THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JTJXE 26, 1021
BAPTIST CONVENTION WILL DEBATE ON BUDGET OF $20,000,000
Dr. John Y. Aitchison Tells Delegates Less Would Be Unworthy, in View of Needs of Organization. People Declared UnwUling to Accept Lower Standard.
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DES MOINES. Ia.. June 25. Tha
organization and workings of
great denomination, with 10,66$
churches throughout tha country, and
approximately 1,500,000 members,
were well shown here yesterday. In
the second annual report of the gen
eral board of promotion of the north
ern Baptist convention, which was
presented by Dr. John Y. Aitchison,
general director of the board.
"One of the most perplexing periods
in the history of Christian missions,"
Dr. Aitchison characterized the fiscal
year just past, Ceclaring that the
scarcity of money, the "t. emendous
reaction from the splendid Idealism,
which carried us through the war,"
and the "relapse to the former spirit
of Individualism and selfish interests
in national and international affairs"
has not failed to vaffect Christian
work.
Church Aitweri Call. .
Nothing but the splendid responses
from northern Baptist churches In
their new world movement during the
year had saved the denomination from
having to curtail its work seriously,
it stated, "at a time when the world
most needed the rainisteriea of ali
Christian agencies."
During the year, the general board
f promotion has united the. promo
tional programmes of seven national,
24 state, and ten city organizations,
Dr. Aitchison said.
nta chief task," he explained, "is
to present to our constituency a uni
fied vision of the world-wide respon
sibilities, which we as a denomination
face, to tho end that the various in
stitutions and enterprises created by
the denomination for the administra
tion of its missionary, philanthropic
and educational work, may be fully
comprehended, and that .adequate
funds may be obtained to enable
those organizations to do their work."
Result Are Accomplished.
Under the co-ordination of the gen
eral board of promotion the northern
Baptists have accomplished striking
results during the year. Dr. Aitchison
stated. The denomination was first
of any of the great denominations to
ipay off its tnterchurch guarantee of
2,600,000. Among tha important
features of the year was the holding
of 170 missionary conferences in
various parts of the country, under
the leadership of the department of
conferences and conventions of which
Dr. Hugh A. Heath of Boston is ex
ecutive secretary.
The total subscriptions to the
$100,000,000 new. world movement
fund reported by Dr. Aitchison now
aggregate. Including 85,000,000, which
had been subscribed conditionally
upon definite amounts being raised,
J37.S24, 299.8-5. This is less than was
reported at the Buffalo convention a
year ago, owing to the fact that over
J12.000.000 given by a generous friend
to three organizations participating
in the new world movement, was
designated by the donor for endow
ment purposes only and hence can
dot be included as a part of the
1100,000,000.
Chnrrh Is Confident.
Dr. Aitchison stated that the total
receipts for the year had aggregated
112.596,694.43. Of this amount 8778,
268.18 was income from matured an
nuities, legacies and invested funds,
making the total contribution from
living donors 111,818,426.30.
"Northern Baptists are confident
of their ultimate success in raising
the 1100,000,000 fund" Dr. Aitchison
declared.
The expense budget of the board of
promotion for the past 'two years
was 81,900.000, Dr. Aitchison stated.
Of this sum, the printing bill aggre
gated J306.072.53 for that time.
Other departments of the board of
promotion upon which Dr. Aitchison
reported were: The department of
survey, literature and publicity, with
Dr. Frank W. Padelford as executive
secretary; the department of life
work, with Dr. R. XL West as execu
tive secretary; the department of
prayer and stewardship, with Dr. E.
M. Poteat as executive secretary; ths
department of special gifts, with Dr.
Aitchison as executive secretary; the
department of life work, with Dr.
R. M. West as executive secretary;
the department of prayer and
Stewardship, with Dr. E. II. Poteat as
executive secretary; the department
of special gifts, with Dr. Aitchison as
executive secretary; the department
of conferences and conventions, with
Dr. Hugh A. Heath as executive sec
retary, and the business department,
with Dr. H. R. Greaves as executive
secretary. Special mention was made
of the services of the treasurer, James
C Colgate.
Women's Work Praised.
Dr. Aitchison particularly praised
the work of the two women's or
ganizations, the Woman's American
Baptist Home Mission society, and
the Woman's American Baptist For
eign Mission society, as "among the
strongest assets of the denomina
tion." He declared that "in the new
order the responsibility and leader
ship of women is not to be less but
vastly greater than formerly."
"The convention will be asked to
approve a budget for the coming year
of 820,000,000," Dr. Aitchison stated.
"Anything less that this will be un
worthy of us, in view of the need-i
of our organizations. It would not
be in keeping with the temper and
ability of our people as a whole to
accept a lower standard for the year
upon which we are now entering."
Slave Traffic Discussed.
That Chinese slave girl traffic is
"going on right under the noses of
our city officials" was the statement
made by Dr. Charles R. Shepherd of
Do 3 Angeles, Cal., general missionary
among the orientals.
"I know from personal experience
and not from hearsay that this is a
fact," he declared citing the in
stance of a Chinese girl 16 years old
sold in San Francisco for 82700.
In speaking of the tongs of the
country. Dr. Shepherd said. "These
tongs are not only an Insult to the
churches of America, they are an
insult to the great Masonic order.
Over the entryway of one of the
bloodiest and most powerful fight
ing tongs in America, is a sign
Bing King Tong, Free Masons.' It
masquerades as a Masonic lodge,
while it is made up of those who
engage in the traffic in Chinese girls,
who labor to frustrate our laws, who
plan bloody murder and pay profes
sional assassins to carry out their
plans."
Chinese Are Praised.
The Chinese, as a whole, makt
good citizens, I-owever, Dr. Shepherd
maintained. The better clasr among
them own their own homes, parti
cipate in community affairs and
throw themselves into all great na
tional movements, he said.
"Does the End Justify the Means?"
will be the subject of a sermon this
morning at 10:30 by William G. Eliot
Jr. at the Church of Our Father (Uni
tarian), corner of Broadway and
Tamhill street. The church school is
Intermitted for the summer.
The Portland Society of the New
Christian xhurch (Swedenborgian)
will hold Its closing summer service
today, when the pastor. Rev. William
R. Reese, will speak on the meaning
of "Man's Feasting on the Divine," at
the Portland hotel assembly room at
11 o'clock. Following the sermon the
Lord's supper will be observed. The
society, now completing one of the
most successful of its 27 yeara in
Portland, will reconvene in its pres
ent meeting place the first Sunday in
September.
H. Edward Mills will address the
Realization league at 148 Thirteenth
street at 11 A., M.. on "The Natural
ness of the Supernatural."
"God's Three Creations,"'
Theme of Sermon.
Dr. George H. Toon to Preach at
Kast Side Baptist Church.
mHB pulpit of .the East Side Bap-
Jl tist church will be supplied to
day by Dr. George H. Toung, director
of religious education for Oregon
under the Baptist state convention.
This morning Dr. Toung will preach
from the subject. Tbs Teaching of
Genesis Centers in Christ." Tonight
his topic will be "God's Three Crea
tions."
The pastor. Dr. HInson, who Is at
tending: the Northern Baptist conven
tion at Des Moines, la., will preach
today the annual sermon at the con
ventlon.
The young people will conduct the
service at the Mann home this after
noon at 3 o'clock. On next Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock the Women's
society of this church will hold their
annual reception at the home of Mrs.
Martha Doernbecher.
At the Glencoe Bapt'st church. East
Forty-fifth and Main streets, the
pastor. Rev. W. B. Stewart, will
preach the morning sermon at 11
o'clock, topic, "The Mystery of Trou
ble." Evening service at 8 o'clock.
Preaching by the pastor.
At the First Baptist church (White
Temple) today. George M. Lehigh,
D. D- of Phoenix. Ariz., will occupy
the pulpit both morning and evening.
His subject at 11 o'clock will be
"Spiritual Health," and the evening
subject, "The Great Boast." The tem
ple quartet will sing at both serv
ices. The Sunday school, with classes
for all ages, meets at 9:45 A. M.
A chorus choir Is being formed. Re
hearsals will be held Sunday after
noon at 6:30.
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Sunday morning the Rev. R. E.
Close, pastor of the Third Baptist
church, will deliver a sermon dealing
with the cause and remedy of present-day
restlessness. The subject
will be "The Message of Jesus for
Today." The subject for this even
ing will be "The Strange Meeting at
the Well." This is the second of a
series of Sunday evening sermons on
the wells of scripture.
Sunnyside Methodists Pre
pare for Coming of Bishop.
Homer C. Stunts to Arrive From
Work in Foreign Fields.
SUNNYSIDE METHODIST CHURCH
has planned for two outstanding
services loaay. Preparations are
being made for the coming of Bishop
Homer C. Stuntz and Bishop Francis
J. McConnell. These two bishops have
unique records. Bishop Stuntz has
spent many years in the foreign field
as a missionary.
Bishop McConnell has done Impor
tant work in the labor field.
This morning the pastor of Rose
City Park Methodist Episcopal
church. Dr. G. W. Huett, will speak
on "Unseen Forces." In the evening
Dr. Huett will speak upon "The Dis
honesty of Unbelief."
Throughout the week, beginning
at 9 A. M. and closing at 11 A. M.,
the dally vacation Bible school will
be held.
Rev. Joseph B. Harris, pastor, will
preach at the Methodist Episcopal
church South, corner Union avenue
and Multnomah street, at 11 A. M.
on "Carrying On'' and at 8 P. M. will
speak on the subject "Companions.'
During the week Rev. D. L. Coale
will arrive to assist the pastor in a
revival. Dr. Coale is a native of
Alabama, but has spent most of his
life in Texas. He has been engaged
In evangelistic work for 20 years,
and more than 100,000 persons have
been brought into the church under
his ministry. He may be heard at
the South Methodist church every
afternoon and evening, July 3 to 17.
Inclusive.
At the First Norwegian Danish
Methodist Episcopal church, corner
Eighteenth and Hoyt streets, August
Peterson, the pastor, will preach at
11 A. M. on "Camping at Elim on Our
Life's Journeys." At 8 P. M. Rev. A.
A. Vereide of Seattle, Wash., will
preach.
"Behold the Man!" will be the
morning text at the Woodlawn
Methodist church, and the subject
of St. Paul's "Thorn In the Flesh"
will be interpreted at the evening
hour.
This is community day at the Sell-
wood Methodist church. At 11 o'clock
the pastor, W. S. Gordon, will speak
on "Cleaning Up." At 8 o'clock the
topic will be "Gold Mines in Port
land," at which time he will attempt
to point out some of the opportun
ities awaiting development in this
city, and especially in Sellwood. An
invitation is extended to members of
the board of trade, Portland Service
league and others interested in the
future of the city, to attend. At the
beginning of the evening service the
Junior league will give a demonstra
tion. There will be a special musical
number at each service. Sunday
school will meet at 9:45, the Juniors
t 3 and the Epworth league at 7
o'clock. The church is situated on
Tacoma avenue at East Fifteenth
street.
e
This will be a special day at the
First Methodist church. Twelfth and
Taylor streets. At the bi-monthly
communion service at 10:30 Dr. Stans
field will preach a communion day
sermon on "Meditations." At the
evening service at 7:45 there will
be a sacred concert under direction
of E. Travor Jones and with Mrs.
Gladys Morgan Farmer at the organ.
This will be the closing service of the
big choral choir for the summer. Dur
ing July and August the singing will
be under direction of a precentor and
soloist. P. A. Ten Haaf will -have
charge during July.
"Sing a New Song," will be the
subject of Rev. E. Sutton Mace, pas
tor of the Clintcn - Kelly Memorial
Methodist Episcopal church on Powell
and East Fortieth streets, at the 11
o'clock service today. There will 'be
also special , music at this service.
The Epworth league meets at 7
P. M. The subject is "Men and
Women Who Inspire Us."
Mr. Mace will preach in the West
moreland chapel at 8 P. M.
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PLAJT OF PROPOSED
St. James' Lutheran Church
to Have Communion.
Rev. Mr. Erliknu Will Preach oa
"Christ Our Passover."
II HRIST Our Passover" will be
J the subject of the communion
sermon this morning at the St. James
English Lutheran church, at 11
o'clock, by Rev. William E. Brink
man, pastor. '
The holy communion of the Lord's
supper will be administered follow
ing the reception of new members
into fellowship with the congrega
tion. The evening service will be con
ducted at 8 o'clock.
The Sunday school session will be
held at 9:50 A. M. in the chapel. The
graded senior and primary classes
open to new scholars each Sunday.
The pastor's Bible class meets at
10:15 A. M.. to which all adults are
especially invited. The senior young
people s Luther league will meet in
the chapel this evening: at 6:45
o'clockA The mission topic, will be
Leaves of the Tree.
The intermediate Luther league
will meet this evening at 6:45 o'clock
for devotional services. "Lamps That
Light the World" will be the topic
of study.
Mission festival and visitation will
be observed at St. Paul's. Lutheran
church. East Twelfth and Clinton
streets. Rev. A. Krause is pastor.
Service begins at 10:30 A. M. The
president of the district. Rev. J. B.
Cronek, from Lewiston, Idaho, will
speak on home and foreign missions.
Lunch for guests will be served in
the basement. , At 2 P. M. Rev. J.
H. Hargrenstein from Cornelius, Or.,
will speak in German, and after him
Rev. J. B. Cronek in English. In
both services the choir will render
special music. The Sunday school
meets at 9:30 A. M. The summer
school opens tomorrow at 9 A. M. and
will be held daily, except Saturday,
from 9 to 12 M.
"Christ Jesus First, Last and Al
ways" will be Rev. M. A. Christen
sen's sermon theme at Our Savior's
Lutheran, church at 11 A. M. The
church quartet will assist in the
service.
In the evening a special meeting
of the church members will be held
in the church parlors to discuss the
work of the church during the sum
mer months.
At Trinity Lutheran church, Ivy
street and Rodney avenue, the Ger
man service will begin at 10:15 A. M.
and the English service at 7:30 P. M.
A regular business meeting will' be
held at 2 P. M. A cordial Invitation
is extended to all.
The Sunday school of the Clay
street Evangelical church will begin
at 9:30 A. M. and will be in charge
of Superintendent Keller. At 10:45
A. M. Rev. Jacob Stocker will con
tinue his series of sermons on the
letter of Paul to the Ephesians, and
will speak on the subject, "The Priv
ileges of the Believer In Christ."
At "7 o'clock William Gunther will
PASTOR DECLARES FEELING UNIMPORTANT
TO THOSE WHO PRACTICE RELIGIOUS LIFE
Bible Said to Magnify Faith Instead of Sentiment A Country Honors Soldiers for Performance of Duty
Rather. Than Professions of Loyalty Trend of Times Seems Towards Shallowness.
BT REV. W. S. GORDON.
Pastor of Sellwood Methodist Church.
Text: "By grace are ye eaved through
Faith." Eph. 11:8.
VOU WILL notice that Paul did
not tell the Ephesians that they
-A. were saved through their feel
ings, but through faith.
"And Jesus said unto the woman,
thy faith hath saved thee, go in
peace." Luke vll:50. He did not ask
her any questions whatever about her
feelings.
Tho first point I wish to emphasize
is that the Bible magnifies faith and
not feeling. In its different forms
we fiMl the word faith used 236 times
in the New Testament alone, and not
cne single text to justify the state
ment that "our feelings have a great
deal to do with our salvation." No,
they have very little to do with it.
Not only is this true, but many
ether things are much more impor
tant than our feelings. "If any man
do his will he shall know of the doc
trine whether it be of God, etc.
John vil:17. Here obedience is made a
condition of the knowledge, or assur
ance, concerning the doctrine. In
other words, if any feeling at all is
implied it is placed secondary by the
savior.
Obedience Put Forth.
"If any man love me he will keep
my words, and my father will love
him. and we will come unto him, and
make our abode with him." John
xlv:23. Here again obedience is put
first, and his abiding with us is put
as a result. No reference is made to
the matter of feeling.
So are sacrifice and service infi
nitely more important than our per
sonal sensations.
Our country does not honor a sol
dier for "feeling brave," but for doing
his duty. Loyalty to nis pieage oi
citizenship outweighs all the gush
and gusto he could summon. Like
wise, being a man and keeping one's
pledge to fellow man is better wor
sh'p than the loudest shouting of a
noisy fanatic who has no sense of
honor.
The trend of things is to shallow
ness, superficiality and gush. Over
organization and high speed lend their
aid to this condition. Men take little
time to think. This tendency ie not
only enhanced by the cheap show, but
also by many little sects that have
recently sprung up. They seem more
anxious about sensation than sense.
Like some folks in the time of Ezekiel
BUILDING FOR THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZAREXE,
lead the young people's alliance, and
at 8 the pastor will preach on the
"Beatitudes of Jesus."
The Subjects for the morning serv
ices will be from the epistles and at
tha night service from the gospels.
Rev. Gustaf F. Johnson, pastof of
the Swedish tabernacle of Minneap
olis, Minn., will preach at the Swed
ish tabernacle, Glisan and North
Seventeenth streets, Thursday eve
ning at 7:45 o'clock. Rev. Mr. John
son preaches to about 3000 people
every Sunday when he is at home in
his own church in Minneapolis.
HONOLULU, T. H., June 24. Cen
tral Union church, Honolulu, whose
members are drawn from the Presby
terian, Congregational and Methodist
denominations, and which rears its
spire in the heart of this heavily for
tified and garrisoned outpost of the
republic, recently approved by unan
imous vote the action of the United
States senate in requesting President
Harding to call an iternationa, dis
armament conference.
The motion was put by the minister
of the church, Rev. A. W. Palmer, and
it passed without a dissenting voice.
'Christian Science,' Subject
of Lesson-Sermons.
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Paul Stark Seeley Will Lecture at,
municipal Auditorium.
faHRISTIAN Science" will be the
J subject of lesson sermons In
churches of Christ, Scientist, today.
All Christian Science churches in
Portland hold services Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock and all except Fifth
and Seventh Sunday evening services
at 8 o'clock.
Wednesday evening meeting's are
held in all the churches at 8 o'clock.
These meetings include testimonies
of healings in Christian Science.
Sunday school for pupils up to the
age of 20 is held in all the churches
except Third and Fifth at 9:45 and
11 and in the latter two at 9:30 and 11.
Downtown reading rooms are main
tained at 1133 Northwestern Bank
building and 33 North Third street.
where the Bible and all authorized
Christian Science literature may be
read or purchased.
The churches are located as fol
lows: First church Nineteenth and Ever
ett streets.
Second East Sixth and Holladay
avenue.
Third East Twelfth, and Salmon
streets.
Fourth Vancouver avenue and Em
erson street.
Fifth Sixty-second street and Forty-second
avenue Southeast.
Sixth Pythian temple.
Seventh 103 Smith avenue, St.
Johns.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
announces a free public lecture on
Christian Science by Paul Stark See
ley of Portland Tuesday evening in
the municipal auditorium at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Seeley is a member of the board
of lectureship of the mother church,
the First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, Mass. The public is in
vited to amend the lecture.
they think of religion as only "a very
lovely song" mere sentiment. "They
hear thy words but do them not."
One of John Wesley's strongest ser
mons is on "The danger of fanat
icism," and Tennyson speaks of those
who chase "some vaerue emotion of
delight." They are more concerned
about their own Inner enjoyments
than about the poor, ragged, bleeding
world that lies all about them.
A man recently said "The church
needs a revival of brains." If he
means brains baptized by the spirit of
the master, I agree with him. God
put a head on the top of a man be
cause he expected him to keep it on
top. A good maxim is "Keep the
heart warm and the head cool."
Paul seemed to shudder at re
ligious hysterics, and cried "Think on
these things" think, meditate, con
sider, keep judgment on her throne.
Dig deeper than the mere surface of
things. "Come now, saith the Lord,
let us reason together." Let us not
be carried away by a mere wave of
human excitement, but let us think
the thing through. We owe it to our
selves and to God.
A half truth may be so grossly ex
aggerated that it is essentially an
untruth. The true interpretation of
scription is often a Question of bal
ance, of proportion. Good bread re
quires salt, but not one-half or three
fourths salt. A well-balanced Chris
tion life includes feeling. But it can
not be three-fourths feeling, and be.
well balanced.
Take the text, "John did eat locusts
and wild honey." You can so exag
gerate the honey that you ignore the
locusts, and even forget John John
the great, sturdy giant of the wilder
ness.
Needless to say, I believe in heart
felt religion, but I stand here to de
clare the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. I would warn
you against depending upon moods.
joys, ecstacies. Do not try to fit your
experience into the narrow groove
into which some man has cast his
life. Do not let your salvation hinge
on any such a contingency. Dig deeper
and strike the rock.
Work Is Urged.
Some good people are forever hold
ing their finger on their spiritual
pulse, and asking themselves "How
do I feel?" Forget it, and go to work
for God! How you are feeling is not
so important as.how you are fighting.
I have learned to tell the fortune of
a convert who is swept into a church
by a, frothing wave of sentiment.
'.'Tolerance of Christianity,"
Dr. McElveen's Subject.
Pastor of First Congregational
Church to Take Vacation.
mODAT is Dr. McElveen's last Sun-
JL day at the First Congregational
church prior to his vacation. He will
preach at the morning service on
"The Tolerance of Christianity.
After he attends and takes part in
the Congregational national council
at Los Angeles the first two weeks
of Jury, he will Journey to New York
dty. There he will preach one Sun
day. Then he will preach two Sun
days in Chicago and two Sundays in
Minneapolis, and return to Portland
the middle of August
During the summer all the regular
services of the church will be main
tained. The church school will enjoy
a series of Illustrated lectures on
Bible themes, given by a different
lecturer each Sunday. The two En
deavor societies will combine for the
summer and hold meetings every
Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock. While
the many women's organizations will
not hold formal meetings, they will
hold many Informal meetings, both
at the church and in the homes of
the members of those societies.
Mrs. R. M. Gray, Mrs. E. C. Noth
nagle and Mrs. WHmot K. Royal were
hostesses at an "acquaintance so
ciable" held last Tuesday at the home
of Mrs. Gray. They plan holding sim
ilar "acquaintance sociables" during
the summer.
Mrs. F. E. Beach is chairman of a
committee whose task is to hold a
series of silver teas In different
homes of the parish In the interest
Of the Women's Missionary society.
Joseph Finley, the choir director,
announces a choice musical service
for this evening. The new organist,
Mrs. J. Robert Mansfield, will begin
this musical service with an organ
prelude "Reverie" (Barnes), "Pre
lude In E Flat" (Abernathy) and
March in C" (Read) after which
the following numbers will be given
by the quartet and chorus:
"The Heavens Are Telling" (Haydn);
solo, "Consider and Hear Ma" (Wheeler),
Mrs. O. B. Riddle: solo, "There Ia & Love
Embracing All" (Lowell), Ernest Crosby;
"God al a Spirit" (Bennett).
Dr. Arthur E. Holt, the labor expert
of the Congregational church, who
Is on his way to the national council
at Los Angeles, will give an address
in connection with this musical serv
ice on "How the Church Is Reconct)
ing Capital and Labor." Dr. Holt's
official title is the executive secre
tary of the socia; service commission
of the Congregatlenal church. His
task is to keep in close conference
with captains of industry and labor
leaders. He was one of the group
that supervised the investigation
which" resulted in the interehurch re
port on the steel trust.
Next Wednesday all the organiza
tions of the church will combine and
hold a picnic at Columbia park. St.
Johns. Messrs. Colton, Norman and
Porter are the representatives of the
men's brotherhood on the committee
of arrangements. Mrs. E. N. Howe,
Mrs. George Roberts and Mrs. W. K.
Royal represent the women's organi
Some gray morning he will wake up
with a sick wife or a bad liver. He
will feel his pulse and declare he has
lost his religion. The next step will
be to neglect his duty. Ignore his
vows, and lose his religion indeed.
Perhaps later he will try to find some
sect where he hopes to keep in a state
of spiritual intoxication. Being dis
illusioned by this experiment, he often
goes to the devil or goes insane.
could give a dozen concrete instances
of the latter fate. A splendid Chris
tian young woman was induced to
"fast two weeks for the second bless
ing." She did, and lost her mind.
A humble, hard-working preacher
got muddled in a similar way, and
committed suicide, leaving a large
lamuy to snnt lor tnemseives.
I heard a man jump and shout, "I
can no more sin than Jesus Christ'
In about three months he stole a horse
and rode out of the country between
days. He may have been "honest,
but he was certainly mistaken.
Insane Are Depicted.
I have heard patients in the Insane
asylum raving in the most pitiful
tones about "the second blessing,
"the third heaven" or "the gift of
tongues." Plain holy living is far
more Important than these things.
The God I worship is a rational be
ing; and "would not that any should
perish. inducing insanity in the
name of religion do'es not make It
right. My God is not a grouchy tyrant
who has to be teased for months or
years before he will give his children
what he has promised them. Neither
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behind his back until we weep and
wail a few months more. We may
limit him, but he does not limit us.
"Ye shall find me when ye shall
search for me with your whole heart."
In conclusion, many an henest seek
er after God is made to stumble by
some one making a Certain type of
feeling the essential element in sal
vation. Our text says "By grace are
ye saved through faith, and that not
of yourselves for it is the gift of
God." The incidental matter of our
feelings is not even mentioned.
Look at Joseph in the slimy -pit,
Paul In the stocks with bleeding back,
Jesus in the tortures of Calvary! Did
they feel good? No, but their faith
and loyalty were ever the same. So
should ours be.
Could my tears forever flow.
Could my seal no languor know.
These for sin could not atone.
Thou must save and thou alone.
zation. Mrs. E. B. MacNaughton and
a group of the teachers are arrang
ing a series of stunts and contests
for the boys and girls of the church
school. The picnic will begin at 10
A. M. and continue until 10 P. M.
This morning at the Sunday school
session a group of the members of
Mrs. H. A. Roberts' class will present
a short pageant entitled ''The Dream
er." Miss Caroline McEwen is the
leader of the Senior Endeavorers and
Cecil Cook is the leader of the Inter
mediate Endeavorers at their meet
ings on Sunday evenings.
The Atkinson Memorial Congrega
tional church Is enjoying a splendid
church month in June. Th Sunday
school commencement exercises and
exhibit last Sunday proved a great
success. The handwork of the pu -
pils brought out some rare pieces.
Dr. Dodge, with a class of 11 and 12-year-old
boys, had an exhibit of the
Moabltish stone, modeled out of clay
and cement, and a relief map of Pal
estine carved from sandstone, accu
rate and beautiful.
The girl scouts. had their annual
outing in Macleay park Monday and
came back reporting "a perfect day."
The annual community picnic in
Laurelhuvst Dark Friday was a big
success and enjoyed by many friends
and families of the community as a
neighborhood affair.
Rev. Elbert E. Flint, pastor, will
preach this morning on "The Sur
vival Kingdom." This theme is taken
from the scripture, "The kingdoms of
this world are become the kingdoms
of our Lord and of his Christy and
he shall reitrn forever and ever."
At 7:45 P. M. the sermon will be
"Making It Easy to Do Wrong and
Hard to Do Right."
At Sunnyside Congregational church,
corner East Thirty-second and Tay
lor streets. Dr. J. J. Staub. pastor,
will preach at the morning service
at 11 o'clock on the subject. "The
Christian's Conduct in Worldly Af;
fairs." At the evening service at 7:45
o'clock his subject will be "In the
Hole and Out Again."
Wednesday evening the interde
nominational Bible class will study
the seventh chapter of Revelation,
Dr. Staub leading.
Extensive alterations are in prog
ress for the placement of the pipe
crgan. Everything will be done to
give its various parts the most ad
vantageous location.
The Sunday school at 9:45 and the
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 are keep
ing up almost a normal attendance
thus far.
... . ...
This evening the Alberta ime" '
Oddfellows, accompanied by the Re
bekahs. is to attend an Oddfellows
memorial service at the Highland
Congregational church, the address
being given by the pastor of the
church. Rev. Edward Constant. Music
will be furnished by an orchestra
report nf Oddfellows. All Odd-
.... j n.hnuo are Invited.
Friday evening the radium class or
a..-- echoni will elve an enter
tainment. .
Waverlv Heights Congregational
.h.irrh. corner East -ininy-inuu
street and Woodward aver.ue.
Rev.
mi.,.. Trrv Averv. minister.
will
give a short sermon tonight on "Reli
gion for Ordinary People." The sec--j
i..i.iim.ii of the series of pic
tures on "The Far-Flung Line" will
h .riven at 8 o'clock. The subject
of the morning discussion
"The Divine Impress on Man
pill be
"Jaundice of Soul," Topic
for Rev. Mr. Griffis.
Appeal Will Be Made for Aid to
Armenians in Sermon.
N HIS sermon this morning at 11
I o'clock at the First Christian
church. Rev. Harold H. Griffis will
deal with what he considers the one
great universal vice, having for his
specific topic "The Jaundice of the
Soul." A special plea will be made
at the morning hour for the enlist
ment of the members in sending per
sonal messages to Oregon congress
men and United States senators to
urge congress to take action in the
tragedy that Is now going on in the
near east. It will be made plain that
the very least a Christian citizen of
this country can do to help in saving
Armenia from these latest depreda
tions of the Turk is to write to the
representatives in Washington. Full
instructions for this simple service
will be given in the church bulletin.
In the evening at 7:45 o'clock the
ordinance of Christian baptism will
be administered. At this worship the
pastor will deliver a sermon on the
theme "The Power of the Cross, the
discussion being based on the recital
"The Sign of the Cross," given last
Sunday evening by Ben Scovell.
The music for these services will
be led by the church quartet and
will include the special soprano
number, "With Verdure Clad" (from
Handel's "Creation"), by Miss Kath-
ryn Ensey; also the baritone selec
tion, "Beyond the Dawn" (Sander
son) by Gus Cramer.
m
A programme of sacred music
under the direction of Maude Springer
Bowen will precede the eermon at
Church of Christ tonight. The choir
will give the anthems "How Lovely
Are the Messengers," oratorio "St.
Paul" and "Gloria Excelsis" from
Mozart's twelfth mass, fapecial num
bers will be: Soprano solo, Mrs.
C. L. Klausen; selections, by the male
auartet: violin solo, "Evensong
(Burratt). Miss May Engelstad. The
pastor. Rev. Joseph Boyd, will speak
on "The Element or Aaveniure in
Religion." A brief musical pro
gramme will be a feature of the
Sunday evening services at Church
of Christ during the summer.
Conference on Church and
Industry Is Slated.
Dr. Worth M. Tippy of New York
to Speak Here.
mHE Portland Federation of
JL Churches, through Its depart
ment of social and industrial better
ment, of, which Norman F. Coleman is
chairman, is bringing for a confer
ence on the church and industry, Dr.
Worth M. Tippy of New York City,
executive secretary of the commission
on social service of the Fedeial Coun
cil of Churches of Christ in America;
Miss Clara I. Taylor, field industrial
secretary of the northwest depart
ment of the International Young Wo
men's Christian association, and Dr.
Arthur E. Holt of BoTiton, secretary
of the social service department of
the Congregational Educational so
ciety. Dr. Tippy and Dr. Holt have
been conducting industrial confer
ences in eome of the large cities of
the east, including Chicago and Cin
cinnati, where they have presented
tha responsibility of the church of to
day to help, in solving the industrial
problems whicn comront America ana
the whole world.
This morning Dr. Tippy will speak
in the Sunnyside Methodist Episcopal
church, while Dr. Holt will address
the congregation of the Central Pres
byterian church. Tonight Dr. Tippy
will preach in the First Methodist
Episcopal church and Dr. Holt in the
First Congregational. The pro
gramme tomorrow includes a confer
ence on "The Church and Industry,"
to which the public is invited. Tn s
conference will be held in the Y. M.
C A. auditorium at 10:00 A. M. Dr.
Tippy. Miss Taylor and Dr. Holt will
address the ministers and interested
men and women from the membership
of the churches in this Monday morn
ing conference.
Tomorrow noon Dr. Holt and Dr.
Tippy will address the members' for
um of the Chamber of Commerce and
at night will be the speakers before
the Central Labor Council.
The study of the book of Ephesians
is becoming Increasingly interesting
to the members of the Portland
1 Union Bible class, as the attendance
shows. The exposition of the Sund.iy
school lessons given by Mr. Sutcllffe
Friday evenings has rroven valuable
to the Sunday school workers. It is
expected that in spite of the ap
proaching warm weather the at
tendance will not be lowered during
the next few weeks. The appoint
ments for next week are: Monday
evening at Glencoe Baptist church,
Wednesday afternoon at 2, Westmin
ster Presbyterian, Thursday evening
at 8 In the Vernon Presbyterian and
Friday evening at 7:15 the Sunday
school lesion and at 8:15 the regular
popular Bible hour at the White
Temple.
$50,000 Church Planned by
Nazarene Congregation.
Site Will lie oa Northwest Corner
of Twelfth and Main streets.
PLANS for the construction of a
modern 50,000 church building on
property at the northwest corner of
Twelfth and Main streets, recently
purchased by the First Church of the
Nazarene, were given impetus last
week when the church, through the
F. E. Taylor company, sold its pres
ent home on the pouthweet corner of
East Tenth and Weldler streets.
The site for the new church, which
embraces a total area of 10,500 square
feet, or more than a quarter block,
is situated directly north of the Jew
ish tabernacle and but a short dis
tance south of the White Temple and
the First Methodist Episcopal church.
The plans for the permanent build
ing, prepared by Charles W. Ertz,
local architect, call for a main audito
rium on the corner and a Sunday
school room adjoining. Both units of
the building will be so arranged that
they may be thrown ogcthcr into
an assembly room having a total seat
ing capacity of 1200. The exterior
finish of the building will be stucco
over either hollow tile or concrete.
While the plans for the permanent
building aro being perfected a tem
porary trtructure, affording a seating
capacity of 750. will be erected. The
plans for this building, which will ac
commodate the Nazarene congrega
tion for seve.-al months only, have al
ready been submitted to the city
council, which has given formal per
mission for the erection of the tem
porary building.
Wl,en the Itev Alpln M. Howes ar
rived in Portland from Yakima a year
ago to assume the local paEtorate
there had been no thought of a new
church in this city, but under his
vigorous leadership there has been
a growing need and demand ror a
more central location and a larger
house of worship.
The highly successful revival meet
ings conducted recently at the mu
nicipal auditorium under the aus
pices of the five Nazarene churches
of Portland are understood to have
had an Important influence on the
officers of the First church in reach
ing a declson to purchase the prop
erty at Twelfth and Main streets and
to build a new church.
The First Spiritual Science church
will hold services Sunday at 6 and
8 P. M. in Goodnough hall. Fifth and
Yamhill streets. Lecture sermons will
be given by Mrs. L. E. Philips and
Mrs. Emma Lister on the subject,
"The Triune God."
The Society for Spreading the
Knowledge of True Prayer meets
Monday evening at 8 o'clock In room
201 Central building, Tenth and
Alder.
The First Spiritualist church, EaKt
Seventh and Hassalo streets, will hold
regular services at 8 and 8 P. M. Mrs
Lillian Smith is pastor. The evening
address will be given by Ira Taylor
Messages will be given by Mrs. Nellie
Rigg of San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs.
M. J. Downts. Mrs. Edythe Schmidt
Miss Fishburn and Miss Smith will
sing solos. There will be a member
ship meeting this afternoon at 4:30
P. M.
Apostolic Faith to Open Big
Camp Meeting.
Permanent Grounds of Mission Lie
In Ileautlful Spot.
THE 1ETH annual camp meeting of
the Apostolic Faith mission opens
today at the permanent camp ground
In the Woodstock district, where
every effort has been put forth to
make this one of tne biggest convoca-
tiens ever held In the city of Port
land.
The grounds are located In a grove
of evergreen trees, where every lin
provement possible has been made to
beautify tne grounds ana mnxs it con
venient for those camping and at
tending the meetings. A large clover
lawn, dotted with rosea and shrubs,
adorns the front of the grounds; mod
ern sanitary drinking fountains are
on the grounds under the trees, and
tables for lunches are provided for
those who come to spend the day and
bring their lunch.
A large hew auditorium has been
erected, seating about SOO0 persons.
It is 100 feet wide and 125 feet long,
without a post Inside to obstruct the
view. The building stands 50 feet
high and carries the large sign sim
ilar to the electric sign on the top of
the mission building In the city,
"Jesus the Light of the World." It la
lighted by an indirect lighting system
of chandeliers hung from the ceiling.
The front of the building is flooded
with light, giving the place a strik
ing appearance at first sight.
The meetings, beginning this morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock, will continue for
seven weeks. Services are as follows:
Sunday, 10:30 A. M.. 2:30 P. M. and
7:30 P. M.; every evening at 7:46;
Bible teaching every afternoon at
2:30, except Monday and Saturday,
after the first week. Saturday night
an "all nations" meeting will be held
at the usual time. Children's meet
ings will be held In the children's
tabernacle during the week.
The First Church of Tsychlc
Science, located at 409 Alder street,
near Eleventh, will hold services to
night at 8 P. M, when Dr. W. W.
Aber will give a discourse upon the
subject, "The Law of Materializa
tion." At St. Stephen's pro-cathedral
(Episcopal), holy communion will be
at 7:45 A. M.; church school at 9:45
A. M.; morning prayer and sermon at
11 A. M.; Young People's society will
meet at 3 P. M. at the Good Samaritan
hospital, where they will sing In , the
wards. The regular meeting will be
in the parish house at 6:30 1 M.,
with evening prayer and address.
Very Rev. R. T. T. Hicks will offi.
elate.
A. N. Palmer, author, editor and
lecturer of New York Citv addrefaed
the Catholic teachers of Portland and
virlnlty at t. Mary's academy and
collegn. Fourth and Market streets,
at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mr.
Palmer left for the east at I o'clock
Friday morning.
The Scientific Christian Spiritualist
church wllr hold services In the new
hall, No. 57 East Union avenue. North,
next Sunday. June 2. at 3 and 8 P. M.
The sermon will be delivered by Itev.
R. M. Singleton, the pastor.
The Church of Divine Truth will
hold services In Laurelhurst Park
Sunday at 11:30 A. M.
An undertaking of large Interest to
the .Methodist churches 'n the north
west territory, and especially to
young people, is the eummer school
of religious education to he conducted
by the hoard of Sunday schools of the
-Methodist church, at Tacon.a, Wash.,
August 15 to IS. 1311. A faculty com
posed of specialists in their respec
tive fields will prcwent a programms
of instruction of outstanding char
acter. Rev. Ahraham'Vrreide from Seattle,
Wash., will speak this morning at II
o'clock at the Norwegian and Danish
Methodist church, corner of Van
couver avenue and .vkldmore street
Rev. c.umav a Stnrakcs will preach
at 8 o'clock tonight
Special Pentecostal ervlc wilt h
held In Our Savior's Lutheran church
at 11 A. M. Itev. M. A. Chrlstensen
will preach the sermon and be as
sisted by the church quartet. In the
evening a sacred concert will bo given
under the auspices of the young peo
ple of the church.
Rev. J. Francis Morgan of ried-
iff iTian cnurrn will take
as his morning topic "The Church
and Its Message."
In tho evening the Women's Mis
sionary society will have charge of
the service. Mrs. Dora Underwood,
returned missionary, will deliver the
address of tho evenlna- on "Eight
Years In the Orient.' There will he
a reading hy Mrs. J. R. MrCormRok.
A solo will he sung by Mra. Leah
Slusser Hathaway. Mrs. J. K. Long,
president of the society, will pre
side.. The regular mid-week meeting will
be held Thursday evening to diKcnss
the subject, "The Providence of God
In Our National History."
The Rev. Henry White, pastor
of the Millard-avcnun Presbyterian
church, will occupy his pulpit morn
ing and evening. The subject for the
morning discourse Is "The Power of
Vision in Human Life." The theme
for the evening will be "Daniel, the
.Man Who Dared."
'Doves' Wings and Eagles,'
Dr. Bowman's Topic.
Evening Service to Itr Memorial
Jiervlcr. A (tendril by Oddfellows
of Portland.
DYES' Wines and r.n le
will be the subject of Dr.
Bonunan's sermon this morning at
the First rresbyterlan church, corner
Twelfth and Alder streets, taking as
a aouuie text these words:
"And I said. Oh, that I had wlnga llk a
dove; then would I fly tay and b at
res! " Punlm Iv.fl.
"They (h.t wait for Jehovah shall renfw
their trongth; they shall mount up lth
in tne evening Dr. Bowman will
preach a memorial sermon to the
Oddfellows of Portland, hia subject
being "Carry On," from the text.
"God having provided some better
thing concerning ua, that depart from
us iney snouid not be made perfect."
Hebrews xl:40.
Rev. Norman K. Tully. formerly of
Eau Claire, Wis., the new ssslMtant
pastor of the First" Presbyterian
church, arrived In' Portland Thursday
night and will assist in the services
today.
At the morning service the choir
will sing "The Lord Is My Shenherd."
by Klorio, and "Oh, for the Wings of
a uove, oy aienaeissohn.
In the evening Mr. Courscn will glvr
a organ recital beginning at 7:30
nnnR it no or:
"March of tha Mail" (Dun.ils): "pre
uuv ... M,Ttiiii i urn, i riiuu'
to a llnur buuata' (Uui.niant).
During the evening service thf
choir w:ll sing "Come Unto Me," b
Frey, and Halfred Young will sing L
tenor solo for the offertory.
The Sunday school will meet t
departments, the work being carrier
on aa usual. The Bible classes wi!
all combine, meeting In the churci
auditorium.
The Woman's association will glv
a silver tea Tuesday, from 2 to "
P. M., for the work of the Fourt
Presbyterian church, at the home o'
Mrs. J. O. Elrod, 10!o Franklin street
Willamette Heights. Mrs. Bowma
and Mra. Tully will he guests
honor.
The Woman's auxiliary to the Mis
sionaiy society will give a picnic sup
per Tuesday at 6:30 P. M. at the horn
of Mrs. A. S. Pattullo. An exccllen
programme has been arranged.
Dr. E. H. Tence will preach
Westminster r resnyiermn cnurcn i
the morning on "Playing Moral Hid
and Seek." Ho will use for the chi!
dren's sermon, "Things to Hemembr
on the Fourth of July." In the evenln
he will preach on "Life Is a Partner
ship with God.
At a joint meeting or tne eiaers ar
deacons it was unanimously voted I
favor the coming of Billy Sunday du:
lng June of l'J22.
During the months of July and A
gust there will be no evening aer
ices.
The day's special choir music wi
be:
10:30 Anthem: "Oh Taste and S
How Gracious Is the Lord." (Joh
Goss): psalm XXXIV, 8-10; offertor
Andante con 'moto, (tellx Menoeii
aohn); contralto solo, "O Rest In tr
Lord." (Felix Mendelssohn), by Mr
P. L. Falcs.
7:45 Anthem: "The Lord Is E
alted" (John E. West); Isaiah XXXI
5. 9. 10; offertory. "Cantilena," (T
Dubois); quartet, "Falls Now tl
Even," (Robert Franz).
The daily vacation Bible school b
gins tomorrow, June 27, al I A. 1
at the United Presbyterian churr
corner Wasco and Grand avenue. Se
eral cuuitura nil uuittiiK in iitia ii
endeavor. With a strong faculty.
substantial and well arranged pr
gramme, we are sure the two week
course will be moet profitable. T!
sessions will be each day exceptli
Saturday and Sunday from A. M.
12 M., and anyone between the ag
of 5 and 14 Is welcome. The time w
be spent In devotion, memory wo-
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