her 16, 1919
The Men Like Practical Gifts
The kind of practical gifts men like most to receive are here in
legion, lie wants something he can wear, and here you will find
just the kind of things he will appreciate, as well as some useful
gifts for women and children.
S w eaters
m i t MEN
Caps
Yes. I recognize the existence an 1
Kill Gloves
Shoes
th e w orth of th e four g reat p illars of
Box Hose
H ouse S lippers
O 'C oats
civilization, th e Home, th e School,
Box H andkerchiefs
th e S tate, anil th e C hurch. The state,
S uits
Kid Gloves
to g eth er w ith business, in d u stry and
M ackluaw Coats
F O lt CIIII.H IIEN
ag ric u ltu re, cares for o u r physical
Auto Gloves •
w ell-being in large p art.
H ose
Gowns
T he school provides fo r o u r m en
Toques
By REV. E A R L B. COTTON, i
w ords of C hrist, Seek ye first the tal w elfare. The hom e was once o u -
F o i l WOMEN
P ajam as
Shoes
B ringing in the social o rg anization.
T he c h u rc h 's
Every big b usin ess of th e day Mas
habit of m a k in g out p r o g ra n J o t
m g’Uua involves i » o n
U m brellas
Sw eaters
Silk Hose
ttu r supply o f N e c k tie * Is com
.u .,, i oionztarrta nf efficiency. A r “m a,li,lK of individual lives and the being. But th e re is som e overlapping
H an d k e rc h iefs
H an d k erch iefs
p le te am i contains a larg e a<—
G arters
its board of rem a k in g of society. A religion am ong these agencies and also some
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eaters,
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meut o f d iffe ren t |>attcrna.
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brellas
hectors m aps o u t new ro ad s to be w hlch professes h e a rt clean sin g w ith- spots not covered in o u r present o r
H ats
p mpleted in one year, five y ears o r 1 o u t p u rify in g the business world and ganization of society. T he chief flaw 1
pi years. A sh ip b u ild in g corpora- th e social life, is a m ockery. T h ere is in o u r social life. Now w here is
jn takes a c o n tra c t to com plete so fore, th e business of my church is do th e fau lt?
I said th e home was once o u r social
pny boats In a c e rta in le n g th of an y th in g th a t will m ake life in my
¡ne. C ourses of in stru c tio n in our com m unity m ore like th e kingdom of center. T hat was tru e as long as
jh schools specify a c e rta in am o u n t heaven. If I live in an in d u strial th e fam ily was o u r w orld. T h at is
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work to be done in fo u r y ea rs' tim e com m unity I m ust touch th e h ea rts tru e now as long as th e ch ild 's visions
id also give c e rta in sta n d a rd s of of th e w orkers and th e sta n d a rd s of is concerned only w ith th e fam ily.
lalltv th a t th e w ork m ust reach, econom ic ju stice and righteousness. R em em ber th a t social life does not
lagram is th e key w ord of to d a y ’s If I live in a circle of professional consist m erely of p arties and festi
m en, I m u st im p art those ideals of vals but concerns all of o ne's in te r
Iciency.
Th liu rch es a re likew ise o u tlin - life and conduct th a t m ake for hon- course with fellowm en. If my social
U programs to be follow ed, goals to esty. tr u th and rig h teo u s dealing n fP | g concerned m ore w ith my com-
reached a n d s ta n d a rd s of efficiency w ith men. If I live in a farm ing m unity titan with an im m ediate fam -
com m unity, It is w ithin my province jjy j nlust PxprPgg it th ro u g h a eom-
aet as g u id e P °8ts-
Bnppi« pa I to point out ideals of w ork and ef-
m unity-w ide o rg anization. If my in-
The e n te n a ry pro g ram speciti d
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th a t . shall
ut $1^5,000,000 be pledged fo r flciency
,
. . . av ert e ith e r , food , terco u rse with men is concerning n at-
fcsionary ex tension w ork by Ju n e I8111!110®, m ental fam ines or sp iritu a l jonai affairs, It m ust find vent
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fam ines. If I am In contact w ith a th ro u g lt
h natii
n atio n al org an izatio n s.
If
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group of young people it is my priv my consid eratio n of o th ers is w orld
The P re sb y teria n s follow ed w ith a
ilege to im p art such ideas of social wide, I m ust seek a w orld-w ide o r
tv E ra p ro g ra m ; th e B aptists with
life as shall spell service, helpful- g anization. So. when I seek th e so
le Forw ard M ovem ent, etc. T he In-
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ness and tru e happiness (not effere
cial w elfare of the kingdom I choose
ma* onal S undav school association
,
th e church as the o rg an iz er of k in g
is adopted a sta n d a rd of efficiency 11 "* P 'p asure »
Every th in g lis ted w ill lx* found iw eful
G R ESH AM , OREGON
iieh shall serve as th e ju d g e of th e
In o th e r w ords, the business of my dom -w ide Interests. So much for the
and practical.
la
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use
of
th
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term
social.
W
hat
ttl school’s activities. T he E p w orth church Is to focus th e pow er of God
ague an d th e C hristian E n d e a v o r, upon individuals and society in such about th e n arro w e r use of th e term ?
W hat has happened to o u r social
Idsties have ’’Efficiency C h e rts.” "
“ to produce men who are
enext ste p is fo r each local church b e tte r physically, m entally, socially, life (u sin g th e p o p u lar m eaning!
outline a p ro g ram of com m unity a n <I sp iritu a lly .
T he ch u rch m ust when left to o th e r agencies. E x tra
—i
m in iste r to th e four-fold m an— th e o rg an izatio n s such as au to clubs, agent of social life com m ercializes
dancing schools, card p arties, become and d eg rad es th a t w hich sh o u ld e n
In co n sidering a local church p r o - 'w''o le m an.
im. 'h e first step is to ask “ W hat
B ut som eone is saying, “ T here are selfish, self centered, co n tinual seek- rich an d ennoble. T h erefo re, It Is up
*the business of th e ch u rch in th a t o th e r in stitu tio n s th a t m in iste r to the ers of pleasures r a th e r than happi- to th e hom e, th e school and th e
im m unity?” T he business of th e ¡needs of men. Let th e church stick ness and lose sight of th e m eaning church to co -o p erate in fu rn ish in g
and purpose of life. B usiness as th “ th e rig h t social en v iro n m en t. C lear- J
|h;:r
u n iv ersal Is given in th e 1 to th e sp iritu a l p hase.”
--------------------- |y it is th e limy Ot lb,- 'b u r . b to im •
p art th e p ro p er Ideals of social life
and w here o th e r agencies fail, to Ini
f t tia te a w holesom e social program .
T h ere is a flaw in provision for
C igars T ob acco C andy
LE O N A R D R. L A U D E R B A C K
K E N N E T H J. L A U D E R B A C K
m ental life— th ro u g h th e exclusion
of th e Bible from th e public schools.
U ntil such a tim e as It Is resto re d ,
th is p art of o u r m en tal tra in in g m ust
be provided by th e ch u rch an d S u n
day school.
A f u rth e r fa u lt of th e day is in o u r
D E A LE R S IN
d isreg ard of th e law s of h ea lth and
hygiene.
T ru e , th e schools teach
physiology for a sh o rt tim e b u t we
forget and th en com m it ulelile by
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work w hich may reliev e th is s itu a
tion in p a rt, b ut It m ay becom e n e
cessary fo r th e ch u rch to re-en fo rce
th ese sam e tru th s.
Phone 201
Main and Powell Sts.
T hese are o u r g en e ral conclusions. j
P H O N E 753
Now w hat of th e local needs an d how
sh all th ey be m et? As I su rv ey ed
the co m m unity In an d aro u n d Pleas-*|
an t Home, I d iscern ed th e se fo u r
m ust provide fo r th re e th in g s— w or ch u rch b ut th e ch u rc h fo r th e com
th in g s
ship, ed u catio n (S u n d ay sch o o l) and m unity. We a re not h ere to be m in
T h ere are 100 ch ild ren who are
istered u n to b u t to m in iste r, if yo i
Pü not 1. receiving
th a t p a rt of m en tal dis com m unity service.
believe th a t th ia Ideal will m ak e li(e
T
he
proposed
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tr
u
c
tu
re
‘would
In
cip lin e w hich Is found In (he Bible.
clude a new a u d ito riu m , sm all m ore w orth living for y o u rself an d
2. T h e re are fo u r o r five hu n d red
room s fo r classes, a basem ent or side- o th e rs, co -o p erate w ith us to th e ac
people w ithin a ra d iu s of th re e m iles
room fo r su p p ers aud socials and, f co m p lish m en t o t th is end.
who have sh u t th em selv es ofT from .
U ‘ V
W e ap p ro ach th e b eg in n in g of a
possible, a gym nasium .
new year. Shall we w ork to g e th e r
sp iritu a l food.
4 P lea san t
H om e
believes
»♦ th ro u g h 'h ia com ing y ear an d th e
3. T h e social life of th e com m unity
Is u n sy stem atic and touches a sm all needs all th e tim e of a well (ra in ed , follow ing y ears to th e b etterm e n t of
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p ercen tag e of th e pop u latio n and efficient p asto r an d to th a t end ask s o u r co m m unity, physically, m e n tally ,
th a t In freq u en tly
T h ere Is need for for a full tim e m in iste r. *
socially an d s p ir itu a lly ’
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T hese fo u r goals a re b ut step s to a
o u tsid e In sp iratio n th ro u g h lyceum
lectu res and co n certs and also for la rg e r object -com m unity service, j Read the Outlook claasifled ads
local ta le n t expression th ro u g h a T h e co m m u n ity Is n ot b u ilt for the
la rg e r m usical o rg an iz atio n and o r
ch estra, m en’s b ro th erh o o d , and
young people's society.
4. T h ere is no provision for th e
expression of th e physical energy of
youth d u rin g th e w in ter m onths or
for physical recreatio n at o th e r tim e
W ith these th in g s In m ind th e o f - !
t h ristm a ” U reetbiga to 1’ lcnannt H o t t i e , I l i f f and T ro u t
Arial board of th e P lea san t Home
dale M ethodist Chur«di Members and F riends:
M ethodist church h as adopted a four-
I atn th in k in g o f each o f von today because it 1s C liris t-
year program
It has not attem p ted
to btte off m ore th a n It can chew by
mnstide,
and I wish you happiness. The day a fte r < h rist-
Y ou have on ly a few d ays m ore to select your
try in g to do ev ery th in g at once, b u t.:
rnas I shall s till wish you happiness and so on throughout
by first b u ilding up Its o rg an izatio n j
the year I may not he able to te ll you about it every day.
C hristm as G ifts.
and securing ad eq u ate equ ip m en t. It,
But th a t makes no difference The thought and the wish
hop**« to Borvo th« com m unity in a.
w ill be here ju s t the same. In my w o rk and in the bnst-
la rg e r way th a n at present.
ipsu o f life , I mean to aid those condition« th a t give true
!
T he first chosen tow ard th e i»l-
and la sting happiness. W hatever jo y o r aucecaa comes to
1 fillm ent of th ese needs a re as follows-
you w ill make me glad. In the words of H e n rv VanD yke.
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1. To serve th e children ia Bible
•‘ Good w ill to you is w hat I mean in the s p ir it of C h ris t
1 in stru c tio n
th ro u g h
'h e
Bunday
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T he goal la an average at-
mas. It is not necessary to put a message lik e th is in to
high flown language. To feel it and to act i t out that is
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th - main th in g
A fte r all, C hristm as liv in g is the beat
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C
hristm
as
g ivin g
i ib u rc h e d p*.p,il»'i',n of tb - rom m u
Yours fo r C hristm as jo y th ro u g h o u t e te rn ity .
I nlty. A church m em bership of one
Hineerelv,
» .ndred Is th - fir-' ■
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REV. KARL B. COTTON.
I 3 To provide a f'll'a tib b'lllding
adequately equipped for rom wunltv
service
A church b u ilding today
FOUR-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
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E. W. Aylsworth
Clothing and Shoe Store
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Lauderback Bros.
LIVE STOCK, HAY, GRAIN
Lunches with Good Hot Coffee
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A G IF T O F JE W E L R Y
Is an Everlasting Gift
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Better come in now and pick out that WRISl
WATCH or LAVELIERE or some suitable
article of jewelry or 1\ OR\ TOILE I articles.
You will be thoroughly satisfied if you select your
Gifts here.
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