Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-25
ROBERT BURNS
ME- NJ ORAL At
CHURCH TO-DAY
"ChiId Labor" and "War Against
Vice" To Be Other Topics for
Pulpit Sermons,

Subjects Of unusual interest have
been announced for discussion in At
lanta pulpits Sunday. Special serv-
ices in memory of Robert Burns viii
be held at the First Universalist
Church; mass meeting in the in
terest Of the war against vice" is
scheduled for the Ponce DeLeon Ave-
nue. Baptist Church, and special la
boring mans service will be held in
the evening at the First Universalisr
Church
Many ministers are also expected
TO touch upon child labor, the national
child labor committee Of New YORK
city having set aside Sunday aud
Monday as Child Labor Days" and
asked for their observance all over
the United States owen r Lovejoy,
general secretary Of the national COM
mittee has written to Atlanta that he
has received $500 requests for liter
allure. Two of the best known citi-
zens Of Georgia, Bishop L. D. Leete
and Commissioner OF Schools NJ. l..
Britain, have written to Lovejoy in
dorsing the child labor movement and
offering to aid in the observance OF
the day in Georgia.
Marion NJ. Jackson, secretary of the
Men and Religion Forward Movement
and author of the bulletins that have
caused so much agitation, will be the
! principal speaker at the mass meet
ing at the Ponce DeLeon Avenue
Church. Other speakers. including
the pastor, the Rev A. II. Gordon, VIII
also discuss The Fight Against Vice
| in Our Midst The services will be-
gin at 7:45 o'clock.
The evening services at the First
Universalist Church will be in the in
terests of the laboringf men. The
Rev. Fred A. Line, the pastor, vii
speak on Pay Day. the Obligation Of
! Society Toward the Laborer." w. c.
Pickett will speak on The Work OF
| Jones, Georgia's most noted labor
| leader, will deliver an address on The
! Workman's Obligation
! In the morning at the Universalist
| Church a special service in honor OF
the 155th anniversary of the birth vi
| Robert Burns will be held Among
the speakers will be the Rev. Fred A.
Line. r. j. Mcdonald and Judge Mar
Gus W. Beck. DR.. Line will deliver
a sermon on "Nncrowned Kings" The
program was arranged by DIR. Line
and the members of the Atlanta SEQ
| fish Association, who will attend the
services in a body.
Philip Weltner, County Probation
| officer, will speak Sunday morning at
the First Congregational Church, col
ored In the evening the pastor, me
Rev II. H. Proctor, will preach.
The second of a series of illustrated
sermons will be given by the Rev. Jere
A. Moore, of the Harris Street Pres
byterian Church, Sunday morning on
Ruth, Life Made Great by Wise
I Choice" The subject next Sunday
February /. will be Saul, Life's Fail
ure"
The Rev. Caleb A. Ridley, Of the
Central Baptist Church, will continue
his series of sermons on The Church
and Its Work" Sunday morning, In
the evening his subject will be How
! God Forgave a Sinner"
The Central Baptist S planning a
campaign for 1000 members for the
Sunday school. Dr. Ridley will ad-
school each Wednesday evening at
o'clock The interior of the Sunday
school room has recently been re-
arranged and repainted.
A series of special sermons by Pas
tor Allen c. Shuler at the East Side
Tabernacle are drawing large crowds
, to this church each Sunday evening.
| Sunday morning Pastor Shuler will
preach on Faithful Stewardship" and
at the evening service he will admin
lister the ordinance Of baptism and
preach on rs Christ Coming Again.
An orchestra plays every sunday
evening