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. ' i : . j ' ' i ... , THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON ;, ,., . . t... I SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1921 Issued Dally Except Monday by THK STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY - 215 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 627 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic (2759) MEMBER OP TILE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication, of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks ....Manager Stephen A. Stone Managing Editor Ralph Glover Cashier Frank Jaakoskl v ....... , Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 58S Job Department, 5 S3 - Society Editor, .101 Entered at the Poatof flee In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. WHAT KIND OF A GOD DO YOU WORSHIP? E . .... betterl Home life is disappear log. Los. Angeles Times. Pos sibly in Los Angeles, but not everywhere. Not in Salem. j One; of the colleges has ex pelled its football captain be cause he was behind in his stud ies. Is higher education deteriorating? ! Salem j. is looking for a man. Speculations a man who can or gan izej the flax industry anl carry it through to the making of tjwinesj and linen fabrics. There i here a field worthy of one of the big men of the world. f (Copyrighted by The Sari Jose Mercury) - , Several weeks ago the above question was asked by one of our subscribers, and the question, evidently asked in all seriousness, deserves some answer. The Conception of God which each man has will corre spond to his intelligence and spiritual development, the con ception of the savage being primitive,' weak and physical, while the highly developed spiritual individual understands that it is impossible for finite man to have any adequate conception of the Infinite . Since "God is a Spirit," the less we strive to get an intellectual conception, of His person ality, the nearer to a true understanding of Him we shall doubtless come. ' The God that too many worship is the one created for them in childhood and youth by their parents and religious teachers Their minds being then undeveloped and childish, u can have only a childish conception of God. This conception they find it' hard to discard when they reach maturity, and " many never succeed in doing it They continue to think of God as a sort of super-man sitting on a beautiful throne - with a TeAl material, gold scepter in His hand, ruling His comparatively circumscribed domain in some far away cor ner of the universe, after the manner of an earthly king. .They cannot conceive of Him as an all-pervading, all-embracing, all-animating, all-controlling Spirit of the universe, who through His spirit reaches, animates and rules the far thest corners of His creation Yet this is the God revealed to us in the New Testament, who as Paul says, "Is in all and ' through all and in you, all." This is the God whom we try to worship.' ' ' i , . ,; . ' ' . Yes, God presumably had the power to make the world, less than six thousand years ago, just as we see it, in one literal, day of twenty-four hours, and the next day to make ; all the fishes, birds and beasts as they now exist. But if He did not do it, the question of His power to do it that way is purely academic If the evidence is overwhelming in fact, incontrovertible--that the earth has been millions of years in the making, and that "for ages any form of animal life could not, did not exist upon it, that would seem to settle it. ; Presumably God "is capable of preparing a fish big enouorh to swallow Jonah.", but many people find it hard to believe that an all-wise and all-DOwerful God found it neces sary to set aside His established laws and arrest the diges tive operations of this fish, which operations in the natural course of things would in three days have made Jonah a part of the anatomy of. the fish, in order to give Jonah a much needed lesson in obedience. Some prefer to understand this utorv as ft symbolical representation of the condition into ivhich one comes who refuses to need the voice of his Maker; Ihe darkness, slime and-other conditions in the belly of the v lish being typical oi tne mprai ana spiritual conaiuuns ti 'Will surround such a one until he is willing to obey the voice of God. A ; J . , , Presumably i also God had wisdom and power enough when He established His laws for the government of the universe to make, them so perfect and all-embracing as to fit every possible condition that eVer did or ever could arise. Presumably He has never found it necessary to set these laws aside or to establish others in order to correct His own mistakes; has never been obliged to do some extraordinary thine in order to natch un any cart of His creation. He haa- known the purpose and end of His creation and every nart nt t fmm the beffinnincr. and none of His creatures can or ever did thwart that purpose in the least degree. To be lieve otherwise is to doubt the infinite wisdom or power of God or both; r ; . Many of the most intelligent and honest people m the world, while accepting tne demonstrated iacis oi science, atni helieve in the Bible as a sDiritual book and try to under stand and interpret it so that it will harmonize with these farts "nncmatism never did and never will destroy or alter the truth. All religious people would do well to bear this in mind and not dogmatically deny tne trutns oi science unui they have conscientiously examined the evidence supporting . i . Finnllv. we trv to worshiD the God of love, the Father, whom. Jesus revealed,' not an austere, brutal, unfeeling being full of anger; one who loves and cares lor au xiis cnuuren even those who are errinsr and sinful, and loves them so wel that He will not let one of them suffer longer than is neces sary to cause him to turn from sin and make him strong and rio-hteous. the true SDiritual child of this Father. As the chastisement of the wise and loving earthly parent is always administered for the good of the child, so the trials and struggles, of life are but God's rod of correction to cause us to lorsaKe evil ana wane in tne straignt ana imnuw n.j "y And how are we to worshiD this err eat Spirit of Love "ii t spirit and truth," as Jesus says we must? Certainly not in - mere lip service or only in words of praise and adoration, however loftv and inspiring. Our souls must bow to Him in humility- in readiness and determination to do His will in love for Him and all His children; in wilingness yea in eao-emess to serve Him bv serving and ministering to His creatures. The truth in which we are to worship is no less than the truth revealed in the life of Jesus. This truth can . be no nart of our true worship except as we incorporate i in our lives. Manifesting the spirit and the life of Christ this is to worship God in spirit and in truth. Nothing less is As one of .the greatest of the poets has said, ( j . . "He prayeth well who loveth well, - , . Both man and bird and beast ; i .""' v- He prayeth best who loveth best " All thing, both great and small ; For the dear God that loveth us, He made and loveth all.' J The moral atmosphere that ex ifts Inj Washington and in the!) United States during the sessions of the disarmament conference may hare a profound effect jn the trend of the discussion. It will influence the actual results of thQ meeting.: There is need of a feeling of optimism all around. Whin Marshal! Foch visits Los Angeles he will be entertained by French residents, of that city. In order 1 that the distinguished Frenchman may not distress him self bj eating heavy food, an old fashioned French dinner of vege tables; will be served, the sort Foch jwas accustomed to before his" name filled the trump of tame. I It was a mistake in President Harding In not referring to Cap tain Jinks when he addressed the marines the other day. In Zion' City it Is against the law for a woman to display her collarbone.J And the flue is V shaped. 5 ' . It is proposed to pause for a moment of prayer" on Armistice day, but whether for the safety of - dmoracy threugbot4 -.the vorld or for the American con- gross has not yet been. fully de termlned.- Exchange. . WORK GLADDENS You can't overwork. God Al mighty intended this wonderful mechanism called the human tody to work. It is working all the time. Did you ever think of that? i Think of it once more! his heart of yours pumps on 72 times a minute from the mo ment) that ft takes its first beat untiljit dies, at 56 years or 60 years! or 100. It pumps 4320 times anv. hour, ; 103,680 times a 1 i' day. ( - Everything in j us is constructed to work. Everything in us is constructed to carry big loads, big burdens. This human hand it's a mas terpiece of mechanics. This spin al column it's constructed to hold your body up, and teams of horses pulling in opposite direc tions! could scarcely pull it apart God intended! us to work. He madej it necessary for us to work Whether you know it or not, your day's! work lights up the glad side of your ledger.) And Idleness is oss. 1 The happiest! moments in the life of a man are those in which he is at his best, Intellectually and physically, working at high' speed with the .greatest necessity for good judgment and quick action. Then, if he has troubles, he forgets them in the exhilira tion j of; the hour. Whether he knows if or not; his actual, every day (employment is his biggest boon! to happiness. Charles E Lawyer in Forbes Magazine. ' 1 Foch dispatched this mesage: 'My right wing is crumbling,! my left is menaced. I can hold .this position no longer. I am g6icg forward to attack." Some dciuDt has been thrown upon the authen ticity of these details, but (the fr-ct remains that FocVs counter attack helped largely to 4ave France and civilization in that first and perhaps gravest crisis. If those were not Foch'a-j e- act words in 1914 they at lieat reflect something of his spirit and courage when called to thej u preme command of the allied arm ies in the crisis of 1918 when the Germans had launched their last and greatest stroke. Asked what he did when deBtiny seemed again to hang in, the balance he said simply that he smoked his pipe. Upon another occasion the report seems authentic that through a long and silent hour he was seen on his knees in a little French church in a Tillage near the fight ing zone. Those who read history some times wonder even concerning history's greatest figures whether they were as able and brilliant as they are painted, or whether their greatness was thrust upon them by fortunate circumstances which would have carried other men to equal triumph. It is not likely that such a question j will often be raised in regard to Mar shal Foch. There is evidence be yond the supreme evidence of victory that he is a man oi re markable and brilliant mind.! No one can read his lectures on mili tary strategy, which were deliv ered some time before the ! war to the French equivalent of, our war college, without being pro foundly Impressed with the grasp, the force and the luminous clarity of his mind. Ono does not need to be a soldier by profession to know that they could only have been written by a great military leader. If, as used to be Isaid, Gladstone could make a treasury statement interesting to the aver age man; Foch can lend a veri table fascination to the hjghe. principles of strategy. When Marshal Joffre came over with the French commission in 1917 America found him . 4 strong but kindly and lovable fig ure and understood at orco why the French pollu called him "Papa Joffre.' Marshal Foch has.seenf ed, from a distance, a grea. but somewhat st?ner figure. Yet la his message to America sent by wireless from m'.d-ocean, there is suggested a warmer .natnra: thfi some may hava suspected, VI know they love me over ther-V' said the taarcLal. "but I! love them too." America is ready both to love and to honor him. t j THE NEW DENVER They are having a reform move- men$ in Denver. The little top- spinning game j of put and take has been outlawed by the police nd jtbe city government. Like wise! a man had been arrested for playing the old' fashioned pastime 01 poKer ana tne court nas sen tencd him to six months. That is evidently their idea in that wildj and wooly city of making the punishment fit the crime. MARSHAL FOCH is lost ; in the all-surrounding height. It is the cruelest of crowded places in which to be solitary. Xew York Times. THE RAGGLD REFORMERS Nebraska citizens wV.o are un happily mated in politics are for ming a new party. For the mo ment they are calling themselves independent Progressives, but this title will probably be boiitd down for the christening. The organ ization is made up of old-time Populists, Socialists and other brands of vagrant political thought, with a sprinkling of rad icals from Democratic and Repub lican ranks. It is the grand army of the discordant and discontented and its major purpose is to plo up Wall street and plant it to timothy. The members are quite emphatic in denunciation of the present administration. The rea sons are not very coherent, but the chief objection to the Repub lican organization is that it Is in power. The new party is against any man or group holding power or office. It will preach the gos pel, of the upside down and the wrong side out. quired his employer. "Mattah?" echoed Rastus. "I'se been nigh 'bout ruined, boss. Mah wife done beat me ,up and dea gone off an ler me.' "Well, it's too bad;she beat you np. but since she's gone it might have been worse," consoled his bOSS. . ' i ' "Yeah, but dat ain't all." per sisted Rastus. Jes, 'foah mah wife ler she opened de chicken-house doah and all de chickens done flew out and went home!" Dallas Jfews -Our observation is that trhen a .man marries for money be finds it a long . tln between pay days. ; , Wisdom is always known by the company it keeps out of. - THE SOCIAL SIDE A Detroit girl who was marrie over, tne. telephone - nas oaen granted a divorce. She got the wrong number... . ',. (Springfield Republican) America welcomes in Marshal Foe h not merely the greatest sol dier; of these times but, measured by tie victory; which he personi fies,! the greatest since Napoleon. His victory, unlike Napoleon's while it lasted, was for civiliza tion 'and not for personal glory or empire,! Foch had a larger and more difficult ! task than that of V0n Moltke when, in 1870,! the hollow i sham of military power under Napoleon the Little cruni-. bledj before, the highly organized German armies in the war which Bismarck bad i provoked in order that he might crush France and create a German empire. There are three stories which seem to personify Marshal Foch and; bis diverse traits of brilliance, courage and Inspired determina tion. In the j first battle of tha Marne it was; reported that Le seni repeated requests for rein forcements to Marshal Joffre. who could not respond because the French reserves were exhausted. Finally, according . to the story. The wife of the president is said to have rather upset social Washington by indicating,! that hereafter the wives of senator? will have precedence over the cabinet ladies in the line at offic ial functions. There doesn't seem to be any warrant for the change. It is just a feminine fancy, j Mrs Harding was once tne wife; of a senator and she knows how the wives of senators feel about it Almost any outsider would, hold that in social and public life a cabinet officer should hold the edge over a senator. Naturally, the wives would follow in like order. Some one suggests that it would take something morel than a tip from the first lady of the land, however, to give the house hold of a La Follette social pres tige beyond that of the secretary of state. DOWX AND OUT DIVORCE AND ELOPEMENT One of the local judges says he will not grant divorces to those who wed in haste that is, not unless the evidence is such as makes the decree imperative. If the judges would hold to this rule there would be fewer divorce cases; out that is no sign that run away marriages would be les sened. When certain young folks think they are in love they are immune to reason. The experi ences of those who have gone be-. fore are as nothing to them. The only practical safety valve is for the state to require a printed no tice and the elapse of 10 days or more before a ceremony can be performed. The showing of the divorce courts furnishes neither Interest nor warning to lovers. Los Angeles Times. Rastas was terribly depressed both . physically and mentally. "What's the matter, Rastus?" in- r iLii itn " ; .3 ---( 1 yin We Still Insist YOU CAN DO At BETTER i t mj H sky 3t III w m&K I ; 1 ! For men now at prices anyone can afford, so you don't need to wait! The new styles are here and priced very reasonable. J It used to be that women de lighted to ' spend eveninga al 1 home. Neibhborhood visits,' '-or sitting quietly in one's housi reading or talking of the topic otthe day, were the rule, L All this has changed and not for th FUTURE DATES ; Xoembr 5. I 6atnrdr Smt aannal Beeinc of Maritfn coontr Pmrent-TUseb- er oriaUa. High tcbool. KoTmk.r I, ToMij KzaoiinatioBo Katlonal GnaHxntea tor antraaca t Wm PoiaL Balem Armorr. KflTinber I. Taetdar Stwlal cfoctioa in Folk county' on 170,000 road tax ler. i 'i . . i. N'ornnbrr S. TnnA a y Admiral Mayo U addrna Kiwaai- ClnV NorBiber 18,1 Wodnpaday - Aaaaat WillaiMtto BaiTmity rraa-eraatrjr: race. Nvatailr 91, IS and S Mariaa aoaa r IT .a m m . taal ' cr - - ? . , Ix-n)w 4, iSnaday Elks afaawrUt arvica, ttttit TaMMf. , ' i It is reported that the 'soviet government of Russia now pro poses to recognize the foreign debts of the God-forsaken coun try. But what if It does? j Sup posing Lenin does recognize the financial obligation of Russia to this country? It is one thing for a debtor to admit that he! owes. Paying it is what counts.! The world will not only have to for give Russia Us debts, but will probably have to set it on its fin ancial feet once more before it can earn its own keep. I ALOXE IX NEW YORK Coningsby Dawson thus de scribes New York and his first night in it: j All that first night after; land ing I wandered New York;! I was too amazed to sleep and tod lone ly. I have been a stranger in many cities, but of them ail New York is the most dauntingl New York is high and wide and grand, but therp is something pitiless in Its grandeur. There is no lisp of footsteps alonij its pavements, it3 very streets sounds are ah anvil chant of strife. It rises, clad in armor of Concrete and girders, wading down the Atlantic,' a Go liath among cities, while its head thrusts back the stars. 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