UNPARDONABLE SIN IS WMm
IN SEMON BMEV- MR. ALDRICH
- "Malignant Unbelief or '"The
Unpardonable Sin" was the subject
of the Sunday morning sermon of
Rev. Horace N. Aldrich at Leslie
- Methodist church.
-To kiis comment bn malignant un
. tellef land finally to what he had to
cay on blasphemy against the Holy
Spirit. Mr. Aldrich led his audience
- mccessively through the topires 1 of
' iatellectual unbelief, emotional un
belief and unbelief through lack of
V experience.
Mr. Aldrich Introducted his ad
,, dress by reading the following Scrip
iMural paragraphs:
' 'This Is '.the condemnation. Chat
L-Hgt is come Into the world, and men
.''loved darkness rather than light,' be
cause their deeds were evil. John
3:19.
"And the multitude cometh to
gether again, so .that they could not
" go much as eat bread.
And when his friends heard of It,
. . Him went nut. tn lav hnlJ rtt klm.
.for thfey said, He Is beside himself.
, "Andy the scribes which came down
vfrora Jerusalem Raid.. He hath Iteel
Kebab, and by the prince of the dev
ils eastern ne out nevus.
, "And he called them , onto him,
; end said onto them In parables, Hott
"can Satan cast out Satan?
'Init If a Irlnrdnm ha rflvlAo.l
gainst itself, that kingdom cannot
stand. -
"And if a house be divided against
'' Itself, that house cannot stand.
. "And if J3atan rise up against hlm
:'wlf, and be divided, lie cannot stand.
. but hath an end.
i- "No man can enter into, a strong
'Groans house, and spoil his goods, ex
cept he will first bind the strong
v nan; and then he will spoil his
house. , w, -. .... l,'r-.-'-:
"Verllyi.I say untfli you, AU sins
- shall' be forgiven ito the sons of
men, and blasphemies wherewith so-
ever they shall blaspheme:
j" ''But he that" shall blaspheme
against the Holv Ghost hath nev.r
forgiveness, but is in danger of eter
nal damnation:
-"Because they said. He hath an
unclean, spirit." Mark 3, 20-39.
- hTe sneaker said In part:
Intellectual Unbelief.
"Intellectual unbelief which Is In
tellectual 'and nothing else, is nn be
lief which arises over mental per
" pfexity. It may arise! In perfectly
honest minds. If we set ourselves
the taskr of reflecting how somo
' things can be we can very easily get
into Intellectual distress. There Is
a speculative side to Christianity
which bastes, itself with the problems
.- m to how God is to be thought of In
BImself and Jn His TelatIoni to men
. and to the Vprld. his aspect is full
of puzzles.! tVe find our way out of
this type of distress by remembering
that the" problems of theology have
- no larger number of puzzles than do
the problems of 'daily life, and that
onr life moves on without solving all
theoretical problems. A man may
be a thorough Christian and yet
leave many theoretical problems nn-
1 solved."' Jesus -himself refused to dis
' enss the merely theoretical aspects
or the truth, not because Tie disap
. proved of such discussion, but be
ranse other problems seemed to Him
more Important. He did not discuss
the uhilosophical anplications of His
tinth. It follows that men may Alt
, fer widely on the Intellectual con
structions of the gospel and yet stand
together on the practical facts. The
gospel is life. No very satisfactory
definition of life has yet geen de
' vised, yet every man knows what life
; . is. . Every wan ran know what lc
ligioos life-Is.
Emotional Unbelief.
' "There is, further, a type of unbe
Hef which may be called emotlonat
unbelief. Some,, insights come out
of the fullness of emotional life, or
eut of sensitiveness to the fitness of
thing. Love s one experience that
. of course, comprises the activities
; of the whole life, but with sonie
persons love is more a ; matter of
sentiment, and of worthy sentiment,
- than i with others. These others,
- then, are apt to doubt emotional ex
periences. hTey do "not know what
pllfe In prayer means or the rapt
t delight of inner meditation and com-
believers knew more about the emo
' tJonal possibilities of Christian ex-
perience. but failure to know these
- experiences Is not necessarily ground
v for condemnation. The differences
tetween believers are often differ
' : ences of temperament. : -. One man
doubts the value of emotional ex-
- pcrlecne because he is not of the
emotional temperament, Just as one
". may doubt the value of good
church music because he himself is
not musical, or may doubt the value
.ef fine ecclesiastical architecture be-
,J cause he cannot see how wonderfully
v a relieiiit i
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irvthat the man wholacks.the em
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WHAT DIFFERENCE I
DOES IT MAKE TO YOU
WHETHER YOUR
BEGIMEMT CHEWS
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tlonal fullness is apt to think that
VS.8Uperior to tbe nian of larger
and finner equipment. .The lack of
emotional -satisfaction in religious
service Js indeed a lack and not a
blessing. There are some men of
finer taste than others, of finer mor
al perceptions and SenSA nf nrnnrl.
sety. To these men some things will
appear to be true simply because
they are fit to be true, some pas
sages in the narrative of the Cbirst
nre, for example, seem to snch minds
true "not because of the evidence for
them, but because they fit in so well
with what we may believe the" Master
ought to have said or done.
l throu takcV r- Kxperleriec
L ere ,s 8t,n another" type of un
belief which is different from the
type set forth In ' the lesson. We
mention these other types so that we
may understand malignant unbelief
the better.
i "Belief as to the great essentials
comes from doing the wlll of God.
The more a man does of the win, the
more he is apt to have of the belief.
There may be an unbelief, then, that
is" merely of a negative character.
The unbeliever may not know God
simply because he is not purposely
doing the will of God. He may not
be doing anything especially ungod
ly; he may even be doing good deeds,
but just In a hap-hazard, almost ac
cidental, fashion. He has not the
experience out of which the knowl
edge of God comes. This man's
doubt Is simply a revelation of his
own lack of religious activity. N'ow
there may be classified above this
man who does not give himself to
any activity all varying grades of
men who give' themselves to right
doing with verying degrees of activ
ity. Some persons are able to do
more than others. Out of their larg
er ability to do may, come a larger
measure of vital faith.. Some persons
have been doing fora longer time,
or have passed through experiences
which others have not yet reached.
A man may doubt the power of God
to aid In time of surpassing afflic
tion or of overwhelming temptation.
This may '. mean only that the' man
has not yt faced the affliction or
the temptation. He does not know
what God ian to because the partic
ular phase of experience which shows
what God can do has not yet come
la him. . The man who has never
descended Into a spiritual valley, or
crossed a spiritual sea, or climbed a
spliitnar mountain may doubt the
possibility of such achievements,, bat
his doubt is of little value,
f ' Malignant Unbelief,
f "We are now in a position to see
what sort of unbelief the Master had
fn mindl when he speke of an unpar
donable sin.. Suppose a man delib
erately yloeswrong and persists of
set purpose in- thus doing. - All man
ner of evil beliefs spring up Inevit
ably as the ntaural consequence of
evi doing. If a man's conduct is
distorted, the views which come out
of that sort of conduct -will be dis
torted also. In a purely Intellectual
'after , he gives himself to a life of
sin, but the life of sin Is so derang
ing and demoralizing that the real
thouhgts of the sinner become de
ranged and" demoralized.- 'Blessed
tire the pure in heart, for they shall
see God.' If purity heart is re
quired to see God. It is not to be
wondered at that impurity of heart
cennot see God; but that Impurity
sees Impurity in all" things. Tha
Master would seem to Imply that un
belief can be so malignant that it
can - call evil good ' and good evil.'
This utterance about the sin which
hit no forgiveness ' I really one of
the mot reanonahler vrnlcti' Jea
eter spoke..' It is not emotional or
rhetorical., It Is put in the language
of ari appeal td reason. 'If these
works are the works' of Santan, is
Satan working against himself? I.
Jesus, am able through5 Satan to
undo the' works of Satan. I must
even In that case, be opposed to Sa
tan and warringr against him. And
the plain force of the reasoning con
tinues throughout the passage. If a
man can loohr upon the spirit of
Christ and call that spirit unclean,
nrnHto hlmaelf te holelewly nn
clean. He mut have done the works
of nndeannewi so. long that' his vi
sion is hopelessly fltorted; To call
ood evil and evil good Indicates
such" perversion of the moral nature
that hardly a starting' place Is left
Tor the work of the Spirit. ,
Itlashemy Against Uie Holy Spirit.
"Such bfasphemy consists essenr
tially In the conscious and piersie
tent evil speaking against thelmost
sacred; and hallowed Influence mak
ing for, righteousness and holiness
of life. When a man reaches that
point of moral delinquency and in
tellectual insincerity at which it be
comes possible for him knowingly to
call good evil and to call the recog
'nlzed work in it and Influences of
higher spiritual forces vicious.
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SOXjEANT AND THE WISE ROOKlj
IF THSYCHcYV W-B CUT
THEY'RE ALWAYS SURE
TO BE HAPPY AND CON-
TEHTEDif
FACE the FACTS;
LET us face the facts. The war situation critical.
Unless the Allies' fight as they never xet'have
fought, defeat threatens. Hungry men . cannot figrht
at their best; nor hungry nations. France, England
and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them.
Wheat Savings They must have wheat. It is the.
best food to fight on. It is the easiest to ship. We
alone can spare it to them. By saving just a littler
less than a quarter of what we ate lasfyear we cam
f support those who are fighting our. battles. And we'
can1 do it without stinting ourselves. We have only
to substitute another food just as good. ,
The Corn of Plenty Corn is that food. There's a
surplus of it. Providence has been generous in the
hour of our need. It has given us corn in such-bounty
as was never known before. Tons of corn. Train
loads of corn. Five hundred million bushels over arid
above our regular needs. All we have to do" is" to
- - learn to appreciate it. Was ever patriotic duty made
soasy? And so clear?
America's Own FoodCorn! It is the true American
food. ; The Indians, hardiest ;of races, lived on i:
Our forefathers adopted the: diet and conquered k
continent. For a great section of our country it
has blong een the staff of life. How well the South'
fought on it, history tells. Now it can help America
win a world war. ;
Learn Something- Coin ! It isn't one food... It's a.
dozen. Ifs a cereal. It's a vegetable. It's a bread..
It's a dessert. It's nutritious; more food value in it,
dollar for dollar, than meat or eggs of most'other
vegetables. It's good to eat; how good you don't
know until you've had corn-bread properly cooked.
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic v .
Corn's Infinite Variety-How much do you know about
corn? ' About how good it is? About the many
delicious ways of cooking it? And what you miss
by not knowing more about it? Here are a few
of its' uses":
There are at least fifty, ways to use corn meal to
make good' dishes for dinner, supper, lunch or break
fast.' Here are some suggestions: . - .
HOT BREADS
Boston brown bread.
Hoecake.
Muffins.
,- Biscuits.
' Griddle cakes.
Waffles.
HEARTY DISHES
Corn-meal croquettes. Corn-meal fish balls.
" " Meat' and corn-meal dumplings. ,
Italian polenta. . Tamales1..
The recipes are in Farmers' Bulletirf565, "Corn
Ufaal as a Vnniland Haifm nf TTslner Tf " froA fmrri rVia"
Department of Agriculture.
trend of his moral and spiritual de
velopment is beyond recall down
ward. ' The impossibility of forgive
ness grows out of the condition-of
heart , and. mind which' underlies the
offence, rather , than . out of an un
willingness on the part of God him
self to, forgive. Such an attitude
constitutes the essence of eternal sin
because the fixed trend of snch a
life is in; opposition to all the forces
which' make for truth and right
eousness.'' ' -
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slip, enclose with five cents to Foley
& Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.
111., writing your name and addrecs
clearly. You - will receive In return
a. trial package, containing Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, for
coughs, colds and croup. Foley Kid
ney, Pills and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets. J. C. Perry.
Governor Sends Cheer
to Parents of Oregtfn
Governor Withyeombe sent over
the state a message of sympathy to
Oregon1 parents who have lost eons
In the Tuscania- disaster. He pre
dicts that the occurrence will have
the effect of InstllUng Hi to Americans
even stronger determination than at
present to bring the war to a speedy
close by the victory of American
arms:
1: The governor's message of condol
ence follows: , - y
"My heart goes out In deepest syni
pathy. to the parents who have lost
their sons on he Tuscan ia. Suck
ruthless destruction of life can do
nothing else but ' steel the heart of
every true American against such a
foe. It means that we must stand
as a people steadfastly with our pres
ident and with our boys In the service
so that American arms shall finally
triumph over this subtle and relent-
less foe.
HE'S A KHOWmO CUSSj
THAT RECRUIT I f '
THE PRECOX STATESLN t TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1018
DESSERTS J
Corn-meal molasses cake.
Apple corn' bread.- .
Dumplings, t
Glnsrerbread.
Fruit gems.'
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NO TRENCH LIFE
EXPEGTEDSOON
Sergeant Martin of 16 2nd
Doesn't Hope to See Them'
for Wtole Year
. Claude A. Martin, Company D.
162nd United States Infantry, now In
France, believes-' the" trenches are , a
full yeaV' ahead of, the Oregonian
troops. He declares actual fighting
Isn't to be dreaded at all; in a letter
written to his mother. Mrs. Millie
Martin of AumsvlHe. Mr. Martin is
an assistant supply sergeant' In Com
pany D. He worked In the mines
berore enlisting and says he was in
far more danger while a miner than
he is now In France.
Sergeant' Martin writes: . ':
"All going fine; We had sweU
trip across the pond; rather long, but
we were comfortably quartered and
bad plenty, to eat .The. censor law
over here prevent us telling anything
of importance regarding ourselves. .
"I sure like the surroundings, lo
cality and treatment here. This
camp Is so" far ahead off Clackamas
that there Is no comparison. I hav
en't been in any of the French cities
yet except' in rank but Intend to fcea
all I can while I am here. Even
thing is cheap here' in comparison
with Long Island.-and ellmatle oon
ditions are far ahead of New York,
Say, the Y. M. C. A. is doing a
great work here. They" have larfe
buildings erected and reading mater
ial, writing material ana everymm;
else possible for the boys with the
colors. Relieve me. they make a
fellow at home." Tst night they gave
us (teh 162nd infantry) a recep
tion and a big cup of hot chocolate
after the music and speaking wore
over. Also they are going to Install
a free movie in one part of tbe build
ing and bring entertainers from al!
over the country for our amusement.
Then they have a piano here and thj
fellows can I play and sing all . they
please. Also they gave us a talk' on
French money so as to lessen the
possibility of our berngshort changed,
and there is to be a free French
class started here pretty soon. They
operate a eantee where we can get
American-made candy. rcco anc?
manner of small necessities. Tbc-n
cigarettes at cost, also and all
the building furnish us a sort or den
where we can go to read write and
lounge around in.
"I never received the package
from Mrs. Doughty before we left
though I expect it on tbe first mail
we receive from the states when
ever it anlves. And by all means
don't send me iriashy packages, aud
above all, no large bulky ones, and
if any, have them wrapped tight and
tiled fast as It .takes a strong par1
to stand, the handling.
"Now, mother, I know you are ko
Ing to worry about me because I am
over here. But there was far more
danger of accident in the mlnen
especially at Beaver hill, than I will
ever face here, and there Is positive
ly no use of worry as we have the
best possible care here. Our eats ar
all the best, our colthlng abundant
and the most capable men of th
United Spates are working constantly
STARTING
TODAY
LINCOLN'S GREATEST
IMPERSONATOR
BEN
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"The Son of
Democracy"
A GRAND STORY OF
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN
AND AMERICA' IN THE
MAKING . '
ALSO
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"RIMROCIfJOIIES"
'5REELS 5
A Big Double
COME Ty,'
EARLY :.VTfr
on how" to-r overcome dlsf-ases, and
aid our physclla welfare. Believe
me, the soldiers are care for now.
And as far as the trenches are con
cerned, they are at least a year ahead
yet. The actual fighting, from what
they-" say here, iznt to' be dreaded at
all." . '
Convalescence after! pneumonia,
typhoid fever and the grip, is some
times merely apparent, not real. To
make it real and rapid, there is no
other' toclc so' highly to" be recom
mended as ' Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Thousands so testify. Take Ilood'f.
Hi C. lEakln Elected fo; , j
Lead Fruit Organization
DALLAS. OK, Feb. 11. - Special
to The Statesman) At the annual
meeting of the Polk , Con ty .Fruit
Growers association held inv the
rooms of the Dallas Commercial club
Saturday afternoon the following of
ficers were elected to serve for the :
ensuing year: President, H. C. Eak-j
In; vice president. Henry Vothj sec-,
retary-treasurer," Frank Brown; -as-1
slstant secretary, H.- O. Campbell;1
board of directors, W. L. Soehren,
N. L. Guy. Fred Elliott. Frank Hal-y
rls, tf. Rasmnssen. Professor C," I.
Lewis of the Horticultural depart
ment of Oregon Agricultural college
was present, and spoke' fo the grow
ers on "Lime for the Prune Or
chard" and; "The" General Outlook
for Orcbardists of Oregon and the
Paclfie Northwest. J. E. Larson,
county agriculturist, spoke before the
gathering. Meetings will be held
monthly from now on.
SERVICES HELD
FOR PAUL RICH
Member of Company M Who
Died in France Honored
by Community
A memorial seryifee was held at
the Clear Lake United Evangelical
rharch Sunday for Paul Rich, con
ducted by Itev. Guy Stover, his for
mer pastor, I
Paul Rich was an American sold
ier in' Francea member of Company
M, 162nd Infantry Salens com
pany. . -: ' ' , " '
He left Camp Mills with his com
pany December 11.. 1917.
lie died of pneumonia In France
January 8, as has been heretofore
announced. X
He had made his home' with' Mr.
and Mrs. John Etter of Clear Inkv.
six miles north of ' Salem, for five
years. He was treated as fcimem!r
of their family, and was loved by
them as a son. I
The gathering, was attend! b"
about 200 people; despite tbie in
clement weather. j
Clear Lake church has a pfrvtee
flag with seventeen starik The one
representing the deceased is tbe first
gold star he was the first to give
up his life for bis country.
The services were of the most sym
pathetic and Impressive nature. Is'o
community could have been more
touched, for Paul Rich was a model
young man, a member of the Sunday
school and church. Mr Etter was
his Sunday school teacher. 1
"By foreign lands thy dying-eyes
were closed. .
By foreign hands they decent limbs
composed,
By foreign hands thy humble" grave
adorned: 1
By strangers honored, and by strang
ers mourned."
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Call 0 Colors Anneals
- to William P. Miller
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William P. Miller, alst'ant mall
clerk at the postoJfice In Dallas' left
Monday inornlng .for Vancouver,
Wash, - where he will ? enlist in the
rmy. Mr.-Miller was chief cook of
Company. L of the 162nd - Infantry,
now in France.-but received an hon
orable discharge on account of a de
pendant family of five children But
when word was received -from - the
boys "over' t hero," be Immediately
answered the . call to colors. His
son. Private Harold Miller, of L cora-
Ipany, was formerly a student in Wll
flamette university last year. Mrs.
Miller and the children will remain
In Ellensburg, Wash where they are
now living.
Ertna Louise Graham Was
Barieed at Dallas Sunday
DALLAS, OIU Ftb. 11. (Special
to The Statesman) Funeral ser
vices over the remains of little Erma
Louise Graham, daughter of W. A.
Graham of "this city, who was killed
In the Oregon hotel bus in Portland
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lasf Tuesday when it was overturnrI
in a.collision with 'a machine driven
by a Sllverton man, were held from
the Chapman undertaking parlors on
Main ; street Sunday afternoon and
the body was. laid to rest in tli I.
0. t O. P. cemetery. Tho services
were conducted by Itev. D. A. Mac
Kenzle of , the Presbyterian churcli.
Charles Hajter. Walter Craven, El
win Craven and Donald Hayes ncre
pallbeaiers. .
Dallas Cadets to Play
Independence Wednesday
DALLAS. Or., Feb! 11. (Spjclal
to The Statesman) The Dallas ca
det basketball team will play the In
dependence high school team in the
Dallas armory Wednesday night. The
game promises to be one of the best
witnessed in this city this season as
the teams are tvenly matcheed and
neither has, been defeated this year.
The Cadeta.-jreic formerly the local
high school team, but recently chunk
ed their nane on account of bein
composed entirely of members of that
organization. A' large crowd of ba-ht-tball
fans iom the hop clty will
"accompany their team to see tho
came. . .,.w. . I '
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Wothsrs Know' That
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