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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN" ANT) NEWS. MONDAY. M \Y in. 101?.
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IN U, S. WELL
America, However, Helps Million
Victims in Orient Little, As
serts Woman Missionary,
Although there are several hundred
pers in the United States, they are
el! cared for and leprosy is not apt
spread, according to Miss Bertha
Johnson, of Chicago, who, as field
cretary of the mission to lepers in
dia and the Far East, addressed
lurch workers Monday morning in
e Central Congregational Church.
ie occasion was the annual meeting
the central committee of-Presby-
rian women for foreign missions
presenting the six women's boards
foreign missions in connection with
e General Assembly of the Presby-
rian ‘Church U. S A.
•'Out of several hundred leper« in
e United States,” declared Miss
ihnson, “there are only two colonies
fietally designated as such. One of
ese is near New Orleans and the
her in Massachusetts, at Penikese,
>th of which are well managed.
SmaM Fund Raised in U. S.
There are perhaps 1,000,000 lepers
the world, chiefl' found in the
rier.tal lands. They are, of course,
>ry plentiful in India, where my
ork has taken me. Leper's receive
assistance from the other na-
rpj of India, since they are consid-
ed outcasts. Barely more than
5.000 was raised in the United
ates in 1912, but $35,000 is expected
be raised this. year. Leprosy is
>th contagious and incurable, ac-
,rding to the latest in science, but
inlcal Investigations give hope that
cure may be discovered.”
Mias Margaret E. Hodg*-. -president
Dr. W. B. Jennincrs. of Germantown. Pa., formerlv of Ma^on. Ga.
of the Philadelphia board, presided.
Prominent among the speakers were
Mrs. D E. W'aid, of New York, of the
Woman's Board of Home Missions of
the Presbyterian Church U. S. A
Mrs. \V. C. Winsborough. of Kansas
City, of the Woman’s Council of Mis
sions of the Presbyterian Church U
S. A . and Mrs. H. C. Campbell, of
Pittsburg, of the Women's General
Missionary Society of the L"nited
Presbyterian Church of North Amer
ica.
Welcomed by Mrs. Ottley.
Mrs. J. K. Ottley welcomed the mis
sionaries to Atlanta; Mrs. Halsey L.
Wood, of New York, reported for the
central committee; Mrs. W. B. Jen
nings. of Philadelphia, introduced the
missionaries, and Mrs. E. Boyd W eit-
zel. of Philadelphia; Mrs. H. R. El
liott. editor of Woman’s Work, and
Mi«s K. M. Birdsall. editor of Over
Pea and Land, contributed to the
program. Mrs. George S. Moffett and
Miss Mabel Moore took charge of the
delegates for the committee on ar
rangements.
At the conclusion of Miss Johnson’s
talk on lepers a collection was taken
up to further this work.
< m the program for Tuesday after
noon is a discussion of problems
which the Christian church finds in
China, as presented by the Rev.
Frank W. Rible. of Hangchow. China
a talk on womanhood and its possi
bilities in Persia, by the Rev. Robert
Labaree. of Urumia. Persia, and a
general discussion by Mrs. C. H. Ban
dy, of Fatehgarh. India.
Banquet to McCormick
Alumni Commissioners.
An enjoyable social feature In con
nection with the Presbyterian AsS^m-
b'ie.^ will be the banquet at the Ponce
DeLeon Baptist Church on Monday,
beginning at 5:30 o'clock in the aft
ernoon and continuing for two hours.
The Rev. George H. Atkinson, pres
ident of the Albemarle Normal and
Industrial Institute, Albemarle. X. C..
will be the host upon this occasion.
He ha? extended to all members of
the alumni of McCormick Theological
Seminary. Chicago, of which semi
nary he also is a graduate, an invita
tion to be his guests.
The Rev. Mr. Atkinson desires it to
be understood that all commission
ers of ihe Presbyterian Assemblies
who are McCormick alumni arc cor
dially invited to be present, at the
banquet.
There will be a number of other
specially invited guests present, tic
w hole party to number more than 10U
New Cornet Pale;
It Has No Tail
Miss Essi Roberts, of Fairburn, j
and Commissioner Miller, of I
Pittsburg,
IIIL
Photograph taken at the Agnes Scott campus irhen the Pres
byterian delegates were entertained by the college girls.
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Warren H, Wilson Stirs Assem
blies by His Address at the
Tabernacle.
Agitation among Presbyterians at
tending the three great Assemblies
reached a high pitch Monday morn
ing in discussions of the declaration
Sunday by Warren H. Wilton that the
church faced a serious crisis.
Mr. Wilson spoke before the Coun
try Life mass meeting at the Baptist
Tabernacle. His statistics, presented
before the gathering to prove his as
sertions that lack of religious interest
throughout the country was rapidly
precipitating a general abandonment
j of churches, have brought the matter
forcibly before the commissioners,
j From the results produced there ; s
I little doubt that prompt action will
I be taken in an effort to remedy the
1 existing condition.
Discussions on the subject were
| heard everywhere among those at the
j morning sessions of the Assemblies,
[committees probably will be appoint
fed before the
v • v
Dr. Slone to Dodge ‘Itinerating’
Chicago Pastor Describes His
$1,000,000 Religious ‘Plant’
and Social Service Ideals.
lose of the week
onfer with Mr. Wilson, whose activ-
! ities throughout the rural church field
! have given him a wonderful insight
i into conditions there, and remedial
j steps will be taken.
At Sunday’s meeting Mr. Wilson
i analysed farm life from its religious
! aspect. • While in some sections ne
[ascribed ehugch abandonment ? o
I proper causes, he declared in general
j that it was due to lack of evangelistic
I work. Evangelism, he averred, was
I what was needed. an(T he urged that a
j strenuous campaign along this line be
j inaugurated'immediately.
“We are facing a very serious crisis
1 in th$ country, and church people
j generally realize i:.” Mr. \v ilson said.
“That the Presbyterian Church shouh.
I have more than “00 abandoned church
I houses is itself
j more serious than t
every Sunday o
8.323 Pre.sox i' rh
“Theye church
| but <>)i t he I .or*
opened. So im
perious. But
is the fact that
the year there are
Churches closed,
art- not abandoned,
: dav they are not
liar is (he worship
GAM BRIDGE. May 19 T e
SchaumuHse cornet, the latest visitor
from the inter-stellar regions, is
rather disappointing to the ordinary
star gazer, according to a report of
observations received In the Harvard
observatory. Prof. Barnard, of the
Yerkes Observatory at .Lake Geneva.
WIs., has been unable to find any
semblance of the usual fiery append
age*. commonly known as a tail. The
comet's illuminating powers have
reached only the u-n;'r. magnitnd* .
Astronomers hope the comet ■ bril-
liancv will increase in the next few
weeks.
White City Park Now Open
! of -God in these church houses' that
more than 3,000 of them. 50 per cent
I of all country churchi-s. stand closed
and silent when the Sabbath comes,
i < »f another g/vut denomination iti the
South o.ooo country churches are
| i !o-i d on each Sunday of the y ear,
j md of a third great communion 10,0o0
country churches when the Sabbath
! i a \ < omes do npt open I heir d >.
s* hong.
“Now iri this situation the remedy
! is of profound importam e to all. I
believe in evangelism, in increasing
j the number of lumbers and in ln-
I creasing the number of our churches
j in the country.
“Let us open the church also to
j every form of better farming. Let
the minister be the agent, t'ne secre
tary. the representative and the
j scholar of good farming.*’
By REV. CHARLES STELZLE.
John Timothy Stone, moderator of
I the Northern Presbyterian General
Assembly, will not spend the year
“itinerating'' -he will remain pretty
close to his great church enterprise
in Chicago. His touch upon the na
tional life of the church will be
through his leadership in the execu
tive commission, which is the Gen
eral Assembly’s official active agency
during the interim of the yearly
meetings, and of which the moderator
is chairman.
Dr. Stone, also will retain a sym
pathetic relationship with the various
boards of thetchurch, advising with
their officials in the matter of great
er efficiency. If there’s any time
left beyond these tasks he will give
it to some of the functions which
are of a more social character. This,
in brief, Dr. Stone told me to-day, is
his program for the coming year.
It was in this connection that Dr.
Stone spoke of the duties of a min
ister:
“The first duty of a minister is to
his pulpit and the message which
God gives him to deliver. Ills second
duty is to his parish and to the
people which make up the communi
ty in which his church is situated. His
third duty is toward the city and all
Christian and philanthropic influences
which make for human betterment:'-'
Thinks Work Is Scattered.
Tt is l)r Stone’s conviction lliat
Ihe influence of the church to-day is
lessened by too much scattered ef
fort -too much abstract discussion of
theories end philosophies of won'
may be done, but which never lead
to anything definite and constructive.
Tic- thing hat has marked Dr. Stoneb
ministry has been his remarkable
concentration upon certain definite
tasks and then driving them through
with a.'! the force of a fine physical
and mental endowment.
The great Men's Club of Kourtn
'■ ’hurch in <'hicago. of which h*
pastor, which has an enrollment »»f
900, hears testimony to this fart
But the significant reason of the
moderator’s success is his ability to
make other rnen work. He believes
in the philosophy of Dwight L. Moody,
the greatest e-vangelisl of this gen
eration: "It is better to put ten men
at work than to do ten men’s work.”
“The greatest obligation of a pas
tor is not. in my judgment, to win
sours to Christ, but to train his mem
bers to be soul-winners.’’ said Dr.
Stone. And here we have one of the
reasons why there are to-day hun
dreds of people on the “waiting list”
of Fourth ('hurch. eager to become
members of Ihe church.
“However,” Dr. Stone quickly add
ed. “every pastor who so seeks to
train his members is constantly and
always preaching a soul-winning gos
pel in his pulpit.”
Noted Men Assist Him.
The group of men who are stand
ing by Dr. Stone In his Chicago
church are among the most promi
nent in American business life. Here
are just a few of them: Cyrus Mc
Cormick, president of the Interna
tional Harvester Company; E H.
Smith, president of the Oliver Type
writer Company: Richard R. Sears,
of Sears. Roebuck & Co.; Alexander
j Revell. president oif the Revell Fur
niture Company; Howard Elting.
president of the Chicago Association
of Commerce, which has 4.000 mem
bers: Frank J. Loesch, the Western
j attorney for the Pennsylvania Rail-
! road Company; Henry P. < row ell.
j president of the American < (‘real
Company, of Quaker Oats fame but
the list' might be continued indefi
nitely.
These men are loyal to their - min
ister in the great plans which have
been maturing under Dr. Stone’s di-
| rection during the pa. c t four years
I When he was called to Chicago from
) his Baltimore church, Dr. Stone was
frankly told by his friends that there
cas no field in ibis
dls
let in Chi
cago for the building up of a re!i-
j gious enterprise. But Dr. Stone has
j amply demonstrated the fallacy of
this prediction. Fourth (’hurch is
i crowded at every service. It is often
I impossible to secure a seat.
“What should he the attitude <>f me
/Church toward the people -the poor”
j I asked Dr. Stone, and tins is about
j what he said:
Outlines Community Ideal.
“The i hun h'should i are for all the
j people It should minister u* the needs
1 of the entire community. Its service-
[ should be so arranged that, like those
J of tile Roman Catholic Church, they
• sui: the convenience of all grades of
workers. The church building should
be open all day. so that the poor
workingwoman a® well as her richer
sister may come in to rest and pray.
But the <hurch 11self should b«
used only for worship. In our new
i hurch building we shall put in the
i br*s! organ that it is possible to build.
1 It is to be given by Mrs Emmons
J B’aine. who Is greatly interested in
j social work in Chicago. She has given
orders to Skinner, thp famous organ
J builder of Boston, to spare no ex
pense in building it. This* organ will
Rev. John T. Stone, new mod
erator of Northern Church.
be dedicated for the purposes of wor
ship.
“Our new plans, which will cover
an entire city square, costing nearly
$1,000,000. will be so arranged that
we shall have buildings for every le
gitimate purpose in connection with
■hurch work, including gymnasiums,
dub rooms and the various other or
ganizations. Facing Lake Shore Drive,
the church itself will be of pure Gothic
structure, seating 1.50u persons. The
plan of the group of buildings will be
much like that adopted bv many Eng
lish colleges. In the center will be an
open fountain court, a cloister in front
separating the buildings from the
street. There will be a fine manse
for the minister's family, but which
will really be the ‘people’s house.’ ”
Building Fund Pa id In.
“I am glad to say.” said Dr. Stone,
“that every dollar of the amount nec
essary to erect this magnificent se
ries of buildings was paid in before
we began to build. The chairman of
the committee of eight having the
entire matter of the construction of
the buildings in charge is Thomas B.
Jones, who was president of the Uni
versity Club of Chicago and chairman
of its building committee. The plant
of the University Club is said to he
the finest of its kind in America. Mr.
.Jones is the type of man who is giv
ing his time to the work that we. are
doing in Chicago.”
“It must not be imagined that our
fine equipment is to he used only for
the rich.” said Dr. Stone. “The sur
vey recently made of our parish—the
Twenty-First Ward of (’hicago—re
vealed the fact that we have every
conceivable problem which confronts
the average downtown city church.
We shall make every attempt to get
at this situation.
“Fourth Church field was once
characteristically residential. It had
within its area some of the finest
residences and best families in Chi
cago. But the other night within a
few blocks of the church a murder
was committed in one of the worst
saloons iri the city.
Has Dance Hall Problem.
“It is said by the social workers
who are familiar with the conditions
that many of the worst dance halls
are found in this district. These arc
visited every night by young people
who live in the hoarding houses and
apartments near by. It is quite ap
parent that one of the most impor
tant groups to which Fourth (’hurch
has to minister is found among these
young men and women. Fiat her un
usual is the fact that while the popu
lation of tlie ward is growing minors
are rapidly decreasing, while adults
an Increasing.
“In the two public schools found in
this district the **m--llment lias de-
•-H-ascd in Ihe past ten years 1'iom
1,721 to l,19t>. Indeed, out of a total
population of 47.90k there are only
8.274 persons under 21 years of age.
It is striking also tHat of this total
population in the ward 2<t.X31 are
Americans, and the principal groups
consist of Americans. Germans, Irish.
Scandinavians and English.
“Ninety saloons are battling against
five churches, and the saloons arc
among tin* most demoralizing in Chi
cago. /
“Hidden away In the cheaper lodg
ing houses and housekeeping apart
ments in this district are many per
sons who arc trying to forget their
past. Many <*f them are making an
honest struggle toward better things
They need to be sought out and given
encouragement and cheer. They have
a strong prejudice against the church."
101 LED IT
Miss Olivia Bogacki. of Mont
gomery, one of the charming Ag
nes Scott girls.
Country Is Undergoing Great So
cial and Political Awakening,
Says Missionary,
The day when masterful, resource
ful missionaries—men who are able to
lead and who find their natural
sphere in leadership—were needed In
India is past, in the opinion of D. J.
Fleming, of Lahore, in the Punjab
district of India, one of the most
noted of the foreign missionaries who
are here attending the Presbyterian
Assemblies.
“India is undergoing a great social
and political awakening.” Mr. Flem
ing said Monday, “and the Indian sees
In .Christianity his salvation both
spiritually and in* a political sense.
The church of Christ is now organ
ized in India, and the kind of mis
sionaries we need are not the once
who want to lead and who have the
power to lead, but men who are will
ing to step into the background and
let the natives lead.
“The missionary who goes to India
to-day should not lead the native jo
much as he should teach the native to
lead himself. If there are commit
tees to be formed, the missionary
should not put himself in the fore
ground and take the chairmanship,
but he should allow a native to be th?
head of the organization. If there is
a moderatorship in the church to be
filled, the missionary should not lip
it; the post should be given to a na
tive.
“The present unrest in India grew
out of the embracing of Christianity
and the organizing of the church.
The English Government has bem
forced to give the people a certain
voice in theit government, and the
government and the church are now
working hand in hand for the better
ment of the Indians.
"A full-blooded Hindu, Rev. Mr.
Azariah, was recently ordained a
bishop In the (’hutch of England.
Within the past ten years the church
of Christ has Increased in member
ship 30 per cent, just six times as
fast as Hinduism and Mohammedan
ism. one out of every four native
Christians can lead, one out of everv
20 Hindus and one out of every 27
Mohaniineda ns.”
Mr. Fleming is a member of the fac-
n’ty of Foreman Christian College, at
..ahere, which lias about 500 native
stuicnts.
SMALL ARMY OF OFFICERS
TAKE 7 OZARK DISTILLERS
ALTON, MO.. May 19.—The big
st st round-up of moonshiners made
in Southern Missouri in fifteen years
was completed yesterday by a party
of eleven Federal officers, six deputy
United States marshals and five rev
enue agents, who captured seven “hill
billies'' distillers in central Oregon
County, in the very midst of th*
Ozarks.
Stone Has No Patience With
Doctrines That Detract From
the Divinity of Christ,
A mammoth crowd heard the sermon
of Dr John T. Stone, Moderator of the
Northern Presbyterian Assembly, Sun
day afternoon in the Harris Street
Church. When the main auditorium
was filled, the class rooms adjoining
were thrown open and quickly crowded.
Dr. Stone emphasized the supernatu
ral characteristics of Christ and dis
played plainly the fact that he was not
in sympathy with any doctrinal move
ment which would detract from the di
vine attributes of the Saviour.
Speaking of the proposed merger of
two of the Assemblies, Dr. Stone said:
“Christ will attend to that In due time
and to His glory.”
Dr George H. Mack, of Nashville,
Tenn . one of the founders of the church
and Its first pastor, offered the first
prayer.
Dr. J. S Lyons, of Louisville, Mod
erator of the Southern Assembly, proph
esied in his sermon in the North Ave
nue Presbyterian Church that this de
nomination whose three Assemblies are
meeting in Atlanta will some dft] hi
come the most powerful religious influ
ence in the world. “I don’t believe that
the great Presbyterian Church is going
to he false to God in a day like this,
he said. “God is going to make all of
us fall in line for the kingdom of
Christ.”
The Moderator said that there Is a
growing disposition about the country to
dedicate money and influence to the
church.
WHEN YOUR LIVER
GOES WRONG
^ Nearly Everybody Needs a Liver
Stimulant at One Time
or Another.
Nearly everybody now and then
is annoyed with a sluggish, lazy
liver or by constipation or by bil
iousness.
It is for this reason that Dod
son's Liver Tone is such a good
medicine to keep always in the
house.
Either children or grown-ups can
take Dodson’s Liver Tone without
bad after-effects and without re
striction of habit or diet. It is a
vegetable liquid with a pleasant
taste. but a reliever of constipation
and liver troubles, and entirely
takes the place of calomel. All
druggists guarantee every bottle
of Dodson's Liver Tone they sell.
It costs 50 cents per bottle, and
if you are not satisfied that it is
worth the money, they will hand
your half-dollar back to you with
a smile.
, Don’t be fooled by preparations
) imitating the claims of Dodson’s
Liver Tone. Just remember any \
dealer will give you back your s
money if Dodson's Liver Tone fails ,
you. That is a guarantee that \
guarantees.