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Entered at the Postof lice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter.
FAILURE OF THE INTERCHURCH WORLD MOVEMENT
disease? .Why .should men take precautions against possible ac
cidents! The inevitable conclusion from such an absurd belief
is that a man cannot die until his foreordained time has come,
no matter what be, does or fails to do.
-.Most' men have come to understand that God s laws ns to
the physical life and health of men act largely according to
the conditions which they themselves create. So, too, many in
telligent men have come to see that His moral and spiritual
laws, including the laws relating to salvation lrom sin, act
largclv according to the conditions created by our own efforts,
conduct and life.
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We should be slow to accept interpretations of the Scrip
tures, even though promulgated by men learned in books and
theoloev, which violate every rule of reason ana common sense
When such interpretations and the theories built upon them are
thrust upon us, before accepting them it would be well to re
fleet that the spiritual knowledge and vision of all men are at
best verv limited. Until we have an illumiuation of the spirit.
makine clear to us the things difficult to understand, it is well
to be satisfied to take the simple and plain teachings of Jesus,
the Disciples and Apostles, as recorded n the New Testament,
and try to incorporate them n pur lives and to square our
conduct bv them. These are not; difficult to understand, and
for the rest we can well await that full illumination of the
spirit which, when it comes, it is promised, shall make all things
clear. ," v.
We may all safely rest in the assurance that there will nev
er be any punishment for right doing, either in this 'premillen
nium dispensation" or any other, and no damnation for living
the golden rule, or for righteousness, unselfish love, justace anc
truth in life and conduct. And these things surely are the sou
of the New Testament and of the very spirit of Christ.
, (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury.)
, The Christian Advocate in a recent article practically ad
mits the failure of the Interchnrch World Movement which most
broad-minded Protestants hoped would accomplish great things
for Protestantism, if it did not inaugurate a revival of religiou.
The principal cause for this failure, as pointed out by the Advo
cate, is a division of sentiment among Protestants themselves.
H may.be surprise ta.tnany people to learn that quite a large
percentage of the membership of the Protestant churches of thL
country have become, converts to the so-called Premillennial
Theory of the coming of Christ. The Advocate declares that
".This movemeht!has its followers in almost every Protestant
church in he United States. A leader of one of the larger Prot
estant denominations recently stated that from' his observation
there was not a church of his denomination in which there was
not a division upon the subject' .
This premillennial movement seems to accept the old pre
destination or foreordination theories of John Calvin, according
to which only the elect are to be saved, but with this modifies
tioh : It limits this election to what it is pleased to designate as
"this premUlennial dispensation, "and teaches that when Christ
personally appears again and establishes His temporal kingdom
' upon the earth, "all mankind will be saved by the power of Ifis
glorious presence In other words, a limited atonement only
for the elect in this premillennial dispensation, and salvation for
all, or Universalism, in the next or postmillenn al dispensation.
I These converts to the Premillennial Theory f the New Tes
tament seem to have savagely fought the Inti rehurch World
Movement from the start! The Christian Advocj te quotes Dr. I.
M. Haldeman, pastor of the First Baptist churyh of New York
City," and Dr, Courtlarid Meyers of Boston, another leading
teacher of the premillennium coming of Christmas strongly op
posing it. Others attack it visrorously'as a religious "monstros
ity' and an fill-starred movement." i ' -
Dnrins the war most of the
cedars of Lebanon were cut down
fcr firewood. Read, your ZeCha
riah, xl:l-2.
With the women voting at the
Lext ' presidential.- election , th
Democrats of the south will have
an added - burden of suppressing
the female Republican colore!
tote in 'that section in addition . to
the male.
Proclamation of the new state
cf Lebanon has been made. The
councils of the government will
probably be held under the his
toric cedars of which Jeremiah
wrote, "Oh, Lebanon, thou mak
er t thy nest in the cedars."
It ts suggested that Cox uight
explain t to the many lady voters
who are asking him if he Is dry
that. the wettest man In the world
will spend most of his time feel
ing dry. It is op to hfm to feel 1
dry while he is west of the Mis
sissippi. Dot he will grow pro
gressively wetter as he goes eait,
and he will be as wet as the At
lantic ocean when he gets near
to the shores of that "big drink."
The leaders of this premillennial movement 'frankly de
ny," to again quote the Advocate, "that it is the purpose of God
through, the '.church to save the world, or o make it a decent
place in which to live; and that the Christianizing of the world
is no part of the work :f the church. Its work is simply to
evangelize the world, toWoclaim the gospel, whose benefits in
this dispensation are limited to the elect, the called, the ecclesia."
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Knowing . something of. the ideas of these Premillennium
Theorists, briefly outlined above; makes it easy to understand
why they have fought the Interchnrch World Movement, which
was organized with the hope of uniting all denominations in an
effort to Christianize the world. It seems that the same lnflu
rnces that have produced. the sectarian Schisms in the Christian
church have .operated .to prevent any large success of the Inter
church-World Movement.' At the head of these influences are
the literali&ts those who never get- beyond the letter of the
Scriptures, who profess to believe every word of the New Tes
tamentijust 'as it reads,- even when such literal interpretation
as they give it is utterly out of harmony -with the spirit of the
NewjTcstament This class of people are also fond of isolating
and unduly emphasizing certain passages of the Scriptures, ana
doggedly shutting their eyes to anything in the Bible that might
nuimy or mouuy incir ianaticai lueas ana meoroes.
" Those who have brought themselves to believe anything so
spiritually deadening as this premillennial theory have probably
reached a point in dogmatic fanaticism where they cannot be
reasoned with or influenced aeainst it. But those who have not
reached this point may, perhaps, he warned successfully agains
accepting, a theory which takes away the motive for spiritual ef
fort growth or development. If God has foreordained that
certain individuals in "this premillennial dispensation' shal
be heirs of salvation, and all others are predestined to be
damned, tvhv nut.1 forth anv effort to Christianize the world
Whv strive to incorporate in our-own lives the principles and
spirit of Christ? If the final result in each individual case is
alreadyFdefinitely determined, such efforts are useless, and time
and labor thrown away.
, TVbe consistent, these people must believe that God has
foreordained the exact time and manner of every person s death
If so, why should men learn anything of the laws of sanitation
or health? Of what practical use is the science of medicine, or
Christian Science, or anything else calculated to prevent or cure
will hare nothing to do with So
cialism. iCommnnism or Soviet-1
xa. Industry will not, be. at
tuned to the desires of the clas
that has nothing, chiefly because
deserves nothing. TIIK RE
WARDS OF LIFE WILL HE
GIVEN. TO THOSE WHO EARN
THEM.
The jreent administration has
been a failure in so many differ
ent respects that it is tedious to
keep count of them. IT HAS
HARASSED AND REPRESSED
BUSINESS, it has truckled anj
groveled to the demands of radi
calism, it has piled up enormous
debts and wasted the public
funds, far beyond the reasonable
needs of the war, it has IN
EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED the
BURDENS OF TAXATION, and
it; has fostered policies which
have Increased the cost of living.
Barring accident, the votes of
Maine will find an echo clear
across the land, and in Novem
ber the result will show the elec
tion of Harding with a decisive
cess that will give unmistakable
evidence of the determination of
the people.
T
CHICKEN'S AND CREAM.
ARE THEY RENEGADES?
Another thing, do the twenty
one senators of the Democratic
party who voted for the Lodge
amendments to the League of
Nations represent the Democratic
party or any portion of it." or are
they renegades? :
That Is an inquiry from a
friend at the writer's elbow.
la the list is the name of Sen
ator Pbelan of California..
Are those men Democrats?
What is their position in the
eyes of President Wilson and Mr.
Cox? .
The people Are perplexed when
representatives of a party take
contradictory '"t action on a vital
question. The twenty-one sena
tors calling themselves Democrats
should square themtelvem with
their party leaders.
THE VOICE FROM 3LUXE.
from Leslie's Weekly, furnishes
a sufficient index for the people's
choice. Both men started as
poor boys, and both have been
successful. Cox has won by far
the largest fortune, but hi?
method of winning 'it has gained
him no friends. He has been as
cold as an oyster, and as calcu
la ting as n adding' machine.
His town is not filled with the
monuments of his generosity, for
he has none. Harding, on the
other hand, has shared hia more
moderate success by helping
nearly every .enterprise for the
welfare of his native town. These
factors are important only as
reflecting the basic .character of
the two men. The presidency
is an office of vast Importance.
and no fact is too small to be
considered in determfnlng 'the
fitness of the man who is to fill
it.
; There can be no doubt that the
cotmtry prefers a 'man of the
Harding type for president.' He
represents business integrity, san
ity,' progressive American policy
as distinguished from the new
fangled Internationalism, and a
steadfast guarantee of the squire
deal between capital and labor.
undaunted by agitators and Un
shaken by the winds of radical
Ism. .
, Cox Is trying to be a weak echo
rorTresideht-WTlsoiirwhTlV il3n1
Fng represents about everything
which is the opnpsite of Wood
row Wilson. The COUNTRT IS
TIRED OF ONE MAN DOMINA
TION, actuated by egotism and
intense selfishness. It will , re
fuse to throw away Its long tried
American policies " to follow a
strange will o the wisp. It de
mands a reasonable chance to
work out the great American des
tiny on the American plan. It
The expense account of one of
the women candidates for office
in California shows that about
10 per cent of the money was
Ispent for ice cream.
The ladies used to find fault
with the male politician who
asked their husbands to have a
drink. What do they think of
the wily woman who Inveigles
Friend Husband Into the corner
drug store and seduces his vote
with a plate of ice cream? That
ia what they might call chickens
coming home to roost. Los An
geles Times.
"Wireless telephony Is a soclal
UCnj; Influence of high effectives
nes.
No longer can man escape the
supervision of friend wife.
Xven in the depths of Africa
he can be assailed by aerial voices
tldVling him not to stay out too
late and not to take oft his
cliol'era band.
Irevltably men are drawing to-
getller. The occult magnetism oi
civiflixatlon increases. The wire
less telephone Is an Instrument
deviricd by human destiny to sol
idify the human race. It fs part
of Cho irresistible centripetal
energy of civilization.
EMBARRASSED.
THE AERIAL VOICE.
Ask A Mohammedan
. . r;.tvhere he will be twenty years hence; he will
. V doubtless reply, ' Allah knows." '
'Ask a business man "Will the individual Ex- f
; ecutor or Trustee you appoint be alive twenty
, 1 ' years from today T He cannot tell. i
.-"The Mohammedan gives little thought to the
. . future of his wife. .
, Out this is America where a man's love for
. t his wife is mirrored in wise provision made
in his will for her future comfort.
We invite' a confidential conference relative
, to the appointment of this Bank as yoiir exec
utor and trustee.
Capital National Bank
. Trust Department
SALEM :: OREGON
(San Francisco Journal of Com
merce.) I
For two generations the say
ing has been current: : "As goes
Maine, so goes 'the nation." There
have been but few exceptions to
the , rule. This is not - because
Maine as a state has any com
manding influence, but because
its state election occurs ; two
months before the national
election. The dominating thought
of the nation spreads over Maine
and finds expression In this ad
vance election. The time is too
short to, work any general change
from that first impression.
Monday's . election .In Maine
gives cold comfort to the Demo
crats. The Republicans carried
the state by more than two to
one. and they increased their ma
jority of four years ago. by CO
per cent. This presages a gen
eral result 1 which has been pre
dicted by the Journal of Com
merce for the past nine months.
This' paper does not specialize in
politics.1 but a part of Us duty la
to study the needs and wishes
o! the business world, and to re
port Its pulse. THE INDICA
TIONS ARE PLAIN THAT THE
COUNTRY -is TIRED of the songs
of the PARLOR THEORISTS, the
sophistries of the Hearst loons
and the shrieking of the crack
brained agitators, and I determ
ined to give sanity and business
ability a trial.
Cox and Harding had an even
etart in this campaign, because
I he country, generally peaklng.
did not know either of them.
But as the weeks progressed the
clock of Cox than
while the prospects f Harding
have Improved. This 4 based on
the public utterances of the two
men and upon their part records,
as they have been revealed by
Impartial research The charac
ter study of the two candidates,
reaflaftif 3I3i4a$ -eVtHipSse
While the London Daily Mirror
hearts of having received photo
graphs - by cable, the London
Daily Mail has given news as-
Ugnmenti to its reporters by
wireless telephone. One of the
staff of the Mall was halted re
cently in Hampstead Heath by
a voice from the upper air order
ing him to report a fire at Hlsh
opgate. Though he wore a "light
loop aerial. an Instrument of
about the size of a corset, and
at times held a receiver to his
eartthe voices be - caught were
spirit voices
The spirit voices of a new age.
As st elated Press dlr patches In
dicate that Cox is daily growing
more t isplctous 'hat an organ
ised ef.Vrt is being made by the
Republic ms to embarrass his
candidacy '.
We wouldn't be a bit surprised
If there v.vs some ground for his
contention 1
The Republicans are quite
equal to dedng that very thing.
If the CVx candidiey Is em
barrassed uivler a weight of 11,-
000.000 adverse votes along In
November, thie Ohio four-flusher
and false aiam will have abso
lute proof tcat bis suspicions
were justified.
He should haye thought of that
before and so liied that he could
net be placed In. an embarrassing
position.
That's what bci gets for hunt
ing a Democratic nomination in
a Republican yea:.
Kl'GAR IS HWEET.
The rugar companies In Porto
Rico have been declaring divid
ends of 100 per cent and, at that,
have been underselling almost
everybody In the Lnsiness.' The
sugar this year Is Wry sweet to
everybody, but the consumer. Tie
Las to pour honey over It to give
K a kick.
THE HOTEL BILL.
Vienna now levies a tax of 20
per cent on all hotet, bills. This
is liable to cut In on the land
lord who thongbt tie ought to
have all the money the guest had.
Now it will have to be divided
with the administration. Looki
as If It might be a hard year on
the landlord. ...
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