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PALESTINE TO PULPIT
Tort Worth, Texas, in Grip of Great Rebibal —Ebangelist Rurton A. Hall Re
turns From Holy Land and Renelvs Crusade Against the Minions of Satan.
(By Western Correspondent.)
The Travel Notes from Palestine recently pub
lished in The Golden Age have so greatly delighted
our readers that we are sure they will be anxious to
keep in touch with their author, Evangelist Burton
A. Hall.
Through a western correspondent, we learn that
Mr. Hall is in the midst of a great revival in North
Fort Worth, Texas. The report says:
“Like John and Jesus, Mr. Hall begins his revivals
by preaching ‘Repentance toward God, and faith to
ward Christ.’ He deals with conditions as he finds
them, and does not lose time in building nebulous
theories, or soaring skyward on the w’ings of gauzy
platitudes. With the spirit of determination born
of the West, he believes that whenever God's people
get ready to pay the price for a great meeting in
prayer and dead earnest heart work, they can have
it. “Pray like it all depended on God; work like it
all depended on men,” is his terse edict to the Chris
tians as a foundation principle. “If you have relig
ion, you know it. If you don’t know it, you haven’t
got it.”
He believes that the doctrines of repentance and
faith are being neglected by the preachers of today.
Most of his preaching is along this line.
It was thought by many of the church people that
the time was not ripe for a general revival here.
But many others felt that they had waited for a re
freshing from the Lord long enough. Owing to the
cold weather the meeting began in the First Bap
tist Church. The house was soon packed, and
people stood all around the doors and windows;
overflow meetings were held in the Methodist
church. But all seemed anxious to hear the burn
ing messages of the young evangelist. A large tent
was secured, and in a few’ nights the crowds were
so immense that hundreds and thousands pressed
and surged all around the tent listening to catch
SHORTER PICKS ANOTHER PLUM.
It would seem that Shorter College,
Rome, Ga., is striving to gather up all
the literary satellites. All Georgia
“sat up and took notice” when Prof.
A. W. VanHoose, of Gainesville,
agreed to accept the Presidential
chair. Then Prof. J. W. Gaines, of
Cox College, was loosed from his
moorings and towed away to Shorter,
despite the sorrow and genuine regret
of his numerous friends in College
Park. And now the intelligence
comes that Bessie Tift College, For
syth, has been pilfered of the stately
seer who has for six years presided
over her Bible and Latin classes —
Prof. L. R. Hogan. With this genial
trio of gentlemen as their leaders the
youth of classic Rome are “Shor—ter
win.”
THE WORLD MISSIONARY CON
FERENCE.
The third of the series of World
Missionary Conferences will meet in
Edinburgh, Scotland, June 14-23,
1910. The keynote of this session of
the Conference is the discussion and
adoption of the best means for reach
ing non-Christian peoples. Reports
will be heard from experts who have
been carefully investigating the meth
ods employed by Christian workers in
America, Great Britain, and Europe.
It is expected that much practical in
formation will be gained from this
procedure. - - •
DIDN’T LIKE DRY LITERATURE.
Prof. Ellis and his “five-foot library”
has dwindled into insignificance since
... -the. discovery, hy ths Boston police of
T HINGS TH A T ARE HA PEENING
every sentence that fell from the young man’s lips.
Numbers of strong men from all walks of life came
dovm the aisles at every service and surrendered
to Christ.
Sunday afternoon, Mr. Hall spoke to men only on
the subject, “The True Man,” 1 Kings 2:2. At the
close of the discourse the unsaved literally crowded
the aisles in a rush to make their surrender to
Jesus. Strong men cried out aloud, falling on each
other’s necks, weeping and rejoicing together in
their new-found joy.
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Philathea Girls and June Roses.
(Continued from Page 7.)
Report of Recording Secretary—Miss Mamie Lou
Huff, Columbus;
Report of Corresponding Secretary—Miss Leila
Bunkley, Brunswick.
Report of Treasurer —Miss Carrie Hill, Monte
zuma.
Report of State President —Miss Mamie Deubler,
Dawson.
Open Discussion —“What Philathea Has Done For
Me.” —Mrs. Ivey, Daw’son.
Announcements.
Mizpah Benediction.
Wednesday Afternoon —3:30.
Hymn.
Scripture Lesson —Prayer—Mrs. T. G. Stacy,
Brunswick.
Minutes of previous meeting.
“Philathea Influence” —Mrs. W. A. Summerlin,
Dublin.
Class Reports.
Question Box—Miss Eckert, National Field Secre
tary.
Report of Nominating Committee.
a more remarkable collection of read
ing matter.
Policeman Mantell recently paid a
visit to Miss Annie Higgins, who re
sides in an apartment house in Tre
mont street. The walls of Miss Hig
gins’ apartment were filled with am
ple shelves each laden with a vari
gated assortment of literature.
Mantell is a book-loving man, and
as he was leaving the house he took
a volume of Dante’s “Inferno” from
the shelf.
When he pressed its sides in his
eager clasp it opened up and display
ed a bottle of the best “red eye.”
“Elizabeth and her German Garden”
brought forth a crop of “rock and
rye;” “The History of Our Country”
and “The People’s Home Physician”
all contained liquid messages to the
outside world.
Miss Higgins was arrested and her
beloved library taken to the station
and booked as witnesses against her.
CHINA’S AWAKENING.
For the first time in the history of
China, an official almanac has been
issued that contains the Christian
Sundays as well as the Chinese holy
days. To the uninformed this seems
of small significance, but to those
who have counted the pulse beats of
the sleeping Giantess and prayed for
her awakening into the clear light of
Christianity it means great progress,
and the occasion for great rejoicing.
STARTLING JUDGMENT.
“About a quarter of a century ago
an Infidel got up on one of the heights
of the Catskill Mountains, and in the
The Golden Age for June 2, 1910.
presence of some atheistic compan
ions defied the God of Heaven to show
Himself in battle. He swung his
sword to and fro, and challenged the
Almighty to meet him in single com
bat. The Almighty paid no attention
to him, of course, but He just commis
sioned a little gnat, so small that it
could scarcely be seen by a micro
scope, to lodge in his windpipe and
choke him to death.” —Dr. Pierson.
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THE ECONOMIC PHASE.
The entire railroad system controll
ed by James J. Hill, has issued an
anti-drinking order which will not be
relished by the liquor men along the
thousands of miles which the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific lines
traverse. The order reads as fol
lows:
“We do not wish to have in our em
ploy men who drink liquor. Do not
employ drinking men. If men now
working under you drink, tell them
they must stop or make way for men
who will not drink.”
The order is the result of the inves
tigation of a number of mishaps on
these roads, where it has been discov
ered that the loss of property, life
and limb have been the result of
drinking by employes.—lllinois Issue.
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OUR FIRST MONEY.
The first United States money was
made in 1786, but instead of bearing
the faces of leading statesmen it bore
only the face of Liberty. Some few
coins were stamped with the face of
Washington and are highly valued by
collectors. The first coins struck by
the United States mint were some
Expansion Work —Miss Annie Callahan, Atlanta.
Announcements.
. Mizpah Benediction.
Colonial Tea tendered by D. A. R., Oglethorpe Ho
tel, 5 to 6 p. m., Wednesday.
Wednesday Evening—B:ls.
Music —Choir First Methodist Church.
Minutes of previous meeting.
Address —Miss Eckert.
Music —Choir First Methodist Church.
“How to Interest Indifferent Members” —Mrs. Sam
P. Jones, Cartersville.
Announcements.
Music —Choir First Methodist Church.
Adjournment.
Mizpah Benediction.
Thursday Morning—lo:oo.
Hymn.
Scripture Lesson —Prayer—Miss Jane Duggan,
Brunswick.
Minutes of previous meeting.
Class Reports.
“Some Things We Ought to Do” —Mr. S. C. Calla
way, Atlanta.
Open Discussion —“Philathea Socials —Miss Eck
ert.
Election of officers.
Thursday Afternoon.
Boat Ride tendered by Baraca Class.
Thursday Evening.
Music —First Presbyterian Choir.
Scripture Lesson —Prayer—Rev. F. D. Thomas,
First Presbyterian Church.
Minutes of previous meeting.
“Woman’s Work in the Bible” —Dr. Len Brough
ton.
Report of Resolution Committee.
Music —First Presbyterian Choir.
Installation of Officers.
Consecration Service.
Music —First Presbyterian Choir.
Benediction.
Adjournment of Convention by President.
half dimes in 1792. The first United
States dimes were struck in France
from old silver family plate furnished
by Washington and were known as
“Martha Washington dimes” from the
fact that the Liberty head was adapt
ed to that of the president’s wife. —
New York American.
MARK TWAIN ON PROHIBITION.
Mark Twain found an absolutely
original and apparently conclusive
reason for opposing prohibition. His
genial humor makes us suspect that
he was poking fun at the people who
claim that prohibition does not pro
hibit.
“I am a friend of temperance, and
I want it to succeed, but I don’t think
prohibition is practical. The Ger
mans, you see, prevent it. Look at
them. They have just invented a
scheme for making brandy out of saw
dust! Now, what chance will prohibi
tion have when a man can take a rip
saw and go out and get drunk with a
fence rail? What is the good of prohi
bition if a man is able to make brandy
mashes out of the shingles on his own
roof, or if he can get the delirium tre
mens by drinking the legs off the
kitchen table.”
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The fellow who makes the most
noise, defines the Philadelphia Rec
ord, doesn’t always have a sound
mind.
*
It was a French woman who ex
claimed, holding up a glass of spark
ling fresh water, “Ah! if it were only
wicked to drink this, how nice it
would taste! ” ' •
