The Atlanta constitution., 1896-08-31

J. l. 4. Tatum Ala-A new subscriber
from southeast Alabama wishes 10 join
the band OF sisters if the editress b. will
ing Time ard tsdc wait FOR 10 man"
therefore. while the dew is stil on the
grass while the birds are holding their
songs. while the sweet flowers are
opening their petals in the early morning
air. 1 hasten To come before old Sol crosses
the meridian. for then I can do nothing
but seek for "A cool place. cool place,
where can t be found when the mercury
ranges from tho niHeties 10 a hundred
iu toe shadc2 often in the afternoon not
a breeze stirs 10 refresh the atmosphere
Tho wind hy common consent falls asleep
IN their Various quarters. while the whit
clouds. i'm the azure sky. seem apparently
motionlcss outside a hot, brtathless
glare out of which tho tail oaks stand
straight and mute. while the flowers lam
guidly wait for night dow or "a thunder
shower. / live iu the country and have a
pleasant home. hut for the lass; seven
wears have done hut Httlc> learned but
ltti". seen out little. I nave walked the
same rouad every day. ] could not get out
Of IL. 7 have scare aly D, ~ out of SIGHT
of our own chim1eY's smoke. Then what
could I say to interest you all. my life
being ON scale SO narrow. I am just
AN ordinary woman. not gifted nor skillful
with pen. but would willingly learn gladly
welcome every help. 1t has be0n sad to
uudorvaluc our own thought because il is
our own. 60 deprcciate our powers or fac
mites hecaSc some one clsc's are more.
vigorous. to sh.rk from doing what we can
bccause we can do 80 little. is 20 binder
our own development and the progress of
the wort T." For it is only by exercise
that every faculty is strengthened and the
world moves. aud humanity advances. not
by the gigantic strokes Of The great work
crs hut by tho aggregate small pushes of
every honest worker. / am not an idicr.
yet my opportunities, in some directions,
are much more limited than many others.
I am NOT impatient about my lot. Would
like "a wider. brighter field. l know tnat "A
woman ia the performance OF her home
dUjies has the opportunity 10 40 much
good and 90 shed refining, Christian in
nUcnce an around her.
We are an delighted with The Constitu-
ton and feel that We cannot well do with
out H. All Of Aunt Susic's" talks are
entertaining and helpful and ! enjoy her
friends letters from italy ana Switzerland.
Momau's Kingdom. Talmages sermons
Bn Arp's ami Plunketrs pieces are worth
what We pay for the paper.
Annie Johnson. Jupiter. Ala.-What Is
the past without the future? What is
memory when il is not accompanied by
hope? How is the force of moral life
etrensthened? Is il not by successive cf-
Il
duty2 Must not amy moral life dwindle and
fade away If ii hc not reaching forward to
a standard higher truer, purcr, stronger
than its own? viii not the struggles, the
sacrifices the self conqrests help US on
s.ard2 Has not the Author of our life 50
bound up its deepest instincts and yearn-
ings with His own eternity, that no bless
ings in the years past would be blessings
To us If they were uHcOnnected with the
futUrc2 can We not see upon us visible
signs of the swift scasons2 Then. look
ing within. can we not find much which
God alone knows; then we ask ourselves.
have We made a conquest of the cross and
come of conqucrors. or. are We simply
drifting with the tide of humanity; have
we prolitcd by any Gieiplinc which has
come into our lives. and have we made a
conquest of the cross given us to bear,
for all have crosses, often gricVous ones.
We can some day lay down the cross and
take up the crown if we make a complete
conquest of trials and do not lose sight OF
the prize set before us. l send five cents
for the Grady hospital.
Exchange List.
III. II. Cauthcn, Midway. :. C.. has new
photo outfit and secondhand Crescent hi
cycle for exchange. Write what YOU have
L. \. Elliott Havana. Ala. has good re-
VolVcr for exchange. Write. with stamp
Mrs. s. w. Bond, Ardmore. l. T.. will
exchange silk and velvet pieces mot small