MEDFORD AEAIL TRIBUNE, HCEDITORD, OR15C10N, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1010,
TELLS OF LOSS
OF SANTA CLARA
r
Passenger Declares Vessel's Loss
Was Dud to Gigantic Wave Which
Struck Ship as She Crossed the
Bar.
SAN FAAKCISCO, Cnl., April JS.
Edward Miner, n traveling sales
man and tho first passenger on the
submerged North Pacific stoanishsip
Santa Clara to reach this city from
the wreck, has told tho story of
tho accident and declared that the
vessel's loss was duo to a gigantic
wavo which broke over tuc snip as
sho was passing over tho Humboldt
bar Wednesday.
"From my stateroom window,'
said Miner. "I saw tho great wave
annroaehinir the ship. It towered
above tho mastheads and seemed as
huge and as solid as a five-story
buUdincr. with a lornblo roar u
broko ovor th vessel, and I thought
wo would sink. There was a trc
xnendous wrenching, as if the ship
would bo lorn apart. But no one
was injured and it was soveral
hours before we learned that the
Santa Clara had been damaged, but
at tho time tho wave struck us I was
sure that wo would go uuder.
Waves Were Savage.
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon
I was standing by the window in my
stateroom on tho port side when I
saw that the sea was becoming
heavier and tho waves savago. I no
ticed the greater wave than the oth
ers gaining momentum off shore. It
was coming toward the ship on a
diagonal. Suddenly the tremendous
mass of water reared itself over the
ship.
"Then it broko over the Santa
Clara. I could hear nothing but the
roar of tho torrential flood that
submerged and deluged the ship. A
torrent of water poured over my
window nnd darkened the stateroom.
I felt that wo would be toppled over.
Ship Staggered.
"Tho ship staggered and hesitated
under the blow. I felt for an instant
that wo were in the grip of a tidal
wave that would bury us.
"There was no recoil nor return
wave and tho sea quieted to some
extent, though it continued heavy.
"When the deck became steady
again and tho floodwater had drain
ed off I made my way from the
stateroom toward the social saloon.
The deck, I found, had been washed
clean of everything movable. Every
window but two on the port side had
been smashed in by tho force of the
sea.
Water Toured Into Hold.
'1 found that tho water had pour
ed down into the hold and the en
gine room and drenched the men be
low. "At first it was thought that the
Santa Clara bad weathered the
shock. The captain and others were
positive that the vessol had not
touched bottom. We thought that
we could continue all right.
"But an hour and a half after the
ship was hit tho engine room re
ported that the water was coming up
to the engines. It was decided to
turn back and to signal by wireless
for aid. We got an answer that the
tug ranger was coming out for us.
By 4 o'clock the water was up to
tho fires and that stopped the en
gines and tboh dynamo, so we would
not use tho wireless after that.
' Hanger to Rescue.
"At 4:30 o'clock ttio Ranger came
np. Captain Noren wanted it to tow
us in, bnt the Ranger was not equal
to the task, with the bar running
as rough as it was.
'Immediately upon tho arrival of
"the Rangor the work of transferring
tho passengers was begun. The wo
men were taken off on tho first
boat. There was a heavy sea run
ning. "We spent the night on tho Rangor
-without much to eat and no placo
to sleep. Too much cannot bo said
for tho splendid work of Captain
Noren and his crow. Thoy calmed tho
passengers and quieted our fears and
in every way mado the situation easy
for us."
TAFT APPROVES PLAN TO
HAVE TUBERCULOSIS DAY
NEW YORK, April 18. Ex-President
Taft approves tho idea of tu
berculosis Sunday. In a letter to
Livingston Ferrand, executive of the
National Association for the Pre
vention of Tuberculosis, the president
says ho -approves of. tho movement
- to make April 24 a tuberculosis day
"on which ministers aid directed to
call tho attention of their congrega
tions to tho importanco of the tuber
culosis problem and to give such
simple information regarding it as
saay be feasible.
HasklHB for Healtti,
iTHIS SERMON IS
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL
Paitor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
Ooo
April 10. rastor ltussell, accompa
nied by Dr. Jones, who will servo tilui us
stenographer, and by a representative
of this Journal, sailed from New York
April Cth for Jerusalem via rnrls,
Berne, Naples, Alexandria, Cairo aud
the Pyramids, Jaffa, to Jerusalem aud
vlclulty. His return will be via Home,
Vienna, Warsaw, Uerltu, Elberfcld and
London. Meetings havo been arrang
ed for enroute. ills longest stay will
bo la Great Britain, where about twen
ty appointments in tho principal cities
await him. lie will bo speaking prac
tically every day. Ills Suuday dis
courses will bo specially reported In
theso columns. Special Interest will
center in the discourses at Jerusalem
aud Rome. Tho many readers of his
sermons will fallow tho Pastor in his
Journey with great Interest. Ho la
scheduled to be back in Brooklyn June
5th, when his topic will bo "Jerusa
lem." In anticipation of a largo audi
enco on that occasion Brooklyn's lar
gest Auditorium, the Academy of Mu
sic, has been secured. Ills sermons
now reach six million families weekly,
and assuredly many of theso wish him
God-speed.
On tha Atlantle April Tenth.
I have chosen for my text a sea
topic, a symbolical prophecy which, 1
believe, la rapidly uearlns fulfillment.
All Bible students recognize the fact
that many of tho Psalms are Mes
sianic; that Is to say, they apply to
tho time of tho Inauguration of Mes
siah's Millennial Kingdom. Somo of
them detail the peace and Joy and
blessings which will then prevail
amongst men, when the great leveling
processes of that Umo will raise all
tho worthy poor and degraded and
will humble all the proud, establishing
Society under such new conditions that
tho new order of things Is symbolical
ly styled In tho Scriptures "a new
heavens and a new eartn, wnereln
dwelleth righteousness" (II Peter 111.
13). Others of tho Psalms describe In
highly figurative terms the work of
the Millennial Age. For Instance, we
read:
"Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O
most Mighty, with thy glory and tby
majesty. And In thy majesty rldo pros
perously, because of truth and meek
ness and righteousness; and thy right
band shall teach thee terrible things.
Thine arrows are sharp la the heart
of the IClng's enemies; whereby the
people fall under thee" (Psalm xlv,
3-5). Here the great Redeemer Is pic
tured na the glorious conquering King
of tho Millennial Age, and his victory
over every opposing Influence is em
phasized "Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess" (Isaiah
xlv, 23). His right hand that will
teach terrible things Is the symbol of
tho Divine power which will be exer
cised at the Inauguration of the King
dom. Tho sharp arrows which will
pierce tho enemies to the heart and
cause them symbolically to fall before
him slain represent his messages of
Truth and Graco which then will con
quer as they do not now, except in the
hearts of the few. A sample of those
now slain after this mauner by the
Word of Truth Is furnished us In th
account of St. Peter's sermon on the
Day of Pentecost. lie preached the
Truth plainly, thrusting in the "Sword
of tho Spirit" up to tho hilt, no told
his hearers how they and their rulers
had crucified tho Prince of Life. They
were "cut to tho heart," and it was
tho greatest blessing that could have
possibly come to them (Acts 11, 23i.
Similarly during tho Millennium, the
"arrows" of Truth will smite down all
opposition; and mankind, cut to the
heart with proper appreciation of their
own sinfulness and God's mercy, will
fall before tho great King, accepting
mercy upon bis gracious terms full
surrender.
. Tho Day of Trouble Pictured.
Tho Paalm of which our text is a
part is ono of the Messianic Psalms.
Prophetically and symbolically it tell
about tho troublo incident to the passing
away of the present order of slu and
selfishness nnd the inauguration of the
new order of righteousness and love
under tho great Mediatorial Kingdom
of Christ. Whether the events which
the Scriptures predict shall como in
our day or not, wo bold that they will
como and be In full comportment with
theso prophetic pictures. They were
surely written for our instruction (II
Timothy Hi, 10). And as Blblo stu
dents wo do well to take heed to ev
ery item of tho Divine revelation, that
thus we may keep ourselves in touch
with tho Infinite Ono and In sympathy
with all the features of his great and
wonderful Program. Let us note the
particulars of the Psalm in detail.
The Refuge of HI Saint.
"God is our refugo and strength, a
very present help In troublo" (Psalm
xlvl, 1). How beautiful! now com-
"fortlngl now strengthening! Those
who havo entered Into covenant rela
tionship with God through Christ,
through faith and consecration, and
who aro abiding In his love, may feel
serene Jn any troublo In overy trouble
-not merely in tho final trouble, with
Ivhlch sin nnd sorrow will bo brought
a an end. Not merely when Satau
A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE i
MOUNTAINS
SWEPT INTO
THE SEA
"We Will Not Fear Though the
Mountains Be Carried Into the Midst
of the Sea" (Psalm sM. 2).
ooO -
shall bo bound will God bo tl'io rcfugo
of his saints, but lu all times and uu
der all circumstances "tho peace of
God which passeth all understanding"
will keep the hearts and minds of his
faithful:
"Therefore will not wo fear, though
tho earth be removed, and though tho
mouutains be carried Into tho midst
of the sen." Tear Is tho great tor
ment of tho majority of our race. It
Is tho lash which the Adversary fre
quently uses to drlvo away from God
those who need his sympathy nnd lovo
and Buccor. To such tho Lord speaks
tenderly saying, "Como unto me, all
yo thnt labor and aro heavy laden, nnd
I will give you rest" And again, God
declares his name to bo Love aud says,
"Their fear toward me Is taught by
the precepts of men" not by his
Word (Isaiah xxlx, 13). Ho would
have us trust htm as a great, loving,
generous Father, saying, "Like as a
father pltleth his children, so the Lord
compassloncth thoso who reverenco
him" (Psalm clll, 13). As love, nioro
love, perfect lovo, comes Into our
hearts it mora and mora casts out the
fear which tho Adversary would in
culcate and which has burned into
men's minds and consciences the
"doctrines of devils," to which tho
Apostle refers (I Timothy Iv, 1).
"Fear not their fear, neither bo
afraid," says tho Lord to thoso who
are his people. "Let tho pcaco of God
which passeth all understanding rulo
In your hearts!" Be faithful I Bo
trustful! Accept the assurance thnt
"All things shall work together for
good to thoso who lovo God to tho
called ones according to his purposo"
(Romans vlll, 2S). This class will not
fear when tho earth shall be removed
and w,hcn tho mountains shall be car
ried into the midst of tho sea. They
might indeed be astonished and in
trepidation if theso wcro literal moun
tains; bnt they aro symbolical. Tho
people of tho Lord, under his Instruc
tion, will not be in darkness that that
day shall overtake them as a thief, al
though it will como as a thief and as
a snare upon the whole world (Luke
xxi, 33). In tho symbology of the Bi
ble tho term tarth Is used to represent
tho social structure, as tho mountains
which constitute the backbones of the
earth symbolize the kingdoms of the
world supported by tho social order.
As tho earth represents tho fixity of
tho social order, tho sea represents
tho restless, turbulent, dissatisfied
classes which lash against tho earth
and continually seek to Bwallow it up.
Tho removal of the earth symbolizes
tho disturbance of the social order.
The swallowing up of tho mountains
in the seas represents tho overwhelm
ing of some of the great kingdoms of
tho earth by the uprising of the people
in anarchistic rebellion against social
order.
"The Powers That Be Ordained of
God."
Tho fact that the Scriptures prophet
ically describe tho overwhelming of
tho social order and tho great govern
ments of the earth must no.t bo under
stood to signify that tho Bible coun
sels revolution or anarchy. On tho
contrary, all of God's peoplo through
out tho Scriptures aro counseled to
live peaceably with all men, so far as
possible. They are counseled not to
uso carnal weapons, not to tnke to the
sword for tho settlement of disputes,
but rather to suffer injury. They aro
counseled that God is tho great Over
Lord, and that although ho Is not now
ruling directly amongst men ho is fully
tho Master of the situation In that ho
could at any tlmo overthrow all op
ponents. Ho docs not acknowledge
that his will Is now done in tho earth,
but tells us that It will be dono by and
by and encourages us to pray and to
hopo and to wait for It Ho tells us
that Satan Is now the "Prlnco of this
world" by virtue of tho fact that be
deceives tho minds and hearts of tho
majority, God would havo his peo
ple understand something of his great
Program, but ho would keep this hid
den from all others; benco the Impos
sibility of explaining spiritual things
to a carnal mind (I Corinthians 11, 14).
"None of tho wicked shall understand"
(Daniel xli, 10).
Tho great Creator has contented him.
self with such a supervision of human
affairs as leaves much responsibility
In human hands, no merely Inter
feres to ralso up or to cast down on
occasions when tho Interest of his
Cause and Program may demand. For
Instance, tho case of tho Pharaoh,
raised to tho throne of Egypt, In
Moses' day. God there raised to tho
Throne a man of great determination,
and hindered from reaching tho throne
other men not so favorable to tho car
rying out of tho Dlvino Purposes.
Thus, without Interfering with tho
free moral agency of tho king, God
used the wrath of man to praise him
and tho remainder he restrained. Sim
ilarly, God previously raised Joseph
to tho Governorship of Egypt for bin
own purposes.
Tho Prophet describes tho tumult of
that day of overwhelming troublo,
when God's Kingdom -will be. estab
lished, saying of tho sea that will
swallow up the mountains, "Tho wa
ters roar and be troubled; tho moun
tains shako with tho swelling thereof"
(Psalm xlvl, It i probably truo
that such socialistic mul niMivhlstlr
roarings have many times In tho past
mused tho kingdoms of earth nnd
their rulers to tremble. Hut nonu day
ncconllus to t'u Scriptures, tho (lnui
catastrophe will occur. How near thnt
day tnny bo who can tell? Quli n
good many earnest Blblo students von
cur In tho thought that such a cllnun
Is indicated In the prophecies, for tin
year 101(1, But bo tho date as It may
the fact renia'Mt. Tho prophecy
are examining U nearly three t lion
sand years uUt, but It 1$ ns good, us
sure, mul as meaningful today as ever
It was.
Wo aro not of thoso wjio would
harass tho minds of our fellows with
fear. Rather wo would point them to
tho Tact thnt behind this cloud of trou.
bio there Is a jjlorlous sliver lining
of Millennial Joy and blessing for all
tho fatuities of the earth. Itnther we
would encourage nil who havo the
hearing ear to -teal aud faithfulness
In their consecration, that they may
"make their calling and their election
sure" to a share In tho Kingdom glo
ries and 'Vscnpe thoso things coming
upon tho earth" (Luke xxl. 30). In a
word, tho Gospel of Christ Is not n
mes-iago of damnation and fear and
torture, but as tho angels declared.
"Good tldlugs of great Joy which shall
be unto nil people" (Luko II, 10).
Deliverance of the Church Pictured.
Iu tho fourth and fifth verses fob
lowing our text tho Church Is sym
bolically pictured ns tho City or King
dom of God, hU dwclllng.placo. And
tho stream of Truth Is represented as
a river making tho City clean and
fresh and glnd. Tho proclamation Is
made, "God U In the midst of hcrt
Sho shall not bo moved! God shall
help her early in tho morning" early
In the Millennial morning. Tho Church
ts to be "a first-fruits unto God." Her
salvation as the Bride of Christ will
bo accomplished early In this Mil
lennial morning. Oh, how glad will
bo all those accounted worthy of a
placo in that elect Church "tho
Church of tho First-borns, whoao
names aro written in heaven!" "Sho
shall not be mored," Is in agreement
with tho first terse in assuring us that
God's peoplo will be preserved from
fear aud doubt and mlsundoratnudlug
of the events of that "time of trou
ble" and that their faith will enable
them to triumph at a tlmo when oth
ers will bo In great distress and per
plexity (Luke xxl, 20).
The Cintllee Raged.
Beginning with tho 0th verse tho
Prophet gives a brief synoptical pic
turo of tho time of trouble and its
consummation aud tho Inauguration of
universal peace. "The heathen (Gen
tilo peoples) raged!" These words
dcscrlbo tho tumult which will pre
vail amongst humanity In tho great
time of trouble beforo the climax Is
reached. "Raging." angry voices arise
from public sieetlngs, aud lu tho moro
privnto meetings of tho lodges of La
bor and Capital, and through tho col- j
uuins of the Press to tho extent per-
mltted. In Germany tho "raging"
Press for tome tlmo has been muz
zled. The aanio Is true lu other na
tions. In Great Britain, In tho United ,
States and In Franco there Is a fear
of tjumult through public Press "rag
ing," and everything posslblo is douo
to restrain It Whoever bccs thnt an-,
archy is tho most dreadful terror con
fronting Civilization must realize tho I
wljdotn of reasonable restraints upon J
uis uwu lunguo aim ujiuu iuu iuuj;ui.-3
of others. .Nevertheless the Scriptures I
show us that all effort to suppress tho 1
tumult nnd tho angry voices of men
selfishly "racing" out against each
other will fall.
Tho prophetic picture continues
"God uttered his voice; the earth melt
ed." Tho unfaithfulness of humnnlty,
tho clamor of greed, both in rich aud
In poor, will bo answered by tho Al
mighty, "Giver of every good and per
fect gift." no will "utter his voice,"
or, as another prophot declares, "Ho
will speak to tho peoplo in his anger,"
for their correction, for their rcproval.
The result will be that tho symbolical
earth (society) will melt tho social
structure of civilization .will disin
tegrate. Another Scrlpturo declares
that that disintegration will be so
great that "every man's hand will bo
against his neighbor,"
Hut tho Prophet hastens to assuro us
that In the midst of all this tumult tho
Lord will be with his consecrated peo
ple. Wo read, "Tho Lord of hosts Is
with us. Tho God of Jacob is our
refuge." This promise applies primari
ly to the consecrated Church of Christ
Spiritual Urnel. But It also sec
ondarily applies to fleshly Israel, the
Jowlsh nation, which will participate
in tills tlmo of trouble, but bo saved
out of it, a tho Scriptures dcclaro
(Jeremiah xxx, T). In this time of
(rouble tho Lord's Jewols, his saints,
will bo gathered to their heavenly
home, after which Dlvino favor will
begin to return to Israel (Itomans xl,
25-30).
Tho Psalm closes with a picture of
tho devastation which will provall
throughout tho world as a result of
human selfishness nnd blindness.
Capital and Labor will rlso up to a
terrlblo cataclysm of anarchy, awful
for rich and poor alike. Only God'B
saints will then have pcaco, and that
because of their knowlcdgo of tho
grand outcome; because of their faith
In God and their willingness to ac
cept whatever Ids providenco should
send. Mark the grand symbolic apos
tropho with which the Psalm closcsl
May Its lessons draw us nearer to the
Fountain of Grace and give us rest,
pcaco and Joy through obedience of
heart to him, "lie (Imtnanucl) mnketh
wars to ceaso unto tho ends of the
earth; ho brcakotb the bow In sunder;
bo burnetb the chariot In fire. lie still
nnd know that I am God. I will be
united among tho heathen (Gp tiles);
' will bo exalted in the earth,"
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132 WEST MAIN ST.
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I have n list of very oxcollent
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whothcr on my list or not.
Correspondence solicited from
those nt a distance who wish to
lenm of this land of honlth and
opportunities.
George F. Dyer
Room 0, P. O. block. Tol. 3201.
(Formorly Mnnchostor - by - tho
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Shado trees, less than half price.
Gasoline otigino, two-horsepower.
Horses, wngon and harness, chenp.
Houses and loin jn different parts of
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Second hand Pitcher pump, with pipo.
.22 Winchostor riflo, spocial.
10 acros in California,
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2 girls for gonernl housework, $1 por
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2 women for gonoral liousowork, $C
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This is a snap at $1000 per aero.
NO 225 ACRES In city limits; 6-room houso; barn .
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t
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580 Spitzcnbergs.
319 Bartlctt Pears.
242 Winter Nclis Pears.
288 Early Crawford and Elberla Peaches (planted
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The price is $G00 an acre, and wo can make good
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