The Oregon statesman., December 11, 1921, Page 12, Image 12

THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1921
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the Sa!em district. AVe seldom
Lave much snow or severe freez
ing weather aft?r the 1'jth at
a
January.
The last English soldier ha
left France and gone home. A
lot of water lias jjoiio over the
wheel of tho world since thiy
first landed there in 191-1.
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SOME RELIGIOUS MISTAKES
' (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury) -Some
years ago the great religious iconoclast of the last
century went about the country delivering a lecture entitled,
'The Mistakes of Moses." He did not claim to know much
about Moses; nobody does. But he pointed out in an enter
taining and somewhat irreverent manner many inconsist
encies and conflicts in the different parts of the Scriptures,
find especially jn the Old Testament, which; inconsistencies
tirid conflicts are patent enough if the Bible is always to be
taken literally just as it reads. The first mistake thegreat
iconoclast made is that the Bible is to be taken jus as it
reads. He had not learned that it is a spiritual book and like
all things spiritual must be spiritually discerned and inter
preted. ,
i ' His. second mistake was in supposing that in this age it
makes any great difference to the world or to religion how
many mistakes Moses may have made. These mistakes can
not change the existence and reality of God, nor the fact
that He is our Father, the author of our beings, and as such
has given each of us something of His own life. These mis
takes can not affect the: development of this divine life in
us nor prevent thxoming of .the spirit of Christ into out
hearts. Nothing but our own mistakes, indolence and in
difference can do that. And so if Moses did make many and
irrievous mistakes that need not disturb us very much, if at
ull.v 'If in the ages past anyone else, thought to be a prophet
r-r holy or sacred, made mistakes, we need not despair. The
Father is as mindful of His children today as He was in
Moses' day; His spirit is just as pervasive, penetrating and
powerful as it ever has been in the history of the world; and
jf we put ourselves into harmony with His life by thinking
pure thoughts, living clean lives and striving to know His
truth and do His will, we may be just as conscious of His
presence, may hear His words of admonition and command,
:ind be as certain of. His life and .'truth as Moses was or as
any one has ever been. Thisis the most vital religious truth
in the world.
The greatest mistake -that the religious world has made
and is. still making is that of living altogether too much in
the past, IThe road tor eternity lies ahead not behind; the
rates of : heaven iswjng forward; not backward f the , sun of
righteousness 4hat will arise 'and reveal; to you the kingdom
)f heaven within yourself will shine upon your face only when
it is turned forward, not backward. Looking always back to
Calvary; is not the way to spiritual strength and glory: At
the risk of seeming, to mahy to be blasphemous and un-Chris-tian
it must be stated that the world of this day is not to be
aved by theChrist that so many think of as crucified on
Ualvarybut'bjr the-present,-living, eternal Christ that can
:nly be born, that is to arise, in the hearts and lives o today.
So .many Christians think .of their Christ as in Jerusalem
nearly' tWo thousand years ago; they regret that they." had
not lived and been with Him there and then. They love to
think of, the place upon the earth where He first breathed
the breath of life, where He walked, where He spoke the word
of GcxL where He did His jniracles, where He was crucified,
of th sepulcher where He was buried and from which He
rose. Instead of iwasting time and strength dreaming about
these physical things and wishing that you might have
walked with Him in Galilee, better be sure that you are
walking with Him here; better be preparing His manger in
your own purified, and humbled heart; better be certain that
you are not crucifying Him and thrusting the spear into,His
side by, your own brutality, selfishness and sin; better' be
looking for His resurrection in your own life. f
The disciples and apostles did not spend much time hang
ing around the sepulcher from which the spirit had departed.
They were not-long in getting active in the upper chamber,
vhich typifies the higher part of, their own natures. Here
by, prayer and supplication they-prepared themselves for the
oming of the Holy Spirit of God which filled, them with the
ame spiritual life that animated their Master and thaten
ibledthem to do His works and manifest-His, spirit. The
modern follower of Christ will make4 no mistake in following
his example of v the early disciples. .
The past, though it may have been glorious, is dead. Even
.f this' past "have lessons for us, religion, in order5 to be-, of
value to men, must be now alive and pulsating, full of burst
ng, spiritual life. The present Christ, the Christ in us, alone
an save us. Paul must have understood this, for he says:
'But if the spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead
Iwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall
ilso qniicken jour mortal bodies by His spirit that dwelieth
n you; '
Are not many of our good, conscientious preachers and
evangelists making a mistake in so emphasizing the literal,
.hysical blood of Christ as necessary to salvation Is it not
ibout time that the world got a'way from the old pagan idea
hat gome innocent blood must be shed before there can be
my remission of stn,.before God can forgive? Think of what
i being of brutality and impotence such an idea makesof
Jod I "Somebody or something must be killed before God
an save His children. Think of it! .
The blood of -man is his life; by reason of its circulation
io lives. So the blood of Christ is typical of His life, ot the
pirityal power that was in Him. It is this that is shed for
nanylin which there is saving power. It is this which is
hejhope of the world: This life, this spirit, when it is come
n our Jlesh, in your life and mine, twill be our Saviour. When
,ve possess it, when we live in it and walk in it, we shall be
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The war for peace has just en
tered its fourth year and it is
going . strong.
whiskers and still be only seven
years old. 13 ut the thought U
worth keeping, anyhow. Womeu
who! would .spare themselves from
the ravages of the years should
rca The Stitesmaa for a feW
hours every day.
THE GERMAN' 1'ROGRAM
, Next J week, tho dayatwill begiu
o grow, longer. .
Christmas f shopper. , Jtcit,Me
lerks ;bt Salem on-the jump ye
'rday.' Did Salem ?ver sec.a
There are a
uslcr ; Saturday?
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IwHh-r . 11 ' ind 14 Tnndr :Liinl
Vm)niwhir Apolls rlub rn-rrt with
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J.inaary t;, Atunicipiil election".
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couple of busier onc Ja4 -ahead,
however.
vShiploads,of player pianos are
going to Africa. More toup!i work"
for tlie: nilssionariea. ''
' There ? are 40 female, lawyer?
in Los Angeles f'Port'a has qttlte
a. following. ,v . !; '-'" . ;
. If we' 'jrot Vhrough the next fotii
weeks without "enow and freezing
tveathcrrthls wlll"b9 recorded at
onVVtl'wlfAcwInfprftif
After all. the peace parl:yer-
have agendatd more than we
really thought they would v. hen
they tet in. Exchange. Tin-y arc
agreoably surprising miliiona of
people throughout the wide worlJ.
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TORV
OF HIS.
The celebration of the tercen
tenary of the landing of the Pil
grims at Plymouth has. aside
from its pageantry, a serious mes
sage to the people of today. It
turns the mind to those early
times when men thought it worth
while to brave any hardship, to
endure any fate, rather than to
deny the God of their bolief.
In the history of these stern
and rigid people are many pages
that do not redound to their
credit. The quality of mercy did
not temper their justice. Dut
they were strong in one thing:
They had the courage of. their
convictions. They believed in a
God to be feared more than a God
to be loved. They believed that
all wrong-doing merited punish
ment and they had the hardihood
to carry out the decrees of jus
tice as they saw it.
They were honest; they were
courageous, they were just; but
they, were not, .when all is said
and; done, a lovable people.
They have passed and their de
scendants are growing fewer as
the years go by. It is not alono
the Mayflower descendants who
are rearing the future citizens.
It la also those of many race-i
who have come across the seas
on a mission much like that which
animated the Pilgrim Fathers:
The desire to attain a greater lib
erty, a larger freedom.
The Puritans were the trail
blazers. They did the'r work.
To be descended from them in
blood is something to cherish. To
be on with them In ideals is with
in the. reach of all. Lynn Item.
AT THK "ZERO HOUR'
A famous f'nancier recently ob
served that 5:03 o'clock In the
afternoon for most persons is tho
most important 'part of the whole
day.
"The ninth hour, and not the
eleventh," he said, "is the hour of
destiny. At three minutes ofter ."
your day's work is done. You
are about to use or squander four
or five precious hours of your
own time. All day you have been
working for somebody else. Short
ly after 5 o'clock you are called
upon to make an important de
cision for yourself,
."At 5:03 o'clock three out of
e-Tery ten -persons ara hurrying
to .the telephone to make a 'date'
for the evening. Probably four
are getting listlessly into their
wrp for the journey home to a
wasted evening.
"The remaining three well,
look out for them. Some of them
are working overtime on , their
jobs. For the company? Well,
perhaps, but primarily for them
selves and their future. Others
are planning a busy evening at
some night school.
' "Check up on yourself at three
minutes after 3.'' New York
Sun.
A IIAITIST fOXFKRKXCE
Columbus Baptists have great
faith in the final outcome of the
limitation of armaments confer
ence now in session in Washing
ton, "It positively cannot fail," a
Baptist friend pointed out to the
Observer the other day. and upon
inquiry as to his ultra-optimism'
received this little reminder:
'.'Secretary of State Hughes,
who is chairman of " the confer
ence, is a Baptist; President Har
ding is a Baptist; tha Rev. Mr.
Abernathy, who opened the con-"
Terence with an invocation, is 3
Baptist minister; ' Premier Lloyd
George, who will later be in at
tendance.' is' a Rarptist; Secre
tary of Iabar Davis, who is at
tending In an advisary capacity,'
and-the representative. from Aus
tralia, are both Baptists." Columbus-Dispatch.
YEARS AXP THE NEWS
Germany is said to be urging
a consortium of Great Britain,
France, Germany and the United
States for the economic exploita
tion and devcloment of Russia.
Each nation should furnish such
goods and materials as it pro
duced, and the problems of f.n
ance and exchange should b han
died in bulk. Germany should
have her share credited upon the
all'ed bills against ber for repar
ations. This idea of capitalizing
Russia's needs in order to extend
Germany's economic program is
not new; but that Germany
should he anxious to share with
her former foes is (he rcw feat
ure Tossibly a realization tha
without this co-operation the plan
'S impossibl-3 is responsible for
the pugfrestion. Incidentally, Ger
.many proposes a moratorium on
her obligations to the allies until
the consortium is established. The
question is, can a consortium a..u
moratorium be driven as a match
ed team?
COPY-HOOK MAXIMS
The founder of the state health
department In New York at tha
ago of 98. says that reading news
papers keeps people young. II
has been reading six of 'em a
day for a great many years and
claims to know; 4 At that rate an
cxc1ranonfof,,f'i!aVe-'wtfl
A prominent man in the ante
world is advocating another copy
book book maxim to be used in
the schools, "Playing in the
streets i3 'dangerous." He faols
sure that if the children were
compelled to write this in their
copy-books there would b9 ..a
marked decrease in accidents to
children ' '
Nevertheless, any person of
middle agj can remeir.ber many
worthy maxims that were written
in the coj-y-hooki at school whit h,
had they b-jen taken to hetrt.
would have saved some of us old
er folks a good deal of later
trouble.
One can remember them per
fectly, all tin way from tho early
bird to the stitch in time, the sUk
purse and tho sow's ear. the more
haste and the less speed, the lock
before you' leap, and all the rest
of them.
But . somehow thpy always re
mained abstract maxims not ne
cessarily intended for persona)
application.
However, it is pleasant to knov.
that some one still retains his
faith in copy-hook maxims an t
evidently an rrdent belief that the
modern child is more receptively
Impressionable than the one ..f
previous" eras.
Because the society and
club pages go to press un
usually early Saturday, it is
necessary that reports of so
cial affairs and clnb notices
b- in tire Statesman office
Friday evening or early Sat
urday. No rejtorts will be
received in future later than
4 o'clock Saturday after
noon unless by spec:al ar
rangement in the cas of
meetings held Saturday af
ternoon. The pocietj-' editor
is in the office from 1 until
4 o'clock and from 7 until 10
every day.
nnal sale of seals is hern bel.
Mrs. George White -will hive
charge of the sale of sea's at Mil
ler's ftore the comlnjc week atn I
the P. E O. Sisterhood will have
charge of tho Kafourye while
Mrs. Grow C. Bellinger will
have charge at Ladd & Bush's
bank. The Salem Woman's club
has had tali charge of the work
In Salem and th. sale will con-,
tlnue until Christmas.
CLUBS AND I
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES
cording to officers of t!ie proup.
A special meeting to elect oft cers
will be held next Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Walter .1. Kirk.
The Modern Writers met. will.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clifford -this
week and enjoyed an interesting
program. Ann ns those contribut
ing to the program were Mrs. W.
F. Fargo, who read an article
vhich appeared recently in ill-?
American Cookery magazine, for
which she is a regular contribu
tor. Mi.s Grace Smith. M'ss
Audred Bunch. Mrs. J. M. Clif
ford and Mr. Clifford gave inter
esting contributions.
The next meeting will bo held
at the home of Mrs Bvron Brunk,
who will entertain with Mrs. Ger
trude Robinson Ross.
L The Birds Christmas carol will
be given at the state tuberculos
is sanitorium Christmas eve by
the Sihalo corps of the Girl Re
serves. This corps is from the
Washington junior high school
and i? under the leadership of
Miss Eva L. Scott, former girls
work secretary of the Y. W. C A.
Gertrude Robinson Ross of Sa
lem has a poem in the December
issue of tte Catholic World
Monthly. The poem which is for
fh Christmas season is entitled
"Nativitv."
With former Emperor Charles
and Queen Zita landed at Fun
chal, their future, home, we may
expect the neighbors, to orgairz?
a "shower" in their behalf.
Underwear
The Real Test
The real test of your un
derwear comes after the
first washing.
R A. Underwear is CUT
not SHRUNK to size. So
R. A. fits you as long as it
lasts and it lasts for two
or three seasons if prop
erly washed. ...
The finest of cotton, the
perfect seams, the rein
. forcement at points where
the strain comes, the gen
erous fullness at the. hips
and bust all this means
wear and comfort.
Made for women and chil
dren in medium and heavy
weight unions or separate
garments.
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J. C ROULETTE & SONS
HACERSTOWN. MD. -,
Manufacturer of R. A. Underwear
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OREGON" CITY, Or.. Dec 10.
The Woman's club at its meet
ing Thursday, appointed a com
mittee to investigate and determ- j
Hie wnat may be none to stop the
destruction of trees in the auto
mobile park by poisonous sulphnr
fufnes from the local mills.
Jit was pointed out that Tacnma
anil Butte. found a reined y from
p. similar evil, and that Oregon
City must find a remedy In order
tO preserve the scenic beauty ot
this section.
The first sale of Christmas
seils held in the state by the Ov
goji Tuberculosis association in
1S13 netted 4.S26.r9; last year
$9s.00r was realized . and this
yefcr the goal is $4 5,000. These
arid other interesting and signi'i
Cait facts pertaining to the
grfjwth and development of tho
association w'ere brought out by
thj executive secretary. Mrs Sa
die Orr-Dunbar in an address giv--e
Wednesday 'before the Oregon
Social Workers association.
'""From irn-mall beginning the
work has spread throughout the
state, public health nursing dem
onstrations have been mad-o with
suceess fn 1 7 counties, in each of
which public haalth associations
now.exist. A total of 20,000 Ore.
gon-' children are enrolled in 'the
mo'dern health crusade, a cam
paign for inculcating habits . of
health and hygiene. Nuroerm5
general, tuberculosis and baby
clinics have been held and case
findlng surveys have been con
ducted. It is for the purpose of
further extending the public
health work that the preset! an-
A Christmas Thought
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Coats - Furs - Afternoon
arid Evening Gowns"
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In order to foduce our stock .and make room for the new early spring
styles which will arrive early in January we have decided to sacri
fice our cnljrc stock of these garments at prices lower than we have
offered for imany years.
Gowns
Our entrancing array of afternoon arid evening gowns has been sorted
into Jots arjd priced as follows:
Lot No. 1 Formerly $75 to $95,
now - j $67.50
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Lot No. 2 Formerly $55 to $75,
now :--f- $49.50
Lot No. 3 Fornierly $45 to $55,
now $39.50
Lot No. 4 Formerly $35 to $45,
now r $29.50
Lot No. 5 Formerly $30 to $35.
nm ; - $22.50
Lot No. 6 Special assorted, lot,
formerly priced as high as
$32.50, ' now....l.. g 5 Q
Hats !
Hats that formerly sold for from.$10.00 to $18.50--100 in the lot 50
new ones jujt added a beautiful assortmentyor choice rn6w5 75
Fur Hats, Sjnart Mid-season Hatsand the new Slipper'Satm Hats
.. hivuiy ''uuu juicc, ranging irom...
FUrS and A Fuh and Fur Coals VI
Fur Coats . (fw ' ?eiR
FurCpats)
$7.50 to $15
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