Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-31
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W., 40 YOU wish me from FAR or near?
show me your gifts and your treasures
r rare e. vonr prophecies. dark or fair,
wealth viii YOU scatter OF
sympathy. knowledge or ir'shO'''9
dover .,,,, tba {
GEMS from the orient, pearls from the
go ,t rromises. Loves low plea?
49, lies before me Of loss or sam
what Is awaiting me- JOY OF psah
N,-s,a, fs nv norton Of bale or bhss
,-..o.s cruel frovvn or Fortune : Kiss
MYSTERIES sacred. and sweet oei..saaius
NinfsfrD sorrow and tOiling HANDS!
80, hscLr tho curtain that ! may know
WHITTIER nv footsteps. this year, may go.
win there be fountains along the way;
cooling my thirst by the nighttime or
day.
pillars Of cloud through the day and by
Pillars of flame that viii guide me
aright2
BaIms that viii soOthe me, or darts and
Stfngs?
sandals for pilgrimage. soaring wings?-
Wings are for angels; il mine should
grow.
Life everlasting then would know.
whats'sr you wish then. Q bright New
whether that wish bring smile or a
tear,
Message and token it still shall be
sent BY my farther through you TO me.
Lead where my path will from day 10
day.
sim He will guide me along the way;
This is His covenant. tried and true
As is your day shall your strength be
too:
This is the word which my doubt shall
soothe.
Crooked made straigh' md rOughness
made smooth
Nausht will C5-sstion as on plod-
Whatever comes is the gift of God
MARTHA c. OLIVER
f. Again / wish you a happy New Year
Again I send TO every one OF you, read
ers an. writer's. the wish that the COM
ing year. upon whose Threshold we now
stand nav bring you the peace that
passeth understanding" knowing that II
you have that peace in your hearts the
things you need will be given YOU
This day Father Time gives US new
books I'm which TO record the deeds and
aspirations Of another year. We oegih
a new one and put behind US the book
that We have just closed That DOCK
nav be bIotted with tears. scOrched with
deceit and even blackened with treachery.
for we are none OF US perfect We have
this book TO begIr crew. and II things
we're bad last year let's make them
better Life is mountain 70 CLIMB or
descend Which are we trying TO DO!
God reads the intention not the apparent
result.
Behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow
Keeping watch above his own
And as surely as we try TO do right just
81 sure We may be that in the end we
viii do right.
Recording our lives in this new book re-
minds me OF the copy books that are
given the children Ae nrst one 10.
from perfect but as the years pass II the
puuu really tries he goes on TO perfec-
ffo1 but IL there is lack of interest
m only the task Is TO be finished II the
ambition Is not perfection but haste. theh
the teacher cannot put the marks of ex-
csUance in the work
How is Il with us? Are we trying
A enish the task so that something
that is not i'm the routine may be take'
an or are we trying to keep our daily
lesson fust as the blessed Teacher
would have it,
Let's be glad that We cannot see the
end OF the lane: tomorrow may SHOW
US a beautiful vista. or IL may be iull
and hard for our weary feet but what
ever IL may be there is surely sun
shine and roses somewhere and il We
sing along the way our song may cheer
and guide a fellow traveller who may %
lost In the fog. OF almost allured into
A bypath the arch enemy" has opened
At the end Of the lane may he Z
door. the great door opportunity and
m YOU have travelled the lane with un
seeing eyes and needless OF the treas
ures that may have been in your pats
you may not have the key 70 the door
Alas IL such be the case, you may
have 10 stand there until another mor'
observing or industrious than yvI
comes and opens the door that mign
nave been yours. and IL such be th'
case you viii have to submit TO beinf
employed TO do the things that yo'
might nave claimed as your own. Their
come times in every life when the keys
are put before us and IL We fail TO SCI
them or fail TO 1T ourselves with th'
KEYS We will have the pleasure 60 Of
seeing ourselves set aside ana anotnei
opening the door.
But how are We 10 know what to n
ourselves for?7r someone says
True and for that very reason w'
must do the thing our hands find q
do. as unto the Lord In my varied ex
perience II has not been the tnia@s
knew how 10 do. but the things I per
haps sighted that we're stumhlini
blocks in my path know schoo
teachers who are teaching on the sam
certificate they began on They ar
not studying fer promotion. There ar
some who misspell the same words the.
did i've years ago, make the sam
grammatical mistakes AMI eros j
punctuation. Suppose this year YES
make I'D your mind 20 at least learn &
SPELL How can you correct the eNef
cises7 How can you expect 10 get bet
ter places and what sort OF reputation
have you in the school room2 In ever
walk OF life ! could tell you OF jus