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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
»ATatu«t, JULY 27, 1W7.
II
MAN”
“Wh©rt I consider the heavens • • *
what Is man that thou art mindful of
Mm?"— Ps. 8: 3-4.
By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
or if you were t0 estImat0 ,he e«ul-
„ of the sun you would And that
„tjr ons twe-billlonth part of tts light
htM comes to the earth, ths rest
biing diffused and scattered In every
direction throughout the universe. And,
we understand that there are
« least a million suns as large ns ours
“ .rolling systems and constellations
^effected by our own. which populate
,he remoter regions where, Independent
S our regnant orb, they sweep on in
.Mir appointed paths obedient to thier
creator's will. The faint stars that
»Sam In the midnight are but mtle-
SI n es that mark miljenlal distances
ri-' ln excess of the estimates asso-
with the orb of day.
Who with any knowledge of these
Uioundlng facts, has not felt man's
ftdrmlty and insignificance as they
have looked upward through the dark,
(JT there, as three millenniums have
Lcsed, unchanged the silent gaze of
night's Innumerable eyes has met the
wondering gaze of man as he has come
xsd gone—a creature of a day, a being
of a moment—across the plane of time.
Thrilled by the same vision, Carlyle
Cl the English channel 1ms echoed the
err of David on the Mediterranean, us
h. declares "When I gaze up Into
How stars have they not looked down
on me as If with pity from their serene
nieces Ilka eyes glistening with heav
»aly tears over the little lot of man?"
f But the thought of man's meanness
In comparison with the Immeosurabf
magnitude of the heavens Is not the
only one our text expresses, for It Is
not merely the Immensity and perma
nency of these celestial worlds that
appeal to the Psalmist, but rather this
that the God who flung these stars
forth like drops of water from His fin
ger tins should consider man. "What
bman that thou art mindful of him?”
Tet God Is mindful of him, as Ills
Word expressly teaches; He Is con
cerned with his sitting down and his
rising up. his going out and his com
ing in. Nor Is He mindful merely %f
pun In the mass. He Is mindful of
each Individual man—of you and of
me. You and I are but one, as It has
hundre’d’STmi out of one bUll0 » four
vet I ” il| l°n Persons on the earth,
mindful of each separate
jndlvWual among them and of you and
ls B min!tem n ' *’ not on| V th at God
Pealmi.t^nd may wh, fill ‘5!
God 1 M?5 e ™* nt ' but ra( her this. that
with an th» I ? ftni tbat He ls concerned
concerns him, and touch-
touched him; that He
Wm V a < nrt f co hlm ' eom ** d0 "' n to meet
and co-operates to help him at
whatever coat It may involve. God’s
^10«n r rne hlSt0ry , ln .' Je * JU l* With Hli
In the mind of David
r2.vM le ? wl, cn he wrote; but what
David knew of God's dealings di/h
man was nothing to our knowledge of
them, for It wo# In the Inckrnate Christ,
divs.Mvt H , 1 I nsel f I” human form,
Vh.*. «r lm ** , v 0f H “ majestic glo-
ries, that He might share the humble
lot of one class of His Innumerable
creatures, upon one of His lesser plan
ets, that manifested most fully ths
amazing condescension of the sovereign
God to man.
Lying face upward on the deek,Bome
clear night at sea as the freshening
breeze bore you onward, or. becalmed,
the sweep of the swell was the only
motion that you felt, have you ever
looked upward and away through the
night from the depths "beneath Into the
vast, unfathomable distances above you
and considered the stars? Have you
ever loosed your Imagination as you
thus have gazed, and let It, like a cage-
free bird sweep on and up and on until
at last, faint and weary, It has fallen
back exhausted, as there swept over
you the sweet serenity, the deep, un
utterable awe that the majesty of the
vast dome above you has Imparted?
Well, it was such a vision as this that
Inspired the utterance of this noble
passage.
Beneath the midnight splendor of a
Syrian sky as David lay the mood was
born that found Its expression In the
language of our text. And yet the
marvellous vision which thus aroused
him was less by far In comparison than
the vision which Is ours In this day, as
through the telescope the secrets of the
hidden and more distant reaches of the
•ky are revealed and their meaning*
made plain. Indeed so vast arc the
revelations that astronomy has made
that It Is dltflault for us to And figures
by which we can estimate aright the
Immensity of the Armament.' One has
said that If we were to count a million
we must continue without cessation as
rapidly as possible for three day* and
three nights. If, then, we are to enu
merate the dlstaneo of the sun which
forms the center of our eystem and
count jthe miles that Intervene twlxt It
and us, almost a year must be- con
sumed as we count without Intermis
sion day and night, for this seat of
splendors lies ninety-two million, seven
hundred thousand miles away.
Again; If we should calculate the
sun's stupendous proportions, Its Im
mensity overmasters us. Its diameter
ls twice the distance of the moon from
the earth, and the moon Is 240,000 miles
away. Were you to thke the circum
ference of the sun and the circumfer
ence of the earth and let the one circle
rest upon the other so that the center
of each would be together, the sun’s
circumference would so exceed that of
the earth as that the moon would And
ample space within which It might
continue Its majestic sweep around our
planet as It doeB today. Or If the sun
were hollow and a hole were bored Into
It you might pile within It one million,
Tour hundred thousand earths ths size
of ours and still leave room for them
to rattle around.
Overwhelmed by the thought of the
sublime'majezty of Him who Is mani
fest through the heavenly systems
which He has created, and oppressed
by the consciousness of man's little
ness In relation to these vast spheres
of light, there are those who are stag
gered by the very preclousnes* and
glory of the promises found In God's
Word, and who seems to feel that It Is
Impossible and unthinkable In view of
man's comparative unimportance to
accept these promises as true. Ths cry
of the Psalmtet to them Is not a cry of
adoration, but a wall. Ths splendor
REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN.
of the heavens to such brings only the
bewilderment of doubt.
But consider a moment. It Is not Im.
passible to conceive that God should
thus consider man, for Arst the Impor
tance of anything must be Judged by
the standard not of a single but of a
double comparison—we must estimate
from two directions, not from one. And
as thus wo approach man we And that
he does not stand at one extreme as
the spacious heavens represent the oth.
or. but rather In the middle—between
two extremes—one above him and one
below. For If the telescope brings
down the lofty stars, so equally does
the microscope lift up the lowly atoms
and reveal reaches of life beneath us as
amaxlng as ths bast reaches of exist
ence above us. In a drop of blood. In
a tiny particle of water we may see
worlds of life; wars are waged, vic
tories are wop, races live and die, his
tory Is made, and systems are dis
solved and recreated. The marvels of
the.minute display the majesty of God
as do the marvels, of the va*t, and be
tween these marvels—midway—stands
man. Why should not God then choose
him as the one of His creatures through
whom He may display Himself th*
most.
Second. There Is another considera
tion we may urge to those who are
amazed at God's condescension to man.
It Is this; .-. Rise dees not determine
value. The boulder may weigh tons
while the gem I* reckoned in carats;
but the boulder Is valueless though Vd«t
lh' comparison. ivlth' the gem; for the
gem men will give fortunes, for the
boulder nothing. Immensity In circum
ference, ponderousness in bulk does not
determine worth, and man, though
small. Is very precious and important
unto God.
Third. The propertlea of a thing Ir.
Itself may not determine Its value, but
rather Its relationship. Burns lived In
but a poor house; so did Shakespeare,
but a palace might be built today for
less than the price of either of these
two h\imb|e dwellings.. Marathon Is
not a large plain, nor as far as scenery
goes Is It so beautiful. Washed on one
side by the Aegean and girded .about
with bills, It lies like many another
plain In Greece. But there ls no other
plain like Marathon, for It was there
that the Persian tlde'that had devas
tated the East was stayed and modern
history was born.
Waterloo In Itself Is no wonderful
place and once was but an obscure vll-
Inge, unknown beyond ita own narrow
confines, but today the name Waterloo
is Immortalized for there the force* of
that marvelous wizard of war, the
great Napoleon, were met and master
ed by the hollow squares of England
under their noble Irpn Duke.
Calvary Is not a great mountain—
there are other hills surrounding Jeru
salem higher far, and yet no peak of the
Andes, the Rockies or the Alps can
compare with It In exaltation, for It
was on the summit of Calvary that the
contest' of the ages was fought to a
finish. I repeat the properties of a
thing do not determine its value. , but
rather-Its relationship and its history.
“Why, .then, may God not be mindful of
men, whom He has so wonderfully as
sociated with Himself, and for whom
He has been contending with His arch
enemy for so long?
There are three thoughts which,
among the many suggested by this
theme, we would name as of prime Im
portance. First, the appreciation. of
our mortality and littleness should lead
Jis to seek the guidance and protection
of a higher power, and thus God's over
tures to the Individual soul should be
Immediately accepted. He who has not
left the vast universe barren and empty,
but has peopled It with splendors and
who amid their ceaseless revolution has
kept for ages and aeons the movements
of these mighty worlds in harmonious
accord, may well be trusted to guide
the affairs of a human life. Therefore,
“commit thy way unto the Lord; trust
also In Him and He shall bring It to
pass." '
Second, from such considerations let
us rise to a realization of our own
amazing dignity; let uz realize our
place and our Importance In the uni
verse of God. He who can destroy
systems without concern 1 and who
states that when suns have burned In
their sockets and worlds havo melted
with fervent heat; the eoul of man shall
last on forever, indestructible.'presents
to us an estimate of our value Which
should prevent us from pver daring .to
trifle with a treasure »d prSHous' us
our soul and tts eternal destiny.
Third, aud at this hour It Is a point
of superlative Importance, the welfare
of men to God Is of far greater Import
than the duration of worlds, and when
there Is any conflict let It be known
that God Is for man. Let us then value
man even as does Ood, and with Henry
George say. "I am for man.’’ ■
Robert Coyle has declared that “any
organization. Industry or state that is
not for men Is fundamentally wrong,*’
and he has added, “No fact in our Urns
IS more In evidence than the over-em
phasis of property and the under-em-l
phasls of human life.” And Hugh Price
ffughes wrote, "Our courts, our Judges,
our, whole machinery of law aro for
property a great deal more than they
are for person; for the money side of
things a good deal more than for ttfa
manhood side of things; man is out
weighed by dollars; people are out
weighed by possessions."
When we. therefore, consider the
heavens and are amazed that God Is
mindful of man and visit* him. let us
understand It Is because, strange as It
may seem, God values man more tlmn
all besides. Therefore, let us beware,
lest we do otherwise In our relationship
to our brother: let us determine that
however pleasing or profitable any plan
or practice may be to us, If it causos
our brother man to offend for whom
Christ died, that thing oy us shall bo
shunned and resisted as sin Itself. Re
calling the warning of the Master
against offenses as He pronounced woe
on the world because of them, admit
ting the necesstly of their occurrence,
but declaring woe to the men by whom
they should come, let us take heed lest
by any means tve be the occasion of of
fense.. ,
Need I apply the truth to the Isbus
of the hour? There Is before us as the
people of a mighty commonwealth a
great moral question which involv--.-
manhood, which has to do with souts
and their safety, -and against which wo
have urged as argument merely a con
sideration of property values. In the
light of the high appeal of our tezt let
us beware lest we be confused with
subtle sophistries. Let our estimates
bo by heavenly reckoning. Tell me,
shall we stand for money or for man
hood? For coin or character? For tits
state's temporary wealth or for Its
highest and most permanent welfare?
Shall we choose like creatures of a mo
ment or like the eternal beings that we i
ore who must live forever? Yea, let
us think with God and say In ths words
of George, "We are for man.”
BAPTIST.
SMITH ATLANTA ItAPTIRT—Presetting
GI.ENN STREET* BAPTIST — Sunday
Ktool st 9:30 ». nt. Trenching at 11 a. m.
ud S p. in. by the pastor. Morning sub-
H. "Trnnsflgoratlou." Erentng services
evangelistic.
JACKSON HILL BAPTIST—East avenue
ail North Jackson street.. John D. Jordon,
1) [I,, minister. Sunday school at 9130 a. m.
Itrtires slid sermon ot 11 a. m. nnd 8 -
s. At the morning service the pastor wl.
Mach ett "The Ministry: The Call, l'rcnnr-
lilrm end Work.", At night a special must-
III program will lie rendered. The question
hn will he opened, nnd tbo ordinance of
kptlsm will he admlnlatered. Tbo pastor
lures on Monday for his vacation. During
(t wlll.be supplier
hanls, ot Albany.
tw. The subject tor the morning ...
will lie "The Steps of a Good Mon." The
itrolnx services begirt nt 8 o'clock with a
Ml service led by the choir. The.inb-
Iwt far the evening sermon will be. ' what
rnhlhltlon of the Liquor Traffic Will, and
Mint It Will Not Do. Sunday will lie the
hit opportunity for henring the pastor for
stersl weeks, ns he leaves next week for
the mountains of western North Carolina,
there he will spend the month of Angust,
preaching each Sunday at the First Baptist
church at Aahevllle. N. C. Monday night
the Voong Men’s Missionary Society will
Met nt 8 p. tn. Wednesday night the res-
Car weekly prayer meeting. Friday night
the Baptist Young People's Union moots.
TEMPI,E BAPTIST—Conner Mnngnm srnl
Banter streets, Sunday school nt 8:20 a.
ft Preaching nt 11 n. nt. nnd 7:45 p. m.
Purer meeting Wednesday nt 7:30 p. m.
Birsea meeting Thursday nt 8 p. m.
WESTERN HEIGHTS RAPTIRT-^'orner
Kennedy null Cliestnnt street*. Preach-
h| hy the pastor. Her, T. K. Elgin, nt
hi. m. suit 7:45 p. m.; Sunday school nt
ID n. in.; groro meeting at 3:20 p. m.
CENTRAL nAlTIST—Corner Garnett
m-l Forsyth streets, ltov. H. L. Motley,
Niter. Worship nnd service* nt 11 a.
a and s p. ro. Preaching by the pnstor
it hath hour*. Sunilny school st 8:30 a. in.;
Ptsyer meeting Wednesday nt 8 p. m.
INMAN PARK BAPTIST—Sunday school
|< 3® P. in.; preaching nt 4:20 p. m. by
J'r- N. Donaldson, pastor. Service*
kid hi Preslijrtcrlsn ehnren.
.CAPITAL AVENulT RAPTIST-Preaeh-
Jk by pastor, John B. llrlxs". ft U »•
► sod 8 p. m. Services sill be brief
Jjtlnj the hot weather, with special em-
fhssl* un the singing. Sunday school 1:30
*• Ilnrsca prayer meeting Monday 8
I teachers' meeting Tuesday 8 p. in.:
ppr.nnd praise Wednesday 8 p. m.'. IV
I- r. I , Friday 8 n. m. The I-ndles MIs-
Jhanry Society will not meet Monday nft-
hnwn, hut the following Monday.
'VEST F.ND IlAPTlWr-l'renohlng by tho
r" r John K, Purser, mornhig nuil even-
Sunday school 0:30; «. Y. P. U. ,7:1»
8- “■•; prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
JOYCE DE LEON AVENUE BAPTIST
■darner Ponce del .eon nnd 1’lcdmont nve-
“»•- hr. .1. w. Millard, pnstor. Preach-
Sunday morning st 11 o’clock by Dr.
#• ?• Spalding. No Sunday evening serv-
!•*-. Prayer meeting Wednesday nt 8 p.
II Sunday school nt 9:30 a. m.
Itoetrlne of Faith." This wilt tie
ST. “,!'•* sermon In the series on “Got*
JSf *e«dy for the Other World." A so-
3,1 ■heeling of the members of the church
FU ne held Wednesday night In the Sun-
"V school room.
BRANT PARK BAPTIST—Corner Geor-
R.avenue nnd Grant street. I*. S'. Eden-
“d, ptitor. Services 11 a. m. and 8 p.
i*«"day school 9M n. m.: prayer nnd
"** “ervlce* Wednesday 3:15 in m.
EbGKWOOD BAPTIST—Sunday school
! »■» a. m.; preaching by V. C. Noreros*
ift’J, *• m. and 7* p. m. Steps will be
airv the H a, m. service toward the
jeetlnu of n hew and permanent bouse of
*»"tilp f„ t t K e chnreh.
Hits r BAPTIST—Penchtree nnd
Us.
mip
8 p. m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8
p. m. •
ENGLISH AVENUrTitETHODIST—13. E.
I*. Tlmmoni, pantor. Treadling nt 11 i
by Her. T. II. Timmons on ’Trohlblt
Btintlsy school nt 3 p. tn. Trenching at 7:45
p. m. b.v Bev. J. W. nrlnsflehl. Trayer
meeting Wednesday nt 7:45 p. m.
9:30 n. ni. Services nt il n. m. and 3 p. tn,
nnd 7:30 p. m. In chnrge of pastor.
TRINITY < METHODIST—Corner White
linll street nnd Trinity nvenue. Dr. .T. W.
Lee, the pnstor, will preach at both the
11 n. m. nnd 8 p. m. services. At the
tnornlng service, I»r. Lee's subject will be
"What Has <4od Wrought,” and will gift
tho “Lesson From a Trip to Knrope. /
he has just returned from abroad, hi
sermon will be moat instructive and edify*
Ing. Sunday school ot 9:W n. m. Weekly
prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p. m.
WESLKY MEMOBIAl#—Corner Auburn
arenue and Iry street. Bev. l rrtnU l.nkes.
pnstor. Sunday school 9:30 s. nr.t Busy
1 s Bi
linos; preaching at 11 n. in, by the pas-
tor; song amice 7:45 p. m.; preaching at
8:15 by the pastor; Epworth League De
votional aervlee nt 6:4., p. ra.; Wednesday
7 p. m., Illble aehool teachers’ meeting;
Wednesday 8 p. in. chorus robonrial.
ST. PAULS METHODIST—Corner Grant
street nnd St. Paul's nvenne. Rev. If. '
Edmondson, pastor. 1'ronrblng at U
‘ * m. by the pnstor. Snm„.
m. Midweek prayer aervlee#
n. m. Services aro held at
Droyles street, opposite Bt.
inns avenue.
EGLE8TON MEMORIAL METHODIST—
Corner Washington nnd Fulton streets.
Rev. Sam Wi Small, I). D., pnstor. Owing
to tho absence of Dr. Small from the etty,
tho pnlptt will be occupied nt the 11 a.
m. aervlee by Dr. Sletlrew. Mr*. Ralph
Emerson Wntnon, soloist. Evening service
nt 8 p, m., sermon by Dr, J. V\. Blosser.
Mrs. W. S. Yates will sing. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday night.
ST. MARK METHODIST—Rev.
Belk, pastor. Preschlng at 11 a. in. by
the pastor; no service* at night. Sunday
aehool at 2:30 n. m.; deaf mute etnas, Sir.
w. F. Crusselle, teacher. Prayer meeting
Wednesday at 8 p. m.
NELLIE DODD MEMORIAL—Rev M.
L. Underwood, pnstor. Preaching II a.
m. and 7:45 p. m„ hy the pastor. Sunday
school 9:45 n. in.; prnyer meeting Thurs
day 7:43 p. tn.
CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST-M
..neper street. Rev. ltntfe Hunt, I). D.,
pastor. The pastor being engaged in re
vival work lu Alabama, the pulpit will
be supplied Sunday nt 11 n, in. by Dr,
U. K. Woodward anil at 7:45
Rev. R. C. Maddox. Sunday
9:30 a. in. Prayer meeting Wednesday at
7:45 p. oi.: Missionary Society meeting Fri
day nt 7:45 p.
ST. JOHNS METHODIST—The pastor,
Rov. II. C. Christian, will prtach at 11 a.
m. and 8 p. m.
PRE8BYTERIAN.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN—Wnnhlng-
ten street, opposite tho cnpitel. Rov. The-
ron H. Rice, D.D., pnstor. Sunday sehool
at 9:99 a. m. Class for young men condnet.
ed by Prcsbytsrlsu Brotherhood. Regular
Sunday oerrlces at 11 a. tn. and 9 p.
Roy. Joaeph Dungllnoon, of Columbli ....
Ala., will presrh both morning and evening.
Midweek prayer meetlug on Wednesday at
If."
RARNETT PRESBYTERIAN - Corner
Ilampmn.treetandBra^^venu^ LEd-
luddsy
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of
Jackson nnd Chamberlin streets. Trcachin*
WALLACE PUEFRYTERIAN—Corner of
Walker nnd Stonewall streets. Treachlna
at 11 a. m. and 8 n. m. by Rev. L. B. Field.
Trayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m. This
will be tho last service held by Dr. T. T.
Cleveland as pastor.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED TRESBYTE*
RIAN—Corner Whitehall and Whitehall ter
race. All services ns uinal next Bnhbnth.
Trenching by the pastor, Ilev. J. A. Gordon,
MOORE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN—
Corner Luckle and I*atlmer streets. I)r. A.
*r Forres
B. F. Gullle,
and evening. Sunday school st 9:30 a. in.
Y. P.-8. nt 7 p. m. Midweek prayer serv
ice Wednesday nt 8 p. m. Teachers* meet
ing Frlduy eveulng at 8 o'clock.
EPI8COPAL.
(Ninth Sunday After Trinity.)
CATHEDRAL—Corner Washington and
Hunter. Very Bsv. C. T. A. Tlse, p.D.,
dean. At 7:90 a. m., holy communion; 11 a.
m., morning prayer and sermon; st 6:30
CONGREGATIONAL.
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL—Came
S le way. Sunday services: 9:80 a. m.; f*
ay school; 11 a. ra. preaching service;
p. m.; young people's prnyer mooting; 8
p. tn.; preaching service. Dr. Sherrill will
preach both morning and evening.
CATHOLIC.
SACRED HEART CHURCU-Peachtree
nnd Ivy streets. Sunday mass at 7,
10 a. ra.; Sunday school 0 a. ra., bcnei
tlon, after 10 o'clock inass. Thursday .
S ust 1, confession from 3:80 to 8 tn pa
on for first Friday communion.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN.
CHURCH OF TIIE REDEEMER—Corner
Trinity and Capitol place. Rev. Z. W.
Bedenbnugh, of Prosperity, 8. C„ will
f irearh both morning nnd evening. Morn-
ng service at 11 o'clock: Bide school 9:30
i, m.; evening service at 8 o'clock,
ROYAlT GUARD8.
THE CAPTAIN URGES EVERY MEM
her of the Royal Guards class of First
Christian Church Bible School, to be pres
ent Sunday mornlug at 9:30 o’clock. We
will attend the dedication of the new
church, wearing hats and class colors.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHRISTIAN AND MI88IONAUY AL
LIANCE—Services at Alliance hall, 72V4
North Broad street, Bundnyk and Wedncs*
days Jt 1-3:13 Younj^peopla’j^meetli
Li
Thursday at 7:99 p. in.
iml preaching at 11 a. la.
FIRST CHOBCh"oF CHRIST (SCIEN
TIST)—17 Wsst Dakar street. "Love” Is tho
subject of the lesson-sermon Sunday at
Umlrum, naator. Sunday
• L ‘o'* *• m.; morning worship at
In' £ ■ B -. Y- !’■ K at 2:30; evening wor-
'» 01 • o'clock.
Fine, METHODIST. "
im >? T METHODIST-Junctlon reach tree
XtSt
P- to.’
Midweek* service Wednssdsy st 8
JY tUK» METHODIST—Junction Be.
wELfand Powell afreet. Monday
tk lr ft,"U Preaching by the peetor. Rev
St™? C. Jarrell, at 11 o. m. Epworth
**** »* t p. m. Preaching by pa«tor at
look from Cl,riit." Dr. Llngle. pastor ol
the First rre.hytoT-lan omirob wm preact
In the evening, at which Ume there win
lie held a rally and welcome service. It Is
esneclnllv desired that every member of
the rhnr'eb b« present at this evening eery.
lee na a matter ot vital Importance to the
church will be brought up.
GEORGIA AVENUE PRESBYTEBIAX-
Corner Georgia avpnu« nnd Grant strecT.
Bev? II. J. Williams, mutor. Fumlnj- sohool
,*y : m. v B, .ic p S‘4“* f r£> Sag
ajgai.'ga "»nYv?
meeting nt same hour.
KnttTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN—
»E ! fHn$SnA
KKL; K O Matheaon. leo>ler; 7 p. m.
ISijBSEfiWHF-
nr Unile im i«Wpate la s welcom.
m„ morning prayer and oermou; at 5:39
p. m„ evening prnyer and sermon. Sunday
school at 9:3? All othsr dsys: 7:30 a. in.,
holv communion; 9 a. m„ morning prayet;
at 5 p. m„ evening prayer. Wednesday
and Friday, litany at 19:30 i. m.
8T. LUKES—Peachtree, between Cnrrlei
and Pine. Rav. C. B. wllmer, D.D., ree-
r. At 7:10 a. in., holy communion; 11
m„ mornlug prayer and termon; 8:00
& u., evening prayer and sermon, Sun-
y school at 9:45 a. m.
End. ltev. J. J. P, i’errjr, re«t6r.”'it 7:i0
a. m„ holy communion: 11 a. m„ morn-
ng prayer and sermon; at 8 p. m., .van-
lg prayer and oarmou. Snndny school at
:45. Friday: Utany at 4:10.
ALL 8AINTS—Cornar West Paachtrea and
North arenoc. Rev. Z. 8. Karland, rector.
At 8 a. m., holy eoramunloo; nt 11 a. in.,
morning prayer and sermon) 8 p. m„
evening prayer. Sunday aehool at 9:43.
Wednesday: Utany at 19:30.
EPIPHANY-Corner Jforeland and Enclld
avenues, luman Park. Rev. C, A. Langs
ton, vlear, lu charge. Morning prayer and
sermon at II. Hunuay school at 0:45.
CllAPEL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Plum street, near Corpnt. Sunday aehool at
9:30.
MISSION OP THE HOLY INNOCENTS—
Woods avenue, near West Peachtree. Sun
day school every Sunday at 3:30 p. m.
HOLY COMFORTER—Corner Atlanta
arenas and rulllam at reef. iter. Ollben
Higgs. D. D„ In charge. Eveulng prayet
S nd sermon at (. Sunday aehool at 4. Fri
ar: Evening prayer and choir practice at
•tracts.' Rev. Gilbert Higgs, D.D.,
charge. Sunday school at 4:30.
PAULS—BasTToInt. Rev. Gilbert
Hlxga, D.D., In charge. Holy commnulon
ana sermon at 11.
HOLY TRINITY—Deestnr. Bsv. C. A.
iAngston, vicar. In charge. Morning pray,
r, many nnd sermon at 11.
ST. MARKS—Is Grange. Bev. H. D. Phil-
lips In charge, lloly communion and ser
mon at II.
LnORANUK MILLS*MISSION—Re-/. H,
D. Phillips In Charge. Evening prayer and
■erinon at 7:30.
XORCROS8 SIISSION-Rcv. R. F. De-"
Belle In charge. Eveulng prayer and aer-
and on Sundays from 2 to 4 p. m.
ATLANTA PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
Robert Brysn Ilnrrlson, president, will meet
Snndny afternoon at 3:90 o'clock, at 122
Peachtree street. Tho musical program will
Include piano, vornl, solo snd quartet num
ber*. At 4 o'clock. Dr. M. C. Hardin, thi
well-known physician, will deliver an ad
dress by special Invitation of the. society.
The regnlar lesson on health wilt he given
by the president.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASHOCIA-
TION-At the Sunday afternoon service,
Hon. John W. Aiken, president of ths Geor
gia senate, will deliver an address to young
men. Tho meeting lieglna promptly nt 3:20
p. m. and closes at 4:® p. m. Tho hall In
STREET CAR BARN—Tho regnlar devo
tional sorvlee will lie held Sunday at 9
n. in. nt barn, corner Piedmont nvenne
and Armstrong street. All street car men
are Invited.
FIR8T CONGREGATIONAL. (COL.)
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL—Rev. 11. II,
proctor. D. 1)., pastor, wll preuch at
j. m. on “Some Calces We Are Worehli
ping Today.” At 8 p. m. he will preac-l
on "Atlanta's lllggcat Pool." There will
he a special musical program at tha oven-
Ing hour. •
SUNDAY 8ERVICES
AT MACON CHURCHES.
BUFORD MISSION—Morning prnyer nnd
sermon at 11 by Iter. It. F. DeBctie In
charge.
ST. JOHNS—College Park. Evening pray
er and sermon ot 4:30. Rev. Gilbert Illggs,
11 1,., In charge.
ST. PAULS (Colored)—241 Aulmrn svenne.
Rev. A. E, Day In charge. 6:M n. m., holy
communion; 11 n. m., mornlhg ptsyer and
aermon: 8 p. m.. evening prayer nml ser
mon. Sunday school at 9:i\ Week ilaya:
lag prayer and address st 7:45.
/LATTER DAY 8AINT8.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS—Located on the
corner of Woodward and Conatly streets,
will hold Sunday aehool nt 19 s. to., and
regular aervlee* at 7:J) P. m. All are
jfcwfl!™ &S3H: sSbs r l iJ&w^.*f 1 r'L u:, s s ±^.
in..
All .
El^ar
Tattnall Square Daptist Church.—
Sunday aehool, 9:30 a. m.; preaching,
11 a. m. and 8 p. m., by Rev. W. H,
Sledge; Junior Union, 3 p. in.; the
Senior Union, 4 p. m.
Centenary Church,—Comer College
and Arch Btreeta, Rev. J. E. Seala, pas-
tor. Class meeting. 9:30 a. m. At 11
_ m. the pastor will preach to Odd
Fellow*. At 4 p. tn. Sunday school; at
4:30 p. m. meeting of Colonel N. If
Harris' great Centenary Bible olatt.
Vlnevlllo Presbyterian Church.—Sun
day school, 9:30 a, m., T. E. Lowrey,
superintendent. Public worship at 11
a. m. and 3 p. m. At 3 p. m. preach
ing by the pastor, Rev. T. R. Best. In
the evening the paetor begins a series
of sermons.
St. Pauls Church.—Service* for the
ninth Sunday after Trinity; 7:30, early
celebration of the Holy Communion;
9:45, Suhday school; 11 later celebra
tion and sermon; 4, evening prayer.
At Fire Stations.—Religious services
will be held at all fire engine houses
Sunday at 4t30 p. m,
BAPTIST TABERNACLE TENT
TO BE MOVED TO MARIETTA.
After a successful meeting of .two
weeks In Powell street, the Tabernacle
gospel tent ha* been moved out near
the Soldier*' Home on Confederate
avenue, where - close* Saturday night
one of the greatest mission* ever held
under the tent These meetings have
been under the auspices of the Coun
tess Daughters Sunday Class, led by
their tencher. Rev. John A. Price.
This class Is composed of a hundred
or more young ladle* and Is a regular
ly organized body with president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer.
E. IL Peacock, pastor's assistant of
the Tabernacle; Rev. J. A. Price nnd
others have preached to the people
during the meeting.
At the close of this mission the tent
will be moved to Marietta, Ga., where
Mr. Peacock goes to conduct a two
weeks’ evangelistic meeting, the Shady
Grove church having secured the tent,
which will he located near tho Atlanta,
Knoxville and Northern crossing, be
ginning Tuesday night.
Rev. E. M. Dyer will have charge ot
these meeting* and has succeeded In
getting many of the workers from the
Tabernacle to assist In the services. E.
H. Peacock will preach every night
Curing the mission, and R. O. Bell, the
singer evangelist, will have charge of
tho music, assisted by J. B. Moseley.
On Friday night Dr, Joe Broughton
will make a talk on "Tho Sunday
School Syetem.” On Monday night, Au
gust 5, there wll be a great children’*
rally, led by Lonnie Smith, leader of
tho primary department of tlio Tab
ernacle, find each child present will
be given a souvenir.
E. H. Peacock will preach the open
ing sermon Tuesday night, July 30.
Day services will be held either In the
tent or - in the respective churches.
Take Marietta car at the postofllce and
•jiend a day and evening at.the IcnL
PROHIBITION RALLY
SUNDAY NIGHT.
In the absence of the pastor. Dr. Lon
O. Broughton, tha Tabernacle pulpit will
ho filled Mummy morning by Ror. W. L.
Walker, and at night there will be a groat,
n rohlliltlon rally. Senator Clay will bo
)e speaker of the evening. Hong service
begin* at 7:44 p. in.
TO FOURTH WARD VOTERS.
I am a candidate for nomination by
tho fclty primary for councilman from
the above ward. Your vote and ln‘
flusneo Is respectfully solicited.
W. D. WHITE
LOW RATE EXCUR
SION TICKETS to Moun
tain and Seashore Resorts
now on sale via Southern
Railway. Phone 142, J. 0,
Lusk, District Passenger
Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
The Jamestown Exposi
tion, the breezy seashore re
sorts, Old Point Comfort and
Virginia Beach are now de
lightful. Exceptionally low
rates via Southern Railway,
Phone 142, J. C. LUSK, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, At
lanta, Ga.
AN ATTRACTIVE ROUTE
—TO—
Jamestown Exposition,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA,
Is via Central of Georgia railway to
Havannah, Merchants’ and Miners'
Tranaportatlon Company to Norfolk.
Double dally through train* and sleep
ing car* to Savannah. Bhlps sail from
Savannah for Norfolk 'every Tuesday
and Saturday at 5 p. m. Tickets In
clude meal* and berth on ship. A short
rail ride, 40 golden hours st sea.
Ask any Central of Georgia railway
agent for rates, schedule*, etc.
CHEAPENING RELIGION
Terse Comment* on the Uniform Prayer Meeting Toplo of the Young People'e
Societies—Christian Endeavor, Baptist Young Pooplo’s Union, Epworth
Loaguo, Etc.—For July 28, "The Golden Calf of Today," 1 John 5: 18-21,
Alternative Tdplc—"Home Missions: The progress of tho Work Among-
Mormons," Matt, 7i 15-23) 24-11.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
There Is no denying that a large part Idols of heathendom. They fall to sat-
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of the world wants a cheap religion—a
religion that will cost little In thought,
spiritual aspiration, sacrifice and en
deavor. One of the dangerous tenden
cies of the times la the willingness of
some religious leaders to bring religion
down to the level of the world, by
making It a mere device for entertain
ment, or'for free soup and lodging*, or
for physical healing and a good time.
That was Aaron’s way. He conceded
tho people's demand for a little god,
a god that they could seo and handle.
Whereas the eternal truth runs that
the only religion that can lift human
ity Is a Spiritual religion, so high above
them that It call* forth all their pow
ers.of faith and vlglon and Intellectual
endeavor.
Whatever a man regard* a* of most
Importance In life may easily becomo
an Iddl. There Is ono proper center
tor a human life, and that Is ths will
of God.
The golden calf ot today Is, pars-
doxlcnlly, the golden eagle.
The exaltation of mammon means
the debasement of man.
The "practical” man of affairs rather
delights to scoff at the spiritual man,
with his Intense concern over things
unseen and other-worldly. This Is not
tho only Instance, howevor, In which
tho "practical" man, Is sadly mis
taken; aa the. public prints of tho
day nre showing, tho "practical” man
has been sadly astray In many of hi#
estimates, on, for Instance, In hi* con
ception of the public mind, In his con
tempt for the laws ot the state, snd
In hls cold-blooded assumption that
money Is the chief end of man. If our
"practical" man should suddenly have
a visitation of wisdom, snd betake him.
self to the wopds for a week, away
from the Jingle of coin snd awsy from
the ceaseless roar and chatter of
money-making machinery, he would
perhaps be able with clearer vision to
see that, after all, man Is a spirit, and
that the things which concern bis splr.
It are tht only things really worth
while.
Idols change with other fashions,
but the spirit of Idolatry abides the
same.
__ twentieth century Inbel often
found upon the calf worshlptd In this
Western world Is "Success." The Idea
has found lodgment In the brains of
not a few young people that to "suc
ceed" In a worldly way Is to stone
for all other shortcomings. This Is a
pernicious popular error. The "suc
cessful” man must be judged by the
same moral standards os everybody
else: he has no more right to live a
double life, to be brutal and overbear
ing, and to demand exceptional con
sideration, than has the mechanic, the
teacher, or the former. The III* which
follow In the train df the worship of
"success" aro many and deadly. For
the galnlqg of the whole world, alas,
often means the losing of one's own
soul.
Isfy. Their very numerousness Is proof
Qf their Inadequacy. Men keep mak
ing now gods, which are aa powerless
to help as the old. Bo It Is with alt
the objects short of tho Infinite Je
hovah, to which men today are devot
ing their hearts' best; they fall to sat
isfy. As old Augustine said, "O Lord,
Thou has made us for Thyself; and
our hearts can not bo at rest until they
rest In Thee."
Break ono thread in the-bonder of
virtue,' and you don't know 'how much
you may unravel.—Cunningham Goikle.
The pupil Is dilated at night and
eventually finds daylight. In tho samo
Way ns. the soul Is dilated In misfor
tune and oventually finds God In It.—
Victor Hugo.
If a cobbler by.trade, I will make It my
? aim
The bent of all cobblers to be;
But If only a tinker, no tinker on earth
Shall mend an old kettle like me.
—Anon.
No Impulse Is too' splendid for tho
slmpltst task; no task Is too simple for
the most splendid Impulas.—Phillips
Brook*. * " .
The best way ot spending times of
expectation of great events Is In tho
dlschargo of small ordinary duties.—
Alexander Mnclaren.
If our love were but more simple
We should take Him at hls word.
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord.
—F. W. Faber.
As Ood Himself Is eternal and un- -
changeable, so has He made this world ;
Snd the creatures He has set In It with ,
s yearning, never ceasing and Imper-
lshsbls, for the heights above.—Frances
Campboll.
Not all the calves that men worship
arc golden; some are only mud or
straw. ' . . '
A lofty religion’s aim ennobles all
of life. It begets true refinement, sav
ing one's character from the curse of
coarseness. The slavery of petty cares
Ik not for those whose gash Is fixed
beyond the stars. Inward peace tri
umphs over outward trials. Noble
friendships follow In the wake of the
pursuit of a noble aim. In a word,
they truly rise who aspire after God.
This present world Is not worthy of
the supreme devotion of a spirit des
tined to live the v greater and better
part of Its life In another world.
I well recall an aged Japanese .from.*
t whom I met at Nlkko, which I* a
sacred resort, containing ancient and
famous temples./- She had been wan
dering among the beautiful- groves,
worshipping at the Innumerable citrines
snd temples, and took the same route
down to the town that 1 slowly fol
lowed, so I had opportunity to ob
serve her carefully. At the turn In
the road she stopped and mode her
oblations, before s wayside shrine. On
her face was written such utter sad
ness-longing—hopelessness—as no pen
could depict. All her worship of mul
titudinous god* had failed to bring
her peace. And that Is tbo great In
dlcFtnent to be brought against all the who now hav
The United States census bureau has
appointed Archbishop Glcnnon, ot SL
Louis,.** special agent to compile the
statistics ot the Roman Catholic popu
lation of the United States.
The phenomenal growth of Chris
tianity In Korea continues to Increase.
Last year the Canadian and American
missionaries reported a gain of more
than 60 per rent In converts.
The pope has ordered a revision of
the Vulgate Latin .text of the Bible.
This will make necessary a revision of
the Douay English version.
"Minister* are Idolized .at JO, criti
cised at 40, antraclsed nt 50. Oslcrlzed
at 60 and canonized at 70,” says Rev.
Dr. B. L. Agnsw, secretary of the
Presbyterian board of ministerial relief. ,
Nonconformist bodies In Wales aro
calling upon the Welsh -members of
P arliament to withdraw .their support
rom the Liberal government, because
the latter have repudiated their pledge
to Introduce a measure looking toward
the disestablishment of the Church ot
England In Wale*. A clear majority
of fhe Welah people belong to the
Nonconformist churches.
■ Wesleyan University, Connecticut,
has adopted a new charter freeing It
from direct slfillatton with the Metho
dist Episcopal church. This will, en
able Ita tSacher* to benefit by tho Cur-
negte pension fund, and It also, sug- ,
gests The Congregatlonalt.it. clears the
way for a union with Yale University.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement,
the most aggressive and significant de
velopment of th* religious life of tho
United States and Canada, has been
formally and enthusiastically Inaugu
rated In England. An American depu
tation was responsible tor launching it.
Tho Harvard mission, of which
President Roosevelt is president, tuts
prepared a map of tho world locating
the Harvard men now In tho foreign
mission field. The number of men li 31.
Tho foreign mission boards of tha
United States and Canada have Jointly
appointed a committee, of which Mr.
Robert Kpeer Is chairman, to Initiate
and oversee work nm.mg Europeans
and Americana living
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