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■ THE ATLANTA OEOROFAX. patt'rpat. .Tryr *v iw. fHE SONG NO MAN COULD LEARN A ■ill'*' NO no man could team that song hut the one hundred and forty and* four thousand who were H 'l~ from the earth—Revelation The two greatest exiles of history nrr Napoleon Bonaparte and John, t lie beloved disciple, known aa John the divine. • Their situations aa exiles bear In nn respect a marked resemblance. Hoth of them were expatriated, sent :i a ay by the powers that were to lone ly Islands In the era, one to. At.. Helena In the South Atlantic, and the other I I Patmoe In the Aegean. Both of 111• ■ ■ • i suffered keenly, .both felt the hardship* Imposed ppon them. But at • hi ir'characters ana their conduct In .'Vile the resemblance ende. They may be tmpreaslvfly composed aa singular < ntrasta of character under suffering and cruel treatment. Lord Roaeberry, In his Interesting book, "Tha Last Phase," bn- altted out tbe man of conflicting statements about Napoleon’s career on St. Helena and gives ua the true hls- tory of tbe. monthe the French era- peror spent at Longwood aa an Eng lish prisoner. Hie life on the Island was thoroughly HI furniture, books and horses. I feu faithful friends wars allowed to lie with him, constantly. But nothing availed 10 lift his spirits from the depths of misfortune Into which Ills fortunes had plunged him. He be wailed Ids fate. "Oh, I should have died ut Waterloo,” ha cried more than once. Nothing comforted, nothing cheered him. Wrapped In the rags ana toilers Of n selfish ambition, tortured bv hitter memories, he Anally died In the midst of a violent thunder storm and the flashing artillery Of heaven his soul unshrined Into the Judgment. hn was also banished from hla na- htnd.to a lonaly Island. But what a contrast. The place of hla exile was even a lonelier solitude than Ht. Helena. It was a barren and' sterile spot With few Inhabitants, a spot so desolate that even today It has only a'scanty popu lation of sponge fishers, Ills experi ence there we may be sure was of the character, da. no books, no coi VHHMHHMMH wind. ■ Tradition still points out the miser able-grotto, or cave/ close by.tha sea. In which he lived, and tells ua that ha subsisted apon the shell ' flab and the roots he qould dig With his hands.. It was a lonely,- melancholy' existence,‘ and one which would have killed the heart In most men. But though nil the materials of com fort and contentment were absent In the most abject sense, we know that John made his exile there a throne of revelation and glory. He found Christ there; he found heaven there, and there he saw the walls, the streets, the gates, Jasper, sapphire and pearl, of the Holy City, flashing And flaming like a bride adorned for her husband, beneath the throne of Ood: and there he had a vision Into the distant ages and saw the Issue of the eternal strife between good and evil. Songs In tha Night, But the most beautiful and uplifting experience of hla exile was whan he lay In the cave and above the murmur of the sea on tha beach and the rhythmic rise and fall of tha waves on the caverned rocks, and above the cries of tha swarming seabirds and tha humming of the great winds over tha beaten heights, he heard tha music _ land far off, the thrumming of countless harpers harping with thelf harps, and tha choirs of heaven In full and rapturous song. Down through the tumult of wind and wavs, down through tha alienee and lonellneaa of hla life, fell the music of another world, aoundlng forth, aa It were, a new song which no man could learn, a heavenly music that peopled the air with angels and drove every cloud out of bis shy. other men have heard 'that music, other lives have been sweetened by the unlygmable, unslngable, untranslat able Kong. It cams fq them aa It cauls to .John when they needed It sorely. In-lonely and bare mopis of . poverty. In‘thick.prison sikt jlungfon ..wall*, In the presence of the executioner's ax, face-to ftu»~wltb the martyr's fate men have -heard It- Some have heard It amidst, the compopptace' and the unr1IMIngulshab|e sufferings of lire, sometimes when weary M .brain and body and greatly discouraged Its si rang*- peace has fallen on them and a great sense of deliverance. Cather ine Booth, used, to .hear it. arben_aha was going through East London help ing the -poor; -David Livingstone qe. rl used to hear It In Africa where he was standing-single handed therefor civilisation and hops for the degraded natlvea. They have heard It who have dared to stand bravely by their consciences when friends deserted them. Some how Ood has known how to compen sate all sufferings and losses for Right's sake, with a joy not of earth, a peace out of heaven, sweeter than the applause out of earth. Men hear that music today. They cannot ex plain why they are so calm and un troubled within, but they know they are. Heaven has not shut Its windows on human Ilfs. Still out at them passes the song no man can learn—tha music the brave heart hungers to hear. Tha Lost Chord. The singular atatament of the text Is that "no man could learn that song but the 114,000 who were redeemed from the earth.” Then there Is a certain select and jrivlleged company who can learn It and alng It. Who are they? "Theas are they," John tells us, “who follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth, who By REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE, PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH DEV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE. hare not defiled themselves, who are re deemed from earthllness and who have come up through great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white In the blood of the lamb.” May we not then learn from this text that there must be spiritual ac cord between the singer and the song —the worker and the work? I suppose we have all found In our experience that there are songe we can not alng—some kinds of Christian work we can not perform. Borne songs are beyond us, and we evade them. I am not referring now to those songs that are associated with sorrowful memories, that restlr our old griefs, but to the eotigs for which we have no taste. We find It easy to acquire the I street songs, tbe popular concert alra, i-ut there ts a music that has ceased 1 to appeal to ua and we can not alng It .with any pleasure or Joy. There Is a hymn we used to sing as children, "Jesus Loves Me, This Know.” Can you sing that now? There Is a hymn which Is Ilka the sobbing aspiration of a broken heart, "Nearer, My Ood to Thee." Can you sing that? Thersns a song that voices the deepest gratitude and consecration, "LovA So Amazing, So Divine, De manda My; Heart, My Life, My All.' Can you sing that? Then It • hymi that calls us to courage and conflict for righteousness. “Sure I must Fight If I Would Reign." Can' you alng that song? There la a song which. In a spir it of self-abandonment, prays: "Taka My Sliver and My Sold, Not a Mlta Would I Withhold." Can you- alng that? There la a sweet hymn which thank*'God for all the chastening of life and proclaims tha heart’s trust In Inscrutable providence. Can you sing It7 Oh. when these songs are sung we bow our heads. We can not sing the old songs. They Irritate or sadden us. We realize with a pang that their music Is not In us and that their atanxas are meaningless dog gerel to ue. If we were to try to alng them we could not. When the moment came our honesty would shut our Ups. We have no sympathy with them, do not feel their sentiments, are not con scious of their aspiration, and what la sometimes to much sadder, wa do not care If we do not. ■Why,Is this? It le because there ta no spiritual accord between us and the song. - It Is because the taste la vitiated and •ailed by the Jingles »f time. It ecause our hearta are ao full of the earthly tumult that they can not catch and resound the eweet echoes of heov- It la the iienalty we pay for worldll- nr-H. the price we pay for selfish en joyments-and mocesa. It Is the rout sometimes even of culture and social refining, for there !h as we know- well, a kind of refinement moulded about the once true heart by artificial and su[«crflciat culture that mAkes lmpos- i ■ the enjoyment of a simple, natu ral, beautiful faith. It Is a fearful price to pay. But we pay It and th- the dear old songs are gone. The old heart comforts apy departed. But when the singer and the song are In conscious necord. when expert ence and conscious need sincerely min gle In the song, then there Is music Indeed. "Rock of ages, cleft fro me" Thoughtlessly the maiden sung Fell the words unconsciously * From her girlish, gleeful tongue; Bang as little children sing Bang ad* sing the birds In June. Fell the worda like light leaves down On the current- of the tune. "Rock of ages cleft for me Let me hide myself In thee." 'Twas a woman aang them now. Pleadingly and prayerfully. Every word her heart did know Rose the tong am storm-tossed bird Beale with weary wing the air Every note with sorrow stirred Every syllable a prayer.” The 8ecret of Geod Work. And so It la of Christian duty and service. The worker must be In spirit ual accord with the work. A passion for souls alone fits one for soul win ning. A sincere desire to see China and-iAfrica saved to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ makes the burden of foreign missions easy to bear. We can do nothing well unless there la to begin with a real sympathy with the things that are to be done. The In ner man Is the most important man to get on your side w hen you are meas uring the man whom you are to de pend on. "If thy heart Is as my heart, then give me thy hand,” the old proph et rrled to John. Mercenaries are never trustworthy soldiers. “My Bon, give me thy heart"—; the hand will follow- the heart as the arrow the bow-. The mighty common sense of redemp tion Is that the heart Is the place to he gnt right f,,r there t onduet Is com pounded. Therefore, the tk.sj.el and the church fight sin ns the arch foe. Bln spoils her work, spalls her service, spoils her battle line. Sin seeks the heart, to muddy and hesllme Sts < ur- rents. There Is then no henlth In the hand The great enemy of good work are the spiritual faults of character. Bln reacts upon the work and tar nishes our labor. The Interior Ilf- must be adjusted to a high ideal if we are to do high deeds. There Is a direct relation between bad results and a bad disposition. Oh. how a toi turlng conscien, e unllts for the doing of our beat. When about 30 years old Byron wrote: "I am not what I once was, and my visions flit less palpably before ms." His days anti nights of license and debauchery' dimmed his genius nnd made his work uncertain and un worthy. John Hu skip Is always In sisting In his "Modern Painters" that no great artist ever violates the moral law without marring his artistry. Ex actly quoted, lie says: “It Is of course • that many of the strong masters deep faults of character, hut their faults always show as faults in their work." The greatest message that can he brought to us, to you, to me. Is this: "(let right, get right, get right In the heart, In the desires of the hearL" For there must be spiritual acrord be- tw-een the singer and tbe song, the worker and the work." By OR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE. The duty of forgiveness. Matt. ll:21-It] Golden.text:. Forgive ua our debts as w o forgive our debtors—Matt. 0:11, The object of the-writer of the Bun- day school lesson for The Georgian, at fli.il. was to write such articles as w ould be Interesting to the thousands of readers of The Georgian, and not ut- spoihil blips to Sunday school teachers; hence the articles have been more popular than expository. But he learns Hint a gmvt many teachers are u-iuK them as helps In the preparation of the lesson. A good many com plaints have come from thoae living out of the city that,'they do not get the paper till the Monday following the leaaon. and for their accommodation the h-ssons are prepared a week ahead. The lesson for next Hunday wan pub lished In- last Saturday’s paper, and this leaaon Is for July 1. Christ had been telling his dlsct ples how to settle difficulties when one bn.iht-r.had.offended another. First go to th- party giving the offense alone, nnd If he will not listen to you, take one or two more with you and go the second time, and then If he will not ylelil take It to the churrh for settle- loimt. If this plan had been always fallowed, how many bitter contentions would nover have taken place. Holer Interrupts the discourse by usklng bow many tlmee the oftendliv brother should be forgiven; If It should be seven times; and file Lord said, not only seven, but, If necessary, sev enty limes seven. In other words, there should be no limit as to the number of times. The number that Peter apec- Itteil waa more than the Jewish mu- ters 'required. It Is the number In the divine ldw with which the Idea of re- ml-.-Ion was ever linked. ‘ Object of the Parable. The object of the parable was to teach that In the matter of forgiveness . we should not ask anything more from I God than we are willing to grant to {others. He Illustrates this with the parable of the unmerciful servant. Tho {central truth Is contained In the gold- i en text. The parable Is so plain and | simple that It needs no explanation. IThe picture Is drawn from an Oriental ■court. The provincial governor!, farm ers of taxes, and other officials, are leummoned before the king to give an /account of their administration. The {first man owed about 110,000,000 and I no assets, lie was hopelessly Insolv- lent. There was no bankrupt law that Ihe could take the benefit of. Bo hla El icd commanded that hla wife and chll- {dr-ii ai)d all that he had ahould be k-*i. In Ryrla nnw the creditor can i sell the debtor’s houses and lands, while | the men, hla wife and children work I for hire as his slaves. Then the ser- 1 vant fell down and worshiped him, and Hiked for time, and the lord, moved with compassion, forgave the debt; Then this same man whose debt bad boon forgiven went out and found one of bis servants who owed hltn an bun ded pence, about three months* wages. . Ho used violent measures, seising him , by tho throat, os If he would make ■ ) tin "couth It up," to use a classical 1 oxprasatan of the present day. * The {debtor pleaded.with him. using the -aame words.that he had used, but In stead of being- moved with compassion, ; he east him Into prison. His fellow servants reported the matter to the king, who called the unmerciful servant k. fore him, and after reminding him of wbat he had done for him, and that he should have been as compassionate with hie creditor, gave him over to the tormentors—those persons who among the ancient Romans sought by legal tortures.to And out whether the debtor had concealed anything. Then the Bavlor makes the applies tlon by saying: "Bo shall my Heaven ly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother." Theologians, Roman and Protestant, have deduced doctrines from some of the expletives of this parable that Christ never In tended to teach, lnsteud of looking at It aa a whole, they hove taken It to pieces, giving undue emphasis to minor things, which were necessary to com plete the story. They have spoiled the web In trying to- analyxa tbe warp and woof. This parable was spoken near the cloae of Ills ministry. But It was no new doctrine He preached. lie hail said before, "If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive you your-trespasses," The King and ths Prisst. The story Is told that tn ancient times a,certain king had decided to make war upon a neighboring king because of some offense, and was persuaded by a priest tn, go to his private chapel am ask God's blessing upon his undertak ing. The priest direct'd the king to repeat the petitions after him. He commenced with the laird’s prayer. The king followed him till he came t > the petition, "forgive ua our debts aa we. forgive our debtors." The king wae si lent. The priest repeated It. There was no response. A third time the priest repeated It, And then asked the silent king why he did not follow him, and the king replied: "I cannot say that." Children are taught to lisp this prayer at their mother's knee. It li ncorporated In all the creeds of Chris tlamlom, hut how many,-If theywere sincere and honest, would say with the king, ”1 cannot say that?" How few of us would want Ood to extend Ihe same mercy to us that we are willing to extend to others? If God would take us at oar word, how few of us would be fully and freely forgiven? It la ths only petition In the prayer that calls us Into personal relation with our fellow-men, and It Is the hardest to Consistently utt*r. The little word as Is the one to be emphasised. "Forgive us our debts AB we forgive our debt ors." We must be forgiving. If we wan! forgiveness. Ths Dying Woman. from-her. husband, but they had .rot lived together for years, and were not iking terms. Mutual friends _ desired that, a-reconciliation be effected, and thought that It would be especially desirable on her part, before she appeared In tbe presence of Him who said, "If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive yoWyour trespasses.” Some who were present when they stood at tho marriage altar and pledged their love for life were anxious to gather In the death chamber,’ and plac ing her waited hand In his, hear from the lips pf each tho words, "forgive, forgiven.” But all our pleadings were in vain, and she died unforglven and unforgiving. The Scotchman and His Pastor, An elder In one of the churches In Scotland fell nut with his pastor. It sometimes happens In this country. He absented himself' from church. They were not on speaking terms. At last DENTAL COLLEGE OPEN ALL SUMMER impressions taken and Work delivered Same oat. This Isa PsatsIBibosI where Dsetlitt sEnsis sfrxpsrl- secs corns to Irani the latest thlagv ta Crown tnd Bridge Week and Desuii Operation, ho ■ tod mil sflowod to oator. I'etleate patronizing as win got tho odrentage o< experience aad skill at east, whisk they ooall aot get else- ' where. On Air or Local Injection administered for the PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH This la a rrruler chartered Deals] College, fanning II moo ths is the rear, end Always Oran. ReeietaWr the place ATLANTA POST GRADUATE DENTAL SCHOOL OR. w. 0. CONWAY, Mascara. 2nd Floor Slttatr-fmery BtiWinj,Peachtree Street, -r^SSr,. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. the eldar lay dying, and aent for hla paator to come and aaa him. The pas- tor’a heart leaped for Joy. He hastened to his-home, entered his chamber, and approaching his bed, nnd extending his hand, he said: ’’Brother, I understand you sent for me.” And then the dying man responded as best he could with falling breath, "Yes,—I- sent—for—you—to—say—that—In —all probability — this—will—be—the—last opportunity—-you—will—have—to — a«k tny—forgiveness." ■ The ruling passion was strong In death. They were both Presbyterians, uml both believed In the perseverance of the saints, and unfortunately In the perseverance of the elnners. Both were willing to be forgiven, but neither wished to bo the lint to ask forgive ness. Another Scotchman, as he lay on hla deathbed, said to one with whom he had beconte reconciled? "No, Jamie, If I die this stands, but If I get well, all this goes for nothing.” Everybody But Bob, A little boy had been taught to ask God to forgive him, and to forgive ev erybody. . One night, when saying his prayer, he said: "God, forgive me. Forgtye everybody—everybody but Bobr He killed my cat today.” Borne one- bos said: "To err Is hu man; to forgive Is divine." If we ran sincerely nsk God to for give others,'even our enemies, thoae who have wronged us, without > any conditions, or reparations, then we have the spirit of the Master, and for Ills sake, God will forgive us. John Wssley and Qsntral Oglethorpe Once came over from Europe on the same vessel. One day Wesley heard the general making a great noise In the cabin, and stepped In to ascertain the cause. After stating the trouble he had with his servant, the general said: "But I’ll be revenged on him. The rascal should have taken care how he used me so, for 1 never forgive.” "Then, sir,” said Mr. Wesley, calm ly looking at him, ”1 hope you never sin.” The reproof was sufficient. The threatened penalty waa not Inflicted. Aa all need to be forgiven, ao all need to forgive. There Is n feeling that some wrongs must not be forgiven. The author of Erce Homo says: "Wa ahould deaplse and almost detest Othello If he forgave logo." Dr. Dale speaks of some people who "have giv en a new turn to an old text.” In their own private R. V. of the New Testa ment they read: "Whosoever speaketh n word or commltteth a wrong against God, It shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh a word or doeth a wrong against me. It shall not be for given him.” For the sake of our own peace and happiness wo can not afford to cher ish an unforgiving spirit. It la Ilka a cinder In the eye, or a thorn In the flesh—a constant source of Irritation. Examples of Forgiveness. Some beautiful ones are found I the Bible. No one, and without any cause, waa ever more greatly wronged then waa Joaeph by hla brethren. No more pathetic scene wu ever painted than that in the royal palace, when, to conceal hla emotions, ho had to retire from the room In Which they were assembled, ‘and give vant to hla feellnga In tears, fully and freely for- them the wrong they had done ATLANTA CHURCH NEWS giving him. The children of Israel murmured ngnlnrt Mnaes, at times were ready to stone him. and yel,' when Judgment was threatened against them, he waa ready to sacrifice himself. If thereby they might be spared. Baul had hurled hla Javelin at Da vid’s head, had driven him from the royal la lace, hunted him like a fugi tive, sought to take hla life, and when Saul's life was In bla band, he com manded that the swerd he not drawn, and his life waa spnreil. Tho dying prayer of the proto-mar- lyr Stephen was that hla daath be not laid to tho charge of thoae who atoned him. The only perfect example of forgive ness we have In' Christ himself. No one ever came to Him seeking forgive ness. but received It. He forgave his disciples for their want of spirituality, their little faith, their drsertlon cf Him In the hour of His trial. It was ills look of forgive ness that drove Peter out to weep bit ter tears of penitence. Hla last prayer on the cross woa that those who had crucified Illm might be forgiven. What a happy condition to live reconciled with men and God. There are some who say, "there te no one on earth with whom I would not freely reconcile, were I to And In him a corresponding disposition.” And yet, by not accepting God's for giveness. will not be reconciled with Him. Our willingness to forgive others la one of the beat evidences that God baa foTgtven ua, and that wa havs tha spirit of tbe Master. "For 'tla sweet to stammer one letter Of the Eternal's language; on earth It Is called forgiveness.” —Longfellow. Central Congregational. Rev. D. J. Allison, D.D., of New York, baa been Invited to supply the pulpit of this church for six mor ' beginning October. 1, while the pastoj- vlatts the Congregational' churches In ths Southern, states in the Interest of the denomination, doing evangelistic work. Dr. Jenkins will also probablyl visit the churches In the East. Rid Allison la a very able preacher. Rev. Joseph Coffin, a student In the Theo logical seminary, has been engaged as the pastor's assistant during the summer months, and Is looking after the horns department, recently estab lished. Cottage meetings are now be* Ing held during the week. This church waa greatly beneflted by the Torrey meetings. West End BaptlW The West End Baptist church has recently expended 11,800 In additional Sunday school rooms, which has great ly Increased the Interest in this depart ment. One hundred and forty pupils are enrolled In the primary class. T[ churches made a record last year In benevolent contributions, und Is now supporting two foreign and one home missionary. The' churrh had a great uplift by the state Baptist Young People's Union, held In It last week. It waa the largest and beat convention ever held In the state. Rev. J. S. Mo- Lemore waa elected flelil secretary of this society, and will devote all his Just Received A Complete Line of —ANSCO CAMERAS— All the latent Improvement*.. Full line of amateur supplies. Best ama teur finishing in ths city. SAMUEL G. WALKER, 85 Peachtree St. A scleallllc treatment fat Whiskey, Opium, Mon phi ue, Cetal ae, Chloral, Tobacco aad Heurasthat ala ar Ntree Eabaastloa. The Only Keeley Insli- lule in Georgia. 235 Capitol Ate., ATLANTA, GA. Polished Plate Glow for stores. Polished Plate Glass for residences. Polished Plate Qlaas for .show cases. Largest stock of Plate' Glass hi the South. F. J. COOLEDGE & BRO., 12 N. Forsyth SL $500.00. Tho above reward will be paid for such evidence cs will lead to arrest and conviction of tbe party or parties who maliciously* cut a number of wires on cable pole at corner of Teachtreo and Seventh streets, during Wednesday night, April 19, or Thuraday morning, April 20. A like reward will be paid for •ueb evidence as will lead to tbe arrest and conviction of any per son or persons maliciously inter fering with or destroying the property of this company, at any point. Southern Bel! Telephone and Telegraph Company, I. EPPS BROWN, General Manager. time to tha work. Dr. J. E. Purser, tha paator, will not taka hla vaca tion until August. We.t End Christian. Rev. B. P. Smith, Paator.—On the flrat of August this church will pay off the lost Installment of Indebtedness on the church. Dr. Smith has recently conducted 14 revival meeting at Mon roe, where much Interest waa mani fested. His wife anil daughter went to Vlrglna the first of the week, where they will spend tHfe summer. He will go to them about the first of August. West End Presbyterian. Dr. L. R. Walker, Pastor.—This church was much beneflted by the Torrey meetings, quite a number being added to the membership. The con gregation is talking of extending their plant to accommodate the Increased attendance In churdh and Sunday school. The pastor expects, to take his vacation In August. It Is not decided yet where he will go. Cumberland Presbyterian. Dr. Mack does not expect to take any vacation this summer, except his out ing with the Young Men's Christian Association' boys at Demorest some time In August. Dr, Hood Gono North. Dr. E. Lyman Hood, president of the Congregational Theological seminary, has gone north, where he will spend the summer In the Interest of the seminary. Central Prezbyttrian. Rev. T. H. Rice, D.D., Paator.—The Interest In this rhurch has been great ly Increased by the erection of the ad ditional 'building to accommodate the Hunday school. A new pipe organ has been purchased for the church, and will soon be Installed. Dr. Rice will leave on hit vacation July 10, and will probably take a trip abroad. In his absence, the pulpit Will be supplied by Dr. Htrlckler, a former pastor. This church was much beneflted by the Torrey meetings. St. Luke Episcopal. Dr. C. B. Wllmer, Rector.—The new church building on Peachtree Is pro gressing rapidly. Next month the old church will be abandoned, and services will be held at the new. Dr. Wllmer has no plans yet for vacation. North Avanuo Praabytarian. Dr. R. O. Flinn, Paator.—This churrh Is In a very flourishing condition, having been greatly quickened by the Torrey meetings. Thsre have been constant addition^ at all the services. The attendance at the evening serv ices, and the Interest, has been great ly Increased. The Men’s League Is actively engaged in looking after those who have become Interested. A gen eral advance has been made along the whole line. The church Is more pros perous than at any time In Its history. First Methodist Episcopal. Dr. C. E. Dowman, Paator.—This church was spiritually quickened by the Torrey-Alexander meetings, twen- ty-flve having been added, 'with more to follow. The church has started o mission at the Atlanta cotton mills, where the laymen conduct services Friday and 8unday nights. Next Sun day night. Professor Matsumoto, a graduate of Vanderbilt and Harvard, a delegate to the last general con ference, of Kobe, Japan, will deliver an address In regard to hla mission work. The evening services at this church during the summer will be largely mu sical, with a ten-minute sermon. First Prssbytsrian. Dr. C. P. Bridewell, Paator.—Tha pastor has organised a baseball club among the boys, of which he Is man ager. Last Friday they played a game with the Maddox-Rucker boys, defeat ing them. There are fourteen mem bers tn the club. The doctor's little girl, who has been 111 for weeks, slowly Improving. Pryor Street Presbyterian. Rev. H. C. Hammond, Paator.—On Friday evening, this church celebrated Its fourth anniversary. The paator delivered a very Interesting and hope ful address on the retrospect and the prospect of tbe church, otter which a very delightful reception was held. Quite a number have been re cently added to the church. The church has a Covenanter Company for boys, and a Junior Mission for the girls, with a good membership In each. Tbe Sunday school Is In a very pros perous condition, and boa an average attendance of over 200. The pastor expects to take m vocation about th* middle of August Clark Russell, who may almost be credited with having created the sea novel, has about decided to stop writ ing. For years he has been an 1m slid, suffering severely from rheumatic at- i fllctlonx. A Good Thing Push It Along. ATLANTA TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, • P. 0. Box 266. 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