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THE ATLANTA HEOHHXAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1907. 11 “TEACH US TO PRAY” By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN, PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH T EXT: Luke 11:1.—"It came to pats as He was praying In a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” There Is a profound slgnlflcance In this petition. The request Itself Is sig nificant. The disciples ask the Master that He teach them how to pray. It Is significant In the first place because this petition ts a frank confession of Inadequacy. They say, as they make It, that that Is a thing they do not know how to do, and ft seems so far beyond them that there seems to be no hope of their attainment unless they be taught. "Lord, teach us to pray.” We must re member who made this request. The name of the disciple ts not told, but he was doubtless one of the three chief ones. To me there Is little doubt that It Is either Peter or John, and In either Instance we know something of the man who made the request. Both of these men wire Independent, strong, self-reliant, aggressive men. There was nothing weak about them, nothing un- maniv. There was a great deal they were’conscious of being able to under take and to thoroughly accomplish. They were able to work; they were able to tnlx with men and make their way, to trade, to make monoy, to In crease their accounts. They had proven that in the life behind them. For, mind you. Christ was not surrounded by a company of disappointed men, whose lives had been failures and who turned to Him because they had nowhere else to turn, but fn every Instance where there Is mention In detail concerning their call we find they turned their hack upon their business at the very time when It was enlarging and when It was most prosperous and promising. Thev left all when there was most to leave to follow' Him. They had been successful men. Not rich, ns compared to Herod and the luxurious Homans, but successful men. men of Independ ence and self-reliance, and concerning these things which go today too often to make the standard by which men are measured, they need (lot ask any one to be taught. They knew these things, but in this petition there Is con fession of Inadequacy. They did not know how to pray. Of course they knew how to say their prayers; they had formulas for petition; they were religious Jews and all their life they had been Instructed In this part of wor ship. but one day It came to pass as He was praying In a certain place, when He ceased praying, one of them said to Hint, “Lord, teach us to pray." In ihc light of Christ's prayer. In the presence of that wonderful communion, that adoration with which He np- proaehed the throne and of that quiet nnd bold assurance with which He neld personal and conscious inter- course with God, they felt they knew nothing of prayer. Their experience did not tally With His. and their prayer was cold and formal, their approach lacked the passion. It lacked the power. It lacked the calm, deep peace of HIS, an .“ "*’ en ceased to pray they said, Lord, tench us to pray.” Oh. beloved! Do you know how to pray? Can you shut yourself In with ®od as Christ did? Do you feel as He did the reality and Imminence of your Heavenly Father, that He hears you. understands you nnd loves you? Can you talk It all over with Hltn—yea, with a confidence and frankness In finitely more sweet and tender than you ever did with any earthly friend, no matter how- close? And In your Heav enly Father Is there One whom you are assured Is even more compassionate and tender than was your mother, when, as a child, you came to weep upon her knees, or to cuddle down and sob out your grief upon her bosom? In Him, can you now confide, even with greater frankness than when you told out the longing of your heart Into your mother's eager and sympathetic ear? Do you know how to pray? Or do you need to say with the disciples, "Lord, teach us to pray." , Importance of Prayer. This prayer ts significant, not only because of its confession, but as well because of what It Implies concerning the true Importance of prayer. Let us remember that these men lived with Christ, walked with Him every day, saw all of His acts, were very familiar with Him, and let us remember this, that Christ was so wonderful In His life and example thnt everything He did created a new standard of meas urement. set a new ideal before those who cam In contact with Him. He awoke new aspirations and snnetlflccl and glorified everything that He Illus trated by His life. They nnd heard Him teach nnd had seen Him sway the multitude. They had sat with Him In thnt boat when the tempestuous sea threatened their destruction and had beheld Hint rise and lift His hand and In majesty speak to the turbulent wave and say, “Pence, be still," and they had seen the wnters crouch submissive and quiet at His feet. They had seen these things nnd had' reverenced Him, and today they hod seen Him pray, and as they had beheld Him they had caught a vision—a vjslon of what It meant to pray, and as that vision dawned they cried, "Oh, Master! this Is the Impor tant thing, this Is what we need to know, we must learn how to pray." How Is It with us, Jilted as we arc with ambition, craving ns we do the best gifts of God, longing for power and for . opportunity;, how Is it with us? Do we realize the Imperative Im portance of prayer? That Is the chief thing, that this Is where we must be gin? Power Through Prayer. This plea of the disciples to be taught the secret of His prayer life Is In deed a significant request, for It was here their Master gained His power, It was thus Hts vision came! and His In tercourse with heaven was maintained undisturbed by the distractions of a care-filled life. Again this petition Is Important be cause in It we find a confession that Christ alone Is adequate to teach us to pray. John had prayed and these men had seen hint at prayer, for some of them had been his disciples nnd had. followed him before he hod pointed them to Christ. But John, though he had been a mighty man of prayer, did not Inspire them with a desire to turn to hint for guidance now tlmt they had seen Christ pray, for his prayers were not like Christ's pfayers. There was a difference, nnd these men were not willing for John to tench them; they woultl have Christ teaeli them to pray and they felt thnt somehow the diffi culties were so great In their way that If they were to learn as they wished to learn to pray, and as they ought to pray, It must be by God’s power that they sHould learn and they were as sured that through Christ alone could they accomplish this. This plea Is significant ngnln be cause there ts In Its confession of in adequacy a suggestion of desperate ur.d deep discontent. Let us remember what Christ had taught these men; He had taught them to think as no phi losopher of Greece had ever thought, nr had taught his followers to think. He had tnught them to live ns no Pharisee had ever lived: to live not by rote or rule, but by a new principle within which mode their lives nobler and greater than the greatest and the noblest who had assiduously given themselves to such preparation and practice as they thought would make them famous for their character. Gamaliel waV not to be compared with these humble fishermen whom Christ hnd taken and tnught to live. He taught them how to work, and they worked as no man has been able to nrk at their day nr since. He taught them how to heal the sick, but this wonderful power of miraculous heal ing He had Imparted was not sufficient. Possessed as they were by all these REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN. gifts, with minds clear, lives corrected, skill Imparted which none snve them could show—with these wonderful powers which made the world marvel, thoro wits within them a great rest lessness and dissatisfaction, a feeling of something yet undone, they must lay hold on. These other things could not suffice, and ns they saw the Master at prayer, they realized that It was this power of nppronchto ihe throne that was lacking, and so they came to Him nnd said: "Lord, teach us to pray.” Nothing will do, oh, God! but this. We must learn how to pray. Are you satisfied to be without this power of approach to God? Are you willing for your prayers to be formal, cold, unsatisfying? Do you not, to day, beloved, long to acquire this pow er for which they came with craving— this power of fellowship, this ability to pray In such a way as that you shall Indeed feel yourself to bo In touch with God himself, this strength to sweep aside all Intermediaries and all ob structions so that you may be able just to talk to your Heavenly Father In per. son nnd ns face to face? This petition Is significant again, not only because of the matter, but of the manner of the request. The disci ples realizing the importance and the Imperative need they were under of being enabled to pray, as they saw their Savior do, prove by the way In which they spoke of It to Him that they re alize how thlz power Is to be acquired. Lord, teach.us to pray. Yes, If we are to pray aright. We must be taught— that Is. we must come to the school of Christ, we must patiently and at tentively take lessons from the Master until He show us how to pray. To pray well Is an art. It Is the result of practice. It Is the fruit of effort. It Is the consequence of application. It Is the return of toll. Yes—nnd It Is more Ilian this. It 1# the consequence of the patient, tender, constant guidance of the Teacher >Vho directs and corrects. Who helps and supplements. Who en courages and Inspires and leads until nt last we learn. You may not and I may not, as they did not, learn how to pray at once. Maybe we can not pray tonight as Jesus prayed, we can not pray tomorrow as Jesus prayed, but, thank God, we can begin today to learn nnd as He teaches, tomorrow we will be nearer the mark, and next day near, er still, and then as time slips past each day we shall learn more, and as He teaches we shall, under His guid ance, approach to Him. School of Prayer. Are you willing to enter the school of prayer with Christ? It will require pa tience and It will require correction; It will require toll nnd sometimes an guish. but If you will begin td* apply yourself, obey and persevere. He will yet teach you how to pray. There Is still another thing concern ing this petition that to me Is blessed In Its slgnlflcance. We gain If from Ihe context. Thla request was fulfilled. From thnt which follows we learn that Christ answered their prayer. He did for them what they asked—Ho taught them how to pray. He taught Peter how to pray until one day, ns He was alone on the housetop, the very heav ens opened and he hnd a vision—this plain business man. Just as practical an any of you who know how to trade and make money nnd save and Invest It nnd make more money—a man who was Just as suspicious of things he could not hnndle and see as you arc, whose mental grasp was not ns large as yours, nnd whose faith at the first wan no greater than your own. Jeaus took this man Peter and taught him how to pray, until one day, as we have said, on a housetop, the heavens opened nnd In thnt vision that he had his .narrow Jewish prejudice was all broken down, his racial animosities were broken down and he went forth with a new experience and a new Joy to the Gentiles to share with them the gospel. He taught John how to pray, until one Hubbath day, aa he prayed on the lonely Iale of Patmos, the heavens opened and. he saw things too won derful to utter. Yea, and whnt he did utter Is go wonderful that we who read can not fully comprehend the glorious slgnlflcance of what Ib said. And yet Inscrutable as are the words he has uttered, as. a result of the vision that came by prayer, they have been the Inspiration and encouragement of the church through all the ages. And John also was at first merely a fisherman, a business man. nor was he skilled In prayer, but Christ taught him. And, oh, my brothers. He Is able to answer this petition for you and for me. He Is able to give us the power to pray. If God should bid me make one wish, promising to fulfill It completely, I would ipake this answer. "Lord, teach me to pray." Yes. I would not hesi tate—I would ask God to teach me how to pray, because If He taught me this, so that I prayed as Christ prayed. It would Include everything else. No man can pray thus or be taught to pray thus until his life Is right, until he has repented of and forsaken his sin, until his mind Is quickened, his heart Is cleansed and his soul Is fired. No man can thus pray until he has surrendered himself wholly unto God, and has abandoned himself without reservation or mental equivocation ut terly to the will and service of the Father. He can not pray like Christ did until he can say In very truth, "Thy win, not mine, be done." Again, a man ran not pray as Christ did unless he Is filled with the Holy Spirit. Christ prayed In the Holy Ghost, nnd when under Christ we are graduates In the school of prayer, we, too, will be filled with the Spirit and will pray In the Holy Ghost. We can not pray as Christ prayed until we are In the service of God. Christ's prayers were the wall of a man facing the mul titudes In need and reaching out a hand to help them. They were the cry of one with such a vision ns over whelmed Him with tho magnitude of the work and as caused Him to realise that He could not do all that was nec essary, and that, without God's assist ance, He could not do anything worth while. And so I say again I would not hesitate to make this request If there was only one thnt I could make, for If God taught me how to pray I would have everything—forgiveness, sanettfl. cation, passion, power. Let us then ask God to tench us to pray. Let us remember when wo ask Christ and He answers thnt It Is to school we are go ing. and we must not sigh because It takes time to learn. Yes, let us give God a chance to teach us how to pray, and let us remember that there Is a practical side, ns we see from the con text that there Is a response to this petition. Program of Prayer. First, Christ gave them a program. .We can only find by prayerful and In telligent study of the Word Just what Christ Intends that to mean to -us. He gave them a program, and after that awoke within them a passion by mak ing them feel the sense of need lie gave them lessons that were arduous, that were Irksome and painful, but He awoke the passion, and then He wrought out patience In them. He kept them- waiting. He taught them how to prevail by holding back that which they asked for at the same time that He quickened them to hold on to their quest, until He answered. Yes, thus It was In the school of prayer. He taught them—because they came with this request—to go on. not to faint or grow discouraged until they learned to be heroically patient in their-faith, and then, at last,'He gave them the trium phant power to believe and to prevail. And so It came to pass that these men who came thnt day to Him, drawn by the sight of their Mnster on His knees, and who asked for that which seemed then so Infinitely beyond them, learned how to pray. They persevered as He patiently taught them until they shook the heavens and earth by their prayers, until the Pentecostal power came ami a city thrilled and thousands sought the Lord. They learned how to pray, so that their prayers proved mightier than an empire's arms, and so that when Peter was Incarcerated he was delivered despite the- Iron doors nnd chain* from the Roman prison. They learned how to pray so that all difficul ties were dissolved and mountains of obstacles melted away like snow be neath a summer sun. Christ answered them, I say, and, my brothers. He will answer us. Then, with eager faith anil courage, let us ask Him: "Lord, teach us to pray.” There may be some one today whose heart le qot right with God, to whom prayer seems a mockery because their heart Is cold, their prayers seem not to rise above their shoulders. You may be living now lit sin, you may not know what to do or how to help It. This Is the way that will lead you out to life—go aside and shut the door, get alone with God and say. Oh. God, for Jesus sake, teach me to pray. Continue thus to ask Him and He will answer. Yes, He will answer you as He an swered Paul, His former enemy, who. In his blindness, prayed In Damascus for three days, and from your eyes will at last fall the scales, from your soul will flee the darkness, and light will break as you, like Paul, arise re joicing and go forth to tell your Joy to others and to teach them how to pray. Services in Atlanta Churches EPISCOPAL. Twenty-fourth Sundny nfter Trinity. CATHEDRAL—Curlier Waablngtuo nnd BAPTIST. CAPITOL AVENUE BAniST-Npeelnl services will lie held nt this church Sunday lit 11 It. in. The Baptists of the state have ilomi n wonderful work during the pa at few rears In etlueutlohal lines. Mercer Unlrer- illy, ltennle TUt. and Shorter have, been lunuruarly enlarged nnd strengthened and have become the lending denomliiatbitml inntlttitbmn of tho entire South. Tho Capt- ml Aremie ehureh, nlwajrn awake to Bap tist ilntngn, will make the Snntlay service ■iu eilnentloiwl fully. Addresses will be iinuli- by Rev, B. J. W, Urn ha in. D. U, ami Ibv. .1 alien S. Rodgers nnd Pastor John K. Briggs. There will also lie a spe- Hal muiilofll program. Iwl l»y l’rofessor J. Ilnluvy TUoiiqtfon nnd chorus. sum aim ii<*rt»nii nvi'iiiit'. nn. •». »*••* • Uciitpr. liiiHtor. Sundny school nt 9:30 n. m. l'miidilug nt 11 n. iu. mid 7:30 p. m l*v the |hihmi\ Junior Union nt 2:30 p. in WiUH'fk norvice Wednesday nt 7:30 p. ni, Hajiilm Ytiling People’* Union trldnr nt -. I J .. ... u.” .... —...» .......lit! Its? JACKSON HILL BAPTIST—North Jack »<>u nnd I'nnt nvoiirtc (take Forrest avenue or IIiMiloviiid n»r>. Johu D. Jordan, IU)., minister. Service nnd gennou at 11 a. in. nud 7:30 p. ui. Suudiiy school at 9:30 a. «). Young people’* meeting at 6:45 p. *** 1‘nijcr meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. Voting Woman * Missionary nnd Aid Society Monday nt 3:30 p. ni. Women’s prayer meeting nt 3:30 p. Missionary nnd All. p. m, Sunbeams Krldii' ... public is cordially Invited Women’ iU\ Society Tuursduy at 3 Friday nt 3:30 n. iu. Ihe y Invited to all service* l«v there Mill be on opening of the quo*- p. ni. by V. e. Norcros*. All cordially In WnimwAHD AVENUE BAUTIST-Sun day x'h.Nd nt 3:30 n. m. .Preaching at 11 • ni. and 7:45 p. n». by the pastor, Rsv. •I. • Hurley. Subject nt the morning h'lir. Working for Memliers.” At night Urn Hiibject will be, ”A Preacher In Trpu bl'-. Junior Baptist Ymiug People'* Union *t " n. in. The other service* of the week will In. held n« usual. NORTH ATLANTA BAPTIST-Corner b’lnphlii avenue mid Emmett street. 1 1’cin-htiig at 11 n. ‘in. nnd 7:30 p. ni. by 'li» piut.ir. William II. Bell. Suud»y school WKHT END BAI*TI8T—The psstor. Dr. •'•nil K. Purser, will preach Sundny morn- ll '« ujid evening. Sunday school nt 9:30 a. ,l; Baptist Young People’* Union Sunday ••v.niiig nt 6:45. Ladles' Aid Society Mon* day afternoon at 3:30. Prayer meeting Wed* V‘ v ••''••ilng at 8 o’clock. I,nolle Daniel ( larkc Society Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. •H.KXN ST BEET BAPTIST-Corner and Smith streets. Sunday school nt '} «. m. nnd 7:45 p. tu. by llev. A. L. . M,,rv * Morning subject, "The Bent.” Even- l?.* , "ubject. "Salvation." Prayer service "edimsday evening nt 7:45. BRANT PARK BAITIST—Corner Geof* aiemie nnd Grant street. D. H. Eden- ! 1 • Pastor. Service* at 11 a. ui. nnd 7:30 u.school at 9:30 a. m. Junior People’s Union at 3 p. m. t , J" p Baptist Young People's Union at 6:30 ’I*- Prayer and song service Wednesday him'i I*; V: The ordinance of baptism ** administered Sundny nt 7:10 p. m. "I1.JWX MEMORIAL BA1TI8T—Rev. \V. - |« I *» n r. Preaching at It a. ui. au.l ,J- “• . "J R»v. IIIII Robertson. Sunday “* "• nl - Ladle*' Alii Society K 1 ", "« ::*> P. m. Prayer meeting WMnraiay evening at 7:10. BAPTIST—Corner Mnngum and I, ,;' Ranter Utrevta. n«v. A. e! Ward. service begins nt 7:45 o’clock. Moudny night the Young Men’s Missionary Society meets nt 8 o’clock. Dr. White will conduct the regular weekly prayer meeting Wednesday night. Friday night, the Baptist Young People’s Union meets. Public cordially In vited to these services. PONCE DE LEON AVENUE BAPTIST— Rev. Junius W. Millard. D.D., pastor. Serv ices nt 11 *. ni. and 7:30 p. m. t with sub jects as follows to he discussed by the pas tor: "The Through and Through Kind.’ nnd "The Man Who Hold He Would—nnd Couldn’t." Th Sunday school ‘*ig Wednesday CAPITOL AVENUE BAPTIST—A special service of peculinr Interest will be held Sunday morning nt 11 o’rloek. In which Dr. Jullen S. Rodgers nnd Dr. It. J. W. Grn- hnm nnd Pastor Briggs will participate. Special music. Every mcmlter of the church and congregation Is uraed to be present. Evening worship at 7:30. subject. *‘Mn« * Hiding IMaee.” Sunday sohool at 9:30 a, in. New pupils nnd worker* wanted. Ju nlor Union at 3 p. m. Indies’ Missionary Society Monday it 3 p. m. Prayer and praise Winlnesday at 7:30 p. ra. Other' serv ices ns usual. Everybody Invited. Stran ge us ninde welcome. BAPTIST - Western Sunday at lln. ra/by _ _Jler. Preach I ilg nt 7:15 by llev. A. M. Barrett. NEW HOrB Heights. Preschli the pastor. A. E. Hun .... Isnilles’ meeting Prayer meeting Wed- school at 9:30 a. ni. FIRST BAPTIST—Comer Peachtree nnd Cain streets. Dr. W. W. Lnndritni. pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. ui. Morning wor ship nt 11. Baptist Young Peoples Union nt 7:15. Evening worship at «:45. Stran gers and nil others cordially welcome. CENTRAL BAPTIST—Services at 11 a. *n. nnd 7:30 p. in. Preaching at both hours bv Rev. Malcolm MacGregor. D.D. "**" day school nt 9:37 a. *** « Monday nt 3 p. m. tiesdny at »:39 p. ni. WESTERN HRifillTR RAI-TIRT-Torner Kruno.!, anil Chmlnut tUeett. T. fc. klzlu, pn«tnr. I-ronohlnx al 11 a. m. anil 7:Sn |>. In. Rumlny sohool nt 9:70 a. at. i tojor mooting. Tuesday and. Wodnoadair at .:I0 n. in. Ijidios* Aid Society W sdnosdar at S i. m. Choir prnrtlee nnd yonnr ivooplo. mooting Friday at 7:70 p. m. Hunliotm 8o- rlety Friday nt 7 p. n. PONDERS AVENUE* BAPTIST—fr.-neli Imr by the paator at II «■ >»■ 7 „ p - *’ * prayer intetinc iVodioadny at , 9, to. Ludtas* Aid moot. Wo.lno-.lay at I.J® p. m. METHODI8T. PAYNE MEMORIAL MLTIIODIRT -Hun. nloutt nnd Lurkla »tri-ta. W. T. Ilunnl- oatt, pastor. I-rditelilnx nt 11 a. in. and 7-3ft p. m. by tho iinatof. Sunday sohool nt 9:70 a. m. Prayer niootliu Wednesday nt 7:30 p’. m. ST JOHN MKTIR.DIKT—The pastor. II. . Christian, will l.rNoh at II loot. "A Supremo Moment In the History if a Family." Th® bi»t rhiiroli ranfor- !,oo.V f n r the roar ift*r the moraine sor- At 7 70 p iu . th® pastor will bold revival ^sendees. S'li.Jeot, "Tile flood nnd the Bad." So* , there wfl be an ordlua £T" r ', u '\, Roy. ,W. IL Boll, nrrsldlnc. ■ v ' ,mr * i!>‘ Hr. W. W. Landrum. . .. , nf niw * hr Iter. V. C-. Nor- . r ■ Ordaining prayer by Her. J. F. Pur- BAPTIST—nor. j. O. ; if ., ""1 “duress t))1> ^hool at a.,Vt 7 * fui! attendance ofthe sohool liuna'hiaJn, D ll! 1 Ih * aSd°, N , D . "A'TIRT PHCBCII - Sunday White’S.?' “-.Th® pastor. Dr. Jobu rood not the moraine and J*--f n iff morning his sub- a "''-Hue of Two Worlds." * "v r »""iii» tin lie 'ZM's Hpcclal sung p. m. Rnlili pastor, will proaob at 11 si. . Morning snhjeot. "llnrrest Hands Want ed." All invited. cinsT METHODIST—Juliet ion Poaohtroe aad'iry str"t" lie,. * •'"wNH™ Hiiniidv Kflinol at 9:4» a. iu-# • H. • ••* r*x,* u ^ r 'rmX Sk&'j&s i~,r s.'.d*Js* s&irwffss/'.vi . m. OltAPE MBTHOPIST-rorner'Boulevard ST. MARK METHODIST—Rev. 8. U. Preaoilng°n. !!,?>— Sunday sehuel at » *? "• t , r®her U, M? iT’v MotWd 3 superfatendeot. Mis®, services. ST. M'KE MBTHODIST-.U the Jnne- tlon of Rerean avenue anil loweil^aireef. Similar. November M. iwu. woe i.noo, >>.o P;??. ,i,mart mint Ever- member of the « WtSi WEST SIDE METHODIST—C. I®. Pat title, paator. Sundny school nt 10 n. m The paator will preach at 11 a. m. Thla will lie his Inst sermon for the conference yenr. preach at 11 a. m. Sundny school at 9:45 WALKER STREET METHODIST—At junction of Nelson nnd Walker streets. The sermon for 11 o’dn«*k service will 1h» by the pastor. Rev. Will T. Hamby, on the mihjort, •'HuRdlng u House for the Soul." Several short talks will Ik* made by repre sentative men. nfter which the holy i-oin man Ion will he administered. The pastor’i sermon nt the evening service will Ih "Prisoners of Hope.” The entire member ship.!* urged nnd public Invited to nttend. EG ELSTON M E M O It IA I®—Corner Wash ington nnd Fulton streets. Preaching nt 11 n. m. and 7:30 p. m. by Rev. A. F. Ellington, D. D. Sunday school nt 9:30 a. m. Kpworth League at 6:30 p. ni. nnd 7:30 p. m. by the pnstor. Sunday school at 9:90 a. ni. Prayer matting Thursday nt 7:30 p. m. PARK STREET METIIODIST-Comer of Park and Lee streets. Rev. M. I®. Trout man. pastor. Pastor’s residence. 174 l®ee street: Bell phone, }94 West. Preaching nt II n. in. and 7:30 p. m. hy the pastor. Sundny school nt 9:|6 a. in.. Mr. I®. K. Floyd superintendent. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 n. in., followed by teachers’ meeting. Pews free. StraOffer* cordially Invited to he present. TRINITY METHOD 18T-Corner White* hall and Trinity. Dr. J. W. Lee. the p«s* tor, will preach at 11 a. ni. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject, "The I’lty of the Lord for Our Failure;” evening, ”A hong of Two «’Itles, Damascus nnd Petln. ’’ Sun day sclnnd nt 9:30 a. m„ Mr. W. O. Finite Kuperinte«!eiit. Regular organ recital at 7:15 p. ni. Weekly prayer meeting Wedues day nt 7:3) p. m. WESLEY MEMORIAL METHODIST—At corner Auburn avenue and Ivy street. IteT. R. F. Kiikcs, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. ui., M. M. Davies superintendent. Ijusy iieople's Bible class, W. C. Without teach er. Young ladles’ Phllsthe* Bible class. Mr. Walker White teacher. Preaching at . ni. by the pastor, Soug service nt 7:30 n. Special music by the chorus nnd or chestra. Preaching at 8 p. tu. Epworth Longue derotlonnl service at 6:30 ii “ibleet, "The Evil of Strung Drink:’' .»■«•- Mr. A. McGrew. Woman's Foreign Missionary .Society Monday at 3 p. tn. On Wednesday the workers’ counsel will meet at 6:30 P. nt., nnd prayer meeting will cur at 7:3) p. tu. NELLIE DODD MEMOIHAL-Tncnday at I p. in. the Novemlier meeting of the Kp* worth League Union of the city and virtu Ity will Ik* held st tbli church. Tske Smith Pryor street car and get off at Washington street. ENGLISH AYBNUB METHODIST—E. M. Stanton, pnstor. Preaching nt 11 a. in. Iiy W. M. muiton nnd at 7:S» p. m. by pas tor. Sunday school nt 9:30 a. m. JEFFERSON HTIIEET METIIODI8T-B. M. Stanton, pnstor. Preaching at 11 n. ni. bv the pastor mid at 7:30 p. ni. hy W. 51. Hunter. Wry Ber. C. T. A. PTse, D.D., dean. At 7:30 a. ui.. holy communion; 11 morning prayer and sermon; 4:30 INMAN PARK METHODIST-Edgewood renue nnd Hurt street. Iter. Henry B. Mays, psstor. Sunday school st 9:30 a. m. The pastor will preach at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The missionary week of praye will he observed by the two women’s so rleties Monday. Tuesday and Thursday aft ernoons at 3:30 and Wednesday evening at 7:30. All the women nnd girls of the con gregation nnd community ore Invited. Tin? meeting* will Ik* held In the church. LUTHERAN. HT. JOHNS jGerman Evangelical Luth eran)—t’erner Forsyth and Garnett streets. G. Nussbnnnt. pastor. Preaching In Ger man and English at 11 ■. in. Sunday school at 10 a. ui. rill Id’ll TIIE REDEEMER (ENG LISH I.rTHiM'e.V)—f’orr.®r Trl*i'l> avenue •rod I’njstOj fb.tf. ID*, E. C\ Croak, t-rs- tor. Morning servles with sermon at II o’clock. Bible school at 9:30 a. nt. Even- tng service at • JO p. ni. CATHOLIC. SACRED HEART—IVacbtrec and Iry. Morning moss st 7. ft*) ami 11. Sunday school st 9 n. »u. Apologetic Club nt 10:15 a. ni. Father Gtmn will preach st 11 a. in., "Modernism. AftcriuMni nt 4. rosary, in- structb>u and liencdlrtluu. Week-day masses — a Ull 7 and ft a. iu. p. m., erenhig prayer nnd sermon. Sundny school 9:30 n. in. All other dnys: At 7:30 a. m., holy communion; 9 n» m„ morning prayer; nt 4:30 i». in., evening prayer. Wednesday and Friday: Lltnuy at 10:30 B. I ST. LUKES—Penchtroe. between Currier and Pine. llev. C. IL WRmcr. *U*.. rec tor. At 7:30 s. in., holy couimifnloa; 11 | prnyt “ ‘ p. m., evening i school at 9:45. INCARNATION—Leo. near Gordon, West End. 11 s. in., morning prayer and sermon; 7:30 p. in., evening prayer nnd sertuon. Sunday school nt 9:45. ALL SAINTS—Corner West Peachtree nnd North nvciitie. Rev. Z. S. Fnrlnnd. rector. At 8 n. ui.. holy communion; at 11 a. tu.. morning prayer nnd sermon; 4 n. m., even ing prayer. Sunday school at 9:45. Litany at 10:30 Weduesduy. % EPIPHANY—Corner MorelsmJ and Euclid ii venues. Rev. C. A. Langston, vlcnr, Iu barge. Morning prayer and senuou at 11. Kunduy school nt 9:45. CIIATEL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Plum street, near C’orp*»t- Sunday school a» 9:80. MISSION OF TIIfThToLY INNOCENTS— TVood* avenue, near West Peachtree. Sun day school every Sunday st 3:30 p. m. HOLY COMFORTER-Corner Atlanta avenue and Pulliam street. Rev. Gilbert Higgs, D. D.. In charge. Evening prayer and sermon at 4. Sundny school at 3. ST. ANDREWS—Comer Glenn nnd Kent Streets. Itev. Gilbert Hlgg*. D.D., til charge. Monday school at 3:30 p. m. 8T. PAULS—East Point. Rev. Gilbert Higgs, D.D.. Id charge. Morning prayer and sermon at 11. ii nr * ii. in, i.iirisiinii r.nucuvnr iu p. m. Wednesday nt 7 p. in., tenchcrs’ nlng rtnss; 7:45, iirnycr nu*etlng: Tlmrs- nt 6:30 p. in., business women’s eoin- 8T. TIMOTHY’S—South Kirkwood. Morn ing prayer and sermon at 11. uiul sermon nt U. and sermon nt 11, by the R«*,\ 8. 8. Bpenr. ST. PAULS’ (Colored)—241 Auburn avenue, llev, A. E. Day In charge. Holy communion nt 6:30. Morning prayer nnd sertnon at 11. Evening prn.vcr mid sermon at 8. Sundny aclnml ut 9:30. PRESBYTERIAN. MOORE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN- Corner Ltirttle and !®utlmer streets. Dr. A. R. Holderby, pastor. Preaching hy iho pnstor nt 11 n. in. nnd 7:30 p. in. CliriM- tInn Endeavor at 6:39 p. m. A cordial In vitation to strangers. pastor st 11 a. ni. nnd 7:45 p. in. Mom fug subject. "God's Cull to n Slmnlwrltig Church.” Evening subject. "Excuses Re jecting Salvnflon. Snbhnth school nt ] on. m. Young People’s Chrlstlon Union at 7 pc in. Subject. "Greed of Gold.” NORTH AVENUE - PRESBYTERIAN— Corner Peachtree street nnd North avenue. Rev. Richard Ornic Fllnn. pastor. Morn ing worship nt 11; evening worship nt 8; t renching by the pnstor. Snbhnth school nt :30 n. m. Yolig Men’s conference nnd tcnrhrra’ training cl nun nt 10. Covenantor hand nt 3 p. m. CJirlstlnn Endenv 6:45 p. in 1 trnluli day ... . . mlttee. Strnngers nnd traveling men ns- surcMl of a cordial welcome. All seats free. UNIVERSALI8T. ' UNIYER8AI.IST—Corner Peachtree nnd I'm st Hnrrls streets. Rev. E. Dean I'ltan- wood, pnstor. Regular preaching service nt 11 n. in., with sermon by the pastor. Hub- Ject, "Jesus Christ and Mf*deru Life." Sun day achool nt 9:45. with class*** for -ill. A If seats nrc free mid nil are cordially Invited. CONGREGATIONAL. CENTRAL (’()NGREG ATION A I®—Sunday school nt 9:30 a. in. Classes for nil ngc Kindergarten system for the little tots. Morning service lit 11. Senium hy the Rev. Dr. Smith Rnkcr. of Portland. Malm*. Young people’s nmyer inert lug at 6:30 p. ui. Even ing service nt 7:43. Dr. linker will deliver the tlrst of n series of lectures, the sub ject being, "The Stupid or Ambitious Youug Man; Which?" The rluirch Is conveniently located on Ellis street, opposite the Carne gie library. Sent* nro free. The nubile Is cordially Iqrlted to atfeud nil services. UNION CONGREGATIONAL TABERNA CLE—Corner Mclsinlel nnd Hightower streets, one block south of Whitehall street. Rev. O. A. IlnrlKH*. pnstor. Preneldng nt 11 n. ni. nnd 7:45 n. in. hy the pnstor. Sun day school at 9:30 n. in. Phllnthen, I'lilla- then Junior nnd Bnracn classes meet Hun- dny morning nt 9:30 n. m. nnd Monday night at 7:45 o’chtck. f®ndles’ prayer meet- THE GOLD-PLATED CIVILIZATION Taraa Comments on the Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young Peo® plo's Societies—Christian Endeavor* Baptist Young People’s Union, Ep worth League, etc.—for November 10 is, “The Greed for Gold.” Prov. 23: 4, 5; Luke 12:13-21. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS CHRI8TIAN. Society today Is gold-plaited. It lovee the yellow glint above all other colors. By the gold standard It tests everything. This Is the age of gold— but by no means the golden age. The two can not be synonymous. In that ptrfect state of society which we know as heaven. It Is represented that gold js trampled under foot. "Money-madness” Is real madness. Like other tnnnlnn It distorts the men tal vision, and renders the victim In capable of calm and correct Judgment. As the demented person sometimes thinks that pebbles are diamonds, so the money-mad person Imparts a flctl- tious value to mere riches. He exalts them into the position which rightly belongs to honor and helpfulness, and courage nnd high emprise. Gold hfla a place In life; but only the Ill-balanced give It first place. Gold Is good until It becomes a god. Several diseases have come to be especially dreaded of late years; but the most menacing of all ts slightly regarded. Worse than appendicitis is atrophy. This Insidious loss of power through disuse of the function Is subtlo danger. The Hindu faker loses the power of his arm by failure to ex Ices every Sunday nt 11 «. w. nml 7:30 p. in. Hnbbnth school nnd special song service nt 3 p. ni. Prayer meeting nnd ehonis prac tice Wednendny nt 7:30 p. ui. Good music, from the latest song tn>ok«, forms u * po rtal feature of all servbi**. ^ FIRST PRESBYTERIAN—Rev. V/alter L. Llngle, D.D.. flu* paster, will preJieli nt 11 n. m. nnd 7:30 p. m. Sunday school nt 9:30. Prayer meeting Wedncsdny cvcnlnc nt 7:30. Sent* are free nnd enutrthuttou* volun- tnry. The music Is ninde a feature of every service. Strangers nnd visitors arc given s cordial welcome. HARRIS STREET PRESBYTERIAN - Sendee nt the Hnrrls Street Presbyterian church, corner Ilnrrls nnd Spring streets, will be held Suiidnv nt 11 a. m. Rev. WII- llnm Clews, of the Atlanta Theological Seminary, will preneh. Subject. "I* Jc*u« Satisfied With You?" Sunday school nt 9:45 s. m. No service nt night. All members sre urge*! to attend, ns su Important an nouncement will l»e ninde. # WALLACE PRESBYTERIAN - Corner Wntkcr nml Stonewall *tn*ef*. Preaching nX 11 n. in. by l)r. Mnrlon M**II. Hull, nnd st 7:45 n. m. by Rev. Joint D. Keith. At tbe rbme of the morning *< nb*o a congregation nl meeting will l>« held for the purpose of calling n pnstor. SubtHith school st n. t. Prayer meeting Wednesday nt 7:45 p. u Strnngers welcome. FOURTH PRESBYTER I AN-Corncr Jack- son and ChntnlK*rlln struts. Preitcblng cvitv Sunday st 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the i*a*tor. Rev. T. II. Newkirk. Regu lar’ Wednesday evening prayer meeting st 7.*30. Sunday school nt 9:30 «. tn. Every one most cordially Invited to attend me 1 ! serrJce. WEST END Cl IR 1ST IA N—Corner Gorlerclse that arm. In our money-curaed don nnd Dunn street*. Bernard P. Smith. n|fG W e are In danger of losing, by SSS I.T V B?Snz,'iu, , E rT B”r"rijI^. , !‘ r iH": «"*** ?"! ..•?■?:, WlSlfmSSTR flPt'TYL m.! SS'sKT G7SUS for ‘dtamt.?- Th® Pnrzbln of th® Kiniit, Mlml." Thl« I® e«te«l frlendzhlp taut Jl«npp®«rlnz. HIh ' lov* tor the beautiful llkowlze lake, to lt»elf wing®. Enjoyment of Ilf.'* aim- pie pleasures, whleh la hnlf the art of living, vanlahea. Ilia taate for the de light® of literature Imperceptibly goee. Spirituality become® meaningleaa word to him. Thus, even before the Judg ment doy la reached, hp find® hlmaelf. If able to make a true eatimate, ahom of thoae powera and poaacaBlona which constitute true manhood. In a word, hi® bouI ha® become atrophied. "And what ehall. It profit a man If he gain the whole world and loee hie own eoul?" aervlee* at 11 a. n. I'reaeblng at 11:19 a. ra. anil 7:39 p, ra. by Elder F. W. Hiulth. of Nn.ii vlile. Trim. Preaching every night through the week, rommenelng nt 7:31 p. m. All nre cordialq* Invited to nttend theac aerrleea. . I> I., tlond. | si.tor, I It I .le aehuol at 9:JO a. m. Preaching nt 11 n. ni. and 7:30 p. ni. Morning .nl.Jeet, "I'rnetlenl Religion:" evening. "The Creed of the Primitive t'hnreh.' Chrl.tlnn Endeavor nt *:30, Tnke Mnrlettn afreet enr to end of line. UNITARIAN. FlltST UNITARIAN—Hpring alreet, eor ner Went Cain. Itev. Alexander T. BowaerJ inlid.ter. Hnhjeet for Hnnday. "Iltinun Nature; Its Klnihlp with Divinity." Herv- Itvi at 11 n. in. All neata free. Snntlay aehaol meeta nt 3:« a. m.. Don. Hamilton tbiiiglaa (nperlntendeat. MISCELLANEOUS. KTItKET CAIl IIAUN—The regular ilevo- t ton a I aervlee will lie held at the afreet ear barn, corner Piedmont aventto nnd Arm- ntmng atreet. at » a. m. All atreet ear PHYCHOLOOICAf. SOCIETY—Roltert B. IlnrrlKon. preatdrni, will meet Humtay- aft- ernoon at 1 o'eloek at J!2 PeaeMree atreet. Suhjeet for dlaenaaien. "la Payeholqgy Do ing Anrtldng Thnt riirlatlanlty la Not Do ing!" There will l>e a bright mhalcal pro- grain and a 'ten-minute lemam on perfect health by the i-realdent. All meettnga are open to the iioldle aad tlattore are ae. corderl a hearly welcome. North Broad atreet. Sunday nnd Waduea- dnv afterneona at 3 n'cloek. Young ,|ieo- ple'a meeting Thnrwlay at 7:3) p. m. neea:" evening, anhirct. "The Dr. ('. It. Wllmer. rector of st. taken EplMmpal ehureh. Will deliver oh Snn.lay afternoon at the Y. U. I*. A. rooun the aeeond of hla addreoaea on "i.ll-ertv and Freedom." Dr. Wllmer'a atklreaa la.t Min- day on "la Man a Free Moral Agent?" "Money la mnda to be apent,” wan the aage utterance of a wealthy lay man at a recent mlaalonary meeting. That man in lilualratlng hia maxim, for he la giving both hla meana and hlmaelf to a great world aervlee. The moat Inaldloua danger of gold la that tnatead of being the thing poaaeni- ed it will become the poaaeaaor. We apeak careleaaly of men who own mil lion*; whereaa. If the truth were known, in many caaea It la the millions which own tho men. The peril of money-loving la not alone a lesson for the rich. This mi crobe of love of gold aeema to have bitten a great many peraona in mod erate clrcumatpncea. It Is quite as eaay to make an Idol of a thousand dollara an of a million. The aober, sen. sible mlddle-claaa of people In thla Woatem world are called upon to bear witness against this materializing tend ency of the times; and to the suprem acy or the proved spiritual verities. Unless the whole fabric of society la to go to pieces, these people of sound Judgment must show In their lives that happlnean la hatter than wealth; that a symmetrical Ilfs can be lived In sim plicity: that love, honor and duty may all be achieved on small Incomes; and that life's beat prises may be won by those who have not Joined the day's mad scramble for gold. While it la a tested truth that r/ches often take to themselves wings, yet It la equally true that they are often a dend weight, encumbering a life from an un fettered expression of Itself. The aim- pie life la the free life. A man with much money la usually bound down by the obligations nnd cares which It en tail*. It Is hard for one weighted down In an armor of gold to fill the role of knight errant. ... Gold aa a goal la not worth while; money aa "meana" may be noble and Christian. Thin la tho great truth about wealth. When It Is regarded merely as means to an end, It Justifies Itself. Money in. and always ha* been, man's moat useful tool. With It all aorta of wondrous works are wrought. It builds all the hospitals, asylum*, schools and churches. It erects temples of happi ness after a thousand styles. It la Aladdin's lamp. So regarded, gold Is wortlf seeking and possessing. But It la only this aenao of atewardahlp which can redeem richea from being a curse to their poaaeaaor and to the world. Golden deeds are a better poisesslon than golden dollara. T lermcc. Bervlcva: 1'rmeHng hy th* drew will he "The Liberty ut Dtsvretleu." lead. Ira will furnish the music for the ocraahm. All men are eunllnlly Invited. Tho surrtco Iteglu* at 3:31, closing at 4:3). WATCH -OWKIl IHIUE AND TRACT SGi'IKTY—1 lie Atlanta I tram’ll will hold .ts regular weekly Bible study In Woodmen's hall. IS Peachtree .tntet, holiday morning at It o’eloek. All Interested It the study or the BU>:J aru eerv'lally Invited to at- A full head and a full heart are two storehouses greatly td be preferred above a full money bag. One of the most pernicious of prevalent notions la that money la the only richea. Thla, too, In the face of the fact that mil lionaire paupers—that la. men who have nothing but their money—are constant ly being held up to ridicule and con tempt. There nre men among the most truly wealthy In our day who have not a thousand dollars In the bank. Tet their power and learning and wisdom are a blessing to millions. Sane stand ards of success, such aa these, nre now coming tn be more widely preached. It Is being made clear that the best gifts, which Scripture exhorts us to covet earnestly, are not material gifts, and that one may achieve the highest hu man destiny without making much money. In thla world," said Henry Ward Beecher, It 1* not what we take up, but what we give up, that makee us rich." , ... A heart of greed la an evil far more to be dreaded than poverty. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. A Christian It what he le between God end his own soul.—John Mason. The strength of a republican govern ment depends on the morality of the Individual citizens.—Maltbfe D. Bab cock. Let us have faith that right makes might, and In that faith let ua do our duty aa we understand IL—Abraham Lincoln. If Christians like their Lord wilt be. Airmen will lose their double and see How reel la Christianity. What do they »«w In you *r.d me? —Marianne Farmlngham. The Christian's fellowship with God Is rather a habit than a rapture.— Cecil. To be free le not to do nothing, but to be the sole arbiter of what we do and what we leave undone.—La Btu- yere. i nre hut highway* that