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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN, PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH _ 3 B. JB i 3 ■3 “ It «u Ruskln, I think, who said "There la no music In reata. but there la the making of mualc In them." And ao It la with life—with It* periods of pause, Ita momenta of quietude; there may be nothing striking In these, but they are essential to life's harmony, they are of vast Importance to life's progress and Its activity. The disciples of the Master had come to a time when they needed rest. They had been In tensely busy, and He saw It, and no He said, "Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile." The Master la constantly making this Invitation to us. Sometimes the place selected Is the bed of sickness lie lays His hand upon us In our active carter and says ,"My child, come, lie down upon thy couch awhile, and rest." Sometimes It Is by relief from duties when the pressure of business I* for a moment lifted and there la a time of Inactivity. Sometimes He opens the door so that we may enter into green Helds, wandering by quiet brooks, and seek far from the noise and tur moil of the city a place of retirement- a retreat—a rest. But, however, may be that the Master gives them, they come to each. Let us therefore consider these rests of life, their neces sity, their danger, their opportunity. Ths Nscsssity of Rest, ' I say In the first place that these rest times are necessary. God realizes this necessity not merely In His deal ings with man. but with all the various kingdoms. Why, even tho mineral kingdom manifests that It needs rest. Car wheels will explode If overworked; cables will snap If the strain Is too constant, even when not too severe; machinery' will, go to pieces unless It rests. And coming to the vegetable kingdom we find that ever and anon God locks It In the Icy embrace of winter that the activities of vegeta tion may cease. Fields and forests may lie - asleep until the kiss of spring awakens them. In the animal king dom we find that animals have their periods of rest; they hibernate, or emi grate, and thus relax and arc re freshed. And when we ascend to the highest creation and consider man we find that God Is very careful to see to It that men have a sufficient time for leisure and Its fruitage. He gives us not ope long and tedious day, but he breaks the beat and strain with the cool and quiet of evening shadows, the hush and solemn stillness of midnight hours. Not only so, but one In seven He sets apart as a day of rest, that at this time we may lay aside our duties, return to our homes, and enjoy repose. And when He Himself was His people's King He arranged for numerous festivals. Sabbatical years, and jubilees that they might not be overborne with work, but have r.uf- ficlent leisure for a broad and Joyous life. The great Institutions of learn ing today recognise the Divine wisdom In this arrangement, and the men who are expected to think and lead have It so planned as that every seventh year they may have for travel, for leisurely Investigation, and mental rest. This necessity we need to personally recog. nlse as an essential of life; we need to plan for It so that we may, according to God’s scheme In our creation, have time for rest. The Peril of Inactivity. Let us consider. In the second place, the peril of such periods. At such a time the regular routine of life I* ar rested; everything Is different; usually we ore away from the old environment, at least the old duties do not claim us; and there is a general relaxation of body, mind, and, alas! too often, of soul. Consequently because of this reaction, this Intentional Inactivity, we are sub ject to new and hidden dangers. S church composed of those who trave Is apt to manifest this evil every fal as Its members gather from their dif ferent retreats. Many who at the time when the vacation period began were aglow and filled with spiritual ardor come back cold, Inactive, with all tholr Interest gone; even some of the best re quire a certain period before they can readjust themselves. Bad as this Is It gives Indication of a deeper and more dangerous thing. It Indicates a serious letting down of spir itual tone. It was during a period of Inactivity that David, the Psalmist, the man of God, the leader of.hla land, fell Into a fearful apostacy. Such periods hare their peril, and we need to be aware of this, to bo alert lest we, too, be over come. The Opportunity of the Occasion. But consider next the opportunities offered by such occasion, and they are tiumerous. These rest times enable us to renew and to broaden our acquain tance with God’s great work. Our lives are so environed as that our lots are circumscribed and we sec but a part of God's marvelous handiwork. Wc are In the city, and our business holds us so that we scarcely ever are loosed and I enabled to wander out amid the fields and linger on the hilltops and view the I distant scenes. Or we live In the coun- 1 try and It I* but Infrequently that we can visit the city and be thrilled by tho fulness and throb of Its tumultuous life. But lu vacation we have an opportunity of seeing the other side. Thus those who are In the city ought to go to the country; and those who are In the country ought when possible to go to the city: or those 'who live In towns should go tfo some great metropolis and thus broaden themselves by coming In touoh with another phase of life. There la a beautiful poem by Sam Walter Foss that appeared some years ago In Leslie's Weekly that expresses very aptly how all existence Is from God and all Is wholesome If We look at It aright and see It as we should. He says; God made the undlscernlng earth, The earth It brought forth trees; Godalao made discerning man, And man made factories; And so the factory end the tree Arc parts of Nature's plan; Both man-made mill and earth-made tree Should pleaso the God-made man. The bobolink's song and the motor- man's gong Are parts of one refrain; And so Is the crash of the cataract, And the rattle of the train. The cattled hills and the towered town, The wood-path and the alley. The world-thronged street whose streams are men, And the rivulet-threaded valley— These all are the equal home of the man Who loves the human brood; The home of the man who loves the world And calls the whole world good. The robin's strain In the backwood lane To this man's ear Is sweet: And so Is the rhythmical pulse of the pave With its tread of a thousand feet. He loves to see the pine tree grow. And see the warehouse loom, And see the steamboat throng the wharves, And see the buckwheat bloom. For twons grow up beside the streams As oaks grow on the hills, REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN. And mills spring up like growing corn. And homes like daffodils. The breath of the fields Its worship yields, Like prayer It rises high; And the smoke from a thousand chim ney tops Is Incense to the sky. Not only does the vacation time of fer us an opportunity for broadening our sympathies and touching life at other tangents, but It allows us much- needed leisure for quiet thought and meditation. I do not know that New ton was on vacation, but I do know that he was In his garden, quiet and absorbed In thought, when he saw an apple fall nnd began to reason why, and arrived at that epoch- making theory of gravitation. Paul was not on any pleasure trip when he was In Arabia for that long period after the change that came to him so suddenly, sweeping him away from the old haunts nnd occupations In a moment; but out In Arabia there that enforced vacation time the Id waa made richer by the medita tions and the prayers of Paul. And ai-aln there were other periods when the great apostle had a leisure that he did not exactly relish, when, bound with chains, he was kept In confine ment, but when through his amanuen ses he dictated those wonderful epis tles that have been enlightening and. thrilling the world through all the centuries. And let us remember that It was. In the leisure time of David that he performed his great service to the world. Just as It waa In his lelsure time that he committed his great sin. Out there on the hilltop In the stillness of the night or as he looked heaven ward from the Judean mountains the inspirations came to David that have i put prayers In the months of millions j through all the .centuries since. I Yes, we have a chance for -prayer, for thought, for meditation then that we have at no other time. \Ve can take up the books that we have not had opportunity to read, and that we ought to read. By planning we can make thla period count, not by pack ing It full of restless duties but by ao - arranging It as that we will have the time to do that which we want to do and never found lelaure to do at other periods. Again, the time of rest that we us ually take, and that If possible all of us should have, Is often the best pe riod we will find for new and signal service. We are brought Into contact with other people—people who perhaps live thousands of miles from us, whom wc will pass like ships In the night, but whom we may httll as we pass,.so that In our hall all their future may be made rich and golden. In the little talks we get aa we come In contact with strangers on the train, or as we speak with them on the verandah of the hotel we may leave a word that may touch some hidden spring of their being that shall mean much for God and the coming of tho kingdom. The Master’s Example. You remember It was on His short tour up the Syro-Phoenlcia that Christ drew out that woman Into an expres sion of tho noble faith for which He commended her and by which she has been Immortalized. It waa on a tour through Samaria that, stopping at a wellslde. He met a woman who was a stranger to Him, whom doubtless He never would have seen In any other way, a woman who never left her little town, and there In the few momenta they had together alone He spake a few words that brought a revival to that city, as well as bringing Into her heart a new hope and Into her life a new power nnd cleansing. In words which have been to all the world since then nn Inspiration. Wherever the .Master went He was about His Fath er's business. In this Instance He left the crowd and took the disciples. But the crowd would not be left, and they came along and out there In the wllder- neaa He ministered to them; and In the way He did It there is a suggestion to us aa to how we can do It. Of course when we are away from home we haven't access to many of the things which we feel are almost necessary for us to do our work aright; a great deal Is left behind; we take as little plunder as possible. And so It was with the disciples. When this opportunity of fered Itself they, had very little with them—only a few loaves and two fishes, but they took these and gave them to Christ and let Him bless and use them; and they did more with that little out there where they had gone to have a picnic and to rest than they ever did at any other time, save one, when In another lonely place He did the same thing for them. ' Let us then not be afraid to give to God what we have, to speak os we may be able, to do that which, we have opportunity to do, and to count for God during vacation. Rest's Responsibility. Remember that the (open doors we find at such times through which we may enter to greet and cheer and help' our fellow pilgrims may be our first and last and only chance to minister to them. True at ail times, the lines are truer now that say: "I shall not pass this way again. But far beyond earth’s Where and When May I look back along a road Where on both sides good seed I sowed. I shall not pass this way again. May wisdom guide my tongue and pen, And love be mine, so that I may Plant roses all along the way." Several years ago, on a summer va cation, we had an opportunity like this —an opportunity that was golden, that a man would go far to seek and pray long and qarnestly In order to be con sidered worthy to meet. A man we learned to love, who was clean out of touch with God nnd God's people, nev er entering a church, by the fellow ship there In tho hotel was cast wits us, and we drew together and openM our hearts to one another, and „ able to lead him to his knees and into prayer, when he had not prayed V,.- tnany years. ■ ur It is worth while traveling If can have these blessed opportunity, and I am persuaded that we haw many more of them than we see ton many pass us unobserved. Let u, therefore be alert and ever ready ln o willing to speak, remembering that we are Hia bondservants, purchase! by His blood, and that He Is sendlni us on a mission even as He sent Philip to speak to the eunuch. Let «, also be ever ready and willing to hear for we may learn things at such hour! that shall mean much to us When we find ourselves In situations where we fear tlic children of wordllness i.j us take time for prayer, for meditation, and for the study of His word, that in that place we may not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good and thus accomplish what God Intend-' ed we should. At such a time as this we may be a testimony unto those with whom we may not have an opportunity to speak, who at home never come In contact with Christians who are de. elded and radiant. As, In response to these calls to us to come apart and rest awhile, we go lot us, I repeat, be sure that we keen In touch with God.,\yhether It be upon the sick couch; or In the leisure ot a momentary dull -In- business, or in the brief excursion to the-country on a half-holiday, or durlhg a more ex tended tour, let It be in fellowship with God that we abide, for Him that we speak, and concerning Him anil Hi, cause that we think. And so may God bless these rest times to us and make them safe times and glad times. May the prayer of John Greenleaf Whittier be ours during vacation; "If there be some weaker one. Give me strength to help him on; If a blinder soul there be. Let me guide him nenrer Thee: Make my mortal dreams come true With the work I fain would do. Clothe with life the weak Intent, Let me be the thing I meant; Let me find in Thy employ Peace that dearer Is than Joy. Out-of self to Love be led. And to Heaven acclimated. Until all things sweet and good Seem my nature’s habitude.” VACATION NOTES T^TSST- By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD, PASTOR UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Chicago, Aug. 10.—If Boston could only have Atlanta's Invigorating at mosphere, her equable temperature, and the easy courtesy and spontaneous hospitality of her cltlsens, then tho much vaunted "hub of the universe" might well be considered an Ideal place of residence. For much Is here to In duce the casual observer and occa sional visitor to proclaim her as "ths City Beautiful." Her numerous, well-' cared-for, and truly delightful parks nnd boulevards: clean, and commo dious public buildings, her numerous museums, libraries, and concert halls, her splendid educational equipment, her plentiful supply of churches, of every sect and shade of belief, whose houses of worship are unrivaled by any American ecclesiastical architecture, her well-kept diligently-tended shops, where one may secure anything that the bounty of nature or the skill of man produces, from any nook or corner of the universe; her neat, well-lnform. ed and unvarying polite policemen, her unusually excellent system of atreet transportation, and her abun dance of homes, to be had at reasonable cost of rental, constitute a combination of blessings and benefits which un doubtedly contributes much toward marking the average cltlsen of Boston an unusually contented, and sometimes an exasperatlngly self-satisfied Indi vidual. For here It Is that the quiet searcher after the unusual often un expectedly touches the key which sounds the high note of provincialism. In conversing one day with a typical Boatoneae, genuine surprise was ex pressed concerning her rather aston ishing lack of Information and entirely Inadequate conception of the nation's unfailing granaries upon the rolling western prairies, and ths unlimited and practically undeveloped resources of the sun-ktsaed garden spot of the great Southeast, and In fact, of nearly every other portion of the land In which she dwells, save only her home city and Its Immediate environs. Her reply was certainly naive and Illuminating. Bald aha; "Why should It be necessary for me to know shout any other place than Boston 7" Atlanta Might Copy. It Is not too much to say that Boston possesses many elements ot sanity and comfort which those who love Atlanta and desire her greatest good 1 might welt hold before them as a goal for civic striving. And why may we not commence our work for a more beau tiful and more comfortable Atlanta, by securing for the city a plot of ground aa near to the very center of the city's life as possible, for a down-town park? Ona of ths chief Joys of nearly all of the better New England cities la the down-town park, or "common," a (lower bedecked, green carpeted oaala In tbe very center of i blistering desert of plled-up stone and brick and mortar. For those In whose psychological equipment veneration Is not lacking, and who therefore welcome every op portunity to feed afresh the springs of patrlotlmn, Boston and her Immediate environs furnish a splendidly equipped historical library. The military expe ditions w hich mads Colonial New Eng land the home of an aggressive peo ple. received here their Inspiration, and very largely recruited their strength from tho aturdy citizens of Massachu setts colony. Here the spirit of re sistance to British tyranny found vent In action, rather than contenting Itzelf with the harmless explosion of oratory and eloquence. In Fanuell Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty," the new spirit waa truly nurtured, and fortunate Indeed It la that the city has preserved so much that la associated with the "Tea Party." Paul Revere, Bunker Hill, and the famous Siege which was ended when Washington fortified Dorchester Holghts. Nor ran we be unmindful of the rich historical associations of the sur rounding country. Plymouth, to the south, where landed the Pilgrims In 1620, and the nearby town of Duxbury, the home of Mllea Standlah; Lexington and Concord on the west, where waa shed the first blood of the revolution, and where waa fired the shot which was "heard round tha world;" and, on the east are the historic towns of Mar blehead, Salem and Lynn, where were enacted some of the Important scenes of pre-revolutionary times, and where one Is encouraged to discover that the modern has not entirely obliterated the memories of the past. This region Is also a hallowed shrine for all who entertain a proper pride In American literature. Concord, aa tha home of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and the Alcotts, la visited every year by multitudes of pilgrims, whose Joy and gratitude for the intellectual her. Itage bequeathed by those literary giants renders them all but forgetful of the earlier deeds of valor and sac rifice witnessed by these ancient hills and forests, while 'Cambridge holds firm her place In our hearts for the gift to the world of Lowell Rnd Long fellow, and Danvers la Immortal In the memory of America as the home of the beloved Quaker poet, Whittier. A Convention City, Her unusual attractions as an his torical museum, nnd her unrivaled ad vantages for sightseeing, together with excellent hotel accommodations ahd reasonable cost of living, contribute to make Boston a popular "convention city," and enable her, thus to entertain as her guests every year thousands of people from all parts of the country who gather to attend the various con ventions and association meetings which so frequently select Boston as their gathering place. The nineteenth annual convention of the Young People's Christian Union of the Unlversallst church, which con vened In Boston July 10 to 17, brought together hundreds of delegates and at tendants from the young people's socie ties of the Unlversallst churches all over the country, frem Maine to Texas, nnd from Florida to Oregon. The Co- liimbua Avenue Unlveraallat church. In which tne meetings of the convention were held. Is one of the historic church es of the denomination. One of Ita earliest pastors waa Hosea Ballou, re membered ns one of the foundation builders of this branch of liberal Chris tianity. Attendance upon one of these nation, al conventions of a young people's re ligious society, be tt of whatever name or sign, furnishes one of ths most do- llghtful and certain stimulants of re ligious xenl and fervor. Also does It tend to dissipate whatever dangerous tendency toward pessimism may have fastened Itself upon one during the plodding months of ths year's routine work. Sometimes, undoubtedly, our constant contemplation of the world’s exaggeration of the materialistic con sciousness may excite in us a morbid REV. E. D. ELLENWOOD. speculation regarding the world's seeming decline In religious faith, nnd the pessimistic predictions of the apoc alyptic writers of sacred literature find a momentary echo In our own hearts, hor this sort of spiritual malaria there Is nn alterative so certain, no tonic so effective as an attendance upon and a careful observance of a young peo ple's religious convention. Here one discovers In young and forming lives such genuine and eager consecration to the serious business of life, such spon taneous Interest In ths deep things of the spirit, as to go far toward remov ing any serious doubts which may have been entertained concerning the re ligious culture of coming generations. Universalist Convention, This most recent national convention of the young people of the Unlversallst church was the most eminently suc cessful gathering In the history ot the organization. The true devotional spirit was abundantly manifest. Each business meeting of the convention was commenced by a devotional meeting, led In each Instance by one of the younger members, and revealing not only a full appropriation of the true spirit of worship, but also an encourag ing originality and Individuality of ex pression. And these devotional meet ings were largely attended, although they were held at an early hour each morning. The "quiet hour meeting” which began promptly at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, had an attendance of several hundred enthusiastic and earnest young people, eager to testify that they had not come to the con vention merely for a pleasurable vaca tion outing. The business sessions of the convention were characterised by most efficient leadership, and prompt and Intelligent co-operation on tha part of the delegates. These young people seemed to Know what they wanted to do, and they also knew; how to bring about the desired results with the least possible friction and con fusion. The reports of the various of ficers and committees showed the af fairs of the national union to be In a most satisfactory condition. Progress was revealed all along the line. Sev eral hundred new members were re ported and the financial condition of the society waa never better. Quite a remarkable showing waa made by the secretary, who was able to point wjth very natural pride to the fact that the annual dues of the various Mate organizations and Individual members constituting the entire organization, showed an unpaid account of less than one per cent of the total amount, while the large amount pledged at the last convention for missionary purposes had been entirely paid. This national organization of young people, while having as Its primal object the foster ing ot the devotional life of Its mem bers, conducts certain specific mis sionary enterprises as a means to that end. The organization, by Individual missionary contributions which sepa rately considered seem Insignificant In deed. hns been able to erect houses of worship for Ita missionary churches In Harrlman, Tenn., In Atlnnta. Ga., In St. Paul. Mtnn., and In Little Rock, Ark., and still assists In bearing the financial burden of these churches. The reports from these different mission ary parishes were so gratifying, show ing each of them to be In such good condition, that the result was an In creased missionary enthusiasm result ing In the pledging for special mission ary purposes at this convention of the largest amount ever given In the his tory of the organization. Thus do the young people of our churches Justify tha largest optimism concerning them by their willingness and their ability to take upon themselves Increasingly the inevitable tasks of civilization. Worked in Heat. No more significant epitome of the faithfulness and consecration of the delegates, at this convention can furnished than the fact that although for that greater portion of the conven tion week Boston was deserted by her famous “East Wind,” so very essen tial to summer comfort, and the tem perature In the church was by means cool and inviting, yet the dele gates were always to be found at their posts. transacting the Important business of the convention with care and with dispatch. And tt Is certain that every one of those who were so fortunate as to be able to attend thla convention went back to their Indi vidual posts of duty cheered and in spired by this contact and communion with hundreds of other young lives, all earnestly Intent upon a common ob ject and thUB to find themselves newly fortified to continue the great task of bringing In the kingdom of God. ' With the business of the convention satisfactorily afi an end. the hosts of young people turned their attention to the trips of pleasure and educa tion about Boston and vicinity, care fully provided for them by the local committee of entertainment. On Mon day morning, several hundred went, by chartered steamboat, to pay a visit to historic Plymouth. The sail down the bay In the teeth of a strong cool wind furnished us with Just the right sort of nn appetite to do proper Jus tice to one of Plymouth's far-famed “coast dinners." The afternoon was delightfully spent In visiting all of the points of Interest In and about thla quaint old village, so dear In the mem ory of every true American. On Plymouth Rock. And, f rat of all. of course, wjs scram, bled upon and across the Irregular boulder of granite known as "fore fathers' rock," and popular supposed to have been the first landing place of those fearless pioneers who sought, upon this truly uninviting coast, polit ical freedom and religious liberty. IVe paused for a moment before the tab lets marking the spot where rest the bodies of nearly half of tfle intrepid little band,' Whd 1 succumbed 'to 'the rig or of'the climate and the,unexpected hardships of the netv life, ere the first year had passed. Thence we tolled to the top of. "burial hill,” an eminence overlooking the bay, and which held the houses of the early settlement. Here we stood, looking out across the Island dotted bay, toward the far reaching ocean beyond, and tried to Imagine for ourselves the emotions. Ihe longings, the hope not unmixed with despair, which must have possessed the stout hearts of those men and women who had braved death In their quest for that which to them was dearer than life, aa they, so many generations agone, had stood upon that self same hill, and, throughout the dreary, dis appointing months of the "starving time” hod scanned the distant horizon for the earliest signs of the relief w hich wns so alow In coming. The Journey back to Boston was en livened by chorus singing of the de votional songs of the Y. P. C. U.. and also the different "state songs,” by the young people who gathered In groups about the boat, and, as we neared the harbor, there wa* introduced the only not of sadness of the entire convention —the inevitable leave-takings and farewells, for many of the friends were obliged to hasten to their various homes, and to omit the further pleas ures of the excursion program. Huh young hearts are always hopeful, and the sombre shade of the farewell was always lightened by the promise to meet again, next year. In Washing ton." THE TEACHINGS OF THE TREES Terse Comments on ths Uniform Pray or Mooting Topic of tho Young People's Societies—Christian Endeavor, Baptist Young People’s Union, Epworth League, eto.—For August 11, “Tsaohlngs of tho Trees," Ps. 104i 16-18; It 1-16. By WILLIAM T. ELLI8. ••The grove* were God'* first tempi**"— but not bla latest or beat. tietlc listeners. In all Inanimate nature there Is nothing ao companionable aa n tree; It seems to have a character and Men tlty which amount almost to personality. For the nature lover It la quite easy to lenrn to regard certain trees as particular friends. Bueh a one readily finds life les sons In root, trunk and leaf. When we begin to go to the bottom of the subject of trees, we naturally come first to roots. Tlu v are all rooted In proportion to tUelr growth; the great and spreading tree of neecKnlty sends Ita root* deeply and widely. No aham and pretense for It, and no superficiality; It gets Its greatness strength by -* “** and Its earth by at Into tne stretching out life- sad stnufhness. This la a lesson whli I these superficial times need to learn from the trees. For our great lack Is depth. We are not thoroughly rooted and grounded In nd upon rootage. As Is the root, go will be the fruit Kit for an hour beneath a tree of the for est. and notice the multitudinous life that finds shelter therein—the birds, the hun- for their aheltei They furnish a refuge for the weak, *»« sorrowing, the poor and the perplexed. It seems natural for persons In any kind of distress to resort to them. In thfs all such resemble the sheltering Parlour, who was thronged by people with every Imaginable need of spirit, mind and body. Into the woods my Master went clean forspent, forspent. Into the woods my Master came Forspent with love and shame. But the olives were not blind to Him, The little gray leaves w-ere kind to him, The thorn tree had a mind to Him, >>hen Into the woods He enme. Ont of the woods my Master went And He was well content. Out of the woods my Master came with death and shnme. When Death and Hhsme wonk! woo Him last. From under the trees they drew IHm last, ’Twaa on a tree they slew Him laat. When out of the woods lie citme. —Mldney tauter. Tree* are toughened by tempeats. The tree that has stood out In the open, wh^re It baa had to wrestle with every wind that blows, makes the best timber, for strength and filter, and for ability to take on the blgheat polish. And the life that has been buffeted by the storm aud stress of out ward circumstances Is tne one which has learned the secrets of strength and beauty. eye tuts not dwelt In delight upon the beauteous greens of n distant woodland, with all the delicate tints and shades that malM\lt God's fairest bouquet? Thera la atancy about a mass of tree foliage, out lined agalust the blu ‘ mountain does not possess. There la not the brilliance of the flowers about the trees; but In their quieter beauty they the same. Spurgeon hns said something to the effect that when God wants a mushroom he makes It over night; but when he wants an oak tree lie takes years to the task. The same Is a parable of character. A great character, one that will laat and be a shelter nnd shade for deendes, and finally be built lnb» the lives of others, la not to be achieved In a twinkling. Sun and rain, shadow aud frost, wind ami earth, all must SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. the smile of God. And far cast thought < Ills blessing on the neighborhood Who In the hollow of Ills hsnd Holds nil the growth of nil onr land; the top of a hill and outlined ngofust the •ky. That poplar la • close friend; 1 have sympathetically watched ita growth for years. Not always waa It thus. Half a dosen years ago a cruel lee storm tore and gashed It terribly. Ita beauty was utterly marred. Its fair proportions completely de stroyed. But my tree waa wiser than aoms human friends. Instead of drooping In the direction of Its wounds. It straightway bent nis ec—*— “ | »u» m*-mi m. £%um, lo! hit ;nn OSTS rought the wonder. The scars are hid den. The old form could of course never be regained, but a new and more lieautlful shapeliness has resulted. Today the tall, aspiring. Iteautlful tree la not only a shade to my nelghltor's home, but a delight to the eye of every one who observes lu •tralL- „ covering these hid' the years have gained only by Live ■peak true, right wrong, follow Else, wherefore born? —Tennyson, James I'arton. "A commonplace life," we say, and we sigh; But why should we sigh as we say? The eommonplace sun lu the commonplace aky Makes np the commonplace day. And God, who studies each separate aonl. Out of commonplace Uvea makes hit beauti fill whole. —Susan Coolldge. No prayer takea bold of God until *t first takea bold of the man.—Horace Bush hell. NEWS AND NOTES. Dr. Marcus Dods has been unanimously elected principal of New Church college, Edinburgh, to succeed the late Dr. Rainey. birthday a few days ago. la credited with having dedicated more than one thousand churches. formerly associated r, 1 President Roosevelt baa written to Dr. Jackson, secretary of the American com mute# which la erecting a monument.to Dr. Henry Preserved Smith, over whom a vigorous •‘heresy" discussion raged among Presbyterians several years ago, when he was a professor In tane Theological Semi nary, Cincinnati, has become a professor . . .... -• “ ifnnry, of The political upheaval In Korea Is at tracting renewed attention to the extraor dinary success of Christian missions In that country. Following the phenomenal revi val at Pyeng Yang. In northern Korea, a similar manifestation has occurred In Tal- ku, southern Korea. The Congregntlonsllst reports a measure of rcartlou from the high ethical standards achieved In Wales ns a result of the re vival of 1904-1905. Mnnuy public houses and drinking clubs are reopening. It la now proposed by the Free Church Connell to establish social centers and places of Inno cent amusement. A round-the-world 8undny school tour was one of the schemes growing ont of the recent convention In Rome. It Is proposed to lenve New York In December, 1W8, with a maximum company of 500 delegates, nnd hold conventions In Cairo, Bombay, " lomho, Hhar - **" 1 °—* —■“ " Washington, A big projeet launched at the Shanghai Missionary Centennial Is the creation of a great union Christian university, to sup- r lenient existing Institutions by first-class raining In law. literature, science and tech nology, all under Christian auspices. It Is What ONE DOLLAR a Month Will Do. PERFECT PROTECTION POLICY Insures Against Any Sickness, 6 Months Any Accident, 24 Months Accidental Death NORTH AMERICAN ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. 623 Candlsr Building. 'Phans S330. AGENT8 WANTED. EX-FEDERAL JUDGE SOLVES QUESTION Chautauqua, Aug. 10.—Ths South Should be given free rein In settling Its race problem, according to Judge P. Baldwin, formerly of the federal bench of Indiana. In an addreaa before the Chautauqua Lawyers' Club yesterday. "I think the Republican party tn the North has come to the conclusion that the fifteenth amendment was a hideous mistake," said Judge Baldwin. "There Is a growing sentiment, among the Re publicans In the North to let the Dem ocrats In the South deal with ths race problem. We ought to let our South ern brother, who ha8 to live with ne groes, solve the negro question." NEGRO JOINT6 IN DALTON DECLARED NUISANCES Bpndal to The Georgian. Dalton, Ga., Aug. 10.—A negro dance hall and three negro restaurants were declared nuisances and put out of com mission by the city council at a special call meeting last night The dance hall was conducted by T. C. 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