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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, NoVEMllElt S, 13u7.
“IF I BE LIFTED UP”
By REV. RICHARD ORME FUNN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
S ERMON by Rev. Richard Orme
Fllnn, pastor North Avenue
Presbyterian church. Text: John
12:2i. "And I. If I bo lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me.”
One day—It was almost two thousand
years ago now—two humble men set
out to look for' another man who was
lost from them In a great crowd, apd'
continued their search until they found
Him and gave Him a message. His
reply to them was In the words we
have quoted. When He spake these
words He did not tell them to remem
ber them, nor was any apparent effort
made to preserve what He said, and
yet His utterance has defied the drift
of twenty centuries and commands our
attention today when the most preten
tious utterances of the world's most
famous savants have long since been
forgotten, or have ceased to move us.
In the astounding assertion they make.
In the amaxing condition they name. In
the connection In which they were
spoken and the circumstances under
which they were announced, as well as
from the fact that they have lived and
are engaging our thought now and here
' —from every standpoint these words
are most remarkable.
The hour when the Master gave them
' utterance was significant The fatal
time was drawing near when all the
great forces that He hod set Into con
flict should come to a focus. The crisis
was at hand, the die was about to be
i cast, and the destiny of the race de
cided. Our Lord had already entered
within the shadow of the cross and was
upon the threshold of His passion.
He had come to the feast at Jerusalem
for the last time. All the Intense an
tagonism which He had engendered
among the reigning classes had crys
tallised, and plans were now on foot
1 for His destruction. While He was
mingling with the multitude that had
crowded Jerusalem for the festival,
some Greeks found one of His dis
ciples, named Philip, and asked him to
point out Jesus to them. He looked
for Andrew and after consulting with
him, the two set out to find the Lord,
and when they had found Him they
told Him of this request. His reply
was most unexpected and Is a solilo
quy rather than a coIU-vlv. "The hour
Is come,” He says, "that the son of
man should be glorified. Verily,'veri
ly, I say unto you except a com of
wheat fall Into the ground and die It
sbldeth alone, but If it die It brlngeth
forth much fruit." And then, after
continuing in this atraln He concludes.
In the language of out text, "And I, If
I be lifted up from the earth will draw
all men unto Me.” "This he said," as
tlio evangelist explains, “signifying
what death He should die.”
Christ the Magnetic Power,
.. Now what Is the pertinency of all
this? Evidently this—the quest on
the part of the Greeks, at the very time
when His own nation had repudiated
Him, proving as It did that His fame
had spread abroad, was a sign to Him
that,the crisis was at hand. By His
language concerning the corn of wheat
falling Into the ground and dying In
order that It might bring forth fruit,
He evidently meant that this quest was
prophetic of the turning to Him of all
nations, but though It was a forecast
of what would be. yet the time had not
come for the nations of the world to
seek Him, nor would It come until they
should be drawn, not by His display
of power, but by His passion, when
they would gather at the foot of His
cross and realise the significance of
His sacrificial death. His fame so far
was based upon His acts of power. The
Greeks had heard of His miracles and
were curious to see Him. But It was
not thus that He was to reach' the
senlth of His glory. It was not In these
things that He could reveal Himself to
man to win the reverence of the race.
It was His death alone that could dis
play most adequately His sublime im
portance and become the means of His
supreme attractiveness. And so He
asserts, If I ascend to the Father by
way of the cross then shall it come to
pass "That I, if I be lifted up, will draw
all unto myself."
There are two Greek words'which
signify to draw: One Is a violent word
carrying the thought of compulsion,
representing a mighty force which ne
cessitates compliance whether or no.
The other is a gentler word. Signifying
constraint and attraction. It is tho last
of these that Is used. Christ says: “I
will constrain you, I will attract you.
thus I will draw." Note another thing,
he text of tho King James version
has: ”1 will draw all men unto Me,” but
you will observe the word "men" Is in
taltcs. The Greek omits this and Is
more Inclusive In the thought. "I will
draw all unto Me." In other words.
Christ says: "If I go through this hour
toward which I have set My face and
am lifted up upon the cross, and from
the cross ascend to the Father's throne,
I shall become the center of everything
—I shall gather unto Myself all the
forces of the universe—I shall be the
magnetic power that shall attract ev
erything unto heaven and unto God.”
That was a wonderful assertion for a
young Jewish peasant to make—a bias.
ihemoua assertion unless It was trua
le evidently meant what He said and
He believed It, therefore what He said
demands our reverential attention, or
He who said It deserves our scorn or I
ply. For He must have been a verlta- I
ble fanatic If He were not. Indeed, nil |
that He claimed here to be. No angel
nor archangel ever made such an asser- !
tlon as that. Even the great false
prophets and the most pretentious lead
ers of the world's most preposterous j
cults never reached such a sublimity
of arrogance as to assert that they!
themselves should be the center of all
things: but He claimed this with quiet
assurance, and not only here and thus,
but again and again did He affirm Ills
Incomparable supremacy. ,
Has Christ Drawn Men?
We may well consider, then, this
affirmation, for wo must either accept
It as the declaration of Deity or we
must regard It as the display of super,
lative audacity, for we may consider it.
looking as we do with sufficient _per-
spectlve to test Its truthfulness. Time
enough has elapsed for such critical
examination. Two thousand years have
passed, and these years enable us to
day to try the truthfulness of this as
sertion—he was lifted up, has He
drawn men to Him?
As we thus survey the Held of his
tory, what do we And? Through twen
ty centuries, quietly, yet steadily, the
fulfillment of this prophecy has been
In progress. From the very moment
when Me was lifted upon the cross,
His Incomparable attractiveness began
to be felt. One of those dying beside
Him. who at first rolled upon Him as
He beheld Him suffer, was stilled Into
silence, then thrilled Into utterance as
He rebuked His fellow and with ado
ration turned to this wonderful man,
beseeching His assistance for the life
beyond. From that very hour, when
the centurion who superintended the
crucifixion cried out, "This was Indeed
the Son of God,” from that hour down
to this, I say, from every rank, from
every condition, from every race, from
every land, the uplifted Christ has
made the strongest appeal to the heart
of man that the human race has known,
and all sorts and conditions from every
clime have been attracted to Him. His
claim then has been vindicated—His
declaration la true so far as history can
be used to test It. Now why Is this?
What Is thero In the cross that makes
such an appeal to the race?
Let us understand somewhat of this
If we can, that we may yield ourselves
more utterly to Its constraint. In the
first place, in the crucified Christ we
have such an exhibition of the moral
grandeur of vicarious suffering, the like
of which this old world has never seen
before or since. Our hearts have been
thrilled by hlstorla Instances of heroic
devotion where men have laid down
their lives for their friends, and where
men have ^risked and lost their lives
by standing at the post of duty. But
wo have no Illustration, save this, of
any one dying for his enemies and
praying for those that cursed him, and
blessing those that killed—no, none, I
say—save Christ alone, and those who
have caught from Him this wonderful
lire, and whose- lives have thus been
enklndled/from His own until they have
reflected somewhat of the ardor and the
sublimity of His moral nobility. The
cross of Christ, manifesting as It does,
such splendid and unselfish love, makes
an appeal to the heart of every man
who Is capable of appreciating the no
ble, and as we catch the vision of Him
dying there for the very ones who In
scorn are putting Him to death, and for
us, as well, who have sp long neglected
or .Ignored Him. we havo that which
must move us to the very depths. If
we are not moved by this vision, then.
Indeed, are we but of the basest alloy.
There Is nothing In ua to appeal to.
Through all the slow processes of the
centuries from Eden on, as history
shows, the / race has been under the
spell of an evil power. It Is proven that
the god of this world, as Christ de
clares, la the god of darkness. War,
murder, rapine—these were the order
of the day until Christ was lifted up,
and since that day this order has been
gradually and gloriously changed. And
the cross has changed it, for on the
cross Uiere was manifested the age
long duel betwixt sin and righteous
ness, betwixt the forces which pull men
down end those which lift men up.
There the suffering Savlous displays at
once God's Infinite love and Satan's In
finite hatred of.our race. There Satan
did his worst and God did His best.
One attractiveness of the cross then
Is due to tho fact that It reveals what
Christ Is and what He Is after by con
trasting Him with what Satan Is and
what he Is . after.. Its value Is In the
spectacle It . presents of the moral dif
ference between these two leaders of
our race and the difference between
what they stand for and seek to ac
complish In man.; Therefore, whoever
he be that catches in the cross, a true
vision of God's love and realizes this
difference between Christ and Satan
which It reveals, can never ngaln feel
the thrill of pleasure that he once felt
as he yielded tq the leadership of evil
or engaged In sin. He must, after he
has realised what the croes represents,
always despise himself If he Is allured
by evil, and despise that In blmself
which responds to the evil, because
from the cross be has learned what sin
Is and what sin does, and what sin
costs—both man and aod—and what
sin, when It Is finished, must result in.
But sgalii, there Is another reason
why the vision of Christ on the cross Is
attractive. There Is In It sn appeal to
the race to trust In Him who was will
ing to go so far and to suffer so much
to meet their need. For In the cross we
have the only answer, that can satisfy
the heart, to the great questions, "What
shall I do to be savo<l?" and “Who enn
I trust to have patience with me and to
help me as I seek to follow the way If
I And It?” . Bln Is not spoken of so
much today as It once was. but there Is
no heart that does not feel the burden
of It. There are many whoso fnros
never betray the secret of their souls,
and whose tone or words never confess
the conAlct and the deep unrest which
sin has caused within them, but wheth
er It be shown or hlddefa we all know
what It la to sin and to suffer for It.
Yes, and we all know what It Is to fear
the day of Anal reckoning, because Ood
has not left us without a witness and
unlesa that witness be euppreaeod and
the voice of conscience silenced, It Is
forever whispering Ite warning and
causing us to ask the ryuestlon, "Where
can I look for peace, where for par
don, where for sympathy, for help, for
deliverance? And It Is because of this
great heart-hunger and soul-need that
tho cross of Christ Is eo attractive. On
It we aee One who loves us and who
claims ability to meet our need, and so
long as there Is a lost world and Christ
Is UDllfted on the croes before It. the
spectacle of Him dying there In that
sublime and wonderful way, despite the
fact that we may not be ablo to an
alyze or understand It, awakens a re.
sponslve chord and will furnish a con.
eolation which nothing else can give.
Tho End Not Yet
But some may ask, how are these
words of Christ true In which He says,
"I will draw all unto ms,” "If I be lifted
up.” When so many resist the attrac
tion of Christ and do not yield to His
appeal, how can we claim that history
haa vindicated Hla assertion? How
Is it that It can be said that He draws
all to Him whom so many do not re
spond? Tho answer to this Involves
the great tragedy of the future. He
who hung upon the cross now sits upon
the throns, and because He ascended
there by way of the cross He shall yet
draw all to Himself. Those who will
not be wooed by the spirit of His love
and who will not be drawn to Him as
He Is lifted upon the 'cross and dies
that they may Jive, needs must at last
be drawn to His feet as He sits upon
the throne with all else to appesr be
fore Him for the judgment.
We admit that tha vindication of
Christ’a truth In this utterance which
twenty centuries can give. Is but par
tial, for these twenty centuries Aro but
part of time. The end is not yet, but
we may be sure that that which has
been proven Is prophetic—the part
which Is as yet unfulAlfed shall yet be
realized, all shall he brought to Him.
for as one has said, "Ths knee that
will not bend at last must break." and
all must bow before the Christ uplifted
by the cross. There are some who feel
the attraction of Christ, but seem hot
to appreciate. the value of His cross,
and who. like these Greeks of our text,
seek Him berause of Ills wonderful
works and character rather than that
which Is displayed by His sacrificial
death. I)ut whosoever makes not at
much of tho cross as Christ does, does
not as yet know Christ ns He Is,
Heaven's 8ong.
Some time ago a certain minister told
of an Incident In his pastoral career
illustrating both the lack which some
show of any sense of need of tha cross
and proper value of It, and also of the
meaning of the cross when Its value Is
appreciated and appropriated. He said
he was passing out of a meeting hnr
evening when a lady stopped him and
asked him to come and see her husband
who was desperately III, saying that
she was troubled about his soul. He
went to/ee the man and found him sit
ting In a chair, for he was too III to Ite
down; he could not breathe when upon
hla bod. At once the visiting minister
saw that he was very near the brink.
Realizing that no time wes to be Inst,
he asked hint about his soul. "Well,”
the men replied, *T think my chances
for getting to heaven ere pretty good.''
The minister said: "Do you believe
heaven la a reality?” He answered,
"Yes.” He asked ngaln, "Do you be
lieve It Is truo that there Is a hell?” He
replied, "I believe it.” "And you have
an Immortal soul that will soon be In
one place or the other, where It must
remain forever and forever?" "Yes.”
he said earnestly. "You think your
chances for heaven are good, do you?
You must then havo some reason for
this hope. Will you toll me what It Is?”
"Well.” he replied, "I have always boon
kind to my wife ond children. I haven't.
Intentionally dons wrong to any man."
"That Is all very good," the minister
answered. "It Is nice to be able to say
that. Now, tell me. What kind' of a
place do you think heaven really Is?"
"Well.” he said. "I think there Is no
sin nor sorrow there: It must be very
happy there, and I think they sing a
good deal." Turning to Revelation 1:6,
the minister said, "Yes. they do sing
there n good deal, and It Is about Him
that love* ui and washed us from our
•In* In His own blood that they sing.
You see," he continued, 'In heaven they
arc nil ].raising the Saviour who love.l
and washed them from tholr sins In His
own blood. Notice.” he continued,
"there Is nothing said In their song
about what they themselves have done,
but everything that Is said le about
what Ho htt done. Now, my friend, if
you go to heaven upon the ground
which you eay and If you are trusting
merely to what you have done, thero
will be one elnner In heaven who can
not Join that song. You will have to be
silent forever. None of them are say
ing what they have done, but all that
you oan aay la what you have done."
The man looked up with surprise and
said, "I never thought of that before."
Continuing, the minister tells us how,
efter leaving him with this thought,
when he went to see him again next
morning, he found a look of radiance
upon hla face and heard him say, "Oh,
I, too. will have a song. to sing now. It
Is to Him jrhn loved me and washed mo
In Ills own blood." He had been at
tracted by the uplifted Christ and had
found rest and peace and Joy.
Now, my friends, what does the cross
mean to you? Has It drawn you? Is It
holding you? Aro you walking be
neath It* shadow? Aro you Anding con
solation In It* hope? . If you have never
yielded before, may God enable you
now to yield yourselves to the blessed
constraint of tho Saviour who loved
you and gave Himself (or you.
BAPTIST.
GRANT PARK BAPTIST-Corner Geer-
(In avenue sad Grant street -D. 8. Eden,
lield, pnntor. Services at II a. m. and ?:»
p. nt. Sunday nchool nt ?;30 a. m. Junior
B. y. p. IT. at 3 p. m. Senior B. Y. P. IT.
nt 6:33 p. m. Prayer “»d»«ng service
Wednesday at 7i» p m. The ordinance
Of baptism will be administered Sunday at
8:30 p. m.
WESTERN HEIGHTS BAPTIST-Corner
Kennedy and Chestnut streets. TV*. .Kl
ein. poster. Sunday school at »:*» •- •»-
preaching by Itr. A. T. Spalding and ordi
nation of deacon nt 11 a. ra. Special musical
•ervlce I»t polleo choir At 7:30 p. m. Prayer
sumo bl« scries of sermons on “Ha
ome Building,” bis subject being "Fntl
ui Mothers. ' Monday night tne Yo
prayer meeting '
Tnesdgf at 7:10 p. in. La,
files' Missionary Society Wedut»d*y »tJ
p. m. Hnnhetm Society Frldsy *t S p. m.
Choir practice Friday at 7:30 p. m.
IMMANUEL BAPTIST-Corner Berwn
avenue mid Fair street. Rer. ,*•
cheater, pastor. Sunday school at 9:80 a.
T. I*. Camp aupertutendent. Preaching
■err Ice
in. and 7:30 p. in. b:
.lunlor Unler at 3:30 p. m,
WtHluesdsy nt 7:45 p. in. ... -- -•
day nt 7:45 p. ra. There will be a special
rnlly service Hunday at It a. m., at which
nt 11
tn. by the pa
mfir
pastor.
nil the members of the ctiurch are rtduest
sd to be present. Hire users and visitors
cordially Invited.
KDOEWOOD BAPTIST-Corner Mason
nml Kdgpwoud avenue. Preaching tt 11 a.
in. and 7:30 p. m. by V. C. Norcross. Hun-
dny school nt 9:90 o. m. All cordially In
vited.
PONTE DeLEON AVENUE BAPTIST—
Rvv. .tuntua W. Millard, I). P., paator. Dl-
tin. w.iralilp nt It a. m. and ”:*> p. m..
with preaching by th« jpnator. Subject of
evening sermon, r *The Man Who Said lie
Would—and ‘ Didn't.” This Is the first of a
series of Kundny evening sermons for the
month of November. Public cordially In
vited. Kundsy school nt 9:30 a. in. rrtyer
meeting Wednesday nt 7:30 p. in.
BOULEVARD PRIMITIVE BAPTIST—
Vomer of Boulevard nnd Houston atrect.
Preaching by Elder T. J. Baacmore on the
first Kundny nnd Saturday before In each
month nt 11 n. in., both day#.
BAPTIST TABERNACLE - “Atlanta's
Gamblers'* will bo Dl **
Je« t lor Sunday night. ... r -- r - —a
the cover off nnd show up the gamblers or
*he city. Sunday morning he will dltcusa
the ‘’Problem of the Young Life.*
„ FIRST BAPTIST—Chinese Sunday school
Sunday nfternoou at 3:30 at the church,
corner Peachtree nod Cain streets. All “
welcome.
Fathers
and Mothero." Monday night Ihe Young
Men’s Missionary Society meets at I o'clock.
Wednesday night the regular prayer service
will be conducted by the pastor. On Fri
day evening the B. Y. P. U, meets at 8.
Everybody cordially invited to all these
services.
NORTH ATLANTA BAPTI8T-Corner
Hemphill avenue and Emmett street.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:89 p. m. by the
pastor, W, M. Bell.
VENTRAL BAPTIST—Rev. R. L. Motley,
, CAPITOL AVENUE BAI»TI8T-Preachlug
by Pastor John E. Briggs at 11 a. m. and
• 39 p. m. Evening subject, ••Three Would-
Be Dtsctplee.*' Special sorur service lu the
beginning, and baptism nt the close of the
•'ight service. Sunday school nt 9:39 a. m.
Junior Union nt 3 p. m. Ladles' Missionary
hoejety Monday at S P. m. Frgyer and
pm*,. Wednesday at 7:39 p. m. Other
services ns usual.- Everybody invited.
It", W.'B." HnsMt. ’AnSaV'scliool *t »:»
«. in.. C. W. Bowman and YV\ W. Weaver
superintendents. Indies' Aid Society meets
" ednesday at 2:») p. m. Mid-week prayer
meeting Wednesday at 7 “
•.••■ui imru, hpt. t. A. nniiiu, «'» oni-
*, n ./**.•• mill prenvk morning nnd evening.
Mn*ie by w. W. Cape. Sunday school nt
a. in.
INMAN PARK BAPTIST—Dr. C. N. Don-
shl*m. pnntor. Special children's eutertnln-
•i.mnt at 2:39 p. m. Bnptlst Sunday School
I uion. Including all the schools of the city,
< p. m. No preaching services. Meeting In
Sunday school room of Presbyterian church.
JACKSON HILL BAPT 1ST—North Jack-
■m street,and East nvenue. Take Forrest
nr Boulevard cars. John D. lerm*.
*'■ D., minister. Service and sermou nt 11
"• ?• ■!‘d t>. m. Sunday school at 9:10
P. II. Akers superintendent.
m. Sun-
_ Wednee-
and Aid Society
v‘ ,,r - f- il. Auers Miinerlutei
j"' 1 people^s meeting nt 6:45 p. m.
J!' «■?»•"» at p. n. W
-i'.. *aa Aid Bn«M)
i *f swiity meets ■<
I -30 P- “b Monday. Sunbeams meet at 5:39
tiu5: lrtd * jr ' ™ pDWIe ■ e3»nr in-
la 6 ? 11 ? BAPTIST-S.n.Ur ichool »t
Thi ?!.?’• 4* Briscoe superintendent.
boiM, , l ?*!L or w. * >r ‘ J " hn K. White, who hns
?XiJ r yW5i2. ,fc !-! ,, *5 , !» "f «i>» «•>!!.-
cuuduct Intb
da, Khool at CM a. m. At 11 a. ra. and 7:45
K . m. I'«»tor II. C. Hurley will preach.
ulijret nt tli* niornln* hour, ''Some Dlrec-
tlnna for rhrlitlan l.lrtn*:" night aubjrct,
"IUrk.lldlng." Junior B. V. P. IT. at 3 P.
ra. Tb« regular acrvlcrs of tbo week will
b« a, uaual.
WEST END BAITIST-Dr. John P.
Pura*r, nnator. At th* morning aorvlco
th.ro win be a review nt th. year’* work,
and work and plan, for another year die
cueaod. Preaching Huudny at 7:10 n. m,
Snnday nchool at »:» a. m., Jfr. C’olcnrit
superintendent. II, V, P. I'. Sunday at 6:13
u. in. W. M, l'. Monday nt S:M p. tn.
I’rayar meeting Wednesday at 7:33 p. nt.
Lnclle Uanl.l Clarke Society Friday nt «
p. tn.
.a mi ruin, pastor, uinii
On Wednesday at 7:M
p. nt. there will he a enclal reunion of all
JONES AVENUE BArTIST-Serrlce* at
11 a. in. and 7:M p. tn., eondneted by Rev.
~. T. Damernn. Sunday oehool at t:W a. m.
fair hour aong aerrlee trill precede the
-Under oehool. I,dies' Aid Society Mon,
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Prayer meet.
Ing Wednesday nt 7*1 p. m. Public cor.
dlally Invited.
BROWN MEMORIAL BAPTIST—Roe. W.
A. Untib, paator. I'reaching at 11 n..tu._*nd
7 p. m. Sunday aehota at T:_M a. m.
"Wm
Dual-
Sing-
TEMPLE RAPTI8T—Corner Mongum end
Weet Hunter strode. Rev. A. C. Werd,
D. It., paator. Preaching St 11 a. nt. nnd
7:33 p. m. by tha pastor. Subject for night.
"Standing ny Ihc Word." Sunday school
nt 9:33 n. in., W. M. Perryman superintend
ent. Prayer meeting every Wednesday nt
7:31 p. m. The ordinance of the lord . pup.
per will he celebrated tt th* doe* of the
morning eerrlo*. A rally aorvlco will begti
at tha Sunday school hour. An the ledlet
jn th* community ere Invited to thle eerr
METHODIST.
FIRST METHODIST—Junction of Pcech-
tree and fry afreet*. Rev. J. fl. French,
paator. Sunday school at 3:15 a. in.. W. II.
Patterson anpcrlntcndcnt. l'reacblug at U
a. tn. and 7:15 p. tu. by th* peator. Junior
League at 3 p. m. Epwortb League it (Ht
Mid-week tenrlce Wednesday at 3
and workers from elsewhere. The general
public Is earnestly Invited to attend any of
tbcee lecture*, no charge being made.
ORACE METHODIST—Corner Boulevard
and Highland arenuo. Rev. C. C, Jarrell,
^ stor. At 9:33 a. tn., Sunday nchool. At
a. nt., preaching hy paator nnd commun
ion service. At S;20 p. nt.. Kpworth League.
At ?:I0 p. nt., the paetor will preach the
fifth sermou In a series of sermons to
young men.
NELLIE DODD "mEMORIAIc METIIO-
EPISCOPAL.
(Twenty-third Sunday after Trinityi)
CATHEDRAL—Corner Washington and
Hunter. Very Rev. C. T. A. Plee, D.D.,
dean. At 7:33 t. m., holy communion; U *.
tny. sermon end holy communion; 4:30
p. nt.. evening prayer nnd sermon. Sunday
school 9:30 n. m. All other dnyt: At 7:9) ievening at 7:80,' Sunday school at 9:30 n. m.
holy communion; 9 n. m., morning Students and visitor* In the city arc must
cordially Invited to attend each of these
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN - Corner
Chamberlin and Jackson streets. Preach
ing every Sunday at U a. in. and 7:30 p.
DIST—Preaching nt II a. m. by the pastor.
At 7:30 p. m., by Dr. J. It. Eakes, jircehi
Ing older of the Atlanta district,
aeni
preaid-
Sunday
ST. LUKE METHODIST—Junction Re
man nvenue and Povrell street. Sunday
school at 3:30 n. in. Preaching at 11 a. m,
and 7:80 p. m. hy Georga W. Oriner,
tor. Th* regular monthly meeting ol
hoard nf stewards will ht at the church
on Tuesday night.
8T. MARK METHODIST—Bov. 8. - .
Belk, paator. Preaching nt 11 a. m. nnd 7:30
p, m. by the pastor. Sunday school nt 3:30
n. m. Deaf innte ctaaa taught hy W. F
Crusaelle. Prayer meeting Wednesday oven
Ing n| 7:M.
K ttnr. Snnday school at 10 a. m. Preach-
j nt 11 a. m. by Rev. J. J. Griuetead, aud
nt 7:30 p. nt. by the pastor.
WESI.EY MEMORIAL METHODIS"
Corner Auburn nvenue nnd ivy street, itev.
It. F. Eakes. paator. Sunday school at DM
" r people's Illldo claaa. Young
t DIM* d*s«, young ladles' Phi
Inthen Bible claaa. Preaching at It n. m.
hy the paator. Song service at 7:10 p. in.
Special music by the chorus aud orchestra.
Preaching nt 3 p. tn. hy the pastor. Ep-
worth league devotional aervlc* at f:M p.
ro. Snbjoct. "According to Onr Work*.''
Woman's Home Mission Society Monday
afternoon nt 3 o'clock. Wednesday at 8:30
Worker*' counsel. Wednesday at
it., prayer meeting.
p. m.
p. ui.
HEMPHILL AVENUE METHODIST—
Itev. It. II. Itobh, D. !>., paetor. Snnday
school at 3:30 a. at. Usual missionary exer
cise. following the eesatot ‘
Preaching St fi a. m. and 1
lug subject, "Manly Man.'
PAYNE MEMORIAL'METHODIST—Cor
ner l.uckia and Itunnlcutt streets. W. T.
Ilunnlrutt, pastor. Preaching at It s, m.
school L.
tcmlent.
7:M p. m
Prayer meeting Wednesday nt
CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST - 83
Cooper etreet, two block* from Whitehall
['reaching Sunday at 11 a. in. and 7:30 p. m.
ty paator, Rov. ltolfe Hunt, D.D. bun
lay school nt 8*> a. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday at 7:M p. m. ami meeting of
Missionary Society at same hoar on Friday.
ST. JOHN METHODIST—Tho paator.
Rev. II. C. Christian, will preach at 11 a.
m. After tho moving sermon, the sacra
ment <tf the Lord's Supper. Thl* le th# last
for this conference year, and alt oar mem
ber* are urged to he present. At <:33 p,
m., th* paetor will preach, holding special
revival *—
7. 'Ifgtalm baa returned anil will .... in ,....■ —.~m —c —
J tha mornlug and evening oenr- the city and suc.-m.ful Christian teacher*
BATTLE HILL METHODIST—Snnday
-■bool at *:« *. m. Preuchlng by U I.
Pnttlllo. the paator, at It a. m. Teachers’
meeting Wednesday at 7 JO p. m.
ATLANTA BIBLE SCHOOL^Locnted, at
■ Cooner street, two hlocka from White
hall pible lectsre *t 3 p. m. eeeh day,
eacept Saturday and Sunday. Eaeeedlngly
Interesting atudlea In the life, work and
epistles of HI. Paul. Alan lecture, at 7:1*
p. m. Tuesday# and Thursdays, th# Thun
der lecture* being liy the various paatnea of
ti. n
7:30 |
TRINITY METHODIST—Corner White
hall street and Trinity avenue. Dr, J. W.
Lee, the peator, will preach nt 11 a. ni. ami
7:30 p. nt. Morning iubloct, "What Shall I
Do To He Savedi" Evening. "Dnmaaeua
and Petra: A “
day eehool at —
meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. A cpeclal
inutlrnT program wilt lie rendered hy n dou
ble quartet nf ladles nt both tervlcvs.
WALKER STREET METHODIST—
Preaching at It a. ra. by the paetor, wh
will two for hla subject, ''Overllowln* Life. 1
and th* evening subject, "Borrowing Relic.
Ion." Sunday school nt 3:10 *. in. Juvonll*
Missionary Society will meet at th* church
Sunday at 3 p. m. Roguish meeting of the
steward! Tuesday evening at the parsonage.
EGELSTON MEMORIAL METHODIST—
Corner Washington and Fulton streets.
Preaching -at 11 a, m. nnd 7:30 p. m. hy
R#v. A. F. Blllsctea. D.D. Snnday school
at *90 a. m. Epwortb Lei go. at 6:3)
pm- ,
5 NOUSII AVENUE METHODIST—B. M.
nton. paator. Prenchlug at 11 a. m. hy
tho p*s|or, nnd nt 7:30 p m. by W. M. Hun.
ton. sanilay oehool at 3:30 a. u.
JEFFERSON STREET METHODIST -
E. M. Stanton, pastor. Preaching at 11 a.
ra. hy W. M. Iluuton, amt liy paator at IA0
p. in. to men only, and also a special ser
mon tn young men at f:30 p. m. which
will close th. aerie, at revival aervleee,
ASBIIRY METHODIST—Coroer Davli
and Foundry .treet*. Rev. J. If. Little,
pastor. Preaching at 11 a. in. ami 7:30 p.
tn. Sunday oehool at 8:30 a. m. Midweek
prayer meeting Yi ednesday at 7A» p. ni,
CONGREGATIONAL.
CENTRAL
-negle
_. Sermon at U a. _ ...
Baker, D.D. At 3A0 p. in., young people's
prayer meeting, with a talk an China by
Miss Emma Gary. At 7:45 p. nt.. there
Wednesday and Friday: Lltauy at
a. m.
ST. LUKES—Peachtree, between Currier
and Pine. Rev, C. B. wllnier. D.D., rec
tor, At 7:30 s. tn., holy communion; 1]
n. in., holy communion and geroiou; 7:7,0
p.'tn.j evening prayer and sermon. Sunday
INCARNATION—Lee, near Gordon. West
End. At 7:30 a. in., holy communion; U a.
in., morning prayer and sermon; 7:10 p. nt.,
evening prayer and seruton. Sunday school
nt 9:46.
•Aunu im'iitic. nrr, r*. sy. vnriniiu, renur
At • a. m.. holy communion; at 11 a. u.<
litany* sermon and holy communion; at
p. ni., evening prayer.
EPIPHANY—Comer Moreland and Euclid
nvenuoa. Rev. C. A. I/tugMtnn* vicar, In
charge. Holy communion and aermon at 11;
evening prayer aa announced. Suuday
school at 9:45.
CHAPEL OP THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Plum atrect, near Corput? Sunday school at
9:90.
HOLY COMFORTER—Corner Atlanta
avenue and Pulliam street. Rev. Gilbert
D.P., In charge. Holy cfjmmuulon
and aermon nt 11; evening prayer ond aer
mon at 4. Sunday school at 3.
ST. ANDREWS—Corner Glenn and Kent
streets. Rev. Gllliert Hina, D.D.,
charge. Sunday school at 3:90 p. m.
aermon nt 11.
HOLY TRINITY—Decatur. Morning pray
er aud senium at 11.
ST. JOHNS—College Park. Morning pray,
er and sermou at If; evening service on
•nnunuced.
PRESBYTERIAN.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTE*
RIAN-Corner Whitehall street and White-
lull terrace. Preaching l»y the Paator. Iter.
J. A. Gordon, at 11 n. ui. and ^u.
“ ^ chool at 19 a. ni. Young People's
Union at 7 p. in. Subject, r 'Ae-
qua In ted r.tth God." Strangers cordially
welcomed to alt aervlcea.
WALLACE PRESBYTERIAN - Corner
Walker ami Stonewall atresia, preaching
at 11 ii. in. by Dr. T. E. Converse, ami
nt 7:45 (>. ui. by Rev. John D, Keith. Sab
bath school at 94a 0. w. Prayer tuectiug
Wednesday at 7:45 p. m.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN—Rev. Walter L.
Llugle, D.D.. the pastor, will preach at 11
a. m. nurt 7:99 p. in. At 3:99, W. j». tTny
Lilly, of Winston-Salem. X. C.. will address
a mass meeting of Presbyterian young peo
ple. Miimlny school at 9:39. Classes to nc-
ctiuimodato srholara of every age. An or
chestra leads the singing. Prayer uioetlng
Wednesday evening at 7:20. led by the pas-
■crrlccf.
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN—Cor
ner Boulevard and rorreit nvenue. Con
certed prayer 9 to 9:25. Sunday school nt
9:39. Preaching Iur th* pastor. Rev. B. F.
Gullle, at 11 atm 7:90. Morning theme.
“In Touch With God,** Night sermon. “De
cision.’* Junior Workers at 3:39. Young
People's SiKdefy at 9:10 p. nt. Teacherr
mooting Wednesdnv nt 7. Prnrer nicetluc
following at 7:45,
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN-Washington
, —liy. who Is a representative
the Forward Missionary Movement. St
dny school at 9:90 a. nt.
LUTHERAN.
ST. JOHNS GERMAN EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN—Comer Fort\th imd Garnett
•tre«t*. G. Nuashaum. pastor. The service
at /, n. fi. will be In commemoration of
the Reformatio!].' Holy communion will be
administered at the close of this service.
Tho offering will be for our Theological
Seminary. Suuday N tcbool at 10 a. m.
UNITARIAN.
UNITARIAN CHURCH—Spring street,
corner West Cain. Rev. Alexander T,
Bowser, minister. Subject for Sunday, No.
vemher a. “The Bible; Ite Authority and
life" Services at 11 a. tn. All trail free,
Suuday school at 9:45 a. m.
CATHOLIC.
SACRED HEART—Penehtre and Ivy. Sun
day mass at 7. 9:99, 11 a. ra. Sunday school
at 9 n. m. Sermon nt high mass by Father
\lnenht- llutlni. rtf Vanina# Man', AlUllll.
THE HIGHEST SOCIETY
Terse Comment* on the Uniform Pray er Meeting Topic of the Young Peo>
ple'e Societies—Christian Endeavor, Baptist Young People's Union, Ep*
worth League, Etc.—For November 3 la, "Acquainted With God.”
Job 22: 21, 22.
/ By WILLIAM T. ELLI8
Murphy. Martins of Young Men a Apohi
(etic Aaanriatliia at 10:15 a. m. Rnaarr at 4
R ra. luatrurtlon an "Mielrru Mfflailtlfa
r Father fiunn. Benediction of lilosaed ear
riimrnt. Week deye: M*«* nt 6, 6:30. 7, I
it. m. Confessions every morning and but
unlays at 3:30 to 0 and 7 to 8 |>. tu,
chrTStian.
HOWBI.I. STATION CIIHISTIAN-Comer
Lontley avenue and t'hurrh a.reel. Rr
I). L. Bomi, iieatoc. Bible w-hool *t 9::
n. m. I'rearhlng at 11 a. m. end 7:30 p. «
Christian Rudearor at 0:30 n. m. Take Mi
rietla street onr to end of llpe.
CHURCH OF CHRIST—Went End nre.
nue. Rlhle almly at 10 a. m. Communion
oervlro at 11 a. m. Preaching at lldB i
ami 7:30 p. in. by Kvnngrll.T 8. II. Ilsll
mil 7:30 p. in. by Kvnngrll.t 8. II. Ilall;
on Monday end Tueatlnr night., Iiegtii-
ng nt 7:31 p. tn. Kldre 6. W. Smith, ol'
iwrllle, Tenn.. trill begin -
UNIVERSAL.
FIRST rXlVBU8Al.lBT—It Enat Hnrrtn
street. Heritor. Sunday morning ol 11 a
m. by tlie paator. Ber. E. Dean Ellen
wood. Subject, • l iilveronll.m In Religion.
MISCELLANEOUS.
UNION CONGREGATIONAL TABERNA
CLE—Corner McDaniel and Hightower
streets. Rev. O. A. Hurl**, pa.tor. Breach
ing Sandny morning and night hy lb. pal
lor. Subjects: "The Way in the High
way" aod ‘'l*sre nnd Ciulefll.il Religion."
Communion nervine after tho moraine oer-
mon. Sunday oehool at 1:33 *. m. PkRa
the*. Rarar* and Junl.w elaoae* Sunday at
3J9 a. ni. nnd Monday at 7:t6 p. m. Ladle*'
prayer meeting Wednesday at 3 p. in. and
midweek prayer meeting at 7:45 p. m. Chil
dren's meeting Friday afternoon tt A
tor,
NORTH AVENUE mUSBYTF.ftAX -
cornir North avonne an«l Peachtree •tract.
Itev. Rlclimd Orme Fllnn, pastor. Morning
norahlp at 11. Pranrlilng l»y Her. J>. Hnv
Lilly, D.D. Evening worship St 7:45.
French Ing by Dr. Thomas B. Converse. Hub-
bntli nchool nt 9:90 a. m. Young Men's
I*!igu« aud Pbllstbcs. Mou'a Bible confer
ence. Tech clans at 9:45 a. to. Uovennutrr
Band at 9:99 p. ni. rbrlstrag Endeavor at
4:45 p. ni. Wednesday at 7:t5 p. m., pray
er meeting. Thursday at *:f* - - • -
dies’ Missionary Hrcb*.
JlillFIlr. jlr.JlUUIAIi l llrenlii 1 LKIA.N —
Corner l.uokli- and LSt!nt*f Dr. A.
It. llnlderhy, pastor. Sarrsment of the
I.ord'1 Supper nnd preaching hy the pastor
at 11 n. nf Tha usual evening service at
eondneted by I lie pastor. Chriatlau
INMAN PARK FitESRTTnRfAN—Corner
Kilgewood and Ruelld avenuos. Drenching
hy the jiatior nt 11 a. m. sad Tfg) p. in.
Hundny school nt 9:2) a. m. Yuang people's
meeting Hnndsy at 6:43 p. m. J. n. pick-
len, paator.
HARRIS HTREET FRESBYTEntAN -
Hervtre at the ehtirrh. corner Harris amt
Hprlng «>rect., wltr tn* held Knntlay at II
presiding over the Houtbern Htntee mis-
elan, which romprlee* ten etatee of tho
South, will l*e the prinelpal speeker. Kvery-
tmdy la i-ordhtlly Invited tn nttend theao
aervlcea. Ctiurrh at 350 Woodward nvenue.
CHUIHT1AN .ANrTlllSglONARY AL-
IJANCR—Regular ecrvlca In Alllanre hall,
T2V* North Broad atreet. Hunday and Wed-
neodsy atteraimm at 3 o'clock. Yonug peo.
plc'a meeting Thnraday night at 7:3A Her.
W. A. Farmer, mlaetonnry from South
Chinn, will hare charge of Ike Hunday after
noon aerrlee.
ATLANTA FBYCHOLOfilOAL SOCIETY.
Rolwrl Mrran Hnrri«»n, presMeur. The so-
cletv will meet Sunday afleriuvin at * at
lri i'enchtree atre-et. i rom_3 tn 3*1, mnnl-
rnt program. Two new fl.Nrw Thought”
wmga. Tcn nilnut# leason ou titaliuiunt of
m-rfeet health hy one who ha* If. Topic
for discussion: "I* lHamuee and Time n
Renllty!'' The society conduct, iue only
free rehord of health In the South, nnd ex
tends n cordial Invitation to Ihc pnldlc to
attend nil Its meeting,.
Dr. C. It. WBraer. reteor of 8t. I.nke*
Riil.copaJ ebnrcb. will deliver *t the Young
>fen'« Christian ,* awe-latbm en Sunday off
cruoon the flr.t of a series nf siklmer* on
the general theme, "l.lherfy and Freedom."
Th* subject of the Sunday nftem.»m sd-
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY.
Arrive From- Dvr-ert To—
Hevaniuth .... 6J(nm Mreon 11.47pm
Jaekaonvllle.. "JO am Meeon 3.6) nm
Macon U.76 am Macon 4.60 pm
Macon 4.31 pm Jacksonville... L» pm
uVlocl. Rev, George A. Urntllc will preach. Macon 110 pm,*nvaniub .... 8.13 vui
One can not talk the •ubltmltles of
the Christian spiritualities with a pa
gan Chinese coolie. The eagle's night
Is beyond the rooster's kon. Th* de
light* of cultured society are not with.
In the comprehension of a Digger In
dian. Thin theme, "Acquaintanceship
with God,” Is not within the purview of
tho man of tho street. He would call
It mysticism or moonshine. Yet It 1s
one of the tremendous und vital real),
ties and rewards nf life.
The highest society la the asosclatlnn
of the loftiest spirit*. That la why,
when a rare soul walks with Und, you
have the beet society possible this sld*
of heaven.
Frantically — and foolishly — many
persons who should know better are
•pending their utmost energies In an
There are degrees ef acquaintance
ship. Every public man Is known by
multitudes. Then there Is an Inner
circle of friends who enjoy a degree
of Intimacy with them. Still closer,
though. Is the relationship of his own
family,- who share hla very heart life.
Likewise In Knowing God there are de.
grees of familiarity. Bome-kinm- Him
only as a far-off Supremo Deity, oth
ers know Him as disciples know their
Lord. Still othe> know Him as chil
dren know a father, with a sweetness
of intimacy that constitute* life's high
est Joy. .
Everything costs. Whoever would
become acquainted with God must pay
the price, which 1, willingness to bo
conformed to God's way.
The manners of tho barroom can
effort to get Into what Is called "good »®t be carried Into the drawing room
society." Hy that term they under " ** *"—* ,w " **
stand a group of persons who maintain
a certain style of luxury, who live In
prescribed neighborhoods, who Slav
Hldy follow certain fashions, and who
bind themselves together ln a seal*
ously guarded association. Admittance
Into thla gilded circle aeoina to be th,
supreme good to many who are outside
Its bounds. Most of the aspirants for
nnd "climbers" by those within—never
give a thought to the creation ot tholr
own society, on a basis of mutual In
terest, confidence and esteem, it ap.
psrently haver occurs to them to de
fine good society as the society of good
people; and the best society as tho so.
ciety of th# best people. Neverth,.
lees, that Is the only definition that will
Stand all teats.
The congenial Intercourse of the loft,
lest spirits Is the good society that ex
ists on the other side of the grave.
They know the supreme good who
know God.
An old prayer rune, "Lord, show ntq
Thyself; lord, show me myself." It Is
In the light of knowledge of God that
man discerns himself. Truly to know
himself—which the old Greek phllas-
ophera pronounced the highest wisdom
—one must first know God.
familiar saw In the educational
wold Is Garfield's saying that a log
with Mark Hopkins on one end wna a
university. In other words, the beet
education la Incarnate In a teacher,
Just to know a great man, to drink in
of his spirit, to live closo to his na
ture. Is lo become well educated. This
Is the explanation of the extraordinary
development of some young men In tho
business und political world; they havo
Imbibed tho greatness of the lenders
with whom they have associated. Here
in, too, we find the secret of the other
wise Inexplicable lives of th# many no
ble men nnd women whose sweetness,
self-effacement, gentleness, patience,
courage and fidelity are the remark of
all who know them. They have walked
Ith God. In association with Him
they have acquired these divine traits.
The hollneee which shines from their
lives Is nothing less than the reflected
character of God himself.
The face of nutn.has no terrors for
one who has walked with God. four
X ls begotten of acquaintanceship
Jehovah. Ths supremely daring
aptrlia of history, whose audaylty la a
precious heritage of the race, learned
their boMneaa In secret communion
with the Omnipotent.
Life's little Ills are teen In thslr
true pruportloo* by on* who baa
achieved a measure oFthe divine view.
IKJlnt.
reus will Ite “le Man a Free Moral
Iiuu orchestra.
of culture. It Is Impossible to carry
the world’s ways Into the society of ths
Highest. W, can know God only an
God's terms.
At art exhibitions and symphony
concerts one Is reasonably certain to
see a considerable percentage of ths
most cultivated people In the commu
nity. Thera are. similarly, places
whsr* Ood Is likelier to b* met vflth
than at others. In His own house, on
His own day. In His Book of aelf-
revsallng. In the company of Hts
friends. He Is most surely found. They
are likeliest to find Ood everywhere
who have first become acquainted with
Him in the ways and places appointed
by Hlmeelf.
In the fellowship of Ood there Is the
truest democracy. Nuns of the world's
artificial barrier* wist there. They
may be found In the church, but not In
the great brotherhood of those who
walk and work with God. Into that
company whosoever will may be ad
mitted upon a ha*t.s ot equality. For
they who know God know how trivial
and Inconsequential are most of ths
world's standards nnd distinctions.
Friendship, like other growths, takes
time. A# Amos R. Wells has saM. "No
two men would expect to become ac
quainted except by spending time to
gether. How otherwise cen you hope
lo become acquainted with God?”
Friends are admitted Into the circle
of Gad’*'acquaintanceship who are In
troduced by Ills Son.
SEVEN-SENTENCE SERMON*.
He le a men wbo thinks for hlmeelf, oars
A whole Rlliln for my staff, a whole Chrlit
for my salvation, and a whole world for my
pariah.—Bt. Augustin*.
Where'er the prise* go.
Grunt me the struggle, tin' my soul may
grew. -E. H. Martin.
whose work endure*.—Dryee.
Kadi nuut'4 11/#
Tb» outcome of htf focratr llrln* Is:
The bygone wrong# bring forth ifirrow and
Th# bygone right breeds l»U#«.
—Edwin ArnoliL
NWer to tlra. n^rer to grov
•mon
0
■afway •; like God to I
utjr.—Arnlc
STAINS
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