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NEWS FROM THE WORKERS
PARRISH IN A “PARISH.”
Editor Golden Age:
After a four months’ campaign with
tent and singer, God has called me
back into the pastoral work. We
had some glorious meetings. Prof.
J. M. Pace is a great gospel singer.
We had one meeting after another in
succession; had to express tent in
most cases. Many were saved and I
believe the Lord was with us all the
time. But as the season of the year
for the tent to fold its wings for a
time, or fly further south, is upon us,
we decided to cancel all but two of
our engagements for ten meetings.
I was called to the pastorate of the
Park Avenue Baptist Church, of Bir
mingham, under the most remarkable
circumstances I ever heard of.
A committee appointed some time
since to look out for a pastor, met,
and prayed and studied for an hour,
the New Testament spirit for Church
work. Then by a secret ballot they
declared unanimous vote for the
man, and not one word had been
said, one to the other about the vot
ing. They made their report to the
Church instead of extending the call
as they had intended, they waited
for a time, then met in conference;
perfect harmony and brotherly love
prevailed; then in a regular, old-fash
ioned spirit they went into the work.
The vote was unanimous. I was no
tified by a committee headed by Rev.
Dr. J. E. Cox, a Baptist minister over
70 years of age, who made an elo
quent appeal to me. God’s holy Spir
it was present in a parlor meeting.
Without an answer, but with the
promise of one in the near future,
the committee adjourned happy, and
each declared “This has been a great
day. God is with us all.” I feel like
it would be a great mistake not to ac
cept the call. God bless The Golden
Age.
S. J. PARRISH.
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THE CITY OF THE ANGELS.
It seems that God has blessed Los
Angeles, California, above other cit
ies of the earth. Here, climate, sea
and mountain join with oranges, wal
nuts, dates, olives, grapes, and all
manner of fruits and flowers, to make
the land almost too good for frail
man.
Here man is found at his best. The
population is nearly all Anglo-Saxon,
there being only the slightest sprink
ling of negroes and foreigners.
Public sentiment is clean and mor
al. Among the four hundred thou
sand people of Los Angeles county
there is not one open house of vice
and shame. This can not be said of
another city of its s’ze on earth. Ed
dy, who has led the light for a moral
city, has been attacked by slander-
CALLAWAY’S STORY OF THE GOLDEN
AGE EDITOR.
Continued from Page 5.)
Prominent in the work of helping to carry Geor
gia ‘‘dry,” he has been widely in demand in
prohibition campaigns over the South. Those
who know him best declare he is never at his
best until some heated campaign unchains all
the lightning and logic within him, and his
fiery eloqunce as he speaks from a chair or
moves across a platform on his crutches, has
caused him to be called sometimes the “Alex
Stephens oT the Prohibition Platform.” Al
though he has never been in politics for him
self he has never shied from the ring when he
has heard what he has considered the call of a
moral duty, and he was one of the “livest
propositions” on the stump in behalf of Pope
Brown’s candidacy for the governorship. In-
ous methods, frame-ups, and blows
under the belt, and such methods as
the protectors of vice use, but his
victory has been great.
It is worthy of note that with the
exception of San Francisco, all the
cities of the Golden West are now
free from the shame which charac
terizes all great cities of the East.
The explanation lies in the great pre
dominance of real American people
in Western cities, and of foreigners
in Eastern cities.
Churches flourish in Los Angeles.
The Methodists are beginning a
mighty temple and hotel combined,
while the Baptist Temple auditorium
is one of the grandest on earth.
While supplying Central Church,
your correspondent became acquaint
ed with many pastors of the city and
found them a noble, brave, true set
of men. God bless Los Angeles and
make it an example of the whole
West —and the world.
Thomasville, Ga.
L. T. MAYS.
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BARNARD IS BUSY.
I have been busy, am busy, and will
still be busy for sometime, holding
evangelistic meetings. Will go to
North Carolina soon to fill an engage
ment in that state. Am open for en
gagements commencing on or after
Sunday, November 24.
Just closed a splendid meeting with
Pastor Elgin and his people at Perry,
Fla. —a noble Church and a fine and
faithful pastor.
JOHN E. BARNARD.
Valdosta, Ga.
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A GOOD TIME AT SCOTT.
Please allow me space in The Gold
en Age to say a few things about the
Mount Vernon Association, which re
cently convened with the Baptist
Church at Scott, Ga. It was said by
all who attended, that it was one of
the greatest sessions ever enjoyed by
our people. Some thought the little
town of Scott could not take care of
that large body; but let me say, that
the people of the Scott community
are all an enterprising, generous
hearted people. They proved their
hospitality. The preparation was
made from within, and without. Out
of their great loving hearts their doors
were opened wide, and the good wo
men, with bountiful hands, prepared
the food in abundance. Cows, hogs,
chickens and turkeys, and other good
things were served in the beautiful
Park. We can not say enough for
the good people of Scott.
Dr. J. J. Bennett, Secretary of Mis
sions, preached for us one of his mas
terly sermons. The large crowd was
greatly moved. Scott Church is the
deed, in many quarters of the State William
D. Upshaw has been talked of for governor
himself, but to suggestions this great friend
of Georgia’s youth and good government al
ways declares that he would rather help make
good boys and men fit to be a governor than
to be a governor himself.”
Ought to “Endow” Him.
The Atlanta Constitution, last week, in talk
ing of Mr. Upshaw’s address to the students
of the Georgia Military Academy, at College
Park, said: “Mr. Upshaw spoke on the ‘Pur
pose and Piety,’ moving the boys from laugh
ter to tears. At the conclusion of his speech,
President J. C. Woodward followed in a brief
address in which he declared it to be his con
viction that some educational organization like
the Rockefeller or Carnegie foundation ought
to endow William D. Upshaw and send him
The Golden Age for November 7, 1912.
coming Church of the Mount Vernon
Association. Last February, a yeai'
ago there were only three good women
that stood at the helm to hold up the
banner of this splendid Church of to
day. It is now seated with opera
pews, and will soon be painted, after
which Dr. J. J. Bennett, of Atlanta,
will preach the dedicatory sermon.
Today it has fifty-five members, and
has called their pastor, J. R. Kelley,
for two Sundays, and he will move on
the field on December the first, and
begin his work (two Sundays a
month) in November. He has been
with the Church since February,
1911, and it is hoped by ail that his
coming into our midst will bring still
greater blessings to the Church and
the people of the Scott community.
SUBSCRIBER.
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CYCLONE OF EDUCATIONAL EN
THUSIASM SWEEPS OVER
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
By Denmark Talbert.
It was a glorious day for Cyrene
Institute when the trustees decided
to begin a campaign in the interest
of the school.
It was a winning day for them
when they secured Will D. Upshaw to
wage the sight —for among all the edu
cational forces of our state there is
not one who stands ahead of him in
power to achieve victories for Chris
tian education. Not forgetful of the
heroic work and the unexcelled re
cord he made in behalf of Mercer
University and Bessie Tift College, it
was unanimous in the minds of the
trustees when the name of W. D. Up
shaw was mentioned that he was “the
man for the place” to lead a campaign
to raise $21,000 (Twenty-one Thousand
Dollars) for Cyrene Institute. Not
withstanding the many urgent and
pressing editorial demands upon his
time, when the appeal of Christian
education and Cyrene Institute reach
ed him he threw them all aside and
gave it the consideration worthy of
the cause.
Then “He came, e saw. He con
quered.” Reaching Calvary in time
for the meeting of the Bowen Associa
tion he first presented his work to
that body and the people were at once
captured to the man and the cause,
and the response in the way of a con
tribution was most encouraging.
Thus, at the association was begun
a twelve days’ campaign which in def
inite results reached about $9,000.
(Nine Thousand Dollars.)
The work was presented to only a
portion of our association and Cy
rene, Brinson, Donaldsonville, Leia
and Iron City were the only places
visited.
The most notable meeting was at
Cyrene, when on Sunday morning,
October 13, Mr. Upshaw spoke on
deeper consecration and then brought
before the audience the cause which
lies so close to their hearts. In ex
pression of their confidence in the
school and Christian education they
subscribed nearly $5,500 (Five Thou
sand, Five Hundred Dollars) toward
cancelling the debt. ’Twas a meet
ing of unusual inspiration —indeed, it
was a real upheaval.
The wealthy and the poor, each
and all, wanting to have a part; even
the school children willing to pick
cotton to earn money to help the
school.
It was a time of great rejoicing
tears of joy coursing down the
cheeks of many. It was such a meet
ing as one seldom enjoys; one where
educational and religious enthusiasm
and inspiration swayed the hearts of
all. God has given this man a pe
culiar gift of power, and victory came
wherever he went. At the public
school, where he always went and
talked to the children, or in his
platform lecture there was left
behind that spirit of worthy pride
and eagerness for higher things
that shall linger and grow.
I wish to endorse the idea of that
prominent educator at the head of the
Georgia Military Academy, who said:
That while Carnegie and Rockefeller
were endowing so many things, he
thought some one ought to endow Will
D. "Upshaw and send him all over this
country to inspire America’s youth!
We say Amen and Amen!
This is but the beginning of the vic
tories we shall report, for Mr. Up
shaw is to come back and lead a twen
ty days’ campaign in December, and
we don’t know just what may hap
pen.
He can fight liquor and he can
fight ignorance and selfishness as well.
To this Southwest Georgia, so long
calm and sleeping in the way of Chris
tian education, we feel that a real
“cyclone” has swept along, and we
like its effects so well we trust that
about December 1 it shall direct its
course all over this section and leave
no place untouched.
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among the schools and colleges of the land to
make such inspiring speeches to the youth of
America.”
Not Ordained, But “Constrained.”
It is such a man who comes to Macon under
the auspices of the Tabernacle Baptist Church,
speaking on Sunday afternoons and nights at
the city auditorium for the uplift of the people
spiritually. Upshaw who is not an ordained
preacher (you would never know it if he didn’t
tell you) declares that while he is not ordained
he is “constrained” to do all the good he can
to all the people he can. He has conducted
some wonderful meetings in some of the most
important centers of the South, and recently
in Washington, D. C., and the desperate earn
estness of the man, with the stirring delivery
of his message, always wins the hearts of the
multitudes who flock to hear him.