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MAN AN MATE
110 FORGETS GOD
ill:
4 1" :
Or".' Henry, Ottrom Preaches Elo
":'Jt quently on What le Due
f : : the Creator. 'vUIi;'..
GREAT; CONGREGATION t
: i ; - I IS VISIBLY AFFECTED
Many Come Forward and ' Ask
' Prayers to'Helpi Thern .
1 - '; ; Led Better Lives. '
' ' "No man cin truly boast that e la of
himself a self-mad man. no man la to
, dependent but what be -is dependent on
God, who baV. bought him and whoa
property he Ik.v Is not a man an tngrat
' who takes )Htread Qod provides for
: him, wears XI clothes Ood. give, him,
breathes hla flfare, fresh air and revels
" In his aunsnlSe, yet refuses to aeknow!
' edaw that OoJ la his maaterT" , . ,,
. Thasa and similar remarks formed th
burden of a very effective sermon
- preached before a Urge audience In the
First Congregational church last even
v ing by Rev., Henry Ostrom, evangelist.
That Dr. Ostora-was successful In eon
' vlnclng his hearers that they were not
' tbelr own proAerty, but belonged to Ood,
- was attested bt the faot that at the close
of his remarlfa a largo- number an-1
nouDced tha Intention to lead a Christian
'life. . I
Dr. Ostrom furged hl hearers not to
lose sight af tna ract that tn most valu
able piece of rf-operty In the world did
Jiot -equal 'the Worth of be llttleboy
or; girl - In hla laudlanee. . .. ;
: on to OM for -rrotectlon.
. ' "In times wbl,i everything la 'coming
our way,'" haald, "we are apt to
acknowledge oil. .dependence, - but there
oemes a time of bufjand diatress when
w fly to Ood IS protection. This -la
natural, becauswe - are, not our own.
but Ood a
. "Ufa', is a dajitVoDS undertaking;
' wrecks of what prornd to be brilliant,
happy, neiprui iiveey are strewn every.
.'. where along Its h lam ways. No on real.
. Harry MizwtH, Singer. , ;
tees this better than doea Ood. ' That
-, " Is why ha appealwt you to oome to Ulm
, as a haven." j .- .
. ."W are living In an age of advance
', ment But even though wa are, so far
" ' advanced in learning, what man is there
" who haa yet Invented a grain of corn.
. .. or who haa caused potatoes to sprout out
' of the ground T Therefore, will you be
. llev me when t tell you it la oommon
; sanity to thank Ood at our .table for
ith food that He providear"
y ' i .The Christian life, aa Dr. Ostrom plo
j' tured It. la not life from which all
pleaaur las been given up, but to at
tain 'Its pleasures It is necessary that
' certain things should be given up. -When
.'. theee things have ' been, discarded,- Ood
' retArns infinitely mora,, than 'ha has
..f taken. .. - , . .
7 , . Xlluatiatlona Am Vaiaa.
. : . Dr. Ostrom's methods - of proving
'man's dependence-on Ood are -unique.
, and though hla lUustratlons moved hla
nearer 10 .wui.wr, in. very . pex mo
ment- when an appeal waa mad - for
those willing to surrender -many rose
via tbelr seata. :
: .One of ' the Interesting parts of the
. discourse was that In which the speaker
' denounced the prevailing methods - la
.-American educational institutions where
. teachers carry on their grand, work for
a mere pittance. . . i . : . . .
' "No one of us," ha said, "Van estimate
how much patience, how much careful
m - planning and toll it took to teach us to
7 . ,ki. 1 a-
m . . v w i i,,hw. tin" .
. great disgrace to pey such a mean wag
, to those who guide us during those try
, Ing days and who help-to mould, our
future Uvea. The day la surely coming
1 when Ood -will have It out with ue un
' leas ws see to it that these condition
are -altered." -
-Dr. Ostrom Is ably, seconded In his
f work by John P. Hlllls, who. leads the
great - chorus choir, and who aang i a
hymn of his own composition- which has
become popular in the work f the even
- gHts. - . l ".'-'.
. The , meetings ponduct .at th First
Congregational -church-continue to grow
in interest under Dr. Ostrom's guidance.
A. number of pastors, whose churches are
In the district represented. by this church
were present last evening, and responded
with scriptural readings stth call of
th presiding minister.
.rrsrni m o ri
Dr. Ch:pr.:a Tells Great
Cocrcgatfcn What Re-
generatfca-Mecnl
1 ;
CAN'T ARGUE YOURSELF.
INTO THE KINGDOM
Force - of the Revivalist's. Power
: Lies In His Great Earnestness
. and Sincerity Which Draws
;?-;''' Hearers to the Altar.; ,
At ths WUU Ttmplt last Dizht Of
crowd throaced about th titranc Ions
b(or th doora waf opsnad, and on
foapal aoac tollowad . another, as they
waited. ' After' the doora ware opened
very eaat waa quickly taken, and Orace
H. K. church waa filled for an overflow
meetlnc - i. ' .
- The large choriia choir, tbrether with
the cornet rend vloltrie, under the leader
hip of C'-F. Allen," led the oonT
tlonal alnflng with a precision and snap
which fairly made the good old eonsa
alnc . themaelvea.' ,A parUcolarly effeo-
tly chorus number net with merited
applaua from- the oonsrermtlon. Mrs.
1. H. Thonapaon la a splendid accom-
pan lit" at 'the piano.
When Dr. Chapman faced th immense
audience It was impressed) -with hla
earnestness and directness. Much of his
fore aa a preacher Ilea In his relation
of experiences - which have oome under
hla own observation, and In a few simple
words he can make hla audience expert
enoa It with him. He took for hla text
John 111:1. -"Ye -must be bora regain."
Among other things ha said; : "
"Bora again?' What in th world doea
that meanT Doctrtnally It . means, re
genarationJ. It doea mean that wa are to
b mad over. It. doea not mean that
w are) to b more thoroughly educated,
or more highly cultured. That which la
bora of tha flesh can never be anything
else. It can be cultivated flesh, but It
is flesh' Just tha same. It la pot re
generated. It la .not 'resolution -to be
better. It la not going to church. It la
not baptism. It; is not -saylng your
prayers. ( ' . ' t". . J .. . -.- , . r.
"Regeneration . la , an absolute necea
slty. - 'Except-a 'man be -born again, he
cannot see th kingdom.' '. Teb I cannot
explain regeneration, . It la a miracle. I
only know that regeneration changes a
man completely! and changes him In
stantly. All the resolution la tha world
will not save you.' But, I know what
wUL Jesus ' will. . Tou ' cannot argue
yourself Into the -kingdom. -.Ton can
argue ' to th boundary . Una, but you
hare to take one step by faith." -
At the close of tha address many tes
timonies from .'Christiana - were given.
Many hands were raised for prayer.
while a number made definite" surren
der o Christ Then fully 1,300 from the
congregation passed .out ' to tak their
place In the procession for th midnight
meetings in the .theatres. r -
' At the overflow- meeting In Orace
church. Dr. Brougher preached, and at
tta close many cam -forward to th
altar, and there were a large number of
decisions.- v ,- '
Todny at over In the Whit
Temple J.- H. Thompson met personal
workers. - Hit subject wis "How to Deal
With Too Who Hav - Falsa Hopes."
Dr. Chapman spoke at f and will apeak
again at 7:Sv p. m. i. .
PERSUADING PEOPLE .
; : TO BE CHRISTIANS
.' - ,'.. ' y . i i n :-.-,,;
. Tha usual large crowd attended the
meeting at Taylor street af. E. church,
filling every seat;J many were stand
ing, when Harry Maxwell Inspired the
great chorus choir with enthusiasm andl
sang with telling affact a elmpl song
entitled, "Shall Ton. Shall I "
Dr. Slederwolf was St his . best and
preached a masterful and powerful ser
mon from the text, "Almost thou per
suadest ma to be a Christian."
- Tha scene of Paul's trial before King
Agrlppa waa. graphically - depicted . and
men and women .were made -to realise
vividly the serious eonsequeneee of fall
ure to yield to tha arguments' presented
and invitations - extended to adopt tha
Christian Ufa.:,'., ,-,t x,
. From th Houston Post '
"H la what you would term reckless.
Why, he actually courts danger."
"Oh, well, don't blame him for that;
lots of these widows axe mighty pretty."
Charles EV' Fykert, Sinter.
POrTLAHD. ' OnZGON. FRIDAY EVEtlllia.,
V
YOUR OVN EFFORTS
AREN'T EVERYTHING
Dr. ' Elliott Says '. Resoldtions
Without Christ's Assistance
Are of Little AvaiL
Dr.- Elliott last night at Centenary 1C
B. ; church spoke from the- text. "How
shall we escape if w neglect so groat
salvation T" - '- ' i ' y ..
"I would not say a word against tha
man who makes resolutions,.", said be.
"That Is a sign of healthy action of th
soui. But the trouble la. that even if
he can . and doea keep hla resolution.
It does not go fsr enough. .
"What about the paatr If yon could
live perfectly from now on. bow are you
to make right that which la. behind?
Tbs ladder of your own efforts will not
help you much. It Is good, of courao,
so far aa it goea, but It doea not go far
enough - The ChrlstlanVought. to be a
peculiar man that la, he ought to have
the right kind of peculiarity. And be
will, have the right kind, If. like Paul,
he can say, 'Let no man trouble me, for
I bear In my body tha marks " of the
liord 'Jesus.' ' .
"This old text haa three' great' words.
"Escape.' There la no possibility of es
cape. Did Tou ever think how very few
criminals, "after all, finally escape from
the clutches of the law? From the great
Judge no escape la possible. 'Neglect'
Tou do not have to be desperately bad
In order to be lost , The business man
haa only to neglect his business.' and
the sheriff will soon, have -It "Salva
tion.' Oh, how great it la. We eaa never
know how powerful It Is. It can reach
down to the lowest of us and lift us up
Into the very Image of Christ" . - r
Following Dr. hJllott a powerful plea
a number of men and women, husband
with their wivea, came forward and pub
licly took the evangelist's hand to sig
nify that they Intended to live a better
life. . The workers were, busy, and a
large number of cards were turned In.
The Increasing number of men attending
these raervtcea Is commented ' on ; with
great satisfaction. v'.
Dr. Elliott spoke this afternoon la
the Third Presbyterian church on "Per
sonal work; what It Is; who may do it;
how to do It" At the conclusion of to
night's services there la to be a meet
Ing of paatora and Sunday school work
ers In the Btoond Baptist church.
There will be no services tomorrow.
The program for Sunday Includes a sun
rise prayer meeting at ? o'clock In the
Third Presbyterian church for the Chris
tian Kndeavorera and young people, to
be led by Mr. Rykert Morning services
and Bible school In the churches aa
usual, At o'clock a meeting for
men only In tha Woodman hall. - The
famoua Chapman quartet will sing, and
Dr. Elliott who Is aa old worker amone;
men, will give hla address on the "Hid
ing Places of Men." "At, th same hour
there will be a meeting for women only,
In-Centenary. .church, to be addressed
by one of the evangelists. At I o'clock
there will be a union young people's
service la the Second Baptist church. ,
7 nr r
umM
WORLD'S MARVEL IS
At th Calvary Baptist church last
night Evangelist H. W. Stough spoke
on "God's Faith in Humanity." He said
in part: "The one and only hope ot
tbe race Is that Ood believes la the race.
For Ood so loved the world.' can only
mean that Ood so believed In the world.
He believed not In what men are or
In what they do nor In what they pro
fess. He does, however, believe In the
soul possibility of vry one, not In the
real but In the Ideal. Nor Is this baaed
on Ignorance of th human heart
"Ood haa sounded the deepest depths
of men's ruin; He knows all. And .the
marvel la that he still believes In us.
Fred butler, linger.
HAHCII 81, 1SC3.
. - ''-,',''-' - r' ' . .
REV. J.E. SNYDER ;
'LKADINQ -
EVANGELISTIC WORK
IN -THE - NORTH- ENEW-
LORD'S PATIENCE
W would'' probably find It difficult to
believe la our deareat friends If we saw
them as Ood aeea them. - A ratner wnen
asked why he loved his Imbecile child
so much, replied, 1 love him for what hs
might hav been.' '
"Far abev all the rest, of creation
towers man. Only ha It waa that was
endowed with an Intellect to understand
Ood, with an affection to lov Him and
a will to serve Him. Tha pity of men'
sin Is thla that they should take then
wonderful Instruments , of worship and
turn them Into weapons with which they
assault Ood. It la baa ingratitude.'
Th history of th rao Is th his
tory af Ood's confidence and continual
effort to reeeu man. One who reads
history but superficially cannot help
but wonder why Ood did not wipe th
race out lone ago... And when one once
looks back oh hla own life In the lighf
of thia truth, he marvels that Ood haa
been so patient and long suffering with
him. - . .....:."''.- v
"If one would know In the highest
revelation - thla truth let him look at
Jesus Christ He Is the heart 'of Ood.
Tha history ot hla life for three and
thirty years, his death on tha cross, were
all to show men how much Ood believed
In them. Every effort of the church to
day la further evldenoo. Tour sin Is not
your breaking of the moral' laws, wicked
aa that la. Tour aln Is this, that Oot
believes tn you and has- tried la every
way to reveal thla fact to you, and you
will not believe that He believes In you;
and thla la your great sin."- - ; . ,
HOLD SERVICES IN -
; : - NORTH END TONIGHT
. The campaign or th vangeMata In
the north end did not eonclode with last
night's .demonstration.- Far - from. - It
There will be three addresses , made la
the concert halls tonight at 10 o'clock.
W. K. Blederwolf will talk at Krlck
sen's. Dr. C. T. Sohaeffer at Blaaler's
and Dr. H. W. Stough at Frits'. Thar
will be music in each service. ,
The north end district Is under K van-
gel I T J. E. Snyder and the work there I
la being: vigorously prosecuted. ,
3T CM m
TO beach ec;:
-issri n
Religion That Dr; Daniel
S. Toy Preaches At
tracts Great Throng.-:
CROSSES WE BEAR HELP
OTHERS CARRY THEIRS
Christ Loved People So Much
He Died for Them That He
' . Might Hav Them WKh '?
Him AlvvaysJ-..';'-;'-" ;
A. large audience greeted Dr. Toy last
evening at - the . Fourth Presbyterian
church. It la very certain that tha 'gos
pel Dr. Toy v preaches does not keep peo
ple away from the meetings, nor does
It keep ' them from accepting Christ
.Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Ogden aang .
duet " 'T:. .--air-:
Dr." Toy took for his text Luke xlv:CT,
"And ; whosoever doth not take up hla
cross "and follow- me, cannot be my
dlsotpJe.'nr He said in part: . .
'A disciple Is one - who' accepts -the
teachings of another and follows In his
footsteps. ' Crosses were made tn differ
ent shape and eruolflalon waa aoom
. mon mod of axeoutlag criminals.. v-
. "But the,' shadow of one cross haa
fallen athwart the ages; it is the -oroas
of Christ ' Christ could have commanded
twelve millions of ' angels - to aav him
from the cross. . There were not enough"
of spikes in the Roman empire to nail
him to tha cross, nor enough of soldiers
to drive them. And yet he meekly sub
mitted to all, ' Jesus died upon the cross
In six. hours; others hung for It or 41
hours. One reason for thla waa a pro
phetic reason; another waa a pathetic
reason. Ha was virtually a dead man
when h waa nailed to the cross. For
days hs had been dying. ' In Oethsemane
he sweat great drops of blood In physi
cal Bwrrertnav '. .--.
- "Why did Jesua die? 'For you and for
ma. There la not a man or woman In
tha world who. If they had one spark of
gratitude In their hearts, could help
loving this Christ - Christ loved us so
much that he died lor ua that he might
have ua In companionship with him,
throughout feternlty. Christ bora his
cross to hav ua. . W must bear our
cross In order to be saved. W bear our
cross by crucifying self.
"We hav three enemies with which
to contend th world, tha flesh and the
devtL Spell flesh, drop the last letter,
and - spell tha . remaining letters back
ward, and It spells self. We must sub
due self. If Ood would allow aa to go
tor heaven Just aa ' w are we would do
Just as tha devil did start aa Insurrec
tion within It hours. We must conquer
self, and take .up any cross that Ood
sends to us.. . .
- "Aa infidel's daughter. Just returned
from ' school, - wandered - Into a little
church and found Christ Her " father
commanded her to dealst or leave his
home. On her refusal, ha threw out her
oldeet dress, ordered her to don It, and
leave' her home, never to return. She
complied, but asked ons request before
she went . Sh want into, th parlor, alt
at th piano and sang 'Jesua, I my
cross have taken, all to leave and fol
low thee.' Then rising aha walked out
of the house, down th street out of
her father's sight Ha stood and watched
her. until her form disappeared from
view, then hastening after her. sought
her, took her In his anna and said.
Daugher, oome home.. If your religion
makea yoa wlUlng to bear a cross like
that for Jesua' sake, I want It too.' -
"Christ gains his followers because he
bore bis cross. . Ws win others for him
by bearing our erosaaa.1
' SAXTASIO-f
At tba Salvation Army hall, lit First
street a big time is expected tomorrow
( Saturday evening. Evangelist Need
ham- and hla singer, who are conduct
ing revival servlcs at Forbes . rreeby
ter lan church, will be there ana conduct
a roueipg prats and song service, - The
Salvationists are looking rorwara to a
big time. Everybody la- invited to at
tend and aa the hail will seat only 404
oome early la order to get a seat -.
TO rums.
Tfr.- . Henry . . Oatrum addressed ; the
teachers and pupils of tbe Holmes, , th
Behnke-Walktr and .the Portland busl
nes college at the T. M. C. A., audi
torium at a o'clock thla afternoon..
C N, D. Power. Slnfet ?'.,
Frank Dickson, Singer.
EDITOR SUBJECT Cf
Dr. - McCorrib Asks God to FCY
Aged - Journalist's 7 Heart ;
With Understanding.
NEWSPAPER TELLS ONE
V SIDE ONLY- HE SAYO
First in the . Country That Haa
Not . Been Courteous to the
: ' ; People's Invited Guests.
- In th present- of a large crowd at
tha corner of Third and Alder atreeta
last night prayers were offered for the
editor of the Oregon Lan by the street
evangelists of th- Chapman party.
Kev. J. Ik McComb had charge of
tha meeting and spoke from a large au
tomobile truck. , After th prayers Mr.
McComb said:
- "Tha Oregonlaa print only on kids -of
a question and Is not fair. ,
"We are. strangers In your etty, but ,
we did not force ourselves apoa you.1
Wa came at the earnest request of your
ministers and business men, -
Thia Is tha first city that wa have
visited where a newspaper haa not been
oourteoua enough to treat ua not only
with civility, but with cordiality. All
we ask Is a square deal., . There la noth
ing that appeals to tha American sens
of honor Ilka fair treatment, and that
la. all we ask.
"I am not blaming tha people of
Portland nor the city. It Is only tha
Oregonlan that I condemn. That paper
la not fair. .
"But. there Is a paper la your dty
that la a newspaper and that Is fair. It'
stands for the square deal' In all things.
It atanda for the things that will bet"
ter yoor - city. It la Tha Journal.
- "I only wish to advance tba cause of
Christ Wa hold no bitterness toward
the Oregonlaa nor toward - Its editor.
We pray for him' constantly and hop
that he may be made to know that he
la as nothing In tha sight of Ood; that -ha
la a common sinner ilka th rest of
CHRIST SAYS TO
v SONS ' OF - H:ETJ:" C0"E
1 have no us for a man - who be
comes a Christian after a life of cheat
ing, unleea he makea restitution," were
the wortls in which Rev. Thomas Need
ham expressed the true purpose of evan
gelism last night at the Forbea Pros
bytertaa church.. . ,
After all. a large part of th appeal
of the men Is simply for clean, true,
alncer live. - And excitement or emo
tionalism 1 entirely subordinate to th it
The coming of a higher Ufa to thla
city is very much 'on the minds and
hearts of th -people.- to Judge by th
chorus of hearty "Aniens"' which greeted
the petition - of Dr. Olbaon when he
prayed that the kingdom of Satan -her
might be shaken to Its depths. ,j The
church waa crowded, as at previous
meetings, and heartier - interest was
manifested. A spirit of expectation
pervaded the atmosphere.'. The duets,
"O, .It la Wonderful." by Mr.- Powers
and Mrs. Miller, and "Some Day." by
Mr. Powers and Mrs. Allaton. brought
tba audience to the receptive attitude.
and many were touched. Meanwhile the
house waa filling up end every seat was
taken before t o'clock, wnen Mr. Ncd
hard -began, ' .' . :'
Th great thought of his sermon "
expressed by the word. "Come." "".
Christian life," h said, "mean t
thing separation front sin, and '
lowshlp with Ood. And this t, u
runs ail through the Bible, be
with the Invitation to come Into t
of safety, snd ending with -the
John in Revelation. He that Is
let him come; snd whosoever
him take tha water of life fre
The Rev. Mr. Needham n,- .
lag Impression by descrli-'og a f
shipboard, taken from hu -own
ence, when a shipload of fr
eight days without w -, t
moaning in pain and dy
"I shall Uke that so. .
with me," said ha; "an-1 .
la to every one who la t
personal call, a a'4 to L t
once."
Many responded to r'l '
close aad- tha lnte t .
V