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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. ■••••••••••••MB* 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. >•••••••••••••••••••••••< IHIIMIMMlMIHieMtliHHHIMMIMMIIMHIMMHMMMMHMMMHMMHIl I j : ? By REy. JOHN E. WHITE, PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH KIHKIHtlHMMIHMHI eeeeeeeeeteeete , ioeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeeseeesssssees«s•t•seesse*a•ai 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- REV. DR. JOHN A. WHITE. 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