THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 8, 1920
ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE IS ADVOCATED BY LOCAL CLERGYMAN
Rev. R. H. Sawyer Tells of First Annual Congress of British-Israel World Federation.
HE outstanding feature of the
first annual congress of the
British-Israel World Federa
tion, recently held in London, was the
expression of the desire for a closer
friendship and more intelligent work
ing alliance between the two great
English - speaking countries. the
United States and Great Britain,"
said Rev. li. H. Sawyer, pastor of the
East . Side Christian church, who re
cently returned from the congress
to which -he was a delegate and a
foremost speaker.
"The cordial welcome accorded by
the people of England to their guests
from America showed that England is
not only ready but eager for such an.
alliance, because she realizes the ne
cessity and because of her love for
the people of her own race. The feel
ing prevailed at the congress that the
Anglo-Saxon peoples, the descendants
of Israel must get together in har
mony and brotherhood and that we
must have Anglo-Saxon union and
consolidation.
Saxon Race of Israel Stock.
"The objects of the federation are
to promulgate the belief that the
people of British or Saxon race within
the British Isles and their offspring
beyond the seas, including the United
States bf America, are of the stock of
Israel; to demonstrate to the peoples
aforesaid the privileges and responsi
bilities attaching to them by reason
of their descent and to co-ordinate
and thus strengthen the work of all
British-Israel or Anslo-Israel asso
ciations and councils throughout the
world.
"One of the most Impressive ad
dresses given at the congress was that
by Kev. W. M. H. Milner on "The
Continuity of the Davidic Line." dur
ing which he displayed a chart trac
ing the lineage of David Prince of
Wales directly from King David of
the Israelites. The English people
are firmly of the belief that when
Prince David becomes king of Eng
land the scriptural promises of world
wide peace and universal brotherhood
will be realized. The royal family
was represented at the sessions by
H. R. H. Princess Alice, countess of
Athione, and many clergymen, both
from the church of England and from
non-conformists congregations, parti
cipated in the deliberations of the
congress."
A ntslo-ix on Alliance Topic. j
Rev. Mr. Sawyer,, although sched
uled for only one address, made 14 ad
dresses during his absence, 12 in Lon
don and two when he returned to New
"York.; His general topic in London
was "The Coming Anglo-Saxon Al
liance." He was accounted one of
the most brilliant and forceful speak
ers on the programme and an effort
was made to have him remain in Eng
land and devote his entire time to this
work. It is likely that he will even
tually resign his pastorate here and
return to England, which is the .cen
ter of this movement. Rev. Mr. Saw
yer addressed the Portsmouth broth
erhood on July 4 and in response to
an unanimous request from his audi
ence gave a patriotic address suitable
for an American audience on the
Fourth of July, which they cheered
loud and long.
Rev. Mr. Sawyer's daughter. Miss
Jessie Lynne Sawyer, accompanied
her father on the trip to England and
she was in constant demand at social
functions and musicales on account
of her beautiful voice. She sang at
several sessions of the congress as
well as at concerts on the steamers
crossing the Atlantic. She was chosen
to present a magnificent bouquet to
Princess Alice and she quite won the
heart of the mayor of London by
telling him with typical frankness of
the American girl, that she liked his
rtd coat very much. Miss Sawyer was
the recipient of many gifts, including
a beautiful lavalliere and a bracelet
of Interesting history and workman
ship. Bishop Sumner in Chicago.
The following extract from the Chi
cago Journal of July 24 will be of in
terest to readers of The Oregonian:
Rt. Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner.
IX D., bishop of Oregon, formerly
dean of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and
Paul, Chicago, is passing a week in
Chicago. He is at the University club.
Sunday will be a typical "Sumner
d;iy," which will probably remind the
bishop of his former busy life here.
At 7:30 A. M., at the cathedral.
"Washington boulevard and Peoria
streets, he will be the celebrant of
holy communion.
As a token of their love for him. the
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THEOLOGY STUDENT SPELLS HEAVEN OR
Russell M. Brougher, Son of Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher, Filling White Temple Pulpit, Pleads for Supremacy
FELLING Heaven or Hell With
Five Letters." Sermon deliv-
ered last Sunday morning at
the White Temple by Russell M.
Urougher, son of Dr. J. Whitecourt
I' rougher, former Portland White
Temple pastor.
Gcripture: Roman. vll:14-2S. Text. Ro
mans. vli:ia and 24.
Paul discovered he had two natures
In him the good and the evil. Be
tween these two natures there was a
contest for supremacy. When Paul
wanted to do good he found evil
opposing him When he did wrong
he found the good stirring up his
conscience to condemn him. He rec
ognized the duality of nature, of
which we are all conscious. There is
a rational self and an animal self;
there Is a spiritual self and a carnal
self; there is a moral self and a law
less self engaged in an endless and
painful conflict.
Dr. Watkinson tells us that some
misguided scientists produced a dia
bolical fad. They grafted a portion
of one insect upon the body of an
other. They took the grub of the
butterfly and then grafted upon it
the pupa of a spider. When the freak
merged into an Insect it was a
strange combination. We can well
imagine that there was a Clash of
instincts and impulses. The butter
fly loved sunshine the spider loved
darkness. The butterfly desired roses
the spider desired blood. - Each had
its demands and neither could be
fully satisfied. This strange novelty
of science Illustrates more closely
than we like to think the apostle's
conception of human nature.
If a man satisfies his longing for
the things that are good, he will
starve the desires for evil. If he
responds to the call of the evil and
forms habits that master the good,
then he- will become a slave to pas
sion, desire and appetite.
The question for a man to settle
definitely is. which nature is to be
the master? By the help of God
a man can form habits that will give
the supremacy to his higher nature
and make him master of himself.
The word habit" originally meant
celebration will be made the occasion i
of a corporate communion by mem
bers of the congregation.
At H o'clock the bishop will preach
at the cathedral and in the afternoon
at the Bridewell. At 1:30 he will speak
at the Home for Incurables, and in the
evening will conduct a private con
firmation for Bishop Anderson of the
Chicago diocese.
-Bishop Sumner arrived in Chicago
from Negaunee-, Mich., where Mrs.
Sumner and the baby will remain un
til September. After his Sunday in
Chicago he will leave for New York,
where he will "confer with the new
governing council of the Episcopal
church and the (Tension board.
He wlIU visit his mother In New
Hampshire' and then rejoin Mrs. Sum
ner. . "I am so glad to be back in dear
old Chicago," said the bishop. "About
two months ago the Chicago Associa
tion of Commerce visited Portland
and made a most favorable imprest
sion. Of course 1 met many old
friends. Their trip to the far west
was a fine thing, both for Chicago
and for the west."
Services In City Park.
The third of the open-air services
under the auspices of the City Federa
tion of Churches will be held in the
City park at the band stand near the
Park avenue entrauce, at 3:30 this
afternoon, lasting an hour.
The Rev. Joshua Stansfleld, D. IX.
pastor of the First Methodist church,
will preach the sermon. Rev. H. H.
Griff is, D. D., pastor of the First
Christian church, and Ralph C. -McAfee,
secretary of the city federation,
will also have a part in the pro
gramme. Walter Jenkins will lead the . con
gregational singing, Thomas Quirk of
the Wilbur Methodist church will play
the cornet and there will be special
music.
August 15 a meeting will also be
held In the City park and August 22
and 2$ in Peninsula park.
.
Rev. William G. Eliot Jr. will
preach this morning at 11 at the
Church of Our Father (Unitarian).
Broadway and Yamhill street. His
subject will be "How One Man Kept
Faith With Himself Against Heavy
Odds." Evening service is inter
mitted. -
At the morning service, Dr. Ineson
of the Sunnyslde Methodist Episcopal
church. East Thirty-fifth and Yam
hill streets, will take for his subject
"The Way," and in the evening
"Great Preachers." Music by the
Epworth League.
Service of Song to Be Held
at Lincoln High School.
Soloa Will Be Suns br George H.
Street. G. Wesley Safford and
H. Ednard Mills.
REV. A. C. GRIER, pastor of the
Church of the Truth, Spokane,
will deliver the principal address on
"Song as a Vehicle for Truth" at
Lincoln High School. George H. Street
is in charge of the chorus. Solos will
be sung by Mr. Street. G. Wesley Saf
ford and H. Edward Mills, .'.hong the
songs to be sung from the new book
are: "The Dawn or Truth," "Trust
and Waver Not," "The Love of God
Takes Care of You., and "The Mes
sage of the-Silence."
Rev.- Mr. Grier will address the Re
alization League, at 11 o'clock at the
Modern Conservatory of Music, 148
13th Street. He, will also speak at
8 o'clock in the Assembly room of the
Portland Hotel.
Under the auspices of the various
New Thought centers in Portland a
noon meeting ia conducted every day
(except Sunday) in the Assembly
Room of the Portland Hotel. For the"
week beginning August 9 these meet
ings will be featured at their begin
ning by twenty minutes of singing
from the new Realization song book.
Rev. A. C. Grier will be the speaker on
Monday.
"The Comforter" Center will have
services In the Assembly Room of
the Portland Hotel today. At 11 A. M.
Florence Crawford will speak on "The
Gift That Is in Thee," at 8 P. M. Dr.
A. C. Grier will deliver an address.
A devotional meeting will be held
tonight at 8 o'clock at Theosophical
Hall, 301 Central Bldg., corner 10th
and Alder streets.
At the Divine Healing Institute,
11th and Yamhill streets. Rev. John
G. Lake, Overseer, at 3 P. M. today.
"Christian Attitudes" will be the topic
and at 8 P. M.. "The New Faiths and
the Old Faith."
a garment. In French it is the word I
for "dress." In English we speak I
literally of a "riding habit." But,
there are habits of thought, and word,
and action. Habit is the dress in
which the soul clothes and expresses
Itself. Every person is deciding his
happiness by his habits.
Some one said to the duke of Well
ington, "Habit Is second nature'
The great general replied: "Second
nature? Why, habit is ten times
nature.' This was the opinion of a
trained soldier and a masterful
leader.
The life of a Christian should help
him to form habits that will make
his life useful and worth the living.
Up to the age of 10 it is said we
are acquiring those habits which are
called manners. Between 10 and 20
we are forming the habits which be
long to character Between 20 and
30 we gain the habits which belong
to our business or professional life.
After 30 years of age a man's habits
are largely formed and it is difficult
to alter them.
It is supremely important, there
fore, that everyone should form the
right kind of habits. They will de
cide the success or failure, joy or
sorrow, of life. Professor James
says; "We are spinning our own fate,
good or evil, and never can be un
done." A noted writer has said:
Sow a thought and reap an action;
Sow an action and reap a n&blt:
Sow a habit and reap a character;
Sow a character and reap a destiny
Since habits decide destiny, a per
son can spell . heaven or hell with
the five letters "H-A-B-I-T."
Let us study the great fight a man
has with his habits:
1. Habit has its physical basis.
Science tells us that the nerve cells,
I like all other living tissues, are
modified through use. A nerve eel
that has once acted in a certain way
is so changed that it is easy for it
to act In that same way again. A
mountain brook makes a path for it
self down the mountain side. It cuts
a deep rut, finally, that decides the
course il will take.
Every babit is increased in power
by repeated actions. The habit of
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Portland p?ilpita filled during eaclt Sunday of summer monthit 1-Russell Brougher. elder iob of Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher and a theological school
graduate two yeara hence, who will again fill the pulpit of the White Temple (Flntt Baptist church) today. 2 Dr. Whltcomb Brougher. former pastor
of the White Temple and now of Los Angeles, irho will preach the three remalnlna; Sundays of this month at the Flrat Uaptlat ehnrch of this city.
3 Dr. John G. lnkster, Presbyterian paator from Victoria, who will take the place oY Dr. Harold L. Bowman of the Flrat Presbyterian church, while
Dr. Bowman spends the remainder of this month and the first week of September on vacation in the mountains. 4 Dr. R. H. Sawyer, pastor of ' the
. East Side Christian church, who returned this month from an Important church conference held In London, England, during June.
Dr. Griffis' Sermon Today
for Professing Christians.
"What Mnst the Church Member
Do to Be Saved f Is Theme.
w
HAT Must the Church Member
Do to Be Saved?" will be the
theme of the Rev. Harold H. Griffis
this morning at 11 o'clock at the First
Christian church. Halfred Young,
tenor, will be the special soloist at
both of today's services. In the eve
ning at 7:45 the pastor will continue
his series of discourses on the mod
ern meaning of old events, having for
his specific topic tonight, "The Three
Captives in the Fiery Furnace."
While waiting for the completion
of the architect's plans and specifica
tions for their new house of worship
the members of the congregation
have been busy making their finan
cial pledges to the building project
Already more than 820,000 in cash
has been received on a subscription
list of $78,000. In order to start the
new building there must be on hand
840,000 and it is expected that this
amount will be ready by October 1.
The new Structure will be located on
the church's present site at the north
east corner of Park and Columbia
streets.
At Kern Park Christian church.
Forty-sixth avenue and Sixty-ninth
street last Sunday was "Woman's
and Girls' day" In the Bible school
and today will be "Men's and Boys'
day" the men and the boys havinc
complete charge of the programme.
Following the Bible school Dr. J. P.
Ghormley will speak, taking for his
theme, "The Supreme Necessity." At
8 P. M. the pastor will speak, on the
theme. "Out of the Old Into the New."
Two Sermons Announced
for Morning Service.
Rev. A. Ivrnnse to French in Eng
lish and (itrma n at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church.
AT St. Paul's Lutheran church,
East Twelfth and Clinton streets.
Rev. A. Krause, pastor, two morning
services will be held, the English at
10 A. M. and the German at 11 A. M.
The subject for the first sermon will
be. "Man's Liberty and God's Law."
The second is again a catechetical
sermon, "What Gives the Holy Supper
This Wonderful Power?" - Sunday
school meets at 9 A. M. No evening
service.
"The Christian's Duty to Hold
(1a. c i .wo n All TKI.ii." ..-ill
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be the subject of Rev. Beyer's sermon
for the deaf this afternoon at 2:30.
All who are deaf are cordially in
vited to the regular weekly services,
which are held In Trinity Lutheran
church, corner Graham and Williams
avenues.
Trinity Lutheran church, Williams
and Graham avenues, will worship
walking is gained by walking. The
habit of running Is secured by run
ning. The playing of a piano or the
manipulation of a typewriter is ac
quired by continually practicing until
it is done without conscious thought.
My father cannot drive a Ford. He
has formed the habit of driving an
automobile with his .hands and gets
confused when he tries to run one
with his feet. .
Life is made agreeable by habits
that "enable us to do pleasant things
without consciously thinking of them.
We form a habit most easily when
it results In success or pleasure to
us. If an act does not give us pleas
ure, we are not inclined to repeat
it often. A chicken that pecks at a
humble bee and gets stung is not
likely to "get the habit." A child
that burns its finger in the fire is
not inclined to repeat the , act. Man
is a free moral agent. He can
choose to do the good or the evil.
If he decides to do the things that
are beneficial and helpful that are
pleasant and agreeable to himself as
well as others he will form a habit
of unselfish service that will bring
pleasure to those whom he serves
and untold joy to himself.
In Romans, the 12th chapter, Paul
appeals to Christians to present their
bodies a "living sacrifice." Paul rec
ognized that the body is an instru
ment in the service of the Master and
is subject to the influence' of habits.
The man who forms the habit of
drinking intoxicating liquors and lets
the habit master him soon becomes
a physical wreck. This is true also
of the one who becomes a "dope
fiend." Dr. Jekyll can be turned into
Mr. Hyde, but after a while habit
will make it impossible for him to get
back Into the better and higher na
ture of Dr. Jekyll. Physical habits
may be formed that will drag their
victim into disease, slavery and death.
On the other hand, habits may be
formed that will bring to the body
health, happiness and life.
It is the duty of a Christian to form
habits of eating, drinking, sleeping
and exercising that will give him the
highest possible physical development
: and ra.th. it is the Christian duty
' 1 - ilt'uictv- Vl- body to the service of
CIi: :t an.i form such habits of serv
j Ice for Christ that going to church
I and taking an active part in its work
as follows today: Services in Ger
man. 10 o'clock; services In English.
11:15 o'clock.. Sunday school at 9:15.
In St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran,
Wisconsin synod, Mallory ' and Skid
more avenuea, at 10:30 A. M., a mis
sion festival will be held.
Our Savior's Lutheran church, cor
ner East Grant and Tenth streets,
will have the morning service in Eng
lish. - Rev. M. A. Christensen will
preach . the sermon, having as his
theme, "The House of Prayer." The
young folks of the congregation are
especially invited' to this service.
.The Sunday school of Clay Street
Evangelical church will meet at 9:30
A. M. today and will be in charge
of E. J. Keller, superintendent. The
pastor. Rev. Jacob Stocker. will
preach at 10:45 A. M. and 8 P. M.
Dean Hicks Will Preach at
Pro-Cathedral.
Special Effort Is ndnjc Made to
Heach . Churchmen on Ranches
and in Camps.
DEAN R. T. T. HICKS of St. Step
hen's Pro-Cathedral has returned
from the sound and will preach this
morning at 11 A. M. ; Holy Commun
ion at 7:45 A. M. The Young People's
society meets at 6:30. Miss Myla
Chambers, phone Main 996, is the
leader and welcomes new members.
A special effort Is being made to
reach the churchmen In lonely ranch
or distant camp. John W. Lethaby,
financial secretary, during two weeks'
vacation walked from Parkdale round
Elk Meadows to Government camp
and from the latter place to Sandy.
Literature Is being distributed for
children and adults and a complete
list for Oregon is in process of com
pletion. Over 100 families were vis
ited some miles from any other house:
The Episcopal church has a special
brunch to handle this . splendid field.
Following up James Moore Hick
son's wonderful mission, the Pro
Cathedral will act as a center for this
work In the diocese. Many letters
asking for help and testifying to the
permanent results have been received.
Names will be registered at the
Dean's office or at the Diocesan of
fices, 10-11 Alnsworth Bldg.- A spe
cial instruction leaflet will be shortly
Issued. Phone Main 4368 for special
or confidential cases.
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Kenilworth Presbyterian church
evening services during the month of
August are discontinued. Morning
services will be held the same as
usual. The pastor. Rev. L. K. Grimes,
and his wife are spending the month
of August at Cannon Beach.
"What Became of the Prodigal
Son?" will be the subject of Rev. Levi
Johnson at the men's resort today at
4 P. M. There will be music and sing
ing conducted by Mr. Johnson to pre
cede the service.
Services will be held in the Church
of the Truth in room 412 Central
Bldg., at 11 A. M. today, by Leorwa. M
Gage.
will be as natural to him as going to I
his work on Monday. Habit should '
make it easy and a Joy for us to go to
church. It should make It hard for us
to stay away. Dr. A. C. Dixon tells
the story of a dog owned by a-Bap-tist
deacon. The dog always followed
the deacon to church on Sunday. He
lay down by the end of the pew and
slept through the sermon and when
the service was over arose, shook
himself and followed the deacon
home. The day came when the dea
con sold his farm to a Presbyterian
elder. As he was moving, from the
south to California he decided that he
would not take the dog with him, but
gave the dog to the Presbyterian el
der. The next Sunday the elder
hitched up the horse to the buggy and
started to church. The log followed
behind the buggy as usual, but the
Presbyterian elder went past the Bap
tist church to the Presbyterian
church. The old dog. when he
reached the Baptist church, turned
aside, went in, walked down the aisle,
lay down in his accustomed I !ace.
slept through the sermon and at the
close of the service got up and went
home. It Is ,said that for several
months the old dog refused absolutely
to change his denominational rela
tionships and purely out of habit
went to the Baptist church every
Sunday. A Christian should form
habits that would bind him with un
breakable ties to the service of Christ
and His Church.
There is a mental basis of habit.
"As a man thlnketh so is he." Think
ing along the same line frequently
'will soon produce a habit of thought.
The ability to concentrate one's mind
upon a definite thing and think the
thing through to the end is an
achievement worth while. ' Our words
and our actions are urompt-d by
thought. If we would speak and do
the things that bring cheer and in
spiration and good will to those
around us, then we must form habits
of pure, noble, unselfish thinking. To
think a cheerful thought and to 'n
sist on thinking the same thought
ove- and over again tends to iiroiiice
a cheerful habit and a cheerful char
acter. Smile awhile and while you smile
Another smiles and soon
There's miles and miles of smiles.
Most of the ills of the world today
'Spirit," Topic in Christian
Science Churches.
Evening Services Discontinued in
All Except Sixth Church.
CJ PIR1T" will be the subject of
O the Bible lesson In the Chris
tian Science churches today. All the
Christian Science, churches hold serv
ices at 11 A M. The Sunday evening
service is discontinued in all the
churches except Sixth, this service
beginning at 8 o'clock.
The Wednesday evening meetings,
which include 'testimonies of Chris
tian Science healing, are held In all
the churches at 8 o'clock. The public
Is welcome to all services.
Sunday school Is held for pupils to
the age of 20 and convenes in all the
churches except Third and Fifth at
9:45 and 11. In T'hird and Fifth
churches the sessions are held at 9:30
and 11.
A cordial invitation to use our free
public reading rooms Is extended to
alL These rooms are located in the
Northwestern Bank building, 266
Burnside street and 148 Killingsworth
avenue, and authorized Christian sci
ence literature may also be purchased
or borrowed at any of the reading
rooms.
The churches are located as follows:
First church. Nineteenth and Everett
streets; Second church. East Sixth
street and Holladay avenue; Third
church. East Twelfth and Salmon
streets; Fourth church, Emerson
street and Vancouver avenue; Fifth
church. Sixty-second street and Forty-
second avenue southeast; - blxtn
chunch. Pythian building. 388 Yam
hill street; Seventh church, 403
Smith avenue. St. Johns.
Dr- McElveen Home From
Six Weeks' Vacation.
Conirregationalists of - 1020 and
1U-0 to Be Compared In Morn
ing Sermon.
WM. T. McELVEEN, pastor of
the .First Congregational church
Park and Main street. ,has returned
from his vacation of six weeks. He
was a delegate to and a speaker
at the International Congregational
council that convened in Boston June
29 to July 6. He remained over after
the council to attend the Congrega
tional world commission on which
he is Oregon's representative. Re
ports are that he comes back with a
splendid financial offer to Pacific
university, of which he is a director.
Dr. Cady and Dr. Sheldon, the two
leaders of the Congregational world
commission, will be in Oregon early
In September to help set off this
financial drive.
Dr. McElveen preached in former
pastorates in Boston, New York and
Chicago. He spent two Sundays at
the Plymouth church of Minneapolis
and a few days autoing in Glacier
park. He preaches at both services
are mental. No more helpful habit I
can be gained than to so master the I
mind that we can make it think the
right things, the bright things and
the best things. Martin Luther sald:
"We cannot keep the foul birds from
flying over our heads, but we can
keep them from making nests In our
hair." Germs of disease are contin
ually entering the body, but the vital
forces of a strong, healthy body de
stroy them. Thoughts of evil easily
enter the mind, but he who is master
of his thinking can conquer them by
directing his thoughts to things that
are pure.
Thought is like . a rubber ball.
Throw a clean rubber ball against a
clean walj and it bounds back clean
into your hands; throw it against a
black, sooty wall and it brings back
the filth into your hands. Throw
clean thought upon clean things and
it comes back clean to your own soul;
think upon things that are vile and
low and your thought comes back
with the impurity to make your soul
unclean. If we would conquer an evil
thought we must put a good thought
in Its place. We cannot have an
empty mind, neither can we think of
two things at exactly the same time.
Compel your mind to think upon that
which is clean. Use all your will
power to force that thought to the
front: concentrate your mind upon it.
As the apostle Paul says, "Bring
every thought into captivity to Christ
Jesus." By and by the pure thought
will grip your soul and make you
master of your thinking.
You cannot keep your mind pure
and your imagination clean if you
read vile novels, look upon obscene
pictures or run with evil associates.
All of these things pollute the mind,
destroy the imagination, pervert the
taste and make it a thousand times
harder for you to form clean habits
of thinking. If it is best to be pure,
then it is worth while to put up a
fight for it. Young people with reil
blood in their veins and abounding
life In their bodies must guard their
thoughts and their imaginations con
tinually if they would be masters of
themselves.
If we would w"ln life's big fight we
must train for it daily. ' y
When the young Greek peasant,
Sotirios Loues. decided on entering
the race for Marathon in the Olympi
today at the First church. At the
morning service he will show how
far the Congregationalists of 1920
have journeyed from the creedal ideas
of their pilgrim ancesters of 1620.
"The Gospel for this New Age" will
I be the topic of the evening discourse.
Thursday evening, August 12, Dr.
Vv. r. McfcUveen will give an illumi
nating report of the international
council of Congregational churches
that was held in early July in Boston.
Dr. McElveen presented a gavel made
of 22 pieces of wood of historic asso
ciations to the council. He spoke
three times to the council and served
on its business committee. He was
one of the lecture guides on the pil
grimage to Plymouth where the Pil
grims landed 300 years ago. This lec
ture will be given In the parlors of
the First Congregational church.
"When Silence Reigns Supreme"
will be the subject of a lecture to be
delivered by Robert Murray Pratt,
former pastor of Pilgrim Congrega
tional church, at the noon-day series
of meetings for business people, on
advanced thought topics. The lecture
will commence at 12 noon in the
assembly room, Portland hotel,
Wednesday.
'Optimism of Christ" Is
Topic of Dr. S. J. Reid.
State Kvangellst Occupies East
Side Baptist Pulpit Today at
Both Services.
N the east side Baptist church this
M. morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. S. J.
Reid, Baptist state Evangelist, will
preach from the subject. "The, Opti
mism of Christ" and tonight at 7:45
will take for his theme, "The Glorious
Gospel of the Happy God." Dr. Reid
will fill the pulpit of this church each
Sunday and have charge of the mid
week service Wednesday evenings
until September, when it is expected
that the pastor, Dr. W. B. Hinson
will return and resume the work.
This church is located at east
Twentieth and Salmon streets, and
can be reached by east Morrison or
Hawthorne avenue cars. The services
arc held as follows: Sunday school
at 9:30; preaching services at 11 and
7:45; Baptist Young People's Union at
6:45.
At Grace Baptist church, east
Seventy-sixth and Ash streets, the
pastor, F. W. Starring, will speak at
11 A. M. on the subject of Pente
costal Revivals." At 8 o'clock his
subject will be, "Three Wonderful
Things About Jonah and the Whale."
The vacation school at Grace church
closed with appropriate exercises
Friday night, when certificates were
given to nearly 150 boys and girls,
bafted upon attendance, deportment
and work done. In addition to an in
teresting programme there was a fine
exhibit of manual work, each depart
ment having a booth for its display.
As a fitting climax to the school,
Grace church and Bible school invite
the boys and girls and their parents
and friends to Join them in an outing
HELL WITH FIVE
of Good Over Evil by Resisting Habits That Master.
an games a few years go, he began
his training with grim determination
to win. He abstained from every
thing that would defile him: he de
nied himself every - indulgence: he
read the lives of Greek heroes and got
his inspiration from their ideals and
victories. He lived and trained so
that be might have habits that would
meet the approval of the gods. When
the day came for the race, his father
said to him:
"Sotirios, no one can lose & race
who has lived so clean a life as you
have you will certainly return a vic
tor." The old man went to the race;
he stood in the crowd to watch; by
and by the assembled multitude be
gan to shout that the racers were ap
proaching. When the first runner
i crossed the line, amidst the wildest
excitement, it was seen that the
young Greek had won. -The ladies
showered him with flowers and
jewels? the princes embraced him, and
the king saluted him: but he pressed
eagerly on until he came to his old
father. Embracing him, -the young
victor said: "Father, you are right
a clean life has won."
"As a man thinketh in his heart, so
is he.
Whatsoever things are true," etc.
There is a moral and spiritual basis
for habU:
President Faunco of Brown uni
versity declares that the chief aim in
education is the training of the will.
He declares that the main purpose of
the Bible is "the moving of the will to
righteousness."
No man can claim to be & good
Christian who does not have a' moral
backbone and the courage to master
the temptations of life. A man should
educate his conscience to tell him the
difference between right and wrong.
He should train his will to do the
right and refuse the wrong. He
should seek a clean heart to love the
right and hate the wrong. In the
conflict between the higher and the
lower nature, a Christian will gain
the mastery only by exercising his
will-power to do the right and refuse
the wrong.
To acquire the habit of doing right.
a man must continually exercise his
I will in that direction. A noted writer
and picnic at Laurelhurst park. Wed-1
ix- " ..... i.gion.- These will be timely ad
leave east Seventy-stxth and Ash dresses dealing with the conditions
streets at one o'clock. i at the present time which have grown
1 OUt Of th. wD, TV,- t. J . . . . ,
The Saints at Buffalo" will be the.
11 A. M. subject at Calvary Baptist,
east Eighth and Grant streets. Pas
tor Thomas will speak at S o'clock
on "What About the Journal Edl
tloriair l'fun'and frolic excur-!
Baptist Young People
e city takes place Mon-
The annual
sion of the
unions of the city takes p
day evening. The trip will be made
on the "dreadnough" Swan, which
leaves the Jefferson street dock at
8 o'clock. The committee has made
full arrangements for the entertain
ment of a large crowd, and things
will be kept stirring from departure
to arrival.
"Waiting Upon God,"
Stansfield's Topic
Dr.
"America First," Subject of Even
ing; DiMcourse in First Methodist
Church. v
A
T the First Methodist church. Dr.
Stansfteld will preach at both
services today. In. the morning at
10:30 he will preach on "Waiting
Upon God." and in the evening from
8 to 9 o'clock 'sharp on "America
First." Mrs. Arthur C. Perria will be
the soloist for the day.
Professor Norman F. Coleman of
Reed college will speak at 11 A. M.
today at Woodstock Methodist
church. Sunday school is at 10 A. M.
The service at 7:45 P. M. will be in
charge of the Epworth League.
"Knowledge That Wil' Change the
World" will be the pastor's subject
at the Clinton Kelly Memorial Metho
dist church, Powell and East Fortieth
streets this morning.
The Clinton Kelly campmeetlng
will begin Thursday evening. August
12. The Rev. W. W. Youngson. D. D.,
wi'l preach. Mr. Speelman of the Ep
worth church will have charge of the
music.
British Clergyman Objects
to Prevailing Fashions.
Father Parlln Warns-- Women
Parishioners He Will Refuse
Holy Communion to Anyone Im
modestly Garbed.
CARDIFF, Wales, July 31. Again a
British clergyman has put his
foot down against the " prevailing
fashions in women's dress and refused
to give communion to all women
who kneel at the altar rail in attire
which he may regard as immodest.
Father Joseph Parlin, celebrating
high mass at Saint Paul's Roman
Catholic church here, issued the fol
lowing warning to his congregation:
"I hope," he said, "that lady members
of my parish will not attempt to at
tire themselves in some of the present-day
fashions. If any immodestly
dressed woman approaches the altar
for Holy Communion I shall refuse to
allow her to partake of the Sacra
ment, passing her by as if she did not
exist."
Victoria Pastor at the First
Presbyterian Church.
Rev. John G. Inkater. D. D Will
Fill Pulpit During Dr. Bow
man'i Vacation.
THE First Presbyterian church,
corner Twelfth and Alder streets,
will have a visitor from Canada in its
pulpit during the vacation of the pas
tor. Rev. Harold Leonard Bowman,
D. D. This is Rev. John G. Inkster.
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, Victoria, B. C. Mr. Inkster
spent several weeks in Portland some
years ago, and will be welcomed back
by the many friends which he made
on that occasion. Mr. Inkster is one
of the best known of Canadian cler
gymen and will have a fine message
for the congregations which will hear
him during his stay in Portland. Dr.
Bowman will be out of his pulpit for
five Sundays and Mr. Inkster will
take his place during all of that time.
At 10:30 A. M. Mr. Inkster will
preach on the subject "The Great Re
fusal," using the life of Jonah to il
lustrate this well-known religious
principle. At 7:45 P. M. Mr. Inkster
will give the first of a series of ad-
has said, "Habits are not built out of
good resolutions, nor high emotions,
nor inspiring convictions, but out of
repeated actions." Just keep on choos
ing and doing the right thing and
you will wake up some morning to
find that you are the master of it. A
good habit is a cheerful and obedient
servant. A bad - habit is a tyrant
slave-master.
"Would you like to know how I
was enabled to serve my country?"
said Admiral Farragut. "It was all
owing to a resoluttion that I made
when I was 10 years of age. My
father was sent down to New Orleans
with a little navy we then had. to
look after the treason of Burr. I
went with him as cabin boy. I had
some habits that I thought made a
man of me. I could swear like an old
salt; could drink as stiff a glass of
grog as if I had doubled Cape Horn,
and could smoke like a locomotive. I
was great at cards and fond bf gam
bling In every shape. At the close
of the dinner one day, my father
turned everybody out of the cabin,
locked the door and said to me:
" 'David, what do you mean to
be? I replied, 'I mean to follow the
sea. ,'Yes.' said my father, 'follow
the sea: be a poor, miserable, drunken
sailor before the mast, kicked and
cuffed about the world, . to die in
some fever hospital in a foreign
clime.' 'No.' I said. 'I will tread the
quarter-deck as you do.' 'No, David,
no boy ever trod the quarter-deck
with such principles as you have and
such habits as you exhibit; you will
have to change your whole course of
life if you ever become a real man.'
My father left me and went on deck.
I was stunned by the rebuke and
overwhelmed with mortification 'a
poor miserable, drunken sailor before
the mast, kicked and cuffed about the
world, to die In some fever hospital'
'that's my fate, is it? I will change
my life and change it at once. I will
never utter another oath: I will never
drink another drop of Intoxicating
liquors; I will never gamble again."
And as God is my witness. I have
kept these resolutions to this hour."
It was the cherishing of such a pur
pose, and the forming of such habits
that made Admiral Farragut one of
America's greatest men.
It Is often a lifetime struggle to
get rid of a bad habit. Someone has
Illustrated this with the word "habit"
dresses on "Reconstruction and R-
first of these arlflros.. ,m k -i-I,.
aienace of Bolshevism."
At 7:30 P. M. there will be an organ
recital as a prelude to the evening
service given by J. MacMillan Mnir
who Is In charge of the organ during
Evan will a tlP"! Midwyn
a bar1tone i.V si"Slng and give
rf." fl"f h.?"vi"', .
-ine Bunaay school is mpi-tin. in
two sections with lantern slides for
each, illustrating the gospel of Luke.
In the primary room the talk will be
given by Miss Ruth Slauson and in
the senior room by James F. Ewing.
TOWN IS T0GET BUSY
Elks to Help Improve Marshfield
Streets and Sidewalks.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) A movement, suggested when
Judge John S. Coke appeared before
me city council and made declara
tions that Marshfield was in one re
spect a very backward city and need
ed a general cleaning up before it
would ever be considered a good resi
dence town, has taken form ard will
be pushed to the limit by ths citi
zens in general.
Judge Coke mentioned in particular
the street upon which he lives and
said it was one over which traffic
cannot be had, and beside the street
being in miserable condition, the side
walks are rotted out and the whole
thoroughfare needed reconstructing.
The local Elks lodge has essayed
to assist the campaign for betterment
in the appearance of streets and res
idence lots and will conduct the cam
paign beginning at once.
Among those in whose hands ths
work is entrusted are Judge Coke.
E. K. Jones, A. S. Kohler, A. T. Haines.
Dorsey Kreitzer. Joe Williams, Charles
Hall. J. Albert Matson, Thomas a
Harvey, J. w. Hildebrand. W. U.
Douglas, H. J. McKeown. J. E. Mont
gomery, M. C. Maloney, George E
Dix. W. J. Conrad, A. E. Adelsperger.
A. L. Martin, J. T. Harrlgan and
E. P. Lewis. -
SWEDES LEAVE RUSSIA
Workmen Say It Is Impossible to
Live on 1000 Rubles a Day.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 7. One hun
dred and forty-eight Swedes, includ
ing 30 women and children, have ar
rived here "by steamship from Russia.
Workmen in the party were unani
mous in saying that it is impossible
to exist in soviet Russia. Despite
the extravagantly high wages paid
they said they were insufficient to
purchase necessary food and cloth
ing. The arrivals included a num
ber of Swedish Bolshevist metal work
ers who, some months ago, set out
for Russia amidst the cheers of their
friends. Some of their countrymen,
they said, had been detained in Rus
sia against their will.
The only food ration now dis
tributed, the men said is half a
pound of bread. 'Fish, horsemeat,
sugar, butter, tea and other food can
only be obtained they said, through
illegitimate trading at incredible
prices. A daily income of 1,000 rubles,
one returned worker declared, would
not be sufficient to avert hunger..
Most industries, have practically
ceased, it was said, the great Putilow
works having closed months ago
after vain attempts to keep it going.
Chancellor Oscar Lundberg, semi
official representative of Sweden,
said all foreign legations have been
raided and looted and looked like
"stables" after having been in posses
sion of bolshevist soldiers or sailors.
All of the members of the party said
they were ill as a result of the priva
tions they had experienced.
Germans Going to Russia.
BERLIN", Aug. 7. The first con
tingent of German emigrant work
men has sailed from Stettin to Reval
en route for the Koloma industrial
center, 75 miles from Moscow. Most
of the men are metal workers and
building trade operatives. During the
next few weeks, according to the
Tageblatt, several more batches of
1000 workers each will follow.
The German government after pro
tracted negotiations is now Issuing
emigration permits on a large scale.
The Tageblatt also says that a trade
union commission will shortly pro
ceed to Russia in order to satisfy it
self that the men are suitably em
ployed and housed.
LETTERS
written on the blackboard: H-a-b-i-t.
Drop the h and you have a-bit left.
scraicn on the a and you will have
a bit left. Wipe out the b and it still
remains." Finally, if you get rid of
the letter i it is not "t"-to-tally
gone.
The Apostle Paul, in his efforts to
master the evil, found himself a
slave to it. He cried out In agony of
soul, "O, wretched man that I am,
who shall deliver me out of the body
of this death?" What he himself
could not do in his own strength, he
declared that Jesus Christ could do
for him. He said: "I thank God
through Jesus Christ our Lord. It
was Jesus Christ who gave Paul the
victory.
I saw a man down at the beach
forming figures of sand. By and by
a great wave rolled up and washed
them all out. Let us remember that
our characters can be built on the
9olld granite of truth and righteous
ness, or they can be built upon the
sands of frivolous or evil thought and
action. No man has ever yet reached
his ideals, formed noble habits of life
and gained the mastery over him
self without the help of Jesus Christ
In our struggle to become Christ
like, the Holy Spirit has been given
as the power to enable us to realize
our ideals. Without him we must fail,
fail.
It is said that Herkimer, the
noted sculptor, brought his aged
father to live" with him at his London
studio. The old man used to spend
his time moulding clay, but his trem
bling hands had lost their cunning,
and at night when he would look at
the result of his day's work he would
be greatly discouraged because of its
imperfections. He would go to bed
sad that he had not done better. His
son, noticing how discouraged his
father was. would take that image,
after the old man had retired, and
with the wonderful genius that he
had would deftly mould the figure
into perfection. The next morning
when the old father looked at the fig
ure and saw its beauty, he smiled
and said, "Well, I did better than I
thought."
In our efforts to form habits and
mould a Christ-like character, let us
remember that we will fail, and mis
erably fail, unless we let Christ come
'n and with his divine genius make.,
what we ought to be.