TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 12, 1919.
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DISTRICT PRESBYTERY GATHERS TUESDAY IN QUARTERLY MEETING
Boudinet Seeley, Superintendent of Church Extension Work, Will Preside Over Sessions New Members Will Be Received.
A MONO the significant events
scheduled for this week's church
world ts the regular quarterly
meeting of the Presbytery of this dis
trict to be held Tuesday. Boudinot
Seeley. superintendent of church ex
tension work, will preside and C. W.
If ayes, staled clerk, will act as sec
retary. Anions oiler ministers to bo re
ceive in the Presbytery are: Rev.
B. J. Gissen. Vernon church: Rev. M.
H. Everett. Fourth church: Rev. Ralrh
McAfee. International church move
ment: Rev. L. B. Quick. Rev. F. H.
M.xetl, Ana be 1 church; Rev. W. W.
Lnnz, Forbes church: Rev. N. M.
dusky. Buxton, and Rev. J. F. Grif
fith. Astoria.
The Women's association of the
First Presbyterian church will hold
a series of lecture and discussions
on the subject of The Meaning of
Amp rican nation."
These lectures will be not only In
terpretative of present-day conditions
In America, but will aim to point out
specific ways in which the loyal, con
scientious citizens of Portland can
help establish the finest typo of
Arm ricanism.
They will be held every third Fri
dry in each month In the chapel on
AKer street, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, at 1:00 P. M. The
lectures will be for about one half
an tour, followed by a half-hour dis
cussion. Admission is free to all
Fcrtland women.
Te following are the subjects for
consideration:
October IT "The Relation Between
Amaru-anlf-m and Internationalism."
.November 21 "What Is Americanism T
Jlay It He Scurd7"
December 1 "Americanism aa Affeet
trg the Industrial Unrest the 'Labor
C'je.tin. "
Januarv IS "The Americanization of the
A!le What Is Involved in It?"
Icbruary 5 'The Race Question The
Ameri'-ar.tza'ion of the Nearo, lh Japan
s', the Chinese."
Marxh 13 "The American Health Prob
lem." 'One-third of our --nunc men found
to he unfit physically fur any military
service. )
April 1 The National Political Prob
lem." To develop real Americanism in
all parties and classes.)
Bay L'l "The National Ertncatlonal
problem." 'Ona-third of America illit
erate.) The f'.rst of these lecture- will be
riven next Friday at 1 P. M. In the
First Presbyterian chapel, and It Is
hoped so timely a theme as the re
lation between Americanism and In
ternationalism may secure a large at
tt iiclar.ee.
71st reafereaee Srhedoled.
Cor.rregatlonal churches of Oregon
will meet in Oregon City on Novenr
ber 4. s and fur the 71st annunl
conference of this Congregational dis
trict. The conference will observe
the 75th anniversary of the founding
of the district. Oregon City has been
chosen as the place for the meeting,
as Its Congregational church is the
oldest church of that denomination
west of the Rocky mountains.
The programme for the conference
will be as follows:
; Tuesday, November 4.
Annual meetln-r .f Oreeon branch Wom
en's iiorrd of Missions for the Pacific.
lil Hevotlonal ill'-s Ile'le T. Ilnre.
Reports: Home secretary. Mrs. Hale Bitts;
foretcn secretary, Mrs. Eleanor Palmer:
secretary of literature. Miss H. Peofield;
treasurer. Mrs. Vt II. Phillips.
Joint officers: Secretary of T. P. work.
3!ls Jessa Hoce; superinten Jent of cradle
r-ll. Mrs. Iona Morgan; thank offering,
airs. J. R. KnodeiU
New business.
Election of officers.
11 Solo. Mrs. Paul Holfman; address,
"Jubil-e Campaign." Mrs. W H. I'hlltlps;
ad -tress. Kev. E. L. Allen of Persia; ad
dress. Vr. II. H. Kelsey.
Installation of officers.
Adjourn for luncheon
Tuesday Afternoon
Annual meetinc Orecon Women's Home
Missionary union.
2:u lievotional. airs. Flint. Reports:
Recording secretary. Mis. B. L. Lane;
treasurer. Mrs. L. J. Murdock: secretary
e.' literature. Mrs. M. K- Tobey.
New business; eleeilor. of officers; In
stallation: rollcall. Mrs. G. W. Snider.
: Solo. Mrs. Paul Holfman; "The
Schauffler Campaign." Mrs. W. K. Koyal:
aditress. Dr. Mcmveen; reception to Dew
off teen; adjourn.
Evening.
7:30 Pevotlonsl. Rev. Herbert G. Crock
er: anthem, by the choir: adiress. "The
Centennial of Missions In Hawaii." Dr.
Oeorice W Hinnman: solo. Miss Beatrice
I'almer; pageant. "The Spirit of Missions";
piajrer.
TTedaeodisy. November ft.
Moraine.
:0O Call to order. Moderator. President
Robert Pry C ark. Forest Grove: hymn and
prayer; orcaniraiion; eirollmcnt; business.
liVOO AdJress by moderator.
10:30 Keport of cnurcn. Kev. Daniel
Slaver. Forest Grove.
11. OO Address "The Work of the De
rominatlon as Reflected by the National
Council." Rev. Arthur J. Sullens. state su
perintendent of home missions.
1 1 :3o "The Inter-Churrh Movement.
Rev. Rj Iph McAfee, Portland, regional sec
retary inter-church movement.
Afternoon.
1:4? Devotional services. Mrs. J. J.
Handiaker. Laurelwood cnurch.
2:15 Address. 'The Modern Man and
His I iterpretatlon ot the Message," Rev.
John P. Clyde, Corvallis.
2 45 Addles. "The Church's Responsi
bility In Reesrd to Industrial Conditions,"
Rev R. P. Gill. Portland.'
-3:10 Music: business.
3:30 Address. "The Church School of
Missions." Rev. Robert Murray Pratt. Port
land. 4:0 Add ess. 'The Larger Field." Rev.
Henry H. Kelsey. D. D., secretary A. B.
u. m., mq rrancisco.
4 :3n A d j.iurnmen t-
6:0.) Psstors and delegates are guests
of tile church for dinner.
Wednesday Evening.
7:30 Service of song.
7:4.1 Address. "The Day's Work," Rev.
J. J. Us ub. O. D . Portland.
8:15 The conference sermon. Rev. Mr.
Constant. Portland- Communion. eon
ducted by Rev. A M. Spangler and Rev.
C. eV Johnson.
Thuisdnv. November 6.
Morning.
9:00 Devotional service Rev. George L.
Zoeher. Portland.
P: 1 5 Business.
S'35 A.ldress. "Our Individual Responsi
bility." Rev. C. H. Johnson, Portland.
10.00 Address, "Lessons From the His
tory of Our Church During the Past 75
Tears." Rev. W. C Kantner, D. D.. .Salem.
10:30 Armenian Relief. Rev. J. J. Hand
saker. Portland.
10:50 The Pllrrim memorial fund, Mrs
Eg-rert, Portland. ,
11 CO The church's use ef rueful en
thusiasm. 11:30 Address, "Christian Amerlcanixa
tlon In the M!d-Paciflc." Rev. George W.
Hinnman, D, D.., secretary A. M. A., San
Francisco.
Afternoon.
1 :45 Devotional services. Rev. H. C
Stover, Sslem.
2:15 Address, "If as Congregationalism
Distinct .Message for Today I" Jtsv. si B.
Flint. Portland.
I:e5 Address. "The Church Life and
Activity Now as Compared With Before
the War." Kev. Oliver P. Avery, Portland.
1:15 .Music.
3:-0 Address. "The Beginnings of Con
gregationalism In the Northwest." Mrs. Eva
Emery Dye Oregon City.
3.50 Election; business: reports.
4:15 Visit to the paper mills. Oregon
C.ty.
Evening.
7. SO Prayer and song.
7:45 Address. "The New Family and
the Old Church." Rev. W. Walter Blair,
Forest Grove.
8:10 Report of resolutions commlttej.
Music
:i'0 Address. "The Faith of Our Fsth
ers and our Faith," Rev. William T. ate
Elvsen. Portland. Adjournment.
NORMAL SCHOOL FOR PORTLAND CHURCH WORKERS TAUGHT BY LOCAL MINISTERS AND TEACHERS HAS FOR ALL ITS
DEPARTMENTS ENROLLMENT OF 171.
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14 jL, f.SS in
Men's Resort today. At 4 P. M., James
F. Ewing, superintendent of First
Presbyterian church Sunday school,
will sive an illustrated lecture on the
closing; days of the life of Christ. The
men will sing: songs with the aid of
the orchestra. Tonight at o ciock
of several hundred young women,
rret last Sunday at 12 o'clock in the
First Presbyterian church, enrolling
for the year's work. The young
women having charge of the social
features this year are: Miss Margar
et Bowie, Miss Jessie McLaughlin and
services and Mrs. Ella Hoberg Tripp
will lead the singing.
1 Bliss Georxrta Parker. Instructor In the children's division. 2 Rev. Robert Murray Pratt, nastor of the Pllsrtm Congregational church, who la acting;
sls dean ef the training; achooL 3 Miss Winifred Baaaett, regrlstrar of the school. 4 Mrs. M. B. Mescbam, teacher.
Methodists Hold Conference.
Members and delegates of the
Women's Foreign Missionary so
ciety of the Methodist church will
complete today the- 27th conference
of the Columbia river branch which
opened last Thursday. The conclud
ing services v. ill be a conference
sermon preached this morning by
Dr. Joshua Stansfleid and the dedi
cation service this evening at which
Mrs. Mathew Simpson will preside
and which will solemnize and author
ize the sending of Miss Aetna Lizetta
Kmmell to India as a missionary.
Delegates at the conference represent
four northwestern states.
Church eglecta Many Districts. .
Astonishing revelations of how the
140 or more Protestant evangelical
denominations of the United States
have overlooked vital religious needs
in this country came to light at a
national conference of religious lead
ers at Wallace Lodge, Vonkers, N. Y.,
which has Just ended. It was discov
ered that, while each denomination
had been working intensively In its
own fields, because of a lack of co
operation In methods and purposes
among them many fields had been
overlooked entirely.
The conference was called by the
Intercburch World Movement of
North America which has under
taken a comprehensive census and
survey of religious conditions
throughout the world. It was com
posed of the men appointed to super
vise the rural survey In each state.
Although the men came from a great
number of denominations. It was re
marked as an instance of the spirit
of the Interchurch movement that
nobody thought ac the time to find
out which particular churches were
represented.
Kach delegate was asked to makerl
a brief preliminary statement of
present conditions in his own com
monwealth. Practically without ex
ception they reported whole com
munities, counties and even larger
districts in which Christian work Is
at a standstill and in which there
were no living churches or active
ministers. Not infrequently these
would be surrounded by communities
so full of churches that they got In
one another's way, but struggled
along Ineffectively without any welt
developed sense of community use
fulness. The discussion resulted In agree
ment as to all the details of the sur
vey to be made In each rural county
In the country- Scientific standards
were revised for a statistical investi
gation of the existing environment of
every American family with relation
to all the religious and social
agencies of the country.
When the census Is complete, the
facta will be analyzed and tabulated.
They will then be available for every
denomination.- The interchurch
world movement, it was agreed.
exists for the strengthening of every
denomination and not for the weak
ening of a single one of them. It
was hoped that the ascertained facts
would afford basis for local, state
wide and national co-operative ef
forts that would enable Protestant
ism to see Its tasks as a whole and
undertake them in a sane and business-like
way.
Interdenominational advisory coun
cils were reported as complete in 29
states and In process of formation
in the others. More than 200 county
councils have been formed. Surveys
are complete In 26 counties and half
or three-quarters complete in more
than 160.
Dr. Edmund de S. Brunner, of the
Moravian church, an expert on rural
church work and head of the rural
survey department of the interchurch
world movement, presided.
Jewish Paper Makes Debut.
"The Scribe." which describes it-
elf as a publication as a "record of
Jewish life and thought," made Its
appearance early this month. It is
the outcome of the Jewish Tribune,
which has now gone out of publica
tion. Publishers of "The Scribe"
are Jonah B. Wise and David E.
Cohen, with the former editing it.
The current number contains articles
by Leon Wolfson, Lewis Brown. S.
C Kohs. A. Irma Conn, Israel Zlng-
II, Elkan V oorsanger. Diaspora and
editorials, book reviews - and short
news stories.
Publication has again been re
newed on "The Bulletin," published
by the Church of Our Father every
month except June, July, August and
September. The new copy tells of
the Unitarian conference to be held
in Baltimore, Md., October 14-17. In
clusive. The place' is chosen In recognition
of the centennial of Channings
"Baltimore Sermon." ;
The program will deal with the
solution of the problems of faith,
and with concrete methods of church
work in the new age which Is now
beginning.
The council of the conference alms
to make this the greatest Unitarian
conference ever held. Among the
speakers already promised are ex
President William H. Taft, Rev.
Henry Gow of London, Rev. Paul Re
vere Frothingham and Dean William
Wallace Fenn.
An extra session will be held at
Charleston. S. C, October 19-21; where
a Unitarian church was organized in
1817. s
Student Assistant Engaged.
Pursuant to action by the trustees
of the Church' of Our Father.
Frank C. Flint was engaged on part
time as student assistant to the
pastor and has taken up his duties
in that office. Mr. Flint graduated
with distinction at Reed college last
June and is now working for the
master's degree there.
On Tuesday evening, September 27,
about 200 Multnomah county Inter
mediate Christian Endeavorers held
their fall rally at the Sunnyside Con
gregational church with the Sunny-
side intermediates acting as host.
The Endeavor room was decorated
in green and white, the intermediate
colors, and autumn leaves and the
big fireplace lent a cheery glow
to the room. Miss Elma Rhewalt,
Multnomah county Intermediate su
perintendent, presided over the meet
ing, which opened with a song service.
During the evening a committee
was appointed to draw up a constitu
tion, which was adopted. Likewise a
nominating committee proposed the
following officers, which were duly
elected: President, Vernon Duncan
of the Toung People's circle. First
Presbyterian church; first vice-president,
Howard Stansbury, Woodlawn
Christian church; second vice-president,
Gertrude Lanning, First Con
gregational church: secretary and
treasurer. Dorrs Ogden, Sunnyside
Congregational.
Four-minute talks were given by
intermediates as follows: "Purpose
of an Intermediate Union," Lloyd
Reynolds; "Joy of Service, Lillian
Wollett; "I. C E. Goal," Clark Ady
lott; Rev. Mr. Long of Forbes Pres
byterian church made the main ad
dress of the evening, clearly depict
ing the good and evils of organiza
tions. The climax of the evening was.
wnen ur. j. j. atauD instauea mc
newly elected officers of Multnomah
county's first Intermediate Christian
Endeavor Union. He solemnly ad
monished all to hold sacred their
trust, and stand firm as "Inner Cir
cle Endeavorers." The evening closed
with games.
streets. Dr. J. C. Rollins will speak
at the morning; hour and at the even
ing service, 7.30 o'clock. Dr. T. . W.
Lane, a former pastor, will preach.
The public is cordially invited.
At the Swedish. Methodist Episcopal
church. Beech and Borthwick streets.
Rev. Abel Eklund, pastor, will con
duct services today at 11 A. M. and
8 P. M. The morning sermon will be
by the pastor and the evening sermon
by Rev. E. A. Lind, district superin
tendent. Holy communion will be ob
served. At the First Norwegian-Danish
Methodist Episcopal church, corner of
Hoyt and Eighteenth streets, the pas
tor. Rev. Ellas Gjerding, will speak
at the morning service at 11 o'clock
on "How a Person May Know If the
Teaching of Any Religion Be of God."
At the evening service the subject
will be "The Magnetic Christ." The
mid-week service will be held Thurs
day night.
'Christianity" Topic of Dr.
F. B. Short Today.
Services at Various; Methodist
Churches of City Announced.
A.
E. DAVIDSON, baritone, has re
turned from a trip to the Coos
bay section and will be heard again
this fall and winter in the Wilbur
Methodist church.
The pastor. Dr. Francis Burgette
Short, will speak today on "Chris
tianity; Has It a Mission? What Do
Tou Expect of It?" The male quartet
will present special selections and it
is expected that the Leach sisters
will resume their places in the music
of the church next Sunday, October
19, which will be rally day at Wilbur.
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Beginning today services will be
held at Lincoln Methodist church both
morning and evening. Rev. F. A. Ginn
has been returned by the conference
and will preach this morning on
"God's Plan for Lincoln Church," and
in the evening "The Prodigal Son."
Special music has been prepared for
both services. Epworth League will
convene at 7 P. M. instead of 8 as
heretofore.
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At Centenary Methodist church,
corner of East Pine and East Ninth
"How to Keep Well" Topic
of Dr. Byron J. Clark.
HPay Day" Also Announced as Sub
ject by United Brethren Pastor.
D'
the' First United Brethren church
Fifteenth and East Morrison streets,
will speak Sunday morning on the
subject, "How to Keep Well." His
evening subject is equally important:
"Pay Day." A chorus choir under
the direction of Professor W. H.
Moore will render special music.
"Power Unsurpassable" is the sub
ject to be used by Rev. Ira Hawley,
pastor of the Second United Brethren
church. Twenty-seventh and Sumner
streets, Sunday morning. In the eve
ning he will speak on the subject,
"Tasting Death for All Men."
Rev. E. O. Shepherd, pastor of the
Third United Brethren church. Sixty
seventh street and Thirty-second
avenue Southeast, has selected for
his morning discourse the subject,
"The Law of Service." The evening
discourse will be based on the sub
ject, "Out of the Depths."
At the Fourth United Brethren
church, Tremont station, the pastor.
Rev. C. P. Blanchard, announces
rally day services both morning and
evening. The Sunday school will have
charge at 11 o'clock, and the Chris
tian Endeavor in the evening.
During the absence of the pastor,
Rev. Harold H. Griffis, who is at
tending the national convention of
the Disciples of Christ at Cincinnati,
O., Rev. L. , F. Stephens will act as
temporary pastor for the First Chris
tian" church. His sermon subjects for
today will be: Morning "The Divorce
Magnet," evening "The Fourfold Gos
pel." The church quartet will fur
nish special music at both services.
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The first quarterly meeting of the
Portland society of the New Chrls
tion church (Swendenborgian) was
held Wednesday evening at the
church home, 331 Jefferson street.
with a supper beginning at 6:30 P. M.
Plans were laid for the activities of
the society during the coming year.
These include several series of ser
mons by the pastor. Rev. William R.
Reece and a course of lectures at the
public library, to begin Nevember 5
The subject of the sermon Sunday
morning is "Your Essential Self;
Neither Sinner Nor Saint." This is
fifth in a series on the subject "The
Divinity in Humanity." There will be
special music Sunday morning by Dr.
and Mrs. George H. Wardner. The
Lord's supper will be observed at the
close of the service. The pastor is
also conducting a study class in the
book of R'evelation under the general
head of VThe Present Day Message
of the Bibles Last Book."
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The Rev. J. C. Kunzmann, D. D.,
president of the Pacific Lutheran
Theological seminaiy ot scuttle will
preach at the St. James English
Lutheran church, . corner West Park
and Jefferson streets, today at 11
A. M. Rev. W. E. Brinkman will
preach at the evening service at 7:45
o clock.
The Sunday school session is held
at 9:50 A. M.
The St. James Toung Peoples'
Luther league holds its Sunday
evening devotional service in the
church chapel at 6:45 o'clock.
Mrs. Crawford to Give Lec
ture This Evening.
Editor of The Comforter Returns
From Southern Visit.
RS. FLORENCE CRAWFORD, ed
itor of "The Comforter," has re
turned to Portland after an absence
of six months, during which time she
was lecturing and teaching in San
Francisco, : Oakland, Santa Barbara,
Los Angeles and San Diego. Begin
ning with this evening Mrs. Craw
ford will give four Sunday evening
lectures in the assembly room of the
Portland hotel. Her topic for this
evening is "The Open Road." The
lecture is open to all.
Speaking of her experience. Mrs.
Crawford said: "In every city I found
a great eagerness for some satisfy
ing realization of the meaning of
life. The hunger of the world for
truth is very pitiful and everywhere
I found the same intense interest. I
spoke two and three times a day,
sometimes even four, during almost
the whole of the six months."
The Independent Bible (Spiritual)
Society and church will hold services
today at 3 and 8 P. M-., at the east
side Woodmen's hall, 112 East Sixth,
corner Alder. The lecture subject at
3 P.' M. will be "God and the True
Life"; at 8 P. M., "How to Find Your
self." AH are welcome to the meet
ings. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Schorl
are the pastors. Mid-week meetings
will be held at 15 East Fifteenth
street North, at 8 P. M., on Tuesday
and Thursday of each week, corner
East Fifteenth and East Burnside
streets.
There will be two services at the
Rev. Levi Johnson will conduct the Miss Katherine Keim. These mem-
Ders win be assisted by ten social
helpers each to carry on the member
ship contest. Dr. Angela L. Ford
Warren will give a special talk op
"Personal Improvement." Visitors are
invited to take advantage of the spe
cial course of Instruction.
'Optimism' Sermon Subject
at Unitarian Church.
Professor N". P. Coleman of Reed
College to Speak n Evening;.
AT THE Church of Our Father,
Uniterian, corner of Broadway
and Yamhill, the pastor will speak
at the 11 o'clock service on "Optimism,
Travesty and Reality." At the even
ing forum, at 7:45, Professor Norman
F. Coleman of Reed college, who has
recently returned from war work in
France, will speak on "France as the
A. E. F. Saw It." The meeting will
be followed by open discussion. The
church school meets at 9:45 A. M.
and a primary class for the benefit of
small children whose parents attend
church at 11 A. M. The public is
cordially invited to all of these
services.
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The subject of the lesson-sermon in
Christian Science churches in Portland
today will be "Are Sin, Disease and
Death Real?"
All the Christian Science churches
will hold services Sunday at 11
o'clock and all except Fifth and Sev
enth will hold Sunday evening service
at 8 o'clock.
Meetings, including testimonials of
Christian Science healing, are held in
all the churches Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock.
Sunday school for pupils under the
age of 20 is held in all churches, ex
cept Fifth and Third, at 9:45 A. M.
for the senior classes and 11 A. M.
for junior classes. Third and Fifth
churches hold Sunday school sessions
at 9:30 and 11 A. M.
"Life's Scale of Values"
Subject for Tonight.
Rev. W. W. Wlllard to Speak at
First Presbyterian Church at
Morning and Night Services.
Miss Gertrude Hoeber. assisted by
Paul Mahoney, with the full Vesper
orchestra, will give a musical pro
gramme at the Warren Vesper class
today at 4 o'clcck. This will be the
second meeting since the vacation.
Mrs. Marguerite Moore Bourne last
Sunday sang "Know Ye The Lord."
Miss Hoeber gave a violin solo. Pr.
Angela L. Ford Warren will give a
special talk on "Individual Advance
ment." All denominations are repre
sented in the membership of this
class.
Visitors will receive a cordial welcome.
"Lessons in Fidelity" to Be
Dr. McElwen's Subject.
First Cona-rea-atlonal Church to
Give Reception Friday Evening;.
AT the First Presbyterian church.
Rev. W. W. Wlllard will preach
today and tonight At 10:30. his sub
ject will be "The' Law of Supply and
Demand in the Spiritual Realm." To
night at 7:30 he will speak on "Life s
Scale of Values." At 12:15 the Sun
day school will meet, with all classes
and departments organized for the
winter work. The young men's class
is having a series of studies on
Christian Americanization which is
arousing; a good deal of interest. The
subject for tomorrow wilf be "The
Present Question of Americanization,
What Does it Include," and the speak
er of the day will be Judge Wallace
McCamant. All young men are invited.
The new choir at the First Presby
terian, under the leadership of Otto
Wedemeyer, is composed as follows:
Organist. E. E. Coursen; director and
bass, Otto Wedemeyer: soprano, Mrs.
Blanche Williams Segersten; contral
to, Mrs. Virginia Spencer Hutchinson;
tenor, J. MacMillan Muir.
This quartet will sing at. both the
morning and evening services. A spe
cial feature of the morning service
will be a duet for soprano and bari
tone. "Jesus. Thou Joy of Loving
Hearts," by Gotze.- Preceding the
night service, Edgar E. Coursen will
give the following programme of or
gan recital, beginning at 7:30:
(a) "Prelude and Fugue in E
Mir or ' Bach
(b) "Intermezzo" Mascagni
(c) "Maestoso" Merkel
(d) "Offertory" Lemmens
The Woman's Missionary society of
the First Presbyterian church will
meet on Westminster Guild day, Tues
day. The meeting will be in the
form of a reception to the new mem
bers and to Miss Julia Palmer, who
is about to go to Alaska as a mission
ary. Mrs. Forrest Fisher has made
arrangements for discussion of cur
rent events and an Interesting pro
gramme has been arranged on "What
It Costs to Be a Christian." The dif
ferent nations will be represented by
Mrs. W. L. Paul, Mrs. W. C. Mont
gomery, Mrs. Kenneth Tomllnson and
others.
The Warren Bible class, composed
AT the First Congregational
church, the pastor. Dr. W. T.
McElveen, will take for his 11 A. M.
subject "First Lessons In Fidelity,"
and in the evening at 7:45 o'clock.
P"Desirable Thought Transference."
The reception for Dr. and Mrs. Mc
Elveen will be held In the church par
lors on Friday evening, October 17,
from 8 to 10 o'clock. A cordial invi
tation is extended to the members of
the church and congregation, to
friends in other churches and to the
ministers and their wives of the
churches of Portland.
The Sunday school will meet at
9:45 this morning under the direction
of J. L. Bowlby, superintendent.
The women will meet all day Wednes
day for sewing. The monthly mis
sionary meeting will be held Wednes
day at 2 P. M. An interesting pro
gramme is being prepared. Mis. O.
B. Riddle will be the soloist. The
Amicitiae Christian Endeavor will
meet at 6:30 o'clock this evening with
Elizabeth Dycke as leader. "Training
in Citizenship' is the subject.
s
Dr. J. J. Staub of the Sunnyside
Congregational church at the morn
ing service will speak on "Christ's
Present Relation to the Believer."
The subject for the evening wiil be
"The Place of Prophecy in Christian
Thought and Experience." The re
cently reorganized and enlarKCd
chorus choir will give selections at
both services and the public is cor
dially invited.
as
At the annual meeting of the In
termediate Society of Christian En
deavor of the Sunnyside Congrega
tional church the following officers
were elected: Floyd Reynolds, presi
dent; Ruth Davis, vice-president; Vir
ginia Bliss, secretary; Florence Gus
tafson. treasurer; Fern Hudson, his
torian, and Florence Jacobs, orgun
ist. The fall work is starting off
with much enthusiasm. One event in
the near future will be a Hallowe'en
party to be held at the Mann homo
Thirty-second street and Sandy boule
vard. s
Columbus day will be recognized at
the Highland Congregational church.
Prescott and East Sixth streets, when
a service in keeping with that event
will be held this evening at 7:30
o'clock. The pastor, liev. Edward
Constant, will speak on "America's
Debt to Columbus." The address will
be preceded by a song service. There
will be other music. The topic of the
morning sermon will be "Prayers
Without Words."
s s
Atkinson Memorial Congregational
church has plans laid for important
work today. Two special church serv
ices for the day are: In the morning
the pastor. Rev. Elbert E. Flint, will
preach on "The Reconstruction of Our
Faith," and in the evening, "Europe
as I saw It," by J. G. Kilpack, re
cently returned from overseas. This
will be one of the Sunday evening
forums which will be a feature of the
year's work. The church is at East
Everett and Twenty-ninth streets,
as
Old Home Sunday will be observed
at Pilgrim Congregational church to
day. At 11 o'clock the pastor, Rev.
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DR. JOSHUA STANSFIELD INTERPRETS CHURCH ONENESS AND UNITY
Purpose of Federation Is to Make Forces of Christianity Felt in Civic Life, First Methodist Pastor Declares in Sermon.
"Cm Lord. One Faith. One Baptism."
BT DR. JOSHUA STANSFIELD,
Tastor ef the First Methodist church, de
livered on September 14. In observance
of -Cnurcn Federation" Sunday.
Y WANT thl morning that ' we
I shall think together upon ' the
oneness and unity of the church.
The text you will find In the letter
to ; the Ephestans, chapter 4, verse
5 "One Lord, one faith, one bap
tism." The prayer of Jesus as recorded by
Jota that the church might all be
one aa "I and the Father are one"
is one of the createst prayers re
corded In the New Testament, and
expresses one of the hopes and con
summations of the church of Jesus
Christ in the world. We all believe
that some time the church will be
one. It is very desirable that It
should be. But that oneness will not
be- physical and organic and corpor
ate: it will be a oneness In spirit,
ami faith, and bo;e and aim and
purpose. That Is the oneness that is
desirable: a unity which Kill show
the world that Jesus Christ is our
Lord and the one Savior: and that is
the only kind of unity that is either
desirable, or practical, or wise.
The church has never In past days
approached anything like physical,
corporate, visible unity without spir
itual deterioration and much loss.
The larger the church became, either
the Roman units or the Greek church,
the larger and mightier and more
visible it became the weaker, more
degenerate and false it became. As
it gained in hulk it lost in power, as
it increased materially It diminished
In spiritual stature. It has been so
th tough all the Christian centuries.
The oneness of the church Is not
'in visible organism, it U in Jesus
Christ- The oneness of the church
Is not corporate, it is in the spirit
of him who is head over all. Wher
ever the spirM of Christ Is, In what
ever form of person or life. It is one.
Christ in a Quaker meeting house:
Christ in Liturgical church; Christ
In a rescue mission: Christ In thej
large cathedral; Christ in a Metho
dist or Baptist chapel or church:
Christ is one. The oneness of Christ
In the world Is. and will be. In a
common experience of the spirit of
Jesus In the lives of those who are
his followers:
"That they all may be one as we
are one" Christ and the Father.
Now this brings me directlv to the
words of our text, there is "One Lord,
one faith, one baptism."
A Christian worker came to me the
other day, a teacher in one of the
Christian organizations In our city,
and said: "Doctor, I wish you would
tell me something If you can as to
the trinity: we believe In God the
Father. God the Son God the Holy
Ghost, and I am to talk about this
to some of ourboys. -It comes in a
text book -we are studying now, and
I confess to you I do not know what
to say." A fine., good, straight,
young Christian, perfectly orthodox,
that Is, if he knows what orthodoxy
Is. He said. "I confess to you I do
not know what to say or how to
begin to say It." . Now that young
man said what scores of us here
present would have to say in a like
situation.
Prssf Tests Many.
-Let us this morning start-out with
a clear statement of scripture. "One
Lord." "There Is only one God high I
over all blessed for evermore." This
man said to me, "Can you give me
any passage of scripture that clearly
teaches the doctrine of the trinity?"
I said no, I do not think anybody
else can. I have never heard of one.
"Why," he said, "are there not cer
tain proof texts?" Oh. yes. there are
certain proof texts, but they are In
no one passage of scripture.- The
formal doctrine of the trinity is not
stated in the bible. Certain things
are stated about God from which the
church formulates the doctrine of the
trinity. The doctrine of the trinity
is not a metaphysic; It la an exper
ience in the Christian religion.
L said to this man, "Wi know that
God is our Father, we have never
seen him. no man hath seen God at
any time. God Is a spirit, and he
may be here, or there, or everywhere.
expertenceable and . provable and
known by a million people in a
thousand different places, at one and
the same time. Because he is a spirit.
No man hath seen God, the father at
any time, Jesus Christ hath revealed
him. Revealed what? Revealed ' who?
Revealed the Father, the . divine
spirit of llfev
Jesus Christ hath shown him, and
we saw the spirit and manner and
life ot the Father, whom no man
could see, wo saw In Jesus Christ.
Jesus was so full of that spirit, and so
manifested that divine character that
the best view of God the world has
ever had is In and through Jesus
Christ. . Would you know what God
Is like? Then know Jesus Christ,
the only begotten of the Father who
hath revealed htm. Jesus Christ was
God manifest in the flesh.
Parity Seen and Felt.
Now Jesus Christ never said that
he was divine; he never told others
to say that he was divine; he never
Instructed or authorized the disciples
to preach that he was divine; but he
was divine. So divine that they could
not help seeing- It and feeling it, and
when Jesus asked them. "Whom say
men that I the son of man am?" They
answered, "Some say thou art Ellas,
and some say one of the prophets."
"But," said Jesus. "Whom say ye that
I am?" They answered, "Thou art
the Christ, the son of God."
This was the testimony of persons
who had seen and known Him, and
all through the New Testament writ
ings where the divinity of Jesus
Christ is taught and shown and pro
claimed. It is-out from-the experience
of disciples and believers who knew
Jesus. Christ lived In such a way,
and acted in such, a manner, he did
such things for people as no one but
the divine one could do.
And what has the world experienced
since thent I mean Christian be
liever. Why. they have experienced
that Jesus Christ can and does for
give sins. Now we cannot prove that
to anybody. I can know it myself.
My Christian friends here this -morning
cannot prove that to anybody
else, but they do know it themselves;
and .we' have the testimony of
thousands of the finest people of all
generations who have said "Jesus
Christ has forgiven my sins. He is
my savior and my lord."
Now no one can forgive sins but
God. That la a divine act, and Jesus
Christ Is proven to be -divine by what
he can do, and what he has done for
folks, and in folks. . It is the holy
church throughout all the world that
doth acknowledge Thee, the Father
almighty, and thine adorable and only
son Jeeus Christ."
The divinity of Christ Is known and
proven in the experience of Christian
believers. So we know first that God
is our father, though we cannot prove
that to - anybody else; but wa can
know It in our own hearts, and the
other person also may personally
prove it.
As Jesus has taught us, we pray
daily, "Our Father which art in hea
ven." We know God as Father. Fur
ther, we know God as Savior in Jesus
Christ; the same God, for there is
only one God, but known in different
ways and terms. We know him as
our Father; we know, him as our Sa
vior; we know him as God over all;
we know him as God with us in our
human life. And that is not all, we
know God by the Holy Ghost, the
Holy Spirit within us.
"The Spirit beareth witness with
our spirit that we are the children of
God." There are a hundred men and
women in this house, reputable and
good people, who could tell you that
they prove day after day and year
after year the Spirit of God in their
hearts, prompting, inciting; directing,
comforting, strengthening and help
ing them. They know that by his
spirit God is in their life.
Trinity la Analysed.
Now, that Is the Trinity. It is not
a formal word doctrine stated spe
cifically anywhere in the Bible, but
there are a hundred passages of
Scripture which say these things we
have now been saying. How many
passages of scripture one could give
which teach that God is our Father,
and how many passages of scripture
there are which teach - that Jesus
Christ is our Savior and Lord; and
how -many passages of scripture there
are which teach that God by his
Spirit, the Holy Ghost, dwells in hu
man hearts, comforting, strengthen
ing, Jteeping, guiding. Inspiring, sav
ing. We know it. The doctrine of
the Trinity, we repeat, ts not a meta
Dhysic. 'It is an experience. In the
Christian church you hear the chil
dren of God singing and rejoicing" in
God as their Father and Christ as
their Savior and the Holy Spirit as
their indwelling Comforter. "One
Lord, one Lord."
But, as Christians, we stress the
Lordship in Jesus Christ. And in the
present redemptive mediatorial dis
pensation, in which we are living, it
should be so; Jesus Christ is Lord.
But there will come a time, the scrip
tures say, "Then cometh the end."
That is the end of this dispensation,
"then cometh the end." When he shall
have delivered up the kingdom to the
Father, and God shall be all in all." '
Jesus Christ we call "our Lord," be
cause he is the clearest and fullest
expression and fact of God that we
have ever seen and known, and "it is
the redeemed in earth and in heaven
which crown him Lord of all." It Is
not the scholars that crown Jesus as
Lord. It is not the theological teach
ers who crown Jesus as Lord; it is
not the dogmatists or doctrinaires
who crown Jesus as Lord. No, it is
the redeemed in heaven who sing
"unto him who has loved us and
washed us from our sins in his own
blood, to him be glory and honor, and
worship, and dominion and power for
ever and ever, and it is the redeemed
in the earth who are singing the song
already. "All hail the power of Jesus'
name. Let angels prostrate fall. Bring
forth the. royal diadem. And crown
him Lord 'of all."
Redeemed Crown Christ.
It is not the scholars and the de
baters, and theologians, and logicians,
but the redeemed and saved, who cor
onate Christ as Lord.
The only truth upon which there
can be any real Christian heterodoxy
is in belief as to God and Jesus Christ
and the Divine Spirit. A person might
believe that the judgment will come
at some certain time somewhere
when Christ comes in visible glory
and power, and be a good Christian;
and a person may not believe in any
such day of judgment at all, and yet
be a good Christian. One person may
believe in punishment by everlasting
fire, literal and fierce and eternal, and
be a good Christian; and another per
son may be unable to believe a word
of such stuff and yet be a good
Christian. A person may believe that
the body In which he now lives, or at
least the body that he last has, shall
be gathered together again at some
time and place and in that body glori
fied he will stand in the presence of
the redeemed and be with the good
forever. One may believe all that
and be a good Christian; and another
may refuse to believe thus and say.
rather, that when this old body dies
it Is gone forever so far as he is con
cerned and he will never need it any
more, but will have a body far better
"Thert is a natural body and there
Is a spiritual body. He believes this
fully and he, too, may be a fine, good
Christian.
I might stand here for 30 minutes
and tell you many things around and
about the Christian faith that are not,
fundamental at all. The one great
doctrine upon which we shall either
break or build, in Christian life, is
Jesus Christ. Who is Jesus Christ?
The son of God with power. Who Is
Jesus Christ? The divine life in hu
man flesh. Do you believe these two
things that Jesus Christ is the di
vine One, the Savior, and that God
has come in the flesh and may live
in and with you? If you do you are
in the unity of the faith. Do you be
lieve that as surely as God came in
fullest power and fact in the life and
person of Jesus Christ, so God may
come and live in you? Do yju be
lieve that?
John says in his last writing to his
friends. The person who Is anti
christ is the one who denies that God
has come in the flesh." That is the
specific utterance in all the New Tes
tament on the matter of anti-Christ.
Some say the pope Is anti-Christ;
some say the kaiser was anti-Christ;
some say this is anti-Christ and
others that, but the Bible says that he
Is anti-Christ who denies that "God
has come in the flesh." To deny that
God has come in the flesh and that
God can live in human personality
that Is heterodoxy. Whether It is
unitarian or trlnitarian or any other
"arian," if he does believe those two
things about Jesus Christ, I had al
most said it matters little what else
he believes, or rather thinks, or his
opinions about seven or twenty-seven
other things.
Belief Only Blatter.
You know when we find persons
who truly believe, and know that, it
does not matter much what church
they may belong to.
And there is one baptism. The
Roman Catholics say more infant
baptism and baptism of the dead.
Others say but one baptism but they
urge we do not get It too early or
until the person is old enough to
know what it means to be "buried
with Christ in baptism." None should
have- baptism until they, are old
enough to choose, and will to go
"go under." Others say it is not
enough to "go under,", they must go
under once, twice, thrice. Many de
vout people all throughout the Chris
tian world do that. And again there
are others who say that for a perfect
baptism, not once, or twice, but seven
times they must be dipped or plunged,
or sprinkled or poured upon.
We have not heard of any more yet
but there may be later on, for when
it comes to baptisms there seems to
be no limit of interpretations and de
mands. In genuine Ci:hr'st'an'ty' however,
there is but "one baptism." Sometimes
you get it through water, sometimes
under water, sometimes in water,
sometimes without water. Some of
my good friends the Baptists are
fully satisfied that you can only get
it by going "under and through," and
I will not have controversy with
them about so small a matter. And
then some others. Anglicians. Roman
ists and the Liturgical wing say. No.
you can only get into the "church"
and the "elect" by the touch of holy
water administered by consecrated
hands, It must be by an accredited ad
ministrator, as well as by a proper
administration, and I will have no
controversy with my ritualistic
friends.
Baptism Forms Vary.
And some of the Methodists say, we
will either sprinkle or immerse or
pour water on them. They may have
It any way they will. A very obliging
lot of people, the Methodists. There
are, indeed, all kinds and varieties of
baptisms within the Christian church;
but I come this morning to say with
all possible emphasis there is essen
tially but one baptism. Some have it
through three times dipping and some
through seven, and some without any
dipping at all, and others without any
water at alL The Quakers have It
without water, and in very fact, they
they have it. The spirit of Christ and
spiritual interpretation of religion
has been known and experienced by
the "Friends" in Protestant Christian
ity to a marked degree.
Some of the finest interpreters of
the deep things in the kindgom that
we have in Protestantism are with
them, and it has been so for two
hundred years. They do not have
any water at all, and some can
scarcely get enough water. So some
have it by much, some by little and
some without any. "There is one
baptism," and it is not a baptism of
water at all. "When he comes," said
the Baptist, "He will baptize you
with the Holy Ghost and with fire."
The one essential baptism In the
Christian religion is the baptism of
the Holy Spirit. And if a person has
that, whether he has been seven times
dipped, good, and if he has it after
he has only jeen sprinkled, good; and
if he has it without being sprinkled
or dipped, or Immersed, good! In
every case It is good and the Lord be
praised.
"There is one Lord, one faith, one
baptism." Do you know that Lord?
Is he your Lord? Do you know that
faith, the faith that Jesus is your
savior, and that God lives in your
life? Do you know that baptism,
the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which
is like fire, purging, refining, incit
ing, empowering and dynamic?
Do you know the one baptism? Do
you know the one faith? Do you
know the one Lord? If so you are
Christian, whatever name of church
you belong to.
Sects Draff To&rether.
We are now living In times. I close
with this. In which person-; of many
religious communities are coming to
gether, and becoming one, and they
are not coming together to debate
doctrine, or discuss forms or formu
las, but they are coming together in
one hope, and one spirit. The Federa
tion of Churches as we have it in the
world today, and particularly in
America, and now in our own city of
Portland, is the finest and latest ap
proach of the church of Jesus Christ
to . the fulfillment of the prayer of
Jesus, and to the realization tif the
words of the text of this morning.
Now in the city we are perfecting
such an organization. Eleven or more
of the church communions of our city,
Episcopalians and Congregationalists
and Baptists and Methodists and Ad
ventlsts I do not name them all,
there are so many "ists" but they
all name the name and believe in the
Christ of God, and we are coming to
gether what for? That our forces
as a Christian church, or churches,
may be co-ordinated and then focal
ized upon the life of the city. It is
said that the church Is not felt, is not
doing anything is not known in the
life of the city. It is a purpose of the
Federation of Churches to get Chris
tian forces together in such a way
that they will be felt in civic life, in
Industrial life. In commercial life, in
education and the religious life, in
deed, that they be felt In the whole
life of the city and communities.
A great modern organization, and
for high ends. Heaven grant that it
may prosper greatly in the finest
Christian service, and in furthering
the kingdom of God. In our good city.
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