THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 7, 1921
OREGON BAPTISTS TO HOLD CONVENTION AT COLUMBIA CITY
Fifty-third Annual Meeting Will Include Ministers' Conference and Assembly of Women's State Missionary Society Sessions Will Open Tomorrow Big Crowd Expected.
THE 53d annual meeting of the
Oregon Baptist state convention,
including the Baptist ministers'
Conference and the meeting .of the
Women's State Missionary society,
will occupy the attention of. mem
bers of the denomination In Oregon
for three days starting tomorrow at
the Baptist Young People's assembly
grounds at Columbia City. Or.
A large attendance of Baptist lead
ers and church workers is expected
at the annual conference. Delega
tions from all parts of the slate,
lead by more than 150 pastors, will
be present. Churches are entitled
to three delegates and an additional
one for every 60 members after the
first hundred.
Discussions of the work of - the
church, reports on activities of the
denomination during the past year,
devotional services, and talks and
sermons by Baptist leaders will be
features of the three-day programme.
The complete programme will be
as follows:
Monday, Ausubt 8.
1:30 P. M. Evollonal, Rev. E. B. John
Son. 3 P. M. "A Modern Pastor's Qualifica
tions." (1) cultural. Rev. J. J. Thomas;
(2) spiritual. Rev. W. B. Stewart; discus
sion. 3 P. M. "Trumpet Notes on Evangel
ism," (1) In the Sunday school, Hev.
Walter Bailey. (2) in the Baptist Young
People's Union, Rev. J. L.. Bogue, (3) in
the church, Rev. K. A. Gottberg.
4 P. M. Inspirational address. Rev. H.
K. Btillwell, 1). IX
7 P. M. Devotional, Rev. Owen Day.
T:30 P. M. Address, Jeff Irish, president
of the convention.
8 P. M. Annual sermon, Rev. C. L. Tra
Wln, D. D.
B P. M. Around the campfire.
Tuesday.
A. M. Service of prayer and song,
Hev. Owen Day.
8:10 A. M. "The Power of Prayer,"
Kev. W. K. Pettibone.
9:30 A. M. Businesa
10 A. M. Introduction of new workers,
Dr. O. G. Wright; 'state superintendent's
report: treasurer's report, W. O. Sims.
10:45 A. M. Address. "Baptist Work
Among the Negroes," Rev. J. W. Anderson.
11 A. M. Address, "Baptist Work
Among the Scandinavians," Rev. J. U.
SJolander.
11:15 A. M. Address. "Baptist Work
Among the Germans." Rev. Frederick Hoff
man. 11:30 A. M. Inspirational address, Rev.
H. F. Stillweil. D. D.
2 P. M. "The strength of Faith." Rev.
W. H. Tolliver.
2:30 A. M. "Achievements in the Local
Church Under the New World Movement,"
(1) spiritually. Rev. R. E. Close. (1!) finan
cially. Rev. J. C. Austin, (3) culturally.
Rev. Jesse Anderson.
3:30 P. M. Inspirational mission ad
dress. Dr. Lucile Withers.
4:1.1 P. M. Sermon. Dr. W. B. Hinson.
7:30 P. M. Vespers, negro Baptist sing
ers In charge.
8 P. M. "Types and Methods of Evan
gelism." Dr. S. J. Reid.
8:30 P. M. Address, Dr. A. M. Petty.
Wednesday.
8:30 A. M. Morning worship. "The
Beauty of Service. " Rev. W. L. Riley.
9 A. M. Business.
0:15 A. M. "The Church at Work." Rev.
F. R. Leach.
9:45 A. M. The state educational pro
gramme. (1) collegiate, Professor Cyril
Richards. (:;) missionary. Rev. J. C. Aus
tin, (3) religious. Rev. G. H. Toung.
11:31) A. M. Inspirational address. Rev.
B. F. Fellman.
2 P. M. Devotional. "The Radiance of
Love." Rev. C. E. Dunham.
2:30 P. M. Baptist young people and
the assembly, in charge of the assembly
committee. Dr. W. T. Milllken, chairman.
8:15 P. M. Forum "Our Next Advance."
Rev. E. T. Sharkey; discussion, led by
Rev. W. B. Stewart.
4:15 P. M Inspirational address. Dr. L.
C. Barnes.
7 P. it. Service of praise with Chinese
chorus.
7:311 P. M. Reports from northern Bap
tist convention-.
8:15 P. M. Address, Dr. L. C. Barnes;
consecration.
The programme of the Oregon Bap
tist Woman's State Missionary soci
ety follows:
Mondny.
1:80 Quiet hour. Mrs. J. E. Thomas.
1:45 Executive session, Mrs. O. C
"vVright presiding.
Baptist Women's State Mlrainnary soci
ety work of the year 2:00, Central, Mrs.
O. B. Neptune: Deschutes. Mrs. J. J. Clapp;
Grand Ronde. Mrs. J. Hunter Howard;
Rogue River. Mrs. Roy Hackett: Umatilla.
Mrs. James Hig-gercbothem; Umpqua. Mrs.
J. H. Douglas; West Willamette, Mrs. W.
M. McCart; Willamette. Mrs. H. A. Caven
der; state W. W. G. -work. Miss Elizabeth
Merrill;'state children's crusade work. Miss
Lounse Hunderup; White Cross work, Mrs.
W. E. Scntton.
8:0(1 Work of the missionaries of Co
lumbia river district Foreign vice-president.
Mrs. W. B. Hinson (10 minutes);
home vice-president. Mrs. A. M. Petty (10
minutes): report of jubilee of N. B. C.
Mrs. J. F. Failing.
3:30 Inspirational address. Dr. Lucille
Withers.
Dr. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal church, will
speak on the subject "Gateways to
God," at the Uaurelhurst park service
at 4:30 Sunday afternoon. Dr. J. J.
Staub of the Sunnyside Congrega
tional church will preside, and Dr.
H. F. Given, of the First United Pres
byterian church, and Dr. W. B
Stewart, of the Glencoe Baptist
church, will also participate in the
services. Gordon Onstafl, a soloist
In the choir of the Sunnyside Congre
gational church, will sing "In the
Garden."
The speaker at Peninsula park serv
ices at 4:30 Sunday afternoon will
be Dr. J. H. Irvine, pastor of the
Woodlawn Methodist church. The
PASTOR DECLARES BIRDS ARE
Feathered Creatures Said to Present Valuable Examples of Industry and Optimism,
BY REV. GEORGE H. BENNETT.
Pastor of Patton M thodist Episcopal
Church.
THE man of Naareth was a keen
observer of nature. He loved
the tumbling waters of Galilee,
the lonely vistas of desert places, the
flowery vale f Jordan, and the pen
sive shade of the Mount of Olives. He
knew the language of the lily of the
valley, and was on -speaking terms
with the birds.
"Behold the birds of the heaven."
said Jesus. Our feathered neighbors
are close kin to ourselves, as he
showed us they are creatures of the
same creator, .and recipients of the
wise providential care of-the same
heavenly father as ourselves. "Your
heavenly father feedeth them."
The birds fill a place of honor and
importance in the scheme of nature
of honor, for they are our allies in the
struggle "of making a living: and of
importance, for they are our school
masters. The birds teach us many
valuable lessons. They do not sow,
nor reap, nor gather harvests into
barns and granaries, as we do. Never
theless they teach us the habit of in
dustry, and optimism. The birds
begin the day with song, for at dawn's
first breaking we . hear the liquid
notes of robin and wood thrush; and
they labor arduously from sunrise
until sunstt in search of the daily
food provided by divine providence.
Yes. the robin which draws the earth
worm Tr ni tf-e sod carpeting your
lawn, and the sparrow, which so In
dustriously hunts for seeds among
the weeds in your back yard, surely
are examples of enterprise and In
dustry to all the "lords of creation."
subject will be "Christ's Plea for
the Unrepentant." Dr. Edward Con
stant, "astor of the Highland Con
gregation church, will preside. Rev.
auin. ua-uii, lector of the Church
of the Good Shepherd, and Dr. J,
Francis Morgan, pastor of Fidemont
Presbyterian church, will assist in the
services.
These park services are being held
each Sunday afternoon at 4:30 under
the auspices of the Portland Federa
tion of Churches, and are being much
appreciated by those who attend.
The Oregon Christian Endeavor
union will hold Its second annual
summer conference, August 29 to Sep
tember 5, at Columbia City. Colum
bia City Is 30 miles from Portland
on the lower Columbia river highway,
and the grounds have ' been leased
Trom the Baptist Young People's as
sembly. Tennis, volley ball and hand
ball courts have been put In, and
bathing, swimming, beach parties,
bonfires, hikes and stunts will fur
nish abundant amusement. From "the
grounds there is a fine view of the
lower Columbia, rolling valleys and
Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens and
Mount Adams. Lloyd R. Carrick, ex
president of the Oregon endeavor
union, will be recreational manager.
Paul C. Brown, national inter
mediate superintendent of Christian
endeavor, .will be one of the prin
cipal speakers. He will conduct con
ferences, teach methods classes, take
charge of bonfire and other de
votionals, and participate in sports.
His leading in the bonfire gatherings
of last year's conference was one of
its outstanding features.
Dr. W. P. White will teach Bib-le
study classes, and various leaders
will meet those of their respective
denominations in class periods.
Last year there were 153 paid reg
istrations at the conference, and a
number in attendance in addition to
that, and it is expected that this
year's attendance wiy surpass that.
A large crowd is expected to come
for the Labor day week-end.
Mr. Brown will also spend three
months in field work in the three
states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho during the coming year. He
has been field secretary of the Cali
fornia endeavor union for the last 18
years, but will now devote more of
his time to national work, and the
Oregon endeavorers are quite elated
that the northwest will receive thii
amount of his time. He is in great
demand at state conventions, and par
ticipates in a great many all over
the United StateB every year.
A large, attractive tabernacle has
been erected by the First Church of
the Nazarene, on their new location
at Twelfth and Main streets. The
building has been erected with rapid
ity which can only be accounted
for in the fact that a company of
15 to 20 men volunteered to go direct
ly from their business and work on
the building until dark every night.
The women of the church prepared
and served a good meal at 6 o'clock
each day at the building, which gave
the men a fine start with their
work.
The building will be opened Friday
night at 8 o'clock with a programme
of services which will be continued
Saturday night and over Sunday.
Sunday afternoon the building will
dedicated, the service being in charge
of Rev. G. S. Hunt, district superin
tendent, assisted by the pastor. Rev.
A. M. Bowes, and other ministers.
It is a large tabernacle and will
likely accommodate the church well
in its special revival plans.
The movement of this united con
gregation, with such promptness from
the east to the west part of the city,
with a location which is one of the
choicest in the city, will mean a
wonderful advancement for the work
of the church.
Methodist Church Expends
$70,644,480 in 1920.
Total Ministerial Support, Includ
ing Pensions, Totals l,HJ:t.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. The total minis
terial support of the Methodist
Episcopal church for 1920 was $24,
988,323, according to a survey made
public today by Dr. C. M. Barton of
the division of appropriations of the
Methodist committee on conservation
and advance. Of this amount, pastors'
salaries, including house rent, were
$21,944,613; the district superintend
ents' salaries. $1,36:1.221; bishop's sal
aries, $314,080; and for conference
claimants or for preachers', pensions,
$1,360,409.
For building and improvements, the
church spent $10,655,179; and on all
indebtedness, $4,636,796; and for all
current expenses, $11,210,835; a total
of $51,481,133.
Centenary and other apportioned
benevolences for the church were
$16,089,675; woman's missionary so
cieties and children's day funds,
$3,073,672; a total ef $19,163,344.
Dr. Barton said that this gives a
total disbursement for the Methodist
Episcopal church for the above pur
poses in 1920 of $70,644,480.
But say do you begin the day with
song?
The birds employ the knowledge,
and. the power they possess. They
not only take good care of them
selves, but they perform a most njia
b'.e and worthy mission in the world
while a good many men we have
known waste their knowledge and
power, never return to society any
valued service for what they get
out. of it. and are mere parasites
living off the work and worry of
" hotter than themselves.
The sweat of the brow -and the sweat
. . ; veiop strength and
character. Behold the fowls of the
heaven!
Birds Are Benefactors.
The birds are the benefactors of
society. They render service that is
priceless. Every boy and girl and
every home in the land depends upon
agriculture for the daily food supply.
And let us not forget that agricul
ture has its hard problems. One of
the great problems is the destruction
of the weeds, which so quickly spring
up in field and orchard and garden,
to reduce our food supply. The man
with the hoe needs help. The bird
is his ally in the war with the weeds.
Among the most active and efficient
checks upon the overwhelming crop
of weeds, which annually threatens
the world with famine, are the birds,
for they eat the seeus of the weeds.
The rushing train for hours during
the night had followed the winding
course of a dashing mountain stream.
The morning came, and the, shadows
fled from the rugged canyons, and
rosy tints painted the mountain tops.
The heart of the Rockies was charm
ins in its wild and stately grandeur;
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Three prominent cm ditIiiupb who will
AuKiut S-10: Left to rlgrht Rev.
secretary of the convention, and Rev. J. C. Austin, director of promotion
Oklahoma Minister Speaks
Sunday in Portland.
Rev. II. II. Kolton Reputed to Be
One of Best Church Orators
D
R. H. H. HULTON, D. D.. of Okla
homa City, Okla., who will oc
cupy the pulpit of the First Baptist
church (White Temple) today, and
the rest of this month, is considered
one of the finest sacred orators and
evangelistic and popular pr.eachers In
the country. His command of lan
guage is hardly to be excelled any
where, tor he is one of the best talk
ers and most masterly men in the
ministry. '
A cordial Invitation is extended to
the general public to attend all the
services of the church, and it ia hoped
as many as possible will avail them
selves of this opportunity to hear Dr.
Hulton.
Sunday school will be opened at
9:45; morning service at 11, evening
service at 8 and Thursday prayer and
praise service at 8 P. M.
The mission chapel at 430 East
Forty-fourth street, on which over
20 Baptist ministers labored for a day
recently, is now being completed.
Rev. Earle D. Sims of Chicago con
tinued the work when the other min
isters quit him, and has labored every
day with a force of men.
"Opening services" will be held to
day in the chapel. The building is a
model in beauty and is equipped in
the most 'modern way for Sunday
school and mission work. A Sunday
school will be organized at 2:30 P. M.,
and at 8 P. M. Rev. Sims will deliver
a lecture on "My Trip Around the
World." On Monday a daily vacation
Bible school will be started. Every
night of next week revival meetings
will be conducted In the chapel.
Rev. Daniel Bryant of Great Falls,
Montana, who will have charge of
the entire church work in the East
Side Baptist during the month of
August while the pastor. Dr. W. B
Hinson, is absent on vacation, will
preach this morning at 11 o'clock
from the subject "Ye Must Be Born
Again." This evening at 7:45 Rev.
Bryant's theme will be "The Silent,
Sorrowing,. Suffering Lord." The
topic for the mid-week service
Wednesday evening will be "Christ
the Head of the Church."
The work in the East Side church
will continue as usual during the
summer months, and the Sunday
school, in spite of the vacation period
when many are away, is keeping up
well in attendance. The automobile
race contest is creating a great deal
of interest and a few more Sundays
will decide which will be the winning
class in the Lincoln highway trip.
There are classes for all ages and
anyone not attending . Sunday school
elsewhere is, invited to Join.
The Baptist Young Peoples 'Union
meets at 6:45 in the lower hall.
The Rev. R. E. Close, pa.stor of the
Third Baptist church, has returned
from the Baptist Young People's As
sembly and will preach morning and
evening today. The Lord's Supper
will be observed at the close of the
j morning sermon. In the evening
Mr. Close will give the fourth in the
series of Sunday evening talks on
"The Wells of Scripture."
There will De no services today at
the Clay Street Evangelical- church
on account of the campmeeting at
Jennings Lodge, .Or. The services
will be held at the Riverview camp
ground. Dr. G. B. Kimmel. president
I of the Theological seminary at Kaper
! ville. 111., will be the principal speak
j er for the day.
! Services at St. Stephen's pro-cathe-
dial -will be held as follows today:
Holy communion at 7:45 A. M.. holy
the villages were far apart and
seemed to slumber in their romantic
vistas, and over all the splendid
panorama was the air of loneliness
and desolation for not a living crea
ture had we seen in that early morn
ing flight through the mountains.
The train stopped a moment at a
little station. It was Warland, Mont.
It suggested warfare. We looked out
of the coach window, and observed
but Just one living thing in sight. It
was a bright little goldfinch perched
on the thorny leaf of a tall thistle.
The little fellow was very busy. He
was hard at work getting his break
fast. He would pull out some of the
thistledown from a ripened blbssom,
deftly pluck off the diminutive seeds,
and then drop the feathery down to
be whisked away by the breeze. The
goldfinch was making war on the
thistle. He did it In the most effec
tive way, by devouring the seeds of
the noxious weed. And should we
not follow the example of the bright
little goldfinch? Yes, we should de
stroy the weeds of vice and evil habit,
which so quickly choke the tender
and fruitful virtues of character. It
is easier to destroy the seed than
the deep-rooted evil. It is far easier
to stifle an evil thought, and check
an unkind word and restrain a wicked
deed than to undo the wickedness
when once committed.
Farmers' Enemies Attacked.
The birds attack these enemies of
the farmer and gardener at a vital
period of weed life the seed time.
One seed of the Russian thistle has
been known to produce a plant yield
Ing 200,000 seeds. So the work of the
birds becomes easily apparent. Fifty
species of our native birds live chief-
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take an. active part In the meetlnsr of
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communion and sermon at 11 A. M.,
preacher, the Very Rev. R. T. T.
Hicks, dean.
The young people's society will hold
its weekly meeting in the parish
house at 6:30 P. M., leader, John Clag
horn. After the meeting refresh
ments will be served. Miss Daphne
Henderson will be the hostess.
"Quarrel Prevention" will be the
subject of a practical sermon, after
the analogy of "Fire Prevention" and
"Accident Prevention" to be delivered
at the Church of Our Father (Uni
tarian), , Broadway and Yamhill
street, this morning at 10:30. by the
pastor, William G. Eliot Jr.
Trinity Lutheran church, Rodney
and Ivy streets will worship this
morning at 18:15 o'clock in English.
A cordial invitation Is extended to
the stranger and the unchurched.
Christian Science Readings
to Be About "Spirit."
Services Will Be Held at 11 A. M.
In All Churches.
PIR1T" is the subject of lesson
J sermons in churches of Christ,
Scientist, today. Sunday morning
service is held In all Christian Science
churches at 11 o'clock, the Sunday
night service which begins at 8
o'clock has been discontinued in all
the churches except First and Sixth.
Wednesday night meetings are held
in all churches at 8 o'clock. Uivi.ig
of Christian Science healings is a pa.rt
of these meetings. I
Sunday school is maintained for
piplla up to the age of 20. Sesaio is
are held in all churches except Third
an Fifth at 9:45 and 11, in the latter
two at 9:30 and li.
Public reading rooms are maintained
at 1133 Northwestern Bank building
and 33 North Third street, where the
Bible and all authorized Christian
Science literature may be read or- pur
chased. The public is cordially In
vited to attend our church services
and use the reading rooms.
The churches are as follows:
First Nineteenth and Everett
streets. Second, East Sixth and Holla
day avenue. Third. East Twelfth and
Salmon streets. Fourth, Vancouver
avenue and Emerson street. Fifth,
Sixty-second street and Forty-second
avenue Southeast. Sixth. Pythian
temple. Seventh, 403 Smith avenue,
St. Johns.
The First church of Psychic Science,
409 Alder street, near Eleventh street,
will hold services tonight -at 8
o'clock, when Dr. W. W. Aber will
give a discourse upon the subject
"Ancient and .Modern Spiritualism"
and followed by messages. A special
musical selection will be rendered.
Test circles will be formed between
6:30 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. Mediums
will be in attendance.
The First Spiritualist church. East
Seventh and Hassalo streets, will hold
services at 8 P. M. There will be an
address by Ira Taylor, messages by
Mrs. Williams of Los Angeles. Cal
and Mrs. M. J. Downes. The Busy Bee
Social club will give a card party
Tuesday at 8 P. M., with admission 25
cents.
At the Independent Bible Spirit
ualistic society and church, 441 East
Twelfth street, corner Sherman street.
the subject of discourse will be for 8
o'clock tonight. "Contentment and
True Riches" at 8 o'clock; Tuesday
class meeting will be held and Thurs
day night the usual demonstration
meeting will be conducted by the Rev.
Mrs. Ida M. Schorl and several other
visiting workers from the east.
The pulpit at the Highland Con
gregational church Sunday mornings
of August will be supplied as fol
lows: Todav. H. P. I.ee: Alle-iiKt 14
James R. .Taylor; August 21. W. E.
Young, and August 28, R. M. Jones.
ly on the harvest of weed seeds. It
is not unusual for the crow black
bird or purple grackle to eat 50 seeds
of the smartweed, or for a field spar
row to swallow 100 seeds of crab
grass, or for a, tree sparrow to eat
700 seeds of pigeon grass at a single
meal while a snowflake has been ob
served to eat 1000 seeds of the pig
weed. Our native birds thus attack more
than 60 species of noxiou weeds. In
vestigation has shown that the birds
eat an average of one-fourth of an
ounce of weed seed daily, and upon
this basis, and with a fair estimate
of the number of birds to the square
mile, it has been calculated that in
Iowa alone the tree sparrows an
nually destroy 875 tons of weed seeds.
But suppose those tons of seeds had
been left to spring up and choke the
crops. Famine would have stalked
through that fair land. Behold, then,
the fowls of the heaven they save
us from famine! '
When the boys fare forth to shoot
the birds, may their better-natures
overcome their baser selves. Spare
the birds, for they are helping pay off
the mortgage and helping send the
children to college. The biological
survey proves the value of our feath
ered neighbors: Thirteen quail ex
amined had eaten 5582 weed seeds.
Several mourning doves were found to
have eaten great numbers of seed';
one had swallowed 7500 seeds of the
yellow woodsorrel, another 8400 fox
tail grass seeds, and another had eat
en 1200 weed seeds of various kinds.
The cheery whistle of the quail, and
the soft cooing of the turtle dove
ought to turn the heart of the ruth
iess hunter from slaughter, to praise
I and protection of these faithful allies,
Another serious problem in agri
the Oresroa Baptist state convention
1
Dr. Benjamin Young Will
Preach Here Today.
Ex-Pastor pf the Klrat Methodist
Church to t.Ive Popular Lecture.
TODAY will be a great day at the
First Methodist church when Dr.
Benjamin Young, a former pastor of
First church and now the pastor of
Union Methodist Episcopal church,
St. Louis, Mo., will preach. Dr.
Young on last Sunday dedicated the
new Methodist church at Ellensburg,
Wash., where his brother. Rev. W. B.
Young, is pastor. At 7:45 tonight Dr.
Young will give his most popular
lecture on "Peter Cartwright," one
of the ablest of the early Methodist
preachers. This afternoon. First I
church will .have an important part
in the church federation service in
Laurelhurst park, when Dr. Stans
field will preach on "Gateways to
the City of God." Ira D. Morgan,
special soloist and precentor for
August, will sing both morning and
evening. In the morning Mr. Mor
gan's selection will be "One Sweetly
Solemn Thought" (Ambrose), and in
the evening "Hear My Cry, O Lord"
( Wooler.)
At Woodlawn Methodist church the
subject of the morning is "What
Young Prophets Ought to Know." A
union meeting will be held at Penin
sula park at 4:30. The speakers' sub
ject will be "Christ's Plea for the
Unrepentant." A joint meeting of
church and league at 8 o'clock will
discuss "Our Pleasures in Harmony
With God's Will."
At the First Norwegian Methodist
Episcopal church. Eighteenth and
Hoyt streets, Rev. C. Aug. Peterson,
the pastor, will preach at 11 A. M.
on "Consecration." At 8 P. M. the
subject will be "A Pilgrim With a
WJ11." There will be special singing
by soloists and by the choir, F. P.
Holmes, director.
The pastor of the Clinton Kelly
Memorial Methodist Episcopal church,
situated on Powell and East Fortieth
streets, will have for his subject at
the 11 o'clock service, "Seeing the
Invisible." Special music will be
presented by the new quartet and
soloist. There will be no evening
service. . A tent meeting is being held
in Westmoreland, corner of Fifteenth
street and Ramona avenue, con
ducted by E. Sutton Mace and Evan
gelist Brymer. Services will be held
this morning, afternoon and evening
and each evening during the week
at f. hi
William Wallace Youngson, district
superintendent of the Portland dis
trict, Methodist Episcopal churches
will preach this morning at 11 A. M
at the Tualatin Methodist Episcopal
church, of which Alfred P. Bales is
the pastor. Members and friends
from the Wilsonville church will
assist in the programme and at noon
a basket lunch will be served in the
Tualatin church parlors. The quar
terly conference will follow at which
Dr. Youngson will preside. It is ex
pected there wii be a large attend
ance.
An unusual service will be held at
Centenary-Wilbur Methodist church
this morning when Miss Jennie Smith
will tell of her work in India. Before
going to India Miss Smith's home was
in Portland, and she is now spending
her furlough with relatives in Wood
stock. Miss Smith has had a wonder
ful experience during her six years
in the Asiatic field and has the facul
ty of describing her work in a way
that is both attractive and Impres
sive, sne has been in charge of a
girls school at Gonda, India, under
the direction of the Women's Foreign
' Missionary society. Another feature
of the service will be a eolo by Miss
FAITHFUL ALLIES OF HUMANITY
and Play Important Part in Keeping Down Higher Cost of Living by Destroying Pests.
culture is the destruction of the horde
of insects which prey upon the or
chard, forest and field. And in solv
ing this problem the birds again come
to the assistance of society. We have
Observed three types of birds. Some
species are ground birds. Their food
consists principally of seeds and in
sects found on the furrowed field, or
in the grass, or among the dead
leaves. Such are the meadowlarks,
blackbirds, and various sparrows.
Other species, like the swallows and
flycatchers, spend their lives on the
wing, or watching from some isolated
twig to catch the insects which swarm
in the summer air. And other species
still, like the warblers, vireos. nut
hatches, and woodpeckers inhabit Vhe
trees, and feed on insects living on
the trees. So the bird hosts advance
in three ' grand divisions upon the
armies of insect pests. Fifty-one
species of our native birds feed chief
ly on hairy caterpillars. Thirty-eight
species feed on plant'lice. We saw a
little greenish yellow summer warbler
industriously picking' the aphis from
the green peas one morning. One
evening a small screech-owl darted
rapidly around the arc light in the
street. He was following the zigzag
trail of a large moth. He soon caught
It and flew away to the little owlets.
A pair of warblers picked up 3560
plant lice in 40 minutes. A redwinged
blackbird had eaten 28 cutworms, and
yet the farmer wages war on the
blackbird!
The farmer- boy and the city sport
are always ready to take a shot at a
crow, hawk, or owl. The department
of agriculture examined 900 crows,
and found their food consisted of 75
per cent of cutworms, grasshoppers,
beetles and other Insects, and 25 per
cent of corn the latter probably
Sadie Pratt. Mrs. M. S. Hughes will
preside.
The Sunday night service hours
will be occupied by another evening
of choice music consisting Of the fol
lowing numbers:
Organ (a) "Fugue in C Minor" (Men
delssohn), (b) "Cantilene Pastorale"
(Guilmant), (c) "Question." "Answer."
(Underholme. Solo (a) "Voice in the
Wilderness" (Scott), (b) "O Rest In the
Lord" (Mendelssohn), Mrs. Arthur C.
Currin. Violin solo (a) "Minuet" (Bee
thoven, (b) "Berceuse" (Hjinsky), Miss
Gladys Johnson.. 6olo "Lead Kindly
Light" (Pughe-Evans), Maldwyn E. Evans.
Solo "The Living God" (OHara). Mrs
Arthur C. Currin. Solo "When I Survey
the Wondrous Cross" (Pettmnn), Maldwyn
E. Evans. J. MacMlllan Muir, organist.
C W. Miller presides at the serv
ice and will give a short talk.
Visiting Minister to Preach
at First Congregational.
Dr. Rouse of Worcester, Mass., to
Occupy Pulpit Two Sundays.
DR. FREDERICK T. ROUSE, pas
tor of the First Congregational
church of Worcester, Mass., will oc
cupy the pulpit of the First Congre
gational church of this city today and
next Sunday at the morning and eve
ning services. At the service this
morning his theme -win be "The Ad
venture of Faith, or the Possibility
of the Impossible." Dr. Rouse was a
delegate at the recent national coun
cil of Congregational churches, held
in Los Angeles, and is motoring to
Portland from California.
Arthur E. Larimer, superintendent
of the Bible school, has returned from
a three weeks' vacation spent at the
conference at Seabeck, Wash. The at
tendance of the school has increased
about 30 per cent over that of the
month of July last summer. Interest
in Its missionary work has decided
the school to send its yearly birthday
offerings foT further education of
Ruth Tong, a student in Dr. Edwin
A. Kellogg's mission school at
Shaowu. Fukien, China. She will
complete her high school year and be
given two years' training at the Foo
chow missionary kindergarten.
At a meeting of the officers of the
St. Johns Congregational church last
Monday evening it was decided that
from now on the organization will be
known as the St. Johns Commu-ntty
church. Congregational. While it will
take some time to put all of the plans
into operation, the programme that
is being worked out calls for, as far
as is possible, the touching and serv
ing of the community life at all
points. - Today services will be at 11
A. M. on the subject "Climbing Up
and Out." and at 7:45 P. M. on the
topic "Eating Husks."
Presbyterians to Hear Rev.
L. W. Taylor.
Millinoary on Way to India Will
Speak at First Church.
EV. L. W. TAYLOR, missionary
to India, will preach this morn
ing in the First Presbyterian church,
corner of Twelfth and Alder streets.
Mr. Taylor, accompanied by his wife,
is on his way to their station in the
far east. While in the city they are
the guests of William M. Ladd, at the
home of the latter at Rivera.
The night sermon will be by Rev.
Norman Kendall Tully. assistant min
ister, on the topic, "No Room in the
Inn." and the text, Luke 2:7.
Dr. Bowman, who is enjoying his
vacation in the mountains of Wash
ington state with Mrs. Bowman and
their little daughter, came to Port
land Friday to attend the dinner
given by the men of the church in
honor of Rev. Mr. Taylor .at noon at
the University club.
P. A. Ten Haaf will be the soloist
during the month of August, and M:ss
Alice Johnson will be the organist
while Edgar E. Coursen is on his va
cation. Mr. Ten Haaf will sing this
morning "Come Unto Me." by Coenen,
and at the night service "Abide With
Me." The organ music in the morn
ing will be: Prelude. "Intermezzo"
(Bizet); postlude, "Marche" (Goll
mick.) The organ concert preceding
the night services will include "Of
fertory in E Flat" (Batiste); "Melo
die" (Huer Huerter), and "Virgin's
Prayer" (Massenet); postlude, Alle
gro Moderato (Batiste.)
The Bible class, immediately after
the morning service, will be led by
Mr. Tully during the absence of M.
O. Nelson, the leader.
The mid-week meeting Thursday at
7:45 P. .M. will be led by Mr. Tully.
the subject being "The Great Confes
sion." the third of the series of five
studies in the general theme of
"Christ's Pathway to the Cross."
The San Qrael society plans a
moonlight excursion on the Wil
lamette river during the hours of 7
to 11 P. M. Friday, August 12. on the
launch Dix. They will leave the Yam
hill street dock. Those interested
please telephone John Rankin, Broad
way 4049, or Richard Home. Main
7351.
'
Rev. Donald MacCluer. pastor of
Rose Ciy Park Presbyterian church.
with his family, left Monday for
grain lost in the field. Tne crow is a
jolly good fellow; and he has more
sense than some full grown men for
he always knows every gun Is loaded.
My friend had a pet crow. He would
come down from the woods at the call,
"Pluton!" The bird would alight on
his shoulder, and feed from his hand.
He enjoyed pestering the shepherd
dog. When the dog would be trotting
along minding his own business, and
thinking his innocent dog-thoughts,
"Pluton" would alig-ht on his back,
tweak his ears, and pull his hair until
the dog would take to flight among
the bus'hes. -
' Hanks Defended.
The sparrow hawk is a beautiful
bird and a very useful citizen. Chap
man, the ornithologist, tells us it has
a perfectly clean record. Three hun
dred and twenty were examined, and
not one proved to be a chicken thief
while 89 had eaten field mice, and 215
had dined on grasshoppers and'
beetles. Among the hawk family only
Cooper's hawk, and the sharpshinned
hawk both handsome, slender and
active birds are habitual chicken
eaters. All the others prey upon rep
tiles, insects and rodents which work
havoc with fruits and crops.
The insect marauders lay an im
mense tribute upon our country. This
tribute is no small item in the high
cost of living. The Hessian fly in a
single year caused a loss of $3,000,000
in the state of New York alone. The
total annual loss in timber, fruit and
crops has been estimated at $800,000,
000 in our country. But how vast
must have been the damage, without
the faithful work of the birds. The
boll-weevil threatens the cotton cul
ture of the couth. It is a menace
which is spreading at the rate of 50
Ocean Park. Long Beach, Wash.,
where they expect to remain during
the month of August. In the absence
of Rev. Mr. MacCluer, the pulpit will
be supplied today by Kev. A. B. Carr.
missionary from Elat, Africa, and
August 14, 21, 28. by Rev. Ralph C.
McAfee of the Portland Federation
of Churches.
Morning service today at Piedmont
Presbyterian church will be conducted
by Rev. P. O. Bonebrake. His subject
will be "A Lesson From the Life of
Paul." There will be no night serv
ices during the summer.
.
At the Millard Avenue Presby
terian church this morning at 11
o'clock, the Rev. Floyd-E. Dorris will
preach in the absence of the pastor.
j Dr. Henry White, who is taking a
j vacation at Ocean Park. R. E. Mer-
ritt will sing "One Sweetly Solemn
i Thought." At 8 P. M. the following
song service programme will be
i given :
Prelude; hymn. "We Sail Alone Toward
the Harbor Light"; hymn, "What a Friend
We Have, in Jesus": hymn. "True-Hearted,
Whole-Hearted. Faithful and Loyal";
responsive reading. No. 1 in the Psalter;
hymn, solo and chorus, selected, Mrs.
Ueoraje C olvey, soloist: scripture lesson.
Psalm 19: invocation from Presbyterian
ritual, followed by the Lord's Praver:
hymn, "Encamped A-long- the Hilis of
LlBht"; reading. "When Mellndy SinKS"
(Dunbar). Mrs. Meta Snider: hvmn. "I Jim
Thine. O. Lord. 1 Have Heard Thy Voice":
announcements; offertory: solo, selected.
Mrs. George Colvey; reading. "The Legend
Beautiful" (Longfellow). Mrs. Meta Sni
der: hymn. Savior, Airain to Thv Tear
Name We Raise"; Mtzpah Benediction;
postlude.
Rev. E. E. Flint will be the speaker
at the men's rosert meeting today at
4 P. M. Mrs. C. S. Richardson "will
be soloist and Mrs. C. C. Tripp will
be pianist. The men will sing a spe
cial number, and a song service will
precede the speaker.
Christianity in Business and
Politics Is Topic.
Rev. Mr. Grlffls of First Christian
Church Will Preach Today.
A speak at bot; the mo-ning and
the evening services today at the
First Christian church. At the
morning worship at 11 o'clock the
discourse will deal with Cnristianity
in its bearings on the mod'rn world
of. business and politics the topic
being "The Minister in the Market
Place.'"
In the evening at 7:45 the ordin
ance of Christian baptism will be
administered and following a pro
gramme of music by the. church
quartet the pastor will deliver a
sermon in answer to the question
"why Were You Born?
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in
the church lecture room, the worn
en's missionary auxiliary will hold
its August meeting under the leader
ship of Mrs. J. A. Todd. The theme
of the devotions and discussions
will relate to the work of Christian
Americanization, the specific topic
being Strangers Within Our
Gates."
At Sunnyside Congregational church
Dr. J. J. Staub's sermon this morning
will be on "The Gate Called Beauti
ful." R. S. Gray will sing "O Lovin;
Father." by Teresa Del Riego. The
regular evenin-g service has been dis
missed in favor of the vesper services
in Laurelhurst park. Dr. Staub will
lead the interdenominational Bihle
class Wednesday evening in the study
of Revelation, 14th chapter.
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At the Sunnyside Methodist church
Dr. T. H. Gallagher will speak on
"The Lavish God." There will be no
service of worship in the evening
throughout August. This will be the
last sermon Dr. Gallagher will preach
before taking a vacation He will be
back In his pulpit the first Sunday
in September.
American School System Is
Planned for Albania.
Methodist Board of Forelicn Mis
sion to Heed Appeal.
PARIS, Aug. 6. An American
school system will be estab
lished in Albania if the recommenda
tionsof Bishop Edgar Blake of Chi
cago, who has returned here from
an official visit to Albania are adopt
ed by the board of foreign missions
of the Methodist Episcopal church
Dr. Blake is the Methodist Episcopal
bishop for southern Europe.
"I know of no country in Europe
where the opportunities are greater
for Christian work than In Albania."
he said. "A country of 1.000.000 peo
ple, intensely nationalistic and with
great native intelligence, only 4 per
cent actually have attended schools
of any kind. With an initial ex
penditure of $100,000 and 140.000
yearly, for five years wonders could
be accomplished for the country.
America is the only country AlETania
trusts. Hence ner appeal to us."
Bishop Blake was accompanied hy
Professor E. E. Jones', dean of the
miles a year. Thirty-eight species of
birds feed upon this destructive in
sect yet the slaughter of birds goes
on! The food of kingbirds consists of
90 per cent of weevils and other pests.
The robin pays his way in the world,
too. He eats some cherries during a
brief season, but consumes worthless :
berries and vermin the remainder of
the year. The wise orchardist will
plant mulberry trees among the cher
ries, for the robins will pass the
cherry tree every time for the mul
berries. The grosbeaks eat some green
peas, but they destroy also many po
tato bugs. And so the small damage
done by the birds is vastly more than
repaid by their beneficent work. The
slight losses they cause are, by sensi
ble persons, placed in the column of
necessary expenses, in life's book
keeping. Behold the birds of the heaven! The
biological survey reports that mead
owlarks. which subsist ohiefly on
grasshoppers, save $3ti5 a year for
every township of 36 square miles in
Iowa, by protecting the grain and hay
crops. And it also reported that dur
ing one year in New York state the
native birds destroyed 3. 000. 000
bushels of noxious bugs and worms,
which devastate the orchard, wood
land, and cultivated field. And so the
heavenly Father notes even the fall of
the sparrow!
Examplrt Are Set.
But the birds are also our school
masters. They are ever before us as
examples of industry and optimism.
And Just observe how true they are to
their native instincts. They live up
faithfully to the light that is in them
Then notice how false we often are to
reason and Instruction, to conscience
and divine revelation.
school of education of Northwestern
university, and was received by all
the Albanian ministers and regents.
The latter requested Bishop Blake
to undertake the establishment of
a college of higher education similar
to Roberts college in Constantinople,
a vocational school and an American
educational advisor to be attached
to the government. Dean Jones i"
remaining in Albania all summer to
survey the situation and his report
will be represented to the autumn
meeting of the board of foreign missions.
Rev. Ira Hawley Returns to
Pulpit Today.
"Not for Me. IJut for You," Will
Be ultirt-t of Sermon.
"T) EV. Ira Hawley. who, with his
XV family, has been on a vacation
for the Inst three weeks. 1r a-aln iu
his pulpit at Second United Brethren
church. Twenty-seventh and Sumner
streets. This morning he will preach
on the theme "Not for Me, But for
You." His topic for this evening
will be "The Cloak Torn Away."
Rev. E. O. Shepherd, pastor of the
Third United Brethren church. Sixty
seventh street and Thirty-second
avenue. Southeast, has been called
to Brush Prairie, Wash., for today's
services. In his absence Rev. C. P.
Blanchard .will occupy the pulpit
this morning and evening.
The pastor. Rev. Leila Luckey. will
preach Sunday morning at Fourth
United Brethren church. Sixty-ninth
street and Sixty-second avenue.
Southeast. In the evening the Broth
erhood will have charge of the serv
ice, and the meeting will be ad
dressed by the Rev. G. M. Beeler.
m m m
At the Central Presbyterian church.
East Thirteenth and Pine streets. Rev.
E. Albert Cook. Ph. D., who has just
come from Washington, D. C to be
head of the department of religious
education at Pacific university, will
preach at the 11 o'clock service, the
topic of his discourse being "The
Christian in the New Age." Dr. Cook
widely known throughout the
United States and Canada as a lec
turer, preacher, teacher and author.
Dr. Nugent and family will spend the
month of August at Neah-Kah-Nie
mountain.
The one service at Atkinson Memo
rial Congregational church last Sun
day proved a great success and will
be continued for the summer season.
The Sunday school meets for a brief
session at 10:45 and at 11 o'clock it
unites with the regular church serv
ice for devotion and instruction. The
fine picture equipment is brought
into service. The moving pictures
now being sho-wn are the Burton
Holmes' travels. Today he will take
you "Along the Riviera." The slider
used are on "The Far-Flung Battle
Line." The pastor. Rev. Elbert E
Flint, will preach on "The Modern
Saint."
RED CROSS AIDS VETERANS
Appropriation of $175,000 Made
for Recreational Facilities.
CHICAGO. Aug. 6. An appropria
tion of $175,000 has been made by na
tional headquarters of the American
Red Cross to provide recreational fa
cilities for veterans of the world war
studying at training centers of the
federal board for vocational training
during the coming year. This step
was taken when the board called to
the attention of the Red Cross the
great need of equipment for this pur
pose. Expenditures from this fund will
be confined to the equipment of recre
ational rooms or buildings at train
ing centers. Personnel to direct the
recreational activities will be fur
nished by the federal board, which
also will provide quarters for the
activities. The recreation thus made
possible will include social and musi
cal evenings, minstrel shows, motion
picture entertainments and club fea
tures of various kinds.
Through an appropriation by con
gress there is now available to dis
abled veterans of the world war who
are being retrained by the federal
board for vocational education a re
volving fund of $500,000 from which
they may borrow to meet temporary
financial needs. Disabled ex-service
men whose applications .for training
are still in "investigation status" are
not eligible to this assistance, but
they will continue to receive such as
sistance from the American Red
Cross, it is announced by national
headquarters. During the last year
4000 such men have been given tem
porary financial assistance by the
Red Cross.
Wasted Liglit Costs $200,000,000.
NEW YORK. An electric expert
says that $200,000,000 worth of light
is wasted annually in the United
States because windows, globes, re
flectors and shades are not kept free
from dirt and dust. The nation's an
nual lighting bill is estimated at
$."OU,000.000. .
They hear the call of nature, and
their migration begins. One hundred
and fifty species of warblers range
from Argentina to Alaska. The black
poll warbler is. perhaps, the greatest
traveler. It wings its way more than
7000 miles. These feathered midgets
do not follow the seashore, or the
islands across the sea hut fly in a
continuous passage across the gulf o
Mexico, a distance of 7H0 miles How
wise is that divine providence, which
thus by instinct directs the little way
farers through the starless niah! over
the pathless sea!
The birds are true to their in-'.inctt.
They flee f.om enemies and from dan
ger. But men they oft n are not
wi.se as the birds to avoid evil com
panions, and unwholesome food and
drink. Too often do they rather culti
vate evil associations and bid habits,
and fly into danger. The prisons and
asylums are filled with persons who
were not as wise as th birds, for they
willfully trampled n,a both reason
and instruction, conscience and rev
elation. Behold the birds of ihe heaven!
They fill their places in the world
with honor and distinction. True to
instinct the birds build their nests
and care for their own. They thus
become examples to all men in cour
age and patriotism. But there is a
growing host of men w ho care for no
body, and live for no one but them
selves. They are far beneath the
birds in the heroic virtues. And so
divine providence provides for the
birds, and they thrive and prosper, be
cause they are true '. tltt liht that
is in them; and so. divine providence
can prosper us only as we listen to
the voice of duty and the call of
service.