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fS 12 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 f •••MI 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 9 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,