The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-02

missionary sermons she had heard.
OF the influence of her teachers and
other friends who had touched her
life, OF how she had become so in
terested IN the salvation of the
heather she had resolved that as she
worked in the home land she would
support missionary in the foreign
held, and of how the conviction had
come that God did not need her
plans, but wanted her life. She
spoke of the peace that came when
she dehnltely cOnSeCrated herself to
lie OF service on the mission field,
and now as she stood between two
open doors, one closing upon the
home land and all that it holds dear.
she could with JOY unspeakable fol-
low the leading of the unseen hand
across the seas to enter the open
door into a new world.
The large congregation, the ma
Jority of whom have known Miss
tombstone from childhood, was deep
ly moved, and many were in tears
when at the conclusion her sisters.
Misses Emma and Alice, sang i'm
pressively:
Ready to go, ready to stay,
Ready my place to fill;
Ready for service lOwly or great.
Ready to do His will
Bishop Gambler.
The grand climax to the ten DAYS
.Ot uplifting addresses covering near
ly every phase of church work came
in the services Sunday. The day was
ideal and many visitors from the sur
rounding towns and counties were
present. The Baptist congregation
also helped to swell the crowd, so
that the church was packed, chairs
being placed in the aisles and in all
available space about the chancel.
Under the direction of Mr.. J. T. Ra-
gan, Jr., a fine musical programme
was rendered, the congregation
joining heartily in singing the old
fashion hymns.
Bishop Gambler read the entire
10th chapter of Acts, basing his SER
mon on Paul's vision of the Macedo-
nian cry Come over and help u.s."
1t would be folly to so much as at
tempt a synopsis of this great dis
course on the cleansing power of the
blood of Christ. The coming of Paul
and Silas under the guidance of the
Spirit to plant the gospel in Europe,
he declared, was soul-stirring and
fertile event far more important
than the greatest victories won in
battle or the building of mighty en-
pires. With never a note of doubt
Bishop Gambler speaks out of the
depth of conviction when he holds
up as the one thing needfuI for the
restless nations grown sick of rites
and ceremonies of dead religions the
living Christ
The sermon at the evening SER
vice was from the tenth chapter of
Acts, and was a stirring call for a
forward movement in the evangel-
izatiOn of the world.
At the conclusion of the service
Miss Mary tombstone made a fare
well talk of a few minutes.
The chautauqua has been a sue
cess in every respect, and of i'm
measurable benefit to the church
and community.
Will Support Another Missionary.
At the conclusion of the services
Sunday evening the pastor, Rev. O.
B. Chester, stated that the church
had subscribed the salary of another
missionary, to go out in January of
next year He asked for 5000 for
this purpose, and got something
more than that amount. The Daw-
son Methodist church is now repre-
sented by five workers in foreign
fields. having assumed the full sal
aries of three, nearly half the salary
of fourth and SIS of fifth.
When DR.. Dickey was here the
church contributed about $500 for
the Allen Memorial Church at Emory
College.