THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1920
CITY FEDERATION OF CHURCHES TO HOLD OPEN-AIR SERVICES
Rev. H. F. Given of First United Presbyterian Church to Preside and Rev. H. L. Bowman, New, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Will Deliver Sermon.
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THE second of a series of open-air
services under the auspices of
the city federation of churches
-will be held in Laurelhursfc park this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. H. F.
Given, pasio- of the First United
Presbyterian church, will preside and
the Bsrmon will be given by Dr. Har
old Leonard Bowman,, the new pastor
of the First Presbyterian church.
The congregational singing will be
led by Dr. A. E. George, director of
the choir at the First Friends" church.
The union chorus choir will again be
assisted by C. J. Siefarth, cornetlst
from Ockley Green United Evangelical
church, and there will also be spe
cial music. -- -.
This will b the last service to be
held in Laurelhurst park, the services
for August 8 to be held in the City
park, further rotjce'or which will be
given next week.
There will be no Sunday school nor
services of i-ny kind today at the
Clay-street Evangelical church. How
ever, there will be the usual services
at Jennings lodpre at the camp meet
ing ground of the denomination. The
Sunday school will begin at 9:30 and
the morning service at 10:45. At that
time there will be celebrated a com
munion service. The afternoon serv
ice begins at 2:45 and the evening
sermon at 7.30 o'clock.-
The Sunday school league will have
ns convention August 3-4 and tne
young people's alliance convention
convenes August 4-5. following which
the camp meeting will edjeurn
The Moodv Bible institute of Chi
cago is conducting a summer Bible
school at Ghidstone park from Ju!y 25
to August 22. Dr. W. P. White, for
1 years pastor of the United Presby
terian church at Albany, is tho di
rector, and-Bible teachers are lectur
ing daily. The attendance is rapidly
increasing. Every facility is afforded
campers and the admission is free.
Similar Bible schools will be held this
summer at Ashland, Or., and Vancou
ver, B. C.
This morning at li o'clock William
G. Eliot Jr. will preach on "The Un
dying Realitv, Freshness and Power
of Religion" at the Church of Our
Father (Unitarian), Broadway and
Tamhill street.
The Portland district convention
of the Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latterday Saints will con
vene at the Twenty-ninth and M
street church, Vancouver, Wash.,
July 30 to August 1.
At the first Divine Science church,
Portland Hotel, blue room services
will be held at 11 A. M. Rev. T. M.
Minard pastor. Mrs. Bruce willpeak
on "The Science of Divinity." Thurs
day, at 8 P. M. A study class will
be held at room 301 Tilford building.
Methodists to Hear Bishop
Shepard This Morning.
Service Begin Promptly at 10:3O
A. M. and la Followed by Sunday
' School Session.
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'Love,' Subject of Christian
'.Science Bible Lesson.
All Churches Hold Services This
Morning, While Sixth Has Pro
gramme Thin Evening.
"L
OVE" is the subject of the
Christian Science Bible lesson
in the Christian Science churches to
day. All the Christian Science
churches hold services today at 11
A. M. and only Sixth church holds
Sunday evening service, which begins
t- 8 o'clock.
Wednesday evening meetings are
held in all the Christian Science
churches at 8 o'clock. Testimonies in
regatd to healing of the sick are a
part of these meetings.
A cordial invitation to attend these
services is extended to all. All of the
churches hold Sunday, school for
pupils up to the age of 20 years. In
all the churches, except Third- and
Fifth, sessions are held at 9:45 and
11; in Third and Fifth the sessions
convene at 9:30 and 11 A. M.
The churches unite in maintaining
reading rooms in the Northwestern
bank building and 266 Burnside street
Fourth church maintains a reading
room at 14s liulingsworth avenue
The Bible and authorized Christian
Science literature may be read, bor
rowed or purchased at any o the
reading rooms.
Christian Science churches may be
round at the following locations:
First church. Nineteenth and Everett
streets; Second church. East Sixth and
Holladay avenue; Third church, East
Twelfth and Salmon streets; Fourth church.
Emerson street and Vancouver avenue:
Fifth church. Sixty-serond avenue and Forty-second
street Southeast: Sixth church.
ryinwn lempin, j.ns lamtilll street; Sev
enth church, 403 Smith avenue, St. Johns.
The Realization league will be ad
dressed by E. Edward Mills, pastor,
at 11 o clock this morning at the
Mortem Conservatory of Music. 148
Thirteenth street on "Channels."
the First Methodist church this
morning Bishop W. O. Shepard,
the newly appointed resident bishop
of Portland area, will preach at the
morning service at 10:30 o'clock, and
in the evening at 8 o'clock Dr.
Joshua Stansfield, the pastor, will
preach on "The Creed of Chntst."
The morning service starts promptly
at 10:30 o'clock and is followed by
the Sunday school session at 12:15
noon. E. T. Gruwell will be the
teacher at the general session of the
senior and adult departments in the
church auditorium, and screen pic
tures and stories for the junior and
children's departments will be given
in the Oxford parlors. Strangers
and visitors in the city are especially
invited
The Methodists are making prep
arations for s. ten days' camp meet
ing in the Clinton Kelly Methodist
Episcopal church grove, Powell and
East Fortieth street. The camp will
begin Thursday evening, August 12,
and close Sunday evening, -August 22.
Bishop Shepherd. Dr. Youngson, dis
trict superintendent, and other prom
inent church workers and speakers
will be present. A cordial Invita
tion is extended to all.
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. What did David mean when he said.
"My times are In God's hands"?
Does God's care extend to the com
monplace things of a man's life? The
pastor of the Clinton Kelly Memo
rial Methodist church, Powell and
East Fortieth street, takes the above
subject for his sermon this morning.
Rev. Alfred Bates will preach at
the Tualatin Methodist Episcopal
church today at 11 A. M. and at
Wilsonville at 8 P. M. Special music
will be given at both services.
Dr. E. E. Gilbert will preside at
the fourth quarterly conference of
the Tualatin and Wilsonville Meth
odist- Episcopal churches to be held
at Tualatin on Wednesday afternoon.
September 1, where reports of the
year's work will be presented.
Rev. J E. Squires of San Francisco
who is the Sunday school field secre
tary for the Pacific and northwest
conferences, will preach at the 11
o'clock hour at the First Methodist
Episcopal church. South. The pastor,
Rev. J. W. Byrd, will preach at night.
Communion will be at the morning
service. All of the services of this
church will continue throughout the
summer without intermission.
The Kimball School of Theology
chorus at Salem will - assist In the
music at the Methodist' Episcopal an
nual conference of Oregon, to be held
at the First Methodist church at
McMinnville, September 29 to Octo
ber 4.
Rev. A. C. Grier of Spokane is tour
ing from California to his home. He
will be in Portland Sunday, August 8,
and , .will speak for the - Realization
league. The dedication of "The Real
ization Song Book" at Lincoln high
school has been postponed from
August 1 to August 8.
The pastor will take a iuch needed
rest during August in preparation
for what promises to 1-5 the - best
year's work in the history of the
church. Plans are under way for the
enlargement of the temporary Bible
school equipment, which will be ready
by fall.
Rev. J. J. Austin preaches today at
the - Glencoe Baptist church, corner
East Forty-fifth and East Main
streets, at 11 A. M. on "The Seeing
Eye and the Hearing "Ear," and at
7:45 P. M. on "Faith the Answer."
At Kern Park Christian church.
Forty-sixth avenue and Sixty-ninth
street. Dr. J. W. Ghormley will speak
at 11 A. M.t taking for his theme
"Trees by' the Rivers of Water." At
8 P. M. evangelistic services "Glory
ing in the Cross of Christ" will be the
pastor's theme.
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"The Choke Hold" will be the sub
ject of the morning sermon at the
Arleta Baptist church today. Mr. Day
will discuss the power of secret sins
to strangle the higher purpose and
the nobler determinations in life.
In the evening the subject will be
"The Promise of Prosperity." The
short Cunday evening services are be
ing well attended. The attractive
music led by a large choir under the
direction of J. A. Finley is unusually
agreeable this summer.
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Rev. Griffis Will Preach on
"Reality of Hell."
Christian Church Pastor Recovers
Front Illness and Will Occupy
Pulpit Today.
1 George Porter, president of the Knlsrhts of the Tower class of the Mount Tabor Preabyterisai Saaday school,
which meets for social occasions at frequent Intervals la addition to Its active church work. 2 Miss M ir
. garet Kvrlng. teacher of the Daughters of the Kins; class of the Mount Tabor Sunday school. Thia class
sometimes holds joint business and social meetings with the Knights of the Tower class. 3 A. M. Bowes,
who came last month to the First Nasarene church, at Tenth and Weldler streets, from Yaklas, where he has
- been pastor of his denominational church for four years, and durlnff which time the membership trebled and
, 'a 'new -edifice was completed. Formerly he preached In San Dleso, where during; a six-year pastorate the
membership rose from 60 to 27 and a new church with a seaatlns; capacity of SOO was built and cleared of debt.
He went to San Diesro from Denver.
Iowa Pastor to Officiate at
St. Stephen's.
Holy Communion Will . Be Cele
brated at 7:45 and 11 Today
"DEV. W. C. STOCKLET of Clinton
XV la., will officiate at the celebra
tion of the holy communion at St.
Stephen's pro-cathedral today at 7:45
and 11 A- M. Dean Hicks is absent
from the city. The Young People's
society meets at 6:45 P. M. in the
parish house. There will be no chap
ter meeting this week.
James Moore Hickson, writing from
Montreal, Quebec, to Rev. Oswald W.
Taylor of Grace Memorial church,
says:
"I am sailing for England by the
Victorian from Quebec on the 7th.
I expect to be in' England about six
weeks, and then I go on my world
tour, taking in France, Egypt, the
holy land, and Japan. 1 hope to re
turn to America via Japan in order
to be present at the next church con
vention to be held in Portland in
1922', and then I hope to do some
further work, when I trust I will
meet you again.
"It has now been more than a year
since, in obedience to what -I believe
to have "been the call of the Holy
Spirit, I came to the United States
to do what I could towards reviving
in the American church the ministry
of spiritual healing. My desire was
to work very quickly, as I did for the
first month of my stay here, but after
that the matter was taken quite out
of my 'hands. The report of an ad
dress made in Trinity chapel, New
York, to a small group of clergy, ap
peared in the New York Herald with
out my knowledge and consent.. This
report aroused widespread interest
throughout the country, and since
my return to America in October the
missions of healing, which it has been
my privilege to conduct in various
cities and towns from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coasts, have been at
tended by thousands of people.
"The interest manifested every
where is an unmistakable evidence of
people's yearning f or . all that the
church has to give, for the healing
of the body as well as the healing
of the soul. In each one of the mis
sions I have striven to place the
emphasis where it belongs. The
ministry of healing is a spiritual
ministry, and offered freely to alL
"Its aim is to heal men's bodies,
but not their bodies alone; primarily
it seeks to heal men's souls, and then
to heal their bodies through their
souls.
"I shall shortly be returning to
England, and in view of all the kind
ness which has been shown to me by
clergy and laity and the' press in all
parts of the country, I feel that I
cannot go without expressing my
deepest gratitude. The sympathy
everywhere- manifested has been an
unfailing source of inspiration and
strength, and I shall carry away with
me only- happy memories of my visit.
It is my earnest hope that the work
will be carried on throughout the
church. Prayer circles have already
been formed ia many places, and en
couraging reports are constantly com
ing in. Information with regard to
these circles may be obtained through
the vicar of Trinity chapel. Rev. J.
Wilson Sutton. 16 West Twenty-sixth
street. New York City.
"Perhaps I should say, in closing,
that I am not connected with any
organization in this country. My
desire has been, not to build UP an
organization but to revive the heal
ing ministry throughout the whole
church, as a part of the church's
normal life and work. It is a great
joy to feel that this revival has
actually taken place, that now, as
of old, peoplq are looking to the heaK
ing savior. May the holy spirit
carry on what he has so wonderfully
begun. God guide and bless the
whole American church.
"JAMES MOORE HICKSON."
Dr. Bowman to Fill Pulpit
Twice Today.
Morning Subject at First Presby
terian Church .Is "Sunshine In
the Valley."
Evangelist Fills Baptist Pul
pit Today.
Dr. S. J. Reld la Great Preacher
and Writer.
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THE First Presbyterian church, cor
ner of Twelfth and Alder sttreets.
will have its pastor, Rev. Harold L.
Bowman, D. D., ii the pulpit at both
services. At 10:30 A. M., Dr. Bowman
will preach on "Sunshine In the Val
ley," using as his text part of the 23d
psalm, and in the evening at 7:46
o'clock the subject will be "The Trag
edy of Wilful Weakness." During the
month of August the quartet will have
its vacation and music will be In
charge of E. Maldwyn Evans. Mr.
Evans will sing a baritone solo at
each service. J. Macmillan Muir will
be organist for the month of August.
Mr. Muir will eiva a special organ
recital - as a prelude from 7:30 to
7:45 P. M.
The Sunday school is having pic
tures during the summer to illustrate
the gospel of l-.uk and is meeting in
two sessions, one for the beginners
and primary children, and one for the
juniors, intermediate and adults. The
talk in the primary room will be given I
by Miss Kuth Slauson and in the
senior room by James F. Ewing. Visi
tors are cordially invited to attend
either session of the Sunday school.
They both meet at noon, immediately
alter the morning service, . in the
church house.
Dr. and Mrs. L. K. Grimes of the
Kenllworth Presbyterian church, will
spend the month of August at Can
non beach. The church will be sup
plied for the morning services by lo
cal ministers. There will be no even
ing services.
Piedmont Community Presbyterian
church, Cleveland avenue at Jarrett
street,, Rev John Francis Morgan,
pastor, preaches at 11 A. M. His sub
ject is "The Legacy of Peace." Sun
day school at 9:45 A. M.
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Rev. Ward'W. McHenry will be the
speaker at the Men's Resort service
today at 4 P. M. The usual big sons
service will precede the speaker and
Mrs. Ella Hoberg Tripp's chorus will
sing solos and duets. Alice Johnson
will be musician.
N the East Side Baptist church this
morning the pulpit will be filled
by the Baptist state evangelist. Dr.
S. J. Reid.
At 11 o'clock Dr. Reid will preach
from the subject, "The Sure Protee
tion of the Peonla of God." and in the
evening at 7:45 h's topic will be "The
End of Despair and the Beginning of
Hope.
This church is exceedingly fortu
nate In securing the services of this
gifted man, who is not only a great
preacher but a writer. He is also
widely known as the "Irish evangel
ist." He will serve the church during the
month of August wsiile the pastor.
Dr. W. B. Hinson, and his associate.
Rev. H. T. Cash, are absent on vaca
tion. The work of the church will
continue as usual with the weekly
publication of Dr. Hlnson's sermons.
Dr. Reid will have charge of the mid
week prayer service on Wednesday
night at 7:45.
The Sunday school meets at 9:30
and the Young People's societies at
6:45.
BECAUSE of summer visitors Au
gust audiences at the First Chris
tian church have been the largest of
any month in the year. The Rev.
Barold H. Griffis, who on account of
sickness was absent from his pulpit
last Sunday, has fully recovered from
his disability and expects to preach
today at both services. In the morn
ing ' at 11 o'clock he will speak on
Jesus' teaching concerning the future
world, having tor his specific topic
"The Reality of Hell." In the 'evening
at 7:45 the sermon will be a discus
sion of "Christ and the Social- Gos
pel." The music today will be directed by
Professor Walter R. Jenkins. Besides
leading the song service at the Sun
day school at 9:45 Mr. Jenkins will
render at the morning preaching serv
ice the baritone selection, "Lead Us,
O Father" (Wooler), and at the eve
ning worship the gospel solo, "There
Is a Green Hill Far Away."
The Rodney and Woodlawn Chris
tian churches have merged their in
terests, becoming one church. The
combined church has purchased prop
erty at the corner of Mallory and
Alberta streets with the expectation
of building a modern, well-equipped
church plant. The new church is to
be known as "The Church of Christ
at Mallory and Alberta."
Until the new building is erected
the two congregations continue to
meet at their present locations. Rev.
S. Earl Childers will supply week-end
ministry at the Rodney avenue church
and Rev. Joseph D. Boyd will preach
at Woodlawn and carry on pastoral
work for the entire membership of
the merged church.
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At 3 P. "M. today at the Divine
Healing Institute, Eleventh and Yam
hill streets. Rev. John G. Lake, over
seer, will have as his theme "The
Lord's Prayer With Its Christian In
terpretation." "The Plan of the Ages"
will be the evening topic.
A devotional meeting will be held
tonight at 8 o'clock at Theosophica
hall, 301 ' Central building, corner
Tenth and Alder streets.
(Wisconsin synod), will conduct the
services this morning at 10:30 o'clock.
He will also hold services at the.Mon
ta villa mission at 2:30 P. M.
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The Church of the Truth holds serv
ices in room 413 Central building
every Sunday at 11 A. M.
Services will be held today In the
United Brethren churches as follows:
First church, corner East Fifteenth
and Morrison streets. Rev. Byron J.
Clark, pastor The Gideons will have
charge of the morning service at 11
o'clock. Rev. R. G. Sumerlin - will
preach at 8 o'clock.
Second church. Twenty-seventh and
Sumner streets. Rev. Ira Hawley, pas
tor The pastor will have charge both
morning and " evening, conducting
regular services.
Third church. Sixty-seventh street
and Thirty-second avenue Southeast.
Rev. E. O. Shepherd, pastor The sub
ject of his morning sermon will be
"Faith." Christian Endeavor at 7.
preacning at s r. M.
Fourth church. Tremont station,
-Kev. c P. Blanchard. pastor Miss
Leila Luckey. recently of the United
Brethren mission schools in New Mex
ico, will epeak morning and evening.
The service schedule for the month
of August at Waverly Heights Con
gregational church, corner East Thir
ty-third street and Woodward avenue.
Rev. Oliver Perry Avery, pastor, will
be morning preaching at 11 o'clock
and Sunday school at 9:45; no even
ing services till September.
Rev. Flint to Preach Last
Sermon Before Vacation.
Pastor of the Atkinson Memorial
Church to Take a WcU-Eanied
Rest.
REV. ELBERT E. FLINT, pastor
of the Atkinson Memorial Con
gregational church, will preach his
last sermon this morning before tak
ing his vacation. Part of his vaca
tion will be spent la the mountains.
Last year, owing to the Improve
ments on the church, he had no vaca
tion. This year he will seek a com
plete rest. The work of the church
for the coming year promises much
and likewise heavy responsibilities.
During tho month the church will be
opened Sunday morning by the regular
Sunday school session. No preaching
service. The heads or all depart
ments of the work will be ready for
conference on all work of their re
spective departments.
"Man and the Bible" Is the topic to
be dealt with this morning by Rev.
Edward Constant at the Highland
Congregational church. This church
will be open on Sunday mornings for
the month of August, and the pulpit
will be filled by various preachers
during the remainder of the month.
PIONEER DESTROYS HIS DEED
TO WHAT IS NOW SALEM, OR.
Dr. Ira L. Babcock, One of First Settlers to Explore Columbia River,
Refuses to Take Land From Squatters.
Rev. H. O. Shurson Visits
' Coast Churches.
Object of Minister's Tonr la to
Acquaint 1 .o- a 1 Churches With
Work by Church at Lstkc,
The Baptist Young People's unions
of Vancouver. Oregon City and Port
land will hold an "impromptu" rally
at the Highland Baptist church, cor
ner Alberta and Sixth streets, Tues
day evening, Aug. 3 at 8 o'clock.
Dr. Young, the new Baptist Young
People's union director of the Pacific
northwest will be the speaker of the
evening, and will have charge of the
installation of the newly elected of
ficers of the City Baptist union. The
rally will-be a very informal summer
get-together with a sing, re.-.dings,
social hour and refreshments.
The annual outing of the Baptist
Lyoung people will be given Monday
evening, Aug. 9. Contrary to usual
custom, this summer's outing will be
an excursion up the river.
"The place and Power of the Pul
pit" will be the subject on which
Pastor F. W. Starring will speak hls
morning at 11 o'clock at Grace Baptist
church. East Seventy-sixth and Ash
At 8 P. M. he will deliver a gospel
message on "Not Under. Law, But
under Grace.
The vacation school will close on
Friday. August 6, and on that evening
parents and friends of the boys and
girls are Invited to attend a pro
gramme and exhibition which will
show some the results of work
done in the last four weeks. In its
third week the school has had a daily
average of about 150 Montavilla boys
and girls.
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The Church of Modern Spiritualism
will hold services in the Pacific States
tuuaing, 4U Aiaer street, corner
Eleventh street, this afternoon at
o'clock. A public circle wjUl be held
Immediately after. In the 'evening at
7:45 o clock Kev. w. W. Aber, psychic,
will lecture and give messages. His
subject will be "The Origin and Des
tiny of Man." Stanley Hicks will be
the soloist.
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EV. H. O. SHURSON and Erick
ANCIENT Oregon history is linked
with the name of Tr. Ira L.
Babcock, early day explorer of
the Columbia river, and one-time su
preme Judge. This was revealed by
Attorney Henry E. McGinn of Port
land in his letter to Ottis L. Ross of
Sioux Fall, S. D., grandson of Dr.
Babcock, who revived the Babcock
history upon his visit to Portland
with the Shriners In June.
Ross is potentate of EI Riad tem
ple of Sioux Falls and was personally
present when the old physician, now
dead, tore up a deed to much of the
ground on which the city of Salem,
Or., stands.
Some who heard this story in Port
land were Inclined to doubt its au
thenticity and believed it part of the
Shrine publicity during the sessions
of the imperial council. Attorney Mc
Ginn knew better and, believing that
Ross would be interested in learning
more about his ancestor, wrote him a
Waldel of Minneapolis, Minn., are' letter setting forth some of the early
visiting the coast churches of their
denomination. The object of the tour
is to acquaint local churches with the
work of the church large. Its mis
sions, charities, rescue work and gen
eral activities. The Portland meeting
will be held Friday evening in Our
Savior's Lutheran church, corner East
Grant and Tenth streets. All friends
of the Lutheran missions are cordially
invited. The following pastors have
announced that they expect to attend
and bring delegates: Rev. J. C. Rcse
land, Silverton; Rev. SkanTvelt. La
Center! Rev. Neste, Astoria: Rev. Bru-
land, Chinook; Rev. Henrlksen, Sil
verton; Rev. Anderson, Woodburn.
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"The True Meaning of the LorH's
Supper" will be the theme of com
munion sermon at the St. James Eng
lish Lutheran church by Rev. Will
lam E. Brinkman, pastor. The regular
morning worship is held at 11 A. M.
Holy communion will be administered.
There will be a special communion
offering. Sunday school meets in the
chapel at 9:50 A. M. The evening serv
ice and the Young People's Luther
league will be omitted during the
summer.
The Rev. A. Krause, pastor of the
St. Paul's Lutheran church. East
Twelfth and Clinton streets, will con
duct two services. In the morning
from 10 to 11 an English service is
held and the sermon based on "The
Church of Christ Cannot Fail." From
11 to 12 a German service will be
held and another catechetical sermon
preached. This time the question will
be answered, "Why Do You Go to the
Holy Supper?" Special music is pre
pared for both services. Sunday school
meets at 9 A. M. No evening service.
"Unjust Stewardship" will be the
subject of -Rev. M. A. Christensen's
sermon in Our Savior's Lutheran
church this morning at ' 11 o'clock.
The discourse will be In Norwegian.
Rev. P. Hinderer. pastor of St.
Mark's Evangelical Lutheran church
day facts.
First to Explore River.
Dr. Babcock, who was born on
farm near Norwalk, O., went west as
a missionary in the early thirti.j.
and drifted over to the mouth of the i
Columbia river. He was one of the
first settlers to explore the river.
The Indians feared and respected him
for his skill and daring and though
he incurred the enmity of some of
them, he was saved from death by the
fact that the wife of-one of the chief
tains was ill and it was believed his
medical knowledge could aid her. I
As the Indians disapp .red and the
white men located in the northwest.
Dr. Babcock settled there and grew
up with the country, acquiring rights
to valuable lands by deed. In this
way he obtained possession of much
of the ground on which the town of
Salem now stands and held it until
shortly before his death.
Years after his settlement there, he
moved back to Ohio. Land values in
the northwest began to climb. In
vestors and those who rought to im
prove inquired about Dr. Babcock and
wrote him often to get a price on the
Salem land. He would not reply.
Refuses to Sell.
Then large firms sent emissaries to
his farm to induce him to relinquish
his right, but desp:te flattering offers
he still refused.
A few years ago he called together
his closest relatives. He ...explained
the situation to them, told them they
were comfortably fixed and that his
possession of the Salem lands was un
necessary to them and mignt worK
great hardship on many poor people.
He deliberately tore up the deeds and
left the squatters' rights paramount
to his own rather than feel that some
people would be ultimately . evicted
from the land they had used so lor.r-.
This was but characteristic of the
man. according to the letter of At
torney McGinn, which says:
Appointed Supreme Judge.
"The Oregonlan of this morning In
forms us that you are the grandson
of Dr. Ira L. abcock. It may inter
est you to know that at the great
historic meeting known as the "wolf
meeting" in our Oregon history, your
grandfather, though a doctor, was ap
pointed sur-eme judge of Oregon
with probate powers.
This was in February, 1S41. befo.re
the treaty with Great Britain h
formally conceded the right of the1
United btates to the state of Oregon
for the present state of Oregon was
never seriously In dispute between
the great powers, though the present
state of Washington was.
"When your grandfather. Dr. Ira
L. Babcock. was appointed, the Ore
gon country over which he presided
as supreme judge consisted of the
present states of Oregon. Washington
and Idaho. See proceedings of Ore
gon Pioneer association of 1S74. pages
53, 57. 5S, and proceedings of Oregon
Pioneer association of 18S2, page 14.
Three Functions X7nled.
"In speaking of Dr. Babcock, J.
Quinn Thornton in his paper before
the Pioneer association of 1874, says:
'The effect of this procedure was
practically to unite in one man the
executive and judicial functions, and
for this purpose Dr. I. L. Babcock
seemed to unite the suffrages of the
present system. He was a man of
honorable ambition, possessing sound
common sense, good principles 'and
he was highly esteemed by the missionaries.'
"When In 1792 Captain Gray dis
covered the Columbia river he did not
know that the name of Oregon had
previously been given to it. Lewis
and Clark did not know of the name
Oregon nor did John Jacob Astor.
when in 1813 he petitioned congress
for assistance in establishing Astoria
under the sovereignty of the United
States.
Poet Named State.
"However, the river had been
been named in a book of travels of
Jonathan Carver published in 1778,
but by no means generally read. It
remained for William Cullen Bryant
to give currency to the name Oregon,
for Oregon would doubtless have per
ished had it not been, as was stated
by the late Harvey W. Scott, editor
of the Oregonian. that the word suit
ed the sonorous and solemn majesty
of his verse, and he embalmed it in
'Thanatopsis.' published in 1817. in
the words. 'Or lose thyself In the con
tinuous woods, where rolls the Ore
gon and hears no sound save his own
dashings.'
Though what I have written you
is doubtless not new. it may interest
you to know that your grandfather's
name is preserved In ojr arcnives
and when called is always remem
bered with greatest respect.
"Verv truly yours,
"HENRY E. McGINN."
Statesman Writes Love Story.
BERLIN, July 31. Dr. Adolf Koes
ter, who has just laid down his office
of German minister for foreign af
fairs, has become a contributor to the
well-known humorous weekly, Simp
licissimus, the current issue of which
contains a sentimental short love
story from his pen.
NOAH'S NAME CONJURES UP PERSONALITY EXPRESSING CHARACTE
rT
Appellations of Bible, Avers Rev. Edward Constant, Are Indicative of Wishes of Parents Regarding Offspring Especially True Regarding Patriarchs.
BY REV. EDWARD CONSTANT,
Of the Highland Congregational church.
"He called his name Noah, saying, this
easne. shall comfort us concerning our work
and toil of our hands." Genesis v:2y, -.
A NAME is often not much more
than a human label, a disting
uishing mark. It tells little or
nothing of him who bears it. . With
many of the old Bible characters,
however, it is different. Whether
such personalities were real of ficti
tious, the name fits the character or
expresses the wishes of the parents
regarding their offspring. This is es
pecially true of those we call the
' patriarchs.
Very indistinct are the patriarchal
figures upon the canvas of history.
They hardly seem like ordinary men
of flesh and blood. Their personali
' ties are surrounded by the haze of
tradition, while legend and story
have made the freest use of the
names of those worthies. Were it
possible for us to unearth the orig
inal characters we might perhaps
be brought Into contact with a very
different type of man from the hero
of the popular legend or story. It
. might possibly be a rude shock to
many- of our ideas were we to dis
cover that some of those characters
whom we have exalted stood upon
a lower plane than the nomads of
the desert of the present day.
Changes Lost Sight Of.
We are so in the habit of measur
ing men and things by the standard
of the twentieth century that we
overlook the great interval ' of time
which lies between us and them.
We lose sight of the immense
changes which have taken place in
thought and ufe during the proces
sion of the centuries. We ought
never to forget that the oriental of
Ihe early days was a very different
Individual from the man of America
in thought, habit and environment.
While the old virtues and vices con-
. tlnue to flourish and love and hate
are most potent factors, yet the civi
lization of our time has only the
slightest resemblance to that of the
early Bible days.
Still the men of that remote age
have had a powerful influence upon
the world. Their names are the com
mon property of Jew and Christian.
They stand out as pioneers of faith
and piety. They were progenitors of
spiritual ideas. They are among the
earliest witnesses for God. They
have done more than all other early
historical characters to introduce us
to the idea of the unity of God. Each
one of those men had his own local
coloring of character and each name
its peculiar significance. That sig
nificance, too, as worthy of consideration.
Noah Vividly Depicted.
Take the case of Noah. A great
amount of space has been devoted to
him In religious literature. His name
inseparably connected with the
Hebrew tradition of a deluge. He
has been vividly depicted as the
prophet of an impending calamity or
as a preacher of righteousnss in i
time of depravity, one who perse
vered in his preaching in spite of the
scoffs and jeers, the ridicule and row
dyism of the people.
Noah is thought of as the one man
of integrity living In a period of great
degeneracy. W e are told of the re
ward which came to him for his fidel
ity when he and his family were
saved from the flood. His ark be
comes the type of the Christian
church. He is represented as be
ing signally favored by God and be
comes a second Adam. He is the
man. according to the story, in whom
is preserved the race and who give
another start to humanity. The tra
dition is that his boys went forth to
people continents and found nations.
Divine Promise Ratified.
We picture this man also as look
ing out upon the surging waters and
waiting; for the moment to leave the
ark. Then there comes to mind the
covenant which he is represented as
making with God, when the divine
promise is ratified by the rainbow,
the arch of mingling colors, a picture
which has a charm for the most pro
saic mind and is ever the emblem of
hope. Then, may be, we think of
this traditional hero of the deluge as
he falls from his heights and lies
before us in the day of favor and
prosperity in a drunken sleep or stu
por, an offense to our sight and a
shock to our pride and faith in hu
man greatness. Such is the man of
the popular story of the deluge, the
Noah about whom- we read as chil
dren, the strange figure who took
himself and his belongings into the
axk when the rain came.
It is easy to say, as many -do, we
have no use for those old characters.
But anything which Is human must
be of some interest to us. Rude and
barbaric as antique man was, we are
his descendants and some of his qual
ities etui linger with us. Something
more than a shadow falls upon us
from our remote ancestors.
Name Is Significant.
We may lightly pass by this man
Noah, even wonder if he is any more
than the child of tradition, but there
is a significance in his name which Is
worth being remembered. The name
means "comfort." The birth: of the
boy. we may well imagine, brgjjght a
thrill, of joy and expectancy to the
father's heart. It means a real addi
tion to the family tent. The prattle
of the boy would bring diversion into
the family circle and stir the affec
tions. A heavy curtain hangs between us
and the life of humanity in those far
off days. Life was not the complex
thing it is now. Men had not the
artificial cravings with which we are
familiar. Luxuries were of a coarse,
rude type. Wants were few and
knowledge of the world was limited.
Flocks and herds - constituted the
wealth. Men dwelt In tents and
roamed la search, of pasture and
streams of water. Their mode of liv- I
ing, clad in the skins of the animals
they killed in chase, was so far dif
ferent from civilization as we know
it that they scarcely seem to belong
to the race of which we are a part.
Emotions Are the Same.
But, after all, they were human.
They experienced heart pangs com
mon to us all. Their faces rippled
with laughter and their cheeks were
bedewed with tears. The world was
filled with mystery and life was often
harsh and bitter. Primeval man saw
the blasting effects of the thunder
storm. He suffered from the drought
which parched the soil and destroyed
the crops. The streams dried up and
he heard the flocks bleating for water
which he could not supply. He real
ized his helplessness in the devastat
ing storms of wind. He labored from
the coming up of the sun to its going
down and met with scant reward.
Sickness and sorrow Invaded his tent.
Death came and laid his loved ones
low. He felt after the unseen power
and offered his sacrifices, but they
did not rid him of his sorrows. Dark
clouds crossed his path all the same.
The quietude of his life was disturbed
by family strife, by tribal feuds and
by misunderstandings as to the rights
of pasturage and water
The lot of primitive man was by no
means one of unalloyed pleasure and
prosperity.
Now the coming of a sen like Noah
was deemed the source of solace and
comfort. The happy ways of his
ycung life would break the dreary
monotony of ihe common day. As he
grew older he would able to relieve
the father of some of his burdens.
His little acts of kindness would take
the sting from many & sorrow. The
boy of the household, as he entered
into the perplexities of the family,
would sometimes find a solution for
the domestic and other problems
which the. older minds failed to dis
cover. '
These axe nut the things upon
which we have been wont to enlarge
In connection with the history of one
like Noah. They had to do with the
quiet and more modest side of his life.
There is little brilliancy of color
found in the pursuit of humble tasks.
We are not much given to look fcr
heroes around the domestic hearth.
We are apt to seek them on the broad
plain of life in conflict with the Issues
of the day. It Is there the heart Is
moved by mighty deeds, while scenes
about the family dwelling are regard
ed of a lowly order, without any of
the dash and daring which attract
attention; btt what we deem to be
mere acts of drudgery are none the
less vital. The sacrifices and virtues
of the domestic life are not exposed
to the gaze of the world, and there is
no tongue quick to tell of acts of
self-denial or noble deeds wrought
there, neither Is pen found to describe
tho little words of kindness and
thoughtfulness, the display of pa
tience and hopefulness and the mani
festation of tho cheerful spirit which
sheds light In the hour of gloom and
depression. These are things which
often are only recorded In the book
of secret history. It is to the credit
cf any one, however, when it is said
that his presence makes Joy in the
home and is a comfort in the hours
of suffering and sorrowing. The
smiling and friendly face is at such a
time a ray from the gospel of Jesus.
Limited Few Succeed.
It is reserved for a limited number
to reach the scats of the mighty. Few
names bear the stamp of genius and
greatness. Fame is an Illusive crea
ture. Many aspirants fight and fret
and Intrigue but never find their way
to fame. S-ich are. lacking In vigor
and stamina to climb the road. Num
bers of ambitious souls are destined
to die of disappointment. They fail
to come up to the standard of re
quirement. The world has no use for
their wares.
There are good and worthy people
wbosa names never find their way
into print, who are never asked to
fill an office In a club or society, who
are never solicited to run for an of
fice in the local government and who
are never thought of as belonging to
the social life of the community. They
are plain and unobtrusive people.
content to fill a little place," but
they have always been known to pay
the grocer's bill, have a name for
fair and honorable dealing and have
always beers ready to contribute their
dollar for a good cause or to help a
less fortunate neighbor. They are
not the persons to bicker and quarrel
and show the spirit of jealousy or to
thrust themselves into prominence.
All such have an appreciation of the
mind of Christ. The aim is to be a
blessing and comfort to others. They
sow the seeds of good will and wait
patiently for the fruits.
World Looks Pagan.
Who will say that is not a desire
worth possessing? Wherever Jesus
went he carried a blessing. Christian
service means entering into the pangs
and pains of the world. We have yet
to learn the value of human life. That
is something which is not expressed
in dollars and cents. We have not be
gun to truly live if we are not trying
to extract some of the bitterness out
of- the world and are not endeavoring
to play a brotherly part towards
others, even though they be of an
other faith, of a - different political
creed, or belong to some other race.
The only equipment needed for such
a service is the possession of the
heart of love. It is a sad thing to
say, but sometimes it looks as if the
world is as much pagan as Christian.
The Christian, church as a corporation
has grown to be large and wealthy,
but has the Christian church more of
the love of its Master than it had in
the days of its poverty?
Fewer cheerless, dispirited, forlorn
creatures would be noticed if he had
more of the sympathetic disposition of
Jesus. Men who are fighting a losing
battle would come out victors if they
were not denied a, happy and helpful
Religion with many is rather a play
thing than a tool of service. Such are
Christian in a technical sense. The
stamp they bear is ecclesiastical. In
the large human, brotherly sense they
are unchristian. They lack the mo
mentum to carry them forward in
service and sacrifice. There is a force,
likewise a splendor, in the name
Christian. In the power of that name
we should live. It is for. us to fill our
place in the world, no matter how
small it is, in the spirit of Christ,
"bearing one another's burdens" and
showing that we have the hearC
wherewith to serve and help our
brothers in the hours of trial and adversity.
comradeship. If we would only throw. That is his birthright. If we become
the arm around the weak how much unreceptive and unresponsive it is by
strength might be given to the feeble- j reason of a -crass indifference. We al
hearted. Discouraged souls, weary of j low ourselves to be bound and re
life and ready to give up in despair, . stricted by dislikes and prejudices.
might find fresh courage If only the
right word of comfort could be heard
by them. Condemnation never yet
brought salvation, but to greet a de
feated soul with a smile and a prom
ise of help will often inspire one to
do better things.
Christian Action Awaited.
The world is still waiting to find
Christianity in action. The blessings
of the gospel are not to beskept under
lock and key. That gospel is amplified
bv practice. No amount of smooth Sun
day talk can make up lor tne rougn
tongue, the harsh ways and the greedy
spirit of the Monday, mat is a
miserable sort of devotion to Christ
which contents itself with the psalms
and prayers of the sanctuary. Christ
in the heart will be the motive power
to action. We should have less rell- I
gious dysipeptics if there were more I
people actively engaged in living out I
the precepts of Jesus and exercising
the spirit of love among their fel
lows. We are making too many vacant i
spots and interludes in the sphere of ;
service. There can be no excuse for
failure to operate. There may be much i
shifting of the scenery on the stage
of human activities, but there can be ;
no ringing down of the curtain as i
long as life lasts.
Wasted Life Not Necessary. . I
Here lies for us the path of service.
Ours need be no wasted life. If we live I
with the love of Christ in our hearts,
with the desire to help and comfort
others, our influence will be an un
ceasing stream of goodness and home
will be a place filled with the sweet
ness and peace of the celestial realm.
According to the meaning of the
name of the old patriarch Noah, we
are capable of giving courage and
comfort to others. Why should any
man question his capability? Every
one has the capacity of receiving
i God and conveying his love to others.
Rev. W.W. Aber
The Noted Psychic,
will speak on
"The Origin and Destiny
of Man"
Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock
at
Church of Modern Spiritualism,
Pacific States Building,
409 Alder, cor. Eleventh Street.
Mr. Aber will give individual
spirit messages.
TO THE PUBLIC
At 3 P. M. an open forum will hft I
conducted by two assistant meJ '
diums. (V.
ALL ARE WELCOME