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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1908)
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1908. ffl.'.! POOR SAVE EARTH FROM VICE-DECAY Dryrot of Nations Begins Among" the Wealthy Classes. INFECTS RICH FIRST THEN WHOLE SOCIETY Ir. Mucklpjr Shows That God Had More Faith in Common People Than Others From Them He Picked HU Leaders. At ths First Congregational church last night Rev. E. 8. Muckley spoke on the subject, "Where Men Are Found," uelngr Matt 22:9. "Go ye therefore Into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage," for his text. He said In part: When Lincoln said that Clod mi)St surely love the common peoplo because hs made so many of them, he spoke with more wisdom and a keener ap preciation of the ways of God than even he himself suspected. God male the common people to predominate be cause he wanted to get an much man hood Into the race as possible. "In nearly every race except that of the Jews the common people were sup pressed and their manhood depreciated bv the selfishness of those who ex ploited tiiem. Hut Christ came to dis cover the common people and lift them to the place of their suverelpn riRbts Hi) he consorted with tin.' manses rather than the classes. For dolus so he lout lils life. But he did so because there vrs the place to find the quality ff :anhood capable of receiving the truth. There he found a wealth of soil worthy of cultivation for the eternal harvest. There the truth-seeds of our Lord found the greatest soil depths and produced the richest harvests. Salt of the Earth. "Trie truest worshipers of God, the niofit normally religious, have always been found among the common people. And even In times when the truest re ligion seemed forsaken by the masses end truth seemed burled beneath the rubbish of error and superstition, the 7,000 who would not bow the knee to Basi have been found among the com mon people. Here has always been the SUAOSIBABLI AT HOME. Lots of men and women who are agreeable with others, get "cranky" at home. Its not disposition. Its the liver. If you find In yourself that you feel cross around the house, little things worry you. Just buy a bottle of Rallanl s Herblne and nut vour liver In shane l ou ana everyDoay arouna you feel better for It. Price 60 cents per bottle. Pkldmore Drug company. wlil Sold by salt of the earth. I am glad Mark told us that "the common people heard him Rludly." This hss always been so. It i lntorestlng to study the feusons for thin. "TJia vices of tha world do not originate with the common people. They originate with the ruling classes. Vices are handed down, not passed up. The courts of kings have been the hot bods of vice and crime. The debauchees are grown In these hotbeds of the so called upper strata of society and tlisn Infect the lower. Nations have died at the top first. "The debaucheries and crimes pic tured by the suthor of "Quo Vadls" were not overdrawn and the dry rot that began. In tha courts of the Caesars worked Its wav down to tho level of the. common peoplo snd prepared Rome for Its decline and fall. The last ditch where manhood and virtue and honor make their final stand Is among the common people. Conversely, manhood can be first redeemed among these same people. For this reason Jesus came to them first. loss Among Bleb.. "Ths most dangerous vices of today are those of the rich. For money can make vice take on a refinement, the very glitter and glamor of which gives vice a charm so bewitching that some times even virtue Is tempted to apolo- uty.A for It Rut If thn rmhlln were permitted to look In upon the orgies of some of the functions or New jrorKS four hundred, ths blush of shame would diffuse our faces to be followed by the pallor of fear for our social Institutions. "In these so-called upper circles of society (to me the lower circles) money draws the curtain before the most vul gar forms of vlre. But when the com mon people begin to Imitate tho vlcos of tho rich It can only take on the vul gar form before tho public. So vulgar In vice when It reaches the ranks of the common people that virtue and self respect shrink from It with a whole some horror, so that the rank and file of the common people are saved from Its worst degradation. found Leaders Among Masses. "Therefore manhood has Its best chance among the common people. When God has wanted a great leader he has usually gone to the ranks of the obscure. An article In the press ro cently pointed out the fact that most of the presidents of the I'nlted States were raised from the ranks of the poor, l.uhbock, in his essay on "Ambltlm" tells us: "It Is remarkable and encour aging how many of the greatest mn have risen from the lowest ranks and triumphed over obstacles that mignt well have seemed -Insurmountable. " 'To tako men of science onlv. Ray was the son of a blacksmith, XVatt of a shipwright, Franklin of n tallow- chandler, Dalton of a hand-loom weaver. Fraubofer of a glazier, Laplace of a farmer, Linneaus of a poor curate. Farnda.v'of a blacksmith, Lamarck of a banker's clerk: Daw wns nn apothe cary's assistant; Galileo, Kepler, Spren gcl, Cuvler and Sir W. Herschel were all children of very poor parents.' The rugged experiences of the poor preserve them for the highest type of manhood, and society can best be redeemed nul preserved among the common people. Won Fame on One String'. "Christ discovered the common peo ple. Ho saw in their simple lives le.is of sham and show. Ho knew how to lay hold of the dormant principles of manhood and make snvoreign men. He can even take the outcasts of society and redeem them. "raganini, the famous Italian violin ist, won his greatest triumph on an Instrument of one string. With as sumed clumsy touch lie broke thee strings of his instrument whye t.ie assembled throng first smiled, then tittered, then laughed, then hissed. Hut there was one string and I'aganlnl left, the poet who described the scone tells us. "But that one string was enough for a genius to vindicate both himself and his Instrument, for on that one string hs brought forth such wealth of melody that people wept snd bowed their heads to pray. So Christ can take brokau lives and find' a hidden virtus upon which he plays, the while he Is redeem ing a life and ohormlng an awe-etrloken world with the wonder of his achlsve-ment." STOKY OF THi; PRODIGAL SOX. Rev. Harold Pattlsoii RpeiUis on the Spirit of Sin. The "Far Country." the first of three sermons on the parable of the prodigal son was the subject used by Kev. Harold Pattlson of the First Baptist church of Hartford, Conn., st the White Tem ple last night. - Rev. Mr. Pklttson Is touring the Paolflc cosst and will be at the White Temple again next Sunday and the following Sabbath day. He will also preach ut Han Francisco and Los Angeles whllo on the coastl His sermon yesterday morning was "The Three Tests." In his sermon last night he said In part: Differ nee in Stories. "The story of the prodigal's progress reminds us of that story, dear to our childhood, 'Pilgrim's Progress. But there Is this Important difference. Whllo th 'Pllorlm'n PrntrciH' describes a Innrnnv from the cltv of destruction the prodigal s progress describes a Jour ney to that city. In tho opening versos in man who sins, sooner of later realises Uist there Is nothing In It. And now note the Inevitable oolngMenra. Ther arose a mighty famine.' In Ills dreatm about ths Far Country he 1M liut reckon with the famine. The Devil forgot to mention it. For tho first time In hi life lie began to be In wnnt. and was driven to a degrading employment. Bo he went and fastened himself like a leech upon a cltlxen of trtnt country. "Let no one think that the occupation of herding swine Is in Itself degrading, but it wns degrading for this young Jew hocause It was beneath what It whs Ills privilege to do. Any man who Is doing loss than God meant him to do Is thereby degraded "Where were the prodlgaTs friends? He never had any In thut land. Those comrades of his were never friends, They were busy with other prodigal as green as himself, who were willing to pay the orlce. Does some one, smart ing under bitter experiences, say, 'This Is a hard old world f Hard only to the man who takes the far country road. Hard only to the man who wishes to use God's gifts to him SB though, thoy his own. Hard onlv to the man who would live his life and spend substance out of sight of God.' let us find them snd do tnat they my be saved. what ws can "Our chnn hea Iihvn no rtuht to leavs the so-called rescue work to missions and tlie Salvation Army. Our religion should nover be of (tie kid-gloved and parlor-car variety. Our so-called fash ionable congregation should do more work among tin- prupln who need Hum heiw an 1 new To nir money for mis sions at home and abroad Is not enough.'' his PUMS1IK1) ON EARTH. of great desire to get hold of his Miners e prooigais portion of this parable we see possessions. 'Olve me the irnnrla that fslleth to me.' "We are prepared to Ilka this young fellow. Ho may have been a trifle gay. but be was good-hearted. That Is our first Impression. But look at him a little closer, and you will see that his spirit is one that chafes st all resiraint. He must have what ne wmu " must have It now. What Is this spirit that makes men restless; urges them lo take the powers which God hss given them and use them according to their own will? What is this longing to get away from a mans moiners strings, and, bursting all Bonds, do whatever he pleases? It Is the spirit of sin. The best definition or sin i nave ever seen Is this: 'Sin is the placing of self-will or self-consciousness above the claim of love and duty. "Whence cams this spirit? Two places In the Scripture tell us. The noon or Genesis says It came from the ser pents whisper, and Christ says It came from the Far Country.' Both of these will be found to be tho same. Wants Cash and Separation. 'The son not only desired to get his father's possession!!, but he wished 10 et awav from his presence. Ah. but we must renumber that he was In a far country long before he ever crossed the threshold of Ills father's house. His heart had gone wandering long befor ; his heels. It Is not space that mnke.4 distance. A husband and wife may sit next to one another, and yet bo far apart. This young man was sick of home, which Is much different from being lmmcNick. The spirit of sin sent the prodiaal awav from home, and a more powerful spirit, the spirit Of love, will bring him Lack. Let us hasten to catch up with the young man. We find that he has wasted "his substance. There is a pleasure in sinning, but it all comes at the begin ning. Some of us preachers have made a mistake In talking about the results of sin. as though they were all misery. There is a pleasure in sin, or else the threshold of the saloon cainbling house ami brothel would not be so well worn. Sin Is Expensive. "The worst about sin is not only that It is expensive, but that It is a waste. Truly does Benjamin Franklin saw 'What would maintain one vice would support two children.' How many a man has known the wa.-ae of sin, a missed opportunity, a broken home, a broken-hearted wife or mother. Every Dr. Dyott Declares Thousands Souls Live Daily In Hades. Beginning his sermon on the story of Lazarus snd tho rich man and the repentance of Dives when In hades, Rev. Luther B. Dyott, D. D., pastor of the First Congregational church, last night told of the meanings of the words "sheol," "hadCB" and "gehenna" and the origin of the word "hell," which he declared to be a condition or state us much as a place. That thousands of souls are really In hell though still on earth w-as one declaration, sin. conscience, environment or remorse being the reasons assigned. Regarding this condition, Dr. Dyott said: "It Is of this hell on earth that I speak men, women and children who are in hell here and now. Some of them here In Portland. What are our churches doing for them? Some of them have been more sinned against than sinning.' All hnve some good In them. From their torment they are longing, no doubt, for something better than tlielr wretched lives. Instead of finding them that we may expose and funlsh them, Instead of saying what hey should suffer bv law, let us fend them and Improve their surroundings; August Excursions. On August C, 7, ill and 23, the Ca nadian Pacific will sell round trip ex cursion tickets tu Si. I'a.iL Hum ha, Kaunas City, fhicitgo. New York and ether eastern pplnt at very bw rates For full particulars apply nt local of fice, 142 Third street, or aldr-s F. Johnson, i. A. 1". 1, Portland, Or. ARLETA WOODMEN'S NEW BUILDING R CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bear the Signature of TEA Three quarters of the tea in this country is not very 14001.I. The fraction is not too high. Tour grocer returns your money If you don't like Schilling's Best: we pay him. YALE ALOXI TO HAXQI'ET PROF. PHELPS William. Lyon Phelps, professor of Kngllah literature at aln. Is In Port land and tomorrow night will he the guest of honor ut a dinner given bv the Yale Alumni association at the I'nlver elty club. Professor lhelps, together with Mrs. Phelps and Rev. Harold Pat tlson, pastor of tho First Baptist church of Hartford, Conn, Is making tho Co lumbia river trip today. Tomorrow he and Mrs. Phelps will te lnformnlly en tertained and given ho automobile trip over tho city. A good many of the Yale men from throughout iingon win WoodinPn Hall fit Arleta. Arleta camp, No. R0.r. Woodmen the World, is to have a new hall A t-I a t n enm n leted bv September 1 hull, tin will he ,16 by feet and stories high. The upper floor will he j -used for lodge purposes only, snd t he I w of I lower floor will constitute s, (nrsl m 1 ha. This auditorium will bs arranged The I t,. he us,-. I for lectures, concerts and two! li e like, u well as lodge meetings and W I II I fill .1 long felt wnnt. J-'.'iOO. Tha coat be present at the dinner In Professor Phelps' honor tomorrow night, the noted educator being one of the most nopu lar members of the fnculty. Professor Phelps has been lecturing this summer at the Cnlverslty of Cali fornia He has edited a number of .Sh.ikespcare's plays and of the Wash- Irvlrg sketches and hss wrlttttl I ks on literary subjects. Hs s riicips are staying at the Nor. login" .se el ,1 1 .111,1 .Mi toula. Hey I'.HtlsoM Is occupying ths pul pit, of ;l.e White Temple durtng Dr. Ilroug'ier''' .tbsence and will preach lore for the nxt two Hundsys. S EES EL LOTS OF i'WJ1 sm mmmmmma m 1 w .. .OO Down THEN ONE DOLLAR A WEEK mt in! . I See 12th Page this Paper for Particulars piatnorJltibillty r 32S8SBSR3 A BEAUTIFUL HOME BV THE SEA -s I ...:. .'. v " ' ' " " y , , f " " it j :;-s3 A Vrf , ' ' ' elK t J 1 . 1 Tit 3. f t V . k f. T U 1 ' v.A- . . ' .v .yr'.- y , , . . e V - 1 ' -4.. 4. 1 vv. 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