THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON.
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12. 1920
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PRAYER.
EDITORIALS
OF THE
PEOPLE
and fatherhood of God if it could do nothing more than this,
nrayer would be one of the greatest things in human life.
a a a a a VI - A A
But one musi aeny some or me strongest, nuiran iesu
monv not to believe that prayer has accomplished much more
than this. "A great cloud of witnesses' have testified that
prayer has cured them of diseases that baffled medical sci-
nce; that many a wayward cnua nas oeen orougni oacK 10
the path of purity and rectitude by the ardent prayers of a
saintly mother; that drunkards and sinners almost without
number have been freed from slavery to an appetite or a pas-
iiAn arnint trt iinminatinn nf wtiieh thev had before strap.
rr- n::.i il ,"v rtisi -";"( Weed Xulnaace le,loiv,l
gieu in vayi. i. uuiitm. iur u.c i-.mUCu iuau t itrjcvw IidUor suiteKiuan UeiMg a wo-
all of this testimony; in fact, men of all shades of religious man i am aiway trying to think
opinion believe these things. To believe them does not mark of a scheme.
one as the victim of blind superstition. tim state fair is nting nd
To believe in the effectiveness of prayer one need not be- LX. .7.7; XT
lieve that by it any change is made in the Creator's laws. lever had.
Indeed, any results of prayer must be produced by bring- On our best residence treu
ing into action a new, a higher law. The aviator who rises lhere .StiVtainSuas
miles above the earth ha3 not destroyed or changed the law urieed "that grew into a large
birds came ami
To make a long
or destroy any of the fixed and.immutable laws of God. By 7 mrf
of eravitation. He has merely suspended or overcome it by tree and the
the action of a stronger law or force. So prayer cannot alter roosted in it.
-A A A 1 A A I A A I 1 " 1 I
il me spiritual nature oi man orings into action a nigner, owners of this city to rut their
stronger law, just as fixed and immutable as the law which weis before fair week
it supersedes. The faith that removes mountains described
by Jesus must be the action of a spiritual law, as yet little
known or understood by men, which for the time sets at
naught the physical laws over matter.
Of course we have a city ordi
nance but our policemen do not
draw their pay for enforcing such
an 'insignificant thing as a city
ordinance.
SCHEMER.
The Bible contains 3.566.4S0
letters. If you don't believe it
ou can count them.
Slush fund: Any sum collected
by the opposition party. Must be
a larger sum than one's own
party has been able to collect.
Exchange.
bition amendment effective and
binding may easily be blunted by I TftOSUTt DtggtTS Aft
than 20 tons of silver bullion to
the vessel. Then, the current
rate la Mexico was approximately
810 a troy pound. The most. val
uable of all laffite's prizes, the
Sevilla. carried only S1&0.UU0 In
specie.
lafflte's captured treasure, ac
cording to the records extant, was
buried In three cashes. Two of
tbe.e were located on Oalveston
Island and the third on a small
island lo the east, which -was
completely washed away during
a storm In 1829.
Ther uave teen many reports
of the discovery on this coast of
caches of coin or chests from
trading ships containing from
$3000 to $15,000.
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Office Hours from 20 a. m. to 3 p. a.
A WANT All. IN THE STATESMAN WILL BRING RESULTS
the winking of an unsympathetic
administration. That Is what the
wet Interests of the country ex- I
peel of Cox. That is the reason
they nominated Cox. And his ut
terances and attitude so far indi
cate that the wet interests made
no 'mistake. Neither did the
Reds of the Nonpartisan League
type and the varllus other breeds
who assisted in the nomination of
Cox. make any mistake. Cox is
the dizziest dissembler, the most
discursive dodger, and the most i
eely and elusive dilly-dallying
ducker ever trotted out onto the
political pike for president by a
major party In all the history of
the United States.
Doomed to Feature
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31 1 STAKES NOTION OP
WEALTH. -
One of the .biggest mistakes
that Can be made is to suppose
that men with cspltal are living
for themselves 'alone.
They cannot do it, no matter
how hard and cold and cruel their
hearts may be. The money has
got to work; they have for them
GALVESTON. Tex., Sept. 9.
Searchers after buried silver on
the mainland opposite Pete Is
land, 18 miles southeast or Cor
pus laristl, Tex probably are
doomed to disappointment, in the
o pin lor,, of Dr. J. O. Dyer, a local
writer on historical and scientific
subjects. The rush 'of treasure
seekers began with the discovery
recently of 25 skeletons, popular
ly believed by many to be those
of members of the crew of a
Spanish treasure ship which
foundered off the Texas coast
early In the eighteenth century
No record is available of any such
The "life- of a skeleton burled
in the sands of the beaches of the
coastal country. Dr. Dyer points
out. is not over 40 years.
He also says treasure ships
from Mexico to Spain were dis
continued after 1820. partly be
cause of the activities of Jean
Lafnte's fleet of buccaneers.
Even before that time the
Spaniards tried to avoid excessive
losses from storms and Laffite's
fleet of buccaneering vessels and
50 Spaniards transported lets
I SUCTION 'SWEEPER
Nr
V (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury)
What a cloud of mental pictures is called up by the thought
of prayer! The bare cloister walls with the pious monk be-
.Mi. ompifiv tVm enrllpsa nrnressfrm of devout WOTShiD-
.v. r 7 . . . ..... , ... , a rv v.
ers before the church altar; the nuie cnua Kneeimg ai ms v " ,1,H:U1"U - -
mother's knee at the evening hour; the sailor in the presence day, for men and women who
of death kneeling on the storm-tossed deck; the soldier just stick to their Jobs, who work
before the battle committing, his soul to God. Wherever in early and late and produce the
the life of humanity there has been sorrow or trial or strug- best they know how to produce,
gle or" suffering or impending death, there has gone up the There never was a time when
petition to the Great Father of all for help, consolation; thrifty folks could save more
blessincr or salvation. ! I money than they can today.
Even though manv of these prayers have been childish,
frti;0, on, txrhrvlUr nrran nf Hirw rowilt what, wmild nil-1 There Is a widespread move-
manity be today if they had not been offered up; if there ment in various parts of the coun
had been no belief in an over-ruling Providence and no at- try to erect what are to be called
tempt to-secure His aid, approval or blessing? One need not p to date hotels, since Joshua's
be a religious fanatic, to recognize that the greatest force spies sought out the promised
in the elevation and civilization of the world has been its land and put p at the Rahab
Dravinir men and women. : " ; I House In Jericho mankind has
Yet the infidel and the agnostic tell us that since this is been speculating on the necessary
mm. w a . i s a i a. x. nnsnrisai i An at a s r ao nnv ai
a universe oi law. ana lis creator .worics oniy xnrouim me i
conoral fJVorl lows whiVh He Tina AsthliRhp for its Some bt these days the hotel will
a,VMvi a svs aAv-va a . mw ' - i
governmenVit is useless to pray to Him. Prayer, they say,)1 considered the backbone of
is but a request to Him to modify, suspend or abrogate these civmzauon
laws, which He cannot do or at least will not do.
Most rellglOUS people Will admit that the universe IS gOV-l The evidence before the con
emed by laws established by its Creator, and that He does gressional committee in -Chicago ieTea only the tririing amount
not change these laws to meet the whims of His most deyout sifts isteif down to the proposi- Which they can spend upon them
WOrshipers. But that is not admitting that it i3 useless to tion that both naUonal commit- seives the rest of It Is eontlnu
oray f to God. or that prayers produce no results. Even
tees spend everr cent thev canl.ti. ..n.ii : i. .
though ho .intelligent .being shouet by prayer to change rake and scrape m a national for other, to make m urAjke Store of Housewares
wu or xiia laws, ii uia piajci w w ww xink, vuc Aai, i campaign; mat u costs oeaies oi ijn- Economic laws were not
!t mow of 19et'ili9Tiro himcolf nnrl Rr rbantrp hi rplatinn I . - v. . I . ..
. "w 2""v i ' v" made by the devil; they were
to the Creator and His laws.. Ipalgn for the legitimate expenses tA h. .- ax-.u-
and everybody who knows any-wvt., ,, rrm.A n h nrM'i
Wliat 'is prayer? Certainly it is not a mere matter of I thing of latter-day politics vu ,. whr i .ith
words, lor is it asking God for help in the accomplishment acquainted with both facts iongtherc u good employment; wher-
01 a purely seilisn or lgnooie purpose, tenner is it a vwwu i before the committee met. los I ever capital is destroyed there is
1 . a a m a a WW w A A " a A t I I f
nint to the atner as to wnat wis auty is to us, to otners or Angeles Times.
to the world. Nor is it instructing God as to the nature of
1L l M . ' J i a? TT: VT 4.U.m
me personal , iavors we uesire lium nun, nuuc ma - ue i . Th wnrM'i shhh.y shnni Mn.
things rise to the dignity of prayer, which is the heart-felt TeBtIont to neM la Japan for
cry of the soul to God for help m the accomplishment of ten d.y, m October, win ie a case
some high, holy or noble purpose. There must be anaction oJ carrTlnf tne-cro8S to TokJo.
of the inner or spiritual life if one is to really pray. One of . t .,... ,a,. ..a
our poets, tells Us that "Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Chrl8tUn clTnizatIon from the
spoKen or expressea. uut it roust De not oniy sincere, it
must be earnest and strong enough to cause him who prays to
formulate his desire in words. These need not,. of coure, be
audibly expressed, since there may be real, silent prayers.
But any spiritual aspiration which is not strong and earnest
enough to formulate itself in words is too-weak and indefi
nite to amount' to anything spiritually or in any other way.
The fervent, effectual prayer of the righteous man," that
we were told favaileth much, is an earnest and eloquent
outpouring of the soul expressing its desire for commun
ion with and helf from God. "Out of the fullness of the
heart the mouth speaketh."
,And what may .such prayer3 accomplish 7 The one cer-
WM. GAHLSD0RF
THOSE BUSY ' EYES
Next to your heart yonr eyes are yo-ar busiest orsnt. KaturaHy; er. .
ery busy organism, whether it be human or machinery, will sooner or later
need attention. When they start to disintegrate is the time for quick sxtion,
because unless corrected at once, disintegration grows to absolute breakdown, r
Tour eyes are too valuable to you to take such chances.
Let us examine your eyes now. We prescribe only when necessary,
then and only then, will we outfit you in glasses in any preferred style of
mounting.
MORRIS & KEENE OPTICAL CO.,
Phone 239
Eyesight Specialists"
Salem Bank of Commerce Building
Salem, Oregon
Rooms 202-211
P. S. We have one of the most complete lense grinding plants in the state
at our disposal. .
days of the Nazarene to the pres
ent will be set forth visually In
pageants, striking an "unfamiliar I wages.
destruction. There may be sel
fishness, which is regrettable for
the ruin it causes' to the Individ
ual, but the fculk of every for
tune goes out ia wages, or, else
the fortune disappears. Without
production wealth must vanish;
it cannot exist without continu
ally providing a new source of 1
saving, investment and Increased
Charity does not count;
note in Japanese life. But it
will be worth the , trip to hear
Japanese boys .and 'girls sing
chorals from "The Messiah" and
other masterpieces of religious
music. .' .
capital has got to work to save
Itself. Albany Knickerbocker
Press.
PRAYER WITH RF.SERVA-TIOXH.
' There are Just two ways of re
pealing the 'prohibition or 18th
tain thing that they will accomplish is to change the man amendment to the constitution,
who Tjravs them. His life will certainly be purified, elevated. I Congress could, with the assent
ennobled and finally spiritualized by his action in praying, of two-thirds of the. members.
This' is the reason, doubtless, that we are . commanded to pass a resolution for another
"pray without ceasing." Prayer is the golden key that is to amendment, repealing .the 18th.
unlock the door to the Kingdom of God within oureslves; and and send this resolution to the
without it, the Scnptures teach, it is impossible for man various state legislatures, if
to come into such relations with the All-Father that this three-fourths of the legislatures
kingdom of righteousness, harmony, peace and, power can approved the change the new
be established in his life. , I amendment nullifying the old one
1 i J " would become legal. Or congress.
If i prayer never' accomplished anything, except to help on the application of the legisia
change the praying man from a selfish, passionate,-physical tures of two-thirds of the states,
creature the human animal into the righteousness, unSel- could call a convention for pro
fish, spiritual. Christian being which he may become, having posing amendments, which would
all his physical nature under complete subjection and con- I become valid on approval of the
troi, ana living in a constant consciousness or the existence members of the convention. It
Our pastor remarked In his
searching .way yesterdsy that he
often fears some members of bis
Hock, If they prayed exactly as
they feel, would 'phrase It this
way:; Lead us not Into tempta
tion, unless the chance Is excep
tionally good and no one's around
Ohio State Journal.
ROX, THERE'S A LOT TO DO.
There's a lot to do here In Ore-1
" gon; ' '
Before she's the state that we
' wish.
There's a lot to do here at home.
My Son,
Aside from the catching of I
fish.
looks easy but it isn't. In fact. There are acres to make produc-
THE LAWS OF OREGON
I provide that when an unmarried person dies
without a will, leaving a father and mother,
! his property descends to his .father. .
?. If the father is deceased, the property de-
scends to the brothers and sisters, and mother
; who all share alike. J i
If you wish to make a larger provision for
j your mother, you must make a will
: We offer our services as the executor of
t your wilL Our fees are the same as for in-
dividual executors.
" Consult your lawyer.
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lit cannot be done; not now, and
not in the lifetime of the men
and women of the pre?ent gener
ation, who remember the baleful
effects of the saloon and Its alter
ego, the fcrotheL But the keen
edge of the enforcement of the
laws enacted to make the prohi-
FUTCRE DATES.
8mtnhT IS. MaadaV danrur
I Jam M. Cmx la pak ia Satrm.
plaibr IS. kiadar Martinc f at
I aociata Mabmkip Salna CoaaaMrcial
lob.
Septtmhrr 14. Ta4ar DwtHrt X. 1
Loral LegiM 4 Loggm aal LaatSraira
ta bald raavratiaa at Coaaarrial rlab.
rplBbr I. Taeaday Graas
tive. Son,
And waters to harness to i
heels:
There's knineral wealth untold to
be dug;
Ther are masts for a million
keels. .
Our Industries call for ambitions
men
Who will build them to prosper
ana thrive:
The challenge of Ocean roars at
our shores
To men who have will to drive.
-
WWm' W'-s
Wilk a Syttion llaiel can plowtepc
Tlhtak of the Saying
Saptraibrr 1 1. Taaadar Tr Jmim r.
Gavia l addrrn SmWm Prafaaaiaaal
Baaiaasa Waxa a rlaa at aartaata (
m .. . . -
w. m mrj v. mi iaa
uur mountains and valleys, our
hills and our dales
All beckon to men who would
dor
j - i .
il,TJ I An empire to conauer. a bulwark
to storm.
A goal with Ita treasure for
you.
i.
Taaadar Caarriaa
CTirrriaa
aUBC.
svptfiab-r 15. Wraaasdar
r taarwava.
Saptfrnbrr 17. FridjT Xaliaaal Caa-
atitatiea Aar. Karvaa maty Rrpaaliraas
ta ralf brat.
Savtaaibar 1743. A. R fV.Mii.it..
I Jar apaa maaiiaf .
8iaiWr IS. SatarUr Maatiar af
Harioa CVanty Snub lira a CVatraJ l?aa.
autta. Salaam.
8eptabcT 19. Baadar ATl-raa.ta
B4ar aaapiraa alariaa Canr r..
maaitr Fedaratma, paara Las.iac
sapt-aiDar zu Taaadar Caarrlaa
taatlBC
.
ScpI'mW 17. ta OftaW 4 I Ctaaa..
ttata fair. ... . .',
Great cities to found where today
in is watte."
So that millions unborn may
- una nomes;
Where your vision and plan may
una its mil sweep
uunamg avenues, cottages.
acmes.
Yes there's much to be done here
In Oregon
- To stir the red blood ot Young
S4 get busy, Ify Son, and tackle
When you con.vitler the time, labor and expense of maintaining a harmful of horses, how can you resist the
a i peal of the Tractor. Compare thin cost with the investment in toner machinery. The difference is all
against the horse. You can do yonr Fall anjl Sprinp plowing letter and in much less time. You can take ad
vantage of weather conditions more readily, ami have more time for other work and for pleasures. And your
profits will he greater from better and more extensive cultivation.
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Call on us and let us talk over your farm power problems
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SALEM
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