The Golden age. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1906-1915, January 27, 1910, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text"things that are happentng TWO GOOD EVANGELISTS. The field of evangelism is never crowded, and a good, solid evangelist is always in demand. To those look ing for sane, sensible work in the evangelistic field we commend Rev. J. T. Edmonson, who recently resigned the pastorate of Temple Baptist Church, Atlanta, and Rev. J. C. Solo mon, until January first the success ful superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Georgia. These are godly, gifted men, who would rather win souls to Christ than anything else in the world. A letter addressed to At lanta will reach either of these noble men. •t CHARACTER MAKES YOU. In a recent editorial the Cleveland Press said: “There may be much personal sat isfaction in knowing more about heav enly bodies than others do, and there may be joys in being able to delve in ancient languages for pearls of thought. For such things one needs a higher education than for sawing wood or digging fish-bait. Yet he who does the latter may be the better, happier man, for it is not the character of the labor that determines personal honor and worth but the character which the man brings to his labor.” The boy who is for making the most of himself can clip this and keep it by him for daily study. The real test that will be upon this boy when he faces life will be that of his character. Although he may not have suspected it, that test has been with him in his school life, in his daily living and doing; in his Sunday school or in his sports. Up or down —that is the choice be fore you. True character will send you up; false character will drag you down. In the long run of life the span be tween your birth and your death, it is what you are, and not what you can do, that counts the most. Your talents, and possibly your ge nius will weigh for much in your ma terial success; but the thing that will stamp you as a man among men, that will give you hope, honor, the faith of others and the love of all who look to the right, is: What you are. That’s character. ORPHAN’S FRIEND. THE NEW IDEA. The old idea was that of a mission ary enterprise or of a church like a charitable concern, but with no organ ization; dependent for support upon giving that is “voluntary,” in the sense of being impulsive, spasmodic, uncer tain, emotional and irregular. Giving “according to the heart” meant simply giving as you happened to feel like it, or happened to have any uncertain amount in your pocket. To “depend on faith” and “trust the Lord” meant that you must have no particular plan or method. Yet great missionary societies have grown up, with great organiza tion, and the expenses of running the Lord’s work have become as definite and certain as with any business cor poration. The same is true of the modern church. If a railway conduc tor simply “passed the hat” in the train, you would laugh at him! So the world has laughed at the financial trou bles of Christ’s disciples, who, in the modern age, have been trying to run “the King’s business” as if they were children, and not men! —Selected. HIGH GLASS SUICIDE. In China sucide has been a fine art for several centuries. If a mandarin is guilty of misconduct he is requested to put himself out of the land of the living, There is a distinction, too, in the manner in which the oriental may die. If he is of exalted rank and enti tled to wear the peacock feather he is privileged to choke himself to death with gold leaf. This is regarded as a distinguished manner of ending life. If the mandarin is only of the rank that is entitled to wear the red button he must be content with strangling himself with a silken cord. Such are the distinctions of caste. It AN INCIDENT IN THE CIVIL WAR. In some of the states the margin for or against the union was very narrow, and in two or three cases the tide was turned by a mere incident. California was quite doubtful. At a large gather ing in the theatei - when a popular play was to be given, the “Star Spangled Banner” was called for and the prima donna came forward to sing it. The southern sympathizers at once struck up “Dixie” and seemed to drown the national anthem amid considerable confusion. After the performance the manager stated that upon the next evening such arrangements would be made as would ensure the uninterrupted ren dering of any patriotic song desired. Every inch of standing room was occupied upon the following evening. Some one stepped to the stage and made a short patriotic speech, “Colum bia the Gem of the Ocean,” followed and then came the call for the “Star Spangled Banner.” An attempt was made to raise a southern air, but the Union men were far in the majority and the song went rolling through the house. “Sing it again,” and it was done. James B. Lick turned to some one sitting beside him, “Who wrote the ‘Star Spangled Banner?’ ” “Don’t know.” “No matter,” said Lick as he entered in his pocket-book the historic item for a monument to the author of the “Star Spangled Banner.” That singing saved California to the Union and so opened up the mind and heart of James B. Lick, that he deter mined to do something for his coun try, and the school of mechanical arts, the public baths of San Francisco, and the Lick Observatory erected at a cost of $1,750,000, really constitute Lick’s monument to Frances Scott Key. E. E. LEWIS. Sioux City, la. It is stated that since Bristol, Va., voted saloons in, it has become nec essary for Bristol, Tenn., to build a new jail, so great is the increase in drunkenness and in crime as a result of the saloons. And yet some people say, and perhaps some in Bristol were made to believe, that it pays to have saloons. The people of Bristol now know better. It MEMPHIS SLEEPING CAR VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. “The Atlanta-Shreveport Special” is a solid through train to Shreveport carrying Pullman Drawing-room Buf fet Sleeping car and new electric light ed Day coaches and runs daily on the following schedule - Lv. Atlanta 11:10 P. M. Ar. Birmingham 5:20 A. M. Ar. Meridian 11:10 A. M Ar. Vicksburg 4:00 P. M. Ar. Shreveport 10:30 P. M. This train makes direct connection at Shreveport for all Texas points. For further information or sleeping car reservations write J. L. Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, James Freeman, D. P. A., Atlanta. On ironing day set aside the pieces needing repairs and mend before put ting away. Keep the wearing apparel of each member of your household where it can be found by the owner without calling for help in the search. The Golden Age For January 27, 1910. ONE THOUSAND LAYMEN. Great Enthusiasm Among Christian Business Men at Macon. The Laymen’s Convention held at Macon last week was a rousing suc cess. About one thousand Christian business men from all over the state registered in attendance. Rev. Julien S. Rogers, who “engineered” the plans for the convention and arranged all details, deserves the thanks of a great and royal company for the sig nal success of the convention. Prominent among the speakers was William T. Ellis, of Philadelphia, the famous newspaper man, who has gir dled the globe in his personal study oi foreign missions and who was con sidered by Thos. E. Watson “too ob scure” to justify his attention in a public debate. He proved a sprightly, stirring speaker and made his delight ed hearers wish more than ever that ne had had a fair chance at the poor man who knows so little and talks so much “agin furrin Mishuns.” The Speakers. Some of the most prominent mission workers and speakers in the country were present. A partial list is as fol lows : Rev. H. F. Wiliams, editor of The Missionary, Nashville, Tenp. Col. E. W. Halford, chairman of Laymen’s Missionary Movement, M. E. Church, of New York City. Rev. William A. Guerry, D. D., of Charleston, South Carolina. Mrs. George Sherwood Eddy, mis sionary to India. Rev. T. B. Ray, D. D., educational secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention. Mr. W. B. Stubbs, secretary of the Laymen’s Missionary Movement of the Southern M. E. Church. Rev. R. W. Patton, district secre tary of the board of missions of the Episcopal Church. Rev. Walter W. Moore, D. D., LL.D., president of Union Theological Sem nary, Richmond, Va. Mr. T. H. Yun, a native Korean. Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden, D. D., of At lanta, Ga. Rev. R. J. Vviilingham, D. D., secre tary foreign mission board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. W. H. Park, medical mission ary and author. Rev. S. P. Parker, D. D., Missionary to China. Ex-Governor W. J. Northen of Geor gia. Rev. D. Clay Lilly, D. D., special field secretary of Laymen’s Misionary Movement, of Nicholasville, Ky. The missionary policy for Georgia was pronounced at a meeting of min isters at the Young Men’s Christian Association building Sunday night, and the results of the Laymen’s Missionary Movement were crystaliz eu into definite shape. Dr. D. Clay Lilly, chairman of the Laymen’s Con vention, presided. Portions of a long resolution adopt ed carrying the important steps taken, are as follows: “We earnestly recommend the appointment in every congrega tion of a strong missionary com mittee, which shall conduct a campaign of education on the subject of missions, and shall or ganize and conduct a personal canvass of every member of the congregation, to the end that some worthy, systematic contri bution to the cause of world evangelization be made by every one. “We strongly urge the adoption of the weekly system of mission ary offerings as the most scrip tural, fair, economical and pro ductive method, believing that when properly introduced, it se cures the largest possible educa tional, financial, and spiritual re sults. “We recommend that the Macon churches undertake to follow this convention immediately by a thoroughly organized canvass so as to increase the offerings from $20,900 last year to $25,000 this year. “We recommend the organiza tion in every city, town and com munity in the state, of a co-oper ating committee to the Laymen’s Missionary Movement that shall keep in touch with the methods of the general movement and co operate with all individual con gregations in reaching and main taining their highest missionary efficiency.” These resolutions came out of the executive committee, and have been adopted by the convention as the guide in the future mission work in the state. IB A BOOK THAT’S VERY “DIFFER ENT.” (Continued from Page 5.) “I am increasingly glad that I ask ed him to contribute regularly to our editorial page. “His writings are intensely modern. They embody the spirit of the times. They are sane, bright, brotherly, con structive. They always leave a good tasto in the brain. “This book was publish d entirely without Mr. Coleman’s knowledge, as a Christmas surprise. You should have seen our genial he saw the first copy! “You will want the book. It will be a stimulus and a treat. It is a hand somely made, cloth-bound volume of 162 pages, and it costs 75 cents, post paid. Address The Golden Rule Co., Tremont, Temple, Boston. Amos R. Wells.” A Busy Man’s Book. “Searchlights” is essentially a busy mans’ book. The product of a busy man; thought out and much of it writ ten Imagine, in subways and on the “El” going to and from his office in iremont Temple its brief, breezy “chapterets” just suit a busy man as he goes down to his office in the morning or comes back to his home in the evening, anxious to look at the jostling world like a man of robust Christian faith and philosophy should. It is likewise a thinking man’s book. Without attempting to parade pro fundities the author’s wideness of culture and keenness of philosophy tell out in his every utterance. I find myself involuntarily grabbing up my little new friend as I break away for the suburban trolley or the longer journey of the “chu-chu-twain” and then losing myself in its shower-bath tonic (inside and out) that puts my intellect against a dynamo and leaves in my heart an alluvial deposit of that “benediction that follows after pray er.” God bless George W. Coleman’s book —tnat he “didn’t go to write” — and send its radiant, conquering phi losophy speeding around the world. THIS WILL INTEREST MANY. F. W. Parkhurst, the Boston pub lisher, says that if any one afflicted with rheumatism in any form, neu ralgia or kidney trouble, will send their address to him at 704-35 Carney Bldg., Boston, Mass., he will direct them to a perfect cure. He has noth ing to sell or give, only tells you how he was cured after years of search for relief. Hundreds havq tested it with success.