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TWO 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xtii ts the atipport of the chih*rh people were withdrawn.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 _L T 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. — * > 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.