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“I Am
The Way,
The Truth, and
The Life.
Rest.
My feet are wearied, and my hands are tired,
My soul oppressed—
And I desire, what I have long desired—
Rest, only rest.
’Tis hard to toil—when toil is almost vain
In barren ways;
’Tis hard to sow—and never garner grain,
In harvest days.
The burden of my days is hard to bear,
But God knows best ;
And I have prayed—but vain has been my prayer
For rest—sweet rest.
’ is hp-d to plant in Spring and never reap
The Autumn yield;
’T s hard to till, and then to weep
O’er fruitless field.
And so I cry a weak and human cry,
So heart oppressed;
A”d so I sigh a weak and human sigh,
For rest—for rest.
My way has wound across the desert years,
And cares infest
My path, and through the flowing of hot tears,
I pine—for rest.
’Twas always so; when but a child I laid
On mother’s breast
My wearied little head; e’en then I prayed
As now—for rest.
And T am restless still; ’twill soon be o’er;
For. dowii the West
Fife’s sun is setting, and I see the shore
Where I shall rest.
—Father Ryan.
The Davisboro Bible Institute.
Founded and directed by Rev. Alexis D. Kendrick,
bolds its third annual session at Davisboro. April
22-2!), 1906, at the Baptist Church, Davisboro, Ga.
Bnpp’st Church, Davisboro, Ga.
The motto of the institute is “Knowledge for
Service” and objects as stated are:
A better knowledge of the Bible.
The deepening of the Christian life.
Preader visions of our privileges and duties.
More excellent methods in the Church and Sun
day School work.
The following is a partial list of the speakers
w'm will make the session particularly notable and
effective:
Rev. A. T. Spalding, D. D., Baptist Pastor.
Rev. S. Y. Jameson, I). D., Corresponding Secre
tary Georgia Baptist Mission Board.
Rev. E. J. Smith, Pastor, Tennille Baptist Church.
G. W. Andrews, Georgia Baptist Sunday School
Evangelist.
Rev. M. R. I ittle, Baptist Pastor.
Ppv. Julian S. Rodgers, Bible teacher.
Will D. Upshaw, Editor The Golden Age.
effective:
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The Golden Age for April 12, 1906.
A Wonderful Church in a Wonderful
Country.
Four years ago when Rev. AV. J. Barton
began his ministry in Ocilla, he raised ten
dollars in the first offering which he secured for
preaching the gospel in foreign lands. A month
ago, after a powerful sermon by Dr. S. Y. Jame
son, this same church (and yet another church),
gave about one thousand dollars to the same pur
pose. Whence and why this wonderful change?
It is a clear illustration of the truth “the entrance
of thy words giveth light.” Four years ago a
gracious revival meeting was held in Ocilla. The
best men in town from a moral standpoint, and the
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Re<v. W. J. Barton and His Church
wors men in town from the standpoint of scepti
cism and dissipation were happily converted on the
same plane of redeeming grace. About forty con
verts were added to the Baptist Church. Imme
diately following the revival continued at the Meth
odist Church with nearly as many additions. Many
of those converted, especially in the first meeting,
were sons and daughters of “primitive Baptists.”
Their parents saw that their conversion was gen
uine. Their brothers, sisters and neighbors saw
the same. And the result was that a revival broke
out in all Brushy Creek Church, near Ocilla, con
tinuing for more than a week, and in which many
conveisions occurred. This meeting was all the
more notable from the fact that never in the his
tory of these good people had there been a meeting
of more than three days at one time. Perhaps
they thought it almost unscriptural to break their
custom of a “three days meeting;” but now Brushy
Creek has a week’s meeting every year, and a few
other Primitive Baptist Churches in that section
are doing the same.
One of the most remarkable results of this awak
ening at Ocilla has come in the benevolence and
generosity of the people. Never before had a con
tribution been given in that Church for Christian
education, but a few weeks alter the first meeting
closed the startling sum of $1,200 was given to the
building fund of Monroe College.
The gifts for spreading of the Light beyond our
borders leaped from ten dollars to more than three
hundred dollars the first year.
Every other worthy cause has met a like res
ponse.
On the fifteenth of last October, when the writer
had been compelled for a time to give up his
platform activity on account of bronchial
these brave and generous people said: “Come and
spend your birthday with us. We want to help
you with the fifty three girls whom you are helping
throuoh college,” and amid tears of rejoicing about
$1,500 was given that Sunday morning for this
practical work. Several men who had formerly
cared nothing for the cause of Christ, and who had
never been known before their conversion, to give
liberally to any benevolent cause, agreed each to
assume the support of one girl in college and one
big-hearted member of old Brushy Creek Church
arcse and said: “I have two daughters who are
members of this Church here in Ocilla, I will take
one of those girls in the name of each one of them
and if you will find a little girl named Lucy (the
name of my little daughter whom God took to Heav
en when she was a little child), I will pay her full
expenses through school. This girl was found and
this one man is now supporting three girls in col
lege. He says he is just beginning to learn the joy
that conies from living. feeling that he has miss
ed much of the lichness and sweetness of life by
not practicing it before.
Tn addition to such liberality on the part of this
church the community, led by these same men re
cently raised $1,500 for the education of worthy
children in Irwin County, who are not able without
help, to attend the Ocilla Public Schools. And how
that community prospers. These Christian men of
different denominations, who are giving so liberal
ly to every noble cause, declare that they have
never prospered in temporal things so much as
now.
Pastor Barton was formerly a traveling sales
man, but feeling called by God to preach the Gospel
he gave up a lucrative position for the privilege of
telling the “old, old story.” He is a hard student,
a vigorous preacher, a wise leader, and a lovable
man.
This story is given with the hope that other pas
tors will learn more and more the effectiveness of
such teaching, and that other communities will learn
the beauty and the duty of giving out to others
the light which God has given to them.
Barnard College has a new woman law student
in the person of Miss Laura M. Cornelius, a full
blooded Indian of the Oneida tribe in Wisconsin.
Miss Cornelius has been studying at Stanford Uni
versity. and goes now to New York to take a law
course that she may be of service to the people of
her own race.
“The Entrance
of
Thy Words
Giveth Light."
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