TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 24, 1921
"Bvc&meph Macoueen.
Thf Hushnnd Tt, by Msry Carolyn
Pnvles. The Fenn Publishing Co., Fhlla
de.phla.
L'p to now, Mary Carolyn Davies
lias been known to the American
reading public as a, writer of charm
ing verse. This is her first large
ftcrv, and It is m pleasure to testify
that It is a bright, amusing: farce of
the delicious kind. Now and then it
may be overdrawn, but the very ab
surdity of the types presented always
keep the reader amused to the point
of laughter. The plot is a new, dar
ing one.
The whimsical, capricious, pretty
heroine. Miss Bettina Howard, whose
parents have died and left her penni
less, earns her living: in New York
by teaching school. She had prob
ably a little ready money saved up
in advance so she could afford to
be reckless for a while. She was
engaged to marry a perfectly proper,
prim and respectable young lawyer
r.amed William Clark. He thought
that it was heaven to be with Betty,
end the was in the position of a
spoiled girl who didn't know her
mind.
Mr. Clark Is horrified to hear from
Eetty that she is determined to attend
r. dance in Greenwich village, where
the understands long-haired poets,
artists and bobbed-hair girls live in
A "magic" atmosphere all their own.
"Art:" exclaims Betty. And her eyes
sparkled.
"To be with those who are the true
devotees of art, who give their lives
to her. Those who bring the play
pirlt Into art and life." Betty also
intimates that her William doesn't
know what life is and that he is a
mummy sort of person. They quarrel
and Betty impulsively returns her en.
gagement ring, intimating that the
engagement is broken.
Betty attends the dance, accompa
nied by a girl Triend and the latter's
husband. It was a confusing:, mas
querade dance and Betty was drebsed
as a Putch maid. She was seized by
a "sort of checkerboard youth done
Ic black and white"; and he said his
name was Temp and that he was
poet. He reads one of his poems to
her a poem commencing: "There are
no drowned men in her eyes."
Temp and Betty confess to each
other that they are affinities who
have found each other: and they and
f ethers at that masked ball dance next
morning until 9 o'clock. Her new
suitor flags a taxi to take her home
and says that he has no money. Betty
lays the taxi.
Betty phones to Mr Clark, apolo
gises and becomes re-engaged to him,
Betty determines to get married,
but she is a cautious- person. She
objects lo trial marriage as being too
radical. She determines to live-spiritually-near
each lover for one month.
She goes to live in the village to be
with Temp, the poet, and his im
possible crowd. The whirl of the life
cppeals to her for about two weeks,
tut suddenly Temp's creditors demand
that he pay his bills. Temp is in his
usual chronic state of being "broke."
Eetty, shrewd person, knows her hus
band that is to be cannot support her
without money and she goes home
r.nd tells patient William that the
next month is his. She is so glad
to get back to her William that she
agrees to an early marriage with him.
The wedding day draws. Just as
the bridesmaids are in waiting up
hashes Temp, the poet, penniless as
usual, but yet the impassioned lover.
What follows is a ludicrous surprise.
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Mary Carolyn Da vies, author of
The Hnabind Test," a novel
of courtship and matrimony.
The Guarded Heights, by Wadsworth
Camp. Doublrday, Page & Co.. Garden
(Jity. Sew York-
Such an excellent, sensible novel
as this has many of the sterling silver
attributes of merit that go to make
u one of the big American stories of
the year. Mr. Camp is to be con
gratulated on his achievement.
The hero is George Morton, who
lives to the proud position of being
the football star and fullback of his
last year at Princeton university.
Kew Jersey. Blue-blood aristocracy
and democracy are all sharply con
trasted in the hero's life. Social caste
among Americans is also illustrated
and it is to be feared our author has
dwelt on this condition too much in
bis story. He shows that many peo
ple looked down on and snubbed
George Morton because the latter had
been a stable boy. If a man's honest
vocation is a social crime, there is
met'hing wanting in our republic.
Surely. Mr. Camp has overestimated
the strength of the social snobbish
ness he writes about so ably.
George Morton is employed as
groom by Mr. Planter, multi-millionaire,
to rid horseback with the
daughter of the family, beautiful Miss
Sylvia Planter. George dares to love
her. Once Sylvia's horse throws her
and George, frantic, runs up to the
partially stunned girl and cries:
"Open your eyes. What's the matter
with you? Oh. Miss Sylvia. I can't
ever get along without you now." The
girl dimly hears him. She asks him
to repeat what he said and he re
fuses. In a rage, she strikes at his
face with her riding crop and says:
"You're an impertinent servant. You'll
be punished, you you stable boy."
"I'm going after you and I usually
get what I go after," retorts George.
He loses his position as groom and is
sent off in disgrace. His own father,
a former livery stable keeper, tells
George he is wrong. Lambert Planter,
the girl's brother, tries to thrash
George, but George thrashes him.
George leaves home with the con
viction that his chief business in life
is to marry the one girl he loves. Miss
Sylvia Planter. George has $500
saved up and he goes to Princeton
university. He is more than six feet
tall and weighs 185 pounds. He en
counters Squibs Bailly. tutor and
football enthusiast, and because he
sees football in George, Bailly takes
him in hand, but sorrowfully.
George meets a pretty girl. Miss
Betty Alston, and she might have
been his affinity but for the aforesaid
Sylvia. George is a star in education
and football at Princeton, but when
he meets Sylvia socially she snubs
him as a former stable boy and em
ploye of her father. It is a wonder
George goes on loving ber.
After working his way through col
lege and graduating, George goes into
Wall street. New York, and makes
money in stocks. In the world war he
goes as captain with the American
army to France and in battle is
wounded in one leg and is sent home
out of the war for good.
Still prou-d, haughty Sylvia who
by this time is engaged to a suitor of
blue blood continues to treat George
with disdain. Geo.ge is a young man
of wonderful patience.
his vocation his trade, he says, is
that of a farmer. On his farm in
the southeastern corner of Ontario
grow such diverse products as west
ern wheat, cattle, Alabama sugarcane.
"Havana" tobacco, and priie-winning
fruit, not to speak of several younger
Stringers. He was educated In his
natal city of Cnatham. and at London
Collegiate institute, Wycliffe college
and Toronto university. He also
studied at Oxford. Part of every
year Mr. Stringer spends in New
York. There, wandering in the haunts
made familiar to him when he was
doing newspaper work in the metrop
olis, he gathered the material and
the impressions which he put into
"The Wine of Life."
In "The Wine of Life" Mr. Stringer
is a radical. The principal male de
picted in the novel is a Canadian
young man named Owen Storrow. He
is weak, emotional and constantly
has love "affairs' with different
young women. He also shines as an
amateur boxer, and figures in fights.
Of course, he wins these fights. He
hears a girl insulted in his cheap
hotel where, as an artist, he studies
"color." He beats her assailant ana
becomes the girl's cave man. He has
a love "affair with this girl, wno
is an actress and formerly a pro
fessional dancer. He leaves her abruptly.
In search of a model nuae
Storrow again meets the girl, for
whom he ought, and learns her name
is Torrie Throssel. who lives in the
studio of an artist named Alan V ib
bard, while Vibbard is in Europe for
the summer.
Storrow wnose name ought to
have been Sorrow has an alliance
with Torrie, and blossoms out sud
denly as a successful novelist. He
marries Torrie. and their married me
is at first deliriously happy, and then
unhapyy. Storrow had a love affair
with his own cousin.
Mrs. Storrow secures a divorce
from her husband when she finds
he is tired of her, and she marries
rich theatrical magnate. Storrow
becomes drunken.
nivnrne is frowned on in Canada,
but Mr. Stringer finds a way out for
his Canadian leading man in this
comedy of matrimonial errors. Stor
row inherits a farm in (janaaa. anu
elects to live there.
social calls. " butterfly existences.
beaux, babies, rich and poor folk
are sharply contrasted.
Cecily is one of the principal girls
in the novel and she dismisses the
convent idea and gets married and
has babies. Cecily, as Mrs. Allenby,
wife of a man who is not rich, quar
rels with and leaves her husband.
Both husband and wife are miserable
and restless.
The conclusion of the matter is a
skillful portrayal of one phase of
modern family life in America,
The Custard Can. br Florence Bingham
Livingston. George A. Doran Co., New
York city.
There is an imprisoned little world
of laughter in the 207 pages of this
wholesome, delicious American novel
of home life. The spell of California
is over all the intimate pictures of
care-free, happy family folk.
In Mrs. Penfield, the heroine, our
author has created a type of Mrs.
Wiggs of cabbage-patch memories.
All injured and lost children instinct
ively turn to their protector, Mrs.
Penfield, and she lovingly cares for
them. Her borne is a small flat in a
cluster belonging to Cluster court, a
name that had been unanimously
changed by the tenants to Custard
cup. The bumble folk of Cluster
court, otherwise Custard cup, are
worth acquaintance.
The fnlTersity In Overall, by Alfred Pitz-
patrlrK. Illustrated. The Hunter-Rose
Co., Toronto, Canada.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, who hails from
Toronto. Canada, writes a helpful.
thoughtful message with regard to
the extension by Canadian univer
sities of cultural educational ad
vantages to the men in far-off. iso
lated lumber camps. Night schools,
with especially the correct teaching
of English and hygiene, are advo
cated in camps. It is shown that the
loneliness and wasted leisure time in
Canadian lumber camps is worth the
attention of all trained educators.
Much of the kindly advice given in
these 150 pages applies with equal
force to conditions in lumber camps
in this country.
First Aid to the Car. by Harold Whltin
Slauson. Harper & Brothers, New York
city.
When, far from a motor car re
pair shop, and when the car suddenly
refuses to go what is the answer
It would: be well if the reader is not
an auto mechanic, to have such
wise friend as this little book is,
close hy. It is a guide to road-siere
repairs and improvised replacements.
It is not too technical for the average
car owner. The pages are 225.
NEW BOOKS KECEITED.
Noise of the World, iy Adrians Spadoni.
a splendidly written novel of American
family life from a new author who pre
sents this, her first novel: and The Narrow
House, by Evelyn Scott, an analytical,
scorching, able novel, depicting pure love
and famrty lite (Bonl & Llverlgnt. jn. r.l
Show Down, by Julia Houston iiauey. a
red-letter. aDlendid American novel, depict
ing a southern gtrl-herolne wno itgnis civic
and political corruption, ana wins iruv
nam' N V V
Resurrection Life, poems by Michael
Stranre. with drawings by John Barry
more new poems of moment and literary
Importance; ana, me tnestermarno in-
..,.( hv .1 s. Fletcher, an interesting
mystery story of rural England (Alfred
Kopr, n. t.j.
Shadows, by Alma Newton. 15 charm.
ins-lv written essay-stories of the lnter-
nitinmi tvn. stories that resemble stlhou
it.,? and The ouaraea noom. py v. i
Whitham. an old-fashioned story from
England on "keeping up family honor and
appearances" (John Lane Co.. N. Y.).
Th Oriein and Development oi . mo
Nervous System from a pnysioiogica
viewpoint, by Charles Manning Child, pro
fessor of zoology. University of Chicago,
a valuable book, and interesting and' clear
ly expressed tor non-meaicai reaacro iuu.
u.r.!iir nf efetrns-n Press. Chicago).
th r.M Went Bova. by William S.
Hart, a rousing story of the old west for
bova, showing how Injun and Whitey
strike out for themselves (Houghton-Mili-lin.
Boston).
Wnrlrt without End. br Grant uvenon
riflirhtful. old-Iasnionea novea wi uin
Long Island coast, in the east (Doubleaay,
Page Co.. Garden city, n. i )
The First Year of the League of Kt
tlona, by George Grafton Wilson, professor
of international law. Harvard university,
an impartial and valuable survey of the
c-.D . vnrimnt ILittle-Brown. Boston)
American Footprints in Paris, compiled
by Francois Bucher. and translated by
rr.nrri Wilson Huard. a friendly and
i-DhiBhl s-uldebonk of historical data per
tainlng to Americans In Paris, from early
days to the present (Doran, i. x.j.
Th Intriguers, by William Le QUeUX,
charming romance of the old world
iMai-aulev Co.. N. Y).
True Tales of the Weird, by Sydney
nikinson. 212 cages, extraordinary and
vivid tales of the supernatural (Duffield
& Co., N. Y ).
THE LITERARY PERISCOPE
The Wine of Life, by Arthur Stringer. Al
fred A. Knopf. New York city.
At first sight and especially after
reading the first two chapters, the
observer gets the Impression that
this is going to be a great novel of
uplift, in depicting New York's art
colony and New York's wild Bohemia.
But not so. "The Wine ofLife" is a
utrong sex study of dissipated life in
that city, and also an eye-opener as
to those who marry in haste and
then change partners. It mirrors
human beauty of form, and shows
(killed knowledge of anatomy.
Up to now Mr. Stringer has been
a safe conservative in the literary
world. He is by his own description,
"a Canadian poet who puts in his
time writing fiction for American
magazines." Really, writing is only
Wind Along the Waste, by Gladys B. John
son. The century (o., ,mw iorn mj.
The Oregonlan of April 17 contained
a portrait of this talented young nov
elist. "Wind Along the Waste" is a Cali
fornia mystery novel, attractively
written, and with a secret in it that
is not revealed until the wondering
reader comes to page 216. The novel
contains 278 pages. It is a work of
art, and has such a powerful appeal
that it fairly grips one's imagination.
The story Is told by one Miss Ann
Belmont, who, after graduating from
a California college, finds that she
must look out for a position to earn
her living. She applies to an employ
ment bureau, and is engaged by Miss
Eliza Haldayne to be governess to
two little children, Joan and Harry
Statler. children of Miss Haldayne's
dead sister. Miss Eliza is a grim,
middle-aged woman of determined
aspect, and in an old-fashioned auto
she drives Ann to her home, a lonely
house on the California coast line.
amid wild sand dunes.
Ann. on retiring for the night in
her new home, finds that her door Is
locked from the outside, and she
hears strange 'noises like muffled
ones but she goes to sleep. The
household consists of Miss Eliza and
her sister Drusilla. the two Statler
children and a Chinese cook named
Hoang. Ann has a suspicion that
Hoang looks on her as an enemy.
The Statler children are pale, and
Ann finds out that Miss Eliza refuses
to allow them to play outside in the
sand dunes. Ann says the children
will become sick through lack of ex
ercise, and ultimately the little ones
are allowed to go out, while Miss
Eliza, in strange nervousness, watch
es the dunes for the appearance. of
"some one" who may work harm.
Once at night Ann hears a blood
chilling cry like "Ai-ee." Next morn
ing, when she tells Miss Eliza about
it, ber employer looks sour and says:
"Nonsense. It never happened. Prob
ably you had nightmare."
A nephew of the Misses Haldayne,
George R. Haldayne, arrives in a
conveyance to makt his home with
them. He had been a soldier In
France, and a fall from his aeroplane
had apparently paralyzed him for life.
He wears dark glasses.
In an effort to solve the house mys
tery, and to get into a room which
Miss Eliza keeps locked, Ann prowls
about the house at night and some
thing shadowy passes her.
Miss Eliza, in fright, confides to
Ann that, strange notes of warning
come to her. reading "There's always
a day of reckoning when they come."
George Haldayne and Ann fall In
love.
A Chinese jink arrives at the
ocean's edge with a crew of tattered,
wild Chinamen, and the latter lay
siege to the Haldayne house.
The mystery is nothing dreadful af
ter all. It Is cleverly planned. But
It would not be fair to reveal any
more.
Half Loaves, by Margaret Culkin Banning.
Geo. H. Doran Co., New York city.
Should a girl marry or not? Is the
vocation and calling of a nun in the
quiet life of a convent and in train
ing young livc3 more to be preferred
than marriage and a busy life in the
noisy world?
These are principal questions asked
and settled in this sterling American
novel. It Is an exquisite, finely fash
ioned picture of life.
The story opens in a convent, with
its gentleness and quiet, and then
marches into the world of perplexi
ties, work and love. Bridge playing, "one pi the best interpretations of.
" BY ETHEL R. SAWYER,
Director of Training Class. Library Asso
ciation of Portland.
-HRISTOPHER MORLEY presents
I , us with the ionowmg concise
"Who's Who" account of himself:
Born, Haverford, Pa., early '90s.
Father, professor of mathematics and
a poet; mother, musician, poet ana
fine cook. I was handicapped by in
tellectual society and good nourish
ment. I am and always have been
too well fed. Great literature pro
ceeds from an empty stomach. My
proudest achievement is having been
asked by ar college president to give
a course in Chaucer.
"When I graduated from Haverford
n 1910, a benevolent posseof college
presidents In Maryland sent me to
New College. Oxford, as a Rhodes
scholar. At Oxford I learned to drink
shandygaff. When I came home
from England in 1913 I started work
for Doubleday, Page & Co., at Garden
City. I learned to read Conrad -and
started my favorite hobby, which Is
getting letters from William McFee.
By the way, my favorite amusement
is hanging around Leary s second
hand bookstore in Philadelphia. My
dearest dream is to own some kind
of a boat, write one good novel and
about 30 plays which would each run
a year on Broadway. I have written
book reviews, editorials, dramatic
notices, worked as a reporter, a
librarian, in a bookstore, and have
given lectures. Once I was an editor
on the Ladies' Home Journal." He
is now conductor of "Bowling Green,"
the column of the New York Evening
Post, and author of several "chuckly"
books.
The long suppressed letters between
Bismarck and the late kaiser are
among the spring's literary sensa
tions. Up to this time these most
important papers have been kept
from the public in accordance -with
a.n agreement with the Bismarck
heirs that no portion of the-corres
pondence should be published until
after the kaiser's death. Political
death seems to be considered a suffi
cient release from this agreement
however, so we are to have the vol
ume by special arrangement with
Cotta, the German publisher.
In the list of poems selected by the
Bookman from the January perlodi
cals Is one by a Portland poet. Hazel
Hall's "To a Door" was printed in
"contemporary verse." I wonder if
we all realize what a national hearing
this new writer is getting. One
magazine after another of real art
ambitions has published her verse and
we are looking for a volume of col
lected verse soon. The selected poem
follows
Door, you stand In your darkened
frame
Mindful of your wooden might,
Flaunting relentlessly your claim
As guardian of eound and light.
Yet for all your vigil, Door,
Shadows that slip on panting feet
Over your threshold tinge the floor
With what was sunlight on the
street.
And sounds fluttering in to di
(Door, you thought I should not
know!)
Were started by an echo's cry
That was a voice not long ago,
Another former Portland girl, Mary
Carolyn Davies, is the author of one
of the other poems chosen. "The Uses
of Things." published in the "Touch
stone." Two from Portland out of
a total of eight makes a good show
ing. What do you say to moving the
literary center of America up here?
w m m
Now here's a place to save money
on that camping trip you are plan
ning. Enos Mills says that of all the
useless luggage to pack along, a
compass is .the most superlatively
useless. It's always out of order
when you are most relying on it any
way. In his "Waiting in the Wilder
ness" he gives prospective hikers in
formation as to reading nature's out
door compass. For Instance.
"In deserts most vegetation is on
steep, northerly slopes . and north
lacing canyon walls.
"In arid territory, most grass Is on
northerly slopes.
"More moss and lichen are .on
northerly sides of trees, cliffs and
boulders that are found in the open.
in tanaoa and northern states.
rocks are marked with north and
south scratches from southerly gla
cier flows. If these vary from north
and south, the local point will be
uniform.
"At timber line In most mountains
many of the trees are flag-like, 'all
limbs streaming leeward." A machine-made
instrument is good only
as long as It is good, anyway, while
the trained observation functions
steadily.
Sir Philip Gibbs says that "The
Groping Giant" by W. A. Brown is
the meaning and spirit of the Russian
conditions which I have read. It is
admirably written." Now if you
think Sir Philip knows this is a
strong recommendation.
In Ireland as in the United States
of America and every other country
or division thereof, one of the reasons
why we do not seem to get any fur
ther forward with our momentous
questions is that the leaders in con
structive movements cannot agree to
sink their minor differences and
combine . on the main issue not
nearly so successfully as the men
with Jobs to "put over" on the people
will yield a personal theory for the
sake of unified power. Padraic Colum
says the Irish leaders all distrust
each other. But there is one person
whom every one unites to trust and
that is A. E. (George Russell). Mr.
Russell has for years been fathering
the co-operative movement, at the
same time that he has been writing
mystical poetry and calm and lucid
essays on various Irish matters
What do you say if we read him and
get a trusted man's viewpoint?
In Brooklyn, N. Y., they hav
organized a new'-club. It is called
the Rabaw club. No. it is not
mystical nor even a secret society
as its name might lead you to sup
pose. This name is formed-from the
initials of the slogan, "Read a Book
a Week." The editor of the club
bulletin says: "It has Its emblems
and its pass words, both of which
receive instantaneous recognition
everywhere throughout the globe. It
assures safety and fellowship, un
locks every door and untangles every
knot. lt brightens homes and kindles
the energy of churches and schools.
Industry could bo reborn by its
means, while commerce would within
a year make the progress of an ordi
nary century." The pass word is "I
knbw." "If there is anything to come
out of the heads of men, something
first must go in. 'It is hard,' said
Benjamin Franklin, 'for an empty ba
to stand upright'."
The O. Henry memorial award
prizes for the two best stories by
American authors published In Amer
ican magazines during 1920 have been
announced by the Society, of Arts and
Sciences of New York- First prize
ot zsuu in gold was awarded to Max
wen struthers Burt for the story.
r.acn in his own Generation
printed in Scribners' magazine. Mrs,
Francis Newbold Noyes Hart received
as second prize a certified check for
J50 for Contact," her story in the
jjecemoer Pictorial Review. Roman
tlcally enough, this was Mrs. Hart's
first published story and the news
of her prize winning reached her on
her wedding day. These stories, to
gether with 13 others,, will be Dub
llshed In the second volume of the
u. Henry memorial prize stories.
Margot Asqulth's "autobloirranhv'
has passed into the last great stage
or lame and nas Become the- subject
of parody. Barry Pain, English
short story writer, has produced
"Marge Askinforit," a burlesque not
only of the Asquith book but of life
ana literature in general today.
unman nature srlts blamed f'r a
heap of things that ought to be laid
at tne door of human cussedness,
says Scattergood Balnea. This book.
yuimsnea unaer its hero s name,
written by Clarence Budineton Kel-
land, is advertised as a second David
Harum. If it's all as good as the
above quotation we shall enjoy add
ing another shrewd, genial old char
acter to our literary acquaintances.
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIANITY TAKEN UP
BY PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Dr. Joshua Stansfield Says That Many People Desire Only the Sensational in Religion, as in Theaters Sound
Doctrine Declared Mystical and Dynamic, Not Thrilling Enough to Please Seekers for Wonders.
w
ration for week-end
Negotiations," by
by Dorothy
A balanced
reading:
The Peace
Robert Lansing.
'The Brimming Cud.'
Canfield.
'A Last Diary." bv W. V. P. Kir,
bellion. MARY L. BECKER.
"Literary Rev.'
ALBANY BUILDING ACTIVE
Business Block and School Struc
ture to Be Constructed.
ALBANY, Or., April 20. (Special.)
Considerable building is under way
In Albany now and from present in
dications there will be more building
in the residence districts of the city
than for several years. It has been
practically impossible to rent houses
here for the past two years and the
present building may relieve this sit
uation to a considerable extent.
A number of new business struc
tures, particularly large garages.
were built here in the past two years,
but only a very few residences have
been erected during that time. Sev
eral dwellings are now in process of
construction and more are planned.
At least one new business block will
be erected here this summer and a
new public tchool buildinz will also
be built.
BY DR. JOSHUA STANSFIELD. .
Pastor First Methodist Church.
E are to think together this
morning on "Christian Funda
mentals." The text you will
find In Paul's second letter to Timo
thy, chapter 4 and verse 3: "They will
not endure sound doctrine." The whole
verse reads like this: "The time will
come when they will not endure sound
doctrine, but after their own lusts
they shall heap upon themselves
teachers having itching ears." "They
will not endure sound doctrine."
We have two extremes of Christian
people, one that believes that true
Christian doctrine is the one thing
that should be preached constantly
and incessantly and another group
who have the feeling that it matters
little about so-called Christian doc
trine if there is" a clear presentation
of Christian ideals and an enforce
ment of Christian ethics.
Those two classes of people are
with us in almost all the great com
munions and denominations ot the
church. We may well ask then at the
outset, what 1b the Importance or aoc
trine, sound doctrine? What is its pur
pose? What is It3 worth? Is it not
to instruct the mind, to grip the con
science, to enlighten the moral sense
and to quicken the will? If there be
no such purpose as that, what differ
ence does it make whether a person
believes in the God of Mahomet or
the God of Jesus Christ? There is doc
trine in both.
Belief Held Important.
When people say, as they some
times do, "it does not matter much
what a person believes so long as he
lives right," they have not thought
much and are saying very shallow
and small thinlgs. It matters tremen
dously what a person believes, for
what one believes will tell upon nis
whole conduct and character more
than any other one fact in his life.
If we should ask what are the fun
damental doctrines of the Christian
religion? and you had slips of paper
and should write them down, I won
der what we should get out of even
this one congregation. I venture to
say we should get a score of differ
ences at least in the answers. Some
would stress the lurid and startling
descriptions of heaven and judgment
and heil and eternal destiny as found
n paraoie and epistles ana iew -.tes
tament hints. Others would stress
the doctrine of the nature and char
acter of Jesus Christ, that he was the
divine one, very God of very God, and
would lay great stress also as to how
he divine one could come into human
ife. There would be something
about the virgin birth and immacu-
ate conception, and I know not what
all.
Sermon on Blount Essential.
Some others would say, "Well, the
great thing In Christian doctrine Is
what Jesus Christ himself taught, in
his parables and stories, and particu
larly in his sermon on the hillside,
which they believe is really the es-
ence of Christian doctrine; and If
that is taught and nothing else it
will be enough, they think.
Another would say: "No, no. no,
there is nothing there about the Holy
Trinity and the great atonement ex-
ept perhaps by inference, and there
is nothing about the function and
work of the Holy Spirit," etc., etc., and
so we probably should find a score of
different things stressed as funda
mental Christian doctrines.
I read some time ago a rather re
markable address upon "The Failure
of the Church to Meet the World Con
ditions Today," by Canon Alexander
of St. Paul's. London, this statement:
"The primary facts on which the
church is built are God, Jesus Christ,
the grace of the Holy Spirit, the gift
of immortality.
Fonadmentals Are Stressed,
I compared this with statements
made in this church two and a half
years ago and was struck not alone
with the similarity of statement, be
cause these were the four doctrinal
points stressed, but also with the slm
llarlty of the language, and I say to
you with increased emphasis now
what I have said again and again
within the past three years, the fun
damental Christian doctrines of Chris
tian faith are very few, very simple
and very vital and comprehensive.
These four as stated by Canon Alex
ander are all essential and fundamen
tal doctrines of the Christian faith.
And whatever there is other than
these, and there is much that is fas
cinating, but there Is nothing funda
mentally essential. That is, not es
sential to salvation or Christian char
acter. What shall be the form of the
final judgment or your views of hea
ven, the second coming, the future
life or even the hour of Christ's birth
or the "how" of the Godhead the
Trinity.
Views Are Different!
Heaven knows it is not possible
for us all to have one view as to the
great doctrine of the trinity, but
views will neither save nor curse you.
The law of the Godhead is not neces
sary to salvation and godliness.
What, then, is sound Christian doc
trine It is the doctrine of God.
Jesus Christ, of the grace of the holy
spirit, and of immortality. Take
those four, very briefly:
The doctrine of God. Now Is it fun
damental that we have the right doc
trine of God. That he is the creator
of the world? Yes. That he is all
wise and all powerful? Tes. That
he upholdeth all things by the word
of his power? Yes. That he created
the world and sustains the world?
That he is the great provider? Yes.
That he is a judge of all? Yes. That
he is the great king over all. Yes.
And ia that all? Is that all? A deist
might believe that and be as devoid
of Christian character and conscious
ness as most of the deists were.
God Held Father.
A Mohammedan might believe that,
and does believe it tremendously.
The ancient Jew believed that and
believed it deeply. What Is it that
left out, that I have not mentioned
about God? It Is the biggest thing
of all. Jesus Christ, who revealed
God. revealed him not as creator, or
ruler, or king, or omnipotent one, or
the infinitely wise, though God is all
these but Jesus Christ revealed God
as our fatner. Ana tnat was the
great thing he did reveal. He did
not dwell on the others. They are
all true, but Jesus never talked about
them much. What Jesus brought to
the world was that God, who is the
creator, omnipotent one, and infinite
ly wise and good, and great, and the
lord and judge of all God is our
father, and that human life, human
ity, mankind is akin to God. Man is
more than a subject of God's king
dom, of a creature of God's world.
Man Is God's child. God is his father,
and all that a father ought to be,
and can be; God is that at its highest
and best. It was because God was
our father that he sent his son into
the world to seek and to save his
lost children. God did not send Christ
into the world to seek and to save
creatures, but to save bis lost chil
dren. Men More Than Creaiurea.
And when Jesus finds them, and
they find themselves, they know they
are more than creatures, or subjects,
they know that they are the children
of God, and called to live as such.
A man without. this knowledge of
a subject of God's government and
kingdom. AH men are. But when
they know through the teaching of
Jesus Christ, and by Christ himself,
that God Is their father, there is a
new consciousness, and they become
what the scriptures call new crea
tures in Christ Jesus." They do not
get new hands, or new eyes, or new
lungs, or any other new parts, they
get a new consciousness and there
fore a new character; "they become
new creatures In Christ Jesus."
Now it is possible for a man to be
a first-rate scholar and not know
that. It is possible for a man to be
a brilliant scientist and not know
that. It is possible for one to be a
great financier or a great success in
the world and not know that. But
I tell you It is the hisrhest and finest
and best bit of knowledge there is.
And when we coma into that knowl
edge through Jesus Christ, then there
is a new life, a new consciousness,
a new character, a new conduct, a
new personality. Of course there is.
Christ Second Doctrine.
The second great fundamental
Christian doctrine Is Jesus Christ.
Get the words, not Jesus, Jesus
Christ. Who was Jesus? He was
born In Judea 2000 years ago. lived
for 33 years, was misunderstood, and
maligned, and cursed, and orucifled,
and did not stay dead. He rose again.
"vea in juaea for six weeks, was
seen and talked to by many, many
people, and then went to his own
Place in heaven. That was Jesus.
wno was Jesus Christ? Who i
Christ? The sent of God, the anoint
ed one, the divine spirit. God incar
nate. it is not Jesus that saves, it
is Jesus Christ. It Is not Jesus who
lived that splendid life in Judea, it
was Jeeus Christ. It was not Jesu
who died upon the cross, it was Jesus
Christ. It was not Jesus who rose
rrom the dead, it was Jesus Christ,
It was not Jesus who ascended to
neaven, it was Jesus Christ.
DIVine Spirit Fill.
Listen to this finest Near Testament
summary of the life of "Jesus of Naz
areth, anointed of God. who wen
about doing good." If Jesus had no
been the Christ, that is, If he had
not been full of the divine spirit, his
life would not have been what it was
He would rtot have lived as he did
He would not have taught as he did
He would not have died arf he did
He would not have been raised from
the dead as he was. He would not
have gone to heaven as he did. He
would not have been our savior as
he is. So when Jews and rationalists
and deists, and some Unitarians, and
some other folks try to measure the
life of Jesus Christ In the terms of
Jesus of Nazareth, or the Galilean,
tney are missing the mark. The big
ness of Jesus Christ is not Jesus, it
is Christ.
I wish that might be clearly under
stood and accepted. Never have 1
seen it just so stated that I know
of. but it is the truth upon this
matter. The divine in our Lord is
not Jesus, but Jesus Christ. So, too
the great thing in a Christian man
is not James John, no; it Is Christ
In James John that makes him
Christian.
Spirit Held Essential.
And there is neither knowledge
nor science, nor brain power, nor
will power, nor anything else that
can make a Christian. There is not
anybody fine enough naturally and
some of you are rather fine folks
you admit It but, there Is not any
body in this house who is naturally
fine enough and good enough natively
to be 'Christian.' Henry James in his
greatest work on psychology men
tions tne fact or some persons so
well born the first time that they
need not be born a second time
They are Indeed a good deal better
in some respects than many chrlst
lans. but there is not anything In
God's world 'can make a christian
except the spirit of Christ. And there
is not anything in God's universe that
could make Jesus Lord except the
Christ.
Now that means, then, that Jesus
Christ was filled with the God sDirit.
He .was the Chrilt, the anointed one.
and he lived just euch a life as a
human would if he were filled with
the spirit of God. Further, he told
his followers that that spirit could
come to them, that God would send
It to them, and that they also could
have that kind of a life If they would.
Christ Held Power.
And they believed it, and they
looked for It, and waited for It. and
they received it, and they became
Christians. They were Jews, some of
them fairly well educated, some not,
but they became Christians because
the Spirit of the Divine Christ came
into their life, and "Except a man be
in Christ Jesus he is none of his."
He may be a lot of other things that
are ood. but except he be in Christ
Jesus he is none of his. He is not
Christian.
Now many people do not believe It.
Many good people do not-believe it.
I fear some of you. my good friends,
do not believe it. "It is to the Jews
a stumbling block and to the Greeks
foolishness, but to them who believe.
Jesus Christ the power of God and
wisdom of God."
That brings us to the third great
Christian doctrine, the grace of the
Holy Spirit. If we should start out
in some formal discussion as to who
the Holy Spirit was and what the
Holy Spirit was, it might get foggier
and more foggy the longer we talked.
But if I should ask this congregation,
"Do you believe In the Holy Spirit of
God?" there would be one answer.
There is not a man or woman in this
house but who has proven the Holy
Spirit of God in your life again and
again.
Holy Spirit Declared Near.
Go4. the Holy Spirit, in you, I
nearer than breathing, closer tha
hands or feet. Who is It who bring
the hurt Into your soul after yo
have done the wrong thing? Who I
it that condemns you in your ow
soul when those outside have neve
said a word There .leed be no argu
ment about the Holy Spirit of God
We know it as a fact, but cur great
fault is this, that we resist the Hoi
Spirit, we refuse, we defy, we oppose
we are not led by the Holy bpiri
That is our fault, that Is our sin. Th
great sin against the Holy Ghost i
not some specific act, it Is rather a
attitude of soul and of life agalnsi
the Holy Spirit in man. For
measure of the Spiirt is given to every
man that he may profit withal, an
no man goes down to darkness ex
cept by denying and risisting and op
posing the Holy Spirit in his own life.
The grace ot tho Holy spurt mane
us gracious, makes us children of th
light; makes us to walk In the good
way and calls us to the gentlest, high
est. noblest and best. This all Is th
grace of the Holy Spirit within us.
We speak of and we pray for th
grace of God and we talk about walk
Ing in grace. What does it mean? It
means that we be obedient to th
light that Is in our own soul, the
prompting of the Holy Spirit In ou
own heart, and no man goes wrong
until he has first done violence to
the innermost of his own life. God
our Father God In Jesus Christ God
In the Holy Spirit. That is the triune
God the Trinity of Godi in Christian
experience.
Doctrine May Be Proved.
And so the great doctrine of the
triune God is this: God over us God
with us God In us. And there Is no
a bit of that holy doctrine but wha
mav be proved in the life of any be
lieving man or woman. I cannot
prove It In argument to anybody elpe
and yet there Is not anybody but what
may prove it in personal Christian
experience.
These, then, are the great Christian
doctrines God. Jesus Christ, the grace
of the Holy Spirit and immortality.
Mv dear people, if a man or woman
ever becomes personally conscious of
this kind of life, there is never any
argument about immortality. Beecher
said very truly: "immortality is
consciousness." No need to argue
ith me as to immortality and
whether I shall have immortality. I
know I shall have immortality. I am
made for it. 1 am conscious of it and
I shall have it forever. Immortality
Is a consciousness. These, then, are
the great fundamental Christian-doc
trines.
Now see how these work In what
we may call the reaction in emics,
or along ethical and moral lines. If
a man really believes that God is his
father and he Is Ood s child, what
kind of life do you think he will live?
I say to you that no normal human
being can live In that kind of con
sciousness without trying to be good
and worthy, and decent and upright
and Godly. The trouble is there are
11 too many In our Christian churches
in Christian countries who do not
believe that at all.
Doctrine Declared Greatest.
It is the greatest doctrine there Is,
God in Jesus Christ and Christ In
you. If you believe that God has
really come in the flesh, what kind or
life do you think a human me ougnt
to be? In Christianity human life Is
standardized by Jesus Christ. Many
people talk about human nature; what
t is and what it is not. xne Bianaaru
zation nf human life is In Jesus
Christ. That Is the kind of life that
we are asked to believe in and believe
upon and believe unto and believe into.
Then, as the book says. "What man
ner of man ought we to be?" Can we
magfne a person who really believes
hat taking his hoay and aaDDiin;?
n slime? I tell you nay. And no man
goes down to filthy living until he
denies that Christ has come In the
lesh." And there the grace of the holy
pirit. If a person believes that great
doctrine, what kind of life do you
hink it will call for, and what man
ner of man do you think he will be?
The grace of God in the holy spirit
s to make men and women gracious.
kind, gentle, loving.
Fruit of Spirit Discussed.
The fruit of the spirit is love, Joy.
eace, long sunering, gentleness.
goodness, faith, meekness, temper-
nee, and If these tnmps no in you
and abound, they make you that )'
are neither barren nor unfruitful in
the grace ot our Lord Jesua Christ.
And in such a life and with such a
father, immortality is an assurance.
We have no more question about hea
ven and eternal happiness through the
grace of God In Jesus Christ. It is a
consciousness. Heaven Is my father's
house my native place. Heaven Is
where my dearest and best have gone,
and where the good arc always going,
and I, too, am going to heaven. Not
because I have always been good. I
have not. Not because I em good
enough. I am not. I am going to
heaven because I believe and am con
scious of immortality through Jesus
Christ, "the gift of God ""eternal
life."
But now you may say I have not
said a word about the doctrine of
probation, present or future, or of
eternal punishment, the second com
ing, or the final Judgment, or the Im
maculate conception, or 27 other
things one could mention. Well, you
are not any. worse for It. I say to say,
"there are many who will not endure
sound doctrine: they have itching ears.
ou know how jt Is In the theater
world and the realm of fiction. There
Is the Itching ear. and the itching eye
for something more and more fasci
nating and startling and thrilling.
There must be more and nioro thrllla.
"Itching: Ear" Reproached.
And that is the way It is with many
persona in religion. There are some
who have itching ears. They won t
endure sound, sensible, fundamental
Christian doctrine, It is too mystical
and morally dynamic "They have
Itching ears" and they want to hear
about the glory of the Lord in th
clouds and the Christ coming on the
white .horse and with great sword
and the raising up of the dead. Thev
want to hear it all, it Is so wonderful
and stirring. The Itching cars In
Christian doctrine have alwava been
for the spectacular and the grand and
the terrible and the marvelous and the
startling. "They will not endure
sound doctrine, (hey have Itching
ears.' and they want all the thrills.
... ,,rant to "y to yu 'he biggest
thrill there Is in the Christian reli
gion is the Christian consciousness of
God our Father, Christ our Savior
and Brother, the Holy Spirit our In
dweller and guide and heaven as our
home. And when you get a character
hunt on that kind of sound doctrine
you get one that Is steady and mov
Ing on in the right direction. He Is
growing in grace and In the knowl-
.!.' v0ur Ltr1 na Savior Jetus
Christ, but he is not carried away
with every wind and puff of new doc
trine or thrill.
I pray God that we may have sound
doctrine in our own experience and
life and we shall thus have tho mott
stalwart Christian characters.
Love Declared Reason Why
Boy Pulls Girl's Hair.
Caveman Instinct .l. to Have
Been Shown In Kindergarten.
PHILADELPHIA. April 23 When a
schoolboy pulls tho hair of a girl
silting in front of him It Is a caveman
sign that he loves the young woman.
This Is the conclusion of the psy
chologist of the Philadelphia public
schools. Miss Gladys O. lde, director
of special education.
".Manifestations of early love are
found in the kindergarten and are
common enough through school life,"
said Miss lde.
'The scuffling and wrestling, the
twitching of hair braids, placing pins
in advantageous positions and many
of tho other smaller annoyances
which cause friction between teacher
and pupil are direct evidences of fa
vor from one person to another.
"The ways of a young man of 1 3
with a maid are many and varied,
from the placing of himself In peril
ous positione In emulation of deed
of valor to the writing of notes and
the drawing of pictures"
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