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TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURGH IS DEDICATED AT SILVERTON
Portland Churchmen Attend Ceremonies Dr. Stansfield to Talk Today on Japan's Report on Religion in America First Congregational Church Plans Week of Activities.
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DESPITE Inclement weather a
large crowd of people attended
the dedication services of the
Trinity Lutheran church in Silverton,
Or., on November Si One feature that
added interest to the occasion and
served to swell the attendance was
the annual Lutheran circuit meeting
which convened in the new church
building: Friday, Saturday and Sun
day. Trinity congregation was organ
ized In 1892 by Rev. A. O. Dolven of
Portland. In July, 1893, Rev. N. Ped
erson took charge of the work and
Immediately began the erection of a
church building. Rev. Mr. Pederson
was succeeded in i'JOS by Rev. A. O.
White, who resigned in 1917, going to
Wisconsin. He was followed by Rev.
Qeoree Henriksen of Portland. Un-
ier nis pastorate u - j
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:hurch building was inadequate to
iccommodate the congregation ana
luring the past summer a modern
edifice was erected.
Utxliop Plans Conference.
Because of the success of the con
"erence held last Wednesday in Port
and in the interest of the nation
wide campaign of the Episcopal
hurch, at which there was gathered
le most representative assembly of
lymen and clergy ever called to
ether In Portland, the Right Rev.
alter T. Sumner, bishop of Oregon,
as determined upon a series of con
jrences which will carry him and a
umber of picked speakers all over
te state this week.
The nation-wide campaign is a gl
intic spiritual movement in the
lurch, designed to remove from the
lurch the lethargy with which it has
en accused and to issue to the en
. .-e church a call to prayer, service
id to sacrifice.
The campaign will come to its apex
e week beginning Sunday, Decem
r 7. when in Oregon and all over
e United States there will be made
. every-member canvass, which will
tend from the densely populated
ies to the most remote hamlets.
The church plans to embark on a
de field of rural work, to partici
te in social service, to carry on an
ergetic campaign against the I. W.
. and to extend the hand of broth
hood to labor. In addition, a world
ide work of international scope is to
carried on.
That the extent of this nation-wido
jvement of the church may be
ught not only before Episcopalians,
t before the citizens of Oregon,
re has been arranged, beginning
Jay, a series of conferences and
133 meetings at strategic points in
rstern Oregon.
Chicago Hector WU Aid.
To participate in these conferences
ire arrived in Portland yesterday
; Rev. F. S. Fleming, rector of the
urch of the Atonement at Chicago,
j of the most notable clergy in the
arch and a speaker of marked re
.e all over the east. In addition,
Rev. II. R. While, who for two
irs was a chaplain with the ex
litionary forces and who was also
. the army of occupation and who
j agreed to take charge as vicar
the Episcopal missions in Douglas
mty, centering; at Koseburg, will
Ivor a number of addresses before
:lng charge of his work at Rose
:g next Sunday.
Jhe first conference will be held
. ; Astoria at 3:30 this afternoon, au
lobilc parties having been arranged
m Warrenton and Seaside. There
il also be an evening mass meeting,
.e speakers at Astoria will be Bish-
Sumner, the Rev. Mr. Fleming and
. H. C. Fixott, chairman of the
icesan committee on conferences.
Tomorrow there will be held a con
enee at 4 P. M. at Salem with an
jning mass meeting, the Rev. Mr.
lite joining the party and speaking
Ih them.
Coos Bay to lie Vlnlled.
On Tuesday the bishop, the Rev. Mr.
1 lite, and Milton R. Klepper, cam
ign manager for the nation-wide
.npaign, will take part in an even
; mass meeting and dinner at
rshfield, at which leaders in the
mpaign at Marshl'ield will take an
portant part.
On Wednesday the bishop and Dean
lainton will speak at an evening
tss meeting at Corvallis, while on
mrsday there w ill be a second mass
icting at Corvallis, with the fol
ding speakers: The Rev. C. IL L.
lauUler of Oregon City, chairman of
d committee on intercessions; the
jv. Mr. White and Orton E. Uood
:n, diocesan publicity director.
On Friday there will be an after
ton conference at Kugene at 3:30,
ith an evening mass meeting. The
leakers at Kugene will be the bish
i, the Rev. Mr. Chandler, the Rev.
r. White and Mr. Goodwin.
The conference in Koseburg will
o held next Sunday morning. Bishop
lmner introducing the Rev. Mr.
hit to his congregation, while a
irge part of the time will be .devot
4 to the nation-wide campaign.
In the meantime a second series of
onferences will be in progress, the
peakers being the Rev. Mr. Flem
ng and Dr. Fixott. These will include
. mass meeting at Medford on Tues
!ay night and an afternoon confer
ence at 3:30 and an evening mass
.neeting at Ashland on Wednesday.
Dr. Stnnafleld Talks on Japan.
The Japanese government recently
cnt a special commission to the
United States to study the influence
of Christianity on the lives of the
American people. 1 lieir report to
their government was that "while
education, commerce and industry
have been developed to a wonderful
degree, there is little evidence that
the Christian religion is regarded as
important by most of the people.1
Dr. Stansfield. this morning, under
the subject "The Realities of Re
ligion" will inquire into and discuss
tho question whether this Japanese
estimate of the influence of religion
on our life is correct.
A growing Sunday evening congre
gation will listen, as a climax to "win
my chum" week, to three laymen
of the church who will be heard on
the subject, "Life Service." They are
K. T. Oruwell, K. J. Patterson and E.
A. Baker. These will be straight talks
by business men. The appeal will be
to the youth of the church. The mem
bership of the Epworth league, the
largest in the city, will be seated in a
body in the center front of the audi
torium. A large audience will doubt
less greet these men.
Methodists to Get Funds.
About January 1, 1920, the first
annual division of $125,000,000 being
gathered in the Methodist churches
of the United States over a period of
five years' subscription under the
centenary drive will be distributed.
The askings for the home missionary
work are already before the commit
tee on distribution at Philadelphia.
Portland's share of these funds .will
amount to thousands of dollars an
nually for the next five years.
Already the church extension so
ciety of the Methodist church in Port
land is contracting for needed im
provements and properties. They
have entered into contracts and al
ready have possession of dwellings
for parsonages for Patton church.
l.ents church. Lincoln church and
Clinton Kelly church. They have au-
thorixed improvements on Epworth
church to the extent of $luoo which
are now going forward. They have
assisted in building the church at
Garden Home and purchased two ad
ditional plots of ground there, one for
lawn purposes and the other for par
sonage purposes. They will soon
build a parsonage there, if the plans
carry on. Other extensive improve
ments are in contemplation in sev
eral churches, among them Monta
villa church. Central church. Sunny
side church. Centenary church, Rose
City Park church and others. Other
extensive improvements are to be
made throughout the whole state.
The executive board of the city
church extension society having the
matter largely in hand for Portland
is: J. R. Ellison, chairman. Sunny
side church; Sam Connell, vice-chairman,
Wilbur church; I. C. Cunning
ham, treasurer. Monta villa church;
E. A. Baker, secretary. First church.
Cgrfational .Prugninme Ready,
The outstanding events in the pro
gramme or the h i
rst Congregational
church for the coming week are the
nrst of a series of community so
ciables at the home of Mrs. W. L.
Johnston, 491 East Forty-fifth street
North, on Tuesday evening, Novem
ber 18. Mrs. W. E. Mcllhenny and
Mrs. D. L. Brace will assist Mrs.
Johnston as hostesses. All the mem
bers and attendants of the church
who live in Rose City Park are cor
dially invited to Mrs. Johnston's
home to meet Dr. and Mrs. McElveen.
Other community socials will be
held throughout the various districts
of the city. Wednesday night sev
eral automobiles filled with First
church folk will leave the church at
5:45 and ride to the First Congrega- '
tionai cnurcn at Kcappoose. The
Scappoose church will serve supper to
their own members and to their
Portland guests. Dr. McElveen has
been asked to give again the mis
sionary address he gave at the re
cent state conference.
Dr. McElveen's current event class
will be addressed by Dr. McElveen oh
Sunday noon at 12:25 in the Sunday
school room. The topic will be "The
Church's Answer to the Anarchist's
Manifesto." During the early part of
the week the newspapers published
what purported to be the manifesto of
the Russian workers in the United
States. This manifesto urged that
the state is unnecessary, that private
ownership must be destroyed and
that the idea of God rendered the ful
fillment of the anarchist's demands
and that religion takes away the
courage and faith in the power of
man. The plan of the class Is ex
ceedingly simple. Dr. McElveen out
lines the topic for 20 minutes and
then leads a discussion for 20 min
utes. At the meeting of the Sunday school
board last Tuesday night Alva Patton
was elected assistant superintendent
and Miss Ruth Harding superintend
ent of the primary department.
The young men's class will have
for a topic at the Sunday school hour,
"Value of Old Testament Prophecy to
My Life Problems." At the Woman's
Missionary society meeting on
Wednesday afternoon. Miss Augusta
Burwell of Seattle will tell o her
experiences as a teacher in Kiota,
Japan. The Women's association will
meet from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. on
Wednesday.
Dr. McElveen s morning topic at II
o'clock is "God Makes Haste Slowly,"
and in the evening .at 7:45 o'clock.
"How Best to Serve This Generation.''
United Brethren Munilixins.
The church of the United Brethren
in Christ of America, with its 140
years of American history, and its
membership of 365,000, and a con
stituency of 300,000 more, with its
colleges and seminary, and its $2,000.-
000 publishing plant at Dayton, O.,
are mobilizing to meet the emergency
of the constructive period that is
on.
Thousands of intercessors are bemg
enrolled, and thousands are enlist
ing as tithers. One hundred thou
sand conversions and additions to
this regiment of the Lord's army in
the quadrennium ahead and millions
ot money placed on the altar tor
the maintenance and enlargement
uf God's cause, is the immediate goal.
Eventually this will mean four new
buildings for the well established
and growing congregations in Port
land, and possibly the organization
of two more congregations in needy
parts of this great city.
Millions of pieces of high-grade
printed matter are being distributed
freely, and every service hears some
phase of the why, what and how
of the united enlistment movement.
Surveys are being made independent
of and also in harmony with the
great inter-church world movement.
I hree group leaders have educa
tional oversight of the work in this
territory the Rev. John D. Nls
wonder of Vancouver. Rev. J. D. Fer
guson of Philomath and Rev. Byron
J. Clark of Portland. Rev. G. E. Mc
Donald as superintendent of Oregon J
ger for the three conferences on the
Pacific coast and Montana, are giving
general oversight to the big job in
this district.
The four churches of Portland as
well as the entire Oregon conference
are going over their quotas this week
in the big drive for Philomath col
lege endowment.
Coos Well Represented.
Coos county is to be congratulated
upon the interest shown in the nation
wide campaign of the Episcopal
church, six representatives of that
section being in attendance at the
Episcopal conference.
Rev. J. C. Black, rector of Eman
ucl parish. Marshfield and North
Bend, recently resumed his duties
after an absence of 18 months on the
battlefields of France, a young cler
gyman of great promise and an in
defatigable worker. Rev. W. E. Cou
per is missionary in charge of the
Episcopal church missions at Coquille,
Empire. Gardiner. Bandon. Port Or
ford and Gold Beach, a territory more
than 100 miles in extent.
. The lay delegates were Bennett
Swanton, treasurer of Emanuel par
ish; Mrs. V. R. Wilson of Coquille,
Mr Roy B. Corson of Bandon, Mrs.
T. J. Macgenn of Empire.
Dr. W. J. Phillips of North Bend
sent a telegram, received just before
noon, saying: "With the conference
in heart, prayer and spirit, but un
able to attend on account of illness."
Under the leadership of Rev. J. C.
Black and the inspiration from the
campaign movement Emanuel par
ish will seek not only to double its
efficiency, church attendance, church
school membership, but also provide
religious services and instruction for
the many Finns and Greeks living in
the vicinity of Coos Bay.
These people, by reason of their
early training and church affiliations,
should be readily attracted to the
Episcopal services. They are now
receiving as a class no religious in
structions except a few of the Finns
give their allegiance to the Swedish
Lutheran church, now in charge of
the Rev. Andrew Anderson at Marsh
field, but only a small percentage of
the Finns are thus reached.
Notwithstanding that it takes a
whole day to travel from Coos Bay
to Marshfield and another day to re
turn, all the delegates feel they have
been amply repaid for time consumed
and trouble taken to make the trip.
Bennett Swanton says that ten
years hence he expects to be able to
make the trip by airplane in one
huura tima.
SILVERTON TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH DEDICATES NEW HOUSE OF WORSHIP WITH
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Episcopalian Church School
Teachers to Meet.
Rev. Thomas Jenkins Will Conduct
Training; Course tor Nation-Wide
CampalgB.
-V palian church school teachers in
and around Oregon will be held Mon
day night at St. Stephen's pro-cathedral.
Thirteenth and Clay streets,
when the Rev. Thomas Jenkins, rec
tor of St. David's and chairman of the
church school programme in the
nation-wide campaign of the church,
will conduct a training course in the
part the teachers will be expected to
take in the work in their schools in
the nation-wide campaign.
The programme for church school
participation in the campaign in
cludes the presentation of a remark
able religious pageant, "Builders of
the City of God,' which is a dTamatic
portrayal of the work before the
church. There will be symbolic fig
ures, the spirit of the campaign, a
choir, and many t.iking leading roles.
It is planned that this pageant be
presented in every church school in
the dioc-ese prior to the beginning of
the nation-wide every-member can
vass December 7.
The Rev. Mr. Jenkins will also sug
gest to the Sunday school teachers
how to make instruction in the nation-wido
campaign interesting: and
easy.
"We have found," said Mr. Jenkins,
"that we can teach the child through
environment and through dramatic
protrayals which interest him. Once
the child's interest is aroused we are
certain to secure tlte support and par
ticipation of all church school chil
dren and their parents in a movement
of such tremendous importance, both
to the church and he nation, as this
new gigantic enterprise in which the
church is engaged.
"Just as the nation-wide campaign
is not a campaign for money, but an
effort to prepare the church for its
new line of work and to prepare it
to take part in the battle of life,
neither is the church school pro
gramme one for money. It is to fit
our children and young people for the
future work of the church and to en
list their active aid and interest."
A campaign to double the member
ship of all church schools will be
carried out.
Rev. and Mrs. R- H. Sawyer . to
Kntertaln With Dinner Follow
ing Services In Church This
Morning.
THE parlors of the East Side Chris
tian church at- East Twelfth and
Taylor .streets will be utilized by Rev.
R. II. Sawyer in entertaining at din
ner, following the morning service,
the officers of the church with their
families and 100 other guests. Two
weeks ago a similar dinner and .re
ception was tendered to 75 of the of
ficers and members and during tho
afternoon the guests were taken in
automobiles on visits to the homes of
the membership.
Rev. Mr. Sawyer is just entering
upon his fourth year in Portland, dur-
ing which time he has more than
doubled the membership of the con-
gregation and the present church
property tias oeen oougnt ana paia
for in' addition to many alterations
and improvements.
The church attributes much of Its
success to the policy of "pay as you
go." for no improvements are under
taken until the necessary money is
first provided. The pastor will occupy
the pulpit both morning and evening,
speaking at the latter service on "The
New Birth of Men and Nations."
Eight were baptized into the fel
lowship of the East Side Baptist
church last Sunday and five were re
ceived for membership on Wednesday
ast, making 3 2 received into the
church during November. The ordi
nance of believer's baptism will be
administered at today's services and
the doors of the church opened to re
ceive members.
Dr. Hinson will preach two sermons
bearing on the war and the armistice
and the events now happening in our
own land. This morning the theme
will be "When God Met the Kaiser
and Denied to Him the World Do
minion Which He Sought as a 'Place
in the Sun." At night Dr. Hinson will
preach from the subject, "The B'ble
or Bolshevism.
The midweek prayer service is held
on Wednesday night at 7:45 o'clock;
Sunday school at 9 :30 A. M. The
school of missions, which is being
conducted under the promotion board,
meets Sunday at 6:15 P. M. Dr. Hin
son conducts the senior B. T. P. U..
Mr. Cash the advanced men and
women and Mrs. Hinson the interme
diate B. V. P. V. These classes will
continue until further notice.
An organ recital will be given
Wednesday evening by Francis Rich
ter under the auspices of the First
Divine Science church, corner East
Twenty-fourth street North and
Broadway. The following programme
has been arranged:
Prelude and fugue G major (Men
delssohn); symphony G minor (Mo
zart); largo from the opera "Xerxes"
(Handel); improvisation on hymn, se
lected; serenade (Tittl) ; reverie
(Richter); "On the Bridge of Sighs";
"Overture to Rienzi" (Wagner).
A cordial invitation is extended to
everyone interested In music, Mr.
Richter studied abroad a number of
years and stands foremost in his art.
A silver offering will be taken.
Rev. T. M. Mmard, pastor of the
Kirst Divine Science church. East
Twenty-fourth street and Broadway,
will hold services at 11 A. M. on the
subject. "Growth." and at 8 P, iL on
the subject, "Wisdom."
East Side Christian Officers
to Be Guests,
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II - A A fi-v- f 'ft - Theme in United Brethren
; Fj d I v r X 2 t A I f ' , Chu!ihe" Announced.
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-Xfw c March building formally dedicated on November 2 at Silverton.
3-Rev. Gforge Henriksen, nreent pantor In hargre of the Silverton
Trinity Lothrran chnrrh. S Hcv. N. I'rdrrara. first resident pastor who
took charge of work from July, 1H03. until lOOo, when he naa succeeded
by Kev. A. O. White.
''Necessity for Revival of
Religion" to Be Theme.
Dr. MurrlMitn Tonight at Trinity
Church Will Speak on "Democ
racy In Peril
J'PHE Necessity for a Revival of
X Religion" will be the theme of
Dr. Morrison's morning sermon in
Trinity church. "Democracy in Peril"
will be the tgpic tonight.
A cabinet of nine women who act
as advisers and to be known as the
rector's council Is proving a useful
agency in promoting the interest of
the church. One of their functions is
to welcome strangers at the church
services. Mrs. Alvord. Mrs. J. B. Kerr,
Mrs. Warren Keeler, Mrs. Charles
Blakely. Mrs. George Gerlinger. Mrs.
W. D. Wheelwright, Mrs. I. D. Peters
and Mrs. Wilson Johnston are the
members. They have decided to make
a special effort to develop the Sunday
school.
The woman's guild has been sewing
In the parish house Wednesdays from
10 to 5 for the last two years for
war refugees. Women other than
members of the church who desire
to help in this work will be welcome.
Dean R. T. T. Hicks will preach at
j both services today at St. Stephen's
pro-cathedral. The subject for the
I morning sermon will be "A Chal
! lenge." Tonight the dean will preach
1 on "A Pertinent Question."
I The parochial committee for the na
tion-wide campaign with their cap
tains will meet in the parish house
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
At 6:45 the Young: People's class
will meet in the parish house.
The greatest Baptist cbnvention
ever held in the history of the coun
try met last summer in Denver, Colo.
Among the elections of that body
was that of the Rev. W. A. Waldo, Ph.
D., pastor of the White Temple
church, as a member of the Board of
American Baptist Foreign Missions.
This was a great tribute to the peo
ple of the Kirst" Baptist church of
Portland in particular, and the Bap
tists of the northwest in. general, as
there are very few men appointed on
the board so far from its headquar
ters as Dr. Waldo.
It is very evident to all who are
acquainted with the fine administra
tive ability of Dr. Waldo that "the se
lection of the convention was well
made. In pursuance of this Dr. 'Wal
do left last Thursday for Boston and
will be absent from his pulpit for two
Sundays in order to attend a great
meeting of the board,' at which there
will be an alignment of the foreign
mission work of the Baptist denomi
nation with the Interchurch World
movement. Strong men will supply
the pulpit In Dr. Waldo's absence.
Boy Cornetist to Give Solo
at Wilbur Methodist.
Formation of Vonn? Married Cou
ples Class to Be Taught by .Pro
fessor Thome Is Dcgua.
THOMAS QUIRK, boy cornetist, will
be heard at the evening service
in the Wilbur Methodist church to
day. The Sunday school officials have
planned for the formation of a young
married people's class to be taught
by Professor Norman C. Thome. This
new movement is being sponsored by
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Wagenaar. Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Randall and Mr. and
Mrs. Riley Biddle. The sermon sub
jects announced by Dr. Short for Sun
day are: Morning, "Our Beloved
Dead, Can We Talk to Them?"; even
ing, "Some Things About an Older
Brother." Special solos and other
musical offerings will be given by
members of the sextet.
The series of the sermons which the
Rev. J. W. Byrd, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. South,
has been preaching on "The Basic
Facts of the Christian Religion," will
be concluded at the 11 o'clock service
today when the special topic will be
"A Coming Kingdom." This sermon
wil set forth some of the characteris
tics of the kingdom which it is the
purpose of Christianity to establish
on the earth under the Inspiration
and leadership of Christ. The even
ing topic will be '"The Marks of a
Christian."
Rev. W. S. Gordon
pastor of the
Sell wood Methodist church, at Cast
Fifteenth and Tacoma avenue, will
occupy the pulpit at 11 A. M. and 7:30
P. M. today. The morning subject
will be "Can a Man Live -Without
Sin?" and the evening topic, "A Lost
Christ." This service will be espe
cially in the interest of young people,
and is a part of the programme of
"win-my-chum" week. There will be
special musical numbers at each
service under the direction of Pro
fetsor Streyleller. The Sunday chool
will meet at 2:45 -.and the Epworth
league at 6:.10. The junior league
will have their installation service at
2:30J with a talk by the pastor on
"Chasing Rabbits."
At the Woodlawn Methodist Epis
copal church. Rev. J. H. Irvine, pastor.
1 will speak at the morning service on
Milestones and Ebenezers on the
Upward Way," and for the evening
his subject will be. "The Rich Young
Ruler and His Present-Day Succes
sors." A special ''win-my-chum" rally
will be held at the young people's
meeting at 6:30 P. M.
At" the Carson Heights Methodist
Episcopal church, George Smith
Brown, the services will be: Sunday
school at 10 A. M.; preaching service
at 11 A. M., on, "The Relation of the
Church to the Community," and Ep
worth league meeting at 7 P. M.
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Rev. F. A. Ginn, pastor of the Lin
coln Methodist church, will preach
this morning at 11 on "Prayer a
Necessity to the Christian Life." and
at 7:30 this evening on "God's Call to
Moses." The Epworth league will
meet at 6:30, the subject being "The
Challenge to Christian Service."
At the Mount Tabor Methodist
Episcopal church. East Stark and East
Sixty-first street. Rev. E. G. Decker
wtll preach at the services at 11 A. M
and 7:30 P. M. The morning sermon
subject will be. "A Boy and His
Lunch," and the evening sermon sub
Ject will be, "What la That in Thy
Hand?"
The morning service will be espe
cially for boys and girls. After the
sermon a large class will be baptized
and received into the church. This
will be a service to which parents
will bring their children for baptism.
A general reception of members will
be held.
At the evening service, both the
Epworth league and church hours
will be devoted to a continuation of
the "win my chum" week as the pas
tor will speak In the Interest of life
service and vocation, using as his
subject. "What Is That in Thy Hand?"
The league members will assist in
the service.
At the First Norwegian Danish
Methodist Episcopal church, Hoyt
and Eighteenth streets, the pastor
will speak at 1 1 o'clock on, "Prayer,
Does It Move God ?" At the evening
service at 7:30 the subject will be,
"The Need of the Hour." Beginning
tonight, the young people of the
church will serve light lunches at 6
o'clock in the church parlor, to be fol
lowed by a song and praise service.
On next Friday night, the Beehive
society will hold an entertainment,
showing stereopticon pictures from
Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
At the Calvary Baptist chapel car.
Evangelist W. C. Driver will speak
at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. The sing
ing will be by Mr. and Mrs. Driver.
At the Mizpah Presbyterian church
at East Nineteenth and Division
streets. Rev. D. A. Thompson, the
pastor, at the moVning service at 11
A. M. will speak on "Miracles and
Religion." At the evening worship
at 7:45. The theme will be "The Duty
of Patriotism."
At the Calvary Presbyterian church
the morning sermon will be "The
Vision of Duty," at 11 A. M. The
topic of evening service will be "The
Bible and History," the third of a se
ries on -The Bible Under a 20th Cen
tury Lens."
The reception held In the church
parlor on November 7 to the new min
ister. Rev. I Boring Quick, and fam
ily was well attended. The pro
gramme by members of Miss Lumber
sons' class was much enjoyed.
Pastor to Meet Those "Who
Are Perplexed."
Rev. W. G. Eliot Jr. Hna Interest
ing Topic for Sermon.
"3 EV. W. G. ELIOT Jr., pastor of the
XI Church or Our Father (Unitarian),
corner Broadway and Yamhill, will
preach at 11 A. M. today, "For Those
Who Are Perplexed About the Nature
of Christ." At 7:45 P. M., Judge
Robert Tucker of the circuit court
will address the evening forum on
"The Law of the Land." Open dis
cussion will follow the lecture.
Church school meets at 9:45 A. M.,
and a church house kindergarten
meets during morning service. The
1 public is cordially invited to all these
services.
Rev. H. Edward Mills will address
the Realization league at 11 o'clock
at the league assembly hall, 148 Thir
teenth street, on "The Supreme Armis
tice." At 8 o'clock he will conduct
the first of a series of Sunday night
classes in the study of Rawson. the
English scientist and teacher, who is
to be in Portland December 11 to 16,
on the subject, "The Basic Principle
of Rawsou's Work."
APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
Dr. B. J. Clark to Speak on "The
W hitened Harvest at This Morn
ing's Service.
-pHE WHITENED HARVEST"
X will be the topic for discussion
by Dr. B. J. Clark, pastor of the
First United Brethren church. Fif
teenth and East Morrison streets, this
morning. "Spiritual Figureheads"
will be the theme of tonight's serv
ice. Special music will be featured.
Rev. Ira Haw ley, pastor of the
Second United Brethren church.
Twenty-seventh and Sumner streets,
today will preach on the subject.
"A Soul Saved From Death." The
evening service will be conducted by
the local of the Women's Missionary
association In a special programme
on missions.
The pastor of the Third United
Brethren church at Sixty-seventh
street and Thirty-second avenue
Southeast. Rev. E. O. Shepherd, will
preach on the topic "Giving the Gos
pel." The evening service will be
conducted by Rev. J. E. Conner. His
theme will be "Intercession."
Rev. C. P. Blanchard, pastor of the
Fourth United Brethren church. Tre-
mont station, this morning will speak
on "What We Owe God." The even
ing service will mark the beginning
of a special series of revival meet
ings to be conducted by Rev. E. O.
Shepherd, pastor of the Third church.
These meetings will continue every
evening, prefaced with a good lively
song and praise service.
At Grace Baptist church tonight.
East Seventy-sixth street North and
East Ash streets, the pastor, F. W.
Starring, will preach on "The Devil's
Barnyard." The choir and chorus
will sing. The song service will be
gin at 7:45. At 11 A. M.. the pastor's
theme will be "God's Wonder-Book."
In the absence of the pastor. Dr.
William A. Waldo of the First Baptist
chuch (White temple), who left this
week to attend the meeting of the
board of managers of the American
Baptist Foreign Mission society in
Boston. Mass., Captain Berton F.
Bronson. formerly chaplain in the
United States army, will preach to
day. His morning subject will be
"God: Is He Knowable and Accessi
ble?" In the evening he will speak
on the topic, "The Destiny of Choice.'
The Temple quartet will Bing at both
services, and a short organ recital by
Miss Martha Reynolds will precede
the service, which begins at 7 :30
o'clock.
. ...
"The Kssential Cause of SU'kness
and Misfortune, and the Remedy," is
the topic this morning at the New
Christian church (Swedenborgian),
331 Jefferson street. The Rev. Will
iam It- Keere spoke on the same sub
ject last Sunday, and the interest
aroused called tor further considera
tion. This is the tenth of a series of
sermons on the "Divinity in Human
ity." There will be a vocal duet by
Miss Grace Squires and Leigh Barber,
and a piano and violin duet by 'Will
iam Holmes and his sister Harriet.
First Christian Church to
Hold Memorial Programme.
Security Benefit ANSorlatlon
bers to Attend Meeting Toi
Ment-
onlKht.
AT the First Christian church, cor
ner Park, and Columbia streets,
a special memorial programme to
night will be rendered for the Se
curity Benefit association, including
the KIrkpatrick, Eureka and ..other
local councils, the members of which
will attend the evening service in a
separate body. The address for the
occasion will be delivered by the
Rev. Harold H. Griffis, who will have
for his subject "The True Memorials
of Life." At the Sunday morning
service at 11 o'clock Rev. Mr. Grlffls
will present his personal confession
of faith, takintr for his soeclfie tonle !
"My Reasons for Accepting the ieity
of Jesus."
On Wednesday night In the church
auditorium Mis Melba Browning, one
of Portland's most talented young
artists, will give, under the auspices
of the Loyal Daughters' class, a pro
gramme of dramatic and dialect read
ings. Miss Browning will be assisted
by little Viola Reed of Vancouver,
Wash. The musical features of the
evening will include selections by Mr.
Crane, Mies Nina Dressel, contralto,
and Miss Vivian DeLory, violinist.
The Multnomah County Christian)
cnaeavor union nas planned a series
of seven big conferences to organize
committee work throughout the
county. The plans are to bring to
gether the county committee super
intendents and the local committee
chairman of each individual society.
The city has been divided into
seven groups; one conference will be
held in .each group, one each week,
for seven weeks, beginning, Novem
ber 16. These conferences will be
held from 5 P. M. to 6 P. M-. followed
by a union prayer meeting from 6
to 7 P. M. of all Endeavor societies
in that particular group.
The groups, meeting places and
dates are:
No. 1, west side. First Christian
church. November 16; No. 2, Sunny
side. Sunnyside Congregational. No
vember 23: No. 3, Lents, Kern Park
Christian, November 30; No. 4, West
minster, Church of Strangers, De
cember 7: No. 6, Rose City Park. Rose
City Presbyterian, December 14; No.
6, Vernon, Highland Cons: re ga tionai,
December 21; No. 7. Kenton, Su
Juhuts UvuniicIIcal, December 2S.
'Mortals "and Immortals,"
Christian Science Topic,
Grorrc Shaw Cook Will trctorc at
Klrst Church at 3 o'Clock This
Afternoon.
THE churches of Christ, Scientist,
In Portland hold regular services
at 11 o'clock, and all except Fifth and
Seventh churches 4iold evening serv-
ices at i. Aiia-weeK meetings are ;
nem in au ine cnurcnes regularly at
8 o clock Wednesday evening, at
which testimonials of healing are '
given
All the churches maintain Sunday
schools for children under 20 years
of age. In all except Third and Fifth
the older classes assemble at 9:45 and I
the younger classes at 11. In Third j
and Fifth the Sunday school sessions
are held at 9:30 and 11.
There will be a free lecture on j
Christia'n Science at First church edi
fice this afternoon at 3 o'clock by
George Shaw Cook, C. S. B., of Chi
cago. 111. Mr. Cook is a .member of
the board of lectureship of the mother
church, the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, In Boston, Mass. Mr. Cook
will also lecture at the same place
Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8
public reading rooms are
maintained in the Northwestern bank
building, and at 266 Burnside street,
where the Bible and all authorized
Christian Science literature may be
read, borrowed or purchased.
...
Evangelist L. K. IMckson will lec
ture on "Earmarks of the Last Days
Now Before the World'" tonight tu
7:30 o'clock in Christensen'a hall.
Eleventh street between Morrison and
Yamhill. Mr. Dickson will endeavor
to prove from the prophecies of the
scripture the meaning of the present
day political, social and industrial un
rest. Special music has been arranged
for this service, including a nvale
quartet, violin solo and gospel solos
in song. Public invited. Seats free.
...
Mrs. Florence Crawford will speak
this evening at 8 o'clock in the com
forter center, Portland hotel assembly
r6om, upon the topic, "Seven Pur
poses." the lecture being a discussion
of the book of that title written by
Marjraret Cameron, which is creating
interest at this time. The lecture is
open to all.
...
Rev. Persis Wilson Moore, medium
and pastor of the Church of the spir-
itualist Center, -will lecture tonight at
412 Holladay avenue. There will be
cood music and demonstrations by
Mrs. Moore and other workers.
. .
At the First Spiritualist church.
East Seventh nd Hassalo streets, a
lecture will be given at 3 1. M. by
Mrs. William Smith of Cleveland. ..
and will be followed by messaces by
Mrs. Klta S. Bledsoe. The evening
lecture at 7:45 o'clock will be uriven
by Mrs. Ktta Bledsoe on "Relies ot
Barbarism." The mid-week meetings
are held every Wednesday at 7:45
P. M.
...
The First Spiritual Science church
will hold services toduy at 3 P. M.
and 8 P. M. in Foresters' hall. 12
Fourth street. Lecture-sermon and
demonstration will be sriven by Rev.
Max Hoffman. The evening subject
will be "Behold the Thinns That 1
Ho; Ye Shall Do Greater Things Than
These." Good music will be furnished.
Rev. H. A. Johnston to Con
tinue Sermon Series.
Realities In Hellitlouft Sermon.
1. tieneral Subject Followed by
Chicago I'astor.
REV.
sto:
HOWARD AGNEW JOHN
STON, D. D., from Chicago, will
continue his ministry at the First
Presbyterian church. Twelfth and
Alder streets. At the evening serv
ice at 7:30 he will give the second
address in the series of "Realities in
Religious Experiences." These are
stories of Dr. Johnston's experiences
w ith men in connection with their
conversion or reformation. The sub
ject will be "From Slavery to Free
dom." This is a story of a Chinese
student and how he broke away from
the opium habit. There will be spe
cial music tomorrow even ing. At
7:15 Edgar E. Coursen wil I give an
organ prelude, consist ing of three
numbers : (a "Communion," De lu
Tombella: (b "Offertory," Batiste ;
(c) "Lamentation," Guilmant. The
special vocal numlr of the evening
will be Gounod's duet for contralto
and tenor, "Oh, Divine Redeemer.
This will be kuiict bv Mrs. Virginia
1 Spencer Hutchinson and J. MacMillan
.VI uir. At Iv :iiU this morning Dr.
Johnston will preach on "What Is
True Worship?"
The school of missions will con
tinue its sessions at 6:15 Sunday even
ing. There will be a class for men in
"World Facts and America's Respon
sibility," led by Ralph C. McAfee; a
class for women in "Crusade of Com
passion," led by Miss Agnes Syming
ton; a class for young people in New
Life Currents in China," led by James
F. Ewing- The class for the high
school group in "Ministers of Mercy,"
led by Mfs Carol Cumminps. Visitors
are welcome to these classes.
The regular monthly meeting of the
I 'or t land Presbyterian society will bo
held Tuesday jn t lie First Presbyte
rian church. There will be a prayer
and praise service from 1:30 to 12.
vAi h a pot -luck luncheon and social
time during the noon hour. The af
ternoon programme will be devoted to
home missions and will be in charge
ef Mrs. Kecnan.
The newly elected officers ofMult
nomah county's intermediate Chris
tian Endeavor union will be in charge
of a rally to be held at the First Pres
byterian church. Twelfth and Alder
streets, next Friday. President Ver
non Duncan will preside.
Rev. W. T. McElveen. pastor of the
First Congregational church and for
many years a national Endeavorer
w ill give the main address. Short
talks will be given by various so
ciety presidents, on "Consecration."
The Portland training school for
church school workers will close the
work of the first semester Wednes-
day night. The enrollment has
reached -1&3, representing 39 churc
hes
are
especially invited to visit the classes
next week. The assembly will be ad-
! dressed by Harold Humbert, secretary
j of the Oregon Sunday school associa-
tion. The subject will be "The Or
ganized Sunday School Movement."
The Rose City Park Presbyterian
church has just expended $1000 in re
plastering and repainting the church.
Owing to the many changes in the
population of the community, the at
tendance in the Sunday school early
in the fall was small. As a result of
the rally day drive, undertaken a
month ago by the new group organi
zation, the attendance Is now larger
than ever.
This morning the pastor. Dr. Mil
ligan, will speak on the present in
dustrial and social crisis, affirming
that Christ is the solut ion of present-day
problems. He will use as a
1 1
text the words that John the Baptist
in a moment of doubt addressed to
Jesus, "Art thou he that should come,
or do we look for another?
The subject this morning will be
"Americanization the Present i-u
f and for tonight, "The Length of a
' Day."
At the Vernon Presbyterian church
at Nineteenth and Wy grant streets
. tiruce J. Uif fen this morning
wi.i &PfHK on -some of the Reasons
ny feople Find It Hard to Pray
and again at 7:30 P. M. on "National
iuty itn Relation to
yuestion."
The open forum helH in
with the evening service on last Sun
day will be continued. There will h
a debate on the question of permit
ting the use of foreign languages in
religious services.
Rev. Boudinot Seelev. snrtnifl.
ent of church extension work of the
(Presbyterian church for Orceon. will
occupy the pulpit at Central Presby-
ic.Ktu i-nurcn ioaay at both morning
and evening services.
. .
Dr. Howard Agnew Johnston, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church ot
Portland, will be the speaker at tho
Men s Resort meeting today at 4
o'clock. The orchestra has returned
and will give selections, with Miss
Alice Johnson as pianist. At S P. M,
Rev. Levi Johnson will give the Bible
lesson and on Wednesday the young
people from Sunnysfde Congrega
tional church, will hold their monthly
meeting at the Resort.
'Is the World or the Church
Lost?"
Effort Show Functioning of
Modern Church Made.
til S the World Lost or the Church
Lostr will be the subject of the
aviinun wnicn will be given in tha
sermon at Atkinson Memorial Con
gregational church this morn lne-.
This will be one item on today's pro
gramme at this church to show how
the modern church is functioning In
the world's reconstruction. The oth
er item w ill be a Sunday night forum
on tne question of "Church Federa
tion, a World Movement." Ralph
McAfee of the inter-church world
movement, wil! be the speaker
Another event will be "Ka
1 in the Sunday school and church. All
the members or all he families of the
Sunday school and church are to
gather in Sunday school at 9:45 A. M.
Last Sunday was "Every Member
day." and witnessed a big increase in
membership, attendance and offer
ings. The church is located on the
corner of East Everett and Twentv
rinth streets. Rev. Elbert E. Flint is
the pastor.
At the Sunnyside Congregational
church "Christ in the Light of Mes
sianic Promises" will be Dr. J. J.
Stau b's theme this morning at It
o'clock. He will endeavor to show
the scriptural perspective of the di
vine plan of redemption. At 7:45 P.
M. the pastor will tpeak on "Conse
cration or Re-consecration, Which?"
A union Thanksgiving service will
be held at this church. Thursday. No
vember 27, at 10:30 A. M. Dr. W. B.
Hinson, pastor of the East Side Bap
tist church, will deliver the sermon
The Church School of Missions
opened at Pilgrim Congregational
church last Sunday night with well
attended classes and intense interest.
The assembly feature for tomorrow
night will be a pageant, "America
Discovered." About 25 characters
will be represented with costumes
and music. A study of applied psy
chology will be given at the morning
service by the pastor. Rev. Robert
Murray Pratt, entitled, "the Soul's
Talk With Itself."
The next congress of the Multno
mah Christian Endeavor union will
be combined with a hard-time social.
All attending will oome in the worst
clothes available. Fines of from 1
to 7 cents will be exacted for all
jewelry and trinkets worn. This
meeting will be held December 9 at
the First Congregational church.
Rev. A. Krause to Speak at
St. Paul's Lutheran.
I Relieve the ForielvfrM of Sim9
to Ue Topic at Morning; Service.
IN" the services at St. Paul's Lutheran
church. Rev. A. Krause will preach
at 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. His
topics will be: "I Believe in the For
givenness of Sin" and "St. Paul's Love
and Prayer." Special music will be
given by the choir at the services.
The Sunday school will meet at 9:30
A M. The choir rehearses each
Wednesday at 8 P. M. A bazaar and
musical entertainment will be held
Friday and Saturday at 8 P. M;, with
excellent programmea.
At the Grace Lutheran church, cor
rer Albina and Masoir streets. C. H.
Bernhard. the pastor, will hold serv
ices at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. At
special services today a class of ten
children who have finished the course
of Biblical instructions will be exam
ined and will then make profession
of their faith and bo received into
membership by confirmation. There
will be special music. The pastor will
speak on the subject, "Running the
Race Set Before Us."
Grace Lutheran Ladies' Aid socle y
will have its Christmas sale and sup
por at the East Side Business Men's
club next Wednesday.
Sale of fancy work and aprons will
begin in the afternoon. Supper will
be served from 5:30 to 8.
Rev. Carl L. Foss, chaplain with
the overseas forces, will preach In
Our Savior's Lutheran church, corner
East Grant and Tenth streets, at the
morning service. Rev. Mr. Foss was a
San Francisco pastor at tho time of
the mobilization of the American
expeditionary forces. He served as a
chaplain in France until the armistice
( was signed. He is a native of the
west, havtnrf been born in Bellingham.
Wash., where his father was a pioneer
pastor.
Robert S. Gill, editor of the Four
L Bulletin of the Loyal Legion of
Loggers and Lumbermen, will speak
tonight at the Highland Congrega
tional church. Prescott street, corner
East Sixth street. His topic will be
"Relleion and Industrial Democracy.
Mr. Gill is an earnest and fair-minded
student of the industrial question as
well as a forceful speakex. The morn
ing sermon by the pastor, Rov, Ed
ward Constant, will be on "The Su
premacy of Jesus." (
m m
At the Waverly Heights Congrega
tional church "Christian World Facts"
will be the theme of the morning ad
dress by the pastor. Rev. Oliver Per
ry Avery. The church of today must
see s task in the perspective of a
world -need and opportunity, accord
ing to Rev, Mr, Avery,