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SWEETHEARTS ALWAYS.
A man’s straw hat and a woman’s sun bonnet
Hang together beside the door.
As I see them my thoughts flash quickly backward
To the days that are no more,
Blue eyes from under the straw hat are smiling.
Forgotten is time’s dreary flow,
The bonnet seems nodding in gay acquiesence,
As in days of sweet long ago:
Ah! the heart remembers though time’s chilling
fingers
Would blot out the visions that glow.
On the nail side by side hangs the hat and the
bonnet
With the dreams of the dear long ago
Kingston, Tenn. ANNICE.
“WHO IS WHO AMONG WOMEN.”
I have just had a glance through a brand new
book —“Who is Who Among Women.” It is hand
somely bound and contains short biographies of
prominent women. It is just such a book as I have
long wanted. I am a great admirer of my own sex,
and I am heartily proud of their wonderful achieve
ments in literature, art, science and religious and
charitable enterprises. I had no idea, however, that
so many women had “made good” during the last
fifty years, and I was glad to see so many Southern
women represented in this fine volume. Among
those whose names are conspicuous is one who is
dear to the hearts of all Southerners who enjoy pure
literature vitalized by a strong brain and a noble
soul. This is our Sunny South Household “Mater,”
Mary E. Bryan, whose magic pen all of us recognize
in the Golden Age. It may not be amiss in me to
clip the account of Mrs. Bryan’s literary work from
SLLNDA Y SCHOOL LESSON
By ft. Lacy Huge, Charleston, S. C.
CLOSE OF PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY
JOURNEY.
August 1, 1909. Acts 18: 1 to 11.
• Golden Text: "In the world ye shall have tribula
tions; but be of good cheer; 1 have overcome the
world.” John 16: 33.
SUGGESTION THOUGHTS.
"After these things.” Verse 1. After the events
at Athens recorded in Chapter 17.
Aquila and His Wife Priscilla. Verse 2. Aquila
and Priscilla expounded unto the eloquent Apollos
the way of God more perfectly. Acts 18: 26. They
put their lives in jeopardy for Paul and the Cause
of Christ. Rom. 16: 3 and 4. See also 1 Cor. 16: 19
and 2 Tim. 4: 19.
The Value of Persecution. 'Verse 2. By an un
righteous edict of Claudius, Aquila and Priscilla weie
driven out of Rome. They met Paul, heard of Jesus
and received eternal salvation. See Rom. 8: 28 and
Psalms 76: 10.
They Were of the Same Trade. Verse 3. It was
apparently a matter of small consequence that
brought them together. But God uses small things
for the promotion of His Kingdom, and the accom
plishments of His purposes.
They Made Tents for a Living. Verse 3. Paul was
not ashamed to work. He always taught the right
of those who preach the Gospel to live of the Gospel.
1 Coi. 9-11 to 14. Yet he chose for himself to work
with his own hands and preach the Gospel without
Bcharge. 1 Cor. 9: 15 to 18. The world owes much
l t o working men but has no use for idlers. God
Walways calls the busy man. Moses was keeping the
jF flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, when God called
and commissioned him to go to Egypt ar 1 lead His
people out of bondage. Ex. 3: 1, 2 and 10. Gideon
was threshing his father’s wheat, when he was com
missioned as commander-in-chief of the Lord s Army
in the battle against the Midianites, Amalekites and
the Children of the east. Judges 6: 11, 12, 14 and
33. The Lord Jesus continued faithful at His work
on the carpenter s bench until that day He was
baptized by John tne Baptist in the river of Jordan,
and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him, and thus
designated Him as the One which would baptize
With the Holy Ghost. John 1: 32 to 34.
paul Worked and Preached. Verse 4. He worked
all the week but was found at his post on the Sab
bath morning preaching the Gospel. Acts 20: 34
and 35, .1 Thess. 2; 9. 2 Thess. 3: 8 and 9. 1 Cor.
The Golden Age for July 29, 1909.
a Virginia paper, which has republished it from
“Who is Who Among Women.” Mary Edwards Bryan,
author and editor, was born near Tallahassee, Flor
ida. She is the daughter of Major John D. Edwards
and Louisa Houghton Edwards. She was brought
up on a large cotton and sugar plantation, and edu
cated at home until she was nearly twelve years old,
whet she was sent to Fletcher Institute in Thomas
ville, Ga., where three years later, while still a
school girl, she married J. E. Bryan, a Louisiana
planter, and went with him to his home on Red
River. Four years afterwards, (having studied pri
vately) she was graduated from College Temple, New
nan, with the degree of M. A. Mrs. Bryan begaq
writing when only fifteen and published poems, sto
ries and two serials, also edited The Literary Cru
sade, before she was twenty. Afterwards, for nine
years she was associate editor of The Sunny South,
a literary and family weekly published in Atlanta, Ga.
She then went to New York, where she edited The
New York Bazar and The Half Hour, magazines pub
lished by George Munro. While engaged in this
work, she published ten novels —Mauch, Wild Work,
(a novel of the Reconstruction era) Kildee, Nan
Haggard, Uncle Ned’s White Child, His Legal Wife,
A Fugitive Wife, Ruth, An Outcast, The Girl He
Bought, and My Own Sin. Also, she published two
volumes of verse, entitled respectively Poems and
Stories in Verse—-and Poems for Dramatic Readings.
Her first books were published by The Appleton
Brothers of New York, afterwards the copyrights
and plates were purchased by George Munro, who
issued the books in cheaper form. Mrs. Bryan re
turned from New York in 1899 and became associate
editor of The Sunny South, continuing in the work <
until that publication was merged into the Remusl
Magazine (Joel Chandler Harris, editor) when she!
9: 6 to 18. Paul was on fire with the Gospel. He
loved the souls of men and therefore did not wait
for someone to guarantee his support, but went forth
working and preacning.
He was Constrained By the Word. Verse 5. R. V.
Paul had meditated upon the word of God until it
had so gotten hold of him that Jesus was the
Christ and that men were lost without Him, that he
was compelled to testify both to the Jews and to
the Greeks, warning them of their danger and telling
them of the great salvation through the blood of
Jesus.
“I Am Clean.” Verse 6. It is a great thing for
a man to be able to say, "That I am pure from the
blood of all men,” as Paul said of himself in Acts
20: 26. We can not say this unless, like Paul, we
can say, “For I have not shunned to declare unto
you all the Counsel of God.” Acts 20: 27. Are we
clean from the blood of all in our homes, in our
churches, in our Sunday school classes, in our towns,
in our home land and in the regions beyond? If
we do not warn men of their danger, if we do not
declare unto them the way of life and salvation
through Jesus, then their blood is upon us. Ezek.
33: 4 to 9.
Revival in the House of Justus. Verse 6 to 8.
Paul had to leave the Synagogue, but this did not
stop him from preaching, or stop the Revival at
Corinth. He went into the home of Justus, next
door to the Synagogue, and continued to preach,
and Crispus, the Chief Ruler of the Synagogue,
“Believed on the Lord with all his house.” The
whole household was saved and many others believed
also, and openly confessed their faith in Jesus, for
we are told that “Many of the Corinthians hearing,
believed and were baptized.” The Devil closed the
Synagogue against Paul, but the Lord opened the
hearts of the Chief Ruler and many others to re
ceive the message and be saved. In 1897, a young
preacher with his singer was holding revival ser
vices in a certain church, the pastor did not like
the methods of the Evangelist, so he had the churcn
closed, putting the key into his pocket and went
off. The revival services were continued in a nearby
school building, and the Spirit of the Lord came upon
them with great power and many were saved, among
whom were two of the officers of the church that
had the Evangelist put out of their building. A
young man while the meeting was in progress went
on a business trip to another town and was asked
about the great meeting, and he said, “We are
having a glorious time, the Devil is locked up in tne
church and the Lord is saving folks at the school
house.”
Paul’s Vision. Verse 9 and 10. While “the word
of God increased; and the number of the disciples
became one of the editorial staff, conducting a de
partment and writing short stories.
Mrs. Bryan is an accomplished reader and speaker,
and occasionally appears on the platform to deliver
commencement addresses and reads dramatic poems
at entertainments for charity. Her favorite recrea
tion is cultivating flowers and fruit trees, for which
she has always had opportunity, her husband being
a farmer.
She has been a member of the well known New
York Sorosis Club ever since 1886, also a member
(formerly Vice-President) of the New York Wom
an’s Press Club. She is a member of the United
Charities and of the Woman’s Home Mission of Geor
gia.
Thinking that many readers of The Golden Age,
for which Mrs. Bryan writes regularly, would be
interested in knowing about her work and her life
I have copied this biography and hope to see it in
the Golden Age. I was once a member of The Sun
ny South Household, presided over by our
“Meb” as we called her then, —our Household mater
for many years. In a number of respects The Gold
en Age resembles the dear, dead “Sunny” and I sin
cerely hope it will live and prosper.
VERNIE ASHTON.
Petersburg, Va.
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It' is in one block of car line with advantage of both
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multiplied,” Acts 6: 7, still there was great opposi
tion. Paul had had a hard, time. In writing to the
Corinthians, he refers to this and said: "1 was witn
you iu weakness and in fear, and in much trembling.”
1 Cor. 2: 3 and 4. “Notwithstanding the Lord stood
with me, and strengthened me.” 2 Tim. 4: 16 to IS.
Success always increases opposition, and the Lord
had given Paul success and therefore knew that
Paul was to have a still harder time, so to comfort
him and strengthen him for the coming trial, we
read: “Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night,”
saying, “Be not afraid, but speak and hold not tny
peace; for I am with thee, and no man shall set
on thee to hurt thee; for I have much people in this
city!” The Lord often spoke to Paul to encourage
him and make him brave. See Acts 23: 11, and
Acts 27: 23 to 25.
I Am With Thee. ‘Verse 10. When God puts forth
His people, He always goes with uem and is able
to give victory no matter how great the opposition.
To Jacob God said: “Behold, I am with thee and
will keep thee, I will not leave thee until I have
done that which I have spoken to thee of.” Gen.
28: 15. To Joshua, He said: “Fear not, neither
be dismayed.” Dent. 31: 8. "I will be with thee;
I will not fail thee; nor forsake thee.” Josh. 1: 5.
To Gideon the angel brought this message from the
Lord: “The Lord is with tnee, thou mighty man of
valour.” Judges 6: 12. David delivered this charge
to Solomon: “Be strong and of good courage, and
do it; fear not, nor be dismayed; for the Lord
God, even my God, will be with thee; He will not
fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished
all the work for the service of the house of the
Lord.” 1 Chron. 28: 20. To Israel, God said: “Fear
thou not; for I am with thee.” Isa. 41: 10. To us
God says: “I am with you always.” Matt. 28: 20.
“I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.’ Heb.
13: 5. See also Rom. 8: 31. Isa. 54: 17, and Jer.
15: 20 and 21.
He Continued to Teach the Word. Verse 11.
“Corinth, with its wealth, its luxury, its profligacy,
its vileness, did not seem much like a place where
the Lord would have much people, but so it was.
Let us take courage concerning our modern cities,
and speak and hold not our peace. Paul went on
speaking, and note What he taught: “The Word of
God,” not sociology, though Corinth would have been
a rich field for that; not municipal reform, though
Corinth sorely needed that; not literature and art,
though Greece always had a real ear for that, but
the “Word of God.” Torry. “The Gospel of Christ
is the power of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth.” Rom. 1: 16. So let us, “rreach the
Word; be instant in season and out of season,” 2
Tim, 4: 2.
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