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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. imperial hair Hegeneiai.r THE 8TANDARD HAIR COLORING for Gray or Bleached llair. I* a clean, durable and lmrmles* E !r Uolorlng: when applied I* nn.-r- fected by bath*, nnd permits curl ing. Any natural shade produce !. Sample of bnlr roiore * free.. I .i- rscy assured correspondence. Imperial Cham. Hit- Co., 135 <i. iu 1. T. 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 TEETH EXTRACTED positively wittiui bain. C'e each. i:*l 1 teeth W. Money tat not buy better PniLADELPHI. DENTAL ROOM* *o. M Whitehall Ut A PLEASANT SMOKER . REM Medicated Cigarettes—Cigar and * Drug Stores 5c. and WHISKKY Maim cured st home with out pais. Book of tietilzrs aent B. M.WOOLLRY.M. i a. oftczlMM./nwl'j