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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. .
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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.
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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
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royyrighV 1923, Associated Edit on
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Edited by John II. Millar
For Boys and Girls
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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 ;
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