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titSzL w sundaymqrning, xanjar y 21 1923 - a - ' ' - - - l , i F - - - - (1. 4- Statesman , i; - Iaad lially. Eiieept Monday by ; : 1 THIS RTATK8MAN llrIlM8IlICJ COMPANY i 215 8. Coinmrciat I St.. ' Salem,' Oregoa (Portland Office, 627 Hoard of Trade Building. 1'Uone Automatic 611-93' ., v. til i; -- - . .. MKMBKIt ORTUB ASSOCIATED I'RKHS The Associated Press U exclusively entitled to the uae for publf- eatloa of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise ereaitea In tola paper and also the local new published herein.!. SR. J. Hendricks Stephen As- Stone ftaipn Glover Frank Jaakoskl . . ... . .-, i m m .!. ....Manager i. . . ; .Managing Editor . ..j. Caahier ....... ...Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23 Circulation Department, 681 Job Department. 683 Society Editor. 108 i Entered at the Poatofflce In Salem. Oregon, as second class matter 0 La : "T SPIRITUAL THINGS SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED t (Copyrighted by th San Jose Mercury) . r Among" thoughtful and open minded religious people there corner a growing belief that all spiritual truth comes to each individual through divine revelation and that without such, revelation no one really receives such truth. One who" has received the truth in thi3 way may try; to tell it to an other,, but unless the telling is 1 accompanied by Inspiration from' the Divine ; that carries conviction to the hearer that amounts to revelation, the listener does not receive the truth as it comes from God, but only such impressions as the-spoken word produces upon his mind. This not only applies to the teachings of spiritualleaders but as well to.the printed word, r even of the Bible. " : .. ; ; , .. ''-") u Religious people have believed and still believe that the Bible-contains the revelation of God to His children.;- The more liberal amdng them are now recognizing that even the truth of the Bible must be divinely revealed to each individ ual understanding to make certain that he has the truth God intends mah to receive from it- . " i ! In these days of keen and far reaching analysis those who believe that the Bible must be taken literally as it reads, from cover .to cover, are having rather a difficult time to maintain their position, and little by little some of them, but as yet by no means all, .are conceding that in the Old Testa ment and in parts of the New Testament human imperfec tion and belief nay haveentered into some of the statements made ihere that do not; read literally, convey the highest spiritual truth that God wishes His children to receive on the subject. ;V , j v v-l -l.::.:T .Those who malee these concessions are as a rule inclined , to insist that the words attributed to Jesus must be taken as i they read. ; The modern critics are now making an assault ' even upon this, position. These critics insist, that, not only the statements" of Jesus that are admittedly spoken in para , ble, but -many of h is statements not so" designated . must be j interpreted through divine revelation in order to obtain the j highest truth from them, j In this spirit they are 'even now reading the "Sermon on the Mount." And in Jesus words uttered shortly; before the crucifixion, itns claimed that His statements can not be taken literally as uttered. . v- -vH-vfS 7; ?7";r77: 7:7:7. Vw Jeius is quoted as saying," "If thy hand off end thee, "cut it off ; it is better, for thee to enter into life maimed, than -having two hands to go (into hell, into the; fire that never shall be quenched: Where he worm dieth not,, and the ' fire' "is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for- thee to enter halt into .life thanr having two feet to be cast into hell, into the ,f ire", that shall never be quenched ; Where- the worm dieth not, and the ' tire is' nbt quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, plucfc ) it put : it is better, for thee to enter the'kjngdom of God with hhe eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire r Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." i . . ... - These modern critics say that Jesus never intended that these statements should be understood and followed literally by those 'who believe in Him. .It has been pointed out that if this injunction is to be followed literally that it must logi-, c&lly apply to all members of the body. That if this is to be the rule of the Spiritual, the Christian life, and ordinary Christians- were to obey 'this! command i literally,; rnfct of them would soon be reduced to helpless and dependent cripples. - ."w .'i; ;-.. if " v , ' '""U ' . Further, says the modern critic, if the unfortunate and sinning believer should make all these terrible sacrifices, feeling that he was thus obeying the command of the blaster, would he be certain that by making .them, 11 inclination to sin would be taken out of his heart? 4 Of course no one can successfully contend that the above quoted words should be. understood and followed literally. The thought is put in rt dramatic and striking way in order more deeply to impress the reader. All of Jesus' teachings are intended to reach and change the heart the inner life of man. It is this inner man thaMle is striving to purify of every sinful, lowering or contaminating thought, desire ; or action, and He does, not command men to maim or destroy themselves for any cause. That would not change their hearts or purify their inner lives. An examination of many other recorded words tand com-, mands of Jesus which are not labeled as parables, seems to make it clear that they are not to be understood and followed literally. They are tot be interpreted in the light of Hi3 teachings. So declares the modern Biblical critic or student. Even the fundamentalists and the sticklers for a literal in terpretation of the Scriptures will be forced to admit that to always insist upon such an interpretation will make parts of the Bible absurd and ridiculous. Should not all such and every reader and student of the Bible remember that,! in the J the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto Him; neither carThe know them, because they are spiritually-discerned?" Should not all strive .to read the Scriptures as Paul declares that he sang and prayed, "With the spirit arid, with the un derstanding also ?" ' . , Until we are sure that we have had this illumination of the Spirit, is it not well not to be too dogmatic and too sure that everyone who does not understand the Scriptures1 as we do is an infidel or anti-Christ? ; 7 Sir Thomas ;Liptpn has. issued a challenge for a race-in 1924 for the America's cup; iTijis, a neigh bor remind? ;rns, is the cup that cheers but .' herer emigrates, r Los Angeles Is ' liagglnB that if all the buildings put up in that city In 1922' were placed side by side in a straight row they would stretch 252 miles; as far as from Lbs Angeles to Fresno. Id pro portion to her size, Salem prob ably did about as well last year, and will repeat the performance for a long time In the future. A California judge has allowed a divorce to a woman because her hucband has not kissed her for six months.v The judge thinks that to withhold the - customary kiss constitutes extreme and re peated cruelty. If any man In that jurisdiction -.cannot touch lips with hfs 'spouse once or twice a year1 he will be liable to have his marriage certificate taken away from him. ,...". , . The members of the ways and meansr committees of both houses of the legislature are unanimous In their sympathy . with' the idea of making the Oregon Tenitentl ary selC supporting. They j, will no doubt work out, a plan to give Governor 'Pierce' and Superinten dent Smithf a chance .to demon strate their ability to d this very thing, by putting ail the Idle men to work, at employments calcu lated tOf lift; the burden of sup porting f the prison, from the' shoulders of the taxpayers. The spinning of flax fiber Into twine will. do this; besides making. the beginnings of the greatest indus try in all -Oregon, for all time. - "... i- A PTBLIC STATEHKXT . FROM FORMK11 WARDEN'. ' . . J LEWIS. ' " ; .James Lewis, formerly wrden at the Oregon, penitentlaxy4.,'bas made the following statement rel ative to pardone and paroles, re cently issued by Acting Governor Ritner: - -, j. "I wish the public to under stand that the pardons and pa roles granted during the month, of December meet with my hearty approval. All of them werei upon the recommendation of the parole board , and the warden .of ? the pen itentiary", and most of them were with the consent or upon the re quest of the presiding judge or the prosecuting attorney. Several requests came from county sher iffs... In ..justice .to -Mr.; Ritner, the ? public should know, that all were either upon conditional par don or parole, and the' prisoners can be brought back in thejevenf of the violation of the conation imposed. It should also be. known that most of the men released were without friends or Influence to aid them In securing their free dom. Mr. Ritrier turned I down many applications' for pardons that were backed by strong In fluence ; and refused to consider anything but the actual merit of each request. - i.j ' "In T the past few years j there have been few pardons issued; and as a consequence there! were. a considerable number ot prison ers who were entitled, in the opin ion of the parole board and the warden,- to have their cases con gidfred. It Is' a well known fact I hat the life termer is '-the best behaved prisoner ; and the ' least likely to be a repeater. ' The'flrst consideration in 'putting' a man behind the bars is the pralectlon lf.the public, and the next is the reformation of; the men.'. It. is not the purpose of the law to send a man to prison for the punish ment in flirted. I would certainly recommend no man for pprole or pardon whom I considered a menace to society or whose con duct while in the prison did sot warrant the ' assumption that' he would go straight whe.i re leased. . i ' "If a man is entitled to get out of the penitentiary he is certainly entitled to go without It -being" advertised to (the world by" the newspapers. He should have an opportunity to secure employ ment and make a .living, and his family should not be subjected to the humiliation which would' result in such advertisement. Ther law at present makes it &' mis- demeanor for any person to wil lfully communicate to another any statement concerning a' prisoner pardoned or paroled, with the purpose or intent to deprive him of said employment. "Several of the prisoners par doned or paroled have seen ser vice "in th4 World war, and',- governor was of the, opinion, that such service should be taken into consideration. One.'of tbe:,bbs oaroled had an arm torn off by shrapnel" in the ,Argor)oe. Quite a .number of others " were bpygr nnder 20 years of age; to whom the penitentiary would be but a school for vice. ; vi "It costs the state about 525 per month for each prisoner In the - penitentiary. While this should only be a minor consider ation, there is no' logical reason why the state should be put to the expense of keeping men In the penitentiary when, in the opinion of the parole board and the warden the public would not suffer by their release." valleya," is a sufficiently well be. haved- river to- bel a comfortable stream to11 live' by ''excepting for a couple or three days every thirty years or so - ' And;' surely any river or any man or woman , ought; to .be al lowed a little fling once In a gen eration; provided ; that it ,or he. or she be. both beautiful, and "well behaved , and a bov.e 'suspicion all the rest of the time Who would Va.nV, better nelsh bors to live by? - ' ; . FILMING A FAD" Now they want to; film PtoL Emll Co'ie's'amiabie therapeutics. It. Is asked that thb professor him self star,ln-the offering and there Is a' salary' of $500o a week await ing him for hi appearance. There are no suggestion s a a .,to .the . scen ario; but it would- presumably be a Pollyanna 'affair body getlln every -day. with every better and better Jail Sentence. Not : . . 1 Sustained by Court DALI-AS, Or., .7dn. 20. (Spe cial 'to.. The' Statesman. )- Oliver Smith- of , Independence- was fined $250 by Judge Harry If. Belt this morning following,' a, verdict of guilty to fho charge 'of having liquor In his possession, brought Jn by " jury this week. - , i Smith ; was atr.e5.ted , in Inde pendence in December and At a trial thefe was finedi $500 'and given a six month's jail sentence. He! pleadad,. not; guilty; jto the. charge " aid " 'declared '"' that the Uquorha4"been,-pra'ced "In ' Us place of business" by enemies. '.'He' appealed me case io mo tinuu court. The Jury was out. several bonrs ..before; a verdkt could bo reached. ', ; . Smith has, sold 'out his Inter ests In Independence-since bis ar rest and has movettHo Portland, where lie ' will reside! In the fu ture. : ; j w ' ' .- Fine Kimball Plano'Miwt le Sold Will accept terms or $5 down, . $1.50 a week. 'This Kimball has been used but f In perfect condi tion and we wHJ accept It back, In , trade .and time- in ope year &V full price on , a new piano. . See this -piano-today. ..... Geo. C. -Will, 432 State Street ' A 102JI RRSOLTJ A little more deed and a little less creed, A Ifttle more giving and a little. less greed;. but one of the prisoners released r A little more bearing of other people's load. A Jittle jnore Godspeeds on the ll I dusty road; , A Jittle more rose, and a little less j 1 k. thorn ' I HTirrr SPORTS mm HUWOll WORK royyrighV 1923, Associated Edit on Tho Biggest JJtUe . Paper in the World Edited by John II. Millar For Boys and Girls .,-'. ' " Lessons in Trick Cartooning MRS. CLOTHES PIN I (Complete the big drawing by adding, one by one, the various lines shown In the series of small. key pictures below.) i, arrange fortunes. Besides, . those crazy: girls, if they. r, would only stop to think, would know that It is bad luck to'Meare tea In their cups. Every; drop is a tear, youjknow."? ' ' c ; i His i nose iri th': air. Fortune jnmped. galoshes Vfrst, Into the tea and started vigorously pull Ing tea leaves around "and;' ar ranging ;: them . in a fortune. "Let's see," he said, consulting his memoranda, "t have to put SHORT; STORY, JR. FoHuncri.Tho ?ea Cup ; Fairy r ... Vhen fortune, stepped 41nto the tea, .,"It'8 damp 'In these cups," - muttered he. - ..yie r "t don't like to shirk . Abit of my workt j1 But it's really . x as . hard two letters and a Jqurney in this cup. 7 I'd' lik to make them liappy letters.-, but with all these tears s how- can I? Ifs a shamei but - it .just .goes to -show how much people jcare about help inge me in my work." . : . "Oh, Clara, come on and tell our fortunes.": cried one. of-the g'rls, " picking ' up her 4 cup rand giving it such a shake1 that she nearly, spilled '.the little - fairy right out on the- table-cloth- r "Well, drink up all your tea," Clara replied. My but Fortune' was excited! At last they were really going tj take him serfously Quick ly he jumped 4 from one tea cup to another and dragged- tea leaves almost as big as he was up the sides of the cups. He made all kinds of pretty pictures in th girls ) cups, making many trips back to look at his memo-' randa t ' At; last, tired out, but with as the - last fortune' arranged, ife. jr-erched himself on the spout ot teapot - to rest. Clara - was can be." 1 1 . ; 1 . v "Goodness cried Fortune, as the he sat on theedge of "the -tea Just telling the second girl's for cup:: "i .'I,surc4y do :hate to" aplashltuno. "You J are, going - to' have around In ' tea; to my knees to'loUi of ; troublaf,-slie eaI4,i "See f j jinorn To sweeten the air for the sick and forlorn; l A little more sun and a little less f glum, And coins of gold for the uplift ; of the slum; 7 ' A little more Golden Rule in the t marts of trade; A little more sunshine and a lit tie les3 shade? " , A little' more respect for fathers and mothers, A little less stepping on the toes - of others; .V little less knocking and a little ' more cheer For the struggling hero who Is left in the rear; A little more love and a little less hate, A little more of neighborly- chat l at the gate; A" little more of, the helping hand by you and me,- . A, little lesa of this graveyard sen- - timentality; - ' A little more of flowers , in the - pathway of life, :, .vr i 4 A- little less on-coffins at the end of the strife. - 'i -pRobert A. Taylor.. all those tears." "Rah! Rah!" applauded For tune. He was glad- Clara had tcld her that. Maybe it 'would teach her to drink all ' her tea. The girl only : linked ! mer rily. "What - nonsense,"! she cried. "You really dhX believe such foolishness, do you ?" I "Of course not," the girls hastened ,to say.', . This j was too much fdrj " poor Fortune. With a queer- t little noise that sounded something like a groan,1 he turned 'aad divr. ed right down. Into the spout ot the - teapot. - But alas for For t i-ne! : Iffs gblashes were un buckle, -and mo he was r caught r the. spout lashes. That Fortune.5 by his . new go was the r end of f PICTURE PUZZLE , JACK.INHIS TRAVELS15T0Pftl i i jmi. -lJL 2 (..liMHj'hT T.l,l.-ib.-j3 (QTA 77 BUTHIS FATHER WENT OH TO f tCASfl 1 r i -1- . T-' ' -. - ' . y Gitre Not Orilyv bf Ybiir GobH but aloof your heart;, fpr-tjie' material gifts of life lose something of; their value unless the spirit of true generosity accompanies theni. Even a kind word at the right moment may do more lasting good to some fellow creature than cold money given in a spirit of self -righteousness, v -- -. " V ' - - . " '7-. . " -." - Generosity feeds tlie, heart. 7 'if yours is hungry; 7 share with those less fortunate what' little por- tion of happiness you may pdssess; . - . v Share with' others,'-not from a sense of duty, but' ' : from a sincere desire to. contribute, to the world's ' ! supply of kindness; to. help" people hot' becaus,e ; 7'7i ; they are just people, but because they are human beings with disappointments and .hopes .arid- dreams exactly like your. qwn. , ' . "... . . , ; : . - THIS IS NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK I Salem Woolen Mills Store C P; BISHOP, Proprietor? OUIt XOBL.U -STRKA3I Ksrea. AiW.r-!.r..gi..:;.,n , Winding Poets and song writers may warble more- about the Wabash and the Daddy of Waters and the Big .Muddy, bu la times ot flood It is mighty comforting to know that we live on the banks of the scenie Los Angeles. For there's nothing like a noble stream to raise the? dickens when it goes on a rampage. And when a stream runs through the 4"heart of city the more creek like it Is the more it appeals to the"artistic eyes of the near-by property own ers as they read of home wreck ing floods in other cities. . 7 Compared to the Willamette the , Los Angeles river may . not amount to much. Compared to the Missouri or. the Mississippi it-J may look like something the cat dragged in. But as a stream tor live! by, year in and year out. It has; all those noble streams back- Jed off the boards. ' Thus, shyly and hesitantly as is her wont, Los Angeles must once more bow and smile In the spot light as the hoitte of the most trustworthy and best behaved river in the United States. Los Angeles Times. , . . 7 ' 7 That may be a safe stretch of sand and pebbles and mud holes )p live by; but it is, no stream much of the time, and surely never a "noble stream." It is merely an arroyo. . i .. VThe "Beautiful Willamette," "Xcqra the Cascades' frozen gorg es, leaping plike a child at: nlav: Iden Ing " through th ; !i! if: - ' 9 f TV ' 1 '.-' ' ' 't :. " r ' ' - . . -. " . .-, -1 . - .--.t 4 . ' SSJUSp SSSfc1 ;SSO' WILTONS 'IT'E ARE displaying: a beautiful new line of worsted wool Wilton Rugs, made by such famous . makers as. Bigelow Carpet Co M. and J. AVhittalls- and A.' M. Kahraglush'an. - . k- - ' - t - . , . 'These rugs are in room sizes, in all the most new. and pleasing pat ern and, at pre-war prices . , . .... - .-- - ' .. - ., - . .... '. . 1 -.-..'"- i" " ' -- Our stock of Axminsters, Velvets' and Brussels is most complete ;AI Sizes? AH Styles All Patteras; AU Prjces .; Inlaii Linleurij, the kind for'which other, stores ask $lt65 per yard-our , - price .,........ ........ u. $l2S All felt base materials including Congoleum, Texoleum r and Fioor-Tex, others ask 75c per yd., oiir price 60c per yd. Printed Linoleum, all first quality, no seconds at 80c per yd. ' ? 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