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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12. 190?.
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By REV. RICHARD ORME FL1NN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Text: Neh. 8:10, "The Joy of the
Lord Is thy strength."
T HERE are mnny kinds of Joy, and
every kind of Joy Is a source of
power—any Joy gives strength.
As you can measure and gauge an en-
'■glne by the kind and quantity of
Sower that it generates, so you can
measure n man by his kind and quan
tity of Joy. However others may think
of It, the Scriptures declare, and those
who have put it to the test unanimous
ly affirm, that the Joy of the Lord
Is the supremest Joy, and the strength
that the Joy of the Lord imparts Is the
supremest strength that a life may
know. That which our text declares,
therefore. Is this: That to the Chris
tian the source of power should be the
presence of this peculiar kind of Joy,
and that. If they have an abundanco
of the Joy of God, then they have a
dynamic which is not only superior to
any other force, but which Is superior
to ail other forces that may combine
in other lives to accomplish anything,
and superior to all other forces that
mav combine from any quarter to
hinder or to crush the Christian. If
you have the Joy of God you are In
vincible. Moreover, very distinctly our
text Indicates that the effectiveness of
any professed follower of Christ, and
their ability to do that which Is really
worth while, depends not upon their
natural buoyancy of nature, not upon
a felicitous environment that may sur
round them, not upon their equipment
or station, not upon their Intellectual
ity or position among men, but upon
their Joy. The man who knows the
joy of God has the power of God to
work with. Likewise it Is very clearly
implied by our text that the Christian
who Is lacking in joy, no matter how
much knowledge, how much culture,
how much natural force and strength
of character; no matter what is posi
tion or what his’ honors or what his
standing, no matter what he has, If he
lacks the Joy of God he Is vulnerable
«nd in danger. This being the afflrma-
li ;n, then, of the text, there are several
remarks I wish to make.
Christianity a Religion of Joy,
The thought entertained by some that
fie service of Christ is a Joyless and
etiomy service Is utterly false and ut-
irrly contrary to Scripture and expe
rience. I say, the thought that some
.mertaln that the religion of the Lord
Jesus Christ is gloomy and that though
their connection with Him will, In the
end, prove preferable, yet the service
of the Lord Jesus Christ Is largely a
Joyless service. In time, no matter what
It promises for eternity—that, I repeat.
Is utterly contrary to the teachings of
Sctlpture. You remember when the
angets came to announce the coming
of Christ to the shepherds, their words
were these: "We bring you good tid
ings of great Joy." It started the
heavens ringing with praise, nnd it
thrilled the hearts of the men who
heard it with Joy. You remember when
Jesus Christ had come of age, had been
anointed and had Just inaugurated His
public ministry, In His first address
before His friends at Nazareth He
chose His text from Isaiah 61, and In
that’ were these wordB: "I have come
to give the oil of Joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness.” So Christ and the angels
agree that His purpose and Intent Is to
make the man who trusts Him and
yields to Him joyous instead of gloomy,
and filled with praise Instead of heavi
ness and discontent.
You will notice likewise, not only
here but throughout the entire Old
Testament, everything that Is said In
the case, that it is God's plan that
those who follow Him shall not walk
In darkness, but shall walk In the light.
All of the ritual, all of the feasts, were
clearly Intended as times of rejoicing,
and If you will read them carefully you
will see that this was very plainly
shown. God planned that His people
should come together to be very happy,
and that they should know how to
sing and praise and rejoice. It Is a
significant thing that of the religions
of the world the religion of Christ
alone Is the religion of song; the others
have their solemn ritual, impressive
rites, but Christ has given to His peo
ple the Joy of praise. The Psalms,
therefore, ring true to this note, and
there are but few Indeed that have not
thanksgiving and praise as the chief
part of them. The prophets abound
In notes that peal out amid the minor
strains with praise to God for what
He will do even If the sin of the
people does necessitate His hiding His
face for a time.
God Wants Us To Bs Happy,
Paul, In Phlilpplans 1:4, cries out.
"Rejoice in the Lord always," and
again, for the third time, "I say, re
joice." Evidently! then, those who be
lieve that the religion of the Lord Je
sus Christ should be a religion of gloom
are holding that which Is diametrically
opposed to the teaching nnd intent of
the Scripture. Not only so, but we no
tice that it Is contrary, ns we have
stated, ns well to experience. In Sa
maria when Philip had gone to the
city nnd preached Christ to the people,
and they hnd censed from sin. haft re
pented and m&do confession and ac
cepted Christ, it is remarked in the
eighth chapter of Acts, eighth verse.
“And there was great Joy In that city."
There is absolutely nothing that will
set a city athrllt so quickly and so won
derfully as a glorious and genuine re
vival of religion. Go to Memphis,
Tenn., nnd ask the people there how
they felt after four months of revival
meetings that swept the town like fire,
leaving wellnlgh the whole people sing
ing "Praise to God." Go to Wnles and
ask them what kind of a time they had
during thetr revival, whether its result
was to make them gloomy or glad.
It was the Joy of the Christian In
pagan Rome that was such a marvel
to those who were seeking by perse
cution to crush out Christianity for
ever—it Is the Joy of the heathen con
verts that Is such a surprise to the
heathen. It Is the joy of tho Christian
that furnishes the one argument the
ungodly can never overcome.
Tho Confession of an Atheist.
Years ago I was In Bouth Georgia as
a young man still In the seminary,
spending my first summer at work In
what were then known as the "wild
lands" of our state. .There were some
very rough characters to be met, and
one of tho roughest I met was In going
from Cordele to Rochelle. The man
was very profane, hut he had traveled
broadly and he was saying some Inter
esting things to some men who were
standing near, so I rose to hear what
he had to tell. Afterwards It occurred
to me that I had been utterly false to
my Lord. I had not conversed with
him, but I had listened to him without
protest, and I felt abashed, ashamed
and contrite. When we got on the
train I determined I would have to
strike my colors If It killed me. and It
came near doing that very thing. I
took a seat behind him. I was afraid
of him. He had a pistol that stuck out
of his breast pocket and ho looked like
he knew how to use it nnd wouldn't
mind doing It a bit. Finally I leaned
over and put the question to him:
“How are foreign missions getting
KEV. RICHARD ORME FLINN.
along in Africa?" I wish you could
have seen that man. He was as sur
prised as I was frightened, and the
things he said about foreign missions
I won't repeat. A little later the man
got out of the seat beside him and I
took the seat. I thought It 1 was Into
It I had better get close. I asked him
questions, but I did not argue with
him; I could not, and moreover 1 dared
not. I did not think It would be
healthy. Ho stated his beliefs very
frankly nnd I was quiet while he stated
them. When he finished I stated mine.
After he finished I asked him a ques
tion, "Was his mother an atheist ?" And
then he began to talk and I to listen.
I never heard such a lecture on the
virtues of Christianity. He said he
wasn't afraid to die-if any man ought
to be fearless It Is an atheist—he,i
doesn't expect to pass tho bar of Judg-
nien—when life Is over all is over—and I
there Is nothing else. What he has es. I
caped til life he has escaped forever.
An atheist ought to be a happy man.
He said: "Everybody knows me as an j
atheist, but let me tell you, though Ii
am not afraid to die, I wil confess that
In my bod sometimes at home at night,
sometimes when the thought lias come
to me, 'Suppose after all you are mis
taken, nnd what they say Ib bo.' I have
trembled and covered my head witli
the bed clothes In fear,” and then he
said this: "I will admit that there is
one thing about your religion I can not
understand, and that is its Joy. I have
been in health and with plenty of
money in my pocket, everything my
way, and I have met some poor devil
with one foot in the gravo and with
nothing ahead who seemed to be ra
diantly happy because he believed In
Jesus ChrlBt, and," he said, “I was not
happy with all I had and I don't know
what It is to be happy."
"Yes," he said, "young man, the Joy
of Christianity is the one thing I can't
explain.
tratn at Rochelle and I have never seen
him again, but I say to you in the words
of this atheist that Christian Joy Is the
one thing which Is unique and not to be
had by any save such as are of Christ:
therefore, my dear friends, when we say
or when we think that the religion of
Jesus Christ Is a gloomy thing we are
thinking that which has no foundation
In fact and w hich Is utterly contradict
ed by everything In Scriptures.
•The Expulsive Power of Joy.
The Joy of a Christian so strengthens
him as that he Is Independent of much
that others can not do without. The
so-called Christians who feel It a hard
ship to find delight in spiritual things,
who are driven to the necessity of run
ning to the world to find sufficient en
joyment to keep them up nnd to enter
tain them eo that life may be durable,
not only knows absolutely nothing of
the mdanlng of this text, but knows
nothing of vital religion Itself. They
have not grasped one of the moat glo
rious truths nor experienced one of the
most precious and most wonderful
things connected with the Christian
life. Such as these, having no experi
mental knowledge of the Joy of the
Lord, must have Joy somewhere. 1
don't blaino them. Life without joy Is a
powerless life; life without Joy Is not
worth while, and If you can not find
any Joy In God and If you do not be
lieve there Is any Joy In God, I am not
surprised that you arc looking to the
world to find Joy. There Is no wonder
In It—It Is perfectly natural. But when
men go from the church Into the world
for Joy nnd turn aside from the spirit
ual life. It Is a public confession that
tjlgy have not found this thing that God
says makes the Christian life worth
while.
It Is a lamentable fact that the
church of God today, at least the part
of It that we know best, is not ns con
spicuous nnd as arresting a demonstra
tion of the joy of God ns it should, be.
If you are perfectly honest you will ad
mit It: If you go deep enough I know
you will. Somehow the Christian of
today does not seem to get on as h« did
In the time of CttpWR'Mnistiow the
Christian man In time of trouble seoma
to have as bad o time as the man who
Isn't a Christian, and when a man gets
sick, too often he Is as much in the
dumps as the man who Ih not called a
Christian, and too often when they a fie
stripped of the little privileges and
pleasures which the world confesses It
must have, too often the Christians say
likewise that they must have these also
and complain bitterly at their loss.
Now, hero is the point I wish to make.
When a follower of Christ says I want
to do those things tho people about me
are doing and not only do I want to do
them, but I see no harm In doing them,
and consequently I am going to do
them, then by that line of reasoning
and the result of that line of reasoning
they prove to the world, and the world
sees it and admits It. that there Is
nothing In their religion distinctive,
unique and different which satisfies a
normal man, so that he Is Independent
and not In need of going back to the
world to get what he wants.
But, however tt may be with many,
thank God, there are some people who
do not need thus to look to the world
for their enjoyment and who are not
hankering for its frivolities. Somo of
them used to want these things; they
were raised to want them; It was sec
ond nature with them, but they do not
want them now. Why? ' There Is only
one explanation—they have found
something better. Their case but Illus
trates Chalmers' great sermon on "The
Expulsive Power of a New Affection."
Let me ask you, my friend, arc you a
Christian? I mean a Joyous Christian.
And do you know the strength that we
are speaking of? If not, If you are
half In tho world nnd half In tho church
and getting but little satisfaction out
of either, let me advise you what to
do. Either get loose from the church
and get Into the world:—fio not entangle
yourself, but go In and get all there Is
In the world—or cease trilling at re
ligion and give yourself up to God and
go In to get all tha't God has put at
your disposal; get Joy, yes, tile Joy of
the Lord.
The Attractiveness of Joy.
Nothing manifests the strength of
Christian Joy more tnan the power A
Imparts to deliver others from the fas
cination of evil and to make the Chris
tian life aluring. If you have no Joy
you can not do much at soul-saving:
you would he very uncomfortable, and
beside you would make the man you
worked on very uncomfortable, too.
But If you have the Joy of God you will
not bo ashamed, but you will want to
do It—Indeed, you will feel that you
can't keep quiet. When you have a
good thing and know It you talk about
It. If you have a thing and you don’t
know whether It Is good or not, you
don't Bay much about It. Now, It Isn't
hard to talk about Jesus Christ if you
know about Jesus Christ, and It Isn't
hard to press religion on a man when
you know Its worth and Its Joy. Then
there Is liberty and power and every
one wilt recognize It. I read the other
day of a Judge In Boston who became
an atheist through a careful observa
tion of his wife. She was a lending
member of a fashionable church In Bos
ton. of remarkable culture and great,
refinement. This man loved his wife,)
but after careful and constant watch-1
Ing ho concluded that he saw absolutely
nothing in her character that could not
be explained by her birth. She was a
refined, attractive, fascinating, kind-
hearted, useful woman, but he did now
see that Christ or her religion had any-j
thing to do with tt, and so he did non
propose to give any honor to the On«
to whom he did not believe It was dtiej
He honored her, therefore, and not her*
Lord. After thirty years of marrled<
life there wns a revival tn her churchl
and she was quickened, awaked to th«
Joy of God. Within a week after hen
joyous abandonment of seif to God.)
which for the first time led to a genuine:
experience of Christian Joy. her hus-(
band became greatly interested and
then under great conviction ho con-t
fessed Christ Jesus. From observation!
of his wlfo for thirty years he had
found nothing he could not explain byi
natural reasons; but her Joy he could
not account for, for In It he saw that
which could only be explained by JesuM
Christ.
BAPTIST.
CENTRAL BAPTIST—Corner Garnett and
Forsyth. Bsrlvsl services ore being held,
i tie pastor Is assisted by Rev. J, Frank
Jackson, state evangelist. The Interest Is
tanning, and the meeting promises to be
a very successful one. Ladle*' prayer
meeting at I p. m. Preaching every night
nt 7:30, The public generally Is cordially
Invited.
WESTERN HEIGHTS BAPTIST-Corner
Kennedy nnd Chestnut streets. T. E. Elgin,
pastor. The Atlanta Musical Union singing
contention will meet with the church Tri-
dsy nlsbt. Saturday night nnd all day Sun
day. Jinny prominent singers are expect
ed. Lunch will be taken on thd ground
Sunday. Brief Sunday school exercises, ho-
ginning nt 9:3d a. m. Preaching at 7:0
p. tn.
EDOEWOOD BAPTIST—Sunday school at
9:30 «. m. Preaching at 11 n. m. and 7:30
tiy V. C. Norcross. Baptism nt
Ing every night next
luvlted to attend.
JONES AVENUE BAPTIST—Rev. J. T.
Pnmmemnd will conduct both morning and
evening services st 10 o'clock a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Thirty minutes' soug service will precede
Sunday school. Tardies' Aid Society Monday
afternoon st S o’clock. Midweek phjrt
service Wednesday evening nt 7:30 o clock.
Public most cordially Invited to nil the
■bore services.
JACKSON IIILI. BAPTIST—North Jnck-
•on street nnd East avenue. John D. Jor
dan. n.l)., minister. Service nnd sermon at
11 n. m. nnd 7*) p. m. The morning aerv.
lee trill be given to state missions Each
niemlier of the church Is urged to be pres
ent nnd make an offering to state missions.
a* r r "' nn ":(> l 6f.
POXCB DR LEON AVENUE BAPTIST—
Tho church meets for worship nt It s. ni.
and 7:30 p. m.. with preaching by the pas-
tor. Itev. Juntas W. MlllnnC D.D. Aub-
Ject of the evening sermon, "How to Shake
off Khnckles, a Study of Habits," being ths
second la tho series, "The Gospel of Man*
line**.’’ The public cordially Invited. At
*:30 n. m., Sunday school. At 3 p. in.,
third anniversary of the Sunday school,
with Interesting exercise* graduation and
granting of dlplomns. Wednesday at 7:30
p. in., prayer meeting.
NORTH ATLANTa""bAPTI8T—Preaching
nt li a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pnstor
William H. Btll. Rev. B. G. Smith will
preach every evening through the vick at
P. m. After Monday them will be a
meeting at 3 p. w.
WOODWARD AVENUE BAPTIST-Sun-
day school at t:10 a. m. Preaching at 11
ra. nnd 7:45 p. m. by the paator, Itev.
««• «. Hurley. At the morning hour the
•object wll be "God's Hand Itv Human
Endeavor.** Subject nt 4£*ht: "Looking
to Jesus." Junior Bniitlsttoung Peoples
bojon nt 3 p. m. Woman s Missionary
» olon Monday afternoon nt 3 o’clock. Se
ll or Baptist Young People’s Union Tuesday
ti'Sht. Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
WERT END BAPTIST—The pastor, Dr.
John V. Purser, will preach morning and
evening. Sunday school at 9:30 n. m. Bap-
V,”. Peopls’s Union at 6:45 p. ra? Ln?
•lies Missionary Society Mon tiny nt 3:30.
* rnyer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
TEMPLE BAPTIST—Mangurn and Wat
Hunter street*. Rev. A. 0. Ward; D.D.,
Mttor. Preaching at 31 a. ra. nnd 7:30 p.
P}- by the pastor. Subjects. "IIow to Be
H*W»y** nnd "The Three Backets." Sunday
•rowl at 9:10 a. in. Prayer meeting every
dnesdoy nlghtat 3MK
BROWN MEMORIAL B A PTI ST—Rev. W.
a. Babb, paator. Preaching nt 11 a. tn. nnd
.‘ni*’. Sunday school nt 9:30 a. ra. Ln-
Tuesday at 2:30 n. m.
ivsyer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30.
FIRST BAPTIST—Dr. W. W. Landrum,
f«'«- kimdny wheel at 0:30 n. m. Morn-
[M wonilD nt H o'clock. Baptist Young
sSt’las,1Won at 7:16. Evening worship st
Bthi, "Unity and Integrity of th«
(JnjWBW AVENUE BAPTIST—Preach-
iii. V £• m . and 7 a in. by tho pastor.
■ m *V ?.* Hewlett. Sunday school at 9:30
Jules’ Aid meets Wednesday nt 2:30
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 p> ni.
BA1TI8T—Evangelistic aerv-
,, bJLIL!; m - W* 1 7J0 p. 111. Preaching
r Lungeiistj- Frank - Jackson nt-hotli
at MA ?* nr *e6a every day during the week
1 *-30 p. n», Sunday school at 9:30 n. m.
i^i'ITOL AVENUE BAPTIST—Preach-
nnd John Briggs at 11 n. nt.
Mornin. w - Service* just one hour.
S?"'".* ""d-ct. "The Radiant Life." liven-
IVr.Hti 1 ,. ‘’Obstacles on the Road to
tlJKPfc. The Lord'* Supper at the
tlnisht the « mt f n,n * •enrlc® and baptism
r! m
METHODIST.
HEMPHILL AVENUE METIIODIST-R.
:. Robb, pastor. Sunday , school at 9:30.
Preaching morning and evening by the pns-
tnf “Tho COUVerslOU of
PAYNE MEMORIAL METHODIST—Cor
ner Hunnicutt nnd Luekle streets. W. T.
Ilunnieutt, pastor. Preaching ntll a. m.
ST. JOHN METHODIST—The paator,
Rev. H. C. Christian, will preach nt H a.
m. Next to the Inst church conference
for the year wili be held after the morning
sermon. All members are urged to be pres
ent. At 7:30 the pastor will hold special
revival services. To this service yoting
men arc especially Invited.
NELmST d6dD MEMOR IAL METH
ODIST—Itev.- M. L. Underwood, pastor.
Preaching at 11 ft. m. nnd 7:30 p. m. by
the pnitof. Sunday school at 9:45
Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:45 p m.
GRACE METHODIST—Corner Boulevard
nnd Highland. Rev. C. C. Jarrell, paator,
At 9:30 a. hi., Sunday school. At 11 a. in.,
preaching by paslor. At 6:30 p. m., Ep
worth League. At 7:30 p. m., the pastor
will preach his third sermon of a series to
young men.
ENGLISH AVENUE METIIODI8T-
Prenchlng at 11 a. m. nnd 7:30 n. tn.. and
nlso at 3 p. m. to men only by Rev. W 111
Hill, evangelist. Sunday school nt 9:30
it. nt.
JEFFERSON STREET METHODIST—E.
M. Stanton, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. id.
and 7:30 p. tu. by Rev. W. M. Hunton.
Sunday school at 9:30 n. tn. Holiness meet-
ing at 3 p. m.
WESLEY MEMORIAL METHODIST -
Corner Auburn avenue nnd Ivy street. Rev.
R. F. Knkes, pastor. Sunday school nt 9:30
Busy people’s Bible class, .Young
Bible class. Young randies’
iien's Barncn
Phllnthen BIblo class, rimming ni u u. in.
by the pastor. Song service at 7:30 p. in.
Special music by the chorus nnd orchestra.
Preaching at 8 p. m. by the pastor, hp-
worth League devotional meeting nt 6:30 p.
m. Subject. "Membership In tbftCbureh."
Woman's Foreign Missionary Stsirtv
dny afternoon nt 3:30 o’clock. ednusdiiy
at 6:30 n. ra., 8und*y school worker*’ meet-
Ing. Wednesday at 7:30 p. ra., prayer meet-
Ing.
WALKER STREET METHODIST—The
services Sunday will bo presided ovar by
Rev. W. T. Hamby, the pastor, and will
be of peculiar Intereat because all the de
partment* of the work will be reviewed.
There will lie special evangelistic services
at 7:30 Sunday evening. Sunday school nt
9:30 n. m.
PARK STREET METHODIST—Corner
Park and4.ee atreets. Rev. M. L. Trout-
man, pastor. PreneUIng nt 11 l. m. and
7:30 p. m. by pastor. Sunday school nt 9:30
- .....Atinis U'mlmxHitr orptilnd
PRESBYTERIAN.
WALLACE PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of f Jj?? £■ "V. VBIL 1 ?
Walker nnd Stonewall streets. Preaching Wednesday and Frldnj. Litany at 10.30
EPISCOPAL.
Twentieth Sunday nfter Trinity.
CATHEDRAL—Corner Washington nnd
Hunter. Very Rev. C. T. A. Pise, D.D.,
dean. At 7:30 ft, in., holy communion; 11 n.
m., morning prayer and sermon; 4:80 p. m.
evening prayer nnd sermon. Sunday school
at 9:30 n. tn. All other days: At 7:30
hoiv communion; 9 n. in., morning
nt 4:30 n. m., evening prayer.
nt 11 n. ni. nnd 7:45 p. in. by Rev. John li.
Keith. Snhhath school at 9:30 n. ni. Prayer
meeting Wednesday nt 7:43 p. ni.
MOORE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN -
Corner Liickte nnd Latliner streets. Dr. A.
It. Holderby, pastor. The pastor will preach
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN—Serv
ices of the Presbyterian church, U. 8. A.,
Rev. G. II. Mack, pastor, Harris and Spring
streets. Morning worship with sermon
tbe pastor at 11 o’clock. No service
night. Sunday school nt 9:45 n. in.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN-Washington
street, opposite state enpltol. Dr, Theron
II. Rice, pastor. Services at 11 ft. m. and
7:30 p. ra. Preaching by Rev. T, 8, Knox of
Utah, Ala. Promotion day to bo observed
In the Sunday school nt 9:3Q a. m. Good
music by «n excellent orchestra under the
leaderahip of Mr. Erwin Mueller. Mid-week
prayer meeting Wednesday nt 7:30 p. m.
Brotherhood Thursday at 7:30 p. ni.. to
which youug men are especially Invited.
Strangers cordially welcomed to nil aervlces.
FIRST PRE8BYTERIAN—Rev. Walter
L. Ltngle, D. Ii.. the pastor, will preach nt
11 a. m. nnd 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at
trlbntlona are voluntary nnd i
Other services as usual
ST. MARK METIIODI8T—Rev.
Bclk, pastor. Preaching nt 11 a. m. nnd 8
p. ra. by the pnstor. Sunday school nt 9:W
n. m. Deaf mute cb>«* tnught by W, F.
'rnaselle. Prayer meeting Wednesday
renlng nt 8.
EG ELSTON MEMORIAL METHODIST—
Corner Washington and Fulton streets.
Preaching ar ll a. n*. nnd 7:30 P- ra. by
Rev. A. F. Ellington, D.D. Sunday school
nt 0130 a. ra. Kpworth League at 6:30
p. ra.
WEST SIDE METHODIST—C. L. Pnt-
tillo, 1 paator. Sunday school nl 10 a. m.
Preaching at II n. ra.
BATTLE HILL MBTItODIST—C. L. Pnt-
tlUo, pastor. Sunday school, at 9:45 a. ni;
Prcnchlug nt 11 n. m. and 7:30 p. ra.
tETiinnifiT—Jimet
Sunday
11 a. in.
m»,1.^ .fill oneu
„ tevenfl minutes.
Stewards' meeting nt 8 P. m., Tuesday. Oc
tober 15, at the church. Immvrtsnt bunl-
nes« meeting for the whole church* at the
church Wednesday;-October 16, at 7:45 p. m.
TRINITY METHODIST—Corner .White-
ball and Trinity avenue. Dr. J, W. Lee,
pastor, will preach at both the 11 a. n».
nnd 7:39 p. in. services. Sunday school
nt 9:30 a. ni. Weekly prayer meeting Wed-
nesdoy at 7:30 p. ni. Organ recital at 7:15
p. m.
CATHOLIC.
8ACREP HEART—Corner Peachtree and
jvv streets. Sunday mass nt <. 9 and It
a m. Benediction after the 10 o'clock tuasr.
Week-day mass at «. 6:30 and 7 a. in
Beginning Sunday, October 2), the Sunday
services will he nt 7, 9:30 and II a. ni.
and the week-day acrvlce* will be every
- - 7 and 6 a. n.. Sunday
j morning at 6, 6:30. 7 and I a. ra. Sural
f night services will ba aunouuecd later.
cordlaf wai-
come Is extended. The music Is made a
feature of every service.
Westminster Presbyterian church has call
1 on© of the great evangelists to conduct
a series of meetings Deeemlier 30, and the
church Is beginning a campaign of prepara
tion.
NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTER I AN-At
corner of North avenue nnd Peachtree
street. Rev. Richard Orrae Fllnn, pastor.
Morning worship nt 11, evening worship nt
8, conducted by the pastor. Snhlditk school
nt 9:30. Hoke Smith and Charles D. Taller,
superintendents. Young Men's League and
Pbllathea, Men’s Bible conference nt 9:45 n.
m. Teachers’ training class, Dr. Marlon
McH. Hull, leader, 10 a. m. Covenanter
band at 3:30 p. in. Christian Endeavor at
7 p. ra. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p.
in. Strangers nnd traveling men assured a
cordial welcome. All seats free.
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN—Corner
Chamberlin and Jackson streets. Preaching
every Sabbath at 11 a. ni. and 7:39 p. nt. by
the pnstor, Rev. T. H. Newkirk. Regular
mid-week ; prayer service every Wednesday
at 7:10 p. m. Sabbath ochool at 9:30 a. in
A. N. Hollingsworth, superintendent. Youni
People's Society meets every Friday at "
each of these services.
WE8TMISHX E It PRESB YTERIA N-Cof.
ner Forrest avenue nnd N. Boulevard.
Morning oervlce nt 11, conducted by II. C.
Ostrom, Held secretary of the Inymen's mis
sionary movement. Evening sendee at 7:33.
sermon by the pastor. Sunday school nt 9:30
a. m. Junior Workers’ Meeting at 4 p. tu.
Y. P. 8. nt 6:30. Sunday school teachers*
meeting Wednesday at t p. tn. Prayer
meeting name evening at 7:45. j
INMAN PARK PRESBYTERIAN—Corner
Edge wood and Euclid avenues. Preaching
by the pastor nt 11 a. in. and 7:30 p. m<
Everyliody Invited to welcome the pastor
home. Sunday school nt 9:30 n. in. . Young
people's meeting nt 6:45 p. m. J. B. rick-
fen, pastor; W. E. Newlll, superlntendi|it.
Rev’.’ J ." A. Gordon. ’ a't TT n.^m.' a ml
m. Morning suliect. "The Twentieth Cen
tury Church aral Missions:" evening, ’The
Tongue of Mari.” SablnitU school at 10 a.
- V P. C, V. at ‘
i. m.
ST. LUKES—Peachtree, between Currier
ind Pine. Rev. C. B. Wlliner. li.l*., rec
tor. At 7:30 *. tn.. hc’r communion; 11
a. m.. morning prayer nnd sermon; 7:30
>. m.. eveuln* prayer and sermou. Sun-
INCARNATION—Lee, near Gordon. West
End. Morning prayer nnd sermon nt II.
Sunday school nt 9:45.
North avenue, uev. v,. h. rnriaiui, re<
At 8 n. tn., holy communion: at 11 ft. .
mornlug prayer and sermon; 5 p. m.,
evening prayer. Sunday school at 9:43.
Wednesday: Litany at 10:|0.
E PI PH A N Y—Cor ner Moreland nnd Euclid
avenues. Inman Park. Rev. C. A. Langs
ton, vlcnr, lu charge. Morning prayer and
sermon nt 11. Sunday school at 0:45.
CHAPEL OF THfTgOOD SHEPHERD
Plum street, near Corpv* Sunday school a*
9:30,
MISSION OF TIIeThOLY INNOCENTS—
Wood* svenne, near West Peachtree. 8un-
dny school every Sunday at 3:30 p. ra.
HOLY COMFORTER—Corner Atlanta
avenue and Pulliam street. Rev. Gilbert
Higgs. D. D„ ln charge. Evening prayer nnd
ST. ANDREWS—Corner Glenn nnd Kent
atreets. Rev. Gilbert Higgs. D.D., In
charge. Sunday school st 3:80 p. m.
Ing at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. tu. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening nt 7:33. Evan
gelist Kf It. cinrk*M»u will preach morning
nnd eveulng Octolier 13.
HOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN—Corner
Longlcv avenue nnd Church street. I). I*
Bondi pastor. Bible school at 9:30 n. tn.
Preaching nt 10:3) nnd 7:80 p. tn. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening nt 7:30. Take
car to end of Marietta street.
^ chrTstian.
FIRST CHRISTIAN—Corner South Pryor
nnd Trinity avenue. Rev. II. K. Pendleton,
pnstor. Trenching at 11 a. tu. nnd 7:30 p. ra.
ny Rev. A. E. Seddon. Bible school st 9:90
a. ra. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m.
Musical program If ns follows
MORNING.
Organ Prelnde— Batiste.
Anthem—*’ Lift Up Your Headt, O Ye
Gates" (Greene).
Duet.
Offertory--*'Jeeua Lover of My Soul."
Postlude.
EVENING.
Organ—"Elevation" (Wely).
Anthem—"The Lord la Exalted" (Weal).
Offertory—Quartet. "Saviour, Breathe an
Evening Blessing;" Miss Martha Bearden,
Mrs. Lloyd, Messrs. George and Rawlins
(Excell).
Trio—"Softly Vow the Light of Day."
Postlude.
WEST END ClinISTIAN—Corner Gor-
don and Dnnn streets. Iter. Bernard
Preaching at 11 a.
THE LONG LOOK
Terse Comment* on the Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young People's
Societies—Christian Endeavor, Baptist Young People’s Union, Epworth
League, Etc.—For October 13 la, "Remember Eternity." I John 2: 15-17*
24, 25.
}
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
to keep their hearts In peace. For the
natural tendency Is to regard each struggle,
etch controversy as of consuming Impor
tance. The better way Is to nreserv** -
Smith, psstor.
7:30 p. m. '
snd
ST. PAULS—Hast Polht.
: 7 p. m.
RAilNETT PlUSSHYTKltlAN—"A llonie
Ilk* church." Corner Hampton stmt nnff
nrnillej nv*no». Tho church trill be reor:
gsnlzeil oil October S ll I l>. ra. All
member* nre enmeitlv requested to, lie
present. Following thle reorgaplucVn,
[her. trill lie n nerle* of nicotine, under ihe
direction of Iter. Churl** M. Ilmvnrd,
erangellst. of Virginia. Seat fiundnr there
will lie two lectures ulmut job mol jroif
neighbor—not gossip hnt eoepei;; At ll n.
m.. "Am I Mg Urothur'. Keeper." At F.3
p. in.. "And lie Ilrought Him t. Jesus."
UNIVERSALI8T.
FIRST T'NIVKHSAMHT—IVachlree nnd
r . Hnrrls streets. Iter. P. n. Ellenwood,
wstor. Residence. 40 E. Hnrrls street. Tel.
(■phono. Mnlu »0«.l.. Regular preaching
service at It n. in., with eeruion hv the pas
tor. finlwet. "Positive or Negative Right-
eousnessi" Bundnr school *f#:4S a. ui„
with clssse* for nil. Mr. II. P. Rlnle. sn-
perlutemlcnl. All eeatn art free and all are
ittnllallj luvlted.
and sermon at 11.
GOOD 8HEPIIKRD—Austell. Itev. R. F.
Itetlolle lu ehnrge. Itolr communion nnd
sermon nt 11 hr The Itev. 8. 8. Spoor.
ST. JOHN’S—College Park. Rev. Gilbert
Higgs, tt, D„ In charge. Holy communion
ST. PAULS (Colored!—241 Anhnrn arena*.
Rev. A. E. Day. In charge. Holy commo-
nlou nud sermon nt 6:30: morning prayer
aud sermon nt 11: evening prayer .end
sermon at ». Sunday school st #:3U. Week
days: Morning prsyer nt 1:20. Wednesday
nnd Friday: Litany at 8:10 a. m.. also on
Wednesday, evening prayer nnd address nY
7:46.
CONGREGATIONAL.
MARIETTA ST. CONGREGATION At.—
Corner Marietta and MeMlilnn streota. Iter.
W. II. Tillman, pnstor. Servlets st It n.
m. nnd 7:S0 p. m. Theme for morning serv
ice will lie "What Wo See." Theme for
evening eervlee will be "Neglected Oppor
tunity nnd Its neautt." Rumlny school st
3 p. tu. Mid-week prayer meeting Thursday
at 7 p. n>.
UNION CONGREGATIONAL TARER-
NACI.E—Corner McDaniel aud Hightower
streets. Preaching Sunday nt II n. m. and
8 p. m. Song service st 7:» p. m.
Rowland of the Atlanta Theological tt
nurr will preach at both services. All are
cordially Invited.
p. £ hy llev. William Shaw, former pastor
of this church. Prayer meeting Thursday
m. Sunday sel, “
superintendent.
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL—Sunday
home for strangers. Calendar. Octolwr 13.
1801: S'nnday—2-JO a. m.. Sunday school; 11
a. nt.. preaching service: 6:46 p. m., yonng
people's prsyer meeting: 8 p. m., music
serrloe. Monday—4:10 p. m.. meeting busi
ness committee. Tnesdny—StW-pt ni.. La
dles' - Union. Wednesday—* p. m„ mid
week prayer meeting.
CHRISTIAN.
CIIURCH OF CHRIST—West End avenue.
Rlble study nt 10 ". h». Communion serv-
' 'I at 11 a. m. Preaching at ll:»> a. m.
Evangelist S. II. Hall; also at the tent
Milieu avenue. Douulo Drae, at 7:9*
WEST END CHRISTIAN—Comer Gordou
and Dunn streets. Bernard p. Smith, pan*
Sunday school at t:l* a. m. Preach-
SHINON
Polishes for brass, copper, silver, etc,
at the
GEORGIA PAINT & GLASS CO*
40 Peachtree Street
HOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN—End
Marietta atreet car line. Rev. D, 1^ Rond,
pnator. Bible achool nt 3 p. m. Preaching
at 11 a. ra. and 7:30 p. m.
COLLEGE TARK CHRISTIAN-Iter. r .
II. Adama, paator. Bible achool every
Lord’s dny at 10 a. m. Preaching Aral
leord'a day at 11 a. in. and 7:30 y. m.
LUTHERAN.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER (ENG
LISH LUTHERAN)—Corner Trinity avenue
and Capitol place. Itev. E. C. Crank, paa
tor. Morning aervlce with aeruion at 11
o'clock. Bible achool ot 9:30 a. in. Even
Ing oervlce at 7:30 p. ra.
MISCELLANEOUS.
YOUNG* MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA
TION—At the Sunday afternoon aervlce. Dr.
Stewart It. Roberta will deliver nn addreas
on the aubject, "The Young Man and the
Cigarette." The association orchestra will
piny a short program before the.aervlce,
nnd will fnrnlab the mualc during the meet
ing. The service begin* nt 3:30 and cloaca
nt 4:30. All men nre cordially Invited to
be present.
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY AL
LIANCE—Regulnr aervlces at Alliance hall,
7214 North Broad street, Sunday nud Wed
nesday afteruoou nt 3 o'clock. Young peo
ple’s meeting Thursday night at 7:10. Serv
ices at Alliance homo Friday afternoon
at 3.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST (Christian
Scientist)—No. 17 Weat Raker street. "Doc
trine of Atonement" Is the aubject of the
b'RRon aernion Sunday at 11 a. in. and 8 p.
Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8
..i, Reading rooms 88 N. Broad street,
oppoalte Piedmont Hotel, open dally from
~ a. m. to 5 p. ni. Sundays from 3 to 6 p. ra.
P8YCHOLOO!CAL~’sOCIETY-The At
lanta Psychological Society, Uoliert Bryan
Harrison ©resident, will meet Sunday after-
aor Walter F. Grace. At 3:30 special lesaon
for attainment of health, by the president.
Topic for discussion, ’To What Extent
Will Psychology Help the Individual!" All
The Atlanta branch of the Watch Tower
Bible and Tract Society will hold their reg
ular weekly meeting In Woodmen’* hall. 122
Peachtree street, on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. All interested in tho study of the
Lord's work are cordially luvlted to attend.
Spiritual aervlce by Rev. Mary A. Ge*
bauer Sunday at 8 p. ra. at 23 Markham
atreet.
aervlce St 7:80. Elder A. F. Tolton wlfl
V*rai h .’n/«‘G^f*?he s75S
Woodward nveuue.
COLORED YOUNG .MEN’S CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION will bold a mixed meeting
for men nnd women Sunday afternoon nt 4
o'clock at their hall on Auburn svenne.
The program will consist of • mnstrnl
feymporiam. An address will be delivered
by Itev. Ur. J. W. E. Bowen on "Mualc
and Character Building." Music will be
furnished by Magwood’a orchestra, and a
vocal solo by W. L. Dickerson. Men and
women Invited.
Eternity Is time prolonged. They are
fltteat for the larger use* of eternity who
have made the beat use of time.
Eternity la not n word to bo apoken In
tho future tense. The endless life which Is
the spirit’s Inheritance bnn already begun.
The age* without end have commenced.
Today the spirit Is embarked upon the
B ‘ orelrstt tea of time. Our clocks nnd calen-
ra almply set npnrt a small segment of
the endless ages. There la no truth about
eternity more Impressive than this one that
It Is a present state, to be employed with a
sense of Ita illlmltabtencas.
Interests and expectations have a narrow
borlxon. If they thought more largely, more
comprehensively, they would live more ae-
renely nnd powerfully. There la an emanci
pation day awaiting every person who ad
mits Into his life the thought of eternity,
with all Its bearing upon conduct and Ideals.
There will tie no barriers except physical to
such n life. It will already have entered
Into Its Inheritance of a free life In th* fear
of God alone.
The material objects to which most men
devote their year* can lie truly valued only
In the light of eternity. None of life’s
prise* can be rightly aiipralaed until they
arc considered In the light of their final
value.
Eternity Is the key to time’s mysteries.
To live for eternity lifts one above the
petty, vexing, soul-wrinkling care* of the
present moment. This, then, la the value of
eternity as a life motive. It exalta and
enlarge* and Inspires. A secret of peaceful,
powerful living l> to possess that attitude
of mind which regards eternity aa home.
One reason why God la not disturbed by
the fluctuations of history Is that he in
habit* eternity. nnd views nil cv©nts from
that standpoint.
_ It, In a word, from the vantage ground
of eternity. Many things which loom largo
at the moment appear Insignificant In rela
tion to a whole life, and doubly Insignificant
when considered from tna standpoint of the
endless aeons of God.
The few men of fadeless fame sro called
"Immortals.” This honor Is less to he cov
eted than that which Is God's offering to
every human soul; Immortal llfo Is better
When his friends and closo associates
were disconsolate over the news that he
was about to leave them for n time, Jesus
began to comfort them by talking about
eternity. "In my Father’s house are ninny
I go to prepnre ft
abiding places. _ __ „ _
place for you." There Is no comfort like
this long look ahead. It Is eternity that
makes all wrongs right. Eternity smooth*
out all of this llfo'i Inequalities, and make*
up for Ita Injustices. F.ternlty restores the
separated, and wipes all tears nwny. Eter
nity brings tin* opportunities which tlino
denied. This Is the hop® for every one of
life'* disappointments and Ills. Eternity
will adjust It.
plans comprehend two
A long Journey should be well prepared
.or. Yet the longest Journey of all, that
through the limitless stretches of eternity.
Is given less thought by- many persons than
a trip serosa the country.
Mnny are the precious things In the treas
ure house of eternity, but the beat of all
Is the soul's beloved Friend apd Savior.
1mm frnHa*. tv . . .*’*•
8EVEN 8ENTENCE 8ERMON8.
Ten thousand of the greatest faults In
our neighbors are of less consequence to
us than one of the smallest In ourselves.—
Whately.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control.
These, these alone lead lire to sovereign
power.
—Tennyson.
It Is not when n villainous set has Just
b(*n committed that It torments us. It Is
when we recall It to our recollection a long
time afterwards: for the remembrance of It
lasts forever.—Rousseau.
NEW8 AND NOTES.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has resigned
the leadership of bis celebrated Bible clasa
In the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, Boa-
Rev ; Dr. Charles M. 8heldon made a
temperance tour of soveral months In Great
Britain during tho past summer, delivering
about a hundred addresses.
The extraordinary revival last winter In
Having been ousted from the control of
may believe, with the g'ofoundeat
reverence, that there 1* no wor* upon —
terlal things, faithfully done by *
God does not look upon with
I'bllllpa Brooks.
YOU EXERCISE YOUR OWN MIND
WHEN YOU ASK FOR AN AD.
VERTI8ED ARTICLE.
Therefore Insist on getting what yon ask
for when making a purchase. The dealer
I OT wueil n injiiuaar. I ur urairr
who substitutes relies on bis ability to make
you change yoar mind. He will give you . -
what yon ask for If you refuse a substitute, asked.
The Holy Snppcr Is kept indeed
In whstso we spnre with nnother’s need;
Not what we give, but what we share,—
For the gift without the giver Is bare;
Wbojrtwa himself with hit alma feeds
*, and Me.
—Lowell.
Nothings can help oar city nnd our coun
try to much ns shining lives—lives of sim
ple honesty and faithfulness and good cheer
—lives of men and women who will not
lie nor piny the cowan!, who will render
to all their dues, who have dear sight to
see the right and firm will to maintain It
nnd make It the common law.—Charle*
Gordon Ames.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Having lost two purchase money
notea drawn by W. M. Nichole of 3500
each, due elxfand twelve montha after
date, the public la hereby given notice
not to trade for aame. Said notes are
part purchase money for property on
Arrowood alley, Atlanta, Ga. If find
er will return to 315 Peter* building
he will receive reward. In same pack
age with the above mentioned notes
were four bill* of exchange, $300 each,
and $206 In currency. With these a
leather-bound diary with notes and
data of use to no ono but the owner.
Return to Georgian OfTIce and re-
celve suitable reward. No queaUona ft
the ecclesiastical bead of
Men’s banquets, under the direction of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement. i\l
be helil this wluter In more tbon fifty . f
A gain of twenty-eight thousand menihen
was reported by the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association last year, making the pres,
ent total nearly a half million. The prop,
erty value of tho existing Young Men *
Christian Association enterprise In North
American Is 339,000,000.
A correspondent of The Tablet, the lead-
Ing Roman Catholic paper In Great Britain,
propose* that all C'athollcn be required to
abstain on Friday* and other fast days of
the church from alcoholic drinks Instead
of meat. The archbishop of Dnblln thinks
well of the suggestion.
A reproduction of scenes ln Palestine hat
Just closed s successful season In London,
having lieen rial ted by 300,000 persons. Sev-
erol hundred persons were employed aud
the expense of the exhibition was large.
Yet the net profit* were $50,000. Apart
from Christianity nnd the religion from
which It sprang Palestine would be an tin
Interesting country. What other theme
than religion, comments The Congregation
allst. would attract so many persons to no
exhibit of the scenery connected with It?
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA JAILWAY
Arrive From— I Depart To-
Savannah .... 6.50 nru .Macon 11 W pa
Jacksonville.. 7.50nm|Mncor
Macon 11.25aro Macor
, S. 10 pm Savannah
, 4.00 p U
8.30 pit
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