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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
OBSERVATIONS OF CHURCH LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY
By REV. JAMES W. LEE,
PASTOR TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
During the early spring I wai in
vited to take pastoral charge of three
churches In Brooklyn for the month qf
August. The Simpson Methodist
Church,* the Bethany Dutch Reformed
and the Centra! Baptist united their
congregations for the months of July
and August. The pastors of these sev
eral bodies were given each two
months' vacation. Meanwhile out of
town preachers were asked to expound
the truth' during the heated term.
This has given me a glimpse Into the
wav things are done In the churches
here.
* The unity of sentiment among dif
ferent denominations of Christians is
deep and apparent on all sides. Think
of Methodists, Dutch Reformed and
Baptists worshipping together as if
hey were members of the same or
ganization. This would not have been
possible twenty-live years ago. Evi
dently a great revolution has taken
place In the doctrinal and ecclesiasti
cal conceptions of Christians, bearing
different names. There are doubtless
two causes, the one external and the
other internal, to which this warmer
nnd higher »tate of reiigloua life la
traceable. The outside cause we may
llnd in the tremendous competition ofi
the world, the flesh and all organized :
forms of secular pleasure constantly
furnished against all spiritual life. It
Is apparent to all the denominations
that they are engaged In a common
u-arfare against the elements which
threaten destruction to all the princi
ples of active religion. They are be
ing drawn together by the very coer
cion of Ind I (Terence and badness.* The
pressure of outside forces in ten thous
and bewitching forms Is well nigh over
whelming. The great daily papers, Il
lustrating every phase of human activ
ity over the entire planet, the street
cars running out every whither to the
ocean, or Into the heart of the coun
try. Coney Island and Brighton Beach,
and all the parks with their bands of
music together offer a bewildering
multitude of attractions, thht the or
dinary hard-worked mortal, with the
thermometer ranging from 90 to 100
degrees In the shade, finds It hard to
resist. Against nil this, and besides,
the general Inertia of poor human na
ture, the summer preacher In a New
York pulpit has to pull. No one .can
understand how amazingly difficult
the task Is, who has not tried it. The
sense of this powerful human current,
running in mountain-high waves
against the quietude and solitude of all
ecclesiastical enclosures, has driven
the churches Into the hot weather
bunches, tied together by a common
bond of hope and fear, and has had
much to do with unity of congrega
tions In the great cities of the present
day. - It • Is seen to be far better for
Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians,
etc., to get together In a few fortresses
during the frazzling, disintegrating
heat of the. summer's sun, than to stay
apart In small decimated reglfiients, to
bo pulled Into fragments entire by the
common enemy of devotion. The In
side cause of the larger and sweeter
sort of harmony now prevailing among
the different battalions of the Lord's
army is found In the fact that Chris
tians understand one another better
than they used to. All of them are
leaving conceit and bigotry and parti
sanship behind. All are coming to see
the essentials, and to emphasize them.
All are coming, as never before, to
recognize Jeaus Christ as their com
mon head, and themselves as members
of His body, and thus members one of
another. If the Ideas now dominant,
mbre or less, throughout the member
ship of all Christian bodies continue to
work It Is only u question of a short
time when all Methodists, North and
South, will be In one ecclesiastical or
ganization. all Baptists in one, all Pres
byterians In one, and a general coming
nearer and nearer together of all the
others. The time may come when, If
Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians and
Congregatlonallata do not get together
into one ecclesiastical body, they will
so 'federate their forces as that we
will no longer see the waste we now
DR. J. W. LEE.
nations worshipping the loving Father
of us all in as many different church
houses In a town of 1,G00 or 2,000 In
habitants. The strongest church
In such a town should be given the
field. The others should retire and
spend their zeal in reclaiming waste
places elsewhere. More and more we
arc coming to see that the doctrines
of Christianity are as fixed and eternal
as tho doctrtens of astronomy of chem
istry. Think of two astronomical ob
servatories Jn a little town of two thou
sand people. There Is but one science
of religion. Christianity Is the relig
ion of science. Just as Sir Norman
Lockyer's doctrine of the heavens Is
tho astronomy of science. All this will
be seen some day, and then there will
be as much unity of thought among
all Christians as there Is now* among
all students of the stars.
2. I have been called to officiate at
several funerals, and all have been at
night. Upon Inquiry as to the mean
ing of this, 1 was Informed that It
gave the men the opportunity to at
tend who were too busy to leaVe their
work In the day time. The preacher la
not asked to go to the cemetery, and
It Is the custom to give a fee an In
the case of weddings.
8. The preachers are given two
months' vacation, instead of one. As
the work Is more exacting and taxing
than In a less populous community, 1
could see the reason for a longer pe
riod of rest. In the case of some of
the pastors of great churches here a
vacation of three months-Is given. In
the absence of the pastor the assistant,
or some out-of-town man. occupies the
pulpit.
4. It Is the custom now almost every
where to take a collection at the morn
ing and evening services, but this Is
the first place I ever saw the habit
observed of taking a collection at the
prayer meeting. It seemed to me that
the attendants did not feel that they
had completd a divine service until
they had mude a contribution.
4 was particularly Impressive, too, to
witness that every single person, from
the youngest to the oldest, paid his re
spects to the plates as they were pass
ed by the officers. The only exception
I have observed of this universal cus
tom of giving w'as during last Friday
evening at a poryer meeting I conduct
ed at Bejthany Dutch Reformed church.
When the collectors passed the plates
nt the conclusion of the service, I no
ticed one middle-aged -woman who did
not seem to see the money receiver
when it was placed under her chin by
an ofTicer of the church. But then I
remembered that she tvas one of those
who responded with a very long, tedious
talk when the meeting vy®* thrown
open for remarks. She doubtleis felt
that as she had contributed several
Ideas to the meeting It was hardly to
be expected that she would chip dimes
In, too. A pull on her Intellect seemed
to relieve her from all sense of obliga
tion to make any draft upon her jx»ck-
et book. I am practically sure, how
ever, from the look I witnessed on the
faces of those present, that the sister
would Wave edified people far inure bv
giving up a few dimes, than by mak
ing such a lavish distribution of her
Ideas. If anybody was helped by her
talk It was herself, and not her audit
ors. Upon coming away I asked an old
Methodist brother whether the woman
who talked so long was Dutch Reform
ed, Baptist or Methodist? With some
little hesitation he replied: "I am sor
ry to say she is a Methodist anil never
misses an opportunity to relieve her
own mind of a burden of thought
which all who hear her find exceed
ingly heavy to carry. Our pastor," he
said, "sometimes begins a song nearly
as soon os she starts."
"This does not wound her feelings in
the slightest," he continued, "for she be
lieves that her words have so moved
tho heart of the pastor that he can
only find a safety valve by hymning
one of the songs of Zion. This drowns
out further words from the sister, but
she feels amply compensated In recog
nizing that the few she did utter called
forth a song from the preacher."
It was clear to me. therefore, that
one Is liable to meet nlmost anywhere,
those who are afflicted with that worn
of nil religious diseases, pious conceit.
IHHHIMIMUtl
THE CHEERING CROSS
"Who (or the Joy that was aet be
fore Him, jendured the Croat, despis
ing the shame.”
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By REV. JOHN E. WHITE,
PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
I T wat the trick of the Cockney ac
cent on the" tongue of the con
ductor, of the London omnibus
Just a year ago In front of my hotel
In London that rang and rang again
In my ear*.
"Charing Croat! Charing Crott! All
off for the Charing Croat!” For many
days these men were preaching to me.
I caught up their uncontclout and un
meant message and have kept It hid In
my heart ever since.
The Cheering Croat! All oft fop the
Cheering Crott of Christ. The cross
of Christ Is the one spot In all the
continents of thought where the world
may dry Its tears, and where Chris
tianity may fly Its standard with a
shout of Joy. It has not always been
true that Christians realised this.
Therefore, I want to bring Into glad
statement the fact that should never
be forgotten. ' •
Jesus Christ redeemed the cross from
its shame; he rescued It from Its Ig
nominy. Down the ages came the mon
strous cross covered with shame. The
people or the nation that would own
It as their Invention have never been
found. Christ stripped off Its shame
and transformed the cross from the
diabolical symbolism of hate and fe
rocious cruelty Into the symbol of love
and humanity.
“He endured the cross, despising Us
shame." These Is nothing dismal about
the cross of Christ. Let us b« careful
about saying that Christ suffered
shame. The shame of the cross could
4fh# touch Him, und It did not. He
rose superior to shame. He despised
Jt, thrust It under His foot, and bore
anray the cross transformed and glori
fied.
In the picture galleries of Europe
mediaeval -theology has painted, cru-
i Iflxlons In which the characteristic
features are agonies and horrors of
pain. I looked In vain for the Cheering
cross, the cross thnt represented the
joy of Jesus—"the Joy that was set be--
fore Him." But In the gallery of the
New Testament I found It supreme.
In the gallery of human experience the
cheering cross stands ais<5 triumphant
ly forth. Every agony of Calvary Is
.refrected by passing through the lens
of the Divine Loving.
The cross of Christ Is like the sun
which rose this morning—-yonder In
the heated realms of space a sultry
world of matter Immensity, swinging at
the center of the universe; but here
sunbeams and golden rivers of light,
gently wakening us In the morning and
bathing the flowers In baths of golden
warmth.
Tha Inspiration of tho Cross.
The cross of Christ cheers the noble
and the unselfish nature Ih men. What
ever we may say abouf the natural
meanness of mankind we are compelled
to acknowledge oftentimes where we
would least expect it, that human na
ture Is capable of divine Impulses and
beautiful heroisms. In every form of
the human there Is an available sym
pathy, a hint of the highest, a quality
that echoes to the call of the Infinite
self-forgetfulness of Christ. Ood has
that much left In us; we are not en
tirely mean. And I believe the cross
of Christ is Cod's magnet to draw from
depravity this nobler and better nature
to express Itself In the fashion of
Christ In thought and deeds of self-
cruclflxion. *
The cross Is the world's supreme
moral Influence. I do not mean to
say that the moral Influence of the
crucified Christ creates In men this no
ble nature. I do not sgy that there
were no heroes- before Cftrfst came;
man mads In the Image of Ood has
never lost All his dlvlnenqss. But what
I am saying Is that the nobility of man
has suffered a terrible eclipse. It !•
hidden beneath an awful wreckage. It
Is Imprisoned in a mass of ruins, and
the cross of Christ searches out and
cheers to action the dormant nobility
of our nature. Deep down In all hu
man souls, not always formulated Into
a creed or a philosophy of life, but .dis
believed by no man, Is the sense that
self-sacrifice Is the noblest and the
highest thing In the world.
I do not believe there lives a man
who Is not In some degree thrilled by
that sense. And I believe that In the
multitude, the unherolc mass, the cross
of Christ has Its power. There Is a'
Christianity which escapes the census.
It Is not a perfect Christianity. It
leaves much to be desired and much
to be feared, yet I thank Ood for It.
Ho does not despise It If we sometimes
do. It Is the Christianity of the un
conformed multitude, outside the
church and outside the ranks of pro
fession, that deeply feels tha power of
the cross, condemning Its sin and its
selfishness and approving Its Imperfect
und pathetic efforts to be merciful and
g enerous and unselfish In bearing other
urdens and suffering other sufferings
than Its own.
The cross has gone Into many a life
and had power there, when the church
was not a power. "And I if I be lifted up
will draw all men unto ms.” I think'
the best men the world has known,
the martyrs and crucified saints, Sa
vonarola and Luthor and Bunyan.
would confess that It was the cross of
Christ that called Into action their
readiness to suffer for others, and that
la was the deep sense of a fellowship
with the crucified Christ that cheered
them to forget themselves, even their
families, and all human Interests in
pains and shames In devotion to duty.
This world has had and still has Its
leaser martyrs, who are also of the
fellowship of the cross. When a man
suffers for any cause nobly and un
selfishly, whatever his circumstance, he
makes n mimic that harmonises with
Calvary. We Instantly feel that he has
done a Chrlst-llke thing, and If we
knew the whole story we would know
that the same power that movad the
heart of the suffering Son had touched
the heart of the humble hero also.
The late John Hay wrote Interna
tional treaties and he wrote books that
live, hut he came nearer to the deepest
faith In us In the simple lay which
told the story of a. .Mississippi pilot
who, when his boat was on fire, would
not desert Ills post at the wheel, but—
REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE.
‘He wern't no saint, but at Judgment
I’d run my chance with Jim,
Longside of some of your pious folks.
As wouldn't shook hands with him.
He'd seen his duty, a dead sure thing,
And went for It thar and then:
And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard
On a man that died for men."
There Is a truth In that which goes
straight to the heart of man. We
touch bottom, we feel the eternal rock
under our feet there. And when I feel
my deepest nature quivering and thrill
ing with response to such human hero
ism as that, 'I do not need that the
theologian and the dogmatist should
explain this power of the cross of
Christ to me. Such moments do not
loste-the emotion subsides, hut while
the Illumination Is upon us we feel,
we realise what the high Impulse that
thrilled In Paul's heart was when he
cried: "Ood forbid that I should glory
save In the cross of Christ;" what his
soul felt when he cried: "That I may
know Him, being made conformable
unto Ills death.”
It was the cross cheering his noblest
nature, stimulating his highest self con
science. I heard the preacher of the
London City Temple commenting on
the death of John Hay. the day after
he died. He quoted what I have Just
roclted, and the great audience broke
Into cheers. The preacher mildly re
buked them. "I question." he said,
"whether you should rhear In the pres
ence of the Cross of Christ.” The
preacher- was wrong. The cheering
Cross kindles In man the highest en
thusiasm. Let man answer if he will
In cheers, 1st him echo the cheering
cross.
Wtary and Haavy Laden.
Th# cross cheers every man who
Is heavy laden and depressed.
Through his passion, through the
dark moment of Oethsamane when the
awful foreboding of purity in contact
with sin came over him and even when
on the cross the great loneliness closed
upon him, Jesus Christ still presses
forward.
If we should add one other word to
the “Love" that explains the patience
of the cross It would be the word
"Courage.” The croee was not a pan
ic, a rushing wildly Into agony to es
cape pain. It Is not the courage of the
Russian soldier In the hospital who tor
tured by the misery of hla wounds
whispered In pleading to hla comrade
to thrust the knife Into his aide and
And his heart and pierce It. not the
courage of the suicide, Christ was a
pilgrim to the end.
"Who for the Joy that was set before
him endured the cross." There was an
end, a goal of duty and desire before
Christ. What was It? What was the
Joy set before him? It does not con
tent me to believe that It was the es
cape of pain or the enthronement at
the right hand of Qod, which awaited
him—that Christ Is working a policy
of self aggrandisement.
His was not the courage of the time
server. I believe It was the Joy of
overcoming, the'Joy of being brave, of
suffering victoriously,, of obedience to
the behest of Divine duty, the Joy was
that Inward peaee which rewards the
unterrlfled and the resolved soul set
upon carrying through to tho end the
will of the Father, which will Is re
vealed to him as a kind of necessity
put upon him.
Now, that makes the cross or Christ
mean something to every men, and ea-
■■eclally to those who are heavy laden
and depressed by the stern necessities
of life.
There Is a Joy of the cross that
cheers all such. Have any of you ever
cotnplalped because your religion has
not given you good lurk, has not slaved
off disappointment and disaster? Have
you ever In your heart asked, "What
good does It do to serve God, to try to
do good and to be a Christian?" Let
me tell you what the nnswer of the
cross Is to that. God never meant to
secure you ftont trouble and sorrow.
Christianity was never proffered to
men as a good luck token. Religion
brings courage, that Is all. Patience,
victory tyUhln. That la the joy set
before the Christian.
"Hofd thou the cross before my
fainting eyes.” What do I see? I see
One who sang a brave song In the up
per room and went out Into the Mount
of Olives to tha buffeting of conspira
tors. I aae one who gathered himself
together, and, though drops of bloody
sweat stood upon hla temples, said:
"Thy will, not mine, be done.’
I see one who rame through the great
loneliness of soul as though His Fath
er had forsaken him, crying out aa he
passed Into unconsciousness, "It It fin
ished,” and mine are fainting eyes no
longer.
“Up with the burden, on with the Jour-
noy,
Forward with the battle. Onward with
the tiresome, cutting load and the
sorrow.
With the cross of Jeaus going on be
fore."
The Ground Plan of Rodomption.
Now, there Is one burden which the
cross lifts off. This Is Its greatest
cheer. It Is the burden of sin.
j The cross Is more than a moral In
fluence to Inspire nnd encourage men
to noble achievement. I wonder at
those who can bo antlafled with the
cross of Christ os merely an object
lesson In patience nnd sympathy.
It seems to mo the greatest Intel
lectual difficulty to reconcile reason to
the reduction of the cross to the level
of a natural und loglcnt heroism, sub
mitted to the admiration of mankind
for stage effect. That Is the most me
chanical theology Imaginable.
But the cross us a Gotl-llke mercy
proclaimed and sealed In blood, showing
forth His only bogotton Son to be n
propitiation laid on the world altar for
sin and revealing the enormity of sin
In contrast with perfect sinlessness,
the Just suffering, the sorrow of the
unjust, the pure enduring pain with the
Impure and making clear the love God
has nnd alwayli has had for sinners.
This Is the cross I glory In, because It
not only draws men. It lifts them; not
only wins them but saves them. The
cross of Christ Is the ground plan nnd
the efficient dynamic of redemption.
Every- traveler In Europe seeks the
city of Cologne, In Germany. It has
Its temples of art, It holds Its place
among the Gormnn cities ns the center
of commercial Importance, but people
go to Cologne not for these reasons.
They go to see tho great Cathedral, the
most splendid Illustration of Gothlo
architecture in the world. They told
ine there the legendary history of that
mnrveimia atructure. A young archi
tect prayeU to build a great church for
the honor of God. One day ho fell
asleep on the banks of the Rhine and
had a vision. An angel came and told
him that he should build the great
church and In his wondering ea.fi
whispered thnt when he awakened he
would find the plnn which heaven hsd
patterned for him lying nt his side.
He awoke nnd, lo, he found a wooden
cross. Thus In the shape of a cross
rises the wondrous cathedral.
The cross Is the ground plnn of the
kingdom of God. It Is the pattern of
the church. It Is the foundation prin
ciple of the Christian life. It Is the
keynote of that gospel which Is "the
power of God unto salvation to every
man that belleveth.” ’ *
BAPTI8T.
nilST BAPT18T—Corner Peaehtrec and
Cain streets. Preaching by Rer. W. n. I.
Smith. No evening service.
TBMPLB BAPTIST—Presehlmc nt 11 n.
m. by the pastor. Dr, A. t . Ward. Song
service at night. Sunday achol nt 9:30 a.
nt. ltognlnr monthly conference rjednea-
tlay night.
IMMANUEL BAPTIST—8. A. Cowan,
pastor. The pastur will preaeh at It a. in:
and 7:30 p. in. Morning subject, "Lse-
kl.-rs Vision of the River." Evening still-
Jot, "Why Am I a CTirlstlan.'' Sunday
Ri’Uool nt 9:16 n. ui.
SECOND BAPTIST—Dr. A. J. Dtekltt-
Sun, pastor, of First Baptist church, Blr-
Ala., will flit the pulpit again
Hiinunj nt II a. m. nml 8 p. ra. Gospel
*mg nml evangelist service* nt nlgUt, to
which the public, especially young people,
nr*' cordially Invited. Dr. John B. nhito,
pastor, return* from hi* vacation In time
to nil bin owu pulpit tho -Hrat Sunday in
September.
SOUTH RIDE BAUTflT—Itegulnr preneh-
lti« Morvieen nt 11 *. m. nml 7:45 p. uw
l*y the pastor. J. H. Dunhip. Suuday
■rimoi at i»;J9 n. m. Prayer nml J»ral*e
•"■rvlre Wedheiulny evening nt <:45 oeloek.
baptist Young People's Union Rundny ntter-
iiegilining at 3:10. Ladle* MiMioilnry
Society Tuesday afternoon nt 3:30. The
pastor has l»een absent several weeks, bnv-
Ins \ lilted a mi miser of the larger east-
eru cities; also attending the Moody 1*1-
M«* Institute st NortUflelu, Mnsn., nud lie
sill glad to uohvmte a large nttemb
■nee of tho church membership and con-
Rogation Hundny.
HAPTIRT TA B K BNAC LE-Ber. YV - L*
Walker will fill the pulpit of the B*pB»t
til.t-riniele morning nnd night In the ah*
►u.f of the pastor. Dr.
j®». who is In London. England. Mr. M al
ter* subject for Rundny night I* A Mod
el Young Man."
■‘“••o nt ii n, ui. by Bev. «. »*■
At* p. in., Evangelist J. Erauk Jackson
*111 preach. Sunday school nt 9:30 n. in.
jVnemal workers' dab nt 7:16 p. m.
, WESTERN HEIGHTS BAUTIST-Preiieh-
by the pastor, V. L\ Norcross. at 11
« in. and •:» p. ui. Sunday school at
• :3f» ii. in.
J.VKSitX HILL BAPTIST—Corner
N»rtli Jackson street and East avenue.
' ('alder T. Willingham will preach at
•I n. »». find 8 p. nt. Sunday school at
* J*. Wednesday evening prayer meeting
■’ * o'clock*
M'DONALD BA1TI8T—West Fair and
" limit «irm>t. It. T. Itowc, |Htatnr. The
t»»-i..r will reach at 11 o'el**ck *hi '' rite
'.’a?, ami at x o'clock In the evening on
n-l-nicd." Knnday achool nt 9:15. ,
’■APITOI. AVBNl'K BAPTIST—Pastor J.
.has returned from North t.aro-
Umm"' 1 Ptvaeh at It n. m. nml J p. m.
Mm-nltig subject, "The Value of Godliness;"
-leidns .object, -How Three Dlsrtplet
Sunday school nt »:*> a. m.
n .i- t nion resnmes work Brat Snmlay In
•etteiuiKT. Uaraca prayer meeting Monday
at I p. m. Mid-week prayer and praise a.
vice Wednesday at 8 p. ni. Senior B. V.
11. Friday nt 8 p. in.
1'rcncblng nt 11 a. m. ami 8 n. m. by the
pastor. Iter. II. C. Hurley. Bible school at
9:30 n. m. Junior B. V. V. t!. Sunday after
noon at 2:30. Mid-week prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening nt 8,
METHODIST.
GRACE METHODIST—Iter. C. C. Jarrell,
pastor. Sunday school nt 9:30 n. m. Preach
ing nt 11 a. in. jind 8 p. m.' by the pnstor.
I-Ipworth League at 7 p. m. -
ST. MAJ1K METHODIST—Corner Peach
tree and Fifth afreets. Iter. Charles o.
Jones. D. !».. imahir. The Business Men s
Gospel I nloli will have charge at It u. iu.
No service nt nlglit. Sunday selmol at 9JO
n. in. I>cnf mute class taught by 11. r.
INMAN PARK METHODIST—BIgewood
nvciine nml Hurt e rect. Key. Henry It.
Sleye, pnstor. Preamble nt It a. in. by the
pnstor. At 8 p. in. the Inst of the- summer
union service, at the iuiiinu Park Presbyte
rian church; Mr. Muys wilt preach, Sunday
school at 9:30. Prayer niiK)lliig « eilnesdny
nt 8 p. in. Sunday school nt l openhllt at
4 p. in.
HEMPHILL AVENUE MF.TllODIST-Oll
Hemphill nvenue, north of .Emmett street.
Morning subject, "The < "inforte'. I roaeb-
Ing morning and evening la It H. Bnbl.
pnstor. Sunday achool at 9:3*. Itcport lu
the morning of a vnpi|> meeting.
ST. JOHN METHODIST—The pastor. II.
C. Christian, will preach at 11 a. m. n
siieetal sermon to the church. At 8
the pastor will hold revival aervlees. deliv
ering n special aeriaou to the unconverted.
ST. JAMES METHODIST—T. th Ken
dall. Jr., pnstor. Preaching nt 11 n. in.
nml 7:45 p. in. by pnstor. Stimlny school
nt 9-30 n. 1 m. Prayer meeting Mednesdny
nt 7:45 p. m. Men's nnd Imys prayer
meeting Saturday night at 8 oeloek.
1’rnyer meeting every Snmlay morning at
j o'clock. Cottage prayer meeting every
Friday night.
ENGLISH AVKNI'E MET 11 GDI ST—B. B.
L. Tlmnioiia. I'mMblng at J1 a.
ui. by the pnntor. Snwhy arbool nt 3 i».
in. Prwn-hing si I 7:W I*, in. by Rev. A-
El-neat. Hnnrlm* prayer meeting. Open jlr
meeting at Blue Knob. Thirl qnnrterD
ttiuferenre Morning at »:30 P- fM * R'*v. 4.
If Knkea. prenbllng rider. I'rnyer meet
ing nt 7:30 p. m. Wedneodajr. Young men *
prayer meeting nt 7:3) p. u». Friday,
JKFKKBRON RTBKKT MKTIiODIHT-B.
It. Timmons, |«stor. l-ren.lilugstll
ui by Bev. 41. W. Ie«*wla. Rnnday
nehooi nt 9:30 n. in. I'rearhliig itls) P.
bv Bev. J. II Knkea. nrnjbllng el-
der Sunrise prayer iBeetiM iJnnday morn
ing. Holiness meeting at J* I’- 1 t Sm>-
Aar. Ready workers Monday at 13» p. at-
Prayer meeting Tneoday at 7 JO p. m. Ho-
llnesa prayer meeting nt 7:39 p. ni.
WESLEY MEMO If ML—Sunder arfeori at
Churches
leiiuiett rniiiitnea eiuM. \ouug .Men n mr-
aen Bible elnna. Preaching nt 11 a. in. by
f mator. Hong aerrlce 7:4o p. ni. Preach*
leg nt 8. Kpworth League MlMlounry
inerting at
l.'borua rehearsal Friday evening
j'cloek. Midweek prayer
Weekly^ church nodal at ih
o’clock. Noonday prayer meeting every
day from 13 to 1 oeloek.
TRINITY MEfHODIHT-Corner White*
hall nnd Trinity avenue. Dr. .f. W .Leo,
pnntor. Kcrvlrrn nt 11 a. in. and 8 p. m.
Kcriiioua i»>- (lev. W. T. Huiinlcntt, pastor
Payne Mem or Ini church. Rnnday achonl
nt 9:10 a. m. Weekly prayer meeting Wed*
nendny nt 8 p. m.
KOKLHTON MEMORIAL METHODIST—
Corner of Wnidiitigton nnd Fulton afreet*.
Bev. I*n«c II. Miller will preach at 11 a. in.
nud 7:45 p. ni. Rnnday achool at 9:30
PABK RTBEET METHODIST—Corner of
Park nnd Lee xtreeti. Bev. M. L. Trout
man, piutor. Rundny kcIiooI at 9:90 a. m.
Preaching nt 11 n. In. by the pnntor. At the
* o'clock nervlee Proreiwor Edwin Ablliic
Pound will deliver a lecture. Prayer meet
ing WediieMlny at 8 p. in.
# .EPISCOPAL.
(Eleventh Sunday After Trinity.)
C'ATHEDUAL—Corner of Washington nml
Hupter. Very Bev. P. T. A v Hie, dean.
7:30 a. nj., holy communion; 11 n. in., lit
any, ■erimm and holy communion; 5 p.
evening prayer nud nermou. Sunday achool
at 9:46. All other day*: 7;3D a. in., holy
8T. LUKES—Peachtree street, next to
Peachtree Inn. opposite Alexander street.
Bev. (’. II. Wtlmer, rector. 7:3*1 a. m., holy
communion; 11 a. m.. morning prayer and
INCABNAT10N-I.ee. near Gordon, We*t
End. Bev. J. J. P. Perry, rector. 7JO a.
m.. Indy communion; 11 o. ni., morning
prayer and Heruion by Bev. W. J. Handy; 8
p. u»„ evening prayer nud sermon. Sunday
achool at 3:90. Wednesday: Evening prayer
at 8. I.itnuy nt 4:30.
ALL SAINTS—Corner West Peachtree and
North avenue. Bev. R. Faria ml, rector.
.8 a. in., holy ccuuiiunlon; 11 a. in., morning
prnycr and sermon; 5 p. in., evenlg prayer.
Sunday nehooi ut 9:45. Weduefdny: Litany
nt 10:30.
EPIPHANY*—Corner Moreland and Euclid
. iemit*, Intiinu Park. Bev. C. A. Long-
*ton In charge. Morning prayer ami ter-
MISSION OK THE HOLY INNOCENTS—
Wooda avenue, near Wf*t Peachtree. Run
day Mchmd every Knmlny at 3:9).
HOLY COMFOBTEB—Comer of Atlanta
avenue and piilllnin. Bev. Gilbert lligg*,
D. D.. In charge. Evening prayer and Her
at i. Sunday tchoul at L Frida v:
Litany nnd choir work at 8.
RT. ANDREWS—Corner Glenn nnd Kent.
RT. PAULS—Boat Point. Bev. Gllliert
-Ilggn. D. D., In c*
nud sermon ut 11.
■erinou nt 11.
and sermon at 11.
RT. PAPER—Newnnn. Gn. Bev. W. J.
Moody In charge. Evening prayer nnd aer-
nion at 4:30. by Bev. B. F. D#Belle.
RT. JOHNS MISSION—College Park. Ga.
Bev. W, J. Moody in charge. Evening
prayer nnd Mcrmon at 8.
PRE8BYTERIAN.
INMAN I’AKK rtlKSIlVTlCKIAN—Tho
pastor, Rev. Jnme*. B. Fincher, hna re
turned from Europe nml will preach to
morrow at 11 a. ill. Bev. II. B. Alnyea.
pnntor of the Inman Park Motbodlat
church, will conduct the union service at
R p. in Sunday schol nt 9:30 a. in. Young
People's S«M*|ety nt 7:16 p. m. Regular
week prayer meeting Wednesday ut 8
p. in.
WALLACE PRESBYTERIAN - Corner
YY'alker nnd Rtonewull. Bev. T. P. Cleve
land, pnstor. Services nt 11 a. in. nnd 8
p. iu. Sabbath school at 9:90 a. m. Pray
er meeting Wednesday nt 8 p. in.
nt 11 a. ni. nml 7:46 p. m. by Bev. J.
A. Whltener, a Cumberland Presbyterian
minister, of Dsrton. Tenn. All cordially
Invited. Sabbath school at 9:30 a. ni.
MOORE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN—
Dr. A Ii. 11 Older by. pnntor. Preaching
by the pn*tor nt 11 ••. in. Chrlatian Eli
denvrfr meeting nt 6:45 p. ra. Prayer meet
lug Wednesday at 8 p. m.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN—Opposite
enpltol. Dr. Theron II. Hire, unitor. Sun
day school at 9:30 a. m. In the new Sun
day school bill Ming there are comfortable
iiccnmimKlntlon* for all departments. Young
men's Bible elan* will lie conducted by
the leader. J. J. Eagan, who lias Ju*t re
turned from his atiiuiucr vn«*ntiou. Regu
lar Snmlay aervlees at 11 a. in. nud 8
p. m. '
NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN—
Corner Penehtn-e street and North ave
nue. Rev. Richunl Urine Fllnn. pastor.
Morning worship at 11 a. in. Evening wor
ship nt 8 p. in. Preaching by the pantor
nt imtli of these service*. The evening *ub-
lert will Ih». "Can a Man Be Neutral;
That pim Christ Kay Abbot It7" Sun
Teachers* training class conducted m
Marlon Mrll. Hull nt the mine hour. Cove
nanters’ Imiid nt 4 p, m. Christian En
deavor at 7 p. m. Wednesday evening pray
er service at 8 p. in. Subject, ’The Chris
tian's Armament*." Dulles* prayer dr-
le THnrsduy st 6 p. in.
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTER I AN-The
moruhig service st 11 n. in. Evening serv
ice nt a p. ui. Sermons by the pastor.
Bev. Charles B. Msbet. Snmlay school
nt 9:39 a. m. Yuang People's Society st
7 p. ui. Tuple# "Shares of \Y ortdliuesa.*
Lender, Mr. White, general secretary.of the
Young Men's Christian Association. Regu
lar midweek prayer service Wednesday
evening at 8. ,
BARNETT PRESBYTERIAN—Carper of
Hampton afreet and Bradley avenue. Serv
ices every Hundny at 11 a. in. nnd 7:30 p.
in. Sunday school ami special song service
3 p. m. Prayer meeting nml chorus prac
tice Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Subject for the
Sunday morning service will be "Purity of
Heart and Personal Influence." The sub
ject for the evenlitg service, "Today and
Tomorrow, or Eternity."
chrTstian.
FIRST CHRISTIAN—N<v 44 East Hunter
street. Ilev. 11. K. Pendleton, pn*tor.
Preaching nt 11 n. nt. and 8 p. m. Morning
theme; "The Savior of Men." lilhle
school at 9:30 a. ni. Christian Endeavor
at 6:30 p. tu.
WEST END CHRISTIAN—Corner Gor
don nud Dunn street*. Rev. Hernnrd P.
Smith, pa*tor. Preaching at 11 a. m. ami 8
IIOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN-End
of Marietta street ear line. Rev. George
W. Mullins, pnstor. Bible school at 3 p. to.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
WESTERN IIEIGHTS CHRISTIAN MIS
SION—Sunset avenue, near Kennedy street.
Illhle school nt 9:30 a. m. Preaching nt 11
a. m. nud 8 p. in.
CONGREGATIONAL.
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL—Rev.
Frank E. Jenkins. D.D., pastor. Preaching
at 11 a. iu. ou "Repenting Pentecost; the
Results." Sunday achool at 9:99 a. m.
Christian Endeavor nt 4:4S p. m. Night
church service omitted during August.
MARIETTA STREET CONGREGATION-
Air-Rev. W. II. Tillman, pnstor. Prench-
Ing nt 11 a. in. nnd 7:90 p. in. Sunday
school at 3 p. ra.
IMMANUEL CONCIRBOATIONAL—Bev.
Starr 4.*, Williams, pnstor. Preaching at
11 a» ml and 7:30 p. in. Sunday school at
BEBEAN CONGREGATIONAL—Dr. S.
YV. Howland, a returned missionary from
Ceylon, will preach at li a. m. Sunday
school at 3 p. in.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FIRST CHURCH OF CUBIST. SCIENT
IST—17 West linker stret. "Man" I* the
subject of the lesson-sermon Sunday, An-
:nat 26, at 11 n. n». There will Ih? no
tnndny evening servlet? during August.
Testimonial meeting Wednesday nt 8 p.
ST. JO HNS GERMAN M TIIERA.V-Cor-
. it Forsyth nud Garnett street*. Rev.
YV. Vollbrccht. pnstor. Sunday school at
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA
TION—Corner ITyor street nnd Antmro
avenue. At 3 o'clock, the Illhle claaa will
Ik* eoudticted by Rev. C. J. Oliver. At
3:33. o'clock, Bev. K. A. Cowan will speak
to men on a subject of Interest. All men
are Invited to attend these aervlees. The
asMK-Intloii orrhestrn will play nt 3
o'clock. Building t»pen from 2 o'clock un
til 6.
CIIUBCII OF Cl I BIST*-West End ave-
nue, corner Wellborn street. Bible study
at 10 a. m. Preaching and communion
service at 11 a. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
day night at 7:46.
All Christian personal workers who nr*
not otherwise engaged, at the hour are cor
dially Invited to come to the Central Con
gregational rhnrrh, corner of f'nrnegte way
and ElUs street. At 4 p. m. Sunday, August
26. for a conference nnd report of work
done, firing your Illhles and your Torrejr
Alexander song books, nlao your friends.
ENGLISH LUTIIKBAN—Church of the
Redeemer. Corner of Trinity and Capitol
I dace. Her. E. C, Crook, pastor. Miming
service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 9:3o
a. m. Evening service at 8.
The Mlllenlnl Dawn Rlbie Class will hold
Ita regular weekly meeting In YVoodmon's
hall. 122 Penehtree street, on Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. All Illhle students
are cordially Invited to attend. Non-dcaom-
I national.
CHRISTIAN AnTT*MISSIONARY AL
LIANCK—Regular services In Alliance hall
7214 North Broad stret, Honda/ afternoon
and YVisInesdnv afternoon at S:I0 o’clock.
Also services m the tent every hlgkt the
ruining week on Flora srenne, Edgewood.
Gn., on main Decatur cur line. IJo0 off
nt imrotby Station.
THE ATLANTA PSYCHOLOGICAL SO-
CIKTY, Robert Bryan Harrison, president,
will meet Sunday afternoon nt 4 o'clock ut
122 Peachtree street. Subject for dlacua-
slou: "The Philosophy of Belief." Ten
minute talk* by ndvanml thinkers. Change
of speakers every Sunday. Demonstrations
In Instantaneous healing at every meeting.
Visitors welcome.
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