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 SIaton and Others.

Important sermons marked Rally
Day in Atlanta's churches and Mon
day prominent workers hailed the
day as one Of the most important in
local church history.
laudatlon Of Atlantas police de
partment was the sermen OF Dir John
f White. At the Second Baptist
Church Sunday night the members
OF the force attending in a body. Com
pairing a police department OF the
modern city 70 the walls which sur
rounded the cities Of the anCients, he
denounced those who would criticise
tho department and wish for their
downfall. particularly from moral
standpoint"
When I see a man attacking the
preservers OF law and order. and try
ing TO get them into disrepute be-
fore the people. ! know what manner
of citizen he is" said DR. White You
can always Judge a mans citizenship
by his attitude toward the police
force"
Or. Whites sermon was general
praising of the work OF the depart
ment
McGraw Sermon Topic.
On the eve Of the contest for the
worlds supremacy In baseball John
McGraw. manager Of the New York
Giants, was used as an illustration
by Or. Lincoln Mcconnell at the
Baptist Tabernacle Sunday night.
Winning the Pennant" was the sub
ject of the sermon, which treated OF
cowardice and pleaded for the avoid
ance Of it and laziness.
In listening to an address by
Muggsy MCGraw in Pittsburg," said
the preacher. u was forCibly struck
by one Of his statements. II was
that the reason so many young men
fail I'm the big leagues Of baseball Is
because they lack the heart-pure.
moral cowardice
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 swerve you from your
path"
An address by Governor John NJ
Slaton to $50 children Of the Second
Baptist school, was a feature OF the
day there. The Governor has taught
q Sunday school class since he was
IS years OF age. He pleaded for a
careful consideration Of the lessons Of
the younger days. Il find that the
lessons and the Scripture that | heard
In my earlier days In the Sunday
school. have always remained in my
mind. and have aided me when in
reflections l have sat down to study
out problems that came to me foI
solution" said the Governor
A plea for the woman of the older
H. No.
Bridges at the st Paul Methodist
Church Sunday morning 81 would
rather remember my mother as my
mother, than as the instigator of a
new law" he said, "Woman's great
est strength is not in 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 to
be a growing evil. why, in many
homes. and especially in boarding
houses, many children are being
reared without knowing what asking
a blessing at meal time is"
More than twenty men made a
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
a Sinner"
At the evening service ne delivered
another strong address on the sub
jeCt Of The Friends and the Enemies
of the Christian Home" This was
one Of a series OF popular sermon
lectures which DR. Ridley is preach
ing, and each address has been
marked by an attendance which has
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