TIIE-" SUNDAY OREGONIAN", PORTLAND, OCTOBER ' 5, 1919.
METHODIST MISSION WORKERS OPEN ANNUAL MEETING THURSDAY
Event Most Important in Portland Church Calendar This Week Will Occupy Four Days Luncheon Will Be Served to Delegates, Officers and Special Guests Full Programme for Convention Announced.
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THE most important event In the
Portland church calendar for
this week will be the 27th an
nual meeting of the Columbia River
branch of the Woman's Foreign Mis
sionary socletr of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which will be held
in the First Methodist church
Twelfth and Taylor streets, on Thurs
day, Friday, Saturday and next Sun
day. -
Luncheon will be served to all each
day except Sunday, in First church
by the Portland auxiliaries. Dele
gates, officers, special guests and all
ministers and their wives will be sup
plied with dinner tickets. The local
committee in charge of the meeting;
includes: Registration. Mrs. E. W.
Moreland; Information. Mrs. C E.
Lenon: finance, Mrs. William Wallace
Yoangson; meals, Mrs. George W
L Lilly; rest room, Mrs. Frank R.
ori music. Mrs. Edward N.
Wheeler;-train. Miss Emma M. E.
SuHdheiroer; pulpit, Mrs. D. C Bevan;
decc-ration, Mrs. Ellsha A. Baker.
Branch officers under whose di
rection the meeting will be conducted
are;. Mrs. Matthew Simpson Hugnes,
president: Mrs. Url Seeley, vice-president;'
Mrs. Albert N. Fisher, corre
sponding secretary: Mrs. Willma
Rouse Keene. secretary of home base;
Mrs. Alexander R- Maclean, record
ing secretary: Miss Nettie M. Whit
ney, treasurer.
This Is "Jubilee Year."
Xltfiough this is but the 27th an
nual 'meeting of the branch district,
thlj-iear the 60th or "Jubilee Year"
of the National Methodist Woman's j
Missionary society will be celebrated.
Tue. Woman a Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal
church numbers over 250,000 women
members, in addition to 50,000 girls
and thousands of children a total of
4UD.531. This makes it the largest
organization In the world of any one
denomination. It has been closely
allied to the Methodist centenary.
observed by the entire church this
vear.
The Columbia Kiver orancn is one
of the eleven groups into which the
Wunoan's Foreign Missionary society
is organized. Its territory comprises
the- states of Oregon. Washington,
Idaho and Montana.
Miss Aetna L. Emmel of Central
Methodist Episcopal church, this city,
will sail as missionary under the di
rection of this branch the last or
lictober for South India, where she
will engage In education work. Miss
Emmel is a graduate of Vt lllamette
university and was prominent in the
society service work.
, I'roK ra m me I a Arranged.
The following programme1 has been
arranged for the four convention
dajrs: .
M n. Matthew Simpson Hushes, presiding.
IV A M. Executive meeting.
1 30 P. M. Devotional service. Rev.
I.bu Staiufleld. D. O.. First church;
appointment of committees; local rally
test: special music.
Victory notes from conlerence secreia-
riea Columbia river. Mrs. ran Broom;
Idaho. Mrs. H. W. earner: Montana, airs.
C. I Bovard; North Montana, Mrs. . fc.
IkxIJs: Norwegian-Danish, Mrs. F. A. Scar-
vie; Oregon. Mrs. U- c Bevan; racmc
German. Mrs. P. J. Sehnert: Pacific Swed-l.-tr,
Mrs. J. N. Burdell ; Puget sound, Mrs.
B. F. Zimmerman.
Jubilee hymn. "O Zlon, Haste.- eo4
nyraoaU minute woman; "Then and ow,
Mrs. llen Warner Fox. Burma and India;
"Jut Girls." Mrs. G. F. Parkinson: Intro-
duetlons; presentation or literature; an
nouncements. Rev. O. 1 Fields. Rose City
Park.: closing prayer.
l-.f V. M. Devotional service. Rev. Hi
ram Gould, president Portland preachers'
meeting; special music; address. Bishop
3Iafthew Simpson Hughes. LI D.; bene
diction.
many.
Mrs. frl Seeley. presiding.
9 a M. Workers' conlerence: confer
ence secretaries, led by Mrs. W. R. Keene;
auxiliary treasurers, led by Miss Nettie
al. Whitney.
:SO A. M. Morning worship. Rev. J. T.
Abbett. D. D., University Park; minutes
of previous session.
Jubilee echoes from branch secretaries
Bequests and annuities, Mrs. it. B. Ferrli;
Christmas boxes, Mrs. E. Meredith; ex
tension. Mrs. F. E. Oodds: finance, Mrs.
r W. Oakes; Interdenominational. Mrs.
8. H. Bolton: literature; Mrs. L. J. Camp
bell: missionaries, Mrs. A. N. Fisher: pub
lication. Mrs. A R- Maclean; student
work. Mrs. A. C. Davis: special work. Mrs.
A. N. Fisher: supplies. Mrs. W. M. fcrs
klne: The Courier. Mrs. C E. Lenon: The
Quarterly. Miss Mary Eva Foster; tithing,
lira, F. A. Guller.
Hymn. "Hark. Ten Thousand Voices."
17T hymnal: minute woman; prayer, "The
Keystone of the Jubilee Arch," Mrs. T. W.
Lane: 'The Other Seven in Concrete Ex
ample." Mrs. F. A. Schumann: round table.
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nouncemenu and introductions
prayer. Rev. W. 8. Gordon,
church.
1 SO P. M . Mrs. Matthew 8lmpson
Hughes, presiding Holy communion. In
charge of Rev. w. W. Toungson, D. D.
minutes or previous session.
Results of the last year of jubll
Members. Mrs. Willma Rouse Keene
money. Miss Nettle M. Whitney; mission
arles. Mrs. Albert N. Fisher.
Special music; minute woman; aporoori.
atlons for lS-'O; consecration prayer, Mrs.
i. v ire.
P. M. Toung people's rally and Infor
mal reception; piano solo. Miss Lois Oakes
"The Heathen's ReauesU" University Park
stanaara bearers: "India and Its Girls'
Miss Anna Louise Godfrey: solo. Miss Dor-
oiny KoDertson.
Saturday.
Mrs. Matthew 8lmpson Hughes, presiding.
w. si. workers conlerence.
:30 A M. Memorial service. Mrs. Will
lam Park; minutes of previous session: un
finished business: report of committee on
by-laws: "O Master. Let Me Walk With
Thee." 411 hymnal: election of officers and
aelegates to the general executive.
Our recruiting stations "The Mlaaln
una." Mrs. r. E. Oodds: "Vital Work."
mi 1 1". jvuu west.
Report of youna neonle's work. Mrs. fl
E. James: report of children's work, M
E. Ipmeyer; announcements: noontide
Prayer. Rev. Francis Burgette Short. D. D.
1:311 f. M. Devotional aervlee. Rv J
Koiuns. D. D. ; Jubilee report. Miss Net
tie M. Whitney: addresses by mission
aries; special music: "A Forward Look,
After the Jubilee, what?" symposium by
Mrs. r rank Broom. Mrs. D. C. Bevan and
Mrs. C. L. Bovard: "Soon May the Last
Kiaa song Arise." hymnal 630; benediction.
t.av f. M. executive session.
8unday.
10:30 A. M. Sermon bv Rev Joahna
oiansiieia. u. u . pastor First church.
S P. M. Children's rally: addreaa fay
m insions nes
1-3Q P. M. Mrs. Matthew Simpson
Hughes, presiding; service of commission
tor miss Aetna L. Emmel, missionary un
der appointment to South India.
Coaa-rea-atloaal Pastor Arrives.
Dr. William T. McElveen will oc
cupy the pulpit of the First Congre
gational cnurch- today. This will be
the first Sunday of Dr. McElveen's
pastorate In Portland, as he was but
recently elected to the position, his
duties to commence October 1.
In coming to the Pacific coast Dr.
McElveen has resigned as pastor of
tne .Manhattan Congregational church
01 ,ew York City, where he has mln
istered during the last two years, oc
cupying the pulpit of one of the larg
est Congregational churches of the
country. Prior to his pastorate in
New York Dr. McElveen was with
the Evanston. 111., Congregational
church. While in Evanston he was
a member of the school board and for
seven years was president of the high
school board of education. He organ
ised the Evanston Playground asso
ciation and obtained a check for $25,
000 for the first park purchased.
He was twice president of the board
of trustees of the Illinois state con
ference of Congregationalists and
served upon other important denom
inational committees. He was gradu
ated by the College of the City of
New lork, worked for a time as a re
porter on the New York Herald and
then entered Union Theological semi
nal y. Later he did special work at
New York university. He has served
prominent churches in Boston, Brook-
ln and New York.
Episcopal Meeting; Scheduled.
Among the speakers at the great
mass meeting on "The Message of the
War to the Church and the Worid."
on the evening of the second day of the
general convention of the Episcopal
church In Detroit, Thursday, will be
Vice-Admiral Sims, who commanded
the United States navy in European
waters, and Rev. Orval A. Petty, chap-
ain cf the base hospital at Bordeaux.
General John J. Pershing, who is a
member of tb Episcopal church and
was confirmed by Bishop Brent in
the Philippine islands, has promised
to attend this meeting.
Among the lay delegates of national
fame who will attend the convention
is Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, -assistant
secretary of the navy, who
represents the diocese of Washington,
D. C. Brigadier-General Lawrence D.
Tyson of Knoxvllle, Tenn., who com
manded the 30th division of the
American army in France, is a dele
gate. Hon. L- Bradford Prince, who
represents New Mexico, has been a
memoer of 14 successive general con
ventions. He is a former chief Justice
and governor cf New Mexico. Two
college presi-lents will sit ifthe con
vention, Kenneth C. M. Sills of Bow
doin and William F. Pierce of Ken
yon, and the delegates include
some of the leading bankers and
judges of the United States. Three
of the clerical delegates. Dr. Batter-
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shall of Albany, N. Y.; Dr. Lefflng
well of Quincy, III, and Dr. Reese F.
Alsop of Brooklyn. N. Y.. have been
delegates to every general convention
since 1877.
The convention sits In, two houses
the house of bishops and the house
of clerical and lay .deputies, and the
consent of each house is necessary to
make legislation effective. Changes
the canon law of the church go
nto effect on the first day of Janu
ary following the convention; changes
In the constitution must be ratified
at the following convention.
The bishops will hold their daily
sessions in St. Paul's cathedral house
under the chairmanship of Rt. Rev.
Thomas F. Gailor. bishop of Tennes
ee. Assembled In council, they will
elect, subject' to the consent of the
house of deputies, missionary blsnops
for Utah, Idiho, Oklahoma and the
Philippine islands. They will also
deal with the-case of Kt. .Rev. Fred
erick J. Kinsman, bishop of Delaware,
who has tendered his resignation of
the episcopal office because of his
lack of sympathy with the modern
endencies of the church and his
doubts as to the validity of her min
isterial orders. With one exception
this is without precedent In the his
tory of the Episcopal church. Kt.
Rev. Paul Jones, missionary bishop of
Utah, who resigned Ms Jurisdiction
because of his pacifist views and so
lalistic sympathies, will not attend
the convention.
New Prayer Recommended.
Much time will be taken in both
houses on the report of the Joint
commission on the revision and en
richment of the Book of Common
Prayer. This report recommends an
ntirely new prayer for the president
the United States which is more
democratic than the old one taken
from the English prayer book. For
the first time prayers are added for
tl e army and navy, courts of Justice,
state legislatures, for all who labor.
for social Justice and for the stew-
rdship of wealth. Provisions are
made for the revival of the ancient
Catholic custom of annointing the
Bick with oil and for the laying on
of hands. Under definite restrictions,
the reservation of the blessed sacra
ment to meet the case of the dying
will be allowed and the dipping of
the bread in the wine in the adminis
tration of the holy communion will
be permitted where there 'is danger
of the communication of disease
through the use of the common cup.
An entirely new feature in the prayer
book of the Episcopal church will be
the prayer for the blessing of a grave
and a number of prayers for the dead.
These have been In common use un
der the authority of Individual bish
ops, but they have never been offi
cially sanctioned by the act of the
whole church. In the matrlage serv
ice it is proposed to omit the promise
of obedience now required of the
women and the undertaking of the
man to endow his bride with all his
worldly goods. Widespread interest
has been aroused by the proposed per
mission to shorten the Ten Command-.
ments by the omission of the reasons
1 Mrs. Matthew Simpson Hughes,
wife of Bishop Hughes and presi
dent of the branch association, who
will preside at the more Important
meetings.
2 Mrs. Alexander R. Maclean, wife of
Rev. Maclean, pastor of the Central
Methodist church, who will act as
recording secretary during the eon.
ventlon and who has been in charge
of many of the arrangement plans
made by the Portland women for
their guests.
3 Mrs. Albert N. Fisher, who will fill
the position of corresponding sec re.
tary, as she has done during each
preceding; annual branch convention
held In the last 23 years.
4 Miss Aetna Llzetta Emmel, a re
cent graduate of Willamette nniver
slty, who Is the outgoing mission,
ary to India, financed by the Colum.
bla river branch of the Methodist
Woman's Missionary society.
for their observance. A commission
of bishops, clergy and laity will rec
omi:er.d the amendment of the canon
law of the church so as to prohibit
any clergyman from officiating at the
marrlape of a divorced person. The
marriage with the church service of
the innocent party in a divorce is now
permitted with the consent of the
bishop. .
New Divorce Laws Possible.
The proposed amendment would
make impossible the church marriage
of any person who has a husband or
wife living. This proposal was adopted
at the. last convention by the house
of bishops and was supported by the
clerical members of the house of depu
ties, but the lay delegates defeated
it by a narrow majority.
An important and influential group
of churchmen will submit a new can
on which would empower bishops to
give Episcopal ordination to ministers
of other denominations who will still
continue to minister to their own con
gregations. This marked departure
from the practice of the church is the
outcome of prolonged conferences re
sulting In a concordat, between a
group of Episcopalians and Congrega
tionalists, including Rev. Dr. Williams
T. Manning, rector of Trinity church.
New York, Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth,
the eminent Congregational minister
of New Haven. It is proposed as a
step In the approach to church unity
and its discussion is expected to lead
to an exciting debate in the conven
tion where It will meet with vigorous
opposition.
Church School Starts.
Marked interest was manifested in
the Portland training school for church
workers which opened on Wednesday
evening under the auspices of the
Multnomah County Sunday School as
sociation and the Portland Federation
of Churches. When the time arrived
for the first study period the reg
istrar reported an enrollment of 131
from 31 churches representing 10 de
nominations. The classes in each
period were practically equal in num
ber of students. There was a delight
ful spirit of fellowship, evident.
Walter Jenkins, who is instructing
in song leadership and hymn interpre
tation, is requesting senior classes in
all Sunday schools to send at least
one representative. The proper con
ducting of song worship in Sunday
schools he considers to be fundamental
to the spirit of the school. Professor
Ewing has a course that is appealing
to pastors, superintendents and sec
retaries.
Further registrations are expected
next Wednesday evening. Copies of
the prospectus are exhausted, but in
formation may be obtained from the
dean. Rev. Robert Murray Pratt, 1831
Overlook boulevard, phone Woodlawn
1114. A special feature of the session
next Wednesday evening will be a
demonstration by the - instructors of
the Summer School of Religious Ed
ucation recently held at St Johns.
Jewish Holiday Approaching.
The Jewish. day of atonement will
be observed by all Portland adherents
of the Hebrew faith on October 10 or
from Friday evening at sundown to
Saturday morning at sunrise. This
period will be set aside as a fast day
and special services will- be held in
all Jewish places of worship, includ
ing the strictest orthodox and the
most radical synagogues. During this
day many business houses will be
closed in courtesy to those of Jewish
faith.
Saturday afternoon will be observed
as the time for honoring those who
died during the last year.
Side Woodman hall. 112 East Sixth
street, corner of East Alder. The lec
ture subject will be "How to Rise
Into a Higher Life." by Rev.. and Mrs.
J. C. Schorl, pastors. Midweek meet
ings are held at IS East Fifteenth
street North, corner of East Burnside,
on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 P. M.
.
At the United Presbyterian church,
corner Seventy-first and Sandy boule
vard, of which Rev. S. W. Seemann is
pastor, the following programme will
be observed today: Morning services
at 11 A. M., "The Church for the
Times"; evening preaching at 7:30
P. M., "The Task of the Present-day
Preacher." .
Brethren Pastors Take Up
Year's Work Today.
Preachera All Back From Vaca
tions Announce Their Sermons,
rpHE United Brethren pastors of the
X city all are back from their an
nual conference ready for another
year's work.
Dr. Byron J. Claik of the First
Church, Fifteenth and East Morrison
streets, has announced for his subject
thia morning, "Coming Home." This
service is in anticipation of the rally
day, which is to be observed October
12, when old, young, big, little, great
and small, all who ever attended this
church, are expected to get back home
for a day. His evening subject will
be "Dead Gold."
At Second Church, Twenty-seventh
and Sumner streets. Rev. Ira Hawley
will preach in the morning on the
subject, "Worthy Because He Hath
Received," and in the evening, "Ego
tism Subjects a Man to a Fall."
"Gbd's Word is the subject of the
morning sermon to be delivered by
Rev. E. O. Shepherd, pastor or tne
Third Church, corner of Sixty-seventh
street and Thirty-second avenue
Southeast. In the evening Miss Dor
othy Nichols will tell of her conver
sion to protestantism.
At Tremont station, tne . jrourtn
Church, pastor Rev. C. P. Blanchard,
will preach as usual. Her morning
subject is, "This One Thing I Do."
In the evening there will be an evan
gelistic service.
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Our Savior Lutheran church, corner
East Grant and Tenth streets, will
have Its morning service at 11 o'clock,
when Rev. M. A. Christensen will
preach the sermon in English. His
theme will be "Christ's Victory Over
Death."
Monday night at 8 o clock the con
gregation will hold a mission rally
Rev. Sigurd Knutson, the recently in
stalled pastor of Trinity cnurcn,
Portsmouth, will preside, and the
speaker of the evening will be Rev.
B. E. Bergesen of Seattle.
in.1 music has been provided
and friends of the church and its mis
sions in foreign lands are cordially
nvited.
vided under competent leadership.
during the morning service.
"Harvest Home" will be observed
today at the St. James English Luth
eran church, corner West Park and
Jefferson streets. Morning service at
11 A. M. Rev. William E. Brinkman
will preach an appropriate harvest
sermon on the subject "The Bountiful
Provider and the Recipient of His
Blessings." The church altar and
chancel will be appropriately decor
ated in keeping with harvest time.
This evening at 7:45 o'clock the
pastor will speak on the subject
"Gathering in the Sheaves." The Sun
day school session is held In the
chapel at 9:50 A. M. The Young
People's Luther league devotional
meeting Is held each Sunday evening
at 6:45. i
The St. James Lutheran brotherhood
will hold its first fall business and
social meeting at the church next
Tuesday evening at 8 P. M. There will
be several interesting addresses and
a fine musical programme.
At the Metaphysical library, room
27. Ainsworth building. Third and
Oak streets, services will be held to
day at 11 A. M. and .Wednesday at
8 P. M. by Nettie Taylor Kloh.
White Temple Pastor to
Start New Talks Today.
"The First Gleams of the Gaapel
Day" Is Morning; Topic
Unitarian Homecoming
Services Are Today.
Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr Will Preach
at Church of Our Father.
THE Church of Our J?'amer, croaa
way and Yamhill, will observe its
annual "Homecoming Sunday toaay
at 11 A. M.
The. church building Is open dally
and services are held every Sunday
of the year, but by honored usage
the first Sunday of October has been
designated as a convenient time to
Temple . mark the beginning of the working
Beth Israel will hold memorial, serv- vear after the vacation month. By
ices during this time and special violin I this time the various organizations
and cello music will be given. and enterprises are in working oraer
Sneclal music will be given in all and most of the congregation nome
synagogues this week. Henry Bett- again from summer absences.
man. violinist, will play tne koi-. At tne regular mumms ci "t
nitre at Temple Beth Israel Friday
evening.
pastor, William G. Eliot, Jr., will
speak upon "Worship as a Sacrifice."
The communion of the Lord's Supper
will be held at noon. There will be
a service of baptism at 10:15 o'clock.
The Sunday evening open forum
The Christian and Missionary alli
ance, East Nintn and ciay streets.
John E. Fee. castor, will conduct Bi
ble school at 10 A. M., preaching at will resume its regular meetings at
11 A M. and 7:30 P. M. todav. and 7:45 P. M. in the chapel (entrance
Broadway Detween xamniii ana Tay
lor). The speaker. William D. Wheel
wright, will speak upon "Japan and
World Problems."
A church-hour kindergarten, for the
children of parents who may thus be
prayer meeting on Tuesday at 7:45
P. M., and Bible study and prayer on
Friday, 2:30 P. M.
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The Independent Bible Spiritualist
church and society will hold services
at 3 and 8 P. M. today at the East enabled to attend church, is pro- labor. This class is known far and
"PR. WILLIAM A. WALDO, pastor of
J the White temple, will begin
series of Sunday morning discourses
on the general theme, "The New
Testament Church," first century
messages peculiarly adapted to the
needs of the 20th century church.
These sermons will be a study of
tne modern church, dealing with some
of the most practical questions of
character, life and destiny. They will
be expository discourses on the New
Testament church as found in the acts
of the apostles and all will be de
livered extemporaneously and will be
of value to all thoughtful people, to
young and old alike. The respective
themes are as follows:
October 6 "The First Gleams of the
Gospel Day."
October 12 "The First Pentacostal
Blessing."
October 19 "The First Apostolic
Miracle."
October 26 "The First Ecclesiasti
cal Trial."
November 2 "The First Unexpected
Apostasy."
November 11 "The First Seven
Deacons."
November 16 "The First Christian
Martyr."
The Temple quartet will give spe
cial and appropriate music for each
of these addresses.
This morning at 11 o'clock Dr.
Waldo will deliver his first sermon
on the subject "The First Gleams of
the Gospel Day," and In the evening
at 8 o'clock his subject will be "A
Crooked Woman Made Straight."
The First Christian congregation
has arranged to send its pastor, the
Rev. Harold H. Grlffls. to the National
convention of Christian churches,
which will be held at Cincinnati. O.,
October 14-20. On Sunday the Rev.
Mr. Griffis will deliver his last ser
mons before leaving for the east In
the morning at 11 o'clock the worship
and service will be especially appro
priate to Rally day in the Sunday
school, with a pastoral message on
"The Possibilities of the Modern Bible'
School." At the evening service at
7:45 the pastor will discuss the Chris
tian religion in its militant aspects,
taking for his specific topic "The
Tactics of the Christian's Fight."
wide because of the family spirit
shown In individual advancement of
its members. Young women coming
to the city alone are carefully placed
in Christian homes and suitable posi
tions secured. If desired. The em
ployment committee is acquainted
with the firms needing recruits, and
can usually fill any vacancy with ef
ficient help.
The hour of meeting is 12:10, Just
after the morning service.
The Warren vesper class of the
First Presbyterian church, composed
of several hundred young men and
women, will meet for the first time
after the vacation in room E of the
church house today. A most attrac
tive musical programme will be ren
dered under the management of Miss
Gertrude Hoeber, assisted by the
Warren vesper orchestra, composed of
10 members.
Mrs. Marguerite Moore Bourne,
who was chorister of this class over
two years, will be the soloist
Young men and women will find this
a most homelike place to spend the
hours between 4 and 6 every Sunday
afternoon in fellowship with Chris
tian people. All denominations are
represented In the membership of
this class.
"The Birth of a New World" will be
Dr. A. A. Morrison's subject in Trinity
church this morning. In the evening
he will give an address on "Visions."
Members of the Woman's Guild have
begun their fall work sewing for the
Red Cross. The guild meets every
Wednesday In the parish house from
10 to 5. Plans are under way to en
large the choir to 50 voices. The
soloists are: Mrs. Pullen, soprano;
Mrs. Corrucclni. contralto; R. Bell,
tenor; Fred Crowther, baritone; Fred
Brainard, organist; Hans Herlein, as
sistant organist; Dr. Morrison, director.
Episcopalians Prepare for
National Campaign.
Various Services Announced Rev.
Oswald Taylor Off to Convention.
Today Is "Get-Together"
Sunday for Presbyterians.
Activity After Vacation Time Will
Be Revived.
TEIIS Sunday will be observed as the
"Get Together Day" for revival
of work after the vacation time at
the First Presbyterian church.
The Warren Bible class for young
women is composed of several hun
dred members all actively engaged in
the business and educational fields of
TIE national convention of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew la be
ing held this week in Detroit, Mich.,
prior to the meeting of the general
convention of the Episcopal church.
Delegates to the latter left this week.
Many matters of importance will
come before the convention, among
which will be the nation-wide cam
paign. As soon as the convention ap
proves it, the committees already
appointed will enter upon the work
with determination to make the cam
paign a success. The diocese of Ore
gon has already made plans for open
ing a central office In the Oregon
clericus room, from which place the
campaign will be conducted. A cam
paign manager of great experience
has been appointed to take charge of
the work, and later other workers
will be added to the force.
The services at the pro-cathedral
will be held as usual on Sunday with
the addition of the Young People's
society organized by the dean last
Sunday. This meeting will be held
at 7 o'clock in the parish house. At
the 11 o'clock service Dean Hicks will
preach on "Positive Religion," and In
the evening at 7:45 o'clock the dean
will preach on "Man's First Duty."
At St. David's church, during the
absence of the rector, the Rev.
Thomas Jenkins, who is attending the
general convention, the Rev. Walter
Gray of Ocean Falls, B. C, will have
charge of the services.
At Grace Memorial the Rev. Homer
E. Bush of Newport, Or., will have
charge of the services during the
month of October, as the rector, the
Rev. Oswald Taylor, accompanied by
Mrs. Taylor, left last Wednesday to
attend the general convention.
a
Rev. Elias Gjerding has been reap
pointed to the First Norwegian-Danish
M. E. church of Portland. At the
annual meeting of the western Norwegian-Danish
conference of the M.
E. church held at Seattle, Wash.,
September 25 to 29, under the presi
dency of Bishop Matthew S. Hughes
of this city, Rev. Elias Gjerding was
reappointed to the First church for
the fourth 'year. Through the pastor
an invitation was extended to the
conference to hold its next meeting
in Portland in the First church, Hoyt
and Eighteenth streets. This invita-
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HEAVEN A SUBJECT OF SUPREME INTEREST TO CHILDREN OF MEN
Meditation Upon the Life After Death in Sermon Delivered by Rev. William A. Waldo, D. D.
BY DR. WILLIAM A WALDO.
I 14 to prepare a place for you. John
Xiv:2. -
NO subject is of supremer Interest
to the children of men than
' tieaven. Many of our departed
fr'ehds, we are confident, are there
we ourselves hope one day to enjoy
the' felicities of that eternal condi
tion.
Heaven Is not only a state, but a
place. This is the assertion of the
text. "I go to prepare a place for
you.-
Some years ago I was greatly In
terested in an address given by Dr.
Sexton, in which he argued that hea
ven was a "place" and that "place"
here upon earth. While his argu
ments were presented In a very fas
cinating manner, they were not given
In the light of Holy Scripture. Fot
John; said, in speaking of future
things, "I saw a new heaven and a
new earth; for the first heaven and
the first earth are passed away; and
the sea is no more." There is a sense
in m-hich we can have heaven upon
earth, namely. In our hearts and In
our lives. Sam Jones used to say,
"There are a great many Christians
who are always singing In the Sweet
By-and-By' who ought to make them
selves happy by singing 'In the Sweet
Now and Now. "
It is often asked, "Where is hea
ven?" The most comforting and sat
isfactory answer is given to us In the
words cf Jesus our Lord: "I go to pre
pare a place for you; and If I go and
prepare a place for you, I come again
and will receive you unto myself, that
where I am there ye may be also."
Where Christ Is. there is heaven.
Now upon this holy place, known
In the Bible as heaven, I desire to
lead you Into three or four lines of
meditation.
.'Beauty of Heaven Revealed.
1.. Heaven la a place of exquisite
beauty.
In the last two chapters of Revela
tion we have soma magnificent pic
tures of the beauty of our eternal
home. John says. "I saw the holy
city. New Jerusalem, coming down
out "of heaven from God. made ready
as- bride adorned for her husband";
and again he says. "He carried me
again in the spirit to a mountain
great and high and showed me the
holy city. Jerusalem, coming down out
of Jjeaven from God. having the glory
cf God; ter lisht was like unto a,
stone most precious, as it were a jas
per stone, clear as crystal."
He tells us about the walls of the
city; they were four square, and there
were 12 gates, an angel at each gate,
named after the 12 tribes of the chil
dren of Israel. The city had gates
on every side. "On the east were
three gates; and, on the north three
gates; and on the south three gates;
and on the west three gates." The
walls are of jasper. The foundations
were garnished about with all manner
of precious stones, jasper and sap
phire and chalcedony and emerald.
The city was of pure gold like unto
clear glass.
There were certain things In the
city that added to its exquisite beauty.
Great Throne Described.
There was a ' great throne, "the
throne of God and of the Lamb," rep
resenting the glory and dominion of
the triune God. There was the river
of life, clear as crystal, "proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the
Lamb." Rebekah R. Springer, in her
little volume. "Intra Muros." gives us
a beautiful conception of the river of
life. You remember when the angel
brought the redeemed souls down to
the banks of the river, dressed In
robes of glory and snowy whiteness,
the soul faltered at the river's edge
and said, "I will get wet and spoil
my robes of glory"; but the angel as
sured him that neither of these things
took place in the river of life. As
they went down Into the crystal
waves there were depicted before
their eyes beauties of color too grand
for human language to describe, and
when they returned from the waters
their garments still were dry and re
tained their snowy whiteness. This
was only a celestial vision, but It
gives us a conception of the beauty
and grandeur of the river of life "pro
ceeding out of the throne of God and
of the Lamb."
There was also the tree of life,
upon the bank of the river, bearing 12
manner of fruits, "yielding its fruit
every month." Unlike the tree of life
spoken of in the Garden of Eden, this
tree had 12 manner of fruita. yielding
its fruit every month, "and the leaves
of the tree were for the healing of the
nations."
"There shall be night no more."
They need no light of lamp, "neither
light of sun: for the Lord God shall
give them light; and they shall reign
for ever and ever." It Is the light of
the glory of Jesus that will shine for
ever and eve. Yes, the beauty of
that city wl'J transcend all our an
ticipations. Two beautiful pictures
come to my mind. The first I caw im
mediately at the close of the World's
Fair, in a cartoon In the Chicago
Tribune. The other was In the Louvre
of Paris. At the conclusion of the
World's Fair in Chicago the Tribune
produced a picture of the vanishing
city, showing the different people of
the world taking leave of the city
with their articles of exhibit. The
picture was of the "vanishing city."
You could see all the things vanish
ing quickly out of sight, and in lines
below were written these words: "No
more white city." In the other the
artist was depicting the New Jeru
salem, the holy city, with all its
glory, coming down out of heaven.
The two pictures represented two
great facts, the one the vanishing
things of time, the other the realities
of eternity.
Of this holy city, with Its exquisite
beauty, we are in search. It is said
that Alexander the Great was making
his Journey down through the north
ern part of Syria; he came across a
wandering tribe and asked them
where they were going. He received
this reply: we are looking for a
city." The holy city rose before the
vision of Abraham while "he looked
for a city which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God."
. 2. Heaven Is a place of social rec
ognition. Scripture Gives Assurance.
A living divine says: "When I was
a boy I thought of heaven as a great
shining city, with vast walls and
domes and spires and with nobody in
it excepting white angels who were
strangers to me. By and by my lit
tle brother died and I thought of a
great city with all the beauties de
scribed and one little fellow that I
was acquainted with. He was the
only one I knew in it at that time.
Then another brother died and there
were two that I knew. Then my ac
quaintances began to die and the
number continually increased, but it
was not until I had given one of my
little children to his Grandparent
God that I began to think I had got
a little in it myself. A second went,
a third went, a fourth went, and by
that time I had so many acquaint
ances in heaven that I did not see any
more walls and domes and spires. I
began to think of the residents of the
celestial city, and it now seems to
me that I know more people in hea
ven than I do on earth." This Is true
in a measure with all of us. How
many whom we have known on earth
are waiting for us there! "Many dear
to my heart over there" is the cry of
bereaved and lonely souls. The ques
tion is continually asked, "Shall we
kow and, be, known In heaven r'
"Yes!" we answer. This assurance is
very clearly given in Holy Scripture.
To meet the loved ones who were so
near and dear to us on earth is one
of the deepest desires of the human
soul.
Many have heard the story of the
Welsh minister. "John Evans, said
his faithful wife, as he was In his
study one day, "do you think we shall
be known to each other in Heaven?"
The minister answered without hesi
tation, "To be sure we shall. Do
you think we shall be greater fools
there than we are here?" Our per
ception will be keener there than it
is here. "For now we see in a mirror,
darkly; but then face to face; now I
know in part; but then shall I know
even as also I have been known."
In eternity every soul will have the
active use of all its powers. When
Dives, in torment, called to Abra
ham, making the request, "Send Laz
arus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger inswater, and cool my tongue;
for I am In .anguish in this flame,"
Abraham said, "Son, remember." The
tormented soul could remember! If
we recognize our friends now, under
the limitations of this earthly exist
ence, certainly it may be expected
that we shall recognize them in an
other life, when we are freed from
these limitations and our souls are
purified and invigorated. The poet
Southey said he expected he would
know Bishop Heber in Heaven by a
portrait he saw of him in London.
Dr. Randolf said he expected to
recognize William Cowper by a pic
ture he had seen of him in England.
It is said of Rowland Hill, the faith
ful preacher of the truth, that he
said, as he was standing by the bed
side of a much-beloved friend, just
passing away, "Tell them not to for
get me, and assure them that poor
old Rowley will soon be coming, too."
Christ confirms us In this belief,
when he says, "Many shall, come
from the east and the west, and shall
sit down with Abraham and Isaac,
and Jacob, in the kingdom of
Heaven." How much more satisfy
ing the greeting of Keaven than the
closest and most frequent human in
tercourse! Here limitations of time
hinder the fellowship for which we
crave. In the eternity of Heaven,
when time shall be no longer, there
need be no Interruption to the social
intercourse of redeemed spirits. With
what a mighty attraction the loved
ones in Heaven are drawing us away
from things temporal to things spir
itual! Yes, my friends, we all have
members of our families over there:
fathers and mothers, sisters and
brothers, . children and friends, are
there waiting for us. The day will
soon .come wben we shall say,. ' Fare-
well" to this old world; and we shall
board the grand old .Gospel ship
which will bear us on to our eternal
home. We shall be supremely happy
in that hour of life's voyage, and
the Heavenly Pilot will come aboard
and take us safely ashore. Our ex
perience may then be somewhat ex
pressed in the beautiful old hymn:
When at last I near the shore.
And the fearful breakers roar
'Twixt me and the peaceful rest,
Then while leaning- on thy breast.
May 1 hear thee say to me,
"Fear not. I will pilot thee."
When the shore is reached, all
things will be made plain. The veil
betwixt time and eternity will be
removed. We shall behold the King
in his beauty; our loved ones will
come from his shining presence to
the shore to bid us welcome. Then,
and not -till then, shall we under
stand what a heavenly reception
means. Then there will be given unto
us an abundant entrance "into the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.
III. Heaven is a Place of Propor
tionate Rewards.
The happiness of Heaven cannot be
precisely the same to all saints. To
some a larger cup of enjoyment will
be offered than to others. Paul has
thrown light upon this debated ques
tion, when he says, '.'There is one
glory of the sun, and another glory
of the moon, and another glory of
the stars; for one star differeth from
another star in glory." Undoubtedly
there will be a vast difference in
the glorified state betwe-n the con
dition of the penitent thief and that
of the Apostle Paul. The thief re
ceived salvation when dying, but he
had rendered no service in the king
dom. Paul, renouncing the world in
the vigor of life, yielded himself in
unqualified obedience to his
Master, Jesus Christ, and spent a
laborious life in faithful service to
the kingdom. These two men shall
differ as one star differeth from
another star in glory.
The rewards of eternal life will
be proportionate to the earthly serv
ice. In the parable of the pounds
we have this clearly indicated. "A
certain nobleman went into a far
country to receive for himself a
kingdom, and to return. And he
called ten servants of his, and gave
them ten pounds, and said unto them,
Trade ye herewith till I come.'
Upon his return he called his ser
vants unto him to give an' account
of what they had gained by trad
ing. "The first came before him,
saying, 'Lord, thy pound hath made
ten pounds more.' Upon this state
ment the lord rewarded him in pro
portion .to bjs fidelity,and said, unto
him, 'Well done, thou good servant:
because thou wast found faithful in
a very little, have thou authority
over ten cities.' The second servant,
announcing that his pound had made
five pounds more, was likewise re
warded in proportion to his service.
But the one who had no returns to
make was called a 'wicked servant.'
The lord commanded the pound to be
taken away from him and given to
another.' Paul was pondering this
truth, perhaps, at the close of Lis
life,, when he said, "I have fought the
good fight, I have finished the course
I have kept the faith; henceforth there
is laid up for me the crown of right
eousness, which the Lord, the right
eous Judge, shall give me at that
day."
Especially is promised to the soul-
winner a full apportionment or re
wards. "They that be wise shall
shine as the brightness of the firma
ment; and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars forever
and ever.", Mr. Moody used to say
that he believed every ch'Id of God
would have In Heaven a crown, but
only the soul-winners would have
stars in their crown, and it seems to
me that he is warranted in saying
this. Ask yourself then, my friends,
"How many redeemed souls will greet
me as the messenger who brought to
them the words of pardon, deliver
ance, peace?" Beautifully is this
thought expressed in the words of
that suggestive hymn:
Will there be any stars, any stars in my
crown
When at evening the sun'goeth down?
When 1 wake with the bleit in the man
sions of rest.
Will there be any stars In my crown?
4. It is a place for prepared people.
When Christ said "I go to prepare a
place for you" he was addressing his
own followers. They did believe in
God, they ought to believe in him,
and to be prepared for a prepared
place. Heaven must begin upon earth.
It is a subjective condition as well as
an objective place. Heaven must be
gin in the heart; if our hearts become
the temples of the holy spirit then we
have already entered heaven. Unless
a change takes place in the heart and
the affections are set upon things
above, there will be no relish for
spiritual things. Heaven would not
be heaven to the unregenerated soul.
I heard of two men who hd planned
to have an outing on the same day.
There was to be a prizefight at one
place and a Sunday school picnic at
another, and two boats were waiting
at the wharf to carry passengers to
these respective places. The men
were almost too late for the boat; one
was. going to. the prizefight and. the,
other to the picnic, and the picnic
man by mistake got on the other boat.
When the man who wanted to go to
the picnic heard the swearing and
saw the drinking and gambling, he
found he was on the wrong boat and
begged the captain to let him off,
but he would not, and he was com
pelled to endure the smoke and foul
language of the uncongenial crowd.
When the man going to the prizefight
heard the singing and godly conver
sation and saw his blunder, he
pleaded with the captain to push to
shore, but he would not. Then said he
to the captain: "Let me off anywhere;
put me on a rock anywhere but here
for this is hell." Heaven will be a
place of happiness only to those who
have been regenerated by the spirit
of God and thereby received a relish
for the society of God's children here
and hereafter. Thus David prayed,
"Create in n e a clean heart . . .
and renew a right spirit within me."
The blood of Jesus Christ, God's son,
cleanseth us from all sin and pre
pares us for the heavenly .and.
What p. true object lesson of this
truth is presented in the seventh
chapter of Revelation! John rolls up,
as it were, the curtain of eternity and
gives a view of heaven. He says:
"I saw, and behold, a great multiude.
which no man could number, out of
every nation, and of all tribes and
peoples and tongues, standing before
the throne and before the Lamb, ar
rayed in white robes, and palms in
their hands." Then, after a descrip
tion of the glory given to Christ and
the honor and glory due to his nar-e.
"One of the elders answered, saying
unto me, These which are arrayed in
the white robes, who are they, and
whence came they?" And the majes
tic, heart-moving reply sounded forth,
"These are they which came out of
the great tribulation, and they
washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb."
They had come unto their own place.
Such is heaven. , We anticipate it in
its beauty and privileges and rewards,
and we look forward to its realiza
tion. It is never far away it is Just
across the river over there. As a
little girl, found late at night in the
quiet cemetery, when asked If she was
not afraid at being in such a dismal
place so late at night, replied, "No,
I'm not afraid; my father's house Is
Just over there." A godly : lan who
was asked in his dying moments if he
was still in the land of the living,
said, "No, I am now In the land of
the dying, but I shall soon be in the
land of the living."
Thank God that to riany of us
heaven, la .very, neari , It cannot be
long before all of us will have ex
changed time for eternity.
God prepares us every one for that
amazing transfer. On shipboard a
friend related to me an incident of a
Scotch girl who was taken very ill in
America and, knowing that she must
die, begged to be taken back to her
native land. Her father at last
yielded to her Importunity and made
arrangements for the trip. On the
homeward voyage she kept repeating
over and over again the words, '"Oh,
for a glimpse o' the hills o' Scotland!"
But in a short time it was evident
to those who were caring for her
that she would never see her native
land. One evening. Just as the sun
was setting, they brought her on
deck. The west was all aglow with
glory and for a few moments she
seemed to enjoy the scene. Comeone
said to her, "Is it not beautiful?"
She answered, "Yes, but I'd rather see
the hills o' Scotland." For a little
while she closed her eyes and then
opened them again, and with a look of
unspeakable gladness on her face, she
exclaimed, "I see them noo, I see them
noo, and ay, they're bonnie!" And
then, with a surprised look, she added.
"I never kenned before th. t it waa
the hills of Scotland where the proph
ets saw the horsemen ai.d the char
iots, but I see them noo, and we're
a'most there.'" Then, closing her eyes.
she was soon within the veil. Those
beside here knew it was not the hills
of Scotland Lut the hills of the glory
land that she saw.
And so may it be with us when we
come to the sunset of life and a halo
of glory surrounds life's setting sun
Then may the King's country and the
King himself come forth to meet us,
and to crown us with the glorious re
wards of the heavenly home.
Oh. think!
To step on shore
And that shore
Heaven 1
To take hold of
A hand and
Find It God's
Hand!
To breathe a
New air and
Find It celestial.
Airl
To feel Invigorated
And find it
Immortality!
Oh, think to past
From the storm
And the tempest .
To one unbroken
Smiit!
To wake up
And find It . - ,
v. Gloria