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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: sssiii I sis Oagiifig 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 I , ■ ®> ■ - tl -. !■> '• ■' ' si « . ■ j| . .. • S : ■ 111 lAw ?'■ Ill'lE ■-4 I 4 ' Wl® HE 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." 3