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THE OltEGON DAILY JOURNAL. TORTLAXP. 3IOKDAY EVE!NTyQ, PECEMBEIt 21. 1C03.
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- - R W. 5. Small, pastor of the First
X, Univorsalist - church,-East.. Eighth and
' East Couch streets, yesterday morning
: : took for his text -Romans xlv:8, "Let
every matt be fully assured In his own
mind." . :v. , ' M ;-;r;
' "Aocordlng to laW bf hts life,' he
Mld, "man must balance his work with
play. He must amuse, himself and be
amused.. The question of practical im
portance Is what shan be the eharac
ter of his amusements and the extent of
M his indulgence. In three conspicuous
ways he amuses himself, and as these
'three forms of amusement are Inspected
toy many church people of . subverting
v spirituality, 1 purpose to consider them.
'They are cardplaying, dancing and theatre-going.
.
"Cardplaying Usually this means the
-use of the common playing-cards. Bat
other cards are ' very similar In that rtn
' element of chance; is Involved in their
t play, Objection to playing-cards refers,
' to their use in gambling. The objection
!1s not strong In that It Would apply with
.'equal force to any play which might be
made the means of. gambling.. The
gambler, a, parasite and bloodsucker, al
waye uses playing-cards because their
.use Is easy and has always been. : But
lh we same cards are employed ' right
alongby many good people in games that
; are largely a test of skill and Quickness
, of wit. and to put such people' in the
- same class as gamblers is 'sensejless. 5
-'"DancingMan . has always danced.
Dapclng was often Indulged in religious
exercises up to the , middle ages. . But
, if Is the modern dance, more especially
the waits, that is so objectionable, that
' ' is destructive of spirituality. It de
pends very largely on ' the-conditlons
I that are made to govern the indulgence
of the amusement. . Dancing is alto-
- gether objectionable when it Involves a
promiscuous mingling of the sexes. It
develops a familiarity which . breeds
deadly contempt on the part of each sex
for the other. The ordinary public
aanoe, to walea-any one-Is -admitted, is
Vicious, and those who respect them
selves will keep away from such,' But
when practiced Under sane " conditions,
such as exclusiveness and decent hours,
it.ls a healthful pleasure. The objection
that Christ didn't dance, hence we ought
.not, is pitifully absurd. 80 far as we
know. Jesus did not dance. But there
Is a story told of his1 attending a wed
ding supper at which dancing formed
. one of the diversions. And the principle
of this objection 1 extremely vicious
that we should not do what Jesus did not
do, and by implication that we should do
only what he did. - - j
Theatre-going -'Go to the theatre and
you. go to hell' seems "to be the view
of many. Now,, the trouble with the
average philllplo against the theatre Is
Its lack of adequate discrimination. The
. theatre is said to be evil, the plays bad
and . most players, immoral? the theatre
subverts the Christian Sundav. it cor
rupts the tastes of Its audiences', it de
vclops an artificiality of life among its
players. There is some truth here.
JBut unless qualified, the truth un
- truth,-- The-tono-ot thBtagernerally
Bpeaiting, is lowuut High-minded mem.
bers 'of the dramatic profession yearn
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Christmas Gilts , l
la Jewelry ,
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Jot leaving the city have lease
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for a better day. which Ja hopeul. The
charge that the. theatre subverts Sunday
doesn't go deep enough. ( Commercial
ism, using "the theatre, subverts Sunday,
just as It does by using the trolley lines
for mn excursion Canemah Park or
Columbia beach or 'St. 3ohns. Sunday
theatrical performances are vicious, and
a future generation will see these evil
effects more than ws do. ." 4
"But In itself the theatre is hot an
evil, but good. , If its moral tone now
Is low, denunciation and abstinence,
aloofness, will boot little. The atmos
phere pf plays like fTherOld Homestead,'
'Ben Hur'i and many others is morally
uplifting and stimulating more so than
many sermons of unqualified denuncia
tion jn churches, ,", The Jtheatre wM
elevated more - rapidly : as the church
gives sympathy to the high-minded mem
bers . of - the dramatic profession who
shall try to lift the moral tone of the
stage and by practical co-operatton
whenever possible..; Some - Episcopal
churches and clergymen are Molng noble
work in this field. , :.-.. .-i- -.
'I do not present these remarks," said
Rev. Small, in conclusion, "as the teach
ing of the tTniveraallst church. , " Our
church' hasaJways Jeft. the 'settllng.-ot
such issues as this to the " individual,
realising that each one must determine
It in its relation to his personal ideals
and his influence upon other lives." ?, j .
" BET. X. 3. TAUBOTA ,
At Taylor-Streeb. Methodlsd church
Rev. t J.-Tlbe-preached yesterday on
the text from Matthew Xxvii:22, "What
then shall I do with Jesus?" He, said In
part: f ... - .. N 'j
i "This was the perplexing Question that
came to Pilate when Jesus stood at his
judgment seat, and when the mob had
chosen , that , Barrabas should be re
leased under clemency 'of the governor,
and not Jesus. Pilate was in great per
turbation of mind. On the one hand was
Jesus, lone, friendless, helpless, but inno
cent or any wrong, and having a strange
majesty nd power, which Pilate felt
but could not explain; on the other hand
were the howling mob. the. malicious
and formidable chief priests and elders,
and back t- all the gloomy, crime-hardened,
suspicious emperor at Rome yon
der. No wonder that, leaning toward
Justice, yet fearing the power of the
Jews at the Roman court, Pilate hesi
tates and seeks to rid himself of all re
sponsibility v by throwing,, the question
back, to the people, "What then shall I
do with Jesus TV- . . ; t .
"We face this 'question; The circum
stances under which we meet it are vast
ly different in detail from those under
which Pilate met it. But at bottom the
Lmfianing , Is very much the same. He
was Judge. Jesus was before him, ae
cused. Pilate must deal with him as
befits himself as Judge, and as befits the
prisoheras Innocent and entitled to. pro
tectlon. "Jesus-comes accredited ad Di
vine Savior. We are guilty and need
Just such a Savior as he. What shall
we do with him and his claim upon usT
We must treat hlra as befits a Savior and
as .befits us who need him. So at bot
tom the question before Pilate and that
before us are not so very different '
ine question as it comes to us is
ever recurring! and It is personal We
do not get rid of it once for all, nor do
we turn n over as one to be. met bv
community. Pilate sought to get rid of
me personal Duraen of it, ,but this was
nis undoing. AH the ocean's wtr.
could not maft his hands clean of blood
aner ne tnrew off his personal obliga
tion. to decide It. . We face-the question
each for himself, 'What shall I do with
Jesus?'
BET. WtLLIAK S. BASSAlXu
'Man's Debt to Man; Rhnil nhiiinn
Be Acknowledged and Paid r' was Will
iam ,e itanaan s theme at the Central
Baptist church yesterday morning, "I
am, debtor both to Gieks and to bar
barians, both to the wise and to the fool
ish." Romans 1:14 was the text tt.
saia, in part: ; . -
"In a systematic or' crude way bal
ance sheets are being made up for the
closing year. A genuinely honest per
son wishes to ascertain the amount of
outstanding obligations and meet them.
Regardless of the financial exhibit the
story of dollars we are debtors. Moral
obligations are of the highest order. ,
"The palmary principles of religion
are as permanent as the laws of nature.
There has been development In the
Sciences, but the physical forces are con
stant There has been unfolding in
lumwlBdge, but great truths are un-alrected.-There
has been progress in
religion, but principles abide and rule.
We are mad debtors by the law of
stewardship and responsibility that ob
ligates each person to communicate to
others every good. '
"Had Paul's letter' fallen into the
hand of the emperor, Nero and the pa
tricians would have spurned the thought
of obligation to slaves, prisoners, bar
barians. I say to the average modern
man, TTou are a debtor and receive the
reply. The world owes me.' f 4 j ? -
"Culture, power, genius are often' as
aristocratic and selfish as superficial no
bility. A hundred . philosophers one
Tolstoi. Thousands ; penetrating dark
continents, for gain and glory but one
David Livingstone. Scores of jnen
brought into official prominence by the
war that crimsoned our nation 40 years
ago three great magnanimous: souls
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"Facts are things which
even newspaper- adver
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trovert.' , " ''
XMAS
We are ready for - Xmas buyers.
Our piano floors" are overflowing
with the finest products of piano
. dom. We ' are ; sure we can please
- you In the" matter of your piano
purchase, at least we can" If fine
'pianos' and easy terms will please
you. We consider the treatment ac
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as the care taken In the selection ot
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OLDEST, tABOIST, STBOBOBSf
SIXTH AND MORRISON STS.
Opposite rostoffloe.
that tower majestic; Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses a. Grant' Robert E. Lee. -"When
Paul actualized his creed, re
garded the voice calling, "Come over into
Macedonia, ana help us,' took the gos
pel Into Europe, planted it In the Greek
mind, put It oh board Roman commerce,
hts act was one of the far-reaching
events in history. It, swept on. blos
soming and; maturing in civil and re
ligious liberty. The best fruit of his
Initial act Is. our republic. '
... "You and , I will live life all over In
an endless eternity. It will be joyful.
satisfying, if we have made, it easier for
our fellow men to win moiW victories;
ii we have added sympathy and smiles;
If we have recognised and met Our debt
of humanity. . - ' - - -? -
"For the glory born of goodness ''
230 Vftl dioSt
'And its flag is hot half-mtfstea 'r
. In the skies." v ;
"THX BZBTX OT OITB XXVa."
At the First Christian church yester
dayJDr. J. F. Ohormley, the retiring
pastor? took for his text at the morning
service, Matt 11:1: "Where Is He That
Is Born King of the Jews?". He spoke
in part as follows:
"We hall with Joy the return of mem
orial days. The birthdays of friends and
relatives are seasons of gift-making.
Wise men still bring gifts of gold,
frankincense and myrrh to the cradle of
heaven's royalty and every child. In a
sense, is born' a king. The memorial
days of the church are significant They
have been, observed from time immem
orial and will continue to be observed.
The event in Bethlehem more than 1,800
years ago, which gave to the world the
king of destiny, was far more than ord
inary. The place Itself Bethlehem had
been foretold by the prophet Mlcah.
Being the elty of David and the place
of many memorable events It was suited
as the birthplace of the king.. The jour
ney of Joseph ajid Mary from Nazareth
to Bethlehem was to the world In obedi
ence to a decree from Augustus Caesar,
that everyone should go to his own city
to be enrolled, but to the eye that sees
all things it was that the king should
be born in the divinely appointed place.
His birth was announced by the angels
who sang on that first Christmas morn-'
Ing the blessed story of redemption.
The lowly hesrd it and responding to
its Invitation, found Emmanuel. Philos
ophy following its best light came to
Jerusalem seeking the new-born king,
and aided by revelation, discovered him
In the manger at Bethlehem. Hatred
was defeated, for Jt found him not.
. "Sage men had lived and wrought
They came with the world on great
missions and filled 'them. However,
there was a 1 work to bh"accompl!shed
which philosophy declared it was unable
to do and dedicated an altar to the un
known god, and awaited the fulfillment
of the prophecies in tha coming of the
desire of all nations. The prophets had
been speaking of him and when the ful
ness of time was come, that for which
they had been looking came clothed In
flesh and the pdwer which makes for
righteousness In human personality was
named Jesus." . '
STEW VASTOB'S SEBH0B.
As the subject of his first sermon at
Westminster Presbyterian church yes
terdaV, the Rer. Henry Marcotte, the
new pastor, took "A Great Preacher's
Theme." His text was from I Cor. 2:2
"For I determined not to Vnow Anything
among you, save Jesus Christ and him
crucified." In part,' he said:
"It is most Instructive to know what
the great preachers-preach about' Paul
was one of the greatest if not the
greatest - preacher the world has ever
known. : We have his one all-absorbing
theme in our text Notice it is not Jesus
Christ crucified. Some have preached
that exclusively and have presented a
one-sided gospel. We need this, but we
need more than the sacrificial death.'
"Some preach Jesus Christ and omit
the last word. That Is Incomplete also.
The preaching of Jesus Christ without
the cross Is-a1 mere morality. Jesus
Christ apart from, the cross is surely
one of the world's wisest men. - But
Jesus Christ and him crucified! What
a world is opened before us His wo'rds,
his works, his whole life as example
revelations, inspirations and this In
cludes his risen and glorified life also.
Not only the. man, reve'aler, example.
Inspirations, but also the' sacrifice for
sin. Some have sneered at this as a
circumscribed theme. ' The. author of rt
certain modern novel makes one of his
characters say of a young clergyman:
'In this case It certainly seems a wwste
ft good material; he will do a heap- of
thinking" before : he .'Is forty,' and the
mau,bg an think lor thirteen years
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SWELL ENTRANCE RIGHT ON THE CORNER -
Wa
on any subject without modifying his
faith, ought to be In a museum.'
lA- certatn 1 minister of r prominence
confessed that as a young man he had
grave Imaginings on this very subject
Only one theme and preach for forty
years! Was It not to be bound with a
chalnT' But when he saw Jesus Christ
as the Unity and explanation of the uni
verse, his . fear vanished. .
"Some may ask what of literature,
art history, science, philosophy, eco
nomics, politics? I answer. In every
Held you have not spoken the final word
until you stand before Jesus Christ and
him crucified.-. '
Literature! His words are unrivaled.
There Is no deep knowledge of literature
apart from him. In the world's greatest
literature he stands clearly seen as the
radiant sun, or he. penetrates It as a
pervasive sweet fragrance.
"Art I Take Christ out of the art Of
the world and srou take from the art
galleries their chief treasures.
"There Is no true appreciation of his
tory without him. In science, even,
when It comes to causes, It must finally
stand with uncovered head before Jesus
Christ and him crucified- the cause of
causes, A circumscribed theme t When
you know the universe and what Christ
means to it and In it then you may
speak. Until then I magnify my office
as the herald of the king. With a
theme as Wide as God's-purpose, as deep
as the needs of man, nothing Is foreign
to It,, and yet we are 'not politicians or
economists or philosophers or historians
or teachers of literature but heralds
of the king. . - - .
"Jesus Christ and him crucified. Do
you' know him T He is your perfect ex
ample; your friend, your saviour, your
king. Do you want to know him! ,Do
you want tot" ' ( ,
txs rsB-zMnrzzrr ckjubt.
At the Christmas services at the First
Congregational church yesterday an elec
tric star biased above the altar. Miss
Vesta Townsend recited "Sandolphon" at
the .evening . service impressively, and
there was special, music at both serv--loes.
Rev. E. JjI House delivered a ser
mon on "The Pre-Emlnent Christ." ' .;
' He eald nature has pre-eminent thing
-4-euch "an the highest mountain., the
greatest waterfall, the largest river, eta
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No wonder that we often hear the remark, "Shopping Is so pleasant at
nc AllenS McDonnell's." . ,
Black Dress Goods Buyers
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Oar ' black Dress Goods department Is brimming ",
with extreme novelties for ChrlStmas. Every piece
and, every yard In stock specially, reduced for the ,
Holidays. . , " " , ' ,
Black Goods at 37o, 40o, 6O0, 63c, 83o, 97o, $1.10,
11.15, $1.23, $U7, $1.47, $1.50, $1.63, $1.73, $1.97, $Z15, i
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$4.00, $4.23, $4.47 and upwards to $5.50 and $6 a yard.'
The greatest and richest aggregatton. of fine black ...
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This explains our Increasing Dress Goods power in j
Portland, Or; and the great-Northwest.
BIG SALE ALL THIS WEEK. " ,
Now Is your time tq make your selections, gentle
men, for Christmas. ,
Nothing handsomer or ' richer than a fine black
French Dress Pattern. We will help you make your
selection and give you the closest prices ever quoted
on fine black and colored Dress Goods in Portland. 1
Come and See Us Monday.
Sale Will Continue All
Week.
987 DOZEN OF. LADIES' LINEN HEMSTITCHED
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; CHRISTMAS. 't7'l8lii :
St Paul declares that Christ was pre
eminent among men on earth. Christ
1 the bright and morning star, the foundation-stone
of the building, the captain,
advocate and counselor, He Is pre-eminently
the greatest -personality of , the
universe. As a man he was laid in the
tomb; as a God he forsook' the tomb
and triumphed over principalities and
powers. Christ Is pre-eminent in the
work he has accomplished for the hu
man race. In him la the power : which
works for perfect human life and so
ciety." ..... , . r
WHAT Til V. O. T. V. XAg BOin.
Mrs. Lucia Faxton Addlton, national
lecturer and organizer ot the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, reviewed
the causes that gave rise to the tem
perance crusade at its 80th. anniversary
which was . celebrated at Centenary
church yesterday afternoon.- Mrs. Fos
ter, the county superintendent presided,
Mrs, M. K. Fullllove, state evangelist, as
sisted In the services, . Mrs, Addlton
said that the movement signalized the
birth of a permanent factor for temper
ance In speaking of what the W, C.
T. U. had accomplished, she said It had
made Itself felt in legislation for the
protection of young girls in refuge work
and In temperance and educational work.
Ninety per cent of the railroads of the
country now require total abstinence In
their employes. Other great corpora
tions of the country also made temper
ance a' qualification for employment
The W. C. T. U. had crystallized temper
ance sentiment into form and effect
WXZ.X. HATZ A JTBELEE. : .'
Members of the First English Evangel
ical church. East Sixth and East Market
streets. Rev. O. W. Plummer, pastor, will
hold a Jubilee about the first of the com
ing year to celebrate the raising of ' the
debt of $1,800 which has hung over the
property for more thai JO years, Only
46 of that sum now remains to,. be
raised.
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Black French Silks
All of our celebrated makes will be reduced spec
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Tailor-made Suits and Sep
arate Skirts
Quantities of them. 1 Some going out, some comtng in.
We are Cloak traders here from A to Z. A big reduc
tion sale will1 take place Monday In our large Cloak
and Suit room and will continue until Christmas eve.
Tour dollars have great purchasing power In this
store. Extra dite Capes and Jackets, in black, mads
expressly to order for extra size ladles.
French Kid Gloves
For Christmas presents. 247 dozen will be placed on
sale Monday at 87o, 95o, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, best values
on earth. Glove orders can be secured at the counter,
FURS "
Furs of the Best Quality
Tou can save 50 per oent on all of our Fur samples
Make no mistake.' We are the house on Furs. '
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Christmas Tree Decorations, Toys, Games an
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