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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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BELIEF IN GOD A NECESSITY OF THOUGHT
PASTOR
TRINITY M. E. CHURCH
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[.ord Kelvin rlerlnreil before the
jtritlih Association that In the esteem
of rrientlflc men'of today belief In God
li a necessity of thought.
The bitter controversy over evolu
tion and natural selection Is already
out of date. But the great truth turned
Into the thought of the present genera
tion, that things, since the beginning,
have steadily moved up, from lower to
higher expressions of themselves, will
never pass away. This Is the concep
tion that forces belief today, In the cre
ative, directive power of Ood. It
Simply Impossible to believe that atoms
which together form matter, and their
activities which together make up mo
tion, have by gradual stages, accident
ally gathered themselves Into the per
fection for the universe. Let us sup
pose, for the time being, that those
gave strict attention to details, but at
the same time made the whole dlflce
conform to one general plan. While
there were seventy different classes of
workers, each atom In any one class
abored exactly after the fashion fol
lowed by the other atoms of Its kind,
plough one might be at work on the
bottom side of the world, and the
other busy at the top side, and though
the two may never have been nearer
together than Is one end of the earth to
the other, still the two managed to
perform the same task In the same
way and in the same time.
I.
who trr to account for the cosmos
without the Supreme Being, are right.
Let us suppose that about 100,000,000
vears ago, more or less, something
like seventy different kinds of little
particles started out to build a planet,
like the one upon which we are per
mitted. for a few years, to make our
home. See how the atoms went about
their work. They,began with the foun
dation, and under-set the errth with a
solid rock bottom: This was not only
for underpinning, but was also to con
stitute the cellar and first floor of the
structure. After this follow, nine other
stories, each of which required millions
of years to complete. They are so
dearly defined and distinct, the one
from the other, that geologists have
pointed them out. Their names are
technical, but as every Intelligent man
ought to be acquainted with tbe dif
ferent departments of his own dwell
ing place. It Is well enough tp call them
off. They are after the Algonklan or
lowest story, the Cambrian, the Si
lurian. the Devonian, the Carboniferous,
the Juratrlas, the Cretaceous, the Eo
cene, the Neocene, the Pleistocene, and
the recent or the topmost. The atoms
built each story of the terrestlal man
sion finer than the one below It. They
Every atom of all the seventy moved
at an unmentionable rate of activity In
the performance of Its .task, and was
accustomed to strike other atoms In It*
way billions of times every second, but
working altogether and colliding as
they did. they managed to finish up
a ten-story mansion, marvelously con
venient and beautiful! They dot only
lifted to completion the edifice as a
whole, but they also furnished every
story of It In a most wonderful way.
They made each part conform to every
other part, and each floor had reference
to the next one above, and all to the
topmost and most perfect of the ten.
After the finishing touches were put
on, the atoms determined to delegate
a part of their number to take living
form In on order of being capable of
appreciating what they had done. The
enormous animals they had turned out
In the primal times, and those set age
ing In recent years, did not measure up
to the style of round ball they had
wound off. So, a pert of the atoms
went Into partnership, with life, and
began to breathe In a human being.
They repealed the chemical laws under
which they had lived In an unorganised
state, and enacted new ones, suitable to
an advanced order of existence. The
first man was very crude, not much
above the grade of the monkey. But
the outside atoms were not satisfied
with the savage they saw the Inside
atoms had assumed, and so they began
to beat and pelt them with such merci
less fury that the organised elements
began specialising a few new features
with a view to moving up the barba
rian table lands. Rut they had no
sooner become domesticated than the
hurtling balls from the surrounding
regions began to strike them with more
emphasis than they had felt below. It
becomes apparent to the particles rush
ing around In the brain of the barba
rian that he had to move again, nr be
doomed to death by molecular hall from
the outlying territory of the exterior
elements. The question of survival be
came too pressing to Ignore. The bar
baric atoms, therefore, began to work
the principle of specialisation again
and to adapt themselves to the wide
stretching plains of civilisation.
It.
After the atoms got fairly down to
business In the civilised men, a most
amaslng thing occurred. Up to that
stage the Inside atoms had for the
most part lived In harmony, finding
plenty of exercise for their powers In
making a united fight against the con
tending elements outside. Now, how
ever, Interior differences of the most
serious nature divided the organised
atoms Into opposing armies. The civ
ilised man found a war raging within
the confines of his own personality,
more evenly drawn and deadly than
any In which he had ever engaged with
foes outside. The beginning of the
feud arose when the soldiers of one
army entered a general strike against
climbing any higher up the ascending
way, seemingly projected, for all to
follow. In opposition to .those who
wanted to turn back and start’ down
ward, there was a part of the forces
who would hear to nothing except
marching forward and steadily up
ward. The conflict between the down
ward and the upward battalions was
hand to hand, face to face, and
with no quarter shown by either side
to the other. Another remarkable fact
manifested Itself now. The elements
outside seemed to favor the organised
elements Inside Inclined to move up
ward. Just as In far distant past
ages, they had killed off the murder
ous dragons that were threatening to
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annihilate every living thing, so now,
they were disposed to help In the
struggle, the weaker, but sweeter and
nobler atoms fighting to go up In the
civilised man. It become harder and
harder for the molecules which trly
umphed In Individuals like Ramises II,
Nero, Attlla and Tamerlane to’ make
their way. The general order of the
day throughout all atomic Infinity
seemed to be that the fair and amiable
and just and kind atoms In the civilised
biped should conquer the base and
mean and the vile ones. There ap
peared to be a deep-seatsd prejudice
In the molecular heavens against the
hell-bent atoms In* man. This samo
general enmity was seen In earlier
ages when the monsters made up main
ly of teeth and claws were killed off
and when venomous birds and deadly
plants were withdrawn from the field
of action. Because of this tendency on
the part of atoms generally to help the
ones which pulled skyward In man, the
race has been constantly rising townrd
purer conduct, nobler Ideals, liner liv
ing. Spiritual elements have super
seded the natural. The savage has
been forced to give place to the philan
thropist. The horlson of the selfish,
measured by the curl of his cblmney
smoke, has been Infinitely distanced
by the sky line of the saint.
III.
On the supposition that particles of
matter, assisted by force, spun the
globe like so many little spiders out
of their entrails and then left It n
round opaque web wheeling In the
heavens, we are ready to write a new
creed. A realm for faith confronts us
now such as mortals never faced be
fore. The atoms not only built the
world, but they supplied It with raw
materal. varied enough, and In quanti
ties suttlclent to supply the wants of
all coming generations of living things.
They put In coal enough to Insure per
petual aummer at the top of the tem
porary abode they built, for all, who
should ever need fire. They mixed
the soli for future crops. They stored
up marble In anticipation of nrrhltecta
like Phidias nnd temples like the
Parthenon. They packed away plenty
of Iron for raaora and anvils and steam
engines. They counted out and laid up
gold enough to make the foundations
of commerce secure. They piled up
sliver for spoons and tea aqta and
pocket chains. They were not averse
to things artistic and fine, so they ar
ranged clays for coloring matter, so
mixed as to synchronise with the pul
sations of light. They endowed all
things with certain qualities of sound
to be utilised by those Inclined to
music. Thej- anticipated all wants
from those the stomach should feel
to those demanded by the Imagina
tion.
IV.
All this the elements did without
any suggestion from butnlde pressure.
They had no orders from any power
exterior to and other than themselves.
The thought they worked out Inhered
In their own little points of activity.
The work they performed was of their
own conception and the program they
followed was of their own sketching.
Each was self-included nnd self-con
tained and Independent, but by cone
mon consent all acted to fulfill a sin'
gle purpose, self-generated, and self'
Imposed, and to the self-oansummated.
Thus we see what we are to accept
when Ood Is dethroned. We get done
with a Rupreme Being, It Is true, but
only by disintegrating him and pub
verlslng him Into particles of dust,
every one of which becomes a little
god with the same attributes possessed
by the one all controlling Creator. We
eliminate one mystery and Introduce
three hundred qulntllllons of them Into
every breath of air, for either there Is
one almighty, Intelligent personal will,
or there are billions of them In every
pinch of mud and In every drink of
water. Movement, says Haeckel, Is as
Innate and original a property of sub
stances as Is sensation. Then If the
atoms are not controlled by the will of
Ood. they are self controlled. Accord
ing to this view, each atom 1s self de
termining, self knowing and self exact
ing, and being eternal, conforms exact
ly to all the conditions and qualities
nnd attributes of Ood. Any eternal en
tity, however unseeable It may tie, that
determines Itself nnd acts from Itself
and haa sensation or knowledge of It
self, Is a god, for nothing can be con
ceived higher, or more original, or
more absolutely Independent.
Such a line of thought may appear
like a delirious movement such ax the
mind takes In a wild dream, but It Is
exactly the mental attitude to,which
one Is driven when he seriously under
takes to think of the world without a
transcendent, and nt the same time, Im
manent Creator. The elements of cre
ation are not Independent, self-acting
entitles. They are the dependent vehi
cles and Instruments of the eternal
mind of Ood. They are the letters Ood
use to express hla thought. We know
there Is thought In nature and ive are
! compelled to believe that It either In
heres In the c ustlturnt particles. ,,r
was put In by the mind ,f the Maker.
Try for a moment to get thought out
of a world. Suppose all at once rocks
should 1 become light ntt feathers and
feathers heavy n" lend: that the sea
should become solid nnd the mountains
liquid: that the sun should rise In the
nest and sol In the south; that calves
should turn Into elephants during the
ntght and horses take to the wnter as
alligators; that oak trees should pro
duce watermelons Instead „f acorns.
What would be the result 7 The world
would become an Insane asylum
(llled With deranged people. It Is the
orderly, uniform, consecutive thought
the Lord la constantly sending to oe
through the Intelligible rational uni
verse that keeps us mentally balanced.
VII.
Science haa been defined as the sys
tematic observation of the uniform way
In which energy arts, but the study ,,f
the subject given above shows that sci
ence Is the systematic observation of
the uniform way minds acts, ns It uses
the elements and forces of nature to
express Its thoughts. Science Is that
part of the thought of God expressed
through nature man has been able t„
translate Into hla own experience and
express In language. When we get
light nnd heat from the human shore
of the ether sea. we know It Is because
they were put In from the sun side
shore and sent In wavelets to us When
the glad notes of the feathered song
ster come in splashes tip against the
human shore of the morning, we ,b>
not conclude that the music Inheres m
the folds of dashing spray, but "ere
Iput In front the mocking bird shove
and sent to us. Wlint Is meant by sci
ence la Clear. It la the certain and
universally valid knowledge gained
through experience on the human
shore of being of a part of the truth
contained In the Infinite ocean of In
telligible and divine reality. Science
Is that part of Infinite truth man has
discovered and turned Into hls ow n
mind, and translated Into hls own lan-
gusga.
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THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS
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One of the most general and serious
questions for dlscuaslon ntnong the
followers of Christianity, has ever
been the question of the source and
the nature of the authority of Iti
founder. This Is probably only nat
ural, but It Is also very unfortunate.
1 am Inclined to tbe opinion that the
world haa often lost much of the pow
er of the message of many a great
soul, by dissipating Its spiritual ener
gies In a vain effort to fully account
for Its authorship. The naked, hun
gry, and untutored souls of men will
never be fed, clothed and taught by
vain speculations and theorisings re
garding the origin and the nature of
Jesus Christ. Wherever the Christian
church has been of any real and decid
ed assistance In the onward march of
the world’s civilization It has not been
because of her inass of conflicting
theories regarding the person of Jesus
Christ, but It has always been through
her patient and persistent practice of
the teachings of Jesus, teachings
wherein there was found no room for
profitable debate and discussion.
Every religion which has developed
power to move the hearts of men has
consisted In a great Ideal Incarnated
In a splendid personality. A close
study of the history of the world’s
leading religions discovers for us the
lamentable fact that altogether too of
ten the tendency among the followera
of these religions has been to lose
much of the power of a personal'grrasp
of that Ideal by an unreasoning and
fanatical deification of that. Ideal's
splendid Incarnation. Christianity has
not escaped this loss. With far too
many Christians the personality
Jesus receives much more of careful
and prayerful' attention than do hls
matchless Ideals for a perfect life. In
the minds of the mors fanatical zeal
ots no room Is found to admit to
Christian fellowship and Christian fol
lowing the man whose careful atudy
and calm and deliberate judgment ren
der him unable to honestly accept the
deity of that matchless inan of truth
and purity, whose spiritual authority
and leadership he eagerly and grate
fully acknowledges.
'‘Deity” a t nd “Divinity.”
Thera has been so much of mental
juggling with the words ’’deity’’ and
“divinity” ns applied to Jsaua that It
has become somewbat difficult to frame
a statement touching upon these char-
acterisatlons which shall be entirely
free from possibilities of mental con
fusion. These terms are by no means
co-existent and co-dependant. A
grateful recognition of the Incompar
able and Incomprehensible divinity of
Jesus does not Imply or necessitate a
belief In hls deity. This belief In the
undented divinity of Jesus brings with
It assures the
possibility of personal experience and
participation. On tha other hand,
while the Insistence of a belief In tha
deity of Jesus renders entirely super'
flous any extraneous thought of Hls
divinity, It also denies to the believer
any reasonable hope of a personal par
ticipation In the glorious triumphs of
that divinity. In other words. If ws
must think of, and believe In Jesus as
God, then Hls splendid declaration of
hope and’ encouragement, “be of good
cheer,'I have overcome the world,” has
really no deep personal significance for
us mortals who batls manfully for the
development and the triumph of our
divinity,- but who have not dared to
ascribe to ourselves the omnipotence
of deity. The deification of Jesus
makes hls victories quite beyond ths
pale of human endeavor.
Bat, as I have already Intimated, all
of these speculations and theories art
really not at all essential to the ac
tual practice of Christianity. Let ev
cry man hold 'tenaciously that theorf
which appeals most conspicuously to
hls own reason, and which, therefore,
must prove most helpful to him In hls
effort after a righteous life.
Two men were once hopelessly lost
In a seemingly Impenetrable wilder
ness. They had wandered long nnd
fruitlessly In a der«i and gloomy val
ley, surrounded by apparently Impass
able mountains. They were famish
ing for food, and weary to complete
exhaustion with thslr despairing wan
derings through ths thick and noxious
undergrowth. Night was fast approach
ing, ths deepening twilight made mors
ominous by the distant cry of wild
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animals seeking their prey. Suddenly,
as he despairingly turned hls eyes
heavenward, one of the travelers
caught sight of a man standing, clear
and full In sight, upon a jutting prom
ontory of rock, high up on the distant
mountainside. He was - so far from
them that It was Impossible for any
clear explanation regarding hla ante
cedents lo reach them, but there tvaa
that about hls very bearing and atti
tude which at pnee Inspired confidence.
Hls authority was the authority of the
truth resident In hls own heart, and II
did not fall of Its appeal to the truth
In the hearts of those who hopefully
beheld him. They fell, at once, that he
could be trusted, and, although they
could not hear hls voice, they eagerly
followed hls every movement while he
beckoned to them, and then quickly
pointed out that which had before es
caped their notice, nn entirely safe
and secure, nllhouxh somewhat diffi
cult, pathway, leading through the jun
gle, and up the rugged mountain to
the vantage point, where stood their
guide eager to welcome them.
The Authority of the Guide.
With hearts Ailed with gratitude to
their deliverer, each declared to the
other hla full confidence In the ability
and rectitude of Ihelr guide, and each
expressed the belief that ths pathway
discovered lo them would end In safe
ty and happiness. And then, mlrsblls
dlclul Instead of Immediately begin
ning ths ascent, with all tha aid af
forded by the rapidly waning daylight,
these famishing travelers, with ths way
of life open before them, began to dls'
cuss ths origin and ths source of ths
authority of their guide. That author
ity they Instinctively felt nnd ucknowl-
edged. It appealed to them powerfully
nnd successfully. They believed In their
guide, but, before they should com-
ruiuc, ui4i, Hfiuift iiivy niiuuiu n/in*
mencft to follow hi* Inatnictlona, they
were determined that they nhould de
ride who he wai nnd how he got there.
One won of the opinion thnt he wne a
(remit?, had descend
The other was equally decided In
belief that their would-be deliverer wait
a fellow mortal, who havlnn passed
over the same way, and encountered
the same difficulties successfully, was
moved by divine compaaslon to mako
them part icl nat ora In hts triumph. And
so this entirely profitless dlscuaslon
waxed Into n quarrel, fierce and (unntl-
Iral, while the precious moments of
daylight slipped away, and sight fall
upon these perishing bigots, partners In
a common destruction, rlnnpcd close in
a death struggle to maintain the'su
premacy of a theory.
The Authority of Jesus.
And thus, In too large measure, has
tha Christian church, through all the
centuries of Its Ufa, held sacred the au
thority and the leadership of Its found
er. Any and all theories regarding the
origin and the nature of Jeauf Christ
have absolutely nothing whatever to
do with the practice of the Christian
religion. The authority and the lead-
crshlp of Jesus mre nnd must be spir
itual In their nature. It Is the author
ity of truth appealing to truth, nnd
absolute righteousness appealing to
those Instincts of righteousness resi
dent In every huni.ni Bentt I.<*t a man
hold whatever theory he may. regard
ing the personality of Jesus, unless he
endeavor faithfully to Incarnate the
Ideals of Jesus In Ills own life, he ran
In on sense be railed a Christian. One
can scarrely ask for a mon- absolute
and orthodox acceptance of the theory
of tne deity of Jesus than that held by
tha wretrhad and benight.-.1 members
of the great Greek church, whose fiend
ish atrocities against Innocent and In
offensive members of their own race,
in ll.•• II.line "t M-llglon. are even now
awaking fresh horror In the civilized
• ..| 1.1 It a ..a!.I . .’i (aim require a
tremendous stretching of an Intelligent
Imagination to call these people follow
ers of the Christ.
Would that the great Christian
church might forsake her theories and
lift Pm* and fnrth In the
power of her might to battle valiantly
for true rIghteousneNS ns against big
otry and fanaticism, nnd for a pure
and undeflled religion ns against tha
l.i.ditr.-*. • la-hlng’. ->f speculative the
ology, listening always for Inspiration
nnd admonition to that voice which ex
claimed In sadness nnd In hope, “Why
nd do not
call re me, Lord! I«ord! an
the things that I say:**
Continued from Opposite Pago.
CHURCH SERVICES
arenas and Kllulvetb street. Henry n.
7:18 p. m. flnndsjr school si 8:10.
of the Catholic class—exhibited one or
two copies the Aral Sunday, and offered
to lend them to any one or two men
who would like to look them over. So
they were loaned for a week'or two.
Later ths time was extended to a
month, but alwdys with, ths provision
that they were to be returned to the
teacher until the man. of hls own mo
tion. naked to be allotted to keep ths
book, which was proof of hls real In
terest. As with children of a smaller
sr.iwth the lending of Testaments to
one of two out of 18 or 80 men created
In the minds of ths others ths query.
“Why can't I have one?” And then
rente the open question to ths teacher.
Of course the new applicant was Im
mediately supplied, but on the same
conditions as stated before.
Now, when you lend a man a book he
I* an exceptional Christian If he elves
It back promptly, even when be Is done
w ith It. Bo when the teacher demand
ed back the Testament there was gen-
erally a request to be allowed to retain
It a while loneer, which was a hopeful
»irn, and was centrally followed with
the question as to how one could be ob-
BAPTIST.
M'DONAI.D BAPTIST—West Fslr and
Walnnt streets. Hundsy school at 8:80. Iter.
George T. Howe will preach at 11 a.m. and
7:45 p.in.
PONCE DELEON nAPTIRT—Comer of
Ponce DeLeon' end Piedmont avenues.
“ o'clock. BtrenlM
— - n't
Morning eorvlce at 11
service at 8 a clock. Huhject: "Why lion
ti.nl Kill the Devil.” Sunday school at
8:10 n.m. Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock
prayer meeting.
801TTII HIDE BAPTIST—Capitol avenue,
near Weyman. Preaching at tl a.m. sad
7:40 p.m.. by ths pastor, Ror. J., 8. Don-
lap. Sunday aeliooi nt 8:30. I-ndleeMIs-
alonery Society. J:I0 p.m. Tnesday. Prayer
and praise service 7:48 Wednesday. B,
P. U. 7:40 p.m. Thursday.
_ Specie! services for church mera
t—re In tbs morning. Every commnnleant
‘ b# “
subject: “The
ah Art of Extracting Joy Out of Temp,
tntlon." Prayer meriting Wednesday at 8
>.m. Sunday arhnnl at 4:JO. Preaching at
■openblll, Highland are., just bsysnd An-
gusts, at 4 p.m., by Ilev. A. Earnest.
CUMBERLAND PUESBYTEBI AN-Cpr-
,.cr Harris nnd Spring streets. Ksv. lien.
II. Mark. pastor. Morning worship nt II.
Hpselal Barrier; sll nwmliera are expected
lo lie present. Sunday school at'0:80. No
service nt nlfbt.
lie requested to he present. Baptism at
night, Sunday school 8:*). Junior Union
ysr meeting Monday, 8 p.m.
■g Tuesday, 8 p.m. lAdlef
ly Monday 4 J'.m. Midweek
GK Bartca prayer mrei
Teacher*' meatlnr —
Missionary Hoclef
prayer and praise meeting {vedneeiUy,
p.m. Benlor B. V. P. IV Vrtr ‘
KNflLIBII AVENUE METHODIBT-B. K.
U Timmons, pastor. Preaching at H s.m.
by the pastor. Bubjoet: "Holiness or Banc
tlflcatlon. ' Holiday school at S p.m. Prescb
log at 7:30 p.m.. by Rsr. W. A. King. Pray
er meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Yoang
men's orayer meeting Friday, 7:10 p.m.
Open sir services as usual. Buartoe prayer
meeting.
Ing sod night In the absence of ibe pas
tor. Or. Isen (I. ItroaghtoQ, who Is In Mad
ison holding a large tent meeting.
Itrnnons. pastor. Preaching nt
IMMANUEL BAPTIST-*. A. Cowan, pas
tor. Tbs pastor's subject st 11 u.m.t "Ami's
Deepest Desire for Ills People.” Subject st
7:45 p.m.: “The Truth In Lore." night
by pastor, John E. Briggs, at 11 s.m.
mined for permanent ownership. Then
d the teacher’s gift of ths book
f iUi wedSKSSSSS-. I .
to the prisoner. This gift strengthened
the tie of personal friendship or regsrd
between the teacher end the pupil,
which le no less potent with these men
than with the children in your own
Sabbath school. A large number of the
men have taken these Testements home
"1th them, end we hope that they
may not only serve the men who had
committed crime, but poislbly those
whom hls crime had made to suffer In
nocently In hls Imprisonment.
Christian Endeavor Society.
At the close of the Sabbath school
there is another exodus toward the cell-
Iwute of those who ore not Interested
In the work of .the Christian Endeavor
Society. About IS or 40 men remain,
however. One or two of ths Sabbath
•Chool teachers remain to guide and
direct the work. In which all of the
men are privileged to take part Short
Prayers or exhortations or expressions
"f personal feeling or experience are
fi'en. and we believe that much good
I* lone.
Attention la given to the prevention
r ’f mischievous speeches, and some
times a prisoner who takes advantage
"f the opportunity to speak by Intro
ducing prison politics or personal
frtevancea Is Invited to leave the maat-
r.g or Is taken to ths solitary, but
Interferences of this kind are rare.
The present president of the society Is
»n Indian prisoner, for whose efera-
tlon to this office the society recently
cast a unanimous vote. Questions of
face and color seem not to appear In
the work of this little society, which,
m my mind, speaks pretty well for Its
Interest til matters purely religions.
The last services of which I shall
speak are those In which two or three
are gathered together. During Ihe
week some of these gentlemen who are
giving us so much of their time end
effort without money nnd without price,
as the Meater gives, come out to the
prison to talk privately In my office
with some one who te troubled In
spirit, and tears and prayers nnd pescs
Is often the result. It Is this personal
work which Is ths most effective. Ths
actual contact of Christ's spirit with
the unclean spirit Is still necessary to
the victory. Just as It was 1,100 years
ago, and If you want to win men for
Christ you must bear Hls spirit to
them.
Mare Bsniihmsnt Does No Good.
In this day and age no prison or
penitentiary or penitentiary system
should be anything else than reforma
tory or regenerative In Us treatment
of, or ultimata purpose with, the crim
inal committed to Its care. Even
though he, by continued resistance and
administration of purely punitive
methods at times. Mere banishment
from society for a certain space of time
does tbe criminal no good and sodsty
very lltlla good, unless. when he comes
back from banishment, he comes back
a better man; and If, because of neg
lect, he cornea back with greater ugli
ness and wickedness In hls heart, how
much mors sure Is our further lost and
hla ultimate destruction?
Why do we reed with satisfaction
that such and such a man haa been
sent to the penitentiary for a certain
term of years, or that the tabor of a
certain number of men haa been dis
posed of for a certain amount of money
tor tltf next yeer or two. while we
know that little or nothing, or maybe
worse than nothing. Is being done for
the betterment of these men here or
hereafter? This Is a startling qusa-
tion. Study It. Much remains that Is
Imperfect or Incomplete, even In the
best of prison*—how about tha worst?
haod of fsllowshlp will bo given to new
members st dose of morning service. Han
ds? school 9:11 s.m. Hands? school picnic
Tharsda?. ,
SECOND BAPTIST—11*.m., public wor«
lip In the lecture room. Dr. Joha K. White
111 preach on “Ths Beaut? of Jeans." I
m . »otig service nnd sermon. Dr. White
preach on "The Hupp? Ood"_from
TRINITY METHODIBT—Corner White-
all and Trinity srenae. Dr. J. W. I**.
K stor. Services st 11 s.m. and S p.m. The
rv. Young J. Allen, of Khsnghnl, Chinn,
will preach nt the morning service and
* pastor nt the evening. Honda? school
— 9:30 s.m. Week!? pra?er meeting t
p.m. Wfdnends?.
__ — "The Hr
tne text "According to tr
tlst Chart'll, wt
ll.t t’hnrrb. Wsst fslr and
Thursday, June 21, at 8 p.m.
lit Whits, pastor Second Bap-
h, will preach at McDonald Bap-
b. West Fair and Walnut streets.
FIRST BAPTIST—Peachtree and Cain
streets Dr. W. W. Lan lru u. pastor.
o'cl.
»•■»>. Morning worship ot ll
set: "Uplifting Thooght."
Up st • o'clock. Subject:
SflLBV MEMORIAL—Corner Auburn
>1 and Ivy street. Bov. Prank Bakes,
pastor. Sunday school 10 o.m. Busy peo-
Ite's class Young man's Baric, rises.
Voting ladles' Phllsthoo rises Preaching at
11:18 s.m.. by Hsr. W. C. Lovett. D. D.
'reaching at 1:10 by pastor. Epworth
c-ssuo devotional service, SC p.m. Mid
week prayer meeting Wednesday evening st
8 o’clock. Regular weakly church nodal at
S:48. Noonday prayer masting every day
Itsgether,
TEMPLE BAPTIST—Corner West Hus-
st rests Dv. A. C. Wsnl,
services Sunday at U s.m.
»l st 8*8 s.m.
•venlng st 7:48.
GLENN STREET - BAPTIST—Corner
' nd Glenn streets J. T.
Sunday school at • JO s.m.
FIRST METHODIST—Jsod Ion of Peach-
tree and Ivy otreots. Bov. Charles E. Dow-
nun, pastor. Sunday school at t:>0 a.m.
’ublle worship at 11 s.m. ana 8 p.m. Preach
K tor. Sunday sonool at ,:X! «.m. French-
at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Meetings
every sight next week st tbs rilorril at
7:41.
lnvrr wiu imp ■ p'hr. muni
drees by the pester, subject: "Christ the
Rest-Giver." Class masting Immediately
after the morning service. Junior Bible
•tody at 4 p.m. Epworth League st 7
p.m. Midweek service Wednesday st 8 p.m.
JACKSON HILL BAPTIST-Ollvef J.
Copeland, postor. Sendees ll o.m. and 8
p.m. At the close of tko evening service s
number of candidates will be baptised.
Sunday school tM a.m. Midweek
'sshloftoo and Fulton otreots
_setlngs It s.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday scuwi
St 1:10 s.m. Epworth League st •:*> p.m.
service Wednesday evening, 8 o'i
7U." Mr
WALKER STREKT-The pulpit frill be
occupied by the pastor. Her. W. L. Pierce,
it if s.ia. and (he evening st I p.m.. by
si u s.m. sna ine evrmns ox e p.m., "J
the presiding rider, Itev. J. II. Kakes. Sun
day school ot t:J» n.m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Personal Workers’ Clnl> will meet st
IS
Ing tt f o'clock.
METHODIST.
ST- JAMES. METHODIST—Near corner
!» Kstttrdsr°nl*ht at »"Jri£ck.
st *» s.m.
INMAN PARK UETIIODIST-Edgswood
ST. MARK METHODIST—Corner Peach-
tree sad Fifth streets. The pastor. Rev.
Charles O. Jones, 0. D„ win preach at
II end S O'clork. Sunday school ot »:»
o.m. Deaf mats class taught by W. F.
shiE ffi3s?'*»s8a "mSr.
P.«e
FOURTH I’RRHBYTKRIAN—Cornar
Jackooii and rbau))*rJJn atret*. liar. T.
Nawklrk. jtaalor. I Tracking Hundajr at. 11
•rrulnf
Regular
pm?er inerting at S. Bund*? acbool
rii". **1*9/ »•••*■
MOORE MEMORIaTI’HKHIIYTKHIAN—
Uonier Darkle au<l Latimer atreeta. Dr. A.
II. Hoiderb?, pastor. Tkapaator will praarb
at 11 a. m. anil 8 p. m.’ Christian KnSssvof
Society at 7 p. m.
■er anti mnnewaii streets, liov. r.
Cleveland, pastor. . Services at II a. m. and
8 p. in. Sabhatb school tt t:M a. m Prayer
meeting Wednesday st 8 p. m.
INMAN PARK PREHRYTERIAN—Iter. J.
8. Flrklen, junior. Preaching tomorrow at
11 s. m. and • p. m. Sour' ‘
m. "The Meaoen^ego”
Sunday school rt »:*»
, fa" at 8 n. m. Young
I’eonlo's Society ot 7:18 p. m. Regular mid-
week prayer mooting at I p. in. Mtdueouay.
GEORGIA AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN—
Proorblng ot II o. m. hy Ibe pastor. Rev.
II. II. Holt. Evening presetting by Rev. J.
G. Patton, of Iterator. Soliholh school ot
In tie evening. Sabbath school at t:*> s.
Man's l-eagoe at 1« a. m. Teachers'
m. Men s l-eagoe at 10 a. m. Teachers'
training class tt tbs as an. hoar. Christian
Endeavor ot 7 p. to. Prayer mooting on
Wednesday at I p. m.
etlsg
EPISCOPAL.
CATHEDRAL—Corner nf Washington and
llnnter. Very Rev. C. T. A. Idle, dess.
7:to o. m.. holy communion; 111. m.. morn
ing prayer and sermon; 8 p. m.. evening
prayer end sermon: Kiosks) service follow
ing. Sunday school at 8:48 s. m. All other
days: 7:J0 a. m.. bolyoromoianloa; , a. m.,
^Jiur.WV^yrLiOT 33T
MISSION OF TIIE HOLY INNOCENTS-
Woods avenue, near West I’rarhtrao. Sun
day school every Sunday tt I:*>.
■lesson.” Communion service
Hon ot mfuhera ot ch*" or so
day school at 8:45. Y. P. V. U,
; so.
lb, In charge. Lveulng prayer
st tM. Sun day school si 3:Jg Friday:
Evening prayer end choir work at 8.
ST. ANDREWB—Corner Glenn and Kent.
ST. PAULS-Bast Point. Rev. Gilbert
HOLY TRINITY—Becotur. Rev. C.
Isingoton In charge. Evening prayer end
sermon st 4*8, Wednesday: l itany end
address at 8.
ST. JOHNS MISSION—College Psrk. Rev,
W. J. Moody In charge. Holy communion
and sermon at 11 by Rov. Gilbert lliggs,
D. D.
street. Bor. II. K. Pendleton, rector.
Preaching St II a. In. oml 8 p. m
school at 8:18 s. m. Christian Ends
8:48 p. m.
WEST
don a
Smith,
CST END CHRISTIAN—Corner Oor-
and Dunn streets. Ilev. Barnard P.
b. pastor. Preaching st 11 I. m. and 8
HOWEI.L STATION CHRISTIAN—End
nf Marietta street ear Use. Rev. George
W. Mullins, pastor. Blbto school at 8 p. m.
Presetting at it s. m. and k p. m.
WESTERN HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN—
Snssst avenue, sear Kennedy atreet. Bible
school at>8:88 s. m. Preaching it U s. m.
COLLEGE PARK CHRISTIAN -Rev. G.
II. Illnnsnt, pastor. Bible school trery
lord’s day at 18 s. a. Preaching irat
lord's day at >1 a. m. end Ip. s
ST. LUKEH-Coraer Pryor ood Ifosston.
Rov. C. B. Wlltnsr, rsetof. 7*8 o. m., hrijr
communion; 11 a. in., morning prayer and
aermoo; 9 p. m., trwiBi pra?«r ami oar-
moo. rfuoda? acbool at 9:41. Frida?: Lltan?
at 11.
Friday: Litany
PRE8BYTERIAN.
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN—Ths
gontag'Scrrire is s^lljiisd^gvsstagjSt I,
Charles It Xlsbet. the paster, wHl preach
trtth morning end evening. .Boeder school
at >:» o. os Young Pcoptes Boristy st
7:15 p. m. Mld-w
Wednesday st 8 p. i
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN—The pastor. C.
P. Bridewell, will preoeh tr-merow it U I
m. sad 8 p. m. Westminster League gt
End.” Iter. J. J. P. Perry, rector. '7:88‘m
m.. holy cnmmqnlon; II a. m.. morning
sTzx&rw star
lugjrajrsr Wednesday st 8. Lltssy Friday
ALL SAINTS—Corner of West Peachtreo
and North avesso.
motor, a o.
log
enue. Rev.. ■/,. s. Fartand,
i.. holy remmoilon; It a. m.,
Stt&jrjZ&T ™i,‘7«. D, uTn D ,
at 19J9 WadftMda?.
KPIPHANY—Coraor Moreland xml BaHId
ivtoBco. Her. C. A. Lancaton Is c&irfo.
11 a. m., morning pnm «n<l B^nnon; Kun-
da? acbool at 9:#. Frida?: I.ltau? and
MI8CELLANEOU8.
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY A 1.1.1.
ANCK-R’WiJar M-rvIn-w Hundajr afternoon
and Wcdncada? afternoon at 3.30 o'« lock tu
Aillanr** (mil, 7TH North Rroad atn»»t.
Yoaax |ri-*!il8* ii wr»|. •• Tborada? ulgbt. Ih»-
uliiiitujc with a atreet aanrica
Tlr
Jlroad atrort In frunt of tbe hall.
' .!> la
FIRST CHURCH OF CIIRIJ
—No. 17 W. Dakar atraoL
auhjcct of the aartuon at II ft.
r iHrlcotlatJ
.... Wadm-oda? taatluionlal
p. m. Reading roouia *12114 l.i
ran (mlldluf.
MTRKRT CAR BARN—Under tha nimpl
of the old Atlanta W. «\ T. V. I h«* n*xnlar
devotional -cnrln* will b* held Hun«lay
........I..^ .1 U ..'..Isis-tr n 8 ‘
:
KsNOUMlI I.! Till: It A N-
Rcoomor. •>»ruer Trinity
piac*. lift. Bkkte. gaotor
swa
HT. JOHNS Hint.MAN nYAViKI.K'AL
IsUTlIKRN—Coroor of J'uraytb and (larnctt
atreat*. W. Yallbrcrht. n.iNtor Sunday
acbool at f:39 a. ** ’ ' 1
I! Y/. f.^ I,
«t 11. Young 1‘rotilo'B Mocletj at 4 p. ta.
TIIK MILLENNIAL DAWN IIIRI.R
CLASS will hold it* regular weakly Hlhl#
attnl? on Sunday morning at 11 In Wood,
men * hall, 13 IVarblrtre street. Non d#>
nominations!.
UNITED BMTtIRB.N TABERNACLE
I'.viir.i* iitvr. i ill.,-..
McDaniel and lllghtow .
W. Bluster will pr.vf. li Nwsdaj
nn "Men and Angel., .nd • p.
and Devils."
J.
"Ms*
ct ths
YOPNO MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASS'N-Cor.
er Pryur street ami Auburn avenue At 8
p. w. Itev. J. C. t Hirer will coi ‘
Bible da.-. All men ere Invite
tend tbl. iln... At 3 p. m. It
MlltardTof »• »«: __
ll.t •: r b. Mil k III men Mr. Have
Silverman will give . vlulln sola All men
are Invited tu attend thee*, ssrvlces. Build
ing Upeu from 2 to 8 p. ta.
Hep-
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL - Rev.
Prank E. Jenkins. It. lb, will speak at 11 I
f.ui., nn "What the churches uf Atlanta I
May Get from ihe Torrey Meeting. " At
7:4* p.m. he will gpeak os "Ck.rdog Got — ..... — - -
Sloe/’ Tbo Pledmoot Quartet will sing at 1 reived and the right band of fellowship
both services. given before ths sermon. Sunday school
vice, st mmmm
|B Three Reverences.” Tbl. will bo
At oervteo conducted by Dv. Sonbon
IMMANUEL CONGREGATIONAL—Blow,
art svnns. Rev. Starr C. Williams, pas
tor. Preaching at H a.m. and p.m.
Sunday sc hoi st 8*8 s.m.
MARIETTA STREET CONGREGATION
T. William :
11 s.m. and t p.m. Sunday school 3 p.m.
Prajror meeting Tuesday. I p.m.
CHURCH OC CHRIST—West End ave
nue, corner Wellborn street. Rible study
st 18 s.m. Presetting st 11 s.m. and 7 «
Mb V PK'fesor J. A Herding, ot Bowl.
Ing Green. Ky . presides! nf Potter Col
let*. If the Lord wills, these .. ties ot
tings will close at the night
UNIVERSALIST CHU ECU-Corner of
Peachtree an l llarrl.. Iter. Everett Dean
EUenwaod. pastor. Preaching ot II g. m.
by tbo pesfor. Subject, "Revelation sad
ut 8:45 a. m.
RAILROAD Y. U. C. A.-E.
Jr., of the Constitution stair.
Itgloua sews, will spook or
Yom t Men's Christian A»~
4H8 East Alabama stmt, su
at tb.
at 1:10 o'clock. These me
by training i
Can character rmlnentl.l
this body of atrobjc uir*ii
nr* will
IJ9 at 122 l'en.
Agatunt IDs umr*