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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1918)
Page Four Eastern Clackamas News Entered at the post-office in Estacada, Oregon, as second-class mail. Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon UPTON H. GIBBS Editor and Manager. S ubscription R ates One year - - - $1.50 Six months - - * .75 Thursday, Sept. 26, 1918 M ic h a e lm a s Sept. 29th, which this year falls on this coming Sunday, is a notable one in the ecclesiastical calendar. It is there known as Michaelmas day or the Festival of St. Michael and all Angels. In England, like Christmas, it has its peculiar gastronomical usage, only instead of turkey and cranberries, it calls for roast goose and apple sauce. It is also an important date over there in the legal calendar, as it marks the beginning of the term of court succeeding the long vaca tion. It is also one of the quar ter days on which rents are paid, and in the agricultural districts the tenants would visit their landlords for this purpose, and be entertained by him. The subject of angels is a most interesting one, concerning which there is much popular misconcep tion. Angels are not the spirits of departed men or women, but a different order of beings alto gether. Of surpassing beauty, they appeal to the aesthetic sense and both the artist and poet have found in them inspiration, the one for his muse, the other for his brush. But while different from the human race, yet they are inter ested with an important minis try of service in behalf of man kind. As far as history goes back, men of faith have believed in the guardianship of angels. “ Angels and ministers of grace defend us!’’ exclaims the prince of Denmark in the play. This doctrine of the guardian ship of angels was curiously re vived at the beginning of the war. At the battle of Mons, some English soldiers were hard hard pressed and were threaten ed with annihilation from the charging German cavalry. Sud denly the onrush of their enem ies was halted, and they were mvsterously beaten back. The story runs, that one of the sol diers called on St. George of England and the angels for help, who appeared in answer in the form o f th e ancient English archers. The rei>ort spread like wild fire, and efforts were made to con Thursday, September 26, 1918 EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS firm it. The big newspapers wrote editorials on it. Bishops and noted divines preached on it. At last a well known novelist claimed to have originated the story. But this explanation was not entirely accepted and many today believe that angels did ap pear to rescue the sore beset Bri tish soldiers. In another column we print an account of an instance of angelic protection, which has the merit of being true. To the incredu lous, we would rejoin that “there are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” GROCERIES THE BEST STOCK THE MARKET AFFORDS. PRICES ARE HIGH AND GOING HIGHER-BUT OUR PRICES WILL A L W A Y S B E FOUND REASONABLE. The Very Best Service to be Had COURTEOUS- ATTENDANCE TO EVERY DETAIL OF THE BUSI NESS. It Shall Not FaH! When the German hordes un der the Crown Prince, were launching attack after attack against Verdun, and it seemed that the fortress could not long withstand the savage assaults, and must needs be captured, that its commander issued his famous message “They shall not pass.” This electrified and reassured French, who deemed that if Ver dun fell, the road to Paris would be unobstructed to the ruthless invaders. “They shall not pass,” express ed a grim decision which presaged the final victory, which at length was achieved. So with the immensely colossal Fourth Liberty Loan, its success is sure, if all go at it with this determination, “ Itshall not fail.” L . A . C hapm an Estacada, Oregon i + + + * + + + + + + + + + + + + + ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ + * ♦ ♦ ♦ Undertaking and Embalming L. A. 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As his time was short I visited him each day, and finally obduracy melted. He became sincerely penitent and I baptized him,” “ On taking leave of him the day be fore his execution, he asked me to stop a moment. ‘Do you rememoer’ he in quired, 'once being called out to visit a sick person and finding no one at home?’ “ Yes, what do you know about it?” I replied. ‘Well I was the one who sent the message and 1 had intended to way lay and rob you.’ “ Why didn’t you?" I asked. ‘Because altho you paid no attention to him, a man kept close behind you. There was something so myteri- ous about him that he made me afraid. ’ To me the explanation of this mystery was plain, I hail been protected by a guardian angel, who thus appeared to the would be robber.” + + ♦ + + + ♦ R. G. Marchbank - } Estacada, Or. 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