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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21.
By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
"God so loved • * • that he gave"—
John iil, 16.
Somewhere we have read the atory
of an old woman whose only son had
gone to Auatralla to seek his fortune,
and who, in the absence of this, her
stay, was reduced to penury. Her
neighbors, taking pity upon her, used
to supply her with the actual necessi
ties of life, but despite their care and
her own hard work, she found her lot
most difficult and she was often in sore
straits. 1
One day, after this state of affairs
had been continuing for a great while,
a kindly disposed gentleman who was
seeking to learn the facts concerning
her condition, asked her about her ab
sent son.
"Does he never write to you?" he
Inquired.
"O, yes,” she replied, "he •• to
me regularly."
"Well, how Is he doing?"
"He says that he Is getting along
nicely and Is making a good living.”
"Well," asked the gentleman, "does
he not take any interest In your sup
port, and does he not give you any
thing on which you may live?”
"He seems greatly Interested In my
being comfortable and that I should
not have to work so hard In my old
age, but he has never sent me any
money."
"What, has he never sent you any
thing at all?”
"No," she replied, "nothing but a lit
tle piece of printed paper In each let
ter."
"Let me see one of them," her vis
itor asked.
Riches Unrecognized.
« The old woman went to her dresser
drawer and brought him nearly 1500
worth of Bank of England notes, which
her son had been sending her for her
support and which were ample to. have
made her comfortable, and yet the
valuer of which she had never recog
nized, and so had never used.
I wonder If, nt this Christmas season,
when the world Is celebrating the be
stowal of that best gift of God to us.
which, as the angelic choir announced,
was intended to bring "glory to God
In the highest and on earth peace and
good will to men," there can be any
who have not learned through a bless
ed experimental knowledge, the real
value of this gift and why the Father
gave It?
A Savior from Sin.
If you wllf turn to Mathew I, 21.
and will read the story of the annun
ciation, you will find that the angel
who appeared to Joseph and told him
of the child which Mary should bear,
declared, "Thou shall call His name
Jesus (that Is, Savior, as tfie ‘margin
shows) for He shall save His people
from their sins."
It is a thrilling fact that this bless
ed name of Jesus is the same In all
lands and In all languages. Ail of His
other names vary with the dialect and
are translated into the speech of the
nation that employs them, but Jesua Is
the samp with all.
And why Is this? Is It not because
the Father would‘'have us all remem
ber the purpose of His gift? Is .It
not that we should realize that what
ever else of blessing this gift may
mean, and whatever else, through this
i gift, we may hope for In the future, we
are to understand that here and now,
through this gift, He intends that
should be delivered from our tins. Yes,
His.name Is Jesus, for He does save His
people from their sins.
A Cure for Doubt.
There are a great many people who
are troubled by Intellectual difficulties
in connection with .Christianity. We
have a sympathy for such people, for
we have had similar troubles, but we
also have a remedy for these troubles
which we commend to all. It is a
remedy we trust because we* have tried
it ourselves and we know Its value for
—It works.
Instead of continuing to speculate
begin to experiment. Leave, fof i
while, your historical and philosophl
cat and psychological and theological
problems connected with the person of
Christ: your detfete about credal and
critical questions, and your question
ing about the miracles of our Lord>
incarnation, transfiguration, resurrec
tion or exaltation, or about the scientific
difficulties arising from the miraculous
workb accredited to Him by the evan
gellsts, and instead just seek to take
Jesus Christ for yourself and for what
God gave Him to be to you. And as
you yield yourself to Him and allow
Him to save you from your sins, you
will find your doubt giving place to a
blessed certainty.
A Twentieth Century Miracle.
The practical twentieth century mir
acle of your own personal deliverance
from sin will give your mind an im
mense relief and clear away a multi
tude of doubts. *
A Thrilling Story.
Some time ago I read a wonderful
story told by a missionary to South
Africa, and it presents sucli a thrill
ing illustration of the value and the
meaning of God’s gift, that I will repeat
It entire and in the words of the
narrator;
"1 learned a wonderful lesson," the
missionary declares concerning the
power of The Name, "from an old
heathen In Mochuana. We were trav
eling in Bechuanaland; heavy rains,
causing swollen rivers, stopped our
C regress, and we lay for days on the
anks of an Impassable stream, our
only shelter from thd Inclement weath
er. the old-fashioned bullock wagon.
Other travelers by wagons and carts
came along; each stopped In turn by
the swollen torrent, until quite a little
canvas camp lay along the water's
edge.
"There was no lack of discomforts
of every kind to be endured on that
marshy plain. Rnln, rnln, rain above,
and mud, mud, mud below; und when
ever the rnln stopped, und the warmer
air made Itself felt, swarms of mos
quitoes made the night hideous with
their triimpetlngs and their sting*.
Being limited for time In which to ac
complish our Journey, the trial of the
delay In our onward progress increased
the burden of the adverse circum
stances In which we were placed, but
there was a 'needs he' for our being
led to, and kept in. that precise spot.
Worse than all other trials, than
the enforced Imprisonment in the nar
row confines of that wagon, than the
inability to cook or prepare a com
fortable meal, than the going for nights
without rest on account of the on
slaughts of the mosquitoes, was the
fact that we were subjected to the hor.
ribJe sight* and sound* caused by the
existence In our near neighborhood of
one of those curses, which In those
days invariably followed In the wake
of British occupation of new jerritor>
the wayside canteen.
The Curse of the Canteen.
“Close to the drift of the river, on
the tnalrt road which all wagons going
to and from Kimberley with wood or
produce from the interior must travel
lay this horrible den. this trap for. un
wary passers-by; and there the na
tive* of the surrounding districts by
hundreds had lost their all. The wag
ons and cattle, goats and sheep, which
It had taken some of the poor crea
tures their lifetime to collect, were gone
In a few months into the grasp of the
rapacious trader, who thus throve and
amassed wealth by draining the very
essentials of life from the poor besot
ted beings who yielded all up In ex
change for the vile adulterated com
pounds with which he robbed them of
their senses, and made them from their
‘first drunk* helpless victim*, to be
fleeced at will; pliable dupes for his
cupidity to fatten on.
"He told me himself, in reply to my
pleading with him to give up the in
iquitous traffic—'I came here almost
penniless, a few years ago, and now' 1
have gained possession of ail these
acres. All the land you see to that far
outlying beacon Is mine, and all these
flocks and herds, these buildings and
gardens, und you ask tne to give up
the trade that has brought ine all this
wealth. No; the interests of my wife
and children are to be considered In
the queation/
A Human Vampire.
‘All remonstrance and pleading were
In vain. The proprietor of this money,
making, death-dealing concern was not
to be moved, and 1 had to witness, dur.
ing those days of storm and rnln, num
bers of fellow-men going backward*
and forwards between those wagons
and that door of ruin, old men, young
men, here and there a white man. but
mostly black men—the Ignorant na
tives of the country, ragged, wretched,
csotted. Again and again my soul, in
an agony too deep for articulate pray
er, cried out to God, a* those stagger
ing figures, with brutalized fnces,
.st reaming out as only drunken savages
can scream, passed in and out of that
canteen door; every now and then Eng.
Iish oaths picked up In Kimberley in
termingling with their native lan
guage, making this horrible picture of
what European civilization brings to
the savage races still more horrlble.#On?
felt suffocating with the pain, the
shame of It all. and oh, so powerless,
so helpless to do anything to stay the
curse, to save those wretched lives
front the destruction going on before
one's gaze hour after hour.
With Christ to Rescue.
"My brain felt on fire, as It were, ami
I cried In an almost despairing agony
to God, and then a calm came over me,
and a prayer, and with the prayer a
call: I clambered out of the wagon and
went toward the canteen. Of all the
figures there I seemed to see only one,
a poor aged man, with a few filthy
rags, only very partially covering his
jy me; then I went home and brought
i goat to the canteen man, and sold It
for the drink, and mv wife cried when
*he saw that f had also come under the
pell of the white man’s stuff: but it
vas no use; I was miserable, too, but
l could not stop; h.nd I drank more and
more. I drank out all my goats and
sheen and cov s and my few osen and
wagon—the canteen man has them all
—and now I'm sick and half blind, and
with ail these sores, and I oply want to
drirk. drink!'
“ 'But how do you get the drink, if
vou have no more things to sell to the
canteen keeper?’
"He chuckled, ‘Oh, 1 get It. When all
mv money Is done the canteen keeper
gives me a drink till I owe him one
money, wanted no pay; only for people
to ask Him to make them well; but
here came the difficulty, to explain to
him how he could i ask the unseen
Christ. He was quite a heathin; had
never had anything to do even with
Christianized natives; knew nothing
about God. but the name as he had
heard It In curses in his canteen ex
perience. I asked the Spirit to help rne
to explain to him the great all Father's
Iove K and the coming of Christ, to live
and die for us here, and the saving!
power of that Christ. But he wanted to
see Him.
“I felt that the records of Christ’s
earthly ministry* only deepened the
sense that personal contact was neces
sary; then, praying for light, I was led
"Here the man came up. Such ft
transformed face! und with tears of
joy, he said, *It is all true, all true,
what you A old me. My wife wants to
know, but I did not . know if I might
tell her.’ Evidently he felt so won
drous a pow er might be too sacred to
sjxjak of, and had a dread of Its being
withdrawn.
’* ‘Oh, yes,' I said, ‘you may tell her
all.’
‘‘‘Then, wife,' he said, lowering his
voice to an awed whisper, ‘it’s a Name,
Just a Name.’ Then, turning to me,
‘May I tell the Name?'
.“‘On my assenting, he breathed, rath
er than uttered, the word, ‘Jesus.”
Jesus! Savior!
"It is impossible to convey in words
pound. Then He won’t give me any to get the Bible, and turning to Acts
more. So then 1 get my brother-In-fair fif. told*him word for word the story of uf}a * was born* In on mv so il then,
to lend me his v agon, and, weak as I jihat man lame from his mother's womb If has ,,vffl w5th ever since. ••
REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN.
equally filthy body, loathsome with
sores, his bloated face and bleared eyes,
so repulsive-looking that one shrank
instinctively from the sight. He was
just staggering toward the canteen to
get another drink, when I went up to
him and said, ‘Old man, I want to speak
to you.’ He turned around stupidly
and gave assent, ’Come aside a little.’
"He followed me back to my wagort.
and there In broken 'taal,' which I could
speak and he understood a little of, I
asked him why he was killing himself
with this drink. ‘Why?' he answered,
'why, you know why—because I can’t
help It.* I said, ‘But you can help It,
you need not go on drinking.'
"'What!* said he, 'do you think any
man would be so foolish as to go on
taking that stuff, that "brandt" (literal
ly burning), If he could stop from It?
No, no! You English know that well
enough, therefore you bring this "toer
goed" (literally, magic potion, witch’s
stuff) to us. You know when we once
taste It we can never be free again,
never, never! It was so with me. For
months after that canteen was opened
I never went near it. \
The Power of Drink.
" ‘I saw how It diseased my neighbors;
how they went mad after they had been
there; how they gave their cattle and
their sheep to the white man there. Just
to get a bottle with that stuff in It;
how they could not rest when that was
dont f . but hnd to get more, till every
thing they had was given to the white
man. and their bodies were sick and
full of sores, like mine Is today, and
their eyes got blind, and their hands
could not carry the food to their
mouths without spilling It; and yet one
day I let a mate take me over to taste
the white man’s magic. I thought I
would only taste a little drop. Just to
see what it was like. That is five
years ago, and—well, you know how It
is when you' drink the white man’s
mngJc. You never leave off again. I
drank and drank. I drank that time
till 1 drank out all 'the money I had
am. I gather wood in the veldt, bushes
iand bits of wood till I get a wagon load.
| Tho 1 am sick, the longing for the
* drink, when the canteen man won't
give me any more, makes me strong to
go to Kimberley to sell it: and my
brother-In-law' sends some one with me
(my wife Is with me now) to take one
pound to him for his wagon, and J buy
a little brandy in Kimberley, and then
bring all the other money, sometimes
three pounds, to the canteen man here,
and I drink every day till I drink all
the money out. Then he lets me drink
after that for another one pound; then
I have to get more wood. Sp I live.’
Killing Yourself.
"I said, 'But you are killing your
self!* t
“Yes.’ he answered, ‘I know that; I
am almost dying now. I shake all the
time, and I can’t be without the drink
one day. When my money Is done and
the canteen keeper won't give me any
more, I cry so, that my friends must
give me some; but today I can get
plenty! I have Just sold my wood In
Kimberley. I can drink! I must go
now and drink!’ And he wanted to
move off.
“1 pleaded with him then—asked him
if he would not try and give up the
drink, for hfs poor wife, for his ehll
dren, to save himself from dying. H<
laughed a strange despairing laugh.
'You ask. Don't I want to get well?
Don't I want to give my poor wife and
children some money to buy fond with?
Of course, I do. What man would not
like to be well of this disease? Why
do you talk so? Yoii'know as well as
I do that there Is no help for me. that
there is no doctor on this earth can
cure a man of this witchcraft.'
One Able to Save.
There J si there is!' I said, as It
rushed over me. 'They that be whole
need not a physician, but they that are
sick!' I told him of that Jesus, that
loving One who healed all the sick
who came to Him. As I told him of
one and another who had come to that
Jesus and been made whole, those
tbleared eyes seemed strained with
eagerness, and he broke in on me al
most breathlessly In excitement, 'Is it
true; Is It true, missis? Are you tell
ing me true? Where Is this man? Tell
me; tell me! Is He in Kimberley? Oh.
take me to this Doctor. I will give Him
all the money for the wood I gather,
till He has ten loads, or even more,
more if He wants It; only take me to
Him.'
"1 told him this Doctor asked for no
to whom Peter and John brought tL
message, ‘In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, rise up and walk;' and of
what came to pass; how that help
less man got that’perfect soundness in
the presence of all; I told him that
same Jesus was with us now, and would
heal him If he asked for It.
The Old, Old Story.
"The blessed Spirit carried the mes
sage home; that darkened mind drank
it In. At last, he said:
‘“Tell me the nftnift’ ,
“I told him. Then he said, ‘How must
I ask Him?’ I said, ‘Just here we can
ask Him;’ and I knelt down on that wet
grass by that wagon side, and the old
man knelt, too. 1 can never forget
that momen! • the sun broke through I
the clouds, and shed Its light upon that
poor, ragged, besotted, old kaffir, kneel
ing there, with his face burled In hif
hands, on the wet ground, seeking de
liverance. In a few words, for my heart
was almost too full to speak, I asked
that God would glorify His child Je
aus and show His mighty healing pow
er on this poor life, and then the
poor, old, drunken heathen said himself,
‘Great doctor, make me well.’ He rose
and asked me again, ‘What is the
Name?* 'Jesus,’ I said. ‘Jesus, Jesus, 1
he went away murmuring to himself.
"I lost sight rtf him among the group
of wagons, and that afternoon we
moved away to a quieter and healthier
spot, some miles distant. After some
day* we returned to that crossing to
find the river had subsided sufficiently
to allow of wagons getting over. As
we approached one of the wagons, a
woman came toward me. She said:
"Is it you that spoke to my huaband
last week? Oh, what did you do that
he is healed from that drink?’
The Secret of Victory.
'“Why/ said I, ’did he not tell you?’
‘“No, he said he did not know If he
might speak of It, but O, he Is cured,
my husband Is cured! He has never
been to that canteen again, though
he has money In Ills handkerchief still.
Yesterday I was afraid he was going.
One of his drinking mates came to
ask him to go with him to the can
teen. He had half a crown, and beg
ged my husband to go with him; he
took hold of his arm. and they went
halfway to the canteen. Oh, my heart
was sore! but all at once my husband
turned around and pulled his arm loose
and came back. Oh! he is cured! He
Is cured!*
ha* come to me In hours of greatest
1 darkness and brought fight. It has
sv. cpt through my being In moments of
terrible temptation, and again anti
again, whpn I hive been at the point
of yielding. It has brought me vi. ? r/.
It has fclvctt me hope for the m at
hopeless lost lives, and the recital of
this that took place that day has
brought deliverance to number*. More
drink slaves have been set free by tell
ing them of that record In toe’ third
chapter of Acts, and this incident
which grew out or It, than by any
other message which it has been given
me to bring to them.''
An then, continuing this, a tipcat Is
made to us to receive this gift o? God
and to "Take the Name” for "it .has
untold power."
That old Heathen Machnana found it
>le to save, and give perfect sound
ness to hls> poor, diseased body, help
lessly shattered will power and besot
ted. degraded soul.
"Jesus, Just a Name,” so he described
It to his wife. He told us that all he
had done after leaving me was to say
that ^'Name" to himself, and the crave
for drink went away from him. and he
felt Just like before he had ever tasted
the stuff; as he put It. "His mouth
felt clean, like a little child’s," and hU
body was well and strong.
Able to Keep.
On the day when he allowed the
drinking companion by force and argu
ment to get him to.go toward the i.tn-
teen, he said, "When I was going to toe
canteen, all at once the old tUr-era**
came back. I felt It burn In me. I i
wanted drink. I felt It all over W'/
body. The sickness was on me ag'im.
I was so frightened, but Just a* 1
halfway to the canteen, there, by t‘;n:
bush, I called out softly, three time*.
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!’ and the dis
ease Just left me at once, and mv
body felt cool, and I turned back and,
O, wife, you see It’s Just a Name!’ *’
This Gift for You.
And now, my brothers—you who
know, as this poor, besotted Machmina
knew, the cruel tyranny of a thirst
for drlng, or, for tjiat matter, the en
slaving power of any other poison—
will you not, at fhls Christmas seavm,
take God’s proffered gift and let Him
prove to you, and prove through you,
your Heavenly Father's love and pow
er? God help you so to do, and thus
to have the happiest Christmas season j
that you heart has ever known.
BAPTIST.
CAPITOL-AVR. IIAPTIHT—There will l»o
Appropriate Christ inns services nud music
At 11 n. in. And 7:10 p. ui. Pastor John B.
BrJgg* will preach. Morning subject. 'The
Kitiff;'* evening subject. The
Shutout*." This will be n companion ser
mon to the one of list Knndny morning.
Sunday school st 9:80 n. m., clusscs suited
to all. All members are urged to be st
Sundny school with their BlbTee for
rial, purpose. 1 " , " n mt g
Junior rnton nt
l'nljrr nml urni^ Weilof winy nt 7*0 p. ra.
Thur.iUy nt 7:30 P. iu. tin* era nil nnnunl
1'iitrrtnlmnrnt of,tie laritt'.t Junlnr 'tilfUi
WEST END IIAPTIHT-Tlie pontor. Hr.
Johu F, 1-iirwr. will preneli Andy morn-
Imt mill nr.ulnc. Morning nulijeet, "Olnil
Tlilln.o." Evening mbjeet, "Hiring—'Vine
nml OtlirrwUr." Mumlny nelieol nt 8:30 n.
m. It. V. P. r. nt >1:40 p. in. Hunilny nohoni
t'lirlAtuin* entertainment Memlny nt 7 p. m.
Wonmii'n Missionary Union Monday nt 3:mt
p, in. Prayer mnetlug Wedneminy nt 7:30
p. in.
NOItTIt ATLANTA BAPTIKT-forner of
Uemphlll-ave. mid Enmiett-nt. Prenoblag
In the world, when Hnntn Clnun will tie nt 11 n. m. by the panto, mid nt T:30 .
glren aw.y. Henlor It. 7. P. II. Friday nt 1 ),y prenrher from the Melhndlid
7:« D. IU. The mimic will he In ohnrge of g
Profewor J. Hnlney Thotnpnon. notated by
n large charm eholr mid orrhentru.
JACKSON- I1II.L "itAPTIKT—North Jack
nun-M. and Kn.t nve. .TntoForre.t-nve. nl
Boulevard enr. John J. Jordan,
Inter. Itenldeure, » En.t nve, ilel pboue.
H.rvli-e and ncrinnn nt It a. in. nud 7..KI p.
m. Hnudny nchool at »J0 n. nt. \nung
people', tolling nt 8:45 p. m. Prayer meet-
fng VednMdny at 7:» P. nt. \oung Worn-
tn% Mlwlonnry and Aid Hoelrty Monday at
sermon In the morning, nnd In the evening
“A lesson From n visit to Bethlehem.
Sund/ty school st 9:30 «. ht., Mr. IV. I).
Foote, superintendent. There will lie it spe-
clnl musical service at 4 p. m. Forty singers
will take port. AH are cordially Invited.
WESLEY MEMORIAL—Corner Auburn-
nvc. nnd lvy-st.. Rev, H. F. Fakes, pastor.
Sundny school nt 9:30 n. ni.. M. M. Dftvles,
superintendent. Busy People's Wide Class,
W. V, Wltbnm, teacher. Voung Men** Ua*
men Utilise Chtss. Miss Uzalo bupo. teacher.
Young Ijidlcs’ I'lillntticn Bible (.'lass, Mr.
Walker White, tencher. Preaching nt II:30
it. m., by Hie pastor. Soug service nt 4:30
St H-I'lil I mllttli- hv tlio chorus niid
EPISCOPAL.
CATIIEDRAL— Corner of Wnnhlugtou nnd
IIiiMter. Very Ilev. C. T. A. Use. D. !>.,
dean. 7:30 n. in., holy cotnmuulou: 11 n. iu..
morning prayer nnd sermon; 4:30 p. u».,
evening prayer nnd sermon. Hnudny school
nt V:30 n. in. All other dnys: 7:30 a. ui.,
holy communion; 9 n. m„ piorning prayer:
4:30 p. in., evening nrnyer. Wednesday nud
Fridays I.ltnny nt. 10:30 a. ni.
HT. I.rKFH—Peach tree-at., between Cur
rier nnd Pine. Ilev. C. B. Wlluier. D. !>.,
rector. 7:3-) n. nt., holy communion: 11 it. iu.,
morning prayer nnd sermon; 7:30 p. m.
school opens promptly at 9:30. Classes suit-
nbio for all scholars. A good orchestra.
Bright songs. Prayer meeting on Wednes
day evening nt 7:43, Jed by the pastor. Spe
cial Christmas music will be rendered by
the choir nt tbs Sundny evening service.
MOORE MEMORIAL PRKHBYTKRIAN-
Corner I.tickle nud Igitlmer-sts. Dr. A. It.
Ilolderby pastor. Specinl Christinas service
nud sermon nt 11 n. m\, by the pdstor.
Preaching also at 7:30 p. in.; Christian Bn-
denvor nt 6:30 p. in.
WESTMINSTER PR E SB YTBRIA X-Cor-
ncr Boulevard nnd Forrest-nve., Ilev. II. F.
Oullle, pastor. Sunday school nt 9:30;
morning worship nt U dYlook. Theme of
I Nc'AUNATION'—l.en-nt., nwir OoMou. In f ' J* 1 - <%l«tron» Me. :
Want Eml. Morning prayrr nuil wnuoii nt EJSJ,'„ ,I rlSStn 0 "
S/m'h SfnW^ * rM0 " T:3 °- i at ° Pray"rwl
5 M n * 1,1 ft toy nt7:» will be s praise service. Visl-
A!,!. HAINT8—Comer West Peachtree st.
tors welcome to nil servlh**.
CHRISTIAN.
FIRST CHRISTIAN—Pryor-st. nnd Trln-
Ity-nve. Rev. If. K. Pendleton, piistor.
Preaching nt 11 s. ni. and 7:30 p. in. .Morn
ing theme, "Tho Significance of the Birth
of Christ."* At night there will be a specinl
service of song. Bible school nt 9:30 it. in.
Christ ton Endeavor at 6:30 p. m.
WEST END CHRISTIAN—Corner Gordon
and Dunn-sta. Rev. Bernnrd P. Smith, pas
tor. Prenclilug nt 11 a. ni. nnd 7:30 p. ui.
HOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN—End
of Mnrlettn street enr line. Ilev. Denu L.
Bond, pastor. IHble school nt 3 p. m.
Preaching nt 11 a. m. nml 7:30 p. hi.
COLLEGE PARK l'll It 1ST I AN-Ilev. F.
M. Adams, pastor. Blble'sehool every Lord's
day nt 10 n. in. Preaching first lord's dny
at 11 a, m. and 7:30 p. in.
m° n Wonian's ’ Misatonnry and 'Aid
tnoclely Thursday nt 3 p. in. ^'‘ni^uis b rl-
dny st 3:30 p. m. The public Is cordially
invited to nil services of this church. The
pnntnr Inditg nhmnt In < ul>n, Itev, n.
Orajr. D. !>., will officials
FIRST IIAl’TIST—l ornrr IVnehtiw mid
I'nln-iln. l>r. W. \\. Enmlrnni. pnnlor.
Harriet nl It n. in. nnd 7:*) l>. ui. 11. >■
I'. T. nt 7 o'clock.
BROWN MEMORIAL BAI'TIRT-Rcv. W.
A. Dnhli, |»«tur. The church will celebrate
Ita fifth nnnlveranry nt Jl a. m. The entire
membership Is rsqnested to be present.
Breaching nt 7:3d p. ui. Hnudny school st
3:3) a. iu.
GRANT PARK BAPTIST—I ’orner Goor-
gls-ave. and Urnut-st. D. H. F.dentirld. tins-
for. Services at II n. ra. nud 7:30 p. m. Hun-
dav school nt 9:30 n. ni. Junior Baptist
Young People's Polon at 6:30 pf nt. Prayer
nnd song service Wednesday st 7:30 p. ui.
BAPTIfcT TABERNACLE—Sunday night
Dr. Broughton will give the seeoud sermon-
lecture In his Huudny night series ou -Our
Bible and Its Critics." The special aubject
will 1* "Ita Divine Arrangement." All
friends and all critics of the Bible ore cor
dially luvited. Dr. Broughton premise* n
wholesale slaying of Bible critics. Sunday
morning be will prcncli a special Christmas
sermon.
JONES AVE. BAPTIST—Rev. j. r. Dam-
eron will preach at both services. U n. tu.
and 7:35 p. in. Sunday school at 9:30 n. ra.
Sunday school Christmas tree Thursday
evening at 8 o’clock. Sunday morning tlie
Snnday school will have a stocking shower:
for the Orphans* Home: each person will 1
bring one or more pairs of children's stock
ings.
IMMANUEL BAPTIST—Corner Fnlr-«L
and Berean-are. Rev. J. I). Winchester,
pastor. Sunday school nt *:» n. m.. T. I,.
Camp superintendent. Preaching at 11 a.
ra. and 7:45 v. m. by the pastor. Junior
Colon at 2J0 P. m. Mid-week fervice op
Wednesday at 7:45 p. ra. B. \. P. 1. Fri
day at t p. ra.
INMAN PARK BAPTIST-Corner Eliza-
l>eth-st. and Edgewood-av*. Rev. C. S.
Donaldson, D. D.. paatoT. Services nt 11
s. m. and 7'JO p. m. Sunday school at 9:30
feronce.
WOODWA RD-AVE. RAPTIST-Kuudny
school «f 9:30 a. in. . H. P. Moiierlef *»pcr-
liitendent. Preaching nt 11 n. in. und *:C0
p. m. by the pustor. Rev. II. C. Hurley.
At 11 a. in. the subject will be “Grieving
the Holy Nplrlt.’’ Special evangelistic serv
ice at night
EDOEWOOD BAPTIST—Sunday school nt
9:30 a. ni. Preaching itt 11 n. ni. nud 7:30
p. m. bv V. C. Norcross. "The Hong of the
Angels nt the Savior's Birth” will be the
subject of the morutug sermon. AC night
the subject Will bo “<J<wnl Work for Christ
uin* Week.’’
West Hunter sts. Ilev. A. I . Wnril. D. D.
pnstor. Preschlug nt 11 n.'in. by the pns-
tor. nnd at 7:10 n. in. Dr. J. C. Solomon
will preach. Special Christum* sermon and
mtislc. Sunday school at 9J9 s. ra., )>. M.
Perryman, superintendent. Wednesday at
7:30 p. in. nil the member* of the church
and eong remit ion nre Invited to meet at the
church nml enjoy n program of music and
worship. The cccnsfoti promise* to he of
great Interest.
PONCE DELEON-AVK. BAPTIST—"The
Church of living Ministries." Rev. Junius
W. Millard, D. D.. pastor. Dlvtne worship
nt Jl n. in. nnd 7:*1 p, in., with preaching
by the pnstor. Special Christmas music,
with a cordial welcome for the stranger.
Sunday school nt 9:30 a. ui. Monday at »:30
». in. the annnni Christmas festival of the
tin day school will occur. No prayer meet
lug Wednesday evening.
WESTERN HEIGHTS' BAPTIST-Corner
Kennedy utnl Chestnut-st*. T. R. Elgin,
pnstor. Sundny Behind nml Barnen-lMiilutlieu
CENTRAL BAPTIRT-Rervlces nt 11 n. w.
SECOND BAPTIST—Sunday school at
9 3) o'clock. At the morning hour Dr.
White, the pastor, will preach a Chritrmns
aafura. his subject being "TbeKter.ml
Chrlat" This sermon will have special ref
erence to the Christmas season. At night
Dr. White's subject will be "Christ Crowd
ed OoL” The evening service* will begin
at TitO. Monday night the \onug Men's
Mlsisonary Society meets at « o’clock. The
regular mid-week prayer aervW wIll be
conducted by the partor. Dr. White, who
will lecture on the Sunday school lesson for
the following Sunday. These lectures ure
very helpful to till who attend. _A!l Inter
ested in day juvhooi werk
day ulY. P, L*.
ra. Public cordially In-
Masting for Men.
Oil Sunday afternoon nt S o'clock In the
Bnrncn hall of the Baptist Tsbermn'lc Toni
Harrison, the engineer-evangelist, will
speak to men only. Mr. llnrrtson ha* Jnst
returned from Alexandria, Vn.. nnd Wash
ington, D. t\, where be tiddrefOM-d meeting#
of railroad men In eouneetlon with religion*
meetings held Iu those cities. Thl* meet
ing ts uot only of special Interest to rail
road men hut to nil men in the city. Song
service will begin at 3 o'clock.
MEYHODIST,
WALKER-8T. METHODIST EPISCOPAL
—Walker and Nelson-sts. Christmas ser
mon at 11 o'clock, by the pnstor. Rev. Will
T. Hstuby; also a special sermon at 7:30 by
pastor. Mrs. M. J. Anderson will sing
**!,esd Kindly Light" at the 11 o'clock serv
ice. Sunday school at 9;3u, W. II. Terrell,
superintendent.
W.
ENGLI8H-AVE. METHODIST—W
RrinsfieiU. pastor. Preaching at II n.
Rev. W. Hun ton. At 7_p. ni. bv W. W
COLLEGE PARK METlIOpIRT-Rev.
Wallace Rogers, pnstor. I’renchlng st 11 a.
in. and 7:30 p. in., by the pastor.
HT. MARK . METHODIST—Rev. S. II
Belk. pastor. Residence 38 East Tklrd-st.
Preaching nt 11 a. m. by Rev. J. T. Daves,
D. D.. and nt 7:30 p. ra. bv the pastor.
, Special Christum* music at both services.
Sunday school at 9:10 a. iu. Deaf mute class,
Mr. \V. F. Crusselle, teacher. Mr. II.
McCord, superintendent. Prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Public
cordially Invited to attend all these services.
BT. JOHN METHODIST—H. C. £hrl*
tlan, paator. At Ip a. ra. to U o'clock the
Sunday school will hold a Christmas serv
ice. All parents are cordially invited to
come. At 7:30 p. ra. the pastor will preach
n Christmas sermon. Tho choir will have
special Christmas music. All strangers In
the southern part of the city nre earnestly
requested to attend both these services.
ST. LUKE METHODIST—At the Junction
of llcrean-ave. nnd Powoll-st. Sundny school
at 9:30 a. iu., S. M. Davl*. superintendent.
Preaching nt 11 n. ra. by the nn*tor, George
W. Orlner, nnd at 7:30 p. m. by Hie presid
ing cider, Rev. Joel T. Daves, D. I).
PAHK-HT. METHOpfST-Corner of Park
and I^HHits.. !b*v. M. L. Troutman, pastor.
Pastor’s residence 174 I^c-st. Bell phone
294 West. Preaching at 11 a. in. and 7:80
p. ra. by the pastor. Sunday school at 9:30
a in . air. John Sbaunon, superintendent.
Prnyer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30
o'clock, followed by a teachers' meeting.
Pew* free. Strangers cordially Invited to
he present.
INMAN PARK METHODIST—Corner of
Edgewood-ave. and Hurtst. Rev Heiirr
I». Mayo, pastor. Bishop barren A. Cand
ler will preach a ChrUtraaii sermon at U
a. ra. The pastor will preach at night. Sun-
day school at 9:30 a. m. Prayer meeting
Christmas night at ittt o clock.
IIEMPHILL-AVE. METIIODI8T-R.
Robb, paator. Conference Sundny. Confer
ence love feast at 9:30, led by A. b. Elling
ton. Bishop David !!. Moore will preach ut
11. At 7:3u Dr. Bovnrd will continue his
revival service*.
ASBl’RY METHODIST—Corner I)avl* nud
_ oundry-sts., Rev. C. V. Weathers, pastor.
SumUy si'hool at 9 JO a. m., W. H. Fincher,
superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. ra. and
7:» p. m.. by pa*tor. Prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening at 7:30.
j Reward of the Rlghteou* In the Judg*
r ”2* | itunt." Snhbath school at 10 a. m.: Y. P. c.
"1 7 p. tn. Prayer meeting Wednesday
nt 7:45 p. ra. Subject. "The Son of God.*’
Stewards' meeting Mon-
JEFFEBSON-RT. METHODIST—Pree.-i,.
•J werk invited. Fri- pastor, wiU preach nt 11 a. ra. and 7'JO ,1. W,
l k . L\ meets at 3 p. m. The Ta*tor Ail! preach a Christmas civ al
{ >
PAYNE MEMORIAL METHODIST—Ilun-
nlcutt and Luckiest*.. W. T. Hunuleutt,
pastor. Preachings! 11 a. m.-bv the paator,
ami at 7:30 p. tn. there will he a Christ-
um* entertainment. Prayer meeting at 7:30
Wednesday.
CATHOLIC.
BACKED HEART CATHOLIC-Corner of
Peachtree and Ivy-*t*. Sunday, December
22. f* the fourth Sunday in Advent. Mnsne*
. at 7. 930 nnd 11. Sermon at 11 by Father
Gunn nnd at 4 p. in. by Father Rapier. On
! Christian* day the tnassea will !>e at 6, 7. A
s and 10 a. in.
CONGREGATIONAL.
UNION congregational taberna-
CI.E—Corner McDaniel and lltgbtower-sta..
Itev. O. A. Barbee, pastor. Preaching nt 11
. in., by the pastor. At 7:30 ti. ni., by Rev.
TV, Bloeser, who organized the Tuber na
il bout five year* ago, will preach.
EPIPHANY—Corner Moreland and Enel
nves. Rev. C. A. Langston, vicar, in cbnrg
Morning prayer and sermon nt It. Siindii.
school nt 9:45. Christinas dny, holy com-, ___
inmilon -..J ncnao. »t-U. j I'nntTII l'HKSBYTEM AN—Cornrr
crtAl'KL OF THE GOOD SHEPHEKO- jiw'r’sun'iar"iu' 11 n"'m ,0 nn!!”7 M , D“id bI |”r
I’jr- 1 ” IKH,r < ’ orpUt '**' •chool nt ( ||„, pantoi., )p, v< H. Jiewklrtt. Regular
■ ' mid week prayer service every Wednesday
MIHSION OF TIlinToLV INNOCENTS-^ P ' "• "*** «
W«K)ds-nve., near West Tenrhtree-st. Sun-1 4
.Injr Khool every Bunilny at 3:3a p. m. | WALLACE PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of
* , I Walker and BtonewaR-st*., Rev. John D.
. ,, . 0 . , .‘'... COM r 0 P. TBR .T7f, or J! <, r.A ,,nnt .'! I Keith, pn.tnr. Prrarliliie at ll n. m. mid
unit l utllnin-it. Rev. GlltM*rt Hlggi. 1). l>.,; 7:30 p. m. hjr the pnnlor. The morptnit .iih-
lii ohnrge. Evening prayer anil wnnon et 4. | w m be ''A Cbrl.tmaa Sermon." Sab-
similar nehool nt 3 p. m. 4 brlatmaa (lay. hath aehoul at »:») a. m. Prayer meeting
holy ooiumunlon nml aerinon »t 11. Wpilneolny at T:» p. m. All nre moat cor-
Ulnlly Invited to all these servlets.
BT, ANDREWB-Corner Glenn and Kent- 1
st*. Rev. Gilbert Higgs, IK D., in charp*.
Evening prayer and sermon nt 7:3u. Sunday
imnunlon services at 11 a. m. !*rc«rbing
..i 7:30 p. in. by Evangelist K. II. Hall!
Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. iu.
LUTHERAN.
ST. JOHNS GERMAN EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN—Corner Forsyth and Garnett-
sts., G. Nussmsnn, pastor. Preaching fu
German and English at 11 a. m. Humlny
school ut 10 a. ra. On December 25 a special
Christmas servlet wifi be held at 11 a. ui.
The Christmas celebration of the Snnday
school will be the same dny in the evening
at 4:30. The meeting of the Ladle*’ Society
has been postponed from December 25 to
Jnuuary L Important business will l>e
transacted at this meeting, so all members
are kindly requested to be present.
Passengers arriving at
Terminal Station and spend
ing a night in Atlanta will
save time and trouble by
stopping at Hotel Marlon
Annex, 57 W. Mitchell st., half
block from station. Euro
pean. Dabney Scoville, pro
prietor. Also proprietor of
Hotel Marion, N. Pryor.
American plan. Rates, $2
per day; with bath, $2.50
and $3.00.
FOR XMAS.
Felt and Leather Pennants
fpr all schools and colleges.
The “CO-OP,” 97 Peachtroa
Street. The “Cute” an:l
"Cunning” Novelty Store.
uud sermon at 11.
HOLY TRINITY-Decatur. >1 -
prayer und sermon at 1L Sunday 'acliool ut(*° services.
superintendent. Christmas entertainment
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Mid-week
j>rayer meeting, conducted bv Dr. Rice,
Strangers cordially welcomed
TIMOTHY'S—Kirkwood. Holy coui-
muniou and sermon at 11, by the Rev. Gil
bert lllggs. D. D.
GOOD SHEPHERD—AustelL Itev. It. F.
DcRelic lu charge. Holy communion and
?rmou at 11 by the Rev. S. S. Spear.
ST. JOHNS—College Park. Rev. Gilbert
Higgs. D. D.. In charge. Morning prayer
“ini Mormon st 11.
NORCROSS MISSION—Rev. C. A. Lnug
stou In charge. Evening prayer and sermon
at 4.
BUFORD MI SSI ON-Rev. It. F. DeBeile
iu eharge. Morning prayer, lltauy und ser
mon at 11:30.
BARNETT PRESBYTERIAN—A Home
like ebnreh. corner of Hnmptonwt. and
Brndley-nve. one short block from Msrlct
la st, rnrs aud easily aeces*lble from all
parts of the city, J. Edwin Hemphill, pas
tor. Services every Sunday at U a. in. am!
7:39 p. m. Sunday school nt 3 p,
stead of the regular mb* —*
lug «>u next Thursday i
exercizes will be held.
PRESBYTERIAN.
WEST END PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of
Gonion nnd Ashhy-sts.. Rev. Lvnn R. Walk
pastor. Sunday school nt 9:39 a. in.. C.
Sonnnndy, superintendent. .Morning
servtin* at 11 a. tu. by the pastor; evening
service at 7:30 p. tn. Special music for
each service. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening nt 7:30 o'clock, followed by Teach
era* Training and Normal class.
UNIVERSAL16T.
UNIVE R8 A LI BT CHI?RCH-Corner
Peachtree and Ea*t Harris-sts.. Rev. E. D.
Kllentrood, pastor. Resilience 40 East Hnr
rls st. 'Phone Main 2906-L. Special Chrlat-
mas service at 11 a. m.. with sermon by
the pastor. Subject, “The World'* Christ
ina* Tree.” The choir will give u musical
program of unusual excellence. Sunday
school at 9:45, 51 r, H. C. Blake, Iraperin-
tendent. Alt eeata are free and all are
cordially invited.
CONGREGATiONAL.
CENTRAL CONG REG ATIONAL—Sundny
school *t 9:30 a. tn. Classe* for all ages.
Klmlergnrteii system used In primary de
partment. Special ladies' class. led by Dr.
linker. Special Christinas service at 11 n.
in. Sermon by the Rev. Smith Baker, D. D..
subject, "Christmas. God'* Unspeakable
Gift." Special Christmas music by the
choir and male quartette. Young People's
prayer meeting nt 6:30, led by Dr. Baker.
Subject. "The 5Iugnlfloat." Special Christ
mas music. Evening service at 7:45. Lec
ture by Dr. Baker. Subject. "Young Peo
ple Away From Home.” Special I'hriit-
mas entertainment Monday evening at 7:43,
to which the public is cordially Invited.
Gift* for the poor will be received for dis
tribution by the Ladles' Union.
UNITARIAN.
FIRST UNITARIAN CIIURCH-Corner of
Spring and We*t Caln-ats.. Rev. Alexander
T. Bowser, minister. Subject for Sunday.
December 22. “Loyalty to Je*us; An Appre
elation of Hi* Spiritual I'ower nnd Influ-
. . - . eiicv.’’ Service* nt 11 o'clock. All seats
ter L Ling!*, D. D., the pnstor, will preach free, Sunday school meet* at JO o'clock,
>i U a. iu. aud 7:3V p. tu. The Sabbath liou. Hamilton Douglas, superintendent.
Sunday school at’9:45. No service at uight!
NORTH-AVE. PRESBYTERIAN—Corner
Nort!i-av*». and Peachtree st., Rev. Richard
Onue Fllnn, pastor. Morntng worship at 11;
evening worship at 7:45; preaching by tlm
paator. Sabbath school at 9:39 a. m.. Gov
ernor Hoke Smith and Mr. Charle* D. Tub
ler. superintendents. Young Men'* League,
Pbllatheti and Strangers* Class at 9:43 a. ra.
Men'* Bible Conference, Dr. K. G. Mat he
son, leader, at 10 a. ra. Wednesday at 7.-45
p. u». prayer meeting.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tbw Atlanta Psychological Society, Robert
Uryttn Uitrrisou, president, will meet Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock nt 122 Pencb-
tree-at. There will lie a bright musical pro
gram nml n 19-minute lesson ou the attain
ment of health. Topic for iUscuzhIoii. "Belt.
Jshue**.'* We can all get on fhl* vltrarlou.
All meetings of the society are opeu to the
public und visitors receive n cordial wet-
The Atlanta branch of the Watch Tower,
Bible nnd Tract Society will hold their
regular weekly Bible atudy In Woodmen's
Hail. 122 Peachtree-st., Sunday morning
nt II III llllil. iliiil.nt.
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLI
ANCK—Regular services in Allhtuce Hall,
72\§ North Broad-st., Sunday and Wednes
day afternoons st 3 o'clock. Youug People's
meeting Thursday night at 7:30. Mis* Fan
nie Hess and Miss Margaret Richards, of
the Missionary Institute of Nyack, N. Y„
are In the city and will speak at the Run
day afternoon service.
The Railroad Youug Men'* Ghristtou As
sociation ha* provided for soother very In
teresting service at the rooms. 31*4 'Vest
Alubnum-st., Sunday afternoon at 3:*)
o'clock. Rev. Bernard P. Smith, pastor < f
the West End Christian ebnreh. will ad
dre*a the meeting. He Is a-strong and at
tractive speaker and those who attend will
surely he Interested and helin»d. A tore*
attendance Is desired aud all men sre In-
vltd. Rooms open to all visitors during the
dny after 9 a. m.
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3old by J«eobs' Pharmacy, Atlanta, Ca.
RAILWAY SCHEDULES
Showing the Arrival nnd Departure of P « J
•oncer Trains of the Following Ronds.f
Subject to Typographical Errors. fl
ATLANTA AND WEST POINT RAILROAD
TERMINAL 8TATION.
No. Arrive from— So. Depart to— ■
•42 West Pt.. 8:15 am} 35 N. O, 5:20
X44 West Pt.10:30 am
118 Columbnsll :15 am
38 N. 0 12:00 n'n
40 S. 0 2:00 pm
20 Cotumbna 7:30 pm
134 Ifontgtn'y l:K pm
19 Columbus.. 6:ia
S3 Montgm’y.
» N. O.T 2:15 '.in
17 Colnmbnz. 4;19 [ttn
41 West Pt.. 6:23 pm
37 N. 0...\. 6:40 pm
touts bar. Mr. Jackson is a forceful speak
er and bis talk will be one of Interest and
twneflt to those who bear it. The at«oeia*
tton orchestra will provide the music for
the service, and In addition there will be a
violin solo by Mr. George Collins. AH men
ore Invited.
36 N. 0 11:55 pml
Trains marked • run dolly except Sunday.
Trains marked thus x run Sunday only.
Other traini run dally.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY.
Arrive From— I Depart To—
Savannah..... 6.59 amJMacon 11.49 pm
Jacksonville./ 7.10 amjUacon
Macon 1L25 amlMaeoB ......
Macon 4.20 pml Jacksonville...
Macon ........ 8.10pmlSnvnnnah ....9.15pm
8.001
4.00 pm
8.30 pm
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RY.
tlon. Atlanta.
tralna
I Leave. (Arrive.
Cincinnati and Louiavlde..[ 3 JO pui[12:49 pm
Knoxville via Bine Ridge..I 8:31 ami 7:35 pm
Knoxville via Blue Ridge..) R:45pm; 7:09rfm
Knoxville via Cartersvllle.l 3J0 pm.'l2:40 piu
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teeth W. Money tat
not buy better
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REM Medicated Cigarettes—Cigar and *
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