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1 OXNARD COURIER Volume 8 Oxnard, Ventura County, California, Friday, February 23, 1906 Number 8 MORALIST VS. CHRISTIANI Points of Similarity and Difference Discussed in Able Sermon. Last Sunday evening at the First Presbyterian Church of this city the pastor, the Rev. C. R.

Shields, preached aD unusually clever: and eloquent sermon- sermon which showed much keenness of logical analysis and great care in preparation. The aubjeot was "'The moralist and the Christian; points of similarity and of contrast in their obaraoters." The text was taken from the eigbteenth chapter of Luke, verses ten to fourteen, containing the beautiful and philosopbical parable of the Pharisee who exalted bimaelf and the publican who "emote upon his breast, saying 'God be merciful to 11 me, a Mr. Sbields said, in part. "These characters represent two types, the moralist and the Christian. These types are Dot absolute--each type possesses some of the characterlatice of the other.

The Phariaee represents the moralist, the publican represents the Chrietian. 1 am not bere tonigbt to condemn the Pharisee or to praise the Obristian; am here eimply to bring out certain comparisone between the two. Many charaoteristica are comm.on to the two types; other charactertatice are possessed by the one and are not possessed by the other. Let us Bret examine a few of those obaracteristice whick are common to both. "In the drat place, both the moralist and the Cbrietian are under obligations to keep the moral law.

The Pharisee in bis outburst of eelf-laudatory eulogy plumed bimself highly on having kept this moral law. He cried, "God, I thank thee that Iam bot 88 other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterera, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I And doubtleas he spoke the truth--at least there is nothing int be record to indicate that he did not apeak the truth. And for this keeping of the law be is to be commended; all good is to be commended, and be who does not practice the various virtues on which the Pharisee prided himaelf is Do Christian in fact, whatever he may assume to be in name. Both Christian and moralist are bound to keep the moral law.

The characteristica of the Christian include those of the moraliet, but the characteristios of the moralist do not necessarily include all those of the Christian. A Christian must be moralist, but man may be a moralist without being a Christian. "Now, the moralist and the Christian both fail to keep perfect the moral law. Botb are bound to keep it, and both fall abort of keeping it to ite entirety. But it a man is to gain salvation by rirtue of the law alone be must keep that law efer to a hair's breadth.

Ibis neither the Christian nor the moralist can do. And this briugs us to a consideration of the differences between the moralist acd the Christian. "The moralist depends for salvath, upon the moral law. The Christias gires up this inadequate dependance and depends for bis salvation upon the atonement of Jeaua Obrist. Theo it may te aeked, what is the good of the law? To this we may reply that the law is a rule by which a mad cat measure himself and see just bow he stands.

The law is measure of sin. Tbe law is a mriror in which we cad see just bow we are. Sinai "I can't save you, but sonder is Calrary." The law tells as that we can be saved, not by it alone, but by the blood of Jesus Cbrist. The moralist justifles himself; the Christian says, 'Lord be merciful to me, a "Now the moral law is a strict law and the peonlty for riolating it 1s death. But all some particular or another, riolate the moral law They have done so since the world began and they must continne to do so.

however alightls, to the end of time. But death is the penalty of riolated law, and we men who in our baman frailty break that law mast die or bave 1 substitate to die for as. And that substitute la Jesus Cbrist. "It is often arged that the WEDDING BELLS RING OUT Maes- Ayala Nuptials Brilliant Affair at Catholic Church. A very pretty and brillaint wedding took place at eigbt o'clock last Wednesday worning at the Santa Clara Roman Catholio Church, when Miss Sagaria Agale, daugbter of Mr.

and Mrs. Frauk Ayala, became the bride of Edward Maos, one of the must genial add popular barkeepers of the city. The Reverened Father John Pujol pronounced the magic words that made the young couple man and wife, and the ceremony was attended by a large number of the friends of the bride and groom. Miss Ayala made a bewitching bride in 8 diaphanous creation of white lansdowo. She also wore an artistically draped wedding veil, surmounted by a beautiful crown of orange blossoma.

The bride WAS attended by her aiater, Mias Ida Agala, who acted 88 maid of honor and who was tastefully gowned in white China silk with large picture bat of the same color. Victor Maes of Los Anglees, brother of the groom, performed the duties of best man. After the ceremony the bridal couple were delightfully entertained at 8 wedding breakfast which was given in their bouor at the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayala, parents of the bride.

Mr. and Mrs. Maea left on the four o'olook train for Los Angeles, where they will enjoy a week's boneymoon, after which they will be at home to tbeir friends in Oxnard. DEATH CLAIMS AGED BRIDGET M'GLINCHEY Miss Bridget McGlinobey, aunt of Mra. Earnest Eastwood of this city, passed quietly away at the home of the latter at eleven o'clock last Tuesday night, in the eighty-first year of ber age.

Death was caused by an attack of grippe, which bad lasted for eight days. Miss McGlinchey was born in Donnegal, Ireland, but had lived In Oxnard with with her aunt, Mra. Eastwood, tor maDy years. She WAS beloved by all who knew ber. Funeral services were held from the Roman Catbolic Church at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.

The interment was in the El Rio Cemetery. tian ie an unhappy man, that he is under a great restaint. This is not troe. The Christian is the only truly bappy person on earth. When Ulisees sailed past the rocke cn which the Sirens disported themseives and to which they lured ships to destruction he accomplished the feat by lashing himself to the mast, stopping the eara of his men with wax, and ing them not to release him, however riolent bis entreaties, until the place of danger was passed.

When Orbpeus accomplished the same feat be did it in an entirely different way. He played upon bia so enchanted bimself and his men with his sweet musta that they scorned to listen to the Sirens' song and passed the rocks not only witboat danger but without struggle. Orpheus respresente the Christian. The Christian drowns out the faise and inferior music of the world by singing to bimself the sweet song which has been placed within his heart by the lore of Jesus Christ, and 80 passes onward, unscathed and serene, to bis giorious immortality. This brief outline is nothing more than at inadequate summary of the chief poluts of a sermon which the limited space at our command will not permit us to do full justice to.

Mr. Shields' discourse abounded in beautiful and strikingly suggestire figures, and was at the same time one of the most simple, direct and conrincing expositions we hare erer listened to. It is greatly to bo regretted that more people were not present, or that the sermon could Dot bare been preached at anion meeting, so that all the church goers of Oxoard could bave bad a chance to hear it. NO PAVED STREETS YET So Say Business Men at Special Meeting of Board of Trustees. Many Prominent Citizens Discuss Proposed Liquid Asphalt Scheme Offered by White.

The epecial meeting of the Board of City Trustees, which was aunounced for last Friday evening WaS held, instead, at four o'clock P. m. in the City Hall, A goodly number of Fifth Street business men were present, besides one or two otbers. Theodore White, representing the firm of Blodget, White Baldwin of 1.08 Angeles, spoke so bobalf of his 6rm and outlined a plan for paving some of the streete of the city. Mr.

Haydock opened the meetnig, and atated the proposition for the discussion of which the meeting bad been called, namely, the projcet to pave and asphalt Fifth Street from the railway station to the Hotel Oxpard. It appears that there is DOW 10 the city treasury the sum of nineteen bundred dollars, which bas lain there aince the incorporation of the city, with the understanding that it ebould be used, when occasion might require, for the exclusive purpose of permanently improving the streete of the city. Of this sum, eleven bundred comes from the American Beet Sugar Company, and the remaining eight bundred from other city taxpsers. Haydock suggeated that two thirds of the expense of the work (excepting that part covering the intersectione of 'streets at tbe street cornere) be borne by the Fifth Street tusiness men, the remaining onethird, plus the entire cost of paving the intersections at street corners, to be met by the city. Mr.

Haydock then introduced Mr. White and asked the latter to give those present an idea of what his Arm could do in the event of a favorable decision on the part of the Fifth Street property owners. Mr. White held forth at great length and said one or two things. He suggested, first, that Saviers Road be for heavy beet teaming, asing eltber a foundation of four inches of crushed ruck under a two-inch layer of disintegrated granite ander a top layer of asphalt, or simply two layers, three inches and two inches deep respectively, of crumbed rock, the whole to be covered with liquid asphalt.

This latter method, be pointed out, was Opally followed in Pasadena, after abandoning the former process. Mr. White was then told that the project of paring Sariers Road at thie particular time (which was apparently an idea originating in bis own mind) had pot been entertained at all by the members of the board, and that it waR, for the present at least, entirely out of the question aud beside the point. Mr. White then "came down 10 cases" that is, down to Fifth Street.

He seemed to think that for Fifib Street a top lager of asphalted macadam, over the customary foundation of crushed rock, would answer the purpose for the lighter traffic of that street, as compared with the beary teaming of Sariers Road. He! said that the work would cost from to 8 cents per square foot, and that the chief item of expease would be the buying and bauiing of the crushed rock. He suggested that Osuard might get a special rate from the railroads for hauling the rock from some of the nearby quarries. Mr. White then produced a long and highly eulogistic letter from Otis jof the Las Angeles Times, in which the latter praised certain work which the firm of Blodget, White bad done for him on billy roads at his place in Hollywood.

la this letter Otis stated that be had paid cash for the work. though the letter read very much like any purchased testimonial. it talled to impress the business men. Mr. Baguell suggested that river gravel, which could be obtained in large quantities and at very small expease, might take the place of crushed CARNEGIE PROMISES LIBRARY Steel King in Letter to Haydock Accepts Oxnard's Proposal.

A ten -thousand-dollar free public library le now assured to the citizens of Oxnard. Mayor Haydook received last Monday the following letter from Andrew Carnegie's private secretary: New York, Feb. 13, 1906. R. B.

Haydock, Oxnard, Cal. Dear -Responding to your communication on bebalf of the City ot Oxnard, if the City agree by resolution of Council to maintalD a free public library at A cost of pot less than one thousand dollars a year, a and provide a suitable site for the building, Mr. Carnegie will be glad to give ten thousand dollars to erect 8 free public library for Oxnard. Respectfully yours, JAS. BERTRAM, P.

Sec. This letter, strangely enougb, lays down a condition which bad already been accepted and fulAlled in Mr. Haydook's recent letter to Mr. Carnegie, as fully reported in the Courier of February 9th. In this letter, it will be remembered, Mr.

Haydock explicitly stated that the board bad pledged the required minimom amount of one thousand dollars per year for the support of the library and that more would be raised it the growth of the town and the requirementa of the Institution should dewand it. Mr. Haydock further stated that a site for the proposed building bad been purchased. The letter, 88 stated in the Courier, was accompanied by a certificate of the passage of the resolution and a furtber certifeate of the purchase of the site for the library. Mr.

Carnele, or his private secretary, or whoever bandles his correspondeuce, eridently orerlooked the fact that the conditione bad already been agreed to by the board; bence big last letter suggesting that if they are agreed to he will gire the library. It is possible that Mr. Carnegie simply looked over the Courier's splendid midwinter edition and said, "Why, this mast be a good -to produce a paper like thia," and sent off his letter without so much as atopping to see whether bis conditions bad been agreed to or not. At aby rate, be sent the letter quoted abore, and the -at its regular meeting last Tuesday evening--took the matter op again and passed a new set of resolutions, practically a replica of the ones previously issued, bat containing the additional clause that the site for the library bas not only been purchased but has been formerly dedicated to the use for which it was bought. A COpy of these latest resolutions was immediately sent to Mr.

Carnegie, and the library is now therefore dedoitely assured. Work will begin on the building as 800D 88 the trust magnate comes ap with the caab. Happy Couple Home Again. Or and Dirs. James T.

Pitts, who were married at the Christian Church of tins city on Wndnesday morning. February 7th, returned to Oxnard last Monday from a delightful ten days' honeymoon In San Francisco. The happy pair spent a couple of days at Matilija on their way home, where they were charmingly entertained at a dinner which was given in their honor by their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Sim Meyers of that place.

Mr. and Mrs. Pits will make Oxnard their home, Mr. Pitts returning to his; old position with the sugar company while Mrs. Pitts carries on the husiness of the millinery establishment which.

as Miss Howell, she has already made throughout the county. Announcement. Haring serred tbe citizens of Oxpard in the office of City Clerk the incorporation of the rite. 1 again offer myself as 8 caudidatr for the same office, aud if re-elected, 1 will serve the citizeus as faithful. an the future as hare in the tael.

tf J. ELLIOTT. Announcement. I hereby aonounce that at the coming city elections I shall offer myself as a candidate for the office of city marshal. Sti A.

D. TURBETT. TREE PLANTING BEGINS Fifth Street Already Done. Others to Follow Soon. rook for the foundation; to which Mr.

White propmtly replied that it possI tively would not answer the purpose. Mr. White then reutured the opinion that as far as expense WAS concerned, the American Beet Sugar Sugar Company might be induced to belp the good cause along. Mr. Haydook now threw the discussion open to the citizens 1U general and urged everyone to express his views on tbe subject.

Colonel John Kastle was the first to respond to this cordial invitation. The colonel, gracetul, courtly, and debonair as always, rose and delivered himself of the following lucid remarks: "I do not think it adrisable to do thia thing now. The sewer is already imposing a great expense upon the lottizens. Do not let us bite off more than we cab chaw. I wish, in one partcalar, to take exception to Mi.

White Mr. Wbite baa outlined the needs of the situation very ably and -in the -very accurately, but be has omitted one very important thing, namely, the question of cement. I do not thiuk that the job CAL be completed without cement. The spongy nature of our soil necessitates the use of cement. I bare seen work of this sort done in many other places, and I know that it cannot be done properly without the large expense which the use of cement entaila.

1 am io faror of improvements; 1 have always been in favor of improvements, as you gentlemen well know; but I do not believe in patting the citizens to a large and unnecessary expense when they can least afford it, nor do I beliere to doing at all a thing which if done mast be done improperly and incompletely." Mr. White then tried to convince the colonel he was wrong. The colonel, howerer, would not conrance worth a cent, bat met all of.Mr. White's argoments with such telling and cooriocing rebuttals that the latter was Anally compelled to admit that an old. style macadam road would go to places unless it were sprinkied constantly.

Be airmed, bowerer, that a liquid asphalt road, such 88 he now getted, would bold together all right without cement. He further arerred that one of his liqaid asphalt roads, it kept properly cleaned, would require no sprinkling at all. This last remark was so palpably absurd that it fooled no one. It was, bowerer, generally conceded that the liquid asphalt would require considerably less sprinkling than do our present streets. Mr.

Lebwann then spoke and said that be would be in faror of the work if it were as good as Mr. White resented and if it could be done at a far lower cost. He said further that be had understood from 8 prerious talk with Mr. Haydock that the cost i would not be early so great as that indicated ty the quoted by Mr. White.

To this Mr. Haydock repled that the sort of work be bad preriously spoken of to Mr. Lebmanu was not of so bigh at order 88 that just suggested by Mr. White. Mr.

Lehmano answered that he thought the proposed Agures entirely too bigb, that be would very much like to see the proposed improrement go through, but that he would not faror it at ADS such price as Mr. White offered. Mr. White read another elogistic letterthis time from the Mayor of Rirerside--praising some work bis firm bad done there. Mr.

Lippmann very moperly called attention to the fact that Rireraide And A Pre scarcely to be cowpaied in polot of bears teaming, and argued that 4 street might do very well for the light turnouts of Riverside and still te useless when it came to standing the heavy beet teaming of Oxnard. Mr. (Contlaaed op page 2) The work of setting out the of the tree: which are to grace the streets of our city began last Saturday morning under the able directorsbip of W. T. Johnson.

Mr. Jobuson very speedily completed the work on Fifth Street and is now only waiting until the next consignment of slipe arrive. For the streets ruobing east and west deciduous trees will be used, each as elms, maples, English and black walnuts, catalpas, and the like. For the streets which run porth and south evergreens bare been selected. comprising girlie, eucalyptus, 6c1- folla (this is a red flowering tree of great beauty), sterculia, acacia baileyana, casuarina, and pepper trees.

Deciduous trees bare been selected for the streets randing east and west because these trees shed their learee in winter, thus allowing free access to the sunlight, which is so much needed at this season of the year, and are at the same lime excellent sbade trees in summer. On the other hand the erergreens, which bare been chosen to adorn the streets running north and south, will answer rery well for shade trees in summer, besides proving effoient bulwarks for protection against the high east winds of the late fall and early winter. BASHFORD DRAWS FAIR CROWD Good-sized Audience Turns out for Literature of West. The assembly room of the Union High School was taxed to its utmost capacity last Friday arcaing when Herbert Baahford read his longberalded lecture on "The Literature of the West. The entertainment began at about a quarter before nine o'clock with a deligbtful riolio and piano duet by the Misses Roth and Hazel Virden.

This was followed by some charming piano music by Miss Olive Sariera, after which Mr. ford wae introduced in a few wellchosen words by Otis Snow, who gracefully performed the duties of cbairman. The lecture itself was ratber disappointing. lo the frat place it was read- -word by word--a fact which at once detracted -balf from its effectireness. The voice of the speaker, on the other band, WAS barab and pasal, bis acceut distinctly crude, and his delirery was not at all impressive.

('pusual clevervees, keep appreciation, and decided merit in the treatment of the would bare been pecessars to enable the lecturer properly to counteract these disadrantages of rotce and delirery: tot all -thougb ther might bare been expected in 8 written -were lacking. The "meat" itself of the lecture was of decidedly mediocre character, and the sneaker's reriew of the rarious authors of the west gave one the impression of A legal inrentory ratter than a literary appreciatioo. lo the course of the lecture Mr. Basbford recitied two of his OWD poems. These were good, sod would bare beeu better had they beep CODdensed into about one-balt then length.

At the close of the luaute the audience was faroied br 8 SODS fron Mr. Thurmond. principal of the 1.1 Rio School. 31r Thurmond 15 tie pos-essor of a rieb Larttone rolee of pleasing quality, After the enter fainment refre-hment- 1 Ta -9710d tr the ladies in the corridors and teret tion rooms of the building. A neat ent was netted for the Athletic Aaso clation.

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