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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1 DOC.
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CLEAR NOTE SOUNDED
BY ATLANTA PASTORS
FOR REIGN OF LAW
The following excerpt* from aermons | ence to law Is the highest moral and
delivered by the ministers of Atlanta | Social protection. Without law there
are given to the public with the hope
that the strong words spoken will help
to crystalize a hearty and Immovable
public opinion against crime and all
forms of mob violence.
This Is one step taken by the minis
ters In co-operation with the officers of
the Business Men's Gospel Union, to
ward an effort to readjust the relations
of the races at the Houth.
The Christian league, recently or«
ganized in this city with members from
both races. Is now attempting to bring
order out of confusion and harmony out
of discord und hate, through a sane,
sound public opinion, to become domi
nant among all the people. The end
sought Is concerted effort to Inspire in
all the people a greater respect for the
law.
There Is needed strong public senti
ment to back up the law upon the fol
lowing, propositions:
1. That criminal assaults upon wom
en constitute the most villainous crime
'known to the catalogue of iniquities
and must be punished to the very ex-
.tent of the law in the execution of the
criminal.
. 2. That death by mob violence Is
murder, outright, and can have no ex
cuse or countenance In Christian civili
zation or Individual or community life.
It violates the law of God and the law
of man as well.
3. That nil law-nblding white people
And law-abiding negroes, ns far os may
be needed, will aid the proper officers
of the law to apprehend and bring to
trial all offenders against the law,
whether Individuals or mobs, regardless
of race, with such proof to convict as
may be within their knowledge and
control.
4. That It Is the duty of every citizen
to be absolutely obedient to law and to
rpalntnln the pence of the community
As fur as his power and Influence may
go.
5. That In the adjustment of all dif
ferences between the races nbsoluto
justice ns to all legal rights shall be
secured to each individual. Irrespective
of race or social condition.
6. That the press of the state may be
used to create. In every possible way.
such public sentiment ns will maintain
obedience to law.
7. That all the people may pronounce,
positively, against all undue delays by
the courts, whether In forms of the law
or through petty technicalities that
finally defeat the end of Justice, and
demand such changes In the law as will
make the itenaltles for violation swift,
certain and effective.
W. J. NORTHEN.
Rsv. A. C. Ward.
Pastor Tempi# Baptist CHureh.
“Without law, what?" Tho object of
law Is to prevent crime and fix u Just
punishment upon the evildoer.
Lawlessness Is the utter disregard of
the law’s demand. A lawless human
being Is the most dangerous of all
creatures. An outlaw must be sup
pressed or exterminated for the safety
of all other people.
Law must not be regarded as an
enemy. It is not tnude to curtail pleas
ure, but to prevent excesses or over
Indulgences which would bring ruin
upon the community.
The dignity of the law Is not In It
self, but In those who uphold It. An
unwritten law may be as binding and
even more is>tent than the written
law.
man*)
Is no safety or good government.
The law of Christ known as “the
Golden Rule," Is the true foundation
of all law. “Therefore, In all things,
whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even so to them."
Rsv. W. iTlFARMER,
Pastor Butlsr Street M. E. CHureh
(Colored.)
Prov. 3:1. No man can be a good
citizen who breaks the law of his coun
try. My friends, If you would have
peace to reign supremely, obey the
laws of your state and city. Law Is
God’s great gift to man that they may
observe, obey and keep them. Bind
them nbout thine neck, write them
upon the table*of thine heart. Stand
always in the sunlight so that the of
ficers of tho law when they meet you
may know that they are meeting their
friend and supporter who will help
them, to execute the law. Let the
wrongdoer know you take no part with
him In his wickedness and sin. The
best way to observe these things and
bring about that peace that passes all
understanding Is to be guided by the
Holy Spirit for He would teach you all
things well.
Separate yourselves from that clans
of lawbreakers who bring shame and
disgrace upon the country and the state
and upon our race particularly. Ho
that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
REV. W. wTLaNDRUM.
Pastor First Baptist Church.
Order Is heaven’s first law." Dis
order Is of tho devil. Civil government,
because order, has Its source In God.
All civil power, the world around. Is
appointed and ordained by Him. Such
is the apostolic teaching. “The pow
ers that be are ordained of God/* Any
government, therefore, Is preferable
to anarchy. Nero, the dlabnllzcd, was
emperor, bo It remembered, when Paul
rote: “Let every soul be subject
God’s only perfect Man, dying a sacri
ficial death, has been a sufficient re
minder to the race of the Inexorable
necessity of obedience to law. Even
God Himself, when carrying out His
sovereign will to redeem the ra'.e, pro
ceeded In such a way as to comply
with the eternal laws of justice, though
the crucifixion of His Bon was the cost
of this requirement. Therefore, It was
shown that by nature and necessity
we are under law; no matter how good
and desirable that thing we would ac
complish may be, as is manifested by
the divine example, we can only be Just
and Justifiable %vhon we proceed ac
cording to law. The point especially
dwelt upon was the necessity of main
taining and obeying the law of the
land. God’s law requires obedience to
civil law. Reason and experience both
alike attest this necessity. Man Is by
nature selfish, and It Is only by a great
struggle that the noblest specimens of
the race, control these Individualistic
Impulses and become altruistic and
philanthropic. Through the high or
ganization of our modern civilization
It has come to pass that all are de
pendant on each, and each on all. In
order for the Individual to attain his
highest good and enjoy his greatest
liberty, he must consent to have his
personal liberty restricted and to have
his personal good modified In order to
the greater liberty and the greator good
of the whole, by whose liberty and by
whose good alone he can be assured
of freedom and blessedness. There
fore, If men would dwell together they
must agree, and this agreement Is
called law. If there be those who can-*
not or will not obey the law, they
must emigrate or be forced to comply—
this must be done for their own good
as well us for the good of the commu
nity.
The penalty attached to law-break
ing und the manner of the admlnlstra.
tlon of this penalty must be of such a
nature as that even the criminal him
self shall recognize that this pennlty Is
not Inflicted, but entailed; that It rep
resents not the spite of his enemies,
but the solemn and necessary conse
quence of his own wrong doing. Ho
should be made to feel that he has
earned what he received; that he has a
right to It, and that It would be unfair
for him not to receive It, because It Is
his due. Thus the penalty should he
neither too large nor too light, lest It
fall to satisfy the sense of Justice In
both the ofTended and the offender and
thus make the law contemptible. Cer
tainty of punishment, rather than se
verity of punishment, will best avail.
Any administration of punishment
which Is of such a nature as to ob
scure the sense of Justice Is wrong
and tends to lawlessness; hence mob
authorities that are uvfr him.
Every otllcer of the government ac
cording to Christian doctrine, whether
legislative*, executive or Judicial. Is i
minister of God. Ills oath Is his or
dination. Not less than a Jewish rabbi
Roman ruler of men Failure to
know und net In accordance with this
fact makes the civil officer a traitor
alike to his country and to his God.
Citizens who resist legally constltut-
I authority, by taking tho law Into
their" own hands, resist the ordinance
of God. Whatever the form of gov
ernment, whatever the designation of
tho ruler, from bailiff to governor or
from sheriff to president, whatever the
rank of the administrator of law, civil
authority must be recognized as of di
vine origin and right. A bad citizen
cunnot be a good Christian. A gofid
Christ Inn cannot be a bad citizen,
his eyes lynching Is nlwuys mfirder and
mob vlolsnce the breaking loose of hell
on earth.
REV. R.~a FLINN,
Pastor North Avanuo Prosbytarian
CHureh.
Rom. 3:24-26. In his Introductory
emarks Mr. Flinn showed how for
twenty centuries, by means of saerlfi
clal fires, God kept before tho race the
majesty of the moral law; then came
Jtamlurd of worth I, menu- Christ • tnce H '» RdvM '* f “ r ‘ won :
ured by his regard for tho law. ObeUI- ty centuries more God’s only Hon and
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COLLEGE PREPARATORY.
Donald Fraser School
For
DECATUR. GEORGIA.
MID-WINTER TERM BEGIN8 JANUARY 5, 1907.
FOR CATALOGUE WRITE Q. HOLMAN GARDNER, PRINCIPAL.
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College
Music
Macon, - Georgia.
Macon, • Georgia.
Oldest Bandesh
Largest* and Best*.
Instruction in Depart
ments of Art, Expression,
Physical Culture, Book
keeping and Stenography
and Typewriting the very
best.
Students received at
any time when there is
room, and there will be a
few vacancies when exer
cises are resumed on the
2nd of January, also when
the spring term opens on
the 1st of February.
Those desiring to at
tend during the present
school year, should re
serve at once.
Catalogues free.
DUPONT GUERRY, - - PRESIDENT.
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duclve to crime. Justice Impartially
administered, who,, sentonco lx Inex
orably executed, while a compassion lx
manlfexted for tho offender, will make
law maleatle, and when law lx aeon In
Ha majesty It will be recognised and
revered.
REV. aTe. DAY.
Paator St. Paul* Episcopal Church, Col
ored.
Prov. 2S:4. Law la the foundation
of all government and the atabtllty of
all government, whether home, aoclety.
atate or church, depends entirely upon
tlio enforcement and the keeping of the
law. Home becomes the houso of hell
society beeomox a hotbed of Immoral
ity. the xtuto a tottering wall, the
church a house of ''merchandise," when
the laws are not obeyed.
There must be some rule to govern
and direct rational creaturea In their
moral and religious actions. Without
such rules, which we call the law, gov
ernment become* a bubble anon to
burst and shrink Into nothingness.
Tho Bible gives us the assurance
that civil rulers are God's ministers
for good, hence the prayer often as
cends for the president of the United
Htates. the governor of this state and
all others In authority. The Christian
duty on this wise becomes twofold, his
nllegtanco Is bound to the church and
to the state, a citizen of a spiritual und
temporal kingdom.
"Submit yourselves to every ordi
nance of man for the Lord's snke," la
the Christian law. On this wise the
obligations of the lower citizenship
becomes Just as binding as the obli
gation of the higher. The state com
pels men to obey the laws and hangs
over them a penalty which must of
necessity cause fear. The church
stretches out her tender arms of love
which we know Is the fulfilling of the
law.
The atate cannot nfford to allow men
to come to Us support and help to pun
ish the guilty and to protect the Inno
cent. The good citizen Is the man who
obeys the law.
Today 'n this great Southland we are
threatened with peril and danger be-
cause men will not obey the law. When
citizens of every class co-operate In
bringing criminals to justice, whether
they be the rapist or the murderer, the
thief ■ r uny others, who commit law
less acts, truth and Justice, religion
and plely will be established among
us for all generations.
REV. R. L.~MOTLEY.
Pastor Central Baptist Church.
In order to arrive at a due apprecia
tion of law- one must view tt largely
from a Scriptural standpoint, "for there
no power but of God, the powers
that be are ordained of God." Many
do not reverence the law Uecaueo they
have ‘ contempt for Its administrators.
In this they fall to distinguish between
the persons thut are In power and the
place of power Itself. •
Let It be remembered that officials
do not represent themselves, but the
places of power which they till.
Some laws may not be righteous, but
until they can be repealed, every loyul
citizen must abide by them: other
wise. each inan becomes a law unto
himself and anarchy necessarily fol
lows. The violation of a bad law does
not remedy that law. Mob violence,
while giving temporary satisfaction,
never corrects a crime which It seeks
to avenge, and It leaves In its wake
less respect for law and order and
many a painful regret. " If laws are
unjust, by the exercise of our God-
given suffrage, let us call men to office
who will repedl them and give us
wholesome Uwe instead. It the admin
istrators of law are unfaithful thje,
too, may be corrected by selecting as
their successors men who wilt be true
to their oath of office.
Kvery good citizen should vote and
encourage good men to offer themselves
for nomination of civil trust and re*
sponxibllity. The wholp matter of law
creation nnd law observance should
subject of prayer. My ballot
should be as sacred to me as my Bible.
REV. J.’iTEPTON,
Pastor St Paul A. M. E. Church.
(Colored.)
Jas. 1:25. We are called upon today
to preach on law and order and 1 re
gard It as coming from God. I must,
therefore, give It my beet thought and
consideration. It Is your duty to pray
erfully consider It with me under the
following heads:
1. The civil law. 2. The moral law.
3. Perfect law.
Law Is said to be a rule of action; a
precept: a command, coming from
superior authority which an Inferior Is
bound to obey. This superiority may
consist In office and not from an In
tellectual or moral standpoint. Wheth
er from one or all, we are required to
obey the daw. This la God’s way to
govern His rational creatures. This Is
what we call the moral government of
the world.
It matters not how we are situated In
life, we find ourselves under the con
trol of rules, emanating from an au
thority to which we are compelled to
yield obedience. The negro, like all
other human beings, should ask only
equity before the law,
We are asked to help run down per
petrators of crime In our race. When
we rare clothed with proper authority,
and those we help capture are guaran
teed a fair and Impartial trial before
the law, certainly we will do so. The
wicked element In our race cannot be
upheld. The obedience to social and
religious regulations and to conven
tional rules and to law, not as a race,
but as American citizens, not from fear
unlshment, but from the fear of
of pu
Ood.
We deplore all crimes. Rape Is a
crime of the worst sort, but lynching
Is Just as bad. Tho better clasa of
white and colored are looking forward
to the abollahment of crime and are
praying for peace and harmony to
reign In thla city, hence they are or
ganising to this end.
The gospel of Jesua Christ possesses
the properties of law. It Imposea ob
ligations upon us. It Is tho law of
liberty. It la perfect because Its Author
Is perfect. It Is perfect because It frees
Indeed. Let us as a race rise t# the
perfect law.
REV. J. B. FICKLEN.
Pastor Inman Park Presbyterian
Church.
-Probably the most marked charac
teristic of the Kngltsh people which
would Impress a casual ubserver on
the streets of London la thslr pro
found respect for the law and those
In authority. The policeman on the
street by the lifting of his Anger Is
able to exercise absolute control over
the ever flowing lido of people. That
trait of character Is largely the secret
of the success which England has
achieved In the past. Take a single
Illustration.
In 1(8$, there was a revolution In
England which wae deep and radical.
The tyranny of the Stuarts was over
thrown. And parliament was mhde su
preme. James II left the kingdom un
der the shadow of darkness. William
and Mary were given the throne which
he had vacated. That revolution took
place without the loss of a single life,
without the shedding of a drop of
blood, or even the firing of a gun or
the drawing of a sword. In fact the
change took place so quietly and so
gently that many people living In that
day did not realize what had happen
ed until It was a thing of the past. In
France, about one hundred years later,
a revolution of the same kind. If we
look at Its purpose and Its results, took
place. But what a difference In the
manner and expression of the two rev
olutions. In Franco the bastlle was
stormed. The king was personally at
tacked and Imprisoned by the people.
The guillotine was put Into operation.
The rivers of France were made to run
red with the blood of her best citizens.
What did France gain which England
had not gained a hundred yenrs be
fore? Nothing. But on the other hand
she lost a great deal which England did
not lose.
It Is true that the American people
have some very serious problems to
solve In the near future. The same Is
sclally true of the people of our
Southland. And I have the highest
confidence In the ability of our people
to settle these problems. But we will
only do so by honoring the law nnd
showing respect for the powers that
be. Should we undertake the solution
of the problem by any other method,
we will only postpone for many years
the end after which we are seeking.
We will lose much nnd gain nothing.
Let the law be honored.
ROMEO AND JULIET
IN MODERN LIFE
GRAND
FIVE PERFORMANCES,
beginning with matinee today.
THE BEH*GREET PLAYERS
MATINEE TODAY, TONIGHT^AlONDAY NIGHT AND TUE8DAY MAT
INEE.
EVERYMAN,
The XV Century Morality Play at Given by this Company Three Months
in London and 200 Times in New York
Tuesday Night, "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE."
Acted in the Elizabethan manner.
Night, 25o to $1.50; Matinee, 25c to $1.00. Matinee Tuesday at 3 p. m.
WEDNESDAY AND THUR8DAY, DECEMBER 19-20-^MATINEE THURS-
The Drury Lane Theater Ballet, 8peotacle, Musical, THE SLEEPING
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
FASCINATING IN IT8 WIT AND HUMOR, MU8IC AND DASH.
A VISION OF LOVELINES8, GEORGEOUSLY MOUNTED.
BRILLIANT ELECTRICAL EFFECT8.
NUMER0U8 SPECIALTIES.
CO—PEOPLE IN GRAND ENSEMBLES—60.
Night, 2Sc to $1.50; Matinee, 25c to $1.00. 8ale Monday.
Friday and Saturday and Sat. Matinee, Dec. 28.29
MESSRS. MARTIN & EMERY’S
Majectic Presentation of the Great Mystic Festival
Drama
PARSIFAL
The Most Imposing Production Ever Sent on Tour.
Philadelphia. Bee. 15.—In. his speech de-
fending Mss Solfer, who It nn trltl for the
murder of his swoethesrt, Annie Msrgollei,
former Judge Maswell Stevenson said that
the tragedy was s rest life production of
"Itomeo nnd Jull.t,” except that the lover
dbl not succeed In dying.
He declared that when the
•■me objected to the mnrrltge,
e girl's
, Solfer
NEXT WEEK.
Matinssa Tuesday, Thursday and Sit
urday.
Sweely, Shipman A Co., Prasant
ANNA DAY
And Critarion Thaatar, Naw York, Company In Charlta Majors’ and Paul Kst-
tar’s Romanes of Chivalry
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER
GREAT CAST OF 25 PEOPLE INCLUDE8 ALFRED 8WENSEN, AS
BRANDON, AND OGDEN 8TEVEN8, A8 HENRY VIII.
Complata Scenic Environments for Five Aota.
WITH COACH BURNING
TRAIN RUNS TO STATION.
Special to The Georgian.
Camilla, On., Dec. 15.—The south
bound Atlantic Coaat Line paseenger
train yeaterday evening pulled Into thla
place with the negro coach burning.
Thla car was set on fire by the explod
ing of a tamp several miles from town.
The coach for white people wee left
up the railroad until after the local Are
deportment had extinguished the
flames. No one was Injured.
SEVEN-YEAR TERM
FOR KILLING A MAN
Will Smith, colored, charged with
the murder of Henry Williams, was
found guilty of voluntary manslaugh
ter In the criminal branch of Fulton
auperlor court Friday afternoon and
eentenced to seven years In ths peni
tentiary.
Claude Rowe, while, la on trial Fri
day afternoon on the charge of biga
my. On August 22 last Bows married
Callle Thompson, when. It la aald, he
had one wife, Mary Jenkins, already.
A peculiar feature of the case le that
Rowe claims that he contracted hla
last marriage on the advice of hla
attorneys. It was aet up that hla Aral
wife had a living husband when she
married Rowe.
NfiRAND
Five Performances, Beginning S.tuf
day Matinee.
BEN GREET PLAYERS.
Saturday Matinee and Night, al»
Monday Night and Tuesday Matinee.
"EVERYMAN.”
Tuesday Night, December 11,
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Acted in the Elizabethan Manner.
Night, 2Se to $1.50. Mntinss 25c te
1.00. Sale now on.
TALKING MACHINE and
EDISON PHONOGRAPH
= OUTFITS
$12.10
And Upward.
EASY TERMS
Phillips & Crew Co.
37-39 Peachtree St.
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
VIA GEORGIA RAIL
ROAD.
On account of Christmas holidays,
ticket! will be sold at all points south
of the Ohio end Potomac and east of
the Mississippi river, 8t. Louie, Mo.,
Included, at rate of one and one-third
llrat-clasa fare, plus 25 cents, for the
round trip.
Tickets on sale at all stations De
cember 20 to 26, 30, 31 and January 1,
Anal limit January 7, 1907.
For further Information apply to any
ticket agent, or
A. G. JACKSON, C. C. M'MILLIN,
G. P. A. A. G. P. A.
Auguste, Ga,
Davis (o Build Church.
Cumberland, Md., Dec. 15.—Former
Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of El
kins. Is to build a Presbyterian church
to cost about $15,000, at the new town
of Oaseaway. West Virginia, on the
cool and coke railroad which he owns.
Old Clothes steamed clean
ed by Tom Weaver.
SPECIAL" TRAINS DUR
ING HOLIDAYS BE
TWEEN ATLANTA
AND ALBANY VIA
CENTRAL OP GEOR
GIA RAILWAY.
Effective first train leaving Atlanta
t:4i e. m. and first train leaving Al-
bony 3 p. m, December 16. and dally
to and Including December 36, for the
accommodation of holiday travel
* BIJOU
Matin## Today—'Tonight.
CHARLES E. BLANEY OFFERS
HOWARD HALL
In His Great 8ucctsi,
—THE—
MILLIONAIRE
DETECTIVE
BALOWIN-MELVILLE STOCK CD.
TlltTK8, FRIDAY AND SAT.
PKIDAY-8ATURDAY MATINEFA
WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN
Sight prices 10. s'. *>• £
Matinee price# 1". - • *
NEXT WEEK:
“TEN NIGHTS IN
A BARROOM
#cgB=aJi. , ass=aets=
THE STAR
WEEK OF DECEMBER 10.
Sensational Drama in Three Act*
“A DESPERATE GAME.’’
See the Grand Colorado Canyon, tfc»
Outlaws Retreat.' the Daring R™'- 1 *
etc.
New Moving Pictures.
Matinees Monday. WednenWJ
Thursday and Saturday at 3:30. E««»
night at 1:15.
Christmas For Poor Child™"
■pedal to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga, Dec. 15.—Rome 1" : ■
Ing to extend the glad hand of '•••. ••
For detailed Information apply toito Banta (Taus. The Elks are s '-?*'
your nearest ticket agent, or | lo „ ve a „ i0 oo "Mow out" In !> £
I «»f nM flanta nn PhHatmil lift} * *
t ticket agent, .
W. H. FOGG.
District Passenger Agent.
I of old Santa on Christmas day
benefit of the children.
