THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1915.
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For the past ten days we have been trying to find room
for our big stock of goods in the new store, but find we have
NOT ENOUGH ROOM
We thought our big new store would hold all our regular stock and have room for the new goods coming
in for spring and summer. We are disappointed, and find we must leave goods packed away upstairs, or
SELL THEM AT ONCE
We have decided to sell. Many lines will go on sale Wednesday morning at
A SACRIFICE
We will mention only a few of the many lines placed on sale:
Mens Suits
Every suit in the house on sale at
$12.50
Includes all our new stock of "Oregon
Wool Fabrics."
Also a fine line of Young Men's Suits
and all Staple Suits in Hart Schaffner
tic Marx and other lines.
The Chance of the Year on Men's Suits
Boys' Suits
All our new $5.00 Suits cut to
$3.98
Big lot of $5 and $6 Suits, slightly dam
aged by dust while we were moving
$2.98
These bargains you cannot afford to
miss
Dress Goods
Cut One-third
All regular wool goods, such as Serges,
Voils, Poplins, Broadcloth, Suitings, Al
batross, Challies, etc. Just enough sold
to make room for new goods, and the
sale is off. All wool goods will be high
er for fall.
SUMMER GOODS
Regular 25c Crepes and Voiles 19c
Regular 35c Crepes and Voiles - 25c
Regular 50c Silk Crepes - - 39c
These prices and a few warm davs
will quickly reduce the stock.
Silks
Regular $1.50 Silks at
Regular $1.25 Silks at
Regular $1.00 Silks at
Regular 75c Silks at
$1.20
.98
.75
.55
To our customers that know our stock of silk and
the values offered at regular prices, these reductions
will come as a delightful surprise.
Ladies9 Shoes
All the latest styles in Pumps and High Tops
$4.00 Shoes now
3.50 Shoes now
3.00 Shoes now
2.50 Shoes now
$3.25
2.98
2.49
1.98
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Replies to Pastor Russell
Portland, Oregon, May 11. 1915.
To the Editor of the Polk County Ob
server: In two recent issues of your
paper you have given space to reports
of sermons by Pastor Russell In which,
Jn an endeavor to show that Christian
Science is unreasonable and unscrip
tural, he makes some very misleading
statements. In view of this fact I am
Hskins the courtesy of space in which
to reply.
After indicating a disposition to be
fair, and after having made several
references, of a kindly nature, to
Christian Science, Pastor Russell
launches Into an attempt to discredit
Its teachings. It Is not, however,
Christian Science which the gentle
man rinds to be unreasonable, but his
own misconceptions of It. A very Im
portant point to be remembered by all
readers off so-called criticisms of
Christian Science Is, that critics never
really assail Christian Science but in
stead erect a "man of straw," call It
Christian Science and proceed to hurl
ridicule and scriptural texts at it and
then marvel that Christian Science
moves serenely on, winning the favor
of ever-increasing multitudes.
The critic, referring to those who
have accepted Christian Science, says.
"Having no Intelligent knowledge of
the Bible, they were just In a condition
to fall an easy prey to 'Mother Eddy's'
errors.' It seems quite apparent that
by "Intelligent knowledge of the Bi
ble," Pastor Russel means his own in
terpretatlnn of It. How many Chris
tlan Scientists were familiar with the
Pastor's theories, before taking up
Christian Science, we cannot say. but
a very great many who bad been earn
est life-long students of the Bible have
turned to Christian Science and found
In the study ofl Its text book. Science
and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, a
real "Key to the Scriptures,' Proof,
demonstration, alone can give one an
"Intelligent knowledge of the Bible."
Science and Health has made it pos
sible to prove the Bible true "with
signs following." and, therefore, has
given Its students an "Intelligent
knowledge of the Bible."
The reason our brother fancies that
Christian Science Is Illogical to be
cause of the fact that he sees only
some of Mrs. Eddy's conclusions, but
has failed to look deeply enough into
her teachings to ascertain the logical
process by which these conclusions
have been reached. The teaching of
Christian Science that sin, disease and
death are non-existent is a conclusion
reached fn somewhat the following
manner: The Master taught that God
Is Spirit, and this Is, therefore, what
Christian Science teaches. In the 1st
Chapter of John we read, "In the be
ginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was
God. AH things were made by
him: and without him was not any
thing made that was made." All that
was made, all that has real existence,
was made by God, Spirit. In conclud
ing the 1st Chapter of Genesis it is
declared that "God saw everything
that he had maoe, and, behold, it was
very good." His creation, the creation
of Spirit, must be "after His kind,"
hence spiritual and good, and no ele
ment of materiality or evil Is, or can
be, Included In this spiritual creation.
Further we read In Eccleslastes "I
know that whatsoever God doeth. It
shall be forever; nothing can be put to
it, nor anything taken from It." Spir
it's creation is, therefore, not only per
fect but eternal, a creation to which
nothing can be added and from which
nothing can be taken. What to err
ing mortal sense appears as sin, dis
ease and death Has no place in God's
spiritual, perfect creation. Spirit's
creation remains Intact Through splr
itualisation of our thinking this crea
tion may be discerned, and as It is
discerned all sense of a creation apart
from God, a creation reeling beneath
a self-imposed burden of sin, sickness,
sorrow and death, will be wiped out
Christian Science does not deny that
from the standpoint of material sense,
sin, disease and death seem very real,
but it reveals the Christ way of super
ceding this false material sense testi
mony with the evidence of spiritual
sense. To the human sense of sight
as one looks down a railway track he
observes a point at which the rails
seem to meet This, however. Is but
an appearance to finite sense and is
due to the tact that the human sense
of sight is limited. Furthermore, It
ts not a real condition external to
consciousness, but is a purely mental
experience. In this, as In numerous
other instances, we have learned to
"judge not according to the appear
ance," but rather to depend upon our
understanding of the truth about the
matter. In the case of Jairus' daugh
ter, when, to material sense, every evi
dence of death was apparent the Sa
viour denied this evidence saying,
"The maid Is not dead but sleepeth."
It was the Master's understanding of
Life as God and man as God's image
and likeness that made possible and
logical this denial of death. Paul
says "denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, right
eously, and godly, In this present
world." It ts the Master's logic and
the logic of Paul that Mrs. Eddy has
followed in reaching the conclusions
she has given to the world In Science
and Health.
Christian Science d.oes not teach us
to ignore evil, disease and death, but
teaches us that they are conditions of
the carnal or mortal mind, the noth
ingness of which is made apparent in
the degree that we let tfhat mind be In
us which was also In Christ Jesus.
Even as pupils in mathematics are not
taught to ignore mistakes but to cor
rect them, so In Christian Science we
are not taught to Ignore discordant
conditions, but to correct them. This
correction Is made possible through
a knowledge of God and man as His
image and likeness.
Our Master taught and practised
spiritual healing. Coupled with his
command to preach the gospel was
the command to heal the sick, and
his disciples were obedient He plain
ly taught that his works were to be
repeated by his followers. He said,
"He that believeth on me, the works
that I do shall he do also! and greater
works than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father." Paul healed
the sick and raised the dead. He
healed himself of the sting of a viper.
For three hundred years thereafter tli
healing works oft Christ Jesus were
continued. The vision of the healing
Christ then gradually became dimmed
through adherence to creed and dog
ma, and the healing sense departed.
With the re-discovery of the Christ
Science by Mary Baker Eddy In 1866,
began a "Restitution work," which is
a reinstatement of "primitive Chris
tianity and its lost element of healing
(Church Manual, page 17). Since
Mrs. Eddy's discovery of Christian
Science, multitudes of hopeless inva
lids have been healed, the sorrowing
comforted, and sinners regenerated
through the application of this new-
old Truth; and still the restoration
work goes on.
Christian Science does not teach
that "whoever dies merely commits
'mortal error,' " but teaches in accord
ance with the Scriptures that "the
wages of sin is death," and that with
the overcoming of sin, death itself
will disappear. Our brother asks,
"How do our Christian Science friends
expect to get everlasting life?' They
believe, as the great Master taught,
that "This is life eternal, that they
might know thee, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast
sent." They understand, therefore,
that it Is not through death but
through a knowledge of God and His
Christ that eternal life is to be gained.
One who really understands Chris
tian Science never attacks it, ftor
rightly understood it is both reason
able and scriptual.
F. ELMO ROBINSON.
Christian Science Committee on
Publication for Oregon.
INDEPENDENCE CROP SOLD.
Murphy Lot Is Taken at 10 and 104
Centa by Bolam.
The first transaction in spot hops re
ported some some time past was an
nounced Saturday, and it shows that
values have not materially declined
during the Inactive period. The lot
sold was that of Murphy, of Indepen
dence, 138 bales. Hal V. Bolam was
the purchaser. A part of the crop
brought 10 cents and the remainder
10 cents. It was one of the finest lots
produced tn the state in 1914. There
appears to be no demand for con
tracts. Reports as to the growth of
the coming crop are conflicting.
No Use For Legislature.
The Oregon State Grange, in con
vention at Tillamook, adopted a reso
lution favoring abolition of the pres
ent state legislature and substitution
of a law making body to be composed
of not more than fifteen members
elective for a four year term and to re
main In session continuously.
DELIVER, THAT PROMPTLY
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large. The picnic will be under the
auspices of the Buell school.
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