intermediates, young people,
men and women. . Each class will
study a different text-book. The slo
gan is. "The Whole Church at School."
The preliminary enrollment, the
committee in charge of the promotion
campaign announces, has reached 140.
Ihe school of missions has been at
tended with phenomenal success
wherever tried.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Wilbur Methodist church was held
Friday night with Dr. Youngson pre
siding. All the reports presented
from the various departments of the
church showed a splendid develop
ment in all lines. The subject of this
morning's sermon will be "Peace
makers, the World's Great Need." Mr.
Harry Whetsel will be the eoloist for
the service.
At Centenary Methodist church, cor
ner East Pine and East Ninth streets,
the pastor. Dr. J. C. Rollins, will speak
at 1 o'clock on, "The Query of the
Cynic," and in the evening at 7:30
o'clock his theme will be "The Grand
est Sight I Ever Saw."
Bible school raHy day will be fea
tured at 12:10 o'clock today by West
minster church. East Seventeenth and
Schuyler streets, and a special invi
tation to the public has been issued
by A. J. Bale, superintendent. Gradu
ation exercises will be included in the
programme.
"Why There Seem te Be So Many
Religions" will be the subject' of Dr.
Edward H. Pence's sermon at 10:30
A. M., this being a study in human
nature. At 7:30 he will preach, on
"The First Man," the beginning of a
series on biblical persons.
Rev. Willard Preaches at
First Congregational.
Topics Are "Work, and Religion"
and "Is God In Current Kvcntsf
AT the First Congregational church.
Park and Madison streets, the
regular services will be held at 11
A. M. and 7:45 P. M., with sermons by
Rev. W. W. Willard. The theme for
the morning is "Work and Religion"
and for the evening, "Is God in Cur
rent Events?" The Bible school will
meet at 9:45 A. M. under the leader
ship of J. L. Bowlby. Amicltiae Chris
tian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 P. M.
with Marie Wade as leader and the
subject, "The Christian Athlete and
His Training,' will be used. Dr. Wil
liam T. McElveen will arrive during
the coming week from New York to
begin his services as permanent pas
tor of the church.
At the Waverley Heights Congrega
tional church. East Thirty-third and
Woodward. Rev. Oliver Perry Avery,
minister, will conduct services at 11
A. M. and 7:45 P. M. His morning
theme will be "The Holy for the
Present Day," and in the evening he
will talk on "The Love of God for
Alan." Other services will be at usual
hours.
so
The opening at the Atkinson Mem
orial Congregational church, corner
East Everett and Twenty-ninth
streets, will take place today. All
the remodeling of the church building
Is now complete and the church in
vites its friends to come to see and
to worship this morning. The outside
of the building has received a coat of
paint; a spacious and imposing en
trance made direct to the auditorium;
two new rooms have been finished,
one for the pastor's study and the
other an extra room for Sunday
school. This enlarges the building so
the facilities for modern Sunday
school work are unusually good. The
expenses for this have been largely
met and the church now looks for
ward to a good year's work.
The pastor. Rev. E. E. Flint, has
been with the Atkinson Memorial Con
gregational church since the first of
April. Sunday school will be at 9:45
A. M. The. pastor will preach at 11
A. M. on "The Spirit of 1917 and the
Spirit of 1919." This evening, at 7:30.
a moving picture machine, which has
been installed, will be used for the
first time, showing "The Holy Cltv."
life and bringing the peace with him.
It is not me working myself up into
a condition where I can secure that
peace. It is not my manufacturing
that peace in any of the laboratories
of the earth. It is a gift and comes
with the giver. And the divine effort
is to make us conscious we possess
this peace. That is why the Imagery
of the bible is used.
God's I'ttersnce Told.
God, it seems to me, has almost ex
hausted himself trying to show us
how we can have peace. Why your
sins, you have got no sins. I have
drowned them in the sea, have thrust
them behind my back, hidden my face
from them, have blotted them out,
saltb God. They shall be searched
for and shall not be found. That Is
the utterance of God. And I thought
yesterday how the way the new testa
ment talks about the old testament
sinners is such a proof that when God
forgives a sin he forgets it. Just
think for a moment. Here is Noah,
and I look in the old testament and
see him drunk. And coming over to
the new I find nothtng about his
drunkenness, but I find him used as
an illustration of the second coming
of Jesus. And over here I find Moses
losing his temper and breaking the
whole ten commandments at once.
-,nd when I come over to the new, I
find nothing about htm smashing
those tablets of law, bvt I find, "As
Moses lifted up the serpent, so shall
the son of man be lifted up." I go
over here and find Lot making a fool
of himself. I come over to the new
and find it mentioned "Righteous
Lot." Over here I find Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob telling white lies.
And over in the new testament rhere
Is not a word about the white lie. but,
"We shall sit down in the kingdom
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
Over here David is guilty of mur
der. Over in the new testament I
read nothing but that which is com
plimentary to David.
In the old testament Solomon out
did the Mormons, for he had a thou
sand women. But over in the new
testament you read, '"The lily was
more beautiful than Solomon in all
his glory." And over here you find
Jonah angry because God saved a
whole city. And in the new testament
you find Jonah illustrative of the pe
riod - in which Jesus stayed in the
The solo of the same title will be
sung.
Topics akin to the themes presented
at the recent Bible conference will be
discussed Sunday morning and even
ing by Dr. J. J. Staub of the Sunny
side Congregational church. At 11
o'clock he will speak on "The Guar
antee of Perfect Liberty," and at 7:45
P. M. the subject will be "God's Present-Day
Programme." Appropriate
music will be furnished by the chorus
chbir.
t
The Rev. Robert Murray Pratt, pas
tor of the Pilgrim Congregational
church, corner Missouri and Shaver,
will present this evening a chalk talk
entitled "Coffin Nails." There will be
special music commencing promptly
at 7:45. At the morning service the
subject of the sermon will be "The
Harvest of the Soul."
- Highland Congregational church is
today observing rally day with spe
cial exercises. This morning Rev. Ed
ward Constant, pastor, will preach on
"The Great Essential." Musical se
lections will be rendered by Miss O.
Rose, mezzo-soprano, and Mrs. Vosrel.
contralto. In the evening at 7:30
programme will be given by members
or the Sunday, school, which will con
slst of choruses, vocal and instru
mental solos, duet, recitations, a class
exercise and an address by Mr. Holt.
Dr. J. R. Voris Preaches at
First Presbyterian Church.
"The Inter-Ckurch, World Move
ment and "The Cross Today,"
Topics.
AT THE First Presbyterian church,
corner of Twelfth and Alder
streets, the pulpit will be filled by a
representative of the inter-church
world movement from San Francisco.
This is Rev. John R. Voris, D. D.. the
Pacific coast secretary of this move
ment. In the morning at 10:30 Dr.
Voris will speak on "The Inter
Church World Movement" and in the
evening at 7:45 he will preach on
"The Cross Today." The new chair of
the First Presbyterian church is
under the leadership of Otto Wede-
meyer. Mr. edemeyer will sing a
solo at the morning service entitled
"The Good Shepherd," by Van de
Water.
The rally day of the First Presby
terian Sunday school will be cele
brated by the presentation of a patri
otic pageant entitled "A Pageant of
Democracy." This is a pageant deal
ing with the spread of democracy
throughout the world, the close of
the war and the duty of the Christian
church. The characters are:
Uemocracy, Miss Lois Horn: Christianity,
Mins Carol Cummings: America. Mlts
Kstella Muir; Delglum, Mlsa Alice I.aush
ton; England, Miss Irene Perkins: France.
Miss Oorothy Swann: Italy. Mis Htrien
Colwell; Poland, Mlsa Virginia Huntington;
Russia. Mini Urace Johnson; Syria. Mibs
Irene Welcome.
The national air of each country
win De played as the representative
of that country enters, and eight
smaller girls will impersonate the
Messengers of Hope.
The young people of the San Grael
Christian Endeavor society of the
First Presbyterian church are looking
forward with interest to their meet
ing this evening, as they are to hear
a report on the International Chris
tian Endeavor conference held In Buf
falo, N. Y., last month, from Cllne M.
Saiz. who was a delegate from the
Multnomah County Christian En
deavor union. Mr. Saiz is an active
member of San Grael and also holds
the office of vice-president of the
county union. Endeavor members
and thier friends are especially in
vited to hear of the great conference
and its aims for the next two years.
In the banquet rooms of the First
Presbyterian church Tuesday night
the men of the church gave a banquet
for the women. The four-course menu
was prepared and served entirely by
a committee of 50 men. Attired in
cooks' caps and aprons, they served
the 300 women present perfectly. At
the last moment they staged a strike,
intimating that they would serve no
dinner without some concessions. The
guests, undaunted, responded with a
song composed by one of their num
ber, entitled "The Women Work No
More."
Piedmont Presbyterian church,
Cleveland avenue and Jarrett streets,
has planned social visitation of the
entire community in the interest of
the Bible school and general com
munity goodfellowship through the
church. The work is to be done in
tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. God
says. "You have sinned, and you know
It. But your sin has all been done
away with." Now, then, let us have
peace. O let us possess our posses
sions. Let us enter upon the realiza
tion of our inheritance.
A word of application and I stop.
As I look off into your faces I am re
minded of different experiences. Some
of you are not so young as you were
20. 30, 40 years ago. I have observed
there are two ways of growing old.
I had pretty nearly said the devilish
way and the divine way. I see some
old people and they get sourer every
day they live. They get cynical, criti
cal, finical, and if there is any other
"cal" that runs the same way, they
get that. too. And if the child laughs,
the child is going to perdition.
And unless a young man hangs his
head and talks about dying they think
he has wandered from the grace of
God. Now, you may have a big
funeral, and I may be there and shall
not be unhappy while I am there!
Then there is the other way the di
vine way where you ripen like fruit
and become more glorious as does the
dying day. and where you bring your
experiences like ripened grain for the
feeding of the hungry, those who are
not so richly endowed.
o Need to Be "Soar."
Now. I come to you and ray if you
have the peace of God that will pre
vent your becoming sour; and it will
make you sweet. It will make you
grow old in such a way that the utter
ance of the bible will be fulfilled in
your experience.
"Thou shalt come to thy old age
like a shock of corn fully ripe," not
like a shock of thistles. Yes, but
some of you say, if you bad an en
vironment like mine, that is not pos
sible. What have you In the shape of
an environment worse than Noah In
the flood; or Daniel in the den of
lions; or the three Hebrews in the
fire; or Peter in the Jail; or Paul and
Silas while their feet were fast in the
stdeks? Why can you not have the
peace of God In your particular en
vironment? Besides, how little does
surrounding count when you have
God! Up a rickety stairway a city
missionary went at the peril of his
life, until he got in an attic And
there he found -a Christian girl dying
of consumption. And noticing the
three days, beginning October 1. This
movement is preparatory to the)
"church rally day and Sunday school
round-up" on October 5, at which time
new members will be welcomed, and
the Lord's supper will be observed by
the church. Sunday morning at 11
o'clock the Rev. A. L. Hutchison, pas
tor of the church, will speak on
"Growing Bold." The evening popular
service will be held at 7:30 instead of
8 o'clock.
The Woman's Missionary society
will meet with Mrs. William H. Slus
ser, 1316 Cleveland avenue, on
Wednesday at 2:30 P. M.
On Sunday evening Dr. Hutchison
will give the first of a new series of
short talks on "Christian Types
Among the Twelve Disciples."
Today is rally day in the Mount
Tabor Presbyterian church and en
rollment day In the Sunday school.
The Sunday school will give a promo
tion day service and rally day pro
gramme at 11 A. M. in the church
auditorium. The newly assigned offi
cers and teachers will be in. tailed.
At 8 P. M. loyalty service will be held
with the sermon. "Loyalty to Christ."
Moving pictures, the Lincoln films,
will be given.
F. H. Mixsell, pastor of the Anabel
Presbyterian church, has announced
the following programme for today
and the remainder of the week: At
9:45 A. M.. Sunday school; promotion
day; N. M. Taylor, superintendent-
11 A. M., communion service and a re
ception of new members on confes
sion of faith and by letter; theme of
morning sermon, "The Sienificance of
the Cross." 6:30 P. M.. Y. P. S. C. E.
7:30 P. M... choral evangelistic service.
with young people's choir; theme.
One Hundred Per Cent American
ism." Thursday, 7:45 P. M.. prayer
service; Tuesday. 7:30 P. M.. orchestra
rehearsal under the leader. Mr. Town.
Tuesday. 7:30 P. M.. basketball. Sat
urday, 7:30 P. M.. boy scouts, under
the scoutmaster, Mr. Foster.
Dr. Donald D. McKay will preach
at both services at Central Presbyte
rian church. Dr. McKay was formerly
paator of Grace Presbyterian church
of Minneapolis, later president of
Whitmore college of Spokane. He
has been for over a year engaged in
war work.
At the Vernon Presbyterian church.
East Nineteenth and Wygant streets,
liruce J. Giffen, pastor, has an
nounced for today: Sunday school.
9:45 A. M.: church service at 11 A. M.
on the subject "The Social Programme
of the Lord's Prayer," and scram at
7:30 P. M. with the subject. "The Dis
appointment of the World With
Christ."
At the Fourth Presbyterian church.
First and Gibbs streets, morning wor
ship will be conducted at H:::o on the
topic. "What Is Most Needed in the
l'rosent Crisis?" Ltible school at 12
o'clock will observe rally day exer
cises. At the evening service nt 7:0
community sing, with George Hotch
kiss Street, leader, will be conducted.
The sermon topic, "Who Stole Your
Birthright?" will be used by the pas
tor. The Community church. First and
Gibbs streets, is to have a rally day
programme in the Sunday school at
12 o'clock. Classes will be promoted
from one department to another, new
teachers will 'take charge of new
classes and the Sunday school will
be started on its work for the new
vear. The departmental graded les
sons have been adopted throughout
the entire school. George Hotchkiss
Street, recently returned from Y. M.
C. A. work in Italy, will take up the
work as superintendent to succeed
Miss Ruth Crocker.
Plans are laid to raise 11000 to re
arrange the annex of the church and
equip it for a gymnasium and club
house for the young people of South
Portland. W. H. McGowan is chair-
Iman of the committee to raise me
funds. South Portland will be duvidea
into ten districts with special teams
to solicit everyone in the community.
The congregation will hold its an
nual meeting in the annex of the
church Thursday evening, October 2.
A dinner will be served by the ladies
of the church at 6:30.
The men's resort meeting today at
4 o'clock will be conducted by the
Rev. Levi Johnson. A large crowd
attended last Sunday -when the Rev.
E. T. Allen spoke. The Laughton
family orchestra, with Miss Alice
Johnson at the piano, will give spe
cial music and the men will sing fa
vorite gospel songs.
On Wednesday, October 1, at 1
(Concludi on Pap 11
PASTOR
squalor of the surroundings he said:
"My! My! To find you in this!"
And the dying girl said: "Yes. a
crust of bread, a cup of water and
Jesus Christ. Isn't it wonderful!"
You can have the peace of God in
spite of untoward surroundings. Yes,
but you say. "This is a city, and I am
a stranger, and the loneliness of it is
heartbreaking."
Why do you not get out of it? All
you have to do is to take the hand
of Mr. Cash at the close of this serv
ice, and he will introduce you to half
a dozen people in this church who
will befriend you in every high sense
of the word, and be glad to make
your acquaintance.
Tragedy at Sorlsl.
Do not be like an old man I ones
knew. It was tragic the way he used
to sit at a social. He would go off
in a corner by himself. And then the
next prayer-meeting night he would
come up and wail about the unsocial
sccial. Do not be solitary.
Anyhow, cultivate the acquaintance
of Christ. Then on the Kmniaus road,
when there is only you and one other,
you will have a multitude. Ah. but
you say. "Those I loved are all gone
Into another world." You have them
still. I often think of a college friend
I met after 20 years of absence, and
when I said "Hello. Hutchinson! How
are you?" he said: "Are you still
preaching?" "Yes." "Got any chil
dren?" I always think children are
the greatest asset in the world. He
said: "Yes. four; two here and two in
heaven."
Suppose you are in a storm. Do
you not know how the disciples were
In a storm and Jesus came walking
to them on the water? And some day
you will value as your most precious
possession the tears you have shed,
because some day God will wipe aw.y
all the tears from your eyes. If you
are saying now, "Oh, for the peace
that floweth like a river." open your
life to Jesus Christ and you will have
that peace flowing into your life, not
like a river, but like a soundless,
boundless sea.
"We have peace with God in Jesus
Christ." Now then let us have peace
with God. Let us begin to possess
our possessions. And standing up in
the hearing of earth, heaven and helL
say, "I have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ."