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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
'RUIAY, PKCHMBER
Clock ai shown in cut, r.tsponded from the beak of a
bronze eagle with outspread wings, perched upon an onyx
base supported by three onyx columns. Price
$3.98
4 clock typical of the sculpture with a panel In bas-relief and a
figure standing before the clock
The Dancing Girl In an artistic light, graceful pose with’ a clock fir
base upon, which she Is dancing. This clock Is done In a' rich electric
Kreen $9.87
Cigar Boxes.
Cigar and.. Cigarette
Cases
An innovation for the smoker; Cigar
and Cigarette Boxes in Cedar, bound
with nickel plate; all imported nov
elties, $2.49, $2.89 and $3.98.
Cigarette Boxes, all nickel, with word
“Cigarette” in cut-out brass . across
top, $4.29. * Wi t hco m bination 'lock,
$3.97.
Cigarette Boxes in red cedar, bound
with nickel plate and picture top,
under glass, of hunting scenes. &4.39.
Jacobs’
Jacobs’
Jacobs’
Nickel Jewel Cases, vel
vet lined; these are fitted
with combination lock; upon
the covers are productions of
famous pictures: The Hunt,
Coaching and others, in col
ors, protected by glass. They
are swell European novelties.
Like cut, at
$5.98 and $7.34.
Clocks
And Others
Clocks In Rococo designs, with a Cupid perched upon
the base. Above the clock Is tho head of old Father
Time, the wings at each side typical of time's
flight $10.57
Clocks with two draped figures representing "Music."
One with a flute In her hand, the other a tambourine. The
clock face In bronze held between them $7.47
Clocks In green stone ware, with bronze clock set In
the center. On the top a group In dark green bronze ef
fect. Two classic nude figures $18.67
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Clocks suspended In a bronze eagle with outstretched
wings poised upon three onyx columns $3.98
Clocks In white Dresden China with Cupids $2.89
Clocks with nude figure In ,pose as If rising from the
water, surrounded by cattails ahd loaves. The Clock
at the base. Price $7.49
Clocks with figure of woman reclining upon a bed of
sea plants, with swimming fish. The clock mounted in
the base $4.98
Clocks with two draped female figures at either
side $4.37
Clocks with flsherwomnn with net, as If returning with
the catch. The clock mounted In a rock $6.98
Clocks with seated draped figure with woman holding
a raven $6.93
Clocks done in the effect of gray marble with seated
figure of a woman across the base. The figure done In
white nnd gold. The clock dial of etched copper. .$11.47
Clocks to represent a stone gateway with two. exquisite
figures In dark green bronze—a man and
woman $18.39
in Jewel and
Some Beautiful Things
Bronze Inkwells In an elaborate Rococo design with two
Price
Smaller size, 98c; with one well 89c.
Inkwells mounted upon an onyx base with a beautifully
modeled saddle horse—a thoroughbred In every
point $5.98
Or a bronze figure of a victorious bicycle rider, on
classic lines, with a perfect model of a wheel, at... .$9.98
Another on classic lines has a bronze figure of a work
man with leather apron and square upon an onyx base
with two Inkwells and a call bell $5.98
One of the most massive designs is an exquisitely mod
eled woman’s head and bust upon a bronze clock, the
whole mounted upon a polished rosewood tray, with two
large Inkwells $17.87
.wells and figure of eupld. The large size shown In cut.
$2.83
Inkwells and pen trays combined In unique designs with
nude figure, $3.79, $4.37, $4.89, $5.98 and $7.29
Bronze Inkwells with two wells and bronze figures rep
resenting the tennis player, the golf man. the oarsman,
the ball player and others $2.79
One of the most artistic wells has a red bronze tray
with two wells between which Is a kneeling figure of a
woman, forming the handle of a blotting pad $6.98
Solid bronze trays with two wells and cupid's
head 98c
Bronze inkwells with pen tray and single well in
Rococo design, at 83c
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
JESUSASCEMJS INTOHEA YEN
.. —Luka 24 : 36*53.
By DR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE.
«-P into hfavro.”—Luke xxlv: 51.
«nr Itfttoa ire hire an account of the
Ja - ,f appearance of Chrlat to III* dfacfplea
III* resurrection. One would sup-
i ”• that He wonld have constantly re-
••'I with Ells dlhclple* during the forty
of III* po*t-re*urrectIou life. He
- M. nljr appeared, and a* middenly dlanp-
{ "I. and III* interview* seemed to hart*
'••"•u brief.
'**• wished them to realise that, though
'"•“lit. He w«* Interested In them, and that
u " would be with them though they could
stv Him. Tht* time, to eonvluee them
Jbat He was not a spirit..but the Chrlat
: '-r had followed, lie showed them III*
.'jo* and feet, and nte before them.
»k th# Paalma most be fulfilled. ....
»n.it the Christ must suffer and rise froi
4*ad on the third day. We wonder
, f o«Hr dullness of comprehension. Imt we
< osst remember that to the very Inst they
'‘ re looking for a Hsvlor who would re-
* ore th e kingdom to Israel, and they eren
•'puted among themaelrea who should he
1 ' Prime minister. They had not rtsen
° ,h «t height of eplrltnality where ami
only where spiritual thing* can lie compre
hended.
Takes Them Into Partnership.
He tells them they are to preach repent
ance and remission of sins In Ills name to
all imtlons, beginning at Jerusalem.
afterwards learn that they were In
scattered by persecute
Puritans nnd the llugue
to this country.
Repentance und forglv
the world. How hopeless seemed the pro*-
poet.
, ho received no education from the
schools of the world, who worked at a
humble trade till he entered on his public
ministry, whose personal followers were a
few unlearned fisherman, ami who was put
to death as a malefactor; this Christ who
seemed so small In his prlvntt* life at Nax-
areth, and In the Judgment of tuill of Pilate,
Is to be the greatest in hen veil and on
earth. It was n hard soil Into which Chris
tianity, the divine mustard mvd, was drop
ped nineteen hundred year* ago.
For four thousand yearn, the world had
been under the dominion of sin, and tit thl*
time the condition of the world was most
deplorable.
If you wonld recall what government wo*
then*, think of the Irupcrfitl Monster* that
won* the purple at Home and the Herods
rid the JTolomys and the Antlochuses of
lined to stop at Jerusalem, when'they rthe Hast. If von would know _th«* state of
— ... .. moral*#even In the most cultivated coun-
hlng.
tendency in those hit
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the theme of their pr«
There hn* been n let.
ter day* to reverse this order nnd make
forgiveness first, nnd ssy but little If any
thing about repentance.
Be saved nnd repent. Hay us little ns
noeslbie about sin. It Is heluous In God's
sight. It sounds harsh on polite ears, and
It disturbs a guilty conscience Men do
not like to Im* called sinners. If this doc
trine mnst l»e preached, let It 1m» In sugar-
coated pellet*. The cry of Jonah n* he
walked the streets of Nineveh that awoke
nnd saved that wicked city was, "Kepcnt!
R 'Ke l burden of John the Baptist's preach
ing was "Repent!" _
This Is the kind of preaching we most
need today. Many church uiemtiers-should
repent of their worldllne**. their *.lti.b-
ness, their avitrieiousness, their Indiffer
ence to the claim* of the gospel. i>r.
that the gospel might lie so preached then
from thousands of lips and hearts the |Way-
er might go up, *God Is* merciful to iue, a
sinner:" „ ... ...
The history of every revival from Pente
cost down verifies the fact that repentance
ha* 1*4***n the burden of the tucssage pro
claimed.
To All Nations
this go«|*d. He said, must Is* preached. He
bad founded a kingdom that must embrace
mils# $■ — JPN1
...os, rend the first chapter of Homans.
If you w’ould Inquire about the prevail*
lug religion, road tin* stories of (he gist*
who were worshiped and the BiiclinnuaTeau
orgies that were Indulged.
4'Tho Gospel Seed
was dropped Into this sterile Noll, and im
mediately all the evil forces c*f the world
roused themselves to destroy It.
Although ronquered by the Master, Ha-
tan had not given up the conflict.
First, Judaism, then paganism, with all
the power of Imperial Home, nswille*Mi.
'The founder was crucified. Ills apostle*
murdered, and their follower* pursm*»l with
sword and fagot.
But the storm of opposition only fixed It*
r«4»tK the doper. The blood of the martyrs
watered it. tthmue was made Its ho?ist,
the cross Its budge of honor.
A Burning Bush.
like the one Mown saw, on Iforeb, for three
long centuries It stood nnd burned, yet un
ion«timed. I in ring all this tine, the pure
In the most thoughtless. Multitudes
went tr» the <*ollseuiu to se«. the Hon*
selxe their victims, nnd went home to pniv.
Its converts were found In the army, in
the senate, and at last the world . was
startled to bear that even Caesar hliuself
had bowed at the feet of tip* risen Nairn-
rem*. ami hr Imperial decree hud placed
the hated religion on the throw* of empire.
Then Home having become weak through
her vices was overrun by the barbarians
of the North, and the church and ibe
state suffered alike.
A Dark Night
of Ignorance and superstition followed,
which resteil like u pall on the whole world
—a* night- unbroken, save by transient
gleam* of light, till the middle of the fif
teenth century. . • .
Yet Christianity survived through
whole of It. At time* It seemed us If It
lind l*»en crushed. •
A pagan emperor erected u monument to
himself and Inscribed on It:
"Erected In Honor of'the Emperor who
Extirpated Christianity."
He died ami has Wen forgotten, but
Christianity lived. It wa» the most vital
1 * Nut Ion* r perl*bed: learning fled Into the
caves; art died, but Christianity lived, and
all along that dreary track It-scattered the
only fruits of love sml blessing and hope
hi. h the world enjoyed.
Mu.-h wickedness was wrought In Its
..mm-. Worldly priest* and ambitious
princes flannted the cross on their banners,
blcli they never had In tlielr hearts.
At Inst It threw off the pall and Intro
duce! the latter days of light.
The (Jre$>k scholars who fled from t on-
..taiitinoplc before the Turks rekindled
learning In Western Europe.
Religion of tho World.
Christianity now promises to heroine pow
erful; all others are ooy the wane. Not one
Is aggressive, not even holding Its own.
There Is a universal sentiment that they
are doomed to pass sway. No new heathen
temples are erected, and the old ones that
have coat most fnhuloua sums arc not kept
In repair.
have been de
... dished and as never before her teeming
millions are waiting to welcome the gospel
messenger.
Japan bad tills edict ou Iter statute
(took*: "While the suu shall shine iiinhi
the earth, let no Christian show'Ills fare
In Japan, nnd thls was not repeals! till
1872. There was not a single convert there
till 1M5. when n Japanese noble was con-
verted by reading a Testament he found
floating In the Buy of Yeddn.
Now Japan has adopted our educational
nnd military systems, our Hnbhath. and her
victorious generals in the war With Husain
were elders In the Presbyterian church.
India, Africa, Korea nnd the Islands of
the sea are white for Hie gleaming sickles
of Christian reapers.
The culmination of event*, the fulfillment
of prpphech**. the concurrent providences,
all iudh-ste that Christianity will become
*‘ie religion of the world.
The world today Is controlled by nations
miilually Christian.
Holy 8pirit Promised.
He again sssur.il them that the Father
great Joy.
To th«
and not
To them Ills ascensloi
in execution.
their first lesson in the triumph
cy were still full of spiritual
tarry In Jerusalem tllf they were endued
with power fr.nu ou high, a promise that
us fulfilled ten days after the IVuteeost.
Then, lifting up Ills hands He bleat
them un.I was carried up Into heaven In a
cloud, and disappear.-.! from sight, and then
"■ rigels. some of whom wing His song
....itivlty on the first Christinas morn
log. who ministered unto Him after Ills
fast In the wilderness, and strengthened
Him In the garden of Cctiisemnim. an
nounced to the disciples that this same Je
sus would come again, nnd thev returned
to Jeruaalem with great Joy.
was no death mil scene. There was
. — , .... occasion for teara; no sign of tnnurn-
M«*n without earthly power, men In jug that a great career was ended, that
prison, have told the story of the living, the lips of a great teacher were forever
dying, ascended Christ, and as they told dumb.
dying. ----- - - .
this story the temples Wfcre deserted,
Idols overthrown, until today there Is not
a god worslilpiMil on earth that was wor-
shlpjml In in** day of the philosophy of
Grcei-e and Hie |>ower of Home, when her
temples Shone with splendor, when her
* sang with
eetiir** g*
their forms of Ixnuty.
No human kue** Imiws I HR
tie Is open to Venus; no assembly prostrates
"All the toll, the sorrow done;
All the battle fought and Won."
The work of the Redeemer Is over. The
work which that short sojourn on earth
was defttgued to Inaugurate Is now to be-
gln.
They returned to Jerusalem with great
Joy. They had Just lost from earthly
view Him who ha«f l*een all In all to them,
dnrlug the years of Ills ministry.
He wns gone and had left thehi a great
responsibility. They were to In* Ills git
of faith. , ....
ignorance. They did not know Him us after
wards they knew Him.
But they were sure of Ills love and power
nnd Ills absolute triumph over death. They
had enlisted In Ills 04*rvlee, and they must
be the soldiers of a conqueror.
"Rise, glorious Conqueror, rise
Into Thy native skles-
Assuiue Thy right;
Ami when. In many n fold.
The clouds are backward rolled.
Van * through the gates gold
And reign in light.*'
SPINNINGFLAX WHEEL
FOR SALE.
1 have an oil! (lax wheel that la over
ninety-seven (97» year* old that la In
lierfeet condition and ean be und. To
those fond of curios, thl* |h a rare
chance to get one of the original kind.
Addrna W. F.. No. M#6, Fourth Nat.
Rank Bldg., City.
PICKED HIS POCKET
OF HOLIDAY MONEY
While a passenger on a trolley car at
Peachtree and Marietta atreota Thurs
day night, R. O. Cheatnutt, a railroad .
man, had hla pocket picked of $70.
Chestnut! had Juat drawn hi* month'*
■alary Thuraday and the pickpocket
obtained almont the entire euro, Chdst-
nutt wait robbed before he had time' to
Inveat any of hla earnings In Ohrfct-
ruas presents, as he had Intended. T
Cheatnutt had his money In hla pock
et Juat before boarding the car and
missed It a few minute* later. Tha
robbery was reported to thq police. 1
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A revelation to glaaa wearer*, does
with two pair* of glasses, both
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On account of Christmas holiday*
ticket* will be sold at all point* south
of the Ohio and Potomac and east of
tile Mississippi river, 8t. lands, Mo.,
included, at rate of one and one-third
first-claes fare, plus 25 cents, for the
round trip.
Tickets on sale at all stations De
cember 20 lo 25, 30, 31 ami January 1,
final limit January 7, 1007.
For further Information apply to any
tltket agent, or
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G. P. A. A. G. P. A.
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New Locomotives Arrive.
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freight.