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' i- Jannary 23, 1925 -'V- j T !' f 1
REFUGE. STRENGTH, HELP: God Is our refuge and strength a
Yery present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1. : i
- PRAYER: Mar we trust Thee, O Lord, and not be afraid. S
THE BEAUTIFUL STORY
"Just now, while we are making preparations to begin
the fourteenth annual presentation of our Mission Play at
San Gabriel, we are thinking of the wonderful story that
California has to tell the world. And that it is perhaps the
most glamorous and most beautiful of all stories ever told.
"It must be true; otherwise how can it be explained that
year after year as the story is told on the stage of the old
playhouse at San Gabriel that the throngs that come to hear
the story" increase as year follows year: v And that many
people come over and over again, always returning, to "hear
the story, anew. :v ;"i : .7. i jt ' :t ".
. ''Other lands have stories to tell. But.when their stories
are rnin twotiia no not rppiti to
through they were delighted at first; But nobody ever grows
weary of the beautiful story of California. j ' 1
i ?Ihe Conductor of this poor blundering page feel? that
God -was yery good to him when he gave him the great priv
ilege of setting forth in pageantry and drama the forever
lovely story of our peerless California. -1 ;! f
- The above is from the page of the Los Angeles feTimes
Sunday Magazine conducted each week by John Steven Mc
Groarty, who wrote and put on the now world famous Mis--siori
Play at San Gabriel, near Los Angeles I - I
Which play, reciting the early history of California, has
become a great institution,' attracting people from all the
world and bringing a constantly increasing stream of money
from every where to give it better housing and improved
facilities. Some of the world's best actors participate! Fred
erick Warde played a part several seasons.! f I
The writer has spoken before of this example of the won
ders performed through the faithful work and : burning
enthusiasm of one man. , His friends call him great now.
But John Steven McGroarty was just a faithful newspaper
reporter and worker of Los Angeles ' fiSi i
This plus vision i plus enthusiasm and industry with
out vainglory or greed, asking nothing., fr himself, craving
everything for Ms state which he loved and for the story
of her beginnings . i 1 I,
Hence the Mission Play and its constantly widening in
fluence.
There is the same chance here at Salem. $ The first dwel
ing built, in what became Oregon's capital city still stands
here, where it was originally erected at 960 Broadway; now
part of a larger house, used as an apartment. The beginnigs
of Willamette University are here P ! -J ' !
; And the beginnings of civilization; and memorials of the
struggles that bound the Oregon Country; " to the United
States instead of the British Empire - ! 1
Here was the later quest of Jason after the, Golden
Fleece; here the Oberammergau of the Oregon Country; the
settings of the story of the Bridge of the Gods of the West
All the things that make the Mission Play of California
typical -of the beginnings of that commonwealth are found
here to make such a story of the laying of 1 the foundations
of Oregon, mother of states of the Pacific Northwest I
-And the appeal is wider than that. The appeal of the
"White Man's Book": that brought Jason Lee and his band
to the site of Salem is as wide as the world; it is to all the
people under the shining sun. a v'f' , ', -l
' Wanted, a man (or a woman) with a vision, with' enthus
iasm, with tireless industry and unflagging energy. ' -The
umexius ior sucn an one u wnw:, picpc nu puv uu me
Mission Play of Oregon. , i y ri j -v S j?f
.There is a news item printed elsewhere in The States
man of this morning telling a new story about the ; Jason
Lee Hou&, first dwelling for white people in Salem. It was
the Salem postoffice. It was the territorial treasury. It
was many other things, waiting to be. woven into a thrilling
story to endure throughout! the ages, y j i i
A true story, founded on facts, for truth here was stran
ger than fiction a true story , simply told, the very sim
plicity of which will make it glamorous. , I .f 3f S
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San Ysidoro, the saint watching over homes, nodded and
was off duty one night, when the modest dwelling of John
Steven "McGroarty burned. He called it his, "little high
house in the green Verdugo hills." -His friends far and wide
began sending him money to make up the loss of his house.
Before he could get word out to them all, a large sum. had
accumulated in this way and . McGroarty used not a cent
of it; he turned it all over to the building funds of the fission
Play, because his little high house was covered by insurance.
; x The author and maker of, the Oregon Mission Play must
be as unselfish, as loyal to.. the one purpose. . He will not
need wealth in, this world's goods. - But he will require wealth
in devotion and energy and singleness of purpose; a high
trder "of wealth in . these things. i - i 1 i -J
The railroads ought quickly to give the farmers tf the
Salem district the freight . rate they will heed in order, f o
grow sugar beets" for the Bellingham, WashV factory,? in hi
experimental way. The time is here now when the arrange
rricnts should be made, in order to get the right farmers,
with the right land, and with time to give tlje land the right
attention. i "
WHY OT THE PLXJPLE?
If the legislature is so certain
that the people do not want the
child labor amendment,: why not
submit It directly to the people?
. . H tr k mortmain
institutions and It is the practice
in Oregon. The plain fact Is the
"opponents , of - the " measure are
afraid to suuuiu li jo we peopie.
iney .snow it wttt i v ui
rrart'f nlly an overwhclmi'nsr 'votel
t ! , y -fnt that tbo prohi-
. ,.i Manager
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Society Editor
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Oregon, aa aocond-class natter
t'S
THAT NEVER GROWS OLD
wis n renemions m tnem. pven
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ted to the voters of the respective
states. - The result would ' have
been the same.) and opponents of
prohibition : would now. bej debar
red from setting up charges that
the majority of the American peo
ple are opposed to prohibition,
which was foisted upon them by
legislatures, yielding to organized
political pressure. r I ? 1 4 I
Moreover.. - the child . , labor
amendment presents an issue that
comes straight; to the thrpshold of
f b Atrirn '1,; ic. 'Tiir't 13
upon thtt Issue. The fathers and
mothers; of the 'land should say
whether control of the 'youth of
the nation should be taken from
the 48 states and yielded to the
federal ; congress, i The fathers
and mothers of this land are bet
ter capable of deciding whether
fney shall giro congress authority
to regulate, limit and prohibit
youthful indmstry up to the age of
18, or let It remain with the state.
In " theiry and It is sound
In theory -and it is sound
theory the people determine th
character of this government and
the composition of their constitu
tion. The legislature now In ses
sion could.- make no mistake in
squaring the action with,' that fun
damental principle of American
government, 'i
California adopted the amend
ment as a good business propo
sition, and so it would be for Ore
gon. , Oregon has superior child
labor laws -now. and it is import
ant to the business Interests of the
state that the competition of thej
low standard states be destroyed
by means of a federal law which
will bring. the backward in i line
with better regulations. ,
IS THIS TRUE? f i
. .Senator Bruce Dennis of La
Grande is a mighty level-headed
man. He came to Salem Sunday
before theegislature convened
and spentlie: litV around the
hoteL.'1 jtotelcomed .'by
ahybodyVejccfipoiieilueinber of
the senate. Commenting; pa this.
Senator Dennis' says: ' , ' "1 ; . ' 1
"You know, fealem does not go
very strong on extending the glad
hand to the outlying senators and
representatives. Unlike most cap
ital cities legislators are looked
upon as an evil which must be
borne - with rather than friends
who 'happen In their midst, who
enjoy opening bails and social
functions. By this we mean Sa
lem as a community, and it must
be understood that all in Salem
are of that frame of mind,: for
there are many, . many very fine,
hospitable souls here. Some of
them come from eastern Oregon
and locate in this staid commun
ity and of course they never lose
their hospitality. But the city
as a whole is not one that will get
up early in the morning or walk
a few blocks out of the way to
welcome a stranger within its por
tals." .
r"Is this a true Indictment? Cer
tainly we must admit that there
is a whole lot of truth in it. In
other state capitals the legislative
season is a social whirl. The first
families, prepare for it months in
advance and during the session
the members are feted in every
possible way. The result is that
they go away praising the capital
city. i . i " ,
Xow these members do not come
here to be feted, but they are
human beings, every one of them,
and they do like the ordinary at
tention which is paid . to distin
guished : visitors. For a period of
40 days they are the most import
ant people in Salem and they
should have attention accordingly.
Salem is not slow in asking a
whole lot of these men. and yet
it) extends to them ; fewer of the
average courtesies than is custom
ary. 'V : i ? -' ' m ' -u 'ii ;
We are sorry that -wee can not
contradict Senator Dennis indict
ment;" but we f hope tn'aV in an
other twof ," years ihai 'the same
charge can' not be,ustained.
XO LOXCJER
It used to be that we talked
about the poor, downtrodden lab
oring man, and many people sym
pathized with him tearfully. Those
things have been changed. Labor
ing men are ' fast becoming capi
talists and laborers are becoming
indeendent. Of course all the
grief now comes over those who
are not able to get labor, who
cannot get work. Those who get
work, get good wages, j and the
laboring people of the country
now have at least ten banks with
more being organized all the time.
One " big -brotherhood has , gone
into the coal business and the
miners are, out fighting it to a
finish because it is running non
union coal mines. .
However, all labor is simply
undeveloped capital, and laboring
men are learning to club together
and form financial cooperative in
stitutions.' not only -among 'the
farmers but among all the other
classes v - : i " ! - : '
A PITY
Secretaryj Hoover points out
that the government Is now upon
a wasteful economic basis; that
we are exporting foods that should
be consumed at home and import
ing foods to lessen home produc
tion. This Is an economic waste
that is bad for every citizen In
America.' The. farmers of course
are directly hit because they are
the "producers. We are importing,
for illustration,' enormous and in
creasing Quantities - of-- Vegetable
oils frtI i ristanf. Islands of the
Tacifio a::J Ifor.i China and ctJ3?r
tedljr an Inferior Bubsfitute ; fof
dairy products. If lit were not for
the severe competition or these in
ferior 'substitutes the American
dairy Industry could quickly' and
beneficially, be increased. i t
.The dairy, industry suffers from
double foreign competition from
these imported Vegetable oils on
the west coast of the United States
and from imports Of foreign but
ter and cheese from all parts of
the world and into all the large
ports of this country, r'j S ri-.
We are importing great quan
tities of tropical fruits, like ban
anas. ' The agriculture of the na
tion would.be" better off if "the
money drained away for these pro
ducts were spent for home-grown
products. - 'i I .
LEVYING TAXES
The Idea of levying taxes on
vices rather than virtues origin
ated with Napoleon Bonaparte.
He discovered that) people did not
object to those being taxed. On
this theory we ar4 levying a lot
of taxes variouslyj called Amuse
ments, and' they; were' taxed for a
time as petty vices, j It wasn't f airj
of course, and the taxes have prac
tically all been lifted, but there
are little petty vices which can be
taxed profitably and these should
be taxed because people complain
about them less than any other
kind, and people do not have to
use them.' i f 'I t,n,' ,.
NOTHIXGl YET
It must be admitted that so far
nothing has been found on Cleav
ef.',The documentary evidence to
which so much importance has
been attached has practically been
abandoned. Now-..hey', are after
oral testimony. The state is being
combed to find people to -testify
against Cleaver, ji ' j
1 We are not friendly to Cleaver,
but we do not believe that he 1
a crooks He is simply, a rough
specimen who doe$ not under
stand getting 1 along; with people,
and makes mistakes' on every
hand. There may be things in the
offing to get Cleaver, but so fap
those who vote against him . will
simply have to shut their eyes and
vote their prejudices. .
A DAXGEROUK MEAStHE
i The Banks! bill (which passed
the senate permitting aoneals otf
wtff.ofLJcepses f
needed in Portland put, it certain
ly is a dangerous' bill to' put i oil
the statute books, jit must' be re
called that laws are not for any
particular locality-, iut for all the
people, and if they! do not apply
today they will apply tomorrow. V
A license Is not a vested right.
It is a privilege, Jand a city coun
cil is the best allj-arOund judge of
that ' privilege, because the busi
ness conducted isj a business with
in the municipality; entirely,: and
the effect of it reflects upon the
city, either for good or for bad.
Mayor Baker of j Portland is op
posing the. measure, and he is
right. :,' I - f. -
HAItD LVCK
Albert "Richard Wetjen. the
famous Salem author now in Eng
land, finds himself n difficulties.
Wetjen is an Englishman, and
there has always Jteeu some ques
tion as to how he got Into this
country. I He had jdif ficulty in get
ting a passport to J go back, but
finally landed. Now his thoughts
are turning back to America and
Salem and he finds'rthat he, must
come in in the next quota as an
Englishman.., -f H.-:r.t i :
Wetjen is doing (a remarkable
work, and is a man with a great
future.' He has wonderful talent,
a - pleasing personality, and is a
clean writer. . J j ; ,
QUICK PROFICIENCY
-The Statesman IsJ in receipt' of
a proposition to teach any mem
ber of its staff to write songs in
six jweeks. ; This i is! "apparently a
new field and one that might be
overdone." A few yearsiaga every
body was writing scenarios. Now,
If everybody turnsto writing sbags
the world's popular (songs will bo
abundant. ) (;
. .The circular sUtea, tUat they
will warrant you to have a nation
al reputation in jsii weeks after
the six-weeks course is completed.
A FAMILlATt FACE
The people of Portland are ob
jecting to the proposed "statue of
Lincoln because theV say. it. does
not represent him aa they, knew
him. It takes Lincolnas a young
man,! whereas the 'public knows
Lincoln through the; pennies bear
ing bis likeness.! The point is
well taken. .The. statue should
look like the pennies. -
CHICHESTER "S FILLS
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JXSOJV IhX!AJU ihmd
r THE EPSKY PESTS
s 1- By, H. R Boordinan
What a lot of pests we meet in the
, office, shop, and street; .
You. will find fern everywhere-
' they're in their heydey. - .
There's the guy': who want a loan
- 's of a quarter or. a bone,
With, the promise he'll return it
on next pay day.
' ,' ') r'r.
There's the "doting parent" pest
who will brag like all pos
: : sessed, ; ; T iV j:
AH about the clever stuff his chil-
dren utter, -And
the simp who's in his teens
'with his 1 talk on "dames"
; and "queens,"
And the way be: puts the flappers
in a flutter.
There's another, we all know he
is fall of Radio- j v .
And he won't sign off as long as
you will listen;
There's the old "wise-cracker'j
pest .who will spring some
. ancient jest, 'v: , . . ,1
And will laugh until his eyes with
tear drops glisten. ( ; , r
There's the crazjrj "fresh-air" pest
who expands his - husky
chest -. y;v. . -. .- ; ' -When
he opens-wide the -window
for the breezes,
But the .biggest' pest out yet is
the man I: want to get,
He's the gink who says: 'Who is
she?" when he sneezes.
Saying; a Lot
The Boss: Ij don't see why
you can't collect? that account. It
ought to be as easy as pie."
Newly wed: "Nothing doing! It's
as hard as pie my wife bakes."
' : Gertrude Marie Heller.
A Knockout
' Florian: ; "Say, -black boy, did
yo' all see dat yella gal Ah had
wid "the las' night?"
George: ;'Hand dat elswhere,
niggah. She was nearer black
den Ah ma." I
' Florian: "Hugh! Dat gal am
so blonde she Uses sulpher fcr
face powder." f i
A CLOSE CALL 1X THK CANADI
L - ;n Uee young; men. today
AN WILDS
going out for winter sport with
Bkiis and toboggans,". - said the
grizzled explorer, . Dr. George A.
Baldpate. to Victor Van Horn re
cently, "my mind goe back to
a .morning when I .stood; on the
crest of the Laurentfan divide and
debated whetherI should be shot
in nv tracks -or take a, chance. :
"For ten v days I. had traveled
ponthward dragging a. fortune in
the purest gold that has ever come
out of the Cobalt fields. On the
last dav's run I discovered that 1
wag being followed by four half-breed-,
who, in some way, had
guessed the value of -my cargo."
Flight was my only hope. ,
"For 20 hours' I kent ahead of
hem. On the crest of the divide
they overtook me. " Their purpose
was all too plain - from the way
ther lined. up betw.een me and the
cliff beyond which I could see the
village of La Tuque and
safety.' It was then that. I made
my decision ' ! ; j "'"'"'-:
"Before they; "could "ihbot I
fired.4 purposely aiming low With
the. cunning of their "kind1, they
leaped, to avoid the shotK As they
did so, I shoved my toboggan for
ward, under them, and. had the
satisfaction of nearing it : crash
over the cliff- Instantly I rushed
them. In one struggling mass we
went over the cliff i together, I
managed to keep two of them be
low me.: They broke my fall;
also their , backs. It-was easy, to
despatch the pthf rs as a they were
severely stunned j. :
, "I made my way Into La. Tu
que where I found the toboggan
had arrived two hours before iet
We had a merry; evening In the
estaminet of old Mere Siganc, you
may be sure." ; ; ?
Treat' 'Em Rough
Molly: "Gee. Jack's beard has
scratched my face." . i ?
Dolly: ; "It lakes a lot' of cheek
to do . that," ,. j :, ; , , r .
i -rr-' Josephine Fitzgerald.
t!EV METHOD OF
li REDUCING FAT
. - - ' -
j Here's joyful new for rrerr flab
porasn who loves rood thinzn to rat
rspMiaUr tbosa who arn Aenyinfi theni
trVrrm thn-thiofs ther like mnat became
f their drslra to keei down their weight
or to redara the fat. with which UiCjr ara
already bard nL. j-: ' ? . , . i
. The famous Marmola Prerr5pton ha
beei put irp in eoTrnlent tablrt lorra
aad i mmH drvprieti werjrw'ner
at oaly one dollar per bax. : To rt tid
of fat steadily and easily, simply tak one
of theao little) tahleta after each meal
aad at bedtimo until yon hare reduced
yonr weight to woer yen want It. S Ke
wrinkles ar flahhiaeas will remaia to
sSow whore the fat ram oft."' : !
8ioil.lT nee Marmola Preaertptto Tai
lets oeeording to direction. The are
pleanant aad easy tin take. , Xo ruin or
eal r-rlatioa-rJt e r-roJar sm
t tha tablet. ., Tryj them dor just a few
weeks aad ret roso Its without , formr
throaptt u loor eleeea! of . tiresnan exercise
ad starvation ,4i. - fret them at any
rod drajr store. IE yotir drag it ahovld
t hexn. d street from tao Marmola
tJeneral Motors BnildinT. Dot!
he en4!n one dnltir. TTiom
: Dcadlj' Insult
The hardest blow to a woman
who drives a limousine is tp give
the right of way to another woman
with a flivver
THE TRICKY TRIOLET COUN.
j i ter .:; Ti ,
i Obi the Bum!
With tears1 she said 'fNo,
I cannot be rour wife,
He had! lots jot dough. 1
"But with tears she said "No
I must tell you to go,!
; ' And keep put of my life.
With tears she said t No;
For you: eat with your knife.
Frances Raab.
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At the; Country Store j ;
She asked
to see a rolling pin.
And many- were the wise cracks
. , made,1 .j u x '-. Iif
THE BLIGHT OF
1
Mertorjk
San Jose
If riirist hver organized His
mflnfletl them so to orffanize it
So far apji record shows H? nejep put forth a1 creed, us we
understandatbat termj and Idemaiided I that al His followers
should accept ".It; as a! prerequisite! to His favor. 1 In fact. He
neverfajd jnuch abotit beliefs,! dogmas, or doctrinal points.
His broad message is addressed to all men everywhere, no mat
ter what may be their ideas or ireliQus inheritancel He seems
never to have contemplated that it Vas to become the possession
of any exclusive organization qf.mbn. Jew and Gentile, relig
ious devotee and scoffer all lire to become heirs to His all
embracing inspiration and lovej 1 1 j i j ?
But He did condemn the life lof the dogmatists and sectarians
and denounced! in unmeasured : terms their hypberisy in doing
and living so far short of their high professions. . All of the
Gospels are full of beautiful exhortations to pure, holy, spiritual
living, to unselfish, helpful service id men, and to the constant,
daily worship of God: "in spirit andjin truth." In them instead
of statements of merely intellectual religious beliefs, we find
the Sermon on the Mount, the loftiest moral and religious code
ever brought to the world, j In the place of dogmatism' we find
parables strikingly enforcing His lejssons of every day life and
illustrating the high spiritual truths that lie taught 'and lived
In the place' of j threats of divine: vengeance and the terrors of
the world to come we have His gospel of divine, love and His
statementj that the kingdom of iGocj is tf come jwithm us, and
that it is not a place or location or 4n outward form of celestial
government.. '- 'I'l" "iv' illi'h 'rJt-"-i'ij ; ,: ' . '
According! to the record we have, it was some? time after nis
message was given to the world before His followers began or
ganizing themselves into churchek j 4 TJje "organizations very
soon begafi.tp engage n: fiejceL8ectar!ian,sWuggle& i In the early
Christian centuries, therchUrch was 'often torn with schism' and
dissension! many times about matters that now 6eem quite trivial
to some of us. Owing to the prevai ing ignorance of that early
time and the general lack of reaV spiritual growth aud develop
ment, this' theological controversial spirit is not sol surprising.
But this early developed tendency to place greater, emphasis
upon dogmatic questions of belief ard abstract. theological theo
ries than upon solid spiritual attain: nents' and the development
of the perfect Christian spirit-and' character has conie down
even to this day. '
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Recently the conviction is taking possession of many Chris
tians that creeds and dogmas and sectarian aifd theological con
troversies,! so far from being Christianity are unchristian and
really irreligious; that these; are thej things' jthatl stand most in
the way of the religion of Christ conquering! the; world and be
coming. the universal faith of mankind-ilil-H f;T -;:j "-','.;:'
K. A. Doan, secretary of the DiHiples Missionary Society,
has recentlyj returned from a visit ti many lands where he has
been observinr the work of Christian! imissiions.;j In ian address
before the rpcent International
Christ, held at Cleveland, Ohio,
Century. MrJ Doan declares that
of the world "he was everywhere struck with the number of
labels offered to the non-Christians.
label, as if Christianity could be
contain a be
Mr.:Doan.
fer quality of Christian
thinks that the Creates
neCtiOrt with
the: earthquake in
sent of encouragement from
or in Japan toward the establishmei of iriycibser union be?
tween Christian forces.. -,This is the saddest thing ! contemplate
in connection with Christianity in japan" filxi Jubbalporei
India, another communion has built fa, seminary within a few
hundred yards of a Disciple seminary!.' An attempt to. co-operate
fell throiigh': because of theological "questions..- Two weak
institutions feebly representing Christianity." "In the Philip
pines the partisan spirit in the varipus bodies of Christians is
enough. to break one's heart." ! t- I ' ; ; ; ' . . 'I ;
How can j Christians expect the increasing intelligence of
Japan, China, India, the .Philippines or anV other non-Christian
nation to accept a religion about the essentials of which its own
missionaries and exponents do not agree? i A religion whose fol
lowers arc split up into a mass of differing and warring sects
is not and can never be an appealing, convincing; or inspiring
Spectacle. i'"'t'-' j :-.;"'-!-''''f'h; ijl'liitT II .'-irrr --h-lf; ;. '.
. .:;!- - 'I'e ::L t : ., j'j j ! f (:!.! f --- . -: .' , " . fi- '" '
One doe? not need to go to Japan India pr . the Philippines to
get an object lesson showing what sectarianism is doing for re
ligion. -Plenty of sueh j object Tessons are to be found in this
country, f 'Asinine denominationalism,, says Dr. Burr, pro
fessor of thp Kansas State Agricultural College,' is the cause
of the failure o the rural church:"f He : "declares; that the dif
ferent denominations must co-operate or see the rural church
fail utterly. Rural ; churches are little, failing institutions be
cause in the towns where they do exist there arc too many of
them. f i The rural people want a united -church. I
have seen three church groups go to work together and raise
an ample salary for a full-time pastor, only to have their hopes
blasted; byjdenpminatioal. influence from the outside." And in
the cities, what a different result religion might accomplish if
dcnommationalism were eliminated and all the churches joined
in a 1 United,! raililant assault upon the power of levill What
kind of a fight could an army make if all of its .divisions were
operating" independently and even f ightiiig ' among themselves T
Such . an army would, not only wage a losing fight, it" would
bring certain; disaster .upon itself: t ? ""? i
A great arid glorious day will dawn for Christianity when the
conviction comes to the great body of Christians that Jesus did
not come, in order to. establish a new sect, or-a lot of new sects
upon the earth, or to substitute a new, superstition for the old
forms. He came to bririsr a new life to men. to irive them Knirit-
ual reality for'superstition; light
CotnwBT, I inifli an1 n t-it T nm n tT. i .T. . . unu. i ,t - .7!
nd of.weo.SnaX"t lifa --J-f :ri:3,Tl lifi !nnl tlnf i .-.v u-"; ..... 1
With bere. swink' and there, a
srins '' ' ! . " i
And one man shouted "Help!
i Oh, Min!" I '-
And all ran oat as If afraid.
She asked to see & rolling pin
And thus got kidded poor old
maid!
- ' Louise tJllman.
i Watchful WaiUng
Ellen, a child j of five, . said to
her mother -onei day,' "Mother,
Rigs Is a good watch dog."
"Why?", asked. Ellen's mother.
"Because he's always watching
to!
r something to eat." .
i . '., Hilda Bloom.
Dallas officials
iDailasf, January f 24.. , W.
Harcombe, local j attorney, was
elected president of the . Dallas
Commercial club for 1925 at, a
meeting of the new board of dir
ectors last night. ! J. R. Craven
wa s chosen as vice' president and
Eugene Hayter and Mrs. Winnie
Braden were re-elected as treas
urer and secretary Respectively,
i Mr. Harcombe suceeds C. B.
Sundberg as president of the club.
N. L. Guy was pamed to fill a
vacancy on the new board of dir
ectlorsf. : .''. .: ' - fl : '.'.'.
SECTARIANISM
! Cbpyrigiit 19?1
followers into a ch
or com-
is hot recorded iajthe Gospels.
;i: ' Mij
- i. .,l MJ ! i
Convention of the Disciples of
and
during his visit to the missions
The stress is out on the
put
up in cans, some of which
.relignJthan.'tners.'.' ; '
Christian tragedy m con
Japan "13 the almost entire ab
the missionary boards in America
for ignorance and to regenerate
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conveys io most people the
idea of advancing age. Our
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have this division line and to
the casual observer are indi.
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read or we distant objects per.
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. 301-4 Oregon Bldg.
SALEM j ; OREQOX
THOUGHTS FOR EVERY - DAY
'. By Bklitor J. B. Tarkcr of Tlie
Conway (Arkansas) News
a
i ,
Say, you with your worries,
really have little to worry about
if youi will just look about you
and see what the other fellow U
facing. ,1
you won't have to look far.
just around the corner, maybe,
without finding someone who has
so much mbre to worry about than
tfrxt.: thaf 11lA.AfiftA, ( . will m.t.i.
you too ashamed to even com
plain about your little worries.
And the' persons with real biz
troubles as a rule never let other
people know about them if they
can in any way meet and over
come theni. ,They have learned
self-control, they see that their
neighbors likewise have worries
and therefore are careful not to
add to their worries.
Quite often most worries are
largely imaginery born of dis
content, selfishness, envy, .and
disregard, for S the comfort pf
others. ' . f -
As a rule, if one lives up to the
standard of "Service Above Self
they will be kept so happily bu;-y
trying to be loyal to high and en
nobling . ideals and to be helpful
to others that they will not hava
any idle time to devote to useless
and unnecessary worrying then
selves.
I FUTURE DATES
;
January 27-31 iuclusire Annual pm
ilf n.tisrjr sliow.
January 27, Tuesday Kuigbls of Py
thias entertainment.
, t'ebruary 3; Tuesday Third annual
ronrert. Women's Auxiliary. YMCA. r'ir t
Mthodist church.
1'abruary 7j Batorday Uabata, Willam
tta oairarsity va. l.'aiTarsity of Waat Vir
Ciaa -
aiarch IS tn 14. Thursday to Sstnr
day AnnnaJ Orcain Stat Championship
baaketbaU toaraaaaot, WiUamaita aairrr
aity. I - -
March 14. i Saturday rag-oa Physicsl
Education asaociatioa macUaf. Willsm
stvs unirarsity. . . -.
."Money should be divorced from
politics." j " i
I don't know. There's n cou
ple that get along 'without dis
agreement.? Boston Transcript-
EVANGELIST IS -C0L1ING
TO CITY
v ; i "
Betts to Open Revival
- On Sunday , at
.. . ; Tabernacle
Rev. Frederick J. Betts. of New
York City; the evangelist ho
held two revival campaigns 1n Fa
lem for over a month each about
two vears auo.
iinnounced today-
.hat he will hold
tnother. startine
iunaay anenw
in the Allian
rabernacle. Ferry
n o r Cottase-
The meetings w ill
continue for four
weeks or more.
the evangelist
Evangelist said.
X X KM They will b"
conducted under the same ar
rangement I &a before, under jp"
auspices of the Christian and M"'
tlMirv, AlIiano T!pt. and
li E. Caswell, pastors.
"The meetings will be hold.
rm ' . . j lit., thll KMn-
I'.Yangeusi tseiis tiu. km " .
purpose of giving out the Bsl!f'
as Christ 'commanded and
apostles obeyed, s for spirit, sovn
and body the edification or,,D,.
Church of Christ and the good
Salem and vicinity." , nn
They will be held daily "at '
and-7:3Q (except Monday). in"
sick and afHicted will be pr!
for at'these-services. Music wiu
be furnished by a chorus choir i
by Mr. and Mrs, H. L. Stenbers.
aii VA , DlA-'irvo . vi tuto-' ' -
"Iule." a V.enatcheo Indian" - .
c-Tvert- J!i neetings held ct
i ..' t : Us la ?t winter w
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