THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MOl3l)AY " EVENING, MARCH 23. ,1910 1W1F00LKES KHSS ma SERMON Takes for Subject "Turn You to the Stronghold, Ye Pris oners of Hope"; Congrega :: tions Attend Services. Turn you to the stronghold, ve prls , 'enars of hope," was the subject of the Kaster Mrmon delivered at the rirt tesbytcrian church yesterday hy the faster. Rev. William Hiram Pnulkea. '' Dr. Foulkes cal1: " "The Old Testament apostrophe.' . read In the light of Ita New Testament finale. The Oracle of Jehovah burning Jn the heart of the prophet of restora tion, and surging from hla llpa In Im passioned phllliplcs against the natlnna ' and In tender entreaty toward Iarael, la mediated to ua through the heart and llpa of a Risen Redeemer Who has con- i ii o l J rrr i1 both hla and our' enemies, and wno, as ""i" t intulj . cri't, au thoritatively to the children of the dl-' vlne covenant. 'Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope!' "This gem of Inspiration flashes upon our eyea In the sVtlng of Easter, not of exile. It doea not glisten with the re flected luater of a apiendor anticipated, yet deferred: bat (Iowa with a radiance Inherent and oqt borrowed. If the aeer . no gava th. phrase ita original con text .could lift hla heart In such a paean f triumph, shall not the living and eternal Chrlat by ao much more, herald the fruition of hope to Ita prisoners? Toioa Of Chrlat. 'Thla Easter mom I can hear no other J - Voice than that of the risen Jesus Chrlat. No aentlmcnt of peace and triumph ! .over death, howsoever phraaed or by wnomeoever ottered, can begin to touch ,' aching human hearts as the meaaage of '. the, Risen Redeemer. If the Old Testa- ' ment setting prevents th llterallzlng j. of my text as the Ipslaalma verba' of Jesus his very words I shall be Justl I fled In believing that they ara none tha 'Ipsa his, that his voice alone ee-uld flt- tlngly utter them, hla heart alone moat " deeply conceive them, his life alone must surely reveal them. i "It Is not Zachartah but Jesus Christ, alive forever more, who cries to the souls of men today, "Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope!' "It were profitable, upon some other occasion, to trace tha strands of pro- phetlo inspiration to their appropriate sources, to flndthelr local significance. . , their political and ethic color. The only key to the .mysteries of the minor prophets. In fact of the whole prophetic order, is the clear recognition of the conditions in which, the messages first found utterance. "i Local Settlor Only Cine. ( "It may make no difference In Its i eternal truthfulness whether the prophecy was spoken before or after ; the exile, In Babylon or Jerusalem: yet its local setting Is tha only clue which will disclose . the subtleties of the prophetic phrase. If I were to folio vthls sana and appropriate method In , dealing with my text today I should have to speak of exile arid bondage, of captivity and restoration, of prisoners in tha pit wherein was no water, and of the apostrophe of tha deliverer. Turn y. to the stronghold, you, who, as prisoners, ami possess your souls in hope!' "This, undoubtedly, is tha first hand meaning of tha text I take the liberty, however; of viewing It in Its eternal, not In Its temporal setting. Its lumi nous letters stand out before me upon ; the background of human and age long ; bondage and despair. The sorrows of ' tha ancient people of God are merged i in the universal fellowship of suffering of the great world whole. ' - Appeals to AIL . "Would that the appeal and the assur ance of my text might reach and possess the heart of man, wheresoever dis persed, Jew or Gentile, bond or free,! Pagan or. Christian. Would that the I ""Eaater jpy might burst even the bar rier, of an honest but timid ecclesiastU clsm, and refresh in Its overflow from earthly1 mlnlatrant. you may hear, If you will but listen, a volca sweet and persuasive, authoritative and imperial, crying across the chasm of Infinity and tha barriers of personality to your In most heart and suylng. 'Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoner of hope.' Triumphant Challenge. This la none other than the voire of the Risen Redeemer. From the open tomb on thla glad day oomea the tri umphant challenge Of the divine K- deemer. 'Turn you to the stronghold, ye prlaoncra of hope:' In tjila message. Ood arts hla seal not only upon our honlne but our having. The buratlng of the bonds of the grave has not only flooded the world with the glow of hope but with th glory of hope's fulfillment. The genius of Christianity Is not merely that It helps men to hope but that It seta tin'!" free. ' The message of this day ought to be perfectly explicit. Of all days and of all appeals, thla one muat be trans parent In Its simplicity. It must be morn than a message of hope, for hope Is Implicit, not explicit; complex, and nwver simple. The distinctiveness ui the day will never he kept by present ing to the heart a new array of Its old struggles and desires, bidding It keep on atrtieclltiv and desiring, with Its only assurance the threefold "perhapa. perhaps, perhaps.'' with which William Dean liowella closes his hopeless son net on "Hope." Grips Human Heart, "If Faster doea not speakv tTf" the ex pectant heart with a note of authority that cannot be questioned. It has lost Ita honorable place In the soul's calen dar. Jesus Christ, risen from the dead grips the human heart, not by the cordt of - - -aiun - ham; ft, . b ii t by t h e power of an endless life, lie does nof promise an Immortality that he cannot make real here and now. "If you have crossed the threshold of tha rebellious children of tha Father snail cry, -Who shall hide us In tha tar ribia day of the wrath of tha Lambr Then shall tha Eternal Chrlat erv from hla Judgment , throne, as today ha tails rrom trie mercy seat: Turn you unto me, for I am tha stronghold, ye prison wrm vi jioper PKEACHK8 o.v iiRiGirriioitrzox the- banks of the historic creeds which have both contained and restrained it, the parched sands on every side. "If your heart, O hearer of mine, la heavy today, there is a message for you! If the rites of this hour, simple and sacred as they ara to ma and mine of the Presbyterian household of truth, convey nothing of tha great Easter truth to your heart be rejoiced, I pray you. to know that neither can they con ceal It from you.' If you catch no sound of music from . the lips of the this day. reckoning that Ood had no better blessing for you than the renew lng of old hopes or tha creating c fresh ones, you have discounted Ood Kaster gift. If you hava coma here .to day singing only the plaintive melody of hope, Jeaus Christ can teach you sweeter song. He can turn your minor chord Into the grand C major of life If the Easter message la mediated t you only through the colors and odors of fair flowers, you are scarcely bette than pagan. Ho Proof of Immortality. 'The lily Is no proof of Immortality. only a cherlahed expreaaion of our com mon hope. It la the unfading lily o the valley of heaven, the life that burat Into sudden and everlasting bloom from tha dark soil of the garden tomb, that brlnga the mesaage that really com forte. How many folk ara losing their faith In the midst of the outward ap polntmenta of the day! What an ever Increasing throng Is walking tha streets or yonder whit city on tha nut, neio prisoners by the bondage of a hope that will neither convince them nor let them go. "A cemetery la the last place In the world I would want to vlalt, no matter how beautiful Ita landscape gardening and how fragrant and abundant ita fo llage and flowers. If the Risen Christ could not walk by my side. O that the One whom many of old mistook for the gardener In the dawn of that first Eas ter day may walk among the tombs to day, whispering to fainting, breaking hearta. Turn you unto the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope! , Closes With Parable. "Suffer me to close my message with a parable. The Great Father looked down from heaven and saw his earthly children torn and tormented by count less doubts and feara and alns. He heard the cry of the wounded aa care and grief gnawed at their hearts. He saw the death angel abroad in the land and could not close his ears to the piti ful walling of mothers who mourned for their children, refusing to be comforted. "Then he called to hla side an angel of the heavenly host and gave her cords of pity and a scourge of love and aald: 'O Hope, go forth and take captive my earthly children and lead them into thy house, which shall be to them a prison. Let them look out through the barred tndows Into the fair fields beyond! Whisper peace to their hearts, and never let them faint nor fall, nor let them loose till I bid thee.' And Hope gathered the children of the Great Father into the guardianship of her house. Taught Useful Arts. "She taught them many useful arts She banished doubt and fear. Ehe poured oil upon the wounds which grief and care had made. Bhe chastened and purified the children of God, until the Father sent hla only begotten Son, even to sit at the feet of Hope and learn obedience as a son, and who came forth on that glad Easter morning through the wide flung portals of the tomb and. standing by, bade Hope cease her ministry and yield to him the guardian ship of the Father's children. 'This same Risen Lord sltteth today at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, and calleth the children of the Father to repentance and faith. In that great day when every eye shall see him, when he cometh to Judge the I quick and the dead; when the thunders of dopm roil ominously near, and when Dr. Kaster Raya We Ara Dwelling in Grand, Glorious Tim!. Rev. W. T. Euater. pastor of the Bun- nysiae M. K. church, preached the fifth and last of his sermons last nlaht on "The Signs of the Times," the subject being "A Bright Horlxon," and the text used was taken from Eccleslastes. vll., 10. "Say not thou what Is tha cause that the former days were better than these, lor.thou dost not Inquire wisely concerning this." II said In part: "We are dwelling In a grand and glorious time, in an ag on ages telling, to be living Is sublime. One of the most dif Mcult things to do Is to realise the on ward progression of humanity and Its constant development and steady evolu tion toward the heights, whllo at the same time not losing sight of the in crease of ell and hard conditions In our midst. He.;' who sees only the evil will become a pessimist without hope and wltjh only a dirge for humanity. Becomes Harmless Optimist. He who sees only tho good and loses sight of the evil altogether, will be come a harm lea optimist, perhapa happy himself, but not of much use to the world. The fact la, that good la working out for Itself a constantly In creasing and better tomorrow,, while working In the midst of evil and coming v(l--amd wfth -erlt- IntenMfytnir all the time and trying to hold down and bring Ita efforts to nonmallzatlon. Take the measure of good In the world, and It Is growing every day and It Is marching forward and coming ever nearer to the promised laid. 'Take the measure of evil, and It becoming more lnten every day, bu also weaker In many ways. Its strengt Is being shattered and ita power Is betn aissipatea. .progress is in the air. no alone In matters material, but also matters moral and spiritual. Grandest Times of World. "When we study the moral and the re llgloua progress of the race, we are rlgh now in the grandest times the world has ever seen. He who cannot be religious optimist now never can becom one. No such great congregations, wit nunureos and thousands coming out o them having taken a definite stand for Jesus Christ, were ever known hefnre at they ara today. No great awaken lng among the laymen for the conquest of the world for Jesus Christ In one gen eratlon, was ever dreamed of by th wildest enthusiast before this present time. "With the very wealthy giving thel money for the good of the race, th trlctly business realms giving thel time for the kingdom of Christ, and all the churches awakening to a practical evangelistic program, the horizon looks bright and glorloaa to us all, and the prayer of Christ will be realized some day in the near future, 'That they might all be ane as we sre one, that the world might believe that thou hast sent me. " SMMllEDA SOLD FOR SERVICE ON ALASKAN RUN Alaska Steamship . Company Acquires Well Known Boat That Once Plied Betweed Frisco and Honolulu. EPWORTH CHURCH SERVICES Fully 700 Persons In Attendance; R, C. Lee Makes Addresses. Among the Easter programs rendered yesterday, Epworth church. Twenty sixth and Ravler streets, ranks with the best. Fully 700 persons were in at tendance. The children and young pen pie of the Sunday school, under the di rection of Mrs. C. T. McPherson. ren dered their parts well. The church was beautifully decorated. At the close of each service R. C. Lee made a ahort ad dress. A young woman responded to the appeal in the evening and conse crated her life to the church in holy baptlam. Yesterday's services were the begin ning of what promises to be a great awakening In North Portland. The large congregations were thrilled under the powerful appeals of the speaker. The people were much pleased. Services will be held each evening of this week, except Saturday. K. C. Lee will ba the peaker. Tonight, Mr. Lee will take for hla subject "The Wages of Sin." Mr. Lee will draw lessons from his own life. BUTTEvl E, HAS REAL SMART ORCHESTRA MTEl CtMHES It is our purpose at all times to improve as we go along. Season 1910 shows considerable progress, and you'll find our Spring Clothes a revelation. Top notch in style, perfect in fit. Priced according to ACTUAL VALUE, and immense stocks to choose from, at fa jV Sty IV. UQN CLOTHIERS 10G-16S.170, THIRD STREET Eleven good farmers will be lost to Oregon If any of the vaudeville man agers ever stray Into Buttevllle some night when the periodical town dance Is at Its height. For Buttevllle has an at traction that would delight the eye and ear .or the novelty seeking manager. The pride of the enterprising commun ity, of which Buttevllle Is the center, la the Parrott hand. The eleven members of this extraor dinary musical organization are all j nearly related to each other. James Parrott, his four sons any one Saugh- ter, a niece and four nephews form the i personnel of one of the most unusual ; bands of musicians In the world. , Each of the mountain bandsmen plays several different Instruments so that i the band numbers among its. players ac complished cornet, saxophone, clarinet, I i flute, French horn, trombone, organ, and flageolet artists. The banjo, the violin land the mandolin are synonyms 'for , melody In the hands of thr-se natural I music makers. A base and a snare i drummer of surprising technique are two of the features of the unique or chestra. The male members of the band have provided themselves with 'expensive unl- i forms, bright with red braid and of ex tremely smart appearance. The musical instruments are all of the best mne and each player's was bought with his own money. The band never charges any thing for its concerts, giving them for the mere pleasure of playing. Every Sunday the band congregates at the home or one of its members for practice and no matter what kind weather may prevail it practices religl ously. Some of the players walk seven or eight miles through the mountains to attend these weekly practice meets. (gperlal Dlip.trh to The Journal.) flan Franclaco, March 2. There Is a trong probability that the well known steamer Alamedu may be sold by the Oceanic Steamship company to the Al aska Steamship company of Seattle, for orvlce between that cltv and norfs of Alaska. F. E. Burns, cenersl mmr n1 Richard Pearson, superintending en- glrer, of the Alaska Steamship com pany are here to Inspect the Alameda ana tne vessel will be placed in dry dock today to enable them to make a closer examination. , - A Suitable Tesel. The Northern concern Is largely owned by the Ouggenhelms and since they loaf Vne'st earner Ohtrr Tlt Tneatnr-a-the northern route, thrr representatives have desired to purchase the Alameda, recognized as one of the most satis factory passenger and freight vessels on the coast, and one that Is particular ly suited to tha route formerly covered by the Ohio and Yucatan In size and ca paclty. Tha fact that the owners of the Alameda were about to lay the ves sel up, having substituted the larger liner Sierra from the Ban Francisco and Hynolula service, appears to have made thk Alameda available for the northern sUamshlp men, the question of price be nk the only thing that might atand in the way of a bargain. Cost $600,000 Whan Vaw. The Alameda cost nearly $500,000 when new, 27 years ago. and the Sprec kels company has renewed machinery and boilers and maintained the vessel In first class condition throughout her remarkably fine career. It is believed that her real value at the present time la not far from $800,000, and the Al ameda has a record for reliability and what is commonly termed "good luck" that amounts to a real asset. She has long been noted for her good name. The Alameda Is 311 feet long, 42 'feet in breadth with a depth of 1 7.8 feet, car ries a crew of 100 and ha accommoda tions for. 100 passengers and capacity for at least 1500 tons of freight. Her speed, as an oil burner, Is about It knots an hour. HUNGARIAN COUNT " - 4 S i ' , 10 HEIR 10 DALY MILLIONS Miss Harriet Daly, Daughter of Dead Montana Copper King, , Succeeds In Landing a For eign Title. ; mm larga appropriation-' to ba Having Just comoleted arrangements for a used In an advertising way. wa announca tha greatest contest evrr,b)d by any mercantile concern In tha world. ; , , . . ; 1 j , ' 1 ) Wa believe wa can give thla larga amount, whlh has been allowed us for advertising tha world's bast planoa In a way whleh-wlll make tha Graves Music Co. better known In three r four weeks' time than would ba possible in any other way In tha aama number of years. In perfect fairness we hava considered carefully tha best way to distribute this larga Amount. Head carefully and sea that your answer ia mailed Immediately. - ! brum 37ob rom obsa ktbucitt comrssT. ; ' New Tork, Slarch II. Tha leading New Tork society event of tlie coming week will be the marriage of Miss Har riet Daly, daughter and heiress of tha late millionaire Marcua Daly, to Count ATM on Qlgray of Hungary. Tha wed ding be at tha Daly, home, and Monaignor Lavett probably will per form the ceremony. The count'a best man will be Marquis George Polavlclnl, a member of tha Hungarian 'house of lordl. and an lm perlal and royal chamberlain. Count Hlgriy has been in New York about a month, having arrived on the Maura- tanla February 26. Wonder About Wealth. Society has been wondering for some tl ina"a!i'6uTtrllrwrtetit-trf -1 h-Pwnttf wealth. Miss Daly's share of her fa ther's estate was about $2,600,000. But littlo is known about the count's. for tune. He ia a hereditary magnate of Hungary and a descendant of a long line of notables, but many different storlea hava been told as to his fl nances. Some hava said that ha la as wealthy as Miss Daly, has a fine racing stable and la an Immense land holder. Others hava told of his debts to money-lendersand said that ha owed $600,000. Known la Vaw Tork. Slgrav Is a picturesque character, and in the past five yeara has become very well known In New Tork. He has been entertained at Newport by tha Vander- bllta and As tor, haa played polo and has shot big game In Canada. The count met Miss Daly at the time of the Szecheny-Vanderbllt wedding. Ha s about $0 yeara old, of light com plexion and rather handaome. ME $500 FREE 10-Yeat dam ran tea OaaOsiBAa'a CKold . Wat oa FREE 10-Yea Onaraatea 4y a Oold. Watch . ( ,-i . mtmimut. HWi i w " 7 . . t a- m : - limy7 FREE-Complclc Set ot 1847 Rogers'Frclt Knives FREE CASTRO BIDS UP ON A FILIBUSTER BUNCH De Moines Trlea Initiative. Pes Moines, Iowa, March 28. A proposition for tha municipal ownershln of the street car system la up for de cision at the city election in this city today. It Is the first time that the initiative and referendum, as provided under the commission plan of govern ment, has been Invoked In Des Moines nd as a consequence tha result Is awaited with much Interest (United Press Leased Wtr.l New York, March 28. According to advices received here today from New Orleans, Castro, ex-presldent of Vene zuela, la planning a campaign to regain his lost power In Venezuela, It la re ported on good authority that he will aoon make an offer which will prob ably reault In many transfera of alle giance among the soldiers who are now enrolled in the relief army which Is I to be sent from here to aid Estrada. For aome time Castro agents hava been busy among the soldiers of fortune, according to underground 'bulletins,' and an open announcement that Castro I is to take the field la expected momen tarily. .$f fif Klssloa l-nt-Tiay Clock with Alan. FREE A 0o!4 Bxooea, Baa tlTauy st. vamaaM, FREE Xrfkrr Morals OaaJv with euahloaa. 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Worlt by the reclamation service on the big dam that will supply storage water to supply the Tipton project will be begun for the season on April 1. The work has been delayed this year be cause, of the, unusually heavy snow in the mountains. The work on the big dam at Kceche lus will be' started as soon as possible bit It will be several werks before the snow. up there has niched. It will take 10 years to complete this dam. It will store water to supply such projects,' In the lower valleys., as there Is no water for now, and also for .the 300,t00 acres ! of land that will rami under the high Una project, now being promoted, j If m unman 1 i 1 . i . - .... . .i.UUg .uu nnnoT tn a womsnlv Wav ninth, ernood means to her but Jittl llfflM-tnaf TU. A 1 ( a. in the fact that th. my women7Uffe"r from weaK .nd disease of the distinotlv fmin;- j,.fr lrna.- for mnthm.rhnA Tl: . unuuea v...uwx,. uim sua oe rcmeoien Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Cures th. weaknesses and disorder, of women, t aoU directly on the delicate mnA .. organ, coneerned in motherhood, making them healthy, strong, vigorous, virUe and elasdo. women hir. Mv!e i f Pre8cr,Pt,M biea the indiapositiona of th. period of expectancy and makes baby's advent easy and almost painless. It quicken and vitalizes tha todfiVto ,n,U,e Eea,fl"r.n robust, baby. Thouaanda of Kauned to its marvelous merits. h mes V eak women Strong. It Makes Sick Women Wn Send us the names of persons you think might buy a' piano; we list and notify you when we sell them; you can then come to our store and select, at publishers' list price, $25 worth of any sheet music in our house. Send list of names on separate sheet of paper. Be sure to sign your name, giving your address. Graves 111 FOURTH STREET i M usie: Co. PORTLAND; OREGON V V,