. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. the first sermon delivered in theCity after its destruction being preached by , pastor of the First Baptist Church. Itwas a sermon of hope, and of prophecy, and it isinteresting to record that the speaker on thatmemorable occasion lived to see his vision of anew-born city, peopled by a happy and contentedcitizenship, realized to the full. At the time of hisdeath, thirty-two years later, Atlanta had becomeone of the great cities of the South. With the repair of the railroads and the open-ing of avenues of transportation, the influx of re-turni
. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. the first sermon delivered in theCity after its destruction being preached by , pastor of the First Baptist Church. Itwas a sermon of hope, and of prophecy, and it isinteresting to record that the speaker on thatmemorable occasion lived to see his vision of anew-born city, peopled by a happy and contentedcitizenship, realized to the full. At the time of hisdeath, thirty-two years later, Atlanta had becomeone of the great cities of the South. With the repair of the railroads and the open-ing of avenues of transportation, the influx of re-turning exiles grew in volume, and before the win-ter of 1864-65 was over, the population had againattained considerable proportions. But it was atime of great trial to the people. In many instanc-es every vestige of homes and places of businesshad been wiped out, and the people literally beganto build for the future amid the ashes of what hadbeen. Atlanta at this time was no place for the ad-venturer and the neer-do-well. The situation here. -?=-» THROUGH WARS FURNACE 65 challenged the strongest and the most purposeful,and it was this type of men and women v/ho ap-plied themselves to the work of rehabilitation. Im-bued with a passionate love for the community,and inspired by unfaltering faith in its future,they wrought miracles of restoration, in spite ofthe derth of materials. The work of destruction in Atlanta had notstopped with the burning of thousands of build-ings. Every piece of machinery that might havebeen useful in the work of restoration, had beendamaged beyond repair. Lathes and engines hadbeen broken up, boilers hadexploded, saw-millshad been reduced ^to ^gtink, arid there remainedpractically nothing with which to work save thebare hands. As a result^ the early structures wereof a temporary charjacter,-but as soon as themachinery and materials could be brought in,permanency became the* key-note of endeavor, asis shown by the presence today of numerous sub-stantial str
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