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FOUR t /■4 bj3k - 3 j r gyg^j^^r===^=j,MHs Various Religious Movements and Church Gatherings Scheduled To Take Place in The Near Future Great Episcopalian Congress Convenes Tuesday in Char leston. Important Program of Discussions Scheduled For Event Y. W. C. A. CONVENTION St. Patrick’s Church to Cel ebrate Centennial of Cath olicity in Augusta and Con secration of Church Half a Century Ago. Sunday, April 13th, Date of Dual Celebra- 4 tion. Sunday School and Baraca Conventions. Oldest —Bible Society in America. AuffUßtanß Interested In church work, religious meetings, revival?*, conventions, institutes and church movements generally which have for their ulm the dlfunlng of the religious spirit, the spiritual uplift of the pro, pie, the spread of the gospel, the study of the Bihlc, the cementing of the forces tlmt make for healthy and systematic religious activity, will he Interested In the following list, of meetings scheduled to take place be tween now and the middle of May: Aiken Association. The Aiken Association of churches Is today holding a union meeting at the North Augusta Baptist church, of which Rev. Geo. I*. White is pastor. Kev. W. E. Wilkins, secretary of the daymen's Movement in Houth Caro lina, is one of the principal speakers of the union meeting. This union is composed of fifteen churches In the Aiken association. St. Xsvier Fair. The St. Xavier church, in charge oi the Lyon African Mission Fathers, has Just inaugurated a flntr which Is to last until April 10 and the proceeds of which are to go towards the building of a needed church edifice for the bet* ter furthering of the mlsaloh work o! Bt. Xavier. Membership Campaign. Next Bnturday, Aiirll 6, the an nouncement wyi bo made of the result of tlie V. M. C. A. Inter-city member ship campaign which wus Inaugurated yeaterday morning. The Augusta end of the campaign is In the hands of n competent committee composed of tin following gent lenient: J. H, Flvthe, Then. Hulk, Warren Moran, T M. Campbell, \V. K. Clark, () 1). Yopp. Inman Curry, Ueo. llalns. Will Hove, and W, C. Lyelli. Th<> energy and diligence with which flic leaders and rank arc prosecuting the campaign Justify the prediction that the Augus ta Y. M. C. A. will have added 111 ' largest number of members and that it will tie the winner In the silver tro phy cup contest. Tin* cities In this Inter-plty campaign are: Nashville Tampa, Jacksonville, Havannah, Char leston, H. C., Greensboro, N. C , Green ville, S. C, Winston-Salem, Macon, Columbus, Mobile, Memphis and Au gusta. Episcopalian* Congress. Next week at Charleston S. C„ the Kplscopnltnns will hold a church con gress which will last for four days and which will have for Its program of discussions: "The Relation of Social Service to Christianity," "Heredity and Environment ns affecting the Hems' of Personal Responsibility," "The Value of the Word Catholic as a Christian I'resignation.'' "How Can the Holy Hrrtptures be Made Edifying In Public Worship," "Christian Missions as Affecting International Pence," “The Moral Aspects of Pragmatism.” and “The Sacramental Idea." Al though an Institute of the Episcopal church an Invitation has been extend ed to "our brethren of other church es" to participate In the proceedings of the congress Thp congress will convene Tuesday. April I and will bo brought to a close Friday, April 4. National Y. W. C. A. Beginning Wednesday, April 9, and lasting till Tuesday. April 15, the Young Women’s Christian Associa tion, or the United Blabs, will hold its fourth biennial convention at Rich mond. Va, Augusta will probably be represented by five delegates. In addition to the association's president, Mr* Chas 11. I’hlnlry. who will at tend In her official capacity. St. Paul’s Episcopal church In Richmond has been selected as the place of the con vention meetings. The Hotel Jeefer son in that city will be the headquart ers of the National Board of the Y. W, C. A. A tentative program shows that among the topics to be discuss ed at this convention will be: "The Life of Students In Other Ijands;" "Living Conditions of Employed Girls in Cities:” "Life of Women of leis ure" Borne Phases of Rural Works” and "Life of the Country Girl." St. Patrick's Orest Day. Bundny. April IS, a dual celebration will take place at St. Patrick's church In Augusta and the fiftieth anniv er Anniversary of Livingstone Celebrated This Morning By First Baptist Sunday School Event Will Be Marked By Interesting Program of Which Acrostic of David Livingstone Will Form An Attractive Feature. Picture of Renowned Missionary to Be Unveiled at Exercises. , The Sunday school of the F*Jr»t Baptist church will devote, its on tire* session this morning to the celoDrn - tion of David Livingstone's birthday anniversary. An Interesting program, Including an acrostic feature, ing out the name of David Living* /i<one by significant verses recited imrn the platform by ns many stu dents of the school as there are let - "tors in the name of Ihc great—mis sionnry will he carried out. The occasion will be taken advan tage of for the formal iinvrlllnpr of a. handsome Livingstone picture which will adorn the walls of the Sunday school. “The Life and Works of David Idv- Ingstone" will be the subject of five short addresses to he delivered by three hoys and two girls of the school. In addition there will be several reci tations with Livingstone as their theme. Symbolic of Livingstone, and of tils penetration into the heart of the dark continent with his Gospel modern pre, will he the color scheme and ecora - tion of the platform: the golden words of the Gospel reaching out. for the* benighted Inhabitants of Africa sym bolized by the colors of yellow and black. Symbolic of the event, too, will t>** the Acrostic. Sixteen boys will tj« ke part In this feature, there betnpr six teen letters In the words “David Idv- Inggtone." l At the proper period in the program sixteen boys, following one another, will ascend the platform and attach to a wire strung across golden letters spelling ont the full name of the celebrated missionary and explorer. Each boy will recite a verse beginning with ft letter of the name, the whole forming the acrostic. Following are the sixteen verses forming the David Livingstone acros tic: % D Is for David, a hoy of the mill. Whose greatest ambition \va» do ing God’S will. A Is for Africa, land o’er the tea Where as God’s servant most faithful was he. V for the voyages, far, tar away. Facing strange peoples In hostile array. sary of the consecration of the church. St, Patrick’s church was consecrat cd April lllth, 1868, and was among the very first In the South to ho freed of debt and to he liu 1 lowed for the serv loe of the Almighty. Catholicity was established In Augusta about tho year 1803, and was chartered in Georgia 1801. The religious service at St. l’nt rlck’s on Hint day will consist of a solemn pontifical high mass. In the morning and a solemn vesper service. There will he n number of promi nent Catholic clergymen here to as riat In the celebration and the ot-ca lon will he one of great note In the history of Catholicity In this city. State Sunday School. Tuesday, April 22. will see the open las of the state Sunday school con vention In Elberton, (la., an event In which the greatest Interest Is Being i manifested by Sunday school workers In Augusta, as well as In all chttn-b ' centers in the state. The program pro- 1 vldfrf fur the opening session to take place on the evening of April 22 and for the closing of the convention the night of the following Thursday. Besides a number of addresses scheduled to be delivered by table workers In the cause there will be an address hy Mr. W. C. T’enree, of Ohl eago, associate general secretary of the International Sunday School .As sociation. The music on tills occasion will be In charite of Prof, E. (A. Exes'll, also of Chlcngp Prof Excel! at one time was associated with Rev, F Jones, Georgia’s celebrated evivn«re!- sit. A low railroad rate for tho con - vention has been secured and the cer tificate for the first time, hai been Geminated. Pretbyltrian to Assemble. , Presbyterians are anticipating; with no little interest the convening of tho Pan-American Presbyterian Aseemhly In Atlanta in the first part of May. At this great meeting of Presbyter!* n di vines and leaders steps will be taken to further the consolidation of tho Northern and Southern divisions* «nd the several assemblies In tho Presby terian church, at h number of Pres byterian Conferences delegates to tho May convention have already been I for th« Iron of nerve anti of brain, In meeting dark foes and In bear ing the strain. D In fnr duty so splendidly done, In forest and desert and tropical et|n, L Is for Livingstone, traveling alone, .Seeking the sea In the tropical zone. 'z I Is for Ills he so patiently bore, “In Journeys oft” till lie reached Africa’s shore. V for the voice that the glad tidings told. In ways at once winning, effective and bold. I for the Issue ho sought In his toll To sow gospel seed In an African soil. N for the Nile, on which, weary and weak, Brava Livingstone traveled, Its sources to seek. G for the goods which as money lie gave, Honest nllke to the chief and the slave. * S for the slave trade he strove to put down. By messages reaching the whole world around. T for the tidings, In letters that canto Of wondrous discoveries that brought lilm world fame. O fnr the orders that Stanley re ceived. To search for the matt for whom nations grieved. N for the negroes who showed him the wav And cured for tils burdens by night and by day. E Is for England, who loved him the host. And gave him a place In the Ab bey to rest. elected and Instructed to work for tho merging of the divisions. Baraca Annual Meet, On Friday, May 9, the Georgia State Kara™ will meet In convention in Athens, (la. It ts thought that fully five hundred young churchmen, mem bers of the various Bariu-% classes of the state will attend tho annual gath ering. A feature of the convention will be the presence of the originator, founder and president of the Haraeas of the world, Hon. Marshall A. Hud son. of Syracuse, X. Y. The Baraca stnle convention will hold sessions Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The oldest Bible study society In America Is the Virginia Bible So ciety, antedating by several years the fpundlng of the American Bible So ciety The Vlrglnln Bible Society will celebrate the centennial anniversary of Its founding- Monday, May 13, In Richmond. mm FHBBLTIE PEtPtE SUNDAY MOVING PICTURES. Editor "In the Churches," Sunday Her ald. Sir: What la your position on the question of Sunday moving: pictures? What will he your attitude when the question of "moving picture?' or no moving pictures on Sunday" Is raised In Augusta? What should the attitude of the Augustn pub lic he towards the proposition when it Is brought up here, a . Indeed. It may at any time come up, with what is tranrplrlng In Atlanta, and other places •s a precedent ? We may uxpect any day that the mov ing picture people will ask permission of the city authorities to keep open their house* on Sundaya—what should the answer he ? Should a risible re quest of this *ort be granted? Should It be declined with a big NO? wun reason Ir there for either attitude What l* the city law on the subject? If the moving riot ure people should propose to offer pictorial exhlV*® *>f sscred charaMer, dramas based on Scriptural events and Incidents, ami make no col lection for ./lmftaeton; if they should offer to keep their places open between noon and s o'clock p. m.—what would be your answer? I am reliably Informed that the cwn- THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA* SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR TODAY—WORK OF MISSION Motto Text “Go ve therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son. and of the Molv Ghost.” (Matt. 28:19.) JUST A LITTLE CO-OPERATION From personal conversations with people and from written endorsements voluntarily sent to us by ministers and religious workers, we judge that this department of the paper, the “In The Churches’’ page, is widely read and is creating an interest in church circles and in quart ers where religious movements and church activity is ap preciated and valued. With the assistance of the churches, with the co operation, in some small degree, of the ministers and and their associates, this page can be rendered one of service and helpfulness in the creating and furthering of a wholesome religious sentiment in the community, and can be made a success. Without this assistance and co operation its success is problematic and doubtful. Have we or have not the right to expect consideration, and a little effort in the direction of furnishing timely news and information of church activity to this depart ment from time to time at the hands of the ministers ? We think wc have that right, and we are satisfied the public want the information. The public want more than the regular stereotyped church notices that tell the same "thing week in and week out, over and over again. The men and women of the churches are interested in the active work their respective churches are doing, their status, growth and development. With this end in view, with the purpose of furnishing its readers with all the active church news and of interpreting the church life of Augusta, The Herald is conducting this department, al lotting to it each Sunday the space of tv/o pages of the papei*. In the task of getting the church news and items of in terest we often meet with difficulty. In spite of all the pleadings and solicitations the ministers have “no news to give” and dismiss the question with the uniform, dry and stereotyped church notice. Do the numerous church or ganizations really afford nothing that makes interesting news and good reading matter ? The Herald’s Sunday church pages for the last three months prove the con trary. With great exertion and with no little difficulty the religious editor managed to obtain and fill the space with live church articles and information the ministers are good enough to characterize as “very useful and very helpful.” As a matter of fact, there is, in the language of the vcnacular, something doing in every church : In one a series of interesting sermons on a certain subject is being preacher; in another a distinguished visitor is occupying the pulpit; in this church there is a contest being waged between the Baraca and the Phila'thea classes; in that one the Sunday school is making great strides; this con gregation is raising funds for the erection of a modern church edifice; that congregation has placed an order for a new organ; here mission work is engaging the un divided attention of the church; there the study of the Bible is being pursued with great vigor and diligence; in this church preparations for a great revival are being made; in that one plans are being mapped out for the holding of a large convention, etc., etc. It is not the lack of news that is the trouble; rather, it is the lack of interest and ambition on the part of those who should wish to see the story of their churchs prog ress and activity placed before the newspaper readers. The editor is willing to perform his part; a little co operation is all he asks. Greene Street Church Women Form General Organization The Several Women Societies of the Various Departments of Activities Cemented Into One Large Body With Staffs of Officers For the Various Sections—New Church Year Begins April First. The several societies of the women of the Greene Street Presbyterian church have been re-organlzed, thus bringing them all into one, with dif ferent sections for the several depart ments of tho church work. This Is In accord with a general movement throughout tho Southern Presbyterian church. This new arrangement prom ises to make the work more effective, and to arouse a more general interest in the important church activities. The general officers of the new woman's society are as follows: Pres ident. Mrs. Carlton Hillyer; vice-pres ident. Mrs. H. K. Lowrey; secretary, Mrs. J. R. Morgan: treasurer. Mrs. 11. C. Tennant, secretary of literature Mrs J. I’. Gumming'. chairman of the Home Mission Section, Mrs. AV. M Rowland; Foreign Mission Section Mrs. A. 11. Brenner: Local Section. Mrs. Anna M. Hardwick; Devotional Section. Mrs. J N. Save; Christian Education and Sunday school Section Mrs. A B. Pearce; leader of the Eliza beth Fleming Band. Mrs. M. M. Mae- Ferrln. These form the executive era of the local moving picture houses, encouraged hy what Is now taking place every Sunday tn Atlanta, are consider ing a move tn the direction of asking council for the privilege of showing Sun day moving pictures. No hasty action should be taken el;her way; let’s con sider. Respectfully, K (The editor of “In the Churches" calls the attention of the readers to the above letter and Invites their opinions on the question, or rather questions. By committee. The following are assistant officers in the sections: Mrs. S. A. Fortson, Miss Mary Wingfield, Mrs. J. R. Mc- Rae, Mrs. G. B. Clark, Mrs. J. M. Caldwell, Mrs. F. AV. Schanck, Mrs. (-■ B. Faust, Miss Mamie Eve, Mrs. G. S. Lombard, and Mrs. P. V. Hollings worth. The society w ill mee' at the church each Monday afternoon. The first Monday afternoon will be In charge of the local section, the second, tho Home Mission section, the third, the Foreign Mission section, the fourth, the de votional, except once quarterly when the society will meet in general ses sion. On the fifth Mondays the Edu cation and Sunday school session will conduct the program. Every woman member of the church Is considered a member of the society and every woman In the congregation who will attend. The woman’s work of tile Greene Street church promises for the new church year, beginning with the first of April, to be more prosperous than ever before. the way, It may Interest the writer ot i the letter to know that the Connecticut legislature took adverse action when the Sunday moving ptoture question came/ before It the other day.) — Cleveland, Ohio.--A local union of j the leather workers on travelers | goods has been formed in this city \ with a good sized charter list. The I new organization will hold open meet- ! Ings for the purpose of securing addi- I tionai members. Qv V r 3%s{ss rr c? .7 " ' '"""**] Tg|gwP Bag! r *p^ ST. LUKE’S BAR AC A WELL ORGANIZED BIBLE CLASS Editor 'ln The Churches” —Kindly grant space in your valuable church page for the following St. Lukes Ba raca notes: St. Lukes Baraca is an organized Bible class with a staff of officers composed of president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and head teach er. Our teacher is Miss Flewellyn Goodrich, a very competent and con scientious instructor. Under her in struction the class is making remark ably fine progress In the study of the Scriptures. Our devotional meetings and Bible studies are held in the auditorium of our Sunday school every Sunday af ternoon at 3 o’clock. We also hold regular monthly meetirgs at which means looking to tile promotion of the interests of our class are discuss ed. We have a special committee that looks after all the social features of the class. —Our social gatherings are marked by a spirit of fellowship and mutual helpfulness. An important committee in our class is the Hustlers Committee, whose duties are to look after the delinquent and indifferent members and to get them to attend regularly our sessions. Judging from the con stantly increasing attendance the Hustlers Committee has certainly not failed in the discharge of their du ties. The work of welcoming strangers C( Feeding The Hungry Sheep; 99 Sermon By Rev. Josiah Sibley Magnificent Discourse on Religious Needs of the Hour By Noted Presbyterian Divine. Estimate of Pastor Russell and His Methods. Rev. Sibley is Grandson of Great Au gusta Cotton Merchant, For Whom “Sibley Mission” is Named. ‘‘Constant Reader’s” kindness in sending us the sermon by Rev. Josiah Sibley, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Knoxville, Tenn., is appreciated. We regret that space will permit the reproduction of only a small part of Rev. Sibley’s great sermon on “Feeding the Hungry Sheep,” in which the question of non attendance of church services by men is elaborately, and from an entirely new viewpoint, discussed. Rev. Sib ley is one of the most noted Presby terian divines in the Southern states. He is a grandson of the great Augusta cotton merchant for whom the “Sibley Mission" in West End is named. Rev. Sibley’s views on the religious needs of the hour, and his estimate of pas tor Russell and his methods, will he read with interest. An extract from Mr. Sibley’s magnificent discourse, delivered recently at his church in Knoxville, follows: „* * „ The S heep shall be fed by the preservation of a religion that is real and tangible. Ours is a practical age, we are workers. We are founder sos cities and builders of industries. Be side the glowing forge we sing the song of Tubal Cain. To be reached the man of today must be appealed to in the concrete, he must be spoken to In the language of today. Our gen eration craves an understanding of religion, -which seeks to make this present world a more wholesome and brotherly place in which to live, a re ligion which proclaims In trumpet tones the golden age, ofretold In the pattern prayer, when God’s kingdom shall come because His will is done on earth as It Is In heaven. » « Multitudes of the sheep are starving to death today because they have no right understanding of re ligion. They think it something un real. something that is good for wom en and children and to have at a fun eral, hut something very foreign to the daily life of a strong man. If only these could be brought to know that religion is nothing If not Intimately connected with life, that religion is love, tl Cl religion Is light, that relig ion is joy. that religion is heroic serv ice, that the personality of Jesus Christ overflowing with love, radiant wittt light, transfused with the fierce joy of heroic service stands trium phant over His cross as the glowing embodiment of religion that is real and dvnamic—tho sheep would rejoice to he fed. The erv of the hungry sheep for religion that is real and tangihle calls not for new theological creeds, hut for creeds of social service. This cry Is being significantly answered today In the city of Chicago, where the Federal Council of the Churches of Chri3t In America-is met In quadrennial session and where these representatives of thirty-two denominations represent ing 17.00,000 church membership, have presented the following new creed of social service. And may it some day be as significant in church history as were those old councils of orthodoxy who sat at Chalecdon and Ntcea. Hear this creed of social service. It seapks a new practical and spiritual basis for the reunion of Christendom far more effective than any mere organic fed- SUNDAY, MARCH 30. to our meetings and introducing them to the members is assigned to a cial Welcoming Committee. By these means strangers are made to feel at home and in fact, as we say, strang ers are strangers but once in St. Lukes Baraca class. We are proud of our attendance. "Last Sunday the attendance was pos itively inspiring and was a source of encouragement to our teacher and members. We urge on ail our members to at tend the meeting this afternoon. St Lukes has a welcome in store for all visiting young men. Very respectfully, MEMBER ST. LUKES BARACA. ST. JOHN’S DELEGATES TO JUNE DISTRICT CONFERENCE ■ • At the St. John’s quarterly meeting last Wednesday night delegates to the District Conference of the North Georgia Methodist conference, to be held in Harlem in the month of June, were elected. The delegates chosen arc Messrs. I’’. L. Wood, K v C. Martin, alternate; L. S. Arrington/ P. L. Ful ler, alternate. Springfield, 111. —The decision hand ed dowu by the State Supreme ourt recently on the Sunday closing ordin ance gives a victory to the Meat ut ters’ Union of this city. At the time the ordinance went into effect one of the meat market proprietors defied the law and opened his place on Sun day for buisness. He was tried In the local court and convicted, and the case was appealed to the State Su premo ourt. The latter court has Just rendered a decision sustaining the de cision of the lower court, thus sus taining the ordinance requiring Sun day closing. eration could guarantee. This is the day for which the Master prayed when he said, “Holy Father, keep them in thy name, that they may be one even as we are.’ “According to the proposed cl-eed Church must stand: ‘For the protection of the family by the single standard of purity, regula tion of marriage and proper housing. ‘For fullest development of the child by education and recreation. ‘For the abatement and prevention of poverty. ‘For the conservation of health. ‘For safeguarding the right of all men and for protection of workers from the hardship of enforced unem ployment.’ "The sheep must be fed today by a religion that Is positive and logical. The sheep grow thin through sparse ness of grass. Definiteness of thought Is flagrantly absent tn our religious life. Since the rule of theological bondage has been so largely renounc ed, there has been no strong and be nevolent Influence guiding men’s re ligious thinking helpfully. The result threatens a kind of theological anar chy, or bedlam or chaos. We suffer from eclecticism in religion today. ‘You pays your money and you takes your choice.’ “There are Just as many quacks with their nostrums in the religious world as In the medical world, beating their tom-toms and calling, ‘This Is the truth.’ And it Is passing strange what crowds of well-meaning people are deluded thereby. One sees this re ligious variety show ad infinitum la California. On account of the climate they flourish there. The Spiritists and the Theosphlsts and the Christian Scientists, and the Holy Rollers, and the followers of Mother Tlngley, the Purple Mother down at San Diego, and the fashionable society ladles who follow the fad of hanging on the word of Baba Bahrata. and other teachers of Hindu cults abound on every side. Poor things, half the time they haven't enough training or depth of mind to know what Is truth, nor when they are being duped. When pictures of a be nevolent old man, called ‘Pastor’ nus sell are spread broadcast through fbe town, and through periodicals, and the story Is recited that ‘Pastor’ Russell Is the head of Talmage's old church, the Brooklyn Tabernacle, the devout man says, 'I must go to hear him speak.' He organizes his followers Into Bible study classes, ‘The International Bible Study Union,’ which sounds good enough. But you have to study the Bible only according to ‘Pastor’ Rus sell’s method, and he seeks to prey upon the sheep who are already In some other fold, he does not waste time on the outcast. The ministers of Brooklyn, The Brookjyn Eagle and Mr. W. T. Ellis of the Continent have laid hare the theological and moral defi ciencies of Pastor Russell, showing that he Is but aDowie in embryo, that he teaches that Christ returned to death in 1574. that he. Russell, is the divinely appointed represerflative, and that the end of the present age with the ushering of the millennium when the Russellltes shall reign with ths Lord, will take place In 1914.”