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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
ABRAHAM PLEADING FOR SODOM
— GEN. 1$: 16-33.
By DR. GEORQE A. BEATTIE.
GOLDEN TEXT—Men ought always to proy and novar faint.
LUKE 11; 1.
Tbrrr i. nothing In tbla laaaoa that ralla
for mmltlon nr i*iplanatton. It la a alniplr
Ibnt any child can understand. Th*
rrntral truth la emphasised la tha
p»l*Jrti test.
Tha Story.
A bra haw ta gluing at tha door of hla tatil
la slauirr. when thrra atranpara approach
rbmu hr tnvttra to partaka of hla hospi
tality. tun- of tlic thraa araa tha "ooial of
thf rovrnnot." tha laird Ulmaalf. Whan
that ilrpirtml Atirabam want with than a
abort dlttaere to aco tbrm off, aa we now
a<vnin|tan.T our cants to tha depot. Two
of thorn went on. labile the Lord tarried
tilth Atirnlmni nnd made known to him
Sodom's Imopntllne doom on account of Ita
front wlokcdttcaa.
Kan Framlico wna aald ta ba tha wicked
o.t t ilt in Amcrlrn. and anyone who hae Tta-
I!—I It Will not dleputP It. 8L Martinique
waa >ahl to tic thn wlckedeat city la the
« or 1,1.
When you rlait the rulna of Pompeii your
rjaafe triir im ttcrmlt ymir wlfcxr mr tatty
to accompany you m aouM apartmeata aa
thor oxiitwl Ih'fore the deetrucllon of the
Oily. .Nor will your guide la tha muaettm
at Ni|>lr> permit woman to aaa aautc pic-
Inrr. that were foind In rauipell, all uf
■bioh prove that the city waa another
Kiel,nil.
There are man who lay that tha wick
>.lwno. II.’ three rltlee had aathlaa la do
with thnr iiratrnctloh by aarthaaakc aid
Th-' tin,to tetta na that Aha flood etna aa
• itMnnmt. amt That noacss waa deal royail
r„r u» wii kcdncm. The lightning came
from honvou and Ignitad tha bitumen In
ib-w.it wtoi-thc rltlee ware coaeamad. -The
L,n| know Ihnt Ahraham waa Intareated In
th-lr peril,
their Mhe the city may
ium«i iMiriJa nuu tuigi
and then tan. The laat nutulter
miM Inrlnile all of 1/tt'a family. It will
!" “"I'd. that the Lord graated aa long
preeumptlon la that If
Itltfl
n«kn| for flv«» till rMBMt WOUld fUlTP
-II cruniMi. but Nib city would not hove
ns only four —
, ?. ,hp M, . nc TMtcrday. today ami for
lim to come to u«. Ml
Me did to Abraham, and He can Influence
u L? r a1 0 " tro1 U 1 *.force* of nature for our
protection or of tho«e In whom we are In
tereateil.
Proof testa and Incldeuta. many, could
bo *4dur«4 from the lW»4e In atmUcntaibm
But there arc uinm ouniide ihe Bible.
The Elephantl and tha Jaws."
A remarkable cnae of dellverajicfl from
persecution and puulshmeut vlaneil upon
cruel peraecutora la recorded by the Jewish
colony at Alexandria, about 200 II. c.
Plotemy I'hllopaton. furiously ausry at
the high priest, I because be would not per
mit him to enter the temple courts at Jeru
salem on hla return to Egypt, dung luto
prison all the Jews he could aelse.
There was nt Alexandria a huge hippo
drome used for gladiatorial shows, and here
a boat of capthe Jews were confined.
The Iking decreed that elephaniN made
furious by Intoxicating drinks should lie
let loose upon them In the arena of this
amphitheater, aud allowed to trample them
to death.
Foe two djuri hla own drunken revela du
layed the execution of this horrid decree,
and for two days there weut up
Davenport Collapsed
When He Saw Mur
dered Wife.
gpeeltl 1C ThC Georgian.
Brunswick. Ok. March 1—R. U Dk.
venport hai proven Ui«t he .wka nt hla
boarding houee, on Nawcaalle itreet,
from 1:10 to the time of the krreaC aft
er hla wife was shot In the park. He
waa ret.aacd lift night.
Teddy Mamina, a Greek, owner of
the reataurant where Mr*. Davenport
worked, waa under suspicion, aa ha was
•aid to be very much In love with Mre.
Davenport and jealous of Brown. How
ever. a fellow Qreek. N. Qaveroa, aaya
Marcatos went to Savannah Monday
night. No one haa been found who
haa «een him alnce that time.
Hmwn waa carried lo ihe city hos
pital several houra after the tragedy
occurred and died laat night. Hla
•worn statement was that ha believed
Teddy Marcatoa waa the guilty one and
not Davenport, aa he first believed. He
also stated that Marcatoa had followad
them nn several occasions. Davenport
visited the undertaking establishment
yesterday and on aeelnff hie wife, col
lapsed completely.
Joseph Brown, a prominent business
man of Americas, a brother of the vic
tim. arrived laat night and will take
charge of the bpdy of hla brother.
FARMERSHOOTSir
crlng In 1727. In Lincoln college. Oxford,
where John ami rbarlea Wesley. Mr. Mor
gan nnd Mr. Klrkhtm met for conference
and prayer, burdened with the apostate con-
dHMn of tartunrn,
Six years after these meeting* began,
there were but fourteen who Assembled,
but out of that prayer meeting. Methodism
waa horu. that mighty, modern movement,
known for evangelical filth and evangelis
tic work.
It baa (men a praying church more than n
preaching church, and that haa been the Ae-
cret of Ita wonderful aoccaaa. Hod beard
those prayers, and Whltdeld and tha Was-
of pen-
. frigid
»n». but
Prayar a Positive Powar.
In nmn'4 relations with God It Is In aomo
r*-.(*a-. t« Hi,. most vital, practical question,
t"»iihinj* lb** 11‘llgloua Ufa of our day.
"f miracles may be past; super-
may no longer l»a wrought In
,l "' fn which they once astonished
mauklml. th**rc may lm no more need of
j.iii.il.- nttiRtatlon aud authentication of
and power.
r today affirms a poatlve ndvnn-
I" iTilnyr rffta<M-mfwytao..taocmfwyp
in |T.iy#*r. ,, Thl* poor man prayed. and
u‘.. " nr, l h 1 *”. delivered him out
l !l I** - trmihlcs,” "The angel of tin*
' ••i | rnui|tcth round altont them that
lll»n. nn.| dcllvoreth them.” ‘ The fer*
••ffi-ctnaI prayer of tho righteous
I' Mi much.”
Janie. resisted by n rigid,
church, drive* luto telds and commons, but
so reaching ths people as they could have
been reached In no other way.
Jonathan Edwards in A marl on.
Janotban Edwards, In America. flung
broadcast hla mighty tract, urging concert-
ed prayer upon the American churches at
the very time, when, beyond the naaa. went
i,-m ui. mgpiPM ■ forth a summon* to all disciples, to unite
it lie'who del|\ • I •** apertal prayer “for the effusion of tioi’s
a den wwld ih» vhwrehea aad apoa tha
Ilia kelpie,, people. Tke tklrd day rame I whole kabTtable earth."
and the infuriated monster* were drives | Revival of 1780.
forward , 0 17w aMlber *lfffcty tide of r*
^ vital under the Influence of ibt Holdimi*
Andrew Fuller, Howland Hill, and-others,
all of whom belonged to that grand apes-
»<d*c succesalon that kept up tha mlval
Area during that period of rsfarwhUdU.
raised up In such Humbert. and in auch n
crisis, by Him who answers prayer, to
item that awfut - rida-thnt—waa awrepin
away every landmark of rallglou and moral
the full slgulflcance of those concerted
prayers can never In* known till we aaa
their results In eternity.
In answer to them came tho era . of
modern missions, the fonndlng of the first
foreign missionary society In England, and
the consecration of William Carey to the
woik. who translated the Bible Into forty
different languages.
India Opened.
Even more may be traced to that con-
rertrd prayer.
To reiiell Asia with the gospel, we must
get to the heart of the continent, and In*
lu was the working renter.
England waa there In the East India Com
pany. but that company waa Inimical to
mission*. Rut Hod was moving.
lie gave Itrttniii a foothold In this cen
tral Held and n scepter over 200,000.000 of
people. This made It necessary to main
tain nu open highway of traffic nnd travel,
mid hence came In the providence of Hod
Hint reinnrknble Influence which determined
the attitude of every nation along tbut
highway, to lie at least neutral,
Slayer Was Accused
of Attack on Little
•fir!.
Bloomington, III, Mart'll I.—TtinnUM
Baldwin, aged ft, a rich farmer and
formtr merchant, of Colfax, .hot and
kllltd Charles Kehnsdy and wife and
Mrs. 81m BUman and daughter, Cora,
Baldwin waa wrested.
Baldwin, who la a wldow.r, ta titular
bond charged with criminal aaaault on
Cora Usman, who waa but 14 yaars of
ax*. He acctued the Kennedy* and Mrs.
Elaman of cauilnx his arrest after he
had paid the fflrl'a father soma money.
After Ihe killing hla Ilf. waa threatened
by a crowd of farmer.
miTTHi
Ml Hi LITER
St. Petersburg. March 1.—The fol
lowing details of the murder at Kar-
■ynoyarak, Siberia, of General Koslev-
■ky, tha commandant of that town,
have been received here;
The general wa* walking In the
(tract at I o'clock In th. afternoon
with tome friends, and he jokingly re-
ferrad to a threatening letter he had
received, saying Tre would b. kilted at
* o'clock. Drawing his watch from hla
pocket, the general remarked, laugh
ingly to hla friend*: ''You ate, I am
still alive."
At about 4 o'clock, when General
Koslevsky was returning home alone,
a man called upon him to halt and then
tired three revolver ahota at him. The
general dropped dead.
Itnr, wonderful to rvt.fr. tmtssit nt *t-
tacking aud detirogisg these Jew., , bvj
turned upou the suards aud spectator* sad
killed uianv of Ikrui.
i. Ijusr,te*d wit
e Jews That k* relaaiaod the
prlaooera and. like Aks.ueraa, permitted
them fo .Tet.mr fprlr foes.
Many loalsnres uilcht lie glren lu wkleh
Bod tan. beard tke prayers of Ilia people.
Keen lit the tiirnloir ef (lie srnle of national
bletnry nnd deatlny. nnd nn philosophy ran
srentmt for aurh enKes, whlelt denle. n d!
Tine provldenee railing In human agalrt.
The power of prayer la a perpetual al*n
of Ihe anpernnlural. Wlthoiit donlit mueh
of the lielietlt titnl IlleaalllE received by the
prayerful Ullirbt lie ueeousted fpr by Ihe
iintiirnl aeeondary eauaea. But In hmnlreda
of otluT luatmieea we inuat either deny the
fneta or atltnll n anpernnlural faeior.
. ...... .....r Jnnatlinn Kilwarda muy l>e lakeu aa an
.Wer'inirr-ht MV
uuporiunais prager. mat was the means of the conversion of
so many souls.
This one man In the mblst of an apnstnry
from God that well-nigh wrecked religious
life In Euglawd nnd America |«ealetl out
Ills trump*** call; suniiiMUilng
h«»lv
riirlst Ian’world to prayer in lit:
lu that trait lu which be
visible union of Hod'* |>«'| ^ _
narv prayer.” he refers to the «lav of fast
lug' and prayer nt Northampton the year
liefore. wlileh was followiil the same night
by the utter dispersion and defeat of the
French Armada.
That call to universal prayer marked n
tinnlnc point In modern history This !<•
one of those Instances In which the subjei-l
• an be undersiftod from n high point of
proapeet that sweeps a wide boriaon.
Tha Baginning of Mathodism
t»f such
4‘haracter was that little fath
favorable to 4*hr|stlntdl.v. Ami to cause the
I tattle of I Massey In 1757. which determined
irotestatitlsm and not papacy should rule lu
India
And - —
iwuiig the great Eng
J3 DECIDE
That you will improve your standing in the
Community by saving a portion of your income.
You can do it if you will.
We stand ready with our $500,000.00 capital and splendid
Equipment to aid and encourage you by paying
Four per cent per annum compound interest
On deposits in our Savings Department.
One dollar opens an account
We furnish free to depositors a beautiful and
Unique little recording home batik.
We want the business of young men and young
Women; of school teachers and professional men; of
Traveling men and mechanics; and especially of
All married men, their wives and children.
Central Bank & Trust Corporation,
, Candler Building. Branch, Cor. Mitcheli and Forsyth Sts.
GARRETT CALLS MEETING
OF SEABOARD OFFICIALS.
Id ln\H
next Monday upon the brder
dent W. A. Garrett, the! newly elected
head of the system, who will preside at
the meeting.
The assistants, ns well a* heads of
depertmema, have keen requested to
attend.
SAVANNAH WILL HAVE PIECE
tN GEORGIA SILVER SERVICE
Special to Tks 0 for stall.
Bevsnnsh, On.. March 1.—An active
canvass has been commenced by the
mayor, trade bodice and banks for th*
tl.eott fund for the candelabra which
Savannah will present to th* battle
ship Georgia nt Jamestown. Therd Is
no doubt about the amount being
railed, and whatever Is left over will
be devoted to th* Savannah room at
the exposition.
Court It Adjourned.
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah. Oa.. March t —Th* Uni
ter States court for th* eastern division
or the southern district of Georgia ad
journed today after a very Important
* ‘ - P and the officers
STEPPED ON TRACK
IN FRONT OF TRAIN
AND WAS KILLED
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, gul, March 1.—This, morning
about fl:M o'clock John Pevolor, of
Knox county. Tennessee, an employee
~ ' l railway, waa killed by
Sfashvlllet
orar to the side of Ckrlstlon minions.
Tksss ere only the outlines of • grand
month of erents. nil of which Iwgan under
lb* bogle call of the angel of the Lord In
SMWef lo prayer. *
““J/ -of tnttny Instances that
Wight be given. Illustrating how prayar
TCT.^rld'-Td^oT
Bonjgmfn Franklin.
Will not be arrusrtl of bring a Christian - -
tellcrcr, yet. In the national convention 1
of irn. at that moBMatoua crisis when no of lhe court for M#con *
progrcaa accoMHl to lie «**»»i**g to a closer
bonit of union t^tS T #cb (hr rdnffffcmt«*d
state*, he srose, ssd addressing the preet
dent, ssht:
"Hoar, lut It Ifpppnttl air. Uni. irao<
Ihp so U»ag lu th« Art. fllrMod In duf nplti-
Ions, and now ready to asps rate, wo. have
plylag to the great Father of Light to |l<
lumlnale our aadcratandlnga? Iii tho lw<
glaalag of oar coatest with Rritalti, when
we wrro erilbk of daagar. wc had dally
prayers lu thla room for dlrlae protection.
Our prayera, air, were beard and graciously
answered.”
And Franklin then moved that ”heaee<
forth pmyera Imploring the assistance of
heaven aud Ita bleesluga upon our dellbora
tlona l»e bold In -this assembly every morn
man agencies and moans ns channels
through which the divine shall work, bnt I
think we have noire reason to lie alarmed
at the waning faith In the supernatural*
found even within tbe nominal church.
The drift la toward n blank, bleak not*
urnllsm. The Inmdrntlon of the Bible Is
ml luto the Inspiration of genius; Ihe
Inellnnilou of (iod la t*hrlst Into au Imper
sonation of g«Mf1y character; the divine
atonement by blood, luto a mere human
martyrdom.
And 04i the supernatural power of pray
er I* refined nway.
The churvh ties lost much of her power
bccauso of the neglect of prayer.
jirayerless church Is n powerless
church. **•*• — •- — “
Dies gf Fntumvnia.
•p*cl*l to Th* Georgian.
Bpsrt*. On.. March l.—On Tuesday
afternoon at the home ot her mother,
Mra. Matile Johnson, sla-jtaar-old Sa
rah Johnson sQccumbad tn an attadr
of pneumonia. Mrs. Johnson resides
and St. Louis train, just Inside the
limits. He stepped from the Southern
track to th* Naahvlllc. Chattanooga and
St. Loula track, not seeing tbe Incom
ing train, and waa ktllad Instantly.
Pavalar waa about to yean old.
UTICA Y. M. C. A. LOST
$200,000 BY FLAMES
Utlfca. U. Y.. kjarch L-
A. building here waa burned today.
The loaa I* estimated at 4100,440. The
eaua* of th* Hr* waa defectlva electric
light wiring.
Smashed Big Window.
Aa tha mult of a fight Thuraday
night between bn unknown white man
and negro on the sidewalk on tha
EXECUTION WAB BTAVBS
AT THS ELEVENTH HOUR
Special to Ths Ooorgtea.
Spartanburg. 8. C., March 1. Jabg
Shelton, colored, convloud of kllllaff
his father-in-law, who waa to hav*
been hanged this mornlag, haa bsast
granted a reprieve until the meeting
of the supreme court, la April by Gov
ernor Ansel. The order staying tha
execution tvas received not an hour tew
soon, for all arrangement* had baa*
mat*-"-
den
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Exehang* Building Completed.
Ipeelal tn Tha G**rslaa.
Brunswick. Ga., March 1.—The new
building to* be uaed a* an exchange by
Harrison Grey Flake has all
tract for • sew — * ~
be used by
inctlr tragi... — ...
lute for presentation In tke early fall.
„ , Jgnetl • eon-
new play by Percy Maekaye to
Bertha KnUohe. It Is tn bs n
The Metropolitan Opera House manage
inent haa eiisaied Anoelinl. so trnllan tenor,
for neit neasnn. In niMHInn In
Caruso. Anarlwl la it present ._
HI. I'elerslmrs ami la well known In the
chief capital* of Knrope.
Theater, New York.
on Blchmgnd street.
S leted and turned over to th* company
y th* contractor.
Oaaxllng Allurements.
We sre rrjevsa to burn that our old
frlenil, Jim Zink, who wss s
legislature In UM,
In roujuiirllnii with n young Myraeose
noser, KreUerlek Jackson, ft In eglleil
Watteau HbelibertleM." anil -III lot
t#M . . glalsture In UM. and tllailngnlabed bits self
TLl'iS •>/ net aaylng s word daring tbs entire sen
,!f •“«. deeefted his family shortly afterward
JMM, under elrramstesees not st.ltl eredliable to
himself. The man who goes Into polities
and ihieen't fall oat of tho bast somewhere
along tb* riser haa to be fortified by s will
Unit It proof against a greet variety of dsa-
sllng allnremento.—N'ebrnsk* Bteto JmrnaL
Th* latest "Napoleon ot Wall at rest"
Is Philip C. Gregory, a school boy If
years old. A yaar ago hla fathar. In
response to repeated urging*, gave the
lad. a couple of hundred dollars with
v.-hfph to speculate In stocke, thinking
It would he a good leeann to hla (on to
Ins* the money. Inatend of doing so
young Gregory "got In right." the reault
being that now he has a bank account
of "The Men on
uiualcitl comedy
rtymrooe com-
What Areuaad Mar.
It In related that once epoo s tin, Mra
Lytender John Appleton lay very itch. "Wa
must arouse her,” said ths physlrlaa. "t'p-
on getting her arouood and loterested d*-
DPIllU h.»P r.lilr Iml.l sen Ilf. •* ll.e k.sLo.J
only hold oa life. Her I
whlsperetl In her ear that k* lorsd ter; ste
never blinked, (hough It ted tew ysare
•lure she ha(j beard It. ssd some we whis
pered to her (boot the baby.. Not • bilsh.
Then n neighbor Itegan to tel of s s*w anted
— ’ ' tl...( .In. at „ party, ami Mra. Appfe-
loo set no.: pushed every nn* aside ssd
gasper), "What did It I "
Globe.
f teal* OwP*—Atehteca
Joke* and Raligten *0(11 Mia.
Thn entire February number vf th*
for-empty columns.
Thl* poem mteil to a nicety into a
corner, parallel with a Hat of devotional
book* that are recommended aa beliw
suitable for Lenten readiaff:
"Malden aeated In the train.
Pocket full of money, f
Down beside her alta a man— I
Malden thinks It’s funny. j
"Quickly speeds ths train slang.
In tbe tunnel enters, l ,
Malden's thought mogt anxiously
On her pocket center*. . ' .
foward the money stealing,
Plnds a hand already there.
Robbery revealing.
"Fiercely dutches she the band.
On hysterica verging.
Waiting till thn train shall ba
Prom the dork emerging.
“Into the sunlight now at last
Train shoot* like a rocket.
Malden finds she has her hand
In the stranger's pocket!”
Tomorrow Positively Ends This Great Sale
Pajamas and
Night Shirts
One-Third Off.
After the Store Closes at /1:30 Saturday Night, No More Reduced
Last call on the reductions. Tomorrow night the sale ends and wi
it the opportunity to buy Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Rogers, Peet &
Co. clothes at the reduced prices quoted below. Are you going to let
such a bargain chance go by?
Good assortments of sizes in nearly all styles.
15 to $20 Suits rSf jv aa $21 to $30 Suits a gf aa
iducedUK 0 ^’ $ A 0.00 ReducedYo rC ° atS ' 15.00
$5.00
$15 to $20 Suits
a
Reduced to
a 7 cf\ For 0dd
TpOeC'v/ were $5,
We can fit vou.
"lSt* $20.00
Trousers that
$6 and $6.50
For Odd Trousers that
were $7, $7.50 and $8.
an
Reduced
$6.00
For
were
Odd Trousers that
$8.50, $9 and $10.
A few more of the $2 to $4 Soft Hats to go at 85c. Plenty of the 50c and 75c Neckwear
at 3 for $1.00, and the dollar grades at 50c. Fancy Hosiery at 1-4 to 1-2 off. Fancy .Vests at
1-3 to 1-2 off. Underwear at 1-3 to 1-2 off; Scriven’s $1 drawers at 67c, 75c grade at 50c.
And lots of other reductions. But all will be withdrawn after tomorrow.
Copyright 1906 by
Hut Schafacr iS Mux
$alh Robes and
Smoking JackeLt
at Half Price.
Daniel Brothers Co.,
45-47 Peachtree—Opposite Walton St.