THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND,
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1908.
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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
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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;
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