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UOatlon for prisoners which is now being adopted
in all New York prisons. She says that much of the
crime she has met has been the result of ignorance,
particularly with our large foreign population and
she thinks that an education even in the most sim
ple branches might prove an eectual bar to further
crime.
Prison Libraries.
Mrs. Booth spoke also of the need of good prison
libraries; she said that many men have never before
had an opportunity to read and that they probably
never would have again, but that while in prison
they read good books with eagerness and often with
most beneficial effects. She urged the donation of
even one good book by each person who was able
to give it, to the prison nearest at hand. Not a book
Our 77 ental Tlenu Tor 1907
The Golden Age offers its readers a bill of fare ab
solutely unlike any other visitor to your home.
Our Distinguished Contributors
DR. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, OF LONDON, universally recognized
as the most profound student and interpreter of the Bible in the world,
will contribute every week through the year a series of articles which con
stitute a “TRACK THROUGH THE BlßLE’’—a radiant analysis and
interpretation of the Book of Books which will be an intellectual feast for
thinkers of every name and spiritual light, especially for the devout student
of the Book that defies the “hammers” of infidelity and carries the hope
of the Nations. It is nothing less than remarkable that a paper as young
as The Golden Age has secured the exclusive serial right in America of the
greatest work of the greatest Bible thinker of our times.
HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, that Christian Statesman and powerful
advocate of civic righteousness, will contribute an article early in the year
on the “Dignity and Necessity of Work,” dealing especially with the prob
lems of student life. Mr. Bryan feels strongly on this subject and his ut
terances will be awaited with expectancy and received with enthusiasm by our
readers.
GOV. R. B. GLENN, of North Carolina, whose powerful life and elo
quent tongue have been trumpet calls in the Cause of Right, will contribute
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famous in college oratory and debate, will furnish for The Golden Age a
series of brilliant writings on “Lessons from the Life of Abraham Lincoln.”
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the distinction of preaching weekly to the largest sustained audience in
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tinction of having gathered about him the largest and most enthusiastic con
gregations that have greeted an American preacher in that great metropo
lis in recent years.
ALEX. W. BEALER, who has just begun a series of quaint articles
of unique and graphic style entitled “Clippings from the Ancient Press,”
will continue them well into the coming year.
“WHAT WE THINK OF WHAT WE SEE,” conducted bv the Manag
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discarded or unread, but a book of good fiction or
travel or biography which should appeal to the bet
ter instincts of the reader and which should do so in
a forceful way.
The Origin of “Little Mother.”
When asked how the term Little Mother originated
Mrs. Booth said she scarcely knew; that the men
somehow gave it to her naturally and she could not
say with whom it originated But the phrase was
universal among “her boys” and that it was even
used in new prisons which she had never visited.
She said that she was once asked to speak for the
first time in the Jeffersonville (Ind.) Reformatory and
when she entered the chapel she was surprised to
see above the chancel the words “Welcome, Little
Mother”!
SPECIAL ARTICLES ON PERTINENT SUBJECTS will be contributed
from time to time, precedence being always given to those subjects which ful
fil the policy of the paper: “Piety in the Home; Power in the Life; Purity
in the State.”
SPLENDID SHORT STORIES with stirring plots and noble purposes
will be a fascinating and uplifting “course” in our menu for 1907.
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“Tou are making the greatest, bravest, best paper this section has ever
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a long time we have needed such a clarion voice in a paper for the home and
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The Woman and the Leader.
It is impossible to convey in written words the
charm of manner which characterizes Mrs. Booth’s
personality and her whole life seems replete with
the most noble purposes and the highest principles.
She has comparatively few assistants in the field of
her special work, but she says that occasionally some
one offers to assist her in her prison visiting and
she always welcomes such volunteers as there is
much work for all who truly desire it. In the so
ciological history of this country we believe that the
name of Maud Ballington Booth will hold high place
as a leader of reform work in the prisons and that
the future will testify to her power and influence
even more strongly than does the past and the
present.
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