Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22
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Why Shou1dn't You Buy
AS Low AS Any DeN1er7

haven't In one sense of the word the olack,
brown yellow and all other colors across We
waters are our brethren ana IL Is our uut. :
and ought to he our pleasure, 20 CIV life we
are commanded to do this and IN Tue INCe y.
this we have people who say, III Goa Nante -, !,
missionary in China or dlah VI any -. :,
teathfn land h. would raise one Of their NUN
Der I'D amongst them 10 sTreao tut eOHIS. So,
There lot of people who ilgIt ulls s, mo
cause il touches their pNCRetl ooks. snow Inc
a church that doesn't believe I'm foreign mlsslon'
and will show you dead church. Know luis
because ! have seen them IL we nau ~ ZOO
or scster across thu sea that knew hoI uOu
aud Fits love for His CHILDREN would we ~.
want to send any aid possible Aesi we "o"' W.,
want to go ourselves This Is eXacny ue Why
ton of the heather across the sea, anu why
should we have less care about Dim! Gou -
going to hold us responsible for the cohaI''oh
Of The heather just as far as we are aoie 10
help him. ~
Let us read our Bible more end try to I'M
dcrstanl It IA the true light. Most OF US IAN
10 read our Bibles any until the DAY NoiK 70
on er and then we are 50 tired and sleepy thal
we can't hold eyes open long enough "
read one chapter, and lot Of times we are no'
thiI king about what we arc reading.
/ used TO sell Bibles and / went 10 mousse
on. LAY and there were none of the ramlly NJ
home except little girl abont ~ ~ years
old rnd some smaller children. askeu
the little lrl IL they had Bible ana she askeu
me, What is BibleP' The very ldea d a
child that are i'm Georgia not knowing WhAt
q Bible is! That put me To studying anu ut
cided that there was a lot of room III georgia
for mission work
one of the strangest thirgs in the world Is
why people have To be preached 10, begged ana
persuaded before they will became Christians
and escape the awful fate Of the sinner. IL
they were in a house burning ana falling IN sli
that would "e necessary TO get them OUT "oWl
be to tell them tie house vas afire.
People strange creatures.
tied offers u a home In heaven ana eIeThs'
life If we will accept 1t and some Of us reject
II to the very last. By this act we say we
would rather live beyond the grave with The
scum of the earth in the back alleys or perga-
tory.
If it were to be advertised that in certain
place in Georgia or any other state there We're
gCrg to nile homes TO give away on certain
day the people would begin TO come in with
break neck speed week beforehand, just to get
a little home on a red hill to live In Just re"
years.
If a minister of the gospel advertises that on
certain day he will be at II certain place ana
that the people can get a home in heaven tha'
day there would not TIC very many people there'
and some o. them could hardly get there IN time
for services. These facts, but some or us 40
not like TO look at them.
/ wonder how many of US realize the slnflu-
ence We are having over those about us. we
are almost sure to have ar influence Tor yooI
or evii each day thGt We live Some ehild OF
grown-up person Is TO walk in our tracks
part OF 'he time at least. Children are I'M
tative creatures ard parents can't he too care
ful TO whom they let them associate WI
Bad associates have brought many a boy ana
girl to shame and wrecked their lives forever.
Teachers as we'll parents have a great re-
bponblOlIy- "A tedCDef can see MS very stS-
lures reproduced by the children at school and
at home. TOO, If he Will go there. 1 have ex'
perienced this end II has caused Inc TO make an
examination Of myself many times.
This summer there were several little boys
who went and came the same road to school
that did. One afternoon as l was on my way
from school these little boys were pIayrully GO
ing along the same road while was going along
silently meditating over the days work and
planning the work for the next one. All al
once l noticed their noise hushed and they rell
behind. / looked back TO what the
cause of it.. They were drawn up in a line,
single file. oldest first, and on, drawn tc
the youngest. They were walking in my tracks,
though they had to jump from one to the other.
but they were exerting every effort possible n
step exactly in NV tracks That was a lesson
to me and ] shall never forget 1t. The oldest
boy was leading the next and the next tne
next, on down to the youngest in my tracks. We
de not Influence just those nearest US. but we
influence people for generations 10 come. rms
old bUdy Of ours, dies and io put out or sight
but our influence Hives for good or evil through
out the ages to come.
| Tor fear some one may accuse me of preaching
! / viii desist. L arr setting down my thought:
and observations.
Best wishes to Miss Thomas and all.
MOUNTAIN EER.