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Encouragement for “Prodigal Sons”
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F you go to the beaujtiful town of
Thomasville, Georgia, asking, “Who’s
i the best loved citizen —the bell all-
around man in town?” there would
doubtless be one unvarying answer: “John
M. Dekle —everybody loves Uncle John De
kle.”
But if you go to the store of Dekle Co. and
find this beloved old soldier of the sixties and
soldier of the Cross and ask him about his
religious life he will have but one answer:
“A sinner saved by grace.”
Sometime ago the editor of The Golden
Age found in a season of heart-fellowship with
this good man that he had years ago told the
story of his spiritual struggles in an original
poem on “The Prodigal.” And here is en
couragement for “prodigal sons” everywhere
—if a faithful servant of God like John M.
Dekle has his darksome hours of trial, temp
tation and wandering from a conscious near
ness to the Father, surely the average Chris
tian need not wonder or be discouraged when
the serpent that led the Prodigal astray cross
es his flinty path. —Editor.
THE PRODIGAL.
“Make me one of thy hired servants.”
Luke 15-19.
Father, I have wandered far from home,
Out into the world to die;
Haunt me now where’er I roam,
THE CALL TO PRAYER
President Wilson has issued an
earnest call to prayer, asking that all
Christians assemble in their respec-
TETTERINE CURES PILES.
Every sufferer from Piles ought to read
these words from H. S. Hood, Bellaire,
Mich. —“For 16 years I had been a sufferer
from Itching piles. I got a box of Tetter
ine and less than half the box made a com
plete cure.” Tetterlne gives instant relief
in all skin diseases such as Eczema, Tet
ter. Ringworm, Ground Itch, etc., and con
stitutes a permanent remedy. 50c at drug
gists er by mail from Shuptrine Co., Sa
vannah. Ga.
IF BACK HURTS USE
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Eat less meat if Kidneys feel like lead
or Bladder bothers you—Meat
forms uric acid.
Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and
clogged and need a flushing occas
ionally, else we have backache and
dull misery in the kidney region, se
vere headaches, rheumatic twinges,
torpid liver, acid stomach, sleepless
ness and all sorts of bladder dis
orders. ,
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous s msi Ista ETAOIN UNIN
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. It also neu
tralizes t'he acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
water drink when to keep their keep
their kidneys clean, thus avoiding ser
ious complications.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble.
THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 1, 1914
five places of worship on Sunday,
October 4th to petition Almighty
God to bring to a speedy close the
terrible war which is now devastating
all Europe—the most awful war of
the ages—and to bring about a last
ing peace.
I sincerely hope this call will find
a hearty response; on the part of all
our pastors and Sunday School teach
ers. I have just returned from Ger
many, France and England. When I
left England I left a nation at prayer.
No language can portray the awful
ness of this war. Men are being
slained by hundreds of thousands. I
saw fields smiling with golden grain
but alas within two days drenched
with human blood. O, the pity of it!
O, the crime of it!
If I can serve the brethren or the
churches in any possible way I am at
their call.
J. J. HALL,
Director American Peace Society.
Office First Baptist Church, Atlanta,
Ga.
In connection with the above from
Dr. J. J. Hall, director of the South
Atlantic States Department of the
American Peace Society, we are glad
to announce that we have the prom
ise that at an early date he will give
us a most interesting account of his
thrilling experiences in the war zone,
from which he has just returned.
The Golden Age has ever stood for
those things which make for peace
and righteousness, and now when the
red hand of war is croppling
churches, missions, educational insti
tutions —wrecking homes and slaying
hundreds of thousands of the world’s
bravest and best, we are glad to cry
out with Dr. Hall against “the pity
and crime of it all” in the name of
The echoes of my famished cry,
Pressing hard its sravage hand,
With relentless, cruel hold,
Fettered with an iron band,
Forming misery yet untold.
Longings for Thy mansions bright,
Rush like torrents o’er my soul;
Let a ray of precious light,
Cheer me as in days of old;
Animate this wayward heart,
Lift it, Lord, above the gloom—
Bid its joys no more depart,
’Till Thy mansions be its home.
In that home so bright above,
To the Emerald Gates so fait*;
Let a lonesome, weary dove,
Find an open portal there;
Stretch to me Thy guiding hand,
Lead me back to home and Thee;*
Help me now to understand,
The greatness of Thy love to me.
My sins, O!! Father, I confess,
Though so vile and dark they are;
I’ve nothing left now but distress,
Not worthy to be called an heir.
If favor still is found with Thee,
Give to me a servant’s place;
I know I cannot perish there,
’Neath Thine all-abounding grace.
—JOHN M. DEKLE.
Thomasville, Ga., June, 1892.
Jesus, the Prince of Peace, and urge
Christians everywhere to observe the
day not by the repeating of some
flowery rhetorically correct written
prayer as suggested by one of our
dailies who make no profession of
believing in the divine Christ, but
let us go reverently and earnestly to
the God of the universe with a plea,
that he stay the awful carnage, which
comes from the depths of our own
individual hearts. We need not expect
an answer from a prayer of any
other type.
OUR PRESIDENTS
PROCLAMATION FOR PRAYER
(Continued from Page 4.)
Some years ago a great prayer
went up from the heart and wonder
ful soul of a man gifted beyond his
peers —and Kipling sang —
“Lord God of Hosts be with us
yet —
Lest we forget—lest we forget—”
Have we forgotten? Have we for
gotten to let our souls go up in
grayer constantly against the forces
of the evil one?
Have we forgotten that evil never
sleeps, never tires, and that if we
ever conquer we must not weary in
well doing?
Do we forget to pray? Do we for
get to send up soul currents suf
ficiently strong to counteract the cur
rents of evil that are never stemmed
and never tired?
If we have, let us obey the procla
mation to mobilize and be ready for
the great struggle o$ soul forces
against evil.
O, let us respond to the great
proclamation for prayer, not one day
only but every day—the most power
ful weapon ever used in a struggle for
the supremacy over Evil is prayer.
Then let us take hold by faith that
our prayers may prevail.
Be Sure to Read Bot-
tom of Page 3
THE HELPING HAND.
Continued from Page 3.)
it indicates to us the character of the work that
has to be done.
In the year 1911 there was held in the city of
New York what was known as “A Child Welfare
Exhibition.” It was one of the most thrilling exhi
bitions ever held in any part of the world. At the
front gate of the exhibition grounds there was a
statue by Louis Potter, and there were four figures
in it. And these four figures taken together have
done more to stir up that country than a hundred
sermons. In that group there was a woman, having
on her back a heavy burden, and she was bending
forward under the pressure of it. Next to her was
a man of about the same age, who had on his
shoulders a great pack, much larger than the pack
on her shoulder, and he was bent forward under his
load. Next to him was an old man with long white
hair, and his knees were greatly bent, and he was
almost in the act of falling under a pack that rested
upon his shoulder. And then, in the half circle
which they made, and just a bit in front of them,
there was a little boy, two-thirds naked, with pinched
face, hollow eyes, shrunken shoulders, narrow chest,
a sad look, indicating that he was half starved for
food and more than half starved for pure air and
healthy, wholesome exercise. He had no pack on
his shoulder. He carried his pack in his body. He
was the child of this man and this woman, who had
all that they could carry.
In that statue there was the world represented, the
world of need; the need of the father, the head of
the family, with all that he could carry; the need of
the mother and the wife of the home, with all that
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THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Try it! Hair gets soft, fluffy and
beautiful—Get a 25 cent bottle
of Danderine.
If you care for heavy hair that glis
tens with beauty and is radiant with
life; has an incomparable softness and
is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine.
Just one application doubles the
beauty of your hair, besides it imme
diately dissolves every particle of
dandruff. You can not have nice
heavy, healthy hair if you have
dandruff. This destructive scurf robs
the hair of its lustre, its strength and
its very life, and if not overcome it
produces a feverishness and itching of
the scalp; the hair roots famish,
loosen and die; then the hair falls out
fast.c Surely get a 25-cent bottle of
Knowlton’s Danderine from any drug
store and just try it.
COMB ?AGE TEA IK
LIFELESS GRAY HAIR
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Look young! Common garden Sage
and Sulphur darkens so naturally
nobody can tell
Grandmother kept her hair beauti
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair fell out or took
on that dull, faded or streaked ap
pearance, this simple mixture was ap
plied with wonderful effect. By asking
at any drug store for “Wyeth’s Sage
and Sulphur Compound,” you wiill
get a large bottle of this old-'time
recipe, ready to use, for about 50
cents. This simple mixture can be
depended upon to restore natural
color and beauty to the hair and is
splendid for dandruff, dry, itchy scalp
and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth’s Sage
and Sulphur, because it darkens so
naturally and evenly that nobody can
tell it has been applied—it’s so easy
to use, too. You simply dampen a
comb or soft brush and draw it
through your hair, taking one strand
at a time. By morning the gray hair
disappears; after another application
or two, it is restored to its natural
color and looks glossy, soft and abun
dant.
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