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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1907.
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
What the Church Folfy Are Thinking About andDoing—Religious News From Everywhere
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News ahd Notes
The two organisations for men fn the
Methodist church, the Woa|4y nrotherhood
And the Kt, Paul Brotherhood, am talking
of uniting tho two bodies.
Lady Homerset. who has been to the cause
of temperance In England what Frances
Willard was In this country, has announced
that she will retire from public Ufe after
this season.
The gift of (6,000 by Marquis Ito, of Ja
ps n, to assist In defraying the expenses of
the Htudent Christian Federation held In
Toklo recently. Is an Indication of the-atti
tude of the new Japan toward Christianity.
General Booth of tb» Hal ration Army re
cently celebrated his 78th birthday while on
his voyage to Japan. In recognition of the
event, his fellow pasnengers presented him
with a token of their esteem, and on ar
riving at Yokohama a public reception by
tho city authorities was tendered hlui.
At the Unitarian anniversaries held dur
ing the last week In May In Boston many
able representatives of the denomination
gave reports of the work In all sections of
the nation. “
Tho wealthiest parish In America, If not
in the world. Is stated to be Trinity Episco
pal church of New York city. It la asaumed
that a large part of the Income goes to
the support of eight cha - *' —* * "
schools and a hospital,
aid which the c* ‘
other churches,
The second convention of the Baptists of
North America has recently been held In
Jamestown, Va. Matters discussed at the
t’hurrh Federation, a national Christian
temperance movement, arbitration and U1
voree legislation.
The bishop of Loudon Is expected to visit
America next fall nnd one of his duties
on this occasion will be the consecration
of Bruton church. In Virginia, almost son
years after It was organised. This churchi
waa the successor of the Drat church at
Jamestown. The date aet for the ceremony
of consecration Is October 10. The Incident
SUNDA y SCHOOL LESSON
AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S TOPIC
The Great Emancipator's Cal
Tho International Sunday School Les
son For June 2 la, “Moses Called to
Deliver Israel," Ex. 3: 1-14—The
Golden Text Is, “And He Said, Cer
tainly I Will Be With Thee," Ex.
3: 12..
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
An extraordinary fact about the success
•f many a great man Is that he has gone
very low before bo began to rise; the tide
aecmed to run out to the limit before It
turned. It would eeem aa if tho Anal teal
of fitness to eadure success Is ability to hold
on In the teeth of apparent failure. Thus,
tbo great, firm of Cadbury, In England,
waa on the verge of extinction before It
commenced to rise: the Cadbury brothers
had almost reached the point where they
would be unable to pay 29 shillings on the
pound to their creditors—a point beyond
I Is significant In thnt It la the first time a
bishop of liondon lints ever visited America.
American Catholic, hut the offer was de
clined. notwithstanding the fact that the
residence waa a magnificent castle. An
other American, a resident of St. f<nu!s, la
now said to be planning to buy a atrip of
Infid which shall unite the Vatican property
with the sen const sixty-five miles distant.
It la thought hardly possible that tho Vati
can win accept even this offer, an the pres
ent pope Is determined to continue tho pol-
I Icy of his proderetumrs and remain n pris
oner lu tho Vatican.
The Companionship of Christ
Tares Comments on tha Uniform Pray
er Meeting Topic of the Young Peo
ple's Societies For June 2, “How to
Realize the Pretence of Chriat," John
14: 15-23.
seemed Inevitable, when suddenly the busi
ness began to return a profit. Tbo experi
ence Is a familiar one to most business men;
and It was true In the case of Moses.
As the American slang phrase has it he
was “down and out” From s pampered
R ise© In the palace, be had fallen Into the
•t of an obscure slurp herder away off la
Mldlan. Ilo had reached the stage of seem
ingly utter failure and loneliness, beyond
which he could detect no gleams of suc
cess. At the time be was nnable to reckon
up tbe manner In whleh these new condi
tions were making for success. Yet like
Ills ancestors. Isaac and Jacob, he had
found a shepherd's wife by tho well side;
and the right sort of wife la one of the
most Important elements of any man's suc
cess. lie had undergone the discipline of
defeat and apparent failure. In this qolet
sequestration he had been given opportunity
to weigh all considerations calmly, to take
n square look at himself, and to “take ac
count of stock.”
Where the Lesson of Sucets it Learned.
The desert <of* meditation must have Its
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Mary In the gnrden knew Him noty The
two upon their sorrowful way did not recog-
nlie their companion. Muy It not be that
wo also miss sonio tokens of the presence
of the risen Christ along our sorrowful
way? For ndnlatry Is tho nppolntcd meth
od of communion and he who gives him-
self to Chriat'a brethren Is living In Urn
vejjr presence of Christ.—Bralnard Cauip-
Uear tord nnd Father of mnuktnd,
Forgive our feverish ways;
In purer Uvea thy service find,
In deeper rov'rence praise.
—Whittier.
The loving, human sympathy of Jesus, Ills
tender treatment of Ills uncomprehending
and Ntumbling disciples. Ills eomplelenesu
— —- — ills
learned In all tbe wisdom of the Egyptians;
he needed now the deeper wisdom of self-
contemplation and of communion with God.
Moat or us would produce mere If we were
leas busy. One of the evils of our day Is
that men and women are so frantically
harried over little things not worth while
that they rarely prodnee any great work:
we have hundreds of clever painters and
scarcely a single great artlat: an army of
men aud women who can write acceptably,
but no great writers; musicians by the
myriad, but no great singer or player or
even tor.
All the real effectiveness la being hurried
out of ns. We need to tske time to be that
whleh la worth while. The Is»rd la saying
to ua, as He said to Moses, and as Jesus
said to Ills disciples. “Come ve apart and
It la In the lonely places that
pppened vision Into life which
(•minimum understanding. The career
which baa had ita Egypt, and expects its
Canaan, inuat also have Its Midian.
An Investigator's Surprise.
After a rather unusual association with a
diversity of men. In all sorts of plaeeji. I
have regretfully come to the conclusion
that the modern man Is seriously lacking
» the spirit of reverence. Ilow seriooa is
Is shortcoming, even an Instant s thought
wiU reveal. Tteverence underlies all the
fundamental human relations; It Is a rock
foundation of society. * . ..
There Is a far-reaching philosophy In the
divine Injunction to Mosea to take off bis
sandals from hla feet, for the ground on
which he stood waa holy. Except Mooes
had the spirit of reverence he could not
enter Into any partnership with God. They
who are closest toJhe mind of the Divine
are the persona Bloat filled with a sen.se
of his awesome majesty and of their own
unworthiness. Shallow spirits sometimes
fall Into the wav of speaking as lightly of
God as though lie were a man In tbo next
room: real Intimacy with him la over per
vaded tar the spirit which cries "Holy!
Holy! Holy I” The church as well ns the
world needs to learn the leawn of the burn
ing bush, which la that, wh le God la never
far from any of ua. He Is always God,
before whom the cherubim and seraphim
veil their faces. . _ ...
The American national hymn embodies
the re-echoing phrase, “our fathersGod.
That Is a fact about Jehovah which be
delights to call to remembrance aa an evi
dence of hla trustworthiness, lie reminded
Mosea of It at the bosh; be was still the,
covenant-keeping God of Abraham, Isaac j
and Jacob; changing times and changing
conditions do not change Him. He IT The I
Hiterday nnd today and forever;''-•
„ alone, and of no earthly friend,
can this be said.
Justice That 8leeps Not
Because he Is himself. God's Justice Is
sure. That Is written In hla very nature.
Mosea, like his suffering brethren down In
Egypt bad thoeght that all tbe powers of
rightand Justice were blind to the oppres
sions perpetuated by the Egyptians. Hla
■nlrff tmiat liMVA ('Hull* "HOV lot
Sev^n Sentence Ssrmons
of self Mcrlflcc. Ills slides
vies
nt ii —*1 - ■ * • 1,13 mill' M IIIV . llln VII
rious death. Ills glorious resurrection a....
Ills promised return shotdd he themes upon
which wo often meditate If we would
realise Ilia presence. Like tltg Greeks of
old, we should oftener pray, “We would
aee Jesus.'*
Who does hla best shall have ns a guest
The Master of life and light.
—Van Dyke.
While we speak. He hears: before we rail.
He answers. We have to wait for many
of Ilia gifts, never for Himself.—Macluren.
Personal religion la. after till, essentially
mtniniinlon with Christ. Without real ami
personal Intercourse tictweeu tbe l«ord und
His disciples the latter can know nothing
•f the peace a ml Joy which God bestows,
or of the power In living that is the heri
tage of the Christian. Thom* who show
most of the llkeueaa of the Nnvlor In their
character are those to whom ho ts a famil
iar friend.
Why. tkrrofore. should we do ourselves this
wrong.
Or others-that we are not nlwnvs strong.
That we are ever overborne with care.
That ws should ever weak or heart less be,
Anxlona or troubled, when with ua la
prayer.
And Joy and strength and courage ara with
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When Jehovah saw that he (Mows) turn
ed aside to see. God railed unto him ont
of the midst of the linsh.” While About his
every-day shepherd duties the sou-ln-law of
Jethro had seen tt bush burning, without
being consumed. Instead of passing It by
with a glance. Mosea* Mid. “I will turn
aside now. and see this great sight.”
There von have the mark of the unusual
man. Every lot nnd railing Is filled with
wonders: hut only the rare followed of thnt
calling isM-s them. The number of men who
return n pussled shake of their heads, or n
blank look, when some one projects a
“whv?” nt them concerning the things with
whleh they are most familiar. Is really as
tonishing. Ten thousand men have gone
down to the flea In ships without ever no
ticing the wonders of tho deep which Frank
Itiillon. a common scstnA, record* In his
“Cruise of the Cachalot/: An unfailing
stream of travelers and sightseers la ever
In motion over the earth, but lierause
these have not seeing eye* most of tbe
world remains In Ignorance concerning the
wonders of the out-of-the-way places. An
Investigating turn of mliul la not common;
Moses hud It, because he was not a com
mon man.
Since It la ever to tho Inquiring spirit—
“seek nml ye shall find”—thnt God roveala
Ills secrets. He Imparted a great revelation
to Moan* thnt day. For In the burning
bush was Jehovah Himself: Moses was not
tlie last who set out to look Into a natural
phenomenon and found the great Source of
nature Himself. Indeed, no man can tell
when he will come up with God Himself.
With Bared Fast
Listen to the speech of men In tho smok
ing room* of trains nml steamship*, or a*
they gather for rest nt the noon hour, or as
they congregate In store snd dub In the
evenings: and the Imnresslon Is likely to tie
formed In a thoughtful person's mind that
dvlllxed man Is loslftv his sense ef rever
ence. God, religion, the Church, the rain-
Istrv. the Institutions nnd ager.des of
Christianity, the sacred relationships of
llfo are treated lightly. If not scofflngly.
spirit must bar© cried: “How long.
Lord! how long!” But God's eye was not
closed, nor his arm shortened; nta dock la
never too slow*.
Many sufferers from the Injustice of-rail
road discrimination had despaired of ever
seeing the right come to pass; many of the
victims of corporate greed and extortion—
aa in the case of the oil trsst-went down
to the grave hopeless and seemingly un
avenged. All the while, though, God a day
waa marching on.
~ worn #l _
linn! while .
showed no signs of caring, before the stern
voice of humanity waa at last heard. Poor
Korea still feel* herself deserted to her
fate of oppression and obliteration; but
Christendom already shows signs of waking
np to tho truth. The opium curse bad fas
tened Itself on China for decades and a
seemingly futile battle waa waged against
It by n small and heroic band: but now the
victory seems to be in sight God may
seem to tarry, for his clock nnd man's do
not seem to tick to the same measure, but
surely and unfailingly God does vindicate
his own truth.
To the gladdened ears of Moeos. who
knew himself only aa an exile of patriotism,
never dreaming that he waa to become the
emancipator of hla people, came the tidings
that God had regarded the sufferings of
his people and now In the fullness of time
meant to deliver them. To have done no
earlier would have been to hinder their full
discipline nnd training. With tho premise
of deliverance went also tho promise of n
new life in a goodly land.
A Shock for a Shrinking Man.
Wonderful, almost beyond belief, had
l>cen the words heard by Moses concerning
the deliverance of his people: now he Is
startled by the words which # followed:
”Coino now. therefore* nnd I will send thee
unto Pharaoh, that thou mayst bring forth
my people, the children of Israel, out of
Egypt.” What! He—Mores—the fugitive—
the humble shepherd? Incredible! The
—Omar Khayyam.
If wo could read the sestet history of our
enemies, we shonld find In each man's life
sorrow and suffering euough to disarm all
hostility.—Longfellow.
It make* the mind very free when we
give up wishing, and think only of doing
what Is given ua to do.—George Eliot
I know nothing else that will give the
like fearlessness and courage ns tho knowl
edge of God In Christ.—Oliver Cromwell.
Sad will be tho day for nny man when he
becomes absolutely contented with tho life
ho is living—when there Is not beating at
the doors of his soul some great desire to
do something larger.—Phillips Brooks.
A Prayer for God's Continual Presenco.
“Jesus, kneel beside me
In tho dnwn of day;
Thine la prayer eternal—
• Teach me how to pray!
“Master, work beside me
In the shining sun;
Gently guide T^y gemot
Till tbe work Is done.
iu mu ciufliug
Lo. the evening couie.th—
Watch with me this night!
“Birds arc winging homeward,
Run nnd shadow eeasc,
Savior, take iny spirit
To Tby perfect peace.”
•iehovOh: “Wlm
unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring
forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
This query was partly prompted by human
ity ami partly by fear. .
It Is a* presumptuous to nssulnc that you
enn not do a task to which God has caflcd
yon na It Is to assume thnt you esn do It
when not called. Because, like Mores, so
many Christians are unwilling to any “yes”
to God, the wont of heaven on earth lan
guishes. Everybody is resdy to tarn hla
guns of criticism upon whoever assumes a
work of leadership or aggressiveness; In
stead. we should tske to task those who
have not the courage or the willingness to
attempt great thingn for (ted. Mores was
blameworthy In that he assumed to be s
better Judge of hls qualifications than Je-
sit Ion to see, as God saw, the apprentice
ship he hud been nerving for tbe position
of emancipator; It waa because he waa
ready that he was railed. The world la full
of' the Motes spirit; mourning over evils
which we are not ready* to pitch In nnd
help remedy. Whenever any person Is
brought face to face with a great wrong
needing righting, or a great service needing
doing, hla one clear duty Is to discover how
ho can help right that wrong or how he ran
help meet that need. The greatness of s
task ts no reason for fulling to attack It;
success belongs to tbe great attemptera.
-As « warrant of authority and a pledge
of success, Jehovah named hla own pre-
exlstenee. It was In the might and the
name of the “I Am” that Muses was to
present himself to the Israelites, and that
name eternally spells victory.
The Surprised Darkey.
An Alabama man tells of an odd charac
ter In a town of that stato for whom the
local creek had more attractions than the
hot and grassy cotton field. Not long ago
Tobe, as tho darky is called, took a day
off In pursuit of bis favorite amusement.
Tobo baited Ills hook, and long and pa
tiently sat upon tho bank of tho creek
vainly waiting for a bite. At last, un
der the combined Influence of tho warmth
of the day and the sluggish movement of
the creek, Tolie fell asleep.
As the weSry angler dozed a big fish
took the halt and almost pulled the darky
Into tbe creek.
“Good Lord! Good Lord!” exclaimed
Tobc. with n gurglo as he awoke, “Is die
nlggah sfish In' or Is dls fish a-nlggerinT'—
Ilarperis Weekly.
Not His Ducks.
A story Is told of tbe famous Richard
Brinsley Sheridan that, one day when com-
?Ton. nniu iiif mini, luuuguiiuu/, *'1*11
take half a sovereign.”
“Done.” said Sheridan, nnd he fired Into
the Aiiddle of the llock, killing a dozen or
more.
“I'm afraid yon made a bad bargain,”
mbl Sheridan, laughing.
“I don’t know nlmut thnt.” the man re
plied. “They're not my ducks.”
All these passings to and fro of fruitful*
shower snd grateful shade. . . . nnd the
voices of murmuring winds and threaten
ing thunders. . . .' are but to deepen la oar
hearts the acceptance and distinctness and
dearness of the simple words—
If yon would know the presence of Christ
In tbe heart, dwell much In th
upon
hills
of Palestine. Call to mind the nnselflsh-
of Christ snd Hls constant self-forget-
In service. Ftad tho marks of
royalty In Hla triumphant death for aa.
Thenonr lives will assnm© somewhat of
“P‘1ur« which
••Omit O tort, that I may know Tbo.
more clearly, may lore Tb« more dearly.
The Greatest Proof.
They were Just coming ont of Wyndhnm's
theater, after seeing n performance of that
most laughable play, “When Knights Were
Bold."
“Ob. George,” sighed the romantic maid,
how l wish you were one of those old-time
knights so that you could do something
brave to show your love for me.”
“What more do yon wantT'askcd George.
Haven't I agreed to marry yon, and me
only getting (10 n week?”—Tatier, Ixindou.
Tittle boy jim.
Ont of the angel land ho came,-
UtUs Boy Jim.
Without any clothe*, not even the name
Of Little Roy Jim;
Loft all the brightness of heavenly skies-
Just borrowed enough for hls heart and
hls eyes
And, maybe, sumo nectar for tears when
he cries.
Little Boy Jim.
Plncked from the golden street a brick,
Did Little Boy Jim,
Got a big angel that knew the trick.
Cute Little Jim.
To turn It Into a heart of gold—
The angel scorned Heav'n to get the best
mold.
And put In n piece of hls own heart. Pm
told:
For Little Jim.
Xnd hs had It turned la a perfect key.
Little Boy Jim,
To keen it In constant harmony;
Wise !x>y, Jim.
And all the time that tie ts away
Tbe Heavenly choir will sing and play,
Hot he hears the echoing melody—
Locky Boy Jim.
That Is the reason a part of each day
Little Roy Jim
Cesses hls baby prattle and play—
.. Tbe ibm In him
Is llst'nlng, whllo Into hls eye* will creep
A wlstfnl look so tender ami deep—
The angel voices are singing—Air Sleep
Little Boy Jim.
P- A. Connolly In the NstioosI Maga-
line for May.
and follow The© mors nearly.”
To do Thy will Is more than praise
As words are less than deeds.
And simple trust can find Thy ways
We miss with chart of creeds.
—Whittles,