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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
RATL’DDAT. MARCH fc 1*0T.
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HOW' SHALL WE KEEP THE LENTEN SEASON?
i j By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD,
PASTOR UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
: :
\ making Ri-aleful ailmowledg. fhom<- In uur Ihii.I s.. . «ih»ln- i- i, |„
die editor of The Gcor- | *•“ »l*lrlt und U|i|>li> utlnn lfiai lie huk-
'* f : the aplendld suKKeellone | Aertlone may certainly lie reeelvednlll,
. *■'’*!. II I he editorial niaaterpleie I1 ^ v ' n *'V tim e whoee rellai.m.
Wedneaday evrnln,. ft .
entitled “A Practical Kac. It'tiriniliin, j,„. || rwti
t desire also at thl* Huddhlst or what noi. ».%«.,* ,,, .
. . t :cys the genuine gratitude I ! Hie very nece**Hie- ,.f f„,,| t
■ ft fortune of the people | A "I ‘ h.'.T.V." ' a ^ i “.'AVo *TlT 1
Uuit tile |
itiuke i
• f la nt
Midi a
iiiiuurilty and the Houth hind 'earliest mural obligati#*
.—|.»n of a great and rapidly legitimate exp»*n>o*s
.ft!. newspaper whme edl- , should bo cheerfully on,;
-nt is formulated by a ml- And what !»• tt« r «i>». »,i
, nlighteiied heart mh well um the savings product*
tli.it
l rnniptlv
IV be
et
lletit ri|ulpinent
JU.iH/ing as I certainly do that
tl ; v ‘paper constantly preach#** to
, ; -'‘tils than do nil of tin*
.".,n a I preacher* combined, 1
;,n ..reunion for genuine
st , n jrtg wherever there Is found ! might b«* giv
. uttli a profound sense of tin* (self.
giving up'*
that they should lift tli«> burden of m'
debtednesp from Hie In-tP tit |..n which
plays so very perceptil»|*» a pan in tin
creation and the saving of material I
wealth.’ How iuip*h more of u
to the dim ipiine
but
tmin
■•ntng |
responsibility of Ills oppo' * line end und object Another dMimt
fortunate in an endow ment | gain resulting from this practical Keep. !
a in I head in saving propor- i Ing of Ia*nt will h<* mi increase j» «)«ei.
. , ; chsiuence Is Judicious- ; personal Interest in the church and It- 1
^ to<i,-rod with practical piety. * work, for It Is hut. natural that the!
i. , i.d page of The Georgian ' spirit uni* and Intellectual interest of
, ,of,.ints Would that we'men should most closely attach to that
. , -milch of ait of out ft lends! j Institution In which the\ have taken ai
r. j, i.d edltoiial mentioned ahove ' financial Interest. Tlu* , htirch has won
j !.. pttilled III large, bold type, her hardest battle I n iMijoessiun of a‘
l( ,.,ie|v framed, or "done Ho\- j man’s hear! w hen he has icached tlu
h i, and hung In the entrance to point where he will say, "Mv church."!
r . of worship and also upon J and this result
,.f t lie living room of every j la* attained when la* hr* he. •mu* a i«g. Mr-
111.11 or even an occasional contributor!
tow aid her support.
No fear need be entertained con* i
reining am obscuration of Hie primal j
purpose ami meaning of l>nt. In dls- i
coveting a way to make their saerl-I
fh r« count perceptibly upon the side *f!
i lyhteouMiess men are not at all likely 1
to lose from their hearts the meaning -
of tlu* sacrifice. We no not suffer any :
loss in true spirituality as we increase j
in practicability. An impression un-
foitunatelv prevails In some quartets
that spirituality consists in doleful !
countenance*, melancholy movement*, j
hushed omeination and extraordinary t
i.umllnrlt' with stated forms of prayer |
and psalmody. Not a few good but mis
taken Individuals who fondly Imagine
that they are spiritually minded and j
theiefoie saved art* hnly chronically!
dyspeptic and therefore dainned. What
they iif«>i| t>* make them not oiilv good.!
but nl-o end for something. I- n«»i
iim:c pi.iyer and supplh atton. but more *
of wholesome food and exercise, not !
less ot (ymllliulto with tire prayer boob, j
hut more of personal acquaintance with j
tile cook book.
A recent newspaper storv describing!
l ow a religious revival had taken pos
session of an entire town, endowing Us
Inhabitants with complete ami linme- j
dlate sul\ati»»n. cited as the most con-J •
elusive evidence of thaf salvation the | dicat Ion of
Uticoiitt dluhle desire of the saved to ; might only
REV. E. 0. ELLENWOOD.
IF
Bible* about with them, wherever j fanaticism,
that might he an In- J tug in ever
salvation ami then again it
he an indication of religious
the seed* of which He wait-
v human consciousness.-Hut
| whenever n revival of religion can so
take pox*e--I.Mi of a town that Its In
habitants shall with eager Joy Increase
their familiarity with the plow. the hoe.
the IIX, the ll.tlimit r, the spade, the
trowel, the loom, the churn find the
cook stove that they Mild it iin easy to
praise God a; the forge as at the altar .
that the heat i < an worship as.sincerely
ill tile shop <1- «*• life imiuiiict'a <»<-..<•>;
thnt cheerful performance «»f obvious
duty Is as ready and as natural as the
outpouring .if the heuit In prayer , thut
dismal drudgery has given place to
Joyful service-and the songs of labor
ilse like shouts of hos.iunah. then. In-
deed. may am town s.i richly blessed
give hearty thanks for such a revival
of religion.
Repentante and remorse, though al
lied, are not identical. The guilty and
repentant soul may cry out In Its Mor
row and remorse tor Mu, hilt repent
ance Jims changed from shadow to sub
let a nee only when tt ha * assumed the
j practical form of deeds of loving serv
ice In an efr«ut at reparation
! Let us thank God when we know
| what It Is la* genuinely sorry and
| tepentant for the sins which we liuve
I all so grievously committed, hut let us
I lift the heart In praise fo** the appear-
a nee “f the advance agent of salvation
whenever the desire becomes strong
within us tfi bring forth fruits meet
for repentance. Instead of heating lm-
potently ti|*m mir breasts after the
ol |en example «»f c onti it Ion.* it were
far better that we should heat with
l**tsietftu e and with plan upon In
trenched and organised wrong which
crushes man to the level of the brute
und the accursed systems of our mod
ern civilisation which tuke not into
account the high destiny of the race.
Instead of rending our Raiments as a
token of sorrow and repentance It were
b*»M« • that u«. uli.mltl ev.hiiMtff. file It
* unnecessary coHtHhese for simplicity
untl clothe the nakedness of (•(til's poor
with the sacrifice thereof. Instead of
attempting to mortify the flesh by put
ting on s.ukciotli H were lietter thai
we should bring to the spirit that gen-
| utnr humility which makes It self-for
getful even of sacrifice.
Ho lei us endeavor to keep the bless,
cd Lenten season with the heart ami
with the understanding as well a** with
the prayerhook and ritual. It Is a sea
son of renunciation, a time to discover
what we may give up for ths sincere
service of God and the perfecting of
our souls.
And. ‘'perhaps. It may come to pass
that when the season of sacrifice Is
over and the golden gleam of another
ICaster dawn lias shot across the wait
ing heavens It may be revealed to our
Inner consciousness that the things
that wc* have accustomed ourselves lo
put aside while we at rove to keep the
Lenten season In spirit ami In truth,
are m»t at nil needful to our health, our
liupplnexs. or. uur holiness Then. In
deed, Nhnll It have been n season of
rare profit to us inasmuch aa thut
| which was a sacrifice shall become a
jnitural and spontaneous worship.
This season offers to all who rejoic
ingly enter Into It the surest method of
I finding the way back through file nat
ural lire to God. If offers to us an op-
! |*oi tunii.v to learn tlmt lie who keeps
s t* fed end holy the marvelous phyal-
ical temple in which dwelleth the aoui
j Is more genuinely devout than la ha
| wlm maltreats the body under the
! fanatical delusion that the spirit la
•thereby profited.
( The season offers to us also the op-
;|H<rtunity to acquire the habit of ter-
' lain Intellectual and psychological
sacrifices which shall make us at once
I more effec tive as religionists and more
acceptable as friends and neighbors, it
I gives us an opportunity to learn how
| to get along without Jealousy, and in-
ger. and hatred, and malice, and envy,
jxiid «ovetousnass; Imw to keep back
| the tongue from saying the unkind or
! untruthful word, to abstain from un-
; *e**mly and uncharitable bristling, to
1 forget to sit forever In Judgment upon
I "another man’s servant," to cease from
criticism and uiaster the kindly art nt
praise, to learn to utter the seasonable
word of c heer ami comfort, with lov
ing comradeship to paint along dark
ened Hpirl'tia! horizons the beautiful
und alluring pictures of hope, to help
the overborne t«» lay down their bur
dens and hear away u song, and thus
without conscious sense of sacriffce to
learn to bring forth Increasingly the
peaceable fruits of righteousness.
TWO GREAT MASTERS IN THE SOUTH
“Robsrt E. Lee v»ss Washington-
without his reward."
—BENJAMIN HILL, of Osorgia.
By REV. JOHN E. WHITE,
PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
N
ii the world Is aa |io\v-
truth and nothing *
••nt.
! cliar.-i
wilt Inevitable
he anywhere ill nil tills*
.iiKiit. n |>rlti< i|il>> or » I'Pipn- |in',
i i- truth In Its essential great shape will heiea
.» if Its basis Is In a moral '*«»«i up Ther- .
ft ***ii.l* and pionioters cull facta generally regarded
very c alm about all opp •-
• *,*e\er Indeed the
the present dn.. Mould forgive tltelr cutting down his
I in* impression l .is he.miio fixed in tieo*. their wanton conversion of Ills
mind that In the pursuit of Lee's pleasure grounds Into n grave yard, bill
m upon he never could forget their reckless
hinglon | plur.dei ..f all tin* camp equipment and
• tlmt other i ellcs of General Washington that
* •• and I Arlington house contained " So was
i ii.*-, of ( Washington sacred in Ida heart.
' I Maatara in Full Glory.
happiest sign of the times In the
establish
.*h|e«t
em ma-l*.* W • >t nioiM.md
~'rnmrmn minin' -
! Washington's trusted and i
| friend, it \ca* ip*f long before
scaffold Is truth still j I .re. the ti;*t horn, was bego
■ oiiraged. llioiigll
entlv beaten down
vociferous fnlteh
V-ar* ago tin* people of t
■ trail «*• feel tin* pricking ni
. «.f ti c character of Itoheic
\\e hn\e just witnessed In the
and generous outburst of up
i | Harry Lee that hi* fat he
r spiled by the love of Washington a* to
•coin the fln.**r American phrase f
•• ; mhuie. "First m war. Ili*i in p.*a, c and
I ; first in the hearts « i hi.* c*ountrymen."
. In hi* youth Itober* t.e,- drew In with I
hi> hrc.nh-tlie palpitant uiinospheiv!
that eddied about the tomb ai Mount i
r [ South I* tin* thorough recovery and j
Wwkhnkwi- and Mk j—
evident cji then recunlng birthdays. I
evident In the public School text books. I
end especially evident 111 the moral re- j
spoils** of the Southern c onscience to j
tin* npepal their character* are making-
to our hlgiie-t and best selves. It ha* !
conn* to mean a good deal more than it j
used t.» mean, and it Is going to mean I
even more* m the years to come, when :
the contra*! I* held up between the un
selfish Ime of Washington for the pen.
the North thut the j Vernon Ills ambition to he a soldier J pie and the calm and iiolde nat ured '
.•f la*, the moral fact summed J drew him to those sue red relics ■•finnd unsordld counsel of Lee to Houth- |
hr* t har.'u ter. lm* broken every j Washington’s eampeigns that were j enter.* and the kind of narrow and;
'• a To the North In 1K6i lie I kefit at Ailiugion. The ulino**t f«*r*». | turbulent and Houl-duniaging appealing I
l-l-ied hissv.ord; now such I* the loiduined l »v»* *.f Ins life was for Mai/lt • prejudice and passion characteristic I
:. o-* *»f truth, they surrender i,» jt'iistl.*. liie-only girl in all the world of political campaigns In the Houth.
1» is u good hour in this | who c laimed the fight to call Washing- I venture the faith that In the re-j
<-* «»..iti« tHnd*.- 1 |»**“ "f-M^M.tr ■*>.. - n,- h.aic*w ,,f At . t nulssance of Southern Inlluence In the* ,
f.* I* ir If the Houth hus been ! litigton and the pereonul property of j nation which I* sure to ehme we ate *
11 •■nipt ill surrendering t*» tho 1 the worshipped man Their courtship } f'lngJo findgreat fs»wer from the full
a ha m Lincoln we nmyiuus mound the tables which held * * - ~
:iim a tribute to our iiatlv
•f disposition. If the North
I slow In yielding to the
>• w#* may jet have to dt*-
-• th*» gt.initcc permanency and
i:gl g 'Ing appraisal of our own
•‘in’* moral attributes. At any
I*. 1' a beautiful rivalry when
enthusiasm for such
prized
person. Tile very at iio*-pheic of their
passion was »merged with Washing
ton’s spirit and their happy' wedding
jv.a? qyer.tr died wt»lt hi* all hut visible
smile ol hcneuP i i"ii. Wc uni never
know what liber of Washing!"n went
Into the gristle of the young lover and
soldier, for we do nor know- how souls
are made. But here i* the fad: Robert
j beaming of these two master Southern- 1
memos of hi* 01:4 "I , ,n ,he character of our young j
mentis or Krone one has said that when,
• Hubert K. Lee. j y;. Lee was far more like Washlngl
'<rfr* r day In a Southern home, j in his dignity and poise, hi* Judgment
id Gonfederate" took up that and temper, than lie wn* tlu* Tempes-
"f January which gave Itself tuous Light Horse Hurry, who wn*
" praise of J^e and ns the ; killed in n fight In Baltimore. Lord
■*n. .• .*f it swept over him he | Viscount Garnet WoJselev says In hi*
■’■•v r.i the window with swim- famous tribute t" lathat oime General
ing In a ten*** vehe- , I.**e was talking to him «»f tire* condil l
I ki
andal-
The Two Masters.
t <>i the No» them tr
! 1*111 in Virginia *hej? g**u
j noun* •••! ’ No heiicr express!
l ’ !>h to speak of n singular 1 his lips, hut tear.* tilled Iris «
'* Hit** interested me In the ! referred to the destriictlon of
Mtdv and rpatntement of Lee's i titat had been the « herIGied home
and message to young men I the father of tire United States
passed
a* he
Place
.i people have no heroes to nourish
greatness ,«n their young men God
raises up some poet to create them.
the sky above the race of Grecian sav
ages and thousands felt the drawing of
tlmt great heart: Just as the ocean
without knowing the cause Is lifted for
ward. follow Ing tile planets. Now the
Southern people need no poet to create
heroes They but need to cleanse away
all mist* and bravely purify their vis
ion. Never was u peoplo blessed with
more to make them great and g >od
than wc Southerners have In our
Washington and Lee.
Tneiv is a ser.se in which h may In
all serious truthfulness he said that
the South is just imw getting the fqll
benefit of Washington ami Lee. after a
period In which their complete value
ro us was modified by unavoidable con
dition*
eorge Washington Incarnated the;
permanency of the spirit of American
unity lie had created and the durahlllty
of the political house he had done most
to build. Into w hut strange parudoxy
does God play us men on the hoard of
Great Providence* Appomattox was
the vindication of George Washington
It is like a dream to think It. Ho
you understand what 1 mean by saying
thut George Washington, by every re
move from the contemplation of the
H''cv*«c|on era. • oqnt* for more as an
In II lienee «m oqr Southern life No
man m the S.m:h ever doubted Uush-
Ington; no man hut revered and loved
Ills name. The sun whs always In the
heavens But for a space there were
| furiously Hy ing mists, ami for the
j shorter space of four years n dark
•cloud There has been no cloud now
I for these mum* vents, and the mists are
'all lull vanished.
It Is a!*o true thnt Robert K. Lee
I Is a 1atger povviq ami n more direc t
j moral effec t on the character of the
J Houth than he was, albeit there has not
! hern an hour when we did not esteem
j him passionately Twenty-five years
• ago he was pos*|bl.v In some respect
I even more Intensely regarded In the
■ South than now. but he was mu mo ful
ly realized. The reason for that Is
, ua ham goiicu further lnim. lhe light
j and heat of war In which his military
! genius, hi* hrllltant championship of
our cause In battle was our absorbing
thought of him. I rerall distinctly that
my love of Lee as a youth was filled
i with n quite partisan enlhuslnsm; now
j my love for Lee and the demand lie
| makes upon me concerns Ids moral
l rmrarr, The rhwnge mu In me Tim
| change Is in our deeper rending ol Ills
I character, which time and event has
idea of unification and Interdependence made possible. Upon pie In youth l^ee
among the states Hon titer may nlwnvs came In uniform and wreathed
hnve drawn the letter of the Federal j h* fi 1 ' 1 *- T’ n hiy son the fame of Lee
Union, but he created it.* spirit. Ho »»n,l Ih" message Is directed upon mo-
tliut Is the greatest meaning of Wash- J temper, moral character. >\e are
Ingtnn In history Therefore. In the "<‘Olng now the mun greater than the
period, when, bv the Irrepressible fon e j ‘ aptaln. the spirit, the soul, the grand
of event*, we .,'f the Houth became fa- 1 be ing on It* unchallengeable merit of
miliar with the Idea of a broken repub- J Intilnslc nobility.
lie and that r-entifiutit filled uur vl*l ui. j As the world lifts him up now onto
"Kver their figures will rise before us | about him while some others of tha ;
us more violent talkers fied the scene for
<»ur loftier brothers, but one In blood | refuge In Kuro|»e. There Is a flouth-
At bed and table they will lord It over j ern book, yet to he written, the title of
1 whic h will he "Robert E. Lee'a Temp
tations" When Houtliernera nee him
With look* of beauty and words of
good."
Interpreting the Matters.
: Then* are two pre-etnlnent facts In
I the c lear light we have on the chutac-
I tei
of Washington and Lee* that the solitude to a grurlnus public' honor, and
REV. JOHN E. WHITE.
by iio
that Washington
become unwittingly
In* Influence upon
ount of It
dofn. hi* genius and toil
garde Ills fullest fain*-, involve
earth avoidable ! his true plac e In Its honor and says
life* and work should j "Here Is a man for universal homage."
o us, less patent, • the Southern people*, whose lie was and
nithern e’hhr.icter . Is. must by the Very law* of conscience
ork and wls* , feel limr with respect both to him and
the
cards of u
lit Houth may iny hold upon tor
Inaiarathm and -guiduuce—Th£ Ilr;*L
their common quality of iiiasterfulnes «.
their never quailing front toward the
duties mid dungeis In their path. It
will occur at once that this dominating
temper of the two men was h half
vie,lotv In every Issue la*foie a blow
ecus struck More than once It was
Washington's douhtlessnes* alone on
which the cause of liberty hung Aleev
than once In the Civil war Lee's char
acter was the entrenchment behind
which the Houth reformed her broken
hat tui ton*
The second fac t is the message they
always had for the people, the* counsel
of courageous *rmhsti notion against In
effective confusion. The greater work
of Washington was not lits successful
warfare against the British, but warfare
against chants In colonies, ills mmmhW*
on the front did not try his soul so
terribly as the quarrels and confusions
at his back, which were constantly
threatening to reduce his forces. Wc
say lie nested a republic; he did more,
he created the spirit »»f a lepubllc. the
spirit of unity, agreement, cri-opera-
tlon. without, which there could he no
great people or country, lia look va
riant opinions, sectional Interest! and
consolidated them Into a common cause.
He crystullzed democracy Into n pro
gram. The greater peril came to tills
country In the conflict of opinions
w hich succeeded the surrender . t
Ynrktown. Curtis, In his history, says;
"Hud the comniamler-in-ehlef been
other I ban W ashington the land would
have been deluged In the blood of civil
war" S'* Mlkii 1 maintain that the
ineesuge of Roliert K. l#ee to the Houtn
plea against confusion and dis
agreement He was grand In war. hu.
gi.Wider afterwards, when »im
posing In the calm fearlessness of his
letice, In* led the lonely wav to
ward the reconstruction of the ruins
he was. allured to usylutn In Eng
land. where a hero’s crown and f*m«
were held out to him. enticed from hia
personal poverty to wealth, from his '
deriving nil for a place In the rank and
the_tevel_of.. hi* people, that he
might reduce their clamo). dry their
tears and repair their ragged front to-
WMid tlu new conditions, every drop of
our blood will praise him for that above
all else he was or did.
It was !llie Joseph In Patiphar's
house, Moses at Pharaoh's court and
Jesus In tile wilderness. From that
high place General !<ee Is Issuing hit
commands to the present South.
Let me Interpret the uiesosge of ths
two masters In four articles of the
present pressing creed for Knuthem
First The Southern white people
shall get together and Into a worthier
agreement among themselves.
Hecoiid. The hvulers of tho Southern
white 'people shall reverse us frejm ap-
prehcniUcm*A.and drands tuzmurtuu,
terftil, more constructive attitude to
ward our problems.
Third. Wo should and shall shift tho
ctnpha«ls of our concern and solicitude
In the Houth to the white man. the
white boy and the white glrJ. thnt ths
man shall represent the nobility of tho
Anglo-Haxon type, the boy be pre
paid! to i cafTThi* IlftlTfJTir'ATTmHT1tinr~
resource and riches and the girl fitted
to he the mother In a gracious civilisa
tion.
Fourth Therefore, the mun and wom
en of light and leading In the South
should begin to seek and secure a
movement toward the definition and
pronouncement of a resolute Anglo-
Kuxon program with respect to our
hlefest problem. It shall be laid down
n our ability to realize a tremendous
otmnon interest In our duty to high
coneclente mtd the children coming on
and In that certain and Inevitable
righteousness to which we nre surely ;
accountable, whether we build the civ- I
lllzatlon of th»* next generations on tha
sand or op the rock.
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BRUNSWICK AND ITS ENCHANTED ISLANDS
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By REV. JAMES W. LEE,
PASTOR TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
T
• r r-
\\ anderer, the last slaveshlp
r *s the ocean, landed Its Boo
Brunswick. The IH.*t
• r signed In the history of
’* > against the Introduction
was sent out by c itizens In j by
borhood of Brunswick
these words: "I lit md uc
v c an not but believe they
1 <> return to lie a scourge I of 1*.
*»• our children, or chll- Minor
,l !t , n .. - hookin
tin* light
rntnrs of the two centers of attraction, j Influential general in the
Merc mutter, whether in the form of army. The first secretary to tho gov
mud. oi m.'irhV. or money, is ten last-(ernor of Georgia, the most saintly man'the shore fl'l the air
ingly inteic-tlhg A single dollar null- who ever kept the records of this or ; seemingly Intermingled with
tlplied by u great p«*i
signillcant than
.. drawing pilgrims j rial things are seemingly shot through, and covered tlu* • ii
•ament was signed by every j mit* radiant height for 1741 years. I and pervaded by the spiritual quail- bloom, as Finnic.*'
•g in Frederica and Darien In j *n,e position of Brunswick as a c.en-ti-* of great souls who have tone hed | must have »*-
'** strongest hook ever writ*'ter- of hitei***t. i* due t.. the wealth I thci
n “t the Institution of slavery i and quality **f the life* with which I'*- ti' -
; *“*d l.v AH*. |*annle Kemble hl.*t<n>. and that *>f It* *•11 i**unding f
Simons Islnnd, near , lands, have been a**oc l.,ti;d^
in ter. j realm of eatthlv wealth. The young
fi >»*.i | limn Garrett Wesley did adopt was
doily, , named F»dly. and he hecarue the grand-
i-thirg j fathei of the duke of Wellington,
spirit, ‘'hinje* Wesley came to Fjeilerha to
Unites Wes If. Is (live when he wa* I'M jeurs old. ile
its relations with was not happy )n-ie. He was mlauti-
transfortned with J derstiHid. 1
and * |»*Heh-'<*f I its w fde-sprending oaks, magnolia* and ; 1 hroiivh the
ns If fiagrunt w Ith : uniting garlands of w ild jessamine, into J affllci|
the first secretary to an Ideal paradise of undinnglug bean
governor of Georgia, who after-jlv Tills t twV ’
I hec .11111* the greatest hvnin-writer , of it* eatthlv I
he Fitrl*ctlan church. That mate-j flowers filled fit
niilitv Is more an.' other state, lived nt Frederica, caught from the <
million multiplied n*.«r Brunswick. While walking under j The Frederica of
pu!*nting c lod. In i the live oak* about tin- Georgia home j not dead Tlu.mg
It i human form Tin wealth **f Froasus, of I’harle* Wesley, at Frederica, the J the poet It has he
„ ' of A* la Minor, wn* gie.it. hut It was (other dav, every tree
tiough to turn the t.mib of Its pos. green sod s<
r into a shrine The be•longing* I the meniorv
•dvearp, another citizen **f Asia j the
wen* few. hut tin* hill over-jvva
Snivriia. on which he stiff*
He built out of words enough ships of
song to send the wealth of heaven's
lov e and mere v Into the pol ls of every
human soul on earth. For»more than a
tli vc Ith
Weslej
ilizens here first opposed position of lhugen-on-the-Klune dm* ha ly\
t izens hero received the > to Mrs Fafdlne Norti’h, w h«», w hhe ( p*"pr
•■•I t*f slaves thut ever came taking the pP*tuic
■* and h citizen here penned I Aiglets, happened
• at did much to set them | Hash of her gent .
’•■if It miiv he added. Ml**'town in Which he said he wa* l"»i‘ *•••!
141.1—r. r«nnl- K-mblo* ' That « aa .tvmtrli '■> in aka fait Hlnu-ii- ha'
1 W the Wife (*f the sou of o|i-tlie-Rhine slllm* l-levcr II M»e Veal
•‘••d Leigh of Htonelelgh, j soldier dylny In
1 "1° the most scathing at- 1 In some othei vtllaR
•f the ('niter Htates gov- would neither have l
• • •mstruetton policy I* for tuous. hut simply
pas*ed them, or lived by (line
- a strange, hut well known; little city. na« u
Thl* fact accounts for the dls- * Holm* on the •
1 to make pilgrimages to places! gleaming in the .
d l»y association with gregt. gin's hl*tojy. is
TI ** population of Assinl vvmild 11Inough all the
ijving In'la* deprived of It* chief means of sub-! the rhythmic ue,
in the | slstence If suddenly the memory of | music. It* fort
• ..f thu Ht Ftatu l* were !•• lose Its power to, pioneer peop!.
Thnt fair and fn*
»f Charles
_ have been land-
uted and imased ling their ImpcqIshulde mercliandlse Into
rdeal of deep personal !the harbors of human spirits They me
At the end of five vvearv {seaworthy and well hulll Isaac Watts
was ordered home, and I declined that he would lather he the
mtnR•• .laruled in Knglainl just fourteen months :author of •'Foine. o Thou Traveler Fn-
natlital I'Aftci leaving Id* native land. The pe- j knovvn. Whom Hllll 1 Hold. But Fan
wee; ties* f •»'«! ..f in* n In Freilnhn wa* a ] Sot See." than of ail the hymn* he hud
main* of I time of trial and dls* tpllne The fourr- t written r’liarles We*|e>'s hymn* are
kn* \* ll tains of melody III the depths of Ills (vessels of song set sailing between the
of love-| soul, however, were getting ready to gates of glory and the simies of eatthlv
rid sweet | Mow When lie -left Fred* 1 h a lie fed sin and pain and sorrow
mag- ’he weigh! of the wrongs lie had t*n- i John Weslev wa* a greater preurlier
«m can. j din ed heav v oti his *ptih. Artlvlug inland a grentei qig.cnlzer of men, hilt
f G**oi. • F.nglnnd. lo* found htro*e|f hqiglnR fm ji'mtibs Weslej has tombed far mote
ley's
t hr
fixed freedom ,
vide!
lion Bingen
n fair nor fa-
hill be-lde the
n un*ung da>
history Bruns*
advantage*, m
ii a* John B »i tram vv a*
.. e tiit-'Ugii. look nf Hie
Ighborliood He saw.
one species that nevel
and Imi rucks and
1 •• safe from Invasion.
hilne Though that saint ,either l»> the d»*uth dealing Inroad* <>f
eao nearly seven bundled | lime or the dt -inn the fire*, of alien
11*. he «•-1111 kee|»s the citizen* of’aimie* And It Is the pi <mal Freeh 1 ha,
1 name tow n supplied with meat;em oiupas** *!. enh.inced enclmmed.
I bund. Shakespeuie ha* been for ! possessed hv the morning light of
ni. three hundred >euts doing nmre j Fharle* We*|.*j's sjoilt, that keeps the
a financial way annually for Htrat- very ground upon which it *tn.si elo-
hntiging vears l»**tdu j light of
of Flurries Weslev s j legal, limited and pinched life
Hr*
vliMily and deeply tire heart of linnian-
Itv with 111* hviiili.* than iris brother
ever did Willi hi* setuions und ecclesi
astical iiih< inner >. The Methodists
claim John Weslej. Imt tro denoinltia-
inonopollxe •'harbs. His
e a* iihlvei-.d as rneicv and
s liberated slaves Rhine have lived mi'
* d from n Southern state. In the early part m
* 1* a small city, but tt hasiwtek enjoved sup*
’• resting event, heroic deed ' having even, *1
,|s life associated with Its -accustomed to
•1 that of the enchanted Is- j trees hi it* n
’-tnd it than any other center r among others.
p"l*uhctlon. Am a multipit-! grew- elsewhere on •'
• not i.irKf. hut imutnlllPil hy canh 1hl» ,’ ,„! !!! , r hm.l
um,hni livlnu lmilllpll.-Htm a inahiirhmutth tl.l* illar Hui'l
1 ■ •■•» ronnm-int wlih IIk past, of Un- Inuri-I * “
n r t. nlt r ,if historic In-I Hrun»wlek it'.’if .iilv. rll (or
'«• -rgh. j ever In If • ountt
•_ *-h»J- 2! Asra. i«. J)»rh»c>*. 1 *«»*••'
I » ft, 1111 s ' lln'
1 nrli| K
tn the
autiful structun* ever built,,
Ihe slgnlfic anye,
i in nil I an* f
, p rice «*f botany.
But n«*t oiilv did Ttir mr-n a»-m«jd
and ] Brunswick prerduc** n tree cmMi »•* »•' *
* attrm tlveness an edifice I anlsts never found el*j»v n»r.
association with ‘rich, line .dementi! Hie -ml In l«* iietghi mm .0.
Hindu prince. Hlmh Julian. Sir Fhhrles LvHI «i , »-;* , vmj‘ »
' *trs of whose money took ! main* of an animal V —
tuts glorious mausoleum. •*» belong t*» t If - -j»* «(«*•* " , ,*
• ■seif high enough above ttie thu* giving the 1 * %K *
1 than all the wheat grown In Wnr-jquent with mysterl
h*h11 *' Foiicord lives on Kinerson ' (lin ing the feeling In oi
Tboi-eau and Hawthorne, while )uqe that T**nn\.*on kr
(ab*’1 (ontinue* to derive n revenue [ wrote
'tom V III lies
Frederica, the Southern home of ( ‘ Moieover something I*
'hatles Wesley during bis sojourn In • Thnt touches me with tr
tcorght, has for one hundred and thlr- 1 Like glimpses .if f ugott
% .one >cars been called 'The Dead j of something felt, ilk.- s
• 11 x- .,f Cc orgln " In 1774 Its fort was < if something don#*. I know 11
11* mantled. It* hnrrnc k* burned and Its Such a* no language may dec
uiiahPant* dispersed, hut the Frederl- j
•/,. linked by association with the lift? j The year I7"S. when .
,f 1‘hatles Wesley, can never be de- (through the light of the e\
Miffed It t* not the. A«fll?l nt tllflwcri taking pla..#* n». I*ngi«n
twentieth century lovfta of Ht. Francis remarkable one The deutir
n,.ike pilgrimage* t«» see. hut the little George of iHimiark had pU
Italian town of the thirteenth century. I scepter In the hand* of G'*■
rning. ir***
who stands
w hen ho
dr earns
thing her
not wrh* 1
charm and Imtnoital fra - .The fir-
d III#'
1 Anne
ill had been struggling against the
harrier* of self-imposed forms and
• erepionle* lie was worn Htid wearied
.•ml sick at heart. In the entlv morning I In
of A1.iv L'l. I.JH, he felt lie could p»o-.|,.«« wide a* Ihe goodness of God IP*
» ceil IIO further Without •« hl*S«|Ug #11- set 11 ijetilplloll to4l»tl*|c 111 til" plft-elU
i «•• : from hep ven He began lo cry Jane of the wolld The eio*s In Ills
otlt n. Jesu*. Thou hast snhl I will j songs vibrates with a subtle, pene-
coiiie unto you.' Thou ha*t said I will.tinting power that bleak* and make*
-end the i'omforter unto vou ' Tlioti . llVf . r ,j u . heart « *»ranged from God
ha*t *nId ’my I athei and I will « »me ; tlll . W(tll g U |p Fhnrle, Wesley took
illito v on and make < Mil* abode ullh! t |, t . (loguuu, of tile church lliar wen*
'••u.' Thou art God who « anal not t j, tt ,d and fast .end fixed and fused them
m. i wholly t* I.' upon Thy most true „„ p, of mel-
i. iinlse. accomplish It In Thv time and ; iKl> wntm’out of hi* soul He con-
s that lie found ; Ve , t( .„ u„. Bible Into rhythm lie put
I believe | be. rt jj ,j,,. |,|,>ph(‘tH • »f the Old Testament
jto singing the old songs to new- tunes
rile put old Jacob to wrestling for pen* e
| with God thioiigli the strenuous hotlis
t of a new night, and ** nt him hitppv
■ from the |>iavet*of tnuiiiph Into a new
'nioitiing. lie humanized and modern
ized the old. yet ever new. t rut It* of
; wlmtinri He hf» rmi-l' 1
i* | {multitude* In thirty-three meters.
• in 'hi* gla<l (lay the gloiloirs Hun
of Righteousness arose.
• n miv heiiightv«l soul He shone,
~And filled tt—wiLh rettoacw— - .
*hdtu11ng rarth”to”«dd any «#;md*mitli sung in hi- ^J 1 , *
* olor to this unparalleled ; lage. and hIw.hi " ^
a- . ! liia ••\li«e*he* ••« * *f x ill*. P* *
tillldlng 111 the i*
r-ble. The thatched rcaifed I sung in hi*
A\r. tn which the poet petuat place hi
‘ born, is. hi Itself, humble I ence .*f
’■"live, hut when multiplied j field of buttle
I'ttlh.int spirit of lliiri.w it* Is Ii f«- i*tid
» hpv,. M tHnt ..f the Taj Ala- fortune* "f tb
' ncj treople visit the blltb- I fought l.e.c It!
" t rt “ t for one who vl*lts j ern**r (ie-ngi-«
‘ ** f the prince It Is all owingli r b h. near Mr
‘ ti>v between the multipit- af'erwaid b#«•»
.. r had lived at I
n-w Irk, and thr-
tht old --l err .
Biltisli t*nrlli
H* otland. held tied
unlver*;iliy diffused as the name and 'year lt> firs? *»*«»ion But tl" greatest
ini*m-Vi v **f Us consecrated saint. Here thing that * a. "- to pa--* In Krigland In
tn Frederica Charles Wesley lived long ' 17uh wa* tin* birth Fharle* Weslev
enough to Identify It" name and men- tile was tire younge*r *.»n and the elgh.
.iv with hi* own beautiful life. The ! teenth child *»f remark. rf»!e parent* II#*
ver\ glooms of It* oaks are Inter-I was. a* a bov. bright, attiaciive ami
ru-ftd with the peifume C>f hi* pet son- i fnn-lov mg Mr Geiir-ii \\
ailtv The deep gieen of Its *od. * rich land ow tn r in !•"! rnd.
, lluging to tire earth like a carpet of to adopt him while in hi* to
x • , \ • t mo**. I* reminiscent of ins foot- ihohc of becoming tl* heh i. a great ; m*
«i<■ pr The little yellow Mowei* that'esiate, or renmlning In the humble j lie
|. g|..\ Ijere on ti.e soil, like enameled t home »*f in
i» for a thousand tongues to sin
M> dear Uede.-mei's pr*l*e*
'.,»• Rl-rlc* r.f t.iy G*m] and King
J be tiiuiuph* of III* grace '
• than
• Mien,#
the skv to light Up'hoc.
Ill-
ingle singer was ever abb*
nefore Rvoryv pin# e and even
• f Providence furnished him a
for poeiry Onc e. wh»*n riding
’witli a condemned i rimlnal to the scaf-
A fie. in- complete release from ihe, fold, he composed a hymn *»n lire wav
• lute Men ..f bondage to form and fear i to -mg Ju*t before the poor man's soul
lie emend and lived tlll 17 Sw a uni-j left the body (Mice he vv as Interrupted
verbal life He wrote between 1724, id a seaport town hv a company of
nl.d 17 * w *• *en thoi*and Iryinii* Hup- half-'ir unk#-n sailor*, who had c«une to
I | posing that lie slept and lested twelve # liureh to bleak up the seivice with
i* | b'»ur - out of cue Ii dav of the*#* fifty -r *otig of the street imIImI "Nam > 1
t |ve«r*. the amazing fad is levealed that j Dawson’ lie listened to their song.
\ livmn #'veiy thlrtj-oiio of . mastered hs tune and meter'aiul corn-
lie lived after his||H»«"d op tire spot a hymn of the same
I "Mated Into the cause of sin,
{ Why should a good he evil?
Music, nla*! too long ha* been
Brest to #d»ey the Devil
j l'nine let us try If Jesus' love
I Will not «.* well Inspire us.
I Thl* I* the theme of th#»se above.
This upon earth shall fire us."
• nice he wrote in Ills Journal
"Newi Ripley my horse threw me and
fell on me. toy leg was bruised and
m\ Iwiiid sprained, and my head waa
/•tunned." but the only nerloun result
ht* saw hi tb#' accident was It kept him
from writing a hymn that day. Amid
the # ouster-nation that selxed tile peo
ple «>r London in I75u. when England
was *luikm by an eartluiuake. Charles ,
\\ i**le\ sought to allay the terror by
*•*tiding for tn in a hymn Ills own confi.
• letu
"Let am ill's inmost center #iuake
Ami shut tei e#| uatutr mourn;
Let tire unwieldy mountains shake.
And fall, hv storms upturn.
Fall with all their trembling load
Far Into the mean hurled,
l.o w#• stand secure In God,
Amidst a ruined world."
The se. let of Charles Wesley’s suc
cess hi the accomplishment of so much
pernian*nt work ts not hutd to find,
lie yielded 111* life to God In complete
surrender, and then minfcd the gate* of
is soul, that spiritual power might
*« through hi song to refresh human-
> lie did mu create the force of
hiiii |ti* life was the chafmet;_lie
►Imply let it fiow through his conse-
rated personality from heaven to
ai th. The flood* of spiritual energy
he turned into the world arc as easily
xplnliii.1 n* are the currents that flow*
along (tie tl
house It v
the sum#*
t oinpTTam'"
which the |m
Any man r
nirnt (»f Fhiirle* Wesley will find
self, mu perhaps writing hymns or
pleaching *erim*ns ns J#»hn Weslej* or
making violins ns Htradlvatius, but
turning out ftom Gin! some work »o
bless mankind
George Film made the old Violin
maker «»f Fiftiimnu says:
"lley fine* from the power
vh* simply adjustment to
of energy, and constant
with ihe condition* upon
•Wei- work*
• k 1 would rob
v ith
boi * Uito*atP>
the i
oi Fre.iei i<
IliUftie tief.»
Hu# h
b>
ord
Mil
the h
id ga v ••
of Nam
"If my hand shmihl
i *«hI.
Since lie i* fullest good, leaving a
blank instead of violins.
F »i God lllm*etf could not make Rtrmd-
*• •IS violins snk-v*.# • lonlo.**