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Things That Are Happening
Nelvs Gleanings and Thoughts They firing
A REMARKABLE CELEBRATION. adopting it as theirs, and then cultivate active rela-
New York 'City.—A message from General Booth,
founder and commander of the Salvation Army,
was read at a remarkable celebration in Carnegie
Hall in honor of his eightieth birthday anniver
sary.
Miss Eva Booth, the general’s daughter and com
mander of the Salvation Army in America, read the
message to a 'packed hall. It was as follows:
‘‘London, England. —To the American People:
Oh, America! How vast is your opportunity for
making a lasting mark for good on the entire hu
man race!! Endowed with measureless material re
sources, enjoying the unbounded confidence of your
own people, favored with the concentrated light of
earth and heaven, possessed of an influence covering
like a shadow all the world beside; what a power
you must be destined to become!
“What wil'l you do with this mighty magic force?
If you are permitted, to realize your ambition to
lead the world, whither will you lead it? To utter
abandonment of faith in the Eternal and neglect
of every duty flowing out of it, to senseless worship
of mammon, to useless frivolities? No, I am sure
you won’t and I blush at the very mention of such
thing’s and denounce them with all my soul.
“Where else can you lead this poor, blind, stum
bling world of ours but to the mighty, just, holy God
and obedience to His commands; to the practice of
righteousness, purity, honor, kindness and simplicity
to self-sacrificing service of mankind?
“Oh, America ! I invite you to the actual realiza
tion of the Christian principles you profess and to
practical imitation of Jesus Christ, who came out of
His heaven to seek and save.
“Come along, then, let us gird up our loins and
go out of our heaven and put our arms around per
ishing multitudes and bring them to Christ, purity,
peace and paradise.
“I invite you to take our common Christianity,
an ungainsayable reality, and thus wipe out the re
proach fast gathering about us that it is nothing
more than an exploded tradition, a fashionable as
sociation or a lifeless ceremony. Then, when the
wondering world asks: ‘ln what country can I find
the thing described by the letter of the Bible and
set forth in the life of Jesus Christ?’ the answer
shall be ‘America.’
“WILLIAM BOOTH.”
Messages cabled by various governors and mayors
in this country to General Booth, in England, con
gratulating him on his birthday anniversary and
paying tribute to his work were read from the
stage.
We are glad to see that the six Presbyteries, of
the Synod of Georgia, have each assumed vital re
lations with the Presbyterian Hospital of Atlanta.
When the story of the debt of the hospital was pub
lished some months ago The Golden Age predicted
that the hospital would appeal sucessfully to the
noble Christians of that denomination, and now it
is our privilege to rejoice with them. And while
we are about it, now is a first rate time to say a
word about
The Tabernacle Infirmary.
That institution was started simply to enable the
Tabernacle Baptist church to take care of the sick
and injured who might be thrown upon its hands.
But the institution has grown to be one of the
best equipped hospitals in the South. Dr. Brough
ton, foreseeing that the hospital would outlive him
has had the chanter so fixed as to make it to all in
tents and purposes a Georgia Baptist hospital. It is
the first Baptist hospital in the South and the only
one in Georgia. The Baptists of Georgia ought to
rally to its support, as the Georgia Presbyterians
have rallied to theirs. They ought to patronize it
with all the pay patients that have to seek hospital
treatment' that they can induce to come to it. Then
the benevolent Baptists in the State ought to con
tribute liberally to its charity work. That is its best
service to the Divine Master. Every Georgia Bap
tist association ought to pass formal resolutions
The Golden Age for April 29, 1909.
tions with it. It is perfectly clear now that each
denomination that can should maintain its own
eleemosynary institutions. The Methodists have a
hospital, and it is a good one. The Presbyterians
and the Baptists have theirs, the Catholics have
theirs, the King’s Daughters have one for incur
ables, and they are all doing a good work.
The Baptist Hospital ought to be in size and
efficiency something that will fairly represent the
great denomination to which it belongs.
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MRS. ARMOR IN CHICAGO.
Famous Georgia Leader Heard for First Time by
Prohibitionists for Western Metropolis.
On Wednesday evening, March 17, Mrs. Mary
Armor, the president of the Georgia, Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union, addressed a large
audience of Northwestern University students and
citizens of Evanston in Fisk Hall, and on Friday
evening spoke again at the Englewood Christian
church on Stewart avenue.
These are the first opportunities which the Pro
hibitionists of this part of the country have had
to listen to Mrs. Armor, and it is not too much
to say that her audiences were captivated by her.
Mrs. Armor is well endowed with the graces of a
public speaker and not wholly unfamiliar with the
higher arts of oratory; but interest in her addresses
specially centered upon the fact that she told, in
plain and wonderfully attractive fashion, the mar
velous story of the carrying of Georgia for pro
hibition.
Mrs. Armor is to deliver several addresses in the
vicinity of Chicago, and it is safe to say that any
who have listened to her once will not willingly
miss the opportunity of hearing her again.
NATIONAL PROHIBITIONIST.
We are requested to publish again Sir William
Broadbent ’s prescription for grippe. Sir Williams, as
the most eminent general practitioner in England,
was chosen as King Edward’s physician when he
ascended the throne. In the Practitioner, Sir Wil
liam said: “From the time of the first invasion of
the influenza, I have found quinine the best remedy.
My usual prescription is one dram of ammoniated
quinine, and two drams of liquor ammoniae acetatis
every hour for three hours, and then every four
hours.”
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NO DANCING SCHOOLMA’AMS FOR
OKLAHOMA.
The resignations of five teachers in the Enid
public schools were requested by the school board
today because the teachers attended and participated
in the Elks’ Thanksgiving ball last night. Two weeks
ago the school board adopted a rule prohibiting
teachers from dancing. The board’s action incensed
several of the pedagogues, who defied the authorities
to remove them. Relying on their yearly .contracts,
the teachers declare they will not be ousted.
The school board of a certain small town were
visited by two applicants for the school. One young
man wanted a dictionary for use in the school, the
other declared he did not need a dictionary. He
secured the position. In course of time the school
directors visited the school. During a recitation,
a small boy raised his hand and spelled out slowly
vo*ca'birla-ry. The teacher pronounced the word vo-ca
bul’ary, and gave the meaning as “something per
taining to balls.” Moral: The school board learned
the value of having a teacher who needed a
dictionary.
“Willie, how’s your father?”
“All right, except that he hurt himself this morn
ing.”
“Was it an accident.”
“No; premeditated.”
“Premeditated?”
H Yes; he gave me a lickin ’
SELECTED SMILES
NEAT LITTLE GAME.
After tea she brought over his pipe and his slip
pers.
“John,” she whispered tenderly, “do you know
my conscience has been hurting me and I have
formed a little conscience fund.”
“Conscience fund?” asked the big husband, in
surprise.
“Yes, dear. You see, I have been borrowing a
few dollars out of your vest pockets every night
for a week, and here is the entire sum.”
“Well! Well! You are an honest little wo
man.”
“And, John?”
“Well, my dear?”
“Now- —now that I have been so honest, would—
would you mind giving me the ‘conscience fund’ to
buy a pretty hat I saw in the window today?” —Bos-
ton Post.
A RISING FALL.
A certain member of the British government who
was admittedly a great failure was being discussed
by two of his colleagues.
“And now,” concluded one, “they want to mlake
him a peer.”
“No,” said the other, with greater acumen; they
want to make him disappear.”
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TAKING CHANCES.
Mother —Johnny, your Uncle Henry’ will be here
for dinner, and you must have your hands and
face washed. 'Small Johnny—Yes, mamma, but
s’posin’ somethin’ happens and he don’t come, what
then ? Exchange.
WINNING HER ATTENTION.
“My wife never pays any attention to what I
say. ’ ’
“Mine does —sometimes.”
“How do you manage it?”
“I talk in my sleep.”—'London Opinion.
GOT WHAT HE LIKED.
Host —Why on earth did you put poor Jenkins
between two such chatterboxes at the table? Hos
tess —Why, dear, you know he is fond of tongue
sandwiches!
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PRAYERS FOR RAIN'.
“Shall we have prayer for rain, Thomas?” asked
the vicar of the clerk during the protracted draught.
“Oh, sir, do exactly as you please!”
“But don’t you think it would be a good thing?
Rain is baddy wanted.”
“You do as you please, sir. You’d better ’ave it
if so be as you do want it.’’
“But, Thomas, you don’t seem to realize the ne
cessity for having prayer.”
“Bless you, sir! You ’ave that ther prayer if you
be so sot on it, but it won’t rain till the moon do
change. ’ ’ —London Academy.
APPROPRIATE.
The Monument Man (after several abortive sug
gestions)—How would simply “Gone home” do?
Mrs. Newweeds —I guess that would be all right. It
was always the last place he thought of going.—
Puck.
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DATES AND HER BIRTH.
Officer (investigating old age pension claims)
Well, Mrs. Brady, and how old might you be? Mrs.
Brady—Sorra wan of me knows, indeed, sor. Offi
cer —Think, now. Don’t you know the date of,your
birth? Mrs. Brady—The date of my birth, is it?
Sure, there was no such thing as dates when I was
born ! —London Punch.
HER POEM.
“Oh, George,” she exclaimed, “now that you’ve
seen my new hat you simply can’t regret that I
got it! Isn’t it a poem?”
“Well, if it is,” replied George, “I suppose a
proper title for it would be ‘‘Owed to a Milliner,’ ”
—Philadelphia Press.
