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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.