THE OREGON ' DAILY: JOURNAL, PORTLAND,'. MONDAY. EVENING, FEBRUARY fcS,
1910.
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; "Great Defects in Modern Life"
Are Moral and Spiritual,
Says Pastor of Taylor Street
: , T Methodist Church.
i "Ye shall be wltnsee unto me. '
: Acts 1, t., s the trxt of the fiprmor
on "Common Senup In RWiRlon," il-
llvered by Hpv. TVnjaniln K. Yntmjr nt
the Tsylor Street Methodist Kplsc iip I
chutrh yr sterday mornlnK. M- sM In
- "The world has an abuinlnnrp or
theories. The eiht-mr hat. hi'd In the
f brkin of the wildest fanatic finds ad
herents There Is no supers! it Ion
' UglJ so foul or so ulisurd that It can-
not Ilnd a following. We have some
high sounding "systems of t nought"
and some heavy and morbid phlloso-
phlea. In part of the world there are
1 .deyll worshippers and In one American
. City there la the 'church of this world
' . ."We are not suffering an Intellectual
v. dearth. II wa may oelleve the aaser
- tlona of men we have brains enough
: to run several worlds a good deal lsrg
v r than this mundane sphere. Of th
r' making of books there la no end. Ther
iare books to champion every vagary
" of the human mind. We have some
blood stirring detective stories and we
t can find theologies which cannot be
i sysle
'lgto.-folltihi or (1uclloYaj system
a the man It makes' - Th test of re
ligion la the man It makes. If your
f llglon sends you away from tha eeeth
ng. reeking disorders of city life to
dream In the ju!et of your own room
ir to commune with Ood In your own
closet with your ears stopped to the
ill-' and tha misery of tho world, or'
If It cause you to be loat In some
mystic Imagining, rapt ecatasy or rich
experience and Indifferent to the burden
of tlfe the wbrld will spurn It; for It
will catch Ita falae ring, detect Its
hypocritical prayer and see through Its
miserable aham and emptiness It will
he an Impractical, useleaa profession,
revealing the selfishness of a little mean
soul and become an embarraasment to
Ood himself "
IMKJS VERSUS CHILDREN
v.- read without
' ' World
physical torture.
Moving' XTpward.
i' "There is manifest progress on the
, . part of great civilising forces. The
world Is moving upward. He who says
:. j It is not is wearing his spectacles on
,! the back of his head. One could name
a vast number of things which are
Important to the world and sources of
.great blessing to human life.
-ri" .."AH about us are many things to
Inspire men And of course some things
Which prevent ethereal flight. There
la more put Into life today than at any
previous period of human history. The
' giant of civilization is swinging on
A with rapid strides and the times are
big with the; pregnancy of progress.
Sf facta In Modern Xlfe.
. . . .
frue as these things are It Is a
n ract that religion is not touching our
rapidly developing life as It should.
The head Is advance of the heart. I
j mean that the great defects In modern
y life are moral and spiritual.
r ; "Let us illustrate; this. The purely
material factors of civilization have
gone Into pagan and semi-pagan coun
tries far in advance of its more subtle
and fine qualities. The material life
-1 Of the Occident has gone Into Japan and
' i has been rapidly absorbed so that the
.V pupil bids fair to become our rival If
l' not our superior, hut our spiritual life
r has not at all gripped the heart of
, the nation.
Factors la Commercial Life.
". "In many parts of Asia and Africa
the , physical fabric of civilisation has
'.. gone but the moral and spiritual lum-
bers along far behind. But it is not
only true in the missionary sphere. It
. I true , in the great , center of our
--Vjiatibnv Portland, .Seattle And San Fran
Cisco are splendid cities and ' because
of their strategic positions are becom
l lng mighty factors In the commercial
life of the nation but in their devel-
. ; opment the material outruns the moral
; educational and spiritual.'.
j "I wduld not have our material de
" velopment halt but I would have the
moral, educational and spiritual forces
w quicken their march lest a crass and
deadly materialism sweep down upon
,. us. The laymen s missionary move
' .. ment which has recently come to the
n, front Is an endeavor to help the church
catqn tne swinging pace vor the on-
w ward movement among the nations,
t ! ,' Common Sense BellglOn.
T '"Jhe great need of the world today
4 is common sense practical religion
'" Knowledge Is valuable and will always
4 u recognized, jne woria Knows, it
lacks an example beautified and purl
nea ny tne unrist lire. There is a
better way for a man to help his fel-
lewa- than by living before them In
thai Sphere in which he is called to
more, the simple sacrificial life. As one
looks at the frantic luxury which
Tinas expression in many avenues one
wonders what the end of It all la to be.
"This is a practical age and needs
wholesome truth set before it in prac
tical forms. We must have something
more than an airy theoretical piety.
t Mystical theology was, perhaps, use
. 'f Ul in the past, but it is useless for
the men of today. We must have some
, thing more than priestly doses adminis
- tered at stated intervals. Our religion
fj must come out of the speculative realm
V and we must put continual emphasis upon
the purified life and transformed
f heart.
" Beligion Stands Investigation.
"X do not want to be misunderstood.
5 I would not depreciate knowledge.
Jesus Chlrst appeals to the Intellect
f of every man. He asks for a man's
t best thought. The man who says re
J llglon does not covet Investigation, that
ik It seeks to crush out the spirit of prog
ress, that it resents the conclusions of
honest, scientific criticism, that it is
bound hopelesly by musty tradition, Is
not very wise. But our need is. for
the great stirring truths, which were
taught by the greatest teachers of the
ageB, to be set before men in human
lire, maae paipanie ny human example,
made workable and radiantly beautiful
by the active man of the age.
'"This age needs and miifl have the
gospel personified. Do you puppose that
anything less will solve the problems
'Which ominously lift themselves out
Of our congested centers? Will any
thing less make much of an impression
upon the coarse and often brutal com
petitive life of the dn? Is ,mt the
personification of the larger, diviner
things in the Chirst life significant to
us? Are we not forced to the recogni
tion Of the laws which Kov,,rn In .all
Instruction? The thing which is put
in life Is more to us than that which
is put in books!
Best Taught by Character.
"Shakespeare acted Is irxuo than
Shakespeare read. Jesus Christ was a
revelation te tnen. but he was also a
revelation of God. We have a finer
conception of God because of that which
was in him. Religion Is beet taught )y
character. We have, perhaps, been too
much concerned with the apologetic
side of Chirstlanity and not enough
with its practical side.
"Do not argue so much for Christian
evidences, but live the Chirstian evi
dence. A consistent Ghristly life is
worth more than a logical argument
The world aoks not for your logic; it
does plead for your' helpful service.
Io not dogmatize and hurl anathemas,
but keep a level head and a clean heart
and. a BWeet spirit. Let love be regnant
ead by Godly conversation and magnan
imous action show that religion is a
jenulne-thlng. .
v, 'The test,' aaya Atnlel, 'of 'every re
Proacher Says Canine More Valua
ble Than Child in San Franrlwo.
I was glad this morning to see so
nany of the little enildren in itie sun-
day school come out for God. I pity the
tie who does not like children. lo not
t a canary bird or a pup take the
place of children In your nffertlons. I
Ike dogs and I like to hear a canary
In, but they cannot lake the place
f the children. Why, In San Francisco
hev Actually place a higher value on
ns than on children, for while they
herilse dogs for sale t ho much you
ill see beside it an ad vert laerrwnt of
line child to give away They don't
ant them, don't want to be bothered
Ith them. May God pity the people
who do not love children."
Thus spoke Kev. Harold Govette of
Fresno, Cal.. yesterday morning In con
cluding his sermon In the Methodist
Kplscopnl church South.
Preaobar's Text.
He preached from the text: "For I
am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
for It Is the power of God unto salva
tion to every one that belleveth, to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek."
"What is the gospel, and what does
It mean?" he asked. "It meanB glad
tidings, good news to poor lost sinners.
It was brought to us by Jesus, the great
est teacher the world has ever known.
When Jesus Christ railed his 12 disci
ples together and trod up and down
through all Judea and the streets of
Jerusalem, he believed that his religion
would finally be the religion of the
world, and that millions would be
brought under subjection to th law of
God through his teaching. And Jesus
gave his gospel to carry to every nation.
The time la coming when all ahall hear
that Jesns In the Christ.
Oisciplea Elected Matthias.
"When Judas betrayed his Lord, the
disciples mt and elected Matthias to
take his place, but Jesus called another
to take his place and that man was
Paul. 8o Paul writes this salutation to
the Romans, a people whom he had
never seen, and to whom he was to
carry his. gospel. He was on his way
to Damascus to 'despoil the church when
the Lord called him. He recognized the
call, and In great earnestness asked,
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?"
He Immediately made hold to declare
that he was not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ, whom he before had been pros
ecuting.
"A great many who are In the
hurches go about the work of their
Master as though they would rather not
do It. By their actions, which speak
ouder than words, we know that they
are ashamed of their Christ.
I can see pictured before me a man
beating' upon .hia hack the srara and
strlpea made by the thongs, of the whip.
I ran see him as he moves along to the
place of his crucifixion, bearing upon
his shoulders the heavy dross; and en
during the scoffs of the mjob, ,
"And when I realise thai all thla suf-
ferlng was borne for me and for ill
mankind, I will have the courage to
speak out for Christ What we, need Is a
little more backbone for the right It
will pay us in every way."
Rev. Harold Govette, with the assist
ance of the regular pastor, ta qonductlng
a series of meetings at the Methodist
Episcopal church south. He la a Texan
by birth, and has the frank and breeay
bearing of people of his native state.
He is not a professional evangelist, but
has a regular pastorate in Fresno which
he leaves temporarily to assist the
church here.
CALLS TRUSTS OUTLAWS
Rev.
for
W. T. EuMer Says Lust
Money Behind It All.
Rev. W. T. Ruster, pastor of the Sun
nyslde M. K. church has begun a series
of sermons on present day economic
conditions. The sermons are being
preached from the general text given by
Christ, "Ye can discern the signs of the
weather, but can ye not discern the signs
of the times?"
The chief object In these sermons Is to
arouse Interest In the church In relation
to (juestlons which Mr. Etister holds are
fundamentally religious questions, such
as those of social poverty. Increased cost
of living, defiance of law by high hand
ed corporations and trusts and combina
tions discovered right here In Portland,
actually In restraint of trade, low wages
which force girls Into lives of shame and
women Into dishonor, and clerks e In
stores not getting enough to decently
clothe and feed themselves.
Struggle for Existence.
He holds that unless the church. In
this struggle for existence, proves that
It sympathizes with the oppressed and
downtrodden and Is Interested In this
matter of the struggle for existence It
cannot win the good will of those who
are undergoing trying conditions today
The church must wake up to the fact
that unless it proves itself the friend of
the laboring man It cannot win that la
boring man to Jesus Christ. I'nless the
church proves Itself a friend to the un
derpald and underfed working people It
will never win them. Unless the church
proves Itself a friend to the consume
In general as against the combiner and
tho high handed robber of the people It
cannot have the united aupport and
sympathy of the unbelieving man who
Is struggling for a bare existence.
Taka Car of Prasent.
The sphere of the church Is In that
circle Inside of which are found all tho
questions that have to do with the
present life of the people as well aa with
their future welfare. The gospel has
the promise of the life that now is and
of that which Is to come.
"But unless we take care of the pres
ent one and stand upon the side of Jus
tice we cannot expect the world to be
lieve that we are capable of taking care
of the life that Is to come," said Dr.
Eus'ter.
"The downtrodden laboring man, the
clerks, stenographers, sewing girls,
waiters and waitresses are simply ask
ing for Justice, and not for sympathy.
They should have our sympathy, but
more than that, our undivided determin
ation that justice Is the chief thing now.
"The great combines and trusts con
stantly cortierlng the necessities o.f, life
should be proclaimed as outlaws by the
church universal. They .are tha moat
cowardly, kind of robbers.- Wall street
la a robbers' den pure 'and 'simple. To
oombine In the Interest of Increased cost
of living; Is a crime, no matter whether
it be a few, etores combining- here in
Sunnyalde or aU the business houses In
Portland.
"The inhuman greed and lust for
money is at the bottom of It alt. That
greed may be as strongly felt in the
heart of the small business firm with a
very meager capital as it Is In the
heart of Armour or any other outlaw In
this whole country. It is not high hand
ed robbery so much- as underhanded
robbery, but it Is nevertheless robbery
pure and simple, and robbery under the
protection of the law oftttmes. Thj
cnurcn must stand against tnis. it mat
ters not what her conditions of support
may be. She has no right to keep her
mouth closed simply because soma of
her chief supporters belong to certain
combinations and uphold certain ideas of
corporate greed."
PROMINENT EDUCATORS
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 2A. The
lobby of the Claypool hotel, which Is
the headquarters of the annual conven
tion of the department of superintend
ence of the National Educational as
sociation, was thronged today with
prominent educators who have come
from all parts of the country to at
tend the meetings. Secretary Irwin
Shepard expressed the opinion that j
several thousand educators would be
In attendance. The sessions will be
gin tomorrow and will continue until
the end of the week. The differences
of children in mental alertness, moral
responsibility and mental attitudes,
tastes and tendencies are the chief
topics scheduled for discussion. There
will also be special sessions for the
discussion of Industrial education. To
morrow night the convention Is to be
addressed by 8enator Beverjdge. Okla
homa has sent a large delegation In
an effort to influence the selection of
Oklahoma City as the meeting place for
the general convention of the National
Educational association next year.
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or for other use about machinery may
be made from a bicycle pump by sol
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placing two washers on the plunger rod.
packing the space between with cotton
twine.
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'Get one ounce of syrup of Sarsaparllla
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this mixture before each meal and at
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first day. Any druggist has these in
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The Great Prison Scene
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"Mon coeur est penetre depouvante!" (My Heart is Torn with Grief) 89033 $4.00
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