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SUL AUGUSTA HAVE THE
GREAT BIBLE CONFERENCE?
U Is Important to Have a Chamber of Commerce, a Geor
gia-Carolina Fair, and Other Organizations Foj Purpose of
Advertising City, But It Is Much More Important to Have
Conference For Purpose of Helping Train People How to
Use Their Bible.
'By O. R GILBERT.)
It vpoulri |)« impossible for any legiti
mate Wtafeftft to ro forward In the city
of /\ujn>xtii ts the atipport of the chih*rh
people were withdrawn. It la hwo I
known fact that the ehurt'h people make
up B{i par (mjit ot dnur« x>t our huflneae
peop 9 It frequently happen* that the
church church people are nuked to take
pa«t In aogie secular affair. It 1« need- !
less tb miy that they support the move
ment i for the oooJ of the city. The
mlniajem ;m0 the Y M. c. A. oorae for
ward with n pro? nslttnn to put on In
Augusta the World's Bible Conference*
What will the members of our churches
do?
The Bible.
If tt la Important to have a chamber
of coinmtfrc, a Oeorglu-Carolina Fah\
and other organisations for the purpose
of advertising the city, It la much more
Important that we should have the
World's Hlble Conferences for the pur
pose ttf helping train the people how to
use theft- BU> e*. Most people use their
111 Me* as s chiiO would uss a telescope,
they look at the Illhle Instead of looking
through It at the world and the dim dis
tance called the future. To such chil
dren the only thing they see Is the tele
scope, hut the scholar, who knows the
purposes for which the Instrument was
designed, the most distant planets aro
brought low and welshed as if In scales;
the world and word* are made to have
a new meaning, and Cod is delocalized
If the Conferences proposed ate what
they are represented to be. there la not
a citizen In Augusts but would profit
by Investing two dollars, the price of a
season ticket, or more in the movement.
Important.
Ts the Bible Is the most Important of
all books, so important that no home la
complete without one, who will say that
1t la not worth while to spend time and
money to hiring to Augusta the World’s
Hlble Conferences? The Hlble la not a
sealed book, but it la the most neglected
of ail books when we think of Its value.
What we want now Is to open It up so
that every page aha 11 tell its own story.
Thts conference, if we understand It.
will qpen the Bible end any to those who
take part In It: "Hort Is the book,
fearlessly inspect It; read It; think about
It!” If It la the book we credit It, It
will stand that and more. It really needs
no dgfense. For two millenniums ene
mies have encompassed it round about,
and with each succeeding generation Its
position as an indestructible book has
become more evident. With each gen
eration its etrsuistlon has been enlarged.
The danger is not that peop « shall mis
understand, hut that they will (rest It
as a fetish. It Is ft llvim* book and tt
Is the result of the enlargement of the
human vision of God and of man. In
later data the Bible has evolved the
peoplfc, but it was not so in the begin
ning The gentlemen who are to take
part ln‘the conferences are experts In
thelV line, and will assist those who hear
them to a better understanding of tha
Bible.
Bible Reading City.
Augustu needs to become a Bible read
ing citv Of -course most of our people
own Bibles, some of them expensive
milt ions But a man may own a farm,
aval Land In the poor house The Im
portant thing is to fertilise plant and
cultivate The Conferences will assist
those who own Bibles In their private
search after the truths of the Wcft*d of
God.
The committee will meet at the Y. \L
C. A Monday evening and hear from
the churches. The churches have been
naked to car© for a thousand tickets at
$2 each If they decide to take the
tickets the contract will be signed at
once and the conferences will be held
In February.
HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS 600 DI
Any church welcomes any man who desires to help.
There is a need for loyal helpers, tireless and efficient,
bringing their abilities to bear upon the important problems
and giving to the work the energy and enthusiasm that insures
success.
Every efficient church member can claim a solid founda
tion of precepts and principles that make, for the person, for
the community, substantial conditions.
Every day offers some one or many things which might
be done to produce better living, or preserve our reliable
ideals.
Today marks the opportunity for many to join in this big
work, and help in pushing it forward to a successful comple
tion.
We preserve our principles and promote our ideas, and
develop our abilities, according as we meet the demands of the
day.
We could do better work if we would, and the effect
would be better if we only took hold in the right way and per
sisted.
The churches want more helpers, they want men and wo
men who are willing to devote ideas, energy and efficiency.
It is not as good to urge another forward —as to take
hold, join hands, join energies and help!
Good Time for Meeting.
TTds 1s a good time for a meeting that
Is to Int* est the whole of our city. It <
Is at u season when business Is normal.
Most of our people are at home, and
many tourists »r© In the city. The able
men who wl 1 take part In the confer
ence will attract not only our local
population and our winter residents, but
they will draw from nearby towns not
a few of the people who want to see Au
gusta and know out* people.
It will be a pity to miss this the most
splendid opportunity we have had to get
together uli the preachers on a platform
agreeable to a.l. It will give an ex
pression of Christian federation that
must Irnprsss the town. It will be a
source of strength to our churches and
our pastors It wl 1 help settle some
questions that are vital to our civic life
It will make Augusta the center of a
movement that Is bound to influence this
entire section of Georgia and our neigh
bor across the river. Bet the churches
take up the matter and send a favorable
report to the rjornmlttee when It meets
tomorrow night.
SUBJECTS OF THE ST.
LUKE'S BARACA CLASS
The St. Luke Baraoa class has tor dis
cussion this afternoon: “Jesus and
Judas.” —Matthew, xxv: 14-25.
Golden Texa~“Woe unto that man
by whom the Son of Man Is Betrayed.”
(Matthew. x*vl:24.)
The topic for today promises to h«
very Interesting as well as very beno
ftotal. This class Is exceedingly for
tunate In having a leader who Is
always ready to explain the different
topics to the class This class has
made a record for Itself, both In at
tendance and new members added to
the roll. The attendance last Sunday
was forty-five.
The members of this class are very
enthusiastic over the future of their
• lass. They say before the fall Is over
tlietr average attendance will h« sixty. |
Class meets each Sunday ufternoon
at 3:30 o’clock, corner Crawford ave
nue and St. Luke street. The place
where you will always find a wel
come.
DR. J. R. SEVIER AT
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. J. R. Sevier, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, has been out of
the oity for several days, has returned,
and will preach at the regular hours
of service today. At the 8 o'clock
hour l>r. Sevier will preach the third
of hts series on “Young People and
Their Problems." The theme will he:
"Young People and Their Problems—
Work." These sermons have been
heard by scores of our young folk*
and have made a splendid Impression.
At this hour the usual services of song
will be held. The quarlet and chorus
choir have made special preparation
f r the hour. The meetings begin
promptly at 8 o’clock. The sons ser
vice will last Just twenty minutes. The
service will close In an hour’s time.
“In My Father’s House are Many Mansions; If It Were Not So
I W ould Have Told You. IGo To Prepare a Place For You.’’
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
lISS BOOTH, I
NOTED ORATOR,
COII SOON
Head of Salvation Army Forces
In This Country Speaks Here
on November Tenth.
Commander Eva Booth, of the Sal
vation Array .will be In Augusta on
November 10th and will deliver a lec
ture on ’’My Father," at 8 o'clock that
night at the Grand.
Miss Booth Is daughte-r of the late !
General William Booth, founder of I
the Salvation Army, and Is a sister ]
of the present head of the Salvation l
Army forces of the entire world Her
lecture will he the life story of her
lather, and will no doubt be heard by
many people here. Miss Booth heads
the Salvation Army In this country.
With her will oome other noted of
ficers to Augusta.
The lecture will be Illustrated with
colored slides and motion pictures.
Talented Woman Orator.
Miss Booth is known everywhere,
she has been heard from the publio
stage as the most talented woman
orator In America.
Following la what has been publicly
spoken of her where she has lec
tured:
Evangeline Booth Is the most unre
portable speaker Toronto has heard in
some time. She Is the Inspirational,
heuit-strings orator at his best. Per
haps the tightest test of an orator Is
the way he can negotiate a pause.
Commander Booth can stop for thirty
whole choking heart-beats, and hold
her audience between her two hands.
She can keep Massey Hall, packed to j
standing room only, as breathless, as
utterly responsive as a four-year-old
child.
Part of this Is due to the ftre of
pure oratory that is In her. And part
of It is due to the absolute certainty
thut what she says Is the unconquer
able, unchangeable truth of God.—
Toronto Star.
The following Is from a lengthy re
port of Miss Booth’s visit to the Ocean ,
Grove Auditorium, where she address- j
ed twelve thousand people:
In her exposition of her subject, 1
Commander Booth brought Into play ,
all her powers of oratory, argument
and persuasion. Her magnetism took
firm hold of the vast assemblage and
swayed It at will; tier manner of ex
pressing things showed marvelous
knowledge of language and the power
of word-painting possessed by few
women on the public platform of this
or any other nation. —Asbury Park
Morning Press.
INTERESTING SUBJECT AT
CURTIS BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. J. Smith, pastor of Curtis
Baptist krhurch, will preach a special
sermon at 8 p. m. today on the "Devil s
Traps, Mow They Are Set nnd What
They Are Baited With.” The sermon
will be of special Interest to the pub
lk. At the morning hour the church
will listen to a sermon on "Close Com
munion.” This will be of Interest to
all. Public cordially Invited.
Augusta Church News
At a Glance
Reformation Day, Greene Btreet i
Presbyterian.
liev. M. M. MacFerrin will preach a I
special sermon today on “The Reforma- I
* n Holland.” This Is In keeping
with the convention of the Southern 1
Presbyterian church which requires the
churches to ce ebrate the last Sunday !
In October of each yea* as Reformation
'This is done to teach the young
ol the country the many valuable les- ;
norm that come to us from the struggles i
us Holland during 80 years of war. That
country during all these years resisted j
tile strongest nation of that time and In i
the end won her civil and religious lib
erty. lir. MacPdTin is a delightful
speaker and will interest all who hear
him today. The usual services at 8
p. rn.
Rev. B. H. Waugh Returned from
Halifax.
Rev. B. li. Waugh, pastor of tha North
Augusta Bap *st church, who has been
at Halifax, S. C., for the last week es
sisting in a stales of meetings has re
turned to the < ty and will preach, as
usual, today. Mv. Waugh hau a splen
did meeting and greatly enjoyed the
week off and the hospitality of the peo
ple of Fairfax.
Every-Member Canvass at St. Paul’s
Today.
St. Paul’s Episcopal, the oldest church
•n our city and with a record of splen
did victories for the last hundred years,
will make an every-member canvass this
afternoon. The canvass is made in the
Interest of missions and Incidental ex
penses. Fcft* several years the church
has made the canvass but not so thor
oughly as is planned for this afternoon.
The committee to canvass the Parish
embraces thirty of the leading members
of St. Paul’s church. They will meet
promtly at 8 o’clock and will go in twos.
This will enable them to canvass the
whole of the Parish before the evening
service. At the evening hour of wor
ship the committee will return and
mike its report. This will be a very
interesting hour for all who attend.
Dr. Whitney is anxious that the work
should he closed jup and all members
of the committee at church ready to
report.
The Sunday school teachers of St.
Paul’s had a fine meeting at the Parish
House on Friday evening. The ladies had
an elegant supper, and planned their
Rally Day services and Christmas enter
tainment
Dr. Howard T. Cree on Faith.
Dr. Howard T. Cree. pastor of the
First Christian church, will preach two
sermons today on “Faith.” Dr. Cree
feels that In these days of war the peo
ple need faith in God. At 11:15 a. m. he
will jffeach on “The Call to Faith.” At
8 p. m. his theme will be: “The Faith of
Christ.” The nubile Is cordiaby In
vited to attend these services.
Dr, 8. P. Wiggins to Preach 4th of
Series.
Dr. S. P. Wiggins has been preaching
the Sunday evenings of October on a
very suggestive theme: “Ancient Scenes
and Modern Actors ” The sermon tonight
will be one of the very best of the se
ries and will deal with the question of
the flood with real modefrn applications
Those who hive heard Dr. Wiggins In
this series will not miss the opportunity
to hear him tonight at 8 o’clock. Publio
welcome.
Rev. O. P. Gilbert at Second Baptist.
Rev. O. P. Gilbert, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist church, will preach tonight
at 8 o’clock on: “Christianity, The Re
ligion of the People.” Mr. Gilbert be
lieves that the people need to see that
Jesus is the friend of every man; that
the people need to know that In the be
ginning the masses constituted the
church membership; that irrespective of
all social or any other standards, the
Christianity of today Is free to all, and
the churches of Christ are society’s best
friends.
Morning hour will begin at 11:15. Re
ports from the association will bs mads
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Dr. Jones at Firm Baptist.
Rev. M. Ashby Jones, D.D., pastor of
the First Baptist church, will preach
on: “Lacking Loyalty ’ at 11:15 a. m.,
and at 8 p. m. he will preach on: ”A
Prayer for the Permanent.” Dr. Jones
will be at his best today, and you will
miss a good thing if you fall to hear
him.
There will be an all day service at the
First church next Tuesday. The meet
ing will be under the auspices of the
women of the church. The meeting Is
held in the Interest of missions. From
out-of-town the speakers will come with
wc/rds of good cheer. The services will
begin at 11 and will run to five in the
afternoon. The ladies of the chu.L
will serve a luncheon. All members of
the Woman s Baptist Union are Invited
to attend.
Woman’s Baptist Union Elect Officers.
The Woman’s Baptist Missionary Un
ion met last Friday at the Woodlawn
Baptist church and elected officers for
the next year. Mrs. W. C. Vaughn was
elected president: MVs. L S. Jordan, firgf
vice-president; Miss Annie Shumate,
corresponding secretady, and Mrs. Paul
Motes, treaxurer.
The ladies have planned great thing 3
for their settlement work. These they
hope to begin on In the near future.
The work has been veft*y successful this
year, and they feel that it is no longer
an experiment with them.
HEPHZIBAH BAPTIST
NIEETIN6 SUCCESSFUL
Association’s Annual Gather
ing in Spread, Ga., One of
Greatest Successes in State.
The Baptist churches of this section
of Georgia met last Wednesday in
their annual meeting at Spread, Ga.
Delegates and visitors were there in
great numbers. The two churches n
town were both used for preaching
purposes, the Baptist church not be
ing large enough to accommodate the
multitude. The hospitality of Spread
was unsurpassed.
The association was organized by
the election of Rev. James Atkinson,
moderator; Rev. Hamilton Carswell,
clerk. The introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. Thomas Walker of
Augusta, who has been a member of
the association nearly thirty years.
His message was very appropriate and
helpful.
Church Report, Bplendid.
The reports from the various
churches showed a splendid year’s
work had been done. Many had been
added to the churches, the spiritual
life of the churches had not suffered,
and the finances of the congregations
showed a healthy condition. The re
ports of the various committees were
read and approved. These made a
good Impression on all present.
The feature of the association was
the missionary sermon by Rev. Solon
B. Cousins of Waynesboro. His ser
mon was unique In that he left the
track so often followed on similar oc
casions and preached on Paul’s Pas
sion for Souls. It was a sermon that
shall not be forgotten by those who
heard It. Rev. R. E. L. Harris of Heph
zibah and Rev. Mr. Craft of Louisville
preached during the sessions at the
Methodist church.
The asoclation adjourned Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The next ses
Organization insures advancement! No community can
accomplish the best for its people unless its good people are
organized for overcoming evil; for preserving standards of
living and advancing the characters of its citizens .
Churches are centers of activity in the big work of making
the world better by making individual citizens better.
The intermingling of the good and the bad is an essential
element in training the good to become better.
Good grows by overcoming evil war against wrong
makes mighty men!
Organization for overcoming evil gives strength to indi
viduals interested in carrying forward the big work to be
done.
Every community has many men who are indifferent to
the good they might do in helping organize for betterment.
This community is no exception; here are men who
might do a great deal if they only realized what their help
would mean.
Progress means going forward, doing better, making
conditions better, eliminating non-essentials and giving to the
daily activities the efficiency which produces results to com
pensate for effort.
Christ’s call is to every man ‘Tollow Me.”
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Georgia and Adjoining States
Meets With SL Matthew’s Church
One of the moat Interesting meet
ings that has come to Augusta in
many years Is that of the Evangelical
Lutheran synod which meets with St.
Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran
church, 646-548 Walker street, Tues
day at 8 p. m. The synod embraced
churches in Georgia, Florida and South
•Carolina.
It Is the fifty-fifth annual conven
tion of the synod and will be full of
interest from start to close.
The Lutheran churches in the Unit
ed States embrace many of our best
citizens. The first Lutherans to come
to America settled on Manhattan Is
land in 1623. The services of a pas
tor were not obtained till the English
possession in 1842. The church did
not begin to take deep root until the
beginning of the eighteenth century.
The first synod was organized in
Pennsylvania in 1748. Today there are
in the United States and Canada more
than two and a half million adherents
to Lutheranism.
Divided.
The Lutherans in our country are
divided into a number of distinct
bodies. The general synod was or
ganized with a view of uniting all
Lutherans, but it failed of its purpose.
However, It gave the impulse for an
ecclesiastical, educational and mission
ary activity which has greatly ad
vanced the cause. By the year 1860
there were 26 synods. During the war
the snyods to the south of the Poto
mac withdrew out of which the United
Synod of the South has been evolved.
In all Lutheran churches the congre
gation is the primordial and forma
tive unit of ecclesiastical organization;
"it is the source of whatever author
ity i 3 exercised by the representative
bodies, and the final court of appeal.”
sion will meet with the Grove church
at Grovetown. Rev. Mr. Craft of Lou
isville will preach the opening ser
mon and Rev. H. D. Warnock of Davis
boro will preach the missionary ser
mon. The body will meet on Tues
day after the third Sunday in Octo
ber, 1915.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
BAPTIST.
Second Baptist Churoh.
O. P. Gilbert, pastor. Preaching by
the pastor 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m.,
theme "Christianity the Religion of the
People.” Sunday school 10 a. m., W. E.
Fleming, Supt. Public cordially in
vited.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Christian Science.
Fi r st Church Christ. Scientist, 315
Union Bank Building. Services: Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock, Wednes
day evening at 8 o’clock. Sunday school
at 12:15. Reading room open daily
from 11 to 1 o'clock. The public is cor
dially invited to attend the services
and visit the reading room.
CHRISTIAN.
West End Christian Church.
Preaching 11 a. m., subject: "What
Is a Christian?” Preaching 7:30 p. m.,
subject: "Climbing the Golden Stairs."
Bible school at 3 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night 8 o’clock, subject:
“My Favorite Passage of Scripture.”
G. A. Bell, leader. Officers’ study class
at parsonage oh Friday night. We are
beginning a Cradle Roll, and wish ev
ery member to assist In enlisting of
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25.
Well Supportd.
In Augusta there are two Lutheran
churches and both are well supported.
The delegates to the convention will
find royal hospitality not only in the
homes of their Lutheran brethren but
all Augusta bids them welcome.
The host of the convention is Rev.
P. J. Bame, the pastor of St. Mat
thew’s Evangelical Lutheran church.
Mr. Bame is well known In Augusta,
having been pastor here about a year.
He came here from the Lutheran The
ological Seminary of Columbia, S. C.
He is a man of fine spirit and splen
did equipment. His church is devoted
to him and the pastors of the other
churches hold him In highest esteem
tor his work's sake.
Convention Opens Tuesday.
The convention will open Tuesday
evening at 8 o’clock, with a sermon
by the Rev. W. C. Schaffer, D.D.,
president of the synod and pastor of
the Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta.
During the convention he following
sermons will be preached: Sermon on
Education by Rev. John Hall of St.
Petersburg, Fla.; sermon on Missions
by Rev. P. J. Bame of Augusta. There
will also be addresses by Rev. J. W.
llorine, editor of the Lutheran Visitor;
Rev. A. G. Voigt, dean of the Lutheran
Theological Seminary, Columbia, S. C.;
Dr. R. C. Holland, president of th«
board of missions. The convention
will run through next Sunday and Mr.
Paul Webber of Macon will be ordain
ed to the office of the »gospel min
istry.
At 3 p. m. the ladles’ societies of
the Lutheran churches of the 6tate
will meet for the purpose of forming
a federation. ’
babies for this roll. All our meeting*
should interest and edify every at- >
tendant. We cordially Invite each per
son who does not attend elsewhere to
come with us. We wish every member
present at every service. H. L. Veach,
minister. G. A. Bell,. Bible School Supt.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Reid Memorial, Presbyterian.
Divine woship al 11 a. m. and at
8:15 p. m. The pastor, Rev. S. L.
McCarty, will preach at both services.
Sunday school at 4 p. m. The adult
Bible class will be taught by Mr. H. E.
Hook. A cordial welcome to all the
services.
COLORSiT CHURCHES
BAPTIBT.
Beulah Baptist Church.
Sunrise prayer meeting. Sunday at
11 o’clock a grand rally. We ask all of
our friends to help us. The rally ser
mon will be preached by the pastor,
Rev. T. M. Sapp, at one o’clock. Bap
tism at 3:30 p. m. Communion at 8:30
p. m., preaching by the pastor. Como
and help us. T. M. Sapp, pastor. A.
Hankerson clerk.
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BEGIN SERIES OF MEETS
AT WOODLAWN BAPTIST
Rev. C. R. Hutchins, pastor of the
Woodlawn Baptist church, assisted by
Rev. R. L. Bolton, of Millen, Ga., will
begin a series of meetings Sunday.
All of the members of the church
are requested to attend. The public Is
also cordially Invited.