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SEEING THE WORLD for the TIRST TIME
[EDITOR’S NOTE: —A delightful series of letters
of travel from our Western Correspondent, Rev. Bur
ton A. Hall, has been unduly delayed, but they are
good enough to appear regardless of date.]
(By mistake No. 3 in this series of letters was
published last week. )
On Board Steamer, “Grosser Kurfuerst,” Near
Madeira Islands.
Dear Golden Age:
Though tossed upon the waves of the restless
Atlantic, I will try to send back a message for your
readers. But before I begin, let me say right out
of my heart that I consider The Golden Age one
of the greatest papers in America. It is great be
cause of its capable editor. I believe the hand of
God has led Will D. Upshaw from his cradle up. It
is great because of the powerful sermons reported
each week in its columns, preached by our beloved,
faithful, fearless Dr. Broughton. But greatest of all,
because of what it stands for. It stands first, last
and all the time for a straight forward, upright hon
est Christian home life. The best friend America has
is not some of the gifted preachers with their little
message of poetry and philosophy, nor the silver
tonged politician tickling the itching ears of a pre
judiced public, but the best friend to our govern
ment from peasant to president, is the man who
stands four square for our Christian homes.
Long live The Golden Age!
Last Saturday, a week ago, at exactly twelve
o'clock noon, a party of us numbering 552 persons,
from all over the United States, sailed from New
York City, bound for Madeira, Spain, England,
Africa, the Holy Land and Egypt.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEN- i
TION. I
The meeting of the Southern Bap-'
tist Convention will be held at the
Lyric, Baltimore, Md., May 11-17th.
It is hoped that delegates and visitors
will arrange to reach Baltimore not
later than Wednesday morning, the
11th. The Reception Committee will
meet all trains and boats from Tues
day morning. This committee will be
known by their badges.
Rates at The Belvedere (headquar
ters) will be from $1.50 to $5 per day.
The Belvedere is on the European
plan only. Rates at the other hotels
range from $1 to $3 per day, Euro
pean, and from $1.50 to $3 per day,
American. Rates at the boarding
houses are from $1 to $2 per day. At
many boarding houses a rate of from
50 to 75 cents for lodging and from
75 cents to $1.25 for lodging and
breakfast.
In all cases apply to the Entertain
ment Committee for reservation, writ
ing to the chairman, Mr. Wm. Edgar
Byrd, Central Y. M. C. A., Baltimore.
A list of hotels and boarding houses
will be sent to any one on request.
Delegates and visitors will have an
opportunity of seeing Annapolis, the
historic State capital, as a trip by
trolley or boat is being arranged. Os
course, all tickets through Washing
ton will allow stop-over privileges
there.
Do not wait until the last few days
before notifying us of your coming.
Write today.
W. H. BAYLOR,
Chairman Executive Committee.
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A CALL TO SUNDAY-SCHOOL
WORKERS.
Never in the history of the
WORLD’S SUNDAY-SCHOOL ASSO
CIATION has the convention beet)
Evangelist Hurt on A. Hall Tells of His First "Plunge” Into Old Ocean as He Starts Tor the Orient.
THINGS THAT AKE HAPPENING
It would be useless for me to attempt to explain
the feelings and emotions of my heart as we pulled
out of New York harbor. There must have been
three thousand people gathered there from over the
country to say good-bye to friends and loved ones,
going abroad. There pranced the young man with
sparkling eyes, and dauntless ambition. He had
come with a bouquet in his hand and a rock on his
heart to say good-bye to that little fair-faced, rosy
cheeked, dovey-eyed damsel whom he expects some
day to call his wife.
Strong and steady husbands and wives of middle
life with fixed purposes and easy step, locked arms
and walked close beside each other up and down
the long dock before saying good-bye.
Then the old fathers and mothers, with silver
hair, their shoulders stooped under the heavy weight
of the burdens and cares of the past, stood leaning
over the banisters of the dock smiling through their
tears as they with trembling voice and quivering
lips said good-bye to their children.
Personally, I felt very lonely just at this time, for
among the hundreds that came to bid us adieu I
had not even an acquaintance to give me a word
of kindness nor a farewell hand-shake. But I knew
that back down in the grand old State of Texas
were a wife and mother whose love and prayers
wou’d follow me daily across the boundless ocean
and into whatsoever strange city or place I might
enter. I may be “smiled at” for writing of the pa
thetic side of our journey; but I must say that never
before did my native land and loved ones feel quite
so near and dear to my heart as when the whistle
of the Kurfuerst blew and we weighed anchor to
I held at a point that can be so easily
reached, and as economically, as
Washington, D. C., our National Capi
tal, where the next. Convention will
be held from May 19 to 24, 1910.
All Sunday-school workers should
be interested in the forthcoming Con
vention, and all who are in a position
to attend this Convention, whether
they are appointed delegates or not,
should by all means do so; it is rec
ognized that this will be the greatest
SUNDAY - SCHOOL CONVENTION
ever held, and delegates will be pres
ent representing every country in the
world.
Washington offers more points of
interest than any other American
city, and aside from the great benefit
that Sunday-school workers derive
from attending the Convention, the
numerous points of interest offer an
education.
The Sunday-school Associations of
ALABAMA, GEORGIA and SOUTH
CAROLINA have selected the SEA
BOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY as the
OFFICIAL ROUTE to Washington for
the delegates and their friends, and
for their accommodation the SEA
BOARD will operate a SPECIAL
PULLMAN TRAIN, schedule as fol
lows:
May 18th, Leave Atlanta, Ga.2:50 p.m.
May 19th, Arrive Washington,
D. C 9:00 a.m.
Dining Car will be provided, service
a la carte.
You should therefore see that your
tickets purchased at the low round
trip rates to Washington for the Con
vention READ via the SEABOARD,
so you can join our SPECIAL PULL
MAN TRAIN.
Another attractive arrangement has
been made by the SEABOARD, which
will permit the holders of tickets
reading to Washington, D, C„ via all
The Golden Age for April 21, 1910.
NUMBER ONE
rail to return via Norfolk, Va., down
route, this being simply the cost of
the beautiful Potomac River at an ad
ditional cost of $3.00 for this diverse
ticket from Washington to Norfolk.
Stop-overs will also be allowed at
Richmond, Va., or Norfolk, Va., within
the final limit of the tickets.
Tickets at the reduced rates will be
on sale May 16, 17 and 18, limited to
return June 1, 1910, excepting an ex
tension of the final limit to June 15,
1910, can be obtained by depositing
the return portion of tickets with the
joint Agent at Washington and pay
ing fee of SI.OO.
Pullman accommodations and furth
er information can be obtained by
communicating with Mr. D. W. Sims,
Montgomery, Ala., General Secretary
of the Alabama Sunday-school Associ
ation; Dr. Joseph Broughton, Atlanta,
Ga., President Georgia Sunday-school
Association, and Mr. J. M. Way, Spar
tanburg, S. C., General Secretary
South Carolina Association, or Mr. C.
D. Wayne, Atlanta, Ga., Assistant
General Passenger Agent of the Sea
board Air Line Railway.
MARY SHARP REUNION.
We have been able to locate over
four hundred and fifty of the former
students of this famous school of
other days. The reunion is planned
to take place May 29th-31st, at Ten
nessee College for Women, Murfrees
boro, Tenn. There are many loyal
hearts that beat faster at the mention
of this college, which once flourished
so grandly.
We are very anxious to get in
touch with every student now living,
whether graduate or not. Any reader
of this item who knows of any one
who ever attended Mary Sharp will
confer a favor on the friend and on us
leave New York harbor —for this is my first trip
across the “Big Pond.”
Still on we speed through ocean deep,
Tossed with every tide,
But soon behind us will be stretched
Atlantic wild and wide.
BURTON A. HALL.
February 14, 1910.
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An Ancient Lobe Story.
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in life is a challenge to the very best and the very
dearest in your heart. Don’t neglect her; dont be
thoughtless of her; there are so many things that
it would be so easy for you to do that would mean
so much to her. Our opportunities of lightening
burdens of this kind are so many and varied; God
help us to grasp them.
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by sending us the name and address.
There is much interest in this
event, and letters have come from all
parts of the country expressing joy.
Arrangements are being perfected for
the meeting, and the enthusiasm and
devotion expressed in the letters re
ceived is beautiful.
Sincerely,
TENNESSEE COLLEGE.
WALT HOLCOMB’S SUCCESS.
Rev. Walt Holcomb, general secre
tary of the Union Evangelistic Bu
reau, Nashville, Tenn., has recently
held great meetings in Paintsville and
Louisa, Ky. Tremendous crowds
were in attendance and hundreds of
people were converted and reclaimed
at both places. The papers speak of
the Big Sandy valley as being swept
by a mighty tidal wave of salvation.
Nothing like it before in the history of
that part of the country.
Mr. Holcomb is conducting a union
simultaneous campaign in Asland,
Ky. There are seven churches and
the Y. M. C. A. united. There are a
half dozen evangelistic workers as
sisting Mr. Holcomb in this great
campaign, and souls are being saved
at each meeting.
Beginning April 17th and cont’n
uing to May Ist, Mr. Holcomb will
conduct a great meeting in the Ry
man auditorium, Nashville, which has
a seating capacity of 7,000. These
meetings are under the auspices of
the Union Evangelistic Bureau and
endorsed by the Ministerial Alliance
of Nashville. At present the eyes of
the entire country seem to be cen
tered on Nashville, and it is hoped
that this great revival may in some
way counteract the bad influence
caused by the liquor traffic gn<J the
lawless element of this city,
