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PINEY WOODS SKETCHES
<By Violet 'Ross
A FINE POEM.
Will The Golden Age republish the
unique and beautiful poem which T en
close? I have never seen anything
like it in sentiment or subject. It was
published anonymously, and I u ould
like much to know who was its au
thor. If any of the Household can tell
me, I will appreciate it,
LOUISE M. CROSSLY.
Oh, we who are making baby clothes
For a hope that will soon come true,
Do we take the pains with the work of
our hearts
As with that which our fingers do?
For as we fashion the garments small
With seam, and hem, and fell,
Our thoughts, be they careless, or glad
or sad,
Are shaping a life as well.
We are helping God this gift to make,
Which a blessing and joy may prove,
He gives us the fabric, new and clean,
We fashion it with our love.
How careful are we that our hands be
clean,
When we work on these garments
white!
Do we pray that our hearts keep true
their trust,
And our thoughts be pure and
bright?
The clothes, at most, will soon wear
out,
The thoughts remain for aye;
The clothes may be washed, if stains
we see,
The thoughts are there to stay.
“Is not the life more than raiment?”
He said,
Who unclothed in a manger lay,
Whose life was so holy and pure a
thing
He gave it to show us the way.
Then our hearts sing on as our fingers
fly,
A tune so sweet and bright,
That the baby heart may be happy and
glad,
And pure as these garments white.
And when many years have passed
away,
And the work of our hands is gone,
He will gather a harvest rich and rare
From the seeds that our hearts have
sown.
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A BEAUTIFUL FAREWELL.
It is not Or L en that a paper of wide
circulation like The Golden Age can
afford so much space for a purely lo
cal matter as we give to the following
story from uie Jesup (Ga.) Sentinel
concerning the farewell tribute paid
to Rev. J. B. Bozeman, who goes from
Jesup to Sandersville; but this pre
sents such a beautiful picture of a
community’s appreciation of a good
man that we give the editorial in
full. The editor of The Golden Age
has grateful memories of friendships
and labors in both Jesup and Sanders
ville, and knows how to sympathize
with the former and congratulate the
latter on losing and securing Mr.
Bozeman:
Farewell Services.
Union Farewell Services were held
at the Baptist church last Sunday
evening. There was an overflow con
gregation—many could not enter the
building. Rev, J. B. Bozeman, the
retiring pastor, preaching a most stir
ring sermon on the theme. “Retro
spect,” a review of the past eighteen
months of the church’s work. The
sermon was a powerful plea for the
people to be broadminded and not
narrow —a plea for a closer union of
the churches and God’s people. It was
pronounced by many as the ablest
discourse ever delivered by him here
during his pastorate. Interest was
added to the services by the partici
pation of Rev. B. S. Sentell, pastor of
the Methodist Church, who led the
opening prayer.
The following informal program was
carried out:
Opening song, “Praise Him.”
Song, “All the way my Savior leads
me.”
Scriptural reading, Philippians 3.
Song, “Fully Trusting.”
Prayer by Rev. B. S. Sentell.
Sermon by the pastor.
Song, “In the Sweet By-and-By.”
Congregation spontaneously joined
in singing, “God be with you till we
meet again.”
Benediction.
After benediction the congregation
pressed forward to bid the pastor who
had worked here so zealously for the
past eighteen months “Good-bye” and
“Gcd-speed.”
Rev. J. B. Bozeman, the retiring
pastor, is a native of Darlington, S.
C.. born in 1865. He obtained the A.
B. degree in Furman University, at
Greenville, S. C., and his theological
training was received at the Southern
Baptist Seminary, at Louisville, Ky.
He was ordained at Louisville in 1896.
He has held pastorates at Kershaw,
S. C.; Yorkville, S. C.; Campbells
ville, Ky.; Douglas, Ga.; and now at
Jesup he has been for the past eight
teen months, beginning here in Sep
tember, 1907.
When Bro. Bozeman came to Jesup
he found a church weak in every par
ticular except in the roll of members.
Spiritually and financially it was at
almost the very lowest ebb. He leaves
a church still having a large member
ship roil, but also strong spiritually
and financially. He is an excellent
preacher who makes no attempts at
beautiful rhetorical figures of speech
or sky-splitting eloquence, but is a
practical speaker who preaches a
practical religion to a practical world.
He is consecrated to his Master’s
work, and always talks with an earn
estness that carries conviction to his
hearers. Strong as Bro. Bozeman is
as a practical, earnest preacher, he is
still stronger as a pastor. It is doubt
ful if the Baptist Church of Georgia
has a man who can get nearer to the
people in their homes or in their every
walk of life than he. He proves to
you that he is your Christian friend
that rejoices in your joys and sympa
thizes in your sorrows. And this is
not only confined to his church mem
bership, but also to those of other
denominations and -to non-church
members as well. Hence, here in
Jesup he was beloved by all our peo
ple, who with one accord regret that
he should see it his duty to leave here.
Not only the church people, but the
Sunday School and all the various
church organizations will miss his
good influence greatly. In short, dur
ing the eighteen months of labor here
he wrought a great work, he builded
much for his Master’s kingdom, the
influence of which will long be felt.
To Sandersville, Jesup commends
Bro. Bozeman, He is an able, sue*
The Golden Age for April 1, 1909.
cessful, consecrated preacher and pas
tor. He carried with him the prayers
and the best wishes of the people of
Jesup.
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“GWINE BACK HOME.”
As we waited in the L. & N. depot
at Nashville for the train, some one
began crying and an excitement was
raised among the passengers. A brief
investigation proved that it was an
old colored man who was giving way
to his grief. Three or four people
remarked on the strangeness of it,
but for some time no one said any
thing to him. Then a depot police
man came forward and took him by
the arm, and shook him roughly, and
said:
“See here, old man, you want to
quit that! You are drunk, and if you
make any more disturbance, I’ll lock
you up!”
“ ’Deed, but I hain’t drunk,” re
plied the old man, as he removed his
tear-stained handkerchief. “I’ze losted
my ticket an' money, an’ dat’s what’s
de matter.”
“Bosh! You never had any money
to lose! You dry up or away you
go!”
“What’s the matter yere?” queried
a man as he came forward.
The old man recognized the dia
lect of the Southerner in an instant,
and repressing his emotions with a
great effort, he answered:
“Say, Mars Jack, Tze bin robbed.’’
“My name is White.”
“Well, then, Mars White, some
body has done robbed me of ticket
an’ money.”
“Where were you going?”
“Gwine down into Kaintuck, whar
I was bo’n an’ raised.”
“Where’s that?”
“Nigh to Bowlin’ Green, sar, an’
when de wah dun sot me free I cum
up this way. Hain’t bin home scnce,
sah.”
“And you had a ticket?”
“Yes sah, an’ ober S2O in cash.
Bin savin’ up fur ten y’ars, sah.”
"What do you want to go back for?”
“To see de hills an’ de fields, de
tobacco an’ de co'n, Mars Preston
and de good ole missus. Why, Mars
White, I’ze dun bin prayin’ fur it fo’
twenty y’ars. Sometimes de longin’
has cum till I couldn’t hardly hold
myself.”
“It’s too bad.”
“De ole woman is buried down
dar, Mars White—de ole woman an’
free chillen. I kin ’member the spot
same as if I seed it yisterday. You
go out half-way to de fust tobacker
house, an’ den you turn to de left
an’ go down to de branch whar de
wimmen used to wash. Dar’s so
trees on de odder bank, an’ right
under ’em is whar dey is all buried.
I kin see it! I kin lead you right
to de place.”
“Stand back, sir!” commanded the
stranger. “Now, gentlemen, you have
heard the story. I’m going to help
the old man back to die on the old
plantation, and be buried alongside of
his dead.”
“So am I!” called twenty men in
chorus, and within five minutes we
had raised enough to buy him a
ticket and leave SSO to spare. And
when he realized his good luck, the
old snow-haired black fell upon his
knees in that crowd and prayed.
“Lord, Tze bin a believer in You
all my days, an’ now I dun axes You
to watch ober dese yere white folks
go!”
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THE PRUDENTIAL MAKES GREAT-
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Former United States Senator John
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The year proved to be the most re
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Here are some of the especially
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The Company surpassed all prev
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of Industrial Insurance written.
The Total Ordinary and Industrial
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The Prudential now has the largest
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The year saw a larger and more
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The expense of management was
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The New Low rate Industrial and
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The Company is very proud of this
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