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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
HATI HI»AY. JINK H». llMi.
IFE," we are told. “I* the con
| ttnuoue adjustment of Inter-
K *— J nal relations with external re.
Inti .ns,” that la life le adjustment to.
and i irrespondence with, environment
This lx not a definition, but an amt
rat. description of the way life mani
fest* Itaelf. A complete definition of
Ilf.- cannot be given, because no one
kn-.-vs what It la by Itself and within
Itself, and what Its behavior Is likely
m be In combination with this or that
external element: no one can tell until
lx aeea the combination.
Mfe Is a perpetual partnership be
txeen original Interior qualities and
. x terns I currents of Influence. It Is a
palpitating compound formed by the
union of something within Itself, with
something outside of Itself. Its most
distinct characteristic Is Its rapacity
for forming associations and of being
transformed In accordance with the
i tiaracter of the company It keeps.
H.ire we And Its peril and Its hope.
In conjunction with what Is high, life
l- noble: In partnership with what Is
lour, It la degraded. By refusing to
i r.nsort with what Is beneath It, and
by choosing Its companions from the
hf. . ndlng ranks above It, human life
bn-, on Ita upper side, step by step,
tl>r,mgh measureless ages past, climbed
th<* upward stairs of creation. Human
!IM regarded as adjustment to and
i rrcapondenre with environment Is
richer today than ever before, because
of the completer knowledge we have of
tint contents of the environment and of
life's relation to them.
The environment of life Is the unap
propriated part of Itself. The ocean
outside Is that part of the whale which
ban not been converted Into flsh. The
.ilixste, soil and atmosphere of the
i topics together make up a vast sum
of n< bulous, diffused, unorganised and
unappropriated elements which are
uniting to be turned Into cocoanuts,
hominas, coffee and monkeys.
That we may see how much more
life has within Itself power to become.
In our time, than ever before, It Is
only necessary that we consider the
varied and boundless wealth of that
infinite store house we call environ
ment.
The Environment as Intsrprstsd by
8eisncs.
All the ancients knew of the envi
ronment they were able to express by
four general terms, which they named
earth and air and fire and water.
Hr k-nee has divided and sub-divided
i he.- huge masses until now. Instead
of four terms through which to express
our knowledge, we have about seventy.
There elements have not only been
named, they have been weighed and
measured. Their affinities have been
ilctormlned. Science has taught us how
to group particular elements, so as to
cl compounds of one sort, and then
how to take the same elements and
croup them differently to get com
pounds of another sort; how to make
carbon. hydrogen and nitrogen stand
x.K-thsr, so as to give us bread, and
then by swinging corners and changing
rl.lt-a to give us prussic acid. Science
hits changed caloric from an Igneous
tlulil Into a mode of motion, and, by
a.) doing, has started to flying the
countless wheels of toll. Science has
turned astrology Into astronomy, and
out of the wheel of fortune that once
set In the heavens has made a useful
and universal dock, .by which our sail
ors ride the sea. Science has convert
ed alchemy Into cheiqlsty, and while
not giving us the philosopher's stone
which was to turn everything It touch
ed Into gold, has given us something
better, In the secret of preparing our
food so as to turn disgruntled dyspep
tics Into amiable men and women.
Science has driven the gods and god
desses from the classic mountains, the
dryads and genii from the woods and
the streams, hobgoblins and ghosts
from the darkness, and cloned the ca
reer of the fortune teller among edu
rated people. Science has changed the
doctor from a conjurer Into n rational
physician, who no longer gives pre
scriptions on a level with that of which
Montaigne speaks, which consisted of
the left foot of a tortoise, the liver of
a mole, the blood from under the left
wing of a pigeon, and rats pounded to
a fine powder. Science has Increased
the-vision a million fold by the vlft of
a telescope, and the power of hearing
by the gift of the telephone, and the
sense of smell by the chemical teat.
Science has taken down the thought
habitations of the fathers and replaced
them by others so wide and high that
many earnest people, long accustomed
to close mental quarters, have been
afraid they could never move Into
them without catching. In the wide
cosmic spaces, their death of cold.
Science has-Just recently given us the
secret of sending messages on the un
dulations of the luminiferous ether and
Professor Ayerton, a cool and level
headed man of science, tells us thnt
we are In thinkable distance of the
time, when. If a father wanta to talk
with his son, he knows not where, he
will only have to call In a very loud,
electro-magnetic voice, heard by the
son, whose *ar la electro-magnetised
to the same pitch—and by no other,
and say: "Where are you, John?”
The low reply will come back: "I am
at the bottom of a slate quarry In
Wales, father,” or ”1 am three days out
from Southampton on the Atlantic,” or
”1 am spending the day with a friend
on his sheep ranch In Australia." If,
In spite of his calling, no response
comes back, then he may know his son
Is dead.
When the time of which Professor
Ayerton prophesies comes, then the
world will be brought together like the
rooms of a commodious dwelling house,
so that all the millions of people who
live In It can talk to one another, as
the members speak one to another
from the different rooms of a modern
home.
The Environment as Art Oivss it to Us.
Science gives us the Invlronment In
terms of use, art gives It to us In terms
of beauty. Science puts the elements
around us to work, art puts them to
singing In the oratorios of the master,
or to the glowing In the radiant vis
ions of the painter. The question sci
ence asks of the environment, Is, what
contribution have you to make toward
giving life better food, better clothing,
better shelter and better modes of
travel? The question art oaks of the
envlronnent Is, what help ran you
render toward entertaining life, toward
embellishing It, toward transfiguring It,
toward decreasing the humdrum and
monotony and common place of It, and
toward making It thrill with Joy In the
performance of the common task?
The environment as manipulated by
science takes forms which are useful,
but they are-temporary. The Invlr >n-
■nent as art deals with It, takes forms
which are permanent. The steam en
gine rusts and wears away, to be re
placed by another and a better, but the
poems of Homer are eternal. Science
touches things for time, art for etern
ity. Art Is Indifferent to mere huge
ness and bulk; quality Is that with
which It Is concerned. Art, through
the genius of Burns, takes a tiny little
rill, like Bonnie Doofk, and lifts it to a
place of mors (gatllMM than tbs
Ammon. The Avon Is not large enough
to float a respectable river steamboat,
hut Its waters, bv association with
Shakespeare, hare been Idealised and
brightened, until every drop of them
shines like a diamond. There Is far
more water In the lakes of Minnesota
than In those of Scotland, but because
Sir Walter Scott has put the color of
his many-hued genltn on those of his
native land, they draw sightseers from
all over the world. Athens, that fair
and radiant city, among the capitals
of the world Is small; It never had any
commerce of Importance, but because of
the great artists, who walked her
streets, they gleam, and always win,
with unparalleled brightness. The
Alps do not compare In bulk with the
mountains that form the Andes range,
but the former made glorious In art
are a resort for tourists, while the lat
ter are left to solitude, unbroken, save
by the flight of the proud condor.
True art Is truer than fact, and when
It gives setting to an epoch makes the
characters In It live, In a sense, truer
to themselves and to those with whom
they are associated, than history re
cord*. William Pitt once said that he
had learned from Bhakespeare all he
knew of English history. In his Henry
VIII, Shakespeare ha* put Into ever
lasting form the real truth of a great
time, and one can learn more of the
king and hi* queens and cardinals and
Intrigue* from this plan than from
reading the recorded history of his
reign. Shakespeare does not make
king or queen say what perhap
actually said, but what It was li
hearts to say, what, If they had spoken
the word true of their real essential
selves, they would have said. His pic
ture of the time, therefore. Is truer to
the actual men and women who lived
In It than that of any chronicler, had
he been able even to record every word
they actually did say or every deed
they actually did perform.
Th* Environment as Interpreted by
Literature.
In literature we have the environ
ment lifted, refined, sublimated through
the machinery of Intelligence and col
ored by the changing experiences of
the heart, as In our finest rugs we have
crude silk and wool made Into pat-
tema of beauty through the compli
cated looms and marvelous dyes of the
carpel weaver.
Art transmutes the environment Into
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great masterpiece* of poetry, or music,
or painting, each standing out distinct
and ' complete In Itaelf. Literature
breaks the elements up, pulverises
them, and turns them Into an atmos
phere which the spirit breathes, as the
lungs take In the breath of the morn
ing. Through literature the environ
ment Is translated Into Ideas. In lit
erature the elements around us are
served up In the exhalations of great
souls, as they have contemplated the
lights and shadows of nature, th*
hopes and fears of life, and the un
speakable mystery of and. Through
literature, we are permitted to travel
Into that Immense region of territory
we call the Past; to witness Its scen
ery, climb Its mountains, sail Its seas,
and talk with Its Inhabitants, as they
have taken Ideal form In the writings
of great men from Isaiah of Jerusalem
to Thomas Carlyle, of London.
Simply to go round this little world
as enisled by the time In which we
live, leaves us parochial, provincial,
and country-bred. If one Is to be
come cosmopolitan In manners and
widely enhanced and cultured In mind,
he must travel outside his time and
mingle with the peoples of other ages,
tie must sit down with Job on his ash-
heap In the dim and distant land of
Us, and hear him pour out poetic wrath
and Indignation upon the heads of
those miserable and conceited com
forters, Ellphas, the Temanlte; Blldad,
the Bhuhlte; and Zophar, the Nsama-
thlte. He must walk with Socrates In
Greece and hear those marvelous con
versations with Plato, which are to live
forever; or visit with Horace In his
cottage out at Tivoli and hear from his
lips the best methods of raising cab
bages.
When our traveler returns from a
voyage of this kind, there will no long-
"Thlnk the rustic Cackle of his bourg,
The murmur of the world.”
The Environment as Interpreted by
8ociety.
In society we have th# environment
served up In terms of life. As the
mineral climbs upward to bloom In the
flower, and as earth and sunbeams get
together to grow In the oak, so at last
matter and life conjoin to smile In the
face of man. In partnership with him
protoplasm stands Up, oxygen walks
about plants slf at the table, rocks
breathe, and clay I* agitated by the
beating pulse. He Is the representative
and trustee of all below him, and suc
ceeds In compressing the whole wide
world Into the small compass of one
hundred and fifty exquisite pounds of
animated dust.
The environment Is man spread out,
man Is the environment gathered to
gether. In him the elements And a
head and a heart, a tongue of utter
ance, and a face of beauty. In the
blood which flows through his heart
ho carries In solution hills and
streams, winds and clouds, flowers and
birds, continents and seas.
Out of relation with others of his
kind he has no significance, but in
the race to which he belongs he sees
his other and better self. And when
In friendly, reciprocal relation with
his larger and kindred life, his arms
become long enough to encircle the
globe. In correspondence with the
social whole of which he Is a part,
he finds It possible to multiply the life
of each by the life of all. In relation
he becomes significant and great, for
upon the supposition that there are
MOO,000,000 of persons like himself on
the earth, he finds his Individuality
augmented by the possession of 3,000,-
000,000 of hands to help him work, and
3,000,000,000 of eyes to help him see,
and 1.000,000,000 of hearts to sympa
thise with him, In solving the prob
lems and bearing the burdens of life.
HI* existence Is not then eked out In
lone. Bedouin Isolation. He Is a part
ner of a life as wide as the planet,
whose throbbing currents come up
around his beating heart to refresh
It, and to float Its outgoing pulsations
round the world.
The race from the beginning of Ita
career has been painfully and slowly
but surely pulling Itself together Into
one great human .whole. It Is the un
speakable privilege of those who live
at the beginning of the twentieth cen
tury to see the work about complete.
Humanity Is united today as never be
fore. The elbows of the nations touch
and they are supported by a common
commerce and Inspired by a common
hope and moved to a common destiny,
as not In any previous period of the
world’* history.
In relation with universal Ilfs, man
finds himself at an open port, where,
for a small contribution to the multi
plex flow of exchanges passing through
t, he can take toll of the merchandise
of the world. lie can use the millions
Invested In street ear systems for S
cents a ride. He can avail himself of
the vast outlay of money and thought the stage of action at th* beginning .
which unite to produce the morning the twentieth castor}-, destined to af
paper for 1 cent a copy. He can use [ the greatest the world has ever
all the billions which have been spent. They start life u Ith more capital
In the establishment of railroad*, under skies deeper and wider and fnn
steamship lines, electric light plants. , er of stars than iiersons of other tlm.l
shoe factories, Iron foundries, and ever did. To make possible what
other forms of modern Industry, to day I* within their reach, mun.,!
■nrva aM« onA ralnflnn rtf hla life* HftTf Hg->niZ**d, PtlllOtl hgyg . * **
their lives, and prophet* have rt-™?
ed their visions By no power of a m-'
metlc Is one able to compass the ,
value of the revenues from which v„a
can draw In the years to come J 8
But we must remember that the im
limited nmount of assets which ih,
ages have placed to our credit In a
sense, can not be drawn on h- ,,,
unless we are willing to pay for the,,.
In attention. Intelligence, discipline
and strenuous living. While all thins*
hove been named, classified ami -,r
ranged for us In that Infinite » tor ,
house we have called environment still
the universe doe* not propose to treat
us as so many paupers, giving « hfr ,
we do not seek, and opening where
we do not knock. Today we stand a.
so many throbbing specimens of t h*
latest edition of humanity; hopinc
fearing, expectant, midway between
nothing and everything, for the fu
ture, as so much has been invested in
us, each will be expected to add to his
Individual worth, first by receiving the
highest the world has to give, and
then adding to It the Increment of w.
own contribution, return It for the en-
rlchment of the environment that shall
feed the souls of coming generations
To receive the highest that science
art, literature, society and religion
have to give will require on our part
the constant cultivation of the will
the Intellect and the heart. Paderew
ski brings from the unseen about him
the notes which thrill all hearts, bo*
only at the price of the most constant!
persistent discipline. In order to be
able to fully appreciate his music it
requires training and discipline ind
refinement on the part of the hearer
almost equal to that of the great per
former.
The things we ran receive without
strenuous effort are cheap and com
mon. The outer layers of one's sur.
face nerves may be set to vibrating
by the ragtime music of the tin-pan
serenade without effort on our part.
Such music bombards us and raptures
us, very much a* Buffalo Bill's wild
Indians take the mall coach. But If
we arc to feel the wondrous meaning
of the fugues of Bach and the scenes
of Moxart, we must bring to their con
sideration a delicacy of thought snd
a height of spiritual culture which
can not be attained without great dis
cipline.
We should not permit ourselves to t*
browbeaten Into the supposlttor that
we are not of value. We may not
be permitted to add to the world's
wealth any great Invention or poem,
but remember that the greatest per
son who ever lived on this earth swld.
“I am among you as he that serv-
eth.”
In the direction of service, there
fore. we can pay the debt we owe
for all the world has done for us,
and in this direction find the shining
way along which the noblest of our
race have walked and labored and
serve every side and relation of his life,
at auch compensation as comes within
the range of every earnest toller's In
come. No king or queen of ancient
times ever had the comforts and con
veniences enjoyed by any Industrious
laboring man of today. No Lucullus
or Hellogabulus ever fared as he does,
and all because we have come to the
time when man Is recognized ns one
factor of an equation, of which the hu
man race Is the other, and to the time
when the smaller factor, which spells
Individuality, hus learned how lo In
drease Its power and multiply Its effl-
clcncy by the multitudinous Immenal
ty of the larger factor, which spells
humanity.
Ths Environment as Interpreted by
Religion.
Science turns the environment Into a
shop, art Into a song, literature into a
library, society Into a brotherhood, blit
religion lifts it Into a temple of wor
ship that not only stands for the
eternal without, but for the undying
and Irrepressible principle within man,
which corresponds to IL Through re
ligion the environment Is served up In
synagogues, mosques, churches, litur
gies, prayers and songs. It Is remark,
able that man has used the religious
gateway, standing as It does, between
the deepest within him and the high
eat without him, more than any of the
others, through which he holds com
merce with the universe about him.
Nothing in history <■ more wonderful
than the everlasting cry which goes up
from the deep, burdened heart of the
race for companionship and peace, with
the great Being of whose presence. In
every age, It has had a conviction that
nothing could destroy. That there
an eternal and universal reality In the
boundless, outlying spaces responding
lo the spiritual nature of man. Is the
glad truth It has been the function of
religion to Interpret.
It Is the work of science to give us
the environment a* It can serve us
In this world; It Is the province of re
ligion to give us the environment as
It can serve us In the next. Science,
by Its kindly ministrations, lets life
down gently to the grave. Rellgon
points It to a realm where no tomb
shall stand as a reminder of Its mor
tality.
Those alive on earth today are to be
congratulated: first, on being alive, and
second, on the opportunities they have
of' making their lives so useful and
beautiful and rich. Around them for
equipment, fumlshment and Inspiration
are the contributions made by all past
nges. They are on the top of the cen
turies, and form the latest links In that
human chain which extends back
ward to tho time when our ancestors
first began the awful struggle of sub
duing the forces within them and the
elements, without them. They come to I triumphed.
T HIS lesson le a complement
Peter's co&feeslqn, and narrates
an event that soon followed.
Jesus selects the three disciples that
on a former occasion He had taken
with Him In the death chamber when
be would restore the dead to life.
With them He would hold a llttl*
prayer meeting. In eight of Calvary,
lie needed help and they needed to be
prepared for the coming event. Peter
must learn that the cross and crown
are Inseparable: that without the
ehrddlng of blood there can b* no
remi-ei.in of sins. It was the only time
in >ur Savior's ministry that Hla dl-
Mnlty ahone forth In all Ita glory
tlx 'Ugh the veil of Hla humanity.
U was th* only time that any of
the departed ever appeared In visible
fa. It was fitting that the two per
son*. who appeared should be Moaes
and Ellas, as they represented the law
and the prophets. Ona.of the charges
that had bean frequently brought
against Him was that Hla teaching
was contrary to th* law of Moaes and
th, prophets.
If these disciples hod any mlsglv
ln«s before, they would now be fully
satisfied with Christ's statement that
Hi had not come to destroy the law
an<l the prophets but to fulfill. They
also represented the living and th*
ili-nd.
Moaea died and was buried by th*
ii.nd of God: Elijah was one of the
tv - who leaped the grave.
Now Moaea that died and was bur-
b«L and Elijah who was translated, are
• njoytng the same privilege*, and come
I'm* k to earth on the same mission.
Conscious Existsne* of Dsparted
Saints.
They have left us; we no longer see
Uxlr bodily forms, but they still live,
They do not sleep In cold unconscious-
in -s; there are no ages of slumber till
tl" trumpet of the resurrection shall
, Wind. They Immediately pass Into
s ; *ry. Mooes who died and Elijah who
rarer died are consciously existing to
gether.
I Though the sunken cheek and the
ctoood eye, and the hand that no longer
BWaa *>ur own apeak* to ua of death.
■M we may be assured that our de-
l«rt*d friends still live, as If we hail
f Men them go up In a chariot of fire,
er an angel convoy taking them to
' glory. We should think of them trans
lated rather than dead. Moses and
I Bias are together, though &00 years
divided them on earth. They had dlf-
ferant work to do at different times.
God’s servants are placed In different
localities; they never may be able to
meet each other on earth, or they may
Hv* In the same place at different pe
riod*, but yonder they are together.
Heavenly Recognition.
W* are not told that two angel*, or
two unknown glorified being* appear
ed. but two specific persons, Moaes
sad Ellas. How tho disciples knew
them, we are not Informed, but they
: knew them, and, doubtless, no Intro
duction was necessary.
. They may have been granted spir
itual Intuition, just as It will be grant-
1 ua to recognise prophets and others
* have never known.
O the bliss of meeting there the
ed one* who have gone before;
re where the eye shall never loae
luster, where the cheek shall never
fade, where the brow shall ntver wrln
kle, where no Infirmity shall remiln,
no possibility of misunderstanding,
nothing to mar Iho harmony, and
where the Joy of reunion shall never
be clouded with the thought of separa
tion.
Moses and Ellaa were with Jesus.
This la the chief Joy of believer*
now. There la no Joy comparable to
this conscious presence of Christ on
earth. W* are never an happy as
when, like Mary, wa alt at Hla feet,
or with John, lean on Hla breast, or
when He walks with us, as He did
with the two disciples on their way
to Kmroaua, and our hearts burn
within ua because of Hla presence.
But here we aee Him through a glass,
or In a mirror, but then wo shall
Him as He la, face lo face.
Heaven will be lo the aalnta what
Mount Hermon was to the three disci
plea. Heaven would not be heaven
without Him. 8o we have HI* prom
ise, “I go to prepare a place for you,
that where I am ye may be also.” He
said to the dying penitent thief, "To
day thou shall be with Me In Para
dine.”
"I will that they whom thou hast
given me be with me where I am.”
Paul expressed hla longing when he
said, "Having a desire to depart and be
with Christ, which Is far batter.”
“Absent from the body." without any
Interval, "and present with the Lord.
Oh! to behold the glorified body of Je
sus, the same Jeau* who was trans
figured on the mount, the same Jesus
who ascended from the Hope* of Oli
vet In Hla chariot of cloud, whom here
we have seen faintly, obscurely, yet
have loved and served, though Imper
fectly; to be In Hla very presence,
whore there I* fullness of Joy, and at
HI* right hand, where there are pleas
ures evermore.
la death then so very terrible?. If
dsparted saints stilt exist, if they are
In glory. If they are with one anoth
er, If they rejoice In recognition. If
they are in the very presence of Jesus,
and no longer see Him by faith, should
we dread death tor ourselves and la
ment It for our friends?
This la our consolation If ws are on
the way, and whether we are or not,
the character of Moaea and Ellaa In
structs u*. They who sustain their
character will go where they are.
Moaea by faith renounced the pleasure*
of sin, and the luxuries of the world,
and so he came nut from the world and
was separate. If we are willing to do
the same, then we are like him In the
subatantlal element of character.
Elias' Steadfastness.
Ella* was remarkable for steadfast
ness and decision. He stood for God
and righteousness when he thought he
stood alone. Are we like him In char
acter? Then we are on our way to Join
Ellaa. If we are sharers with Moaea
and Ellas In faith and decision for
God. then we are on our way to Join
them. If not, w* have no hope. Was
then anything special about the mis
sion of Christ to which these repre
sentatives of th* law and the prophets
pointed? In praise of the coming
Christ, David awept hla harp, and with I
'ie suffering He was to endure and |
it glory that wa* to follow, Isaiah
crowned the gorgeous canvas of hla :
Imagery.
What shall be the them* of this mid
night conversation on tin summit of
Mount Hermon? Events that had
transpired In heaven since our Lord's
Incarnation, or event* that had occur
red on earth during Hla ministry.
Only one thing la mentioned, Hla
coming death.
How strange It seems to ua at first.
That countenance shining as the sun,
suggestive of the countenance furrowed
with grief! That crown of radlanc*
suggestive of the crown of thorns!
The two aalnta, of the two thieves. The
voice of the Father*' approval of the
bitter cry. "My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?” Hermon with
Its glories suggests Calvary with Its
woes! Yet that was the very theme
about which Moaes and Ellu* and
Christ were most likely to converse.
It was the event . In which the angels
had been Interested and to w hich Moaes
and the prophets had constantly re
ferred by ceremony and prediction. It
was to that decease that Moaea and
Ellas owed the enjoyment of their
glory. He died for them as well as for
ua.
on
th* tree. They believed
that was to come, while we believe In
n Christ that has come. No wonder
that owing centuries of bltaa to that
decease ‘at Jerusalem, they should
gratefully apeak of that which should
so soon be accomplished.
As Hla death on the cross was the
subject of their conversation on the
mount of transfiguration, so His suf
ferings and death will be the theme
of the glorified throughout nil eternity.
As He upuenred to John In vision on
Patmos. He will appear to ua as the
Lamb that was slain.
We will not forget that the crown
of thorns rested on the brow that wears
the crown of glory; our robe* of white
ness will remind ua that they were
made white because, washed in Hla
cleansing blood. The Joy* of redemp
tion will not obliterate the agony of
Gethsemane and the sufferings on Cal
vary. The thought that will evoke the
aweeteat note In aong of the redeemed,
the richest mush- from th* trembling
chord of heavenly harp, that shall fill
and thrill the soul with deepest grati
tude will be, Jesus died for me.
"Soon the delightful day will.come
When my dear Lord will coll me home
And I shall aee Hla face.
Then, with my brother, Savior, friend,
A blest eternity I'll spend.
Triumphant In Hla grace.”
Pater 8peakt.
Peter, aa usual, waa the first to break
th* alienee. "He epake, not knowlm
what he said." He waa so delighted
with the acene. No human vole# or
footstep la heard. The birds have gone
to their neats. The only sound Is the
me|pdy of the streams that have been
swollen by the melting of the snow
on the mountain. The bright stars
thnt a moment before were gemming
the sky with their bright lustre Ulanp-
ar by the efulgence of a brighter
tht, and Mt. Hermon becomes a pal
ace of glory. Peter waa so delighted,
Jesus so glorious, even His apparel be
coming whiter than the snow that
crowned the summit of the mountain.
Moses and Ellas so glorious, that he
wished to build three booth# where
they might remain free from the plots
and persecution of the Pharisees, and
the wiles of Herod.
Now the scene change* like a ills
solving view. A white fleecy cloud
seemed to come. In which the heavenly
visitors are enwrapped, and disappear.
It waa the Shechlnah. the divine glory,
the token of God's special presence;
the same cloud that rested on the tab
ernacle, and went In tha form of a pil
lar befnr# Israel in the desert. And
then n voice cornea out of the cloud
"This la my beloved Son, hear y«
Him." It was the voice of God, con
firming Peter's answer when Jesus
asksd, "Whom do ye say that I am?”
Now the affrighted disciples fall on
their faces, while Jesus Is lost to their
sight In his canopy of glory. And they
ao remain till they hear Ills gentle
voice bidding them. “Arlae, be not
afraid." The dassllng light, the bright
messengers, the awe-lnapliing cloud,
are all gone, and they aee Jeaus only,
not In garments woven In sunbeams,
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but In His lowly garb. The sun of
their souls was still left. They might
have to face new trials, but they had
obtained a sight of the crown, and now
they can return to the foot of the
mountain, more than ever willing to
bear the croaa. It was a scene never
to be forgotten.
Years afterward when writing Hl«
gospel, John said: "We beheld His
glory as of the only begotton of the
Father, full of grace and truth." And
Peter In hla old age when writing a
beautiful letter to hi* converts, speaks
of one place and spectacle which seems
to have fastened Itaelf above all oth
ers on his memory. It was not hla first
appearance on the banka of th* Jordan,
nor the chamber where the dead came
to life, nor some Incident In the home
at Capernaum, nor In the tempi# at
Jerusalem, nor the walk on the sea, not
even the garden of Gethsemane, nor
the croes on Calvary, but "We are eye-
witnesses of Hla Majesty . , . when
we were with Him In the Holy Moynt.
WILL ATLANTA GRASP
GREAT OPPORTUNITY?
"Will Atlanta grasp the opportunity
which la held out to her relative to the
establishment of the Bible School and
College?", Is th* question asked In an
article which will appear In the next
Issue of The Watchman, the organ of
the Congregational Methodist Church,
so It Is stated In a communication re
ceived by The Georgian from Milner,
Go. The article on this subject will
read as follows:
V friend writes that Atlanta has
f flared before her a great opportunity
n having secured the location of the
Bible Bchool and College that Annis
ton, Ala., and other enterprising cities
would have liked so well to secure.
What may this not mean to the future
of Atlanta If that great Gate City of
the South will rally to the liberal sup
port and patronage of the Bible School
and hasten the opening of a well equip
ped college? To Atlanta many eyes are
turned, especially the eyes of Cc/hgre-
gatlnnal Methodists from Pennsylvania
to Texas, to see If she will show th*
boasted 'Atlanta Spirit' In behalf of a
great religious and educational Institu
tion that Is to be national In Its scope,
and for the benefit of air denomina
tions. This I* one ^f the greatest op
portunities ever nfa-ed Atlanta. Will
she srlxe It by the forelock? I believe
she will!
A Baptist Minister’s Opinion.
"Rev. R. L. Bolton, a prominent
young Baptist minister, an alumnua of
Mercer University, and one of Dr.
Hunt’s former pupils, said the Other
day: ‘Somehow I have been greatly
Impressed for the Inat few days' about
Brother Hunt'a work up thero In At
lanta. I believe that God Is In IL and
that the people of Atlanta will soon
recognise It and-rally to Ua support
aa they have to the work of Dr.
Broughton and others. Brother Hunt
has always been so consecrated, and I
believe that God will use any man who
will give hla life In such unselfish
Christian service. He la a young man
yeL and I believe the Lord has a great
work for him.
'As soon as the people of Atlanta
fully realls* the object of the Bible
School and what those behind It In
tend to do, I believe they will gladly
recognise In It s substantial way and
co-operate In ths great work.'"
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be sure to give me colic."
But look at da alt* o’ d* box, lady,"
replied th* huckster. "You don't git
enough o' dem to do you no harm."—
Philadelphia Press.
"You say there wasn't a dry *y# In
the house?"
"Not one. But the throats were
something fierce."—Milwaukee Semi-
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