The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-12-20

! am still shut In and suffer. on! SO much
but in spite of all my suffering | feel very
happy and thankful to God for sparing my
life to see the time drawing SO near the
precious birthday of Christ. No doubF
many sorrows and heartaches have come
to many of you since last Christmas Ihe
very fact that your troubles and anXietes
seem to you so Overwhelming is q PROOF
of their rarity. We should not let these
afflictions outweigh the joys God gives US
In such abundance. and even when n,, the the
shadow seem deepest should comfort
ourselves with the thought that 1t must
soon pass away.
How many OF you VIII make the corning
Christmas a joyful time for those whose
lives know so little Of JOY? II there are
any invalids near you visit them and !et
mem know they are not forgotten ana a E"u
brighten and pale lips smile in fond APP
precautions of your visit Some months ago
mailed to Miss Emma l.anE:ord, OF Rock
pile, Ga. a crocheted scarf and have never
heard from her. Would Ike for her TO
,, write me If she received it or not.
Dear Junior am an Alabama girl wish
| ing to join your happy band and will take
| for my subject Labor" The highest ana
lowest alike acknowledge the universal
| sway Of labor and that it cannot be other
wise than honorable. Without it nothing can
be accomplished. 1t is an Indispensable
requisite to all the sweet influence of re-
|
a garden of roses; It whitens the sea with
sails and stretches bands of iron across
| the continent. 1t drives the poW, sCatters
the seed and causes the fields to wave
| in golden harvest for the good of man.
1t gathers the grain and sends 1t to the diff
ferent regions of the earth to other mil
| lions In less favorable channels. 1t mods
| the brick and shapes the columns that
| rear not only the humblest cottages, but
| the governors palaces. Man will never
h3DDlnoSS
its greatest influence for good or reach
the summit OF his ambition save only
through long labor The Lord said: Take
up thy cross and come unto me ana L
will give thee rest" Only those that labor
are called for; only the weary need rest,
There are great responsibilities resting
upon the young, for those who's" heads are
frosted over with many winters will soon
be gone: must take up their work.
Lucy Mann. Sumtorvllle, Fla.--Dear Ju-
nior: l have long been n reader Of The
Junior department and think 1t the best
page of The Constitution. Papa has been
subscriber of The Constitution two or three
years and l don't think We could get along
without it. ] take for my subject Kind
ness"
Kindness is priceless Jewel and brings
forth golden treasures. Harshness seals
them up forever Kindness is the real law
OF life, the link that connects earth with
heaven. the true philosophers stone, for all
it touches it turns to virgin gold: the true
gold wherqwlth we purchase love and
peace. II W" write our name by kindness.
love and mercy on the hearts of people we
come in contact with day by day. and year
by year, we will never be forgotten How
sweet are the affections of kindness; how
balmy the influence of that regard which
dWeNs around the tiresldr where virtue
lives for its own sake and fidelity regulates
and restraints the thirst for admiration.
Kindness is the very principle OF love.
Lot It's give no pam. breathe not Il sent