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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 28, 1910.
LESSONS GLEANED FROM 1919 HAPPENINGS TO FEATURE SERMONS
Glimpse Into Year About to Open and Outline of Possibilities to Be Presented Christmas Music Will Be Repeated in Many Churches of City.
LESSONS from the happenings of
the old year and an outlook for
the year to come will form the
principal theme of the sermons of
this Sunday. Music will be espe
cially attractive at all the services,
lor in most instances it will include
a repetition of the Christmas music.
An Armenian relief programme will
he the feature tonight at the First ;
Christian church. This church has
made a substantial pledge to the
fund for the relief of the starving
peoples of the near east. . Final re
turns from the Christmas thank of
ferings in the Sunday schools will
be made today. The East Side Bap
tist church, according to the state
ment of Mrs. W. B. Hlnson, wife of
the pastor, will be among the ban
ner subscribers to the Armenian and
Syrian relief fund. There Is a friend
ly rivalry among the schools for hon
ors and among the leaders are the
First Christian, East Side Baptist,
White Temple, First Congregational,
First Presbyterian and First Meth
odist. Tobacco "Horrors' Cited.
The Churchman, an Episcopal or
gan published In New York, gives an
tutorial on tobacco that is decidedly
onussal from the standpoint of the
average church periodical editorial.
The following appeared in the issue
of November IS:
"As we open our morning's mall,
editorially speaking, we find this:
'Astounding Facts. Our annual to
bacco expense would build four Pan
ama canals. A leech Is Instantly
killed by sucking the blood of an,
habitual smoker. There is enough
nicotine in the average cigar to kill
two men. Babies have been killed
by breathing the tobacco smoke with
T hlch a smoker filled an unventilated
room. Dr. Clay reports the death of
three children from the use of a fo
bs ceo poultice applied to the scalp
for scald-head.'
"We could read no farther. We
have made our resolution. Never
again shall we allow an Innocent
leech to jeopardize his life by par
taking of our bloodr Never again
shall we apply a tobacco poultice to
the scalp of three children for scald
head. We are not among the really
rich, but we shall do our bit to build
those four Panama canals whose con
struction our indulgence in the to
bacco habit has imperiled. We recall
when we were little children that
impressive day when we resolved
nevar to touch liquor as we saw In
Sunday school an egg boiled hard
before our eyes as the teacher thrust
in into a glass of alcohol.
"And now the laboratory method is
to be applied in the campaign against
the smoker. Innocent leeches are to
be compelled- to bite horrid old alco
holic smokers. Babies are to be
caught and, thrust Into an unventi
lated room where the clericus has
Just met, and Sunday school children
will be asked to note the results. As
for tobacco poultices! we shrink
from that cruel clinic in vivisection.
"And yet. Joking aside, we think
the tobacco user is going to be put
on the defensive. When he buys a
cigar over the counter, he will do so
with full knowledge that it is loaded
to kill two men."
Survey Plans Hade.
Rsv. Boudlnot Seeley of the Pres
byterian synod has received the fol
lowing Information from the church
headquarters in New Tork:
An intensive survey of 24 repre
sentative cities of the United States
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast
will be' made under the direction of
the board of home missions of the
Presbyterian church in the United
States for five months, December 1
to April 1. The survey will be made
by Dr. Charles L. Zorbaugh, superin
tendent of the church extension board
of the Presbytery of Cleveland, O..
who has been temporarily released
from bis Cleveland duties for this
task-
The Itinerary for the Presbyterian
survey Is as follows:
New York and Brooklyn, December 22
January 22.
Syracuse, N. Y., January 22-28.
Buffalo, N. Y January 27-29.
Toungstown, O., January 30-February 3.
Detroit. Mich.. February 4-6.
Flint. Mich., February 7-11.
Chicago, 111.. February 12-18.
St. Loulo. Mo., February 19-22.
Kansas City, Mo., February 23-27.
Omaha, Neb., February 28-March 1.
Denver, Colo., March 2-5.
Seattle, Wash., March 7-10.
Portland, Or., March 11-13.
Can Francisco, Cal., March 14-18.
Los Angeles. March 19-21.
Dallas, Tex.. March 24-25.
New Orleans, La., March 26-28.
New York. April L
The purpose of the survey Is to de-
PAST WAR CHRISTMASES
ARE RECALLED BY WRITER
How Southern Women Met Ordeal of Food Scarcity in the Dark Days
of the Confederacy, From 1861 to 1867.
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
IN ALX lives there are days that
stand out so clearly thafeven the
passing of many years cannot dull
their memory. When one such day Is
Identified with the holiday season the
remembrance grows more and more
aoute and places and scenes Beem to
grow more tangible again and again.
Into memory there comes as the
Christmas holidays are'near the recol
lection of the last Christmas in the
Confederacy, the last one of the four
that marked the heartrending and
xnost deplorable war our country could
ever pass through, when brother
fought against brother, son against
father, and there seemed no hope for
our great nation, torn asunder as it
was.
With the whole family, grand
znother, sisters, babies, refugees from
comfortable homes the three preced
ing years, the Christmas of 1864
stands out as if hewn in stone because
by then the handwriting on the wall
was plainly seen. Those who had fled
Into any refuge away from battle
fields had reached the. quiet of resig
nation and were ready to accept the
Inevitable. ,
Men and women and children of to
!ay can have no conception of the ab.
solute dearth of such things as are
always associated with the festival of
the birth of the Redeemer. There was
money; all the paper currency that
could be desired, but thece was lit
erally nothing to buy except scanty
supplies of food and In the far south
ern states food always has been easier
to find than where bleak skies hover
above and ice and snow cover the
ground. But of toys or novertles or
any of the thousand and one things
naturally associated with Christmas
srivinK there was none.
In three years the accumulation of
uch materials and apparel as women
love to hold and hoard, even when
Quite able to purchase new, had all
been gone over carefully, each bit of
termlne first-hand the share of Pres
byterian responsibility in the relig
ious and community work of the I
larger and medium-sized cities, and
with this knowledge to define the
duties of the church In order that
'he needs may bo adequately met.
Similar surveys are now being con
ducted by other denominations. The
results of this Presbyterian survey
will be compiled In a report to be
presented to the Presbyterian Home
Missions council at Its meeting with
the next general assembly In Phlladel- j
phla In May.
Committee Is Named.
The survey was determined upon
it the last meeting of the Presbyte
rian Home Missions council when it
was decided that the Presbyterian em
phasis for home missions had shifted
from the country church and the old
form of home mission work to the
great and lesser cities A cemmittee
was appointed. ' hepded by Dr. U. L.
Mackey. superintendent- of Synodlcal
Home MissUjis for New York City, to
prepare and submit a report at the
coming May meeting on Presbyterian
city wor.c. Dr. Zorbaugh was then
named to conduct the survey and re
port to the committee his findings.
The cities are" divided into major
cities of 200,000 or over, and minor
cities of from 25.000 to 200,000. There
are SI major cities in the United
Slates and 270 minor cities. The sur
vey will then be conducted by what
Is known as the sampling method.
Certain cities typical of each group
will be visited and studied carefully.
The major cities are of two classes:
Cities which are well organized with
church extension boards, headquar
ters and paid executives, like Nevi
York. Pittsburg. Chicago and San
Francisco, and the cities In which
there is either no organization or an
Inadequate organization, like Trenton.
N. J.; Kansas City, Mo.; Denver, Colo.;
Seattle, Wash., and St. Paul, Minn.
These cities mentioned will be given
especial attention.
Sample Cities Chosen.
In the survey of the minor cities
the three to be most carefully studied
will be Syracuse, N Y.; Youngstown.
O., and Flint, Mich. There will be 12
sample cities, in which from a week
to two weeks each will be spent; in
the other cities to be visited stay will
not be more than three days.
In each city visited conferences will
be held with the local home mission
committee and representative men
and women. Speeches will also be
made.
The method will be to obtain in
formation by interviews and in other
ways, and also by research and ques
tionnaire to man presbyteries. Dr.
Zorbaugh will endeavor to gather sta
tistics, maps, photographs, showing
conditions and what is or is not be
ing done; building plans and material
for lantern slides. He will interview
executives, pastors, laymen, and en
deavor to get the reaction of both
task and methods. He will also in
terview civic and social organizations
and find their attitude respecting the
church, as well as test the labor senti
ment of each city visited.
Problems to Be Ascertained.
In each city Dr. Zorbaugh's survey
will be made to sense the social and
civic development of problems of the
cities from the point of view of the
Presbyterian church. The problems
of the city will be ascertained, such
as the big things emerging in tne
city, housing plans, Industrial devel
opment, federating of welfare agen
cies, Americanization movements;
community movements, the industrial
situation and the social situation. The
religious life of the city will also be
tested as to wrhether the church Is
gaining or losing; how the protestant
church is faring in relation to other
faiths and success or failure of plans
to operate community churches.
The Presbyterian organization oi
each' city will also be looked into
vith the end in view of establishing
church extension or similar boards in
each city where there is none at pres
ent. Dr. Zorbaugh has been in charge
of the church extension work of
Cleveland for nine years, and is es
pecially adapted to the work he has
been called upon to perform.
Better Methodists Wanted.
Dr. William Wallace Youngson, dis
trict superintendent of the Methodist
church, has brought into attention an
editorial published In the "Plymouth
Bulletin" of a racent issue. "A Bet
ter Brand of Methodists" is its title
and it reads as follows:
"Over the portals of its second cen
tury Methodism has flung out against
the Eky the urgent challenge to add
this year a million lives to the king
dom. "To this end the church must begin
with itself and through organization,
consecration and Intercession gird it
self for this supreme goal. The call
how is for a better brand of Meth
odism. "Many have been swept Into the
bright ribbon or scrap of tinted paper
laid aside to help dress a doll, but
even these made but a pitiful showing
when the time came to use them.
There were rags, lots of rags, to stuff
into the semblance of a doll, but when j
it came to maKing a areas to cover
these rags Ingenuity was tested in
deed, and the nondescript result could
only have been accepted by innocent
babyhood.
The little town was ransacked for
any possible toy for the one boy old
enough to demand a toy of some kind;
something that could afford an hour
or so of play for the little fellow, and
at last a battered old top, the top that
requires a strong string to -spin it,
was found, pounced upon, scrubbed,
its deep dents carefully hammered,
whittled or sandpapered away as far
as possible, and colored with some red
ink that had escaped the deluge
The grandmother spun thread upon
her old-time wheel, resurrected from
some source forgotten, but used to
spin all the wool and cotton required
for the family stockings and socks
she spun thread and twisted it into a
cord strong enough to make that old
top spin, and this, with an orange,
some pecans, as it was the habitat of
that nut, were placed in the little
stocking for the boy to hug in delight
on Christmas morning.
Memory recalls home-made candles,
because sugar and molasses were to
be had; coffee we had not; Irish pota
toes had given out two years before,
and the then improvident "planter"
never cultivated anything but sugar
and cotton, buying all his corn, pota
toes and nearly everything else
through his broker, to be delivered by
boat. Sweet potatoes made the best
substitute for coffee; pared, cut into
small cubes and roasted in the oven,
as the coffee bean is, then ground fine,
the beverage tasted quite as much
like coffee as do some of the high
priced substitutes today.
Then it mattered but little to a child
that such things had to be, but in re
calling those years of deprivation, of
1 Dr. Francla Bsrgetle Short of the Wilbur Memorial Methodist church, who delivered sermon Inst Sunday rvening- ts the employes of the Portland
Woolen Mills at their personal request and nt the factory of that company, a Mrs. Ruth H. G If fen, wife of the pastor of the Vernon Preahytertaua
church, who la n trained church worker and who at present la the first president of the Presbyterian Women's Bynodlcal society of Portland. 8 Rev.
Bruce J. GIffen, who wns recently Installed na the pastor of the Vernon Presbyterian church, East Nineteenth and Wyg-ant afreets. He was for- I
merlv nastor at McMlnnvllIe Prrfibrterian church, coming- there from Parian, Idaho. Be is the son of Dr. John GIffen of the American mission. Cairo. 1
Egypt, where he was born nnd lived until his health made it necessary for
Buchanan, pastor of the Hebron find.) church for 47 years. 4 W. H. Moore,
special Christmas progrrnmme to be
church who have no spiritual back
ground; have never known the family
altar; never learned the language or
spirit of prayer. They are active
about reliplous things; eager as to
the temporalities of the church. They
give money. They do not in utter
surrender give themselves to Christ.
They kuep back part of the price.
"John R Mott 'says: The alarming
weakness among Christians Is that
we are producing Christian activities
faster than we are producing Chris
tian experience and Christian faith
"Caught up In the routine of church
work; outwardly religious, inwardly
not bad, they know about Christ
about his church, his sacraments, his
word, his works. They do not 'know
him In the power of his resurrection.'
They lack an eager, vibrant, living
experience in Christ.
"This 'better brand of Methodists,'
with definite personal contact with
Christ, with heart aflame with that
love of Christ that passeth knowl
edge, with ourpose consecrate, eager,
determined "o reach and win folk for
Christ this is the dominant need of
the church today. Such a spiiit will
win our evangelistic goal, and noth
ing else will.
"BISHOP W. P. THrRKIELD."
"How Does God Do It?" Is
Topic of Dr. W. B. Hinson.
East Side Baptist Church Raises
Christmas Offering of SIOOO for
Armenian Sufferers.
DR. W. B. HINSON will preach at
11 o'clock on "How Does God
Do It?" and at 7:80 on ."The Passing
of the Year." The young people are
to hold a service at S o'clock In the
Mann home. Last Friday night they
gave a Christmas entertainment and
refreshments out at the county hos
pital. The Sunday school has raised and
sent forward the sum of J1000 as a
Christmas offering for the saving of
Armenian children, and several needy
families have been generously cared
for with Christmas gifts. This church
will hold a watch night service next
Wedne liay and will observe the week
of prayer January 4-11.
Atkinson Memorial Congregational
church will hold two special farewell
services today to the old year. This
morning the pastor will speak on
"Taking Stock, or the Year of Peace,
1919, and the Year of War, 1918." In
the evening he will speak on "Re
deeming the Time." Parts of the
Christmas music will be repeated at
these services. The Sunday school
held its Christmas exercises Tues
day night and had a crowded house.
Besides having a good programme and
gifts for the children, the school
made an offering of over $80 to the
Armenian relief work. Rev. Elbert
E. Flint Is pastor.
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"God's Approval, the Glory of Life,"
will be the topic of the eermon of the
Rev. S. W. Seeman, at the Unity
Presbyterian church at East Seventy
first street and Sandy boulevard this
morning. Tonight Dr. Seeman will
speak on "Things that Survive."
suspense, of tears, that one Christmas
stands out so clearly, because It
marked with the coming of the New
Year the beginning of the end, and
sadness seemed the law of the uni
verse. A decade or so ago a Christmas din
ner had to be a festival, more even
than the feast of Thanksgiving, be
cause it is not like that national holi
day, but the one that is celebrated all
over the world where Christianity
extends.
In many parts of this big United
States of America a plump, young
goose is the choice for the Christmas
dinner in place of the turkey, and in
years gone such a goose could be had
at most reasonable prices. What one
will cost this year is beyond guessing:
enough, we may be sure. Here is a
menu recalled when good things to eat
could be had without a strain on even
a moderate purse: First, raw oysters,
served on the half shell, with pepper
and vinegar; cream of ceiery soup and
the usual appetizers of olives, tiny
onion pickles, salted almonds, etc.
Followed a "boull-balsse," which Is
red snapper and red fish, stewed Into
a rich compound and served with
boiled rice.
After this a "vol au vent," or pie
of pigeons; green peas, potatoes with
maltre d'hotel butter, and then the
mldmeal punch of maraschino. The
roast goose, stuffed to perfection,
with a dressing of boiled potatoes, ap
ples and onions, highly seasoned with
thyme, salt and pepper and sage. Ap
ple sauce, artichokes, sliced cucum
bers as a salad, mince pie, all sorts
of delicate tarts and bonbons, with
Roquefort cheese, water crackers and
the demitasse of black coffee. A feast
for the eyes as well as the stomach,
but one that could haVdly be dupli
cated today.
SHIP SKIPS NEW YEAR'S
Ventura, at Sea, Crosses 18 0th
Meridian, Losing Day.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. There
will be no New Year's day, 1920, for
the passengers and crew of the
steamer Ventura which, left here De
cember IS for Sydney, It Is said here
by shipping men who estimate that
the Ventura will cross the 180th meri
dian about the turn of the year.
The Ventura will pass from De
cember 31 to January 2, it Is said.
On her return she will gain a day.
PORTLAND MINISTERS TAKE ACTIVE ROLES
si veil tonlsrht.
Pronouns Sermon Subject at
Presbyterian.
Message for C losing Yenr WIU Be
Delivered In Evening bj- Rev. M.
A. Johnston, Acting; Pnstor.
AT THE First Presbyterian church,
corner of Twelfth and Alder
streets. Rev. Howard Agnew Johns
ton, D-D., of Chicago, acting minister,
wll: occupy the pulpit both morning
and evening. The subject for the
morning service will be "Mine and
Thine; the Pronouns of Civilization,"
and for the evening service the sub
ject will be "A Message for the Clos
ing Year."
The annual New Tear"! prayer meet
ing will be held Thursday, January
1, 1920, at 9:30 A M. The members
are asked to come prepared to state
In a sentence two things: First, the
most important lesson learned in
1919; second, the most earnest desire
for 1920.
Two meetings will be held during
the first week of the New Year, Mon
day and Thursday at 7:S0 P. M. On
Monday evening. Instead of the edu
cational classes, the general topics
suggested for the week of prayer will
be considered. On Thursday night at
the services preparatory to the com
munion service on the following Sun
day morning, the personal features of
the suggestions for the week of prayer
will be considered.
Sunday morning. January 11. the
sacrament of the Lord's supper will
be celebrated and new members re
ceived Into the church.
At Mlllard-Avenue Presbyterian
church, at 11 o'clock, the Rev. W. Lee
Gray will preach on "A Thousand and
One Opportunities."
e
First Spiritualist church. East
Seventh and Hassalo streets. A lec
ture will be given at 3 P. M. foUowed
with messages. At the evening serv
ices at 7:46 P. M. a lecture will be
given by Mrs. Etta S. Bledsoe, fol
lowed with messages. This will be
Mrs. Bledsoe's last lecture for several
months.
'Star From Bethlehem'
Evangelical Topic.
Christmas Sermon to Be Given To
day at Clay-Street Church by
Rev. Jacob Mocker.
THE Sunday school of the Clay
Street Evangelical Sunday school.
Tenth and Clay streets, will convene
at 9:30 and will be in charge of the
superintendent, J. E. Keller. The reg
ular morning service will begin at
10:45. Rev. Jacob Stocker, the pastor,
will preach on the subject, "The Star
From Bethlehem." This discourse will
he In the German language. At 6:30
the Christian Endeavor will meet, fol
lowed by the evening sermon In Eng
lish, when the pastor will speak on
MANY CLAIM TO BE INVENTORS
OF FAMOUS TANKS IN ENGLAND
Government Attempts to Learn Who Is Entitled to Credit for Producing
Valuable War Machine.
"W
HO invented the tanks?" is
a question which in Eng
land 1 now apparently
proving as difficult to answer as that
ancient riddle which once amused
and greatly puzzled the people of the
United States "How old is Ann?"
As England justly claims to have
been the first nation to use the tank
in warfare she believes she is most
directly interested in finding out who
Is entitled to the credit for this In
vention, which played such an Impor
tant part, military men agree. In
breaking the fighting spirit of the
Germans and winning the war.
As the whole world knows the aver
age Englishman is nothing If not se
rious, and John Bull has taken the
tank Investigation up with the ut
most gravity and thoroughness, en
trusting the settlement to the royal
commission on awards to Inventors.
Early In October this commission
began its investigations. This proved
the opening shot for a real merry
war in which might be found the plot
for a comic opera of the kind Gilbert
and Sullivan loved to build. As on
the day the court convened, at Lincoln
inn, London, not one or two, but no
less than 11 Inventors gravely put
forward what they considered con
vincing claims to tank invention, and
every one of these men Sought the
honor and bounties attached to the
invention of the formidable instru
ment of war.
The list of claimants follows: Sir
William Trittoh, an official of the
ministry of munitions; Commodore
M. F. Sueter. R. N., formerly super
intendent of aircraft construction; Sir
E. H. Tennyson D'Eyencourt, director
of naval construction to the Admir
nltv Commander Perrln: Ma1or-Gen-
' eral E. D. Swinton, the official "eye
IN MUSICAL, CIVIC AND CHURCH WORLDS.
him to eome to this country. Ilia
musical director of the First L'nlted
"The Significance of the Incarna
tion." On December 31 this congregation
will gather at 8:30 P. M. for the pur
pose of a watchnigiu service, prelim
inary to which there will be held the
annual election of officers of the
Sunday school, trustees, of the class
leader and of the exhorter. Follow
ing these, there will be religious ex
ercises. On the night of January 1, 1920. at
8 o'clock there will be held at the
church a reception for Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Luckel, prominent members of
this church. Mr. Luckel Is the senior
partner of Luckel. King A Cake Co.,
soap manufacturers, and was official
delegate to the general conference of
the Evangelical association at Cedar
Rapids, la., held last fall. He is one
of the leading laymen of this denom
ination, and after the conclusion of
the ' conference traveled over the
states and will be In Portland for the
reception In his honor. At that time
he is expected to give Information
about the forward movement of the
Evangelical association, to which en
terprise Mr. Luckel contributed ex
tensively. At this meeting plana will
be made for the coming yecr. and the
annual reports will reveal the status
of the society. This church will par
ticipate with other Portland churches
for the purpose of community service
for Portland, and will engage In a
three weeks' revival effort, beginning
with January 5.
First Christian Church to
Aid American Relief.
Rev, E. S. Muckley, Former Pas
tor, Will Occupy Pulpit.
church, corner of Park and Colum.
Ubla, will be devoted mainly to the
cause of Armenian relief. Several
weeks ago the church school of the
congregation subscribed to this Ar
menian cause a Christmas offering of
$700, and on next Sunday night at
7:45 the various Bible classes will
present their respective contributions
with appropriate exercises of song
and reading. So great has been the
interest of the school In this relief
work in the near east that it Is ex
pected that the total offering on Sun
day evening will be near the S1000
mark.
At the Sunday morning service at
11 'O'clock the Rev. E. S. Muckley, a
former pastor of the First church and
now a field secretary of the National
Benevolent association, will occupy
the pulpit. For several years Rev.
Mr. Muckley has had his family and
his business headquarters In Port
land, but on account of the .change of
his Held of activity to the eastern part
of the United States he Is moving his
home from this city to New York,
and his message on Sunday morning
probably will be the last delivered In
Portland for air extended period of
time.
Rev. C. P. Blanchard. pastor of the
Fourth United Brethren church. Tre
mont station, will speak on the theme.
"Watch." In the evening the Christ
mas programme by the Sunday school
will be given.
witness" In the early stages of the
war; Commander Barry; Lieutenant
Colonel T. G. Heterington, an original
member of the royal flying corps on
Its formation In 1912; Wing Com
mander Boothby Crompton, A C.
Nesfield and R. F. Macfle.
Naturally with ao many claimants
there was a mass of evidence and a
tremendous amount of discussion and
argument, which It has .aken the
court weeks to hear. Now that It Is
all In, England has been obliged to
officially decide that no man Invented
the tank, thus the origin and the con
struction of this very successful In
strument of modern warfare still re
mains a mystery.
The nearest they seemed to have
come to It Is summed up in the fol
lowing remark Mr. . Lloyd George
made to parliament In 1916 In refer
ence to the Invention of the tank.
"Mr. d'Eyncourt, who Is the chief
naval constructor of f.he admiralty,
had probably the greatest share In
the matter of designing this formid
able weapon. Then I ought, perhaps,
to have mentioned Sir Maurice
Hankey, secretary of the war com
mittee, to whom we are very consid
erably indebted for the first sugges
tion; but ' these suggesClons would
never have fructified had It not been
for Mr. Churchill. Colonel Swinton
has been an enthusiastic promoter of
the idea. The same thing applies to
Colonel Stern.
Naturally some Interesting facts
developed during the investigation.
Among other things it was shown
that writers are often responsible
for Ideas which ultimately are mate
rialized by Inventive geniuses. When
Winston Churchill, the British war
minister, was on the stand, he told
the commission that H. C Wells, the
English novelist, had first written
down the Idea of the fighting tank
wife is the daughter of Rev. J. N.
Brethren church, who has eharare of a ;
"Christianizing Christmas,'
Congregational Topic.
Dr. W. T. McElTeea to Discuss
Recent Events In Great Britain
Before Current Events Class.
( ( p EQEN'T Outstanding Events In
JLV Great Britain" Is Dr. W. T. Mc
Elveen's topic at his exceedingly
popular current events class. He will
comment on such Important topics as
the reorganisation of the British
Empire, the Lloyd George proposal
for two' parliaments In Ireland, the
growth of English Industrial democ
racy, the significance of the election
of Vlscontess Aator and the need of
an Anglo-American alliance. Dr. Mc
Elveen gives his Interpretation for a
half hour and answers questions for
20 minutes. This class is held on
Sunday noon beginning at 12:26
o'clock.
A watch night service will be held
at the Firs'. Congregational church
next Wednesday evening. It will be
gin with an Informal sociable at 8:30
at which there Is to be a story tell
ing tournament." t 9-30 Dr. McElveen
Is to read an original story. "The Two
Thieves." At 10 o'clock the Amlceleae
society will take charge for half an
hour with a "sing." Beginning at 11
the pastor will conduct a service.
"Reflections and Anticipations." At
midnight there will be greetings and
refreshments.
Evidently Dr. McElveen doesn't re
gard the present way of celebrating
Christmas as altogether Christian for
his tonic on Sunday night Is "Chris
tianizing Christmas." Christmas he
Intimates "has pagan as well
Christian affiliations. The New Testa
ment stories about the first Christ
mas sav never a word about treee
and lights, holly and mistletoe. De
cember 25 was not the date oft the I
birth of Jesus. The Christmas cele- i
bratlon was held In December, to re
place the Roman saturnalia festival."
"White Gift for King" Is
Christmas Programme.
Anabrl Community Preshyterlan
Sunday School Observe Day
With Pngeant and Gives Near
East Offering.
THE
tine
Christmas season was flt-
gly observed by the Anabel
Community Presbyterian Sunday
school In a fine rendition of "White
Gifts From the King." Superintendent
VJames Hogg presided, while Miss
Elizabeth Hogg directed the pageant.
A substantial offering was taken for
near east relief. Christmas eve carols
were sung- about the neighborhood
and a community tree was lighted at
the manse. At the morning service
the communion will be observed and
in the evening the pastor will speatt
on "Beginning the New Year Right."
before the war. At another time, dur
ing one of the sittings of the commit,
slon. the crown counsel admitted that
Corporal Demole, an Australian, sub
mitted plans for a "tank" In 1912
which were essentially similar to
those used In the construction of
tanks, and even better.
WATER LAW CHANGES UP
Drainage Association and Irriga
tion Congress to Meet Jointly.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, Dec. 27. (Special.)
Some needed Improvement In the Ore
gon water laws will be discussed In
the joint meeting of the Oregon
Drainage association and the Oregon
Irrigation congress, which will be
held here January 2. This session
will come during the events of Farm
ers' and Home Makers' week, to begin
Monday. December 29, and continue
until January S. The men In the
drainage association will bold their
annual business session on January 1.
Many members of the state legisla
ture are expected to he present at the
Joint session and participate In tn"e
discussion of the water laws, Percy
Cupper, state engineer, will address
the meeting. Dr. Samuel Fortler,
chief of irrigation and drainage for
the United States department of agri
culture, will speak at the same as
sembly on "Drainage for Alkali
Lands."
Major Fred Reed, executive secre
tary of the irrigation Institute. Boise,
Idaho, will discuss the national
policy of land reclamation. Organisa
tion and administration of drainage
districts will be considered by Waiter
Weir of the University of California,
and the financial value of drainage
to Oregon will be discussed by J. A
Keating of Portland. E. F. Benson,
commissioner of agriculture for
Washington, will speak on the man
agement of reclaimed land.
All delegates of the irrigation and
drainage organisations will be guests
of the drainage association at the big
college products banquet on Friday
night.
Mastadon Bones Found.
NOME. Alaska. Nov. 15. (By mall.)
Bone fragments, believed to be those,
of a mastodon, were found in the
Norton hay region of Nome recently.
One of the fragments resembled a
huge tusk.
Central Methodist Church
"" to Celebrate Tonight.
CsuffMBSSM Projrramme Will Be
Given sellnood Pastor to Com
plete Sermon Series.
THE Sunday school Christmas pro
gramme of the Central Methodist
Episcopal church will be held tonight
at 7:30 o'clock.. In the morning' the
pastor, A. R. Maclean, will preach.
The Epworth League service at 6:30
will be In charge of D. L. Sharp.
At the Sellwood Methodist church
the pastor, W. S. Oordon, will finish
his course of Christmas sermons at 11
o'clock, the topic being; "Naming the
Baby." This will be ol peculiar Inter
est to parents, and an opportunity
will be given for the baptism of chil
dren. The sermon at 7:80 will be a
meditation on the closing of the year,
from the text. "The Tims is Short."
Music will be furnished by the chorus
choir and orchestra under the direc
tion of Professor F. C. Streyfeller.
The Sunday school meets at 9:45. the
Junior league at 2:30 and the Ep
worth league at 8:30.
At the Monnt Tabor Methodist
Episcopal church, the morning sub-
Ject will be "Another Year, Also." The
evenlnc sermon will be by Rev. J. H.
Secor. The Mount Tabor church end
all Its organizations will be hosts to
the community on New Year s eve
with a community sing and pro
gramme, social time with games and
refreshments and a midnight devo
tional service to welcome 1920.
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At the Woodlawn Methodist Episco
pal church Rev. J. H. Irvine, pastor.
the sermon subject will be, In the
morning, "The Closing Year Christ's
Valedictory." and in the evening, The
Harvest Past, the Hummer tnoeo.
Many requests came from members of
this congregation that the pastor's
Christmas sermon be given to the
press for a wider hearing.
The Christmas music will be re
peated at the 11 o'clock service Sun
day morning at St- Stephen pro-cathedral.
The dean will preach nt both
services. In place of the regular Sun
day school session there will be a
The young people's class of the pro
children's eucharlst at :4S A M.
cathedral will give a Christmas party
next Tuesday In the parish house.
Bishop Sumner will hold confirma
tory services and preach fit Trinity
church in the morning.
"Christian Science," Topic
of Lesson Sermon.
Lecture by Panl Stark Seeley of
the Mother Church Announced.
THE subject lesson sermon In
Christian Science churches in
Portland today Is "Christian Science."
The Christian Science churches In
Portland will hold aervlces today at
11 o'clock and all except ,5"lfth and
Seventh churches will have regular
services this evening at 8 o'clock.
The regular testimonial meetings
will be held Wednesday evening at 8
in all the churches.
Sunday school for pupils up to the
age of 21 years will assemble In all
the churches, except Third and Fifth,
at 9:45 for the older classes and at 11
o'clock for the younger classes. In
Third and Fifth churches the Sunday
schools assemble at 9:30 and 11.
Free Christian Science reading
rooms are maintained in the North
western bank building, at 266 Burn
side street, 148 Klllingsworth avenue,
and at East Sixth and Holladay.
The Christian Science churches are
located as follows:
First church. Nineteenth and Ever
ett streets; Second church, East Sixth
and Holladay; Third church. East
Twelfth and Salmon streets; Fourth
church. Emerson street and Vancou
ver avenue; Fifth church. Sixty-second
street and Forty-second avenue
Southeast; Sixth church. Masonic tem
ple, 388 Yamhill street; Seventh
church, Holbrook block, St. Johns.
A cordial invitation to attend our
church services and visit our reading
rooms is extended to all.
Second Church of Christ, Scientist,
announces a free Christian Science
f a
sf
. SSI i
lecture to be delivered by Paul Stark
Seeley, C. S. B-, member of the board
of lectureship of the mother church,
the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
In Boston, Mass.. on Monday and
Tuesday evenings, December 29 and
30, In Second church edifice. East
Sixth and Holladay avenue, at 8
o'clock. Mr. Seeley is a well-known
local man. A cordial Invitation la
extended to all.
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Rev. Father Aloyslus will conduct
services today at St. Clare's church.
Capitol Hill, near Hillsdale. High
mass will be at 9:20 A K. and low
mass at 7:20.
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Evangelist L. K. Dickson will speak
Sunday night In Chrlstensen's hall.
Eleventh street, between Morrison
and Yamhill, on the subject, "The New
Covenant and What Was Done Away
in Christ?" The music will be a spe
cial feature of the service Sunday
night under the able direction of
Professor I. C. Colcord and special
soloists. The Seventh-Day Adventists
churches of the city report a steady
growth In membership, much of which
is said to be due to the evangellstls
work of Mr. Dickson and his corps
of personal workers. The services
will continue each Sunday nlrht
through the coming; spring, according
to the present plans, each sermon
being a Bible exposition of promi
nent doctrines and prophecies which
Mr. Dickson says are too often ne..
lected. Large audiences are turnlnsr
out each week. The public is in-
Special Music to Be Given
at Wilbur Church.
Professor W. M. 'Wilder Will Be In
Charge of Programme at To
day's Services.
A M1
Cx. tlonal merit le planned by Pro
fessor William Mansell .Wilder for the
two services that will be held in ths
Wilbur Methodist church today. The
entire isextet will be heard both in
combination and as soloists.
E. H. Morgan will eing the morning
offertory and the evening soloists are
E. H. Davidson. S. H. Patter
son and Miss Harriet Leach. Master
Thomas Quirk. Portland's finest boy
cornetist, will assist. Euphonium
solo by D. H. Henny. The Sun
day school will present a short pro
gramme at Its usual hour meeting.
The pastor. Dr. Francis Burgette
Short, will present the theme "The
Fundamental Basis of Christian
Peace" at the morning hour and in
the evening will speak brlefli on
"Some Things MM Will Bring to
America." Every member of the
church Is urged to attend this Sun
day's services.
Kern Park Christian church. Forty,
sixth avenue and Sixty-ninth street
Today will be devoted to the Interests
of the ministerial relief fund. At 11
A M . Rev. J. F. Ghormley will speak
on "The Debt of the World to ths
Christian Ministry." For this cause
the evening programme will be given
by the Sunday school, with "White
Gifts for the King." On New Year's
eve the annual business meeting of
the church will be held. The buffness
meeting will be followed by the social
hour and refreshments. The young
people will have charge of the serv
ices the closing hour of the old year.
'Loyalty," Sermon Topic at
First United Brethren.
Christmas Music by Choir feature
f Evening Service.
THE First United Brethren church.
Fifteenth and East Morrison
streets. Rev. Byron J. Clark, pastor,
will hold services Sunday as follows:
Morning, "Loyalty," subject for ser
mon by the pastor; evening, pro
gramme of Christmas music by the
choir under the direction of Professor
W. H. Moore.
"Supremacy in Awe," ts the theme
on which the morning sermon will be
based at the Second United Brethren
church. Twenty-seventh and Sumner
streets, by the pastor. Rev. Ira Haw
ley. In the evening he will speak on
the subject. "The Son of Perdition
Sinks." I
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