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BAPTIST.
Crawford Avinut Baptist Church*
Thomas Walker, pastor. Prearhffig
at 11 a. m. and at 0:15 p. m. Sun
day school at 3 p. m., W K. Bentley,
superintendent. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday evening at 8:15 o'clock.
Second Baptist Church.
O. R. Gilbert, pastor. Preaching,
11:15 a. m., theme, "What Do You
Stand For?” 8:30 p. in., the pastor
will preach to the unsaved of the
congregation and administer the or
dlance of baptism. Sunday school 10
a. m. Public cordially Invited to at
tend all services.
First Baptist Church
M. Ashby Jones, D.D., pastor. At
11:15 a in. I>r. Jones' theme will be
"The Art of Religion." At 8:30 p. m.
he will preach the second of hla erics
on ''Why I Am a Baptist,” his tllcme
being "A Baptist’s Freedom."
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Chafee avenue, Just off Walton Way.
bunday school at 3:43 a. in., Halph
Youngblood, superintendent. Preach
ing services at 11 a. m. and at 8:30
p mi , conducted by the pastor. B. Y.
p II at 7:30 p. in. Prayer meeting
Wednesday at 8:3(1 p. rn. The public
cordially Invited to all our services,
fi. 7. L. Harris, pastor.
CHRIBTIAN SCIENCE.
First Church of Christ, Bcisnti»t.
No. 316 Union Bank Hid*. Service*
Sunday morning al 11 o'clock; Wed
nesday evening at x:3O o’clock. Bun
day school at 13:15.
Reading room open dally front 11
to 1 o’clork except Mondays. Tin
public la cordially Invited to attend
the services and visit the reading
room.
CATHOLIC
•acred Heart Church
Corner Greene and MeKlnne streets.
Masses begin at 5:30, 8:00, 7:30 and
9:30. In the evening, at 8:30, exer
cises of the Novena In honor of tne
Kacred Heart.
CHRISTIAN.
Weet End Christian Church.
Services for the week beginning
June 14th Preaching ffundav morn
ing, aubject, "Christian Growth."
lllhle school In the afternoon at three
o'clock. Preaching at night at 8.
Subject, "The Story of he Life of a
Splendid Woman.” Prayer meeting
Wednesday night, 8 o’clock. A cor*
dial Invitation in extended to all. H.
I, Veacb, minister. CJ. W. Bell, Bible
school superintendent.
First Christian Church
Seventh and Greene streets. Howard
T free announces: Bible school at 10
ii. in. Preaching at 11:15 n. in.:
"Moneyless Philanthropists'' and at
8:30 p. m„ "Finding One's Half.” Meet
ing for women Monday at 5 o'clock
Mld-weca ervlce Wednesday at 8:30
p. m. Public Invited.
EPISCOPAL.
Church of the Atonement
Telfair and Eleventh etreeta, Hev
• ’harles P. Holbrook, rector. June 14th,
First Sunday after Trinity. Morning
prayer and sermon at 11 a m. Sun
day school at 5 p. in. Evening serv
ice at Harlem
Church of tho Good Shephard
The Hill, Archdc icon Johnson, rec
tor. Flrat Bunua> after Trinity. Holy
Communion at Ba. m Morning prayer
and sermon at 11 a. in. Sunday school
at 5 p. m. An offertory solo will be
aung by Mr. Pelmontco at the 11
o’cloi': service. Thera will be no eve
ning service.
St. Paul'e Episcopal Church
Rev. U. Shot wood Whitney, re- tot.
Ftiet Sunday after Trinity, June 14
Holy Communion at 8 a m. Morning
prayer and sermon at 11 o'clock. Sun
day school at » 45 a. m. Confirmation
lecture at 5 p. m. Evening prayer at
6 o'clock
Raid Memorial Churoh
Services Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. Preaching hy Itev. C. M.
Ohumbley. Sunday school at 5 o’clock,
Mr Irxln Alexander, superintendent.
Adult Bible dues at 6:15, Mr Lawton
B Evans, lecturer.
LUTHERAN.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
No. 548 Walker street. Rev. J.
Ha:ne. pastor. Divine worship at 11:15
a. m. Sunday school at 8:45 a m.
Qeotge H. Oercke, superintendent.
Everybody welcome Willing Workers
at 1:16 Monday evening. Ladles' Mis
sionary Society Wednesday afternoon.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Preaching at 11:15 a. m. with the
Holy Communion. F. veiling services
at Uraultevllle, S. C. Sunday school
at 1:45 a. m. Church la located at
No 557 Greene street Everybody
wrelcome Rev. J. B. Derrick, |>asior,
H. C. Lortck, superintendent.
methodist.
Regular Hervicea
St, l.uka M. K t’hurch. Cor St. Luke
■(real and Crawford avenue Rev. J F.
Roberta, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m.
and R.l& p m Sunday school at Sto
p. in.. J C. Platt, auptWlrtendent. Mid
week prayer aarvloe Wednesday evening
at 0:15 p. m. You are Invited to all
eervlcea.
St. John Methockat Church
No. lid (Jrerne afreet. Rev R. P.
Wigging, pastor. Children's l>ny m
•.atrlaea In tho Sunday school at !> 45
a. in. Baptismal aervtcea for children
at 11:15 a, m. "The Second Coming of
Christ, - ' *lO p. in.
Broadway M. E. Church
Comer Broad and Mills streets. Rev
C. M. Verdel, paatnr. Preaching at
11 o'clock a. m and again at 8. so
p. m.. by ths pastor. Sunday school
at 1:10 a. m, Wilfred C. Lyeth, super
intendent Prayer service Wedneaday
evening at 0:10 o'clock. You are In
vited to attend all of these services
Children’s Day Servioe at Broadway
M. E. Church.
An latereettng program haa been
prepared for the celebration of Chil
dren* Dey at Broadway church to
morrow The public la cordially In
vltad to attend
AeSury Methodist Church
Sunday school at 0:45 a. m. W. A.
Owens, superintendent, Mann Memori
al at 10:10, C. R Rheney. superinten
dent. Preaching at IT 16 a. in and
altp.ni. by the pastor. Preaching
at Mann Memorial at 4 So Prayer
meeting Wedneaday evening The
public cordially Invited to all these
•grvlcee.
St. James Methodist Church
Preaching by the pastor, Rev. W. B
Dillard, at 11:16 a in. and at 8:30 |>.
in. The church will he decorated with
flags of the republic, it. Is Flag Day.
Subject for the morning hour, "Good
Citizenship." The Brotherhood of Lo
comotive engineers will worship at
this church at the evening hour. Beau
tiful music and recitations have been
prepared for thin service. Mr. J. B.
Bowden Is chairman of the general
committee. The brotherhood and their
families will receive a cordial welcome
at St. James. An address will he
delivered by Hon. T. A. .Wallace, and
the pastor will preach a sermon to
these brave men who sit behind the
"Headlight." The public I* Invited.
Tin'*’ electric fans will keep you com
fortable.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Geeane Street Presbyterian Church
M. M. MacFerrln, pastor. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Morning service
and sermon at 11:15, subject, "As a
Man ThlnkcthJ’ At the evening serv
ice, 8:30, the pastor will preach the
second of the series of sermons on
"Glorious Things That We Know.” The
subject tonight will be "We Know
That All ThlriKH Work Together for
Good." A number of fans have been
Installed to make the church cooler.
Everyone welcome
Sibley Presbyterian Church
Corner Broad nnd Eve streets. Regu
lar services at 11 s. in. and at 7:46
p. m. Sunday school at 4 p. m. Adel
phlun Buraea clnss meets on Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock. Special efforts
are being made to have a large at
tendanr-e at the Baraca clasß on Sun
day morning. If the weather permits,
there will lie an open-air service on
Sunday night with a sermon on the
subject, "David's Lament for Absa
lom." Prnyi-r meeting Thursday at
7:45 p. m. All are welcome at our
services.
COLORED CHURCHES
BAPTIST.
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Rev. ('. T. Walker, D.D., pastor.
Regular Sunday services by the pas
tor. Frlsnds and visitors are cordial
ly Invited to attend the services sot
the day. Prayer meeting at 8 a. m.
Preaching service at II a. in. Sunday
school at 3p. m R. V. P. IT. meet
ing at 7 p. m. Prenchlng service at
8 p. ni.
St. John Baptist Church
West End. Ellis atreet. Rev. H. N.
Thomas, pastor. Preaching at 11:30
s. in. and at 8:30 p. m., by the pas
tor. It Is our twenty-first anniver
sary. All members are aaked to he
present and bring their taxation.
Harmony Baptist Church
Preaching at 11:30 a .in. by the pas
tor, Rev. H. A. Johnson. Preaching
at 8:15 p. m. by Rev. M. W. Oladden
of Trinity C. M. E. church. Sunday
school at 3:30, Prof. f\ A. Dryscoll,
superintendent- Excellent music rend
ered. To all these services you are
cordially Invited.
Springfield Baptist Church
Rev. James M. Nahrlt. pastor. Early
prayer meeting at « o’clock. Special
Sermon by the pastor at 11 o'clock.
Sunday school at 3:30 p. ra. H. Y. I’,
U. at 7:15. Bong service at 7:45. At
8 o'clock the Sunday school will cele
brate Children's Day with a grand
literary program that has been pre
pared for thl sspecial occasion The
Sunday school will give Its annual pic
nic at the River Side Park Tuesday,
Juno 16th. Come and bring your
friends.
Now Hops Baptist Church
Rev. M. Urawford, pastor. Lake
View, Ellis street. Preaching at 11
a. m. hy Pro. N. "W. Williams Sun
day school at 1 o'clock. Preaching
at 8:30 p. m. One deacon to be or
dained. The public Is Invited.
Union Baptist Church
Rev. T. H. Dwelle, A M., pastor.
Preaching at 11 a. in. by Bishop R. H.
Williams At 4 p. in.. Dr. J. M. Na
brlt, the pastor of Springfield church,
will preach the anniversary sermon
nnd at * p. nt.. preaching by the pas
tor, at which time the rally will take
place. Sunday school at 12:30, L. E.
White, superintendent. The public la
Invited to all services.
Canaan Baptist Church
Kollock and Hopkins streets.
Preaching morning and night. Also
Communion at night. Sunday school
at 10 o'clock. There will be a grand
concert on Monday night, admission
10c. Club No. 26 will meet on Wed
nesday night at 9:15, First avenue.
Stater Helen Fllow'a home. Come one,
route all. J. 11. Hector, C. C.; Rev.
J. M. Way, pastor.
Shiloh Baptist Church
Rev. W. M Jenkins, D.D.. pastor.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and at 3 p. tn.
The funeral of Bro. George Thomas
will he conducted by the pastor at
s p m. Preaching hy the pastor. The
public Invited.
Hosanna Baptist Churoh
Rev. G. W. Collin*, pastor. Preach
ing at 11:30 a m and at 1:30 p m.
All are cordially Invited to all these
services.
Gsthasmans Baptist Church
Corner Florence and Mill streets,
will celebrate Baptist and Oommunlor
Hundaj, Juns 14. Preaching at 11
o'clock Baptism at 1 o'clock. Com
munion at 3:30 p. m. Rex-. J. H
Young, pastor.
Central Baptist Church
Rev. R. J Johnson, pastor. Early
prsver meeting at * s. m. Preaching
at It: 16 a- m. and at 1:30 p m. The
Sunday school will meet at 3 p. m„
W. C. Jones, superintendent The
choir will furnish good music* during
the day. All friends Invited.
Thankful Baptist Church
Rev. L. P Pinckney, P.D.. pastor.
Prayer meeting at «a. m Preach
ing at 11:30 a. m. and at 8 30 p. nt.,
by the (wistor. Sunday school at 3:30,
L. U Harmon, superintendent. Pray
er meeting Tuesday night B Y. P.
IT. meeting Thursday night. All are
coral tally Invited to all these services
Cumming Grove Baptist Church
The Hill. Rev. R J. McCann . B.ti
ps st <>r Early prayer meeting.at 6:30
o'clock Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by
the pastor, Sunday school at 4 p. m„
M. H. Crawford, superintendent; A.
B. Blount, assistant Evening serv
ices Preaching at 8:30 o’clock: Tues
day and Thursday evenings prayer
meeting. The second Sunday In June,
Ihe 48th anniversary of the Sunday
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Isn’t It Time That Richmond County
Did Something For City of Augusta ?
Augusta pays most of the taxes of
the county of Richmond, hut the tax
money Is spent outside of the city of
Augusta. Augusta is taxed and gets
no direct benefit from the tax money.
This, 1s taxation without adequate
representation.
In Fulton county the county gives
Atlanta something for Its taxes. In a
great many other counties the county
funds are equally divided In work
done between the city and county. It
ought to he done In Richmond coun
ty
Here is what Athens wants Clarke
county to do in this matter:
(Athens Herald.)
City of Athens Wants Clarks County
to Help in Maintaining Streets.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the city council held last night In the
of Clarke county were memorialized
to set aside a part of the road funds
each year, to he devoted to the work
ing and upkeep of the streets of Ath
ens which are extensions of the coun
ty roads into the city to the county
court house
It has been found to be the rule that
this policy Is followed, and also that
the city contains three-fourths of the
voters and pays seven-tenths of the
taxes; and the further fact was 'dis
closed that the city haH only received
$3,600 In work done on the streets by
the county.
Therefore, with these facts before
It, council lust night adopted the fol
lowing resolution, a copy of which has
been mailed the commissioners:
"Whereas, every resident of Clarke
county is vitally Interested In the de
velopment and growth of the city of
Athens whether a resident of the city
or not; and,
"Whereas, the residents of the city
of Athens have at all times responded
generously and unselfishly to all move
ments for the Improvement and wel
fare of the county at large; and,
"Whereas, the mayor and council of
the city of Athens believe It detri
ment ill to the future progress of both
the city of Athens and the county of
Clarke that the people of the county
and the people of the city should feel
that their Interests are antagonistic,
when, us a matter of fact, they are
identical, and It Is only through a
spirit of friendly cooperation and mu
tual helpfulness that the city and
county can accomplish the greatest
school, but will be celebrated third
Hunday evening with a sacred con
cert; Wrn. Blount, musical director.
To all of the above services, the pub
lic most cordially Invited.
CONGREGATIONAL
First Congregational Church
Jackson and Gwinnett streets, John
T. ('lemons, pastor. Services Sunday:
Preaching at 11' a. m. and at 8 p. m.
Sunday school at 4 p. in. You are
cordially Invited to come and worship
with us.
EPISCOPAL.
St. Mary’e Episcopal Church
No. 915 Telfair street, near Camp
bell street, Rev. Samuel A. E. Cole
man, vicar. June 14, 1914, First Sun
day after Trinity. Services at 7:30
a. m. and at 11 a. m. and 6 p. m. Sun
day school nt 12:30 p. m. Wednesday
evening service at 7:30 o'clock. All
are cordially Invited.
METHODIST.
Trinity Methodist Church
Rev. W. M. Gladden, pastor. Spe
cial services at Trinity on account, of
the presence of Bishop N. C. Cleaves,
D. D.. of Columbia, S. C., who w ill
preach at 11:15 a. m. and at 8:30 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m„ R. John
son, superintendent. Special program
by the Epwortn League hi 6:30 p. ni.
Rev. John T. Clemons will speak and
his wife will be among those who will
sing. Regular weekly meetings. All
are invited to hear Bishop Cleaves.
Bethel Methodist Church
Rev. A. M. Jordan, pastor. Prayer
meeting at 6:30 a. m. Sunday school
at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11:30 a. m„
hy the pastor. Children's Day exer
cises at 3:30 p. in. Allen League at
7 p. m.; subject, "Employers and Em
ploye.!." Preaching at 8:30 p. m. This
is children’s Day. All members and
friends aer asked to come out and
bring their children.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Christ Presbyterian Church
Corner Telfair and Cumming streets,
Rev. J. 8. Ellis, pastor. Sunday schooi
«» 10 a. 111. Preaching at 11:15 a. m.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting at
8 o'clock. A cordial welcome to all.
Colored Y. M. C. A.
The Colored Y. M C. A. will be
addressed thle afternoon nt 5 o'clock
hy Colonel Charlie Clark of Bruns
wick, Ga., the supreme grand lecturer
of the Knights of Pythias of Geor
gia. All colored men are Invited to
hear this able orator Plenty of Ire
water and a full supply of fans. Men
| remove their coata during the service*
I al will—sometimes our speakers speak
In their shirt sleevee. We do what
we can to make everyone welcome and
comfortable. C. T. Walker, president;
Bllas X. Floyd, secretary.
"Dewy Dawn Has Been
Discovered in Chicago
“Early-to-Bed, Early to Rise
Wisemen” Appreciate
Morning Hours.
Chlcsgo.—The "dewy dawn" has been
discovered In Chicago and ns result the
early hours are employed for swims,
golf and riding to an extent not heard
of heretofore. The teeming millions have
fait they had a reputation to austuln for
lata hours and late rising and sunrise
has been a figure of epeerh to most of
them. The golfere and gwlmmwa *t-tried
It. "Barefoot golf," made a great hit.
Aleo the early morning "dips" ars be
coming so popular that the trade In
alarm clocks is running wbove normal.
Metropolitan life usually does not make
one acqua nted with cock-crow and the
morning song of bird* and consequently
those »ho have discovered It are making
a greet fuse about It. Having once an
swered the call of dawn, city dweller*
are learning why early home ere
popular In the country. Early rs-
Ing I* s.> great a fad for thousands that
they say It te a necessity, that without
an hour in the freah morning air the
“ewleh swish" In the r bare feet across
ths goT turf or lively riding through th*
park or a co’.d plunge, they cannot right
by atari th* day. "It I* not merely sport.”
said one "early-to-hed and early-to
rls# wteeman.” "but constitutes the lo
ot Ilf*. At twilight when one Is weaned
with the day's work, one cannot enjoy
anything an well as in the early hour*
when the aun Is Juet about over the
horteon, when the air la freah ar.d th*
cloud* are *llll showing th* tints of
d»wn, Barefoot golf when each swing
showers tbs foot with dew-drops, is
j good and render the greatest service
to the people at large; and,
"Whereas, the city Is an integral
, part of the county, and Is financially,
territorially and commercially a very
Important part thereof, more than
: three-fourths of the residents of the
| county being residents of the city;
and,
"Whereas, of the total taxes paid
by the residents of the county in 1913,
amounting approximately to $52,000,
the citizens of Athens paid approxi
mately $41,000,00, and have contrib
uted to the support of the county in
past years in the game proportion;
and,
"Whereas, in spite of that fact, the
county authorities have in the past
years spent only a small sum of money
in the improvement of the city streets
out of a very large bond issue and
annual expenditure for road work; and
"Whereas, the mayor and council
are informed that In sister counties
having large urban centers the coun
ty officials devote each year a large
part of the appropriation for road
work to the betterment of the munici
pal highways;
“Therefore, be it resolved by the
mayor and council of the city of Ath
ens, That it is the conviction of this
body that consideration of justice and
wise policy demand that in the future
the commissioners of Clarke county
should more equitably distribute the
funds of the county expended for high
way mprovement between the city
streets and county roads.
“Be it further resolved, That the
hoard of commissioners of roads and
revenues of Clarke county be request
ed to provide hereafter at least for the
maintenance and improvement of
those streets which are continuations
of the county highways leading to the
county court house, by setting aside
each year a definite part of the coun
ty approprition for road work for that
purpose.
"Jte it further resolved, That a copy
of these resolutions be sent to the
board of commissioners of roads and
revenues, with the assurance of the
mayor and council that they are of
fered in no spirit of unfriendly criti
cism of the official conduct or the
members of that honorable body.
"Be it further resolved, That a copy
of these resolutions be furnished to
the grand jury now in session."
incomparably more refreshing then the
game In heavy shoes.” Although the
sun Is rising at about 4 o'clock, there
are straggling throngs of golfers In the
parks, waiting their turn to start and
by 6:30 the beach Is lined with bathers.
Mosul, Turkey, is Home
. of Devil Worshipers
All Sorts of Severe and Cruel
Measures Have Been Taken
to Suppress These Folk.
Constantinople.—Mosul, a Turkish
dependence, is the home of the devil
worahippers, commonly known as the
Yezidis. All sorts of severe and even
cruel measures have been taken to
suppress these strange people. The
present Vail is taking a new line —a
line of conciliation wilh them anc.
hopes thereby vo bring them round to
Moalemtsin. Most of these people
have their homes In the Djebel Stnd-
Jar district. Their devil-worship is
carried on through the medium of gilt
images of the peacock, which typifies
the devil. The gorgeously plumed
bird Is held as intermediary with his
Satanic majesty. The peacock, or
“Malek Tans" (peacock king), is re
garded as a repentant fallen angel and
1b worshipped us a deity.
Acts of the most brutal cuelty have
been perpetrated on the Yezidis at dif
ferent times. When the Turkish mer
cenaries were sent against Ibraliitn
Pasha, a few years ago, the cohorts
of the constitutional government at
tacked Djebel Slndjtir and committed
horrible exccses, violating the women
and children and suffocating scores
of miserable fugitives by lighting bon
fires at the mouth of the caves In
which they had hidden. So reduced
were they that some of them even
sought admission Into the Armenian
Gregorian church in search of foreign
protection.
There Is a story told of one com
munity having pawned a gorgeous
golden peacock to an unbeliever who
made away with it. When the Yezi
dis got things straight again, they
asked for Its return. In reply the
unbeliever facetiously observed that
they had given him a "Malakn Taus”
(peacock angel) and not a peacock
king, and that the angel had flown
away. The devil worshippers are still
looking for the flying angel, but she
has not yet returned.
Government Order Stops
Sale of Alpine Flora
Vienna,—A government order prohibit
ing th* sale of Alpine flora has Just been
Issued In the Tyrol, and the Austrian
ralway authorities have come to a simi
lar decision forbidding th* selling of Al
pine rower* In all th* railway stations
of the Empire.
It is a great victory for the Austrian
Alpine CHib. which has worked several
year* to obtain this result. Even up to
last summer a big hunch of Alpine flow
ers could bs obtained In the Tyrol from
little boys and girls for a few pence.
•nd this small merchandise did great
harm to the f ora of the country.
The Swiss and French Alphlne Club*,
aided by severs! private aocleiles, have
t sen working In the same direction,
without so fsr obtaining a general law,
though In many Swlea cantons and
French departments th* plucking of Al
pine flowers has been prohibited for the
iast two year*.
Be Sure and Attend
the Services Today
—AT—
St, Luke M.E. Church
Dr. J. F. R herta. Pastor.
•ervicee: 11 a. m. and I p. m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 1:30 F. M
Baraca Class-Philathea Glass
A Cordial Invitation to All.
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Hid Bible the Most Wonderful
Bo&k In the World.
BASIS OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Many Losing Faith In th« Bible as the
Word of God—Cauaa of Thia Great
“Falling Away"—The Light of Today
In Conflict With the Darkness of the
Past—Difference Between Faith and
Credulity—Basis of Confidence In the
Bible —Proofs of Its Inspiration.
Proofs That It Is Not Man-Made—A
Firm Foundation For Full Assurance.
June 7. — The
Photo-Drama o f
Creation, which Is
being exhibited
throughout the
United States, is
awakening new
Interest In the Bi
ble. Many who
have seen the Pho
to-Drama have
expressed their
satisfaction with
its beautiful pres
entation of the
prominent features of Scripture and
with Us clear explanation of some
points which long have puzzled critical
people. Whoever sees It thereby ob
tains a grasp upon the Bible as a
whole. The public nre certainly grate
ful to Pastor Russel), through whose
Instrumentality this wonderful work
of art Is being exhibited free.
Today tbe Pastor’s text was, "Study
to abow thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of
Truth.”—2 Timothy 2:10.
We are all sadly aware that not
many of the people of God have the
full assurance of faith mentioned In
the Scriptures, the speaker snid. In-,
deed, we must all admit that the great
majority are losing, not only their
faith, but also the foundation of faith
For years the great colleges of Chris
tendom have been undermining faith
by undermining belief In the Bible
While they do not make an attack
upon faltb Itself, while they all admit
that faith may have Its place as a
grand quality of character, and that
the Scriptures Instruct for faith, yet
they proceed to do the very same kind
of work that Robert Ingersoll and
Thomas Paine tried to accomplish—to
undermine confidence In the Bible ns
the Word of God. That confidence Is
the very basis of all faltb.
After we have lost our confidence,
what have we left for a foundation of
belief? We have merely what Is called
Higher Criticism and Evolution; and
this means that after a Uttle process
of reasoning along these lines many
would conclude that the Bible Is mere
ly a collection of choice pieces of an
cient Jewish literature, written by men
who really knew less than do we.
The Pastor then demonstrated that
those who reject the Bible as the Word
of God have no other foundation for
whatever faith they may possess than
the guess of this or that man, or of
themselves. He pointed out the well
known fact that all men are more or
less Imperfect In Judgment; aud that If
men were to picture God there would
be ns many different styles of God as
there are different persons.
The speaker Illustrated his point by
calling attention to the numerous
creeds formulated during the Dark
Agea and to tbe different kinds of Gods
those different creeds baTe pictured.
Tho nohlest minds of that time were
deceived into worshiping the worsl
kind of Images that could be made.
He declared that wbjle the heathen
nations were ranking their ugly l<Jols
out of wood, stone, clay or metal, the
nations of Christendom were printing
atrocious descriptions of God the like
of which could not be moulded out of
clay or fashioned out of anything else.
He was not finding fault with our fore
fathers, but with the real lustlgator of
the creedal misrepresentations ot the
Almighty. As St. Paul declares. "The
god of this world hath blinded the
mind? of tJiera that believe not lest
the light of tbe glorious Gospel of
Christ should shine unto them.”
Th# Causa of th* Falling Away.
Then the Tastor showed that the
eyes of mauy Christians are not wide
open for the same reason that St Paul
gave the Corinthian Church. The god
of this world has fastened tho band
ages so tightly that it Is with difficulty
thnt any get the eyes of their under
•tandlng open. Again, 8t Paul fore
tells that In the end of this Age '*roany
shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits and doctrines
of demons.” The Pastor declared that
we hove come to tbe time when many
have denied tbe faith and others are
denying it-good people. Intelligent
people, ministers of the Gospel in tbe
various pulpits, professors, theologians,
college presidents—confessing that they
have lost tbe basis ot their faith.
We nre not to suppose for even a mo
ment that these people who are falling
away from tbe faith are wicked. On
the contrary, they are well-intentioned
—mauy of them fine people. But the)
have gotten under a delusion. In tbe
light of the New Dispensation the de
luslons of tbe past nre coming up con
stant'y for criticism. Indeed, so greet
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Gospel nnd lie darkness of the creeds
that people see stars." so to speak.
and are so astonished that they do not
know what to think.
Next the Pastor demonstrated that
the great difficulty with people who
are losing their confidence in tbe Bible
as the Word of God is that they are
not familiar with Its contents. Many
are still holding to the Scriptures in a
blind way, hoping against hope thaj
they may not lose their faith. They
are afraid to reap aud afraid to think,
lest they lose the very small amount
of faith which they possess. If only
such knew it. they never really have
had a well established faith.
Faith Versus Credulity.
The Pastor proceeded to point out
the difference between true faith and
that which is often misnamed faith,
but which la reality is credulity. The
faith commended in the Scriptures Is
that which relates to things which God
has promised. Our he de
clared. had too much • confidence In
men. They 'wallowed the creeds of
the Dark A ; aud the more absurd
the proposi! i. the more faith they
thought they had. They should have
asked, “Where has God declared such
things?” He maintains that we should
accept by faith only what the Lord has
assured us of In His Word.
We have made a great mistake as to
what faith really is* he thinks. Faltb
must have a basis, and that basis must
have some Intelligent presentation. To
believe in the Bible as tbe Word of
God merely because our parents did so
Is not faith at all; heathen peoples do
Just us well ns that—they believe ns
their parents did, without investiga
tion. But to have faith In the Bible
we must have proof that it Is of God;
and to have thnt evidence we must un
derstand the Word.
The Pastor bolds that most people
are so perplexed that they do not
know what to believe. And yet. he de
clared, at this very’ time when Higher
Criticism Is undermining the founda
tion of all faith, and when many Intel
ligent people are afraid to think along
Scriptural lines, Bible students are find
lng the Word of God to be the most
wonderful Book in all the world. God's
Plan for human salvation was never
so well understood as just now, In the
midst of all the turmoil in the denom
Inatlons, In the great institutions of
learning and in the world.
Proofs That tho Bible Is Inspired.
The Pastor then discussed some oi
the so-called findings of Higher Criti
cism—thnt Moses did not write the
Pentateuch, uor Isaiah the greater part
of the prophecy which bears Ills name
etc. These critics, he declared, nre try
lng to prove something by the outside
of tbe Bible. Their so-called findings
he believes to be a matter of mere
guesswork, although, as some of them
nre very bright men, they put up a
strong argument in some things. They
will undertake to prove that Jesus was
mistaken when He declared that Isaiah
the Prophet said thus and so; that S$
Paul was also mistaken when he quot
ed from tho Prophet Isaiah and said.
Thus snith tbe Prophet Isaiah; that
Daniel did not write the book which
bears his name—or if he did, that It
was fulfilled before tbe Christian era.
notwithstanding Jesus’ assertion to
the contrary.
The Pastor, like all reasoning Chris
tlan people, relies upon the internal
evidence of tbe Bible that It is tbs
Word of God. That internal evidence
cannot be doubted. The Old Testa
ment prophecies and the teachings of
the Lord and the Apostles so interlock
and depend one upon the other that
no human being could possibly have
thought out the great Plan therein
found. All the way from Genesis to
Revelation the parts so co-ordinate nnd
fit together that one greaL harinonloui.
Plan of the Ages is the result. An
other strong proof of the Inspiration of
the Bible Is furnished In present-day
conditions, which were foretold by the
Prophets thousands of years ago.
Bible Not Man-Made.
Then the speaker considered some of
the objections to the Bible usually
brought forward by infidels. He show
ed that It is a weak argument Indeed
which credits priests aud knaves with
writing the Sacred Book. If Catholics
bad made the Bible, they would natur
ally have put Into It many things
which are not there; for instance, they
would have told about the Mass, about
Purgatory, hell-fire and eternal tor
meDt, of which there Is nothing said;
they would also have Intimated thnf
we should use beads and Images In
worship; they would have had some
thing about the immaculate conception
of the Virgin, and about St Peter's
being tbe first pope, etc.
Ii;, on the other hand. Presbyterlnus
had written the Bible, they would have
pnt In a great deal about Hell, about
elect *nd non-elect Infants, etc. Meth
odists would have left out all about
Election—making one’s calling and
election sure, the Very Elect etc.—for
they do not know what to do with
these texts. Our Cnlvlnlstlc friends
would have left out the texts about
free grace: for these do not fit with,
their Ideas of election. All these de
nominations would have inserted some
thing in regard to "the trinity;” for
they all bold that this doctrine Is the
very essence of faith, nlthough It is not
mentioned even once in the Bible! The
Pastor's conclusion la that clearly the
denominations did not make the Bible
From Its own standpoint tbe speaker
continued, the Bible Is very simple and
fully explains Itself. He did not wish
to be misunderstood as “poking fun'
at the denominations; for be realise*
that these dear people mean well, and
he loves all who lore the Lord. Bui
he believes that the whole world 1*
greatly injured by the false eoneep
tious of God's character handed down
from the Dark Ages, and thnt many
people Mre going after sin today who
would. If they had a right knowledge
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of God, be following after righteous
ness. Many men have been led to
drinking and all sorts of debauchery
and sin merely by reason of not seeing
the real God; for If any one see Him,
he Is sure to love HUn. Mankind ore
so made .that worship Is natural.
Notwithstanding the six thousand
years of falling, there Is In every man's
brain, unless he be an idiot, the quali
ty of reverence, which impels him to
desire to worship his Creator. But,
according to SL Paul's argument In
his lettes to tbe Romans, although man
was created perfect there came a
time In the history of the fallen rgcg
when men were unwilling longer”to re
tain God In their minds; and then the
Almighty gave them over to reprobate
minds, to do improper things, and to
sink lower and lower In degradation.
Then It was that the ‘tdoctrinea of de
mons” were inculcated Into the human
mind, so ns to keep men iu ignorance,
darkness aud superstition. The god
of this world blinds the minds of
those who believe not-bllnds them by
these various false doctrines wlflch
once God’s people believed.
The Pastor then gave the two views
of the Almighty which once obtained
In the thoughts of many Christians.
One side of our minds, as it were, pic
tured God as the great representative
of Satanic energy, bent upon destroy
ing nearly all the creatures whom He
bad brought into the world. The oth
er side, somehow, imagined Him as
kind, loving and merciful. But we did
not know how to balance these two
sides. Fortunately for us, however,
we got the devilish side subordinated,
and thought of God ns loving, and by
golns*to Him daily In prayer we tried
to forget the devilish part. The whole
world has been more or loss In this
condition.
But, thank God! said the Pastor, we
are in the time when the path of the
just is shining more and more unto the
perfect Day. That Day is now so near
that we can almost see its dawn. In
a little while the Church of Christ will
have been fully gathered—out of every
people, nation, kindred and tongue,
out of all denominations.
Full Assurance of Faith.
The Pastor then explained how the
consecrated people of God may have
full assurance of faith. In His Word
God tells us thnt by nature we were
children of wrnth even as others; that
Christ tasted death for the whole
world, and that by and by He will
give human life, restitution life, to all
who will receive It; but that meantime
the cal! is for those who will separate
themselves from the world and be “a
peculiar people, zealous of good works”
—of everything thnt Is God’s will—and
ready to lay down their lives In doing
that will. Those who know that such
Is the teaching of Scripture have a
good basis for faith. Those who hare
taken the steps of repentance of
aim of trusting In the Redeemer for
salvation, of consecrating themselves
to God, now hove hy faith all those
graces of character reckoned to them
which the world will actually receive
during the thousand years of the Reign
of Christ To the consecrated the Fa
ther has fulfilled His promise by giv
ing them a measure of His Holy Spirit
Lest any should misapprehend his
meaning, tbe Pastor explained that the
Holy Spirit is not now manifested In
the same way that It was In the early
Church. At that time It was mani
fested In a miraculous way—with out
ward evidences, such as tongues, mira
cles of healing, etc., attesting that
those who received these gifts were
acceptable to God os members of His
Church and had beep begotten of the
Holy Spirit. But after the Church had
been established, there was no further
need of such manifestations. Through
out the remainder of the Gospel Age
the Holy Spirit has manifested Itself
only by the fruits of righteousness
meekness, gentleness, patience, broth
erly kindness—love. When the mirac
ulous gifts ceased, these fruits and
graces of tbe Spirit continued.
The Pastor concluded with an exhor
tation that the people of God see to It
that they dally grow in grace and In
knowledge, becoming more and more
like tbe Lord Jesus In character. Our
Lord said thnt every tree Is known by
Its fruits. Are we bearing good fruit?
be asked. Are we having more and
more fellowship with God and with
our Lord Jesus? Are we getting Into
deeper and broader sympathy with all
of the Household of Faith? Are we
coming more nnd more Into sympathy
with tbe poor world In Us fallen condi
tion. and with every good effort to help
them up out of such condition? If so.
then we have evidence not only that we
have believed In the right Book and In
tbe true God. but that we are tbe chil
dren of God nnd heirs—Joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ our Lord.
We shall be tested as to our willing
ness to suffer with our Lord. This
does not mean suffering for wrong-do
ing; for St. Peter reminds us that a
Christian who suffers as a busybody in
other icon's affairs Is not suffering for
Christ's sake. Perhaps one-balf of the
suffering In the world and In the
Chnrcb results from buaybodylng. But
tbe people of God nre not to suffer as
evil-doers. They may be misrepresent*
ed as evil-doers, but such suffering Is
not for evil-doing, even if they be so
blamed. But “If any mil suffer, let
him suffer as a Christian." Tbe speak
er reminded Ills hearers that Jesus
Himself was accused of being an evil
doer. a blnspberoer. an Injurious per
son: and so were the Apostles—all their
persecutions were on that score. But
whnt the Apostle Peter soys Is that If
you suffer let It be for something right
that you have done. In harmony with
your covenant with God. in harmony
with God's Word and will. Those who
suffer ns Christians shouhl rejoice
therein: for tbe Spirit of Gflfi and of
glory rests on all such, nnd they may
have full assurance of faith.
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