Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-27
CHURCH SEEN AS
AID To C|TY'S
PROGRESS
Or. John {. White Delivers Spe-
ciaI Sermon to Members of
Atlanta Council,

Among the Sunday sermons that
were being discussed Monday was
chat Of DR.. John r white on the part
of city's pastors and churches in
the building of the true "Ch,N Beauti-
full"
The world wide failure Of cities,
said DR.. White, who was addressing
as special guests members of the
City Council and representatives of
several departments, has NOT been
due to commercial weakness, nor to
lack Of culture, nor to poverty, nor
10 bad government They have eX-
hibited symptoms of decay at the
very top of their wealth and luxury
and intelligence.
They decayed simply because their
moral civilization did not keep pace
with their material development. The
worm was at the heart That was
the verdict of historians on the fall
Of Babylon and Athens and Rome
That is the peril now hanging like
black cloud over the great cities of
The modern world"
Church Can Aid City.
As counter examples of the effect
of cooperation of churches and
churchmen in city building. DR.. White
referred to Edinburgh. Scotland; Bir-
mingham, England. Toronto, Canada.
He termed the latter The best and
most signally secure civic civilization
TN the American continent"
And | believe we can do the same |
thing in Atlanta" Dr. White asserted, |
prescribing to that end the counting |
In and counting on of the religious |
leaders and forces of the city in all |
the constructive work of the munich |
pality
I'VE stand for the leaven of cody |
character, through our churches DR. !,
White concluded. we stand for Il
vigiIant evangelism seeking not only |
the fallen poor, but also the fallen |
rich We stand against all that good |
ness and virtue stand against. We
contend that evil has no moral rights |
In Atlanta
Home Coming at Tabernacle.
Sunday was Home Coming Day"
at the Baptist Tabernacle, and the |
were being celebrated Monday.
The morning service was marked |
by the small army of church officials |
which met and welcomed the congre-
cation In the lobby of the church, !
and especially the visitors.
"Dost Thou Love Me. Peter2' was
selected as the text OF the sermon
preached by the Rev. Lincoln Nc
sconnell and his plea was for more
of the real. intense. brotherly love"
In the workaday life of the average
Christian. A special collection was
taken for the work Of the Tabernacle
in the coming fiscal year.
The throbbng highway of Life"
was depicted az the setting for the
really holy existence and example
said Or. Dunbar Ogden in "A sermon
delivered on the subject. "Reconciled
and Saved" Sunday morning at the
Central Presbyterian Church. This
plan was in direct contradiction to
the ideas of the hermits of old, who
selected for their haunts the wilder
ness and places remote from temp
tat!on and sin.
Christ set this example by His
own life said DR. ogden. His life
was spent in the service OF mankind,
and no man could have been more
closely or intimately associated and
allied with human kind"
DR.. Ogden referred with feeling TO
q recent visit to Davidson College
North Carolina whore 300 young men
are preparing themselves and their
lives for active examples of the type
OF which ne was speaking
Tablet Is Unveiled.
Impressive services Sunday morn
ing marked the unveiling of a table;
tn f6n, Al.