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Palpit(gpeu)s
BAPTIST.
First Baptist Church.
Services 11:15 a. in. «nd 8:30 p, m.
Subject morning sermon, "The New
Evangelism,” Subject at evening
service, “Sin ” Hr. M. Asliby Jones,
pastor
Second Baptist Church.
O. P. Gilbert, pastor. Preaching by
tho jiastor 11:15 a. m., theme: "Dele
gated Authority.” 8:15 p. m.. "The
Old and the New." Good music. At
the Inght service the ordinance of
Haptist will be administered. Hunday
School 10 a. m. Itaraca class meets at
10 a. m. Phllather class meets 10 a. m.
Public cordially Invited to attend.
Curtis Baptist Church.
Par. R VV. Theot. pastor. Bible
School at 10 a. m., L. M. Freland, sup
erlntoident. Morning worship at 11:16.
Pastor's farewell to the church Even
ing worship at 8:30, pastor's farewell
to the friends of the church. A cor
dial welcome. Electric, fans.
Crawfoed Avenue Baptist Church.
Thomas Walker pastor. Preaching
at 11 a. m. Subject: "A Troubled Wo
man,” and at 8:15 p. m„ subject: ”Hlk
Own Imporfietlons.” Sunday School
at 3 p. m., W. F. Bentley, superinten
dent Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8:15 p. m.
CATHOLIC
St. Patrick's Church,
Mass, 6:30, 8, 9:30 n. m. Benedic
tion after last mass.
Sacred Heart Church.
Corner Greene and McKinne Sis.
In charge of the Jesuit Fathers.
Masses begin at 5:30, 6:00, 7:30 and
9:30 In the evening at 6:30 there
will he May Precessionary Rosary and
Benediction
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Christian Science.
First Church of Christ, Scientist. 816
Union Bank Building. Services Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock, Wednes
day evening nt 8:30 o'clock and Sun
day School at 12:15. Bending room
open dally from 11 to 1 o'clock, except
Mondays. The public is cordially in
vited to attend tho services and visit
the roafling room.
' CHRISTIAN.
Flrat Christian Church.
Seventh and Greene Htreets. Bible
school at 10 a. m. Preaching by I). O.
Cunningham , <>T India, at the morn
ing and evening services. This Is Dr.
Cunningham's last visit prior to his
departure as representative of this
congregation. The meeting for wo
men on Monday nt 5 o'eloek and mid
week service for prayer and fellow
ship on Wednesday at 8:30. Public
cordially Invited.
West End Christian Church.
Sermon subjects for May 3t»t. Morn
ing; The Tender Compassion of the
Christ. Night: Christ, the Savior of
Sinners Prayer service on Wednes
day nikht. Bible school Sunday after
noon .at three o'clock All scuts nro
free, and a cordial Invitation Is ex
tended to all. 11. I* Veach, Minister.
George Ball, S. School Hupt.
EPISCOPAL.
Church of the Good Shsphsrd.
,The Hill. Archdeacon Johnson,
rector. Whitsunday. Holy common
ion nt 8 a. m. Morning prayer, holy
communion and sermon at 11 a. m
Sunday' School at 5 p. m. Evening
prayer at 6 p. in.
Church of the Atonement.
Telfair unit Eleventh Streets. Rev.
Cbas I’. Holbrook, rector. Whit
Bunday. Morning prayer. Holy Com
munion and sermon at 11 o'clock.
Sunday acbool at 5 p m Evening
swvice at Thomson.
R*id Memorial.
Walton Way and John'* Rond. The
Hill. Morning eervlon It o'clock. Bven
lng service 8:15 o'clock, Hermon by
R*v. J. A. Simpson of Greensboro, Cm.
Hunday School 5 i>. m.. K S Johnson,
tnipertntendsnt. The nddre* to the
Adult Bible Class will bo delivered hy
Dr. R. L. Henry. Attractive vocal and
orchestral mush- and everyone cor
dially Invited to attend.
St. Paul’s Churph.
Rev. O. Sherwood Whttnev, rector.
Whitsunday. May :t t. Holy com
munion I L m, Sunday School, 9:45 IX
m. Holy communion and sermon
11:15 a. m. Confirmation lecture, 5:00
I>. m. Evening prayer, 6:00 p. m.
LUTHERAN.
SL Matthew's Lutheran Church.
M 8 Walker Street Rev. P. J. llhiiio
pastor Public Confession II a in!
followed by morning service and Holy
Communion. Sunday school 9:45 a
tn. Geo H. Oorcke, SupL Every
hody welcome. Baptismal service '4
o'clock In the afternon. Young ladles
Lutheran Society Wednesday after
noon.
METHODIST.
Presiding Elder at St. Luke.
81. Luke At. K. Church, Cor. Crawford
avenue and Bt Luke street. At the 11 a.
m service l*resldlng Wider W. T. Hamby
Will preach; 8:15 p. m. the paator, Rev.
J. P. Heberts will rill his pulpit. Hunday
•dhool at 8:10 p. m.. J. C. Platt, super
intendent. Wed nos, lay evening 8 o'clock,
prayer meeting. Tou are Invited.
> Anbury Methodist.
Sunday School. 9:45. \V. A. Owens,
■uperlnicndent. At Mann's. 10:SO. C.
R. Rheney, superintendent. At 11:15,
Children s Hay exercises. Good music
olid Interesting program by the ehil
dren. Bring the Cradle 801 l hahles.
Preaching at 6. by pastor, prayer
meeting Wednesday evening Yoti are
cordially invited to come and bring
your friends. Children's Day exercises
at Mann's Sunday morning, June 7th.
•t John's Mathodist.
780 Greene Street. Rev. S. P, Wig
flna pastor. Sunday School. 9:45 a.
tn. Preaching. 11:45 a. m„ and 8:80 p
m Cordial invitation to all services.
Broadway M. E. Church.
Corner Broad and Mills Streets.
Rev. C. M. Verdel, pastor. Preaching
•t 11 o'clock a m„ and again at 8:so
p. m.. by the pastor. Sundav School at
f :30 a. m„ Wilfred C. Llgeth, auperin
tendent. Prayer service Wednesday
evening at 8:80 o'clock. Tou are In
vited to attend all of these services.
PRESBYTERIAN.
SlbJEy Presbyterian Church.
Corner Broad and Eve Streets
Regular services Sunday. 11 a m and
7.45 p. m Sunday school 4 p. m.
Adelphlan Raraca Class meets on
Sunday, 10 a. m. Visitors cordially
invited. An open-air lantern lecture
will he given on Thursday evening in
tho church yard. The subject will he
"By Ways in North Africa.” There Is
no admission, hut a collection will be
taken up. Colonel Wit. Ewing, Con
federate Veteran and former scout
with General Eustls will conduct the
moving Bcrvice.
Green Street Presbyterian Church.
Between Twelfth and Thirteenth.
M M. MaeEerrln, pastor. Sunday
School 9:45 a. m. Morning service at
11:16, sermon by Rev. Henry D. Reaves.
On account of the absence of the
pastor, there will be no evening ser
vice. Christian Endeavor at 7:3 p.
m. Evcryono welcome.
COLORED CHURCHES
BAPTIST.
Hale Street Baptist Church.
Early prayer meeting 6 a. rn. The
Richmond County Union will meet
with our Sunday school May 31st,
1914 There will be preaching at
11:30 a. m and 3:30 p. m. Dinner at,
2 p. m. The Woman’s Mission will
have their first anniversary on the
first Sunday in June, the 7th. Preach
ing by pastor, 8:30 p. m. The public
Is Invited.
Shiloh Baptist Church.
Rev. William Jenkins, pastor.
Preaching at 11 a. in. by the pastor.
Sunday School at 3 p. m. Preaching
at 8:30 hy the pastor. The Sunday
School will carry their ptcnic to Han
dersville, June the Ist. Came and go
with us and have a good lime. Rev.
W. M. Jenkins, pastor. The public
is invited.
Cummlna Grove Baptist Church.
The Hill. Rev. R .1. McCann, B.
D. pastor. Early prayer meeting at
6:30 o’clock Preaching at 11:30
o’clock. Sunday school at 4 o'clock.
M. H. Crawford. Hupt. Annie B.
Illotint, assistant. Evening services,
preaching at 8:30 o'clock. Tuesday
evening prayer meeting. Thursday
evening prayer meeting. I say it yet,
lest you forget, tho Camming Grove
picnic at Riverside Park Tuesday
June 9th Tho public Invited to all
of the above aervlces. Moses H.
Crawford.
New Hops Baptist Church.
Bake View. Ellis Street. Preaching
at 11 p. in., hy Rev. P. Gardner. Bap
tism at 1 p. m. Communion at 3 p, in.
Preaching at 8:30 p. m. The public
Is Invited. Rev. M. Crawford, pastor.
Tabernacle Baptist.
Rev. C. T. Walker, 1). D., pastor.
Itcgul ir Sunday services except night
service, at which time tho Sunduy
School will give concert. Rev. S. X.
Floyd will occupy the pulpit for the
morning service. Friends and visitors
are cordially Invited to attend services
for the day. Prayer meeting, 6 a. m.
Preaching service, It a. m. Sunday
School, 3 p. m. B. Y. P. U. meeting, 7
I>. m. Hunday School concert, 8 p. ill.
Central Baptist Church,
Corner Hopkins and Marbury. Rev.
R. J. Johnson, pastor. Early prayer
meeting at (i a. in. Preaching at
11:15 a. in., by Rev. I. L. Derry, and
nt 8:30 p. m., by the pastor. Sun
day actiool ut 3 p. m. W. C. Jones,
Supt.
Friendship Baptist Church,
Rov. H. Morgan pastor. Preaching
Sunday at 11:30 o’clock by Hev. J. H.
Evuiih, D. D. Sunday school at 3 p.
m. Brother Slmiin, Supt. Sunday
night at 8:30 p m preaching by
Hev. G. P. Mosely.
Loneday Baptist Church.
Rev. ,T. H. Evan*, pastor. Early
prayer meeting Sunday morning. Sun
<la> school at 3:30 p. in. Preaching
Sunday evening at 8:30 p. tn., by Hev.
J. H. Evans, I). I).
Thankful Baptist Church.
UovyL. P. Pinckney, I). IV, pastor.
Prayer meeting at 6 a. m. Preaching
at 11:30 a. m , by the paator. Prayer
meeting Tuesday night. B. Y. P. V.
meeting Thursday night. Sunday
May Glut, is Girls' Day in our Sunday
school. Excellent program at 3:30
and at Bp. in. UG. Harmon, Supt
The public cordially Invited to all of
these services.
Macedonia Baptist Church.
Twlgg Street. Hev. W W. Jones,
pastor. 6 o'clock, prayer service hy
Deacon J. VV. Wilson. U o'clock,
a. m, preaching hy Rev. A. Wat
dnlle. 1 o'clock, Sunday School, R. T.
t'attln, superintendent. 3:80, Sacred
Hand concert hy the Orlgnsl K. of p.
Hand 4:00 o'clock, an address hy ltev.
P J. Holmes. Subject, “A Good Name
More Desired Bather Thun Silver or
Gold.’’ 8 o'clock concert by the It. Y.
P. TV, or short talk hy the pastor. The
public ts Invited to all these ser
vices as we are putting forth efforts to
raise money for the new church lot.
Union Baptist Church.
Bev. T. It. Dwells, A. M„ paator.
Preaching at 11 a. m, and s p m„ by
the pastor. Sunday School at 12:30.
I* E. White, superintendent.
Harmony Church.
Rev. H. A. Johnson, pastor. Preach
ing, 11:80, hy Rev. It. P. Tolbert
Preaching, 8:15, h> Rev. George Jones.
Sunday tehool, 3:30. Prof. l\ A Dry
aroll, superintendent. Excellent music
rendered. You aro cordially Invited to
these services.
Canaan Baptist Church.
Corner Kollock and Hopkins Sts.
Proachlug gt 11:30 a. tn. and 8:15 p.
m. Sunday school at 10 o'clock a m.
Rrothor John Coleman, Supt. Sister
1-nolle Roberson. Bible teacher. Reg
ular Tuesday and Thursday night
services. The public art* Invited.
Club No 100 will meet Monday night
at 1125 Marbury street, at I 11. lies
tor'a house. Comp one Come all
Club No. 25 will meet at Sister l-uclle
Roberson's house. Floyd Street Wed
nesdav night. All are asked to’ come.
CONGREGATIONAL
First Congragational Church.
Jsekson and Gwinnett Ktruets Rov.
John T. Clemons, psstor. Services
Sunday. Preaching at 11 a. tn and at
8 p. m. Sunday School at 4 p. m. Wed
nesday night prayer meeting at 8 30
o'clock. You ure cordlflly Invited to
come and worship with us.
EPISCOPAL.
St. Mary's Church.
015 Telfair Street, near Campbell
Augusta Church News
At a Glance
Baracas Are Planning Their Annual
Barbecue.
Since the organization of a city un
ion the Baracas of the city have been
putting on an annual barbecue at the
lake Thursday evening the commlt
decided to have the 'cue this year
July the 23rd. The tickets will sell
for the usual price, and will he limited
to 500 and open to the public.
The cue given at the I.ake Monday
evening In honor of the visiting Bara
cas was a great success. This as re
lated not only to the quality and quan
tity of the 'cue, hut to finances as well.
The hoys had SBO to their credit when
all expenses were paid. It Is hoped to
make the ’cue this summer equally as
successful.
Quarterly Conference at Woodlawn
Methodiet Church.
Rev. W. T. Hamby, presiding ruder
of the Augusta district, will hold the
regular quarterly conference at Wood
lawn Methodist church tonight. Dr.
Hamby Is very popular in Augusta,
and will lie heard hy a large congre
gation. Dr. Brand, the pastor, re
quests a full attendance of the mem
bership. The church will have Its
regular services this morning. The
Hunday school will meet, at 10 o’clock,
and the pastor will preach at 11:15 a.
rn. Public cordially Invited to at
tend.
Commencement Bermon at Grace Meth
odist Church, North Augusta.
The public schools of North Augusta
will have the annual sermon today at
the Grace Methodist church. The Rev.
R. O. Lawton, Prof, of English In Dan
der College, will preach the sermon
Dr. Dawton Is an able preacher, and
his sermon today will be an event In
North Augusta. The two churches
will combine, as usual, and the school
Rev . G. Croft Williams, Vicar of the Christ
Episcopal Church, Resigns to Co
to Charleston
Rev. O. Croft Williams, Vicar of
Christ’s Episcopal Church, has re
signed to take up the pastorate at St.
John's Church, Charleston, S. C. lie
begins work In his new field about the
lirst of July.
Mr. Wilburns came to Augusta No
vember, 1909, and took the work at
Christ's Church. At that time the foun
dations of an Institutional church hud
been laid, but the work was more or
less disorganized, and to an extent tho
officers were discouraged. Mr. Wil
liams was so full of love for the church
and the various departments for social
service, that he put lisl all Into the en
terprise. and the results are now vis
ible on every hand. Christ Church Is
no longer of local Interest, It ts known
over the state, and Its rector has been
called to much larger things.
A Distinct Loss.
The removal of Rev. G. Croft Wlt
llams Is n distinct loss to the entire
city. He has labored In the most un
assuming way, but more than once has
Ills advice been of material help whfpi
the city was in the midst of industrial
strife, and on the verge of serious
trouble. He has Justly won tho
friendship of the working classes,
while the rich see In him ft fearless
leader. But yon must not get the Im
pression thnt Mr. Williams ts of the
wild erratic sort of teazlurs of which
Street. Rev. Samuel A. E. Coleman,
vicar. May 31st, 1914, Whit Sunday.
Services at 7:30 a. m., 11 a, m„ and
t! p. m. Services Monday and Tues
day at 7:30 a in. Wednesday even
ing service as usual at 7:30 p. m. All
are cordially Invited.
METHODIST.
Bethel Methodist Church.
Rev. A M. Jordan, pastor. Prayer
meeting at 6:30 a. tn. Sunday school
10 a. m. Preaching 11:30 a. m by
Rev. J. C. Andrews of Ward's Cnap
polio. Allen League 7 p. m , subject,
''Converted Purses.” Preaching at
8:30 p. m, by Rev. I-. P. Taylor, of
Talbotton, Gn. The first dollar
money rally day. l’lease let each
member and friend pay. The public
cordially Invited.
Zion Methodist Church.
Twiggs Street, opposite Cedar. Rev.
11. Philbert 1-angford, pastor. Regu
lar services 11:30 a. m., and 8 p. in.
Preaching at both services by the pas
tor. At the morning service the pnstor
will begin a series of sermons on the
"Ten Commandments." Prayer meet
ing nt 6 o'clock a. m.. Brother William
1 lav Is, leader, Sunday School at 1:30
p. m.. W. H. Harris, superintendent.
Class meeting Tuesday evening at 8:30.
I-ove Feast Friday evening at 8:30.
To nit of these services you are cor
dially Invited.
Trinity Methodist.
Rev. W. M. Gladden, pastor. Preach
ing at 11:15 a. in. anil 8:80 in. by
the presiding elder, Rev. M. I* Stall
worth, D. D Sunday School at 3:30
]>. nt., R. Johnson, superintendent.
Quarterly conference Wednesday night.
Love Feast Thursday night. Leaders'
meeting Friday night All are cordial
ly invited to attend these services.
Christ Presbyterian Church.
Corner of Telfair and Ctimmlng Sts.
Rev. J. S Kills, pastor. Sunday
school to a. nt. Preaching 11:15 n
m. Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
prayer meeting A cordial welcome
to all.
Colored Y. M. C. A.
The colored Y. M. C. A. will he sd
dresesd at 5 p. in. today by Rev.
Garrelt. A called meeting of the board
of directors will be hold si 6 p. in., fol
lowing the r< gutar Sunday afternoou
meeting Pitt Cray. r*ioc president; St
lac X. Floyd, secretary.
GERMANY PLEASED WITH
RESULTS QF NEW WAR TAX
London.—The financial authorities
of the Imperial Government nro more
than satisfied with the results of the
assessment of the new war taxes.
Instead of the $240,000,056 that the
new legislation was designed to raise
tt Is no wevldont the total amount
will tie St least $50,000,000 greater
Thls result In attributed In large part
to the fact that the new laws threat
ened extremely severe sentences
against tax-dodgers and at the same
time guaranteed tax-payers who now
1 give true returns against prosecution
[for past under-assessments.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
children will go in a body. The ser
mon will be preached at 11 a. m.
Dr. Peel, the pastor of Grace church,
will begin a meeting June the 7th.
The meeting will run for two weeks.
Dr. J. B. Willson, of Sumter, S. C,
will assist. Mr. Willson is doing evan
gelistic work, and has been vrry suc
essful In all his meetings. Dr. Peel
feds that he and the church are very
fortunate to have with them at this
time this able man of God. The,
< hurch has been making preparations
for the meetings and there is great
hopes of a splendid service from the
beginning to the close.
Rev. O. P. Gilbert, Second Baptist
Church, on Delegated Authority.
Rev. <). P. Gilbert, pastor of the
Second Baptist church, will preach a
special sermon today on "Delegated
Authority.” This sermon is intended
for all who feel the call of God. It is
the desire of the pastor to make this
a great <lay in the ristory. of the
church. He is eager for the congre
gations to hold during the summer
months and he feels that he will be
able to make progress In that direc
tion. if he can have the people to the
service this morning.
Beautiful Services at Jewish Syna
gogue.
"The feast of the first fruits” will
be observed by the Jewish congrega
tion at their temple on Telfair street,
near the county court house. The first
service was held Saturday at 8:30 p.
m. At 11 a. m. today at the Telfair
street temple there will be another in
teresting service. At 4 p. m. today
there will take place the confirmation
of the Jewish children, a most beauti
ful ceremony. Dr. Reich is very anx
ious for the parents to be on time and
in their pews.
you read. He Is a trained thinker, and
Impartial In his Judgment. All clases
have learned to love him for his work's
sake, and all classes will miss him.
Church Became Strong.
Under his sympathetic leadership the
church has become strong, and Mr.
Williams' successor will find the task
simplified and the goal nearer at hand|
He Is the founder of the Boys Home,
and Institution that Is doing much for
the needy youth of the city. The li
brary' is well stocked with the best
books, and is daily patronized by
scores of young and old, who havs
found It tietter than the streets and
the play house for the Idler. The girls’
club is in a thriving condition. The
members of the church say that the
church and Institutions fostered by the
congregation are in a better condition
than at any time In the history of the
organization.
Mr. Williams regrets to leave the
work, but the new field Is offering so
much larger opportunities for the
same kind of work being done here,
(hat he feels it his duty to take It up.
Kt. John's Church Is one of the strong
Episcopal churches of Charleston, {j
lias all the Institutions in operation
that are fostered by the church here,
and they are in a thriving conditoin.
No one has ben selected to succeed
Mr. Williams.
Children's Day Observed
at Asbury M. E. Church
At the 11:15 a. m. church service to
day. Children's Day will be observed at
Asbury. A beautiful program has been
arranged for the children and they
will carry it out at the service. A
matter of special Interest will be the
babies of the Cradle Roll department
whose mothers will bring them to the
meeting. Home of whom will be bap
tised by the pastor.
Since the success of the great conven
tlon, the Sunday School at Asbury,
and especially the Baraca class, pur
pose to tuke on new life, and push the
work forward more energetically and
effectively than before.
At the evening service the pastor will
preach on: "The Effectiveness of
Christian Life.” New members will be
baptised and received into the church.
Good music will be a feature of the
service.
REV. H. L. REAVES AT THE
GREENE ST. PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. M. M. MacFertn left Saturday
afternoon afternoon for Sparta to
preach the commencement sermon of
the High School of that city. Rev. 11.
L- Reeves will preach at the Greene
Street Presbyterian Church this morn
ing. and this evening there will be no
service, except the Christian Endeavor.
Announcement Is helng made that on
next {Sunday evening Mr . MacFerrin
will begin u series of thre or four ser
mons on "Glorious Things That \Ve
Know. ' Every effort will he made to
make the evening services at the
Greene Htreet Church attractive this
summer, popular music and Inter
esting sermon subjects being features
of each service.
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Be Sure and Attend
the Services Today
—AT—
St, Luke M,E, Church
Dr. J. F. Roberta. Pastor.
Service*; 11 *. m , and a p. m.
RFNDAY SCHOOL S:SO P. M
BdrdcdCldss-Phlldthea Class
A Cordial Invitation to All.
MORNING COMES!
AWAKE!_ ARISE!
Majority of Human Family Pass
Through Life as If Asleep.
STATE OF MENTAL INACTIVITY
Bome Asleep In Death —Others Asleep
In Ignorance and Superstition—Still
Others Asleep In Worldliness—Boms
Christians Half Aslesp—Tho Awak
sning of the Soul —Mental Eyes Open
ing to See Things In a New Light.
The Light of the World—The Sun of
Righteousness Rising With Healing
In His Beams Will Dispel Darkness.
On the Atlantic,
May 24. Pastor
Russell, whose
i’h ito - Drama of
Creation Is awak
ening new zeal In
the study of the
Word of God
everywhere it is
being presented
preached today
from the text,
“Awake, thou that
sleepest, and arise
from the dead, and
Christ shall give thee light.” Ephe
■lans 5:14.
The Pastor Introduced his theme
with the observation that the majority
of humanity are not awake; that they
■eem to be passing through life in a
dreamy state; that as a rule they are
not thinking about the important mat
ters of life, but about the trivialities—
what to eat and drink, what to wear,
where to go. etc. The world, he de
clared, spends its time thinking about
these things rather than about the
things that pertain to God, to Bis will
and His ways, and to the everlasting
life Of the future.
Then the Pastor reminded his audi
ence how this state of mental inactivi
ty has been brought about. While the
world In general may be said to be
asleep. In one sense of the word It is
dead. Thus the Apostle declares of the
Church, “You * • * were dead !n
trespasses and sins.” The whole world
Is under the sentence of death passed
upon Father Adam because of his dls
obedience to the Divine command. Our
first parents sinned, and their posteri
ty, all mankind, shared with them the
penalty, “Dying, thou shalt die.”—Gen
esis 2:17, margin.
But this death sentence that was
passed upon all has been changed, the
speaker asserted, to be a sentence ot
sleep, from which there Is to be an
awakening. God foreknew the fall of
man, and purposed to redeem the hu
man family from death. In the Divine
Program Jesus was the Lamb of God
slain from before the foundation of the
world. Therefore, because God had
purposed the redemption and restltu
tlon of humanity by an awakening
from denth. He always speaks of death
■s a sleep, when communicating with
those who believe.
The Awakening of the Soul.
Proceeding to his text, the Pastor
discussed his theme In three divisions:
the awakening of some of the world In
the present time, the awakening of the
Christian, and the future awakening
of the world during the Messianic
Reign. To all who come to the Lord,
he declared, there came a time when
they began to think of subjects un
thought of before—the higher things,
those pertninlng to God »nd the world
to come. Up to that time some had
been steeped li* sin and degradation;
others had lived merely for the pres
ent and seemed never to think about
anything except the trivial affairs of
•veryday life. But somehow they be
gan to realize that they were sinners
and that there was a sentence against
them. Perhaps they got the right
view, that this sentence was one of
death; but more likely they got the
wrong view, that It was a sentence of
eternal torment
Then the Pastor showed that the ma
jority of children reach this important
crisis between the ages of twelve and
fifteen years. At that period there Is
a great chnuge In human nature; and
therefore It Is a most advantageous
time for the forces of spiritual growth
to spring up In those who have reach
ed the age of responsibility. The
speaker here dwelt upon the duties of
parents and teachers who have control
of the young at this important stage of
development. While he fully believes
in the Importance of training a child
In the nurture and admonition of the
Lord from the very beginning of Its
existence, yet be holds that both par
ents and teacher* should he especially
alert with children at this most favor
able time for opening their mental eyes
to see things In a new light, for their
learning to look beyond the trivialities
of the present life to the higher things
pertaining to the life to come.
“Arias From th# Dead.”
The Pastor next pointed out the falla
cy of the belief that the "young must
bow their wild oats." and expressed re
gret that even Christian parents seem
to be Imlined with this false idea
Those who sow wild oata, he main
tained. will reap wild oats: for "what
soever a man sowetb. that shall he also
reap." according to the Scriptures. His
thought ts that from the beginning of
Its existence the child mind should be
kept near the Divine standard. The
parents should lie able to express to
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the child in sympathetic terms those
thoughts which it is so ready to receive
from any one in whom it has confi
dence.
One great difficulty, the Pastor do
elared, seems to be that children lose
confidence in tbose whom they find to
be deceitful. Even if the person has
never deceived the child, it soon finds
out whether he deceives other people
or practises falsehood In any way;' and
as a result of that knowledge the child
mind is perverted. It loses faith in
others, and imbibes that same dls
honesty of purpose and thought The
speaker also deplored the fact that
some parents seem to think it wise and
proper to teach children to take advan
tage of somebody else. aDd even to fib
a little, in order to further present in
terests. This, he declared. Is a serious
mistake.
Those who awaken to a sense of re
sponslblllty to their Creator should
arise from the dead condition as far
as possible, the Pastor holds. He re
minded his hearers that when one first
awakens in the morning, there is a
mental freshness which is invariable
lost if one turns over and falls asleep
So the moment of the soul’s awaken
Ing Is a favorable moment of which to
take advantage. But if the soul has no
encouragement at that critical moment
it may drop off to sleep again. All who
are awake should do all in their power
to encourage those who have just
awakened, that these may rise from
the dead world and be separate from
conditions around them.
"Christ Shall Give Thee Light.”
The speaker declared that merely to
awake to a realization of one’s condl
tion, merely to arise from the dead
condition of the human race as respects
higher things, is not to be a Christian
While Christ gave the light which en
abled us to see, first of all, that the
wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life through the Ite
deemer, yet the newly awakened must
accept Christ hs their Ransom-sacrifice,
must lay hold upon Him, before they
may be considered Christians.
Pastor Russell went on to show the
steps to be taken in order to have one’s
eyes of understanding opened. The
first step is to recognize that we are all
sinners and to accept Christ as our Re
deemer from the curse of sin and death
Those who take this Btep ore shown
the second step—that of consecration
Unless that step is taken, the light will
not shine much more clearly for that
Individual. Those who take each step
as soon as it is clearly seen wilt go on
from grace to grace, from knowledge to
knowledge; for “the path of the just is
as the shining light which shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.” So
then, in order to progress one must
take the step of full consecration to
the Lord.
The Awakening of the Christian.
Next the Pastor pointed out the nils
take which many of us have made In
the past We did not really know
what It is to be a Christian. We do
not become Christians, members of the
Body of Christ, when first we awake
or when first we arise from the dead.
Then we were merely looking toward
Christianity, merely getting the soul
awake to see the possibility of hnr
mony with God and escape from the
condemnation upon the world. As St.
Paul declares, there Is condemnation
upon all except those who are in Christ
Jesus. But from the moment we get
Into Christ we lose the condemnation
of death that came upon the race be
cause of Adam’s disobedience. Then
we are individually on trial for life.
The first trial for life everlasting was
given to Father Adam, the Pastor said.
Adam failed to pass the test, and thus
brought condemnation upon all bispos
terlty—the world of mankind. It Is a
point In law that a man under con
demnation for a capital offense cannot
be condemned again unless first freed
from the previous condemnation. As
a race, mankind were sentenced to
death by God's Law, “Dying, thou
abalt die." Since all humanity is un
der this condemnation no one can have
an Individual trial through Christ un
til first he bus gotten free from that
condemnation which is the penalty of
Adam's sin. So the mere awakening
to a realization of our condition does
not give any one a second trial for life.
Arising from the condition of sin and
degradation and trying to live nn hon
est, decent life would not mean that
one bad passed into trial again.
Church Only on Trial Now.
Then the Pastor demonstrated from
Scripture that only the Church class
are now on trial for life, and that the
world la not on trial at all, but is “dead
In trespasses and sins." The world's
Judgment lies In the future. The
Church's judgment has been progress
lng for nearly nineteen hundred years.
Tba first to be tried was the Head of
the Church—our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ He was found worthy and was
glorified. The Apostles were tried, and
throughout the Gospel Age the Individ
ual members of the Church have been
tried. Soon the trinl of the Church
will have been finished, the last
member will have passed beyond the
veil and entered into the Joys of his
Lord.
Those begotten of the Holy Bplrit
are now on trinl for life on the spirit
plane. AH thus on trial fall into
one of three clnsses. One of these
classes will get the highest place—the
Divine •nature—as members of the
Royal Priesthood.' Another will get a
lower place on the spirit plane, ns
members of the Great Company—the
antl-typleal Levltes. The third class
will not get life on any plane. This
class will probably not be large, the
speaker thought
Applying his t .xt to the Church, the
Tastor said that he was not sure but
that many professed followers of
Christ are asleep. In the context the
Apostle seems t<> Imply that some of
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the people ui Ouu huu Lave u.Yv.aj/i'd
from the bondage of sin and death, and
have come into Christ as New Crea
tures, have become overcharged with
worldly cares, and thus may figura
tively be said to have fallen asleep
again. The sleepy ones will not be
of the Kingdom class, he declared. Ht.
Paul says that the true Church are not
of those who are asleep, but are chil
dren of the Day; and therefore they
are to remain awake and be sober,
looking for the great salvation which
Vb to be brought unto them at the Sec
ond Coming of our Lord.
Those of the Church who go to sleep
now are those who are overcharged
with the cares of this world and with
the deceitfulness of riches—whether by
intermarrying and thus having the
world brought so close to them that
they are overcome by its influence; or
whether by business entanglements or
alliances or partnerships, or what not,
that may be unfavorable to their spir
itual Interests and their consecration
to God. After one has become thor
oughly awake, and has become a mem
ber of the F-ody of Christ, there Is
great danger that such a one may be
come overcharged with worldly cares
and the deceitfulness of riches. One
may get the deceitfulness of riches
without having the riches; for the ef-'
fort to get the riches may develop the
deceit
The Awakening of the World.
The Pastor then discussed his text
from the standpoint of the future. At
the beginning of the New Day of
Christ the world will be asleep—some
in death, others in Ignorance and su
perstition. But the tumult of the Time
of Trouble, with which the Scriptures
everywhere declare the change of dis
pensation will be accompanied, will
certainly awaken the majority of those
who are not in tbelr graves. Some are
awakening now; later, the whole world
will awake, and Christ will give them
light
The thousand years of the Messianic
Kingdom will be a time of rising from
the dead. Not merely those who are
in their graves will arise, but all who
are living at the time of the establish
ment of the Kingdom will be awak
ened, before the awakening of those
in the tomb. When awake both classes
will begin to rise out of sin and death
conditions, trying to get a little higher
and more awake, In order that they
may receive some of the blessings of
that glorious time.
The Scriptures declare fiat at that
time the Sun of Righteousness—Christ
and the glorified Church—will arise
with healing in its beams. Then the
poor world, that have been in sorrow,
pain, crying and dying, afflicted of the
Devil for six thousand years, will be
gin to look up to the great Redeemer
for deliverance from the power of Sa
tan. For the thousand years of the
Messianic Kingdom the Devil will be
bound and have no power to deceive
the people. The true light then
Shine out, and the darkness of su
perstition and ignorance will be scat
tered.
World's Trisl Future.
The Pastor then drew a soul-insplr-
Ing picture of future conditions as fig
uratively shown in the Scriptures. The
New Age will not bring In full light
all at once. The grunt Sun of Right
eousness Christ and the glorified
Church—will have a gradual rising,
like the natural sun. Gradually Its
rays will dispel the darkness and
clouds; gradually the light of day will
Increase. During the thousand years
the world will be rising gradually from
the dead. It will require the entire
period of a thousand years to accom
plish the resurrection of the world,
now dead in trespasses and sins.
The Pastor strengthened his argu
ment with a description of the per
gonal test which God will bring to
each member of the restored race at
the close of the Messianic Reign, when
Christ will huve delivered up the King
dom unto the Father, and mankind
will have been left to themselves.
Those who have learned really to love
the right and to hate the wrong will
be ready for such a test; those who
have not developed such a character
will not be ready.
The nature of this test we may not
yet know definitely, the Pastor said.
In the Revelation It is represented as
the loosing of Satan, to go forth to de
ceive the whole world of restored hu
manity. Everybody who has any sym
pathy whatever with evil will be de
ceived Into taking the wrong course.
Doubtless those who have reached per
fection of human nature would not
take that course If they realized that
It would bring death upon them;
therefore they would dodge the wrong
course merely for fear of the conse
quences. But God Is not pleased to
give life everlasting to those who
would merely dodge the penalty of
wrong doing. Only those who love
right as He loves right will receive the
boon of life.
In conclusion, the Pastor showed that
those who fall to pass the final test
will be destroyed In the Second Death,
and that this action on God’s part will
not be unjust or unkind. Mankind
were born without life rights, and God
has not promised them eternal life.
The blessings of the Incoming Ape
are all of Free Grace. All of His
blessings must be appreciated from
the standpoint of right and wrong.
Those who fail to learn the princi
ples of righteousness will not be ac
ceptable with God, cither now or In
the future. God seoketh such as wor
ship Him In spirit and In truth, such
as love righteousness and hate iniqui
ty lnjustice Christ Is to be the
great Light-giver to mankind—"the
true Light, that lighteth every man
that cometh Into the world." Happy
are all they who receive that Light
tow!
"Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.
And preaa with vigor on:
A heavenly race demand* thy seal.
And an Immortal crown."
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