Life, 1914-03-12 · page 39 of 44
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This page mixes editorial commentary with advertisements—primarily a Westinghouse Electric ad for automobile systems and product placements for Cheney silk neckwear and Williams & Humberts sherry. The main editorial piece discusses **Rev. Dr. Chas. Aked**, pastor of San Francisco's First Congregational Church, who caused controversy by stating he doesn't believe in Christ's divinity. The satire is gentle: Aked claims this statement caused no trouble when he made it before taking his current position, yet now it makes him "persona non grata" in Presbyterian circles. The piece humorously notes that clergy constantly repeat themselves without consequence—*except* when timing matters. The biblical quote about "a time to speak and a time to keep silence" underscores the joke: Aked picked the wrong moment to repeat himself publicly. This reflects early 1900s religious debates over modernism versus traditional theology within Protestant denominations.
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et C. the Yeas rick, of Chronological fists Rev. Dr. Chas, Aked, pastor of the First Congregational Church of San Francisco, has, accord- ing to the papers, been expressing some surprise because his recent statement to the effect that he does not believe in the divinity of Christ caused a seismic tremble, Dr. Aked says that hefore he took his present job he made the same statement and it caused no trouble. Now he is persona non grata in Presbyterian circles on the Pacific Coast merely because he repeated him- self, Clergymen are constantly repeating themselves, and nobody minds as a rule. But there are exceptions, and this chances to be one of them. We commend to Dr. Aked the words of our old friend the Preacher in Ecclesiastes, who said: To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. The words “ Cheney Silks” in the neck- band of a cravat have a particular signifi- cance to the careful dresser. Whether bow or four-in-hand, always look for this name. CHENEY BROTHERS Silk Manutacturers Ath Ave. and 18ch St. New York Who’s Who in Motordom HAT new automobile you are going to buy this year | —it must be the best of its class. Consider well this list: Austin Automobile Co. © A.C. Barley Co., “ Halladay” * The Bartholomew Co., “Glide” t Brewster & Co., “Delaunay-Belleville” t J.1 Case T. M. Co. t Chadwick Engineering Works t Chandler Motor Car Co. * Geo. W. Davis Motor Car Co. Motor Car Co. t Hupp Motor Car Co. ® W. H. Melntyre Co. t Marion Motor Car Co. 1 Moreland Motor Truck Co. t The Norwalk Motor Car Co. * Oakland Motor Car Co. t Palmer & Singer Mfg. Co. t The Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co. t Pullman Motor Car Co 2 Stevens Duryea Co. $ Wichita Falls Motor Co. * Starting, Lighting and Ignition. _t Starting and Lighting. 1 Lighting and Ignition. _§ Lighting Only. A car to suit the needs of every buyer. Each equipped with Westinghouse Electric Systems Starting—Lighting—Ignition . Insist that your new car be equipped with a system made by a manufac- turer of world-wide reputation, whose name on electrical apparatus is accepted everywhere as a guarantee. These automobile builders have chosen these systems because severe ser- vice tests by their engineers, many of them world-famous, have proved them to be thoroughly reliable and eminently satisfactory in operation. Full information on these systems sent on request. Sold to automobile manufacturers only, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Automobile Equipment Department Main Office, East Pittsburgh, Pa. Forty-four Offices: Service Stations in Principal Cities + WILLIAMS&HUMBERTS ate to keep silence and a time to | DRY SACK “A time to rend and a time to sew; It is hard luck, of course, for any clergyman to miss his cue. One would think thet it was certainly safe for a clergyman to say what Dr, Aked did , if it was safe three or four years (SHERRY) The old-fashioned Sherry in the old-fashioned bottle ions about BOTTLED IN SPAIN religion have expanded. That Dr. Aked’s experience has proved to the as duly humble. Since then our Case of twelve bottles, $17.50. Per boutle, $1.50 comicbooks.com