Georgia Historic Newspapers

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BAPTIST.
Crawford Avanua Baptist Church
Thorns* Walker, pastor. Preaching
at II a. rn. and 8:15 p. m Sunda/
set 00l at 3 p. m , W. F. Bentley, super
intendent. meeting Wednesday
evening at It: IS o'clock.
First Baptist Chureh.
Pf»achln« at 11:15 a in. and 6:30 p.
t by the pastor. Dr. M. Ashby Jones,
/t 11*15 a. m. Dr Jones will preach
<n "The lesson of the leaves" In
the evening his theme will be, "The
Laughter of Fools.**
Second Baptist Church.
O. P. Ollchrlst pastor. The pastor
has returned to the cuy and will
preach at both services today. Public
cordially Invited.
CHRISTIAN.
West End Christian Church.
Preaching 11 a rn., subject; "Out
Resources and Opportunities." Preach*
Ins 8 p. m subject: “Our Joys and
massings. Bible school at 3 p. m. Tha
morning preaching service the first
Hunday In August will ha devoted to
the Buraia class. Special songs morn
ing and night today. Come and wor
ship with us and w»* will do you good.
Prayer meeting each Wednesday night
8:15, H. L. Vouch. Minister, G. A. Bell,
5. School Supt.
Christian.
Seventh and Greene Htx Bible school
at 10 s. rn. Classes for all ages, young
and adult. At 11:15 u. m. last sermon
by the pastor, Howard T Free, before
leaving on his vacation. Pulpit to be
supplied at Abe morning hour during
August by Hev. E. Everett Boilings
worth. Public Invited
CATHOLIC.
Bt. Patrick's Churoh.
CQrner Telfair and Jackson streets
Rev. P. H. McMahon, past of. Masses
6:30, 8 ft : 30. Benediction after the last
mass Gars from the camp by way of
Monie Hano bring the soldiers to the
door of the c hurch.
Church of ths Sacred Heart.
In charge of the Jesuit Fathers. Cor
ner of Greene and McKlnne Hts. Mam-,
at 8. 7:30 and 9:30. Benediction after
the P ::o mass, on weekdays mass at
6, 6 c 30, 7.
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EPISCOPAL.
The Church of the Good Bhepherd.
The Hill. Archdeacon Johnson, pas
tor Seventh HuncJay after Trinity.
Holy communion Ht 8 a rn. Morning
prayer and sermon at 11 a. in. Hunday
school at 5 p. m. There wll be no even
ing service.
Bt. Paul’s Churoh.
O. Sherwood Whitney, Hector. Sev
enth Hunday after Trinity. Holy com*
rDiiflion 8 a. m. Hunday school 9:45 a.
•ft. Morning prayer ami sermon 11 a.
*«>, Evening prayer 6 p, m. At the
'horning service the service for ad
i tsslon of members of the Brother
hood of Bt. Andrew will be held.
LUTHERAN.
Bt. Matthew's Lutheran Churoh.
■tß Walker street. Hev P. J. Barn©. j
aster. Divine worship 11:16 a. m
.Sunday school 9:46 a. m., Geo. H.
Gsreks. superintendent. Everybody
welcome, ■hart council meeting alter
service Hunday Willing Workers
Monday evening 8.15.
METHODIST.
St. Luke M. E Church.
Cdrnsr of Crawfoid Ave and St
Lute* street J. F Roberts, pastor. Serv
ices it it » in and 8 16 p m Sunday
day achool at 8:30 p. m., J. C. Platt,
superintendent Mid-week sdrvloe, Wed
nesd y evening, 8 p. m. You are cor
dtally invited
Aabury Methodist Church.
Hunday achool, 0 4T> a. in., \V. A.
Owltia, superintendent Man Me
morial 16. So a. m.. O. R. Rheney, au
perlntendent Preaching at 11:16 a.
m., by Dr. W. T. llamby, presiding el
der of the Augusta diatrlrt. quar
terly conference to follow at Tubman
Home. 8:.80; Man Memorial 4; 30.
Preaching at 8:00 p. tn
WdQrflawn Methodist Church.
Fomer of lf*th and Rtlcox street a.
Hcv J. O. Brand. pastor. Preaching at
11:16 a. m by the pastor At 8:30 p. in.
the Brotherhood Bible Cluis wll^ ob
serve their 4th anniversary. Kev Y F.
H. ’ierts, pastor of St. Luke church,
will preach the anniversary sermon
There will be special music rendered
by the choir, assisted by s string or
chestra. Sunday school at 9 46 a. in.,
H. O. McGowan, Supt Classes for
both inen and women meet every Sun
day with the Sunday school. All men
are invited to meet with the Brother
class at 10 o'clock. Strangers are cor
dially Invited to attend all servicea
held at this church.
Bt. John Methodist.
780 Green- S P Wiggins
pastor All regulsr Sunday services.
Sermons by the pastor. A cordial In
vitation to all who will attend.
PRESBYTERIAN.
First Presbyterian Church.
Corner Telfair and Seventh St* Rev.
Jose’ h R- Sevier. D. IV, pastor. Divine
Worship at 11:16 a. ni. and 8 10 p. in.,
with sermons by Rev. M. MoO. Shields
of Atlanta. The evening service will
he hi open air service if the weather
permits Music by the orchestra and
chorus choir begin* at 8:10 p. m. The
regular service begins at 8:30. A cor
dial welcome to all services.
Greene Bt. Presbyterian Church.
t Between 11th and 13th Sts. M M.
lacKerrln. pastor Sunday school at
9;4« a. m. Morning service and ser
mon at 11 16 subject: "A Good Sol
dier.” Christian Endeavor pra>ar
meting Wednesday at 8:80 p. m. You
are invited to worship with us,
Sibley Presbyterian Church.
Corner Broad and Kve Sts. Regular
services Sunday 1100 a. m. and 8 00
p. m Sunday achool 6:00 p nv The
Adelohlan Raraca clasa meets on
4ay tnorntng at tep Visitors
twcomi* The midweek prayer service
will be held on Thursday at 8:00 p m.
The sermon Sundsv night will con
tinue the series “What the Spirit
Ralth to the Churches." The night ser
vices will be in the open air If the
waathsr permits. All are welcome m
our services
International Bible Students Ass'n.
The International Bible Students
Aee*n.. Augusta class meets for Bible
study K of P, Hall. Jackson St., at
4 o'clock Burday 41! Interested are
wsloums No collections.
COLORSu CHURCHES
BAPTIST.
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Daniel street Prayer service at 6
o’clock a. m. Preaching at 11:30 *.
m. by pastor, Rev. Chps. Williams.
Fallowshli at 2:30 p. m. Preachli g
at 8:30 p m.
Friendship Baptist Church
Preach.ng at 12 a. rn., by the pas
tor, Rev. H. Morgan. Hunday irhoo’
at 3 p. m , Charles H. Hlmmons, su
perintendent. The Hunday school will
have their annual concert at H p. rn.
and we ask /ill well wishers to attend
the exercises.
Thankful Baptist Church
Rev L. P Pinckney, D.D., pastor.
Prayer meeting at 6 a. rn., conducted
by Deacon Cl arles Weaver. Preach
ing at 11:20 a. rn. and at 8:30 p. in.
Hunday school at 8:30 p. m., L. G
Harmon, superintendent. Prayer meet
ing Tuesday night. B. Y. P. U. meet
ing Thursday night. The public cor
dially Invited to all those services.
Canaan Baptist Church
Corner Kollock and Walker streets
Prayer meeting at 6 o’clock. Preach
ing at 11:30 a. m., by Rev. John Els
mar. Preaching at 8 p. m., by Rev
J H. Hector. Hunday school at 10 p
m. All Invited to attend.
New Hope Baptist Church
Luke View, Kills street. Rev. M
L'rawford, pastor. Services as usual
Sunday school at 8 p m. Preaching
at 8:30 p. m.
Camming Grove Baptist Church
The Hill. Rev. R. J. McCann, 8.D.,
pastor. Early prayer meeting at 6:30
o'clock. Preaching at 11:30. Hunday
school at 4 o'clock. The Hunday school
will leave Hunday on a trip to Pales
tine. Blx months' voyage. The pa
rents of all the children are asked to
come out and see us embark. M. H.
Crawford, superintendent A. B. Blount,
assistant Preaching ot 8:30 o'clock.
To all of the above services the public
most cordially Invited.
Bpringfield Baptist Church
Rev. James M. Nabrit, pastor. Theme
for 11 o’clock, the "Church and tho
Ministry." Preaching at 8:30 by the
pastor. We are going up to our 124th
anniversary with great helpful ser
mons at each service. You cannot af
ford to stay home now. This is the
fourth Hunday. We are looking for
every member to be presnt.
CONGREGATIONAL.
First Congregational Church
Jackson and Gwinnett streets, Rev.
John T Clemons, pastor. Regular
services Hunday. Preaching at 11 u.
in. and at 8 p. m. Sunday school at
4 p. rn. Wednesday night prayer
meeting nt 8:30. All ar<» invited to
these services.
METHODIST.
Zion Methodist Church
Twiggs street, opposite cedar, Rev.
If. Phllbert Lankford, pastor. Regu
lar services nt 11:30 a m and 8:16
p. m. Special services at 3:30 p. rn.
Early prayer meeting at 6 o’clock,
Bro. Win. Davis, leader. Preaching
by the pastor at 11:30, subject: "Faults
Remer.ibered.” Sunday school at 1:30,
VV. H Harris, superintendent. Special
services at 3: SO p. m. Dr A. M. Jor
dan, pastor of Bethel church, will
preach and his most excellent choir
will sing. Th* pastor will preach at
8:16, subject, "Help In Trouble."
As Sunday Is "Rally Day" It Is hoped
the members will turn out in large
numbers All are invited.
Bethel Methodist Church
Corner Campbell and D'Antlgnnc
streets. Rev. A. M. Jordan, pastor.
Prayer meeting at 6 a m Hunday
school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11:30
a ni. ami 8:30 p. in., by pastor. Rev.
A. M. Jordan. Election of trustees;
members are Invited to cast a vote.
Public is cordially Invited to attend
thee* services.
Trinity Methodist Church
Rev. W. M. (Hadden, pastor. Preach
ing at 11:16 a in and at 8:30 p. m.
by the pastor. Subject for 8:30 p. m.:
"Dry Bones In the Valley.” Ezekiel's
vision. Its ntrantng. Public meeting
of the Y. M. C. A at 4.30 p. m. Ep
worth I.eageu at 6:30 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:46 a. m.. R. Johnson, super
intendent. All are cordially Invited
Be with us especially Sunday night.
Bt. Mark Maihodiat Church
Corner of Pine and Florence streets
Regular services at 11:30 a. m. and
at 8 p. m. Sunday at 4 p. m. Sundav
school. W. E. Summers, superintendent
Rev. E. T. Baker will preach at 11:80
a. m. To these services you are In
vited D. R Cooper, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Christ Presbyterian Church
Corner Telfair and Cummtng street*
Rev. J. S Ellis, pastor. Sundav school
at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11:15 a. m.
Wednesday evening at 8:80. prayer
meeting A cordial welcome to all
Civic Improvement League.
A public meeting of the Colored Civic
Improvement League will be held to
day four p. m., at Antioch Baptist
church, corner of Augusta Ave. and
Florence streets. Dr K. C. Williams
will be the speaker Special music. The
public la moat cordially Invited to be
present.
Colored Y. M. C. A.
The colored Y M, C. A. will hold a
public meeting this afternoon at 4:10
o’clock at Trinity C. M. E. church, cor
ner of Tavlor and Jackson streets. The
addreaa will be delivered by the Rev.
S P Wiggins pastor of St. John's
church Special music will be render
ed Public cordially Invited C. T.
Walker. President; Silas X Floyd, Sec
retary.
NEW VOPWriToAVE
DANCE FOR DAUGHTER
Parle. Among the moat attractive
event* of the *«*slal sees-n was the
dance given by Mrs Jules Ba< he. of New
York, for her daughter, who led the eo
tlllon with Baron Jacques Meiln.
The attests included the Infante Lula,
the Duchess dr la Houchefoucauld, for
merly Miss M'icheb of Oregon; IMnce**
Atnedee de Hrogis Prince Mttchel Mu
rat and the Prince**, forme*!' M’ee tf*i.
*ra 8">» o of Cincinnati, and ths Duehtas
ind Mils. Moray.
Is The Men and Religion
Forward Movement Dead?
More Than a Year Ago When Other Cities of the State
and the Nation Were Organizing the Movement Augusta
Became Much Interested and Formed An Organization.
What Became of It ?
More than * year ago when other cities
of the st;«te and the nation were or
ganising the Men and Religion's For
ward Movement, Augusta became dread
ful y Interested and formed an orginlza.
tlon What became of it? Was It
s rsngled In Its cradle or was it left to
starve by Its parents?
City Interested.
If memory rirr/v t tie It was fathered
by the best, blood and brain In the ptilpit
and out of It In the city The papers
ave considerat e space to It, and all the
city was Interested ihore or less. Meet
ings were held and committees were ap
pointed A great rn ly was held at
which time Atlanta and Charleston were
heard from. It was agreed that the
» Jdld should grow to giant manhood, that
he should strangle the vices of the city;
th< senrvey politician* of town and
shake them out of office. Where Is the
giant?
It Is sad to think of the failure of this
movement in our midst. Other large
cities of the country have found the Men
and Religion's Forward Movement a
blessing to the men who served and a
benediction to the cities. While re
torts would indicate that Atlanta has
unfavorable publicity through the press
agent for the organization in that city,
I tie a known fact that many of the
vices of tlie city have been checked.
Wliile Augusta In not the "wickedest"
city In the country, It is safe to say
that much needed reform could he car
ried through. If the Christian gentlemen
of town would form a concrete organi
zation*
Best Results.
Tt taken a league of laymen to get the
best results In'work of this sort. The
The Summer Congregation
and The Preacher
This Time of the Season is the One Time When the
Preacher Finds it Difficult to Keep Up His Courage.
The Average Congregation is Cut to the Minimum—Old
and Young Are Off on Vacation.
(By O. P. Gilbert.)
These summer months are hard
months. It Is the one season of all the
your when the preacher finds It diffi
cult to keep up hls courage. Tho aver
age congregation Is cut to the minimum.
The old people and the young people |>
away to ths mountains and the
const; many of all ages go to see some
loved one In the country. Tho prefect!-
cr unless he Is familiar with a city
church, Is apt to take the matter to
heart and brood over the deplorable con
ditions, and begin to long for a change.
Let not your courage fail you, my
brother, with the return of the chl’dren
and cool nights, your congregation wl l
again become a busy hive, and you will
forget the hard months of July and Au
gust.
What a pity tt is that the prencher
and the members of a modern church
become discouraged when the congrega
tion falls off. The average preacher and
church officer feels that something is
radically wrong unless there Is a large
crowd. %To one who will give the mat
ter due consideration It need not he an
element of discouragement. The crowd
is not essential for the preacher and the
church to do their best work. The best
work of the churches Is most often done
by the small crowds.
Knew the Vain#.
This hns rieen so from «lte beginning
of the Christian enurch. Jesus knew
the value of the Individual and he placed
great emphasis on the man. Men in bulk
did not make the appeal to Him that ths
Individual did. He selected His disci
ples one by one. He never had more
than twelve men to whom He Imparted
the facts of His mission. The crowd
He refused to led or follow: to the crowd j
He said: You seek for the loaves and
fishes; to those who would nmke 111 m
king He was deaf He was afte* qual
ity and not quantity. A few men In all
ages of the church have done Its greai
work.
The modern church In Its mad efforts
to get great crowds hns made many
hurtful compromises When the church
faced the world and fought unflinching
ly from the catacombs and caves of the
earth: when her legions were made up
of the woo'-cobbers and off-scouring of
the sarth she whs omnipotent But these
modern days, with their emphasis on
crowds, have done much hurt. Most
of our church troubles have come as a
result of our thirst for great crowds.
Crowds! give us crowds. Is the cry of
preacher and church people To get
them we have lowered the standard of
Christian morals. We have enlarged our
church rolls, hut we have reduced our
efficiency. We have made It easy to
get on the church l»ook and stav there,
hut w* have reduced the winning power
of the church In our efforts to save
the community we have lost th eindl
vldual. If we would save the crowds
we must Rot hack first principles. We
must assume an uncompromising *4tl
tudo toward the world, the fles hand
th 0 devil.
Summer Crowds.
These summer crowds are blessings In
disguise Within the last three weeks
It hns been tov pleasure to come c’oser
to my people than In some months We
have not the many faces at the services
that we had in *he cooler of
the past year, hut we have faces that
speak heck to me with the assurance of
love and friendship 1 have come to
know these people better, and I have
studied to prendre them a message that
would he of reel help to them Tt hns
served to awaken In me an Interest In
the Individual member such ns 1 have
seldom thought of. In the coming months
t ’ook forward to larger usefulness for I
have found my people In their Individual
capacities.
The messages I have delivered from
Fopilhv to Pundav have given me more
than the usual degree of pleasure As
the people to whom I have ministered
for the 'ast *en years *nd more have
heard me preach they have helped me
deliver the tnes*»ge Tt has been due to
»n increasing knowledge of their par
ticular needs No preache** can do ef
f. Hvc work unless he has dlamosad the
Ills of his people. This can not he done
lr mass .the*-., must be a first-hand
knowledge of the patient and all his en
vironments. This can b# t»eet go*ten
r*om those who *t«v at home on the hot
summer dsvs or around the fireside In
Add-winter It is by such work that
tlie preacher gathers up all the heart
aches and desires of his pcop’e and pre
pares to serve them from the pulpit on
the following Sundav. Knowing the
needs ol those few who stay at home it
affords me great pleasure to know that
j t have been human Instrument to do
the work of God.
Rest Men.
These "etav-e»-hom***' have helned me
! to get at the rent men My lermons
n*ve been more or le«« prepared and de.
| liveredP «o people with whom t w?»s
s ightlv acquainted But in getting clos*
to the f»wr I ha' e made the discovery
that they are not sat«t f s. All of me
people are bet ordlnarv men. such »»s
vou will find the world ove»*. In evert
congregation on earth No two of them
»re Just alike Fl*hlng for men is hist
like fishing for fish Ton must adapt
the halt to the fish you wish to catch.
When vou preach to the Individual the
■♦ay-at-hotne. vou can do that.—when
I you preach to the larger crowds of au-
THE AUGUFifI HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
public is more llke’y to question the
preachers. As amu ter of course they
will oppose any ques lonahle resort. They
may let their ze d get the lead of com
mon sense. Laymen sit down and count
the costi and he**#; is where many lay
men turn back and march no more with
the cohorts of reform. But when lay
men are interes ed It is an easy matter
to make themselves felt.
The Men and Re lglon’s Forward
Movement hid fair to he p the churches
of our city. Our churches need to get
together. The merchants and the manu
facturers have gotten together. The
barkers are organized Even vice is
organized In this rind every city. Why
can’t the laymen of the churches get to
gether and form an organization for their
mutual pro* action? It would help the
churches as nothing else at this time.
Vital to Life.
While the churches differ in theology,
and somewhat In methods, they are
agreed on mmy things vital to the life
of this community. Ho long as they
wage a war of retreat they can expect
nothing. The Christian religion must
stand or fail w’th its face toward the
enemy. So long as a we remain unor
ganized and play for favor, we can ex
pect nothing better than we have. The
common enemy so strongly entrenched is
»nough to unite us. Our young people,
our boys and girls make It Imperative
that we do something to check the vices
that have grown up in our city. It
will mean a quickening of church life
a ong the whole line.
Where is the Men and Religion’s For
ward Movement? Will some one an
swer?
tumn or spring you are apt to overlook
that. It helps one to know that he Is
preiching to real men.
Some years ago. when unthoughtedly I
was afflicted with the mania for a
crowd, my faith was not so steady as it
Is today; the few men that I have come
to know and love as brothers of the
Lord, have added to my faith. And.
too, as I have met men on the street
and iti the home, sin has come to mean
mote to me than in former years It it*
not difficult to set a crowd, any one
can do that, but It takes a wise man to
lead a crowd. The great preachers of
the world, with few exceptions, ar6
known only m books.
Fodder Stack.
The congregations they built about
their peculiar personalities disintegrated,
as does a fodder-stack when you remove
the pole, the day their personality was
removed. But where a man comes in
touch with Is people and preaches to
them with the consciousness of faith ir
God and sin In the world preaches
faithfully the truhs of the Word, he
may not be noted as a famous orator,
or one of the great scholars, but he wll
leave behind him a substantial congre
gation. His successor will find the
King’s Highway ready for the march.
What we need today Is the maximum
of power. It is not necessary for the
preacher to do something silly to go*
the crowds. If he has the doctor’s
knowledge of hls patient. If he take a
real pleasure in hls work. If the people
to whom he preaches are real people,
and If he has faith In God, he will have
more or less power, and the crowds will
come as he needs them.
Let us not be discouraged If we have
small crowds. Let us try to be faith
ful to those who come, for If we are
faithful to the few He will give us the
multitudes by and by.
Woodlawn M. E. Church
Brotherhood Bible Class
Celebrates Anniversary
The Brotherhood Bible class of the
Woodlawn Methodist church will Celt
ebrate their fourth anniversary to
night at 8:30 o’clock.
Rev. J. F. Roberts, of St. Luke's
church will preach the anniversary
sermon, there will also be special
music rendered by the choir, which
will be assisted by a string orchestra.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend this service. The following pro
gram will be carried out:
Program.
Voluntary Orchestra
Hymn Congregation Standing
Prhyer Rev. W. L. C. Wells
Anthem—“O for a Shout of Joy" ..
Choir
Scripture Reading-
Announcements— *
Offertory—"Humoreske". . .Orchestra
Hymn Congregation Standing
Anthem—" Calvary” Choir
Sermon Rev. J F. Roberts
Hymn Congregation Standing
Benediction.
Rev. Charles Hutchins
at Woodlawn Baptist
Rev. Charles Hutchins, pastor of the
Baptist church at Svlvanla. Ga.. will
preach for the Woodlawn Baptist church
ai both services to i y M- Hutchins
has been pastor for the Bytvanla church
for a number of yea*** and Is said to be
an able preacher It ta known Ida peo
ple are devoted to him. and would be
slow to part with him, but a rumor aava
he will be called to the Woodlawn
church at next Rundny’s service.
Mr. Hutchins 1s a Georgian by birth
and training He took the cou**se at the
Southern Baptist Seminary at Louisville,
Ky and since leaving that Institution
has been located at Sylvnnia. Ga.. where
be has done a splendid work. will
be heard by good crowds at both serv
ices today.
MINISTERS WAMT txtf.
DEFEAT OF THE BEER ACT
vt a cabled meeting of the Protestant
Ministers Alliance 'as* Saturday, she
13th. It was decided that the represen
tin'ea should know how th*»y felt about
the proposition to legalise beer In Geor
gi > A resolution e v P-es*l**g their op.
position to *he measure p s«*d unani
mously and forwarded to Messrs. Oar
ilngton, Olive and Ptcquet. So far as
known no report bas l e-n received from
the representatives The mtnls'era of
the state are much In earnest »nd will
do their utmost to help defeat the meas
ure
CHURCH OhuHßlbi
A SECRET ORDEF.
Mystery Which God Has Kep:
Secret From world’s
Beginning.
TEACHING OF THE ANCIENTS
Free and Accepted In Christ—Candi
dates For Membership In the Order.
The Initiatory Degree—The Second
Degree—The Third Degree—Higher
Degrees—Highest Degree Limited In
Number—“ Riding the Goat”—Grips
and Passwords - Founder of the
Order The Great Master Mason
Slain—Waiting For Hia Return.
July 19. The
Photo Drama of
Creation not only
opens the Sacred
Scriptures to
those who see It
bet additionally
sheds a light upon
the esoteric teach
lngs of the an
dents Thus it is
highly educative
In ifll Its phuses
and an Incentive
to deep research
•long many lines. With very few ex
ceptlons those who have seen it de
Clare that it bus revealed to their as
tonished eyes the lengths, breadths
height* and depths of the Love of God
which passes human understanding.and
thus has brought them a great blessing
The discourse of Pastor Russell to
day was unique in every sense of the
word. He took for hls text 8L Paul’s
words. “Whereby, when ye read, ye
may understand my knowledge in the
Mystery of t'brist.”-Eplieslans 3:4
v The Scriptures clearly teach thal
during this Gospel Age our God is
preparing a great Temple class, began
the Pastor After this class shall have
been glorified, the Divine Power will
operate through this Temple God wib
be In the Church—the Temple—and all
nations will begin to draw near to
their Creator All classes—Jews. Gen
tiles, bond and free- will come to the
Father through this Temple; for the
glory of God will be 1n it
The Priests in this new Temple of
the future will be Jesus, the greni
High Priest, and the Church, the uu
der-priests. This High Priest will also
be King “a Priest Upon His Throne.'
after the Order of Melcbizedek. Til.
nnder-priesls are still In training foi
their office The Royal Priesthood wib
consist of those alone who shall he de
dared worthy to sit with our Lord in
Hls Throne. As it is written. "Blessed
and holy Is he that hath part in the
First Itesurreetion; on such the Second
Death hatii no power, but they sbab
be priests of God and of Christ, and
shall reign with him a thousand years.'
The Pastor then discussed the ques
tlon. How may one become a member
of this Order of Melcbizedek— thes.
Knights Templars on the Heaven!)
plane! The Church of Christ, he do
dared. Is the most wonderful Secre
Order ever known The Mystery ot
God Is not yet finished, the Revelatm
tells us; this Mystery which God ha
kept secret from the foundation of the
■world will not be finished until th*
sounding of the Seventh Trumpet. Tbi-
Mystery. the Scriptures teach, is the
Church. These members of the mysti
cal Body of Christ are In the world
but the world knowß them not, even
as It knew Him not
The Degrees of the Order.
It was then shown that the great
condition for membership In this Or
der is the absolute denial of self—the
giving up to the Lord of all that the
candidate possesses, himself included
This condition Is the most stringent
ever known The first degree in this
Order is the recognition of Jesus Christ
as our Savior and faith in His re
deeming blood. Some merely take this
Initiatory step, and never go on to per
section. Those in the first degree
know practically very little about the
Order: for. as the Apostle declares
“the natural man (the worldl receiv
eth not the things of the Spirit of God
for they are foolishness unto him: nei
ther can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned." Since the
secrets of till* Order must be spiritually
discerned, whoever would know them
must progress beyond the first degree
The second degree, the Pastor ex
plalgf'd. Is consecration, which Is Im
mediately followed by spirit-begetting
Those who have progressed thus fnt
have become New Creatures in Christ
To these, "old things have passed
sWHy and all things have become new '
Thenceforth these should grow It.
grace and In the knowledge of ou
Lord Jesus Christ: and ns they do s
they are privileged to advance to high
er degrees In dun time they may he
come Knights Templars This degre
is very honorable; those who have nt
tallied it have become leaders In th.
Church of Christ, especial function
arles In any matter pertaining to th.
Interests of the Temple. These know
most shout the things of the Temple
As these memliers of the Order pro
gress from one degree to another, they
learn more and more Hlwut the My«
terv of Christ. Those who have taker
many degrees, therefore, know much
more than do those who hare tHken
but few degrees The Apostle urges
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in grace. In knowledge. In i buruett i
likeness to our Lord the Grand Com
niauder of the Order, the High Pries
of our Profession, the One who die.
for us—who not only redeemed us aim
gave us the opportunity of becoming
members of this high fraternity, bui
who also set us an example how we
ought to walk. Those who attain the
highest degree shah be His associates
aud joint heirs in His Messianic King
dom. Tins highest degree, howevei
is limited in number to 144.000 mem
bers, the Scriptures point out.
The Standard of the Cross.
The Pastor then showed that the
members of the Free and Accepted Or
der of the Lord Jesus CbruJte Com
mandery have for their standard, noj
the cross on the head of the sword, but
the Cross of Christ, with which they
must be marked day by day One ot
the very highest of this Order was Si
Paul, who boasted in one of his Epis
ties that he bore in his body the mark
of the Lord Jesus. These marks wen
not such as the world could appreci
ate. but were marks such as our Sav
ior had. and such as all have who at
tain the highest degiees bestowed by
this Order.
The Apostle elsewhere explains that
as Jesus bore the marks of ha vim
been smitten, beaten, condemned am.
crucified, witnessing to His faithful
ness to God and righteousness, so In
was himself marked Every order ba
its own marks, but only the Captaii
of our salvation knows the mark
borne by the soldiers of the Cross
Whoever receives these marks in Hi
service will be rewarded abundantly
more than he could ask or even thluk
These light afflictions, which are bm
for a moment will work for thes.
faithful soldiers a fnr more exceediu
and eternal weight of glory—beyou
the veil, in the glorious Temple now ii
process of construction.
This Temple, the speaker declared
will be the greatest in existence. Al
other temples, all other societies, an
but shadows, pictures, figures. Nt
matter whence a candidate came, m
matter who he was before he enterei
the Lodge of our Lord Jesus Christ
after he has joined this Order he has ;
right to the regalia and to all belong
ing to the Order. There is only om
■way by which any one may become u
member. There is also only one way
by which one once in may be put oul
and that is according to the arrange
ments made by the Lord; for there i
a secret writing even of the names It
this Order. These names are writtei
In Heaven. No human being know
who are the members.
Free and Accepted In Christ Jesus.
The members of this Order, it wn
shown, are free from the dominatioi
of sin, free from the fear of death, free
from that condition of alienation fron
God in which they were by naturi
when they were “children of wratl
even as others." They are not free b
commit sin. however; in fact, the.
have no such inclination. Their very
desire to come into relationship wit!
God indicates that they do not lov
sin. The shackles of sin have fallei
from them. "If the Son make ym
free, then are ye free indeed.” (Join
8:30.) Every one thus made free by
the Lord Jesus Christ, through th.
merit of the Redeemer’s sacrifice, and
presenting his body a living saeriflr.
and being accepted of God. is received
Into this Fraternity, this Royal Priest
hood.
Happy are all such: for the Spirit of
glory and of God rests upon them
The more attentive each of these is t
the rules of the Order, the more faith
ful each one is In laying down his Ilf
in the service of the brethren, the Dior
progress will he make aud the highe
will be his station. He will rise fron
one degree to another until he shal
have attained the highest rnnk. am
shall have favor In the fullest sens
with the Grand Master of the Order
In the typical language of the Scrip
tures, the human nature of all Nev.
Creatures In Christ is pictured in tb
goat The Bible tells these New Crea
tures that the “goat” which each om
"rides" more or leßs daily is his owi
flesh. In the typical Day of Atom
rnent two goats were brought to th
door of the Tabernacle and there tied
These goats typified all who offer them
selves In consecration to God. Afte
the lots were cast the high priest sac
rificed the Lord’s goat, thus typlfytn
God’s acceptance of the cjgss repre
seated. Thenceforth the goat repr.
sented merely the old nature, the flosti
and the New Creature was represented
in the members of the high priest -
body “Ye are dead, and your life i
hid with Christ In God," says the Apos
tie.
The Pastor also showed that Goo
baa so arranged that members of Hi
great Secret Order may tell all thdy
desire about it and the bearers cannoi
understand, unless they are also of th
Order God alone knows who ar.
members of His Secret Society; for £l,
alone knows whether at heart each l
loyal and true Others may wear th.
uniform, learn grips and passwords
twit the Lord knows those who are Hl-
In other words, there are many wh
have more or less outward appearamv
of being Cbristiuns. but who are noi
really such at heart
Another point discussed was that all
who become memliers of the Royal
Priesthood "living stones." from the
Divine standpoint, to be chiseled and
prepared for a place In the Royal Tem
pie- must enter by a narrow, difficult
way. This Jesus set forth, saying, “If
any man will come after Me (become
a living stone In the Temple, be a
member of this high Order 1. let him
deny himself, take up his cross and
follow Me "
Ths Founder of the Order.
The origin of this Order, commonly
known «« the rhoreh of Christ was
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man. the Ix.rd Jesus Christ, laid tha
foundation ami arranged all pertaining
to it. He alone founded this great
Secret Society. Members of tbe or
ganization may Indeed recognize as- v
sistauts in the work, but there is only 1
the one Grand Master, who has super- 7 *
vision of the whole He Himself has
said. "One Is your Master, even Christ,
and all ye are brethren."
Tbe Pastor then set forth the facts
relative to our Lords life on earth
nearly nineteen hundred years ago.
The world did not recognize the Great
Master Jesus alone, the Founder of
the Order which is His Church, had
the secret plans for the grig Temple
which God desired to have construct
ed Wheu He was crucified, more or
less of the Mystery connected with the
Temple was lost The Scriptures also
intimate that certain features of that
Mystery were not to be completed un
til His return. So the memliers of this
Society have been waiting for the re
turn of their Master, who gave Hls
life in connection with the secret of
the construction of the Temple, the
Church
Jesus preached in public, the Pastor
declared, and while thousands heard
Him. very few understood So now,
when the members of His Church tell
the Glad Tidings of great joy. very few
understand: for only those who are
ealbd to join this Order which Jesus
founded have the power to compre
hend—the hearing ear. To His dis
ciples the Master once said. "Blessed
are your eyes, for they see; and your
ears, for they hear.” Only those who
have come into this Divine Order have
this spiritual insight and spiritual _
guidance; and only these may know
the things that are freely given unto
the Initiated. These things are freely
given to one class, hut are not intend
ed for any one else.
The speaker then showed the «ason
for this discrimination. During this
Age God is not dealing with the world.
After He has built His great Temple,
then He will deal with the world. But
mankind will never be priests, mem
bers of tbe Temple class. Neverthe
less. they will have a great blessing—
Restitution to human perfection, lost
In Eden, redeemed on Calvary He de
clared that It would never do for tbe
world to know all about the secrets
known only to the members of God’s
great Secret Order: otherwise mankind
would interfere with the Plan of God.
He illustrated his point by referring
to the Scriptural statements that if
the Jews had understood about Jesus.
If they bad understood His parables
and dark sayings, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory. Then the
Scriptures would not have been fulfill
ed; God’s Plan would not have been
carried out.
St. Peter called the attention of the
Jews to this fact, saying. "Now. breth
ren. 1 wot that through ignorance ye
did it. as did also your rulers But
those things which God before had
showed by the mouth of all His Proph
ets. that Christ should suffer. He bath
so fulfilled.’’ St. Paul corroborate)- tbts
statement, declaring. “None of the,-
princes of this world knew: for If they
had known It they would not have
crucified tbe Lord of Glory.” The
Pastor praised tbe Wisdom of God
which withheld from the world a se
cret the knowledge of which would
have increased their responsibility
without benefiting them in the least
Temples of the Holy Spirit.
Next were quoted various passages
of Scripture which show that whoever
receives the Holy Spirit is a temple of
the Holy Spirit This class is not of
the world; for the world by nature
knows not God The world Is under
condemnation-"children of wrath,” ac
cording to Scripture. God has not yet
begun to give humanity the blessing
wbicb He purposes to give them He
Is now dispensing blessings only to
the Church, to those who have been
begotten of the Holy Spirit, who have
been initiated into the mysteries of
His Secret Order These alone have
come into the position where He can
deal with them.
The i’astor explained that the Church
class have not received tbe Holy Spirit
In full. When the great antitypical
Temple of God shall have been finish
ed beyond the veil, then the Holy Spir
it will be given In full; all these "liv
ing stones" which will constitute that
Temple will be filled with the glory of
God. But there is a sense in which
each one has received the Holy Spirit
who has given up his own will‘in order
to do the will of God: and In that
sense the body of each of these has
become a temple. Wherever the Spir
it of God dwells, there Is a temple of
God.
Tbe discourse was concluded with
an earnest exhortation to every one
who is conscious of having received
the Holy Spirit of God All such
should ever be on guard lest they
grieve the Spirit—lgnore it or live con
trary to it The Apostle says. "Grieve
not the Holy Spirit of God. whereby
ye are sealed unto the day of redemp
tion " From the very time wbem one
is begotten of the Spirit of God' that
individual is marked with tbe seal of
the Holy Spirit I’he Apostle also
says. “We have this treasure In earth
en vessels, that the excellency of the
power may be of God. itnd not of us.'
That ts to say, the possession of the
Holy Spirit of God constitutes one a
temple.
The Apostle's thought, the speaker
declared. Is that all such should regard
(heir bodies very sacredly Since God
lias honoris) them by placing His Holy
Spirit within them, they should see to
It that this anuctirylajr power operates,
throughout thcli members—ln their
minds then tongues, thetr fiends and
(heir feet Whatsoever anch shall do
yr aay should all tie <1 one to the glory
t God
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