Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-03

The Craving Tor Rest.


II the human family could be put on the
witness stand and compelled to say what
a most earnestly longs for. II Is my opin-
ion Il would answer. Rest. peace or
mind-relief from care"
We are a care-burdened people. II rich
es increase. cares are said 70 increase
with them
A good mother with ten children re-
marked the other day. II so TO bed with
my mind brOOding over the children who
are scattered far and wide. ! open my
eyes in the morning and the same care
and anxiety settles down on my MIND.
cannot fiatter myself that my children
viii be. exempt from woe, when other peo-
pies children are constantly having
things TO happen 10 them. pray In earn
est I believe in Gods watchful proVi-
dence. and I try. OH so hard 10 possess
= frame OF mind that viii rid me OF this
.brooding anxiety for those I love so well.
Every letter makes ME anxious-a tele-
gram alarms me-and my mind seems 70
re waiting all the time for something 10
happen"
How many mothers feel just this way.
Perhaps II Is a morbid state-somewhat
affected BIZ ones physical being-but Il is
an intense state OF feeling that pervades
the mother heart OF the country.
or course we understand that anxiety
is one OF the attendants on motherhood
Mother Eve was told she would have 10
bear certain things. after the fan In
,Eden-and the sex has been bearing them
AL along down the stream OF time.
Care. s0rrOw and vexatiOn are the herit-
age OF the children OF mothers. regardless
OF the condition OF sex, in these children.
In the lonely watches OF the night there
are tens OF thousands who say. 4 Wish
the morning was here" or II wish 1
could sleep and forget my troubles"
Therefore. there is no verse or text IN
the Bible which touches US so often and
comes 50 closely 20 the human race. as
GONE unto me. all ye that are weary
and heavy laden and / win give you restS'
IL Is the rest that we all want. and
that We all need so much. This heavy
laden does not stand for the toiling sons
OF men and the overworked daughters OF
women. as a rule. because rest 10 the Ia
boring man Is sweet. and there can be
rest for the mind. even when the busy
mothers feet ache and her shoulders pain
her. II her children are good and dutiful
and her home Is hllei with honesty, self
respect and obedience.
Ia is the errors. the evils. the disappoint-
nienfs and misdoings Which rob the hui
man heart CT rest and drive sleep from the
eyelids OF care-burdened people.
There are cravings. strivings. readings
after. ambitions and desires that can new
er be satisfied. or n gratided. the pleasure
IS ephemeral-but this WEAKNESS and
heavy laden anxiety OF which the Master
tells. does not concern these restless spir-
its. that are struggling for ambition or
pelL
Ii is the cares that come TO US that we
cannot bear in patience, and the dread
that possesses US which comes from the
deeds OF others. and IL is the WEAKNESS
that settles down. because the condition
is 80 entirely beyond our reach or remedy,
that the Saviour talked about. when He
SAYS. Come TO Me and viii give you
rest
not accept the offer. When It Is the great
universal desire OF rich and poor, bond
and free. sick or weIl-all over the earth
Why f. f. that so few can cast down the
burden at His feet. and obtain rest.