Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10

AN-AN' AoO W. OSAAASS ShAO OAAS
body in Christ, and every one mem
bers another" Romans 1875.
Paul here in the words of the text
is laying down that great basic funda-
meal principle, that we are dependent
upon each other. Elsewhere he says
that mo man liveth or dieth to him
self Responsibility devolVes upon
each one of US. 1t is not question
will we assume it. but rather how
can we escape it? Birth, life, circum-
stances force us to admit one obliga-
ton to our neighbors. Social service
is the service we owe to our neigh
bors. Our neighbors are those who
need our assistance and love and
sympathy Society is a big word and
| far reaching in its sweep. 1t is all
inclusive. Takes in the Indian with
his false notions about the happy
hunting grounds in the great beyond
and also the Chinese coolie as he
labOrs in the slums of China's great
cities. Black and white, rich and
y
society, and wherever men gather to-
gether in multitudes sin is prevalent
and where sin abounds shame and
poverty and need more greatly
abound; and here comes in the spirit
of Christianity shot through and
through with the self-sacrificing spirit
of Jesus the world over. No man, then,
who thinks honestly can deny his OBJ
legation to the world and to every
man in the whole world who is in
need.
Personal Righteousness.
Christianity deals primarily with
the Individual. Christs program in
cluded the whole mass of humanity
but He commenced laying the foun-
dations of His kingdom by winning
men one by one-Peter and 5000 at
Pentecost. The Ethiopian eunuch and
the vast numbers Of his friends back
a home through his efforts. Martin Lu-
Their and the great Protestant refor-
nation: John Knox and Scotland, and
| Moody and his hosts Of saved men
and women. The parable of the
leaven here holds good A little leaven
| leaVeneth the whole loaf. The work In
the entire mass of meal is accom-
plished by the leaven reaching one
portion after another. So Christian
ity is first personal and works upon
the individual and then turns upon
the entire mass. The first prayer'that
YOU and | learned to pray my nearer,
was this:
Now / lay me down to sleep,
pray the Lord my soul to keep
If l should die before l wake,
| pray the Lord my soul to take
Eight personal pTonouns referring
directly to self. One would think such
the extreme of selfshness, but not so,
because that prayer broadens until
we take up in proper season the pray
er that Christ taught His Disciples TO
pray and it is Thy Kingdom come
THY will be DONE" for Thine is the
Kingdom, the power and the glory.
The scene shifts and "I' and me
are lost in Thine" and Thee Again
we get impatient and fail to cOmpre-
bend the teachings and example from
the Lord. Preaching accomplishes
great good but to stand before
multitude and speak is not the only
way to preach. Philip personally
| breaches Jesus to the Ethiopian
| Preaching can be done with various
sized audience, from one TO lO,Ooo
| The message of salvation is calcu-
lated to reach not only twenty, Dut
one. AS a person ! have to do with
society. therefore my life should be
clean and pure, my conduct sans peur
ct sans reproche" my dealings with
my fellows above suspicion. Cleani-
ness, purity, pOwer-sympathy loVe'
ADMINISTRATIVE should character
ize all my dealings with every man.
Clean hands and a pure heart and
heart set on fire by Gods spirit to
plan. push and purify the world VIII
mean great things for society. Per
sonai responsibility can't be eVaded.
George William Curtis well said,
Corrupt government under demOc-
racy IS not one mastered by lgno-
rance; it is a government betrayed
by intelligence. 1t is not the victory
of the slums: it is the surrender OF
the schools. 1t Il not that bad men
are politically shreWd; 1t IS that Sood
men are political infdels and COW
ards" The need of the day is men
men who. like Isaiah, when some cru
Cial moment rolls around and the call
is potential and insiStent, Will rise up
and say. Here am |, send me-
Domestic Righteousness.
DR.. William +. Hatcher, that prince
of Virginia preachers, who recently
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