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NEWS FROM THE WORKERS
I will not doubt, though all my ships
at sea,
Come drifting home with broken
masts and sails;
I shall believe the Hand which never
fails,
From seeming evil worketh good for
me;
And though I w r eep because those sails
are battered,
Still will I cry, while my best hopes
lie shattered,
“I trust in thee.”
I will not doubt, though all my prayers
return
Unanswered from the still, white
realm above;
I shall believe it is an all-w'ise Love
Which has refused those things for
which I yearn;
And though at times I cannot keep
from grieving,
Yet the pure ardor of my fixed be
lieving.
Undimmed shall burn.
LET SOMEBODY ANSWER THIS
LETTER.
Never Mind Who Wrote This Letter —
The Author is a brave Man, and
Somebody Ought to Answer
it. We Will Forward a
Reply Through the Office
Os The Golden Age.
Dear Golden Age:
You were so kind as to come to me,
until “patience ceased to be a vir
tue,” and then you stopped. Per
haps my account has been placed on
the “bad list.” That’s where I would
have placed it if I had been in your
place. But here is where I can hand
you a surprise. Os course, if you
really knew me, and knew how anx
ious I am to pay every debt that I
owe, you would say, as others have
said, “I knew that fellow would pay
just as soon as he got able.” But
that is one of the pleasures of life you
have never known, you don’t know
me. I am sorry, but maybe you will
some time.
So here is the little surprise I have
for you. It is a check for $3.00, and
will cover the most of my back dues.
Perhaps it is not quite enough, and
if not, you will please inform me, and
I will manage to raise the rest and
send it to you.
This should have been attended to
long ago. I will not tell you why
I have waited so long. It is unin
teresting for the business manager to
read all about the “hungry mouths”
and such things that must be filled.
About “hard times.” You have all
these things yourself. But I believe
if the business manager could stay
with me two or three days, he would
see things as I see them.
The Golden Age was a blessing to
me, and if 1 could afford to, I’d have
it come right along.
God bless you; and may other hope
less ones strain a point as I have
done, and help the good cause.
Fraternally and truly yours,
(Ed Note. —Let somebody start a
fund to send The Golden Age to such
aspiring families as this letter reveals.
We will meet you half way.—Ed.)
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SAN BENITO.
Rev. S. H. Baucom, of Beeville, was
with me in revival meetings at Har
lingen and San Benito 25 days. Twelve
(lays at Harlingen as a result of the
I Will Not Doubt
I will not doubt, though sorrows fall
like rain,
And troubles swarm like bees about
a hive;
I shall believe the heights for which
I strive
Are only reached by anguish and by
pain;
And though I groan and tremble with
my crosses,
I yet shall see, through my severest
losses,
The greater gain.
I will not doubt; well anchored in the
faith,
Like some staunch, ship, my soul
braves every gale,
So strong its courage that it will
not fail
To breast the mighty unknown sea of
Death.
Oh, may I cry when body part with
spirit,
“J. do not doubt,” so listening worlds
may hear it,
With my last breath.
labors of this servant up to date there
were 14 additions to the Church, $73
for state missions, S2O paid to his sing
er. There are others 'who will come into
the fellowship of the Church. Follow
ing the meeting at Harlingen, we be
gan services at San Benito, which con
tinued 13 days. Twenty added to
the Church, 8 for baptism. sllO was
raised in cash and pledges for Home
and Foreign missions. Bro Baucom
did splendid work; he was at his
best and was highly appreciated by
many who were of the opposite faith.
Rev. Burress, of Brownsville, was
with us the last night of the meeting
and gave us a good message. Rev. R.
A. Cohron was with us last Sunday
and preached twice. Three came
into the fellowship of the Church, one
for baptism. We are now on full
time and expect greater blessings, for
the people are putting themselves out
on the promise of God and are walk
ing by faith. We are now seeing the
promise of God verified after seven
years toil and patient waiting. (Gal.
6:9.) We are now being greatly
blessed by the coming of many of
God’s choicest people of the earth.
Our people will soon erect another
room to accommodate the Sunday
School.
We have not asked at any time for
the best field in which to labor, but
only ask for grace to be a submissive
subject in the hands of the Potter.
Now, it occurs that the Lord has giv
en us the best and truest folk with
which to labor on for His glory. We
are expecting great blessings in all
spiritual labors. We shall pray for
the day speedily to come when our
people shall be freed from the bond
age of the whiskey traffic. Harlingen
has organized a union for the purpose
of mustering out all strength possible
in this; line of work. Mrs. Curtis will
lecture for us on Thursday night of
this week. Harlingen Church has
called Rev. S. F. Marsh who is now
principal of the high school. He is
a good man, well equipped in every
way for the work when he shall have
been ordained which will be attended
to on next Sunday, the 30th. Harlin
gen is now moving forward and there
is a bright future for that Church as
well as for all the churches of the
valley,
Fraternally,
W, H. PETTY,
The Golden Age for October 31, 1912.
CHRISTIAN-JEW THRILLS CEDAR
TOWN.
Last Sunday evening at the First
Baptist Church, Cedartown, Ga., Rev.
L. J. Ehrlich, the Christian-Jew preach
er, thrilled every heart who heard
him, as he pleaded for the gospel to
be carried to the Jews, his own be
loved people.
His theme was the gospel of Christ
to the Jews, Romans 10:3-14.
Bro. Ehrlich is an earnest, devout
Christian, and a forceful speaker, with
clear views of the plan of salvation.
I trust that many of our pastors
will have him to present the cause
which is so much on his heart, to
their people. God will use him might
ily in stirring up the hearts of the
brethren in this good work. The
blessings of God be upon him and the
long-forgotten Jews.
W. J. D. UPSHAW.
Atlanta, Ga., October 25, 1912.
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OPENING OF SPELMAN SEMINARY
The great work of Spelman Semi
nary, which was begun in Atlanta in
1881, by Miss Packard and Miss Giles,
is continuing with undiminished suc
cess in the training of large numbers
of Negro girls for usefulness in life.
The chapel w r as filled on the first day
of October at the opening exercises,
and words of welcome, commenda
tion, encouragement, and exhortation
were spoken by visiting friends,
among whom were Dr. C. W. Daniel
and Dr. E. P. Johnson, trustees;
Prof. E. C. Merry, C. S. C. of Fulton
county, and Dr. E. R. Carter and Dr.
P. J. Bryant, who represented the
Atlanta Negro Baptist churches. The
enrollment is over five hundred. The
Nurse Training Department and Mac-
Vicar Hospital start under the man
agement of a new dean, Miss Emily
A. Surry. A very successful year is
anticipated for Spelman.
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BISHOPVILLE UNITED IN GREAT
REVIVAL.
The meeting conducted by Evan
gelist W. L. Walker and his singer,
E. L. Woleslagel, closed last Sunday
evening with the largest religious
gathering we have ever seen in Bish
opville. There was seating capacity
for at least 800 and every seat and
the benches were crowded and on the
outer circle autos, surries and buggies
were lined up just as close together
as they could be placed, even then
every window in the Methodist
Church on the side nearest the audi
ence was filled with people anxious
to hear the preacher. Commencing
the Sunday evening two weeks pre
vious the people were drawn to these
meetings. At first no doubt, from cu
riosity, but as the services con
tinued each day, the crowd in
creased in numbers and such an
interest was manifested that at
its close the congregation was esti
mated to be more than 1,000. During
the two weeks, the local ministers an
nounced that one hundred and thirty
have expressed a desire to join the
Church. Although the meeting was
conducted by a Baptist, yet it was a
union meeting, every denomination
taking part in it and nothing was said
or done to ruffle the feeling of the
most sensitive. A spirit of brotherly
love and Christian unity seemed to
have permeated the whole commun
ity and all feel the good effects of hav
ing these earnest humble workers,
Messrs. Walker and Woleslagel to
come in our midst and for two solid
weeks the plain home gospel truths
were preached and the praises of
God sung at these consecrated ser
vices, We must say right here, that
Mr. Woleslagel is a master singer.
He gathered together thirty or forty
raw recruits and organized them into
a choir. In a few days he had them
singing splendidly and before the close
of the meeting they sang like pro
fessionals.
The series of sermons preached by
Mr. Walker was so arranged that
when you heard one, you did not
want to miss the next and so on to
the end. His sermon on the Second
Coming of Christ was the finest we
have ever heard on the subject. In
fact all of his sermons, from first to
last, were instructive, uplifting to the
struggling Christian and convincing to
the most skeptical.
He preached with great power, yet
with such simplicity, that even the
children were his most attentive
hearers.
By the outdoor exercises he reached
every class of our people. We saw
men attending that seldom ever went
to Church. No better evidence of the
deep interest in the meeting could be
given than in the superb good order
at every service. Then at the last
when a call was made for voluntary
contributions for the support of these
servants of God, the people showed
their deep appreciation of. their work
and went down into their pockets and
gladly contributed the sum of $360
odd dollars.
PIONEER WORK AND PROGRESS
OF THE WOMAN’S BAPTIST
MISSION UNION OF
GEORGIA.
By Mrs. Stainbark Wilson.
This will be a very interesting and
accurate history of the pioneer work
of this great organization of Georgia’s
women, and will be ready for delivery
to subscribers about the first of No
vember. It will contain the likeness
of the first presidents, and five cor
responding secretaries of the Union,
who have served during the thirty
four years since its organization. Also
the likeness of Mrs. C. W. Pruitt and
her little baby boy, Ashley, who died
in China, as she thought for the want
of a physician, and which was the be
ginning of medical missions which has
done, and is doing so much good in
foreign fields. It will also have the
likeness of Rev. T. W. Ayers, our first
medical missionary supported by the
women of Georgia in response to Mrs.
Pruitt’s appeal. Also our beloved
corresponding secretary of the State
Mission Board, the late Dr. J. H. De
voti, who did so much to forward the
work of the Union during the pioneer
period. Will not each society in the
state get up a club of ten, at 10 cents
each (cost of publication), and send
to Mrs. Stainbark Wilson, 17 Cherokee
avenue, Atlanta, Ga., and she will mail
to the one getting up the club.
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AN EXAMPLE OF GRIT.
(From Ada (Okla.) Evening New’s.)
It makes one tired to hear street
loafing young men bewailing the lack
of opportunities in this day and time,
maintaining that all the opportunities
worth talking about were taken up
long ago or else some other fellow
came along and by sheer good luck
stumbled over the last one. The trou
ble is that these young Solomons
have never brought themselves to the
point where they are willing to make
the sacrifice necessary in preparing
themselves for responsible positions.
If a man really wants to succeed he
can overcome almost any obstacle, as
is well shown by the case of W. D.
Upshaw, who is here to deliver a lec
ture this evening. When only a boy
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