The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-09-24
SCORED HUSBANDS
Also Christian Scientists--Plain
Speech by Distinguished
Pulpiteer.

Iu1pltGeT.
Husbands who attended services
at the M E church South, Sunday
morning heard themselves scored.
So did Christian Scientists.
The man who did the scoring
was Bishop Duncan, of South Car
o1ina. For hearers, he had all the
people who could crowd into the
church. Every available niche
and nook was occupied, and sew
era1 who desired adm ltance went
away for lack of accommodations.
The speaker is a free lance. He
expresses his opinions freely, but
does it so gracefully and. so ell
egant1y that the victim is not of
Tended.
The subject was a discussion of
what is necessary to salvation,
whether as one biblical authority
says, works, or as another declares
faith. The speaker held that both
works and faith were essential.
The rich man can not, he.said ap-
proach throne of grace and, laying
down his fabulous wealth, say, all
this I will give to be saved. He
could not say, here are my cattle
on a thousand hills, and here are
my ships laden with jewels. and
with these buy his way into heav-
en-. He cannot endow a universityor
give thousands for work in the vine
yard and then, without faith be
saved. Neither can he, with large
and enduring faith, without works,
find an open door to the kingdom.
There are husbands who have
lived with their wives for forty
years, and still are not husbands,
Bishop Duncan said. ''They are
only husbands by law, just as some
men are seeming Christians be-
cause they belong to church. These
husbands think they care for their
wives but they don't. When a
wife asks one of them for five dol
lars, he says, "What do you want
with it? You don't need S5."
Husbands of this kind" Bishop
Duncan said, love their money
more than they love their wives. ;"
''They reminded him. he declared.
of the Irishman who said right after
his wedding, "Wel1we are onenow,
and its msilf that's the one.'
Christian Scientists, the bishop
declare to be the most inappropriate
combination of words in the Eng
1ish language. There is, hedeclared,
neither Christianity nor science in
the sect. A woman in Atlanta
built a magnificent temple dedi-
Gated to Christian Science. It was
built of hardwood, and magni
fcent1y finished, but after com
pletion, she regretted to the archi-.
tect that it was not built of Georgia
marble. "But, madam, rejoined
the architect, 'fo11ow the theory of
your creed, and just think it is
Georgia marble, and Georgia
marble it will be"
Bishop Duncan was sarcastic
with reference to many things
worldly, and among other char
acters, the stingy man fell under
his criticism. Conceive if you
can, a miser in heaven, sitting by
the side of Jesus Christ. 1t is
sight that none of us will ever see, !"
he declared with emphasis born of
conviction.
Bishop Duncan's sermon was a
beautiful example of finished die
ton. His sentences were of the
graceful model characteristic of
distinguished Southern orators
and his delivery polished and fer
vent. He apologized for speak
ing plainly by saying that he was
now an old man, that the present t
might be his last visit to Corvallis,
and that he had neither time nor
inclination for the popular phi1o-
sophica1 discussions that mysti-