Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-29
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A cable has been received from China,
telling OF the death OF Miss Lang. whose
mother we all know. and love through
Our Household. l am sure that in this
great SORROW she has your sympathy,
and that at a throne OF grace you will
uphold her with your prayers.
Death is a sorrow. come when IL may.
but when IL comes 10 a loved one who Is
thousands OF miles away. there is an
added pang The cable. OF course, said
very little simply that she died OF small
pox. you know IL costs several dollars
word TO send a message across the ocean
and 1 hope letter with full details Will
coon come 10 us
Having been Just where this dear girl
was IN a land OF strangers. trying TO
help them. trying TO teach them the
way OF life eternal. want TO say that
your sympathy must all be for the
stricken mother. 1 know that IL Miss
Lang could come back for a word. II
would be TO thank God that he accounted
her worthy to be one OF his laborers.
Where We surrender enough to cross the
ocean we are ready for all that may
come And today she Is in heaven. close
to the great throne singing praises TO
the Lamb that was slain. And the loved
ones here know that IL is now only
question Of time when they will go TO
that heavenly home, never more TO be
parted
once I was not expected to live 1
was sick for weeks aud could not have
had better attention had I been in my
own home. Every missionary out there
offered the best they had. and when they
found needed a change every home was
opened TO me. AS you know. IL was
ne1 like my mothers home. but the help
ful. andy spirit was there
Several readers have sent me what
purports to be a letter written by Jesus
and hidden under a stone. The story goes
that Gabriel hid IL there and It was
not found for ages. then a little child
turned over the stone and took II home.
Llke .---I fake that so many had thrust
on them. commanding them 10 send II
70 nine others. this one threatens all
sorts Of misfortune IL you do not keep
IL going.
SUCH things show how much ignorance
and superstition there IS in this coun-
try. Common sense ought to teach any
enc that has that uncommon faculty.
that q letter could not stay under a
stone IN that country even a week:
that when found the very novelty would
have caused IL TO be spread abroad;
that in the days IL represented there was
no such thing as Sabbath breaking, for
Christ himself grieved over the fact that
the Jews made the laws Of the Sabbath
q burden to the people. and for 100 years
the ~..ristians kept the Jewish Sabbath
and also the day Jesus rose from the
dead.
As TO a piece OF paper. a fraud at
that. bringing bad luck on any one.
put IL down as fooiishness- There is
NJ such thing as bad luck. back OF II
a bad management, and a so-called
letter has nothing to do with that L
know only one thing that could bring
bad luck TO q house, and that would
be q bottle Of whisky. the bad man
xgement would be in sampIing IL until
ones wits were out.
I've had one Of those letters for
months and II 1 have my "say-so" IL
will never get any farther than the
stove. and I defy any one to say IL has
brought me bad luck
- Occasionally Satan puts II into the
heart Of his servants to write some
such saerilegious stuff to scare the su-
Derstitious. and some get scared.
Read your Bible and see what is said
about adding to or taking from the rec
ord there inscribed When such things
come your way tear them up. remem-
berfng that our Heavenly Father has
Given US his commands and instruction
IN q Book that has stood the test or
time. and not a leaf OF Il was found
under q rock
Don't let people scare you into help
ing them carry on a fraud Better use
your reasoning powers and answer
them as Christ did Satan. by quoting
some passage OF Scripture.
And that reminds me. when you hear
people distorting the Scripture by
leaving of something so as to prove
n pSfnt. let them alone. Some folks
glory in arguments. and they never
ga any good in the world Make one
plain statement. and leave II with them.
Let them have the last word; that is
not always the convincing word.
Again Miss Moran favors US With
one Of her famous women Who will
be the next to keep the ball rolling7
Eulaiie is a good teacher. I am sure,
and I sope that many OF the young
teachers who had not thought OF this
plan will try IT.
am going TO ask Sallie Irmhart
Parrish to tell you how she made the
history interesting to her fourth-grade
pupils
victoria's letter shows US what
girl OF determination can do There
are many who are now filling respon-
sfble positions that got their education
3n Just that way. When I hear people
cay Il can't" l want TO say, You