Newspaper Page Text
THE ATLANTA G EORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 190T.
THE GOSPEL OF LOVE OR THE GOSPEL OF FEAR?
By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD,
PASTOR UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
O P ALL the obstacles In the way I »*• " hl f h c ,?i“ ° f
none Is ao difficult and so persistent
fear. When foar becomes even a
i temporary resident of the soul, deter
mination departs, the will Is para-
1 lysed, courage Is forgotten, and ambi
tion dies a slow and painful death from
j starvation. The world has been rob-
i bed of man)’ an artist, many a scutp-
‘ tor, many a musician, many an orator,
, and many a statesman, by roason of the
subtle blandishments of fear. Talent
Is a useless thing, and opportunity but
an Idle hour for him whose heart has
become Inoculated with this deadly vi
rus. Unless a man's faith In God Is
strong enough to enable him to believe
In himself, the world's testimonial con
cerning his life will be given In tones
of disappointment. One man of medl-
. ocre mind and average ability, who has
learned the potency of the magic words
•T believe; I can; I will." Is worth a
dozen physical and Intellectual giants
whose life motto Is "I am afraid.”
Therefore, the Individual or the In
stitution that ezerclsea the power of
, filling humanity's heart with fear,
1 ahnuM twk rArardMl U A r
1 should be regarded aa a public evil,
be either oonverted. suppressed or de
stroyed.
One of the most progressive minds of
the present century, In an effort to de
termine the moet prolific causes of hu
manity's various manifestations of
| fsar, which, from tlms Immemorial,
• hare killed elfort and prevented that
‘‘peace of Ood which poseeth all un
demanding,” brings a sweeping charge
against threa of the coveted "learned
I professions," and declares that In ncar-
1 ly every Instance of that lack of cour-
raced back, either to the theologian,
'he lawyer, or the medical practition
er. The preacher, he declares, has
poisoned man's mind with the fear of
death, the lawyer has turned the stat
utes into a scarecrow, and the doctor
nas accustomed us to regard disease as
i he normal condition of humanity. And
a little study and entirely unprejudiced
reflection must disclose to us that there
Is a painful amount of justice In the
arraignment.
"The fear of the Lord Is the begin
ning of wisdom.” Undoubtedly this
must always remain true, and hu
inanity's progress toward a morality
which shall be something more than
the name, must always begin with the
wholesome fear' of punishment. But,
let us not conclude that the fear of the
Lord la the ultimate goal of wisdom.
The sons and daughters of Ood can
never reach the maturity of their di
vinity by remaining In the moral kin
dergarten of fear. Let not tho preach
er, who has acquired marvelous pro
ficiency In painting graphic and terri
fying descriptions of the place of fu
ture torture of unfortunate and rcbcll-'
lous spirits, congratulate himself that
lie Is contributing nnythlng of per
manent morality to the community
which considers Itself obliged lo sub
mit In silence to his ministrations. A
nan Is never made really righteous by
lining his mind with the fear of hell.
It may be that his slow and painful
march toward the distant goal of pure,
disinterested decency Is thus begun,
out the chances are Infinitely greater
that the pitiful stunting of his moral
naturo will bo thus effected, and In
stead of a man being given to society,
one more coward will be turned out to
battle with a hostile world. The fear
of hell Is the prolific parent of the
much praised "death-bed repentance,”
which one of the world’s greatest
preachers and evangelists has rightly
declared to be "a disgrace to mankind
and an Insult to Ood.”
It seems reasonable to conclude that
the fear of hell Is In largs measure re
sponsible for humanity's exaggerated
horror of death. It Is Inevitable, of
course that wa should always be over,
whelmed with the sorrow of parting
and the deep grief of loneliness when
ever those whom "we have loved and
lost a while” obey the summons from
tho spirit Isnd. Our grief Is the pries
we pay for our love, and because lova
la life, we must continue to pay, how
ever grudgingly, the pries the demands.
But death Is merely an Incident of life,
even as birth must also be reckoned,
aa we shall be able to fully understand,
os soon as wa have listened with pa
tience to the voice with which Ood
speeks to Hla children. Therefore, we
should not sutler from this awful hor
ror of death, which la certainly some
thing more than the sorrow of sepa
ration, were It not for the fact that for
untold generations tho theologians hava
filled the minds of our ancestors with
the terrible fear of that which should
come after death, and we are the un
fortunate Inheritors of that entirely
needless fear. And this Is undoubtedly
the reason that so many of our mad
houses hold men and women. In whose
brains the slender cord of reason and
sanity has snapped under the unbear
able strain of religious emotion and
excitement "O, Religion, Religion; how
REV. E. D. ELLENWOOD.
many are the crimes that have been
committed In thy name!"
And, If we are so fortunate as to es
cape the theologian and retain a re
spectable amount of honest courage
with which to face the Issues of life,
then we fall Into the hands of the doc
tor who feels It his professional duty
to "do us good.” With a very com
mendable desire to make us well and
keep us In that condition, he regalea
us with the names and the numbers of
the various microbes which Inhabit the
food wo eat, the water we drink, the
air we breathe, the clothes we wear,
the books we read and the houses we
live In. By seductive advertisements
he encourages us to develop symptoms,
which he treats with much enthusiasm
and no little pcrsonnl profit. If the pa
tient’s mind Is not sufficiently open to
conviction concerning the extreme
gravity of his condition, then It Is fre.
quently found neqpssary to open the
patient. The spiritual and mental at
mosphere Is filled with disease and ab.
normality, and the patient Is apparent
ly expected to get well by persistently
remembering that he Is sick.
Then the doctor very obligingly
shunts us along to the lawyer, through
whom we have learned to secure Jus
tice whenever we are In a position to
pay for It, and . who has so manipu
lated the laws which ha has so oblig
ingly made for us that wo can never
be quite sure whether we are the plain
tiff or the defendant In a case, we have
come to Inseparably associate In our
minds the court house and the jail, and
the sight of a policeman Instinctively
fills us with dread. We find ourselves
scarcely able to eay with the pealmlst
of old, "O, how I love thy law!" The
legal system which eoclety. hae butlded
for her protection eeems about to be
come a machine so vast and so mys
terious that It Is small wonder that
we all, perhaps It may be unconscious
ly, but nevertheless actually, live In
the terror of tho law.
Let us have dons with the gospel
of fear. It has gsrved us well, but the
period of Its greatest usefulness Is
rapidly passing. “Down Mars, up
Eros!" It Is high time that humanity
should usher In a new reign. Let the
reign of the law of fear bo euperseded
by the reign of tho law of lovs. "Per
feet love casteth out fear, for fear
hath torment."
Tho conscloua effort of humanity
should ba directed In tho line of that
progress In true morality and spirit
ualised ethlca which shall enable us
to dispense with the services of tho
moral policeman, fear, substituting, as
mranco of proper conduct the
on Insurance
sweet, persuasive Influence of love. The
preacher In the pulpit, the parent In
the home and the individual In the ae-
cret, ellent discipline of his own heart,
must plead always for tho upbuilding
of a genuine lova of rlghteousnese un
til It ehall become a positive element
of character Inatead of a merely nega
tive product of the deterrent power of
fear. We need to be continually re
minded of the fact that we are the
children of Ood, and that our Rather
never glvei over any of Hie children
utterly and forever to misery and de
spair, and that His punishments,
though absolutely Inevitable and often
necessarily severe, are never concelvod
In anger, but always lovingly admin
istered for correction and euro. Tills
realization of our kinship with Ood, as
it Is deepened and strengthened In our
consciousness, will engender In us such
a wholesome self-reepect ae to eventu
ally render the Inclination to sin abso
lutely foreign to our nature, and thue
wa ehall no longer be held In the bond
age of the fear of the law.
Tho perfect love of Ood shall also
make ue acquainted with the lawa of
nature, which are the lawe of Ood, as
they relate to our physical well being
and, following these laws by natural
choice, rather than by fearful con
straint, wa shall discover that wa may
truly walk with Ood physically as well
as spiritually, and that aa we accustom
ourBelvea, more and more, to "think
His thoughts after Him,” tho old dread
and fear of disease (hall dip away
from ua as the shadow of an evil
dream, and we ehall find ourselves to
be continually "tranefortned by tha
renewing of our mind."
And so also shall tho fear of the po
liceman and tha Intangible terror of
society's laws cease to trouble us, as
our hearts become filled with that per.
feet love of Ood, whoso only possible
human manifestation la through love
to our fellow men. Fear of whatever
form It may bo le a natural product of
selfishness, an unhappy exaggeration of
the divinely Implanted Instinct or lm-
pulse of self-preservation. Aa we
learn to ‘love our neighbor as our
selves” ws shall loss our fear of the
operation of that law, which our self
ishness distorts In our understanding
until ws come to conceive that It is
Instituted to give our neighbor some
undue advantage over us. Altruism
shall take the place of unduly empha
sised egoism, and we shall cease to
think of tho law as an agent of per
sonal restriction, because wo shall
come to be grateful for It, ae a mes
senger of peace and happiness and
public safety. And ao shall "perfect
love cast out fear, which assuredly
hath torment"
HEAVEN—ITS REST
“There remaineth there
for* a rest to the people of
Got .”—Hob. 4:9.
By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
O NE of the profoundeet needs of
humanity Is rest, and for this
need heaven offers a blessed
h °la 1880, after years of distinguished
l service, fhe late and lamented Chief
Justice Bleckley retired from public
! life, and In hla resignation as explana-
. tory of his step he Included two stan-
’ zas, entitled "In the Matter of nest.
1 In the first of these he voices his wearl-
| ness and explains that It Is for this
! reason he lays aside the ermine with
Its attendant honors and responslbill-
! ties. He le tired—and I* seeking rest.
"Rest for hand and brow and breast,
For fingers, heart and brain!
Rest and peaco, a long raleaaa
From labor and from pain;
Pain of doubt, fatigue, dcspali^-
Paln of darkness everywhere.
And seeking light In vain."
In this confession there Is far more
than a mere statement of one man n
experience. In It wa find and feel tho
pathos of the deep and common crav
ing of tho race. All great-hearted
mea all faithful earnest Christians
an tired men, and all tired men need
reef.
To this deep and common craving, a
craving that grows more eager as the
vears Increase, our text responds. In
Its promise we have God's reassuring
answer to our mute appeal, "There re-
malneth. therefore, a rest to the people
of Ood." Yea. aa He who made the
eve mad# corresponding light and
beauty; as He who made the ear made
corresponding speech and harmony; aa
He who made the heart mado corre
sponding friendship possible to meet
Its need, so He who hears the age
long, world-wide sigh of the weary,
heavy laden, has promesd—rest
Ways of Rest. ,
There are many ways In which tired
men seek relief other than through the
acceptance of God's offer. They seek It
In the pleasures of home, In the relax
ation of retirement, In the absorbing
study of art, of literature, or science.
In the relaxation of exercise. In the
diversions of travel, In the distrac
tions of society nr the drama. In the
excitement of chance. In the stupefac
tion of debauch or In the desperate
plunge forward through the dark, when,
intensely wenry of the present, they
Uaxard everything anil swing out Into
tho unknown future In search of—
rest!
Hut none of these things satisfy the
cravings; some sooth It for a time, but
not for long, and some but mock the
need which they fall to modify. Yea.
more, they do but fix, enlarge, Intensi
fy and deepen It and make It madden-
Ihg.
In the second stansa of Chief Justice
Bleckley's lines he announces a senti
ment which hla retirement confirms as
truth;
"Peace and rest! Are they the best,
For mortals hero below?
Is soft repose for work and woes,
A bliss for man to know?
Bliss of time Is bliss of toll—
No btlsB but this from sun and soli
Does Ood permit to grow."
In accordance with this utterance. It
does not surprise us to find that nfter
seven years nf retirement the chief jus
tice returned to Ills former activities,
for no earnest-hearted man can find In
such retirement a permanent relief.
This testimony, coming os It does
from one so great, Is most Important
If "bliss of time Is bliss of toll," then,
though we may here on earth enjoy
an honorable activity, we can not here
experience either nn adequate or an
honorable rest. Toll taxes, It wearies,
It wears, It wastes, and so as long
as we are associated with "sun and
soil" wo must feel tho need which our
text pledges shall he supplied to the
people of Ood, namely, of a blessed
future time of rest.
Why Heaven 8elieflee,
But what Is the nature of thla heav
enly rest, and why Is It so alluring?
First, because of Its permanence. The
rest that remaineth for the people of
Ood Is not a rest that shall continue for
a day, but forovor. It shall not tan
talize us by Its solace for a time and
then Its loss whereby we are left more
restless than before, but It shall con
tinue from ags to age without an end
ing.
Second, because of lla peacefulness.
When we shall enter the "rest that re
maineth to the people of Ood" we Will
then be beyond the utmost confines nf
the tempter's reach. Then the wicked
shall cease from troubling and the
weary be a* rest. Job 3:17. The fight
will have been finished, the victory will
have been won, the enemy will have
been banished after a fatal and final
defeat, and we, for the first time In
our entire exletenoe, ehall know what
It means really to relax—to be off our
guard and yet to be—safe!
Third, heavenly rest will satisfy be
cause of Its perfection. In this rest
thoro will be embodied all that the soul
ran crave or full-orbed life enjoy.
Heavenly rest (reserved for tho people
of Ood) will mean final cessation from
toll, an honorable retirement with an
ever Increasing competency. It will
mean the sanetlfled pleasures of fel
lowship with our reunited family and
friends (from whom we shall nevor
more be estranged or parted), and with
the best society of all the ages as, with
them. In a state cf perfect health and
In tha condition of perfect develop
ment we shall dwell eternally In God's
most beautiful city.
Grounds for Asauranos.
But does anyono aak what assurance
have we that auoh a rest as we have
REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN.
described shall be that of heaven? We
answer much for in every count we
have built our statement upon the sure
ground of revelation. Our conception
Is not born of our own desire or fash
ioned by our fancy, but Is Indicated by
Ood’i Word. We may not stay, how
ever, at this time, to cite those scrip
tures, for space forbids. Only one
shall we consider. It Is found In Rev,
14:13: "And I heard a voice from
heaven saying unto me, Write, blessed
are the dead which die In tho Lord
from henceforth; yea. salth the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labors;
and their works do follow them." In
these words, descriptive ae they are
of the nature of that rest which re
maineth to the people of Ood, we have
as well the statement of tho cherished
ambition of many a tired man—to
“rest from their labors" while "their
works do fallow them."
And there are some who, having la
bored thus, lmve now attained. Edison
Is such a one as this. The other day
we read that, having for years limited
his Investigations well nigh exclusively
to such Inventions as have commercial
value, he now proposes to turn aside
and allow himself the liberty of fol
lowing up certain great scientific prob
lems upon which he has come during
his past labors, and which have en
kindled his Interest and for which he
has waited an opportunity to investi
gate. Now, he feels the time has come
—he has a right to pause to take the
time and use It as lie pleases.
Andrew Carnegie Is another. He has
earned an honorable leisure In which
he can devote himself and his Immense
resources to that which seemeth best.
But though these and a few other men
have accomplished their ambition, a
vaster multitude have failed. They
have tolled as faithfully, have known
its great fatigue, but have never known
the privilege of arrival at that point so
coveted, where they can let go their
business, or where their business will
let go of them, so that they may be re.
tensed from further labor to rest as
they will while "their works do follow
them."
Who Shall Rest?
But, hold! Is thla promise of rest
limited? Are we to believe that It le
qualified? Instead.le It not universal?
Shall not all men finally enter Into It?
Nay, If we take God's word for It, It Is
alone for God's people that this rest
Is reserved. Such Is the distinct state
ment of the text, whloh Is emphatically
enforced In the context See Heb.
3:15-18, 4:1-3, 8-11. But are not all
Ood'a people? In the sense that they
ere created by Him, dependent upon
Him and accountable to Him—yes. But
In the sense In which, the words are
used In this passage of being Identified
with His cause and of reverencing Hla
name—no! There are some who die
tlnctly disclaim His allegiance, repud!
ate His authority and even deny His
existence. Whose course of life man
ifests that they do not honor Ood nor
serve Him, trust Ood nor lovo Him.
These are not God's people and the
rest of God's people Is not reserved
for them.
In the second place it Is explicitly
declared that there can be no rest for
the wicked. Isaiah tells us (87:20),
"The wicked are like the troubled sea,
when It can not rest, whose waters
cast up mire and dirt. There Is no
peace, salth my Ood, to the wicked."
Now, we can not but admit that there
are some who are not only such, but
who are showing no disposition to do
otherwise, and though wickedness Is
tiring—Intensely tiring—yet It has no
promise of peace, either In time or In
eternity. He who clings to sin shall
not enter rest. He who will be wicked
works his own undoing, and shuts and
bolts the door of entrancaelnto rest.
Can It be that there are any to whom
this promise of rest does not appeal?
Yes, and let us very frankly add, that
neither to them does It apply. The
shirker, the coward, the quitter may
experience no keen satisfaction In the
contemplation of an honorable retire
ment, because their dishonorable re
tirement from action now makes them
Insensible of such need. There Is noth
ing In their life to make them ‘trad or
make them need rest. Moreover, It Is
very certain that there Is nothing In
the life of such os these to grant as
surance that they shall over know this
rest reserved for the people of Ood.
The promise of God's rest In Rev.
3:31 ws are taught Is to "him that
overoometh," but the man who Is not
weary Is not he. Tho man who Is not
weary Is a trlfler, and no trtfier Is an
ovorcomer. The ovcrcomer Is a man
with an earnest purpose, a man with
an aim, a man who wilt make an ef
fort. Tho overcompr Is a man who will
work, nay, a man who will toll. But
toll tires, and the man ho Is not tired
Is the man who hasn't tolled; he Is the
man who hasn't strived for that which
Is great enough to tex his powers, and
difficult enough to tire them. The man
who Is not weary Is not laying out hie
full strength. He Is not lavish with
Ills life. Ho has not enlisted In Ills
labor his entire being. Whatever ho
may be doing he le not doing hla level
best, nor Is ho meaning his very most
to God and to humanity.
Is God Partial?
But finally let ui face the question
whloh some are asking and answer It.
Is Ood fair to turn any tired soul at
last away from rest, and If He does Is
not Ood partial? Nay, the statement
Is not fair. Ood doesn't turn any man
nway from rest, nor la Ho partial.
Standing of old amid the multitudes
and feeling their mute deep need, the
Master cried, "Come unto me all ye
that are weary and heavy laden, and I
will, give you rest." The blessed offer
thus He pressed upon them all and any
one—yee, any one—who dared accept
His Invitation received the blessing
that He offered, and Christ still seeks
to draw ue thug to Him. Hti cry Is
still-the same to you, to me, come unto
me, ye weary, heavy laden hearts nnd
I will give you rest. If we will not
hear Him, If we will not heed Him, If
we will not eomo, we can not rest, but
If we fall to rest It Is because we fall
In faith or In obedience. With yearn
ing heart He pleads with ua, with open
arms He waits for us. Oh, will you not
come unto Him and rest?
AFRICA’S DARKNESS LIGHTENED
TtrM Comment* on tho Uniform Proyor Mooting Toplo of tho Young Poo-
plo’t Societies for Juno 30. "Christ in Afrleo,” Iso. 43: 1-13.
A fries lo not t country but b contl ntBt.
Tho eyes of all th® worm ire turned to
Africa. Too many different nntlons nr*
concerted In Its future to nllow Its removal
from the forefroat of Interest.
By WILLIAM T. ELLI8.
Into the heart and life of the people of
. Educational work Is especially necessary
In Africa bocauae there Is no odncutlon,
. properly speaking, In tho native African
civilisation. Education In Africa Is purely
After otavery. tho dark apot thnt hsa
marred America’# relations with Africa I*
the liquor traffic, wo nave often heard that
! tho same ship that boro our first missions*
lies to Africa carried for barter with tho
necrooo a cargo of Msdford rum.
Although tha condition of woman among
pagan Africans lo degraded, her daily life
; Is more free and more ennobled by oervtro,
* by work accomplished, than It la under
* Mohammedan Influences.
There ore now at many Christian* In the
missions of Africa aa th*r* were In the
• whole world at tho end of tho first cen
i tury.
Each sphere ef missionary work In Africa
i has nn Individual character. Hast Africa
• Is the Indian or Oriental region. North
, Africa la ancient, mediaeval, and modern
t! la Christian, Mohammedan, and nn*m
It |* European, Ilamltls. and
The most frequent contact between blsck
men and white In Africa Is through (l) the
government. (2) the colonist. <S> the mission
ary. Tha Utter relation Is as Important as
The most wonderful of all the missions of
Africa Is the work In Uganda. The Bngnnda
bavo been called “the Japanese of Africa.”
quick la learning and
adopting civilisation sa soon aa Christian
_... r _ .. ersion.
Alexander Mackay has well been termed
the Bayard of African missions, and his Ufo
and prayers and those of Pllklnjrton
largely responsible for the marvelous result.
Where lets than forty years ago Bishop
tlannlagton waa martyred, now one convert
In every tlve is au evangelist to his own
brethren or to the “regions beyond.*'
last glimpse we hare, almoat. of Alexander
Mackay is that of hla meeting with Btauley,
tha einlorer Th»* niPtMi mttmr m waalr'e
tho explorer. They parted after a week's
Intercourse; Btauley, revived, strengthened.
en^orsged. to go tuck to the courts
of P***? 1 ^ •nd nf Belgium to report his
explorations. Mackay, n few weeks later,
went to his King to give account of his
labors.
chlnory of the colonial office
clothing has taken the place of the old
. that pH.jjooi,, nn d chapels dot the
country nnd the Christian teacher has re
placed the witch doctor, and. as magi
trates testify, marriage Is vastly on the li
crease where there was no semblance of tl
tle-these aro fruits otChrlatlnn missions.
Africa's T.fvingstonea and Gordons and
Clarksons, her humane jp>vernors and hun
dreds of missionaries who hive spent tlmlr
lives in the service of Arrlca and have mntlo
• heir last bed In bor soil, each In hla meas
ure has caused tho darkness to disappear.
An outlook on the twentieth century con
Slot In Africa haa been thus tersely stntod
In North Africa—The final conflict be
tween Islam ami Christianity.
In West nnd Central Africa—Conflict bo-
tween foreign trad* and tha Interests of
Afrtcsns themselves.
In East Africa—Conflict between Oriental
'Olonlata and Africans and governments, and
tho last resistance of Arab slavery.
In South Africa—Racial struggle between
white and black; between Industrial and
political power on the one side, and flvo
times aa many people, inexperienced but
iroused, on the other side.
In Pagan Africa—Conflict between Inher
ited superstitions and the Inrosds of civ-
.llsstlou.
‘When the great pageant of the year w# sea
Once more beginning.
W# know that Life again tho victory
O'er Death Is winning.''
The aecret of sueresa lies In tha man and
not in the stuff bo works on.—Bradford
Torrey.
Life alone can rekindle life; what others
,*laim from us is uot our thirst and our
hunger, but our bread and our gourd.—
There ire millions of loving thoughts and
That never would start from tho world's
cold heart
But for sorrow nnd suffering.
—Robert Beverly Rale.
It Is a good thing to be rich and a good
hlng to lie strong, but it la a hatter thing
o be beloved of many friends.—Euripides.
Dare to be true, nothing cun need n He;
A fault which tiee«lg Tt most, grows two
thereby.
—George Herbert.
nges which go deeply and Intimately “They have hope of victory who endure,"
Nsws ahd Nstss
More than ons-L
g re rationalists. It la estimated, live In Mai*
aachnaetts and Connecticut.
The anti-opium movement In China la
rapidly gaining popularity, practically every
dcu In rektn having !>een closed.
At the world’s fifth Bunds? school con
vention which met in Roms (n May. more
than 1,600 delegates were present, represent
ing twenty-soven nationalities.
The us
tilde lu
erlon ch
A recent gift to F , , „
Converse Is That of a residence in Fbtdsdsl*
phis to be used by the l* ‘ “ *
Diversity as head
quarters for studbnta who ore to make
weekly pilgrimages to the city to engage
In evangelistic work on Sunday.
iirntma ui Launri'u ■ i»*y t *o
"dongs to the Unlversallsts, the
Ion of the day having been ob*
served by them fifty years ago. That ds*
nomination Is urging their Run-lay schools
to celebrate thla year the semi-centennial of
the day.
Business man In the city of Montreal,
SOCIOLOGICAL
STATE SOCIETY
President-Dupont Quarry, Macon, Gs.
First V.-P.-Dr. A. R. Ilolderby, Atlanta.
Second V.-P.—Dr. E. C. Paste, Macon.
8®c.-Tr®es.—Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlanta.
Annual Meeting In May, 1007, at Macon.
ATLANTA 80CIETY
rresident H. Marvin Underwood
Vice Pree ....pr. Theo. Towel
Secretory Miss Hsllle |. Msrtle
Treasurer C. K. Folsom
Itegnltr meeting second Thursday night
of each month at the Carnegie Library.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J. D. Cleaton, E. Marvin Underweed, Dr. R. R. Klme.
THE STATE LEGISLATUIIE-IT’S OPPORTUNITY.
A T NO time In tho hlatorj' ofGeor
gia has the state legislature had
such nn opportune time to make
history and enact laws for the good of
humanity and *he best Interest of the
state.
The chief excctitlvo was elected by a
popular sentiment In favor of proper
adjuslment and judicial regulation of
railroads nnd their relation to tho poo-
plo of tho state, a popular sentiment In
ten to General Booth, who spoke et the
boant of trade, sad to the story of tuedlral
missionary work In Labrador as told by Dr.
TAX NOTICE
Slats and County Tax
Books will close next
Make your re
now, and save
double tax,
T. M. ARMISTEAO,
week.
turns
Receiver Tax Returns.
favor of disfranchising the ignorant,
unqualified voter, which must be net
tled upon ft basis of Justice and right
if wo would retain our own self-corn-
mendatlon with the peaceful submis
sion and Just esteem of the disfran
chised.
The civic moral conscience of the
state nnd nation is being aroused or
never before, and If the present leglsla*
ture desires to receive the commenda
tion of an arouse 3 purifying public
conscience It must enact laws upon a
high moral plane, based upon Justice
and right, that not only looks to the
control and regulation, but to the pre
vention of our social evils.
While railroad regulation, the proper
adjustment of the right of franchise,
are Important question*, requiring care
ful consideration and proper, equitable,
honorable adjudication, there are equal
ly as Important and weighty questions
that Involve other soelologic conditions
that demand attention, consideration
and legislation.
It is as much, or even more, the duty
of the legislature to enact laws that
will prevent, rather than simply con
trol or regulate, crime, pauperism, men
tal degeneracy and disease. Wo arc
living in an enlightened age with suf
ficient knowledge and intelligence to
know our duty along these lines, and
wnen we neglect the common demands
Wilfred Grenfell at tbe Canadian Club.
A forward step toward merging tho In
dians Into American citlsena has recently
been Inaugurated by tbe appointment of
Dr. Charles A. Eastman, a graduate nf
Boston University, nu-l a full-blooded Sioux
Indian, empowering him to give a new
name to each of the Indians of the Sioux
Nation. He haa already named 15.000, and
It Is estimated that the work will occupy
him for two years. Iu selecting the bam*
the people themselves are consulted, anti
an entirely new name Is not given If it
can be avoided.
By R. R. KIME M. D,
of humanity we are doubly responsible
by sinning In tho presence of light nnd
knowledge, and inuat suffer the conse
quences. If we were In Ignorance, dark
ness and superstition, then there would
bo palliation and excuse for neglect
of duty.
Every legislator has an Individual
duty to perform and an Individual con
science to direct him In a high moral
plane of Justice ar.d right, and each Is
nn Important factor In performing n
public duty and the demands of an
awakened public conscience.
It requtros discrimination and Judg
ment, und the proper enlightenment
of u moral conscience to be equally
Just to tho monied interest, trusts,
railroads, etc., as well as to the labor
er. agricultural Interest and general
public.
Each legislator holds a public trust
which is sacred to the state nnd the
IH)opie, and should be used for the best
Interest of each under all circum
stances.
There should be but one motto to nil
legislation, L e.: Is It Just, is it right
and for the best Interest of the people
and state?
Party politics, prejudice and Indi
vidual pecuniary gain has no proper
place In state legislation. The public
sentiment of tho state 4s on a higher
plane today than ever before and wUl
demand higher and nobler legislation.
Legislation for the good of humanity la
the demand of the day. and If this
legislature falls to do so It will be low
ered In the estimation of the people and
a portion of the evils that follow will
rest upon their shoulders. The de
mands for such legislation will be made
the public sentiment Is In favor of tt,
and It only remains for each legislator
to do his duty to himself, the people
and tho state.
Among the sociological demands for
the good of the people that looks more
to the prevention hither than regulation
and etntrol are: A state sanatorium for
treatment of tuberculosis, a state col
ony or home lor tho care of the feeble
minded and epileptic, a state sanitarium
for the Inebriate, a commission for the
study and development of means of
prevention of crime, pauperism. Insan
ity nnd mental degeneracy, a state law
establishing Juvenile courts and means
of caring for Juvenile offenders, and
last, but not least, that monumental
ATLANTAN WINS HONORS
AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
HENRY MATKLEY CA88.
ROBERTS THEODORE PHILLIPS.
Special to The Georgian.
Howanee, Tenn., June 38.—Among the
students to receive honors at tho Uni
versity of the South this year ore Rob.
ert Theodore Phillips, of Atlanta, and
Henry Matley Oass, of Scwanee.
Robert Phillips, who took an A. B.
degree, was an honor graduate and
president of the class of 1807.
Henry Gass, who also took an A. B.
dtgree and was valedictorian of his
class, won the Rhodes scholarship to
Oxford University this year. It being
the first scholarship to go to ths uni
versity.
foe to all that Is good In humanity,
which does more to degrade the human
race and produce more crime, vice,
disease and degeneration than any
other one factor In the whole category
of evil, the liquor traffic, which de
mands suppression at your hands for
the good of humanity. The best Inter
est of the state demands such legisla
tion, the best development of her citi
zens cells for It, the common demands
of humanity require It, the protection of
the home, the corner stone of civiliza
tion needs It, the future deveiopment of
the children and the unfortunate must
have It, and the common brotherhood of
man viewed In the light of the Golden
Rule makes plain the duty and obliga
tion of every member of the legislature.
The Norwegian postal authorities !;«?•
under consideration nn*ap*dleatlon tor per
mission to print advertisements on the back
of postage stamps. It Is proposed lo de
vote the proceeds to the ereetlon end nislo-
{enanee of a sanatorium for eonsnmptlves.
« ulttilllt tfsste«e*ht
™%zrb5i
•Mat. Ceo/at,
Wei a*rf lh***jf+
a/a *r New bkBM
IbtOnl; Ktelty Initt-
his In Georgia.
229 Woodward An,, ATLANTA, GA.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY.
Arrive From— I Depart To-
Aren ILtOpta
. twin
H”*® pjBKekWvtUi.".' i.'s> pm
“*«• —38 pm|8sveaaab 8.15 pia
8avaonsb
Jacksonville” I SO smjUsron
Macon lLtesmlllaroa