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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS..
SATURDAY, MARCH 3* 1397.
THE THREE CROSSES
Matt. XXVI, 33: “Then are there
crucified with Him two two robbers,
one on the right hand and one on the
left.”
By REV. C. B. WILMER,
RECTOR ST. LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
>•*•«••••II,*»••••••!
W HAT mental and moral confusion
la Involved In auch Indlacrlml-
natlon! Two robbers and
Jeaua all classed together an male
factors and visited with one common
condemnation! It was If a people pro
fessing to be an artistic people and
trained for generations In the princi
ples of esthetics should heap together,
in one common rubbish heap, a num
ber of daubs and one masterpiece, the
highest expression of the artistic ge
nius of that people. There were cruci
fied with Christ two robbers, as if they
were of the same sort. The wolves
which prey tfpon the flock and the
shepherd giving his life for the sheep,
alike nre rejected and cast out to
gether. •
The task of the centuries Is to un
ravel this moral enigma and to give to
all concerned, the victims and the par
ticipants, their true place. There was.
Indeed, one way, and one way only. In
which Jesus and the other two could
be classed together; they one and all
were opponents, in a way, of the estab
lished order; but two of them, the
robbers, were opponents of fhe estab
lished order of society for their own
selfish purposes. Self-aggrandisement
at the expense of human welfare was
their motive, while the other, Jesus,
"came not to destroy, but to fulfill.” If
He seemed to destroy, or In so far as
He actually did destroy. It was only
as the calyx of the bud bursts In or
der to blossom Into the fullblown rose.
But not only is there a distinction
between the robbers and Jesus—there
Is
distinction to be observed be
tween the two robbers themselves—a
distinction we .too often fall to make.
Of one of the robbers It Is said that
he "railed on Jesus, saying: 'Art not
thou the Christ? Save thyself and us.'"
Indeed, according to the account given
by St. Matthew, both the malefactors,
when the rabble had mocked at the
central figure In the trio, "cast the
same In his teeth." But 8L Luke has
preserved the precious fragment which
tells of the repentance of one of these
robbers, who rebuked his companion
In crime: "Dost not thou fear God,
seeing thou art In the same condem
nation? But we Indeed Justly, for we
receive the due reward of our deeds,
but this man hath done nothing amiss,”
and then, turning to the "meek and
patient' sufferer.” between the two, he
said: “Lord, remember me when thou
comest In thy kingdom.” If one would
appreciate this confession, let him go
to our Jails and penitentiaries and see
how many of the prisoners will ac
knowledge, first, that they are guilty,
and, secondly, that they are being Just
ly punished.
But there nuts something more to
come. Not only does he acknowledge
the justness of his sentence, but he
turns to the "meek and patient sufferer”
by his side, and said: "Lord, remem
ber me when thou comest In thy king
dom.” The spiritual nature of the
man which had lain like a small germ
of a beautiful flower beneath life's
debris, here asserts Itself under the
genial sun of the personality and char
acter of Jesus, and, without deciding
complicated questions of religion or
theology, in obedience to a God-given
Instinct, gives himself In trust to the
noblest that he knew. No matter how
long the problem of human life shall be
worked at on this planet, to the peni
tent robber on the cross shall always
belong the singular and Imperishable
glory of owning allegiance to the King
In the hour of his apparent defeat.
Now, as we look on the enemies of
society among the criminal classes, do
we not fail to make the distinction here
noted, that some men, under the right
Influence?, will repent? The power of
recovery In a man. and not what he Is
doing at this minute, that is the essen
tial thing about him. How cynical we
all are about the possibility of this
moral and spiritual recovery among
robbers and other outcasts!
For, what society In Jerusalem did
to Jesus and the two robbers In the
long ago, human nature Is persistently
doing yet. We fall to distinguish be
tween Innovators and innovators: be
tween wolves and shepherds; between
destroyers and fulflllers. And not only
that, but In our attitude toward the
bad, we fall to keep a hopeful spirit
within us which would bring to bear
upon them redeeming influences and
save at least some of them. I
Nor Is that all. We Chrlstlaira, if I
mistake not, show, too often, a tenden
cy to be guilty of this self-same sin,
this mental and moral confusion, on a
greater scale and with far more disas
trous consequences. It Is common to
hear the resurrection of Christ spoken
of as If It were proof of the resurrec
tion of all men; and the Imaginary
program is made out that everything
Is going to be reconstructed on the
same earthly plane and we will all (ft
together In heaven and be happy for
ever afterwards, without one slnglo
thought being given to the moral and
spiritual conditions of that eternal life.
What Is this but to be guilty of mental
and moral confusion on an eternal
scale? Look once more at those three
crosses with three figures hanging
upon them. Look at them discriminat
ingly: what are they7 They are, re
spectively, the sinner dying Impenitent
with curses on his lips and hatred to
God and man in his heart; the peni
tent sinner dying with his heart to
ward the sunlight and the warmth of
God's love, and the sinless One. The
Impenitent sinner, the* penitent sinner,
and the sinless; we nre to believe that
death is going to obliterate those dis
tinctions—that the outcome In the
resurrection Is going to be Identical in
all three cases? Does any one expect,
In the kingdom of nature, to put three
seed Into the ground, one dead, one
hrulsed but living, and one sound, and
to get the same plant life from each?
Are all men to rise just because Christ
did? But It will be said does not St.
Paul teach that the resurrection of
Christ is the proof of the resurrection
of all men? He most emphatically
does not. Heaj him: “Jesus Christ
u-as determined Son of God according
to the spirit of holiness by the resur-
I rectlon from the dead" (Romans 1:5).
In other words, Jesus Christ rose from
the dead not as exercising a universal
human power, not by any peculiar and
arbitrary exercise of the Divine Pow.
er. but by reason of the "spirit of holt
ness.” God's spirit In Him, the Divine
In the human! and such a resurrection
Is open to all comers; but only on the
same conditions. The point In hand
Is not precisely the same as the ques
tion of Immortality. Whether a per
son, all persons, shall continue to ex
ist after death, is not the question
here being considered. Existence Is
not life. Jesus brought "life and Im
mortality to light” "Te be spiritually
minded is life and peace: to be carnally
minded Is death.” The resurrection
means rising Into a higher than the
merely natural life; a rising to a life
of fellowship with God and with each
other on the basis that “who so doeth
the will of God 1s my mother and sis
ter and brother;” from the cross Jesus
snaps the tie that bound Him to His
mother, and reconstitutes relationship
upon a spiritual plane. Further, "If
the spirit of Him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell In you. He that
raised up Christ Jesus from the dead
shall quicken also your mortal bodies
through His spirit that dwelleth In
you." So wrote the same apostle (In
Romans vlll: 11), and In his discussion
of the resurrection body in I Cor., 15,
he certainly does not mean to say that
planting a corpse In the ground, a
merely physical process, is necessarily
going to bring about a moral and spir
itual result, even establishing the king
dom of God in our hearts. The flesh
that must die In order that there may
be a resurrection Is the carnal self.
And "first Christ, then they that are
Christ's."
So, then, while we are blaming the
ancient people of God for their In-
discrimlnatlng classification of three
such characters, we are guilty of a
slmlltar want of discrimination and
project too often the blunder into eter
nlty!
How may we avoid this blunder and
grasp the hope which Is held out to us
all from the cross?
First, we must fasten our minds on
Christ and His resurrection as the
triumph of spiritual forces. Qne re
sult that Is going to come from the at
tack which Is being made on the su
pernatural in Christianity will be, not
the elimination of the supernatural and
the reduction of Christianity to an
ethical code, but the clearer discrimina
tion between the spiritual and the mag
ical: between Abidin's lamp in re
ligion and the power of goodness. If
we are going to rise from death It Is
going to be because there Is something
In us to rise. And that something may
be developed In us here and now. We
may die to self and the world, to sin
as rooted In self, here and now and
rise, accordingly, to the life which Is
eternal, and which death can not touch,
but will only minister to.
But, secondly, we can do that only
In one way, effectually. Of the three
SUIIIWIIIHMMIIISWlWUmmWMIwin :
figures on those three crosses, one «»
may not Imitate, exactly, and one we
will not. It la not open to us to be
sinless, and to die Impenitent we win
not; there Is left to us one open gate-
the way of the penitent; to turn from
sin to Christ. The gulf that yawns
between erring man and the sinless „f
Son of Man Is bridged In fellowship-
"Today shalt thou be with me In pari
adlse.” The dead seed planted into the
ground rlseth not Into plant life; the
bruised seed left to itself would make
but a sickly plant; but there Is a
healthy and vigorous plant whose su-
porabcunllng life may overflow and
get Into the other. Jesus who hung
on that central cross once walked the
earth, and whosoever would might have
fellowship with Him; from calvary, He
went Into the Intermediate state, and
there followed Him the penitent sin
ner, to share His victory and be lifted
higher and higher through fellowship-
on an Intermediate plane He was with
His disciples on earth; and then He
ascended Into heaven to sit down on
the right hand of Power and be to
faith Its aupremest test and greatest
reward. Henceforth His presence per
vades all the spaces from earth to
heavsn. He la "Alpha and. Omega”
Because I live ye shall live also."
O wondrous resurrection of Christ!
O wondrous power of faith In sinning
but penitent man, to die with Him to
self! Soon to grasp that Risen Christ,
to rise with Him and "seek those things
that are above."
Services in Atlanta Churches
u ■ uu — M * lteT . X! J. Smith
o*n Tim grounds. "Her. A. J. Smith
will mack at 7:46 p. m. CMtjjga prayer
meetlbg Tuesday night at Brofber^J. E.
Bowden's. 47* Cbestnu
—.j'tabt street. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night at the church.
CAPITOL AVENUE BAPTIST-Preaching
by pastor, John E. Briggs. «t ltj»> »■ J"
aid .:*> p. m. Morning subject. The
*’ mleter.” Evening subject, rhj
- Heaven." which Is the fourth of
■ on the "Tomorrows of Life. ’
exercises. Junior Baptist Young People's
Union nt > p. m. Special prorram mid n
beautiful fnurenlr for olt._ ladles hRssinto
. Teach.
ary siciety Monday at » fc in.
pra/er meetlogMonday at .30 p. m. aracn-
+t%' mevttaz Tn**day at 7:3® p.m. I*ny-
tr and pfafoe Wednesday at *:30 P- m.
Baptist Youug Peopla • l n'on Friday at 7.$
p. m.
NORTH ATLANTA BAPTIST—Corner
Hemphill avasw* and Emmett itreet.
I'reachtnff nt il a. m. Hnbject. The
Resurrection.” At 7:3® p. m.. Kaater pro
gram In connection with the service. Buu-
day school at 9:30 a. m.
GRANT PARK BAPTIST—Corner Geor-
gla avenue and Grant street. Sunday
Kfhool at 2:10 i». m. Preaching nt 2:9) n.
n. tnr Ur. P* ce - Ladle*’ Aid Society meets
Way s. S:») P-m. with Mra. Lumpkin.
338 Grant *treet. Prayer meeting Thursday
at 7:30 |*. m.
B A PT18T—Sunday
followed by aongi
HN | Preaching by th« pastor,
*». J. Parrish, at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m. lta-
GLRNN STREET
school at 9:30
:iihI testimonial*.
viral (services twice a day nil 'luring the
following week.
er, pastor. Preaching Sunday at 11 a.
by Iter. J. U. Hake*. D.D. At 7:30 p. m.,
by the paator. Sunday school at 9:43 a. m
Special services neat week every after
noon and evening.
NELLIE DODD MEMORIAL METH
ODIST—Rev. M. L. Underwood, pastor.
Special Easter services at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. in. At Jl a. m., Mra. Marvin
Underwood, who hni'tpcnt several year* In
Japan, will talk on the custom* of the
Japanese home. The Sunday actiool will
have an Interesting program.
NELLIE CHAPEL METHODIST—Ea*t
Point. Rev. Samuel W. Small will preach
Sunday at 3 p. m.
HEMPHILL AVENUE METHODIST -
Rev. It. II. Ilohh, D.D, pastor. Easter
concert by the Sunday school will be ren
dered ut night. MhUortnry sermon In the
morning tar the pastor. Also addresses by
Meaira. Mann. Ware, Adams and Amdey.
Sunday achoo* at 9:30 a. m.
MARK METHODIST—Rev. 8. It.
Belk, pastor. Preaching nt 11 a. in. aud
7:45 p. in. by the paator. Morning subject:
“The Resurrection of Christ." Special re
vival services at night, rinnday school nt
9:30 n. m. Deaf mute class. \V. F. Crus
selle, teacher. Epworth League nt 7 p. m,
Special revival services di.rlug the coming
eek nt 4 p. in. and 8 p. in.
MISSION OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS—
Woods avenue, near West Peachtree. Sun
day school at hour announced.
HOLY COM FOKTER—Corner Atlanta
avenue and Pulliam street. Itev. Gilbert
Higgs, D.D., in charge. Holy comunlon at
aud sermon ut 11.
HOLY TRINITY—Decatur. Itev. C. A.
I.nngston. vlcnr, In charg% At 7:39 a. m..
holy communion; at 4:37 p. m., evening
prayer and sermon.
OFFICERS
STATE SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGICAL
OFFICERS
ATLANTA SOCIETY
President—Dupont Guerry, Macon, G«. 2
FI rat V.-P.-Dr. A. R. Holderhy, Atlanta. ;
Second V.-P.—Dr. E. C. Peete, Macon. I
Sec.-Treoa.—Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlanta. 5
Annual Meeting In May, 1907, at Macon,
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J.
; j D. Cleaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Kime.
Secretary Miss Hattie E. Martin
.Treasurer C. E. Folsom
Regular meeting second Thursday night
of . each month at the Carnegie Library.
Two State Sanatoria For Tuberculosis in Georgia dr. r. b r. kime
Evening prayer and
PAUL METHODIST—Corner East
Hunter and Hill strefes. Itev. II. L. Ed-
inondMiii, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 u.
George T.
,,, Sunday school nt 9:30 r».
.... Morning service nt 11 o’clock. Sub
Ject, “Pray \e.” The evening service will
lie evangelistic. Subject, “lho Sinners
Choice.”
nlng nt 11 a. m. by the pastor.
Old-time love feast nt 8:30 p. m. Epworth
“ meets nt 0:45 j». m. Special serv-
the children of the Sunday school
nt 7:30 p. in. The choir has nrriinged n spe
cial program of tuuslc for both morning and
evening services. Sunday will lw the last
day In the old church. ,
JACKSON HILL BAPTIST—North Jark
nml Emit uvomip. John 1>. Jordon,
1».IJ„ mlnlatcr. Service nml sermon nt II
a. m. und 8 p. in. Hundny neliool nt »:»
e. m. Prayer meeting. Wadgeedny nt a
Morning aubject, 'Tb, Heeurraeiloii
of Jesus.'' Tho Surnlny eveulng services are
evangelistic.
WEST END BAITIST—The pastor. Ur.
John I*. Purser, will preach Suu,lay morn
lug an,l evening. Sun day acbool ntfuue-
in,” Baptist Young People', Villon Son,bo
at 7:15 p. in. YVomau’, MUelouary I nlou
Monday nt 1:30 p. in.
WOODWARD AVENUE BAPTIST-Spe-
clsl mlwlonnry eierclses at Hundsy whool
beginning at a. la. ~
. The offering will he
. devoted to home missions Preaching nt 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor, Itev.
It. C. Hurley. Snbject at the morning hour,
; Bence Need, of th, FresentDsy Christie,,.' 1
Special aeangelUtlc eermoii at night. Sub-
jrar, "Home Thing, About Death. The
ordinance of baptism will nl,o be adminis
tered. Special Easier inuilc at the morning
aerrlra by tha choir.
CENTRAL B APT I ST—Preachl ng nt 11 s.
, m. by Dr. A. T. Spalding, D.D. At 7:M
' p. m.. Rht. J. YV. Butt, will preach. Sun-
I Say achool at 9:30 a. m. I-sales' meeting
SECOND BAPTIST—Snnday acbool nt 9:36
a. ro. 8erTlce, nt It n. in. will be cou-
ducted by the paator. Hr. Johu t. YYblte.
U, subject being '.‘How Much Doe, a
Soul YVelghT* Sunday evening aerrlce will
' begin at 7:45 p. at. with a none aervli-e
led by the choir. Dr. While will preach
i on the Subject. "I Will." Monday the
Young Meow MUilon.vr.r Society at 7:45
p. ui. Wedueaday. beginning at ,:4o p. in..
• the regular prayer meeting, conducted by
1 the paator. Ou Friday, regular mrctlng
: of the Baptist Y'oung Poopin', Union at
1 7:45 p. m.
FIRST BAPTIST—Ree. William Warren
Landrum. I).I>., I.L.D., paator. Tho paator
will preach at II a. m. and 7:46 p. m.
Sundae achool at 9:») a. m. Ilaptiat Young
Praple'a Union meet, at 7 p. 1,1. Sunday,
S it before the church eervlcea In the Sun
y achool room. Begular weekly prayer
meeting Wedueaday at .:46 p. m , conducted
by Dr. Landrum.
BOULEVARD PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
Corner Boulevard and Ilouaton atrecta
Elder T. J. Baaemore. pnator,
Sunday at 11 a ro. Bualu,
Service,
conference
. n Saturday
irat Sunday In each mouth.
PONCE DE LEON AVENUE BAPTIST.
Ber. Juniua W. Millard. D.D.. paator. At
*#) a. m., Sunday achool. with Bllde elam
taught by eg-Ooeeruor YV. J. Northern At
11 n. m. and P- m.. public worship,
with preaching by the paator. Morning
•abject. *'A tl«l ofren Wlineea to the Be.
nrrectlou." Evening aubject -the Ue«u-
n-ctlon a Stimulus to the Christian l.lf-
ami an Incentive to Chrlilinn .Work
Music under tha direction of Profraaor
Mnrahlmnka.
METHODIST.
WESLEY MEMORIAL—Corner Auburn
neenne ami ley atreet. Bar. Frank Eakea.
paator. Sunday achool at 9:30 a. m. Iluay
people’! Bible claaa Y'oung Men g Berne*
rUea. Y’oung Ladltf' Pbllathea Bible cl.-iaa.
■'reaching at U a. m. by the paator. Song
aerrlce at t p. m. Special Ha iter miialcby
rborua and orchealra. Preaching at
n. m. by Bee. II. L. Morrell. Epworth
League devotional wrvlre at 7 p. m. Sun
day achool teachera' meeting at , p ro.
and prayer meeting nt « p. m. Wedueaday.
a
FIRST METHODIST—Junction P«acb-
tm sod Ivv strata B‘*v J. H. Frem-h.
K ator. KuntUy school nt 9:45 a. m. French-
g at 11 a. ro. by the i»sstor. Snbject.
“An Examination of the Witnesses to the
Resametfoa.” Evening service In charge
of tho Juvenile Missionary Society. Glass
meeting Immediately after the morning
service Junior Lesgos at 2 p. m. Epworth
. - - - — Mf«f
^*fue at «:4S p. m
Wednesday at 9 p. ro.
I f«!week servlet?
EOKLHTON MEMORIAL METHODIST—
Easter Sunday the pastor, Itev. Sain Small,
will preach special sermons both mornlut;
and night. The morning subject, “He Is
Risen. ,r At nlgbt the topic will be “He Is
Not Here."
ST. JOHN METHODIST-Corner Georgia
avenue and Central avenue. Rev. II. c.
Christian, nnstm. At II n. in., the pastor
will preaeli an Raster sermon. Subject,
“The Power of the Resurrection.” The
ladles will have the church beautifully
decorated. The music will lm appropriate
to the day. At 7:30 p. in.. A. C. Ktiebel,
of New >ork. International railroad score
tnr.v of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation, will speak.
LnORANGE MILLS—Rev. H. D. Phillips,
In charge. Evening prayer and sermon at
G:39 p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN.
INMAN PARK PRESBYTERIAN
Preaching tomorrow nt 11 a. in. and 7:30 p.
m. by the paator. Rev. James B. Flcklen.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. in. Young People’s
Society at G:4.» p. in. Regular midweek
prnver meeting at 8 o'clock Wednesday
nlgfir.
WEST END PRESBYTERIAN—Gordon
nud Ashby streets. Rev. L. II. Walker,
pastor. Sunday .school at 9:30 n. m... Spe
Ini musirnl and Easter program will he
render* d by the eutlro school during this
hour. Morning sen Ice nt 11. Sermon by
the pastor. Special music by tho choir.
Evening rerrlce at 7:30. Young People’s
Sofif*ty of Christian Endeavor at 8:30 p. iu.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30,
followed by the Teachers’ training and nor
mal class.
_ bool nt 10:30 n. ni., Instead of the us
ual morning service*. Preaching at 7:4o
p. ro. by Dr. J. II. Enkca, presiding elder.
INMAN PARK METHODIRT-Edgewood
avenue uud Hurt street. Rev. lleury It,
Mays, pastor. Easter service# nt It
Special music with Her
mons by phstor. Slornlng subject, “The
Promise of Satisfaction.'’ Evening. “Tall-
tha Curol.” Sunday school at 9:30 a. ut.,
with special Enidcr program given by the
meeting Wednesday nt 7:15 p. m.
by Will X. Hill. Muudny school nt 3
" caching at 7:30 n. in. by the
nyer meeting Wednesday nt 7:30
JEFFERSON STREET METHODIST—B.I
]Ttnmions, pastor. Preaching at. 11
by tho pastor. Sunday achool at 9:30
l s ronehing at 7 p. in. ny Will N. if "'
Prayer meeting Thuradny nt 7:30 p. ui.
TRINITY METHODIST—Corner White
hull nml Trinity avenue. Dr. J. W. Lee,
pastor. Services at 11 a. in. and 8 p. in.
Sermons by the pastor. Sunday school at
9:30 a. m. Weekly prayer meeting Wed
nesday at t p. m. Regular organ recital
at 7:30 p. m.
PAYNE MEMORIAL METHODIST-Sun
ny acbool nt 9:30 n. m. Easier program
III be rendered by the cblldtea at I*
. iu. Preaehlug on a “Risen Christ” by
the pastor. Rev. W. T. Hunnleutt. The
-liolr will slug Easter music nt 7:45 p. m.
EPI8C0PAL.
(Eastsr.)
CATHEDRA!.—Corner Washington and
Hunter Wry Rev. C. T. A. IMse. D.D..
dean. At 7:30 u.\m., holy communion; 11
a. in., morning prayer, Mormon nml holy
communion; at 4:30 p. in., annual festal
evensong for the Sunday schools of Atlanta.
Address by Hie bishop. Sunday
. drool at
9:45 a. in.’ All other days: At 7:30 n. in.,
!(rn “
commnuton; 9 a. ro.. morning prayer;
t 4:30 p. tu., evening prayer. Wednesday
and Friday: x.iinuv at 10:9) n. m. Monday:
Parish meeting nt 5 for electing delegates
to the convention.
ST. LUKES-Peachtrce, between Currier
and Pine. Rev. C. B. Wilmer. D.D., rec
tor. At 7:30 n. m.. holy communion: 1!
... morning prayer, sermon nud holy
communion: at 7:30 n. m., evening prayer
and sermon.
INCARNATION—Lee, near Gordon. West
End. Ilev. J. J. P. Perry, rector. At T:30
a. in., hnlj commnuton; at II a. in., morn
ing prayer, sermon and holy communion;
Suoday school nt 9:45 a. in. Monday and
Tuesday, holy communion ot 7:30 p. m. Fri
day, evening prayer at 4:10.
ALL 8A!XT8-*Corner Weat Peachtree and
North avenue. Rev. Z. S. Fnrland. rector.
At 7:30 a. in., holy communion; at 11 n«
nt.. morning prayer, sermon nml holy
day school nt
EPIPHANY—Corner Mordant! and Euclid
avenues, lutnnn Park. Rev. C. A. Langs
ton. vlcnr. In charge. At 11 n. in.. Indy
communion and reruion; at 7:3) p, ui.. even
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN—Corner Jack-
son and Chamberlin streets. Preaching
Hundny nt 31 n. m. nnd 7:3) p. ni. by the
nnstoe. Rev. T. H. Newkirk. Regular
Wednesday evening prayer service at 7:30.
Hundny school nt 9:30 a. ill. There will he
revival services conducted by Rev. Frnnl
Hunt, evangelist for the Atlanta presby
tery. beginning Sunday nt 11
coutlnuiug u week or ten days.
11 n. ni. and
Georg'
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN—Serv-
»f the American Presbyterian. Rev.
e II. Mack, pastor. Church corner
Harris and Spring streets. Morning wor
ship ami sermon nt 11 a. ui. Subject,
"Newness of Life.” Special program of
Easter music for this service. No service at
night. Hundny school at 9:80 a. iu. A spe
cial program suited to the day for the chit
Hundny school nt 9:30 t
MOORE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN-
Dr. A. It. IlQldcrby, pastor. Corner Luck-
le nnd Latimer streets. Preaching by tlm
pastor at 11 a. m. No seruiou at ulgtit.
GEORGIA AVENUE l'BKSftYTEKIAN —
Georgia avenue and Grant street.
Wlllh
Rev. II. J. >Vllllsms, pastor. Morning serv
ice at 11. Evening service nt 7:80. Preach
ing nt both services by the pastor. Hun
dny achool nt 9:30 a. in. Regular mid
week prnyer meeting ou Wednesday at 7:90
p. iu.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN—Washing
ton street, opposite capital. Rev. Thcron
II. Rice, D.D., pastor. Hundny school at
9:30 a. in. Bible class for young men con
ducted by Presbyterian Brotherhood, Mar
Ion M. Jackson, president. Regular Sun
day a.*rvJces at 11 a. in. and 7:45 n. in.
Dr. John M. Gray, dean of the Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago, will preach nt the
morning service, und Rev. Carl Barth In
the evening. Dr. Ulce has returned from
Florida, and will be Iu the pulpit with the
visiting minister*.
The crusade ugsinat tuberculosis Is fast
galhing ground In every state In the union
nnd Georgia can not afford to be behind
In the evolution of education along these
line*. While out climate on the average la
mild nnd favorable to the control of tu
berculosis, yet our morbidity and death
rate arc equal to the majority of the states,
und even higher than some.
With no very large cities and our climate,
we should have a low death rate and
fewer cases of tuberculosis If we, ss s
Htnfe, cities and citizens, would but do onr
plain duty.
Our neglect along these lines In next
to criminal because we have It within our
pow’er If we will only do our duty and
exercise that power to prevent nnd con
trol to a great extent the spread of tuber
culosls
matters, and should awake to that which
concerns their present and future welfare.
Influences should 1m* brought to bear at
once and without delay for a more efficient
board of health work throughout the stgte.
Every conuty and city should have Its
own local boards, so organized ns to work-
in complete harmony with the state board
of health. Ench county nud city board
should keep Its own vital statistics, I. e.,
reports of deaths, births, contagious dis
eases, etc., aud report same to the state
board. Theu ye could have efficient
work (Iono In preventing disease, suffering
K and practical, and If wo neglect our
doty we are responsible and must suffer the
eonaetpienee# in disease, suffering nnd
death, (reside the financial loss to the home,
community and state.
Hhort-alghUfd economy, Indifference to the
calls of humanity nnd greed for the al
mighty dollar prevent us doing our duty
In the prevention and control of tubercu
losis.
It Is estimated by the tuberculosis com
mission appointed by the state that '*5,800
die -of tuberculosis and 11,817 leases occur
.ii.. in 41... .tain /if " In uI▼
mo or lUDcrvuiusin non ja,o»i .yda-. # T -
aunually In the state of Georgia. In six
cities of Georgia over 600 die annually, and
the lots financially to these six dttaft Is II,-
250,000 annually; of that Atlanta loses $500,-
000 nnd Havsnnnh 1425.000. We have no ac
curate data by which to compute loss to the
state, ns n whole, ns there nre no vital
statistics kept, except Iu u few cities of
th>> state.
The people nre vitally Interested In theso
Endenror meeting at 6:L> p. in. VVeekly
prnyer meeting on Thnrjday evening nt
7:30, nnd I .miles' Club ou Hnturday ufter-
uimiu nt 3.
IMMANUEL—Rev. Starr C. Williams, pas
tor. Preaching nt 11 n. m. nml 7:30 p. m.
Hundny school at 9:30 a. in. Junior Chris
tian Endeavor meeting at 3:20 p. ni., nnd
MARIETTA STREET—Bev. W. II. Till
man, pastor. Preaching at 11 n. ui. and nt
7:3) |». m. Sunday school nt 3:30 |». in.
Weekly prayer meeting on Thursday nt 7:3)
UNI VERBALIST.
UNIVERKAM8T—Corner
East Harris streets.
htree and
Rev. E. I). Ellen-
ood, pastor. Regular preaching services
t 11 n. in. nml 8 p. ni.. with sermons by
ic pastSr si both services. Morning sub
Ject. “The Reality of the Resurrection."
Evening subject, “Deliverance from Evil."
k death.
pn the stnte and local t>onrds could
control nnd stamp out contagious diseases
promptly and with less expense. Most all
states have such boards, nnd when so or
ganized, are of materia! aid In preventing
and controlling disease, an well as Impor
tant factors In executing sanitary meas
ures.
Our state board Is crippled nnd bumper
ed In Its work for lack of proper county
organization nnd means to carry on Its
work.
With proper organization nnd co-opera
tion. the (date, city nml county boards
could be of grent benefit in preventing
nud controlling tuberculosis.
The next most Important work of the
state along this line Is the establishment of
n state sinatorlmu or bettor, two for the
state of Georgia—one In the northern nud
one In the southern portion of the stnte.
This would give prospective patients the
ndvantage of the variations of the climate
In winter nnd summer.
It would !»e a disadvantage to a patient
In the southern portion of the state to bo
sent north In cold weather of winter, nnd
ho would It l»e a detriment to a patient
In the northern part to be seut to the
southern part during the hot season.
Besides, there are other aud various rca
sons why we should lutve these two anna-
torla for the treatment of tuberculosis,
but space forbids detailing them at this
time.
Two hundred or three hundred acres of
Innd near some town on or near a rail
way should be selected on which a good,
substantial administration building should
he erected; then sheds, cottages and tents
for pntleuts can be secured without much
S ounds to raise most of Its
les. chickens to furnish eggs,
cows to furnish milk, could soon Im» al
most relf-sustaliilng If properly handled.
A costly 'complicated sanatorium, requir
ing heavy expeudltuie to keep It running. Is
nnd h.minnit.v demands that something be
dono for relief.
By way of comparison to show the neces-
*.000 annually.
Ohio loses $15,000,000 nnunlly
Maryland loses $10,000,000 nnunlly.
New York city loses $23,000,000 a nnunlly.
The United Htntes loses $330,000,000 an
nually.
In Illinois 7,000, Ohio 6.000. New York
city 10,000 and liKthe United States 150,000
die anunlly of tuberculosis, nnd Georgia
has about-the same death rate In propor
tion to Its population, and possibly more
than some states, because of the colored
population, which has n death rate of 2.75
greater than that of the white race. As
we increase In population, especlnly ns
the cities grow older and Increase In pop
ulation, tuborculosls will Increase In great
er proportion, unless we take steps nt ones
to stay the ravages and march of tb*
“Great White Plague.”
Now Is the time for action. Delay menus
death aud destruction to many.
Every citizen of Atlanta nud the stnte
should Join In the effort now being tunrie
to organize a state and local society to
prevent aud control tuberculosis.
The medical profeaalon Is awake tn the
necessity of nctlou and the general nubile
should be aroused and a public sentiment
developed so active measures will l>e taken
at once. State sanatoria are the flrxt
nnd most urgent need of the stnte nml
should be provided for by the next legisla
ture.
Organized action and Influence should
help to secure such action. If we enn not
itrovhlo for the two sanatoria at once, by
all means let us bavo one and Inirr th**
other. Then the large cities should also
provide one for their Immediate needs—
educational factors and very potent in
senlng aud controllng tubert*ulosls,
no stnte from a humanitarian or fliinnclnl
standpoint can afford to be without one at
leant.
Secret societies nnd fraternal Insurance
companies enu well afford to nbl materially
In auch work, rather than pay death losses
duo to tuborculosls.
Cotton mills looking to their own Interest
can also web afford to give this movement
their financial, is well ns morn), sup|sirt.
In fact, every citizen of the state of Geor
gia Is vitally Interested In this question,
nnd should be aroused to action for the
good of humanity aud the best Inure*
of the state.
RAILROAD MEN'S 1. M. C. A.
PLANS WEEK OF CONFERENCE
Fifth cannon In tho series on “The Unlvor-
lisin of tho Lord’s Prayer.”. At the
morning service, members will In* received
into tho fellowship of the church, nnd the
communion of the third's Hopper will be
observed. Special Easter exorcise* by the
Humlnr school nt 9:45 n. m. Youug Peo
ple’* Cl
7 l>. m.
hrlstinn Union devotional meeting at
\
CHRISTIAN.
FIRST CHRISTIAN—$4 East
street. Rev. II. K. Pendleton.
Mornlug theme, "The
me acbool 9:89 a. m. Curlstlau Kndenvo
$:39 p. in.
Ill be one
of unusual activity nuu Interest at tin
Railroad Young Men's Christian Assoclu
tlon, SPA West Alabama street.
A. G. Kncbel. of New York, tine of tiro
international rallrond secretaries, wilt spend
the week with the association, which Is
styled, “A Week of Service and Confer
ence." Four Importnut public mcetlug*
will be held: oue ou Hundny nt 3:39 p. m
he rooms, nil evangelistic service for
men: one nt St. John J.etbodlst church, iu
urgla avenue, a mass meeting for every
body; Tuesday noon, at the Western nnd
Atlantic shops, ami on Wednesday, noon,
at the Southern shops.
Mr. Kutlwl will spenk nt nil these
strongest men of the luteriuitlousl force.
In his forceful style he Is said to resent-
v mn**h I he great speaker to men'
meetings. Fred B. Smith, who will Im* re
membered by many Atlantans for his won
derful opera house meetings here a few
yeais ago.
ft Is the desire of the local committee
that then* should In* n great rally of men
to the service# announced nud assurance Is
given that no one will Ik* disappointed.
Und o. Bell, the popular singer among
railroad men, will have a part In the
music. There will be n number of confer-
orkera during these public
meetings.
TO BE REBUILT IT
WAYNESBORO, CA,
WEST END C U RI8TI AN—Cor tier Gor-
don nnd Dnnn streets. Rev. Bernard P.
Smith, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.
invited to take part in tbla work.
NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN —
Corner Peachtree street nnd North nveuue.
Rev. Richard Orme Fllnn, pastor. Morning
worship at 11. Evening worship at 8.
Herinou by Rev. William T. Bruce, super
intendent of the Rescue Mission oi Louis
ville. Ky. At 9:89 a. m., Hnbbath school.
At 9:46 a. m., Men’s Bllde conference.
Youug Men’s league and Pbllathea. At 10
n. in.. Teachers’ training class. At 3 p. m..
Covenantor band. At 8:45 j>. m., Christian
Endeavor. Wednesday at 3:39 p. in.. Band
of Miriams. At 7 p. m., Teachers’ train
ing class. At 8 p. ra.. prayer meeting.
Thursday, at 4 n. m.. Ladies’ prnyer circls.
— •'die-*
At 6 n. ni.. Uidles* Missionary circle,
dny at 7:89 p. m.. Covenanters' band.
Ijtdies’ Missionary circle.
WALLACE PREHBYTERIAN - Corner
Wnlker nud Stonewall streets. Rev. T. I*.
Cleveland, pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and
• :)) p. ui. Sabbath sclurol at 9:19 a. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
WESTMINSTER PREHBYTERIAN—Cor
ner Forrest avenue and North Boulevard.
Morning service at 11. Evening service at
7:45. Sermons by 4he pastor, Rev. B. F.
Gullle. Sunday school at 9:30 a. in. Junior
Workers’ meeting at 5 p. m. Young
People's Society nt 8:45 p. m. Reg-
ular mid week prayer service Wednesday
at 7:45 p. ni.
HOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN—Kn
Marietta street car line. Rev. George W.
MullIih. pastor. Bible school nt 3 p. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:39 p. in.
COLLEGE PARK CHRISTIAN—Rev. F.
M. Adams, pastor. Bible school every
Lord's dny at 10 s. m. Preaching first
Lord's day at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. ui.
ST. JOHN GERMAN EVANGELICAL
UTHERAN—Corner Forsyth and Garnett
streets. Sunday school at 9:4» n. tn. Serv-
Ices with sermon by the pustor. Rev *”
Yollbreeht, and holy communleti nr 11 a.
m. Special music. Young People's Society
at S p. tn.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHURCH OK OUR FATHER-Corner
Cain und Spring streets. Rev. Rush K.
Shlppen. D.D., minister In charge. Regular
morning services at 11. Subject of
morning discourse, “The Progress of Mnn
CHURCH OF CHRIST—West End nve-
me. Bible study Qt 10 n. m. Preaching
nt 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. ni. by Evangelist
H. II. Hall. Subject at 11 a. ro.. "How to
Grow In Grace,” aud at 7:30 p. m., “Sanc
tification.”
kind Onward and Upward Forever.” Spe
cial Easter musical program will l>e ren
dered by the cbolr. Sunday school will
have a song service of Easter carols nt 10
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA
TION—The Sunday afternoon service will
be in the nature of a service of song.
The entire choir of Wesley Memorial Meth
odist. consisting of fifty voices, will lw
S resent to lead tho singing. Marlon M.
sekson will make a ten-minute ta’k on
“Why Should a Man Be a Christian.”
The association orchestra plays as usual
from 3 until 3:39 p. m. The teachers'
training class meets at 5 p. m., and Mr.
Jackson’s Bible class Immediately after the
3:30 p. m. meeting. All men are 1n*
vited.
CONGREGATIONAL.
BRRKAX—Rev. Wallace Casque, pastor.
Preaching at 11 a. in nml 7:39 p. ro. The
subject or the sermon for the morning wor
ship Is "Th<* Greatest Miracle." and the
subject of the sermon at the especially
| Easter service In tl.e sftertmn at 3. Instead ferent fPfalWfTi will he heard during the Mias Martha wniimsoioisr
CHAPEL OF TIIE GOOD SHEPHERD, of the regular 8uu«lay acbool. Christian week. All Christlon workers In the city are Dr. H. Hitchcock, organist.
WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT
SOCIETY—The Atlanta branch will hold Ita
regular weekly Bible study In Woodmen’
a. ui. All Intereated In tb« caret ■
of the Bible are cordially Invited to at
tend. Noc-denorolnatlonaLmmH^^H^H
SOLDIERS' HOME CHAPEL-Beglnnlng
Huuil.iv nt 7:39 p. m.. a revival will be held
III the chapel of the Confederate Soldiers'
home. Pleaching each night during the
week, led bv Uev. T. J. Mlddlebrooks. Dif
ferent speakers wilt lie heard during the
EASTER SERVICES AT
INMAN PARK BAPTIST
A special Easter service. Including the
gift of pretty Easter eggs to the children,
will tie held by tile Baptist Sunday school,
liium)» Park, Sunday at 3 p. ni. The Easter
eggs will be given nt 4 p. m., following Sun
day school program. Dr. C. N. Donaldson
will deliver a short Easter sermon or
resurrection of Christ.
SOLEMN HIGH MASS AT
SACRED HEART CHURCH
ATLANTA PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIE
TY—Robert Bryan Uarrlsou. president.
Meets Sunday niternoon nt 3 o'clock at 122
Peachtree atreet Special Easter music will
form sn attractive feature of tue proernm.
Ye Shall Know' the Truth and the Truth
l.atl U.» Vrtii Vf.m" la tlm nihlr-fll rtf In...
fllmll s.t You Fn-o” I, th, nubjfft of Ira
ni* to lio dallrarafl beforo the aoclotjr b,
H,r. E. 1). Klleuwona, pastor of the JUnl-
vi-rralltt church.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST tSCIEN
TIST,—17 Wet Rnkcr dtrrar. ••Unrenlttr''|
I, the subject of th, i™>on*,nnim flunit,.
. __ WnlncMtej twtf-
monlnl meeting ,t I p. m. lU.-tilliifr coin*.
North Uronil stret, opposite Piedmont
hot,l.
SPECIAL MUSIC AT
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
At the Unirarwlltt church, East Harris
street, th, musical program liven by the
choir ,t the morning rarrlce wilt b, of un
usually high order, and will Include a solo
by Mrs. 51. !>. Brown. X «ol» l»y Mia? Her-
tha Hmlth. with viol I u obligato by Min
Mitchell, amt approprlet. anthems by tb,
choir, consisting of Misses Anna, lamias
■nd Josephine Bradford. Vs rah Illll, ami
Reble I'pehurcb. end Mra. M. D. Brown.
Mini Marth, Hmlth. soloist, and director;
SAK rflINT METUOD18T—U. W. Join-
The solemn high mas, In the SUrred
Heart church on Easter Sunday morning
will be nt II. Those nfflrlnttng will lie ns
follows; Rev. nFlber Rapier, 8. M. tcele
brnutl. Rev. Father Sonthelmer, H. M., ib-a.
con, nud Rev. Father Jung, suh-dencon.
Sermon by the Very Itev. John E. Uunn, 8.
M.. I>. I).: aubject, "UbrHtlnulty nnd the
Resurrrailnn.'' As uinxl In the chun-h of
the Ha,-red llcnrt. an elaborate order of
muile will prevail. This ye«r the chib
holr of forly Will assist nt the
BANQUET GIVEN
TO MR. H. L. WILLS
A farewell banquet waa tendered H.
L. Wllla. former contract agent of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Compa
ny. Frtday evening. The banquet waa
tendered by employeea of the contract
department. Mr. Wllla han gone to Sa
vannah to accept the management of
the Savannah Light and Power Com
pany. Speeches were made by Messrs.
Van Denmark. Flynn, Peck, Pittman.
Lanadell and Barnea.
METHODIST CHURCH.
To be rebuilt at Waynesboro, C
the coming *ummer.
Special to The Georgian.
Waynesboro, Ga., March 30.—The
architect now haa completed the plain
for the new St, Lukes Metbodut
Church of thla place and bids will b*
opened In a few days for the construc
tion. The building will be of red brick
trimmed In atone, and when coinplet ed>
It will be one ot the moat attractive
church edifices In thla part of the state.
The buildera will flrst complete W
Sunday aehool room and this uiu
used ns a place of worahlp tul ,n
muln building In complated. ,
In 1814 thin church waa organis'd ui
Wayneaboro, and thla will be It? tn
place of worahlp.
•EASTER AT JERUSALEM”
DR. ELLISON’S SUBJECT
At the Central Congregations 1 - e" r **
_e_ a .Iras) ItPV. V>
Carnegie way end Kills street. Itev.
ITso
Ellfrao, Kd:. will reesch et U » *
and nt, 7:46 He will deMvef
ond nt/ 7:45 n. m. lie win
other ttf his FWIeetine lecture* a*. 1 *'* m
lug service. Special Eneter muslc wm ^
rendered hy the lied moo t quartet •»
choir at lH)th morulug aud evening “
IC On last Sunday evening, Dr. RIllsoo tjj
bln hearers just outside the £**?
rnsnlent. nn.I with this '.eeture I'-
them Inside. nraule*
Ulhl, school at 3:30 n. m. Yonu “„H,’tel
nrayer mrailne nt «:>! 0. m . ‘"'"'ftars-
by Chtlitlun Endeavor Society ™
tn nnd I'bllnihcn t-lsssen of lit »", M
achool. Subject. -Easter ThreM?
Year.” Leader, Mien Eleanor Herman.
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