The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

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 The moving picture film Creation beginning with the far-off days wher chaos lay on the waters, which will foi the next four weeks be shown at the Bijou theatre at 3 and at D. m., vii depict how God called the earth into be- ing from the void and how He has up held 1t and sustained it and carried il onward and upward toward it's divinely appointed goal All this will be done while machinery, reproducing synchron- ously the tones of the human voice, will help in entertaining. enlightenng and in- structing the auditor.
 This marvellous photo-drama of "Crea- ton" was produced by the International Bible Students association. This body of earnest and active supporters and dis seminators of Gods word is placing in many large cities the photo-drama, which tells in interesting. easily understandable picture and word the story of the earth S creation. progress and development
 start was made in New York city where large theatre building was opened to the public, free of charge Men, wom- en and children are thronging to hear and see the story of their ancestors and themselves. Before them pass the pie lures which tell how the earth began and how it has struggled and Is struggling upward to the light They fit entranced for, as the drama of dramas unfolds. the voice of the hidden. mechanical lecturer speaking in tones of eloquence and might explains clearly each picture. It requires an effort of the mind to believe that no actual, unseen man is speaking, for the illusion is perfect In absorbing interest 1he pictures and lectures surpass the wild vest dramas and the crude comedies which hold the moving picture stage so often.
 And the drama of Creation" is offered free to the public, to stimulate interest in the story of mans redemption by his Savior's grace. The pictures begin with the creation and continue down to the present day, showing creation scenes and all important subsequent political, social, Financial and religious events.
 Famous Men on the Canvas
 Here one may see, moving on the canvas with every semblance of reality the outstanding figures with whom reading and reflection have made us familiar. Philosophers, statesmen, war Tiors, princes and potentates, scholars and artists, pass in fascinating sue cession across the screen, acting the parts which they played when they were on the earthly stage in the flesh. We see the Garden of Eden as an in- een1ous and inventive imagination fig ures 1t for us. We see the stately cities or antiquity and their modern sue cessors. We sweep over the world with ever increasing interest, the film and the phonographic record taking us back to the times of our remotest an cestors, carrying us on ever onway-1 as the scroll of history unrolls And When we rise from our, seats s2fisfiad With the intellectual banquet which has been spread before us, We feel and Know that history has bessn made for us living reality instesH of the dried bones of historical cHronicle
 Most interesunS of all perhaps is ,he depletion aEd description of Bib Lioai seehes. We tremble with Isaac in rear as wfN behold his father Abra- ins nan ta aouT to sacrifice him, an offer .1s eo tfle Most High: we stand witt S5soses at the court of Pharaoh and se, the rod changed into the serpent: ws look with the prophets longing eyes at the promised land, and We entel therein with Joshua and his warriors
 So through the eras of scripture we pass until we come to the days of the Savior, when He walked in meek hu- mility on earth and worked the mir acles which attested His power. We see Him lonely in Gethsemane and enter with Him triumphantly into Jerusa . lem. We suffer with Him on Go1gotha' S hill and stand vigil with His mother at the tomb. It is all most fascinating, thrilling and satisfying to the relig- dous sense. for it is in part realiza- ton of our desires to stand where He stood and to behold Him as He was on earth.
 Whoever will may see Creation without the payment of money. The necessary expenses are defrayed by tho International Bible Students associa. tion in an effort to interest mankind in the story of its stay on earth. ant its ultimate destination. Religion ant religious effort are the foundation O the representations. It is not col' Journalism and theology, but the liv ing, breathing religion which reaches entrances and uplifts the soul. 'Th devil need not have all the goo' tunes" said Wesley, and he took som of the tunes and set the works o hymns to them
 So the International Bible Students as sociation has taken the moving pictur film and the photograph record and Ina enlisted them in the service of righteous ness.
 "A church that looks like theatre. Such is the definition of the Temple i New York on West Sixty-third stree near Broadway, given by a spectator. Tn new Temple was formally opened whe the moving picture drama of Creation was presented for the first time
 The building is a magnificent structure fastefully decorated, and has seatin capacity of 1500. It is constructed like a ordinary theatre, with large number c 'orchestra seats, two balconies and boxe on each side. On the stage is the regu lar moving picture screen. in front C which is a small table for the lecturer.
 Takes Eight Hours to Exhibit
 The production of Creation" whic takes eight hours in it's entirety to ey hibit is run in two-hour sections an changed each week. that everyone ma see the complete production
 The pictures show the state of the uni verse in its nebulous form gradual evolving in readiness for the creation c life Then follows the Bible history, Ol and New Testaments, after which tn progress of mankind is traced throug the middle ages down to the present tim,
 As the films tell the story of the begir ming of things. the uplift of religion come from the swiftly revolving reel of cell, Ibid.
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