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TTTF ATLANTA GEORG TAN AND NEWS, THURSDAY. MAY 13. 101T ‘GREAT NEED CHURCH IS A GODWARD FAITH’ “ I he Church does not need men. She is not suffering for money; she is not iui|H>tent because ot «i lack of mammon. She has men; she has money; she lias the w-orld. Yet those things can not make her powerful, nor can they alone equip her for the work she was com missioned to do. The Church's only need is a (Jodward faith, the faith that trusts itself into Christ and brings out the power to move mountains and perform superhuman deeds.” — DR. MARK MATTHEWS, Retiring Moderator Northern Assembly. LACK OF FAiTH DENOUNCED AS CHURCH’S CHIEF FAILING Dr. Mark Matthews Tells Throng That Wealth of Millions May Have Proved a Curse. PROMINENT FIGURES IN BIG CHURCH MEET FIGHTING MINE Rev. W. M, Holderby, Champion of Philadelphia’s “Down-and- Outers,” Hits Hard. In a sermon before the opening of the Northern Assembly of the Presbytery at the Tabernacle Baptist Church Thursday morn ing, Dr. Mark A. Matthews, moderator, thrust aside all minor de fects and ascribed lack of faith as the chief weakness of modern religious movements. The great auditorium was crowded to its capacity to hear the address. Not until he had made a com plete analysis of conditions did Dr. Matthews send home his ver dict. His climax rang with con viction. “The church does not need men,” declared the preacher. "She ts not suffering for money; she is not im potent because of a lack of mammon. She has men; she has money; she has the world. Yet those things can no: make her powerful, nor can they alone equip her for the work she was commissioned to do. The church’s only need is a God ward faith, the faith that thrusts itself into Christ and brings out the power to move mountains and perform superhuman deeds.” “Money May Have Been Curse.” Dr. Matthews intimated that money has. in many instances, dealt stinging blows to Christianity and served to stifle out the forward movement for good. "Our millions of dollars may have been a curse to us,” he declared, “and to-day they may be the paralyzing influence arresting the operations of our faith. Let us use the power of God by which we can do the same things Christ did. and e.ven greater things if we trust our faith to Him. The fires of hell burn low when Ohristians pray and live godly lives. The only smoke that should be seen ascending from the Christian is that which comes from the altar fires of absolute consecration.” Dr. Matthews, after an exhaustive arraignment of the saloon and drink ing men. declared that such condi tions could easily be eliminated by the church. See6 Doom of Saloon. “By faith, the church could disarm the world. The accursed yoke of the liquor traffic could be free from around the neck of America’s man hood And when the church begins to exercise faith, in 25 years from that day this-nation will be- free from the saloon. . "By faith and trust in C hrist we could brin about the organization of all the hr nches of the Presbyterian Church in America. And that organ ic union would be the product of con viction I am not in favor of a me chanical organic union, but I am in favor of the organic union of all the branches in this country, if brought about as the result of conviction. The only thing that keeps us apart is the paralyzing influence of unbelief. Day of Fa'th Not Past. “Faith has not lost is power,” con tinued Dr. Matthews, “nor has b ceased to be the essential medium be tween God and the child. The day of faith has not passed. Its opera tions may be arrested by worldliness or it mav be in disuse, but it is sti.l a part of God’s program for the ac complishment of work Christ commis sioned Christians to do.’ The speaker declared that Un church had taken the wrong path to win souls. .. "The church may have been loeaing for power in men. in money and in worldly resources,” he said. “She ought to have been using that widen God promised. It can to-day, if used EASY RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION The Remedy that Replaces Calo mel-Causes No Restriction of Habit or Diet. by the church, accomplish all the su- pernatural results that were ever ac complished by Christ through the re deemed in the early period of Chris tianity. Faith is the church’s only need to-day. “We should change the ground of our objections to candidates for the ministry who doubt or deny the diety of Christ. They should be rejected not alone because they doubt or deny per se the deity of Christ, but be cause their denial is prima facie evi dence that they have never been re generated. Would Bar Unregenerates. “No regenerated man can doubt the deity of Christ, because you can not doubt that which you know, and you can not sincerely deny that which is to you a personal fact. No unregen erated man should be permitted to preach.” In closing his address, Dr. Mat thews made a strong plea for the re turn to Godliness from which, he de clared, the world had departed. He asked that each one in his audience renew bis faith in- Christ and Cod, Rev. William Matthew Holderby, the fighting preacher of Philadelphia and the champion of the Quaker City’s "down-ahd-outers,” projected his stocky form Thursday into the doctrinal conflict that is threatening to rend the Presbyterian Assembly gathered in Atlanta, and when he had done there was no doubt as to where he stood. He has no patience with the so- called “higher criticism” and “ad vanced thought,” and ho did not hes itate to say so. He is unalterably opposed to the “Union Seminary idea" and is fighting every effort, so far as he is able, to re-establish this insti tution in its former intimate connec tions with Presbyterianism. He is an exponent of the conservative "Pr!*Xw«- ton idea" and proud of it. Fighting Blood Aroused. It was not difficult to picture h»m doffing his coat and “squaring off” when the subject was broached to him Thursday morning. It was plain that his fighting blood was up. "T have no sympathy with the rad- lt is a mistake to take calomel len your liver is lazy and needs ling up. Hundreds of people in is section have discovered that ►d son’s Liver Tone is a thou- nd times better and safer and action is just as sure. There ? none of the had after-effects calomel to Dodson’s Liver Tone d no danger of salivation. For attacks of constipation or iousness one or two spoonfuls of , s mild, pleasant tasting vege- 5le liquid are enough and all Liggists give a personal guaran- s that every bottle will do all it is claimed for it. Money back any case where it fails. Dodson's Liver Tone cost? only cents for a large bottle. Re- the name because there number of remedies sold imitation of Dodson claims. le of them have names very ilar to Dodson’s Liver Tone— are In same color package, se imitations are not guaran- 1 and may be very harmful. Go ujy dealer and you will surely the genuine. nber any and go out to convert those who had not. “The business of the church.” he declared, “is to evangelize the world. That is the church’s mission and Christ equipped her to do such super human work. “Is she doing it? If so, you have the true evidence of our supreme love for Him and our obedience to His commandments, hut do not the re sults justify me in asking are we not really playing at the business? Are we not guilty of busy idleness? Are we not merely reciting essays and delivering sermonettes with musical attachments? Are we not just tink ling cymbals and sounding brasses? Are we not, in a perfunctory way, bartering in charity? Is it not true that many of us have been dealing in occultism and blasphemous vaga- The man holding the child is J)r. R. B. A. McBride, of'Leavenworth, Kans.. here for the great assembly. The youngster is Valeria Rankin Manley, of 65 East Fourteenth Street. Below are George E, Raitt, oi‘ Pittsburg (on left), and Dr. J. K. MeClurkin. of Pittsburg, chairman of the committee on the union of Southern and United Presbyterian Assemblies. WEST END REVIVAL TO LAST THROUGH SUNDAY Revival services at the West End Christian Church will continue through Sunday night, with services every evening at 8 o’clock. Rev John T. Hawkins, of Kentucky, is conducting the services. There will be a baptismal service Friday evening. ADVENTISTS OPEN MEET. WASHINGTON, May 15. Five thousand men, women arid children of the Church of the Seventh Day Ad ventists opened their thirty-eighth annual convention at Takoma Dark, near here, to-day with singing and prayer. If you have anything to sell, adver tise in The Sunday American. Larg est circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. Conservatism and Radicalism Defined Conservatism, popularly known at this assembly as “the Prince ton idea,” would insist, if it de sired that a pig become a dove and be raised from its wallow of mire, that the pig actually be changed into a dove. Radicalism, or the so-called "Union Seminary idea,” on the other hand, would take the pig and give it a milk bath and a massage? tie a blue ribbon about its neck, a pink one to the curl in its tail, sprinkle some talcum pow der on its back and squirt violet water over itft porcine anatomy, then say: “There’s your dove; see it soar!”---Rev. William Mat thew Holderby, of Philadelphia, described by his admirers as the best two-fisted fighting white man in the ministry. II. P. LEADERS F0H icals in the Assembly,” Dr. Holderby exclaimed, putting himself on record at once. "The Princeton idea is that a man must be redeemed by the grace of God; that he must be ‘born again;’ that there must be an actual spiritual transformation or metamorphosis. “The Union Seminary idea accepts Jesus Christ in the ethical conception as presenting a most excellent exam ple for people to follow, but virtually rejects Him in the supernatural con ception. “I’m against them! “The Uniqn Seminary idea would bring about salvation by works, by culture and by a process of develop ment. Regeneration Is Ignored. "The leaders in this line of thought go to the unconverted. They ask: •Do you not regard the life of Jesus as an excellent example to follow.” “Of course, anyone must answer affirmatively to that whether or not he believes in the divinity of the Saviour. But the unconverted say; Yes, a model life like that of Christ Is well enough to have for an example, hut we do not believe in some of these church doctrines of yours—in the miracles, the efficacy of prayer, etc.’ “ •Oh. that’s all right,’ comes the reply, ‘your salvation will be brought by your good works, by your morali ty. by your spiritual culture.’ and these persons are enrolled under the banners of the Christian church when not a word has been said of their ac tual regeneration.” Dr. Holderby paused in his exposi tion Then +ie smiled as he illus trated bis point; Gives Homely Simile. "If the exponents of the Princeton idea desired that a pig become a dove and be raised from its wallow of mire, they would insist that the pig actually be changed into a dove "The radicals, the higher critics, would take the pig. give it a milk hath tie a pale blue ribbon about ts neck a pink one to the curl in its tail sprinkle some talcum powder on its hack and squill violet water ovvr its porcine anatomy, then sa > • "There’s vour dove; see it soar. Dr. Holderby is the pastor of toe Northern Liberties* Church, of Phila- dflphia. which Is situated In thf heart of the -tty’s Tenderloin. There were 25 members when he went there five years ago. The church, with an historic past of nearly a century, whs near dissolution. To-day there are 1,20<» members. , "1 had the Princeton idea in mint., said Dr. Holderby. "and I wanted to demonstrate its real efficacy. Here ts a picturesque description of the man as he iv seen by one of his ardent admirers: “First Class Fighting Man.” ••He Is the best two-fisted fighting white man in the ministry. Hi? wife is the angel of the slums of Phila delphia. Their church is packed to the doors with all'the tramps, drug fiends and derelicts of the Tenderloin He fills them full of beef stew and then talks religion to them. He has the largest Men’s Brotherhood in the city; he has the biggest men’s meet ings held in the city. "He feeds and clothes those no body else will have and spends $20.- 000 a year reconstructing men and women. He gets them jobs and then sits on the job to see that they make good. These poor devils worship him because he preaches humanity to them and lives the part. “He is some human being, this man. With his wife he lives in the very soul renter of vice and crime. The pair are out all hours of the day and night, watching over their hoys and girls, as they call them. He closed up Lyons’ place after every other agency in the city had failed. Lyons’ was the hangout crooks in the city and house for white slaves, like a scrapper.” Going to Pittsburg. At the recent centenary celebration of the Northern Liberties Church, Mayor Blankenburg. pf Philadelphia, declared that the church had con tributed more toward solving the vice problem than any other agency of which he was aware. Dr. Holderby will leave Philadel phia shortly to take charge of the South Side Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg, where a problem similar to that in Philadelphia will he pre sented. The new charge is right in the midst of the mammoth Jones & Laughlin steel plant settlement. A population of 60,000 is tributary to the church. Half of these are foreign ers. Penal System Denounced by Judge McKinzie Cleland, For merly of Chicago Bench. "The Penal System as it Pertains t<» Christianity” was the subject of an address before the United Pres byterian Assembly delivered by Judge McKinzie Cleland of Chicago. In the Central church Thursday afternoon. Judge Cleland brought forth for a strong arraignment the practices ob served in the jails and prison insti tutes. asking his audience If such methods were in conformity with < ’hrlstianity. Formerly a member of the Munici pal Court bench in Chicago, Judge Cleland spoke from his own obser vations of criminals and illustrated his points by instances of the great harm which he declared was being wrought under the penal system “It Is just as logical to place a man in a garbage can, to improve his di gestion,” said Judge Cleland, "as it is to put him in jail to imptove his morals. "The practice of giving prisoners sermons on the prodigal son are no good. "Forty per cent of those who go to jail go back again. I know of one woman who haw been in jail 176 times. The confinement lias no effect upon them. It does not teach them to be better men and women. Also there are thousands who go to the prisons because they are unable to pay the fines Imposed upon them. They may . be good people, who through unfortunate circumstances come within the clutches of the law. "Once in confinement they are brought in contact with criminals of the worst type. They become tainted and go out of their prisons far worse than before. It is the duty of the church to fight the penal system and I hereby move that a campaign be inaugurated against it." Moderator Russell, following Judge (’leland’s address, put a motion before the assemblage that a resolution be drawn up denouncing the penal sys tem. The motion carried unani mously. Urges Enforcement Of 15th Amendment WASHINGTON, May 16.—Former Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire has written a vigorous letter to F. W. Estabrook, member for the Granite State of the Republican National Committee, pointing out the proposed reduction in the membe - ship of the Southern States in tho national convention of the party, and at the same time calling for the en forcement of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution. He also has transmitted a copy of his letter to Chairman Hilles of the Republican Executive Committee. Don’t itch! use Resinol If you have eczema, ring worm, or other itching, burn ing, unsightly skin or scalp eruption, try Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap, and see how quickly the itching stops and the trouble disappears, even in severe and stubborn cases. Pimples, blackheads and red. rough, blotchy complexions speedily yield to Reainol. Reeinol Ointment and Reeinol Soap hea) akin humort, Bores, boils, bums, scalds, cold-sores, chafing* sncl piles. Prescribed by physicians for eighteen years. AH druagiets sell Resinol Soap (26cland ResinolOintment (80c and II). For sample of each write to Dept. 21-S, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. PANIC What terrifying possibilities are conveyed in this one little word to the man who, in time of plenty, neg lected to provide for the future. The man with a Savings account faces a period of financial depression without fear. His hour of need is at hand—he has prepared for it in the hour of his prosperity. Why don’t you do likewise? Panics are severe lessons. Don’t let one come be fore you learn to save. We pay 4 per cent interest on Savings Accounts. A dollar starts one here, flail to-day. Open Saturday afternoons from 4 to 6 in addition to morning hours. Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Co. Atlanta’s Oldest Savings Rank. Grant Bldg. r all the clearing He looks Best Gasoline - 19c per gal. Oil 35c per gal. - Open at Night — Day & Night Service Co. 12 Houston Street lust off Peachtree St. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AT WASHINGTON OPENS JUNE 4 WASHINGTON, ' May 15.—The American University, planned years ago hy Methodist Eposcopalians, and provided with beautiful buildings and grounds on the outskirts of this city, will be opened fbrmally June 4 with a college for graduate study. NEW NAVY HYDROPLANE MAKES ITS TRIAL FLIGHT MARBLEHEAD, MASS.. May In. - The new hydroplane built for the United States Navy Department was given its first try out here to-day. Aviator Fred Coffin ascended from the water in the harbor to test the machine for speed and endurance. He flew two miles to Baker’s Island and returned, circling Marblehead Neck. BANKRUPT SALE Will sell to highest bidder on Monday, May 19, 10 a. m., at 106 W. Mitchell Street, ]"4 head of horses and mules. A lot of one and two-horse wagons and harness, office furniture and fixtures. I also have on sale now, cord wood, sand, coke, brick and lumber. Will sell below cost. . r E. D. THOMAS, Receiver 106 WEST MITCHELL STREET M. 1023 ATL, 1015