THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 9, 1922
CHURCHES TO START PARK SERVICES BEGINNING THIS EVENING
Third Season of Open-Air Devotions to Open With Meetings in Laurelhurst and Peninsula Tracts, With Music as Special Feature of Programmes. Ministers in Charge of Exercises yant Thousands to Attend.
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PORTLAND'S third season of
Sunday park services will open
tonight in Laurelhurst and
Peninsula parks. Each year the
paries have been obtained for serv
ices through the Portland Council of
Churches, and it is anticipated that
before the season is over thousands
will have enjoyed this opportunity
for religious worship under" the
trees of the beautiful parka of the
city.
At a recent meeting of several of
the ministers in the neighborhood
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of Laurelhurst park, It was aeciaeu ,
to make music a special feature of j
me out-ot-ooors worsnip. xuk mi
lowing committee was appointed:
O. V. Badlcy of Sunnyslde Methodist
Episcopal church, chairman; Profes
nr .T a vrnlllmrnworth of the
Bunnyside Congregational church,
ntt Mrs. Amy 6. Welch of the First
United Presbyterian church, i The
first service will be held tonight at
6 o'clock. The following churches
have to date signified their desires
to co-operate in the Laurelhurst
services: Glencoe Baptist church,
Rev. W. B. (Stewart, pastor; Atkinson
Memorial Congregational church,
Rev. E. E. Flint, pastor; Bunnyside
Congregational church. Rev. J. J.
etaub, pastor; First Friends, Rev.
Chester A. Hadley, pastor; Sunny
sdde Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Thomas H. Gallagher, pastor;
First United Presbyterian church,
Rev. H. F. Given, pastor.
Music will also be a special fea
ture of the meetings to be held in
Peninsula park. Rev. Park S. Dunn
and Rev. J. Francis Morgan com
prising the committee in charge. The
first of these meetings will be held
,thla afternoon, at 4 o'clock. The
! churches whisk thus far have
planned to co-operate are Highland
Baptist church, Rev. W. I Riley,
paotor; Christian church at Rodnej
and Knott streets, Rev. Joseph D.
Boyd, pastor; Woodlawn Methodist
church. Rev. J. H. Irvine, pastor;
Piedmont" Presbyterian church, Rev.
J. Francis Morgan, pastor; Kenton
United Presbyterian church. Rev.
Carl S. Dunn, pastor.
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A prominent visitor in Portland
this week will be William B. Riley,
T. V., pastor of the First Baptist
church of Minneapolis, and brother
of Rev. W. L. Riley of the Highland
Baptist church of Portland, corner
of Alberta and East Sixth streets.
Rev. W. B. Riley has been pastor
Of his church for 25 years and the
membership numbers 2500. During
his time as pastor the church has
founded the Northwest Bible and
Missionary institute, similar to the
Moody institute in Chicago. It has
completed a campaign for $400,006
for building purposes, giving the
church a property valuation of
$1,250,000.
Rev. Mr. Riley will arrive in Port
land this morning and will preach
the morning, afternoon and night
sermons at the Highland Baptist
church. He will hold Bible conferences-
in that church until Thursday
and from Thursday until Saturday
he will hold similar conferences
afternoons and nights In the White
Temple.
Rev. Mr. Riley is returning from a
fundamentalist conference in Lob
Angeles. He was chairman of the
programme committee and was one
of the outstanding men of the con
ference. Plans tor housing those who will
attend the general conference of the
Episcopal church are already under
way and Mrs. James Mclndoe is act
ing with Mrs. Wilson Johnston,, gen
eral chairman, in arranging to
house under one roof deaconesses
who attend. St. MaVk's parish house
will be used. Already reservations
have been made for these church
workers from different parts of the
country, from China, from Japan and
from various mission points.
Dr. John W. Wood from New York
advises -that in addition to Bishop
Peter Trimble Rowe, Dr. Grafton
Burke and Mrs. Burke, with their
two children are coming down from
their outpost at the Archdeacon
Stuck Memorial hospital at Fort
Tfukon, Alaska. Among other in
teresting points of the convention
will be first hand descriptions of
long trails and venturesome jour
neys in the farthest north.
In reply to a Query from New
York, John W. Lethaby, executive
secretary, has sent out to all parts
of the country a statement received
from E. L. Wells, meteorologist,
United States weather bureau, show
ing that September is one of the
most attractive months and that rec
ords for the last 30 years Indicate
a moderate temperature and a most
enjoyable coolness. Although the
temperature ranges up to 93 de
grees, yet the mean temperature m
September is only about 61 degrees.
The Apostolic Faith camp meet
ing at Fifty-second street and Six
ty-fifth avenue Southeast is well
under way, large crowds attending
the meetings during the first two
weeks. The large auditorium seating
2000 persons is filled to capacity on
Sundays. A distinctive' feature is
that old-fashioned testimonies are
given as a part of every service.
The singing, led by a 40-piece or
chestra, is especially inspiring. A
delegation of 14 Indians from Port
Angeles, Wash., will arrive July 13
Open-air meetings at Sixth and
Washington streets and in the Plaza
blocks are being carried on each
night from gospel automobiles.
Services are held at the camp
grounds Sunday at 10:30, 2:30 and
7:30. and every night at 7:45. Bible
teaching will be held every after
noon at 2:39 except Monday and
Saturday.
The Presbyterian ministers,
their last meeting, elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows:
Rev. J. F. Morgan, president; Rev,
Henry White, vice-president; Rev.
F. G. Strange, D. D., secretary-
treasurer. They adjourned until the
second Monday of September.
From July 13 to 16 a general
Bible conference of all evangelical
churches, under the direction of Dr.
W. B. Riley of Minneapolis, will be
held in the First Baptist church
(the White Temple), with sessions
at 3 and 8 P. M. Speakers of na
tional reputation will assist.
The first Oregon Episcopal sum
mer conference will open Friday,
July 14, at Gladstone Chautauqua
grounds, wish a rally service and
an address by Bishop Walter T.
Sumner. The week promises t6 be a
full one, each day opening with ob
servance of the holy eucharist at
7!3fl and the first lpptnrA ot 9
will be filled with some good lec
ture or with an entertainment . of
some nature. There is good fishing i
In the Clackamas river, which runs
through the grounds, making an
ideal camping spot.
The "Very Rev. Dr. Ramsey, dean
of the pro-cathedral, will lead a
study and conference oft the' Bible.
Rev. Thomas Jenkins will lecture on
parish, leadership. Other subjects
to be covered are: "Parish Organi
zation," "The Small church and
Christian Nurture," "Social Serv
ice," "Religious Education: What It
Is," "The Narcotic Habit: Its Cause
and Its Cure," and "The Teacher:
How to Become One."
YOSE.MITE. Cal., July $. All de
nominations can worship in the one
church building in the Yosemite na
tional park, for the church has been
"rationed" amcng the different
groups. The hours assigned to each
follow: Roman Catholics up to 8:55
A. M.; interdenominational (Protest
ant), .9 A. M. to 10:55 A. M. ; Episco
pal, 11 A. M. to noon; Christian
Science, 3 P. M. to 5 P. M.; vesper
services as announced from the pul
pit. Unlike " many vacation re
sorts, Yosemite observes the Sab
bath .with traditional quiet and de
corum. There are no restrictions on
dancing is not allowed, but recqrds
the activities of visitors except that
show that fewer persons go on sight
seeing trips that day than any
other. . -
Big Negro Chorus to Sing
at First Baptist Church.
Plantation Melodies Featured for
Services Tonight,
AT thl First Baptist church,
(White Temple),' tonight, a
negro chorus of 40 voices will sing
a number of plantation melodies
and spirituelles. " The chorus con
tains a reader, a soloist and a quar
tet. Dr. Thomas J. Villers will speak
on "The Song That Perry Sang."
At the morning service Dr. Vil
lers' subject is, "To Live." Walter
Jenkins, soloist and song leader.
who had charge of the music in the j
reumii vrusaue lUDeriiacie meeLiiiKB,
will sing both morning and evening.
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There will be companion sermons
at Calvary Baptist today. Rev.
Charles W. Thomas, son of the pas;
tor of the church. Baptist student
pastor in Colorado State university
at Boulder, will assistthe choir in a
special musical programme in the
evening and will sing "The Mistakes
of My Life Have Been Many," at the
close of the morning sermon, "Jesus
Knows,'" with his sister, Mrs. Grace
Thomas Bloxham. He will sing 'I
Know He Cares" at the close of the
evening sermon, "Jesus Cares."
Dr. Hmson, of the East Side Bap
tist church. Is taking the month of
July for his vacation and his asso
ciate pastor. Rev. Daniel Bryant,
will preach each Sunday morn'ng
and evening during the month. The
subject this morning is "The Beauty
of Holiness. The eisening service
will be of special interest. Mrs.
Milly Perryn Canfield will give a
15-minute recital on the organ at
7:46 and Mr. Bryant will deliverari
address to young people on the sub-
ject Sowing and Reaping. Mr.
Bryant has spent several days as
guest in the Multnomah court of do
mestic relations and will base his
remarks upon what he saw of life
there. r
Holy Communion Feature
at Pro-Cathedral.
Dean Ramsey Announces Usual
Services for His Church.
DEAN H. M. RAMSEY of-. -the
Pro-Cathedral announces, Holy!
Communion at 7:45, church school
at 9:45, and morning prayer with
sermon at 11; shortened form of
evensong, with brief address, at
7:45. J. N. Dezendorf is the chair
man of the luncheon committee. Dr.
A. J. Browning and other members
of the chapter are en the various
committees planning for the gen
eral convention..
Mrs. - Robert Warrack and Mrs.
Arthur King are being strongly
supported by a number of women
in taking care of the entertain
ment and social affairs connected
with the convention.
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The Young People's society,
formerly of St. Stephen's pro
cathedral, will hold its regular
weekly meeting In room A of the
public library at 6:30 P. M. Adrian
Wildman will be the principal
speaker. The committee will re
port on the contemplated visit to
Metzger. A special invitation is
extended to all members of those
young people's societies that have
disbanded for the summer to at
tend these meetings. The public
is welcome.
At St. David's church tonight the
interesting service of admission to
the Girls' Friendly society wjll be
conducted in connection with the
evensong. The rector. Rev. Thomas
Jenkins, will speak on "The Ideals
of Christian Womanhood." After
the service a reception to the new
members and To the recent confirm
ation class -will be held in the parish
house. '
At the 11 o'clock morning service
the rector will preach on "The Doc
trine of Measure for Measure." The
Eucharist will be celebrated at 7:30
and 9:30, the latter being sung by
the children's choir. Appropriate
music will be sung at all the serv
ices of the day.
The Girls' Friendly society in
America has as one of its aims the
opening of summer holiday homes
where girls and women of slender
means may spend a week or two.
The Girls' Friendly society in the
diocese of Oregon opened its home
July 1. The society recently pur
chased a suitable house at Gear
hart. The house is not maintained
for members of the society alone,
but any girl or young woman, who
is known or recommended, is eli
gible, Mrs. W. P. Jenkins; East
5480, and Mrs. Eschelman, Wood
lawn 103, can give advice or Infor
mation to any one intending to go.
Mrs. Thomas Jenkins of St. David's
parlsh'is diocesan president and act
ing head of the house.
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Rev. William n. Riley, pastor of
the first Baptlxt church of Min
neapolis, Trho will carry on Bible
conferences this week in Portland.
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Portland Sunday night park services 1111 hare musl as fe special fentnrfc." Lett to right Professor 3. A.
Holllngeworth of Snnnyslde Congreeatlonai church, one of the music committee) O, V, Badley, Suunyslde
Methodist church, music committee chairman 1 lb E. Close, secretary ot Portland Council of Churches,
overseeing Sunday park services.
'Our Christian Sabbath,"
Rev. Dr. Tully's Topic.
Series ot Sermons Will Begin at
Service This Evening.
REV. NORMAN KENDALL TULLY,
Ix D., will occupy the pulpit of
the First Preabyterlah church at
both services. His theme In the
morning Is "Our Christian Sabbath."
In the evening he will begin a
series of sermons- on .the general
topic, "The Life Indeed," under the
four heads of "Salt," "Light,"
"Bread" arid "Water."1 One ot these
life-giving elements will be dealt
with each night The first in the
series which he will preach tonight
Is "Salt."
Dr. Tully will be absent from the
city in attendance at the annual
session of the synod of Oregon,
which meets in Gorvallis during
July 10-14, and will retvrn for the
Thursday evening prayer meeting,
when he will make a report of the
Impressions he will receive. -
Tuesday evening; the evening aux
iliary of the Woman's Missionary
society will hold a picnic in Wash
ington park, hear the Park avenue
entrance, as near 5 o'clock as pos-
lbie. For information concerning
what to bring call Miss Wetherell,
Main 3559.
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At Central Presbyterian church,
East Thirteenth and Pine streets,
Rev. Fred J. Newten will occupy
the pulpit at the 11 o'clock service,
Dr. Nugent, the pastor being out of
the city. Rev. Mr. Newton is a re
turned missionary from India and
his message will be of interest to
all. There will be no evening serv
ices during the summer months.
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Services in the .Millard Avenue
Presbyterian church, Seventy-third
street and Fifty-fifth avenue South
east, at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. The
subject for the tnorning service is
"Bread." The theme for the evening
discourse is "Christ the Guide of
Life." Rev. Henry White, 'pastor,
preaches at. both services. Dr. and
Mrs. j. W. McMichael of Rose City
park, will have charg of the music
in the evening. Members of the con
FREEDOM OF EDUCATION IN
OREGON HELD ENDANGERED
Proposed Compulsory Educational Bill Conceived in. Hat red of Re
ligion and Purpose Vicious One, Says Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara.
ARGUMENTS Oft SCHOOL
BILL.
The accompanying article
itt opposition to the com
pulsory educational bill that
Is being initiated in Oregon is
an address entitled "Freedom
ot Education," by Rev. Edwin
V. O'Hara, delivered July 4 at
the Marylhurst summer school
in Portland. The other side of
the issue trill be presented
soon in The Sunday Oregonian,
the Masonic committee In
charge of the campaign hav
ing been invited to prepare an
article setting forth the mer
its of the measure.
"T-NOTJR years' ago I belebrated the
H anniversary of our Declaration
of Independence by holding a
religious and patriotic service, In
the great cathedral of Langres, in
France, for the officers and men
of the training school area of the
American expeaitionary force.
There, as 3000 American soldiers of
every religious affiliation assem
bled In that historic cathedral, I re
called for them the principles of lib
erty and of Justice which our brave
men were in France ,to defend. At
the close of the fourth year of the
world war we there reminded our
selves of the high alms for Which
our soldiers were risking their lives
and hailed the dawn of the happy
day When the world' would be freed
from the bondage' of despotic
power; whett American principles
of civil and religious liberty would
triumph over Prussian autocracy
and despotism. '
We little thought as we stood in
that vast temple and invoked the
blessing of , Divine Providence, or
later when we tenderly laid the
bodies of. those who made the su
preme sacrifice for liberty in their
graves In the Argonne, that four
short years would see us assembled
on the anniversary of the birthday
of American liberty threatened with
a denial of our human and religious
rights in the identical form of the
Prussianlsm of education which led
to the catastrophe of the great war.
To no one has the state monopoly
of education ever been so dear an
ideal as' to Bismarck and the Ho
heniollerns; to no nation certainly
more repugnant than to the people
of Washington, Jefferson and Lin
coln. ,
Despotism Always Hateful.
Despotism is no less hateful when
enforced by a majority than when
perpetrated by a William II. How
far from the minds of the authors
of the American Declaration of In
dependence this . proposed tyranny
was may oe seen from a letter writ
ten by President Jefferson to the
superior" of the Ursuline Sisters,
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gregation are invited ta ask for
their favorite 'hymns.
Westminster Presbyterian church
will have but one service today and
its pastor. Dr. Pence, will preach.
He expects to attend the session of
Oregon synod which .convenes at
Corvallis on Monday. , .
-The Daily Vacation Bible school
closed on Friday with a total reg
istration of 120 and the' results were
very gratifying to Its leaders.
The church is sending six dele
gates to the Hillockburn young"
people's conference which is in ses
sion July 12-18. Our delegates are
Miss Martha Montague, Miss Edna
Moulton, Miss Ruth Taylor, Miss
Dorothy Taylor, Mrs. F.. W. Paris
and A. F. Bittner.
The music for. today will Include:
Anthem, with tenor solo, "Seek Ye
the Lord While He May Be found,"
(Varley Roberts); offertory, trio in
G, Alex ' GuilmanC; quartet, "O
Praise the Lord of Heaven, Praise
Him in the Height," Berthold Tours.
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At the morning service at Pied
mont Presbyterian church Rev. ,J.
Francis Morgan will preach on the
subject, "The Sustaining Power of
God's Presence.", No evening serv
ices will be held during the months
of July and August, but this church
is participating in the services at
Peninsula Park each Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock.
At Rose City Park Presbyterian
church the morning topic will be
"Recreation or Dissipation." The
evening subject will be "The Lord
That God Himself Looks After."
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Bunnyside Methodist church ex
tends a cordial Invitation to Roman
Catholics and Protestants, "Knights
ot Columbus" and "Orangemen" and
the public in general to hear Dr.
William Duff tonight speak on "Ire
land The truth About Her."
The speaker has very recently ar
rived from Ireland. This lecture is
packed with Information. He tells
the truth about Ireland. Catholics
and Protestants alike will profit by
hearing this native 6on of Erin fresh
from the field of conflict.
Dr. Gallagher has returned from
Soda Springs, Wash, and has pre
pared an interesting message which
fce will deliver this morning on "The
Four Anchors."
who conducted a school for girls
in New Orleans at the time of the
transfer of Louisiana territory . to
the United States In ls04. Presi
dent Jefferson wrote: ,
Whatever diversity of shade may ap
pear in the 'reHpious opinions of our fel
low citizens, the charitable objects ot
your institution cannot be indifferent to
any; and its furtherance of he whole
some purposes of society by training- up;
lis younger members In the way they
should go cannot fall to Insure it the
patronage of the government it is under.
Be assured it will meet with all the pro-
setction my lot lice can give it.
Let there be ho misunderstand
ing concerning the purpose of the
proposed Bchool legislation; ho la-
peis or protestations can conceal
the end In view; let no man deceive
you with vain words the measure
is conceived in a hatred of religion
and in the hope of crippling its free
exercise. It is conceived in the
spirit of the" flamboyant Viviani,
who boasted that he would extin
guish the lights of heaven that he
would eliminate the idea of God
from the children of men. Every
man knows and no honest man de
nies that the primary and only pur
pose of' this measure is to destroy
the schools which with infinite
labor and d e V o 1 1 o 1 religious
minded parents of the stateof Ore
gon have caused to be erected that
their children migijt.have ample op
portunity for religious education.
Class Hatred Deprecated.
It is a distinction to be hated, if
one bate not In return, and In re
calling to your minds the principles
of liberty which are in jeopardy it
is not to arouse hatred of those who
would injure us, but to enkindle a
deeper devotion to the principles of
Justice and of right. There has been
enough, and too much, of the
preaching of class hatred. May my
tongue cleave to tne roof of my
mouth and toy hand wither as the
leaf in autumn if I utter one sylla
ble or inscribe one word that would
lead to hatred among fellow citi
zens. NIn speaking for the freedom of
education I speak at) one whose ele
mentary and secondary education
was received in the public schools:
as one who yields to no one In his
devotion to free elementary educa
tion; as one who frankly recognizes
and freely asserts the right and
duty on the part of the state to fix
minimum standards of education for
its future citisens.' Democracy and
Ignorance are incompatible, and the
promotion of popular instruction
has always been rightly regarded as
one of the chief-safeguards of our
American institutions.
Experience has taught every de
nomination in America the insuffi
ciency of the Sunday school as
mode of religious instruction. It
has been weighed in the balance
and found wanting as an adequate
means of Instilling religious princi
ples. Our state-supported schools.
by the very nature df the case, have
been prevented from admitting re
ligious instruction into their currl
"The Folly of Unbelief,"
Mr. Griffis' Subject.
Pastor of Christian Church An
nounces Sermon Topics. -
THE Rev. Harpld H. Griffis will
speak today, both morning and
evening, to the First Christian con
gregation in the auditorium of the
Lincoln school in Park street. In
the morning service at 11 o'clock the
sermon will deal with the emptiness;
of human life devoid of the religious
motive, the speaker's specific topic
being "The Folly of Unbelief." In
the night worship at 7:46 the chorus
choir will lead the congregation in
a special praise service, following
which the Rev. Mr. Griffis will
speak on the function of faith in a
reasonable religion, having for his
definite theme, "Seeing Without
Eyes."
The musical programme for these
services will be directed by L. Car
roll Day and will include the anthem
"The Still, Small Voice" (Hamblen),
the soprano solo, "More Love to
Thee, O Christ" (Sheldon), ' by
Eleanor Louise Stockton; also the
contralto number, "Just for Today,"
by Isabelle N. Kidd.
The women of the congregation
will , hold their July- missionary
meeting next Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the residence of Mrs.
A. S. Hawk, 2S5 West Park street.
The programme will be presented by
the newly elected officers of the
Woman's missionary auxiliary, who
are as follows: President, Mrs. Es
tella McKeen; vice-president, Mrs.
Howard Pew; secretary, Mrs. Angus
McKechnie; treasurer. Mrs. Louie
Shepherd. At this meeting reports.
"i oe maae oy tne delegates to the
state convention of CHristian
churches held aurlng the past week
at Turner, Or.
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H. E. Veness of the headquarters
staff of the Loyal Legjon of Log
gers and Lumbermen will speak on
"The Labor Question and Religion'-'
this-morning at the East Side Chris
tian church. East Twelfth and Tay
lor streets.
This, morning at 11 o'clock at the
Advent Christian church, Second
culum. They must serve children of
all denominations and no' denomi
nation, and hence have excluded
religion from their programme.
But by absorbing the entire school
day of their pupils, they have ren
dered, it impossible for parents to
secure for their children religious
Instruction .during the schboi week.
, Double Burden Assumed.
Hence It has come to pass that
religious bodies which have taken
seriously their obligations of pro
viding week-day religious instruc
tion for their children have been
forced to build and maintain their
own schools, where religious in
struction and the training of con
science could go hand in hand with
the intellectual and physical de
velopment of their children. Such
has been the compulsion which has
led religious-minded parents to as
sume gladly and willingly the dou
ble financial burden which they
carry. It has been to meet the con
scientious demands of thousands of
Catholic parents in the state of Ore
gon that the Catholic schools of this
state have been built and equipped.
More than 60 elementary schools,
with 250 trained teachers and 7500
pupils are the living monument to
the religious conscience of thou
sands of patriotic citizens of this
state and it ,a now proposed, in a
new Bismarckian kulturkampf. des
potically to violate their sacred
rights of conscience.
There is here no question of effi
ciency in Becular education, for
these schools at all times are will
ing to meet the tests of efficiency
in secular e'aucatirfh which are set
for , Corresponding grades in the
state-supported schools.
The proponents of this despotic
proposal have deceived many- by
representing it simply as a meas
ure for compulsory elementary edu
cation. Such a measure has long
been on the statute books of the
state, i Again, they charge the non
state supported school with incom
petent instruction, but these schools
have at all times been willing to
meet the standards set by the pub
He schools. Insinuations of lack of
patriotic instruction are made, al
though the record of the private
school graduates in enjisting in the
service of their country in the' re
cent world war gives the He to such
miserable inuendoes.
Rivalry Held Wholesome.
The statement that the support
ers of the private schools are op
posed to the public schools Is palpa
bly and viciously false, and the best
friends of the public schools are
those who welcome a wholesome ri
valry and competition in educa
tional measures. , The public schools
have nothing-to fear, but much to
gain, from the existenec of inde
pendently supported schools. Many
of the great educational advances
have been the result of studies and
experiments made in privately sup
ported schools, and the attempt to
throttle such freedom of experi
ment' will be a dangerous blow at
the efficiency of the public schools
themselves.
The state has many and varied
interests in popular instruction, but
so has it also in public health and
in public utilities, but in all cases
its interests can be adequately safe
guarded without the utter destruc
tion of individual enterprise and in
itiative in these fields.
That a man's home is his castle
- has bee
a basic Anglo-Saxon tradi-
street between Hall and Lincoln
streets. Rev. George Armstrong,
pastor, will speak on the topic, "In
herent Immortality verus Resurrec
tion." At 6:30 P. M. he will give a
Bible study on "The Mystical Union
With Christ and What It Implies."
The closing service of the day will
begin at 7:30 and will be of an evan
gelistic nature.
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At Centenary Wilbur Methodist
Episcopal church the pastor. Dr.
MacCaughey, will Occupy the pulpit
morning and night. In the morn
ing the sacrament of the Lord's
supper will be observed, and the
pastor will speak on "The Power
That Sustains Our Lives." ) There
will be some very fine special
music. At night the pastor will
give the second of a series of four
20-minute sermons on "What Is
What?" The topic for Sunday night
will be "What Is Christianity?" -
Monday night the fourth quarter
ly conference will be held with Dr.
William Wallace Youngson In the
chair, the officers for the coming
conference year will be elected and
other important matters decided.
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At Rose City Park Methodist
Episcopal church, 11 A. M., Dr.
William Wallace Youngson- will
preach. There Will be no night
service.
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At Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal
church the morning subject will be
"the Spherical Christ." The night
subjeet will be "Amos, the Star
tling Country Preacher." During
July and August the church and
Epworth league unite in a forum at
8 P. M.
The Rev.' E. Sutton Mace will
preach at the 11 o'clock service in
the Clinton Kelly Memorial Metho
dist Episcopal church on "We Have
Found Him." The soloists of this
church are exceptionally fine, and
the whole aim of the church is to
serve. The church is situated in
the beautiful grove on Powell and
East Fortieth street. Strangers
find this a most homelike church.
The three divisions of the Bible
school convene at 9:45 A. M. and
the Young People's service at 7:16
P. M. Mr. Mace will preach in the
Westmoreland chapel, Mllwaukle
and South avenue, at 8 P. M.
'Sacrament" to Be Lesson
in Science Churches.
Services Held In All Christian
Churches at 11 A. ftC. Today.
UQt ACRAMENT" will be the Chris-
O tion Science lesson in all
churches today.
Services are held in all Chris
tian Science churches Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. All churches dis
continue the Sunday night service
during July arid August except First
and Sixth, where the morning serv
ice is repeated at 8 o'clock.
Wednesday night testimonial
meetings are held in all churches at
S o'clock.
Sunday school for pupils up to thg
age of 20 Is held in all churches at
9:45 and 11, except Thiml and Fifth
where the sessions convene at 9:38
and 11.
Reading rooms are maintained tor
the public,, at 1133 Northwestern
Bank building, 33 North Third street,
133 North Sixth street and 148 Ki!
lingsworth avenue, where the Bible
and all authorized Christian Science
literature may be . read or pur
chased. The churches are located as fol
lows: . -
First church. Nineteenth and feverett
streets; Second church, East Sixth street
and HollaSay avenue; Third church.
East Twelfth and Salmon streets;
Fourth church, Vancouver avenue and
Emerson street; Fifth church, 4224 Sixty-
tion and the privacy of the home
among social institutions is a fun
damental principle of all religions.
That the child belongs to the family
is a-teaching of religion and com
mon sense; that it belongs to the
state is an aberration-of state pa
ternalism, the proper name for
whjch is PrussianiBm. the acid test
of any social measure is its effect
on the home, and judged by this
standard t..e proposed Invasion of
parental rights stands self-condemned.
Family Antedates State.
We proclaim the following princi
ples: That the family is a more an
cient and a more fundamental so
cial institution than the state; that
to parents belong primarily the
right and the obligation of educat
ing their own children; that only
when parents fail to do their duty
by . their offspring has the state a
right to interfere; that these rights
of parents are primitive and inalien
able and may not be violated by the
Btate without Injustice; that the
rights of parents to educate their
children and to choose their instruc
tors fc- their own offspring is the
most sacred and Jnamissable of hu
man rights, and the exercise by the
state of its police power to drag
children from the homes of parents
who are capable of and willing to
perform their full duty in the edu
cation of their children would be
an Indelible stain on the fair name
of a 'free country, and an importa
tion of Prussian principles hereto
fore foreign to American traditiona
I should prefer to bear the stand
ard of freedom of education and go
down to defeat alone rather than,
supported by 200,000 Ill-advised bal
lots, violate and force the conscience
of the poorest of my fellow citizens.
Failure in our cause may be over
whelming, but it can never be ig
nominious; success of the opposition
may be sweeping, but ,U can never
be noble.
The origin of all our sihools In
America Is to be found in religious
effort; now it is propose to scout
all our traditions. Under the pro
posed legislation the Oregon pio
neers would find their efforts for
elementary, education proscribed and
the parents who made use of their
educational facilities guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Pioneer Sentiment Cited. '
How would the proposed legisla
tion have been received at a"meet
ing held fn Salem January 7, 1842,
at the home of Jason Lee, the Meth
odist leader a meeting called to
prepare plans for educational insti
tutions for white children, where
an educational policy was outlined
for the Methodist church which took
form in the Oregon Institute at Sa
lem, the Wilbur academy in Ump
qua county, the Sheridan academy,
the Dallas academy, the Santiam
academy at Lebanon and the school
for girls in Oregon City, established
in 1S51, controlled jointly by the
Methodists and Congregationalists?
I How would the proposed legisla-
tion have been received by the pio-
' nf th TTnitd PrfRrvterian
church of Oregon, who established
Albany academy in 1858, or by the
Baptist pioneers who planned the
West Union institute in 1856 and
built a schoolhouse and church
known all over the Willamette val
ley as the Lenox church; or by the
founders of the Christian church,
who established, in" the early '50s,
a school in MoMinnville (later re
linquished to the Baptists) and the
Bethel acadomy of the Christians in
second street Southeast; Sixth church.
Pythian building, 3S8 Tamhill street:
Seventh cburco, 403 Smith avenue, St.
Johns.
An invitation to attend the church
services and visit the reading rooms
is extended to the public.
Rev. A. Christensen, who has Just
returned from Denmark, will oc
cupy the pulpit at the First Nor-
vegian-Dknish Methodist Episcopal
cnurcn Dotn morning ana nigm.
While in Denmark hs held the posi
tion of Sunday school missionary
and visited every Methodist church
there.
Wednesday night the Youns Peo
ple's society will hold a debate on
the question "Should the Bible Be
Put in the Public, Schools of
America?". .
At th Vanpftiiver Avenue Nor-
r,rian - n.nifili Tfhnriit Church.
oornfir Vancouver avenue and Skid-
more street, there will .be service at
11 O'clock. The Rev. uustav A.
Storake will preach on the text, "The
Inner Voice." At 7:30 there win oe
English service, the text will be
"Tribulation."
Dr. McElveen Will Discuss
Educated Observation.
Night Service to Be Devoted to
a Answering Questions.
,
,THE Education ot the Faculty
1 6f Observation" is Dr. W. T.
McElveen's topic at the First Con
gregatipnal church for this morn-,
ing. At the question and answer
Bervice tonight he will answer
these three question: 1. Are the
progressives again to dominate the
republican party? 2. What about
Maud Royden'S criticisms of Amer
ica? a. What do you think of
Frank Crane's "Little Church on
Main Street"?
Mrs. F. B. Newton will preface
both services with brief 'organ re
citals. Miss Lola Kernan,,the well
known soprano, will be the soloist
of the day.
Alva Patton of the extension de
partment of the Y. M. C. A. is the
lecturer at, the summer church
school session.. He will give a su
perbly illustrated lecture on "The
Second Year of Christ's Earthly
Ministry;"
At the Golden Rule forum there
will be a discusslpn under the lead
ership of H. P. Lee on "The Golden
Rule and Taxation." George L.
Cleaver Wlll'make a report on the
tax reduction convention held in
Salem.
Miss Josephine Woolery is the
leader of the Senior Christian En
deavor Bocfety) her topic being "The
Blessings of Freedom."
Wednesday there will be an "un
official meeting" of the -Women's
association. Thursday evening Dr.
McElveen will continue his "Little
Journey Through Spain." Forty-
seven fine views will be shown.
Dr. McElveen's' sermon on "Spu
rlous Broadness" has been printed
and will be distributed at today's
services. '
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A summer schedule is in effect in
the Waverly Heights Congrega
tional church, . corner East Thirty-
third street and Woodward avenue,
Both morning and evening services
will be maintained throughout July,
the evening service being a com
bined service of the congregations
and the young people, and begin
ning at 7.30 instead of at 8 o'clock.
The morning service will be con
tinued through August also. The
Sunday Bchool takes no vacation aa
an organization.
At the morning service the pas
tor. Rev. Oliver Perry Avery, will
preach a summertime sermon on
Polk county, and the Monmouth
academy? How would it have been
viewed by Bishop Scott and Bishop
Morris of the Episcopal church, by
the Lutherans and the Seventh-Dat
Adventists? With what righteous
Indignation these heroic pioneers
would have cried out against the
miserable despotism which would
make it a misdemeanor for parents
to send their children to such schools
as they founded lA'ith such sacrifice
and such devotion, to religious prin
ciples. Two Presidents Quoted.
In his farewell address to the
American people, George Washing
ton laid the foundation of American
tradition when he said:
Of all the dispositions and habits which
lead to political prosperity, religion and
morality are indispensable sunDorts. In
vain would that man claim the tribute
of patriotism who should labor to sub
vert these great pillars of human happi
ness: these firmest props of the duties
of men and citizens. Let us with cau
tion indulge la the supposition that mor
ality ca.n be maintained without reli
gion: reason and experience both forbid
us to expect that national morality can
prevail in exclusion of religious principle.-
Abraham Lincoln, in a letter con
cerning the anti-Catholic activities
of the "know-nothing" party, wrote
woras wind have their application
today in the recrudescense of the
un-American principles which he
condemned when he said that If the
"know-nothing" party prevailed he
sould consider migrating to Rus
sia, where he could have despotisn
unmixed with hypocrisv.
Our conscientious principles are
menaced ana we are in the position
of a mere minority. Within a day,
we are told, 60.000 persons sub
scribed their names to a petition to
put this measure on the ballot. It
was a great demonstration of
strength of organization.
What, then, is our position? Are
we to be fearful of our liberties on
this natal day of American inde
pendence? By no means. We hava
indeed, the constitutional safeguards
for conscience and human rights to
which we may appeal in due time.
But we have a strength which
comes, not from numbers nor from
organization, but from justice and
right. ,
Trust in Justice I rged.
We are a mere minority, but I
bid you trust the ultimate sense of
Justice of the American people. We
are in the midst of clamor and noise
and of prejudices engendered by a
lack of knowledge of our principles
and our purposes. I bid you stand
for justice unflinchingly and let
your fellow citizens know the' prin
ciples of freedom of conscience
waich actuate us and, we shall not
be alqne; courageous men will arise
in every walk of life to champion
the conscientious rights of a minor
ity. Honest leaders, of public opinion,
courageous preachers of every de
nomination, fearless editors, leaders
of commerce and labor and profes
sional men of standing will be found
with courage to cry out to their fel
low citizens: "Men, brethren, you
shall not do this shameful thing;
you shall not force the conscience
of a minority; you shall not stain
our matchless banner with this
measure of Prussian despotism; you
shall not undermine inalienable par
ental rights In the American home
by this insidious project of state
socialism; you shall not trample on
the traditional liberties of American
citizens."
"Singing Valleys." At the combined
service some unusually fine pictures
of the island .of Ceylon will be
shown.
Dr. J. j. Staub, pastor of Sunny
side Congregational church, will
occupy his pulpit this morning, and
will speak on The Real Hope 'of
the Gospel."
Miss Edna Ferree will lead the '
joint meeting of intermediates and
seniors at 7 P. M. on the topic
"How to Get the'Blessings pf Free
dom." The regular evening service will
be suspended during July and Au
gust in favor of the vesper services
to be held in Laurelhurst park
every Sunday afternoon at S
o'clock.
The Ladles' Aid will meet next
Tuesday in Laurelhurst park. There
will be a luncheon at 1 o'clock, to
be followed by. the regular meeting.
The Thursday evening Bible study
hour will continue in I Corinthians
at the fifth chapter.
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This morning at the Highland
Congregational church the pastor.
Rev. Edward Constant, Will preach
the first of a series of four summer
sermons. The subject will be
"Camping In God's Country," and
the Ihree other sermons will have
for topics "Worship at the River
Side,'' "The Prophet at the Brook"
and "A Vision at the Sea Shore." '
Evening service is suspended until
September. United afternoon serv
ices at the Peninsula park. ' This
afternoon the pastor speaks at the
Men's resort.
. At the Pilgrim Congregational
church, corner Shaver and Missouri
avenue, James W. Price, pastor,
will take as his morning subject
"The Blessings of Uncertainty Re
garding Things of the ' Future as
Illustrated by the Words of the
Master."
Evening services have been dis
continued for the summer. Pilgrim
church will unite with others in the
4 o'clock vesper services in Penin
sula park.
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The Alameda Park Community
church will hold 'its church school
hour as usual at 10 o'clock. Worship
and lecture at 11:15. The pastor will
preach on "The Aristocracy of Serv
ice." Mrs. Eloise Hall Cook will
sing. There will be no evening
service.
Rev. E. Constant, pastor of Hiah
lapd Congregational church, will be
the speaker at the Men's resort
meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. c. C. Tripp will be pianist and
will sing. The men will all join In
one of their popular song services.
This church service is all down
town folk.
Lutheran Church to Omit
Night Service.
Sermon in Be Preached at It A. M.
Today by Pastor.
THE holy communion will be ad
ministered at the St. Johns
English Lutheran church today at
11 A. M. The pastor, Rev. W. E.
Buckman, will preach the sermon.
The vested choir will sine. "Con
fession and Absolution" will be the
theme of the sermon.
The Sunday school session will be
held at 9:50 a m. in the assembly
hall of the church. Frank Schults is
superintendent. Classes are open to
new members and visitors. The pas
tor's Bible class meets each Sun
day at 10:30 A. M. in the church au
ditorium. All adults are invited.
The night services and Luther
league meeting; will be omitted dur
ing July and August.
At Trinity Lutheran church. Ivy
street and Rodney 'avenue, J. A.
Rinbach, pastor, the morning serv
ice will be held in German and the
night service Will be omitted. As
regular business meeting will be
held at 2 P. M.
The Rev. A. Kraiise, pastor of
the St. Paul's Lutheran church.
East 12th and Clinton streets, will
conduct two services this morning,
one at 10 A. M. in English and one
at 11 A. M. in the German lan
guage.. The subject for the Engl'sh
sermon will be "The Christian's Duty
to Refrain From Uncharitably Judg
ing and Condemning Others," and
the topic for the German, "The
Christian as a Friend of Mature Ac
cording to His Faith and Life." The
Sunday school meets at 9 A. M. No
evening service. Summer 'scfiool
will be held daily except Saturday
from 9 to 12 A. M.
Dr. McDonald Will Occupy
First Christian Pulpit.
State Superintendent to Give the
Morning Sermon Today. '
DR. G. E. McDONALD will preach
at the First United Brethren
church. East Fifteenth and Morrison
streets, this morning and the com
munion of the Lord's supper will be
observed. Dr. McDonald is the state
superintendent of United Brethren
churches. ' The pastor will speak in
the evening on "The Apprehended
Guide." There will be special music
at both services.
Rev. I. V. Hawley will preach both
morning and evening at Second
United Brethren church (Alberta)
and there will be special music at
both services.
At Third United Brethren church
the pastor, Rev. E. O. Shepiherd, will
occupy the pulpit at both serviees
and there will be pt:ial music.
At fourth United Brethren churdo
(Tremont), Rev. B. Ross Evarks Will
preach both morning and evening.
The First" Spiritualist church.
East Seventh and Hassalo streets,
holds services every Sunday after
noon and evening at 3 and 8 P. M.
Short conference meeting and mes
sages in the afternoon, followed by
the children's lyceum and Bible
class at 4:30 o'clock. Evening ad
dress at 8 o'clock, given by Rev.
Dr. Francis E. Thorns, on the sub
ject of -The Seven Postulates." Dr.
Thorns is well versed in our phi
losophy, having spent several years
teaching occultism fn the orient. He
has recently been delivering a-series
of leotures at the Pacific Chiroprac
tic college, and we assure everyone
that It will be well worth their
time to hear him. Messages will
be given by Mr. J. AVillard Hills,
pastor of the church, and other
mediums.
Tonight at the Church of Christ.
Rodney at. Knott street, ftev. Jesse
M. Bader will speak. Mr. Bader is
the national superintendent of evan
trelism for the Disciples o Christ.
' He has been one of the principal
speakers at the state convention of
the Churches of Christ, meeting at
Turner, Or. Under his direction a
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