. t .- a-. i rt ' filtt.
abdndant; life
THROUGH CHRIST
FELL TKXT OK TI1J5 BACCALAU
REATE SEIIUON
Delivere.! in this City on Last Sunday
by Rr. HofchD. Atchison;
' -of Portland.
- ' , - v - : -. . .. .
I am come that tley 'might, have life
'aii.llh.4t they might - have !t niore
a"l.uiidahtly.'Jvua x-to; '
It is with all the joy of a glad rcelis
covery that the w(r!d .'". of eSirtiu..ii
i llougbt Is emiba-slzing today the trut lj
that 4he Christian religion Js "a Ufe,
The explicit anil clearly avowed ml,
shm of it fonmk-r was to give Ufv to
the work!, lie antuHinci-41 lw.s own
character and mission In that strange,
snbliimi avowal "I lam the "Way and
the Truth and the Life." Ho came not
to abrogate the law, not one Jot . or
tittle of which ahl he woukl fail lie
e aim not to supersede any past reve
lation'f. truth. "ijo-tn eotne not to
dcsaroy but to fulfill." He was obedi
ent to Jill the outward content ious of
life, -social. iolitkat, eveiesiast'cal. lie
came to write no new boolk, to found
no new code, to establish uo new wet,
to found no eaitljj dominion lint he
came to live! ' .j;';- ' ' j ;
T1h; Apostolic church, lcfore its flu--nt
entliushisiu luid cooled and cry
tanil Into )fteuM of tbcoloKy and
clam'Ji iIIcr, lIier-l anl aeteil ni'ioa
w tAi tnat um, ;hrl.-tiian rt-liloa
is a life.. It was ak yet untroubled by
cmtroXTjsieii that wxn bfcaa to
deinaiKl a rigorw AiHJojretle. Tlie
lraetlcal jroblenh of 1kw 4o'Vat Willi
half "boat ben converts- anl how to
veru the . ra'pidlyj jrrowlii? t'hrlstiau
community,; 2ad not yet Im'sihi to tJ
wure ai-t fK'rvert ilia? original idea of
'('Iirlisttantfy.- Tlie ffaltb of tlie Aiios
tv.li? i-hurcJi was a irnakatta.mK'nt
to. I Hoi vhotH Ufe was the IJht of
tuin. ,
ne history of church lias lnen
like tin' life 'history of the IwImv as it
jrrowi t, manhood. Aa Woi'dsworth
Will,.. - ... ; .
ileav-n IU j aNint us 4n or Infancy.
Sliaden. of the tirlson , house Utn Jo
. , . : : ",! i f . .
Uon't,!M growing ,Uy. ! : ; . .
Tut Im- in-ljokl Okj llht and wlienee
it iidwiK. ' ! I ' :-!' ! :- ''
IleH.- It In his jjoy;' '. '
TlV jotitb w ho daily farther from tle
: i ,Ks.st" -' - .-.'.. 1 '
Mnf travel .ntJll f4 Kature' I'rlest,, I
Alhl l V ti't vision IlflKlid .
' .
At k-nsrth the man '-ixwievwr U' die
away;;:':.;'!;,
Aihl,f:iIe liito Uie ..light of common
day. f ! : ' .. " " ! ' ' ' '
V" inirst' not irn4''hiiie ' however, that
tl.e iifslo'ry. of fio , bun-b hat .Ixt'tt a
loif I ve dj;ejj'atiIon. - . A nwn-
letter that all thedark centuries of
coiiflk't, controversy, iervcrskm, islwukl
.mo on each with its own probkiin,
:nisJii It to kiy Itn emilias3s on
or that doctrine.! It iwas better tlwit
this vital thousbt Christianity a life
ftlMiUld fair I no. tlk dark rouml of
heatlKMi iviUziilion ainl dk", rather
than that it houkl obkle nlone; for
'Iwiin Its life in the oii it unpmener
ate huiiianlty. liiroujjh the loiijc process
of t.l ates it ha rsuid that life aaln
with, iutliiitely larsrcT imanlnrs and
with nlMimkint frirltnpei. '
It'-wajt ineVltalle Hbat Hk ipe of tlie
Fathers, with thir sreat Refenee rf
llH-rvPsrkn.aaltht Ijeatheti jvlrlkisoiiaiy
shutiM f41ow the flrst ae of siiontn-
lwot vroclauiatSan. It was lucvifalrfe
tlic tJ' tXdeean ae of bitter ctiten
.tiou for- crrH'tm of tTccl nulnKt
the wikl lre.ii tlit threatencr tile
etiity and -5Ife- f the church, oaW
rolknr tin siKkleii so'kil and -pollfkril
tilumih of the Cross that came with
t'oiiistaattue. It vai providential fbat
with the delude of lrbanan ln-a-ti;!i,
tbat thntiHui'd utt4-rly to Mot
'otit'clviMx-Jflou, tlm forrt rf Christian
(ivIIizUlou 4houkl tlwl in tiie Ionian
I'ap.K-r a rallyUvr 1lnt awl a cltldcl
f.r 11k safety of 'the germs of an alHin
.nt iifc that tvas to In-. It was xI
Tor the wcrkl that tlK throne of St.
I eter tailed itlf ou the wreck of
Uoman authority and darirur tle Ions
asft i f isiioraiuv "and rlolenoe whkU
me -oftll tin lark Ages Mwtobed out
ti mii tlK cltv of the Oiesars a scepter
which in i4te- of nil that we can say
'aKalnU it. mxktHl the evils of tyr
anny and aiuirdiy ami prove! to on
1U -who&.N the protector and lifter up
vr the cotivmon people. ; ; ' .
It 4 as that' with the reawakening of
i li:roixau mind in k Fifteenth
anlf Sixteenth wtiturics. theruk of
t he Jjvi i nil Caesars which had peeoroe a
earurt an.1 fntoierai.e irjauiij t-,w
lie fort wr'siiattcroi by the Lutheran
l:cf.rmation and that Mokm Eurojw
U.ukl iK gin to Uk WhenNKvjlau.
Corcrnlcus in'IVJO gave to the wwl 1
lxok "tin Tlw Itevolution of Uf
Ibavenly llodkC lw i oix'nel uien
to a Tiew universe. All that had
aloaz with tlie tJcocntrie Itoi
omalc astronomy, was lienccft-rtli otit
of date. The raiwcy. the ?-ho!ast
elsm or tlK Middle Ages, all becanu at
ence olso!cte. The sun U lancet rtb
t'ae center of the universe, and that
Jiswv-ry oaikd for a new heaven and
a ww earth. And as if to answer that
alL akiiost Immediately allko w.th
his teleaix. on Fi?a leaning towr
was giving to ' the f astonished work
rlar dnnonstration of the new bear
en: wh'rle Cxrfiiuiinis returning with
xtranfcje. new ipolU from t he western
3l7.on. had already proclaimed tlie
d'-ctrvery of a new wor'.d. Ami then
as If to cairall mankind Into one vast
nedtcnec. Jutcnl.?rg .In'n i print
Jrom movablo type and the work! be
canj' one. ,Aft-?r these dlsooveri and
Inventions hi tln material' world, the
.tlhol;ry the S?lioIima was dcsiml.
''ILj Mv-l!aeval church was djmucd.
Tlie Rerormatkn Jn religion wu a for-
itwiif t-'nciuion. A
It was a Ktei 5till forws
Intense interest In tbeologu? probkm?
and the dcsir to bnikl logical Systems
of rheokxgy fonml eipresUn in the
Miiwnui ana evementh centuries.
The cliun h of tle serentecnth century
.with its creil buikilng and. theokigk-at
dialetic wa in perfect accord with
tbe philophy and scienee of th.e
5ays. Kverjthing.was ked at from
a legal an-1 mechanical standpoint. Tln
marvcloo success of Calvmsm is
U' exclaim d from the fact that it
4-ned to answer to a great need of
the age. Kepler- and Xewtan with
tlK-ir discovery of Li ws in the nnivers
flowed CoiJt rniiais and fiabk-o. and
the entire workl of thought began to
cek for laws and fundamental prkjei
pVs and "to build systems in lioHtics,
ifolUmntby aud.l(eiil jrv.' There was
'Ta?ing7 say .TuMoch. "iiray, mmds
astir jibout religic-uaitrutb; for'titoaie
great; u iory ? ; a ioiute -WqaIiata
w,hkh to fit ii1iamMmize.thfc-r fkw
Ififf ccneeptijn. Calvinism Kuppiiel
t bis era vtng. '"A ' kng s tlieokigy
cout!nnd n tx merely a question of
systeiiw. and kjie had It oil its own
way, , the triumph of CalvlnUsin was
s cur'. .; - i ; ; (
But the age f system Juilding and
civ.hhI niak:ng was not the ultimate
stage,, thank loL TJr' tkle of tl
kgical enthusiasm that aros with the
lu-formation lias ebbed. It has
left a rich deposit. It resis
tered its murk on the scale of his
torical' jM-ogress, but it can mror come
again. 'It was true to great age and
thef grandest expression of. the great
age' in which tt came. Let the Augs
burg Confession, the Westminster Con-
fce4on --and iIk ionfeswion of the yn-
ol of Dor t, the decres of the t'ooncil
of Trent, Thirty-tilno Articles! of the
Church cf F.nlaud aud , tho .Twenty
ftve Artk-les of our, own church remain
as, ever memorable nrnuments of be
rcfc, religious ami inteilvctual tri'vings,
tut let ttm never jbeeome prlm
fcirs to which to chain t tlie i onward
reaching thought of later agts.. These
noniinients are not alive. The divin
ity lives not in, t htm, T.he divinity of
the, Christian religion is.jn the life of
Cod an reveaknl In Jesus Christ ami
a4 mak? possible to every one of us
through faith in Him. "In Him was
life nikl the IJfe is the Jjight of men."
"Tills is tin? ret-onl Uiat tltnl has given
to us eternal life and that this life Is
In His Son." This is essential, original
Christianity. .
Hiistorically, the .- Kvangelical mtve
iiKUt wf the eighteenth wntury with
its cmphaslis of cxiM'rk'nce, wan a re
turn to the apostolic roucit;on of
Christ ianity Ojs a life to -whiift crctst
ami organlziitkm are sill Ordinate aud
trn.utary. And now after all these k
cades sine IWV-sley, that this. ajfstoIk;
.liis;i;auity lias Ik-cii actually demon
strating itself to le tlie iKwer of t;l
mitOi act'tml salvation, . 1Ik: latest ami
iivwt appi&v d "science, conies : with it
tardy erdk-t. ami s'iys. "Kvaug'jilfal
Christianity Js iwcieiitincaKy trreet - in
placing tin emph;is.4 on, life, "mit
U'oiuCi a wkle ctrtiipass round lw fetch
ed," tlHmgh ninetjci'ii huuorcd jtars
away. frtm Its starting piiut in the
Vl of Hiui w-ho dUd and roe again.
iChnisHanity .tolay has come tirowud
aga'n V-lt.,nrat viewvj.'briuging, with
it all the Abundant treauees f Its kng
vH-p of xnrk'Hvn. I has fulliliel
the promise of ;hilst "I am come tliat
nlK'V might have life ,uKre abundantly."
. Kvery age has lt leading tkoiht.
Its -spirit liieit tieist, as Uie fiermans
waufcl say). Jn the 4xtcnta cntury,
tlK spirit of the ase was libi-rty, indi
vMiuiSiAm.'? Ttni'W'WflHi bakiiiig
awav."'frO!rf traditioii' ami. authority, as
the- youth full of mmantit? JcTreanis
breaks aw-ay -f rorti - jrental tutelase
ami irk bia own? fortune, in u tiK-
i4venteentSi century the emphas.s was
on sjt in. logic- law. In the igiiteenth
century the watchword was seme or
reason In' 'the nineUtF-nth century;, the
wrd Is Ufe. '
Tlie sco nce of Biology, latest lorn
if the sek'nee has well nigh revln
tlonized Hm worsd of tliougbt. It has
eatijued a . .bifting of positions an-1 a
rtmdjnsting of foetisci. It s fnrnisli
Ing t'. tl.e world's thinkers new iKilnts
of vkw frvn which' not only the tech-,
nieal seientlst but tl i)hr.osoplier and
even tlie tlieologian are eoiuiMlk"l to
vkw tSn '.r prolrtenk. One can scarcely
caUolate tJie revolutionary effvK-t upon
the entire world , vt thought of , Iar
win's view of miture wlikh apiarvl
4n hh M, "Origin of SisHk-s",in
l.STil AVbatever opinion we may; h ive
of- tie Usk and r the theory in other
rtspvts, we must all agree that tla?
Innuirr wSiich ,darwai tartcrf was
ds'h-makln2. as epoch-making as,
IH'rnk-tKs ;"lUrvx4ution. of the Heavenly
I!o4lies." i It lias proved , valuable !e-tau-e
of tlie questions it has start'l
and tin changed attitude toward na
ture an-l Vtod whkh it Juw DioJgM
ailxMit, Fp to that liuc all science. a.l
il:!loci?iy and all tWogy had Irii
bnnlt up on the mechanical and kgeal
plan. cf the seventeenth ami eigh
teenth centuries. Henceforth the fc
sire is to know what tl great acts
of life rea'.Iv an?. And Oh. how 11k
facts began 'to pile up! ecology as a
vhnce wan lrn. All other se.enccs
.had to lx- written. No wenkr
servatlves In every rtnt..T
tihought took alarm and cried The
old order chaugeth." Hadlcals and
atnrtstirrefoicc4l. Itut all that alarm and
that premature rejoicing luive I
I hllosophy, science and aJove all the
ok)"T have fouml themselves again,
and'have entered uisn rnoro nbundant
jife. XLaterialboa has profited "oim:
but rntler h:vs been discredited by ie
new point of view. Nature 4 is no
longer regarded as a P5ece ; of piechan
lm as i, Paley's time with-t.od out
ride, like t be ckH k-niaker only , now
ami tlien tinkering. wWh his ckxk, Init
is Interpreted Ja terms of life and
growth. Cod is Imminent in tlie
universe He was Creator In the
Kinning. ami He U Creator now, . at
work "in every atom of spice ami in
rv?ry -instant of time." Theimjdern
txvt conceives of Mture as the "gar
IZnt of tJod woven in Jthe r oaring
"Sn of time," by which wliIV la the
w-e e HIm. As Coetbe. sings:
"Not outade cloth the Creator linger
And let tbt all of tilings run round H-s
Pot nJolt center not its outer rim
OomiTilown to Nature, lifts U P to
Moviig-ithki Inspiring from a4ve
in currents ever new f life . and love."
rod is in Ills world I manifesting
Himself, not only in the n"1"'
the miracles of the Okt w Tesfa
n?nt but in .tbe usual and the
nla-. If we will but liav eye. to
"Evl-ry common bush Is. aflame wita
t ii..m I'svclKiCogy with all its
veiatons of the Intin,cy Ljtwj
i . the mind la lartuer
i s . ' 1 ' ' ' . - 1
trom Wing materialistk? than ever In
the past, when the antitheses Itetween
n; i in 1 and matter was unduly tm
pbasioed. Its new demand is "What
are tlie facts of life, what are the fact
of cousckiusaessr The ok! division "
tlie uiu.i Into facnlties is sen to have
beu a pure abstraction, useful ink-el
fw dkUectical purples, but baring no
Teal concrete existence. It Is tlieWhole
aoul mot a piece of it, that thinks and
will and fooU. - ;''- ;'
And with our religious eonc-p-tluns;
ur theology and church life
cannot .linger tu the evenu-cutli and
eigkfeentai -enturie wlik seduce an-1
phiksoi)hy have fouml otker iints of
view than thoe then occupkHi. .Many
of the qwsoiM thrtl cjlskkH-eP, of
priimi impjrtance have lpKt that impor
tance.;! r: : ., . .
Tlie reformation of the Vixtecnih
cen tnry dealt tflie prlncipJe of InfalU
lle.cliarch autbcrltjr its d-'aih lioWv
Tin? Wesleyan revival of tlie 1 eigli
toenrh ct ntury and the sthtific ixiove
i.etH oj this elcntnry lKth seeking to
Iea-1. forth mankind to a ' mor abun
dant life, have conspired to? dethrone
that ime fTinelple of infantile au
t!lH?riEty: whk-h when driven out of the
thirach; -sougbt its siat in creels and
theOkigk-al systems. Tlie world; has
t-jrsMd; to bum 3iKn and women for
ereid":-sake: for it. has come t le
nndc-rtoisl that ,the essential thing jn
Miration Is not jan opinion fi.!ont ai
vat kn but salvation itself, an actually
saved life. And the essential-titing
alut the Christian religion is-nelthr
Jheteh nor crrcsl nor Ikok. but that,
life which Ls the Igkt trt tntm that
life which created the Clinrch at.1
l'-ook.. j When we take the . standpoint
of life.: bow the divine puriibse and or
igin X L'ulk aul Churcfli appear, in
thtir ttut? -wt!ng and s'ngnliianee.
J,f .we had tsiXU to grasp tin? fnllrslg-niticam-e;
of ( that transcendent fact,
that the essential thiuj; in, the Christ
tuin religion is the iife manifested In
-triirUU 4in'h of 4iie pitiul controversy
aiiat -raas ovc-r the. question of , the In
fallSiility nivl inerrancy of -the Jloly
S-riiurcs woukl cease lecause of its
relatijiv nn impjrtance. ."TIkvc Scrlpt-
pres wkkh yon 4indly mlore. and ig
norantly; .misuse" inid Jesus to the
Pharisees of bis day "are Uiey whk-h
testify of'nie." It Is this -whk-h gives
tlKin tluir value and meaniing. And
If xihurch athl lkmk sltoukl Uvth iierlsh
Jcstxs 'hrist wonld not peri-sh; and
th;Kt life could create a new church
aud Inspire a new Bjk to lie written.
As a. .'convert of the Pacific 5arIen
Mission at Chicago, with rare Insight
declared "A new Uxk of 1I acts of
Christ in Chicago, might lx wrlt
teffij. as wonderful as the Acts as re
onknl y Iuke." "Uetigion" as IMbll
HiETs.ii saUl "Js not a question of liter
ature but of life." Cfiiristlaulty Ie-.
niSnently Is' rx a book relllou but a
liWniigion. As Ir. Clarke aays "it
wafers in a l rsai and consists In a
liff and the Srlptu are. its servant
io) h-s source." T1m : new ioint of
vkw of life-from whk'h tlie world is
now disfHd to rtud,v question cf
IMl.-lkii-l .interretatkin lut kw n
greater and divtiwr Bs4c tban the
former inechaiikal tlKSries of- verUil
and pklnary inspiratxm eould iwsl-
bly give. Not like the tables of to
mlraii'mnsiy engrwsl w ith tle L.aw
an'l hamk.'d to iMoes from the cJoudy
summit of quaking Kiual. Is this di
vine Blrary of sacred literature tflmt
has grown' steadily with the growth
iff rewiatkm.- Ky no nrtiary flat W4-re
i hew liookj bonn""' toget her ' In one
volnnie. "but tliew - is In tlkim such a
marvekms nnlty of moral and spiritual
punose that the cnihtenei 'con-seh-nce
rf ithe workl ty a trne instinct
and -1 y, common consent lias -'lected
tlKii under the guklance pf tloi's spir
it from on ocean or eontemporary
wrlt'ns anl fiias SxhjikJ 4,hem together
and ralkd them "The ilViok." As Sir
Walter Scott' fa kl. "There is but one
15iok." It Is tlw lwk of ttfe ami is
irself a liviing lxok. thriil"Ins with
lH-esnt and Intense tife. It is not the
tifmicr of our age -to look at if In the
im-chanical way that was once in
vogue. It is not a piece of miraculous
ttfeehanUm. but a living growth. We
Is-Iieve in its divine Insp raton not; l
ciinse some external authority has pror
nc-unccd It so. , not Un-iiuse church
council or Infallible poix flmve sakl o.
lut lca ne It carries with It its own
evidence. It apil hfe. It makes
ai'rvc! It does actually inspire. A IIa
titt.'the hisitorkin rtM-clanvlThis lok
fits me as a key fits lock." Or as
CaJertdge -said with tears "The Bible
finds me; it finds me." - ;
In the work of excavating the Hoo
sac; tquuel, two gangs of work-nw-h
w'ercr started from oiKsite sides ol the
utwtaiu; and o rCchrato was the
survey that when they nu t In the mit
dle of Ahe mountain, their work joined
with scarcely a lialf Inch of difference.
So the human need ami divine graie
mtet in.ierfect adaptation. The Script
ures insured of Cod are pronta-lik? fo
every human med. Tliey siieet tin
demands of human life ami as we walk
life's way they are as a limp to our
feet. Tlie Bible has authority ami al
ways will have authority lteeause it
ari9 - to life. It uWaiM our JiMart.
It interirets our kinging. It shows us
tlie lattli oX !"fe that leads us to Hioi
w 1m is the IJfe ami IJght of wen.
; The time when everything was set
tled by tl irocessen of rcas-m con
t,rtlered as a separate faculty has gone
ty, both in the world of phikiphy
and of religion. WJien Icke analywd
filie facultie oi the mind Into but two.
Intellect and will lie was in aceora
with .the spirit of the seventeenth cent
ury. ' But now men demand not lnfai
IRile kgic aml.niathftjrtatleal certainty,
but abundant life. All things are In
terpreted in terms ef life ami growth.'
-rtie- word truth "has broadenee! out to
include not only correct processes erf
the Intellect but tuso tlie utterances oi
Will and feeling. Whatever life needs
in order t-ernipkMely " to utrcr"its-UT1s
rce..-Ufe has a night to- otterttself.
Tb.cience of he Tiieory of . Ktfuwk
cslge has bad to -take into its scope"
the knowledge fflat comes by will and
by feeling; feir IntcBleet acting by Itself
never gives knowledge.
The standpoint of fe is taken In
every clepartuHt of dmtnlry, and the
workl of thought, not only of phikmv
pbk-al I Hit of reilgkMis thesight is about
teady to give up the false an-1 iitu.
lble quet for mathematical certatnty
and for - infallUwlity. Tlte testa, for
troUi imposed b the logic of the :r
entrenth centurj are found to be arti-fkla-1
ami perverted. Truth Is not
otnetb2ng that can be cotnpreh.-n.lod
In formulas .aud "systems. It is sorue
.i Jn that Is ever erowlng toward God.
iThat life may attain life's (true- end it
is 'not; nefjary xna tiL rr,v v. fr
failUJe exterual authority The sort of
cone
perfection wbicii (toe nnman hub craT-
a its Sdeal ami insplrtkn Is not to be
prtiU-ttled In intellectual- e-onceptknis.
of expreseil ; iu intellectual processes.
tot ni(st be conceived iii terms of tife.
Jo terms of personalityj I
Tiie work! needs not ami can get no
prcfit from nn infallible Church or ip-e-rrant-
"Book or infaklUe Interpreter
ef tiher. Winn we learn what lt! Is
that-we ouglit to look for anfl what we
have the right to look for in Chnrch
and B?t4e, our j-tty controversies .will
Lave.' an end, Tbe world needs Ufe
ami It wiU saved through the i-r-3ual
ower of ILim w bs came tliat we
Ufc'iLt have, life, and that we might
have it iuore abandautly. i .1 -:
"Tlie power of truth" says-ti!os
L'tly; in its Konrce; truth must come
h. u;.-n wcgiiitel , ami cJiargcd with
oetsi.le energy." Oh, young ui-n '-and
weunen luoking out om lire'-witn ue-h
lie pe today, what we-;;ncl Is not an
luiaj&le authority bat? a trustworthy,
living : riukr Without 4,nat- rliea.ler
art rafalkl le trutb "w-onld : but Jiuoek
auU aggravate; our fsiiiure. r.k ' 4 I
, And this . Is ; exactly - tlie position
whk-h ilmistlan4ty .occupies in the
Wrrki. lt rere'abx to us a Ijeatkr and
Friend who came that we might bave
Life, It Is this p?wt r of personal life
that constitutes tlie impassabk : dis
tance between the' teacbiugs of Ciirist
ami that of other great teatiiers. What
though the precepts of Jesus can lie
matched in vConfnclos, Buddlia. So
crates and , Marcus Aurelius, it : wa
lxt-aue He spoke them ; that ' "the-y
have ourbbrity. Jesus was more tiiiin
a speaker of; true things, lie impel -sonated
and Tundica-ted the realitj- of
truvh, thremgli actual struigs and in
dnrauce, ami victory. His method ;of
teaclJng' was an appeal to life Itself.
,It has been truly, said "Truth is not
actually truth" untd It gets pist re'sptH-t
pr)irly cntertadnvl for elogma:" aud
lej-onel . rewtfnce ' for an 'external' rev
ekttion. and awakens an Intelligent
and resmslve cousislonsnctss f- its
reaSJtyL Ilem'e. Christ in his teaching
strove to, start into qctloa, 'all tth na
tive f?ntlmi'U(ts am! IhstliKts iii' which
human nature Is- grounde.1, easting
himself In ' alisotote confidence uiKin
tlie fact that txvauae men at till? chil
dren of Cod they are ready; each eiie
tor hiiinsclf to hear liis.twreL" 11c dealt
not ; in abstract truth but ap
proached men dfirectly fc through their
experienees aul loccupations anl.- the
things they best kmWir. "Wlhat loan of
you,! having an hundred sbfep. If lis
kse jone of then ekl not k'ave tlw
ninety ami nine in the wilderness ami
so after rhat which Is lost until Ih
tinds it?" Christ's teacMng aud His
whoM lietng were an iutrprelatiuu
throBgh human life of God's Sife. an
effort "to know that tlie truth of Cod
Is aft-o the truth of man." . Trutli
throngh ami by Ufe this Is tflie truth
as its is iir Jesus. Oh. how pe rfect the
adaptation to our mel! How Is-auti-ful
th incarnation that gives us iiexl's
Word -writ large in a Ierfee-t Humaii
life! We look tip ami hung for a God
who understand anil feels with us,
and, we have' such a iod in the re-e!a-t
ion of Christ. iBrowuing makes liis
.pavid ng;o aul:.4'.: v'i.i;-i .
I Tis tlie weakness itf streuxth that
i I cry, for. 3Jy flesh that 1 Nck " ;
In tlie Godhead.- I ek am! I And. 'it.
t Oh, Saul it shall be 1 ,
A:Face like tuy face that rccelTcs thee:'
-; ,-r-r n ncin lik,to nie : f - '
Thou halt love- ami lie loved by for-
' ever: a Hand like ibis hand " i
-SLall tbrow ointi the gates -of new life
; I to the See the Christ stand.
"What are words- says a ' great
preacher, "'precepts I sjiloslstus,, pict
ure aipeals. commands: what are .ehk
qnence, poetry, hiitslc. art besides this
living -way. this , way; of truth lived oik
through. all its . tern of struggk? and
xmhiraiice and alttlv am! demth till it
endcsl In the joy thus and only thus
to lt achieved." "I wn come that -)-e
mighit have Ufe;more alwrnlantly titan
the fi'orkPs way can provide.""
If we sbcukLatteiimt to. deflne life
e slvould Jail as all others bate failed.
Ail una instinctively elf.ire it but no
one fan tell what it , Is. Like other
great tiKmosyEabic word , Light,
Trutli, Ixve-4t- exprsses something
WhlcSi ail minds ted bnt whk-h elens
aualj-sis. It .is one of those great
words that must go (back for Its last
nx a ning . to , ; t lie : a IlHXmprehen li ng
word of God. My life', my cornicle-nee
avnlvity finos its true meaning oiUy Jn
God4 VVlM-n men flen f rom present x
Manee thtumgh' suicide it is not frena
lifetbey would, tlw hnt from some 111
thiitmakes the j rese'nt Intolerable. , H
"Wliatevcr crazy sorrtiw aaiitb . f
N-fvIife that brat(lws the human breath
Ilatli ever truly longevl'for eieath. . ;
Tis blfe whereof our nerves' are scant
Oii!ife not death, for wiik-h we pant ,
Mow life and fuller -that I want." ;
i- I : . (Tenuyson'f Twx Vok-es.") ;
How may I flml tiiys. If, my true,. life,
the alundant life whk-h. ad men erav?
TI? Work! had trkd to answer tiiat
question. .' . , .- .
Inece liad Ber answer In art and
teanty; and -the. little rocky la ml.
ltfpcme-d forth With forms of exrpM4te
Uauty in sculpt ure In are'Wtectnre, in
Itty ami siH-eeh rand blstory. until
tlt very aix jof human achievement
seems to have; 1 wen rcaclcl: For the
art standards of the age of Pericles still
d-Hiihiate after two milleninhis and a
half ibave pascL Life was arj-at and
bea&tifnl In those days; but thiit-ls-ait
ty, tottexl away liecause It was not liv
ing (beauty. It "wa; not tlie lieauty of
bcUness. ." '
Hme followed with ber genius 'for
law. and administration, .grasping with
Ireni hands ami welding inW one or
&tnie worlet all the scattered nation
cf; the eartb.' . Imperial Home gave to
ti4e iworkl her cole whk i has ticeemie
the fount 'of elvil Liw for all nations;
ami; yet; her taw andgovernaient lwv
ca'me corrnptr.1 ibecanse theJr were ex
w i nt: they had not their roots In' trn
life.'n character, in Ijove; wiijch akme
rvtn;fnll all UWj.f, ';" ; ; i".-; I
And the Ihird anl best great Innn
cTIdf'loII.ahtkinity was Hebrew 1 viiixa
tiott, -M ty in its- rlgkl mora li ty, " a sys
tem of lUghteoosness. but a rUrhteom
ness nnwanneel and nnillmainated by
vt., . ; ' " x :- : ':'-
Then .when tlie bush of lisapiolnt
nHilt nettkd down over all that the
world had txk-d. In the f nllness of
tm came great larkl's Greatest Son
to iestablijih a new and living reign.
"Fir wliat rhe law coukl not do In that
It Twas weak throngh the flesh. God
semting'his own Hon in the likeness of
slnTnl lesb"ucil tor s!n condemned Sn
In the Oe4i. tiiat the lighteousccss oi
f thif kiw might tie ulfiik-d In ns who
wafko? after the flesh but after the
spirit" Chris came with a promise of
liAC And what has ixen the result?
That llf Is so altV'Jinltiiat It", con
w rvea aXthaf wai beianUful in the art
of j Greece. a9 that was noble and
strong in the law of Rome and all that
was holy In the righteousness of Is
racL t beauty is a real and living
i s
beauty. Its law Is not b-ad e-ommaud
but the living law of kve that fulfllls
all law. Its righteousness Is the right
eousness that grow as from a living
toot rrem i-rsoual trust' in Christ. It
I- tieid's styk of rigbte-otrsness. a riht-cousnc-as
that si.rings finu life.
iWhem we asli tllow does Christ save
and transform y we come at om-e Into
the jrtesem- of the primal mystery of
Life ami Being. He save- not by con
vleinuing, not by preaching down to
men. dead in trespasser and la sin, but
by living. He saves by be ever mys
terious iaw of- spirit over spirit, ills
nnnhex! is not the legaL the educatkin
aL the moral inflm-m-e. tin ti-ck-siastl-eal.
it Is the vital method IJfc giv
ing Btseif In Love. I low it is that tiie
Sod climls, up tbe stalk of tho plaint
and bloom- forth in immaculate pur
ity In the full-blown lily? Life
reached down and takes up and trans
forms. How does, Christ save ami
transform tlv lives ef sinful men? It
in a mystery: ye each. heart carries
t!K secret of that'salvatkwt. " Tliat se
cret is Ijove. 1 1 is i? f Ikv iKiwe r of one
prson loving amtlr that CSirlst
saves. Goil was In Christ loving -the
workl back to liimseLf. tiol was In
Christ giving Himself to His eWldr-n
giving not new trutli. for men were
spuinmg what truth they bad: giving
not new law for nKn eoukl not ,keei
tlu kiw lut giving Himself Sfrong
Son of God. Immortal Ijove, Frleml of
man, Elder Brother, Lover of the sml
It Is by the power , of kve- that
storied not sliort of death that Clirtst
lecau the Savior of the world am
King of men.
The college stnelent knows something
erf the power of Friendship. Tlie se
cret of success in art, or study or char
acter might often. l expressed In the
grateful e-onfession "I had . a f rkmd."
Fine-rsyh .sing thus erf frk'tidship;
"A rikkly U-ei of : manly b!ootl i r
: Tbe surging sea . out weighs . ; , . -The
world unoertaln coims and goes
i'i he lover' rooted . 8 ." . ; ;
t frieue!. myjliomim said
Throngii thee alone the sky is areiied
Through' thee tlie rese ia fed
" AH things through thee .take noikr
form " l,i ...
And lctk leyond tlie earth. '
; ,The mill 'round of uuri fate oppe-ar ,:
A sun iKith in thy wortli.-
Me too thy uobk-uess litis taught
To msster my elespalr
T1k fountains erf my hslden life
Are througli thy frlemlshlp fair."
Oh. if a human frk-ndshlp an till kfe
with such alHiiidawc, how much more
eau the Sove of Him in wiiom dwclls
all the fullness of human and divlnr
perfectkn, give us life more oltnulaut.
How shall ; we attain that new life?
Why, by living It. By actually doing
di'ty under the Inspiration of etirlst's
Ideals ami of His preeiRV. Take It
an-1 live It In Ills strength. We can
rot imitate his life in specific details,
tut we can lrnbUe His sjrtt.' The
trend erf ejnr llve-s may lie the same in
liis. Just as every ship ; to1 the new
wot Id, althvHigh cutting" each ' It g own
path folkiws 'the tra k of ColunUnis.
Tlie eXvrItfn-nt of 'condutlng 'a eially
paier "as Jeus 1 woukl" may ' result
einly in bringing into question and tld
Vuk tin letalsr ami nU'Wsxls: tuif the
principle that -'wotUd, cotiduct' journal
ism ami all business in the 'Christian
p:rit--1hat i ever noble,' 4 that It" Is
eve-r possible to have.
"'The wlld's great nt'cVl is for 'life.
Just srich lives as' Christ lited. .Would
we minister o that tie-.d? .Have we
not !sn pniiaring In our "CJirlstian
college-H for' that very service? Oh. k-t
us barn the Usson bf tirisl's H Aj.
Young men and women, go forth frin
t!w haKowel colk-ge w'alls I pray you,
and iour out your life wltlsuit stint
into the veins erf humanity, otid -yiU
will re-alize tlie' promise "He that los
eth his life for My sake shall keep It
nnto Iff everkisttng. . -
Graluat.kn kiy eiften seems the most
ele-solate day erf one's life; but with tlx
strong Son of Goel as eitir Frk-nd. eVer
assuring us "I am.witCi you niways"
one can go forth into this w-orll with
o.nneIence ami face anything. The view
cf life win!ch Ciirist had was wltolo
omw an.1 noKe. All the? dark qus-
'Jions wtariing fnum Joi and tlie IkxJk
erf Keeksi-astics, groping down tluouuh
tftie ages, through Plato and Aeschylus
and"Zeno. on to moxbrn ekiubteT ami
lKsslinists like G-nethe. Schopcnha ur,
and Matthew ArnoH and tieorge Elli
ot questioning .tlie worth of life llse'lf
are entireiy out of his field ef view.
His vtew of life was as has lHn mid
f'mpio as" that of. a child, imKHitm-.
vettlble -as that of Omnislene." Man
Is a child of God. elestimsl to tlie goii
of tlie life that now is and of the life
that is to couie; and all things work
togtlMT' for good to tliem that love
Gsl. .--.:. .
I'll, let n lielieve Christ's re vela Won
of our Fatlier Ivet us receive -and live
t1e Ufe,nKre abundant tlwit, trasses at
last unse-atlK-el throngfh "death. Into the
infinite heaven of His love. W'e owp
the workl, living as we k In the
times an abundant Ufe. Philip IKhI
drielze h;il tlie true Christian motive
when bo sang: i
"My gractous Ijr,rd. I own Thy right
To every servk-e I can joy '
Anl call it my supreme elelieht
To hear Thy elk-tates ami oiiey."
"What Is my lsing bnt for Tli'-e
Its sure surfort..lts noMest -nl?
Tin my elellght Thy face to we
7uA serve the cause of stx-li a
FrieneL" ' "
It is a profound truth that Jesus
Christ is Christianity. He Is Hie
foumlatkm once laid to Te f-wve-r the
liasis, the plan," tlK promise and projh
ecy of the perfected humanity. " Ite
llevlngon Him. building upon Illm we
shall never be confounded. "
Tbon are the Way, tlie . Truth, the
: Life - -, . .; .- .., - --"
Grant us that way to know .
That Trutli to keep, that Ufe-to win
Whose Joy a eternal flow." ,
? A BOY COMMITTED. J. F. Gra-
ham yestewlay petltlonel the county
court for an order, committing his
son, Francis Graliam. aged 1ft years,
to the IJoya and Girls' Aid Society
of Portland.' Tlie order was made,
and Sheriff F. W. Tlnrbln teeik. the
little fellow to Portkuid last evening
and de-llvereel him to the ofllcera of
the society.
A NEW INVENTION. W. C. Roach,
pressman In .the state printing tifflee,
has Invented a eement for padding
paier tablets and for iNKik-blmllng
that Is unexcelled In the market. It
Is remarkably toush and fiexitle,
and prrdutse-s to le a valuable Inven
tion. Mr. Iioach will enzage In tuanir
factHiing his new invention and place
it on the market at once. . - .,' .
Tlie annual death rate of Geneva,
Switzerland, Is only 11.7 a thousand..
QUIET HOME IVEDDir.'Q
KtrTIALS or J. e. BnoniT AXO M13
J JilNA LMrCOBKLK.
A qukd, iretty home weakling was
eekirald lu Silterton last Wenlm-sday
evetdng, when Miss Nina Irene Mo-
irkk. the ymlnger elaughter f M r.
ami Mrs. J. H. McCorkle; of : tliaf city,
iH-csuoe tlie wife erf ?.fr. Jiu 13meT
Prophy erf this city. The ceremony was
l'rf.rnH4l fly Itev.MJonald MoKilk.p, of
this city, at Ike, 4nne "of the. bride's
Iarcnts Ju Ibe ires;nce or onty ine nu
iiyetLsite rckitives a,ml a few "Jutliuate
aetpiaintaik'S of the ' iopular ytsmg
empk Tlie Mel'orkle 1iohk hal Ik-cu
deftly !.cor:ted in Ivy and fragrant
ross In hotter of the happy occasion.
Tlx ek-ctric Ilghtj had U-en, encasei in
colore.! tlssin pape-r- ami the dainty,
pink effevt w as pretty, lending a charm.
tJ the tasty ekvoratlona,.
.' tMiss .Stella Welch exe-cntenl tl .wd
eling niarcS iromptly at S o'clock, and
tbe youug c.nple entered t he parkr.
where Ir. McKIItop proiAuueHl the
lmpivssive ceremony. Congratulation,
were offerenl anl the party afterwards
partook of an elegant wedding repast.
Tlie bride wore, a, cistunie of rich
white silk organdie and carrkd a lwu
quet of white c:irnatkius. lU-ing na
turally an attractive young woman, sin
apared doubly wee't auI eiiarming
on this esx-asion., Xlu Is oim of Silver
ton's most iKipular elaughters and a
ueneral favorite w.hctv'ver she, is known.
She was attended 1y, her sjsier, Miss
Tcmjs'st Kt:orkl , who wore ', while
The groom Is the nly son of Mr. athl
Mrs. 11. ,B. Brophy, of Polk counly. and
Js we-il and fiKpularly known in Salem,
wlK'rt he has Ji.-eti ralsisl.' He Is now
rii employe of the Salem L'ht & Trac
tion Comiwnjv lie was supported by
Mr; George Bk-ln-s, of Silvcrton, as test
man. '
lr. and Mrs. Brophy have ticgun -house'k'ilng
Iu a cozy little collage on
North Inter street, where they will
Is at home to tilie-lr tiuuierous frietids
after July . t li.
Those piest'ltt. les'ules th-prliK-ipals.
were: Mr. and Airs,' J. 11. McCorkU.
Mr. -and Mrs. .11. It, Brophy, Mr. and
Mrs. Williams. Miss Stella Welch. Miss
Tenqie st McCorkle, Mis IU nioli 1!I-.
land and Miss Emily Thatcher; Messrs.
Gio. lUlus, J. I McVauhu, nlii
Kalph Glover. v
. Drying pil-paratlons lmply develop
elry atarrh; tiny lry up the sects -tioii
WJ.kii alh '-l I to tlx iimiuUrano ntid de
cfi'iMsc. ;i iisliiir a far moi. serious
tr.-ul.Io thajj Hie onliiniry form ;of ca
tauh. ,Avoi t all drying luhalatits and
lis that wliiih el.:ins-s, smithes', and
lienl'. El.v t'r.cim ' Balm Is such a
te-uvdy ainl will -tire catarrh or -eill in
tin ihead . .isily and pleasantly. All
iUiii.Nts sll It, at U) cen' or It will
lie mailed by Ely -Broilers, .""sf 'Warren-
Till
y en;.
Mil-ill MAN'S GIFT.
Then Is nothing that ph-ase tlie
engaged inan more than to shower
gifts ujKin the woman he' hopes to
m.trry. but, very often it happ-ns that
he siHmls a great deal of money and
anxious thought over the pun-liases,
ami ofb-n Ifalls to yet 'what Is most.
suitable on
wished for, Tlie engnge
proHy Is one of these lu
nik, mid It would te far
Iliellt litlg
IHMI'Ilt pit
vflwr to get ft littk .-Instruct Ion ; oi
that momentous subject in-fore buy
ing It; If til. it from his fiaueii hern-lf.;
why then
from some obliging sister,'
or cousin
or aunt in her eoiifidemi.
How elisopiMiintlng when one has sot
one a aieaft tqwin ruliles, says an
Eastetu com men tat or, to find lie has
chosen js'irls, or nmethysis (so Ik
eoming to the hand that Is white and
shnMy), ad Is-hold a Immiji of opals
with their
mystic lire -ami changing
hues; ami.
of course, you have to say
lighted, ami you are not.
you are I
PASTE THIS IX YOI U HAT.
olVginnln
jg Sunday June 21th. the
AsbMht &
Columbia Itlver railroad
will jiut into effect n t ruin schedule
by, whk-h
passenger -nn leave Port-
land ilnily
at 8 a, nt. arrive at SensMe
. m., remain at the nacli
ni.' and nmeh Portland at
From Astoria to the Iwneh
at 12:: i
until .i p.
I:4 p. m
trains will run dally at K:15 a. in. mi I
ll -i n. r)iH leave! S.a side at Uu'VI p.
m. slid' 5 In.' in. cohiicctlng nt Astoria
with Portland train.
Arrangements have also Is-en made
with the (I. II. & In. Co. Tor a daily
Isiat to eoiimct with the morning train
from Portland lea
Ing Astoria at 2 p.
in.,, and making e
Ir"ct ciiiriH-tlou nt.
from North Bench
to leave Ilwaeo In
Ilwaeo with train
points. Also lioat
the, aftertioon to
itiuiH-t wilh evening
train feitf Port la n
tf.
"Vou own a magazine and vou liare
ga.ine
written a novel. Why not print it se
rially in yeior maizine ls-fore plt;lidi
Ing it In iok form?"
"B.cauSe 1 can't afford to pay myself
what I 4 lilnk tlie story is worth."--Chl-e
ago Tribune.
Fine printing. Statesman Job Office.
"Tlie honaca are- extremely small,"
remarkeHl tlw IxiMlon lhea tribal iimn-age-r;
"H-rhas It Is dm to tin war."
"No." said the candid critic; "I think
It's diioj to tbo pi.H-e." I'Siiladelphki,
Ite-corel.
.0 TCIIZA.
y 1 ti lad Yoa Haw A.lran Bc JZ
Twice-a-weck Statesman. $i a yea.
visit Cn. JORDAN'S ckcat
uusEim OFrr.!.iTo:.iY
r tKiimnuimscisct.ciL
V T Lfy- Anil lii.Miiiii luffc
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C" nmWMiaa re tt trr nwr, Ttv.imrrn fm.
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