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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 8ATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. GIVE .AN ACCOUNT OF THY STEWARDSHIP By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN, PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A« Dr. H. Dwight H!!ll» has re marked. "Astronomers count the com pletion of a year as an event In nature; but It I* not less an epoch In man's life." No man but Is the better or the worse for the year that Is now clos- ln5 ‘ Two 8olomn Thoughts. Among the many serious considera tions which come to us as we stand upon the steadily lessening margin of tbe passing year there are two of espe cial solemnity. The one is this: In a few hours the year will he done; Its possibilities ex hausted; Its opportunities gone—what, ever It might have meant It soon can mean no mors to us. Not another thing ran there be added to Its events; nor ran a thing be taken from them. How ever. It has been written; Its chapter win presently be closed. Borrowing and sighing and planning and wishing will not avail. The record will be made and nothing can alter It. While It was before ua It held out untold hopes and offered llllmltkble privileges;, but now with It these alt are gone, and gone forever. An Inevitable Meeting. The other thought la this; The year that la gone, to which nothing can be added and from which nothing can be taken, we shall meet again. It has passed not to our rear, but to our front. It has been moving In the same direction with us. only It has been go ing more swiftly and has now left us behind. But we shell see It again. It will be at tha throne of God when we arrive. There we shall meet It. When the books will be opened and when we stand, each man of us, before the Judgment seat of Chrlat to give an ac count of our stewardship and to be Judged according to the deeds done In the body. Yes. we must meet this year again, and then what we have done with it will determine what ahall be done with us. Lst Us Take Stock. Seeing, then, that "we are not our own." but that we are stewards of God and that we muat render an ac count unto Him of the use we have made of time and talenti, let ua pause today and review the year that Is now so swiftly slipping from us, that we may appreciate what It Is. that we must face when It shall meet us at tbe throne. The year was given us for work; have we used It for this, and It so what have we accomplished? Has any teak « completed that will seem worth our while, when, a thousand cen- P®“»*d and we contemplate our labor In the light of eternity? The Value of Time. Undoubtedly time Is the most costly thing we possess. It may be exchanged for a multitude of treasures, and It Is the only currency with which we may buy some of thern. There are things which are the most precious of all, both In the now and In the hereafter, which time alone will purchase. Have we bought these things? Have we la bored aa we ought to for that which we ought? If the year has not been full of hottest effort and If we have not stood to our. tasks like men. we may ws|| took back with grief over hours of Idleness and folly. There can be no sane satisfaction to the Idle soul, who recalls nothing but a year of lolling or of trifling, for as Babcock sang; “We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have^ hard work to do. and loads to Shun not the conflict; face It. ’TIs God's gift.” Have We Been Faithful? In reckoning up the year, let us not be discouraged If we do not discover any outstanding service which appears to ua aa notable. The great question Is. Have we been faithful? Fidelity Is the thing. Have we done our best to ac complish the task committed to us? Or have we been cowards and quit ters? There are many of us with line Im pulses. Our hearts are In the right place, but somehow our wills seem out of gear: or, at any rate, when we strike a heavy grade we can't hold the pace. « e And It easier to make excuses than to make the schedule. We kindle high hopes by the aid of our early zeal. We enter an enterprise with gusto. Indeed so eager do we seem for the work that the matter is committed to us. and we are trusted to carry It thru, but our xenl does not last; our energy Is soon ex hausted. Before the thing Is accom plished we tire and turn aside, and. to the shame of all, there Is failure and defeat. Splendid Fidelity. Some years ago, during it terrible winter, the wife of a light house keep- floes, and realized that she was left t alone, with no hope of help or succor I until months later, when the govern- i ment light ship would visit the lonely I Island on Its semi-annual round. With) the terrible memory of the tragic scene ; and the heavy responsibility of the | work of .three men upon her, she turned to her task of keeping the signal light, i Thru all the loneliness and monotony of i her comfortless service she continued until the supply ship came. Kept Light Burning. It Is said that though the men on I the vessel were accustomed to stories^ of privation and heroism, "there was! something that gripped at their hearts; a little harder than usual when they learned what she had suffered, and heard her simple answer to the cap tain's question, 'How did you ever manege to get through the winter?’ '1 hardly know,' she replied, with a sup-, pressed sob that had so much of mean-; lag and heartbreak In It. 'I hardlv < know; I only know that I kept the light burning.' "Through all those desolate months ! that faithful woman had kept the light burning and ships passing on their dis tant courses and seeing the signal had kept their way true and steady, and had reached their haven” because that lonely, brokon-hearted woman, forget ting her sorrow In a noble abandon to duty had manifested such splendid fidelity. • Have you been thus faithful? "Give an account of thy stewardship. Doing One’s Best. But merely staying by a task Is not the only test of fidelity. The great qflestlon Is, have we done our very best? In his little book, "Glimpses Thru Life's Windows," Dr. Miller tells the story of one of the old cathedrals in Europe In which the guide bids the visitor watch a certain spot until the light from a window falls upon It. When at last the rays strike this point, the beholder sees, carved on the rafter, a face of such marvelous beauty thnt it Is the gem of the great building. The legend Is that, when the architect and masters wero planning the adornment of the cathedral, an old man came In and begved leave to do some work. They felt that his tottering steps and trembling hands unfitted him for any great service, so they sent him up to the roof and gave him permission to carve upon one of the rafters. He went his way. and day by day he wrought there In the darknese. One day he was REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN. scaffolding, with his sightless eyes turned upward. And then they saw a face carved on the rafter, a face of such exceeding beauty that architects and great men bared their heads as they looked upon It and recognized the muster In hint who lay there still in death. You may be assigned to a very obscure task, and but little may be ex pected of you, but tell me, my broth er, are you doing your very best? As you look back over the year. In a renl sense can you say. “I have been faith ful r Tell me! From the experience of the year that Is past, have man and God alike found that they can trust you? No matter how few your talents have been nnd how obscure your service has been, can your Master sny, as you give er saw her husband and his two ns- not seen to come down, and, going up slstants swept away by breaking Ice they found him lying lifeless on the an account of your stewardship, “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou has been faithful over n few things, I will make thee ruler over many things." The Dark Days. As we look back through the year somewhere each of us will And the dark days. There have been (roubles tlial met us during the year. None of us has escaped. There Itas been no dif ference In thla respect, attho to some the troubles have been greater land more numerous. However, It Is not the number or the Importance of i the troublee that we met that matters ' now, but rather, how we met them. How to Meet Trouble. Instead of morbidly dwelling upon i the mystery of your troubles or Instead 'of mournfully recounting the multitude lot them, let us ask, In the courageous 'spirit of the lines by Edmund Vance . Cooke: '"Did you tackle that trouble that came ' your way With a resolute heart and cheerful? Or hide your face from the light of day i With a craven soul nnd fearful? | Oh. a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce. | Or a trouble Is what you make It, I And It Isn't the fact that you’re hurt that counts. I But only, how did you take It?" What About the Future. | But there Is another question more (Important still In connection with our ; troubles, and it Is this, "Whnt are we I going to do with them In the coming year?" Are we going to nurse and coddle all of the troubles of the past ■ and hold them close and enrry them lover to breed and populate the future with an e#en more obnoxious brood, or are we going to leave them behind us and forget them? This was the plan of the Apostle; "Forgetting the things thnt were behind nnd reaching forth unto the things that were before he nressed toward the mark for the prize." And this is the only method that will vln. Don't Whins. The spirit of the conqueror Is the spirit that takes hard knocks as a matter of course and with a cheerful resolution to succeed despite all diffi culties. Heroes are not always those who won the tight, but they are those who hive fought most bravely, -even when they saw they must lose the light; yea! and their life besides. And so let It be with you. Be a true limn and tnke the hurts of the conflict without whining, and stnnd to the shock of battlo without wincing, and keep going on, even when you are tired, for that Is worth while, and then It will not much matter how the day goes—It will be well with you at the end. Quit dwelling upon how hard a time you've had and how heavy la your load, and. Instead, .with an unconquerable courage and a hearty good will, de termine to trust God to arrange the load while you do your beat to bear It. Stand to Your Task. Suppose the load Is heavy that God laye upon you, fo heavy. Indeed, that sometimes It crushes you to the ground. Yea! suppose It Is that way now—and that "You sre beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face. . It's nothing against you to fall down flat. But to lie there—that's disgrace. “And though you be dono to the death, what then? tf you battled the best you could. If you played your part In the world of men Why. the Critic will call It good.” Yes, when at last you give nn ac count of your stewardship. It won't mntter so much what you have accom- Dllshed ns what you have tried to do ami how. Even It you have been an ap. parent failure, nnd have been sore wounded, you may come at length to "Be proud of your blackened eye! Since It Isn’t the fact that you're licked that counts— But It's how did you fight—and why?” Come give an account of your stew, ardshlp.- As you close the year, do you come forth from Ite conflicts wounded. It may be, but unconquered? Then this la well—nnd there blessing In store for you, for God has been watching you. and Christ says to you, “To him that overcometh wilt I grant to sit with Me on My throne, as 1 overcame and am set down with My Father In His throne" (Rev. III. 31). Measured by Possibilties. IVIthln the Egyptian tombs, among the many symbolic pictures which cov er the walls, Is one representing the Judgment of tho soul. In one side of the scales Is the man as he la nnd In the other side the man as he should be. The Ideal Is put thus over against the real, and the real Is Judged by his correspondence with Ills Ideal. Let us step Into the scales today and test our selves thus: How haveWe measured up during the year to our possibilities? Have we attnlned our Ideals, or, rather, have we approximated them? The Man to Pity. The man who has attained his Ideals, and Is, therefore, content, la to be pit ied at once and alike with the man who has failed to approximate his Ideals, and, nevertheless. Is content. To attain Ideals here and to be sat isfied, means a loss of vision and a shriveling of soul. For with each approach toward our Ideal our conception should expand even aa the mountain climber finds, with each height gained, a clearer view of the greater heights that still rise on before him. Discouraging Perfection. A great artist once stood before a completed statue. It was his master piece and he beheld It with complete approval; but as he thus beheld It he sighed and said; "Alas, my genius has departed. I can not see the faults. I shall never be great again. My aim has been so low that I have attained It." When a Shot Goes Wide. But what If we have failed to reach our Ideals? What shall we do? Why, press on after them. And If we have come wide of the mark, why shoot again. Yes, and learn from our miss how to take better aim. “What Is a failure? It's only a epur To a man who receives It aright. And It makes the spirit within him stir To go In once more and fight. If you never have failed It's an oven guess You never have won a high success. "What Is a miss? It’s a practice shot. Which we often mun make to enter The list of thoso who can hit the spot Of the bull's-eye In the center. . If you never have Sent your bullet wide You never have put a mark Inside." Napoleon's Method. It Is stated that Napoleon Bonaparto after a battle, would always go over the field to see where his cannon balls had struck. He meant to make each shot count, and he learned how to do this by the false shots as well as by tho true. That we may give an account of our stewardship with Joy and not with shame, let us, then, learn from our failures as well as from our successes how to conquer. A New Yesr’s Wish. And now as we together face the fu ture. my word of New Year's greeting to you one and all Is this: I would flood your path with sunshine, I would fence you from all III; I would crown you with all blessings. If I could but have my will. Aye, but human love may err, friend, And a power all-wise Is near; 3 I only pray God bless you, And God keep you thru the year." Services in Atlanta Churches BAPTI8T. INMAN PARK BAPTIST—I’reochlttf by tbe pastor. Dr. C. N. Donnlriamt. Burnlaf at 11 a. in. anil 7 JO d. tn. Sumlny aohool at a. m. SECOND BAPTIST—Wiwfny acbool nt -:») a. m. At the morning hour tho pastor, Dr. John E. White, will conduct the ■err* lew. the subject of hit discourse l»elng •The Irreparable Past.” The evening serv ice begins at 7:31 with n song mttk-o led \>7 tbe choir. At this hour Dr. White will S reach on tbs subject, “Three Days of race.” Monday night the Young Men a Missionary Society -will hold « service np- Inte to tbs closing year. At the rojnt- ednesday evening prayer service the ■ will lecture on the Sunday school for the following Sunday. Friday night the B. Y. P. U. will meet at 8 o clock. JAt'KSON IIILL BAPTIST—North Jack- *nst. and Esst-ove. Tnke Forrest-nve or Boulevard enrs. John D. Jordan. D. I>., minister; residence. 20 Bast-ave. Bell tele phone. Service and sermon nt 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 n. tn. Young people's meeting nt 1:46 p. in. Prayer meeting Wednesday nt 7:30 p. ni. voting Women's Missionary nnd Aid Society Mon day at 3:30 p. m. Women's prayer meeting at t». m. Thursday. Woman’s Missionary and Aid Society Thursday nt 2 t». m. Sun beams Friday st 3:30 p. n». All persona without other church engagements arc cor* dtally Invited to the services of this church, n the shseure of tho pnstor, Rev. John It. Jester will officiate. IMMANUEL BAPTIST—Corner of East Falr-at. and Rerean-sve. Rev. J. D. XS In- fbeitcr, pastor. Sunday school nt 9:30 n. m.. T. L. t.'nmp superintendent. Trenching at 11 s, m. and 7:45 p. m. by the pnstor. Junior Union st 2:30 p. m. Phllathea pray er meeting st 6:39 p. ra. Mid-week service Wednesday at 8 p. m. B. Y. P. b. brldnjr ■t s p. ra. Strangers nnd visitors cordially Invited to nil services. BRANT PARK BAPTIST—Corner Oenr- e. nnd (Jraut-st. D. 8. Edendeld, pas- . Services nt 11 n. in. nnd 7:30 p. in. Sunday school nt 9:30 n. m. Junior Baptist Young People's Union at 6:30 p. m. Prayer and song service Wednesday nt *:S0 p. in. First BAPTIST—Corner Peachtree and Ualn ats. W. W. Lnndrum. D. D., pnstor. Knndny school at 9:30 n. m. Morning wor- "hip nt 11: subject. "Wealth That Pastes H Wealth That Wears.” B._ Y. P. U. nt old Year ami the New.” WERT END BAPTIST—The pastor. Dr. John F. Purser, will prench Sundsy morn ing nnd evening. Morning subject. Help- M Giving.” Sunday school nt 9:30 n. in. 5- V. 1*. U. Sunday nt <5:15 p. n». Womans Missionary Union Monday nt 1:30 p. m. i rarer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Liiriif* Dnnlel Clarke Society Friday nt 4 P- tn. EDGE WOOD BAPTIST—Sunday school •t 9 30 a. m. Preaching st 11 a. m. nnd 7:30 P; m. by V. C. Norrros*. All cordially In- Mted to theos services. TEMPLE BAPTIST—Corner of Mnngura *od w. Hnnter-nts. Rev. A. C. Ward. D. b.. pastor. Preaching nt 11 n. in. and 7:30 *»r ll»» pastor. Morning subject, Nhy f ndfovc In Foreign illusions. Hun- day school at 9 J) n. m., W. M. Perrymsu •'•perlntendent. Prayer raeetlug Wcdnes- nt 7:30 p. m. Wednesday night n •!*- 2*1 praise service will be held to celebrate [}* passing of the liquor traffic from Ucor Sunday school i BROWN MEMORIAL BA IT 1ST—Rev. W. A. Babb, pastor. Preaching nt 11 n. in. »«»d , n. m . Sunday school nt 9:30 a. m., \\. V Mchols superintendent. Ladles' Aid So- 2f ,v . Tueaday at 2 p. in. Business meeting »he church Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. BAPTIST TABERNACLE—Charlie Rut ,#r * the famous gospel soloist, who sang Torrey and Alexander, will sing nt both morning and evening services. The jvenlng service especially will be arranged 2** great occasion of gospel song. Mr. £l t 0r J r * 11 * tn * a number of his la tret Dr. Broughton will preach the third £ series ofhls Sunday night sermons The Bible and Its Critics, the social jubject being ‘The Bible nnd Its Divine byrnUiilsm.** At tbe 11 o'elock hour Dr. JrojtJ*ton's snbjeet will be 'The Funeral 1907.” The whole church and oongregs- la expected to bs present on this occa- kTbe meeting for men, which was to have SK» brld last Sunday afternoon nt the Tabernacle, was postponed on ac- SjyN.of the rain. On Sunday afternoon WOODWARD-A VE. nAPTIBT-Rundny school nt 9:30 a. m. Preaching nt 11 n. ni. nnd 7:30 p. m. by the pnstor. Rev. II. C. Hurley. Junior B. V. P. V. nt 3 p. in. Wouinu's Missionary Union Monday after noon nt 3. Deacons meeting Moudny night, - peelt* e ~* * Igbt. PONCE DeLEON-AVE. BAPTIST—Rev. Junius W. Millord. D. I>.. nsstor. Divine worship nt 11 n. tn. nnd 7:30 p. nt.. with preaching by the pnstor. Sunday school nt 9:30 i. tn.. $lr. A. B. Caldwell superintend ent. The public Invited to. all service*. Prayer meeting Wednesday ettnlng at 7:30. CENTRAL BAITIHT-Comer Onrnett-at. nnd Fors.vtli-st. Rev. It. I* Motley, pastor. Services at 11 n. m. and 7:30 p. in. Sunday school st 9:30 a. in. Ladle*’ meeting Mon day at 3 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday nt 7:3t) p. nt. CAPITOL-AVE. RAPTIST—Preaching by Pastor John E. Briggs at 11 a. nt. nnd 7:39 p. nt. Morning subject, "A Sermon for tbe New Year;" evening. "The Shut-Outs.” This will be n companion sertuon to n re cent ono on "The Shut-Ins.” Sunday school nt 9:30 n. nt. Junior Union nt 3 p. in., L. A. Witherspoon lender. On Moudny after noon the Ladles* Missionary Society will hold n social gathering at the pastor's home. The new finance committee will i hold Its drat meeting st the church Monday night. Teacher's meeting Turedny at 7:30 p. nt. Prayer nnd praise service Wednes day at 7:30 p. in. Senior B. Y. I*. U. Friday nt 7:46 p. m. On Sunday night the special program of Christmas music will be ren dered, which was postjtoned because of tbe rain nnd storm. Everybody invited. BATTLE HILL BAPTIST—Sundny school st 9:10 s. m. Preaching nt 11 n. nt. by Rev. J. M. Snloka. We were very fortunate In liolng aide to secure the services of Rev. Mr. Spinks on this occasion, and his many tor. Hong service nt 7:39 p. in. Special mu sic by the chorus nnd orchestra. Preach ing nt 8 p. m. by tbe pastor. Epwortli League prayer meeting nt 6:30 p. m. Hub- ST. MARK METHODIST—Rev. 8. It. Relk, pnstor. Preaching nt 11 n. ui. nnd 7:30 n. m. by tho pastor. Sundny school nt 9:30 n. m. Deaf-mute class taught by W. F. Crussellc. Prayer meeting Wednes day evening nt 7:30. PAYNE, MEMORIAL METHODIST— Lnckle nnd llnnulcntt-sts. W. T. llunnl- entt. pastor. Preaching nt 11 n. ni. nnd 7:30 p. m., by the pnstor. Fine musical program nt each of these servlbes. Sundny school nt 9:80 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday nt 7:30 p. tn. Public cordially Invited. RONNIE BRAE METHODIST — Cor ner Jamcs-st. and LBIInn-nve. Rev. A. Weaver, pastor. Preaching nt 11:16 n. snd 7:30 p. in. each Sundny by the pnstor. Illblo school Sundny evening at 3 o'clock. There will I* n special Christmas entertain ment nt he church on Tuesday evening st PRESBYTERIAN. I ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTE : RIAN—Corner Whitehall*!. nnd Whitehall ! terrace. Preaching by thp pastor. Rev. J. ' A. Gordon, nt 11 n. in. and 7:45 in. I Morning subject, “An Inventory of Time.” I Evening subject. "The Righteous In the Day of Judgment.” Snhlmth school nt 10 a. in. Young People's Christian Union nt 7 |>. in. Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7:45. Subject. "A New Year's Resolution." (Phil. III. 12 14.) MOORE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN— Corner Lnckle and Lntimer-*!*.. Dr. A. It. Ilolderhy, pn*tor. Preaching by Vie pn*- tor at 11 n. in. nnd 7:30 p. in. Christina Endeavor at 6:30 p. in. INMAN PARK PRESBYTERIAN—Corner Edgcwood-nve. and Euclld-nW. Preaching by pastor at ll^n^ m. and 7:30 p. in. Son dny school nt 9:80 ... ... meeting Sunday at 6:45 p. ni. congregation. Friday nt 8 p. in. n social reunion in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary with special music and ad dresses. CHRISTIAN. FIRST CHRISTIAN—Pryor at. nnd Trln- Ify-.-ive. Rev. 11. K. Pendleton, pnstor. Preaching nt 11 ii. in. nnd 7:30 p. m. Morn ing theme. "The New Yenr. At night there will l>e n song service. The muslcnl program Is as follows: MORNING. Organ. Anthem. "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye On ten"—Ashford. Anthem, "Sweet Babe of Bethlehem — Warren. Offertory, "Dny of Days,” Misses Mnrthn nnd Dnls.v Ileardeu nud chorus—l^dimun. l'ostlude. EVENING. METHODI8T. EG ELSTON MEMORIAL METIIODI8T- Pendlng the arrival of the pastor. Rev. A. P. Boyd, of Portland. Ore., the pulpit will lie supplied by visiting ministers. On Min- dny Itov. E. J. Hammond, of the Newark, *' ion rain. — — Harrtaoo, the englneer-evangellst, will at the men's meeting, and will tell Z*r*JF rwit revival In Alexandria, Vs., In £*n*etton with which be spoke to tbe rail- tiMB -JJr. Harrison's meetings sre F.PWORTII METHODIST—Edgewood. Os. C. M. Unman, paator. Sundny school nt 9:30 n. in., C. W. Smith superintendent. Preaching st 11 n. m. by the pnstor and nt 7 p. m. l».v Dr. Joel T. Dnves, presiding cider of the Atlanta district. Prayer meet ing nt 7:30 p. tu. WALKER STREET - METHODIST—Wal ker nml Nelson streets. Sermon nt 11 a. m. by pastor. Rev. Will T. Hambr. Subject. ••His Name Shnl* Be Cnlled Emmanuel.'* Special muslcnl program for morning and evening. Rev. Gut Earnest will prench at 7:30. Sunday school at 9:30. All seats free. FIRST METHODIST—Junction of Peach tree and Ivy street*. Rev. J. 8. French, pnstor. Sunday school nt 9:45 a. ra. Preach ing at 11 n. in. and 7:45 n. m. by the pna- tor. Junior l^uigue at J p. n». Epworth League nt 6:45 p. m. Midweek service Bed- neadsy st 8 P- ui. ASRURY METHODIST—Corner Davis and Foundry-ats. Rev. C. V. Wentbera, paator. Sundsy school at 9:30 a. m. Preaching at II s. m. and 7:30 p. m. by pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesdny evening at 7:30. .... JOHN METHODI8T—Tbe pastor. Rev. II. c. Christian, will preach n *|M»clal Christmas sermon nt 11 n. m., which was postponed front last Sunday night on no- count of the storm. The church will Im» beautifully decorated nud tl\e choir will have appropriate Christmas music. At «:30 p. ni.. tne paator will preach s dosing ser mon of the old year. All persons who have moved Into the southern part of the city are cordially Invited. ST. LUKE METHODIST—At tbe Junction of Berenn-sve. and Powell-at. Hunday school nt 9:10 0. tn. Preaching at II n. nt. and 7:30 p. nt. by the pastor, George B. Griner. On Wednesday ft 7JO p. in.. Rev. Jod T. Daves, tbe presiding elder, will nna i^ce-sts. kcv, .u. 1.. irouiutnn. p«»ior. Pastor's residence. 174 Lec-st. Hull phone 294 West. Preaching nt 11 n. ra. by Dr. T. Daves, presiding elder, and nt 7:80 ». in. by the nantor. Sunday school nt 9:30 n. in., Mr. John Klin niton superintend ent. Prayer meeting Wednesdny nt 8 p. tu. Teachers' meeting follows. Strangers cor dially Invited to attend. TRINITY M RTHODI ST—Corner White- hall-at. nud Trfnlty-nve. Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor, will preaeb nt 11 n. ra. nnd 7:30 n. m. Sunday odtool at 9:30 n. nt. Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. EPISCOPAL. »«*Vf * * | Organ Largo— Iliitnld-Whitney. J. B. Fiction, J ••(Boris In Excelsls"-Warren. GETTING THE WORLD IDEA Terse Comments on the Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young Peo* pie's 8ocistiss—Christian Endeavor, Baptist Young Poople’s Union, Ep worth League, Etc.—For December 29 le, “Foreign Missions: The Com* ing of tho Crosei How May Wo Hasten )tr Isa. 11: 1-10. By WILLIAM T. ELLI8 FIRST PRESBYTER I AN—Ono block 1 of nostofflce on MnrlPttii-aL Rev. Walter L. 1.Ingle, D.D.. the pnstor. will prench nt FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN—Corner Jack- son nud Cbnmherlln-sts. Preaching every Sundny nt 11 n. in. nud 7:30 p. m. by the pnstor. It£| T. II. Newkirk. Regular mid week pmjlf service st 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 n. m. Student*, visitors and strangers Ih the city nre most cordially In vited to attend each of these services. WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN—Cor- ner Forrest-nve. nnd Boulevard. Rev. 14. F. Oitllle, pastor. Special prayer nnd work ers' conference In the study nt 9 n. nt. Sun day tchord nt 9:39: Evangelistic services nt 11 knd 7:30. nud every night of the week, under the leadership of Rev. E. I*. Loose, of Wauke*lin. WIs. Mr. C. N. Anderson will direct the music with n large chorus choir. WALLACE PRESBYTERIAN - Corner Walker slid Sfonewalt-sts. Rev. John D. Keith, pastor. Preaching nt 11 n. nt. Sub ject, "New Yenr lMtglnu* Marks,” nnd nt 8 p. m. Subject. "The Building That Stands ... . . . mi*.1 morning prayer and sermon: 4:30 »». «i.. evening prayer nnd sermon. Suudnv school 0,,.i nniy communion; 9 a, ui.. ui»riiinn 4:3J p. nt., evening prayer. Wednesday Friday: Litany nt 10:30 n. tu. BT. LUKES— Peachtree-at, between Cur rier and Pine. Rev. t\ It. Wilmer. 1>. D., rector. liSO u. ra., holy communion: 11 n. morning prayer nnd oerraon^ 7:11 “ erenlng prayer aud sermon. Sunday school nt 9:46. INCARNATION—Lee-sL, near Gordon, In West End. Morning prayer and sermon at 11. evening prayer and aermou nt 7:30. Sun day school at 9:46. ALL SAINTS—Corner West Peachtree-at. and Nortb-nve. Rev. 7.. H. Far In ml. rector. 8 n. tn., holy communion: 11 n. nt.. morning prayer and sermon; 4 p. ra., evening prayer. Sundny school at 9:45. EPIPHANY—Corner Moreland and Euclid- aves. Rev. C. A. Lnngaton, vicar. In charge, Morning prayer and sermon at 11. reception will l*o tendered Mr. and Mrs. Keith nt tbe church. I'rnyer meeting Wed nesday at 7:39 p. m. Everylmdy will re ceive n warm welcome nt these services. NORTH-A VE. PREHnYTEItlAN—Corner Peachtree-at. nnd Nortb-nve. Rev. Richard Orme Fiinn. pastor. Morning worship nt J1 nnd evening nt 8. conducted by the pnstor. Saldmlli school at 9:39. Governor Hoke Smith and Mr. Charles D. Tttller superin tendents. Young Men's League nnd I'hlla- then. Strangers* class at 9:46 a. nt. Men's Hllil# conference nt 19 n. in. Co vena liter hand st 3 p. m. Christian Endeavor nt 7 p. 111. Wednesday nt 7:46 regular prayer meeting. WEST END PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of Gordon nnd Ashhy-sts. Rev. Lynn It. Wal ker. pnstor. Monday school at 9:39 n. tit., C. R. Normandy superintendent. Services nt 11 n. ra. nud 7:39 p. 111. Special music for each service, prayer meeting Wedne*- dnv nt 7:30 p. m.. followed by teachers' rat*. Offertory, "The New Born King,” Walter Rodgers— L'Espolr. Organ. "March of tho Magic King*"—Du- Ik>Is. Soprano nnd alto duet, "Bright Star of Hope,” Mlsse* Mnrthn nnd Daisy Bear- den—Ashford. . Chorus, "Glory to God In the Highest — Lewis. Postlude, "Festival March"—Kinder. Miss Mnmlo Lee Bearden, orgnnlst nnd director. „ Bible acbool nt 9:80 0. in. Christian En deavor nt 6:39 p. in. WEST END CHRISTIAN—Corner Gordon nnd Dunn-sts. Rev. Bernard P. Smith, pas tor. Preaching at 11 n. ui. nnd 7:31 p. ra. COLLEGE PARK"CHRISTIAN—Rev. F. M. Adam*, pnstor. Bible acbool every Lord a day nt 10 a. m. Preaching first Lord's day at 11 s. ui. aud 7:30 p. in. Morning theme. "A New Year's Message.' At evening service. Rev. A. K. Seddon will speak. Christian Endeavor nt 6:39. UNIVERSALI8T. UNI VERSA LIST—Regular preaching sorv. Ices will Ik? held nt the church sundny morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 9:46. Classes for all. LUTHERAN. ENGLISH LUTHERAN (Church of the Redeemer)—Corner Trinlty-sve. and Capitol plnee. Rer. E. C. Crouk, pastor. Morning »— -J, j n connection A new phrase has lately been coined, "Amerlca'a international religious obli gations.” This 1m being used among audiences of men to take the place of the hackneyed "foreign missions." The meaning Is the same.. It Is that pos session entails obligation—"noblesse oblige." They who have are In debt to (hone who have not. The West has a duty to perform to tha East. Slncfi a Christian civilisation Is the best pos session of the Occident, that satra Christian civilisation Is owing to the Orient. The world can not any more be divided up Into unrelated portions, every part Is Intimately bound up with the whole: and the day of hermit na tions has passed. To say that any land or Individual ‘‘has no religion to spars" Is to say that that land or Individual ha* not enough religion to merit the name Christian. The basic Idea of the Chris, tlan faith Is one of sharing: the re ligion that Is not propagating Is perish ing. Foreign missions will not only. If a single heathen can be made over Into a Christian character by the Gos pel, then Christianity la proved to be adaptable to other than white races. Admitting the worst that ran bo charged concerning the mixed motives of some native converts, it can not be service, with scrniQii. nt lk. ••• HIRHIMI with the morning service communion will training hml normal class. JOCI T. uaves. lur prmwiuH duct devotions! services, nnd hold the first a nerterly conference for the yenr. The pub- c Is Invited to ntteud these services on Wednesday night. B DODD MEMORIAL METH* 7.—Rev M. I.. Underwood, nastor. ^T.VdiV -S StST'iSJJSrS services. WESLEY MEMORIAL METHODIST— Corner Anbnrn-ave. and Ivy-ht. Rev. R. F. Eakes. nsstor. Sundny school at 9:30 s. m. Busy people's Bible els as. .YouPf^meps Bsr- oca Bible class. Young Isdles* Phllathea Bl MISSION OF TUB HOLY INNOUENTS- Woods-sve., near West Peachtree-st. Hun day acbool every Sundny nt 3:30 p. tu. nud 1'nlllnm st. Rev. Gilbert Illggi. In charge. Evening prayer and sermon at 4. Sunday school at 9:45. Morning prayer and nerman at 11. ST. ANDREWS—Corner Glenn nnd Kent •ts. Rev, Gilbert Higgs, D. !>., lu chnrge. Sundny achool nt 3:30. GOOD SHEPHERD—Auatell. Rev. R. F. De Belle In charge. Morning prayer and sermon nt 11. UNITARIAN. FIRST UNITARIAN—Spring-st., corner West Gain. Rev. Alexander T. Bowser, minister. Subject for Sunday, December 29, •Transfiguration In Nature and In Life.” Service* at 11 o'clock. All seats free. Sun day school meets nt 10 o'elock. catTiolic. SACRED HEART— Peoebtre* nml Ivy-ats. Masses on Sundny nt 7. 9:30 nud high mass nt 11 n. tn. Sundny school at 9 a. m, Rom- Instruction nml lienedlctlon it 4 p. in. daring the week nt 6. 6:30, 7 ami 8 Hi.! Rice, D. IV, pastor. Services nt 11 nnd 7:30 p. ni. Preaching hr Dr. Morrta. SnhtMith school at 9:30 h. m., John J. Es superintendent. Knlendld music by orcL _ tra umler leadership of Mr. Erwin Mueller. Brotherhood meets Sundny nt 9:39 n. m. nml Thursday nt 73J p. in. Mid-week prayer meeting Wednendny at 7:39 p. . ... conducted by the pnstor. Pewa free. Stranger* cordially welcomed to all Ices. BARNETT PI1RSBYTERI AN—Corner of Hnmptnn-st. nnd llmdley-nve. G. Edwin Hemphill, pnstor Service* nt 11 a. in. nnd 7:39 p. m. Sundny school snd special song service nt 3 p. iu. Dr. William Edwin IlalK will deliver his fnmous lecture. "The Fool Killer,” here next Tuesday nt 8 p. in. Ilnll Is one of the most nttrnrtlve lecturers In the South nnd Is alwnys greeted with n largo audience when lie comen here, splendid muslcnl program In lielng nrrnt _ . for the evening. All nre Invited to umte lu the watch service, which will follow Dr. IlnlU* Accture. CONGREGATIONAL. UNION CONGREGATIONAL TABERNA CLE—Corner McDaniel nnd lllghtnwer-st*. Rev. O. A. Barbee, pnstor. Preaching nt by Rev. Mr. Guv. of the Virginia conference Methodist Episcopal church. South. Mr. Guy l« on n visit to bis pnrenfw . Prer ■ ‘ on Ira street. Preaching at 7:45 by the pa*. “«•*«. fill Cf 'toxSSSrSKa 15, SS wta SR5kw.kltu«.»V«*ep^ t»*p. CKXTItAI. tVI.VOBEOATIOXAI^-ffomtex wbnnl nt 93D n. in. KliHlcrxnrli.il .r.tctu ilicl In primary department, hpeelnl Indies' rifles, led I it Hr. linker. Mnrnilix Kervlrr* nt it. nrrumii by the Iter. Kndth linker. I>. Ii., on "IVbnt I'ouxirexatbnmtism Ktnndii Vouiix pr.ipli. n prayer iixhUIux nt p. in. EtpiiIhx nervier nt 7:46. Hpe. elnl none nervier nna lecture by Dr. Bnker, tbe nubjeet lietlix “Yotiux I'eople: Hindi. ..I or Modest." Wednesday nt s the first of n aeries of renders In celebration of tbe twetity-afth anniversary of tbla rbnrcli ttilb talk, by officer* aud member, at the MISCELLANEOUS. ATLANTA IdlYCHOLOGlCAL flOCIBTY. Robert Itryan Harrison, president, will meet Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, nt 12? I’enehtree-st. There trill be n brtxht must- cnl proximo nnd n ten-mlnnte lesson nn the attainment of health. Topic for discussion, ".Selfishness." We can sll xet on this vibra tion. All nieetliixn of tbe society nre open to tbe piddle and visitor, receive n eordlnl welcome. CHRISTIAN ANt> MISSIONARY Ate MANt'K— Krxiiler services In Alllnnrr ball, 7?H North Itrond-nt.. Sunday mid Wisliiesdny afternoons at 3 o'clock. Youn* |icople’s meetlnx Thursday nlxht nt 1 — pordfslly Invited. RAH.ROAII YOUNG MKN'H CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION—The steady downpour of rain Inst Sundny made It necessary for the association to rail off Itn afternoon meet. Inx- Rev. Ilernsrd I*. Smith, of the West Knd Christian church, who wn. to have spoken, will fulfill his enxnfienietit next Sundny nfterniHin nt S:J0 o clock. A Inror attendance of men tn desired, nn Rev. Mr. Smith Is one of tbe oldest ynutiff preach ers of Atlanta, nnd all who hear him will enjoy n xennlne treat. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST ISC1KN TISTl—Church edifice. 1? West llnker st. Services: Sunday st It n. m. nnd » p. ni.: Wednesday testimonial meetlnx nt » p. m. Subject of lesson-sermon for Sundny. "Christian Science." Itendlnx rooms, n North Itrond-nt., opposite I'ledmont hotel. 0|M’ii daily. Dr. Young’, Lscture. Rev. Dr. W. H. Younff. the well- known Bible scholar and editor of The Bible Studio, will on Tuesday, nt 7:10 p. m.. deliver at the Atlanta Bible School n lecture on the history of the Bible, slvlnff ntereoptlcon views of ancient Bible manuscripts copied by hln otvn hand from the originals In the museums cf Ruropo. and tracing their history. Thin In a matter of deen In terest to all Bible students, and alt nre Invited to be present. There I, no charge for admission. The school Is located at >8 Cooper- st., only two block, from Whitehall. The enlarged auditorium I, now ready, and there will be nm|do accommodation for all who attend. nnndn of genuine, Intelligent, godly and fiielf-sacrlflclng disciple, that have been won from heathenism to Christianity. Foreign mission, have demonstrated beyond all cavil their ability to get re suits. The failure of foreign missions would mean the Inadequacy of Jesus Christ and the fallibility of all the In spired prophets of Qod. Agnln the churches are hearing with renewed emphasis the bnttle-cry. "The evangelisation of the world In thin gen eration." One danger Into which some may he led by thin slogan In a mis conception of the nature of evangeliza tion. There In a certain class of people whose Idea of evangelization In entirely too shallow and auperflclal. These would count one proclamation of th* Gospel story, even In the most stam mering tongue, a, sufficient to fulfill the Scriptural conception. The sane Judg ment of Christendom revolts against such a theory. Every man In the world must hnve heard, or have had oppor tunity to hear, a clear. Intelligible* and repeated presentation of the Gospel be fore he may be said to have been evan gelized. Frequently missionaries say: "We are after our converts' children and grandchildren.” They scarcely expect the whole burden of heathendom to be lifted In the first generation from those who are heirs to hundreds of yenre of Ignorance and superstition. The gospel I, leaven; It must havo time to work, to permeate society. The gospel Is seed; It must have tlmo to beur Its full fruit. Mission work need, patience and long views, both on the part of the workers In the field and the supporters at home. A frank study of non-Chrlstlan re ligions In their practical outworklngs. such aa I have been permitted recontly to make In the Orient, must convince a candid observer that the only hope for the social salvation of these peo ple lies In an acceptance of the teach ing, of Christianity. All the deep and fundamental noeda of the east run down to moral and spiritual conditions for which no remedy I* In sight ex cept the gospel which has transformed Europe and America, the gospel of tha Nazarene. . It la often argued that the great ethnic religions of the east have equal position with Christianity. The latter Is merely a racial creed best suited to the white man. Lika other well sound ing arguments, thin one will not stand a little thought. If Christianity t, ra cial, then It Is Oriental, for It sprang to life and power In tho east. That' Christianity Is adapted to Asiatic peo ple Is made plain by the single fact that Korea has accepted It with an aptltud# and sympathy and enthusi asm which far outrun anything known In the history of the evangelization of the west Korea ts the unanswerable argument ngalnst the racial conception of Christianity. Everybody is bound to help anybody he can. and In the beat ways. Now the non-Chrlstlan world admittedly has grave needs. For these needs alt altruist* are bound to seek a remedy. Where can a sufficient remedy ho found outside of the teachings of Jesus? The answer It history. Wherever n victory Is won for right eousness, whether It be In an Indi vidual heart. In the state, or In tho uttermost parts cf the earth, there tho ultimata triumph of Jesua is hastened. Whatever promotes truth anywhere Is of a piece with that enterprise known aa foreign mlsetons. • , The Ideals of Jesua are the social salvation- of the race. Progreulvely they are being erected among men. The peace tribunal at The Hague Is the beginning of one of them. The In evitable abolition of the Congo out rages Is another. The banishment of opium from China Is another. All the reforms tn Industrial legislation aro others. Step by stop, the more rapidly a, the years pass, men are ceasing to be content with social conditions that are lower than the standards of Christ. Thus, “His day Is marching on.’’ 8EVEN SENTENCE 3ERMON8. Where freedom makes her horn there Is the center of power.—Mat rice Thompson. There Is something higher than hap piness—the blessedness of being good and doing good.—Anonymous. God hold, you responsible for your nature plus your nature; for yourself plus your possibilities—Maltble D. Bab cock. The epochs of bur life are not In the visible facts, but tn the silent thoughts by the wayside os we walk.—Anony mous. If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, t would not fear a million enemies. Yet the distance makes no difference; He Is praying for me.—Rutherford. God has not given us vast learning to solve all the problems, or unfailing wisdom to dlrsct all the wanderings of our brothers' lives; but he has given to every one of us the power to be spir itual, and by our spirituality to lift and enlarge and enlighten the lives we touch.—Phillips Brooks. Every promise Is built upon four pil lars; God's Justice and holiness, tgbleli will not suffer Him to deceive; His grace and goodness, which will not suf fer Him to forget; Ills truth, which will not suffer Him to change; Ills power which makes Him able to ac complish.—H. O. Salter. A Fortunate Texan. Mr. E. W. Goodlce, of 107 St. Louis street. Dallas, Tex., says: "In the past year I have become acquainted with Dr. King’s New Life Pills, and no laxa tive I ever before tried so effectually disposes of malaria and biliousness." They don't grind nor gripe. 2Jo, at all drug stores.