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THE SECRET OF CHRIST'S SUFFERING
By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
T«t: Heb. 9:26. "He appeared to
put away our etn by the sacrifice of
'whoever will read history with an
open mind will be met by two great
mvsteries. The first of these Is the
fact of Christ. The second of these Is
His passion. Magnificent, unique and
solitary In the sublimity of His moral
grandeur, the character of Christ
stands out as distinct and lncompara
l)le amid all other characters, not only
of history, blit, as Well, of fiction. So
record of real men and no dream con
cerning Ideal men who have been cred
ited by the most ambitious Imagina
tion can compare with the story of the
Christ. As one has suggested, we speak
of Alexander the Great, of Peter the
(treat, and we likewise may with pro
priety apply such a term to a Socra
tes. to a Phldeas, a Plato, an Aristotle,
a Galllleo. a Michael Angelo, a Cicero,
a Caesar or a Napoleon, but we could
never think of speaking of Jesus Christ
a» - the great." Nay, though we may
with propriety compare all others who
are or have been great, among them-
jelves or with their less fortunate fel
lers. though we may mark the points
wherein their destruction lay and grad,
uate their degree of excellence, yet we
ran not compare these men wlth.Jesus
Christ, for the very thought of such
co aparlson seems a profanation: for,
aa another one has said, "Should there
Ij.. an assemblage of the world’s great
savants and sovereigns, and should
there enter Into their midst'the Im
mortal Shakespeare, the audience
would rise, but should Christ enter
they would kneel.
Tho Fact of Christ.
Yes, the historic fact of Christ pre
rents n profound problem. Whence
,ante He? How shall we explain Him?
There Is nothing In Ills environment
that gives us any light; there Is noth
ing In His being: and the deeper we
enter Into this problem and the greater
the minds which face It, the more real
becomes the mystery. How shall we
explain the Christ? There is no answer
that man can devise that will satisfy
the mind of man. Nay, more, this mys
tery concerning Ills origin, the ex
planation of what He was and what
He did and of what He claimed to be,
,.f what He accomplished while on
earth, and of what His ethics and His
Influence have meant to the world since
His day. Is not a similar mystery to
the mystery of other great men who
have risen unexpectedly from obscure
sources. The problem presented by the
lives of oilier characters who were dlf.
ferentlcfcd by their attainments from
their compatriots 1* merely a problem
f degree, but the problem of the
hrlst’s Is not merely relative but
fundamental, It Is one of essence and
if the dtfferepce In nature.
Problems of Christ’s Passien.
Then, again we say, the passion of
hrist presents a problem full of my«-
ery. How Is it that the one life that
was truly sublime In the magnanimity
of Its service, the one heart that was
utterly unselfish In love and that really
felt for human beings as the heart of
man should feel, the one man who per-
effaced Himself In order that He
might minister to others with an aban.
don that was absolute and with a wis
dom that was unerring, should at last
pass from such a perfect ministry out
Into the eternity through such a pas-
slon. Yea, more, how do we explain
the fact that when, amid the dark
tragedy which closed His career He
could way, "Thus It ought to be." and
that Christ must needs have suffered.”
(Acts 17.3.) Are we to conclude that a
lire of unselfish devotion nnd of per
fect rectitude of character, that the at
tainment of an unequalled nobility bt
nature should, with propriety,-receive
such a recompense? Shall we Infer
that a life of such high thinking and
2>‘ ch BPlcndld living ought to end as
His life ended upon tho Roman cross
amid the opproblum and scorn of a
howling mob? And yet to the men
with whom He walked to Ktnmaus Ho
said, "Ought not Christ to have suf
fered these things?" Luke 24:26.) Why
Is this passion the necessary conalu-
slon of this life? Are we to conclude
that magnanimity should leml lo mis
ery and that righteousness should lead
to outrage? Are we to presume that
there Is a premium on wickedness and
a penalty for virtue? Nay! Yet there
Is mystery In Christ’s passion that
grows the greater as we Increasingly
grasp Its significance. My brethren, as
we stand before these mysteries of the
fact of Shrlst, and of the passions of
Christ, our text speaks In answer to our
question It declares the whence and the
why. and gives the one solution that
alone can satisfy, "He came to put
away aln by the sacrifice of himself.’
of His passion. He came. He lived. He
died that He might put away sin by
the sacritlce of Himself. Ah! ray
friends, this declaration, which Is an
explanation, lends us Into a deeper
mystery. 'God announces who Christ
Is, and whence He came, and why. God
here declares to U3 the reason for His
suffering and the Intent of It, but l ray
the explanation leads intb deeper mys
tery. First, It leads us Into the mys
tery of divine compassion. Why should
Jesus .Christ care to put away sin.
’ putting
Its part
tated on His part such humiliation us
Is manifested In His Incarnation nnd
His crucifixion?
He who through aeons held a sublime’
nnd exalted Intercourse with the Fa,
ther and the Spirit, tvho loved them as
He was loved by them nnd who with
them enjoyed a faUewshlp of beatlOe
satisfaction; He who nmld the per
fections of His celestial abode was
Whence nnd Why of Christ,
He came! What does this signify?
We must turn back to the beginning of
this wonderful book from which these
word* are taken. Without any Intro
duction or address, Its Initial utter
ance breaks the silence with the rub-
lime affirmation, “God hath spoken
unto us—by His Son.” And continuing
It tells us that this Son of God who
speaks to us for Him was Jesus of
Nazareth, who lived among men, and
who. by His living, taught what man
hood Is and what It may accomplish.
It tells us how this Jesus of Nazareth
came from the throne of God and how
He was, ere He came to earth, equal
with God In power and In glory: yea.
how It was through Him that the
world (Into which afterwards He came
as a little babe) was made and fash
ioned and Is upheld. Thus In the af
firmation that "He came” and In the
context which explains It we find what
the Word of God reveals concerning the
source of this life whose marvelous
plenitude so amazes us. Its origin, we
understand. Is not to be looked for amid
the peasantry of the Palestine hills,
but Instead the being of Christ Is
sourceless, exhaustless nnd Independ
ent. His manifestation In time through
human Incarnation was but the shin
ing forth amid mortality of the un
created perfection of the Eternal.
But not only In our text do we And
the suggested answer to the whence,
but also to the why of Christ and also
adored and obeyed by those who pop
ulate the Glories; He who was sur
rounded thus by all that could make
existence complete and who was where
sin could not enter—He it Is whom wc
behold leaving: the glories of the throne,
divesting Himself of His power, huni-
bllhg Himself to become a babe, to be
bom In a manger, to live and labor as
an artisan among an humble people,
In a subject nation. In a minor terri
tory of the vast Roman empire, un
known of the earth's great leaders, un
inspected by earth’s great men! Why
did Ho do It? He did all this to put
away our sin! Yes, the Author of all,
who by one breath could have had for
His assistants legions of angels, sub
mitted to the Ignominy of a Roman ex
ecution—to put away sin. But why. do
you ask, did He go to such lengths to
put sin away when sin could so little
affect Him? Ah! the answer is plain.
It was because although sin does not
hurt Him, sin does hurt us. Yes. first,
It was because of the harm sin does
u.«. and, second. It was because of the
help sin hinders Him from rendering
that He was willing thus to live nnd
willing thus to die.
Why Christ Hates Sin.
As He looked upon this little earth,
a tiny speck amid myriads of mighty
constellations; a mere drop In the mld-
ooenn of Ills creation, ho saw us suf
fering from the consequence of sin, and
He loved us and sorrowed for us, nnd
In order to rid us of the pen
alty and the power and the ter
rible curse which sin entails He suf
fered life and He suffered death. But
mind you,, it was not mere pity which
He felt for us ns He considered our
doom; It was not merely In order that
He might deliver us from the power of
sin that He suffered, but with a pas
sionate longing that we cannot con
ceive of, Jesus Christ desired to take
us, the least of His creatures, and lift
out of shame and Into glory that
He might glace us beside Himself and
that we might share with I-Ilin In His
exaltation. This He tells us was His
design for us. But this He could not
ompllsh until He had gotten sin
out of the way. Bln frustrated Ills
high intent; sin cancelled the holy en
gagement for us, so that until s!n was
REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN.
put away we could not be healed or
helped. This then Is the-explanation of
our text. Chrlpt came to put away sin
by the sacrifice of Himself. But again
I say the explanation leads us into
deeper mystery. First, there is the
mystery of His love. How was it that
He could love us so? My dear friends.
1 do* not understand it—I do not even
appreciate It—do you? Wo are told
that no man can think a million dol
lars. and the men who hare the most
to do with money seem to appreciate
the difficujty more than those who
have a lesser knowledge. If this be
true, then how much more unthinkable
is the marvelous love of Jesus Christ
which led Him thus to Jive and thus
to die that He might put away sin by
the sacrifice of Himself. There are
depths In the ocean that no lino has
ever sounded. There are great terri
tories these beyond the power of man
to fathpm or explore, and here In this
mystery of Jesus Christ, loving a
world that He did not need and loving
It because it needed Him, and help
ing a world that was not concerned
with Him, here we have u mystery of
mercy and of love ho amusing that
we have to stand before it and con
fess we cannot understand.
Christ’s Cross a Mystery.
And there is another mystery here.
It Is the mystery of how Christ’s pas
sion naves the world. The problem Is
theological. I want to say very frank
ly I do not understand It, that Is in all
of Its fullness—I do not believe you
do. I have heard a good many ser
mons preached upon the cross of
Christ, and ! have become familiar
i a good many theories of the
atonement, but I want to nay very
frankly I have not heard the final
d spoken yet. The explanations
given have, many of them, undoubtedly
been true'; but they have not exhaust
ed the truth, they have not satisfied
all the questions that arise. No, I do
not fully understand it. I do not
tslalm to bo able to explain how. Jesus
Christ hanging cn that cross outside
the wall of Jerusalem twenty centuries
ago' could mean as much as lie does
mean to you and to me. I do not fully
understand how He could by that one
jnct make It ho that God, Who has
sworn that every soul that slnneth
should die. could save every soul from
death that trusts Him, nnd yet be
true and just, while He Is the justl-
fier of the ungodly. Now, understand
me, I hold without wavering to
the great Pauline theory of the
atohement that Is incorporated In the
creed of the church of which I am an
humble minister. I believe that Its
statement Is true and Is Scriptural.
But, listen! though It Is ail true. It is
not all the truth, and I appreciate why
some of you find difficulties in the
atonqment especially when the ques
tion Is considered from the divine
side nnd in the light of tho inexorable
necessities faced by God as Ho stands
In the capacity of both Father and
Judge, and ns He seeks a solution
which will be adequate and honorable
and consistent with HIs compassion
and Infinite love, and also with HIs
holiness, justice and truth. But as we
face this problem, let us remember
that we are assured that “Jesus Christ
came to put away sin by the sacrifice
of Himself.” therefore though we may
not bo able to find or formulate a
theory that will fully satisfy us as to
how He docs this, thank God we know
the fact that lie does It. Without the
passion of the Master there would be
no possibility of our forgiveness, but
with (lie passion of the Master there
is—wc may be saved. Nay, we who
believe are saved. Let us then cease
to be troubled by this difficulty, and
let us forego our effort to frame a
theory that will minimise the theologi
cal difficulty only by Ignoring facts,
or disregarding revelation, or divest
ing God of any of His divine attri
butes.
Why Thero Is Mystory. ,
Let us nccopt \Vhat He says nnd
realize that we needs must understand
all that concerns God to be able to ex
plain all the problems that arise in
connection with HIs plan of our sal
vation. Indeed, HIs unique position as
the supreme ruler of the universe and
also our Heavenly Father renders It
Impossible for us to appreciate HIs dif
ficulty, or recognise how these diffi
culties ore td be overcome, unless we
can sit with God on the Judgment
throne nndi-erdUe what Is Involved In
the exercise of such a function; unless
we can feel with God as the Father
of all and appreciate what It means to
create a world and people .It with Im
mortal souls Into whom He has
breathed the breath of life, nnd then
to see that world fall away Into' sin
and rebellion; unless we can experl-
mentally realize what It Ih to he In
finitely holy. Infinitely wise. Infinitely
Just and Infinitely potent, and to stand
before a problem such os a fallen race
presents, determined that It shall be
solved i unless we exchange mortality
for Deity and the finite for the Infinite,
we can not reasonably expect to un
derstand the problems presented and
resolved by the passion of the Christ.
But again I say, whatever the difficulty,
this much *s sure, Jesus Christ is a
fact and the saving power of HIs pas
sion is a fact, and the declaration of
our text Is true. “He came to put away
sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” “If I
be lifted up.” He said. “I will draw
oil men urto Me,” nnd He has clone
It and Is doing It. Since He was thus
lifted on that Roman cross outside of
the city wall the hearts of humanity
have been going out to Him. and the
great sinning, suffering world has been
changed by Him, for by that cross He
has through all these ages, from Indi
viduals and communities and nations
and races, been putting sin away.
Christ’s Cross Does Save.
Mysterious though it be. as we look
upon Him on the cross somehow there
comes Into our hearts a deep discontent
with sin. open or secret, a loathing of
all that Is unclean and a great craving
for purity and nobility. As we behold
Him on the cross in suffering, pride Is
abashed, selfishness Is slain, sin Is put
away. And not only do we find the
cross of Christ thus destroying the
cursed continuance of sin within, but
we find the cross of Christ giving a
comfort that Is sufficient to yield us
courage us we stand ealmlv face to
face with death, and to transform what
erstwhile would have been terror Into
Joy. For In that cross when we real
ize what Is snfd about It wo feel that
the consequence of sin on God’s side
somehow has been dealt with, and that
what God says about Its satisfaction
Is trueJ Through this mystery we feel
that we are free from all the future
consequences of sin nnd are made ac
ceptable to God. Thus, quiet comfort
comes where there was commottQn and
fear, and strength comes and hope and
exaltation, for sin Is put away forever-
yes. put nwav forever because of this
sacrifice which He made of Himself.
Thus as led by our text, our
thought has but verged the confines of
a mighty theme, but we have only
verged It, We have but stood upon
the shore nnd looked out upon the
vast Immensity of God’s great ocean of
love ns It Is displayed In Jesus Christ.
And now. though we are conscious that
we can not encompass In our thought
the plenitude of the Immensity, or
God’s plan or explore Its furthermost
reaches or sound fts depths, or fathom
its mysteries, yet may we rejoice In
the reality of Ills love as it Is dis
played In Christ and adore Him for His
grace.
t WH«t About Your 8in.
In closing, let us now make an nppll-
cation of this thought to two classes.
First; my Christian brothers, we would
speak a word to you. Tell us what Is
your attitude toward sin? Ye who
love God are commanded to hate Iniqui
ty. Are you obedient here? Christ
loathes sin and abhors It with a holy
hatred. Do you thus abhor It? But,
further. Christ, your Lord and Leader,
not only abhors sin in all of Its subtle
forms, but listen—He was willing at
the cost of self-effacement and through
His own passion to put it away. What
an* you doing in y.mr Jives to put sin
away? How much are you proving
that you are willing to let Its destruc
tion cost you? How* much of passion
Is there In your effort to put sin away?
Does the thought of It give a tone of
agony to your prayer? Does a zeal
to deliver men from it burn in your
heart? Does an undying desire to heip
men be free from sin control your life?
What are you spending in the effort
to put sin away? Christ lived for this;
Christ died for this—to put away sin..
Oh. my friend, tell me, are you con
doning It In yourself or in others, and
because It costs you something to
stand against It In any and in every
form, are you shrinking from the task?
You May Bo Saved.
My brother, you who are out of
Christ, and who are enslaved by sin,
let me ask you, what are you willing
to do to be delivered—to have sin put
away? There Is but one thing you need
do—renounce your ‘sin, confess it and
turn to Christ for deliverance, for even
now Jesus Christ stands ready to take
you as you arc without another mo
ment’s preparation and to forgive your
past and to begin to make you what
you oyght to be. Yes. He can enablo
you to become what you know* In your
present strength you can not be. lie
Is ready and able nnd willing to do all
that can be done by God Himself to
make you victorious In timo nnd trium
phant throughout eternity. Why do you
hesitate? Why will you not give God a
chance? May I tell you? It Is sin-
nothing but sin—sin that you will not
put away. It may be this sin or that
sin. the sin of distrust, the sin of self-
will. the sin of self-indulgence, but
whatever be the form of It. sin—sin—
sin—only sin is the explanation of your
being out of touch with God and out of
a life of service with Him and for
Him./ Now, ttell me, in the light of tho
cross and of Its necessity, are you
going to (at Christ come to put away
sin by the sacrifice -of Himself and
yet do nothing to lay hold on this hope
He gives? Instead are you going to
let go of God because you are not
willing to let go of sin? Or are you
going to let »in go that you may hold
to Jesus Christ until according to HIs
promise. He puts sin away? Oh, will
you not cry even now, at this very mo
ment, “Lord, come nnd search me,
come and discern my sin, yea and de
stroy It; I do not understand myrease,
but Thou dost—I only know* that my
deadness of heart is clue to sin, and is
Itself a sin. My failure to trust Thee
nnd to confess Thee is due to sin and
is sin; my cowardice, my wayward*
ness, my weakness, all, ail are ground
ed In sin and In themselves are sin.
Lord, Thou dost tell me that Thou didst
come that Thou mlghtst put aw'ay sin
by tho sacrifice of Thyself, and, there
fore, by Thy cross and passion, by
Thy promise and Thy high design, by
Thy holy purpose and Thy purchased
right, by Thine omnipotence and Thy
grace, yea, for Thine own Name’s sake
do I Implore Thee, accomplish Thine
own Intent, and by Thy sacrifice put
Thou away my sin.”
Services in Atlanta Churches
BAPTIST.
SECOND BAPTIST—Sunday school *t 9:50
. m. At the 11 o’clock service, the pastor,
>r. John K. White, will preach. Subject,
I’anics; u Sermon to Business Men.” The
ratting service, beginning st 7:46, will lw»
imdnrted by Dr. White. This will be the
iltth of the series of sermons on ”IIupl»y
RulMlug:” his subject iwlng The
iei nnd the Friends of the Home.
Monday night the Young Men’s Missionary
SoHetr will hold Its regular meeting at K
regular Wednesday evening prayer
...... Will be led br th« pastor. Friday
iglit (he Baptist Young People’s tnlou
JACKSON Illl.h BAPTIST—North Jack-
school at 9:39 a. m. New pupils and work
ers wanted. Junior B. Y. P. I*, st 3 p. sit.
Ladles’ Missionary Society Monday at 3 |>.
m. Teachers’ meeting Tuesday at 7:15 p.
—. Pray*
at 7:39 p.
7:45 p. rajn.
made welcome.
and praise service Wednesday
Kenlor IJ. V. P. I’. Friday nt
Everybody invited. Strangers
.lonn r. miner. wui prenen nnnuny innju-
Ing nnd evening. Sunday school nt 9:30 a.
ra. Baptist Young People’s I'nlon Sunday
evening nr 6:45. Woman’* Missionary
evening - ^
I’nlon Monday afternoon at 3:3ft. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:39 9’clock.
IU
IMMANUEL BAPTIST-Corner Fair street
nnd Hereon nvenue, Rev. J. D. Winches
ler. pastor. Huuday school nt 9:30 n,
Preaching nt 11 a. m. nnd 9,dK n ***
METHODIST.
ENGLISH AVENUE METHODIST—K. M.
Stanton, pastor. Preaching nt 1l*n. m. l»y
the pastor, which will close tip his pastoral
work for this conference year. Every mem
ber urged to be present. Preaching also at
7:30 p. nt. Sunday school nt 9:39 0. in.
JEFFERSON STREET METHODIST -
Preaching nt 11 n. in. by W. 31. Huntoa and
" 30 p. in. The pastor will preach
Invited. This will close his nnstornl work
nt Jefferson Street church. Sunday school
nt 9:39 a. m.
November 17. A splendid program I
arranged. Please hum*' us by yo
cnee. Sunday school at 9:45 a. 1
Hal program at II n. »u.
EG ELSTON M E M O RIA Ij—Corner Wash
ington and Fulton streets. Preaching nt U
a. m. and 7:39 p. tn. by Uev. A. F. El
lington. D.D. Sunday school nt 9:30 n. in.
Epworth3I.cnguo ut C:y0 p. iu., & ;
PRE8BYTERIAN.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN—Rev. Walter L.
I.Ingle, D. D., will preach nt 11 a. in. nnd
T:30 p. m. The church Is one block from the
postoffice on Marietta street and .convenient
down-town hotels nod boardtug houses.
Sunday school at 9:30. Prayer meet lug on
Wednesday at 7:33 n. in.. Ted by the pastor.
The public generally and students 1
Ing the
ntteiid-
S morally nnd students n
us educational litstltuibi
,ihe city especially are extended a cordial
ST. LI KE METHODIST—Junction Be- {Invitation to nil service*,
am* and Powell street. Sunday 1
■* * ’ liv tho
11 a, in. and 7:39 p.
FIRST METHODIST—Junction Peachtree
and Ivy Streets. Rev. \L S. French; pas
tor. Sunday school nt 9:45 a. in. Preach
ing nt 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. by the pas-
tor. Junior League at 2 p. m. Kpworth
League at 6:45 p. m. Midweek service
Wednesday nt 8 p. tu.
_ ... v p. m. by the
Junior Union at 2:30%p. m. Mid
minister. Service nnd sermon | week service Wednesday at 8 p. ra. Baptist
tu. and 7:39 p. nt. Sunday school Young People * Union Friday at 7:46 p. m.
. ... Young people’s meeting tit
:!*» i*. nt. Prayer meeting Wednesday nt
31 I*, m. Young Wometi!* Missionary and
Id Society Monday at 8:8t> p. m. Women’s
rarer meeting at 3:30 n. tn. Tuesday. Mom-
»’« Missionary and Aid Society Thursday
p. 1:1. Sunbeams Friday nt 3:30 p. ui.
h” pnliHe It cordially Invited to,all serv
•>f this church. Morning subject,
What N a Girl Good Fort’’ Evening sub-
■et. •• The. Young People’s Society uud its
The Women's Missionary and
AH Sm-lcty will give a reception to the
: people of the ruiigregatlou nnd their
'is next Tuesday evening nt 8 o Hock
i» home of Mrs. f.ong, 93 Highland
HURT BAPTIST--(Turner Peachtree nnd
In streets. Dr. W. W. Lnndrntii, pastor,
ii'lfiy school nt 9:39 a. tn. Morning worship
U. Evening worship at 7:45. All cor-
MIRTH ATLANTA BAPTIST-Corner
Baniphlll and Emmett streets. Preaching
7:3-9 p. iu. by the pastor.
•hdny night’ November 13. promises to be
'rwt lo nil those who attend. A large
* • l« expected to be out. n* the affair
CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST—At *8
1. Cooper street, two blocks from Whitehall.
Preaching at 11 a. in. and 7:39 p. m. by the
paator. Rev. Rolf# Hunt. D. D. Sunday
school nt 9:39 n. in. Prayer meeting on
Wednesday night, nnd meeting of Mission
ary SoHety Friday night.
BAPTIST TABERNACLE—Rev. J. J. Taj
lor. D.D., pastor of the First Baptist
i much, of Knoxville, Teno.. will be In At
lanta Sunday, occupying the ^Tabernacle
mnta mtmiaj. occupying iuc
pulpit both morning nnd evening;
MARIETTA ST. CONGREGATION AI<—
Corner Marietta nnd McMillan streets. Rev.
W. II. Tillman, pastor. Services st 11 a.
m. nnd 7:30 p. in. “The Fading Leaf’ will
-he the theme of morning service. Iter. Dr.
JONES AVENUE BAPTIST-Rervlros at
11 n. tu. and 7:80 p. in., conducted lyr
Rev. J. T. Dumeron. Monday .*eboo! t at 9:89
a. in.
1. iiunicriMf. nuuunj .o.m ui
.. Half-hour song, service preceding
Sunday school, to practice In the new hynni
lHM»ks. Indies’ Aid Society Monday after-
noon nt 3 o’clock. Prayer meeting Wednes
day evening nt 7:30 o’clock.
WESTERN HEIGHTS BAPTIST-Corner
Kennedy mid Chestnut streets. T. E. El
gin, pastor. Sunday _j^snetjoj
meeting of the Bnnica-Phllntben Hasses nt
9:39 a. in. Preaching nt 11 a. m. Jiy the
pastor. Subject,
Immutability
I’hrlst.” At '7:39 p. tn. the services will be
under the auspices of the young people;
organization*. President J. W, Gaines, of
Cox College, will deliver an address. A
speHnl musical program will l»e arranged,
led by Professor J. M. Pierce.
WOODWARD AVENUE BAPTIST-Sun
i-linol nr 9:39 n. nt. Preaching at It
and 7:30 p. in., by the pastor. Rev.
Hurley, Subject nt the morulng hour.
• Things. We Need.” At night the
thJPft will In*. “Are You Brody?" The
reliance of ioiptlstn will nlso bo ndminls-
tf r, ‘ *. a . r *hla service. Junior Baptist Young
Mi.'.Ji* 1 " »* o ••
t * i nion at _ ... —
Wednesday night. Woman's Mission-!,
• idon Monday afte * ' *
Prayer meeting
PH m's Mlsr* - ~*"■*
tidny nft’emooii nt 3 o’clock.
KDGF.WOOn BAPrifiT-Sunday school
y J:3f ' »- m. Preaching at 11 a, m. Jinil »:30
I® 1 - by Rev. V. c. Norcruys.
FONDER* AVENUE BAPTIST-Rundny
jll preach nt the 11 o’clock hour.
n 'P A. Wheeler’s Chivalry, No. 12*0. United
In federate Veterans, will hold their nn-
•'at »?eraoHil services nt 7:39 p. w. Gen-
| lenient A. Evans will lie tho speaker
evening. Everybody Invited.
'£ N ’TRAL BAI*T 1ST-Worship and ser-
toon SMI n m. -%id 7:39 p. m. Preaching
R*v. R. L. Motley, at both
*°hool at f:30 a. m. Indies'
.* ^! on dny at 3 p. m. Church prayer
Wednesday at 7:19 p. m.
R ANT PARK BAPTIST-Corner Geor-
mrou# aud Grant street. D. 8. Eden-
■ l>«"tor. Services nt 11 a. m. and 7:39
Sunday school at 9:30 a. n». Junior
‘ ‘ Union at 3 p. tn.
VHEMHE. iple’f Union at CUD
r °yer and song service Wednesday
The ordinance of baptism
EEU** Yowmt people’* Unlot
,,'TUst Young People’s
n - in 1 n ** r »«ug aervic
Wr. b; 7»-. The ordinance or irapusi
‘ he administered Sunday at 7:29 p. in.
BAPTIST—Corner Mangnm and
I? IL a ? ter A. C. Ward.
.•ONCE Del.EON AVENUE BAPTIST—
Rev. Junlna W. Millard. D. D.. pastor.
Sunday sch.wd at 9:39 n. m„ A. II. t aldwHI
superintendent. Preaching at II n. in. and
7:3) p. n». by the pastor. Subject of the
evening sermon. “The Man Who Said Ilo
Would—mid Wouldn’t.” Prayer meeting
Wednesday at 7:3-9 p. m. At 3 p. ra. Sun
day Miss Edith Campbell Crane, the new
secretary of the Woman a Missionary Union
Ulosser will preach at tho evening hour.
Sunday school nt 3 p. m. Mid-week prayer
* “ ” Ladles’ Aid
niectliig Thursday at 7 p. in.
Society meets Friday nt 2 p. 1
The literary committee of the Wesley
Memorial Itarncn elasa has arranged for a
debate. In which a number of tho member*
will engage. Monday evening. November IS,
nt 8 o’clock. The question selected Is "lie-
solved. That Atlanta should own Its public
utilities," nnd ns this is a live Issue In At
lanta affnlrs the occasion premises to be
one of Interest. The men and hoy* of the
church arc Invited to attend.
PAYNE MEMORIAL METHODIST—linn-
nlcntt and I.uckle streets. W. T. Ilium!-
curt, pastor. At tho morniug service there
will lx> lectures by Rev, Mr. and Mr*.
Farmer, returned missionaries. This will
be n very Interesting nnd helpful service.
A* *II m tlm tvtlla** xholp will lilt.
WESLEY 31 EM Oil! AI/—Corner Auburn
avenue and Ivy street. Rev. It. F. Knke*,
pastor. Sunday *Hioo!_at 9:39 ~ ”—
Busy
people’s Bible class. Young Men's Baraca
Bible class. Young ladles' Phitnthca Bible
class. Prenrblmj nt 1! a. in. by the pastor.
Walker, pastor. Sunday school nt 9:30 n.
tu., 4!. R. Normantiy *iipe»Uitcntleut. Serv
ice nt 11 n. in., sermon by Bev. Gnstoo
Boyle, of Vlrglnln, who Is under appoint-
the Forward .Missionary movement of the
Southern Presbyterian church. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday nt 7:30 p. m.. followed by
the teachers' training ami normal class.
The meeting will continue through
LUTHERAN.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN (Church of the
Redeemer)—('oruer Trinity avenue aud Cap
itol place. Rev. E. C. Cronk. pastor. Morn
ing service with sermon at 11. Bible school
nt 9:39 a. m., Mr. C- H. St cl glitz supcrlu
tendent. Evening service at 7:39.
I will not fAlnt, but trust in God
Who thus my lot hath given.
He leads me by the thorny road,
Which la the road to heaven.
—Christina Rossetti.
ST. JOHNS (German Evangelical Lath
eraio—Corner Forsyth and Garnett streets.
G. Nusshaum. pastor. Preaching Iu Ger
man nnd English at 77 a. n* Inlay
school at 10 a. tn.
MOORE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN—
Corner i.uckle and Latimer streets. Dr. A.
lloldorby. pastor. _ PreachIffg^bjr the
paster nt 11 a. m. and 7:39 p. 1
Endeavor nt 6:30 p. m.
to strangers.
NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN—At
rvlce* conducted by flic Woman’s Home • corner of North Avenue and Peachtree
Mission Society. Epworth League devotion
n! service nt 6:39 t». in. Subject, "Tbs Nat
ural Mathod.” Wednesday nt 6:39 u. m.,
»' Wednesday at v:30 p.
EPISCOPAL.
(Twsnty-fifth Sunday after Trinity.)
CATHEDRAL-Coruer Washington nnd
Hunter. Very Rev. C. T. A. Pise. D.D.,
dean. At 7:39 a. ra., holy communion; 11 a.
m., litany, sermon and holy communion; 4:30
p. m., evening prayer and sermon “ ■*
„.. Bagmur
school 9:30 a. nt. All other days: At 7:39
a. m., holy communion; 9 a. in., tuorntng
prayer; nt 4:30 p. m.. evening prayer.
Wednesday and Friday: Litany at 10:30
1. tu, .
At * :39 p. m. the police choir will sing. 10I
lowed by sermon by the pastor. Sunday
school at 9:30 $. 111. Prayer meeting on
Wednesday at 7:39 p. m.
auxiliary to the Southern Baptist eonven
tlon. will meet the Indies of the church Jn
special meeting Iu the lecture
this meeting nil the women of the Baptist
churches of the city nr*^ invited. '*
Miss Crane’s first visit to Atlanta, and she
desires to meet all the workers of the city.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Sermon hr' the Rev. Dr. Smith Baker on
«The°G res teat Verse In the Bible.” Vonn.
Young
„ ... .... Lecture by
Baker on "The Young Woman ns Daugh
ter nnd Sister" at 7:45 p, in. 5Ionday nt 8
Jin. tli, .tainting renmUltre will niret In
ti. w. In, .tanning t _ ,
ih, pnalor'a atudr. Tiired.ar ■> * p. .
regnlnr Hireling of trail,;;.t nlonja putnr'*
atuily. I’rnycr Hireling WcOnreday at 8 p.
'll who nr, rrej'M—
from Bible containing
- - word
Offlrpra anil irechre. of ih, Hun-
rtar anhool w«l I«*t. Ttwretoj •! * P- >«■
Alt Imllre not otherwlre riinnret«l with tli,
Similar arhootMrarfMUaUftJaUAAj|d||k
Ml ■ Invite! lo Join ih,.Imllre-
riaaa. whlrh will l>, l-l by Hr. Bok,r for
the next few weeks.
UNION TABERNACLE-Corner McDaniel
•Dd Hightower streets. Rev. U.^A. Barbee,
paator. "
pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and
u '/“• hr the pastor. Morniug subject.
ZtS;* *nnday-*chool at 9:39 a. m.^Pray-
|awning Wednesday at 73® p. m.
AVEXUE BAPTIST—Preaching
,•*** K. Briggs at I! a. m. and
/"■..-Morning subject. “The Lord's
fir* tiL” J-prd*a Hands, or Feeding the
vlC Nomsaai.* Special song service at
Preaching at 11 a. m. by Rev. T,
F Farter, D. D., of Chattanooga. Sunday
night 51 is* Margaret Wlntrlnger, national
of the I .oral Temperance Legion,
rrlli deliver an Illustrated blackboard tec
Jure. Miss Wlntrlnger comes highly rec
ommended by the press, nnd the general
public (s Invited to attend this lecture.
Beats free.
■u*l . evangelistic services. Sunday 7, 8 ■- m.
CATHOLIC.
FA FRED II KART—Peachtrce and Ivy.
Httttdaj: Mass at 7, 9:39 a. ra. Sunday
Sol at 9 s. m. Meeting of young men’*
apologetic association at 10:15 a. ra. Solemu
high mess at 1! a. m. Sermon at high inns*
by Father Murphy, on bTe Sacrifice or
the Mass.” 4 p. m., r»>*ary. Instruction by
Father Gunn on “Modern Difficulties *
Benediction. Week day*: Mass at 6, 6:39,
ST. JOHN METHODIST—The rn»l«r. H.
F. Christian, will preach at 11 n. in. Sub
Ject, "The End of a Faithful Life. * This
Is the last Sunday of the conference year,
and all members are urged to be present.
At 7:39 j». iu.. the pastor will preach. Hub-
Ject,
I’nst and the Future.”
PABK STREET METHODIST—Foruer
Park nnd Lee street*. Rev. M. U Trout,
man, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. ra. and
7:39 p. tu., by the pastor. Sunday school
at 9:30 a. in. ITuyer meeting nt 7:39 p. m.
Wednesday evening, followed by a teachers'
meeting.
Itrugera cordially
INMAN PARK >1BT H ODI ST—Edge wood
avenue nnd Hurt ntreet. Rev. Henry B.
May*, pastor. Sunday aeboo! at 9:30 u. tu.
The paator will preach at 11 a. ui. nml
7:39 p. nt. The report* for the year will he
preaented. Special Juvenile Missionary So
TRINITY METHODIST—Foruer While-
hall street and Trinity avenue. Dr. J. W.
Lee. the pastor, will prmch nt 11 a. ut. ami
7:30 n. m. Morning subject. “Fhrfat and
the Woman of Snutarln at Jacob's Well.”
In the evening. ”A lesson from the River
Jordan. Where Christ Was Baptized.” Sun
day school nt 9:30 tt. in. Weekly prayer
the members are requested to Ih* present.
8T. LUKES-Poncbtree, between Currier
stid Pine. Iter. C. I*. Winner. D.D., rec
tor. At 7:39- a. ut.. holy communion; n
n. tn., morning prayer and sermon: 7:39
p. nt.. evening prayer sod sermon. Sunday
school ut 9:45.
i X FAUN AT I ON— Lee, near Gordon. West
il. 11 a. tu., worn I tig prayer nnd scrtumi;
7:39 p. in., evening prayer uud sermon.
Humlny school i^t 9:4j.
-ALL 8AINT8—Corner West Peachtree nml
North avenue. Bov. Z. H. Farland. rector.
At 8 a. in., bo’y comnttiidnu: nt II
street. Rev. Richard nrnte Fllnn, pastor.
Worship nt il n. in. nnd 7:46 p. in. Sabbath
school. Hoke Smith nnd Charles D. Tidier,
superintendent*. Young Men's League and
Phi la then at 9:46. Men’s Bible conference
conducted by Dr. K. G. Mfltbeson. nt 10 a.
ra. Covenanter* at 3 p. m. Christ Inn Kn-
All seats free.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN—Washing
ton street, opposite state cnpltol. Dr.
Theroo II. Rice, pastor. Services st 11 s
~. nnd 7:39 p. in. Preaching bjr Dr. Rice.
Sunday school nt 9:90 a. in., John Engsu
superintendent. Brotherhood, to which
men are cordially Invited. Splendid music
by orchestra, under leadership of Mr. Er
win Mueller. 5Ild-week prayer meeting on
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Htmugers we!
UNIVER2ALIST.
UNIVKR8ALI8T CHURCH—4’oruer East
Harrla and Peachtree. Rev. K. Venn El
lenwood, pastor. Regular preaching sendee
nt 11 a. ui., with sermon by pustor. Sub
ject, "The Gospel of Self-respeet." Sunday
school nt 9:43 s. m., Mr. II. C. Blake, su
perlutcndfut.
MISCELLANEOUS,
FIRST CITJJRCH OP CHRIST (Scientist)
—17 West Raker street. ”8«(il and Body”
Is the subject of the lesson-sermon Sun
day nt 11 a. ut. and 8 p. in. Wednesday
testimonial meeting at 8 p. tn. Rending
Piedmont Hotel, open dally front l
6 p. m. b'uniJuy* from 2 to* 6.
The Church /of the Soul’s Unfoldment
service will lie \ held nt 22 Mark train street
at 8 p. m. by vMr*. Gebauer, pastor.
corned to all service*.
BARNETT PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of
Hampton street and Bradley avenue. J.
Edwin Hemphill, pastor. Services at II a.
p. nt. The ftitlre ehnrch work ha* beep
recently reorganised. The snbject of the
service next Hutidny morning Is “Alone
with God.” Sunday evening. “The Thirst
for God.” Visitors are cordially welcomed,
morning prayer and sermon; 4 t>. tu., even
ing prayer. Sunday school at 9:45. Litany
at 10;39 Wednesday.
EPIPHANY—Corner Moreland npd Euclid
avenues. Rev.- C. A. Langston, vicar. Iu
charge. Mornfit]
bn tidny school
V5X
: sermon at 11.
CHAPEL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Plum *treet, near Corpet Buoday school u
J:39.
MISSION OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS—
Wood* avenue, near Wen*. Peachtree. Sun
day school every Sunday at 2:39 p. in.
n r . 1
lligg*. I>. tt.. In ohargi-. Kvr-nln* pi
,mi srem-ta *( 4. Bunday i.'ttn*'! at 8.
ST. ANPHI5W8—earner Gl»nn and Kent
ft re ,tz. Itrv. Glftwrt III*,-,. U.D., m
i-lmrSe. Sunday zchout at 3:tf p. m.
at »:*> a. at. Drer-mut, ,!««» taught !>r
w. r. «:nawil,. mreGna tTretiH-,.
day avonlnd at 5:89. I*alill<. cordially (•■-
.... I-AL'I.R—East l-nlat. Ker. Gilbert
lilzzf. |).D„ In riurgr. Miirulitj prnyer and
.ertuoii at tt.
HOLY TRINITY—Itreatur. Ilnty corn-
iminlnu itl'i wr.min nt it !>)' Her. S. S.
ttin*"t* Sunday aetifMi! at 9:45.
INMAN PARK PRESBYTERIAN—Corner
Edge wood nnd Euclid avenues. ITrocblug
nt 11 n. nt. am! 7:39 p. at. Sunday school
at 9:30 s. in. Young people’s meeting Suu-
dny at 6:46 p. nt. J. IL Fleklen, psstor.
HARRIS STREET PREKBYTKRrAX-
Prrochlng at 11 a. nt. by Rev. Calvin A.
Dtincnu. It. D„ avnodlral superintendent
of Homo Missions for Tennessee. No serv
ice nt night. Sunday school nt 9:45 n. in.
Strangers and visitors cordially invited.
WALLACE PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of
Walker nnd Stonewall streets. Preaching
nt II n. nt. by Rev. W. W. 5!eSIorrle* and nb
7:45 p. m. by Mr. VV. R. Hoyt. “
school st 9:11 a. m.
Wod neat In y nt 7:45 p.
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN—Corner of
J.-tckaon and Chamberlin street*, reaching
every SuimUit at 11 a. m. and 7:3) p. m. by
the pastor. Rev. T. II. Newkirk. Regular
CHRISTIAN.
WEST KND CIIUI8TIAN-Bernard
Smith, pastor. ServIroaJorHouday: Preach
ing by Evangelist E. R. Clitrkai
in.; subject, —(he Faithful Chu
m.. Icetnre. “Bringing t’n a Parent I
U’a. lire bill red fit (!., » *-Vl K M
• :39 p. m.. “The
NELLIE DODD MBMORIAL-Rrv. 51. !..
Underwood, pastor. Preaching nt 11 n. in-
and 7:39 p. m. by the pastor. Sfaiduy
school at 9:39 n. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
day at 7:39 p. m. Tbeafe are the ciostug
services of the 8i»nfereac»* year, and all the
members are requested to attend. •
former and present member* nnd friends
are earnestly requested to attend n *rK*«-lal
service to be held on the third Huuda),
ST. TI5IOTIIYS—South Kirkwood. Morn
ing prayer and sen
Gilbert Higgs, D.D.
ST. JOHNS—College Park. Rev. ffilbert
Higgs. D.D., In charge. Morning prayer
and se **
HOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN-Cor-
ner Lonciey nvenne and (.'hnreh street.
ne\. D. L. R,.nd. pzstot, BIMc- s.hvoj si
9^9 a. ut. Preaching at 11 a, in. and 7UR
Regular service* of the Christian and Mis
sionary Alliance In Alliance hall, ?2ty X.
Broad street, Sunday and Wednesday aft
ernoon* at 3 o’elpck. Young people's meet-
I ..re ’I'll .trail , re re * * .-»/» .. a. ''
Inq Tliiir.il.r at ?ji) p. m.
itlor prrei'htPs rervlere at tins a. m. am!,?
p. ra. Cliun-li liM-ntfil nt 866 Woo-lwarU n'T-
nil.. 'KT.r/lwiI, No cpltretloua.
There Is not a heart but has Its
moments of lontrimt-i-yearnlnff for
something better, nobler, holler, than
it knows now.—Beecher.
Thou shall be served thyself by every
sense
Of service which thou renderest.
• —K. B. Browning.
No man In dally life ought to be sat
isfied with whet life now Is; he ought
every day to be looking forward to
some of the passible Improvements.—
Edward Everett Hale, ,
News and Notes.
Newspaper space, by the three-col
umn measure, Is being bought by the
Chicago laymen who nre running the
Tnrrey evangelistic campaign. This
lavish use of space Is not only for the
advertisement of the meetings, but also
for the publication, In display type, of
Dr, Torrey’s utterances.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY—The At-
lanta rayrlialnzUnt Society, Robert Bryan
Harrison preslifniit, wilt luret Nundnyraftrr-
noon ot 8 o'clock st I— 1’esrhtree ftrret.
There will be vocal and Instrumental uiusb 1
and s ten-minute Icon on attalnuirut ol
health. The topic for illfouislim will bo
All
The week
the
Indie, of Hi. John, ehuroli In an nll-iUy
meeting Tuesday, November 26. beginning
st 9:31 s. m. and rle.lng st 4:16 p. m. A
ui-nit,er of prominent mlnslnnary workers
will lie present, ami the program promises
to Im one of eseellraee Mach will lot
A widely-known Canadian dlvlns.
Rev. Dr. John Potts, of Toronto, re
cently died. Dr. Potts was eminent In
Methodist Episcopal circles, a Itadlng
educator, a member of the International
Sunday School t.esaon Committee, and
prominent In Young Men's Christian
Association and Christian Endeavor
circles.
Roman Catholic circles -are dtlrred
by the public letter of criticism of the
pope's recent encyclical against "mod
ernism,” written by an English Jesuit,
Father Tyrrell. He will probably be
excommunicated. This . Is said to be
the first Instance since Luther when a
member of the Roman Catholic clergy
has publicly scorned the pops.
... ... ..... ... . line i.'lii' It *6 111 IT
served by the ladles of the ehnrch nt 1238
p. m.
The Atlanta braneb of the Watch Tower
bbelrty will bare two Interretlog sendee,
funder morning and erenhig. Mr. Hoyden
Knlnaou, a representative of the wWh
Tower Bible and Trnei Horieiy, will sp.uk
•tilth m. anil 7:23 p. m. Iu Woodmen's
bull, 122 I'enehlreo street. The subject for
the evening siblrea. *.» 'The Overthrow
of Baton'. Kingdom." All believer. In
— rananill fltf dll" KM rerervre-.lrellw (...-lerel m,
are MtMH-iailj Invite:! ami
STREET CAR BARN—Tlw’ regular itsvo-
tlonal svrvlc/* will Ih» lrald Sunday morulng
nt 9 oclork at the strrft oar Irarn chspoi,
rornor 1'lodmont avonuo and Armstrong
strrot. Rev. w, W. Landrnra. of tbo First
Ilaptlst cbnreb, will preaeli. Ail strrot ror
rafn and their famlfios and the pulilic
dlally invited.
Y. M. I*. A.-Sunday afternoon nt 3:39
Dr. C. B. Wiinter, rector of Ht. Luke* Kpis-
UNITARIAN.
FIRST UNITARIAN—So:mg afreet, cor
ner West 4'ilu street, tier. Alexander T.
Hovr*«*r.emintster. _Wu»j«;t for Nuitdsy. "A
Rathmai Use of I*rayer.” 8fnrfcfi
o'clock. Sunday *<-ltooi at t:l» n. n*
Hamilton Douglas tfuiieriiileintettL
Orphanage, will preach. Evening
“The Holy 8ntrlt. ,, Christian Endeavor at
€£t p. tu. Take Marietta ror to end of
linr.
CHURCH OF CHRIST—West End nve-
nue. Bible study from 19 to 11. Commun
ion service front 11 to 11:8%. Breaching Trout
11:39 to 12:16 aud.at bight at ?:$), Ity Evan
gelist F. W. Smith, of Nashville. The *ui»-
Ject for 11:39 is “The Badge of True Disci
■dcshlp." for 7:6} P- m., ''The Groat nnd
to he present.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Thfc majority of men who are lost,
are lost not because they are criminals,
but fools; not because they have
sought wickedness but drifted Into It;
not because they-purposed folly, but
simply because they never had a wise
ami enduring purpose.—W. J, Dawson.
Prayer Is the cry of faith to the
Congregatlonallits, In national coun
cil, have voted In favor of union with
tile Methodist Protestants and United
Brethren; but they have left the de
tailed arrangements In the hunda of a
Joint council, to which the state Con
gregational associations shall officially
send delegates.
Gipsy Smith, the famous English
evangelist, will return to America next
year.
The centennial of organized temper
ance reform In North America will be
observed In Saratoga, N. V., June 14-30,
1908.
The common .saying that ministers*
sons turn out badly la
challenged by
The American Boy, which prints this
lint of sons of clergymen: Agassis, Hat-
lam, Jonathan Edwards, Whateley,
Parkman, Bancroft, the Wealeyr.'
Beechers and Spurgeons, Cowper, Co
leridge. Tennyson, Lowell. Holmes,
Emerson, Charles Kingsley, .Matthew
Arnold, Dean Stanley, .Macaulay,
Thackeray, Sir Christopher Wren. Sir
Joshua Reynolds. Swift, Sierne. lluz-
lltt. Presidents Cleveland and Arthur,
Peter fituyvesant, Adonfram Judson,
Timothy Dwight. Henry Clay. Fltz-
tjreene Halleck, Morse the in’
Justices Field and Brewer and 6
Dot liver.
ntor.
m
The record for travelhtg the f.»ng«>«r
distance to Sunday school Is claimed
by a Kansas City business r
Brimson, who for seven
traveled to Chicago every
missing more than a dozen l
the entire seven years,
'Ira,
of mercy. It la not eloquence, but I pretent in.- I :> ci. ■* , i.i Huptiv Sun.
earneatneaa; not the definition of help.'day echoo!, of which he U aupeitn-
NoI.lt* Work of Two Trcbytertau (’reach- leaaneu, but the feeling of It: not tig- tendent.