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THE ATLANTA OEOROFAX.
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fHE SONG NO MAN COULD LEARN
A
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NO no man could team that song
hut the one hundred and forty
and* four thousand who were
H 'l~ from the earth—Revelation
The two greatest exiles of history
nrr Napoleon Bonaparte and John,
t lie beloved disciple, known aa John the
divine. •
Their situations aa exiles bear In
nn respect a marked resemblance.
Hoth of them were expatriated, sent
:i a ay by the powers that were to lone
ly Islands In the era, one to. At.. Helena
In the South Atlantic, and the other
I I Patmoe In the Aegean. Both of
111• ■ ■ • i suffered keenly, .both felt the
hardship* Imposed ppon them. But at
• hi ir'characters ana their conduct In
.'Vile the resemblance ende. They may
be tmpreaslvfly composed aa singular
< ntrasta of character under suffering
and cruel treatment. Lord Roaeberry, In
his Interesting book, "Tha Last Phase,"
bn- altted out tbe man of conflicting
statements about Napoleon’s career on
St. Helena and gives ua the true hls-
tory of tbe. monthe the French era-
peror spent at Longwood aa an Eng
lish prisoner.
Hie life on the Island was thoroughly
HI furniture, books and horses. I
feu faithful friends wars allowed to lie
with him, constantly. But nothing
availed 10 lift his spirits from the
depths of misfortune Into which Ills
fortunes had plunged him. He be
wailed Ids fate. "Oh, I should have
died ut Waterloo,” ha cried more than
once. Nothing comforted, nothing
cheered him. Wrapped In the rags ana
toilers Of n selfish ambition, tortured
bv hitter memories, he Anally died In
the midst of a violent thunder storm
and the flashing artillery Of heaven
his soul unshrined Into the
Judgment.
hn was also banished from hla na-
htnd.to a lonaly Island. But what
a contrast. The place of hla exile was
even a lonelier solitude than Ht. Helena.
It was a barren and' sterile spot With
few Inhabitants, a spot so desolate that
even today It has only a'scanty popu
lation of sponge fishers, Ills experi
ence there we may be sure was of the
character,
da. no books,
no coi
VHHMHHMMH wind. ■
Tradition still points out the miser
able-grotto, or cave/ close by.tha sea.
In which he lived, and tells ua that ha
subsisted apon the shell ' flab and the
roots he qould dig With his hands.. It
was a lonely,- melancholy' existence,‘
and one which would have killed the
heart In most men.
But though nil the materials of com
fort and contentment were absent In
the most abject sense, we know that
John made his exile there a throne
of revelation and glory. He found
Christ there; he found heaven there,
and there he saw the walls, the streets,
the gates, Jasper, sapphire and pearl,
of the Holy City, flashing And flaming
like a bride adorned for her husband,
beneath the throne of Ood: and there
he had a vision Into the distant ages
and saw the Issue of the eternal strife
between good and evil.
Songs In tha Night,
But the most beautiful and uplifting
experience of hla exile was whan he
lay In the cave and above the murmur
of the sea on tha beach and the
rhythmic rise and fall of tha waves on
the caverned rocks, and above the
cries of tha swarming seabirds and
tha humming of the great winds over
tha beaten heights, he heard tha music
_ land far off, the thrumming of
countless harpers harping with thelf
harps, and tha choirs of heaven In full
and rapturous song.
Down through the tumult of wind
and wavs, down through tha alienee
and lonellneaa of hla life, fell the music
of another world, aoundlng forth, aa It
were, a new song which no man could
learn, a heavenly music that peopled the
air with angels and drove every cloud
out of bis shy.
other men have heard 'that music,
other lives have been sweetened by the
unlygmable, unslngable, untranslat
able Kong. It cams fq them aa It cauls
to .John when they needed It sorely.
In-lonely and bare mopis of . poverty.
In‘thick.prison sikt jlungfon ..wall*, In
the presence of the executioner's ax,
face-to ftu»~wltb the martyr's fate
men have -heard It- Some have heard
It amidst, the compopptace' and the
unr1IMIngulshab|e sufferings of lire,
sometimes when weary M .brain and
body and greatly discouraged Its
si rang*- peace has fallen on them and
a great sense of deliverance. Cather
ine Booth, used, to .hear it. arben_aha
was going through East London help
ing the -poor; -David Livingstone qe. rl
used to hear It In Africa where he
was standing-single handed therefor
civilisation and hops for the degraded
natlvea.
They have heard It who have dared
to stand bravely by their consciences
when friends deserted them. Some
how Ood has known how to compen
sate all sufferings and losses for
Right's sake, with a joy not of earth,
a peace out of heaven, sweeter than
the applause out of earth. Men hear
that music today. They cannot ex
plain why they are so calm and un
troubled within, but they know they
are. Heaven has not shut Its windows
on human Ilfs. Still out at them
passes the song no man can learn—tha
music the brave heart hungers to hear.
Tha Lost Chord.
The singular atatament of the text
Is that "no man could learn that song
but the 114,000 who were redeemed
from the earth.”
Then there Is a certain select and
jrivlleged company who can learn It
and alng It. Who are they? "Theas
are they," John tells us, “who follow the
lamb whithersoever he goeth, who
By REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE,
PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
DEV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE.
hare not defiled themselves, who are re
deemed from earthllness and who have
come up through great tribulation and
have washed their robes and made
them white In the blood of the lamb.”
May we not then learn from this
text that there must be spiritual ac
cord between the singer and the song
—the worker and the work?
I suppose we have all found In our
experience that there are songe we
can not alng—some kinds of Christian
work we can not perform. Borne songs
are beyond us, and we evade them. I
am not referring now to those songs
that are associated with sorrowful
memories, that restlr our old griefs, but
to the eotigs for which we have no
taste. We find It easy to acquire the
I street songs, tbe popular concert alra,
i-ut there ts a music that has ceased
1 to appeal to ua and we can not alng It
.with any pleasure or Joy.
There Is a hymn we used to sing
as children, "Jesus Loves Me, This
Know.” Can you sing that now?
There Is a hymn which Is Ilka the
sobbing aspiration of a broken heart,
"Nearer, My Ood to Thee." Can you
sing that? Thersns a song that voices
the deepest gratitude and consecration,
"LovA So Amazing, So Divine, De
manda My; Heart, My Life, My All.'
Can you sing that? Then It • hymi
that calls us to courage and conflict
for righteousness. “Sure I must Fight If
I Would Reign." Can' you alng that
song? There la a song which. In a spir
it of self-abandonment, prays: "Taka
My Sliver and My Sold, Not a Mlta
Would I Withhold." Can you- alng
that? There la a sweet hymn which
thank*'God for all the chastening of
life and proclaims tha heart’s trust
In Inscrutable providence. Can you
sing It7 Oh. when these songs are
sung we bow our heads. We can not
sing the old songs. They Irritate or
sadden us. We realize with a pang
that their music Is not In us and that
their atanxas are meaningless dog
gerel to ue. If we were to try to alng
them we could not. When the moment
came our honesty would shut our Ups.
We have no sympathy with them, do
not feel their sentiments, are not con
scious of their aspiration, and what la
sometimes to much sadder, wa do not
care If we do not.
■Why,Is this?
It le because there ta no spiritual
accord between us and the song. - It
Is because the taste la vitiated and
•ailed by the Jingles »f time. It
ecause our hearta are ao full of the
earthly tumult that they can not catch
and resound the eweet echoes of heov-
It la the iienalty we pay for worldll-
nr-H. the price we pay for selfish en
joyments-and mocesa. It Is the rout
sometimes even of culture and social
refining, for there !h as we know- well,
a kind of refinement moulded about
the once true heart by artificial and
su[«crflciat culture that mAkes lmpos-
i ■ the enjoyment of a simple, natu
ral, beautiful faith. It Is a fearful
price to pay. But we pay It and th-
the dear old songs are gone. The old
heart comforts apy departed.
But when the singer and the song
are In conscious necord. when expert
ence and conscious need sincerely min
gle In the song, then there Is music
Indeed.
"Rock of ages, cleft fro me"
Thoughtlessly the maiden sung
Fell the words unconsciously *
From her girlish, gleeful tongue;
Bang as little children sing
Bang ad* sing the birds In June.
Fell the worda like light leaves down
On the current- of the tune.
"Rock of ages cleft for me
Let me hide myself In thee."
'Twas a woman aang them now.
Pleadingly and prayerfully.
Every word her heart did know
Rose the tong am storm-tossed bird
Beale with weary wing the air
Every note with sorrow stirred
Every syllable a prayer.”
The 8ecret of Geod Work.
And so It la of Christian duty and
service. The worker must be In spirit
ual accord with the work. A passion
for souls alone fits one for soul win
ning. A sincere desire to see China
and-iAfrica saved to the Gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ makes the burden
of foreign missions easy to bear. We
can do nothing well unless there la to
begin with a real sympathy with the
things that are to be done. The In
ner man Is the most important man
to get on your side w hen you are meas
uring the man whom you are to de
pend on. "If thy heart Is as my heart,
then give me thy hand,” the old proph
et rrled to John. Mercenaries are
never trustworthy soldiers. “My Bon,
give me thy heart"—; the hand will
follow- the heart as the arrow the bow-.
The mighty common sense of redemp
tion Is that the heart Is the place to
he gnt right f,,r there t onduet Is com
pounded. Therefore, the tk.sj.el and
the church fight sin ns the arch foe. Bln
spoils her work, spalls her service,
spoils her battle line. Sin seeks the
heart, to muddy and hesllme Sts < ur-
rents. There Is then no henlth In the
hand The great enemy of good work
are the spiritual faults of character.
Bln reacts upon the work and tar
nishes our labor. The Interior Ilf-
must be adjusted to a high ideal if
we are to do high deeds.
There Is a direct relation between
bad results and a bad disposition. Oh.
how a toi turlng conscien, e unllts for
the doing of our beat.
When about 30 years old Byron
wrote: "I am not what I once was,
and my visions flit less palpably before
ms." His days anti nights of license
and debauchery' dimmed his genius nnd
made his work uncertain and un
worthy. John Hu skip Is always In
sisting In his "Modern Painters" that
no great artist ever violates the moral
law without marring his artistry. Ex
actly quoted, lie says: “It Is of course
• that many of the strong masters
deep faults of character, hut their
faults always show as faults in their
work."
The greatest message that can he
brought to us, to you, to me. Is this:
"(let right, get right, get right In the
heart, In the desires of the hearL" For
there must be spiritual acrord be-
tw-een the singer and tbe song, the
worker and the work."
By OR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE.
The duty of forgiveness. Matt. ll:21-It]
Golden.text:. Forgive ua our debts
as w o forgive our debtors—Matt. 0:11,
The object of the-writer of the Bun-
day school lesson for The Georgian, at
fli.il. was to write such articles as
w ould be Interesting to the thousands
of readers of The Georgian, and not
ut- spoihil blips to Sunday school
teachers; hence the articles have been
more popular than expository. But he
learns Hint a gmvt many teachers are
u-iuK them as helps In the preparation
of the lesson. A good many com
plaints have come from thoae living
out of the city that,'they do not get
the paper till the Monday following the
leaaon. and for their accommodation
the h-ssons are prepared a week ahead.
The lesson for next Hunday wan pub
lished In- last Saturday’s paper, and
this leaaon Is for July 1.
Christ had been telling his dlsct
ples how to settle difficulties when one
bn.iht-r.had.offended another. First go
to th- party giving the offense alone,
nnd If he will not listen to you, take
one or two more with you and go the
second time, and then If he will not
ylelil take It to the churrh for settle-
loimt. If this plan had been always
fallowed, how many bitter contentions
would nover have taken place.
Holer Interrupts the discourse by
usklng bow many tlmee the oftendliv
brother should be forgiven; If It should
be seven times; and file Lord said,
not only seven, but, If necessary, sev
enty limes seven. In other words, there
should be no limit as to the number
of times. The number that Peter apec-
Itteil waa more than the Jewish mu-
ters 'required. It Is the number In the
divine ldw with which the Idea of re-
ml-.-Ion was ever linked. ‘
Object of the Parable.
The object of the parable was to
teach that In the matter of forgiveness
. we should not ask anything more from
I God than we are willing to grant to
{others. He Illustrates this with the
parable of the unmerciful servant. Tho
{central truth Is contained In the gold-
i en text. The parable Is so plain and
| simple that It needs no explanation.
IThe picture Is drawn from an Oriental
■court. The provincial governor!, farm
ers of taxes, and other officials, are
leummoned before the king to give an
/account of their administration. The
{first man owed about 110,000,000 and
I no assets, lie was hopelessly Insolv-
lent. There was no bankrupt law that
Ihe could take the benefit of. Bo hla
El icd commanded that hla wife and chll-
{dr-ii ai)d all that he had ahould be
k-*i. In Ryrla nnw the creditor can
i sell the debtor’s houses and lands, while
| the men, hla wife and children work
I for hire as his slaves. Then the ser-
1 vant fell down and worshiped him, and
Hiked for time, and the lord, moved
with compassion, forgave the debt;
Then this same man whose debt bad
boon forgiven went out and found one
of bis servants who owed hltn an bun
ded pence, about three months* wages.
. Ho used violent measures, seising him
, by tho throat, os If he would make
■ ) tin "couth It up," to use a classical
1 oxprasatan of the present day. * The
{debtor pleaded.with him. using the
-aame words.that he had used, but In
stead of being- moved with compassion,
; he east him Into prison. His fellow
servants reported the matter to the
king, who called the unmerciful servant
k. fore him, and after reminding him of
wbat he had done for him, and that he
should have been as compassionate
with hie creditor, gave him over to the
tormentors—those persons who among
the ancient Romans sought by legal
tortures.to And out whether the debtor
had concealed anything.
Then the Bavlor makes the applies
tlon by saying: "Bo shall my Heaven
ly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not
every one his brother." Theologians,
Roman and Protestant, have deduced
doctrines from some of the expletives
of this parable that Christ never In
tended to teach, lnsteud of looking at
It aa a whole, they hove taken It to
pieces, giving undue emphasis to minor
things, which were necessary to com
plete the story. They have spoiled the
web In trying to- analyxa tbe warp and
woof. This parable was spoken near
the cloae of Ills ministry. But It was
no new doctrine He preached. lie hail
said before, "If ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Heavenly
Father forgive you your-trespasses,"
The King and ths Prisst.
The story Is told that tn ancient times
a,certain king had decided to make war
upon a neighboring king because of
some offense, and was persuaded by a
priest tn, go to his private chapel am
ask God's blessing upon his undertak
ing. The priest direct'd the king to
repeat the petitions after him. He
commenced with the laird’s prayer. The
king followed him till he came t > the
petition, "forgive ua our debts aa we.
forgive our debtors." The king wae si
lent. The priest repeated It. There
was no response. A third time the
priest repeated It, And then asked
the silent king why he did not follow
him, and the king replied: "I cannot
say that."
Children are taught to lisp this
prayer at their mother's knee. It li
ncorporated In all the creeds of Chris
tlamlom, hut how many,-If theywere
sincere and honest, would say with the
king, ”1 cannot say that?" How few
of us would want Ood to extend Ihe
same mercy to us that we are willing
to extend to others? If God would take
us at oar word, how few of us would
be fully and freely forgiven?
It la ths only petition In the prayer
that calls us Into personal relation with
our fellow-men, and It Is the hardest to
Consistently utt*r. The little word as
Is the one to be emphasised. "Forgive
us our debts AB we forgive our debt
ors." We must be forgiving. If we
wan! forgiveness.
Ths Dying Woman.
from-her. husband, but they had .rot
lived together for years, and were not
iking terms. Mutual friends
_ desired that, a-reconciliation be
effected, and thought that It would be
especially desirable on her part, before
she appeared In tbe presence of Him
who said, "If ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Heavenly
Father forgive yoWyour trespasses.”
Some who were present when they
stood at tho marriage altar and pledged
their love for life were anxious to
gather In the death chamber,’ and plac
ing her waited hand In his, hear from
the lips pf each tho words, "forgive,
forgiven.” But all our pleadings were
in vain, and she died unforglven and
unforgiving.
The Scotchman and His Pastor,
An elder In one of the churches In
Scotland fell nut with his pastor. It
sometimes happens In this country. He
absented himself' from church. They
were not on speaking terms. At last
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the eldar lay dying, and aent for hla
paator to come and aaa him. The pas-
tor’a heart leaped for Joy.
He hastened to his-home, entered his
chamber, and approaching his bed, nnd
extending his hand, he said: ’’Brother,
I understand you sent for me.” And
then the dying man responded as best
he could with falling breath, "Yes,—I-
sent—for—you—to—say—that—In —all
probability — this—will—be—the—last
opportunity—-you—will—have—to — a«k
tny—forgiveness." ■
The ruling passion was strong In
death. They were both Presbyterians,
uml both believed In the perseverance
of the saints, and unfortunately In the
perseverance of the elnners. Both were
willing to be forgiven, but neither
wished to bo the lint to ask forgive
ness.
Another Scotchman, as he lay on hla
deathbed, said to one with whom he
had beconte reconciled? "No, Jamie,
If I die this stands, but If I get well,
all this goes for nothing.”
Everybody But Bob,
A little boy had been taught to ask
God to forgive him, and to forgive ev
erybody. . One night, when saying his
prayer, he said: "God, forgive me.
Forgtye everybody—everybody but Bobr
He killed my cat today.”
Borne one- bos said: "To err Is hu
man; to forgive Is divine."
If we ran sincerely nsk God to for
give others,'even our enemies, thoae
who have wronged us, without > any
conditions, or reparations, then we have
the spirit of the Master, and for Ills
sake, God will forgive us.
John Wssley and Qsntral Oglethorpe
Once came over from Europe on the
same vessel. One day Wesley heard
the general making a great noise In
the cabin, and stepped In to ascertain
the cause. After stating the trouble
he had with his servant, the general
said: "But I’ll be revenged on him.
The rascal should have taken care how
he used me so, for 1 never forgive.”
"Then, sir,” said Mr. Wesley, calm
ly looking at him, ”1 hope you never
sin.” The reproof was sufficient. The
threatened penalty waa not Inflicted.
Aa all need to be forgiven, ao all need
to forgive.
There Is n feeling that some wrongs
must not be forgiven.
The author of Erce Homo says: "Wa
ahould deaplse and almost detest
Othello If he forgave logo." Dr. Dale
speaks of some people who "have giv
en a new turn to an old text.” In their
own private R. V. of the New Testa
ment they read: "Whosoever speaketh
n word or commltteth a wrong against
God, It shall be forgiven him; but
whosoever speaketh a word or doeth a
wrong against me. It shall not be for
given him.”
For the sake of our own peace and
happiness wo can not afford to cher
ish an unforgiving spirit. It la Ilka
a cinder In the eye, or a thorn In the
flesh—a constant source of Irritation.
Examples of Forgiveness.
Some beautiful ones are found I
the Bible. No one, and without any
cause, waa ever more greatly wronged
then waa Joaeph by hla brethren.
No more pathetic scene wu ever
painted than that in the royal palace,
when, to conceal hla emotions, ho had
to retire from the room In Which they
were assembled, ‘and give vant to hla
feellnga In tears, fully and freely for-
them the wrong they had done
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giving
him.
The children of Israel murmured
ngnlnrt Mnaes, at times were ready to
stone him. and yel,' when Judgment
was threatened against them, he waa
ready to sacrifice himself. If thereby
they might be spared.
Baul had hurled hla Javelin at Da
vid’s head, had driven him from the
royal la lace, hunted him like a fugi
tive, sought to take hla life, and when
Saul's life was In bla band, he com
manded that the swerd he not drawn,
and his life waa spnreil.
Tho dying prayer of the proto-mar-
lyr Stephen was that hla daath be not
laid to tho charge of thoae who atoned
him.
The only perfect example of forgive
ness we have In' Christ himself. No
one ever came to Him seeking forgive
ness. but received It.
He forgave his disciples for their
want of spirituality, their little faith,
their drsertlon cf Him In the hour of
His trial. It was ills look of forgive
ness that drove Peter out to weep bit
ter tears of penitence.
Hla last prayer on the cross woa that
those who had crucified Illm might
be forgiven.
What a happy condition to live
reconciled with men and God.
There are some who say, "there te
no one on earth with whom I would
not freely reconcile, were I to And In
him a corresponding disposition.”
And yet, by not accepting God's for
giveness. will not be reconciled with
Him. Our willingness to forgive others
la one of the beat evidences that God
baa foTgtven ua, and that wa havs tha
spirit of tbe Master.
"For 'tla sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language; on earth
It Is called forgiveness.”
—Longfellow.
Central Congregational.
Rev. D. J. Allison, D.D., of New
York, baa been Invited to supply the
pulpit of this church for six mor '
beginning October. 1, while the pastoj-
vlatts the Congregational' churches In
ths Southern, states in the Interest of
the denomination, doing evangelistic
work. Dr. Jenkins will also probablyl
visit the churches In the East. Rid
Allison la a very able preacher. Rev.
Joseph Coffin, a student In the Theo
logical seminary, has been engaged
as the pastor's assistant during the
summer months, and Is looking after
the horns department, recently estab
lished. Cottage meetings are now be*
Ing held during the week. This church
waa greatly beneflted by the Torrey
meetings.
West End BaptlW
The West End Baptist church has
recently expended 11,800 In additional
Sunday school rooms, which has great
ly Increased the Interest in this depart
ment. One hundred and forty pupils
are enrolled In the primary class. T[
churches made a record last year In
benevolent contributions, und Is now
supporting two foreign and one home
missionary. The' churrh had a great
uplift by the state Baptist Young
People's Union, held In It last week.
It waa the largest and beat convention
ever held In the state. Rev. J. S. Mo-
Lemore waa elected flelil secretary of
this society, and will devote all his
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for such evidence cs will lead to
arrest and conviction of tbe party
or parties who maliciously* cut a
number of wires on cable pole at
corner of Teachtreo and Seventh
streets, during Wednesday night,
April 19, or Thuraday morning,
April 20.
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time to tha work. Dr. J. E. Purser,
tha paator, will not taka hla vaca
tion until August.
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Rev. B. P. Smith, Paator.—On the
flrat of August this church will pay off
the lost Installment of Indebtedness
on the church. Dr. Smith has recently
conducted 14 revival meeting at Mon
roe, where much Interest waa mani
fested. His wife anil daughter went to
Vlrglna the first of the week, where
they will spend tHfe summer. He will
go to them about the first of August.
West End Presbyterian.
Dr. L. R. Walker, Pastor.—This
church was much beneflted by the
Torrey meetings, quite a number being
added to the membership. The con
gregation is talking of extending their
plant to accommodate the Increased
attendance In churdh and Sunday
school. The pastor expects, to take his
vacation In August. It Is not decided
yet where he will go.
Cumberland Presbyterian.
Dr. Mack does not expect to take any
vacation this summer, except his out
ing with the Young Men's Christian
Association' boys at Demorest some
time In August.
Dr, Hood Gono North.
Dr. E. Lyman Hood, president of the
Congregational Theological seminary,
has gone north, where he will spend
the summer In the Interest of the
seminary.
Central Prezbyttrian.
Rev. T. H. Rice, D.D., Paator.—The
Interest In this rhurch has been great
ly Increased by the erection of the ad
ditional 'building to accommodate the
Hunday school. A new pipe organ has
been purchased for the church, and
will soon be Installed. Dr. Rice will
leave on hit vacation July 10, and will
probably take a trip abroad. In his
absence, the pulpit Will be supplied by
Dr. Htrlckler, a former pastor. This
church was much beneflted by the
Torrey meetings.
St. Luke Episcopal.
Dr. C. B. Wllmer, Rector.—The new
church building on Peachtree Is pro
gressing rapidly. Next month the old
church will be abandoned, and services
will be held at the new. Dr. Wllmer
has no plans yet for vacation.
North Avanuo Praabytarian.
Dr. R. O. Flinn, Paator.—This churrh
Is In a very flourishing condition,
having been greatly quickened by the
Torrey meetings. Thsre have been
constant addition^ at all the services.
The attendance at the evening serv
ices, and the Interest, has been great
ly Increased. The Men’s League Is
actively engaged in looking after those
who have become Interested. A gen
eral advance has been made along the
whole line. The church Is more pros
perous than at any time In Its history.
First Methodist Episcopal.
Dr. C. E. Dowman, Paator.—This
church was spiritually quickened by
the Torrey-Alexander meetings, twen-
ty-flve having been added, 'with more
to follow. The church has started o
mission at the Atlanta cotton mills,
where the laymen conduct services
Friday and 8unday nights. Next Sun
day night. Professor Matsumoto, a
graduate of Vanderbilt and Harvard,
a delegate to the last general con
ference, of Kobe, Japan, will deliver an
address In regard to hla mission work.
The evening services at this church
during the summer will be largely mu
sical, with a ten-minute sermon.
First Prssbytsrian.
Dr. C. P. Bridewell, Paator.—Tha
pastor has organised a baseball club
among the boys, of which he Is man
ager. Last Friday they played a game
with the Maddox-Rucker boys, defeat
ing them. There are fourteen mem
bers tn the club. The doctor's little
girl, who has been 111 for weeks,
slowly Improving.
Pryor Street Presbyterian.
Rev. H. C. Hammond, Paator.—On
Friday evening, this church celebrated
Its fourth anniversary. The paator
delivered a very Interesting and hope
ful address on the retrospect and
the prospect of tbe church, otter
which a very delightful reception was
held. Quite a number have been re
cently added to the church. The
church has a Covenanter Company
for boys, and a Junior Mission for the
girls, with a good membership In each.
Tbe Sunday school Is In a very pros
perous condition, and boa an average
attendance of over 200. The pastor
expects to take m vocation about th*
middle of August
Clark Russell, who may almost be
credited with having created the sea
novel, has about decided to stop writ
ing. For years he has been an 1m slid,
suffering severely from rheumatic at- i
fllctlonx.
A Good Thing
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