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THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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Saturday, ji'nk n, ii**.
BELIEF IN GOD A NECESSITY OF THOUGHT
55=PASTOR
TRINITY M. E. CHURCH
Lord Kelvin declared before the
grtilrh Association that in the eateera
of KitnllSc men of today belief In God
Is a neceealty of thought.
The bitter controversy bver evolu-
t jon and natural selection Is already
out of date. But the great truth turned
Into the thought of the present genera
tion, that things, since the beginning,
have steadily moved up. from lower to
higher expressions of themselves, will
oarer pass away. This Is the concep
tion that forces belief today. In tlje ere.
I ative, directive power of God. It Is
! (imply Impossible to believe that atoms
which together form mattfer, and their
activities which together make up mo
tion, have by gradual stages, accldent-
Silv gathered themselves Into the per
fection for the universe. .Let us sup
pose, for the time being, that those
who try to account hr the cosmos
without the Supreme Being, are right.
Let us suppose that about 100,000,000
years ago, more or less, something
like seventy different kinds of little
particles started out to build a planet,
like the one upon which'we are per
mitted. for a few years, to make our
home. See how the atoms went about
their work. They began with the foun
dation, and under-set the eerth with a
(olid rock bottom. This was not only
for underpinning, but was also to con
stitute the cellar and first floor of the
structure. After this follow nine other
stories, each of which required millions
of vears to complete. They are ao
rlsn'rly defined and dlatlnct. the one
from the other, that geologlete have
pointed them out. Their namea are
technical, but aa every Intelligent man
ought to be acquainted with the dif
ferent departments of his own dwell
ing place, it la well enough to call them
off. They are after the Algonklan or
lowest story, the Cambrian, the Si
lurian, the Devonian, the Carboniferous,
the Juratrlaa, the Cretaceous, the Eo
cene, the Neocene, the Pleistocene, and
the recent or the topmost. The atoms
built each story of the terrestlal man
sion finer than the one below It. They
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gave strict attention to details, but at
the same time made the whole dlflce
conform to one general plan. While
there were seventy different classes of
workers, each atom In any one class
labored exactly after the fashion fol
lowed by the other atoms of its kind.
Though one might be at work on the
bottom aide of. the world, and the
other bqay at the top side, and though
the two may never have been nearer
together than Is one end of the earth to
the other, still the two managed to
perform the same task In the same
way and in the same time.
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Every atom of all the seventy moved
at an unmentionable rate of activity In
the performance of Its task, and was
accustomed to strike other atoms In Its
way billions of times every second, but
working, altogether and colliding
they did, they managed to finish up
a ten-story mansion, marvelously con
venient and beautiful! They not only
lifted to completion the edlllce aa a
whole, but they also furnished every
story of it In a molt wonderful way.
They made each part conform to every
other part, and each floor had reference
to the next one above, and all to the
topmast and most perfect of tjie ten.
After the finishing touches wsre put
on, the atoms dstermlned to delegate
a part of their number to take living
form In an order of being capable of
appreciating what they had done. The
enormous animals they had turned out
In the primal times, and those set ogl
ing In recent years, did not measuse up
1p the style of round ball they had
wound oft. So, a part of the atom*
went Into partnership with Ilfs, and
began to breathe In a human being.
They, repealed the chemical laws under
which they had lived In an unorganised
nd enacted new ones, tultabls to
anced Order of existence. The
first man was very crude, not much
above the grade of the monkey. But
the outside atoms were not satisfied
with the savage they saw tha Inside
atoms had assumed, and so they began
to beat and pelt them with such merci
less fury that the organised elements
began specialising a few new features
with a view to moving up the barba
rian table land*. But they had no
sooner become domesticated than the
hurtling balls from the surrounding
regions began to strike them with more
emphasis than they had felt below. It
becomes apparent to the particles rush
ing around In the brain of the barba
rian that he had to move again, or be
doomed to death by molecular hall from
the outlying territory of the exterior
elements. The question of survival be
came too pressing to Ignore. The bar
baric stoma, therefore, began to work
the principle of specialisation again
and to adapt themselves to the wide
stretching plains of civilisation.
II.
After the atoms got fairly down to
business In the civilised man, a most
amaxlng thing occurred. Up to that
stage the Inside atoms had for the
most part lived In harmony, finding
plenty of exercise for their powers In
making a united fight against the con
tending elements outside. Now, how
ever, Interior differences of, the most
serious nature divided the organised
atoms Into opposing armies. The civ
ilised man found a war raging within
the confines of his own personality,
more evenly drawn and deadly than
any In which he had ever engaged with
foes outside. T|>e beginning of ’the
feud arose when the soldiers of one
army entered a general strike against
climbing any higher up the ascending
way, seemingly projected, for all to
follow. In opposition to those who
wanted to turn back and start down
ward, there was a part of the force*
who would hear to nothing except
marching forward and steadily up
ward. The conflict between the down
ward and the upward battalions was
hand to hand, face to face, and
with no quarter shown by either side
to the other. Another remarkable fact
manifested Itself now.. The elements
outside seemed to favor the organised
elements Inside Inclined to move up
ward. Jhst as In far distant past
ages, they had killed off the rqurder-
ous dragons thdt were threatening to
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REV. DR. JAMES W. LEE.
annihilate every living thing, ao now,
they ’were disposed to help In the
struggle, the'weaker, but sweeter and
nobler atoms fighting to go up In the
civilised man. It became harder and
harder for the molecules which tri
umphed In Individuals like Ramlaea II,
Nero, Attlla and Tamerlans to make
their way. The general order of the
day throughout all atomic Infinity
seemed to be that tha fair and amiable
and just and kind atoms In the civilised
biped should conquer the base and
mean and the vile ones. There ap
peared to be a deep-seated prejudice
In the molecular heavens against the
hell-bent atoms In man. This same
general enmity was seen In earlier
ages when the monsters made up main
ly of teeth and claws were killed off
and when venomous birds and deadly
planta wsre withdrawn from the field
of action. Because of this tendency on
the part of atoms generally to help the
ones which pulled skyward In man, the
race has been constsntly rising toward
purer rondurt, nobler Ideals, liner liv
ing Spiritual elements have super
seded the natural. The savage has
been forced to give place to the philan
thropist. The horlson of the selfish,
measured by the curl of his chimney
smoke, has been Infinitely distanced
by the sky line of the saint.
III.
On the supposition that particles of
matter, assisted by force, spun the
globe like- so many little spiders out
of their. entrails and than Isft It n
round opaque web wheeling In tha
heavens, we are ready to writs a naw
creed. A realm for faith confronts us
now such as mortals never faced be
fore, The atoms not only built tha
world, but thsy supplied It with raw
maleral, varied enough, and In quanti
ties auindent to supply the wants of
all coming generations of living things.
They put In coal enough to Insure per
petual aummer at the top of the tem
porary abode they built, for all, who
should ever need Are. They mixed
the soli for future crops. Thsy stored
up marble In anticipation of architects
like Phldlaa and temples like the
Parthenon. They packed away plenty
of Iron for raxors and anvtla and steam
engines. They counted nut and laid up
gold enough to make the foundations
of commerce secure. They piled up
silver for spoons end tea sets and
pocket rhalns. Thsy were not averse
to things artistic and fine, ao thsy ar
ranged days for coloring matter, ao
mixed aa to synchronise with the pul
sations of light. They endowed all
things with certain qualities of sound
to be utilised by those Inclined to
music. They anticipated all wants
from those the stomach should feel
to those demanded by the Imagina
tion.
IV.
All this the elementa did without
any suggestion from outside pressure.
Thsy had no orders from any power
exterior to and other than themselves.
The thought they worked out Inhered
In their own little polpts of activity.
The work they performed was of their
own conception and the program tltay
followed was of their own sketching.
Each waa self-included and self-con
tained and Independent, but by com
mon consent all acted to fulfill a sin
gle purpose, self-generated, and self-
imposed, and .to the self-consummated.
Thus we eee what we are to accept
when God la dethroned. We get done
with a Supreme Being, It la true, but
only by disintegrating him and pul
verising him Into particles of dust,
every on# of which becomes a little
mlnate one mystery and Introduce
three hundred qulntllllons of them Into
every breath of air, for either there le
one almighty. Intelligent personal will,
or there are billions of them In every
pinch of mud and In every drink of
water. Movement, says Ilneckel, la aa
Innate and original a property of sub
stances as la sensation. Then If the
atoms are not controlled by the will of
Ood,*tbey are self controlled. Accord
ing lo this view, each atom Is self de
termining, self knowing and self exact
ing, and being eternal, conforms exact
ly to all the conditions and qualities
and attrlbutsa of God. Any eternal en
tity, however unseeable it may be, tliar
determines Itself and acts from Itself
and has sensation or knowledge of It-
splf, Is a god, for nothing ran be con
ceived higher, or more original, or
more absolutely Independent.
VI.
8ueh a line of thought may appear
like a delirious movement such as the
inlnd takes In a wild dream, but It Is
exactly the mental attitude to which
one Is driven when he seriously under
takes to think of the world without n
transcendent, and at tha same time, Im
manent Creator. The elements of cre
ation are not lndej>endenl, self-acting
entitles. They are the dependent vehi
cles and Instruments of ihe eternal
mind of God. They are the letters God
use to express his thought. We know
I thqrs Is thought In nature and we are
compelled to believe that It either In
heres In the constituent particle*, or
waa put In by the mind of the Maker.
Try for a moment to get thought out
of a world. Suppose all at once rocka
should become light us feathers and
I feathers heavy as lead; that the sea
should become solid and tha mountains
liquid; that the sun should rise In th«
west and set In the south; that calves
should turn Into eleplinnts during the
night and horses take to the water ns
alligators; that oak trees should pro
duce watermelons Instead of acorns.
What would Ire the result? The world
would become an Insane asylum
filled with deranged people. It Is the
orderly, uniform, consecutive thought
the Lord Is constantly sending to us
'through the Intelligible rational uni
verse that keeps u< mentally balanced.
VII.
Science haa been deflned as the sys
tematic observation of the uniform way
In which energy acts, but the study of
the subject given above shows that sd-
ence Is the systematic observation of
the uniform way minds acts, ns It uses
the elements and forces of nature to
express Its thoughts. Science Is that
part of the thought of God expressed
through nature man has been nlrle to
translate Into his own experience and
express In language. When we get
light and heat from the human shore
(if the ether ecu, we know It Is because
they were put In from the sun side
shore and sent In wavelets to us. When
the glad notes of the feathered song
ster come In splashes up against the
human shore of the morning, we do
not conclude that the mu*lc Inhere* In
the folds of flashing spray, but were
put In from the mocking bird shore
and sent lo us. What Is meant by n< I -
once la clear. It Is the certain and
universally valid knowledge gained
through experience on llie human
shore of being of a part of the truth
contained In the Infinite ocean of In
telligible and divine reality. Science
Is that part of Inflnlte truth man has
discovered and turned Into his own
mind, and translated Into his own lan
guage.
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THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS
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one of the most general and serious
questions tow discussion among the
followers of Christianity, has ever
been the question of the source and
the nature of the authority of lb
founder. This Is probably only nat
ural. but It Is also very unfortunate.
1 am Inclined to the opinion that tha
world haa often lost much of the pow
er of the message of many a great
soul, by dissipating its spiritual ener
gies In a vain effort to fully account
for Its authorship. The naked, hun
gry, and untutored souls of men will
never be fed, clothed and taught by
vain speculations and theorixlngi re
garding' the origin and the nature of
Jesus Christ. Wherever the Christian
church haa been of any real and decid
ed assistance In tha onward march of
the world's civilisation It has not been
because of her mass of conflicting
theories regarding the person of Jeaus
Christ, but It haa always been through
her patient and persistent practice of
the teachings of Jeaus, teachings
wherein there waa found no room for
profitable debate and discussion.
Every religion which has developed
power to move the hearts of men has
consisted In a great Ideal incarnated
In a splendid personality. A close
study of the history of the world’s
leading religions discovers for us the
lamentable fact that altogether too of
ten the tendency among the follower*
of these religions, Has been to lose
much of the power of a personal iprasp
RELIGIOUS WORK DONE
AMONG FEDERAL PRISONERS
Continued from Opposite Page,
of the Catholic class—exhibited one or
two copies the first Sunday, and offered
to lend them to any one or two men
who would like to look them over. So
they were loaned* for a week or two.
Later the time was extended to «4t
month, but alwaya with the provision
that they were-to be returned to the
teacher until the man, of hla own mo
tion, nrfked to be allowed to keep the
bonk, which waa proof of hla real In
terest. Aa with children of a smaller
growth the lending of Testaments to
one of two out of IS or SO men created
In the minds of the others the query.
"Why can't I have one?" And then
came the open question to the teacher.
Of course the new applicant waa Im
mediately supplied, but on the earns
conditions aa stated before.
Now, when you lend a man a book he
la an exceptional Christian If he gives
It back promptly, even when he Is done
«!th It. So when the teacher demand
ed back the Testament there was gen
erally a request to be allowed to retain
It a while longer, which was a hopeful
'Ian, and waa generally followed with
the question as to how ona could be ob
tained for permanent ownership. Then
followed the teacher’s gift of the book
to the prisoner. This gift strengthened
the tie of personal friendship or regard
between the teacher and the pupil,
* hlch is no less potent with these men
than with the children In your own
Fabbath school. A large number of the
men have taken these Testaments home
"tth them, and wa hope that they
may not only serve the man who had
"immllted crime, but possibly those
» hnm his crime had made to suffer In
nocently In his Imprisonment.
Christian Endeavor Society.
It the close of thi Sabbath school
there Is another exodus toward tbs cell-
houae of those who are not Interested
In the work of the Christian Endeavor
hoclety. About IB or 40 men remain,
however. One or two of the Sabbath
reboot teacher* remain to guide and
direct the work. In which all of the
men ere privileged to take part. Short
l rayers or exhortations or expressions
of personal feeling or experience are
■riven, and we believe that much good
I’ done.
Attention la given to the prevention
' " mischievous speechee. and some-
'imee a prisoner who takes advantage
'•< the opportunity to speak by Intro-
<hiclng prison politics or personal
grievances is Invited to laava the meet-
>ag or is taken to the solitary, but
interferences of this kind are rare,
“he present president of the society is
' it Indian prisoner,- hr whose eleva-
It in to this office the society recently
<ast a unanimous vote. Questions of
r »ce and color seem not to appear in
'he work of this little society, which.
'•> my mind, speaks pretty well for its
interest In matters purely religious.
The last service* ol which I shall
fanatical deification of that
splendid Incarnation. Christianity has
not escaped this loss. With far'too
many Christians the personality of
Jesus receives much more of careful
and prayerful attention than do hla
matchless Ideals for a perfect life. In
the minds of the more fanatfoal xeal-
ots no room Is found to admit to
Christian fellowship and Christian fol
lowing the man whose careful study
and calm and deliberate judgment ren
der him unable to honestly accept the
deity of that matchless man of truth
and purity, whose spiritual authority
ond leadership he eagerly and grate
fully acknowledges.
"Deity” and “Divinity.”
There hea been ao much of mental
Juggling with the words "deity" and
"divinity". ah applied to Jesus that It
has become somewhat difficult to frame
a statement touching upon these char
acterisations which shall be entirely
free from possibilities of mental con
fusion. These terms are by no means
co-existent and co-dependant. A
grateful recognition of the Incompar
able and Incomprehensible divinity of
Jesus does not Imply or necessitate a
belief In his deity. This belief In the
undented divinity of Jesus brings with
It a thrill of triumphant exaltation for
It assures the ballever of the entire
possibility of personal experience and
participation. On the other band,
while the Insistence of a belief In the
deity of Jeaus renders entirely super-
flous any extraneous thought of Ills
divinity, It also denies to the believer
any reasonable hope of a personal par
ticipation In the glorious triumphs of
that divinity. In other words. If we
must think of, and believe in Jean* as
God, then His splendid declaration of
hope and encouragement, “be of good
cheer, I have overcome the world," has
really no deep personal significance for
us mortals who batle manfully for the
development and the triumph of our
divinity, but who have not dared to
ascribe to ourselves the omnipotence
of deity. The deification of Jesus
makes his victories quite beyond th«
pale of human endeavor.
But, as I have already Intimated, all
of these speculations and theories sri
really not at all essential to the sc
tual practice of Christianity. Let ev
ery man hold tenaciously that theory
which appeals most conspicuously to
his own reason, and w'hlch, therefore,
must prove most helpful to him' In hit
effort after a righteous Ilfs.
Two men were once hopelessly lost
In a seemingly Impenetrable wilder
ness. They had wandered long and
fruitlessly In a dec.) and gloomy val-
lay, surrounded by apparently Impass
able mountains. They were, famlsh-
r for food, and weary to complete
ihaustlon with their despairing warn
■rings through the thick* and noxloui
idargrowth. Night waa fast approach.
Ink, the deepening twilight made men
ominous by the distant cry of Will
CHURCH SERVICES
■ BAPTIST.
IT DONALD BAPTIST—West Fair end
Walnut streets. Sunday school at 8:14. Rsv.
George T. llowe will preach at 11 a.m. sad
7:45 p.m.
PONCE DELEON BAPTIBT-Corosr of
Peace Deleon tad 11 nlmont srsauej.
Morning service at II o'clock. Events*
aerrlcs at » o'clock. Mobject: "Whir Don't
God Kill the Devil." Sunday school at
8:14 a.m. Wednesday evening at I o'clock
prayer meeting.
80PTIT AIDE BAPTIST—Capitol avenue,
near Weymnn. Preaching at II am. end
7:46 p.m., by the pastor. Bev. J.H. Dim-
lap. F flond*r school at 8JO. Ladlea llls-
slonary Society. p.m., Tuesday. Prayer
end praise service 7:45 Wednesday. B. Y.
P. if. 7:1* p.m. Thursday.
CAPITOL AVENUE BAPTIAT-Presehln*
by pastor, John E. Briggs, at 11 s.m. ssd
speak ere those In which two or three
are gathered together. During the
week some of these gentlemen who ere
giving us so much of their time end
effort without money end without price,
os the Master gives, come out to the
prison to talk privately In mr office
with eome one who is troubled In
spirit, end tears and prayers and peace
Is often the result. It is this personal
work which Is Ihe most effective. The
actual contact of Christ's spirit with
the unclean spirit Is still necessary to
the victory. Just as It was 1,800 years
ago, and If you want tp win men for
Christ you must bear Hla spirit to
them.
Mere Banishment Doss No Good.
In this day and age no prison or
penitentiary or penitentiary system
should be anything else than reforma
tory or regenerative In Its treatment
ot or ultimata purpose willi, Ibe crim
inal committed to Its care. Even
though he, by continued resilience and
wilful obstinacy, may require a large
administration of purely punitive
methods et times. Mere banishment
from society for a certain space of time
does tbs criminal no good and society
very little good, unless, when he comes
beck from banishment, he cornea back
a better man: and It because of neg
lect, be cornea back with greater ugli
ness and wickedness In his heart, how
much more sure la our further loss and
bis ultimate destruction?
Why do we read with satisfaction
that such and such a man haa been
sent to the penitentiary for a certain
term of years, or that the labor of a
certain number of men baa been dis
posed of for a certain amount of money
for the- next year or two, while we
know that little or nothing, or maybe
sons than nothing. Is being done tor
tbs betterment of these men bare or
hereafter? This to a etartUng ques
tion. Study It. Much remains that Is
Imperfect or Incomplete, even In the
best of prisons—how About ths worst.
i"Ti Hi uiuruiujc. i<r«rr oguihuiiiceih
Us requested to ho present. Baptism st
night. flunday school 9:30. Junior Union
I#). Baracm prayer meeting Monday, 8 p.m.
Tearhera' meeting Tuesday, t p.m. Indies’
Missionary Society Monday 4 p.m. Midweek
prayer and praise meeting weOneeday, I
pm. Senior B. Y. P. U. Friday, i p.m.
BAPTIST TABEUNACLE-Rtv. W. I*
Walker will fill the pulpit Sunday morn
log and night In the absence of the pas
tor, I)r. Len G. Broughton, who Is In Mad
ison bolding a large tent meeting.
• IMMANUEL BAPTI8T-4L A. Cowan, pas
tor. The paator’a subject at 11 s.m.: "nut's
Deepest Deslr* for Ilia Peoplo." Mnbject at
7:45 p.m.: *The Truth In lJ»ve.“ Right
hand of fellowship will be glren to new
members at close of morning sendee. Mon
day school 9:15 a.m. Bonds/ school picnic
Thursday.
SECOND BAPTIST—11 a.m.. public wor
ship In the lecture room. Dr. John E. White
will preach on “Tha Beauty of Jesus." •
p.m., song aerrfee and sermon. Dr. White
will preach on “The Happy God" from
the text “According to the Giorlone Gospel
° f B«r Joha P fe.°WMte.
tlst Church, will preach st
West Pair and
une a, et I p.i
Walnut streets.
BAPTIST—Corner West Hun
streets. Dr. A. C. Ward,
services Aundsy st II *.m.
!MPLB BAr
ind Mangum
pastor. Bsgnlsr services Aundsy at II *.m.
end 7:4S p.m. Monday school at td» s.m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening st 7:41.
.. T. Bests
pastor. Aandaj scbiml at •*) s.m. Prase
lag st 11 s.m. and 7:4* pan. Martini
X 7 0
JACKAOX niLL BAPTI AT—Olive, J.
Copeland, paator. Iterrlcea 11 a.m. and t
p.m. At the does of the evening service a
■umber
Sunday
e close of tl md
candidates will be baptised.
uoi9Wu.it “ ,J
and Garnett streets.
paator. Tha paator wlU preach morning
Si rEfrWBw"i
nsre-Sr -ffliSiTSft JSaSews
Church prayer meeting on Wednesday even
ing st I o'clock. .
METHODIST.
*T. JAM EH METHODIST—Xesr comer
Marietta ssd MeUlllln attest*. T. B. Ken
dall, Jr., pastor, ferric*, at n s.m. and
7:4* p.m Wednesday night prayer meet-
lux at 7*) o'clock. MeS-a prayer meet
ing Maturday eight at I o’clock. Easrise
prayer meeting add o'clock. Cottage prayer
meeting every Friday light. Bindsy school
at IJt s.m.
INMAN PARK UETHODIBT-Edgswood
REV. E. D. ELLENWOOD.
animats seeking their prey. Suddenly,
ns he despairingly turned his eye*
heavenward, one of ths traveler*
M entis end Rltnheth street I
eye, peetor. l'reechlnx hy peel
a.m. sad S'p.m. Morning subject: "The
High Art ot Extracting Joy Out of Temp
tation." Prayer mrettlng Wednesday .st •
p.m. Aundsy school st f:V0. Preaching st
Copenblll, Hlihlond eve., just beyond Au
usu, st 4 p.m., by Iter. A. Earnest.
ENGLISH AVENUE METHODIST—B. B.
Timmons, pastor. Preaching st U s.m.
the pastor. Subject: "Holiness or Sanc
tification." Sunday school st I p.m. Preach
ing at 7:M p.m.. hy Rev. W. A. King Pray
er meeting Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. Young
men’s prayer media* Friday. T:U p.m.
Open air service* ee usael. Sunrlee prayer
meeting.
JEFFERSON STREET METHODIST—B.
E. L. Tlmmona. pastor. Preaching it 11
s.m„ by llev. W. A. King. Sunday school
st t:10 s.m. Holiness convention st 2:W
p.m. Holiness prayer masting Thursday,
7:10 p.m. Sunrise praysr meeting.
TRINITY METHODIST—Corner Whltf-
mil und Trinity urenue. Dr. J. W. Lee,
B ietor. Service* at II a.m. and t p.m. Tbn
ev. Young J. Allan, of Shanghai. Chinn,
will preach at Ihe morning lorvlee end
the hsutor nt the evening. Sunday school
at t:tl a.m. Weekly praysr meetlsg I
p.ta. Wednesday.
WESLEY MEMORIAL—Corner Auburn
„renne and Ivy street. Rev. Freak Eekee,
peetor. Sunday school 10 s.m. Bssy peo
« le‘i class. Young men's Baraca class,
onng ladles' Pbllalbss class l'reacblii* at
l-.l* a.m.. by luv. W. C. LovetL DT U.
king at 1:14 by paator. Kpwqrtb
M devotional service, to p.m. Mld-
Wadnesdsy evening
"inrch social __
ng every day
At
caught sight of a man atandlng, clear
and full In sight, upon a Jutting prom
ontory of rock, high up on the distant
mountainside. He was ao tar from
them that It waa Impossible for any
clear explanation regarding his ante
cedents to reach them, but there wa*
that about hla very bearing and atti
tude which at once Inspired confidence.
Hln authority waa the authority of tbe
truth resident In his own heart, and It
did not fall of Its appeal to the truth
In the hearts of' those who hopefully
beheld him. They felt, at once, that he
could be trusted, and, although they
could not hear his voice, they eagi '
followed his every movement while
beckoned to them, and then quickly
pointed out that which had before es
caped their notice, an entirely safe
and secure, although aomewhat diffi
cult, pathway, leading through the jun
gle, and up Ihe rugged mountain to
the vantage point, where stood their
guide eager to welcome them.
The Authority, of the Guide.
With hearts filled with gratitude to
their deliverer, each declared to the
other hie full confidence In the ability
and rectitude of their guide, and each
expressed the belief that the pathway
discovered to them would end In safe
ty and happiness. And then, mlrablte
dlctu! Instead of Immediately begin
ning the ascenl, with all the aid af
forded by the rapidly waning daylight,
these famishing travelers, with the way
j of Paech-
ng in the morning'by the peetor. 'Subject:
"The Naw ('ommaedment." In tbe evening
rill be a service of eong. Short trT
Mr the peetor, subject: “thrift tbe
Iver." Class meeting Itn mod lately
after tbe morning service. Junior Bible
U^I^SmM.Vm 7
‘aablngton and Fulton streets Beriral
meetings II s.m. end I P.m. Sunday school
st I X a.m. Epworlh League at *:*) p.m.
WALKER STREET—Tbe pulpit trill be
occupied by IBs paetof. Rev. W. L Pierce,
er if a.m. and the crculng at * P.m.. by
tbe prerid!ag etder^ Her. J. JL Eekee. Sun
ni. Sunday school St t:M.
CUMBERLAND "pBEABY'TBlllAN—Cor
ner* Harris and Spring street! Iter. Gao.
II. Murk, pastor. Horsing worship st II.
Special aerrlcs; all members ere expected
to be present. Sunday school at 1:10. No
asrrlco nt night.
of life open before them, began to dls-
cunn the origin and the source of the
authority of their guide. That author
ity they Instinctively felt and acknowl
edged. It appealed to them powerfully
nnd successfully. Thsy believed In their
guide, but, before they should com
mence to follow hie Instructions, thsy
were determined that they should de
cide who he was and hpw he gat there.
One wa* ot the opinion that ha was a
god, who, moved to pity by their ex
tremity, had descended from realms
celestial lo guide their steps to safety.
The other waa equnlly decided In hi*
belief that their would-be deliverer wa*
u fellow mortal, who having passed
over the same way, and encountered
tbe mt>* difficulties successfully, was
moved by divine compassion to mako
them pnrtlrljiators In lit* triumph. Anil
ao this entirely profitless dWMME
ivnxed Into a quarrel fierce and flMRI*'
leal, while Ihe precious moinrnts of
daylight slipped away, and night fell
n these perishing bigots, pnrtners In
tmmon destruction, clasped close In
a death struggle to maintain the su
premacy of a theory.
The Authority of Jesus.
And thus, In loo largo Measure, has
the Christian church, through all the
centuries of Its life, held sacred ths au
thority and the leadership of Its found-
Any and ell theories regarding the
origin and the nature of Jesus Christ
have absolutely nothing whatever to
do with the practice of the Christian
religion. The authority nnd the laml-
enihlp of Jesus ora and must he spir
itual In thslr nature. It la the auihui -
Ity of truth appealing lo truth, nnd
absolute righteousness appealing to
those Instlnrle of righteousness resi
dent In every human heart. Let a man
hold whatever theory he inny, regard
ing the personality of Jeaus, unless he
endeavor faithfully to Incarnate the
Ideals of Jesus In his own life, he can
In on sense be called a Christian. > >nn
can scarcely ask fnr a more absolute
and orthodox acceptance of tho theory
of tho deity of Jesus than that held by
the wretched and benighted members
of the great Oreek-church. whose fiend
ish atrocities against Innocent and In
offensive members of tholr own race.
In Ibe name of religion, nro even now
■ i I l nc fi'-rii 1. • < i i ■. r In ihe civilised
world. It would rertalny require a
tremendous stretching of an Intelligent
Ini-iqlM.Ill'll) II people follow
ers of the Christ.
Would that the great Christian
[church might forsake her theories nnd
her speculation* nnd go forth In the
mower of her might to Imiu- vaiinntly
‘or true rlghteou*nc>* ns against big
ot r\ nnd 1 in.illi Inn, in-l for « pure
nnd undented religion ns ngnlnst the
profitless clashing! of speculative the-
jology. listening always for Inspiration
anil admonition to thnt voice which ex
claimed In sadness and In hope, "Why
call ye ms. Lord! Lord! and do not
the things that I any!"
MOORE MEMORIAL PRKSBYTE1
Comer Luekle and Latimer afreet*.
t II a. m. and 8 p. ni.
IlfAN-
Dr. A.
at II
Socli
let/ at 7 p. m.
Teaebera'
hour. Christian
i/er meeting on
Vdneaday evening nt 8 o'rloek.
ST. MA
tree and .
Charles O. Jones,
nK METHODIST—Corner Paseh-
Fifth streets- The pastor, Bar.
J. Jones, U. D-. will preach et
11 end 8 o'clock. Sunday school at IM
s.m. Deaf mute das* tasgbt by w. 4.
t'reaaelle. Woman's prayer »f»lln* Tn*s-
dar. IM. Prayer meeting, Wednesday, I
PRESBYTERIAN.
.’ESTUINSTEK I'KESBYTEBIAJf—The
rnlng service Is at II and waning st a
tries It. NUbet. th* .pastor-will preach
h Morning asd evening. Snadsyaebooi
-- *&*. m. Young Pseple's Horfety at
7:14 p. as. Mid week prayer. eervlee oa
Wednesday at 8 p. m.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN—Tho pastor. C.
P. Bridewell arfll preach tooiorow still
m. and t y at. Westminster League st
WALLACE P It EMITTER! ANCornar Wal
ker and Mtonewnll streets Rev. T. P.
Cleveland, pastor. Service* st II a. m. and
INMAN PARK PRESBYTERIAN—Rev. J.
B. Fleklen. pastor. Preaching tomorrow at
U a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school et 4:41)
s. m. "Tbs Mcaaengera" st 8 p. m. Young
People's Society at 7:18 p. m. Ih-gnlar mid
week praysr tussling at I p. nt. Weduesuay.
Georgia avenue” Presbyterian—
G. Patton, of Itecatnr. Salibalb school at
8 J9 a. m. Praysr meeting Wednesday at I
p. oa
NQRTII A VENUE* PRESBYTER! AN—
Corner Peachtree street end North nveaoo.
Rev. Richard Ortas Kline, peetor. Morn
ing worship at 11, evening worship et 8.
The morulng service will lie conducted by
tbe peetor. nod Mr. Sam Suttll will apeak
In Ibe evening. Sabbath school at »:*> *
in. Men's league at 10 a. “
training clans at the same t
Endeavor at » p. nt. Pra>
edneeday at t p. m.
EPISCOPAL.
CATHEDRAL—C
Innter. ~
:80 a. I
Jng prayer end sermon: t p. an., evening
unjer and termed: mntlral aerrlcs follow
ing. Monday school at 1:44 s. m. All other
days: 7:84 a. at., holy rommenton; 8 a. an.,
morning prayer; 8 p. m., evening prayer.
Wednesday and Friday: Litany ai HM
ST. LUKES-Corner Pryor end Houston.
Rev. «.*. B. Wlimer, rector. 7iM a. m.; holy
eommnntoa: II a. ra„ morning prayer and
•ermoa: 8 p. at., evening prayer *mi ser
mon. Mnndny school et 8:C. Friday: IJiaay
at II.
INCABNATIOJ4—Jew^aear Gordon, West
Bad. Rev. J. J. P. Perry, rector. TdO a.
m , holy commnnloo; U a. m.. morning
prayer and sermon; I p. m.. evening prayer
end gennon. gender school et I:*. Even-
jn*i£jjrer Wednesday et 8. Litany Friday
AIX SAINTS—Covaer of We* Peachtree
end North even or, Bev. X. S. Ferlaad,
tetor. 8 e. m., holy reameelon; It e. at..
toveleg prayer aed season; i p. m„ tvpn-
rjssntJss&if* *• u uuor
EPIPHANY—Corner Moreland end Boelld
teeoen. Rev. C. A. Lang*t.,n In charge.
11 n. m.. morr.lng prayer an-l sermon; snn-
dnj^icbool at Tit Friday: Utany and
Plum, near Corput. Snnd
MISSION OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS—
Wood* avenue, near West Peachtree. Sun
day school every Monday at 4:84.
HOLY COMFORTUR-Oorner AUantn nt-
enne and Unfllam Iter, tilth, rt Illicit- ft.
It., In charge. Ltcnlng prayer and aermon
‘ ‘:40. Sunday school at 3.30. Friday:
ting prayer sad choir work at 8.
ST. ANBREWS-Coraer Glean tad Kent.
S ee. Ullbert Higgs, 1). It., In charge. Even-
g prayer end aernion el 8. Sunday school
ai 4:84. Wednesday: Utany and choir
work at 8.
ST. PAULS—Ea*t""uolnl
Higgs. D. 1)., In charge,
end sermon at II.
HOLY TRINITY—Decatur. Rev. C. A.
Langatnn In charge. Evening prayer and
aenuon at «J4. Wednesday: iJtany and
EDRAL—Corner of Washington nod
Verv Her. P. T..A. line. dean.
■„ holy communion; H n. m„ morn-
I MISSION—College Perk. Rev.
’ In charge. Ilofr communion
st II by Kev. Gilbert lllggs.
ST. JOHNS
W. J. Moody
and s
t). D.
CHRISTIAN.
FIRST CHRISTIAN—No. 44 Ksal Hunter
street. Rev. II. K. Urndleton. rector.
1'reerhlng nt 11 n. m. nnd s p. m. Mhle
— - — _ Enoeuvor et
school at
8:14 p. m.
8:84 a. m. Christian
WEST END CHRISTIAN—Corsar Gor
don end Itunn afreets. Rev. Bernard I*.
Smith, paster. Preaching et II a. m. sad (
p. m.
HOWELL STATION CHRISTIAN—End
°vf. fcfe £32. MtbJri. ITS
1'rtacbln* at 11 «. m. nnd 8 p. m.
s hkiguth rnnurruM-
im. near K*tin*ilr mrrwt. Rlbl«
19 a. m. FrtMblnf at 11 a. m.
Itaafoo.” Communion aarrlea nnrl
n»m or iiii'iuiti'in al do*** «»f H8»rm»»n. Him-
day arboo! nt 9.15. V. P. C. U* ai 7.30.
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALU-
ANCK—Regular antm Sunday aff^rntwm
and WfMlnrNilay afternoon at 3 30 o'clock la
AIIIobc* liotl, 7JH North Wood atroot.
Yoon# e.-ulrf Tbaraday idjfbt. )>i».
glniilnit with o atrrwt aorvlee al 7 30 la
liruad atrort In front of Ibe ball.
-No. 17 W. Haber atreot.
aulijert of Ibe aeruitai al 11 a.
m. Wed neoday fritfiuonfal
RTRBBT CAR HAUN-Cad«*i
of tbe old Atlanta W. C. T. V.
devotional »wrvJc»* will b« bold
morning at 9 <
Ldgowood arc
regular
Sunday
ir borUp
RNGL1H1I LL’TIIRIIAN—C
Redeemer, corner Trinity
place. R«y. Sbid-
)urch of tho
and Caplt<4
Morning imt-
umlny ■•’bool at
vice.
«T. JOlfNH GERMAN BVANOBLICAL
Lt'TIIEUN—Corner of Korajtb and Garnett
atreota. IV. Vollbreeht. i.nator Sunday
aebuQil at 9:30 n. ro. Worablo nnd aernio*
al 11. Young l'coplo'a Society at 4 p. a.
THE MILLENNIAL DAWN BIBI.H
CLANK wlU hold Ita regular wotkly DIM#
atudy ttii Hun-lay morning at 11 In Wood-
"-« r n hall. 12 Paacblrre .trw*t. Noo-dfr
’NITED nnr.TIIREN
MrlianM and Hightower
W. Dloeeer will preach S
on “Mm and Angela,' ant
TABERNACLE
WESTERN
Hoaoet avm«
acbool at 9:89
and t p. in.
COLLEGE PARK^CHRIRTIAN-Rev
If. iTlaaaatp paator. Bible acbool ovary
* at 19 a., m. PrmrhiBg flrat
IL Hla
is*:.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL-Rev.
Frank E. Jenkins 1). I> . will speak et II
e.m., on "Whet the Churches of Attests
- At
Hina." Tfcto PlffiriRuxif Oturtal will >fi
both
IMMANUEL CONGREGATIONAL—8taw-
rt aveoae. Rev. Mlarr C. Wlltlama. paa-
mt. Preaching at 11 a.m. aad 7*) p.w.
Jill
Honda/ echo! st 9M u.ta.
MARIETTA STREET CDNG
AL-4'orser Marietta and MeM
Rot. WUllatn II. Tillman. pa«i
CONGREGATION-
— - ---- J McMillan atreeVa
fiSVRFvSb*- ■ B * T,C ~
Prayer meeting Tuesday, 8
CHURCH OP CIIBIHT—Waat End avo-
ntKf, corner \V«?lll*»rn atre*>t. Bible
at 10 a.m. Breaching at U a.i
p.m., by Profasov J. A Harding, d
lag Green, Ky.. prtaMoot of rotter Col
lego. If tbn Lord wills, tbaoo aeries of
meeting* will dote at tbo night service.
CNIVEH8ALI8T CHURCH-Coraor of
'**niditree and Harrl*. Bor. Everett Dean
1 lanwood* paator Preaching at 11 a. m.
y th** paator. Hubject, “Raveiatloo and
Bible idudjr
ig.’ of Bowl-
TOUXG MEN'S <
nor Pryor street a
i. Bev. J. C.
class. All
filtilo*
II IlIH IT AN AHH N—Cor.
id Auburn avenue. At 8
Oliver will conduct tho
Hllvennan will
arc Invited to i
log open from
6 p. m.
THE 1’X IT ARIAS CUUHOt-i
Our p*athf*rs Corner of Cain ai
street*. Moore Kaultorn. mini*
vlri»e at 11 a. m., the aubject be
Vhret* UPTerencea.“ This will be
service conducted by Dr. Hanbot
hla vacation. Naw members will be re-
celvod nnd the right band of fellowship
given before tbe sermon. Sunday school
.d Spring
•*r Her-
In* “Tho
the Uat
before
i Turks,
Jtallrusd
RAILROAD Y. M. C. A.-B.
Jr., of tbe Constitution atnff. .dl
llgloha news, will speak at the
Yitong Men’s CbrUlUc A—~Tnl
444 East Alabama afreet, Sunday afternoon
at 3:99 o'clock, rh.— meetings wore su*.
” during tbe Torrey
ind this 1* the r.-
tf*-- „
Voice: A Qutut T
Mr. Clarke la by trail
flan rhsrarfrr ndai-i
this body of strong i
. and tbh* li the rfuponliig nenrlce,
subject will I..- "Tlie Mtlll Hmali
‘ “ ^ “ ‘ “ompany.
“brio.
rrhologleal
I -nt. v'UI meet
I*) at 12 Pen.
Against Ilia Will
’ I ET Y —The At-
i. It. It Harrison
lay afternoon at
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