TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND.. MONDAY . EVENING. SEPTEMBER i. II.
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, 1 Though reading and .con
versation may furnish tit
many Ideas of men and things, ;
; yet it, is our own meditation r
; that must form our judgment .
Dr. Watts. - -' - ' 'jf
rtAMMUNXTION-FORrTHE-r
i y-, . : . ENEMY..
r ATTI P. ti lot no time in
. malting use of the ammunition
furnished it bv the Oresronian.
Th Times of that city gave prom
inent,; place yesterday morning to 'a
'telegraphic tpry. containmg . liberal
extracts from the Qregonian s eo
jtbrial belittling; Portland ;This ar
ticle was surmounted by a scare-head
that read as follows: ';. ' ) -'
"Portland's Claim on Population Is
JAbsurd. Oregonisn Ridicules Direc
tt,rv Estimate ' of 195.000. and Says
Jbere Is NO Use in the t,itjr ueceiv
ng Itself. Correct .Total is 120,000
to 12S,00a- ' Discrepancy Between
figures According to School Census
and Those of Folk People Hake let
ter's Preposterous" "'. .
f , oucn is me opening 01 me. new
campaign against Portland. That the
Seattle spirit" .will give the Oregon
ian's "knodc" the widest circulation
jpbssible is a certainty. '.'.The pbject, of
course, will be to convince capitalists
who; are 'planning to .invest large
amounts in the Pacific northwest that!
Portland is slow and sluggish.,' If the
, plan succeeds it naturally' follows that
Seattle, the recognized rival of Port
land, will be the gainer, f
Many easterners when, their atten
tion is called to the Oregonian's fig
ures will jump to the conclusion that
even 125,000 is a newspaper exaggera-
firm ainf thar'ThBr'TAil nnnn attnn nf
Portland U 0,000 or 15,000 less.. Then
they will turn to the census figures of
. J9XXV note that th apparent- growth
Is little more than 20 per cent, and act
on the assumption that Seattle has far
outstripped this city ' in " point 'Of
growth. . ;." J;" V..-V.'V
'. If 'all tUlm 'wr Ifii' Prt1ftHt1r
cgonian, but eould
noi jusuy accuse rc -ox more .man a
distressing lack of patriotism. The
trutn, ot tne matter is that the Ure
" gonian has lied atrociously about, the
city's population. Not only that, but
it, has built up a flimsy argument to
tion has followed. Men in all walks
of life have deckred that the figures
, to the immense number of building
permits, the-marvelous growth" of
street railway traffic and the unpre
cedented increase of the population in
- th anneaH districts It was -pointed
put that block after block of resi-
wciilcb uau unc up on DOlil SluCS OI
ihe river. In a dozen other ways it
. was demonstritrri that thr D
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Jan's, estimate of 125,000 was absurd,
but in the face of all the evidence that
4 paper this morning repeated its of
fense and made a labored editorial de
fense of its figures,
r. In order to prove that the Oregon
ian has no desire to be fair it is only
, Necessary to do a little calculating
based on a comparison of former cen-
. u jibuic. in iom me icaerai cen-
. Sua showed 46J85 people in Portland.
J In 1900 the same authority gave the
; population as 90,426. This win!
gain of 95 per cent. Since 1900 the
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put for the aake of argument let us
ay that the gain each year since 1900
-i has been one tenth of 95 i?er cent
ot 9y, per cent. Six time 9i gives !
-
J 37, which represents the increase in 6'
years.; Take 57 per cent of 90,426!
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f. M (l l ii n ir.inr i ;i ait A
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;, the population as shown by the census
Of 1900 and you have 142.970, prae-
t vcany juu. Allow iu,uuy. tor dis-
: trtets annexed since 1900 sr.dthe to-
Ul is 153)00,Just 7,000 short of the
average estimate of Portland buVi-l
tess men7,but 23,000 more than the
limit of 125,000 fixed by the Ore
m gonial.;" Every old resident of the
- city knows that the percentage of
gsin since 1900 has been far larger
than that of any other period of Port
land's history, but ' one can under-
estimate the truth and still prove the
Oregonian's mendacity. ! ' t
. The Oregonian's defense would be
gtmwing, -but for the fsct that its at
tack has injured the city. In 1900 it
in comrtj' with the vast majority of
fortJarxS's citizens,' believed, that the
government figures were far below
tae trt'JL Xw it declares, in effect,
that not only were those figures ex
act, but' that the city's gain since 1900
has averaged leas than 6,000 a year.
A noticeable, feature , of " the Ore
gonian's defense was that it did not
deny that its inspiration was desire to
retain a monopoly of the Associated
Press telegraphic service. In an ek
fort to dodge, the question it spoke
of this service as a thing of trifling
importance and not to be compare
with" its own special service. Per
haps it was thinking of the highly
colored, r biased,' political editorials
that it prints as news matter, under
Washington date-lines. .' Heretofore
the Oregoniah has boasted of the su
periority of the. Associated Press, de
daring that there was never anything
half so ' excellent, ; but now ; when
driven into a corner it throws down
its old friend -much in the same man
ner that it has thrown down Portland.
Summed up, the , Oregonian's de.
fense of its figures can serve. only one
purpose and that is to provide Seat
tie with more ammunition. ' It knows
that Portland's population is not far
from the estimate of ISSjOOOjjhic jt
o savagely attacks, but it -considers
its own business interests of far more
importance than those of the city on
which it depends for: existence.
Therefore it lies, and when the Ore
gonian lies ill Successors of. Ananias
applaud. If Seattle's boosters' have
such a thing as a Half-Million -club
the author of the Oregonian's 125,000
estimate has earned not only a paid-
up membership in that organization,
but a vote of thanks.. . : - -
must pull together;
NDOUBTEDLY,' ae Senator
U
Fulton says, the thing to do
is for the members of con
gress from the Pscific coast to or
ganize and work together for Pacific
cpast interests.- Then they will be a
power and able to accomplish some
thing. But it is clearly manifest that
this cannot be dona if the members
from Oregon insist on an appropria
tion for the Jetty at the mouth of the
Columbia only, allowing the Celtlo
canal and other up-river improve
ments to wait ; Representative Jones,
whom Oregon must largely depend
upon, 'would never consent to this
program, neither would the Idaho
delegation. And Senator Fulton says
that relinquishing all claim for an ap
prppriation, .for the canal would not
secure any more for the jetty anyway,
and he ought to. know whereof he
speaks. The onlythingtodo,ia io
puirunltedly for both these improve
ments, and for others desired by Pa'
eific 'coast , members, tlThe propo-
sition ta abandon efforts : for an ap
propriation for the canal is One" not
worthy of C, further . consideration.
While the jetty is primarily the most
important thing, we must work to
gether not only for that but for other
improvemrnts that some Pacific eoasy
membefa will insist upon.
It looks ss if the Chinese. rather
had a horse on Uncle Sam this time.
He can't get anybody else to dig the
Panama .canal, and the Chinese -say
they'4 rather stsrye to death than dig
it for him. So it looks as if the prin
cipal work that will be done on the
isthmus for the next few years is
working the taxpayers for money to
pay men who will do almost anything
else but dig.
j It-is reported harMrrHarhman,
having California completely under
his thumb politically, through his
partner and tool the Republican
party, is going to get equal control
by the same means of the rest of the
Pacific coast states. Very likely he
wilt though he msy have to wrestle
some with Jim Hill up in the Pacific
northwest.
The people of Texas seem inclined
not to take the same view as be does
of Senator Bailey's services for large
fees to the Standard Oil company.
They have an old-fashioned notion
that it is difficult to serve two mss-
ters, and that a man who wants to
get rich is likely to serve best the one
who psys him most
If the United Statea intervenes in
iCuba now, and helps maintain the
present government ot eathliha n
other one, it will no more than have
its back turned till it will have the
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r.nm iiiuiK io uu over again, unless
the United States is going 'to annex
Cuba it would ' better have - let the
Lubans f h nut h r wn U.hL.
Power of Earthquakes.,
Tha nainMrlnc aklll which nut at..t
and Iron brlda In almeat Impotalbla
piaeaa, which lajra raHroad tracks alona
tlia moat perilous routea; tha archlteeta
and bullttora who rear skrsorapars to
daaallna hlhti the steel ships of eom
marce and ot war, surpassm the wild
cat drama of tho paat sm.rat!on; the
marvalouslr awlft railroad tratnsr the
davalopmant of' lnduatry and commerce
to a volume that almost eseeoda belief
of theoo tblna-a man mar wall be
proud. But there la not a mart of
trade, there Is not a manufacturing can
ter erected bv the asniua and lnJuairv
of mi that mar not bo reduced to
ruins in a raw momenta tf nature brines
bar forces to beer upon It Tho railroad
track mar disappear, tha Iron and steel
brtdfo mar to down to destruction be
fore 4he Irresistible tforces beneath tho
earth. The akraerapera mar topple to
tha around as tnoufh - they . were ao
fnutf ant bllla. cj .
BIRDSEYE VIEWS .
cf TIMELY. TOPICS
. SMALL CHANOE,
The old Oreronlan'a knoeklng . can't
keep Portland back. .
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' Tho procession of tha equinoxes has
no regard' for hopyarde. . , .,
- Mr. Bryan can't be afraid that Mla-
alaalppl wlU go Repubuean.
. Tha Oregonlaa probably judges Port
land a population by that paper a sta
tionary circulation. . . .
, The eastern football season has
opened nd surgeons will be busy for
the next few weeks.
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Portland. without the knowledge br
contrary to tho desire of the Oregonlan,
baa outgrown that paper.
Senator BeVerldga says there la no la-
sue but government , ownerehlpc But
his saying ao doesn't make It ao. -.
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Tha more 1 one roads of '. Ksw . Tork
politics tha more he wishes both aldea
and all tactloiva could be beaten. ' .
'Nearly all great criminals have some
weakness that betrays them:. 8tensland
kept a diary and did not deatroy It.
' Mow it la decided that It la unlawful
to play a game of oarda oven for tho
drinks. , Are our thirsty citlaena to be
allowed no aport at allT . - '
A lot of. 'Mexicans are still working
up a revolution. It they get It going
will Uncle Sam Intervene there aJsoT
But Dlaa Ja riot alls aamee Palma.
' It la aatd that Governor H la gins' wife
will 'decide whether he will run again or
not. And ret soma women complain
that their sex la debarred front pollUoa.
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A resort cornea from St.' Petersburg
that the terrorists are determined to
kill the esar, if they can find an oppor
tunity. But who would believe such a
The Atlanta newspapers having advo
cated lynching of negroes for years. It
is not strange that a lot of innocent
colored people were murdered there by
The fonetle speller has to write very
slowly and cautiously, also he will for
get to change about half tho words be
uses from their old forma. (Habit la a
uvnf lajHE, . . . .. . .. i .
A Mew Tork woman who has become
separated from her huaband and caused
tho breaking up of their home because
she wa determined to become an aet
ress, says that aho thlnka her husband
"will come around" soon, that "he has
alwaya yielded to her before." Very
likely, ..yet. there la an occasional In
stance of a married woman not alwaya
having her way about everything, and of
a huaband who doean't "come fround."
Tkc Plajr
" " Br Johnoton MeCulley. 1 Y
Henry V. Esmond's play, "The Wild
erness," Vwaa seen. for tho first time In
Portland yesterday- afternoon, when the
Baker stock company seaayed Jt, The
theme from' which ' the drama la built
up- la an excellent one, but In the lines
and situations there are Indloatlona of
haate on .the part of the author, and
there are scenes which lack tha polish
of an experienced playrlght. . When Es
mond wrote It, he was evidently writing '
agalnat time. ' : . t-
But the play is a sweet and pretty
one, nevertheless.' and in the hands of
the Bakeritos ,lt losea none of Ha beauty.
Yesterday It seemed from the way the
audience took It. that the production waa
away -over the heads of a large per
centage of the people who saw It. There
la a rare double meaning to "The Wild-,
erness". which Is worth working out.
As Mabel Vaughn, the headatrong girl
whom the playrlght haa made Just a bit
unnatural, Lillian Lawrence, la In her
HelemenC. We don't desire to Intimate
mat miss LAwrsnce la in ner element
when aha la unnatural or anything like
that. ' But ahe takes hold of a part
where nothing but hard work wilt bring
put the author's idea, and ahe brings
.It out in great faahlon. At first, yes
terday afternoon she went Into the role
aa It la Intended aha should. Others of
the -comparur played up to her in that
sentiment. Tha crowd, unable, appar
ently, to see the depth of the lines, tit
tered, and seemed, determined to see the
humorous side of situations that were
not Intended to be humorous. . Miss
Lawrence In an- effort to get Into sym
pathy with her audience, made the llnee
and ' her - work lighter. The audlenoe
was In part appeased, but the little art
there waa In the role of Mabel waa
ruined' beyond recall, i 1
At the close of the second act, where
the microbe cf love begins to nibble at
Mabel's heart. Miss Lawrence eould not
forego real art, and In defiance of an
audience that, wanted to laugh, ahe
acted, and acted ao superbly that the
audience forgot to laugh and almost
wept Instead. After that the company
got. Into tha real spirit of tha play and
things went along smoothly, aa It la In
tended they ahould. ; Br the final cur
tain Mlaa Lawrence and the Bakerltea
had again come Into their own. ;. But It
waa a hard struggle.'.
Richard Thospton played " steadily
throughout, giving a good characterisa
tion of a man half dreamer and half
man of the world. The author haa not
treated tha mala lead with fidelity and
Thornton waa up agalnat the problem
of practically writing a part for him
self. He did it and won out. His work
was- characterised by artistic finish.
Donald Bowles waa In his element aa
Jack Kennerly. His work waa up to
tha Bowles standard. Howard .Russell
had a, clever bit of characterisation la
tha role of' Gilbert Paw son. -William
Harris waa truthful aa the rich brewer,
Grlnateed Worburn. ' Mlas RJosson made
the moat of a minor part. Mrs.' Olea
aon. In the role of Lady Milanor, played
the eccentric, world-weary aristocrat
to perfection, while William Oleaaon ae
-J Uncle Joe played to" the right limit and
never atepped ever tha line. He waa in
aympathy with tha play and the audi
ence from the first Una, - mad worked
with greater fidelity, perhapa, than, any
other of the company. Little Adele end
Nada Banka did tha children In a man
ner that touched the tender apota In tha
big heart of the audlenoe. The others
of the Bakerltes also started.
The etory of , "The Wilderness" Is
one of a woman who fell la love with
her huaband. an Old story told iln a
beautiful manner but .without any great
amount of eonslstency. It is worth see
ing. At the Baker ell week, wlthnetl
nee Saturday. V, " ,
A Mad Love..
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At the Empire this week la Maretta
Smart, a young California girl, who
play a the lead in "A Mad Leva,'! a
dramatisation of k'Ladv Audley'a Secret"
and thereby leu the publie know that
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OREGON 8XDELXQHTS.
i Forest Grove la la urgent need of a
brickyard. . . ' . , ' .- , . " .
Several new buildings are being
erected la Mitchell.
' Summorvllle will have electrto lights
Cove may have a bank. ( . ,
Roseburg aspires to be the railroad
center of southern Oregon. . , . '
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Pendleton haa put a prohibitive tax
on the tradlng-atamp schema. ; .
Plenty ef water waa found In a well
near Madraa at a depth or sso reet.
A Weeeo. young man lost $71 and a
note for Me, ail his summer's earnings.
on a train. .,.",.' . .........
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The Dallee ttemlser boldly aaaerta
that Polk county raiaes the beat apples
In. the world. , . , . ....
In. a Howell ' PiWlrle yard. In eight
hours, it hoppickers earned aa average
of 11.7T eaon. .
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Hundreds of tona of prunes will go
to waste in Lane eounty alone for lack
Of drying faeilltlea.
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On the sropoaltloa to bond Fella City
for 1 1.000 for water worka the vote was
II for and li against
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At Allcel Friday fhere were 10 teems
In Una waiting their turn to unload
grata at the warehouse. :
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Four brealdenta were in one towa at
onoe the other day Governor Chamber-
Colonel Hofer, .
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A Galea Creek man was flaking when
a deer came neaf him and stopped, and
he went to his house and got a gun and
killed it . "
The Astoria .Herald alludea to the
chamber of commerce of that city aa
The Associated Order of Moaabacka."
But Curtis is a kicker. , .
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The latest eaae with a fowl with gold
la ita eraw ia reported from Jackson
eounty. . Several of these gold-eating
birds are reported yearly.
A Roaeburg man named Barker who
haa gone on a trip to London, England,
la alluded to by the News aa "Rose
burfa millionaire capitalist". . . . .
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There Is said to be a place la Albany
where a man can lift up a lid and help
hlmaelf to filled whiskey flasks. Per
baps there are several, says the Demo
crat .'-.. . ... , . i .,' ,
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Hoppickers are making great reeorda
thla year. These who do not make over
ft a day are ao far behind they are
not noticed; $1.11 to ft are not uncom
mon, aaya the . McMlnqvllle News-Reporter.
ilietterfl-
- waex the Blaan Solos. -
Portland, Sept. JL To tha Editor of
The Journal In your Issue of Septem
ber ' 17 r was a report of a sermon- de
livered by Dr Brougher- which would
lead one to think that woman wa'a not
men'e equal la will power. - In thla ser
mon he la trying to take the blame from
the shoulders of the woman In tha eaae
of the young man who atole the money
from tha gaa company, and to make hla
words strong and forceful he goes ao
far aa to condemn the judgment of God.
He makes light of It In pointing out the
ease of Adam and Eva. He aaya ever
alnoe the daya of Adam and Eve weak
men have placed tha . blame for - their
miadeede on women., i
I would Ilka to aak him wha It waa
that did the placing . of the-blameT
Waa It God or waa It Adamt It waa
God and he. blamed them both alike.
Dr. Brougher would have ue to believe
ouch Judgment Is wrong. I would like
him to tell us how and la what way the
people have been harsh with the woman
la tha Velguth eaae. She ie at liberty,
and if the papera are right, la wearing
tha diamonds thla foolish boy bought
for- her. v -- - '- -
Dr. Brougher kaa changed hla views
aa to woman'a strength. He would have
ua believe woman Is the weaker vessel
at present, but-ha ld-not -aay this last
spring. uoin he and Dr. Wise last
spring spoke in a different key In trying
to goi as to wie ror woman'a eurrrage.
Now, If those two worthy -gentlemen
tell the people they did not try to gat
them to break the commandments all
you have to do le to read the fourteenth
chapter of flrat Corinthians and also
the second chapter of first Tlmothr. 1
em not writing this letter because I
nave any ni-reellng against these two
gentlemen, but I could not hold my
peace longer In view of, the fact that
they are men whom thousands so to
hear. WILLIAM SHANNON.
1047 Eaat Eleventh Street, City. '
ahe ia deatined to do things la tha fu
ture. Miss Smart la a capable actress,
one of the most interesting that haa
tripped over the Empire stage for manv
a dayi Her personality la pleasing, and
wnua mere . are times when ahe doea
not get the depth to her work that she
should, she austalna a difficult role In
a manner that pleases tha Jaded theatre-,
goer aa well aa the now-and-then sort
which ie always' pretty aura ' to be
pleased. Miss Smart delighted two
large audlenoea yesterday. ' - :. -The
atory of TA Mad Love" le too
well known to be told here. Suffice It
to aay that it portrays a eoneumlng
love, a eonaumlng hatred, and In work
ing out to a climax makea use of thrill
ing situations not overdrawn. From
many standpoints tha dramatist haa
done hla work well, and the old novel
which created a sensation in ita day and
Is-still read by numbers of the rising
generation loses none ' of Its value
through the work of the playrlght "A
Mad Love" la worth seeing and Maretta
Smart Is worth seeing and both will be
at the Empire all week with a matinee
6 a tu rday. . .; s u w.-,
' Origin of let Cream.' .
' From the , London -Chronicle. ' '
Though the ancient Greeks and Romans
uaed Ice for table , purposes to get
through even hotter ' weather thaa we
have been - having lately, they knew
nothing -of "loes." .- These were Intro
duced Into Franca from Italy a boat 1M0,
and known kt first as "fromagea glaces,"
Iced cheeses, .although they were made
of etrawberriee, aprloota and ao forth,
end contained not a drop of cream. From
171 the use of "glaces" In the plural
was sanctioned by. the academy, but not
beforb 1S3S did "une. glace" force. Its
way Into recognised acceptance. . "Icea"
are referred to from time to time In the
ISth oentury In English people'e letters
from abroad. "Iced creams,' however,,
were known as early aa the year when'
William of Orange came over, and by the
middle of the Uth century "ice cream"
figured la cookery books, ' ,
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FADE17ELL-SERU0IJ
DY DR. HILL
Pastor of Flrtt Presbyterian
Church' Takes Leave of Con
gregatlon of Eleven Years. f ;
TO LEAVE TOMORROW
T-TO.YVORK IN CHICAGO
Closes Long Service In Portland by
Powerful , Sermon Upon Religious
'.Topic Instead of Reviewing Work
of Church During His Terro, i .
Dr. B P. Hill preached hla farewell
eermon yeaterday morning to hla con
gregation of 11 yeara. f Tha churqh waa
crowded to the doors, and many of the
listeners ' gave way to their emotion
when Dr. Hill spoke the farewell words
of his sermon. At the close-of the ben
edlotlon they gathered in orowda about
blm and Mrs. Hill, esger to shake their
hands and bid them Godspeed, and Mrs.
Hill and many of .their devoted friends
ahowed their grief in tears. Dr. and
Mrs. Hill will leave on the t.t train
tomorrow morning, and a large crowd
of .their, frlenda wULba at tha depot to
The farewell words of Dr. Hill's ser
mon were ' brief. Instead of stemming
up the work' of his pastorate or making
any mention of it,, he chose aa hla
eubjeot "The Church -f the Living
God." and preached one of the ablest
dlecouraea of his term here. At 'ita
conclusion he said:
Sis Words of Farewell. .
"Mr dear frlenda; the hour haa rfome
for me to lay dowa tha work of thla
pastorate. I ahall offer no review of
the work of the peat 11 rears. It would
be altogether unprofitable to know how
many , marriages have - been perfected,
how much money haa been raised, how
many have been received. Into mem
bership of tho church. It would only
satlafy a passing curiosity and minis
ter to One's pride. I prefer to explain
to you my conception of tha place of
the church in a community end to give
you a hint of what I regard a, preach
er'a mission. The church belonca to
God, tho living, the true, the righteous,
the loving God. . .
rne mission of tha ehurch is to in
corporate and to cultivate and to illus
trate the opinion of Him to whom it
belongs. During these past years it
hss been my one great aim to' do tble;
to preach the truth aa It oentera in the
cross, to stand for righteousness with
out thought of the consequences, to
make thla a ministering church whose
quiet 1 tender service should be sug
gestive of One wgo while on earth went
about doing good. If.ogether, you and
I, my dear people, have fulfilled In a
measure thla ambition, our labors have
not been in vain. If any hearts have
beeea comforted. if any ha.va been
helped to realise more fully their de
pendence oa Jesus and encouraged . to
walk in nis footsteps. If tha people of
this city and state hava been stimulated
to stand forth boldly for. tho liaht bv
reason of our ministry thsn our thought
of the past - yeara in labor together
snouia onng us much Joyt . .-
As for myself, I cpunt first of ell
the approval of God. After that I de
sire the approval of the people of thla
beloved church.. I thank 'you for your
uniuung toyaity and for the many ex
preaslons of your affection. God bless
you. all in all the years to come. We
now part, but after a time, a little time.
we ahall meet la a fellowship that ahall
never do oroken.-
At tha close of DP. Hill's nmrt, w
X. Warren read a communication from
taa eommltttee of cession, la which
waa t expressed regret -over- tha depar
ture or ur. ana Mrs. Hill. The com
munication waa made a resolution bv
a unanimous rising vote. - it follows:
some weeks ago Dr. Edgar P. Hill aa-
nounood to the session his purpose to
retire from the pastorate of thla church,
that he might accept I TUl to tha Chair
of Homlletlce and Applied Christianity
In MoCormlok Theological aemlnsrv.
Chicago; and aaked for a meeting of
tha congregation to unite with him in
requeetlng presbytery to dissolve the
pastoral relation. The united efforts qf
his session, to lead him to change hie
purpose were unavailing and. the meet
ing waa called. At the meeting. a
unanimous protest came from the .eon
gregatlon. Tut Dr. Bill waa firm In his
decision. Finally, with reluctance and
deep Borrow, the request waa concurred
in, preabytery consented to the' dissolu
tion of the pastorate, and today we
realise the full force of such action aa
Dr. Hill stands in this pulpit for tha
last time aa our pastor. It Is natural
and fitting, therefore, that our tboughta
should turn backward for a... few
moments.' ;
Dr. Hill eame to thla city in 1SJS. a
stranger to ita people. The results of
hie work give striking avidenca that
God 1 directed him to thla Held. . The
rare girts with which Nature haa en
dowed him,; and "the. power acquired
to use them in the Master's service,
have led our church. already made
etrong under previous pastorates, to
greater neignta or power and influence.
With delicate tact,- and genial cour
tesy in the conduct of the castors! of.
flea. Dr. Hill at once secured, and has
ever retained the loyal co-operation of
hla church,' the affection and confidence
of hie eo-presbytere, and of his col
leagues of tha City Ministerial associa
tion, and tha esteem of the community
In which he haa lived. And beyond all,
the, wonderful resources of the gospel
have been eo faithfully and effectively
presented that the blessing of -God hss
rested on hie ministry 1.1SS named
having been added to the church roll.
of which number, (0t (nearly one half),
were upon proressioa of faith whl a
the church haa grown to a total of 1220 J
or naa nearly doubled its active mem
bership. - .. ,.':.
. Great Work fov Missions. ' -
Five ttmee aa much money . la '. con
tributed to the two great boards, and
three tlmea aa much for all purposes,
aa during the flrnti years of hie past
orate. During his work of 11 year e.
the - church haa contributed 1410,000
of which over $200,000 Vent to the Work
Af missions. )
But Dr. Hill Is a man of broad views.
He has not limited hie vision to the
narrowar Umltsof hia owa specie 1 field.
With keen foresight, -he saw, that la
the. near future, there would be a
marvelous growth, not onl,y of the city,
but of the entire region round about
and he marahalled his splendid powere
Inthe furtherance of home missions.
Few men are endowed with those
qualities which constitute a wise and
safe . leader. Dr. Hill la one of the
few. Hla Intense enthusiasm was eoon
communicated to the mtssionarisa on
every field within the bounds of synod,
end hla broad sympathy gave them en
couragement amidst the many diffi
culties which they hsd to encounter, ao
that they, wlfh us, "sorrow moat of all,"
for the loss of a friend who waa ready
at. all tlmea to, give , aotive aid and
counsel to everr mission enterprise.
. Nor has Dr. Hill overlooks the in
which he haa lived. As the pastor of
one of the largrat and mot Influen
tial of our sister churchee once said,
"Dr. 11111 is easily the leader In every
work which makes for the highest In
terests of our city." ' "
. Irt everything which he felt wks for
the real weirare of the community the
queetion. with him was not, "Will It be
popular?" but "Is It right T" Thst ques
tion onoe settled he set -himself to the
task 'of carrying his purposs Into exe
cution, with sll ths energy and force
which Paul condensed In the expression.
"This one thing I do."
... xis Work la north Bad,
Instance his work in the "North End.1
He saw the wretched condition of that
locality, ana its neeas, ana witn
great heartfelt aympathy for hla fel-
lowmen'he at once formed a purposei
and today the . fen'a Resort and Peo
ple'e Institute ths outgrowth of a mis
sion already begun by the church, in
connection with the Seamen's Bethel-
la the consummation of that purpoae.
and stands aa a monument to his en
argy. foresight and wisdom.
Again he saw the broad enaam Be
tween the laboring man and the church
end with unselfish, loving Interest, he
determined to bridge the chasm. Tha
results of hla efforts led the Ministerial
association to elect tilm aa a delegate
to the "Labor Unlona." He accepted
the honor aa an opportunity to assist
him In tha aolution of thla great prob
lem. - Hla auceess has been maraea.
thouaV his work Is in its Infanoy. Tha
plera of the bridge have been built, and
IS-la another eouroe -.of-regret that he
could (not remain to eofnplete the super
structure. In which regret we are aa
aured, the laboring " men Of -the city
deeply share.
But the occasion forbtda telling the
whole story. It cannot be told. Etern
ity alone will reveal it It only remains
for ua. . as a church to say -
That aa we are about to sever a
pastoral relations which began with a
unanlmoujg, call of the church and haa
continued ao harmoniously for a period
of 11 years, we desire to expreee our
gratitude to Almighty God. the great
head of the church, for the manifesta
tion of hla loving klndnesa to paator
and people, our sincere admiration for
Dr. Hill and Mrs. Hill, personally,-ana
the unfeigned - regret with which we
view their departure.
That While the action of preabytery
has Terminated the official relation be
tween Dr. Hill and thla church, it haa
not. and cannot terminate the affection
ate regard la which ha ana Mrs. run
will ever be held by thte people, and
which, with their united prayer, will
follow them in their new neia or laoor.
, ... R. K. WARREN, -
' ? ', ' 1 A. S. PATTULLO.'
' . - E. QUACKENBUBH. ' -
- Committee of Session.
HUMAN GLORY
Eta ajhaOowaeee When OoaSzaaSsd With
n Btvfase Olevy Shows fey On, Xoms,
"Cultivate the long look" ia a new
motto whloh Dr. B. L. House preoented
to his congregation at the Flrat con
gregatlonal church yeeterday morning.
" 'Quick returns and email proflta,' la
a favorite -expreaaion, ssia ne. i
have a better motto: Tmivate the long
look.1
Dr. House explained that the tangible
prises of earth are aought for to the
neglect of the lnvtsibls and remote
nrlsea of heaven, that men ahould rather
bring their business, their wealth, their
fame,' their eoolal standing snd meas
ure them air la- the light or eternity.
Then, and thaa paly shall they be truly
elorioue.
"Human and mvine oiory waa tne
subject of ths sermon. Dr. House took
Absolasa's hair aa an example of human
glory, showing ' that - tha glory . of hia
hair- waa tha cause or that young man s
downfall. So our glory . may be our
doom.- A maa must glory la something,
even though it be nothing more than
clothea. If clothes, he la nothing more
than a fashion plate. He may live for
hla own opinions; if so, he ia nothing
more than a bigot.'; But a man may live
la a Christ.
Ball the ministers
"Now, if It la true that death lies in
human glory.' it la also true that life
Ilea la divine glory. - Paul gloried la
Christ, and Uvea . In power - and -Influ
eace today. We are to look at tha ma.
tsrlal, but hot to pauae on tha meene
of living, but on life Itself. An office
is not a place for money-making, but
for man-making. ' A workshop Is not the
plaoe for. turning out machinery, but for
turning out cnaracierv..
; WHY MEN HESITATE
Are Vet Willing So Aeoept (rod's Mes
sage Satire, Say ev.
rlsoa. " - '"
- "We do not wonder that there la some
hesitancy to accept the whole gospel of
Christ," said Rev.' A. A. Morrison, U. .,
at the Trinity Episcopal church yeeter
day morning. "Only the maa who lis
tens to the whole message of Christ and
is willing to take the- full conssquehcos
of It; who la not a mere follower or
hero-worshipper, is a true Christian.
Jesua meant that the maa-eauat-way
down In his aoul, forsake all and follow
him that meant - truth, for God Is
truth.' Every maa haa the right to be
happy. ' God wante him to be happy: but
he muat take care that ia tha pursuit of
happineaa he doee not go into sin. Every
man haa a right to seek peace; but In
seeking peace he ahould not compromlae.
There la no real peace by compromlae
with that Which la not truth. No won
der Christ eald: 1 am not eome to bring
peace, but a sword.' . . . 1 s
! HIS OWN FAULT
Kaa Oaanol Shift tho Blame to Woman
la the Oaae, Says aider Snyder.
v"When a man sows to the ' wind and
reape the Whirlwind Jie can generally
count on finding those who will opolo
glae for him, and try toi shift the re
sponsibility upon aonVe woman in the
case, or upon some corporation tnat nas
no aoul. Let ue be careful how we ex
cuse one man's crlma by the designing
or laxity t others, yst we enoourage
other men to follow In hla eteps in the
hope. of being similarly excused."
Such were the words of Elder George
A. Snyder near tha end of his discourse
in the Seventh-Day- Adventlst church
last evening.'. Hia text was: "What.
Boever a man Boweth, that ahall he also
reap." He declared that , no ' maa Is
Irresponsible for his moral actions, and
that any atatament that the responsi
bility for his deeds must be placed upon
his Creator ia Itself the strongest argu
ment of hla own responsibility. '
GOOD IN EVERYTHING
It Is There aad Men Saoald book for It,
Says Bv. X. S. Knokley. - ,
"Adjustment to Life" waa the subject
of a sermon preached by Dr. E. S. Muck
ley at the Flrat Christian church last
night. ' Dr. Muckley - called upon ' hla
heerere to live naturally, to give ever
vain ambitions. He urged them to aee
good in everything, to look for the good
and point it out. though fighting the
bad Incorporated in the same Institution.
He pointed a leaeon from Paul, who aaw
good in klnge, though he preached a goa.
pel calculated to- ultimately dethrone
kings. Paul msde tha best of conditions
between mastsr and slave, though he
taught principles that Would ultimately
free the slave,'. , ,
LIKE OTHER LiEO;
YET UnLIKE
Christ Human; but With Infinits
' Depth of Soul, Says Rev.
Hiram Vrooman.
NO DIVINE SPARK ABODE
IN HIM, SAYS PREACHER
Infinite Can Abide in Finite, So God
Abode In His Son The Physical
, Jesus ss Finite as Men of the Pres.
- cht Day.' " 'xr'': '".
In tha Swedemborglan church yeeter
day, in Knlghta of Pythias hall. Alder
and Eleventh streets. Rev. ' Hiram
Vrooman preached on "Who la Jesue
Chrlstr lis said In part: ... ...
' "It waa not a 'divine spark that
abode in Jesus Christ which made him
divine, aa many affirm, but it waa Al
mighty God hlmaelf who abode la him.
The Infinite can abide in the finite.
When tha creator abldea In bis crea
tions he does not thereby become
changed In any way. He entera into .
finite things to give direction and pur
pose to finite things; and it la because
of this that thsra ie a Divine Provldsnca
in whom we can trust aa children trust
la a father. ' - . , . .., .
"The physical body of Jesus and all
the thlnge that ha inherited from the
virgin mother Mary were finite and aa
dlatant from divinity , aa we are. , But
the Inmoat aoul of Jesua, that part of
hla life whloh. In ue Is occupied by what .
our fathera have contributed to our per-
aonantiee, was ooa Almighty himself.
Belief la a personal God loglcallv de
pends upon belief In the incarnation ot
God la Jesus Christ, .
"The. finite -eide v of Christ's per-
Bonality wss unique and different from -other
men because It waa created . for
the ope clfio purpose of serving aa an
inatrumentallty for God'a aotlna direct
ly aad Immediately, according to divine
love and wisdom. In every Jot and title ,
of human experience, and thereby ea
tabllahing .hlmaelf and humanity fos.
humanity's redemption and ealvatloiv -
'"At the doee or. our- pray era we
ahould not aay "for Jesus sake." be-.
cause that implies that Jesus waa a"
eeoond God, whloh is an absurdity. '
There1 cannot be but one God... Jesus
Christ is the God to whom we pray and
therefore we eould appropriately say
"for thy name's aake," or "for thy
mercy's aake." or similar expressions. -
Jssus was not the bob of God In the
sense that we era aona of our fathera
by which we have become different per
sons thaa our fathera The aonahlp of
Christ haa a spiritual slgniAoaaoa. To
think of Jesus Christ aa a second God.'
because he la called the Son of God "
would be aa absurd as to think of him
a literal - vlna,' or 'shepherd.' or
way or Moor,' all of which he calla
himself. He also calla hlmael 'eon of
man.' breatt of life, living water, but
we de not interpret . thaae axpreaalone -
ao aa to turn them into ahaurditlea."
ON THE FRM
9. Brougher Shows Mow Country XJfe
V . Saa tryiimac Xaflaeaoa. - .
At the White Temple laat- nlaht Dr.
3. W. Brougher talked on farm ' life to a
big crowd. The mualo was aa attractive
feature of the aervloe. - . Ia part. Dr.
Brougher eald: -
'Jeeue Christ was all over the coun
try. Many of hla -moat striking tllua-
the field. He made use of tha ordlnarv '
experiences of men to teach them the .
great lessons of Ufa. u MacLarea has r
eald, "Jeeus hung tha taachlnga of hie
wisdom on every thorn bush and on
every waving wheat ear.' Hla parables
remind ue that we, too, find the aubllra
est truths and Inspiration in tha eom-
men ordinary event a of Ufa. , . -
x wonder how many la thla con are-
gatlon were either born or at some tima '-
nave lived on a farm If you hava
your mind goes back to the experleaoee
or moee aaya and you recall them aa
being among tha freest, happleat, bright
est aays in your experience. --J..J-...-.
It we have- become hard-hearted or
shallow aad superficial, if we have per
mltted the things of thla life to.crowd
out ' the things of eternity let ua ear- .
aee tly-seek -God'a spirit "to prepare our
neans even as na prepared tne heart of
Lydla that aha received tha thlnga that''
were spoken of Paul and followed tha
Christ" , - , ,
V MUST CONQUER SELF ,
"To Kaa Seoomes Great Without Sols
: XT, Says a S. Ward,
"No truly great - man became great
without ' encountering difficulties, and
the hardest enemy to conquer la aelf. ,
There are many ahallow-faced men In .
our atores, factories and other walka ot
lire who try to make It hard for any- '
one to lead a Chrlatlan life, but I tell
you. be as Paul and aay to them: "None
of theae things moved me.' " ...r
Thue did C. & Ward, one of the inter
national secretaries of the assoclaMon.
exhort young men at tha Y. M. C. A.
yeeterday afternoon. Ha told of the
temptations of boys leaving the country '
to take up eity life, and the firmness of
spirit needed te overcome the obstacles .
placed in their patha. ,
a rooper Brace, who waa to lecture at
the asoclatloa rooms yeeterday, -waa
called back to Tacoma and was not able
to fill his engagement -
HUNTING THE MAN
Jesus, the Perfect Kaa, Offers Correct .
Solntdoa for Bvery Problem.
."Men seek Jesus bees use he offers a .
correct solution for svery perplexing
problem. He le the perfect man." . So
asserted Dr. Burgetta Short in his ser
mon, "Hunting the Man." at the Taylor
Street church last night' '.-
"His spirit will adjust labor and capi
tal," Bald tha presxher. - "It wlU every
where usher la an era of peaoe- Russia -v
would, free her slaves and decrease her
army. ' Franca would put down Internal
difficulties and become in feet a nation '
6f liberty, equality and fraternity. Eng
land would assist India to eeir-govern-mant
and America will aa aoon ss posst
ble grant te the Philippines that for
what America once fought liberty.", r,
. , Mil Wl 'II III II II I I I I j.
' Ths People's Champion. .. ,
From the Wasco News.
The Portland Journal Is making a fight "'
en and expose of the outrageous rates
charged by the Harrtman lines in Ore
gon. We are glad that Tha Journal la la
Its fighting harness on this line, the peo.
nt have lAna- needed a. chamolon of thla
it. - -.. - '
- : V 1
A Xrsag-thy Tale. ,
If the tails of all tha pug dogs be
longing to childless - women In tha
nlted Statea were straight the total
length of tha pug doge would be 11,137
feet a inches greater than. at present