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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
RATURDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 190S.
By REV. JAMES W. LEE,
PASTOR TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
T HE statemtnt of Ernst Haeckel
that "human nature has no more
value for the unlverae at Jarre
than an ant or the fly of a summer's
ilay," does not square with the facta
Man has more Importance for the uni
verse In wholesale and detail than any
of the lower animals, for he learns
enough about It to Improve it and In
crease Its value, while they get a living
out of It without enhancing Its worth
a particle. Consider the difference In
the value of the American continent to
day, as compared with Its value four
hundred years ago, when Columbus
discovered It. The present wealth of
America Is more than sufficient to buy
through which to transmute the whole
material order Into blgher realms of
being.
II.
Man, according to-the Psalmist. Is
made but a little lower than God. God
Is the Infinite self-conscious, self-de-
terminlng. self-active One. Man Is the
fllnlte self-conscious, self-determining,
self-active one.
The brilliant essayist and biographer
of Browning, G. K. Chesterton, said
that one might declare with truth per
haps that comparatively few men are
manly, but that no one could say that
all whales were not whaly. So one
might say to a friend after he had ta
ken his tenth drink, hoping to deter
him from taking another, "Be a Man,"
America is more than sufficient to buy but no one would ever think of staying
out the whole Eastern hemisphere of to a crocodile after he had swallowed
.V ,A — >- —'his tenth explorer, "Be a crocodile."
the world as the people knew It before
14*2. And It Is all owing to what man
lias added to It. The beavers have not
helped any, nor have the ants or the
flics or the mosquitoes. The thought
pwe call Instinct the animals carry In
their blood does not grow. It Is sta
tionary. It Is man who has to struggle
for what he knows by changing his In
tuitions into general Ideas which he
reproduces In modifying climates, alter
ing the courses of rivers. Invading the
domain of the ocean, with his Helds,
and making forests grow on new,
around prepared for them; who turns
the face of the earth from a wilder
ness Into a blooming garden. He It Is
who finds out the secrets of things in
themselves. He It Is the Almighty has
endowed with a mind capable of har
vesting the thought sown In the stars,
and In the light, and In the mighty sea,
and in the human spirit.
I.
He It Is who uses his knowledge to
tunnel mountains, bridge livers, sub
due the ocean, and make nut of wire
and electricity a nervous system for. the
social human whole as perfect as that
each Individual has for his own body.
He has abolished space and obliterated
time. The great ether sea through
which suns and constellations swim he
now proposes to subordinate to hls
purpose as he uses the Atlantlcs and
Pacifies. Whether he Is more Impnr-
lant for the unlveree at large than the
. "ant or fly of a summer's day" or not
one thing Is certain, he has forced the
universe to serve him In an Inlfhltely
larger sense than (he ants and the
flies have ever been able to get It to
serve them. The truth Is, the Author
of the universe (which Haeckel says is
matter and motion) seema to be using
him, hls Intelligence, will and emotion
Whales and crocodiles are not spirits;
but man, essentially and fundamental
ly, Is and In calling upon a human
being to be a man, an appeal Is made
to what he essentially and eternally Is,
In distinction from what he locally and
temporally Is.
III.
The evolutionary process that for
millions of years steadily moved up
until the topmost plane of creation was
reached,'has since that time seemingly
kept up Its ascending movement
through the highway of the human
soul. Horses, rattle, sheep and all ani
mals that have promise of a career on
earth go up Into finer forms by way
of the human spirit. Chrysanthemums,
roses, honey-suckles and all flowers, as
well ns pears, watermelons, grapes,
peaches, and all fruits, climb now by
way of thought. Pigeons, ducks, chick
ens and all birds ascend through hu
man life. The evolutionary process af
ter an acltve business career of from
fifty to one hundred millions of years
along the lines of matter and motion,
seems to have made it complete change
In Its method of procedure when nmn
appeared on the scene of activity.
Plants and animals struck not for
higher wages but for a different road
up which to travel. Things generall]
appeared averse to climbing any moro
except over the human •roadway. At
the first man was new to himself and
the world was new to him. It has ta
ken some thousands of years to build
a human highway broad enough for all
earthly things to move up through. But
with the process of the suns the
thoughts of men have widened until
now there Is ample space for all things
to move abreast along the upward way.
Atoms, molecules and compounds, elec
tricity, heat and magnetism, gravita
tion, rhemlam and ether, as well as or
ganisms of every grade and type are all
finding their way to higher reslnur at
existence through.human nature;
IV.
Haeckel may not care to share In the
glory the universe has thrown around
man by selecting him as the medium
through which to continue the evolu
tionary process; he may prefer the
lowly estimate of himself which aspires
to no higher level than that occupied
by the ant and the fly; but he has qo
right to publish books filled with Ideas
which would lead the rest of the human
race to feel as humble as he does. One
would think, In hls attempts to feel as
unimportant as the ant or'the fly, that
he displayed enough of the spirit of
self-effacement to satisfy the demand
In that line of things for the whole of'
mankind. One mortal on,earth feeling
that way Is at least enough for a gen
eration; especially When it Is remem
bered that he has not a single sane
reason for taking such an enormously
low estimate of himself.
V.
The thought that things have steadi
ly moved upward from the beginning
Is the most stimulating and wide-
reaching conception ever grasped by
the mind of man. The conviction that
underlying matter and motion and life
there has been an ascending purpose,
widening and deepening, and gradually
disclosing Itself, has come as a brac
ing and universal tonic to the modern
mind. It has put pessimism, together
with the atheism and agnosticism,
which made It possible, out of busi
ness. It has closed the careers of the
Schopenhaurs and the von Hartmans.
It has caused a complete change In'
the outlook of the human race, lead
ing It to see no longer Its ideals In the
narrow Edens of the past, but to press
toward a paradise In the future where
all the sons of men shall stand together
In the wide, ample gardens of God. The
companion thought to that of the. gen
eral upward movement of the evolu
tionary process throughout all time
and space Is the one that since man’s
appearance on the planet, the divine
purpose has been moving toward Its
consummation through the Intelligence
and will and emotion of humanity.
Through man, even things arc lifted
Into finer forms and higher' values.
Through man, lands and rivers and
places are transfigured. The barren,
commonplace Palestine Is transmuted
through Joshua and David and Isaiah
Into a country of fadeless beauty. Sun
burnt and rock-ribbed Greece gets an
REV. DR. JAMES W. LEE.
eternal lease- on Immortality through
her artists and *1
The Scotland
infinitely more attractive than was hls
native land before It began to-glow In
the colors of hls genius. The waters
of Bums’ Tiny Bonnie Doon are of
more value than those of the vast
Amazon. The Avon outranks the Mis
sissippi. Not ; only through the artistic
genius of men are things enhanced in
value, but through the practical genius
and'patience-of men are living things
advanced to higher Uses.
VI.
For the past >twenty-flve years there
has been a regular procession of Call-,
fornla plants making their way through
the genius of Mr, Luther Burbank tito
finer forms than ever grew on this
earth before. He .believes there Is not
one weed or flower, wild or domesti
cated, which' will not sooner or later
respond liberally to good cultivation
and persistent selection. He flndB hls
delight In lifting up from the race of
I weeds the vile, the neglected, the down-
1 trodden and the despised of all. He
I believes that “weeds are weeds because
1 they are Jostled, crowded, cropped and
trampled upon, scorched by fierce heat,
starved or perhaps suffering with cold,
wet feet, tormented by Insect pests,
or lack of nourishing food and sun
shine." f
"The whole creation g'roaneth and
travalleth in pain together until now.”
But through man the natural creation
Is moving up Into use and beauty such
as was never seen before. Man who
lifts up all things around him must
also go up into the full perfection of
hls being. We know better than ever
before—thank God—the way of human
ascent. “Through Jesus Christ, the Son
of Gbd, the Son of Man. the Universal
Life, mao has been coming to salvation
from sin, to freedom and hope, for the
past nineteen hundted years, and the
.way gets' brighter and wider with every
passing century. Through Hlnr we
are to do for the human world what
such patient workers as Mr. Burbank
are doing for the plant world. Human
beings are far more susceptible and
responsive to treatment than are the
weeds of the field. But If we are to lift
them up we must take hold of them In
the wholeness of their being. They are
primarily and essentially and persist
ently religious. The only treatment to
which they permanently respond Is
Christian treatment—the treatment of
love and sacrifice and sympathy. We
have a concrete Illustration of the ef
ficiency of this method of redeeming
human life In that furnished by' Dr
Thomas J. Barnardo and -hls ninety-
three .homes established ' In different
parts of England today. Thirty-eight
years ago.he began with one poor little
waif of a boy named Jim, Jarvis, found
In the streets, of London. The bo)
was motherless, homeless, friendless. In
thirty-eight years he has gathered from
the streets of English cities nearly 60,.
000 waif children. In hls. homes they
have been educated, trained to work,
and taught to trust In Jesus Christ for
salvation from sin. When, the children
leave the homes for' the great world
they go out trained In mind, disciplined
In hand, ana committed In heart to
Christ. The results-are far more amaz
ing than such as Mr. Burbank has ac
complished' In taking the shell Inclos
ing the kernel from-stone fruits, or In
making the plum-cot by crossing the
apricot and the plum. Out of the
nearly 60,000 young people trained In
Dr. Barnardo’s homes not more than
2 per cent have turned out badly.
Think of that wretched procession of
waif children. Jostled, crowded, cropped,
trampled upon, torn, beaten, despair
ing, making their way to noble man
hood and womanhood through the
Christian soul of a man who loves Ills
fellow man,' as Jesus loved him, be
cause fified with the spirit of Christ,
and you get a view of the direction the
evolutionary process, as guided by the
mind of Christ, Is taking In the sad,
ilnful, human world.
VII.
This upward movement of human
life and Its affairs through' Christ
must not be regarded as merely dog
matic and doctrinal. It Is cosmical and
universal. Lamenals said long ago
that "Christianity can only continue Its
evolution by entering Into the clrclo
of the natural laws of man. It Is now
entering on this new era, one of thoso
solemn moments In which everything
seems to be perishing, but In which
everything Is being born.” We are
now beginning to see In the light of
the history of the past nineteen hun
dred past years that the ethlcql and
spiritual forces which Christ set work
ing In humanity are destined to domi
nate the world. The great truth Christ
taught was that men. live by dying,
they go up by going down, they find
themselves by losing themselves, they
triumph through sacrifice, Christ sac
rificed Himself. He descended from a
higher to a lower order of social ex
istence.
"While In the form of God,
"counted It npt a prize or a thing to
be grasped to be on an equality with
God, but emptied Himself, taking the
form of a servant, being made In the
likeness of men, and being found In
fashion as a man, He humbled Him
self, becoming obedient .even unto
death, yet the death of the cross where
fore also God hath highly exalted Him,
and gave unto Him the name which Is
above every name; that In the name
of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things In heaven and things on earth
and things under the earth, and that
every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father."
By Hls descent from the heights of
holiness Into the depths of wretched
ness and sin enough redeeming power
was liberated to redeem and transform
the world.
VIII,
It is a well known truth of the ma
terial realm that energy, whether radi
ant, electrical or chemical, always re
sults from the conjunction of that
which Is the higher with that which Is
lower. If all things in the physical
world were on a dead’level such a
thing ns energy would not be possihi.
Whenever It Is generated it may hi
known thnt something above Is
to a level below. If the atmosS
surrounding the steam engine was
heated to the same degree of the
steam In the boiler not a wheel would
turn. To the difference of temperature
of that within to thnt without t-e owe
the power that moves the flying train
When the water plunges down more
than 160 feet at Niagara power Is lib
erated sufficient In quantity to turn all
the wheels and light all the streets of
America. When water goes from the
boiling to the freezing point heat la
communicated to the surrounding at
mosphere.
It Is equally true that spiritual pow.
er is due always to the entrance of
higher life Into the conditions of low
er life. And the amount of force
liberated or made available by such a
down-falling process Mil be In pro-
portion to the energy of position oc-
cupled by the life, and by .the moral
and spiritual value of the life, it i,
beyond any question that One person
can never raise the moral grade of an
other above that which he occupies
himself. An Ignorant man can never
add to the items of knowledge poa-
sessed by hls neighbor. If all men
were thieves and liars by settled prac.
tlce and confirmed habit, available
power for converting them Into lovers
of honesty and truth could only be se
cured from some holy life coming down
from above them Into their midst, if
the sun were to cease to cpme with
hls light and heat Into the atmosphere
of the earth we would soon all freeze.
The annual spring . revival that
comes to meadow and plain, forcing
the plants to swell find bjoom, Is due
the coming of that which Is above the
earth Into contact with living things
upon It. All analogies break down at
some point. This does because It falls
to Illustrate what we mean by the de
scent of Christ Into the conditions of
human life. In that when the sun parts
with Its heat It does not get It back,
but In giving away Its force Is gradu
ally getting poorer In resources.
Now the sacrifice, of Christ, while it
does stand for the coming ot the Son
of God from a higher Into a lower
realm, and does give us the secret of
hls success among men, yet Christ does
not, like the sun, loseq Himself by giv
ing Himself. Here Is a distinct line
differentiating the material from the
' 'tual power, for man to draw on,
Instead of losing Himself by this
process He finds Himself multiplied
and magnified by all who are redeemed
through Hls sacrificial movement.
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RAISING A BIGGER ISSUE
"And the Lord direct your hearts
into the love of God and into the pa
tience of Christ.”
—2d Thess., ill: 5.
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N OTING that the text It In the form
of a prayer, wa naturally Inquire
for some explanation. The ex
planation is the situation In the Thes-
aalonlan church. It Is to that situation
the second Epistle Is addressed. The
Christians there are In the throes of
an unhappy division over the question
of the' second coming of Christ. Some
think that Paul had himself unwitting
ly furnished the occasion of the discord
by rather strong and unguarded state
ments about Christ's return, as though
It were Immediately at hand. With
vivid and startling emphasis he had In
the former letter pointed to the white
clouds of the "Paraust" as If at that
moment they were In the sky. "Be
hold! He cometh with clouds and every
eye shall see Him. The Lord Himself
shall descend from Heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel
and with the trump of God." Com
menting on this and what came after a
great Scotch preacher says:
"Paul drove the nail too hard and
split the plank." If the authorized
rendering Iz the correct one, the sad
disruption at Thessalonloa may have
been brought about by a spurious
epistle which some tricky enemy wrote
and signed Paul's name to. In tho
second chapter Paul refers to It; "Now,
we beseech you, brethren, touching tho
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and
our gathering together unto Him, that
ye be not quickly shaken from your
mind nor yet troubled by epistle ns
from us, as that the day of the Lord la
nqw present. Let no man deceive you
in any wise.” Whatever Its origin,
whether In Pnul or In a forgery, the
trouble was there In full blast. One
party going wild and turning away
from labor and duty to sit down and
Indulge rhapsodies of high-strung ex
pectation; the other party flying to
the other extreme and In disgust with
fanaticism throwing the whole doc
trine of the second coining overboard.
Bo bitterness and strife rent the church
In twain. It has always been so. one
extreme creates another, and the truth
falls through. The distortion of truth,
fanatical extremes, by very earnest and
bonest people, provokes and supports
unbelief.
Now, Pnul, who had founded and
nourished the cause at Theasalonlca,
witnessed thlB disruption sadly. The
note of distress Is evident In hls ad
dress to them. In the- course of this
address our text occurs. He has coun
seled, he has exhorted, he has warned
them In his best wisdom; now,
though he suddenly realises the gravi
ty ot the trouble, that human effort to
ionize the factions would fall and
a higher power must take It In
he appeals to God. "The Lord
direct your hearts Into the love of
God and Into the patience of Christ.” I
commend to you the Apostolic diploma
cy. Christianity has this witness still
to bear to modern life. It Is accredited
by history. Oliver Cromwell prefaced
hls battles by prayer. Martin Luther
and John Knox In their, revolutions
made Illustrious the Pauline diplomacy
of prayer. David Livingstone actually
fought hls way Into the heart of dark
est Africa on hls knoea, and then nut of
Africa he went to Heaven on hls
knees, for so they found him dead.
Chinese Gordon and Stonewall Jackson
took It to the Lord In prayer. At Val
ley Forge George Washington went
alone anil laid the Issue of war and the
destiny of this dear land before God.
Benjamin Franklin called for prayer
at the launching of the American Con
stitution. If General Toombs and
Thaddeua Blevens had sworn lei* 1 and
prayed more a bloody and ruinous civil
war might have been averted.
A Bigger Issue.
Dr. Bylvanus Landrum, tbs distin
guished father of hls still more distin
guished son, left behind him for
preachers a charming bit of wisdom.
I have learned," he said, "In forty
years' experience, how to deal with a
church row. It Is to always raise a
bigger issue, take a great collection
or project a new enterprise." Tho night
before Balamls Themlstocles brooded
discouraged In hls tent over the dark
shadow that hung over Greece nnd
the futeful battle that Impended. Suc
cess had crowned hls ambition. He
had succeeded In having hls rival, Aris
tides, banished. But now a mournful
melancholy filled hts heart. Suddenly
a figure darkened the door of hls tent.
It was Aristides. The hand of Ther-
mlstocles flew to hls sword as he saw
hls old antagonist. Aristides advanced
and extended hls hand. "Thermtsto-
cles,” he said, "let us be rivals still, but
rivals now for death tomorrow to save
our common country." He raised a
bigger Issue. On the morning of Tra
falgar Lord Nelson called a council of
hls officers. He noted the absence of
Captain Rotherham. He was Informed
thnt It was on account of a disaffection
between him and Admiral Colllng-
wood, hls superior. Nelson sent for
the captain and upon hls arrival took
him by the arm and led him Into the
presence of the admiral, nnd stretch
ing forth hls hand toward the ships of
France and 8paln, said: “Gentlemen,
these are the enemy. Shake hands."
He raised a bigger Issue. In one of
our court rooms a bitter suit for di
vorce was In progress. The husband
was on one side nnd the wife on the
other of the court room and between
the warring nrray of attorneys. By
the mother's side was a little girl, the
object of the struggle, between them.
Suddenly that little figure flew across
the room, climbed Into the man's lap,
hugged hls neck and said In the hear
ing of the startled company: "Daddy,
we love you." In the hands of the wise
Judge who looked through a mist of
tears, the ease enmc to nn end and the
lltlgnnts went out with the child be
tween. The child raised a bigger is
sue.
Thus Is Paul's statesmanship. He
does not propose to settle their dif
ficulty. He raises a larger Issue. He'
appeals to religion, to the love of God.
A Love Like God’s.
The principle behind the suggestion
of the text Is thnt the love of God
Is the law of hnrmony and the proper
mood of the Christian. Traced through
tho New Testament the phrase as
sumes a particular Christian signifi
cance. The words are old enough but
hen Christ comes to reveal and cre
ate a new relation between Qod and
man "the love of God" becomes on
expression standing for a well defined
force nnd foot. The old preachers had
the Idea when they spoke of "the love
of God shed abroad In our hearts.”
It does not mean God's lovo for us, nor
yet our love for Qod. It means Chris
tian love—the divine love ns a posscs-
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slon, n love like God’s that is the Chris
tian's own distinguishing quality. In
the thirteenth chapter of First Corin
thians a certain virtue Is Invested
with a surpassing dignity. The au
thor says that without It faith Is noth
in, hope Is nothing, nothing Is any
thing so far as the Christian Is con
cerned unless he has this wonderful
virtue. He calls ft Jove. Now. the
thing thnt Paul says It greater than
faith and greater than hope Is exnctly
what he Is talking about In the /text.
"The Lord direct your hearts Into the
love of God."
It Is nn exact and a most exacting
virtue. It makes no allowance for bit
terness against brethren or any hu
man hate whatsoever.
Now, this love of God comes to us
when Hls love for us Is revealed and
realised and our love awakened ' and
aroused In response. A new moral ele
ment drops Into our lives and a love
the heathen knows not comes to power
In us. It Is a love like God’s that
suffereth long and Is kind, envleth not,
vaunteth not Itself, Is not puffed up,
doth not behave Itself unseemly, seek-
eth not her own, Is not easily pro.
voked, thlnketh no evil, rejolceth not
in inqulty, beaseth all things, belleveth
all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things."
A love like God’s! Can such a thing
be? Two men who were brothers were
visiting their old father. They were
talking about the old man tyhlle ho was
going about the place happy enough.
One of the brothers said to the other!
"Do you know I have come to have a
strange feeling about father? I do not
love him like I used to exactly. I feel
like I would like to have him In my
home and look after and make him
take care of himself and care for him
Just like a child. I really feel like a
father to him." I do not know a bet
tor definition of this love of God about
which I am speaking than this sug
gests. It Is the spirit of fatherhood In
■ us. What does It mean when Christ,
I the man Christ Jesus, says so clearly
and with such a distinction of em
phasis, that Hls words cut the air like
blades of steel, "l and the Father are
one; If ye have seen me ye have seen
the Father?" And how far Is Paul
from saying the same thing of himself
when he pointedly declares, "For me
to live Is Christ. Nevertheless It Is
not I that live, but Christ that llveth
In me?”
Mr. William T. Stead, the great Eng
lish publicist, has told In a book of a
Christmas he spent in prison when he
was arrested as the editor of the Pall
Mall Gaxette. He says that he had a
revelation there that changed hls whole
life. He was writing n letter to a
young lady who had written to him for
advice. She was having a hard time
trying to live a better life In the city of
London, and he was saying to her In
hls letter that she ought to become a
Christian. He seemed to hear a voice
saying to him distinctly, "Why are you
asking that girl to be a Christian?
Never say to any one any more, ‘Be a
Christian.' Always say, 'Be a Christ.'"
He says at first the suggestion shocked
him. It sounded almost .blasphemous,
certainly presumptlous. He recoiled
from It. But as J)e thought more deep
ly of It he saw that It was a flash of
truth of most vital Importance. He
writes: "Henceforth I shall never say
to any one, ‘Bo a Christian.’ It Is not
Christians who will save the world.
No, not even churches. What we want
Is not to be Christians, but to be
Christs. The. name Christian has come
to mean to many an Infinitesimal sem
blance of the shadow ot Christ and a
whole ocean of self. We have got to
be real Christs or the world will never
be sayed.” Now, this bold way of
stating It, though I can not fee that It
Is any bolder than Paul’s way of stat
ing It, may excite a momentary re
pugnance, but think about It, think
about It with your New Testament be
fore you. I think you will get a, new
light on your path. The peril of blas
phemy Is far more real for us when
we use the term "Christian" loosely and
with little significance than It Is when
we put the power Into It that belongs
there. If we take Hls name In vain
we do blaspheme. The name "Chris
tian” Is an Irreverent liberty with the
name of the Bon ot Qod whenever It 1s
made to stand for any spirit abhorrent
to the Spirit of Christ.
A Southern Exposure.
What has been said brings me to
an application I cannot avoid. As I
understand my calling, as I understand
the significance ot this gathering, we
are representatives of Jesus Christ be
fore we are anything, else, r speak
also to a larger audience,. which may
read these words. Here In Georgia
and here In the South Christianity Is on
trial as It Is no where else In the whole
world at tho present time. Christiana
are undergoing a harder test than
Christians erer underwent since the
days of the reformation. We are call
ed from two directions to adopt In
dividually and as a people a "modus
vlvendl" for our dealing with the ne
gro race. Dark and difficult as the
problem Is when we come to consider
practical solutions, the approach to the
problem Is not so difficult. The first
question to be met Is not a complicat
ed one. We have simply to decide the
question of attitude and temper, wheth
er It shall be rash, vengeful and wick
ed, or calm, thoughtful and with the
purpose to do that which conscience
and Justice will approve. There are
two principles to choose between nnd
clnly two. On one hand Is the dictate
of Christianity, the spirit and princi
ple that Is behind every theory of the
Christian religion as that religion Is
incarnated In the historic Christ. It j
Is the .principle that animates and
Inspires the’ Christian enterprise In
missions at home and abroad. No
creed denies It, our creeds affirm It.
It Is a distinct and a distinguished
philosophy of man’s relation to hls fel
low man, which I might with the ap
proval of the centuries and the Chrls-
tlon millions, propose solemnly and
earnestly In the name of the Father,
and In the name of the Son and In the
name of the Holy Ghost, ,
On the other hand an opposite princi
ple and temper clamors. It Is the prin
ciple of the human nature. It Is nat
ural and racial and Instinctive. It runs
in the blood, it riots In the veins of
the natural'man. Its passion Is as
fierce as the human animal knows.
Its law Is vengeance and hate. It
arouses and supports a murderous tem
per and the most ferocious and tact
less expedients. No one can say to It
"Come, let us reason together.” Gov
ernors and statesmen plead with It In
vain.
Here are the two ways before every
Southern citizen’s feet.
I for one am going in the path that
Is marked by the sandalled feet of
Christ, even though I go It alone.
' If In God’s good providence we
_ee the clouds rolled away, the
fearful problem solved and Its peril
averted of one thing I am sure. It
will be found that true statesmanship
did not lie with those who cry "Take
the law Into your own hands! Kill.
Shoot! Bum!” But with those larger
men of unclouded minds and steadfast
hearts who could think clearly and or
der wisely even though methods In
volving tremendous measures.
And If not, If there Is no way n
God or man out of this peril, there will
be no regret that we chose the high
est way and walked Iff it. "The Lori
direct your hearts Into the love of God
and Into the patience of Christ.
THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE GIRL OF TODAY
BEATRICE FAIRFAX TELIA YOUNG MEN NOT TO DISCOURAGE GIRIA FROM
BECOMING INDEPENDENT.
By BEATRICE — MRFAX.
Woman Is much more Independent
than she used te be. Of that there ti
not the slightest doubt.
Her Independence Is largely due to
the fact that there are so many ways
pen to her of earning her own living.
Twenty-five years ago there were few
hances for the self-supporting woman.
8he had her choice between teaching,
In*. becoming a saleswoman or en
tertaining domestic service.
flThose were all womanly occupations,
but they gave small chance for ad
vancement.
Hot Weather Trips via Cen
tral of Georgia Railway-
Summer Excursion Tick
ets.
To tin* HEAWJORE, MOUNTAIN and
LAKE RF.KOHTtt to the north, south,
coat and west.
A trip by rail amt sail to*NBW YOtlK.
BOSTON. IIAI/miOUU. PHILADEL
PHIA sod point# fu the coot rla HA VAN-
NAH ami STEAMSHIP I.INKH, la Might-
fnl at this season.
Tleket# are now on Bale ot all coupon
ticket office*. For rate*, schedule*, etc.,
apply to nny ogunt or renreaentatlve of
the Central of Georgia railway. W. II.
Yogg, District Passenger Ageut, Atlanta,
The woman who Advanced ono step
beyond the moat conventional line* wa*
accused of unwomanllne**.
The result wa* that the average
woman had little or no self-reliance
once outside the narrow confines ot
her home.
She waa brought up with the Idea
that the men of the family always
knew best, that their word wa* law.
They let her do pretty much as she
liked concerning the ordering of the
household, but one step beyond that
she must not go.
To marry, to be a good wife, mother
and housekeeper, that was supposed to
be the sum total of her ambitions.
No matter how many daughters
there might be in a family, and no
matter how little money to clothe and
feed them, not one would be allowed
to step out for herself and order her
own way of living.
The term "bachelor girl" was an un
known quantity.
Today many girls are self-supporting
who are not driven to It by actual ne
cessity.
The modern girl has learned that
there Is more content to be found lit
living the life of a busy bee than that
of an Idle butterfly.
Man's attitude toward woman's In
dependence U exceedingly changeable.
If he Is personally Interested in a wo
man he likes her to be clinging and
dependent.
But If he ts not she cannot be too
Independent. He doe* not want her to
rely on him In the slightest degree.
He thinks woman In the aggregate
should get out Into the world and earn
her own living.
He would prefer hts own womankind
to stay at home.
Woman ha* advanced a great deal In
the last decade, but man's Ideas re
garding her have not advanced one
step.
There Is no reason why the fact of
earning her own living should detract
In the least from a girl's womanliness.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
ville, Ga.
On Heptemper 15th to 23rd.. Inclu
sive, the Western and Atlantic rail
road will sell ticket# from Atlanta*
Dalton and intermediate stations, to
Cartersvllle. at rate of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver and other ministers
of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will
have charge of t. music, and other
gospel singers of note will attend.
Three services each day, 10:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. ra., and ttfe
people of Cartersvllle will welcome
the great crowds with the same hos
pitality they have always shown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
G«n. Pass. Agent
She can be modest and dignified and
not so Independent as to become un-
femtnine.
The girl who is needed at home Is
fulfilling her mission In life to the ut
most.
But In families where there are sev
eral unmarried daughters It is far bet
ter for some of them to do something
toward self-support.
It need not Interfere with their mat
rimonial prospects, for the girl who
makes a capable business woman
shpuld make a capable, economical
wife.
Do not discourage the girls from be
coming Independent, young men.
Tell them that you Admire them, and
encourage them all you can.
It is said that there are eight million
more women In the world than men.
So you see there are not enough hus
bands to go round, and a good many
of the eight million superfluous ladles
must support themselves.
The business woman of today Is be
coming a factor In the business world.
She Is fast making herself indispen
sable to her employer* by her /atthful-
ness to duty and general trustworthi
ness.
Instead of* criticising her. independ
ence, men should admire her for her
capability.
ARE WE^EuTg”eFFEMIWZEDT
The Stamp of the Feminine Mind It
Upon Everything American.
From the World's Work.
In the United States there are at
least a million more men than women,
and only one-tenth of the women are
at work outside of their own home*.
Yet the stamp of tho feminine mind Is
upon everything American, and in
many of the higher phases of culture
women take the initiative.
This rule of women In the United
States begins in our public schools,
where boys and girls are educated to
gether, and where the teacher Is al
ways, In the lower grades at least, a
woman. In the great cities the femi
nine Influence goes into every nook and
cranny of social development. A wom
an has been suggested as mayor of
Chicago, and the "civic creed" of Chi
cago was composed by a woman, and ts
recited every day by thousands of
school children.
Women compose very largely the
reading public, and no current novel
can succeed without their patronage.
Some of the most successful magazines
are devoted to their interests exclu
sively, and those given to scientific and
philosophic discussions seldom exist
long, or they become the organs of
small and detached organizations of
men.
Art exhibits are conducted by wom
en, and women hold executive offices
In world’s fair committee# lhey serve
as chairmen of school boards, and they
torment, through their municipal
leagues, the party leaders. They are
notable as charity workers and they
have made reputations as doctors,
lawyers, magazine editors, newspaper
reporters, preachers, political speak-.
er*, and labor organizers and agtta- j
tors. Indeed, where in the United '
States do we not find the woman with j
her Influence, battering at all doors?
F. E. PURSE
“THE PRINTER
PRINTING
•*• OF ALL niMfiB IPTOTWS VJ
r*
jl 16 1-2 E.
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
MITCHELL ST. ATLANTA, GA,
**T»*II me honestly whnt you think of my .
muxli-ttl talent."
"Well. If you'll proftnae not to be of-
(fluted"-
"Why. of course not—but, never mind; I
let'* talk of somcthfMg else.”—'Translated j
for Tale* front Meggtf ulorfer Blaster. 1
LAST CHANCE.
Our tale of summer Shoes Is still on, but mast end soon. Only
a few more days.
Our Repair Department Is rapidly Increasing. Call us up and we
will send for your Shoes and return them in good order.
CARHART SHOE MANUFACTURING CO-
Boll ’Phone 1355. 11 VIADUCT PLACE, Bet Whitehall and Broad