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w»IHHPW/4^&jfc^ g ' ... >s**- . :l; _ J VOL. VIIIJ-No. 29 Lincoln McConnell at the tabernacle E came —he spoke—he conquered! That tells in the compass of one sen tence the story of Lincoln McConnell’s first Sunday as pastor of the Baptist H tin Tabernacle ; Atlanta. It is almost impossible to describe the eager expectancy with which the royal church found ed under God by the great and beloved Dr. Len G. Broughton, and which parted with him in such sorrow' when he went to Christ church, London, looked forward to the day when Dr Lincoln McOonneT, the new pastor, would take charge as their “under shepherd.” Dr. Joe Broughton ,the enterprising anu consecrated superintendent of the Sunday school, had widely and wisely advertised last Sunday as “McConnell Day.” The Sunday school leaped to 865—an increase of nearly fifty per cent, and new life and radiant hope were seen on every face. The newspapers declared that the crowds, morning and night made it seem )ik< Broughton was back again,” and there is a ' <jgsgr fg t Jr"**:- IglPslmlßßfflßlllr Mg3&3&&r ImMßb “That reminds me —here is a story.” ATLANTA, GA., SEPTEMBER 11, 1913 feeling “in everybody’s bones” that Lincoln McConnell, converted in Atlanta and “discov ered” in At'anta, and now known the nation over as a leader of unique make-up and heroic mold, is the may. whom God has sent to build on the foundation which was laid WmF , ■■.•■ •. m * ' aPS •.-•a-MWWgi > Tip: Ilf almost in the life-blood of Len G. Broughton. Mr. and Mrs. George Dibble, who have long been associated with Dr. McConnell in evan gelistic work, have been elected as the pas tor’s assistants. Prof. A. C. Boatman and his well-trained choir led the happy multitude in songs that swept al hearts toward the skies. “This One Thing I Do.’ The following is the heart of Dr. McCon nell’s first message as pastor: Text Phil. 3:13-14: “This one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind * * "" 1 press otward the mark,” etc. Os all living beings, man alone has the power to carry his past over into his present. Our “today” is very largely determined by what we brought into it from our “yester days” and the use we made of that material. This “carrying over” indicates two things: DR. LINCOLN McCONNELL, New Tabernacle Pastor. First, our mental caliber. People or individ uals progress just in proportion as th* y show capacity to see and select things worth whi'e. The explanation of the difference m the “advancement” of men and nations, »s this One race lives so completely in the iloV ' —lives so completely lives of “sense : that they fail to develop, while another makes proper use of the mind, studies and piofits by past experiences, and consequently ' limbs No man will ever advance unless he has tin intellectual capacity to sense real values But, again, what man carries out of bv yes terdays depends on liis moral tastes. The Greeks and Romans had great mtei lects. They made much advancement; hut they also had depraved moral tastes, and hem < (Continued on page 5.) r—— - 9 . , < * • . s _ v . . £nr • . . • .'. •■ ;• 4 * jHy $ , ™mh»> wmm Buil (f P* •wl ■.WrV^r^jL jflS&fijnniSi&v fflwaw, ' ,1 > Mr '•■ • SB iliisliil Wk /AHmm m WmmMHi v if ■■l&t liflHHHr m hh - |9Bb|P llillii • ; >it ’ Wmxsm —Ullll \ Z&MVVSBgB. , MBi HH ■ ■ ‘mmm mmm • - WBBm mR H * mm ■ >?' m3 W - i “Are you going up or down?” ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS A YEAR s: FIVE CENTS A COPY