rfay Evening, Fobruary 14, 1925
THE EUGENE GUARD
Pago Seven
At The Churches Sunday
.... tJraatJViM'iail
?taui and l'erl. ltev. A.
Hoi'r auto'. Mrs. UuU,
il"t rT...-r. oraaiust. Sunday
l'. .. y 45. a A- L-oulu, general
aool 9' il'. will 111 mtl til
I you i"" our -'1'001 ud to
I"0,', Maruin wurenip wnivU
it 11 o'e""' the pastor
a' 0B the tbeme, "A hediaiit
.. ite large cnorus choir will
'L BWl Wave" lUuunod)
" i-eamou sings, "O Slastei-
u. Vslk Vi,B Tl"e" (Suck''-
l M! 'i f ,rrvice meets fur study
.rtwi v ..,ednc and in-
"'. . moil graUfTing, tlie top-
!i. and practical, the disciw
"Xii of iniormation. Enroll this
V. ' .H ret the benelit o the
'"riutmiug evenings. At 7:45 tne
"V .m ,ive the thifd of a series
',,,:. on "What is there . n
. The quartet will sing
IKW?"-.. m Tim West" (Salter).
" ...,i.n will loin in fa-
'"i-fkyniM, snd the evening's ser
'r..?). ,n,iuded at 8:16. Christ-
""f-ndrsvor sod Westminster lea
i" . ii-'iit fnp rluvotionuls and
"o'clock ju'n tno "huo1 o er"
-..i ..i,h the oastor k-aihtis.
! r ronsideratiuu -The First
untie t Jl'8U8-" ';riPt"re le6son
1-11. A cordinl invitation is
J'e'd for all of tnesc service.-, and
I be Eld to welcome you to our
i..,,,in if not connected with
Ja, otUer or sre a stranger in our
idn. .
First congregational
. . ii..b minister. 10 n. R.
Frra -'
, 11 a. m.. momma wor
theme: "The Lost
m9 ... tin Your Person;"
b, s- K" No evcmus
rri.
First Baptist.
,.' f wisnth and Pearl streets.
llirlei K. Uunham, pastor. Arab
. iaa iniiuii. director. - Bible
Jiool meets at U.45, W. It. Lord, su-
uniiieBueDi. ....,.
V.-i, Tin. itHstor will oreacU the
Lnion. Uis subject being, "tan God
B, Hocked?" i'lie sermon will be prc-
..... ..-;n inir the the offeratorv.
V God, Sly Father" (Marstonl.
Ike jouog people's devotional incet-a-j
at 0:30. Evening aervices at 7:3i.
.... t i'inrnre orr will brine the
nuOni message. Special music for
ike evening is the antnem, -j.ne jving
iJLok" tSbelley) and an otfertory
.... T1.A f I1H Uneeeil Croas." b.v
Tirginin Frasier. A big Union prayer
artling in preparation for tlie De-
ir.-on.niitio mmtiaizD will he
M a tiiis courch on Thursdaly nigh:
i.irnalional Bible Students."
TSik IniPrliSllonal iiiuie tStudeulh
ttt W. U. W. hall, jOigntu and
lflcoln, every Sunday at 2:M p. iu.
lot cls study. We nave with us to
ut Brother S. U. Toutjean ol New
lttk. All interested are cordially in
line to meet with ua.
.' ., ",UU lulw' "X I'rovtet View
of (lie Christ." Christian. Endeavor
meets promptly at 0:3o p. m. jn a
must helpful serviie. I'readiing aud
worship at 7:oU. Sermon suujcct,
lho .Necessity f ji0,m s,.ruluu
subjects for the week will be: .Mon
day ChriMiau Liberty (with cliarl);
Tuesday The Cliristiau's Constant
Campauiou '.with cliarl); Wednesday
Confessing Christ; Thursday
Christians, or liiscinles of Christ;
Friday Condemning Our Idols. All
are invited, aud each will be made
welcome. I'lmp.h l.nit.i: it.i.
and Columbia streets.
First Methodist Episcopal
J. Franklin Haas, 1). Li., minister.
Church school at 0:43, Dr. C. K.
Hunt, leading. We have classes for
all ages. If you are not attending
Sunday school anywhere else, we in
vite you to enroll with us. Morning
service of sermon and song at 11. The
address of the morning will be deliv
ered, by .Mr. J. W. Day of l'orllasd,
Oregon, slate manager of the life in
surance company. Mr. Davis is a
leading layman of Oregon Methodism,
and knows not only the local, but the
nationwide situation in his church.
We invite you to come and hear this
busy business man preach a lay ser
mon. Kpwortb lA'ngue ut (l:ao. Wes
ley club social hour at r:'tl. Open
Forum at U:3U. This will be the st
Sunday that our young people will
meet iu the church for their meetings
until uftcr the revival campaign is
over. Evening seriuuu by lho pastor
on the theme, "A Christian in a
Crisis." An informsl song service
leu oy toe pastor will prtceue tne
sermon. Special music throughout
the day is announced by .Mr. John
Stark Evans as follows: Morsing nt
11: Anthem Lead, Kindly L.ght,
Jenkins Mr. Krvson and choir; olo
Uod, My Father, Dubois Mr. Fur.
ry. Evening at iO: Anthem Oh
liow Amiable, West choir. Monday
evening the 1". M. W. Circlo will meet
with Mrs. Sweetser, 1TM Alder. Mcs
dames Christcusou and Urigham has
tesaes. Mrs. Haas will lead the de
votions, aud Mrs. tlilstrnp will bring
the evening message. Do not forget
about the holders anil tea towels.
The W. II. M. S. will meet Tuesday
afternoon at 'J:'M in the church par
lors. Mrs. (Jilslrap will review the
lesson. Mrs. Starbuck's committee
will be hostesses. Tuesday, special
all-day meeting of Division u, with
Mra. Listen, loll Lincolu. Come at
ten aud bring covered dish. Wednes
day afteruoou at '2:30 Circle Four
of the W. F. M. S. will meet with
Mrs. Seaver, !!7- W. Oth. All mem
bers urged to be present.
Seventh Day Adventist
Spvpniii .md Cuarnelton. T. M.
Langberg, pastor, phone 910-J. Sab
bath school, U:4o a. lu., church ser
vices, 11 a. in., young peoples meet
ing 3 p. iu., prayer meeting, Wed
nesday 8 n. in. I'ublic welcome to
all meetings.
'" ' "Grace Lutheran, t -Corner
Llcventu avenue cast and
fury street. It. Troutmanu, pastor.
iunuay school 10 a. in. uivine Ber
lin U . m. llible cms 7.4o p. m.
1 cordial welcome.
First Christian
Oil and Eleventh street. E. V. Sti-
nts, pastor, lu spite of a stormy
ttiiuy there were USU present in
siMly school last Sunday. We were
unruled. Ne are expecting however,
res a favorable day trom the stund
rom ol the weather, a much better
atuidsnce this Sunday. Suuduy inoru
if it 'JAo the school meets, aud we
ut not only the mcmuers, but all
Utiie who uo nut attend bunuio '
kbmI eisewiiere to be with us ou j
tut day. There are classes tor every j
mwno will attend, e hope this in-1
iiution will be laacn seriously by an
m read it. Sunday morning Dr. oti-
tfi speaks on the suoject, "John tne
Kiptist and tne Lamb ot Uod." This is
my inecinl subject and ho urges
ui attendance of ail. The music uuiu-
mniiir sunuay are, a cnoir nuuinti,
v.ungmg to jisiia," at the morning
atriee aud at the evening hour Mra.
Mtritgham Kings, "No Other One
iu Jesua.'' Sunday evening two tab
kiu will be given, "The Expulsion
tl Hilar" and "llngar's Loneliness in
tt Wilderness." These will precede
lermon os the subject, "The Dis
iihohjb ol Being Good." We urge
iw to enjoy these popular evening
wiwa. 'Die beautiful tableaux, the
B' Sing" led by l'rot. llobgatt, the
"Sort, to the point sermons, and the
OTi ol worshinfulness throughout
J the icrvice, accounts for tho tre-
i'twooi crowds. We extend our
'my invitation to all the services.
Springfield Methodist-Episcopal
(Ebbert Memorial). Hoosevelt's
ten reasons "Why 1 Go to Church"
will suggest the theme for the eve
ning message. The Queen Esther
girls will present's pantomime at the
fireside hour of 7:110, preceding the
sermon. The morning theme at 11
o'clock will bo 'The Bridge Build
ers." The choir has provided special
niusic both morning aud evening. Tho
school meets at l):4o. Also the pas
tor's training class. Epworth League
at 6:.'10. F. L. Moore is the minister
at "The Church of the Cordial Wel
come."
"uod, a. ,.iam pu.ioi, Suuday
school at 10 a. in., classes for ail
sues and ages with competent teach
crb. i'raiso aud preacumg service
i 11 a. m. Crusader's meeting at
5:"U p. ui. and evangelistic services
t 7:o0 p. m. lteimar meetiug ou
luesilay at i :45 uuu Uivinc Healing
serviie on Friuay evening at 11:45.
These meetings are a source of in
spiration to sick aud sufteriug people.
Uo invite you to a'l the meetings
and know you will f.nd them prom
uble. I pn request we will play for
the sick iu their homes. Telephone
lll!-lj.
with no religious affiliations Include i
six Masons, and all three of those .
whose religious affiliations are un-
: kuown are Masons."
i "While much Is being laid of the j
, decline of the influence of the church," i
I says the board of temperance, "these j
figures bring out strikingly the tact
that the little churches ou Main
I street, the meeting bouse iu the Wild
wood and the big city churches are
still furnishing the intelligence aud
character whiih direct the destinies
of the nation.
"America was founded b.v men who
were, in the main devoted believers in
the Christian faith and the nation will
not go far astray so long ss it Is di
rected according to the principles ot
the Fatherhood of God snd the bro
therhood of man. ss laid down by the
Christian church."
BRYAN'S WEEKLY BIBLE TALK
First Unitarian
East Kli'vemb avpuue at Ferry at.
Miira.ng service it lu.-lj o'clock wtU
suriuuu by (lie pastor, i t auk,
.iiUy btrriuuu-tupic: "Liucoin. 'lut
CeeMer." 'Itie toiuibi at tout sservni
bo Violet 'AliiU, cuntraito. 1W
cuurcu siiioui nice i at lue clone tt
tho morning service, lu toe Hound
Xalilo eiut8 iht subject lur discudttiou
will bt; "Luuui'iuu uciu'L iu i. ittyi-r.
J'lie Womeu's A.Iiauco will meet Tu
vmlay uticruuo m tae ciub room ot
the ihuicU at 2:A) o'clock tor a
busiuesa uossiua to be lotocu'iiy a
prugratu nice tun; and Silver tea. Mas
Sue iicduUet will givu a lam on
"My "ir irip Abroad.' 'lue pro
tfram will be giveu t i o'dock. Mum
uda are prtviiet d to bring guests.
London In Clutches Of
Cross-Word Craze
Puzzle Worken Seen In Many
Public Placet
Trimly Lutheran
Corner liib and rearl, Overt Skil
bred, pastor. Miuduy scbool, U:-Ij a,
in., Kutli Uilbertsuu, superiiiteuiient.
ini8 is a KLaaed aihoui and ail in
American, lucre u room tur you.
Keuietuuer you are weicome. ine
services Huuday wilt be conducted by
Itev. u. ii . iiviigeii. Jiotu iue nium
uig aud the evening services are con
ducted in American. ISueeUl music by
tne ciior. i'iease come. The choir
practice- on educsdayt 7;oU p. m.
ibe Ladies A.d meets on Thuraduy
at li:iiU p. m. I'rouraui and recep
tion tor new uiemuers on Friday iroui
7:0 p. in. Loutn mauls on utur
day, 10 a. m.
Church of God
Third aud Monroe street. Minnie
UirK'oner, pastor. Bible si-bool, iu
a. in. lu. a. Fogies, superintendeat,
A. C. Head, assisiuui. a good cmss
tor everyoue with a good teacber.
i'reaibinjf service at 1l a. m. The
pastor will speuK ou I lie subject of
"Christ's Message to the Church at
I'urgainos,' ltev, li:l"J-17. louug
peoples meeting U:4o p. m., Itoy
Schaeiter, president; 'lopie, "Prob
lems A loimg Christian Must Meet."
1'reaching, i :JU p. in., subject "iiere
Shall 1 sSpeml Ktermiy .' Special
songs will add to the interest ot the
servu-es of the day. 1'iayer meeting,
7:-Ju Thursday evening. Ail are cor
dially invited.
Bible Standard Mission
Corner 7tli and 1'earl streets, Itev.)
Fred L. llornshuh, pastor, Alfaretta j
Eugene-Springfield Free Methodist
One bloek olf the highway ut the
Olenwood station, in est Spring
field, liilliiui Uray, pastor. Sunday
school at 11:45, Josephine Iee, su
perintendent. Classes tor nil. Morn
ing service, 1L h. in. The sermon
will lie by tlie Itev. Miller of Kugese.
Young people's meeting nt 7 p. in,,
led by Weibert Lee. Our young peo
ple are a good clean live people, you
will like them. Kveuing service at
7:4i5, and the sermon by Itev. Miller,
Iter. Miller is a splendid speaker,
ami you w.U be glad you have beard
him. The pastor urges all to come
uud hear him. Vou can bring in ba
bies here aud feel perfectly at home.
The Indy pastor performs marriages
and attends to the duties of the
church. She will be glad to call on
you. You are invited to the parses
age. 0
90 PER CENT OF CONGRESSMEN
ADHERENTS OF SOME CHURCH
Methodists Lead In Both Branches, with Presbyterians and
Episcopalians Following Them In Close Order
Fulrmount PresbYterlan
Ftttetnth A ml Villnnl st roots. K. 1j.
attttrgr. Minister. Imagine n
blind, lame, diseased with the
Jroiifje of being released and cleans
iDit would you think ot bim if ho
not the slightest move for re
twerj'; There are uiauy Bitch. Sunday
teninK our minister will speak of
ho did care, who sought healing.
w will be iutcre-sted iu tuc elory. Jt
be told at 11 o'clock. Good nrn-
"iHkr Mr. Young's direction. All
"for the lliblo school at 1):4.V The
pfople haye a very helpful ser
t tlulO. You would enjoy that
flt Church or r.heut. KrlentUt.
J morning service at 11 o'clock;
way rvemof testimonial raeet-
" 8 O'rloi'k- Knn.lnv anhnnl nt
tt' rP,ding room at room
wjiorran ajd Washburnc build
corner nf l-'itrhlti WillomollA
ii open daily, except Sundays
nl huhdtyt, at all hours. The
no ii in attendance from 12 un
1 Tbe lubject of the lesson ser
"? ' Sunday is "Soul." AU are
rjalV Invited to attend the church
and visa the reading room.
-ru.q ure interest has been
j is tb revival meetings held in
Xt are to be continued .
. lonowmg week. AU res-.
the esitern part of the city!
W i ,nT,,w o attend these
t i 'aching by the miniiter,
Kr; 7 tinging led by
i B, .iimi,- Special solos
k , , hlhI "hot sinning at
4 cturch services at 11 a.
t (ji ilvuTnV l.FIt 1 I Mnrn
tii.n nn nor fun nt the members of
incoming congress are adherents of
some religious deuoininntion, iicrnrd
ing to a stntement from the hoard nf
temperance for the prohibinion snd
public umrnls of the Methodist Epis
copal church, Washington, C.,
which announced it had completed an
investigation.
".Methodists lend iu both house and
senate," says the Klntement, "with
Presbyterinu nnd Episcopalians fol
lowing closely. In the house of rep
resentatives there arc 00 Methodist
and -7 in the senate. The Presby
terians have t3 members in the house
and there are 31 Presbyterian sen
ators. The Episcopalians number .".7
representatives and senators.
Thirty-two representatives are mem
bers of the Itomnn Othnlic church,
with four fcenstors of that church.
There are eisht Hebrews in the bonne
and mine in the senate."
Summary uivcn
The following is a snmmnry:
House Senate
Methodist W 7
Presbyterians 0;l 1
Episcopal t...ii7 -
Itoptists ;J "l
Congregational
Christinn Disciple -I 3
Lutheran ..17 -
Ounker 1 A
Reformed ' '
Mennonite 1 "
Mnrmnn ........ 1
Universnlist - 0
Vnitnrisn 4 t 2
Christian Scientist .... 1 ' U
' Known Catholic .'- 4
Hebrew 8 0
Protestant. 7 II
None .'. jo
A'acjtncies L 0
Unknown 7 l
'J'olal l.Vi fMi
Sections Divided
".Srmlhern members are mostly Ep
iscopalian, Methodist, Baptist and
Presbyterian. From the enst comes
Episcopalian, Coiigrrgnti o ua Ii s t s.
Catholics and .Tews. The middle west
is weH represented in almost all de
nominations. "If members of fr.iteruitis which
require belief in tiod are taken into
consideration, the number of law
tuskers who have professed religious
conviction will be found Mill greater.
There are .'till .Masons in the house
and 65 in the senate. Ninety-eight
representatives nre Knighln of Pyth
ias nml there are J.'t Ktiiehla in the
senate. The Odd Fellows have 74
representatives nml seven, senntnrs.
Of the 35 men fn the house of rep
resentatives with no religious affil
iation, 't arc Masons and two are
Pylhians; while of t Jin cven whose
religious affiliations are unknown,
four arc Masons. The ten senators
By MI1TOX BRONNRR
(XEA Service Writer)
J ONDON, Feb. 14. Tho average
4 Londoner is very studious these
days.
In the houses, on the traincars, in
tho underground trains, you see him
betiding over a paper, wrinkling his
brow, uud bus.ly wining.
And everywhere you go the book
shops and tne news stands and the
stationers are now d spiaymg""b.g and
little dictionaries.
Word books of the vintage of is 10,
which were deemed unsalable, have
been trotted out and marked as har-
I gums.
I Of course you have guessed what
it s ell about. London has a bad
attack of "i. rosswordputzleitis.'
'1 Ins curious d sease took a long
time to cross the oeeau, but when K
did, itjrame in its most virulent t'oiin
and now everybody is doing it.
And the fipmy thing is these in
suiar folk imagine the disease started
here.
niey don't know that America in
vented it, just us America marie limn
jongg popular, and just as America
made cerybody s.ng the sad state
of the baimua market and the fact
that it wan going to rain no mure,
no more.
Ambassador Kellogg, who recently
lett the Court of tel. James to be
secretary 'ol state in Pres.dent Cuoi
ldge's cabinet, has never had the rep
unit. on ot being a w.t like Joseph
Choate, one of tits predecessors.
However, oue of his retorts is so
good that it is worth immortality in
these columns.
When Keiiogg settled here, he rent
ed the beau til ul old house ol Lord
Crewe home, tuinuure, p.ctures and
all.
Now among the oil pain tings by
famous English masters there waa
one of K.ng tieorge III, whose blind
obst.nacy brought about our famous
war for independence.
A distinguished Englishman, seek
ing to twit Kellogg, said:
"1 mil surprised to see in the home
of the American nuibassador the pic
ture of King George."
"Not at all, my dear felluw," re
torted Kellogg. Tt is most appro-1
prime. You forget, George is the'
in a n who gave Americans their coun
try." Speaking of ambassador, a very
prosperous yarn has flouted down
here from Spain.
Alex Moore, a real newspaper ihhd,
is American ambassador to the Court
of Mad riil. lie it remembered that
the Spunish court is the most cere
monious in all the world.
Every move, every step, every bit
of clothing is regulated and preKcrib-,
ed. The Spanish royal family are
treated in their own court like little
tin gods.
1 Such a thing as a real human ,
touch is practically unknown.
And then along comes this he-man !
.Moore, with his little "homey" ways.
Madrid is still gasp ng about it. ,
For our ambassador is reputed to.
have given the queen as a Christmas
gift a (gulp) a - (pause) a j
(stagger) a hot-water bag! I
...
"Beware nf pirkpockets In this I
lift."
You read the words in big letters. '
But it's merely a clever ad, because
the smaller type informs you that if,
you nre robbed, you will lose the two ,
pence you intended investing tn the
Blank-Blah, the best funny paper In
London.
And the next day you are confront-1
ed in the underground elevators by
another: :
"Stop your joking in this lift." ,
If you take, the trouble to rend the
fine print, you nre informed that th
plsre for alt the best jokes is in the j
Blank-Blah. I
Which shows that these Britons are
adopting some of our striking adver
tising methods. I
CHRIST'S INTERCESSORY PRAYER
Text of Today's Bible Talk by Mr. Bryan
(John 17:X-13j
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven,
snd said, Father, the hour is come; K'nrtfy thy Son, that thy
Son also may glorify thoe:
As thou Imst given him power over alt flesh , that ho should
give eternal lifo to as many as thou hast given him.
And this is life eternal, that they miRlit know then tho only
true God, aud Jesus Christ, whom thou bant sent.
I have glorifiod thee on earth: I have finished lho work
which thou gavert me to do.
And now, o Father, glorify thou me- with thine own solf with
the glory which 1 had with thee before thn world was.
1 have manifested thy name unto tho men which thou giivest
me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavt-ai them to
me; and they have kept thy word.
Now they have known that nil things whatsoever thou hast
given me are of thee.
For 1 havo given unto them thn words which a vest me;
and they have received them, and have kuown surely that I canio
out from thw, and they havo believed that thou dldnt sonrt me.
I pray for them: 1 pray not for tho world, hut for them which
thou hast civeii me; for thoy are thine.
And till mine are thine, and thine nre mine; nnd I am glori
fied in them.
And now I am no more In the world, hut theso are in the
world, and I come to theo. Holy Father, keep throuRh thine, own
name those whom thou hast given me, that thov may be one, as
we pre.
While 1 was with them in tho world. I kept them in thy
name: those that thou Rarest me I havo kept, nnd none of thorn
is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture misht bo ful
filled. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the
world, that thoy might have my joy fulfilled in themaolves.
aga of the world; second, he is born J
(or resides) In the greatest land in!
tlie world; third, he is, a member of j
the greatest race in the world; fourth, j
he is born into an environment that i
given him both opportunities and the!
preparation Decenary to improve
those opporl unities. For none of ,
these thing!i in he responsible; they i
come to b i in as gifts priceless gifts.
Blessinns Without Price j
When he is ready to go to school.
he finds a school syvietn established j
with utuverMil education an the has- j
ic principle. He find school build- j
iiiK-i erected for his ue ami teacher j
prepared to instruct him.
When he in rendv lo vote, he has t
the privilege of citizenship, purchased!
for him by the blood of millions nf ;
patriots: he also find a religion, the
Inchest lh:it man lias knonu. j
The Bitde cmnes into his life when ;
he is a child, nnd from it he learns '
of a God, n))-wi-(e, all-powerful, all-,
loving:, he finds that (he Book is the;
revealed will of God and the only i
infallible guide in mutters of life and'
conduct. And this sacred volume tells!
him of Christ who came to snvc him'
b.v His Mood and to guide him by Hi,
heaven-born wisdom, !
Lnti&utige is powerless to express!
his indebtednesK for nil these bless-j
ings that have come to him without i
'motiey ami without price. No arith-l
metic can compute their value. Is it ;
not Kimnge that anyone who accepts i
these gifts can be so ungrateful as J
to use them nut not hnvo a passion!
I for service ?
Making us Blessings i
I
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Christ's intercessory prayer, is de
livered just before hi crucifixion,
the greatest of all the prayers of
which we have record.
I t. Gordon is uuted in Peloubet's
Notes as saying of it :
"The heart nf the world's life is in
Jits literature. The b"-art of all litera
ture is this sacred hook of God. The
j heart of this book is the Gospels. The
I heart of the four Gospels is John.
i
t imni i i., i ii ii, aim inrri
et sit inner heart here. H is this
bit, this seventeenth chapter, where
I the inner side of Jesus' prayer life
i lies open to us."
j Melnncthou is quoted as saying in
j his last lecture:
1 "There is no voice which has ever
j been beard, either in heaven or in
. earth, more exalted, more holy, more
i fruitful, more sublime, thai this pray
; er offered up by the Son of tied
! Himself."
While these authorities have stated
i the matter very strongly, the state
! ments are amply justified. There
' could be no prayers equal to those
! addressed to the Heavenly Father by
the Father's Only Begotten Son. And
j no other prayer which lie uttered had
.: such a setting and such a purpose as
this.
K A Different Kind of Prayer
1 In what is known an the Lord's
Prayer, the Sjviour gave to His dis
ciples and to Ilia followers through
out all time a model prayer which
t very simply and very comprehensive
ly sets forth the form of n petition
; which should asceud from nil human
hearts.
t But the prayer from which our
i text is taken today could not be ut
tered by a human being; it ia a re
view of Christ's stewardship, given
! not for information to the nil-know-;
itK Gotl, but for inspiration to the
'disciples in whose presence the pray
er was uttered.
j The hour bad come when He was
about to be glorified: profoundly im-
' pressive wns this conversation he
tween the Messiah and the Father
; who had sent Him on the most im
portant commission ever entrusted tn
a messenger- even to a messenger
' so exalted.
Christ was to he glorified, not be
cause it brought any advantage to
Him or satisfied any tieed of which
'He wns conscious: it was that the
Son might glorify the Father. It sug-
j gests the first of the many lessons
which can be drawn from the text
laud recalls the word of the Lord to
i Abraham, as recorded in Genesis.
When Abraham was called out from
his country, from his father's house
aud from his kindred, into a laud
that was later to be made known to
him. God said :
"And I will make of thee a great
nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great: and thou shall
be a blessing." Or, as the new ver
sion renders it, "he thou a blessing."
The purpose which God has iu
blessing man is here stated in Words
that ought to burn their way into
i every heart. One must he supremely
t egotistical to think that tied would
single him out from among a billion
and a half of human souls and shower
blessings upon him without some
higher and larger purpose than the
mere gratification of one finite, short
lived nnd comparatively insignificant
human being.
Let us take, for instance, the aver
age person born at this time in n
Christian fnmity in this country.
i First, he is born into the greatest
If one applies to himself the lau-
gungo addressed to Abraham, tlie I
whole matter is made clear; thero is
a reason why man should be blessed
if he is in turn to be a hies nig. The
more he is blessed, the greater his
power to transfer the blessing to
others the greater the fruitage, that
becomes possible. If Christ, who was
equal with the Father, could justify
His petition to the heavenly Father
on the 'ground that that which wns
conferred upon Him would be used
for the mngnifyirx of the Father, how
can man do less?
Our study of this lesson will not
be in vain if we resolve to give God
the glory for nil our joys nnd all our
accomplishments and to make our
lives conduits through which tho
goodness of God may be carried to
others less fortunate than ourselves.
In his prayer, Jesus recounts the
authority vested in Him to give
eternal life to those whom the Father
bad given Him. Aud then wc have
a wonderful definition of eternal lifo
"that they might know thee tho
only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent."
Three Views of Christ
Was Christ an impostor? lie would
have been if these words, spoken by
Him, hnd not been true. No mere
hum an being could have used His lan
guage without being guilty of an im
position a fraud without parallel in
ill the annals of time.
Thove who look upon Christ as
merely a good man overlook the fact
Hint Christ could not have been a
good man if He hnd knowingly laid
claim to a character which lie tlid
not possess. Neither would He be
trustworthy If lie could have been
deluded into an honest but false con
ception of Himself.
IBs language was not the language
of n deluded man, neither was His
life the life of one acting under a
delusion. And yet, there are but
three explanations of Christ. He wns
either what He represented Himself
to be, or a conscious deeeiver, or the
victim of delusion. "What think ye
of 'hrist '"
The prayer presents another fnct
that must be accepted as true or re
jected as false. Christ calls upon
the Father:
"Glorify thou me with thine own
self with the glory which I hnd with
thee before the world was."
Here is positive pr-tof, unless
Christ's words are rejected as false,
that the Son wns with Hie Father in
heaven not only before He defended
to earth, but "before the world was."
An examination of the two version
(tin' King .lames, known as the Au
thorized Version, and tho Revised
Version I reveals the fact thnt ther
are identical as to every word of this
verse. There can be no ipiestinn in
to the inenning of the words; there
nre no differing interpretations: the
only question thnt can nrise is as to
tho veracity of Christ in using the
language or tho veracity of John in
reproducing it.
The words establish the supernat
ural character nnd holy mission of
our Loid and Saviour nnd mnke it
easy to accept nil that is said of Him.
If Christ wns with the Father nnd
left the throne above that He might
offer Himself a propitiation for our
sins, everything recorded of Him Is
natural and just what might be ex
pected. Why should not such an One ha
conceived of the Holy Ghost and horn
of a virgin.?
Why should He not break the bonds
of the tomb and, rising bodily from
the grave, ascend into heaven?
All the questioning that hns dis
tmbed thn religious world is due to
a failure to understand the real char
acter of ChriRt. The Bihle describes
one Christ and describes Jlim consist
ently throughout; it is another Christ
thnt is set up by unbelievers a mere
human being, stripped of all deity,
of all nnepruatural power and re
duced to the stature of a man.
The truth set forth in thn above
quoted verse is confirmed further on
in the prayer. Tho completeness of
the revelation of Christ is affirmed:
"For I have given uuto them (ths
disciples) tho words which thod
gavest me."
In their presence, Christ address
ing tho 1 lenvenly Father, declare
that they "have known surely that I
cnino out from thee," and that God
did send Him.
The next verse of the prayer pre
sents a petition that is quite different
in its scope from other petitions of
fered by the Saviour. He is not
at this time praying for the world In
general, but only for those whom he
can clnim ns His own those "which
thou hast given me." It in affection
ate language such as mortals use at
the fireside. The world is shut out
for the moment and those who belong
to the family circle nre brought Into
tho presence of the Ilenrcnly Father
with the prayer that they may be
precious in God's sight.
What an Impetus Christianity will
receive when this prayer is answered.
Even without organic union, there can
be unity of spirit, nnd co-operation
without friction, just as many fam
ilies, each constituting Rn own sep
nrate home, can unite fn harmonious
co-operative effort for the benefit
of the community.
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FREE LECTURE
'World Dominion Being Transferred"
Jews are returning to Palestine
"Millions Now Living Will Never Die"
From what canter Is the reconstruction
of the world to begin?
What Is meant by the prophecy "The law
from Zlon, the word from Jerusalem?
How will the New Kingdom be extended?
What le maant by the parable of "The
Rich Man In Hell"
All o fthe above and many mora quae
tlone will bt answered by
S. H. TOUTJIAN
of New York, N. Y.
W. O. W. Hall, Eugene, Ore.
Sunday Feb. 15,8 P.M.
8EATS FREE NO COLLECTION
International Bible Students Association
The Annual Budget Campaign
of the Young Men's Christian Association
T imi here to'gppnk to vou, briefly, tibout the Young Men's Christian Association and tho Annual
budget campaign which will start tomorrow morning at eight o'clock and continue for a -wools if
necessarv. The purpose of this drive is to raise $12,r00.()0 wil'i which to finnnco the "Y" for tho
current Year. Wo will need the help of all of the people of our city to make this enmpnign a suc
cess. In" fact, the same class' of people finance tho "Y" that support our churches, niako our laws
and observe them, including the IHih Amendment, who s! and for law and order, our freo public school
system and all American ideals.
The Eugene association is under a' hard-working, competent ami aggressive leadership nnd was
never more progressive and efficient than it is today. It requires time, talent nnd money to keep
an institution of this kind performing successfully.
The Young Men's Christian Association is now an institution of world-wido servico and influ
ence. This great world-movement was started in London, England, OH years ago by a Ood-fcaring
young man by tlie uamo of George Williams, who builded better t,han he knew. Tho first Y. M. C. A.
building in America was creeled in New York City in 18(i!), and cost upwards of a half million dollars.
The past, year has seen an increase in the work and growth of (he "Y" of 9.5 over tho preced
ing year. There are now KiH!) associations iu thin country and foreign lands, with nearly ono mil
lion members and one hundred and fifty million dollars invested in buiidings and equipment.
Tho work of the Young Men's Christian Association is now well established in 18 foreign coun
tries with 384 associations not including those in Knrope and the Near East. Theso associations nro
organized under native boards and control, the American secretaries aiding in their direction only
so long as needed. The foreign work of tho "Y" aside from its spiritual training is proving an influ
ential factor iu promoting the spirit of pence and good will among the nations of the world.
In rendering help and service to this great cause, you can start a chain of events from which'
goo dresults may extend to the farthest shores of time a life-line of faith, hopo nnd helpfulness
which time cannot destroy for good expressed is spiritual, cumulative and eternal.
Hv the building of the spiritual side of our young men with christian ideals, you nro construct
ing fundamentals that arc the source and continuity of democracy and progress. To tho extent that
you aid in such a worthy cause, you honor yourselves by the expression of such ideals in righteous
service to others.
Square young lives are worth mor.e lo any country (ban square miles. AVlio can measure tho
worth to mankind of such men as Washington, Lincoln iind Uoosevelt aud yet these nro tho kind of
men that make America great. They are the direct outgrowth of our free democratic form of govern
ment and American ideals of which the Young Men 's Christian Association is a typical-symbol nnd
expression.
It is very generally conceded Unit lho present ago is lho most momentous period in all human his
tory. There aro great rcligiims and educational, economic, political and racial issues of international
bearing, waiting and pressing for a correct solution. America, through the logic of events, seems
destined to take n leading part iu the adjustment of these world problems because of her fine spirit
ual leadership, high ideals and superior standard of public education.
Our country is-the out standing, tho most enlightened and successful democracy in all recorded
history Being a government of the people, by tho people and for the people, it affords n shining
example and an inspiration (o all the nations of tho Earth.
Those who havo traveled East know that the world's great need is moro light, tho shining,
spiritual light of (iod.
Tho Young Men's Christian association is an outgrowth of this great light: It is tho outstand
ing, dominant and inspiring christian institution of our country, in the world and of hII timo for
spiritual training, character building and physical culturo among the young people of every land;
It is tho wide-open door through which great multitudes have entered into healthier, happier and
more useful careers.
This is tho worthy 'cause, the noble purpose for helping young men lo help themselves, for which
I ask your generous- support, whether of time, tnl'-yt of money, for Ibis is the law of life; To do unto
others as you would that others should do unto, you, for, somehow, the good that you do to
others is the joy that comes bnck to vou. .
There will bo 10 teams with ten business men ou each team who will call on tho good people
of Eugene during the coining week.
Each team will bo allotted a certain section of tlie cily to can-
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