Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
CHURCH RALLIES
DECLARED BIC
/ SUCCESS
Important Addresses Are Made by
Dr., White, Pastor Mcconnell,
Governor SIato1 and Others.

lmporraIr sermons marked Rally
Dsy In Araura.s churches and Mon
day prominent workers hailed Tho
day as one OF tHe most Important .u
local church history.
A laudation Of Atlanta.s police de-
parimeut was the sermen of DR. John
T. White al .Hr Second Baptist
Church Sunday night the members
Of the force attending .u % body Com
pairing a police department % the
modern city to the walls which SUI
rounded the cities ~ The an,Ients. he
denounced those who would critigise
the department, and wish for their
downfall particularly from a. moral
standpoint"
When ! see Il man attacking the
preserverS Of law and order. ana try
ing 10 get them into disrepute be-
fore the people. . know what manner
Of citizen he is" said Or white You
can always judge mans citizenship
by his attitude toward the police
force"
Or. Whites sermon was general
praising Of the work or the depart
ment
MeGraw Sermon Topic.
on the eve OF the contest FOR the
world S supremacy 0n baseball John
McGraw. manager Of the New York
Giants, was used as an Illustration
by Dr. Lincoln Mcconnell. at the
BAPTIST Tabernacle Sunday night
Winning the Pcunaut' was the sub
ject Of the sermon. which treated Of
oowardice and pleaded for the avoid
Hnce OF i'd and lsziness
In listening tU au address by
Muggsy McGrsw I'm Pittsburg, said
The preacher u was fUrCibly struck
by one of his statements. If was
that the reason SO many young men
fail in the big leagues of baseball is
because they lack the heJrt-pure
moral Cowardioe.
Desire. purpose and preparation
are the three ingredients OF ambition
Make up your mind that YOU are GO
ing to do one thing and do IT, Don't
let anything sNerve YOU from your
path"
IAN address los Governor John NJ
S4aton 10 $50 children OF the Second
Baptist school, was "a feature Of the
day there The Governor has taught
"a. Sunday school class since he was
~ years Of age. He pleaded for a
careful consideration Of the lessons of
the younger days. Il find that the
lessons and the Scripture hat / heard
ln my earlier days In the Sunday
SCHOOL have always remained In my
mind and have aided me when In
reflections ! have sat down 20 study
ont problems that came Ia me foi
solution said the Governor
a plea for the woman Of the older
DAYS was made by the Rev l.. b
Bridges at the 81 PAM Methodist
Church SUNDAY morning II would
rather remember my mother as my
mother. than as the instigator OF a
new law he said. "Womau's great
est strength rs not I'm dressing up
in mems clothes. but IN the bond Of
motherhood
Pleads for Family Prayer.
The neglect Of many families IN the
way of family prayer he declared 10
be a growing evil why. in many
homes. and especially in boarding
houses. many children are being
reared without knowing what asking
q blessing at meal time isl"
More than twenty men made
public confession of their faith in
Christ at the morning service at the
Central Presbyterian Church, where
the pastor the Rev Caleb A Ridley,
preached on How God Can Pardon
4 Sinner"
At the evening service he delivered
another strong address on the sub
iect OF The Friends and the Enemies
~ the Christian Home" This was
one of series OF popular sermon
lectures which DR. Ridley is preach
ing, and each address has been
marked by an attendance which has