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SUNDAY, QCTOBER 11.
A ugusta Church News
, At a Glance
pally Day at Second Baptist Church.
This is Rally Day at the Second
hptist Church. Each year, early in
—ctober, the church and Sunday
"'bool have a special service for the
—rpose of getting together for the
1 and winter work. The services
' — : always full of helpfulness. This
’ service promises to be the best
all.
(vliss Tommins and Mrs. Cates have
rked hard to make the program a
'(Perior one. The choir has prepar-
I special music. Below is the pro
|'am for the service at 11:15 a. m.,
May:
1 <* Rally Day Program Second Baptist
Mr. Church, corner D’Antlgnac and Kol
of lock Streets.
1 Theme—Loyalty—To Christ and His
Church.
Song—" All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name”—Congregation standing.
Prayer, by the superintendent.
Beginners' Department. Theme—
Love. Led by the teacher. The lit
tle people will march onto the plat
form and make a love chain.
Song by the department—"Oh, how
I Love Jesus."
Primary Department. Theme: Obe
dience. Led by the teacher. Cate
chism.
Song—“ Gentle Jesus, Meek and
Mild.”
Junior Department. Theme—Youth.
Recitation by Junior Boy—" God
Wants the Boys.”
Recitation by Junior Girl "God
Wants the Girls.”
Recitation by Classes—“ Our Aim.”
Song by Junior Department—Loy
alty to Christ.”
Intermediate Department.
Scripture Reading—“ The Christian
Armor.” Eph. 6:10-18, by Interme
diate boy.
Competitive sword drill, by entire
department.
Song by entire school —"Lo, Al
mighty Army.”
Senior Department. Theme: Life
(for service).
Recitation—By young women in the
senior department.
Solo—"O Master, Let Me Walk
With Thee.”
Adult Department. Theme: Trust.
Bible Reading—“A Life of Trußt In
God.”
Prayer by the department.
Entire School. Theme: Yourself.
A consecration service.
Song by congregation standing—
“ Take My Life, and Let It Be.”
Short talk by the superintendent.
A few words by the pastor.
Silent prayer, closed by the pastor.
Consecration Hymn, Verse 4.
Benediction.
To these services the public is cor
dially invited.
Nigh\,aisrvice* Resumed at St. Paul’s
•'SO Church.
St av . s Episcopal Church will re
sume the night services at 8 p. m. to
day. Since the early summer there
have been no night services at St.
Paul’s. Rev. Dr. Whitney has planned
to have afternoon services for the
first weeks in the fall, but his congre
gation urged him to begin the night
meetings now.
These meetings have been well at
tended and Dr. Whitney has reached
many Augustans at this hour. The
services are very simple. The choir
has special music, but that is not all,
the congregation is given an oppor
tunity to take part in the services,
for well selected popular songs are j
sung at the same hour. Dr. Whitney I
will begin tonight a series of sermons
“Peace on Earth Good Will to Men’’
“Come, ye disconsolate, where e’er ye languish; Come to
the mercyseat, fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded
hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrows that
Heaven cannot heal!”
Prayer and peace are synonymous—both are exactly the
opposite of turmoil and strife; of disturbed mental and spirit
ual conditions.
Peace and prayer represent unity of purpose, equitable
mind and heart, contrite and controlled dispositions.
Peace is essential to happiness; peace is essential to pros
perity; peace is necessary to the best good of life.
Misunderstandings are tempered; asperities are soften
ed; differences are obliterated, through prayer—in faith be
lieving .
“The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avail
eth much;” the prayers of earnest and sincere persons will re
move mountains.
Peace is a possibility to those who come in an attitude of
prayer, centering mind and heart on the great object—peace!
Though calamity stalk through the earth, though strife is
rampant, though statesmen disagree and armies battle,prayer
takes the serious questions at issue and solves them.
Peace is all about us; the Kingdom of God is within us!
on the “Young Men of the Bible,” giv
ing some character sketches of these
ancient young fellows. The sermons
will be of much help to the young men
of today, and they are cordially in
vited to each service.
St. Paul’s is preparing for the
"Every Member Canvas" the first of
next month. This method has been
adopted by a number of our local
churches and it has revolutionized, in
a measure, the finances of these
churches. With the strong men back
of Dr. Whitney, willing to take up this
part of the church work, it will be an
easy matter for them to complete the
canvas in short order.
New Church Sunday, Woodlawn
Methodist Church, Oct. 18th.
Pastor J. O. Brand, of the Wood
lawn Methodist Church, announces
New Church Sunday, October 18th.
It will be a red letter day in the his
tory of the church, and means much
to that section of Augusta. The
church has labored hard to build the
house, and now that it will be com
pleted in the whole of the exterior,
the pastor and members are rejoicing.
Mr. Brand says of the new church and
its openings:
Woodlawn Methodist Church
We are just completing the exterior
of our new church on Fifteenth Street.
When finished it will be a gem. It
will be an honor to the city of Au
gusta, and every lover of the good
and the beautiful should feel proud of
the new institution.
From a pecuniary standpoint, it will
enhance the value of real estate,
doubtless very much, in this part of
Augusta. Yet that part of its value
is but a bagatelle as compared with
the real things that count in human
affairs —culture £>f the heart and af
fections.
The two most important institu
tions in any community are the school
and the church. Every good citizen
should be the patron of these insti
tutions.
We are anxious that our friends
might tneet with us and help us to re
joice. The entire day will be spent
for this purpose. The morning ser
vice will be for both men and women;
the afternoon service (3 p. m.) will
be for men only. The morning ser
vice will be conducted by Mr. S. P.
Marsh; the afternoon service will be
ir. the hands, principally of Revs. Mr.
MacFerrin and W. B. Dillard.
We are inviting all the ministers of
the different churches and their lay
men to be with us in the afternoon
service.
Rev. Cree Aaway.
Rev. Howard T. Cree, pastor of the
First Christian church, is in Atlanta
attending the World’s Convention of
the Disciples of Christ. He will not
return for services today at his church.
In his absence Rev. Everette Holling
worth will preach at It a. m. Mr.
Hollingworth supplied for Dr. Cree,
while he was on his vacation last
summer and greatly endeared himself
to the congregation.
“Marriaae — Is It Human or Divine.”
Dr. Wiggins’ Theme for Tonight.
Dr. S. P. Wiggins, who is preaching
a series of sermons on “Olden Scenes
With Modern Actors,” will preach the
second at the evening hour tonight. He
wil take up a question as old as the
human race, and bring it down to
these modern days. His theme is:
“Marlage—ls Is Human or Divine?”
To one reading the proceedings of one
of our divorce courts it would appear
“Intervene, O Lord, We Beseech Thee, with All Thy Quickening and
Persuasive Power, That Wisdom, Mercy and Brotherly Love Prevail ”
that the marriage tie in this country
is regarded as purely human. It will
be interesting to hear what Dr. Wig
gins has to say on the subject. The
meeting begins at 8 p. m.
MISS EVA BOOTH IS ON
WORLD’S PEACE
COMMITTEE
Salvation Army Head Who Will
Visit Augusta Said Principles
Involved Must Appeal to All
Lovers of Mankind.
Among the noted personages in the
religious world who have consented to
serve upon the World’s Peace Com
mittee, is Commander Miss Eva
Booth, the national leader of the Sal
vation Army, who is to visit Augusta
in the very near future and deliver a
lecture in the Grand Opera House.
Miss Booth when accepting this ap
pointment, wrote:
“That war among the nations may
speedily terminate, that enmity be
tween the races of men may imme
diately cease, that peace may be per
manently established upon the earth,
must strongly appeal to all lovers of
mankind.”
May all noble efforts for bringing
about such a desirable result meet
with the success its grand purpose
deserves. A world-wide Salvation
Army is praying to this end.
01Y MEETING
CLOSES SUNDAY
Tent Meet Will End With
Closing of Afternoon Services.
Be Transfered to Church
Grounds.
The tent meting under the auspices
of the Asbury Methodist church will
he closed with the afternoon service
and transferred to the church on the
1000 block of D’Antignac street. The
meetings have run for two weeks. The
weather has been very unfavorable,
but the services have been succssful.
Numbers have expressed a desire to
lead better lives, and it is likely
that a number will be added to the
church roll when pastor Echols gives
the* opportunity at the services this
week.
The metings this week will be con
ducted by Rev. Mr. Atkinson, pastor
of the Warrenton Methodist church.
Mr. Atkinson was in' Augusta at the
district conference last summer. While
here he made a splendid impression,
and Mr. Echols believes that he will
reach the people In the evangelistic
services of this week. He is a man
of middle age, well prepared for the
work, and is an excellent preacher. He
will preach two sermons each day, at
4 and 8 p. m.
The metings will close Sunday, the
18th, when Dr. Dickey, president of
Emory College, will preach the dedi
catory sermon of the church. This
will be a great day for Ashury. The
church has been in debt since they
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
palpit®Hcu)s
Q-iriM
BAPTIST.
Second Baptist Church.
O, P. Gilbert, pastor. Preaching by
the pastor 8 p. m„ theme, “The Golden
Rule and Its Application to Modern
Life." Sunday Bchool rally 10 to 11:16
a. m. Special program. Public cor
dially invited.
CHRISTIAN.
West End Christian Church.
Preaching at 11 a. m„ subject, “A
i Great Duty and Privilege Neglected.”
Bible school, 3 p. m. Preaching, 7:30
p m., subject, “Conversion.” Prayer
meeting Wednesday night at 8 o’clock.
A cordial welcome awaits every one.
H. L. Veach, minister; G. A. Bell,
Bible school superintendent.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
315 Union Bank Bluilding. Services
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock; Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock; Sunday
school at 12:15. Reading room open
dally from 11 to 1 o'clock. The pub
lic Is cordially Invited to attend the
services and visit the reading room.
EPISCOPAL.
Retid Memorial.
Services at 11 a. m„ and 8:15 p. m.,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. S. L.
McCarty. Sunday school at 4 p. m.
Bible school will be taught by Mr.
built the Sunday school annex ffnd
made other improvements in 1907 and
1908. One of the burning desires of
the present pastor’s heart has been to
clear the church of all debt before the
annual conference In November. There
remains of the debt the sum of one
hundred dollars. This amount Is in
guilt-edge subscriptions, and will all
be paid this week. Dr. Dickey will
have magnificent crowds to greet him
at each service, and the church will
worship with a degree of Joy known
oniy to those who have been delivered
of a great burden.
REGULAR SUNDAY
SERVICES ST. LUKE S
BARAGA GLASS
The regular Sunday afternoon devo
tional service of the St. Luke Baraca
Class will lie held this afternoon at
8:30 o’clock at the regular place of
meeting.
The young men of this class are
proud of their attendance of last Sun
day, which was 52; today they expect
to make it 60.
This class has heeii doing a great
deal of good In the past and want to
continue in the work of upbuilding.
The topic for discussion today is:
"The Lust Supper.” Golden Text: “As
often as ye eat this bread and drink
this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death
till he come.” (1 Cor, xi, 26).
The meeting today will no doubt
prove interesting and beneficial to all
who are fortunate enough to attend.
Strangers are cordially invited to
attend all meetings of this class.
“The class that bids you welcome.”
FAIR*” TIM E ~
See the better babies’ contest—
It's the fairest of (he fair—
And walk down the shining midway,
Hear the ballyhoo's wild blare;
Stuff yourself with cones and peanuts.
At the freak calf take a stare.
And don’t overlook the lady
Who does dances rather rare. T.T.S.
D
Lawton B. Evans. The presbytery of
Augusta will meet in this church on
Tuesday evening and will continue In
session until Thursday evening. The
public is invited to all the services.
St. Paul's Church.
Rev. G. Sherwood Whitney, rector.
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, Oct]
11th. Holy Communion, 8 a. m Sun
day school, 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer
and sermon, 11 a. m. Evening prayer,
8 a. m.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Greene Street Presbyterian Church.
Between 12th and 13th Streets. M.
M MacFerrin, pastor. Divine wor
ship, 11:15 a. m. t and Sp. in. Sermons
by the pastor; morning, “Starving in
ihe Midst of Plenty”; evening, "Re
joicing in the Lord.” Sunday school,
9:45 a. m. Everyone welcome.
COLORED churches
METHODIST.
Bethel Methodist Church.
Rev. A. M. Jordan, pastor. Prayer
meeting, 6:30 a. m. Sunday school,, 10
a. m. Preaching, 11:30 a. m„ by the
pastor. Sunday school at St. James,
3:30 p. m. Missionary meeting, 4 p.
m. Preaching, 8 p. m. The public
cordially invited to attend all these
services.
NATIONAL CONVENTION
THE BROTHERHOOD OP
ST. ANDREW, ATLANTA
The national convention of the
Brotherhood of St. Android* will meet
In Atlanta Wednesday of tills week
and will continue in session till next
Sunday.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is a
Protestant Episcopal organization,
whose object is the spread of Christ’s
kingdom among men especially young
men. The organization was founded
in 1883 In Saint James Parish, Chi
cago, by James E. Houghteling and
others. It has as its unit of organi
zation the local chapter.
The Brotherhood of Saint Andrew
has had a steady growth. In 1906
there were 1352 charters In force, rep
resenting 763 active chapters, 498 in
active chapters, and 104 dormant
chapters. There Is a Junior depart
ment for work among boys. Today the
chapters ore firmly established in
most of the Episcopal churches and
are a great force in winning men.
All the Chapters Representative.
The meting in Atlanta will bring to
gether representatives of all the chap
ters in the United States. There will
be at leaHt one thousand men prosent,
nmong them some of the most distin
guished citizens of the country. Last
year when the convention met in New
York it is said two thousand men were
were present at the corporate com
munion. It was an inspiring scene.
Headquarters for the convention In
Atlanta will be the Ansiey Hotel.
St. Paul’s church will send a splen
did delegation to represent their chap
ter. The names of the delegates could
not be gotten for the press, hut it will
be an enthusiastic company, and will
take active part in the work of the
sessions of the convention. St. Paul's
chapter is one of the oldest in the
country. Five men will represent the !
chapter In Atlanta. 1
Peace can be accomplished if enough people actually and
seriously want it, assembling in prayerful attitude of mind to
help establish a spirit of peace.
A wave of sentiment averse to war, and a vast impulse of
sympathy for peace, sweeps all before it.
With hearts and minds and voices lifted in unison, where
feelings for peace are strong and worthy, and where intel
lectual and spiritual man grapples in an effort to restore
tranquility, peace is possible, and, where the motive is right,
will prevail.
There is physical wrong in strife whether it be from lack
of mental poise or from failure to be better employed; there
is moral wrong in strife, whether it be the result of physical or
spiritual shortcomings; there is moral wrong in strife, wheth
er it be between neighbors or between nations; there is spirit
ual wrong in strife, because it disturbs man’s natural desire
for universal brotherhood.
; Peace comes through complete understanding, through
joining heart to heart the thoughts and feelings which make
peace and are peace !
Like other good things peace is ours if we take it; peace
radiates from those who have it; peace is universal when all
feel it!
i
Largest Bible Conference May Be
Held in Augusta; Meet Next Year
Largest Bible Conference Ever in This Section of the South
May Be Held in This City Early Next Year---Augusta Ha?
Long Needed a Movement of This Type.
Plans on foot promise to bring to Au
gusta early next year the biggest Bible
conference ever held in this section of
the South. Last spring Augusta said
to the world: "We are friends of the
Chautauqua movement. We will sup
port by our money and our presence, and
we will make this the most successful
chnutauquu in the whole group." It
was this spirit tint suggested Augusta
**' I>,ck «y. IL1)., president
of the ‘ World's Bible Conferences," the
selection of our city as a center for one
ot his great Bib.e schools. Ur. Dicker
i is president of the Winona Lake Bible
| lontoronce, one of the highest class
, summer conferences for the study o-f j
the Bible and related thought in Am- !
erica. If the present efforts to make j
Augusta the central conference point sue-’
coed, it will bring, to this city some i
or the leading Christian teachers in Am- '
eVica ami Europe, and will attract phe- j
nomenal crowds.
Ihe purpose of the Bible Conferences 1
as set forth in their prospectus is: “To f
unfold the riches of God’s word; to con- j
firm faith in its inspiration; to set forth
plans for teaching and preaching the I
Word; to deepen and broaden and quick !
en the spiritual life.” With such a high
purpose it ought to be an easy matter
to find tile support, the movement will j
need, to insure its success.
Inter-Denomlnatlonal.
Augusta has long neded a movement
of this typo and class. Our union meet
ings have seldom enlisted all the
preachers and all the teachers and all
the people. It Is felt that all may be
united in the conference. It Is but just
to say that it is 1 nter-denomlational.
Its speakers are gathered from all l'ro
tustunt churches, and are selected with
that disorirnin:ilion born of wisdom and
experience. The questions selected are
Niirh as ure vital to all Christians of
whatever denomination. In case the
Bible Conference succeeds It will likely
take the place of the union meetings for
a number of years at least. It will mean
a better citizenship for Augusta, and
a more loyal and consistent allegiance
to the cause of righteousness.
The Bible Conferences are the out
growth of the Winona Bible Conference,
and other summer conferences. If the
summer conferences were successfully
operated, why not winter conferences
as well? The answer to the question
came when Dr. Sol C. Dickey organized
and Incorporated the World's Bible Con
ferences. Last winter a series of these
conferences was held. Seven of the
larger cities were visited. The success
was phenomenal. From these seven
cities um central stations thirty-eight
other cities were visited. The results
were most gratifying.
Their Support.
In these cities the ministers, nnd laity
gave their unstinted support. The news
papers gave details of the meetings and
addresses, in some eises going into the
minuteness of the speeches and proceed
ings of the conferences. For the corn
ing season the management of the con
ferences has secured some of the great
social workers, and teachers of the nge.
Twenty-five central cities will be visited
this winter, and more than a hundred
other places will be readied from these
points.
The conference in Augusta will not
carry with it any of the special pro
pagandist type of teachers so common In
Bible conferences. It will not supplant
any worthy methods now iu|ed by the
churches for the props gat loir of ChVUt
ianlty. Preaching, teaching, Inspiration,
exposition and archaeology will receive
emphasis at the meetings.
The conference will print in book form
all the principal Addresses »nr I sell them
to the public. Tlie book will be of great
value to those who attend the meetings
and of more or less interest to others.
Conferences Endorsed.
The conferences are endorsed by the
lending preachers, thinkers, newspapers,
and religious Journals of the country. It
jroes without saying that the Augusta
papers will do their shave of advertising
the matter in case the promoters suc
ceed in making this the central city lor
the inter-state group.
Such a conference in Augusta will
give the people of this city just what
| Atlanta has been getting for a number
lof years. It will draw from the towns,
| villages and Vural sections of this part
j of the state many of our leading citi
j sens, and will put Augusta before the
’ people with whom we trade in a differ
j ent light. It will demonstrate to the
i world that we can have something worth
wlille on a groat scale. It is believed
that a conference of tills type will re
construct many lives right here In Au
gusta and build up every congregation
and Sunday school in the city. This
will mean a betteV citizenship. By turn
ing the minds of the city officials to the
patriarchal laws they will set a new
sUndard in civic efficiency. Already
the preachers and a number of the lead
ing citizens are interested in the move
ment. and It promises a great success.
Details of Augusta Conference will be
bunded you Haturduy after Friday
night’s meeting.
At a meeting attended Friday night
by a large number of ministers and
laymen, it was decided to take the
question of having a World Bible
Conference in Augusta directly to the
churches. It seems certain that the
churches will ratify the plans for fi
nancing the movement, and tho con
ference will meet here in February.
To secure the largest amount of co
operation from all tho churches a spe
cial committee was appointed at the
meeting Friday night whose duty it is
to enlist all the churches. The com
mitteemen are Rev. S. P. Wiggins,
pastor of St. John’s Methodist Churcn,
Rev. G. Sherwood Whitney, rector of
St. Paul’s Church; ltev. M. Ashby
Jones, pastor of the First Baptist
Church; Rev. P. J. Ha me, pastor of
the St. Matthew's Hvangelical Luther
an Church, and Mr. 1 falter Hunter,
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. This
committee will report next week, and
it is evident that the World’s Bible
Conference will receive the endorso
mnt of all the Protestant churches.
SALVATION ARMY
MEETINGS TODAY
Tho following meetings will be held
by the Salvutlon Army today, Sun
day :
11 a. m.—Open-air service at Broad
and McKlnno Streets.
:i p. in.—Sunday school, to which
all children and others not attending
Sunday school are especially Invited.
7:30 p. m.—Out-door service on
Broad Street near the monument at
which special songs and solos with
short Gospel talks will be an Interest
ing feature. This meeting will bo
followed by an old-time revival ser
vice to be held In the Salvation Army
Hall, 1283 Broad Street, to which tho
public will be heartily welcome.
Tuesday night, October 13th, a spe
cial and most Interesting out-door
sedvlce will be held at the corner of
Broad and Eve Streets, West End,
commencing at 8 o’clock.
"Shall we take stock this hot
weather? 1 hate to tackle such a
tough Job."
"Let somo of the returning vaca
tionists do It,” said the boss. “It will
seem a pleasant relief to them.”
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