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, 2 TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATI IlllAV. JI NK IS, IX ----- — -- - • —- - - — | BEING ALIVE By REV. DR. JAMES W. LEE, Raator Trinity Methodist Church ! ¥ IFJC," w* ar* told, "Is the con* } l tlnuoue «dju*tmcnt of Inter* ' ■' nal relatione with external re lailona," that 1% life la adjustment to, and correspondence with, environment. This le not a definition, but an accu rate description of the way life mani fest. Itself. A complete definition of life cannot be given, because no one knows what It is, by Itself and within Itself, and what Its behavior la likely to tee In combination with this or that externnl element; no one can tell until he -cs the combination. I.lfe Is a perpetual partnership be tween original Interior qualities and external currents of Influence. It la a pci nutating compound formed by the uni in of something within Itselt with ^■Ktblng outside of Itself. Its most distinct characteristic la Its rapacity for forming associations and of being trnn-formed In accordance with the t lut tetter of the company It keeps. Here we find Its peril and Its I in c onjunction with what Is high, I. noble; In partnership with what Is lnv. It Is degraded. By refusing to consort with what la beneath It, and by choosing Its companions from the asc • ndlng ranks above It, human life has, on Its upper side, step by steps though measureless ages past, climbed tho upward stairs of creation. Human life regarded as adjustment to and correspondence with environment Is ric her today than ever before, because of t he completer knowledge we have of the contents of the environment and of life « rclRtloi. to them. The environment of Ilfs Is the unap propriated part of Itself. The ocean outside Is that part of the whale which has r-t been converted Into fish. The rllmate, soil and atmosphere of the tropics together make up a vast sum nf nebulous, diffused, unorganised and unappropriated elements which are watting to be turned Into cocoanuts, ban.cna.s, coffee and monkeys. Thnt we may see how much more life has within Itself power to become, in o U r 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 Interpreted by 8olsnes, All. the ancients knew of the envi ronment they were able to express by four gensrsl terms, which they named earth and air and Are and water. Science has divided and sub-divided these huge masses until now, Instead of four terms through which to express our knowledge, we have about seventy. These elements have not only been named, they have been weighed and measured. Their affinities have been determined. Helenes has taught us how i to group particular elements, so as to get compounds of one sort, and then how to take the same elements and group them differently to get com pounds of another sort; how to make carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen stand together, so as to give us bread, and then by swinging corners and changing sides to give us prussic acid. Science has changed caloric from an Igneous fluid Into a mode of motion, and. by so doing, has started to flying the countless wheels of toll. Bclence has turned astrology Into astronomy, bnd out of the wheel of fortune that once set In the heavens has made a useful and universal dock, by which our sail, ora ride the era. Bclence has convert, ed alchemy Into chemlsty, 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. Bclence 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 closed the ca reer of the fortune teller among edu cated people. Science, has changed the doctor from h conjurer Into a 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 gift of the telephone, and the sense of smell by the chemical test. Bclence 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. Bclence 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 that we are In thinkable distance of the time, when, If a father wants 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 bar Is electro-magnetised to the same pitch—and by no other, and say: "Where are you, John?" The low reply will come hack: "I am at the bottom of a slate quarry In Wales, father," or “1 am three days out from Bouthsmpton on the Atlantic,” or “I am spending the day with a friend on his sheep ranch In Australia.” It. 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 nf a commodious dwelling house, so that all the millions nf people who live In It ran talk to one another, as the mepibers apeak one to another from the different rooms of a modern home. The Environment as Art Gives It to Ue. Bclence gives us the Invlrnnment In terms of use, art gives It to us In terms of beauty. Bclence 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 asks of the environment la, what help ran you 1 render toward entertaining life, toward embellishing II, toward transfiguring It. toward decreasing the humdrum and monotony and common place nf It, and toward making It thrill with Joy In the performance nf the common task? The environment as manipulated by science takes forms which are useful but they are temporary. The Inviron- ment 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 eterh- Ity. Art la Indifferent to mere huge ness and bulk; quality Is that with which It Is concerned. Art, through J*>of Bums, takes a tiny little Bonnie Doon, and lifts It to a place of more Importance than the Amason. The Avon la not large enough to float a respectable river steamboat, but Its waters, bv association with Shakespeare, have been Idealised and brightened, until ever * hM shines like a dlamom 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 genldk 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 nf Importance, bat because of the great artists, who walked her streets, they gleam, and always 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 lert to solitude, unbroken, save by the flight of the proud condor. True art Is truer than fact, and When gives setting to an epoch makes the characters In it live. In a sense, trder to themselves and to those with whom they are associated, than history re cords. William Pitt once said that he had learned from Shakespeare all he knew of English history. In his Henry VIII, Shakespeare has put Into ever lasting form the reel truth of a great time, and one can learn more of the king and his queens and cardinals and intrigues from this plan than from reading the recorded history of his reign. Shakespeare does' not make king or queen say whs actually said, but what hearts to say, what. If they had spoken the word true of their real essential selves, they would have said. His pic ture of tha 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. The Environment as Interpreted by Literature. In literature we have the environ ment lifted, refined, sublimated through the machinery nf 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 terns of beauty through the compli cated looms and marveloua dyes of the carpet weaver. Art transmutes the environment Into REV. OR. JAME8 W. LEE. The great masterpiece* of poetry, or music, or painting, each standing out distinct and oomplete In Itself. Literature breaks the elements up, pulverises them, and turns them Into an atmos phere which the spirit breathes, sa the lungs take In the breath of the morn ing. Through literature the environ ment la translated Into Ideas. In lit erature the elements around us qre served up In the exhalations of great souls, as they have contemplated the lights and shadows of nature, the hopes and fears of life, and the un speakable mystery of God. 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 Utk with Its Inhabitants, as they have taken Ideal form In the writings treat men from Isaiah of Jerusi' 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. He must sit down with Job on his ash- heap In the dim and distant land of Us, and hear him pour nut poetic wrath and Indignation upon the heads of those miserable and conceited com forters, Ellphas, the Temanlte; Blldad, the Bhtihlte; and Zophar. the Naama- thlte. He must walk with Bocrates In dreece 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 i voyage of this kind, there will no long- Environment at Interpreted by 8ociety. In society ws have the 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 Ilfs conjoin tp smile In the face of man. In partnership with him | protoplasm stands up, oxygen walks | about, plants sit at the table, rocks breathe, and clay Is agitated by the beating pulse. He Is the representative and trustee of all below him, and suc ceeds In compressing the whol world Into the small compass hundred and fifty exquisite pounds of animated dust. The environment Is man spread out, man Is the environment gathered to gather. In him the elements find i head and a heart, a tongue of utter ance. and a fare of beauty. In the blood which flows through his heart he 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 rare 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 la a pari 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 1.600.000. 000 of persons like himself on the earth, he finds his Individuality augmented by the possession of 1,000,- 000,000 of hands to help him work, and 1.000. 000.000 of eyes to help him see, and 1,600,000,000 of hearts to sympa thise with him, In solving the prob lems and bearing the burdens of life. His 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 II and to float Its outgoing pulsations round the world. The race from the beginning of Jts 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 tji# world's history. In relation with universal life, man finds himself at an open port, where, for a small contribution to the multl- f ilex flow of exchanges passing through t, he can take toll of the merchandise of the world. He can us* the millions Invested In street car systems for 6 cents a ride. He can avail himself of t outlay of m iney and thought j the stage nf action at the beginning of which unite to produce the morning the twentieth century, destined to be paper for I rent a copy. He ran use the greatest the world has ever known, all the bllllnn- which have been spent They start life with more capital and In the establishment of railroads, under skies deeper and wider and full- steamship lines, electric light plants, er of stars than persons of other times shoe factories. Iron foundries, and I ever did. To make p«>sstble what to other form* of modern Industry, to day Is within their reach, martyrs serve every side and relation of his life, t have ngonlzed, patriots have given at such compensation as comes within 'their Urea, and prophets have record- the range of every earnest toller's In- *d their visions. By no power of arith- come. No king or queen of ancient rnetlc Is one able to compass the vast times ever had the comforts and con- value of the revenues from which you venlences enjoyed by any Industrious I can draw In the years to come. laboring man of today. No Lucullus ■ il '! L.t.ulll. over f.l red ;|S he does. and all because we have come to the time when man Is recognized as 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, tips learned how to In crease its power nnd multiply Its effi ciency by the multitudinous immensi ty of the larger factor, which spells humanity. The Environment as Interpreted by Religion. Science turn* the environment Into a shop, art Into n song, literature Into a library, society Into a brotherhood, but religion lifts It Into a temple of wor- ahlp that not only atands for the eternal without, but for the undying and Irrepreaalble principle within man, which corresponds to It. Through re llgfon the environment'll served up In synagogues, mosques, churches, lltur- glee, prayers and songs. It la remark- able that man has used the religions gateway, standing as It doe*, between the deepeet within him and the high est without Kim, more than any of the others, through which he holds com merce with the universe about him. Nothing In history Is 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 La an eternal and universal reality in the boundless, outlying spaces responding to the spiritual nature of man, la the glad truth It has been the function of religion to Interpret It Is the work of science to give us the environment as It can serve ua In this world: It Is the province of re ligion to give us the environment as It ran 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 pave of making their lives so useful and beautiful and rich. Around them for equipment, fumlshment and Inspiration are the contributions made by all past ages. They are on the top of the cen turies, and form the latest links In that human chain wfllch extends back ward to the time when our ancestors first began the awful struggle of sub duing the forces within them and tha elements without them. They come to But we muat remember that the un limited amount of assets* which the ages have placed to our credit. In a sense, cun not be drawn on by us unless we are willing to pay for them In attention. Intelligence, discipline and strenuous living. While all things have been named, classified and ar- ranged for us In lhat Infinite ■ ■ .. house we have called environment, still the universe does not propose to treat us as so many paupers, giving where we do not seek, and opening where we do not knock. Today we stand as so many throbbing specimens of tha latest edition of humanity; hoping, fearing, expectani midway between nothing nnd everything. Kor the fu ture. as so much has been Invested In us, each will be expected to add to bis Individual worth, first by receiving ths highest the world has to give, and then adding to It the Increment of his own contribution, return It for the en richment 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 nnd the henrl Paderew ski brings from the unseen about him the notes which .thrill all hearts, but only nt the price of the most constant, persistent discipline. In order to be able to fully appreciate his musle, It requires training nnd discipline and refinement on the part of the hearer almost equal to that of the great per former. Tho things we can receive without strenuous effort are cheap and" com mon. The outer layers of one's sur face nerves may he set to vibrating by the ragtime music of the tin-pan siranaila without aflort on our part. Such music bombards us nnd captures us, very much as Buffalo Bill's wild Indians tnko the mall coach. But If we are to feel the wondrous meaning of the fugues of Bach and the scenes nf Mozart, we must bring to their con sideration a delicacy of thought and height of spiritual culture which can not be attained without great dis cipline. We should not permit ourselves to be browbeaten Into the supposition that we arc 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 said. 1 am among you as he that aerv- eth.” In the direction of service, there fore, we can pay the debt we owe for all the world has done for us, an'd In this direction find the shining way along which the noblest of our race have walked and labored and triumphed. T HIS lesion Is a complement Peter's confession, and narrates an event that soon followed. J< sus selects the three disciples that on a former occasion He had taken with Him In the death chamber when b- would restore the dead to life, with them He would hold a little prayer meeting. In alght of Calvary, He needed help, and they needed lo be prepared for the coming event. Peter must learn that the cross and crown are Inseparable; that without the shedding nf blood there can be no remission of sins. It waa the only time In <<ur Savior's ministry that HIsllll xlnity shone forth In all Its glory through the veil of Hls humanity. li wa> the only time that any of i he departed ever appeared In vUlble form. It was fitting that tha two per son- who appeared should he Moses and Ellas, as they represented the law anil the prophets. One of the charges that had been frequently brought against Him waa that HU leaching »»« contrary to the law of Moaea and the prophets. If these disciples had any mlsglv in«x before, they would now be fully eatietied with ChrUt'e statement that H- had not come to destroy the law amt the prophete, but to fulfill. They ale ) represented the living and ih* drtol. .'lose* died and waa burled by the hand of Ood; Elijah waa one of the i».. who leaped the grave. Now Moses that died and waa bur led. and Elijah who waa translated, ar* enjoying the same privileges, and com* ha. k to earth on the name mission. Conscious Existence *f Departed , Saints. Th>-y have left ua; we no longer see their bodily forme, but they etlll live. They do not sleep Ih cold unconacloue- n< -. there are no age* of slumber till tiu trumpet of the resurrection shall m ml. They ImmedUtely pass Into glory. Moaea who died and Elijah who ne\. r died are consciously existing to gether. I ll nigh the sunken cheek and the - Iom 1 eye, and the hand that no longer Hasps our own speaks to us of death, l et we may be assured that our de parted friend* still live, as If we had seen them go up In a chariot of lire, '*i an angel convoy taking them to K'oflr. We should think of them trans- 'atrd rather than dead. Moaea and Elina are together, though 600 year* • itildrd them on earth. They had dif fer-n work to do at different times. ■Mia servants are placid In different i - <llt,lea; they never may be able to nc et each other on earth, or they may ii". In the same place at different pe ri -la, but yonder they are together. Heavenly Recognition. We are not told that two angels, or t» • unknown glorified beings appear- "1 but two apeclflc. person*. Mom* an,: Ellas. How the disciple* knew ■ hem. w* afe not Informed, but they knew them, and, doubtless, no Intro- u action «u necessary. They may bare been granted aplr- ' . il Intuition. Just as It will be grant- • 'I us to recognise prophets and other* ws have never known. <> the bliss of meeting there the I ie-i ones who have gone before; '••re where the eye shall never lose , lu luster, where the cheek shall never fade, where the brow shall never wrin kle, where no Infirmity, shall remain, no possibility of misunderstanding, nothing to mar the harmony, and where the Joy of reunion shall never be clouded with the thought of repara tion. Mores and Ella* wire with Jeaus. » Thle le the chief Joy of believers now. There I* no Joy comparable to thle conscious presence of Christ on earth. We are never eo happy as when, like Mary, we ell at Hls feet, or with John, lean on HI* breast, or when He walks with us, as He did with the Iwo disciples on their way to Emmaus, and our hearts burn within ua because nf Hls presence. But here we see Him through a glass, nr In a mirror, but then we shall see Illm as He Is. face lo face. Heaven will be (o the ealnls xvhat Mount Hermnn was to the three disci ple*. Heaven would not be heaven without Illm. Bo we have Hie prom ise. ”1 go to prepare a place for you, lhat where I am ye may be aleo.” He said lo the dying penitent thief, 'To day thou shall be with Me In Para dise." "I will that they whom thou hast given me be with me where 1 am.” Paul expressed hls longing when he said. "Having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which Is far better.” "Absent from'the body," without any Interval, "and present with the Lord." Oh! to behold the glorified body nf Je sus, the same Jesue who wa* trans figured on the mount, th* same Jesus who ascended from th* slopes of Oli vet In Hls chariot nf cloud, whom here we have seen faintly, obscurely, yet have loved and served, though Imper fectly; to be In Hls vsry presence, where there Is fullness of Joy, and at Hls right hand, where there ar* pleas, urea evermore. Is death then so very terrible? I departed saints still exist. If they are In glory. If they are with one anoth er, If thej rejoice In recognition. If they are In the very presence nf Jesus and no longer see Him by faith, should we dread death for ourselves and la ment It for our friends? This Is-our consolation If we are on the way. and whether we are or not, the character of Mores and Ellas In structs us. They who sustain their chancier will go where they are. Moses |>y faith renounced the pleasures of aln, and th* luxurte* of the world, and eo he came nut from the world and was separate. If w* are willing to do the same, then w* are like him In tha substantial element of character. Elias' Steadfastness. Ellas 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 Ellas. If we are sharers with Mores qnd Ellas In fslth and decision for Ood, then w* are on our way to Join them. If not, we have no hope. Was there anything special about the mis sion op Christ to which them repre sentatives of the law and the prophets pointed? In praise of the coming Christ, David swept hls harp, and with tha suffering He was to endure and the glory that waa to follow, Isaiah crowned the gorgeous canvas of hls W^tat shall be the theme of this mid night conversation on the summit of Mount liermon? Events that had transpired In heaven since our Lord's Incarnation, or events that had occur red on earth during Hls ministry. Only one thing la mentioned, Hie coming death.' How strange It ream* to ua at first. That countenance shining oa the sun, suggestive of th* countenance furrowed with grlefl That crown of radlanca suggestive nf the crown of thornsl The Iwo saints, of tjie two thieves. The voice of the Fathers' approval of the bitter cry. "My Ood, my God. why hast Ihou forsaken me?” liermon with Its glories suggests Calvary with Its woes! Yet that was the very theme about which Mores and Ellas and Christ were moat likely to converse. It was the event In which the angels hail been Interested and to which Moses and the prophets hail constantly re ferred by ceremony and prediction. It wns to that decease that Moaea and Ellas owed the enjoyment of their glory. He died for them as well as for u*. He bore their sins In Hls body on the tree. They believed In u Christ that wns to come, while we believe In a Christ that has come. No wonder that owing centuries of bliss to that decease at Jerusalem, they should gratefully speak of that which should ■o soon be accomplished. As Hls death on the cross was the subject of their conversation on the mount of transfiguration, so Hla suf ferings and death will be the theme of the glorified throughout all eternity. Aa 11s appeared to John In vision on Patmns. lie will appear to us aa the Lamb that waa slain. We will not forget that the crown of thorns rested on the brow, that wears the crown of glory; our robes <tf white ness will remind us that they were made white because washed In Hls cleansing blood. The Joys of redemp tion will not obliterate the agony nf Oethsemanr and the sufferings on Cal vary. The thought that will evoke the sweetest note In song of the redeemed, th* richest music from the trembling chord of heavenly harp, that shall fill and thrill the soul with deepest gratl tude will be, Jesus died for me. “8oon the delightful day will copta When my dear Lord wjll call me home And I shall see Hls face. Then, with roy brother. Savior, friend, A blest eternity I’ll spend. Triumphant In Hls grace,” Peter Speaks. Peter, as usual, was the first to break th* alienee. "He spake, not knowing whnt be said.” He was so delighted with the scene. No human, volca or footstep la heard. The birds have gone to their nests. The only sound Is the melody of tho streams that have been swollen by the melting of the snow- on the mountain. The bright stare that a moment before were gemming the sky with their bright lustre disap pear by the efulgence of a brighter light, and Mt. liermon becomes a pal ace of glory. Peter was so delighted, Jesus so glorious, even Hls apparel be coming whiter than the snow that crowned the summit nf the mountain. Moses and Ellas so glorious, that he wished to bulltl three booth* where they might remain free from the plots and persecution of the Pharisees, and the wiles of Herod. Now the scene changes like a dis solving view. A white fleecy cloud seemed to come. In which the heavenly .visitors are enwrapped, and disappear. It waa the Shrrhlnah, the divine glory, the token of God's special presence; the same cloud that rested on the tab ernacle, and went In the form of a pil lar before Israel In th* desert. And then a voice comes out of the cloud. "This Is my beloved Bon, hear ye Him." It wus the voice of God, con firming Peter'* anawer when Jesue asked, "Whom ilo ye say that I am?" Now the affrighted disciples fall on their faces, while Jesus la lost to their py of glory. And they hey hear Hls gentle them, "Arise, be not . garb. The sun of their souls waa etlll left. They might have to face new trials, but they had obtained s sight of the crown, and now they can return, to the foot of the mountain, more than aver willing to bear the cross.' It was a scene never to be forgotten. Tears afterward when writing Hie gospel John saM: "We beheld Hls glory as of the only begottoh of the Father, full of grace and truth.” And Peter In hls old age when writing a beautiful letter to hie converts, speaks of one place and spectacla which aeema to have fastened Itself above all oth er* on hla memory. It was not hls first appearance on the banks of the Jordan, nor the chamber where the dead came to life, nor some Incident In th* home at Capernaum nor In the temple at Jerusalem, nor the walk on the sea, not even th* garden of Gethremane, nor the cross on Calvary, but "We ate eye witnesses of Hls Majesty . . . when we were with Him In the Holy Mount. WILL ATLANTA GRASP GREAT OPPORTUNITY? voice bidding lilt-111, niinr, u® »•»** afraid.” The dasxllng light, tha bright mosaenger*, tha awe-lnxplrtng cloud* are all gone. And they see Jeaua only, not In garments woven In sunbeam*, TELEPHONE TIME One of (he attractive features of the Bell telephone is thnt it is ready for ubo all the time—day or night. It is always on duty, In an emergency It may save lives. It is necessary in the modem home. Bell Service Is Satisfactory. The Rates Are Reasonable. Call Contract Department, Main 1300. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. ‘Will Atlanta grasp the opportunity which I* held out to her relative to the establishment of th* Bible School and College?", Is the 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-, celved by The Georgian from Milner, Ga. The article on this subject will read aa follows: A friend writes that Atlanta ha* ced before ber a great opportunity having secured the location of tho Bible School 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 Congre gational Methodists from Pennsylvania to Texas, to see If she will show the 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 all denomina tions. This Is one £f the greatest op portunities ever ofged Atlanta. Will she seize It by the forelock? I believe she will! A Baptist Ministsr'a Opinion. Rev. R. L. Bolton, a prominent young Baptist minister, an alumnus of Mercer University, and one of Dr. Hunt’s former pupils, said the other, day: 'Somehow I have been greatly Impressed for the lost few days about Brother Hunt's work up there In At lanta. I believe that God le In It, and that the people of Atlanta' will soon recognise It and rally to Its support aa they have to the work of Dr. Broughton and others. Brother Hunt has always been eo consecrated, and I believe that God will use any man who will give hla life In each unselfish Christian service. He is a young man yet, and I believe the Lord has a great work for |tlm. ■"A* soon ai fully realise th* oh. .... School and what those behind It In tend to do, I believe they will gladly recognise In It a substantial way and co-operate In the gnat work.' * "Gracious!" exclaimed Mrs. House- keep. "twenty-five cents a box for those strawberries? Why, they're such miserable little, half ripe things they'd sure to give me colic." But look at de site o* da box, lady," replied the huckster, "You don't gtt enough o' dem to do you no harm."— Philadelphia Press "You say there wasn't a dry eye In the house r* "!>'ot one. But the throats were something fierce."—Milwaukee Senil- DO YOU KNOW Why we request you to use this label on your printing? :: : fj ^ fRADES (fra COUNCIL $ If not send for our. little pamphlet “To Our Friends, The Merchants.” ATLANTA TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS W* now have In operation the largest and best equipped Cement Stone Plant In the South. W* make a full line of building stone, window and door sills, lentele, columns, pillars, steps and brick. Mr. P. Pelegrenl the oldest and most efficient stone worker In At lanta, Is In charge of our omementet and special work department Estimate* made on all classes of buildings, trails, etc. Atlanta Concrete Manufacturing & Construction Ce., No. 530 Edge wood Avenue. (On the Bridge). as the people of Atlanta bject of tha Bible Fulton County Jail. VULCANITE roofing v lias the call by popular fa vor. Costly buildings covered with Vulcanite Roofing testify to its merits. The accompanying cut represents a monument to the quality of Vulcanite, this building being covered with it. It is recommended by the Na tional Board of Underwriters nnd the Southeastern Tariff As sociation. Enough said. ‘‘You can put it on.” ATLANTA SUPPLY CO., Sole State Agents. 39 and 31 South Forsyth Street- RENOVATING Mattresses mad* new; best work: oe*r firkin*, nil *ra<le«. Work »ent for nod delivered name day. ATLANTA MATTRESS CO.. Both PhT.cs til? 174 piedmont Avenue.