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'Rum and Ruin An Editor’s Heroic Words. On last Sunday night at a rousing mass meeting of the citizens of West Point, under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon League, a local editor created a sensation. Short, but stirring addresses had been made by Mr. J. B. Richards, financial secretary of the Anti- Saloon League of Georgia, and Rev. S. P. Wiggins, pastor of the Methodist Church in West Point, and Pastor Albert Bond, of the Baptist Church, where the great audience was assembled was just about to present the editor of The Golden Age for a ten minute speech, when suddenly, the editor of a local paper arose in the audience and asked the of saying a few words. He said he wanted to confess his wrong in once having yielded to the temptation of drink, de clared that he had quit forever, turned to a group of young men with whom he had but recently mingled in the revelry of the “social cup,” and pledged them that he would never drink with them or tempt them to drink again, and then declared with ringing bravery: “And I expect to notify every dealer in liquor for whom I have been ad vertising that I will never again advertise their goods in my paper. It will cost me several hundred dollars a year, but God being my helper I will bear the loss and redeem my pledge for the sake of sav ing the young men around me.” As the editor sat down - tears glistened in some eyes and joy beamed on hundreds of faces. Let the brave words of this Georgia editor ring a clarion call to every editor in the land—not only of the country weeklies, but the daily press as well. It is nothing les than a shame that any newspaper claiming to be a decent builder of civilization should carry into our homes and spread before the youth of our State and nation the flaming advertisements of liquor—when the managers of the papers know that their success as an advertising medium for these horrible wares depends on the swiftness and the wideness with which their advertisers get in their work of wrecking homes, blighting hopes and debauching human lives. God save all the weeklies and give us at least one great daily paper in Georgia and the South that will not advertise liquor! The Great Need. O that the erring sons of men might see, And, seeing, love the loveliness divine That from the face of Him doth shine Who trod in pain the paths of Galilee! 0 that the woe of dark Gethsemane Might fill all eyes with penitential brine, And Calvary’s sad appeal all hearts incline To Him who said to all, “Come unto me.” Then would our earth, disrobed and clothed anew', Its myriad voices lift in joyful praise: Then would each heart reject all things untrue, And mild religion hallow all our days. Then Love, enthroned, would bid contention cease, And wrap the world in universal peace. J. B. Ely. Editorial Convictions. Let the cigarette smoker ponder these words from Sam Jones: “Fire at one end and fool at the other.” Remember, a man whose name is on the church book and who is untrue to his sacred obligation, is not fit to go to the legislature. And when you go to make up your verdict at the ballot box, keep this truth before you: That man who votes for a friend of the liquor traffic is a practical enemy of good government. Analyze that statement and face the truth like a man, The Golden Age for March 29, 1906. The Old Doctrine. By J. L. D. Hillyer. Every now and then during the past six or eight years, I have been hearing about the teachings of the Keswick Convention, and I have frequently caught words of intense disapproval from the lips and pens of good men. I have heard from the same sources some sharp reflections o n the Tabernacle Conference, because it employed men who stood high among the workers in the Keswick Conven tion.. Prominent among these are F. B. Unger, Camp bell Morgan, Samuel Chadwick and A. T. Pearson. I have heai’d all these men repeatedly. I have heaid from them the teachings of Keswick. During this week Dr. A. T. Pearson has been giving a se ries of addresses for the distinct purpose of set ting forth the Keswick theory of the religious life. After three of his addresses had been given, Dr. Broughton says some one came to him and said: “I thought Dr. Pearson was going to give us what they teach at Keswick, but he is just presenting the old time Bible truth, where is the Keswicksism ? ” Dr. Broughton replied: “What Dr. Pearson is preaching is Keswickism. ” That is just the point I wanted to come to. As I have listened to F. B. Unger, G. Campbell Morgan, Pearson and Chadwick, I have recalled what I used to hear from my father, Dr. C. D. Mal ory, N. M. Crawford, E. W. Warner and other men of those days. And I could discover no difference in the doctrines. My father used to say to me habitually: “My sou, you must remember that however complete may 'be the preparation of your sermon, you must have the Holy Spirit with you in the pulpit, if any good is to be accomplished by your work.” Fifty years ago our religious leaders were ac customed to speak very often of the subtle pres ence of God to them in the time of their private devotion. They did not have anything to say about a state of life that they called “spirit-filled,” “en dowed with the Spirit,” “endowed with the pow er,” and the like. Those expressions are modern. But our fathers were well acquainted with the spir itual state that these expressions describe. Their sermons, conversation and letters were filled with those doctrines. But visions and dreams became unpopular. The idea of those close personal experiences of the presence of God got out of fashion, and for forty years there has been a dis position to ridicule and discredit all such teachings. But what is now called Keswickism is a reaction from that revolt of forty years ago. And it is a re affirmation of the old conceptions that are biblical and historic. Keswickism means only, that: The Bible means what it says in the promises of God’s spiritual presence with his people. The difference between the teachings of these men, and of our fathers is simply one of empha sis. Our fathers used to put the emphasis on the ex perience of God’s presence and the joy that came to them. These brethren put the emphasis on the effect of that experience in giving them greater power for doing good. Our fathers emphasized the process of those experiences. These brethren em phasize the results. Yet our fathers did most surely recognize the indispensableness of Divine help in all our Gospel work, while these brethren fully recognize the joy of those experiences. Again, our fathers looked for a renewal of the endewment for each particular service, and put the emphasis there. These brethren claim that there comes a general endewment with power, which must be viewed for such service but the emphasis is on the general endewment. Our fathers recognized the general endewment, and these brethren just as fully recognize the ne cessity for special endewment for each service. As to Holiness. Keswickism does not teach that monstrosity of professing a holy life which some people in this country have made ridiculous. They claim, however, that the Bible promises to cleanse from sin by the power of God. They be lieve that promise, - * I have watched closely for the horn and hoof of peterodoxy at this pumt, but I did not find them. I have not heard one thing that could justify the charge that they claim absolute holiness. That is, a holiness in which the eye of God himself would detect no flaw. That is absolute holiness. No eye but God’s can pass upon that. But there is another grade of holiness. It is relative, not absolute, but relative to what? It is relative to the law of God as a man may comprehend it. Absolute holiness is relative to the law of God as God comprehends it. Keswickism nowhere claims that a finite being becomes absolutely holy in God’s sight, but it does claim that a man can know, and can do the will of God so far as that wil] is revealed to him in God’s book and by God’s personal dealings with him in providence and Christian experience. All the genuine preaching I ever heard urged to the struggle after this very sort of holiness. It was 'good doctrine when our fathers preached it. ] cannot for the life of me, see why it is not just as good, when it comes from Keswick. Notes From the Humboldt School. Our public school is situated near the center of this prosperous town. 1 he present building is in the shape of a cross, and is an eight-room, two-story, brick structure, which stands in the center of a beautiful four-acre campus. The ground slopes gently from the center to the four streets which surround the campus. In one corner of this lawn stands a neat two room, brick building, with a convenient porch and beautiful surrounding trees. I his is for our music department, and is presided over by our musical director, Miss Flora Marsilliot. 1 he main school building was erected by the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and other good citi zens of Humboldt, and was designed for a female school. It has been known since as the I. 0. 0. F. College. After being used for several years as a private school, it was first rented, then purchased, by the town as a public school building. Last year a movement was completed to greatly enlarge and improve the present building and make it a modern school, having steam heat, single desks and all the latest equipment, also a seating capacity of seven hundred. For this work an appropriation of $12,000 was made, the plans adopted, the con tract given and the work is already progressing. By September we will have one of the best school buildings in our State. Our present faculty of nine teachers, with Prof. S. F. Howard as Superintendent, is to be increased to eleven or twelve for next session, to meet the growing demands. One side of the campus is fitted up for basket ball games, but our team was forced to disband when the building work begun. Our graduating class, consisting of six studious Aoung pupils, is very busy preparing for commence ment. They are finishing a year of good work, which is a credit to themselves and instructors. We are glad that The Golden Age exists for the education of young America, the uplifting of ideals, and the furtherance of universal good. We bid it hearty welcome, believing it will be a source of inspiration and encouragement to stu dents everywhere. SALLIE V. CLEMENTS, Humboldt, Tenn. Correspondent. K. of P. Convention. I will hold a district convention in K. of P. Castle Hall, Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga., on April 4th, be ginning at 9:30 a. m. The district embraces At lanta, Blue Ridge, Marietta, Griffin, Newnan, La- Grange, Hogansville, West Point, Carrollton and Villa Rica, Fraternally yours, CLAUDE A. UPSHAW. Deputy Grand Chancellor. 13