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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX! PORTLAND, JUNE 20, 1920 PORTLAND FEDERATION OF CHURCHES HAS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING -- - ,.. , ,. , 1 j . Report of Executive Committee Shows Decided Activity During Last Year in Departments of Evangelism, Social and Industrial Betterment and Religious Education. 10 THE Portland Federation of Churches held Its first annual meeting: Monday night in the First Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Joshua Stansfield, president, presid ed and presented the report ot the year's work. The election of officers) for the new year resulted as follows: President, Walter D. Whttcomb; vice president. Rt. Rev. W. T. Sumner; vice-president, James F. Ewiny; re cording secretary, Robert M. Tuttle; treasurer. Grant rhegley; . chairman department of social and industrial betterment, Norman F. Coleman; chairman department of religious edu cation, James. F. Kwing; chairman I department of survey and Interchurch world movement, A. H. Averill; chair man department of publicity, Fred Loekley; chairman financial-appeals, charity and philanthropy. Rev. W. W. Youngson; executive committee. Em erson B. Clark, Louis V. Lundberg, Rev. Samuel L. Connor. Hubert A. Goode, John A. Hammond, Rodney L. Glisan. Cornelius Tojiseth; honorary member. Rev. Joshua Stansfield. The report of the executive com mittee for the last year showed dfc cided activity in the work of the de partments of evangelism, social and industrial betterment, religious edu cation and survey and interchurcn ' world movement. The report of the treasurer. Grant Fhegley. showed that 61 of Portland's churches have made the life of the federation possible by their financial support and that other churches are reporting their desire to co-operate. The meeting by unanimous action indorsed the plan of the interchurch world movement for a completion of its financial campaign. The executive committee of the fed eration was instructed to use all pos sible assistance ' to raise a budget of t&OOO for the work of the federation for- the next year. One of the most significant actions taken was the adoption of a state ment on comity, which had been pre pared by the department ot comity and approved by the executive com mittee. This plan invites all com munions in the city before the estab lishment of any new church enter prises within the city limits to lay the plans before the county department of the federation with the hope that by united action there may be pre vented in the future any possible overlapping and overlooking in the location of new churches. Itcv. Alexander Kvans Arrive. Rev. Alexander R. Evans arrive! last week from New York to take thd pastorate of the Arbor Lodxe Presbyterian church, which has bei;n without a minister for several months. Dr. Evans was born in Scotland, but at an early age moved to Ontario, Can. He received hi3 education at Queen's university and took his the ological course at the. Presbyterian seminary in Louisville, Ky. Before entering the ministry he taught school two years in Canada and then hecame a missionary in the woods of Ontario and southern Indiana, after which he had a pastorate for three years in the coal fields of Indiana. ' He also held a three-year pastorate In Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1915 be be came .the minister of the Presbyterian church at EUendale, N. D.. where he was at the outbreak of the war, at which time he was given charge of all troops which went from Dickey, county for religious training. LaUr he entered the X. M. C. A. service and was religious director at the Oreat Lakes naval station. After the signing of the armistice he had charge of a troop train with head quarters in New York City. Dr. Evans has always been inter ested in all civic and social reforms. . He was field scout commissioner for ihe state of New York in the Boy Scout movement. Mrs. Evans and the children will arrive in Portland later. Christmas Pledges Total 1500. Although Armenian visitation day does not come until next Sunday, pledges for the Christmas offering aggregating more than J1500 have been received by C. A. Staver, secre tary of the Multnomah County Sun day School association. . Speakers have been assigned to about 65 schools for June 20 and about 30 schools are planning to ob serve the day June 27. No school is to be asked for a con tribution at this time, but every one will be asked to begin immediate preparation for a large Christmas of fering. The amount so pledged will be advanced for immediate use by the Near East Relief, and so will help to tide over the summer season when receipts invariably fall off. The plan of observing a visitation or pledge day originated in Port land last year and resulted in 300 per cent increase in contributions at Christmas. The plan has attracted the favorable attention of a number of other states and is to be one of the items discussed at the national conference of Sunday school and Near Kast Relief workers at Ocean Grove, N. J.. June 23 to July 2, by J. J Handsaker. Oregon state director. - Among the speakers assigned are: First Christian church, Ben Selling; Rose City Park Presbyterian, Sam uel Lancaster; White Temple, Bap tist, A. L. Veazie; Church of the Strangers, B. Lee Paget; First Con jfregational, E. W. Peterson. There is great rejoicing at the Rose City Park Methodist church. Fifty- eighth and Sandy boulevard, over the lifting of the mortgages on both church and parsonage. The official board, led by D. Lester Fields, the pastor, has made the final clean-up, and tomorrow Dr. William Wallace Youngson will burn the mortgage and Bishop William O. Shepard will bring the message. Rose City Park Metho dist church has made a remajkable growth. Starting from nothing seven years ago. it now has over 300 mem brrs enrolled, a Sunday school of over tr.fl and an accumulation of property of-$20,000. This is a wide-awake church in a wide-awake community. - - The Woodburn Methodist church and Sunday school hold their annual children's day exercises at 10:30 and filling the usual hour of morning worship. The baptism of children will hare a place in the service. Parents are especially invited. "Living Up to Our Responsibilities" is the evening topic. At Mount Tabor Methodist Episco pal church, Edwin George Decker, pnstor. will preach in the morning on Mine Voice of God in the Life of To day." A children's day service will be held at the nour of the evening church service. The programme is entitled "The College Bell." ' At the First M. E. church South, the pastor. Rev. J. W. Byrd, will have for his subject at 11 A. M., "The Call for w hole-Hearted Service. At 8 P. M. he will speak on "Counting the Cost. This church extends a cordial wel come to the visitors in the city to all of its services. At the First Norwegian-Danish M. E. church, corner of Hoyt and Eight eenth street, the pastor. Rev. Elias Gerding, will speak at 11 o'clock on "How Do We Know the Spirit of Truth ana me spirit ot terror The even . leg service at 8 will be in charge of a visiting clergyman. Rev. Ole Niel- fen, from Perth Am boy. N. J. At 7 P. M. the Epworth league praise and prayer service will be In charge of the first vtce-president, Miss Charlotte Olsen. These services wll be conduct ed In the Norwegian and Danish lan guages. Visiting countrymen are cor dially invited. At Sunnyside Methodist church. East Thirty-fifth and Yamhill streets, this is children's day. Dr. Ineson will deliver an address and the children will render a short nroarramme at the r morning service. The 7:45 P. M. serv ice will be given over to the Masons. Dr. Ineson will take for his subject, "Masonry and Its Working Tools." "Driving iLke Jehu" will be the theme of the evening discourse at the Third Baptist church today. In this sermon. Pastor R. E. Close will deal with the reckless drivers of ancient and modern times. "Open Windows' will be the subject of the morning sermon. The congregation of this church extends a hearty invitation to all persons not worshiping elsewhere to attend the services of the Third Baptist church. . This is "the church of the cordial welcome." At the Glencoe Baptist church, cor ner of Forty-fifth and East Main, streets, Rev. F. C. Laslette will speak at 11 o'clock this morning on the topic, "The Fold and the Family." At 7:45 P. M. his theme will be song. He will tell the history of many songs. Strangers are welcome. At Grace Baptist church. Seventy sixth and East Ash streets, the pastor, Rev. F. W. Starring, will preach to day at both regular services. His subject at 11 A. M. will be "Facts on Fire." At 8 o'clock this evening he will deliver a gospel message, with particular attention to non-Christians. AH are cordially invited to these services. Shriner Methodist Bishop to Occupy Pulpit. Prelate From Africa, I.onsr-Tline Friend of rnator, Will Preach Kvenlnz Sermon. AT THE First Methodist church. Twelfth and Taylor streets, this will be Shriners' and visitors' special day. Dr. Stansfield. 'pastor, is to preach at 10:30 on "Creed and Deed.rt Jn the evening at 8 o'clock Bishop Eben S. Johnson of Africa, a long time friend of the pastor and a visit ing Shriner, will preach. There will be special music by the quartet, and choral choir both morning and even ing, and all Shriners and visitors in the city are especially invited. The First Methodist clfurch women are housing in their Sunday school tem ple 150 Shriners and their friends. Shower baths have been provided and the three floors of -the large and com modious building will be used wholly for this entertainment. Wilbur Methodist church, which worships in the Multnomah hotel, the Shrine headquarters, will conduct a service of unusual interest to the vis iting Shriners at 10:30 this morning. There will be a very attractive pro gramme of music under the direction of Professor William Mansell Wilder, consisting of male quartet, mixed quartet and solo by Miss Harriet Leach. Bishop Eben S. Johnson, ft newly-elected bishop of the Methodist church, will preach. Bishop Johnson is visiting at the home of his son. Rev. W. S. Johnson, at Clatskanie. He will be in attendance upon the Shrine festivities during the week. 3ishop Johnson is a member of the Mystic Shrine and was the principal speak er at a great Shrine gathering in Des Moines, la., during the recent Metho dist general conference. He is a world traveler and statesman, whose episcopal residence Is in South Africa. . Rev' F. A. Ginn, pastor of Lincoln Methodist church, East Fifty-second and Lincoln streets, will preach at 11 A. M. and administer the sacra ment of our Lord's supper. Rev. W. T. Kerr will assist in the ministra tion of the sacrament. At 7 P. M. the devotional meeting of the Epworth league will be led by Joyce Savage and Mary Slavens. At 7:30 this evening there will be a big community meeting with ad dresses by Bishop W. O. Shephard, resident bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church for the Portland area; Dr. W. W. Y'oungson, district superintendent; Dr. E. E. Hickman, pastor of Wilbur Methodist church. Special music by the choir and Wilbur church orchestra. Everybody invited. United Brethren Churches Will Hear Pastors. Orrgon Branch of Women's Mis sionary Association Announce Programme for Coming Conven tions. fPHERE will be services as follows JL in the four United Brethren churches of the city next Sunday: First church. Fifteenth and East Morri son streets. Dr. Byron J. Clark, pastor Mornin-g. "Old Fashioned Religion , eve ning, "How to Keen Well." Second church. Twenty-seventh and Sumner streets. Rev. Ira Hawley. pastor- Morning. "Wicked 'Revealed"; evening, "We Are Commanded to Withdraw From the Disorderly." Third church, sixty-seventh street and Thirty-third avenue southeast, ' Rev. B. O. Shepherd, pastor Morning, anni versary and baptismal service: evening, evangelistic sermon by tne pastor. Fourth church, Tremont station. Rev. C. P. Blanchard. pastor Pulpit will b.i supplied in the absence of the pastor. The twenty-second annual session of the Oregon branch, Woman s Mis sionary association of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, will meet in a two days convention at the First United Brethren church. Fifteenth and East Morrison streets Wednesday and Thursday. June 30 and July 1, 1920, the opening session to be at 2 P. M. Wednesday. The- theme of the convention will be' "Service," while the convention text will be "Not Slothful in Business Fervent in Spirit; Serving the Lord.' Romans xii:ll. A splendid programme is arranged Miss Vera B. Blinn, the general secre tary and treasurer of the woman's missionary association, of Dayton, O., and for a number of years editor of the Evangel, the official organ of this association, will be present; Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Ward, 22 years as mission aries in China, and Miss Gladys Ward, born in China, and now a student vol unteer at Coe university, Iowa, in preparation for missionary work in China, are also on the programme. At the First Spiritual ' Science church, 129 'Fourth street. Rev.. Max Hoffman, pastor, lectures will be giv en at 3 P. M. and 8 P. M. Mrs. M. E. Smith will give an address. The Church of the Truth holds serv ices in room 412 Central building every Sunday at 11 A. M. The Realization league invites all new thought. people to its meeting at 11 A. M., 148 Thirteenth street. H. Edward Mills, speaker. FOREST GROVE CONGREGATIONALISTS DEDICATE NEW FIRST CHURCH JUNE 13, HOLDING THREE SERVICES IN WHICH PROM INENT CLERGY OF STATE PARTICIPATE. I I I l? n I i- ' r j iir-ii d- i . . deavor meeting there will be a song - I i : 4 UT. Boyd Will Kreacb at servlce and address on "The Second I A-, V- p . i " Both Services Today. Mile." After the address a moving T Annual Mission Festival on picture reel Will be shown of an in- , f - V I . College Campus. dustrial nature, entitled "Heads Win." . - ' i In the Mornlnir at First Preabyte- Everybody welcome to all services. ' f - I rlan Church Quarterly Com. ' f munlon Service Win Be Ob- Rev. Edward Constant of the High- - "V. ,v 1L- fvei. land Congregational church an- a. "fm, jA nouncen a snsnnal RiihWt for his i- tx..'.: -vv ? THE First Presbyterian church, cor ner of Twelfth and Alder streets, will have its former pastor. Rev. John 11. Boyd,. D. D., from Chicago, in the pulpit at both services today. In the morning at 10:30 o'clock the quarterly communion service will be observed, with reception of new mem bers and a brief sacramental address by Dr. Boyd- In .the evening Dr. Boyd will preach, and there will be as special music an organ recital by Edgar E. Coursen and a contralto solo. "My Redeemer and My Lord" (Dudley Buck), by Mrs. Virginia Spencer Hutchinson. Dr. Boyd will be here for two more Sundays, and on July 11 the church is expecting to welcome its new pas tor. Rev. Harold D. Bowman, D. D., from Chicago. Central Presbyterian church. East Thirteenth and Pine streets, an nounces special services for this morning. Dr. Nugent will "preach from the topic, A House Divided Against Itself." The Schubert club, directed by J. William Belcher, will song two anthems, and the large chorus will sing "Jerusalem," by Gounod. In the evening the chorus will sing "O Thou Whose Power," by Rossini, and Rev. Alexander R. Evans, who was across the seas dur ing the war in the service of the Y. M. C. A., will preach. Rev. Mr. Evans has accepted a call to the Arbor Lodge Presbyterian church. The men's club annual picnic will not be held until the first week of July on account of the conventions and Rose Festival week. The Sunday school will be invited to participate in this picnic. Shriners Specially Invited "to Baptist Services. Dr. Waldo of White Temple and Himself Ho Has Messaices Appropriate for Visitors to Port land for Convention. D' R. WALDO, pastor of the White temple, invites the Shriners, Masons and their friends to attend his services today, both morning and evening. In the morning his sub ject will be "The Soul's P.est. In the evening he will deliver a special address that will be appropriate for the Masons who have come to the city, as well as others. His subject will be: "The Church and Free Ma sonry." Dr. Waldo, who has passed through the respective degrees of Masonry and is a Shriner himself, will know how to give our new visitors a hearty welcome and will speak words that will be appropriate for their welcome. The Temple quartet will give spe cial and appropriate music at both of these services. Rev. Herbert T. Cash, associate pas tor of the East Side Baptist church. will preach this morning at 11 o'clock from the subject "Faith and Quiet ness." and this evening his theme will be "The Finest Regalia in Portland." The midweek prayer service will be held on Wednesday evening at 7:45 o'clock. The Baptist Young People s union meets at 6:45 o'clock preceding the Sunday evening service. Sunday school is at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morn ing. All visiting Baptists in the city are Invited to worship here. Take Sun nyside. Mount Tabor or Hawthorne avenue cars to East Twentieth and "Salmon streets. Dr. W. B. Hinson, the pastor, leaves Chicago this week for Buffalo. N. Y., where he is to speak at the Baptist fundamentals conference and the northern Baptist convention. Evening Services Closed for Summer. Vnltarlan Building; and Readlnn; Room Open Dolly During Whole of Shrine Week. REV. WILLIAM G. ELIOT, Jr., pastor of the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), Broadway and Yamhill street, will preach this morn ing at 11 o'clock on "Three Incerl tives to a Right Life." The evening services and the church school are intermitted for the ' summer. The Frazar reading room, entrance 346 Yamhill, is open daily from 1 P. M. until dark and offers a place where one may rest, read or write' without being" disturbed. The entire church building will be open daily, during Shriners' and Rose Festival week.- The choir will sing the anthem,.' "O for the Wings of a Dove" (Mendels sohn) at the service today, and the offertory solo will be sung by Mity lene Fraker Stites, her last solo be fore a three months' absence In New York to study with Oscar Seagle. Mrs. Herman Hucks, soprano, has recently Joined the choir. The other members, besides Mrs. Stites, director. are J. Ross Fargo, Walter Hardwick and organist, Ralph W. Hoyt. At the Piedmont. Community Pres byterian church at 11 A. M. today the pastor, Rev. 3. F. Morgan, speaks on "This Day." Members will be received by certificate, confession and baptism. Communion service follows. Preparations are being made for a large attendance. Sunday school meets at 9:45 A. M., Rev. p. O. Bonebrake, superintendent. At 7-P. M. the Christian Endeavor meets under the leadership of Miss Grace Trestrail. At 8 P. M. in the- Sunday school room immediately following the En sermon this morning, which will be - if - "Nature Viewed as an Aid to the Spir- T Si itual Life." His evening topic will fc V be "The Contrast Between Man's Bal- i - lot and God's Choice." . f, 'Itfin iuv. i t At the Waverly Heights Congrega tional church, corner East 33d and Woodward avenue, the pastor. Rev. Oliver Perry Avery, will speak at 11 A. M. on one of the most sifnificant facts of human experience, "The Cry of a Soul for God." At 8 P. M. the sermon will be on the "First Photo graph Gallery." Dr. W. T. McElveen Will Go to Church Council. Delecratea From Every Part of Knarllnh-Speakinir World to Be Present at Deeennlal Congrega tional Conference. D1 R. W. T: McELVEEN preaches his farewell sermon for the season at the First Congregational church this evening. He starts East Monday morning. He is Oregon's delegate to the international Congregational council that convenes June 29 to July 9 in Boston and in Plymouth, Mass. Delegates from every part of the English-speaking world will be in at tendance. The council meets every 10 years. Every other 10 years the council 'meets in the United States. The meeting this year in Boston and in Plymouth has special significance because it celebrates the 300th anni versary of the landing of the Pil grims at Plymouth. Dr. McElveen is to be given one of the addresses at the big Mechanics' hall meeting in Boston and to be the guide of one of the pilgrimages to Plymouth. After the council he will visit friends and charches' in New York, Washington. Chicago and Minneapolis. During his absence the Congregational pulpit will be supplied by Dr. Arthur Sul lens, superintendent of home mis sions for Oregon; Dr. Ernest H. Tip pett of the Church Federation of Se attle and Dr. Kloss of the Plymouth church, of Oakland. Cat. Dr. McElveen is the preacher Sun day morning at the baccalaureate service at the University of Oregon. His pulpit at. the First Congrega tional church will be occupied by Rev. Arthur J. Sullens. whose topic is "The Church in World Reconstruc tion." Dr. McElveen will return Sun day evening. The Christian' Endeavor meets in the parlors of the -First Congrega tional church every Sunday eve- NURSE AMUSED BY PLAYFUL PETS AFTER BUSY WAR DAYS Cornwall Described as Most Romantic Country in England, Bearing Atmosphere of Superstition. BY EDITH E. LANYON. H ERTFORDSHIRE. May 19. We saw a great part of Hertford shire and Essex In our travels yesterday. The people of these coun ties are "very different from the Cor nish folk, much more stolid and slow and not hair as superstitious. Those of Saxon or Scandinavian ancestry never have the fiery amiginatlon of the Celtic races. Cornwall . is the most romantic county in England, lull of ghost stories and bloody tales of smugglers and pirates. Superstition is in th? very blood of a Cornishman. The sea rolls nearly all around Cornwall and men look upon the sea and dream. We are only about 30 miles from London here and yet we are in the very heart of the country, among real rural villages without a taint of the suburbs about them. We seemed to be driving through a large park all day yesterday. The pink and white hawthorns are in bloom everywhere. Nature Chances Scenes. Our garden Is changing every hour. The rose-madder of the copper beeches has changed to a rich wine color. The forget-me-not sea is dry ing up and poppies are blazing in the border instead, as if fire had quenched the water. Geraniums are fast usurp ing the places of , the dying wall flowers and white coiumDines are gaily swinging their frilled skirts in the breeze, dancing in and out anions the more, sober flowers. A few demure ones have a sort of nunnery of their own in a sheltered corner of the kitchen garden, where no. breeze can flutter their skirts and they are remote from the pomp and vanities of this wicked world. They say they are white doves of Venus, not columbines at all. Emblems of the peace which passeth all under standing; like ours with Germany. Some of the naughty ones danced .n the chapel decorations last Sunday. I know they were the naughty kind because I saw them dancing the min ute the window was opened. The yel low tulips in the vace under the pulpit were shocked and turned their heads away In virtuous indignation. 8ujrar Aarain Plentiful. The golden . shower of laburnum has fallen and the ground beneath the tree is burnished with the petals. The grass is greener than ever. We play bowls on the long lawn in the quiet of the afternoon, stealing the time from our siesta. I lose every game but turn up to tea happy though van quished. It is such real tea witn proper cream and sugar for anyone who wants it. It makes one feel like the year 1913 and the good old davs before that. The other night when all was still a shy nightingale tried a few prac 1 Flrt Cona-ren-atlonal ehureh of Forest throve, dedicated last Sunday. 2 Dr. W. T. MrKlveen. pantor of the First Concrrefratlonal ehurch of Portland, who declared world of to day needs church to aatlsf y spiritual sense and to broaden buslnena, poll tie and community life, at the aft ernoon service held for - the new edifice. 3 Rev. W. Walter Blair, pastor of the Forest firove Conure sratlonal church. 4 Dr. Arthur J Sullen, Conscresrational superin tendent of home mlHslons for this territory, who ansiMted with the dedicatory exercises. ning at 6:30 o'clock. All young peo ple are cordially invited to attend these most interesting meetings. Caroline McEwen is the leader. 'Suicide of Selfishness" Will Be Topic. . Rev. Harold IT. Griffin Will I)Ih eusa Place of Church In Modern Society at Mornlne Service. THIS MORNING at 11 o'clock Rev. Harold H. Griffis will occupy his pulpit at the First Christian church, corner of PaVk and Columbia, in a discussion of the church's place in modern society, having for his spe cific topic "The Suicide of Selfish ness." Miss Nina Dressel, special con tralto soloist for Shriner convention, will render at the morning worship the favorite selection. "More Love to Thee, O Christ" (Sheldon). This evening at 6:30 the young people of the congregation will con duct a special devotional service with the theme, "Honesty in Word and Deed," led by Lewis Payne. Follow ing a carefully prepared musical pro gramme in the evening at 7:45, the pastor will speak on th6 subject "The Success of Defeat." tice notes out in the grove. It was only a half-hearted effort and he soon gave up. He was no Caruso of a bird but he really did try. In time he may cheer up. forget the war and go in for grand opera ef fects. Our pet lamb is most amusing. To see her gulp down a bottleful of milk with blissful greed, her tail wan gling all the time, is to look upon a picture of perfect contentment. Her great delight is to be allowed to come into the garden, for she loves compan ionship. WMth a little girl, two doga and- a yellow cat for playmates em goes through all her antics. "Frisk auntie," the little girl calls out excitedly; "frisk auntie jind the lamb will frisk too." So we all frisit. That lamb can run up and down rock eries with all the agility of a moun tain goat. There has been a death in the family. Poor piggy departed this life yesterday for the good of man kind. Pork is so valuable that his remains have to be guarded as care fully as the crown jewels. Part of him is already salted and part of him is to be safely tucked away into pork pies. I have been massaging some of him with salt and saltpetre. I.aUir on that will turn into bacon. There a-re rumors of "brawn" (or head cheese) in the air and the smell jl lard is in my nostrils. Helping at these obsequies is a new experience to me. They say that the old women at the alms houses Lsten with joy to the dying squeals of poor piggy, their eyes glistening at the thoughts of the nice little roasts of pork which will come their way in due time. Swans Attract Attention. When I went to church last Sunday morning I had a solitary walk and met no one but eight snowy white ducks. I have a sort of feeling that they intended going in bathing on the sabbath instead of going to church, for I had Just crossed th little foot-bridge over the river Rib and the ducks were eagerly . headed that way. For a short time two beautiful swans lived on the river. The first Sunday they were there not a child turned up at Sunday school. The vicar made inquiries and found that the swans were the counter attraction. Now the swans have gone to live on the moat at an old manor house in Eseex and Sunday school at tendance is normal again. Braughing is the very village Wells wrote a-bout in "Mr. Britling Sees It Through." He mentions this self same foot-bridge over the river, though I don't know whether Mr. Britling met the ducks. It took me a long time to read that book. I re member, although I am an ardent ad mirer of Wells and all his works. 1 was nursing at the Naval hospital Rea-ular Service In Grace Lutheran ChurrH Omitted on Aeeount of Celebration at Concordia. GRACE LUTHERAN church cele brates its annual mission festi val today. There will be no services in. the church at Twenty-fourth and Broadway, but services are held at Concordia college campus. Twenty eighth and Holman streets, end. of Alberta-treet carline. At 11 o'clock Rev. C. H. Bernhard will speak on the theme: "Inducements for the Backsliding to Return." At 2:30 the Rev. C. F. Schulenburg of Lebanon, Or., will speak on the "Importance of Mission Work." In St. Paul's Lutheran church. East Twelfth and Clinton streets, the pas tor. Rev. A. Krause. who has returned from Idaho, where he attended synod ical meetings, will preach at 10:30 A. M. another catechetical sermon. This time the subject will be: "The Confession of Our Sins." The topic at 8 P. M. will be "A Day Which Death Cannot Destroy." Devotional services and Luther league will be at 5 P. M., and Sunday chool with all classes at 9:30 A. M. Summer school is held daily from 9 to 12 A. M. Out Kenilworth way. the Com munity church, manned by Rev. L. K. Grimes, recently of Vancouver, Wash., people are beginning to use a wee bit of the gray matter with which the almighty endowed them. Now, instead of running off to some dis tant church, paying extra carfare and wasting time, they stay in their own Community church. This is a hope ful sign of the times. "If the local church is not what it ought to be, get in and' help remedy It. If the preacher . Is below par, get in and boost his stock, or fire him and get another." This is the sort of ad vice Mr. Grimes gives his people. The Sunday school of the Clay street Evangelical church. Tenth and Clay streets, west side, will commence at 9:30 A. M. and will be in charge Of the superintendent, E. J. Keller. The morning service begins at 10:45 and the pastor. Jacob Stocker, will preach on "Perception of God." This discourse will be in German. In the afternoon Rev. J. P. Lich will preach a sermon at the Altenheim at Division street. The Young People's alliance begins at 7 o'clock, and at 8 o'clock the pastor's theme of the evening dis course will be the question of Samuel to Jesse, "Are These All Thy Chil dren?" At Kern Park Christian church, Forty-sixth avenue and Sixty-ninth street, at 11 A. M.. Dr. J. F. Ghorm ley will take for his text "Come Up when "Mr. Britling" was all the rage, and one of the nurses had a copy which she obligingly lent to the one who was enjoying her two hours off duty to read a while and pass on to the next. The borrower snatched as much time as possible from darning her stockings, and threading ribbon in her undies, etc., etc., or from her hasty constitutional and put it in de vouring "Mr. Britling." The average amount consumed was usually about three pages: we were always so tired seeing it through" that we dropped asleep about the third page. It took me three months to read although I was intensely interested in it. I used to catch myself thinking about my patients instead bf about Mr. Britling before I dozed off. Much of the time I was on night duty and in spite of my struggles a wave of sleep would submerge me and wash Mr. Britling out of my mind. I intend to get the book and read it again in its own proper surroundings. Wells lived here while he wrote it. ' Curios Are Observed. The old man who sits next me at church slumbered peacefully in his Corner of the pew all through the sermon, with every air of doing the proper thing. Up in the painted ceil ing over my head I discovered two devices that looked just like the winged badge of the Royal Air force. The vicar says they are cherubim, and that at one time the altar must have stood beneath and between them. They are a reminiscence of the winged cherubim who kept watch over the ark in the Holy of Holies. Last week I went to see some ladies who live in the old manor house. Their home is a veritable storehouse of curios. Amongst other things they showed me several an cient seals bearing the royal coat-of-arms of the Scottish kings; they were at a loss to know how these oame to be among the heirlooms as they have not a drop of Scottish blood in their veins. Their ancestors lived here for hundreds of years and some adven turous ones most likely went to fight at the battle of Pinkie Cleugh, so my belief is that these things were "loot" like the battle standard in Standon church, two miles away; probably brought back as souvenirs for sweet hearts like iron crosses and things nowadays. These ladies had a great-great-grandmother who was a real admirer of birds. She was an in valid and lived the last years of her life in the oak parlor, with all the windows kept open so that the birds might come in and eat crumbs out of her hand. Before she died she begged that her coffin might stand in the oak parlors all night with the win dows left open. Her wishes were carried out and in the morning the coffin Was covered with dead birds. They had flown in and died of grief at the loss of their mistress. SUMMER SCHOOL TO OPEN Foreign and Pan-American Com merce Subjects of Study. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu gene. June 19. (Special.) A summer school of foreign and pan-American Hither and I "Will Show You." At 8 P. M. he will deliver a lecture on "A Modern Missionary Field With an An cient Background." This lecture will be illustrated with many superb stereopticon pictures. The Atkinson Memorial Congretra tional church finds the month of June one of its busiest months of the year. Last Sunday the Sunday school com mencement exercises, with its fine exhibit of handwork, filled the church with interested members and friends. This was followed by the community picnic in the Laurelhurst park Saturday. The pastor leaves this week for a three-days' hike with his Boy Scouts up Eagle creek can yon. The sermon this morning will be on "A Double Life." Moving pic- tiir. will hjk iikaiI tftnlrht in fthnw IMC J . II II f, V ,7 . L V-.'l I U 1 VI 11 I -ll'l V 1 1 V. First Social Order of God's Creation." The purpose of this sermon will be to point out the vices which corrupt society. Two special Sunday morning ser mons will mark the close of the min- stry of the Rev. Robert Murray Pratt as pastor of Pilgrim Congregational church. This morning the topic will be "My Spiritual Pilgrimage." Next Sunday "My Confession of Faith" will be given. Special music is announced by the quartet. Mrs. Matilda Mc Knight, Miss Esther Johnson. M. E. Thompson and Henry Dirkson. Mrs. Flora Collingwood is organist. The young people of the church have charge of the evening service. Joseph Ogden will preside and pictures. "Where East Meets East." will be shown. ' At Unity Presbyterian church. Seventy-first street and Sandy boule vard. Rev. S. W. Seemann. pastor, has for hi morning subject "Identi fication With Christ," and his even ing subject "Sons of God." At Mizpah Presbyterian church, corner East Nineteenth and Division streets. Rev. D. A. Thompson, pastor, will speak at 11 A. M. on the theme. "The Things God Has Prepared for His People." Hi evening theme will be "Things of Heaven in Terms of Things of Earth." The high school Bible class will picnic at Lake Grove Wednesday. The Ladies' Aid society will serve a din ner at the church Friday evening, followed! with a social hour. Mrs. Paul Dolts of Dumgette, P. I., speaks to the Ladles" Missionary so ciety at their regular -meeting. Bishop "Walter Taylor Sumner will spend! this week-end in Seattle, where he will deliver the baccalaureate sermon before the University of Washington. Is the Universe Evolved by Atomic Force? Snbjeet Announced for Regular Lesson Sermon in Christian Science Churches Today. TS THE Universe. Including Man, JL Evolved by Atomic Forces?" will be the subject of the lesson ser mon in the Christian Science churches in Portland today. Regular services will be held in all the Christian Science churches in Portland this morning at 11 o'clock and again this evening at 8 o'clock in all except Fifth and Seventh churches. Mid-week testimonial meetings will be held Wednesday evening at S in ali the churches. Two sessions of Sunday school are held in each Church of Christ. Scl enlist, for children under 20 years of ai;. In all the churches except Third and Fifth the sessions for the older classes assemble at 9:45, and for the younger classes at 11. In Third and Fifth (hurches the sessions assemble at !:30 and 11. Free public reading rooms are mainiair.ed at 266 Burnside street, at 148 KiJlinzrsworth avenue and at Eas Sixtli .nd Holladay avenue. At lie reading rooms the Bible and all au thorized Christian Science literature commerce will be held in "Washington, D. C, from July 19 to August 21, ac cording to word received at the pres ident's office from John Barrett, director-general of the pan-American 1 union. Dr. Clarence J. Owens, direc tor-general of the Southern commer cial congress in Washington, will or ganize and direct the Fchool with the co-operation of Mr. Barrett. The, commercial and language ex perts of the pan-American union, the various departments of the United States government and of the em bassies and legations of foreign coun tries, aside from a special staff of lecturers, will be invited to deliver addresses. Intensive Btudy of the Spanish, French and Portuguese lan guages will be conducted. PIONEERS TO CELEBRATE July 10 Set for Festivities ot As sociation at Colfax. COLFAX. Wash.. June 19. (Spe cial.) The Pioneers' association -will hold its annual county picnic at Col fax July 10. This date will be the annual date in honor of the late James A Perkins. J. S. Klemgard of Pullman, presi dent of the association; Colonel Wil liam Duling of Garfield and Ben Man ring of Colfax are members of the executive committee. The festivity committee of the Col fax commercial club. L. L. Brunin. II. M. Love. P. F. Chadwick. M. C. Roberts and George E. Perry, were assigned the duty of arranging the Schmuck park for the public dinner. After dinner, election of officers will will be held and a programme given. Miss I L. West, the first teacher of the Baptist college at Col fax and who now. resides in Spokane, will be asked to made the address of the day. State Senator Hall has been asked to introduce Miss. West. MEDF0RD CALL ACCEPTED Rev. F. R. Leach of Manistiquc, Takes Baptist Charge. MEDFORD. Or., June 19. (Special.) Rev. F. R. Leach, formerly of Man- istique, Mich., where he was pastor of the Baptist church for seven years, has accepted the call to the First Baptist church . of Medford and preached his first sermon here Sun day. He resigned his Manistlque charge last March and since then had been engaged in and around Portland in the new-world movement of the northern Baptists. Mrs. Leach also has been prominent In church and civic affairs and was last year president of the Manlstique Women's club, and during the war was identified with every branch of war work. Each of their three sons was in service, and Gaylord. the eldest, was killed in France. The American Le gion post of Manlstique honored his memory by adopting the name "Gay lord P. Leach post." Soldiers Supplant Indians. WINNIPEG, Man. Practically the may b lead, borrowed or purchased. " CnriKtiati Science churches are lo cated as follows: First church. Nineteenth and Ev erett. Second church. East Sixth and Itol ;aday avenue. Third church. East Twelfth and Sal mon. Fourth church. Vancouver avenue and Emeison street Fifth church. Sixty-second street . and Forty-second avenue Southeast. Sixth church, rythian building, 3SS Yamhill street. Seventh church, 403 Smith avenue, " St. Johns. At the First Spiritualist church. East Seventh and Jlassalo Ftreets, services will be held at 3 P. M. with short addresses by C. M. Condit and others. Evening services will be at 7:45, with lectures by Mrs. Louise Brown of Kansas City. Mo., with mes sages following. Solos will be ren dered by Miss Fishburn and Lester Davis. - The Church of Modern Spiritualism will hold a testimonial meeting- today at 3 P. M. in the Pacific States build ing. Eleventh and Alder streets. In--the evening at 7:45 cervices will be conducted by C. W. Shaw and Mrs. Anna Snyder, the blind medium, who will give messages. The soloists are Mrs. Anna Snyder and R. Curtis. Music Professor to Speak at Pro-Cathedral. Reeeat Dlacoveriea In Malta Will Be Topic of Address to St. Stephen's Young- People's Society. PROFESSOR LUTKIN. an authority on music, from the Northwestern university of Chicago, will speak at the 11 o'clock service at the Fro- Cathedral. 13th and Clay. Special blotters invitlnjr visitors have been distributed. In the evening at 7:45 Dean Hicks will preach. St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral Toung People's society will meet at 6:30 on Sunday in the parish house. William A. Moore will take up the recent dis coveries in Malta, the scene of St. Paul's shipwreck and the meeting place of all nations. Shriners and other visitors are cordially invited to use the diocesan offices of the Episcopal church, Ains- worth building. Third and Oak streets, : as rest room and meeting place. Tele phone Main 436S. At Kenilworth Tresbyterian church. Thirty-fourth and Gladstone streets, today at 11 A. M. "The Cords and Stakes of Life's Tent" will be the subject, and at 8 P. M. "Two Great Words in the Christian's Vocabulary." Dr. J. J. Ptaub of the Sunnyside Congregational church will be in his pulpit both morning and eveninpr. lie will speak at 11 A. M. on "A Message from Fire-touched Lips." His sub ject in the evening will be "The Dead Letter Office of Ineffectual Trayer." The chorus choir will render a num ber of appropriate selections. Church Dedication Today. Dr. Percy George Cross of Winston Salem. N. C-, who is in Portland for the Shrine convention, belonging to Oasis temple, Charlotte, will take part in the dedicatory services of the St. Johns Christian church today. Three services are scheduled for the follow- . ing hours: 11 A. M. and 3 and 8 P. M. The building has been constructed at the cost of $15,000 and is on the Cali fornia bungalow style. W"ork on it started last November. Mrs. Cross, wife of Dr. Cross, who is a noted concert singer, having been with the late Evan Williams, will sing. Dr. Cross served as a chaplain with the rank of captain three years. He did missionary work in the United States and Canada and from here he will go to White Horse, Alaska, to take part in educational work there. He estimates that during the next three weeks he will have traveled 5000 miles. whole of the 69,000 acres of Indian reserve lands in western Canada ac quired by the soldier settlement board of Canada, has been sold to soldier settlers. GIRLS! GIRLS! 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