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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- *1 .00 What ONE DOLLAR a Month Witt Do. PERFECT PROTECTION POLICY Insures Against Any Sickness, 6 Months Any Accident, 24 Months Accidental Death NORTH AMERICAN ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. 623 Candler Building. 'Phone 5330. AGENT8 WANTED. 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 cllgloua udvantag- \