THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1921
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HAT IS OFF TO MISSON ABIES FOR KEEPS
"The missonaries are everywhere, and considering the
various kinds of work they do one wonders how the interior
xpulations ever got along without them. They may have
heir peculiarities, but it has to be admitted that these pe
culiarities are such as to create prejudice against them in
he jninds of none but the godlessj I have been out among
. hem recently in far-removed, isolated, sometimes rather ter
ible places, where so many of them choose to spend their
ives in service; and so far as they are concerned my hat is
Iff to them, for keeps.
MI am not very enthusiastic about evangelization among
he heathen, but I am strong for sanitation and health, and
anitation and health are what the missionaries are teaching
fhe heathen these days. Not that they have grown lax in
vangelization or have ceased to preach the gospel this
ould . be impossible. The gospel is "their own anchor and
without it they would have nothing to sustain them in their
tonotonous, long-drawn-out and nearly always repulsive la
rs. If it. were not for the missionaries there would be
mighty little famine relief available for the interior multi
tudes of China today. They all speak the language of the
tribes they work for, and in recent years they have gained
tthe esteem and confidence not only of the people but of the
officials as well, so that they are now able to go anywhere
4nd form contacts no other foreigners could possibly hope to
attain. The mission stations, schools and colleges are sup
plying practically the entire working force in the outfields
famine relief, and have at the same time converted their own
establishments, great and smart, into relief centers which are
qverrun constantly by beseeching throngs of people, who re-
rd the women Christian missionaries as kind. Heaven-sent
others whose plain duty it is to look after them.
I spent a couple of days last: week at the American
oard mission in Techou. and there I saw a demonstration
oji a large scale of the Chinese tendency to lean, on Christian
c iarity in times of dire distress. .". .
. ."There is no use of my trying to describe the stream?
or humanity that flow in and out the always open gates of
this compound. They are almost terrifying in their abject
niiseryv And I want it understood that this abject misery
not normal. I know China fairly well. During" the past
seventeen years I have spent more time in the East than at
home, and I know that the' average person among the peo
ple who now stand in dignified appeal at the gates of charity
iii China would almost rather die than beg .... The sight
of them is, I'thfnk, the saddest thing 1 have even seen
Tfie hospital had in every kind of case, from tuberculosis,
typhus and typhoid, to starvation dropsy and frozen feet,
ard I wondered &t the nerve and self-sacrifice of the Ameri
can women who were conducting it. I can think of any num
ber of things I would rather do than nurse a Chinese coolie,
even after I got him cleaned up."
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The Statesman belieyes the Saturday Evening Post
buld be glad to waive its copyright in the reprinting of
.the above short excerpts of an article in that great paper of
Aj)ril 9th by Eleanor Franklin Egan; one of the outstanding
wf-iters of the Post, and of the world, under the heading,
"fighting the Chinese Famine."
I The article in full ought to be read by every American ;
evsry one in the world who can read:
j Lincoln Wirt told the Salem Rotary club members last
Wednesday that when E. B. riper, editor of the Oregonian,
rcitd the article, he wired to a friend at Medford, telling him
to! read it. .
I It is the strongest appeal yet made-for famine relief in
China; and it is surely one of the strongest endorsements
ever written ot tne work or American missionaries.
IS HUMAN LIFE CONTINUOUS?
(Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury)
At the next general convention, of the Protestant Epis-
WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE A
BANK ACCOUNTGOOD
CITIZENSHIP;
SOCIAL unrest and Bolshevism do not
flourish among Americans who by
saving and investing have growing bank
accounts, own their homes, ahd are pros
perous. ! j
The good citizens of Salem and vicinity.
hose who admire thrift anjd financial
independence, compose the depositors of
the United States "National Bank. We
invite you to become one of them.
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VlMtedStotesMutidBanIi7
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copal Church, to be held in Detroit, Michigan, next October,
it is proposed to take up the revision ot tne hook oi torn
mon Prayer" with a view of making it "more modernly hu
man," as the proponents of this revision express their pur
poses. The proposed new prayers for the dead, according to
a circular recently issued by the Episcopal General Conven
tion Press Bureau at Detroit, "are attracting the attention of
theologians the country over because of their distinct ac
ceptance of the doctrine of the evolutionary character of life
and death. The tenor of the prayers all tend to strengthen
the doctrine that evolution in life goes on beyond the grave;
that death is but an incident in life that possesses no power
to arrest the onward sweep of human progress."
This adds another piece of evidence to many others fur
nished of late that this great church is making every effort
to keep pace with the best scientific and religious thought,
a thing which all churches must do if thev are to maintain
their hold upon the minds and hearts of the American peo
ple. To demand unquestioning acceptance of the dogmatic
statements and standards of the theologians of the distant
rwst. especially wbrn thosp Pre in direct opoosition to the
facts of modern science and the truths which the evolution
of modern life is disclosing, is to drive the educated and
those who think for themselves from the church doors.
The truths of the New Testament all the eternal truths
of God must remain the same, "yesterday, today and for
ever," but man's understanding and interpretation of them
must constantly change with his education and development
and the onward march of human research and achievement.
Any religious organization of this day, Christian or other
wise, which persistently shuts its eyes to new truth and in
sists upon the acceptance by its members of hoary supersti
ions, creeds and dogmas not in harmony with the new truth
will as certainly be swept away by "the onward sweep of
human progress" as were the sun worshippers of Egypt. All
such must ultimately yield to other religious organizations
that will recognize that the Creator is constantly revealing
Himself and His truth more and more clearly and perfectly
just as surely as He has revealed Himself in Holy Writ,
though in a different way. The Bible, of course, must not
be changed, but new and more enlightened interpretations of
it must be sought in order that the revelations of the Scrip
tures shall be understood in the light of today.
It probably cannot be claimed that it has been scientif
ically demonstrated, in a way to satisfy all reasonable per
sons, what the conditions of life are in that immortal state
to which all men are bound. But aside from such demonstra
tion, the study and discovery of the laws and purposes of
the Creator as to this present life have satisfied very many
af the most intelligent men and women that the old ideas
concerning the heavenly state must be wrong. To create a
tate of society in which the sole occupation of all his sub
jects is to sing praise and adulation of himself would make
any earthly ruler the subject of ridicule instead of reverence
and worship. To suppose that God is a being so finite and
vain that He would permit countless men and women to
spend eternity singing His praises, in order to satisfy His
vanity, or for any other purpose, is the grossest insult to
the Creator. To calim and teach that God would create,
maintain or permit a social state, a heaven, in which pre
vailed complete idleness or where there was nothing except
purposeless effort on the part of its inmates, resulting in
nothing more useful than adulation, even of God, is to deny
that God possesses even enlightened human intelligence. Our
"sons of rest," who hold down the benches in the parks of
svery city, would create a social state little worse than this
if the world were turned over to them to govern. One with
inymbition, energy or life would about as soon be given an
indefinite sentence to a modern sanitary jail as to be sent
to such a heaven, especially if the disciples of the modern
sentimental philosophy of uplift would come frequently to
the jail and somewhat vary the purposeless monotony of its
life. ,
While it must be admitted that the Scriptures have lit
tle to say about the future state of men, and what they do
say is indefinite enough to have been for centuries the sub
ject of sharp controversy, they certainly reveal no heaven
of eternal idleness. Indeed, Jesus says, "He that would be
greatest among you, let him be your servant." In short,
the study of the Scriptures and the laws established by the
Creator for the government of this life seems to make it plain
that He has made men for service and their own individual
development. In fact, only real service brings this develop
ment. Happiness, instead of being the purpose of life, like
death, is only an incident of life. True happiness results
from work well done or from real service; and the higher
the work and the more noble, unselfish and efficient the
service, the greater the resulting happiness.
If the purpose of God in giving man life be to give him
an opportunity for individual development and service, is it
not reasonable to conclude that His purpose in giving man
immortality is to continue this opportunity for such develop
ment and service in the next state of existence? It would
seem, therefore, that these leaders of the Episcopal Church
are in harmony with reason and common sense, as well as
with the Scriptures, in declaring that "evolution in life goes
on beyond the grave, and that death is but an incident in life
that possesses no power to arrest the onward sweep of hu
man progress. And should the convention next fall ratify the
proposed revision of the prayers for the dead, the communi
cant of this church will be praying at least in harmony with
God's purposes when in the proposed language of this prayer
for the dead, he asks, "O Ird, grant that increasing in
knowledge and love of Thee, he may go from strength to
strength in the life of perfect service in Thy heavenly king
dom."
SA1XM
OftCOOM
This is thf day w cHebrate.
WofHom Hay will bwom an
iinnual 'vent: bigger fvcry y-ar.
piii-fd to hf-ar
Waies rwriark.
first cou.'dn "
WVIshman
in
my
Help th visitors see th
soms today.
Mom
As-paragus, slogan subject this
wpfk. Our district should grow
more of if.
The report thai tho rioviM kov
iTmiipnt ha? fxTiit'd 1 of th
'ipIs" doport'd rrom thin coun
try raises the rUry, 'V'i thy
too red or not red "nnut'h?"
Looks likf broccoit is starting
rfr a $ 10. 000 industry If all ko
well: and if this happens, it will
surely be a million dollar industry
nxt year in the Salem district.
A fw norp lost battles and
(Jreer- will want a new klnt. or
Vpnfzlos, or st IfMst a rest.
Po I master (W-neral Hays is
stirroi up by tho rrf-nt hig; ma'l
roliheric)', and ofic-ra a Mandins
rrward of fT.ooo for thp arrest
of a robber. "The went," he con
fidently decUres. "knows how to
Kandl" these criminal just as
they usd to in the old Wells
I'argo days."'
Paris feels a little more cheer
ful over the corrected census re
turns which indicate a growth of
4 0.000 sine? 1911, In i-j'ite of th
war.
Many will remember the sit
to this country in 1 1t 11 of Krnest
Nathan. who h is ju t died In
Home at the a Re (t 76. Me
pchieved distinction a' the only
Jew who was ever mayor of Rome
but his public K-rvice did not stop
fhere, and his de,a!h is ascribed to
T. P. O'Connor, in an article ! his excessive exertion during the
In the lxndon Tinieg on rhe new J war.
administration at Washin Eton. ; .
takes pleasure In noting that Sec I if President Hardin? realizes
rctary Hughes is Irish on the ma-1 hi? pur pone to vigit Alaska he
Iternai Bide. He was also eur- will be the first president lo hare
journeyed to that territory. He
may make the trip on board a
warship and remain technically on
the soil of the United States, but
he wouldn't have to break a prec
edent to go overland.
We are having a reign of ban
ditry because the peopTfe who
ought to back up the church are,
in part, selfish and sordid and
cynical and at least Indifferent.
If the world should revert to pa
ganism it will be the fauft of the
people who failed to stand by the
church When it was trying to
stand by civilization. Los Ange
les Times.
Back east some of the- church
es have inaugurated the plan of
tithing, or giving a tenth of one's
income for the support of the or
ganization. This does away with
the pink teas, oyster suppers,
apron gales, linen showers and
other well known but not always
pleasant means of replenishing
the church exchequer.
BIFOCAL LENSES '
Any one who has been
compelled to use two differ
ent pairs of glasses, one for
reading and another for dis
tant vision, will appreciate
the advantage of using this
style of lense.
By using the bifocal the
necessity of. using two pairs
of glasses is done away with
and the annoyance of chang
ing from one to another is
avoided.
Our bifocals, whether the
Invisible or cemented style,
are as near perfect as hum
an ingenuity can make them.
It is by knowing the op
tical business thoroughly
and attending to it properly
that we have built up our
enviable reputation.
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ADVERTISE IN THE STATESMAN FOR RESULTS
GREAT
UNION MEETING
At The Armory Tonight 7:30
The Churches of Salem Joining in a
United Service
In the Interests of the
China Famine Near East Relief Fund
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DR. LINCOLN WIRT
Who Has licrcnlly Returned From Asia
Will l!e the Speaker
Special Music Miss Ada Miller, Soloist
EVERYBODY COME
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