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OBSERVATIONS OF CHURCH LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY By REV. JAMES W. LEE, PASTOR TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH During the early spring I was In vited to take pastoral charge of three churches in Brooklyn for the month of 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-five 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 and higher state of religious life is traceable. The outside cause we may find In the tremendous competition of 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 warfare against the elements which threaten destruction to all the princi ples of active religion. They are be- •ng drawn together by the very coer cion of indifference 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, that the or dinary hard-worked mortal, with the thermometer ranging from 90 to 100 degrees in the shade, finds it hard to resist. Against all this, and besides, the general Inertia of poor.humam na ture, the summer preacher In a New York pulpit has- to puli. No one can understand how amazingly difficult the task ts, who has not tried ft. The sense of this powerful humnn current, running in mountain-high waves against the quietude and solitude of ail 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 regiments, to be 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. AH are coming to see the essentials, and to emphasize them. All are coming, as never before, to recognize Jesus Christ as their com mon head, and themselves as members of His bod)', and thus members one of another. If the ideas now dominant, more or less, throughout the member ship of all Christian bodies continue to work It Is only a 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 m*y come when, If Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians and Congregatlonallsts 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. do of religious energy. It Is unseemly to have four or five different denomi nations worshipping the loving Father of us all In as many different church houses In a town of 1,500 or 2,000 In habitants. The strongest church In such a town should be gtwn the Held. The others should retire and spend their zeal In reclaiming wazte places elsewhere. More and more we are coming u> see that the doctrines of Christianity are as fixed and eternal os the doctriens of astronomy of chem istry. Think of two astronomical ob servatories In a little town of two thou sand people. There Is* but one science of religion. Christianity Is the relig ion of science, just ns Sir Norman Lockyer’s doctrine of the heavens is the 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, I 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 Is not asked to go to the cemetery, and it is the custom to give a fee as In the case of weddings. 3. The preachers are given two months' vacation, instead of one. As the work Is more exacting and taxing than In a less populous community, I 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 made a contribution. It 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 was during last Friday evening at a pnA'er meeting I conduct ed at Bethany Dutch Reformed church. When the collectors passed the plates at 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 officer of the church. But then I remembered that she was one of those who responded with a very long, tedious talk when the meeting was thrown open for remarks. She doubtless -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 pock et book. I am practically sure, how ever, from the look I witnessed (> n the faces of those present, that the sister would have edified people far more by 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 and 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 as she starts." “This does not wound her feelings In the slightest," he continued, “for she be lieves that her words have so moved the 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 almost anywhere, those who are afflicted with that worst of all religious dtsenses. pious conceit. THE CHEERING CROSS “Who for the Joy that was set be fore Him, endured the Cross, despis ing the shame.” tooooooooooooooooooooot By REV. JOHN E. WHITE, PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH I'tMIMHMHMIHHHMIHMMSMlMMMMHSMIMSHIMHIlHmHMMSHSMMMMItHMIKtSSMtMSSII I T was the trick of the Cockney ac cent on the tongue of the con ductors of the London omnibus just a year ago in front of my hotel In London that rang and rang again In my ears. "Charing Cross! Charing Cross! All off for the Charing Cross!” For many clays these men were preaching to me. 1 caught up their unconscious and un meant message and have kept it hid in my heart ever since. The Cheering Cross! All off for the Cheering Cross 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 shout of joy. It has not always been true that Christians realized 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 ft 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 Its shame.” These Is nothing dismal about the'cross of Christ.- Let us be careful obQBl-JWyill^ Jlhat-^-Cbrlst J. Buffered shAme. The shame of the, cross could not touch Him, and It did not. He rose superior to shame. He despised U, thrust It under His foot, and bore away the cross transformed and glori fied. In the picture galleries of Europe mediaeval theology has painted cru cifixions In which the characteristic features are agonies and horrors of pain. I looked in vain for the Cheering Cross, the cross that 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 also, triumphant ly forth. Ever)' agony of Calvary is refrected by passing through the lens of the Divine Loving. The cross of Christ is like the sun fc’hlch 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. The Inspiration of the Cross. The cross of Christ cheers the noble and the unselfish nature in men. What ever we may say about 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. God has that much left in us; we are not en tirely mean. And I believe the cross of Christ is God’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- crucifixion. 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. 1 do not say that there were no heroes before Christ came; man mode in the linage of God has never lost all his dlvlnents*. But what I am saying Is that the nobility of man has suffered a terrible eclipse. It Is hidden beneath an awful wreckage. It Is Imprisoned In a mass of mins, and the cross of Christ searches out and cheer# 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 unheroic 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 God for It. He 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 the power of the cross, condemning Its sin and its selfishness and approving Its Imperfect and pathetic efforts to be merciful and generous and unselfish In bearing other burdens and suffering other sufferings than Its own. The cross has gone Into many a life and had power there, Vhen the church was not a power. "And I If I be lifted up will draw all men unto me.” I think the best men the world has fcnown, the .martyrs and crucified saints, Sa vonarola and Luther and Bunyan. would confess that It w*as the cross of Christ that called into action their readiness to suffer for others, and that is 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 lesser martyrs, who are also of thfi fellowship of the cross. When a man suffers for any cause nobly and un selfishly, whatever his circumstance, he makes a music that harmonizes with Calvary. We Instantly feel that he has done a Chrlst-llke thing, and If knew the whale story we would know that the same power that moved 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, but 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 his post at the wheel, but— "He wern't no saint, but at Judgment REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE. 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 w'hen I feel my deepest nature quivering and thrill ing with response to such human hero ism as that, 1 do not need that the theologian and the dogmatist should explain this power of the cross of Christ to me. Such moments do not last—the emotion subsides, but while the illumination is upon us we feel, we realize what the high Impulse that thrilled in Paul’s heart was when he cried: “God 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 His 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 recited, and the great audience broke Into cheers. The preacher mildly re buked them. “I question," he said, "whether you should cheer 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, let him echo the cheering cross. Weary and Heavy Laden. The cross cheers every man Vho is heavy laden and depressed. Through his passion, through the dark moment of Gethsamane 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 cross waa not a pan 1c, a rushing wildly Into agony to cs cape pain. It is not the courage of the Russian soldier in the hospital who tor tured by the misery of his wounds whispered in pleading to his comrade to thrust the knife into his side and find hls heart and pierce It, not the courage of the suicide, Christ wa• 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 God, w*hlch awaited him—that Christ is working a policy of self aggrandizement. 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 peace which rewards the imterrifled and the resolved soul set upon carrying through to the 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 of Christ mean something to every man, and es pecially 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 complained because your religion has not given you good luck, 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 answer of the cross is to that God never meant to secure you from trouble and sorrow. Christianity w'as never proffered t;> men as a good luck token. Religion brings courage, that is all. Patience, victory within. That is the Joy set before the Christian. “Hold thou the cross before my fainting eyes." What do I see? I see One w*ho sang a brave song In the up per room and went out into the Mount of Olives to the buffeting of conspira tors. I see one who gathered himself together, and, though drops of bloody sweat stood upon hls temples, said: "Thy will, not mine, be done.’ I see one who came through the great loneliness of soul as though Hls Fath er had forsaken him, crying out as he passed Into unconsciousness, "It Is fin ished," and mine are fainting eyes no longer. "Up with the burden, on with the Jour ney, Forward with the battle. Onward with the tiresome, cutting load and the sorrow, "With the cross of Jesus going on be fore." The Ground Plan of Redemption. Now', there Is one burden which the cross lifts off. This Is Its greatest cheer.. It Is the burden of sin. The cross Is more thnn a moral in fluence to Inspire and encourage men to noble achievement. I wonder at those who can be satisfied with the cross of Christ as merely nn object lesson In patience and sympathy. It seems to me the greatest intel lectual difficulty to reconcile reason to the reduction of the cross to the level of a natural and logical heroism, sub mitted to the admiration of mankind for stage effect. That Is the most me chanical theology Imaginable. But the cross as a God-llke mercy proclaimed and scaled In blood, showing forth Hls only begotton Bon to l»e a propitiation laid on the world nltgr for sin and revealing the enormity of sin In contrast with perfect slnlessness. the Just suffering, the sorrow of the unjust, the pure enduring pain with the Impure and making clear the love God has and always ho* 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 th*m. The cross of Christ Is the ground plan ami 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 plate among the German cities as the center of commercial ’Importance, but people go to Cologne not for these reasons. They go to see the great Cathedral, the moat splendid Illustration ' of Gothic architecture In the world. They told me there the legendary history of that marvelous structure. A young archi tect prayed to build a great church for the honor of God. One day he fell asleep on the banka of the Rhine and had a vision. An angel came and told him that he should build the gr^at church and In his wondering Whispered that wh»*n be awakened he would find the plan which heaven bad patterned for him lying at hls side. He awoke and, lo. he found a wooden cross. Thus In the shape of a cross rises the wondrous cathedral.* The cross Is the ground plan of the kingdom of God. It Is the pattern of the church. It la the foundation prin ciple of the Christian life. It Is th* keynote of that gospel which is "the power of God unto salvation to every man that bellevpth." BAPTIST. FIRST BAPTIST—Corner Peachtree and "nln streets. Preaching by Uev. W. It. L. Mnlth. No evening sendee. TEMPLE BAPTIST—Preaching nt 11 n. n. by the pastor, Dr. A. C. >\ard. Bong u*rvlce at ulght. Sunday sdtol at: 9:30 a. n, Regular monthly conference panes- lay night. IMMANtIKI. BAPTIST—8. A. Cownn, >n«lor. The pit-tor will pimh-Ii nt 11 a. u>- mil 7:30 u. in. Morning nnlijent, "Bie- cU-l's Virion lit the ttlvor." , Kvonllyt »iib- iw-t, "Why Am I n ttirUtlnn. Sunday H'buol nt 9:15 a. in. SKCONrt BAPTIST—Hr. A. 1. THckln- nm. pnutor of Ftrat Beptlut ehnreh, Blr- iiliighaiu. Ale., will iff the pulpit ngnlii Sunday at 11 a. m. and * p. «n. Ooapei i“'iig and evangelist services nt night, to which the public, especially young people, ut- cordially Invited. Dr. John L. White, i.iittor, returns from hls vacation In time to nn Ills own pulpit the first Sunday In September. SOUTH SIDE BAIT t*T—Regular preach ing service* at 11 a. tn. and 7:45 p. m. t>> the pastor, J. S. Dunlap. Sunday ► hoot nt 9:3# n. ui. Prayer and ►rvlee Wednesday evening at 7:45 o clock, baptist Voting People's Union Sunday afttr* beginning at 3:90. Ladles' Missionary Sm |, ty Tuesday afternoon nt 3:30. rite pastor has been absent several weeks, hav ing visited n numlter of the larger east* rrn cities; also attending the Moody BI- I'lt* institute st Northfleld, Sins*., nwl he will be glad to welcome a large attend- ■•we of the cltun b membership and con gregation Sunday. baptist TABKBNACI.E—Bcv. w. u "nlkrr will Ml the pulpit of the ll.ptl.t tohcrmtrle morning and night In the ab- tif the pastor. Dr. Leu 4». Brough- pn. wlm Is In London, England. Mr. J'"*' let s subject for Monday night la A Mod- h Vouitg Man.” •'KNTRaL BAPTIST—The pulpit will be fillr-l nt n a. ui. by Rev. \V. L. Savage. A ! a l». in- Evangelist J. Frank Jackson *iU preach. Sumluy school nt 9:30 u. u». * ptnotiiil worker#* club nt 7:15 p. m. ’.STERN HEIGHTS BAPTIMT-Preneh- l>) the pastor, V. U. Norcrosa. at U > and 7:39 p. m. Sunday school at JAi’KMox HILL BAPTIST-Corner {J'*rth .lacksou street and East avenue. «-v. ('alder T. Willingham will preach at J! »• m. and 8 p. in. Sunday school at at i ."|**duesday evening prayer lueetlug M'LoxaM) BAPTIST—West Fair and , ,ll, ‘Ut street. O. T. Itowe, jKistor. The ha-tof will preach at 11 o’clock on “The !.?/■ and nt 8 o'clock In the evening on “^Willed.” .Sunday school at 9:15. ' Al’lToi. AVENUE BAPTIST—Pastor J. ii* ** r iIggs has returned from North t.aro- X! frni'" PHi at 11 n. m. nod f p. Sit '** ■inject, “The Value of (fcxIUnesa; TrJ "H aubjeet. "flow Three Disciple# & tM, ,J-sns.” Sunday srhool nt 9:10 a. m. nJV* J ,l,on irauiues work flrat Sunday In ■*H«uln* r . Baruca prayer wcetiug Monday nt 8 n. m. Mid-week prayer and praise ser vice Wednesday at 8 p. m. Senior B. V. P. V. Friday at 8 p. m. WOODWARD AVENUE BAITIST-Uor- ner of Woodward and Cherokee a venues. Preaching nt 11 n. in. and 8 n. m. by the pastor, Rev. II. C. Hurley. Bible school nt 9:30 a. ui. Junior B. Y. 1\ U. Sunday after noon at 2:30. Mid week prayer meeting on Wednesday evening nt 8. METHODI8T. GRACE METHODIST—Rev. C. C. Jarrell, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Preach ing nt 11 a. nt. and 8 p. in. by the pastor. Kpworth League at 7 p. in. ST. MARK METHODIST—Corner Peach tree and Fifth street#. Rev. Charles o. Joiie*. D. D.. pastor. The Business Men's Gospel Union will have charge ut 11 a. in. service at night. Sunday school at 9:30 ... .ii. Deaf mute class taught by >\. 1. Crtwsellc. P/ayer meeting, stewards' meet ing and quarterly conference, conducted by Dr. J. II. Bake*, presiding elder, Wednes day nt 8 p. in. INMAN PARK METHODIST—Edgewodd avenue and Hurt street. Rev. Henry B. Moya, pastor. Preaching nt 11 a. m. by the pastor. At 8 p. in. thelnst/of the summer union services nt the Inmnu Park Presbyte rian church: Mr. Mays wl|I preach. Sunday school nt 9:30. Prayer meeting Uwlncsdaj nt 8 p. ni. Sunday school nt Copenhfli at 4 P- m. HEMPHILL AVENUE METHODIST-On Hemphill avenue, north of Emmett street. Morning subject. “The Comforter. Poach ing morning and evening by K* H- Robb, pastor. Sunday school nt 9.31. Report In the morning of u camp meeting. ST. JOHN METHODIST-The pastor. II. C, Christian, will preach at It a. m. a RiMMinl -rrniim to tin* rhurrli. At 8 I'. in. th. parior will holil rovlvnl ■errlcra, iMIt- .rlnif a special acninm to the unconverted. ST. JAMES METHODIST—T. It. Ken- tlitll, Jr., pnutor. Prcnoliliut nt tl a. in. ami 7:46 p! in. Iijr pnator. at 9'30 a. m. Prayer ineettnit " ednemtny nt 7*45 ii. in. Men’, mol Imy.* prayer meeting 1 Sntnnlny nlslit nt 8 nelock. Prarer ineeilnit every Sunday morning nt 0 oVIock. Pottage prayer meeting every Friday night. ENGLISH AVENI K METHWHST-B. K. J„ Tfinmona. |ui«tor. Prenehlng at 11 a. in. by the pnutor. Snndny nebool at 3 t>. m Prenehlng nt <:3> p. ni. by Her. A. Kriieut. Hiiurliie prayer meeting. 0|»'ii nlr meeting nt Pine Knob. Third quarterly rnnfervnre Monday nt ‘P- ,u - Her. J. lI Enken. prealdlng .'bier. Prayer lu.vv log at 7:30 p. at. H’.-duenday. l-uug " H ' n ' prayer meeting at 7:.Tl p. m. Friday. JEFFEItSOS STREET METHODIBT-B. E r Timmons, isistor. Preaching at u b ' i, v Rer. G W. Lewis. >unday “ i Prenehlng at 7:M P. in lie Itev J. H Enken. jirnddlng el der Sandin' prayer meeting dumbly morn, lug. Ilellnena nie.'llnc nt J Jn p. iiv Bn day Readv workers Monday at l Prayer meeting Tnewtay at 7i» p. in. Ho- llnemi prayer meeting at 7.*) p. m. WESt.EV MEMORIAL—Sunday nchnul at Wide class. Preaching at 11 n. m. by pastor. Song service 7:45 |i. m. Preach ing nt 8. Kpworth League Missionary meeting at 7 o’clock. Midweek prayer inetlng nt 8. Weekly chureli social nt .9. Chorus rehearsal Friday evening nt * o’clock. - Noonday prayer *’— — day from 12 to 1 o’clock. prayer meeting every TRINITY METHODIST—Corner White- hall and Trinity nventie. Dr. J. W .Lee, psstor. Services nt 11 a. in. and 8 p. in. Sermons by Itev. W. T. Ifuiinfeutt, pastor Payne Memorial church. Sunday school EGELSTON MEMORIAL METHODIST— Comer of Washington and Fulton street#. Rev. Isaac II. Miller will preach nt 11 u. in. nml 7:45 p. in. Snndny school at 9:3>> a. in. !,engue nt 6:45 p. tu. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 8 p. nu PARK STREET METHODIST—Corner of Park and Lee street*. Rev. M. L. Trout man, pastor. Snndny school at f:30 a. m. Preaching nt 11 a. tn. by the pastor. At the 8 oYliM’k service Professor Edwin Aldiur Pound will deliver n lecture. Prayer meet ing Wednesday at 8 p. in. EPISCOPAL. (Eiavanth Sunday Aftar Trinity.) CATHEDRAL—Corner of Washington and Hunter. Very Rev. I*. T. A. Pise. dean. 7:39 a. m., holy communion; 11 a. in., any, sermon nml holy communion; 5 p. evening prnyer nml sermon. Sunday school nt 9:45: All other days: 7:30 a. ui.. Indy communion; 9 a. tn., morning prayer: 5 p. m.. evening prayer. Wednesday and Fri day: Utility ut 10:30. ST. LUKES—Peachtree ntrcct. next to Peachtree Inn. rfppoffife Alexander street. Rev. €’. B. Wllmer, rector. 7:3» a. in., holy cmiuuunion; 11 a. tu.. morning prayer am! sermon; 8 p. ni.. evening j»rnver and oer tnon. .Sunday school at 9:45. Friday: Lit any nt 11. INCARNATION—Lee. near Gordon. West End. Uev. J. J. P. Perry, rector. 7 JO a. m.. holy communion; 11 a. in., morning prayer and sermon by Rev. W. J. M«**ly: a p. in., evening prnyer and sermon. Sunday school nt 3:30. Wednesday: Eveniug pruyer at 8. Litany at 4:30. ALL SAINTS—Corner West Peachtree and North avenue. Rev. Z. H. Fnrland, rector. 8 n. ni.. holy ecinuitmion; 11 n. in., morning prayer and sermon: 5 p. m., evcnlg prnyer. I ... It.lK • I ll„n» EPIPHANY—Corner Moreland and KneRd .. renue*. Inman Park. Rev. C. A. Lang ston in charge. Morning prayer ami ser- MISSION OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS— W<n»I* avenue, near West Peachtree. Sun •lay school every Sunday at 3:30. Litany nnd choir work at 8. * ST. ANDREWS—Corner Glenn and Kent. Rev. Gilbert Illggs. D. D., In charge. Even ing prnyer nnd sermon at 8. Sunday school HT. PAULS—East Point. Rev. Gllliert Higgs. D. D.. In charge. Holy communion and sermon nt Jl. sermon nt 11. and sermon at 11. ST. PAULS—Newnati. Ga. Rev. W. J. Moody In charge. Evening prayer mid ser mon nt 4:30. by Rev. It. F. I)eBelle. prayer nnd sermon nt 8. PRE8BYTERIAN INMAN PARK PRESBYTERIAN—The pastor. Itev. James II. Fincher., has turned /rom Europe and will preach to morrow at 11 a. in. Rev. H. B. Mayes, pastor of the Intnnii Park Methodist church, will conduct the union service at 8 p. m. Snndny sehol nt 9:30 n. m. Voting Pimple’s Society nt 7:15 p. ui. Regular week prnyer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m. WALLACE PRES1IYTERIAN ~ Corner Walker nnd Stonewall. Iter. T. P. Cleve land, pastor. Service* nt \\ a. in. and 8 CUMBERLAND PRESBYTER! AN-Cor ner Spring nnd Hnrri* strafes. Prea«!dug at 11 a. m. ami 7:45 p. m. by Rev. J. A. Whltoner, a Cumlwwlnnd Presbyterian minister, of Dayton. Tenn. All cordially Invited. Sabbath school at 9J0 a: m. Ing Wednesday at S p. tu. the leader, J. J. Eagnn. who has Just re p. m. NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN— Corner Peachttve street and North ave nue. Rev. Ith-hanl Urine Fllun. pastor. Morning worship at 11 a. iii. Evening wor ship at 8 p. tn. Prembing by tin? pastor nt imth of these services. The evening sub ject will Ih», 'Van a Man Be Neutral; What Docs Christ Say About It?” Sun day school at n. m. Governor-Elect Hoke Smith and Charles D. Taller, super intendents. ' Men's League at 19 a. m. Teachers’ training Has* conducted by I>r. Marion MelL Hull at the same hour. Cove nanters’ I Kind at 4 p. ui. Christian En- WESTMINSTER PRESBYTER! AN-The mining service at 11 a. nr. Eveniug serv- Ice at 8 p. ui. Sermons by the pastor. Rev. Charles It. Nlsbet. Sunday m<boo! rft 9:30 a. in. Young People’s Society nt t. in. Topic, ’Shares of IS orldliuess. Lender, Mr. White, general secretary of the BARNETT PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of Hampton atreet nnd Bradley avenue. Serv ices every Sunday at 11 a. ui. and 7:30 p. Tomorrow, or Eternity.” chrTstian. FIRST CHRISTIAN—No. 44 East nunter street. Itev. II. K. Pendleton, tnistor. Preaching nt 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning theme: “The Savior of Men.” Bible *cb«»ol at 9:3<) n. m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m. WEST END CHRISTIAN—Corner Gor- don nnd Dunn street*. Rev. Bernard P. Smith, pastor. Preaching at II a. ni. nnd 8 p. tn. HOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN—End of Marietta street car line. Rev. George W. Mullins, pastor. Illble school at 3 p. tu. Preaching at 11 a. ni. and 8 p. m. WESTERN HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN MIS- SION—Sunset nvenoe, near Kennedy atreet. Bible achool at 9:30 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. CONGREGATIONAL. CENTRA L COSUIl EGATI ON A L-Hev. Frank E. Jenkins. D.D., pastor. Preaching nt 11 a. in. nu “Repenting Pentecost; the Results.'' Sunday school at 9:30 a. in. Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p. tn. Night church service omitted during August. IMMANUEL CONGREGATIONAL—Rev. Harr C, Williams, It a. m. and 7:30 p. BE REA N CONGREGATIONAL—Dr. 8. W. Howls in!, a returned missionary from Ceylon, will preach at 11 a. m. Sunday school at 9 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCI ENT- 36, nt 11 a. ni. Then* will lie . Sunday evening servlet* during Atignst. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 p. in. at 10 a. nt. Preaching and communion nervlce at ll a. ro. Prayer meeting Thurs day night at 7:45. All Chriatlan personal workers who are not otherwise eugaged at the hour are cor dially Invited to come to the Central Con gregational chureh. earner of Carnegie way and Ellin atreet. at 4 p. tn. Sunday, August 26. for a conference and rejwtrt of work done. Bring your Bibles nnd yonr Torrey Alexander song books, also your friends. STr JOHNS GERMAN LUTIIKRAN-Cor- •r Forsyth ami Garnett streets. Rev. W. Yollbrccht. pastor. Sunday school at 9:3i n. ni. Worship and sermon at 11 o’clock. Young People’# Society at 4 p. m. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA TION—Corner ITyor street nnd Anlmrn avenue. At 3 o'clock, the Illble class will lie conducted by Rev. C. J. Oliver. At 3:39 o’cbick, Itev. H. A. Cownn will apeak to men on a subject of Interest. All men an* Invited to attend these services. The association orchestra will play at 3 o’clock. Building i»pen from 2 o'clock un til 6» . CHURCH OF CHRIST—Weat End ave nue, corner Wellborn atreet Bible study The Mlllenlnl Dawn Bible Class will hold Its regular weekly meeting In Woodmen’s ball. 122 Peachtree street, on Sunday morning nt 11 o'clock. All Bible student# are cordially Invited to atteud. Non-denom- 1 national. Ga.. on main Decatur car line. Get off UB., III! Him III Jinn at Dorothy Station. • ir.u, iKMM-ri urynu unrnson. promrui, will meet Sunday afternmm nt 4.o'clock at 122 Peachtree street. Subject for discus- sloa: “The Philosophy of Belief.” Ten mluute talks by advanced thinkers. Change of speakers everv Sunday. Demonstrations in Instautaneons healing at every meeting. Visitor# welcome. .00 What ONE DOLLAR a Month Will Do. PERFECT PROTECTION POLICY Insures Against Any Sickness, 6 Months Any Accident, 24 Months Accidental Death. NORTH AMERICAN ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. 703 Prudentiil Building, Phone 5330. AGENTS WANTED. School of Millinery. Do you desire Advanced instruction, or, are you looking for employment that will give you good return, for your labor? Addresa MISS E. ELIZABETH SAWTELL, 40 1-2 Whitehall Streat, Atlanta, Oa. ft Dll 111! ■ ■ trnm—mmmm n m. woollky, m. n. Atlanta, tin 0«c« 104 N. 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