THE SUNDAY OREGfXNFIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 7, 1932
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METHODIST GOSPEL CRUSADE ENDS WITH FOUR SERVICES TODAY
Churches of Denomination to Suspend all Separate Activities Except Sunday School Sessions, and Join in Ceremonies to Be Held in Tabernacle at East Third and East Irving Streets.
ALL METHODIST activities, ex
cept the Sunday school sessions.
Will be suspended today in favor
of the final services at the united
gospel crusade tabernacle. East Third
and East Irving streets. The six
weeks' crusade will be brought to a
close today with four great meetings.
This morning at 11 o'clock- Dr.
George "Wood Anderson will deliver
one of his famous sermons, entitled
"Cleansing the Temple." All the Meth
odist congregations of the city are
expected to unite in this service of
worship, which will take the place of
the morning services in the various
churches.
At 3 o'clock Dr. Anderson will
speak from the subject, "The White
Robed Christ" and will close his cam
paign here at 7:30 P. M. with one of
his famous sermons, "The Man Who
Came Back." The fourth meeting of
the day will be a union Epworth
league meeting at 6:15 P. M.
All the services of the day will be
open to the general public. As the
tabernacle has been full on other
Sunday nights. It is expected that the
building will be overcrowded tonight
The service will be started early If
the crowd gathers early.
Special muslo will be provided at
each service by the united' choirs from
ail of the Methodist churches, and the
regular chorus members, under the
l. 1 WaHn-l, Tf TnViiw with
.euorauii; wi
Bentley D. Ackley, celebrated gospel
song writer, at the piano.
The crusade has brought to Port
land a new type of revival meeting
one In which the sensational has been
eliminated and one in which money
matters have not been brought to the
front. A feature of the meeting pleas-
irnfkAPt to that thA free-
will offerings of the meetrngs have
come up to the expenses oi me cam
paign. Dr. Anderson came to Port
land without a financial guarantee
and has received nothing from the
offerings, so a free-will offering will
be taken for him at the three services
today.
The. Congregationaliats of Oregon
will bold a series of meetings the
next two or three weeks. The first
of these meetings will be held tomor
row at Pilgrim Congregational
church. Missouri and Shaver streets.
The women of Pilgrim church win
serve lunch at 12:30 o'clock and din
ner at 6:30 o'olook. The Pilgrim boys'
chorus, under the direction of Mr.
Price will sing several times during
the day. Dr. Sullens, the state super
intendent, will speak on "The
Church's Outlook." Dr. W. T. Mc
Elveen of the First Congregational
church will speak on "The Democ
racy of the Church."
Mrs. E. E. Flint of the Atkinson
Memorial church has charge of a
women's hour from I to S:30 o'clock.
During the hour Mhs Susan Cole, who
was for many years a missionary in
Turkey, will speak. She will be
followed by Mrs. F. W. Wilcox, the
executive secretary of the women's
department of the American Mission
ary association. The American Mis
sionary association does industrial,
educational and religious work
among the negroes, Indians, Chinese,
Japanese, Porto Rlcans, Hawallans
and Mexicans.
Dr. Ernest M. Halliday, general sec
retary of the National Home Mis
sionary society, will speak on "Lay
ing Foundations." Other speakers on
the programme are: Dr. J. J. Staub.
Rev. R. M. Avery, Rev. Robert Alllng
ham and Rev. Edward Constant.
Tuesday and Wednesday the meet
ings will be held in the Central Con
gregational church of Salem. Dr.
Halliday, Dr. Sullens and Mrs. Wil
cox will again be the principal
speakers. Tuesday night Rev. F. W.
Keagy will preach the annual ser
mon and Rev. W. H. L. Marshall and
Rev. Caradoo Morgan will conduct
the communion service. Other speak
ers are: Rev. J. T. Muaton, H. G.
Crocker. Caradoc Morgan, Mrs. L. P.
Putnam, Mrs. F. W. Wilcox, Rev. J. P.
Clyde, Dr. F. E. Brown and Rev. W. J.
Oldfield.
The Christian Endeavor union of
Multnomah county will hold a county
convention on the nights of May IS
and 20. May 10 the convention will
be held at the First Congregational
church. The programme will begin
at 7:30 o'clock with a song service
led by Mrs. XV. E. Wright. There
will be several musical numbers by
Webber's Juvenile orchestra. Reports
of the past year's work will be given
by the senior and Intermediate offi
cers, the reports of the nominating
committees will be given and acted
upon, and Rev. Lloyd Carrick of Cali
fornia will raise the budget. Rev.
Ward MoHenry of Mount Tabor Pres
byterian churoh will give the address.
Friday night the meeting will be
held at First Presbyterian church.
Twelfth and Alder streets. A ban
quet will be served at 6:30 o'clock for
junior. Intermediate, senior and
alumni endeavorers. Places will be
set for 500. Roy Pruden will be toast
master. -Alt 7:30 Mrs. Wright will
lead an Inspiring song service. Mrs.
Wright also will sing several solos.
William Bryce will render a violin
solo, assisted by Professor Charles
Swenson. Dr. Helen Gilky, the state
president, will confer the Christian
Endeavor courtier degrees, and Rev.
Mr. Crockett will install the new of
ficers. Dr. J. J. Staub of Sunnyside
Congregational church will give the
nddress. The thoughts of the con
vention will center around the theme,
"Fellowship in Service." The conven
tion committee follows:
Allan Reid. chairman; Mrs. C. Cor
bett, Miss Margaret Orr, Miss Erraa
Dudro, Clyde Beckelheimer and Ed
ward Gleger. Russell Hendricks re
ported that the Christian Endeavor
Leadership Training Institute is
showing steady progress.
.
As an outgrowth of the Oregon
summer school for clergy, which has
held sessions for the last six years,
a committee has been formed to pro
mote a conference of larger dimen
sions and more varied Interest to be
held for seven days during July. Ar
rangements have been made for the
conference to meet at the Gladstone
Chautauqua park from July 14 to the
21st inclusive.
It Is expected that Dr. XV. E. Gard
ner, executive secretary of the de
partment of education, and Miss Til
lotson of the department of missions,
both of New York, will be here. Dr.
Herbert Powell of the divinity school
of San Francisco, and Dr. Ramsay,
lately professor in the divinity school
at Faribault, now of the pro-cathedral
in Portland, will also be on the pro
gramme. Further plans will be announced
from time to time. The Important
thing now is for church people to be
gin to think and plan to attend the
conference. Ample provision will be
made for camping, both for families
and Individuals. The executive com
mittee consists of Archdeacon Black,
president: Mrs. William Powell, vice
president; Rev. Thomas Jenkins, sec
retary, and Miss Bessie N. Grant,
treasurer. Necessary committees will
be announced in a few days.
Active campaigning will be begun
today and will continue throughout
the- entire week on behalf of the
Bishop Scaddlng memorial buildings
for St, Michael and All Angels' Epis
copal church. East Broadway and
East Forty-third street, for which
a large committee and five divisions
in charge of colonels, captains and
lieutenants will endeavor to raise
350,000. The group of buildings will
Include a new church, parish house
and rectory.
Several thousand dollars in pledges
already has been recorded, accord
ing to announcement by Frank C.
Jackson, campaign manager, showing
a general enthusiastic response to
preliminary solicitations by a division
which devoted its time exclusively
to this feature.
Dean' Vincent is the general chair
man of the committee in charge. It
is a diocesan affair and all of the
churches .and missions are backing
it. In addition, it has the support
of the clergy and of business men
in the Rose City Park district, because
they realize the need of more fa
cilities for handling church work
there, especially for young people.
Rev. T. F. Bowen is the vicar of the
mission. Bishop Sumner of the dio
cese of Oregon is enthusiastically
supporting the project and contrib
uted J1000 toward it.
It is hoped by the committee in
charge that the full amount will be
subscribed this week and that con
struction plans may go forward im
mediately. A series of conferences on social and
industrial problems will be conducted
by the Portland council of churches
Thursday and Friday. These confer
ences have been arranged under the
direction of the social and industrial
department, of which Norman F. Cole
man is chairman.
Rev. Ray E. Close, executive secre
tary of the Portland council, stated
that similar conferences are being
held along the Pacific coast under the
auspices of the various church coun
cils, the speakers coming here from
California.
These speakers are among the
strongest and most able of the spe
cialists in the social service commis
sion of the federal council of the
churches of Christ in America The
personnel consists of Dr. Worth M.
Tippy, Dr. Samuel Z. Batten and Dr.
Alva Taylor.
The programme for these confer
ences is as follows:
Thursday, May 11.
10:30 Conference with pastors, T. M.
C. A. auditorium: Br. Samuel 2. Batten
and Dr. Alva Taylor.
"How Shall Pastors Better Prepare
Themselves to Interpret Christian Ideals
to Industry T
12:00 Luncheon. Progressive Business
Men's club. Benson hotel. Ir. Worth M.
Tippy and Dr. Alva Taylor.
"Practical Application of Christian
Principles to Industry."
Friday, May 12.
11:30 A M. Heed collete. Dr. Worth
M. Tippy.
8:00 A. M. North Pacific college. Dr.
Alva Taylor.
2:30 P. M. Library hall. Dr. Samuel
Z. Batten.
Women's department, council of
churches and women's clubs.
"Relation of Women to the Social and
Industrial Problems."
6:00 P. M. Dinner, Social Workers'
association of Oreson, chamber of com
merce. Dr. Worth M. Tippy and Dr.
Samuel Z. Batten.
"Relation of the Church to Social
Agencies."
8:00 P. M. Central labor council, labor
temple. Dr. Worth M. Tippy and Dr.
Alva Taylor.
"Observations on the Labor Movement
In Kurope in the Summer of 1921."
Thursday night Dr. Samuel Z. Bat
ten and Dr. Alva Taylor will give ad
dresses in the First Congregational
church at. Oregon City.
Dr. Tippy left the pastorate of the
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church. New Tork. in 1917, to become
the executive secretary of the com
mission on the church and social
service. Previous to this pastorate,
he had been pastor for 10 years of
the Epworth Memorial church, Cleve
land, where he had built up a strong
church. During the war, he organ
ized churches for co-operation with
the Red Cross, the government and
other war causes. In the summer of
V&19 he was sent to Europe as chair
man of a committee to study social
conditions following the war.'
Dr. Batten and Dr. Taylor have
both been interested in the social or
ganization of the church.
Reports from the special building
and finance committees appointed to
work out details for the proposed
community house for the Sunnyside
Methodist Episcopal church, East
Thirty-fifth andEast Tamhill streets,
were made to the official board meet
ing Monday night, and the prospect
for the new building was said to be
assured.
A special meeting of the ornciai
board will be held on the night of
May 15, when final details will be
decided upon, and it is expected the
building will be started soon and will
be ready for use early in the fall. It
will cost approximately $30,000.
The clan provides for a three-story
structure, 50x100 feet, on property at
the rear of the church edifice. The
street frontage will be of stone, har
monizing with the church architec
ture, and the rear walls will be of
brick or concrete.
The first floor will be a two-thirds
basement, with rooms in the front
for boys and young men, girls and
young women, and back of these the
swimming pool and locker rooms. The
auditorium will occupy the second
floor, and will have a seating capacity
for 800 persons. It will be used by
the Sunday school department and
for motion plotures and other enter
tainments. The entire top floor will
be used for the gymnasium.
The parishioners of the Church of
Hop idv of Sorrows. Woodlawn ave
nue and Fifty-second street Southeast,
gave their pastor, Rev. u. c. 'aiiu, a
surprise Easter Sunday, when they
had placed in the church a fine chapel
organ. Several other Easter gifts
were ma'de to the church, among
which was a large tabernacle crucifix.
This parish is planning to erect a
large parish hall adjacent to the
church during the present year.
CLEVELAND. O. May 6. With the
announced purpose of bringing the
anited religious forces of the world
lo bear upon the problem of interna
tional co-operation, religious leaders
if all denominations have been in
cited to attend the seventh annual
meeting of the world allianoe for in
ternational friendship through the
churches, here May 16-18.
The gathering will be not only
international but inter-racial and In-er-denominational,
it Was stated.
"The campaign for the limitation of
armament which resulted In calling
or the Washington conference proved
that when the public opinion of the
world is aroused results are accom
plished," the programme of the
peeting states. "However much we
appreciate the results achieved by the
Vashlngton conference, it must be
recognized that this is a mere begin
ning. Much still remains to be done,
ti fact every accomplishment hinges
jpon the nations continuing in ac
cord with each other."
Speakers will discuss international
v-operation In the life and work of
the churches and In the realms of
relief work, world friendship, agri
culture, economics, education labor
and world politics, it was announced.
Among the speakers listed on the pro
gramme are: Rev. Arthur J. Brown.
Professor William Adams Brown.
Kenyon L Butterfleld. Dr. Edward S.
Cummtngs, Professor Stephen 8. Dug
gan, Sherwood Eddy, W. H. P. Paunce,
&ev, Lynn. Harold Hough. James W.
Kline, Rev. Lauritz Larsen, Rt. Rev.
Francir McConnell, Rev. William P.
Merrill, Rev. John M. Moore, A. J.
Muste, Rev. Frederick Norwood, Wal
ter George Smith and Dr, James J.
Walsh.
The Rev. William P. Merrill, pastor
of the Brick Presbyterian church of
New Tork and president of the world
alliance, will open the conference
Tuesday afternoon. May 16, and ses
sions will be held through May 17
and 18.
In addition to churches and numer
ous church organizations. Invitations
to attend the conference have been
sent to representatives of labor, Fed
eration of Women's clubs, Y. W. C. A.,
Y. M. C. A., Society for the Abolition
of War, near east relief, International
institute for education, world agricul
ture society, Foreign Policy associa
tion. New York Peace society, Ameri
can Peaoe society, Carnegie endow
ment for international peace, world
peace foundation, Womens' Interna
tional league. League for Political
Education, Academy for Political and
Social Science, International chamber
of commerce, English Speaking union,
national council on limitation of arm
ament and numerous other bodies.
The world alliance was instituted
at an international conference of rep
resentatives of various churches held
at Constance, Switzerland, In August,
1914. The war, which broke out on
the very day this conference met,
made it necessary for the founders to
wait for calmer conditions before at
tempting work on an international
scale, but immediately after the
armistice, councils were organized in
22 European countries and Japan.
' CHARLESTON, XV. Va., May 6. The
second pre-assembly evangelistic con
ference of the Southern Presbyterian
church will be held in Charleston
Wednesday, May 17, the day preceding
the opening of the 62d general as
sembly of the church. This confer
ence of home missions and secretaries
of this committee Rev. S. L. Morris
and Rev. Homer McMillan of Atlanta,
Ga., will be the presiding officers.
The first pre-assembly conference
was held at St. Louis, Mo., preceding
the assembly of 1921, and was attend
ed by more than 200 commissioners to
the assembly. All commissioners and
visitors to the assembly will be In
vited to attend this preliminary con
ference, at which the evangelistic
work of the entire assembly for the
last year will be reviewed and plans
In connection with this phase of home
mission work outlined for the com
ing year.
Tt will be shown at the pre-assem
bly conference, it was announced,
that during the last year the seven
evangelists of the assembly conduct
ed 99 meetings, as a result of which
there has been added to the memDer-
ship of the church 3871 on profession
of faith, and 688 by certificate.
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CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 6. -The
62d general assembly of the Presby
terian church in the United States,
familiary known as the Southern
Presbyterian church, will hold its an
nual conference here May 18. Nearly
300 commissioners, equally divided
between ministers and ruling elders,
and representing the 88 presbyteries
into which the 17 synods of the gen
eral assembly are divided, are ex
pected to attend.
The territory of the assembly in
cludes all of the southern states from
LUTHERAN PASTOR TO SPEAK.
AT CEREMONY TODAY.
:
Rev. Frederick Zen.
More than 1,000,000 Lutherans
are today celebrating the found
ing of the Missouri synod 75
years ago by Carl F. XV. Wal
ther. D. D. Local churches will
celebrate Individually in their
own houses of worship at the
usual hour In the morning. This
afternoon, however, at 2:30, all
congregations in Portland and
vicinity are uniting in a cele
bration in the Turnverein hall.
Thirteenth and Main streets.
Night service will be omitted.
Professor Paul Hillmann will
open the joint service with an
organ prelude, followed by con
gregational pinging, for which
the Church of the Reformation
is noted Rev. R. G. Messerli of
Oregon City and Rev. Freder
ick Zehe of Mount Angel are the
speakers, and will be assisted
by several local clergymen. Un
der the direction of Pastor Mes
serli the Lutheran Choral club
will sing Gounod's "Praise Ye
the Father," Mendelssohn's
"March From Athalia" and
Beethoven's "The Worship of
God in Nature."
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New churches and out-of-town visitors are of Interest In church circles this
week. Above, at left. Is the new United Brethren ehurch, recently dedi
cates at Beaver, Or.) at the right, the Alameda Park Community church,
to be dedicated today. Below are two distinguished speakers to arrive In
Portland Thursday i Left to right Dr. Alva Taylor and Dr. Worth M.
Tippy.
Maryland to Texas, and Arkansas and
Missouri. There are in the church
2026 ministers, 3475 churches. 13,395
ruling elders and 14,220 deacons. Ac
cording to the reports to the general
assembly of 1921 there was a total
membership of nearly 300,000. Offi
cials of the assembly said indications
pointed to an Increase of nearly 1,
000,000 in the enrollment of members
since the last assembly was held,
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Rev. T. M. Minard, pastor of the
First Divine Science church, 816 East
Clay street, near corner of East
Twenty-fifth street (Hawthorne-avenue
car), will occupy the pulpit at
both the morning and evening serv
ices. At 11 o'clock the topic will be
"God's Universal Love," and at 8,
"The Christ Principles." Miss Smith
will sing "The Holy City," Francis
Richter will play the organ. The
Sunday school for children is in ses
sion from 10 to 10:45. Thursday at
8 o'clock Rev. Mr. Minard will give
another lecture in his course on di
vine science.
Dr. T. J. Villers Will Give
Illustrated Address.
Audience to See Scenes of Pales
tine at White Temple.
AT THE First Baptist church (White
Temple) this evening. Dr. Thomas
J. Villers will give the third illustra
trated address on "Through Palestine
With a Kodak." There was standing
room only last Sunday night. In this
third lecture, the audience will be per
mitted to see such scenes as the plain
of Dotham where Joseph was sold into
captivity; Ebal and Gerizim, on whose
slopes 600,000 men heard the curses
and blessings; Shecham, the old city
of refuge; the present high priest of
the Samaritans; Joseph's tomb, Jacob's
well, where Christ sat weary on the
curb; the village of Sychar, whence
the Samaritan women came to draw
water; Bethel, where Jacob in his
dream saw the angel-crowded ladder.
At the morning service. Dr. Villers
will preach on "The Untouched Cross,"
and will then welcome 70 new mem
bers who were received within the
paBt month. Communion will follow
this reception of members.
The Bible school, which has grown
rapidly under the superintendency of
Floyd R. Smith, meets at 9:45 A. M.
At the East Side Baptist church at
the morning service, the pastor, Dr.
Walter Benwell Hinson, will deliver
the 17th sermon on "The Real Lord's
Prayer." The text is: "Sanctify them
through the truth." There will be
baptism at the morning service, fol
lowed by the ordinance of communion.
Unable to fill the engagement last
Sunday evening, Rev. E. S. Burkett of
Changnlng, China, will address the
young people at 6:15 on his five years'
missionary experience in China,
At 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Daniel Bryant,
associate pastor, will speak on "Lord
ship Through the Holy Spirit." Dr.
Hinson will follow with a sermon on
"Only Four Men in Portland." Bap
tism will take place following the
sermon.
Tomorrow morning, Dr. Hinson will
leave for Spokane where he will de
liver four addresses before the East
Washington Baptist convention.
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"Christ in America," a missionary
drama, will be given at Calvary Bap
tist church next Sunday night by
W. W. G. Gives, led by Mrs. Grace
Thomas Bloxham. Pastor Thomas'
subject Sunday morning will be "A
Remarkable Old-Time Salutation."
At the New Christian church (Swe
denborgian), Rev. William R. Reece
will speak today on "Some Parallel
isms Between Bodily and Spiritual
Healing." This sermon-lecture is
fifth in a series entitled "Let God Out
Through Soul, Mind and Body," and
will be given in the assembly room of
the Portland hotel at 11 o'clock.
The Society for Spreading the
Knowledge of True Prayer, as organ
ized by F. L Rawson, has offices at
405 Fliedner building. The office and
leading room are open daily from
12 to 4. The class in "Life Under
stood" meets Monday evenings at 8.
The public is invited.
The First Spiritualist church. East
Seventh and Hassalo streets, holds
services every Sunday at 3 and 8
P. M. There is a short conference
meeting in the afternoon, which is
followed by messages. Mr. Hills will
deliver the evening address at 8
o'clock on the subject of "Spiritualism
as a Science."
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Local Adventists to Go to
Coast Conference.
Meeting In San Francisco This
Month to Affect Whole Church.
MEMBERS Of the local Seventh
Day Adventlst church are await
ing the outcome of the quadrennial
session of the general conference of
that denomination in San Francisco,
May 11 to 30, with more than ordinary
interest. The entire denomination
will be affected by the plans and
policies made at the coming meeting.
Delegates from all parts of the world
where the Adventists have mission
stations will be present.
Rev. H. W. Cottrell of this city,
president of the North Pacific Union
conference, heads the delegation from
the northwest. Other Portland dele
gates are: Rev. G. A. Roberts, local
conference president; Rev. A. R. Eell,
local pastor: J. F. Beatty, secretary
treasurer; C. E. Olcott, home mis
sionary secretary; Professor I. C. Col
eordi educational secretary; Mis M.
E. Dauphinee, missionary volunteer
secretary; Miss Edith Starbuck, Sab
bath school secretary; Clyde Lowry,
secretary tract society; G. C. Hoskin,
manager publishing house.
The delegation also includes min
isters and workers and many local
church elders from cities and towns
in this territory. This delegation,
with other units from northwest sec
tions, will leave on their own special
train of sleeping cars Monday night
over the Southern Pacific.
Delegates will attend from the
western Oregon conference. Elder
Roberts will be the chairman of the
delegation from this state.
The six-story civic auditorium
building in which the last world's
convention was held In 1918 has again
been furnished by the chamber of
commerce of the Golden Gate city.
With its large main auditorium, in
which is one of the biggest pipe or
gans In the world, and its numerous
Rev. H. W. Cottrell, who will
head the Pacific northwest
J delegation to the Seventh-
Day Adventlst convention In
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assembly halls and committee rooms,
it will be an ideal place in which to
hold this big 20-day convention.
Elder Arthur G. Daniells, with head
quarters at Washington, D. C, has
served as president of the general
conference for more than 20 years.
He was for several years a mission
ary in New Zealand and Australia,
until elected president of the general
conference. In his visits In the mis
sion fields of the various continents in
the interests of the world-wide evan
gelization, he has crossed the Atlan
tic and Pacific oceans 16 times each.
He is widely known, as preacher,
writer, traveler and lecturer.
The Adventists have subdivided the
world field into six divisional confer
ences, with a vice-president of the
general conference over each. These
are North America, South America,
Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Each of these is subdivided into
union conferences, which in turn are
divided into state or province con
ferences. They have such organized
departments as the Sabbath school,
voung people's missionary volunteer,
home missionary, medical, religious
liberty, educational, colporteur, for
eign missions, home missions and the
press.
The Seventh-Day Adventists sent
out 310 missionaries in 1920 and 228
In 1921. They support their world
wide work with tithes and free-will
offerings. They operate 45 publish
ing houses and branches in strategic
places on the earth, and publish lit
erature in 99 language?. It would
cost more than J800 to purohase one
each in the cheapest binding of all
their large and small books, pam
phlets, tracts and magazines.
Their literature sales for 1920
amounted to $5,682,972.35. They oper
ate 33 large sanitariums, 928 primary
schools, 97 advanced schools and 6151
Sabbath schools. In 1920 the Sabbath
school contributions alone amounted
to 1,441. 000. The average per capita
of funds raised by them in 1920 was
$63.92.
At the world convention every
phase of the work will be considered,
reports from all continental fields as
to growth will be rendered, general
conference officers will be elected
by the assembled delegates and defi
nite plans laid for more aggressive
work.
At the Mystic Church of Bethesda,
409 Alder street, near Eleventh, serv
ices will be conducted tonight by Rev
W. W. Aber, who will deliver a dis
course upon the subject "Does a Lov
ing and Just God Send to Hell?" A
special feature for the evening will
be a vocal solo rendered- by Mrs. Suf
field with piano accompaniment. Also
a special musical selection will be
another feature.
Services of the Personal Message
church, of which C. W. Shaw is pas
tor, will be held In the assembly hall
of the Portland hotel tonight at 7:45
o'clock.
At the Advent Christian church,
438 Second street, between Hall and
Lincoln, Rev. George Armstrong, pas
tor, will speak at 11 A. M. on "The
Dynamic of Successful Service." The
evening subject at 7:30 is Christ's
Searching Question." Sunday school
is at 10 A. M., Loyal Workers, young
people's meeting at 6:30 P. M. Rev.
Mr. Armtsrong, paBtor, has recently
come from Attleboro, Mass., and de
sires to get in touch with all the Ad
vent Christian people.
'Adam and Fallen Man" Is
Scientist Subject.
Services Will Be Held Today as
Usual In All Churches.
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DAM and Fallen Man" Is the
subject of the lesson-sermon
in Christian Science churches today.
Christian Science churches hold
services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
and Sunday evening at 8. Fifth and
Seventh churches omit the evening
service.
Wednesday evening testimonial
meetings are held In all churches at
S o'clock.
Sunday school is maintained for
pupils up to the age of 20 in all
churches at 9:45 and 11, except Third
and Fifth churches, where the ses
sions are held at 9:30 and 11.
Free reading rooms are maintained
at 1133 Northwestern Bank building,
33 North Third street, 133 North Sixth
street and 148 Killingsworth avenue,
where the Bible and all authorized
Christian Science literature may be
read or purchased.
Christian Science churches are lo
cated as follows:
First Nineteenth and Everett streeta
Second Bast Sixth street and Holladay
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 (formerly Ma
sonic temple). 3S8 Tamhill street.
Seventh 403 Smith avenue, Bt. Johns.
The public is invited to attend the
church services and use the reading
rooms.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
announces a free public lecture on
"Christian Science," by Peter V. Ross,
C. S. B., of San Francisco, a member
of the board of lectureship of the
Mother church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., in
the municipal auditorium, Thursday
evening. May II, at 8 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
New Dean to Be in Charge
at Pro-Cathedral.
Young People's Society Will Ob
serve Blossom Day.
THE- Very Rev. Horace M. Rxmsey,
the new dean of the pro-cathedral,
will take charge of all services
at St. Stephen's pro-cathedral today.
The schedule of services is as follows:
Holy communion. 7:46 A. M.; church
m-iK a nf moraine Drayer
and sermon. 11 A. M. ; evensong and
short address, i: i-. special
dress to church school on Humane
week.
Since today is Blossom day in Sa
lem, the Young People's society of St
Stephen's pro-cathedral have accepted
the Invitation of the Rev. H. D. Cham
bers to attend divine worship at 11
A. M. and the Young People's society
of Salem at 6:30 P. M. One party left
nft.rnftfiTi to h, thA CliestS
of Miss Myia Chambers, and the main
body will leave tne entrai puunv;
library at 8 A. If. today in automo
biles. The convention floral league is
making great progress, under the
guidance of Mrs. George Good, presi
dent; Mrs. Lucius Allen Lewis, vice
president, and Mrs. J. H. Knight, sec
retary. All church people and their
friends are planting special garden
plots wherein they will raise flowers
. ,,n haaiitir in S.nt.mhAr.
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Thus the 4000 visitors from all over I
the country will realize the worth and
variety of Oregon flora
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Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner will
confirm a class of candidates at Trin
ity church at 11 o'clock, giving a spe
cial address to the congregation. In
the evening he visits Christ's church,
St. Helens.
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The social service commission of
the diocese Is taking a keen interest
in the arrival of the Rev. William T.
Weston about the middle of May. He
will reside in Portland in order to
take up the work of the Seamen's
church institute.
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The Oregon Churchman Is being
sent every month to over 200 church
papers in all parts of the world. These
publications are quoting with appre
ciation special articles on Oregon
scenery and on the arrangements be-
.lng made for one of the most suc
cessful and well-attended conventions
In the history of the ehurch.
Holy baptism will be administered
at St. Davidfs church this morning at
9:30. The service at H o'clock will
be the euoharist and sermon. The
rector. Rev. Thomas Jenkins, will
preach on "Intercepted Light." This
evening at 7:30 Mr. Jenkins an
nounces the first of four addresses
on "Our Lord's Last Words of Deep
est MeanLng," recorded In the 14th,
16th, 16th and 17th chapters of the
sTospel according to SL John.
Thursday the Washington league of
foung church people will meet in the
parish house at 8 o'clock. There will
e an address on the work of young
r pie's societies. All young people
and over are lnvitedi.
Christian Services to Be
Held in Lincoln School.
Dismantling of Old Church Struc
ture to Start at Once.
ALL services today of the First
Christian church will be held in
the Lincoln high school building, on
Park street between Market and Mill
streets. During the past week the
old church structure at Park and Co
lumbia streets has been emptied of
its furnishings and the dismantling
of the house will be started at once.
Throughout the period of construc
tion of the new church all Sunday
appointments of the congregation will
be In the Lincoln high school building.
Today the church Bible school will
convene at the regular hour of 9:45
with rooms arranged for the various
departments of the school. The pas
tor, the Rev. Harold H. Grlffls. will
speak ir. the main auditorium In the
morning at 11 and in the evening
at 7:45. The morning sermon will
be a discussion of the power of a
pragmatic gospel, the theme being
"Religion as a Great Human Utility."
Following a musical programme In
the evening by the church quartet
the pastor will discuss the two chief
fallacies which are common to human
nature everywhere and which account
for many of the delusions of both
religion and politics, the special eve
ning topic being "The New Icono
clasm." On Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
the Women's Missionary society will
hold the first of its regular monthly
meetings In its new quarters in the
home of Mrs. A. S. Hawk, 295 West
Park street, directly across the park
blocks from the old church. A care
fully prepared programme on "Latin
America" will be conducted by Mrs.
C. H. Mossberger and will Include the
playlet, "Selecting a Missionary," the
purpose of which is to depict the
conditions and qualifications for ef
fective modern missionary work.,
Outlining his conception of a model
community and ehurch, Rev. Walter
Scott Crockett, pastor of the East
Side Christian church, will speak this
morning from his pulpit on "Heav
enly People." At the evening service
he will have for his subject "The
Message Delivered." Interest in the
East Side church has been growing
week by week since the new pastors
arrrval some months ago and church
leaders expect this to be a banner
year in religious activity.
The sisterhood circles will meet In
an all-day session at the church
Tuesday. Lunch will be served at
noon and all women of the church
and their friends are invited to at
tend. Thursday evening the young peo
ple's class, "The Loyal Bereans," will
hold its business meeting in connec
tion with the weekly "persona!
evangelism" class. A cafeteria supper
will be served and all young people
in the church will be welcome. Last
Sunday the class was taught by
Charles Protzman, in the absence of
the teacher.
The senior Christian Endeavor so
ciety held a social meeting last
Wednesady evening at the home of
the president, Miss Lucille Duncan.
The three missionary circles met Fri
day afternoon, at the homes of Mrs.
Joseph Fowler, Mrs. C. F. Swander
and Mrs. C. J. Emerick.
Methodists to Co-operate
With Gospel Crusade.
Snnday School of First Csurcfc to
Convene at 8i30.
THE First Methodist churoh will
unite with the other Methodist
churches of the city In the final morn
ing and evening services of the cru
sade in the tabernacle at East Third
and Irving streets. The Sunday school
will meet In the Sunday school temple
at 6:30 o'clock and close at 10:10,
thus giving ample time to reach the
tabernacle, where seats will be re
served for the morning service at
11 o'clock.
The next few weeks will be a time
of Intense activity In the First
church. The many activities of the
church, which were suspended dur
ing the six weeks of the evangelistic
crusade, will begin again this week.
The regular monthly Sunday school
board meeting will be held In the
Sunday school temple tomorrow even
ing at 8 o'clock.
The woman's home missionary so
ciety will meet in the Sunday school
temple Wednesday afternon at 2
o'clock. The church night programme,
which was discontinued during April,
will be resumed Thursday night.
Dinner will be at 6 o'clock, followed
by social period, devotions and classes.
Next Sunday evening a sacred con
cert will be given by the chorus
choir and quartet under the direc
tion of E. Trevor Jones. This will
evenings. Dr. Parker has been se- !
lected as one of 200 delegates drawn j
from all over the country to meet in i
Evanston, 111., the latter part of May I
in a conference on economics and t
the Christian order. He will also
deliver the commencement address at
the Kimball School of Theology, Sa
lem, June 9.
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Rev. F. A. Scarvle, pastor of the
First Norwegian - Danish Methodist I
Episcopal church, left Portland Mon
day to participate In the commence
ment exercises of Garrett Biblical In- '
stitute at Evanston, 111., of which he I
Is a graduate and a member of thai
board of trustees. The commencement
programme covers May 7 to 10. In
clusive, and Dr. Scarvle will repre
sent the western Norwegian-Danish
conference. Thereafter he will visit
several of the churches of this branch
of Methodism In Minnesota, Michigan
and Illinois, where heserved In the
pastorate for many yVirs, and will
return to the Pacific cost by way of
California, where be vll speak In
' Francisco.
Lutherans Will Celebrate
Synod Anniversary.
"Joy of Believers la Canst." Rev.
Mr. Brlakman'e Topic.
rp HE JOT OF BELIEVERS IN
X CHRIST" will be the sermon
by Rev. W. E. Brlnkman today at St.
James' English Lutheran church at
U A. If.
Sunday school session Is held at
9:50 A. M.. Frank Schulz. superin
tendent. Classes for all ages are
open to new scnolara or visitors.
"The Fear of the Lord" will be
the subject of the evening sermon
at 7:45 o'clock.
The Young People's Luther league
will meet at 6:46 P. M.
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The morning service in Our Savior's
Lutheran church will be In Norwegian
In compliment of the older members
of the congregation. Rev. M. A.
Christensen will preach the sermon
on "The Friends or Enemies of
Christ." The Luther league will con
tinue the Bible study at the vesper
service, 6:30 o'clock.
Mothers' day. May 14. will be ob
served by confirmation services. An
appeal will be made to those having
their mother in Norway to write her
a long letter. L. H. Aemoth has been
elected delegate to the national con
vention of Lutherans In Minneapolis.
June 15-21.
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A Jubilee service will be held at
Trinity Lutheran church. Rodney and
Ivy streets, this morning at 10:16.
It being the 75th anniversary of the
founding of the Missouri synod. At
2:30 P. M. a joint service will be held
at the Social Turn Vereln hall. Thir
teenth street, near Jefferson. Rev.
Mr. Zllie of Mount Angel will speak
In German and Rev. Mr. Messerll of
Oregon City in English. The public
is cordially Invited The evening
service will be omitted at Trinity.
The morning service will be held In
German.
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"The Christian Pilgrims How They
Love, Live and Suffer." will be the
sermon theme of Rev. A. Krause
at 10:80 A. M.. at the St. Paul's Lu
theran church. East Twelfth and
Clinton streeta An appropriate mu
sical setting for both servioes will be
rendered by the choir. "The Christian
Hope in Sorrow" will be the topic
for the evening sermon at 7:10. All
morning servioes ars held In Ger
man, all evening services In English.
Bible study and devotional services
begin at 5 P. M., and the young peo
ple's meeting Is held at 6 P. M. The
Sunday school meets at 1:10 A. M.
The choir rehearses Friday at ( P. M.
Parochial school Is held Saturday
from 9 to 12 A. M.
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Grace English Lutheran church
will conduct regular morning serv
ices at 11. The pastor's theme Is
"How Faith in Christ Originates."
The Sunday school now begins the
series of Old Testament history. There
will be a meeting of voting members
Tuesday night. This afternoon Grace
church will join In celebrating the
75th anniversary of the Missouri
synod and will unite in worship with
sister churches at Turner hell. Thir
teenth and Main streets. The serv
ices will begin at 2:30.
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The Sunday school of the Clay
street Evangelical ehurch will meet
at 9:30. On account of the annual
conference of the churches of the
Evangelical association in Oregon and
Puget sound, in Taeoma. Wash., there
will he no preaching services con
ducted today. This is the conference
Sunday, when all pastors of the
Evangelical association attend the
conference at Tacoma All regular
services win be resumed again next
Sunday.
Dr. Bowman to Preach on
Family Church Pew.
Presbyterian Pastor to Tell Auto
biography of Bench.
HE Autobiography of a Family
Pew" Is the theme of the ser
mon at the First Presbyterian church
this morning, and tonight "The Brands
of Jesus" The pastor. Rev. Harold
Leonard Bowman, D. l., will preach
at both services.
The choir will sing In the morning
"1 Will Magnify Thee, O God" (Mo
senthal), and tonight "The Day U
Past and Over" (Meale) and "Rejoice
in the Lord. O Te Righteous" (Mas
cagnl-Schnecker). Miss Mary Wylie
will sing "O Love That Wilt Not Let
Me Go" (Flaxlngton-Harker) at the
morning offertory.
Dr. Bowman will begin a class in
Christian fundamentals this afternoon
at 4 o'clock for high school seniors
who are planning to enter college
this fall. The class will meet for
three weeks.
The Women's Missionary society
will meet in the chapel Tuesday at 2
o'clock. Mrs. Florence West and Mrs.
F. A. Kenny have arranged the pro
gramme for the afternoon. The topic
is "Our Border and Island Problems."
Circles Q and T will be the host
eases. A cordial Invitation Is extend
ed to all the women of the congre
gation. The evening auxiliary will meet at
7 45 P. M. In room A. The topic will
be "The Flowery Kingdom." Miss
Hulda Slewert Is In charge of
programme. Rev. Boudlnot Seeley will
talk on China, and Miss Marl Rock
well will lead the devotional servlo.
A chorus of Chinese girls in costume
will sing and Miss Margaret Laugh
ton will give a flute solo. Women
invited.
At the regular mid-week meeting
Thursday night Dr. Bowman will be
gin a series of studies on "The Mind
of Jesus and the Modern World." fol
lowing the outline of "The Untried
Door," by Richard Roberts. The theme
for this week Is "The World as Jesus
Saw It"
The Warren Bible and vesper classes
of the First Presbyterian church hsve
urged the teacher of the two classes
to give a lecture on "Tne ideal Touns
Woman of Today." Today at 4 o'clock
young men and young women will
hear the Initial talk on the follies of
the age. Visitors are invited. Orches
tra music and singing will be part of
the entertainment
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At Westminster Presbyterian church
Dr. Pence will give the sscond of Hi"
series of sermons on Jesus' teaching
by parables, his theme being "It
Great Feast of Blessing."
Considerable interest has been mat
ifested in this series of talks, which
have shown the pastor at his very
(Concluded on Pass S.)