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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 Lucas oil sifting—b##t o t . e* GEORGIA PAINT & GLAS3 CO, 40 Pcachtre# Street.