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YftEtoKEGOR STATESMAN; SALEM,' OREGON ' SUNDAY MORNING,' OCTUBKK'oU, , ' Issued Daily Except Monday by TIIE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CXMfPANT 215 8. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, (27 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic 627-59) MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Awoclated Presa is exclusirely entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited ' llcatlon of all newa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks........ Stephen A. Stone , . Ralph Glorer iTank Jaakoskl , Manager . . Managing Editor , Cashier Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 68S Job Department, 683 Society Editor, IOC Entered at the Postoffice in Salem, Oregon, aa second class matter. WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury) Willard S. Sperry is the author of one of the recent books on religious subjects printed by the Yale University Tress, and entitled "The Disciplines of Liberty." The book starts with a thoroughgoing attempt, to answer the ques tion, "What is a Christian?"- At a time when the word Christian is used so loosely that a poem has been published ' in praise of Eugene Debs as "The Last Christian," there is .; evidently need of a new definition of the title which means so much to millions of individuals and the world. Mr. Sperry brushes aside all doctrinaire classifications and declares: "Our nearest and simplest answers to the question might always well be cast in the more informal and ";V lesslogical pattern of Jesus' teaching. Grant at Ap- pomattox Court House giving back to Lee his sword x ' and to the Southern Cavalrymen their horses lor the farms of the, South, Lincoln tempering military jus tice' by the everlasting mercy, John Hay returning : tKe Boxer indemnity to China, Father Damien among the lepers of Molokai. Tolstoi writing "Where Love is There God is Also," Francis Thompson singing "The -Kingdom of Heaven Is Within You," Edith Cavell r standing in eternal granite in Trafalgar Square while the captains and the kings depart 'What is Chris tianity?' All that is Christianity. "Wherever a man may stand in the modern world, in whatever caste, class, or race it matters not, if he sets, his face resolutely toward the Christ ideal for hu man character and human society and begins to move 1 in that direction, he has a valid claim upon the term 'Christian' as his most adequate form of self-desig- jiation." . i : We are now at peace with the world. : The next thing is to bring order, prosperity and happiness within our borders. Let erery man do his share in the work. A call has been issued by some of the chnrcbes recommending the observance of November 6 as a special j day of prayer in all of the churches. The Sunday is the next before the gathering of the international conference on arm ament limitation. ! With the army of occupation cut down j from 10,000 to 5000, the watch on the Rhine will at any rate be less expensive either to Germany or to this country. No doubt those who remain will be those who are enjoying them selves thoroughly. Stephanej Lausanne declares that France la going to the conference with confidence "because she knows that in Washington sho will find 'everything in the light and in the open." Does this mean that at the conference France will be arrayed on the side of publicity?! and efficient. Be clean In your Ufa and honorable in your deal ings. Be willing to give full valus for what yon receive and. with this equipment, go forth and win. The world Is not 6'ng to knock down jour front iior and dra? Tou foith unwjJiJagly to its gfca; rewards. There are some very nice stories in junior publications about opportunity sucak!ng ap behind a man unexpectedly. ! But the men who have been overnhslmingly surprised by a kind and indulgent fate are few. Modesty is a virtue with a low batting average. Do not underestimate your own ability, yotr own worth aad your own rights. Herein lies the sec Tel of many a inus success. Thrift Magazine. DODGIXG RE8POXS1B1UTY OIL COIMf IS BEING n ri Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chi cago has asked the women of the country to organize in favor cf disarmament. If the women agree to disarm; there will be all kinds of peace land good cheer In this rummy old world. But they are likely to Insist on the rolling pin. Los Angeles Times. Erery jman has his physical counterfeit. It is a theory be lieved byj many people, although there may be no scientific , basis for it, in' spite of the many situ ations it has provided for novel ists and! dramatists. But did anybody ever hear of a female double? 1 Perhaps they are too beautiful! to be counterfeited. Judge Lindsey -says that : the rich are ignoring the responsibil ity they owe to society. They ask the preservation of the law for themselves. Yet they are stock ing up on booze and drinking a lot of stuff that is inaccessible to the poor and they are doing it in defiance of the law. Instead of setting an example of respect for the law they are flagrantly and openly violating it. Judge Lindsey does not think a whole lot of the prohibition omendment, but he does insist upon its Iron clad and implacaole enforcement. He contends that it should never be admitted that the United States can adopt a law that it cannot enforce. Handley Expects Report on Texas-Nortland Com pany in 10 Days BIBLE READING. t I- While this is an improvement on the old idea that about i til thai. wa. npfpssarv to make one a Christian was to be lieve on Christ, still it falls short of the New Testament stan dard. Those who believe the Bible certainly cannot read it much if they do not understand that onfe cannot be a Chris tian by simply declaring that he is one, nor by only desiring to be one. He cannot be a follower of Christ simply by, con sorting with others who profess to be His followers but who come just as far from being so as he does himself, nor by persuading himself that he has the belief and faith which have, saved him when he has nothing more than self decep tion. .; rji Herbert Hoover has sold his in terest in the Washington Herald to bis associates That newspa per is well established and clean, but it was the wish of Mr. Hoover that no publication of any kind should be considered In the light of his "organ." He has had noth ing to do with its editorial policy, even by suggestion; but the Pb- jects of study He could not be expected to know this ft i- There is no excuse for the pop ular ignorance of the Bible which Dr. Powell Norton describe-! be fore a BaptiBt conference. Many organizations are at work to pub lish the JMola cheaply and circu late it widely. The organization of traveling men, known as the Gideons, puts it in hotel rooms. Thii Pocket New Testament league was very active during the war and is busier than ever today. At Har vard the Bible and Shakespeare have been made compulsory; sub- Within 10 days T. B. Handley. state corporation commissioner, expects to receive a complete re port covering the audit of the books of the Portland-Texas Oil company, whose permit to sell stock has temporarily been sus pended. The suspension, accord ing to Mr. Handley, was with the understanding that if the audit shows a satisfactory condition a reinstatement of the permit will be considered. The company was incorporated in June 1920. and on December IV, 1920, it made application to sell stock. The application yas sworn to by A. M. Cannon, treas urer; T. H. Beverly, assistant sec retary; Grant Phegley, Ralph A. Coan and Herbert Gordon, the three latter members of the di rectorate. These officials represented the assets of the concern to be 1374. 300, liabilities $225,000 and net worth $149,300. Also they swore that the company wma then pro ducing crude -oil in sufficient quantity to pay a dividend and that in four months a dividend of 10 per cent had been paid. A permit was issued by the cor poration department allowing the company to sell S50.000 worth of stock, i:.",000 for the purpose of completing payments on property and the remainder to buy and op erate additional acrease. The per mit, says Mr. Handley. was grant ed on condition thatthe stock be sold to a limited number of er- sons and confined ; to present stockholders and their friends who were familiar with the com pany's purposes- and operations. This was all that! was done by the corporation department until June of this year when it appearer that themanagement of A. M Cannon was not satisfactory, and an understanding -was reached that there would be a reorganlza- tion. With the approval state corporation department Fred Gronnert was put In t he com pany's offices in charge of an au dit, and it is a complete report on this audit that is expected in the next rew days. At the same time the permit to sell stock was can celled with the understanding that if the aurit proved satisfactory a a reinstatement of the ! permit would be considered by the cor poration department. far as I know" said Mr.1 Handley "the company s sates oi stock ha"ve not been made to the general public, but have been made to prominent business men of Portland." The commissioner has a list of these business men's names on file. Read The Classified Ads. Shoes Let us supply you with Clothinz Hosiery Hats Dishes, etc. , at the Lowest Prices SALEM'S ' BARGAIN CENTER 373-77 Court SL and active chairmanships for the younger men is naturally suggest ed by the situation. Old men for council, young men for action Senate delays are attributed by a Washington observer largely to the poor! health of the committee chairmen, and he notes that the ages of all the chairmen of im portant Committees average more " ( .... . . . . . ' It 11.11 1 IT - . B T BLDUl Ul UUI1I1I HI W i It is recorded that Chrwt said: "If any man will come airmanships for lhe veteran3 aner me, lei mm aeny nimseu anuiaKe up ius cross anu follow me." We cannot, of course, follow Him merely in loud and wordy professions. We can only follow in life and deed.- In T i wwivit - J w v u uivu . w a. a. tAl V I1K VI Ailt TV JX U7 UU VAVMVVi V V VU1V UVVn ViVM I mlfH TYIOTI V ATMthtlnna ff fAIIPOA a a t . WW .3 1L I ... , - mat tne principles wnicn ne exempimea are me principles on both bldeg of the comma that every man must make a part oi himseii oy tne same memoa inai jesus pprsuea. ne must iirsi, ue uapuseu uyi t . the LADY COP the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Jfinougn or tnis spirit must rest with him to start into action the germ of divinity There! are 31 women on the witnin nun. nis real spiritual wonc-men win Degm in me police force in Chicago. The lady wilderness of his own nature. Here he is to wrestle with and cop appears to be an established overcome Satan within himself. ' That is, he must gain the institution tn many cities, in mastery over his appetites, his selfishness and worldly am-1 most cases she is assigned to spe- bitions. and be willing to forsake the sinful, worldly Hie i ciai service. Her mission is to "with its gross pleasures, its emoluments, its sufferings and j preventJcrimS rather than a ppre disappointments, and to live for.God and His kingdom. j hend th criminal, she is also -Is not this the true cross that we must "take uo?' Is I drawn upon for first aid. Wo- ; not this the overcoming of Satan that the fiible speaks of? I men i appear to hare a weii-de- May not these evil and natural propensities of ours be the fined place in the department. The only Satan we shall ever find 7 When by this action our I my objection is to using them l 1! ' 1 1 1 1 l 1 : : i l.a knit . 1 J 1 ! DOuies ana nearxs nave oecome pure enougn aim our spirit-ivi ai morat ucuu ual natures stronsr and aetive enousrh. may we not then ex-1 quents. There seems to be some- pect to come out of this wilderness in the power of thelthln repulsive to that. No one spirit, showing those fruits and works of the spirit so often 11 Kes ? idea or enrouragmg enumerated in the Bible? Until then are we followers of crime for the purpose of catching Christ? Are, we Christians? ! . " - " Upon this point the Bible could not be plainer. Here are some of its words: ' VHe that saith I know Him, and keepeth'not His com mandments. is a liar and the truth is not in him." "Whosoever1 abideth m Him sinneth not; whosoever sm- neth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. Little chil dren,, let no man deceive you; he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous. He that committeth sin !nf thAffovfl." , "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin ; for His But children In school know as little of the Bible as they know of current events. In their minds ... i it is associated With the repres sive gloom of the ruritan Sab bath, with all that is solemn and severe. The Bible needs to be emanci pated from association with all that is dry and dull and made' to seem readable and companion able. Familiarity with the; text is almost Indispensable to skill in the use of our tongue, whether in writing or in speech. It needs to be made plain to some who have chiefly a vivacious knowl edge of its contents that it is a volume to read as well as to ra vere. Philadelphia Ledger, i MY SUPPLICATION the criminal. BELIEVE IX YOURSELF ine worm seldom takes a man at his true worth until about the time his tombstone gets tottery- People will never think much lot a man who does not honestly and justly think a great deal of The world would not amount to much if there had not been men throughout the ages of tlma whd, believed in themselves. Some were dreamers; more were ego ists; many fell short of their great ambitions; some stumbled upon Buccess; out in all cases seea remainem in mm, ana ne cannoi commit sin uecause nelfo0Undles3 is oorn oi iioa. "Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." "For .whosoever. is born of God overcometh the world." "This I say then, walk in the spirit, and ye shall not ful fill the lusts of the flesh: iii-j ai u..i .! i j il. n i. il i , auu mejr mat am viiiisi,o aovc iiumicu mc iitou vin i himself ; Th ttoit uHm, in tne airections and lusts. th world is h who haii in Verily, verily, I say unto you he that believeth in me, kis own rooda and know, how the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than to m the olher fellow think these Shall he do." the same war. All success in Ufa j, After reading these passages can it be necessary to tell h8 mor OT eB. a matter of any man who professes to believe the Bible that . to be a manship. but the finest salesman cnristian one must nave overcome nis natural, nesniy na- who ever lived win not succeed ture; that he must be so fully under the guidance of the Holy hf he li selling false goods epirit mat ne will OO no sm; ana inai no matter wnai ne Mak0 yourself, first of all. professes or thinks he is, his faith is to be judged by Ms worthy j of success. Be thorough life and works; indeed, that it is impossible for him to have a true faith without this holy life and its works. "By works Is faith made perfect." . Looked at m the light of the Scripture, what a . high calling and election" has one who has resolved to become a Christian who has determined that he will bring his own life so into harmony with God's, with Christ's, that he shall be a true follower of the living Christ! Should we degraaa Christ and belittle Christianity by announcing ourselves as Christians while we are yet 'under the domination of the natural man? Should we not rather keep on: praying for strength and struggling with ourselves until we can $0 show forth the spirit or Christ that it. will not be necess?Jry ,. w" . . A ' r ' A rn . r J mm mm m. mm- . ior us io proiess.to .De. nnsuans, xor our ine ana worns will proclaim this more eloquently than ay words? Upon the threshold of the day I My footsteps pause, the while pray Thy pardon for the wrong wrought Yesterday In deed or thought. In all my care and toil today ssena iortn Tny ngnt upon my way. Give faith to see, whate'er betide, My Elder Brother walks beside, Oh, grant me love that I may be A true reflection. Lord, of Thee. And help this troubled world to find i What God so loved SO LOVED mankind. Then give me grace, dear Lord. 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