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THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN. - 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 The bitter controversy bver evolu- t jon and natural selection Is already out of date.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 I ■ 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. t 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 \ -5 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. HMMMMMMMMUMHHHHMM >•#•••••••••••••••< >8M88M*8 88 8*tttft84 8**t8(SS*< THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS S*aM(l»HHMIMI(HI,MI*MM,M,l»l I.........*........... »••• 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 - — -— - m