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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
KATI'RDAY. JINK IS, 1S<W.
By REV. DR. JAMES W. LEE,
Pastor Trinity Methodist Church
U| IFE," we are told, "I* the con
' I tlnuous adjustment of tntcr-
*~ J nal relatione with external re
lations/* that Is, life Is adjustment to,
and correspondence with, environment.
This Is not a definition, but an accu
rate ill (crlpllon of the way life man!
feats Itself. A complete definition of
life cannot be given, because no one
kirnna what It fa, by Itself and within
Itself, and what Ita behavior Is likely
tn be in combination with this or that
external element; no one can tell until
In sees the combination.
life Is a perpetual partnership be-
tivneti original Interior qualities and
external currents of Influence. It Is a
in!;.Hating compound formed by the
union of something within Itself, with
something outside of Itself. Ita moat
rilstlnct characteristic la Ita capacity
tor f irmlng associations and of being
transformed In accordance with the
< hander of the company it keeps.
II. re we find Its peril and - Its hope.
In conjunction with what Is high, life
is noble; In partnership with what l»
Imv, It Is degraded. By refusing to
consort with what Is beneath It, and
by choosing Ita companions from the
n- ending ranks above It, human life
upward stairs of creation. Human
nr. regarded as adjustment to and
correspondence with environment la
richer today than ever before, because
■■to; knowledge we have of
' the environment and of
llfr S relation to them.
The environment of life la the unap
propriated part of Itself. The ocean
"ui-:de la that part nf the whale which
im* not been converted Into fish. The
climate, soil and atmosphere of the
pop aw together make up a rast sum
of nebulous, diffused, unorganised and
unappropriated elements which are
uniting to be turned Into cocosnuts,
buna nai, coffee and monkeys.
That we may see how much more
life has within Itself power to become.
In nur lime, than ever before. It Is
nnlv necessary that we consider the
vailed and boundless wealth of that
infinite store house we call environ-
meat.
The Environment as Intsrpreted by
Selsnes.
All the ancients knew of the envi
ronment they were able to express by
four general terms, which they named
earth and air and lire and watar.
Science has divided and aub-divided
these huge masses until now, Instead
• if four terms through which to express
i nir knowledge, we have about seventy.
These elements have not only been
named, they have been weighed and
measured. Their affinities have bean
determined. Science has taught us how
to group particular elements, so*as to
gel compounds of one sort, and then
bow to take the same elements and
group them differently to get Com
pounds of another sort; how to make
■arbon, hydrogen and nitrogen stand
together, so as to give us bread, and
then by swinging corners and changing
Hide* to give us prussic add. Science
hue t bunged caloric from an Igneous
fluid Into n mode of* motion, and, by
so doing, has started to dying the
countless wheels of toll. Science has
;c“'r.,logx I id o ... ' ' 'll Id lid
out of the wheel of fortune that once
set In the hravcntt has made a useful
and universal clock, by which our sail
ors ride the sea. Science has convert
ed' alchemy Into chemlaty. 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 closed the ca.
rear of the fortune, teller among edit-
rated people. Science has changed the
doctor from a 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
n line powder. Science has Increased
the vision a million fold by the gift of
a telescope, and the power of hearing
" > gift of the telephone, and the
sense of smell by the chemical test.
Science has taken down the thought
habitations nf 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 ue the
eecret of sending messages on the un
dulations of the luminiferous ether and
Professor Ayerton, a cool and level
headed man of science, telle us that
we are In thinkable distance nf the
time, when, If a father wants to talk
with his eon, he knows not where, he
will only have to call In a very loud,
electrormagnetlc voice, heard by the
eon, whoee Oar Is 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 nf a slate quarry In
Wales, father," or "I am three days
from Southampton on the Atlantic,
"I sm spending the day with a friend
on hie sheep ranch In Australia." If,
in spite of his calling, no response
comes back, then he may know Jila i
la 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,
ao that all the millions of people who
live In It can talk to one another, na
the members apeak one to another
from the different rooms of a modern
home.
The Environment as Art Gives It to Us.
Science gives us the Invlronment In
terms of use, art gives It to us In terms
of beauty. Science puls the elements
around us to work, nrt puls them to
singing In the oratorios of the master,
or tn the glowing In the radiant vis
ions of the painter. The question eel
enre asks nf the environment, Is, what
contribution have you to make toward
giving life better food, better clothing,
belter shelter and better modes
travel! The question art asks of the
environment le, what help can 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-ns manipulated by
science lakes forms which are useful,
but they are temporary. The Invlron-
ment as art deals with It, lakes 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. Si lence
touches things for time, nrt for etem- ]
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 Doon, and Jiffs It to a
place of more Importance than the
Amasoti. The Avon Is not Urge enough
to float a respectable river steambont.
but Ita waters, i>v association with
Shakespeare, have been Idealised and
brightened, until every drop of them
ehlnes like a diamond. There la 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 genius on those of tils
native land, they draw sightseers from
all over the world. Athens, that fair
and radiant city, among the capitals
of the world Is smsll; It never had any
commerce of Importance, but because of
the great artists, who walked her
streets, they gleam, and always will,
with unparalleled brlghtnese. 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 Ut
ter are left to solitude, unbroken, save
by the flight of the proud condor.
True art U truer than fact, and w
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
cords. William Pitt once said that he
had learned from Shakespeare all he
knew of English history. In his Henry
VIII, Shakespeare hoe put Into ever
lasting form the real truth of a great
time, and one ran learn more of the
king and hie queens and rardlnnU and
Intrigues from this plan than from
reading the recorded history of his
reign. Shekeepeare does not make
king or queen say what perhaps they
actually said, but what It was In their
hearts to my, what, If they had spoken
the word true of their real essential
selves, (hey would have said. HU pic
ture of the time, therefore. Is truer to
the actual men and women who lived
In It than that nf any chronicler, had
he been able even to record every word
they actually did my or every deed
they actually did perform.
The Environment as Intsrprstsd by
Utsraturs.
In literature we have the environ
ment lifted/ refined, sublimated through
the machinery of Intelligence and col
ored by the changing experiences of
(he heart, as In our finest rugs we have
crude silk and wool made Into pat
terns of beauty through the compli
cated looms and marvelous dyes of the
carpet weaver.
Art transmutes the environment Into
er be about him the aroma of rural hay | the vast outlay of
great masterpieces of poetry, or music,
or painting, each standing out distinct
and complete In Itself. Literature
breaks the elements up, pulverizes
them,' and turns them Into an atmos
phere which the spirit breathes, ns the
lungs tnke In Uio breath of the morn
Ing. Through literature the environ
ment Is translated Into Ideas. In lit
erature tho elements around us are
served up In the exhalations of great
souls, as they have contemplated the
lights and shadows nf 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, rail Its seas,
and talk with Its Inhabitants, as they
have taken Ideal form In the writings
of great men from Isalsh of Jerusalem
to Thomas Carlyle, of London.
Imply to go round this little w
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 sic dmvn with Job on hla ash-
heap In the dim and distant land of
Ux, and hear him pour out pottle wrath
and Indignation upon the heads of
those miserable and conceited com
forters, Ellphas, the Temanlte; Blldad,
the Shuhlte; and Zophar, the Naama-
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 hla
cottage out at Tivoli and hear from hla
lips the best methods of raising cab
bages.
When our traveler returns from a
voyage of this kind, there will no long-
seed, nor will he
The Environment at Intsrpreted by
Society-
In society we 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 lost
matter and life conjoin to 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 sue
I- In < .iiiij.i co-lmc t lie whole with
■A ■ .! 1*1 I n r . I the -.mill . i.Ill[’II' - i.f Mile
hundred and flfly exquisite pounds of
animated dust.
The environment Is man spread out,
man Is the environment gathered tO'
gather. In him the elements And I
head and a heart, a tongue of utter'
ance. and a face of beauty. In the
blood which flows through his heart
he cnrrlea 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
tho race to which he belongs he seee
his other and better self. And when
In friendly, reciprocal relation with
Ills larger and kindred life, his arms
become long enough to encircle the
globe. In correspondence with the
eoclal 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
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 1,000,000,000 of hearts to sympa
thize 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 os the planet,
whose throbbing currents come up
around hlH beating heart to refresh
It, and to float Its outgoing pulsations
round th<- world.
The race from the beginning of Its
career has been painfully and slowly
but surely pulling Itself together into
one great human whole. It Is tho 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 ns never be
fore. The elbows of tha 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’s history.
In relation with universal life, man
finds himself nt an open port, where,
for a small contribution to the multi
plex flow of exchanges passing through
It, he can take toll of the merchandise
of the world. He can use the millions
Invested In street car systems for 5
cents a ride. He can avail himself of
ey and thought the stage of action at the beginning of
hich unite to produce the morning , the twentieth century, destined to be
patter for 1 cent a copy. He can use : the greatest the world has ever known,
all the billions 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, anti ever did. To make possible what to
other forms of modern Industry, to day Is within Ihelr reach, martyrs
serve every side and relation of his life, ' have agonized, patriots have given
nt such compensation as comes within , their lives, and prophets have record
'd. ■ r.itic> ..f every -arm's: t-dlerV In- ed their visions. Hy no pow er-of ,n j;
come. So king or queen of ancient metlc 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 | son draw In the years to come,
laboring man of today. No Lucullus Ihit we must remember that the un-
or Hell*.gill,ulus ever fared ns lie does. 1 limited amount of assets which the
and all because we have come to the j ages have placed to our credit, In
time when man Is recognized as one
f.u tor of an equation, of which the hu
man race Is the other, and to the time
when the smaller factor, which spells
Individuality, hits teamed how to In
crease Its power and multiply Its effi
ciency by the multitudinous - fanmeoei-
tjr of the larger factor, which spells
humanity.
The Environment as Interpreted by
Religion.
Science turns the environment Into a
shop, art Into a song, literature Into a
library, society Into a brotherhood, but
religion lifts It Into a temple of wor-.
ship that not only stands for tho
eternal without, but for the undying
and Irrepressible principle within man,
which corresponds to It. 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
est without him, 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 Is
an eternal and universal reality In the
boundless, outlying spaces responding
(o 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 eflvlronment as It can serve us
In this world; it Is the province of re
ligion to give us the environment os
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, furnlshment 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 chnin which extends back
ward to the time when our ancestors
first began the awful struggle of sub
duing the forces within them and the
elements without them. They come to
sense; can nut be drawn on by us
unless we are willing to pay for them
In attention. Intelligence, discipline
ami strenuous living. While all things
have been named, classified and ar
ranged fur us 1ft that Infinite store
house we have called environment, still
the universe does not propose to treat
us as so many paupers, giving where
w e do not seek, and opening where
we do not knock. Today we stand as
so many throbbing specimens of the
lata* sqlttnsl Of humanity; hoping,
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 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, Illerature, society and religion
have to give will require on our part
the coristant cultivation of the will,
the Intellect and the heart. Paderew
ski brings from the unseen about hint
the notes which thrill all hearts, but
only ot the price of the moat constant,
persistent discipline. In order to be
nble to fully appreciate his music. It
requires training and discipline and
refinement on the part of the hearer
almoat equal to that of the great per
former.
The things we can receive without
strenuous effort are cheap and com
mon. The outer Inyers 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 captures
us, very much as Buffalo Bill’s wild
Indians take tho mail coach. But If
we are to feel the wondrous meaning
of the fuguea nf Bach and the scenes
'•I .Mozart, we must bring :>•'!
sldcratlon n delicacy of thought and
height of spiritual culture which
enn not bo attained without great dis
cipline.
We should not permit ourselves to be
browbeaten Into the supposition 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 said,
I am among you sa 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
rate have walked and labored and
triumphed.
T HIS lesson Is a complement
Peter*e confession, and narrates
an event that soon followed.
Jesus selects the three disciples that
on n former occasion He had taken
with Him In the death chamber when
lo would restore the deed to life,
with them He would hold a little
prayer meeting. In eight of t’alvasy,
He needed help, and they needed to he
prepared for the coming event. Peter
mum leern (hat the croes and crown
tiro Inseparable; that without the
shoddfng nt blood there can be no
remission of elns. It wae the only time
in our Savior's ministry that His dl-
M n Ity. shone forth In all Its glory
through the veil of His humanity.
It was the only time that any of
the departed ever appeared In vlelbla
form. It was fitting that the two per
sons who appeared should be Mooes
and niu, as they represented the law
ami the prophets. One of the charges
that had been frequently brought
against Him was that Hla leaching
was contrary to the law of Moots and
the prophets.
It these dlsclptee had any misgiv
ings before, they would now be fully
satlefled with Christ’s statement that
lie had not come to destroy the law
and'the prophets, but to fulfill. They
also represented the living and the
dead.
Moses died and was buried by the
hand of God; Elijah was one of the
two who leaped (he grave.
Now Moeee that died and was bur
led, and Elijah who was translated, are
enjoying the same privileges, and come
i>s. k to earth on the same mission.
Conscious Existence sf Departed
Saints.
They have left us; ws no longer see
their bodily forma, but they still live.
They do not sleep In cold unconsrlous-
nt -s; there are no. ages of slumber till
the trumpet of the resurrection ehall
xnund. They Immediately pass Into
glory. Motes who died and Elijah who
never died are consciously existing to
gether.
Though the sunken cheek and the
';■ -ed eye, and the hand that no longer
( limps our own speaks to ua of death,
yet we may be assured that .nur de
le i ted friends stiff live, a* ff we had
seen them go up In a chariot of Are.
or an angel convoy taking them to
xlory. We should think nf them trans-
eied rather than dead. Moses and
ikins are together, though 600 years
iintded them on earth. They had dlf-
f( rent work to do at different times.
God's servants are placed In different
locatltiM; they never may be able to
meet eech other on earth, or they may
live In the same place at different pe
riods, but yonder they are together.
Heavenly Recognition.
We are not told that two angels, or
two unknown glorified betnge appear-
• i, but two specific persons, Moses
snd Ellas. How the disciples knew
them, we are not Informed, but they
knew them, and, doubtless, no Intro-
luetton was neceeeary.
They may have been granted spir
itual Intuition, just as It will be grant
'd so to recognise prophets and others
we have never known.
O the bliss of meeting there the
loved ones who have gone before;
ere where the eye shall never loee
i lueter, 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 separa
tion.
Moses and Ellas were with Jesus.
This la the chief joy of believers
now. There Is no joy comparable to
this conscious prsesnee ot Christ on
earth. We are never so happy as
when, like Mary, we sit at His fast,
or with John, lean on His breast, or
when He walks with ua, sa - He did
with the two dleclples on their way
to Emmaus, and our hearts burn
within us because of His presence.
But here we see Him through a gl
nr In a mirror, but then we shall
Him ax Ha la face to face.
Heaven will be to the saints what
Mount Hermon was to the three dlscl-
plea Heaven would not be heaven
without Him. Bo we have Hla prom
ise. “I go to prepare a place for you,
(hat where I am ye may be also.” He
said to the dying penitent thief, "To
day thou shalt ba with Ms In Para-
41m.**
"I will (hat they whom thou hast
glvsn me be with me where I am."
Paul expressed his longing when he
said. "Having a desire to depart and he
with Christ, which Is far better."
"Absent from the body,” without any
Interval, "and present with the Lord."
Ob! to behold the glorified body of Je
sus, Ihs same Jesus who was trans
figured on the mount, the same Jesus
who ascended from the slopes ot Oli
vet In Hla chariot of cloud, whom here
we have seen faintly, obscurely, yet
have loved and served, though Imper
fectly; «o be In His very presence,
where there Is fullness of Joy, and at
His right Jiand, where there are pleas
ures evermore. /
Is death then ao very terrible? If
departed saints still exist. If they are
In glory. It they are with one anoth
er, It they rejoice In recognition. If
they are In the very presence of 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 Moses and Ellas In
structs us. They who sustain their
character milt go where they are.
Moaee by faith renounced the pi assures
of sin, and the luxuries of Ihe world,
and so he came out from the world and
was separate. If we are willing to do
the same, then we are like him In the
substantial element of character.
Elias’ Steadfastness.
Ellas was remarkable for steadfast-
ma 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 Moses
and Ellas In faith snd decision for
God. then we are on our way to Join
them. If not. we have no hope. Was
there anything special about tha mis
sion of Christ to which these repre
sentatives of the law and the prophets
pointed? In praise of the coming
Christ, David swept his harp, and with
the suffering He was to endure and
the glory that was to follow, Isaiah
crowned the gorgeous canvas of hie
shall bathe theme of Ihle mid- j
night conversation on the summit of
Mount Hermon? Events that had
transpired In heaven sines our Lord's
Incarnation, or events that had occur
red on earth during Hle ministry.
Only one thing Is mentioned, HU
coming death.
How strange It seems to us at first.
That countenance shining as the sun,
suggestive ot the countenance furrowed
with grlefl That crown of radiance
suggestive of the crown of thorns!
The two saints, of the two thieves. The
voice of the Fathers', approval of the
bitter cry. "My God, my God, why
hast IhoU fprsaken ms?" Hermon with
Ita glories suggests Calvary with IU
woes! Yet that was the very theme
about which Moses and Ellas and
Christ were moat likely lo converse.
It was the event In which the angels
had been Interested and to which Moses
and the prophets had constantly re
ferred by ceremony and prediction. It
was to that decease that Moaee and
Ellaa owed the enjoyment ot their
glory. He diet! for them as well as for
us. He bore their sins In Hls body on
the tree. They believed In a Christ
that was tn come, while we believe In
Christ that has coma No wonder
that owing centuries of bliss to that
decease at Jerusalem, they should
gratefully apeak of that which should
so soon be accomplished.
As Hls death on the cross was the
subject of ihelr conversation on the
mount of transflgurallon, so HU suf
ferings and death niff be the theme
As He appeared to
He will appei
Lamb that was slain.
Patmos, He will appear to us as the
We will not forget that the crown
nf thorns rested on Ihe brow that wears
the crown ot glory; oun robes of white
ness wilt remind us (hat they were
made white because washed In HU
cleansing blood. The joys of redemp
tion will not obliterate the agony of
Gelhsemane and Ihe sufferings on Cal
vary. The thought thpt will evoke the
awsetest note In song of the redeemed,
the richest music from the trembling
chord of heavenly harp; that shall fill
and thrill the soul with deepest grati
tude will be, Jesui died for me.
"Soon the delightful day will come
When my dear Lord will call me home
And I shall see HU face.
Then, with my brother. Savior, friend,
A blest eternity I’ll spend.
Triumphant In HU grace.”
Peter 8peakt.
Peter, as usual, was the first to break
the silence. "He spake, not knowing
what he said." He was so delighted
with the stene. No human voice or
footstep Is heard. The birds have gone
to (heir nesta The only sound Is the
melody of the 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 dUap-
pear by the cfulgence of a brighter
light,-and Mt. Hermon becomes a pal
ace of glory. Peter was so delighted,
Jesus so glorious, even HU apparel be
coming whiter than the snow that
crowned the summit of the mountain.
Moses and Ellas ao glorious, that he
wished to build three booths 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 was the Shechlnah, the divine glory,
the token of God'e specUl presen\e;
the same cloud that retted on the tab•
ernacle, and went In the form of a pil
lar before Israel In the deeert. And
then a voice comes out ot the cloud.
This Is my beloved 8on, hear ye
Him.'* It was the voice of God, con
firming Peter's answer when Jesus
asked, "Whom do ye say that I am?"
Now the affrighted disciples fall on
their faces, while Jesuwls lost to their
sight tn hls canopy of glory. And they
ao remain till they hear HU gentle
voice bidding them, "Arise, be not
afraid." The dassllng light, the bright
messengers, the awe-inspiring cloud,
are all gone, and they see Jesus only,
not In garments woven In sunbeams.
their souls was still left. /They might
have to face new trials, but thsy had
obtained n sight of ths crown, and now
they can return to the foot of the
mountain, more than ever willing to
bear the cross. It was a scene never
to tic forgotten.
Years afterward when writing HU
gospel, John Willi: "We li'iiiiil Ills
glory as of the only begotton of the
Fnther. full of grace and truth." And
Peter In hls old age when writing a
beautiful letter to hls converts, speaks
of one place and ape
to have fastened tti
ere on hls 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 the home
at Capernaum, nor In the temple at
Jerusalem, npr the walk on the sea, not
even the garden of Gethsemane, nor
the croes on Calvary, but "We are eye
witnesses of Hls Majesty . . . when
we were with Him In the Holy Mount.
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"Will Atlanta grasp the opportunity
which Is hsld out to her relative to the
establishment of the 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,
ao It la stated In a communication re-
celved by Ths Georgian from Milner,
Ga. The article on title subject will
read ae follows:
"A friend writes that Atlanta has
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Bible 8chool and College that Annis
ton. Ala., and other enterprising cities
would have liked so well to secure.
What may thU not mean to the future
of Atlanta It that great Gate City of
the South will rally to the liberal sup
port and patronage of the Bible School
and haeten 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 of the greatest op
portunities ever offered Atlanta. Will
she seize It by the forelock? 1 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 ths other
day: ‘Somehow I have been greatly
Impressed for the last few days about
Brother Hunt's work up there In At
lanta. I believe that GodXIs In It, and
that the people of Atlanta will soon
nlte It and rally to Its support
isy have to the work of Dr.
Broughton and others. Brother Hunt
has always been ao consecrated, and I
believe that God will use any man who
will give hie life In such unselfish
Christian scrvlcg. He Is a young man
yet, and I believe the Lord has a great
work for him.
”*As soon as ths people of Atlanta
fully realise the object of the Bible
Schoql 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 great work.* ”
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