Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-15
Save the Decatur School Lot

Perhaps nobody knows how many
pleasant memories are connected with
the school grounds in Decatur, Ga, but
the old pupils who once trod it's paths
and retain lively recollections of Its in
teresting points, OF which number am
one. When / first entered the Decatur
school in the winter of 1s44-45. / was only
a bit Of a little girl. but the whole place.
grounds trees are still printed on my
mind. and kept green in my memory. We
had a famous mimosa tree growing about
the middle of the playground and as the
limbs bTanched out low 1t was delight
ful TO climb up and sit among its branch
es never detect the scent of mimosa
blooms but II brings back TO me those old
Decatur days.
DIR. John W. Wilson, the Presbyterian
pastor was the teacher and one OF the
best ever known in Georgia for thor
oughness and attention to his pupils well
fare.
I should be more than sorry to know
that the old school grounds were turned
To other uses. and 1 know there are
scores OF old pupils who feel exactly as
I do about the proposed change.
JUST WHERE you STAND IN THE
CONFLICT
THERE IS YOUR PLACE.
JUST WHERE YOU THINK YOU ARE
HIDE NOT YOUR FACE.
GOD PLACED YOU THERE FOR A
PURPOSE
WHATEVER IT, MAY BE
THINK. HE HAS CHOSEN YOU FOR
THEN WORK LOYALTY"
We are all familiar with the fable,
where an army of discontinued people
were permitted TO gather at a stated place
and throw down their small or great bur-
dens, whatever they were, and select from
the mass OF other peoples burdens thus
discarded something more palatable or
easier to carry.
The story ended when the same crowd
reassembled at another appointed time,
and threw or those newly assumed bur
dens and searched for their old ones
again. as suiting them better. and to be
preferred in every way for themselves.
It Is the Demon of Discomfort which
causes the sourness and unhappiness OF
this old world. Nothing is so bad that
II could not be worse with US, but the
difhculty lies In our proneness to dissatis-
faction and discomfort
We forget that we came into the world
by an influence outside Of our own per-
mission OF voltion, and no matter where
we go, or what changes we seek, we
carry along with US the same influence
which shapes our ends. as it started our
beginnings, and we may call IL Divine
Providence or the DEGREES of fate, but II
Is something that places US and uses us.
and Is chosen for us, outside OF our own
direction or control
God places us here for a purpose
Whatever IL may be-"
and since He has chosen for US, the
path OF ease as well as safety lies in ODE
dience and loyalty.
Il is the fretting against our surround
inRs which makes us unhappy and dis
orders our friendships and affections, and
we may safely attribute nlnety-hun-
dredths OF the suicides and divorces to the
prevalence Of this discomfort
The best remedy for the Ills or evils
of discomfort is work-hard work-etther.
mental OF physical. The greatest pana-
cea for grief Is constant employment.
There are many men and women, who
would be in the insane asylum today II
their minds had not bee saved to them
by hard work, and there are great many
people who have everything which money
OF luxury can bring them, yet, who wreck
their own lives because they are idle.
and idIeness causes their discomfort and
finally ruin II ones surroundings are
difficult or disastrous, IT is good policy
and good Judgment 10 make a move away
from this trouble and smooth the way to
peace and comfort II possible, but II II
should be a burden that you cannot get
away from, It is the land only safe pol
icy) to bear it bravely, meet II coura-
geously and think as little about your
own unhappiness as circumstances will
permit.
A sunny. cheerful spirit is a blessed
gift, and even when we think we are
useless, to help ourselves or others, the
radiance which comes from a cheerful
face is like the tender shining of the
sun, afer drenching clouds Of rain. The
world would be a funereal dwelling place
II it were not for those who smile and
cheer the weary.
Venable is Given Heavy Fines