Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
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sing rs Tou So ana iet A'As So"e
Be fun Of hope and gladness;
Sing out your nOblest, bravest thought
with ne'er a hint OF sadness;
Sing on and on and send the note
Around the great world flying:
There's nothing makes the heart so
light
AS bravely. grandly trying.
And tell. oh. tell this lesson true:
Faint hearts are happy never;
And on the battlefield Of life
lis courage wins forever
Do YOU ever stop TO think OF the Bible
heroes and do you dwell with pleasure
OF. any particular one? So often when l
ccmee TO an especially hard problem. TO
where the lines OF life seem tangled and
the responsibilities are such that the well
fare of others depend on my decision. l
think OF Joshua and his oft-repeated ad-
nIonitiOn. BE strong. be Of good cour-
age"
Moses was a man who had as much re-
sponsibIIity. but under Gods direction he
began the work and had quite diner
ent set OF problems 10 solve. He had
been educated i'm all the lore OF the Egyp-
tians and had Aaron to help him Those
ueople were lust as human as we are, and
i can imagine some OF them saying
when things had failed on account OF
their own perverseness. IF Moses had
charge we would succeed" Haven't you
seen people (of course you are not one
OF that sorO who Landed to the skies
the leader, or teacher. they once had
and could find nothing good TO say OF
the one then trying TO help them? You
remember that Moses made all sorts OF
excuses when God called him to that
great work He even spoke of his slow
ness Of speech and difident manner. But
God knew his heart and attachments.
and put him at the head OF that great
movement Suppose Joshua had been en-
vious and had done all sorts OF things
20 retard the travellers? He would have
been the one called to succeed Moses
Sometimes I see good works almost
ruined by contrariness. Gods work may
be. set back 10 or IS years by one man. or
one woman's influence, but IL will surely
come to pass. 1 would hate TO be in
the place Of the one who set il back
You know what is said OF the stumbling
bIccks-''
am glad TO know that so many of the
readers OF this page are reading their
Bibles from the beginning of the Old
Testament Many a mother will know
better how to train her children. for the
lessons she learns in those early laws ana
experiences Remember that Eli has not
departed yet Hannah made a VOW unto
the Lord and kept IL. Are you keeping
the vows you made in time OF peril or
perpIexity2 Esther. Ruth and even the
we OF Job are here today to help or
discourage. so avoid the snares OF human
nature that are as old as Adam and Eve
Then come the prophets to warn US, as
they warned the people OF their time
Christ said He came not to destroy the
law. hence the teaching and admonition
OF the Old Testament is applicable to
this good day.
Every day you will find in the Old Tes-
lament things TO help you in your daily
life. as well as signposts to warn you
where danger lies
A lady was telling me not long ago
that she had found the true way TO make
the Bible interesting. She said that as
long as she read II simply because she
must get through with II she did not re-
member from one day TO the next what
she read: but when she read II as true
story Of wonderful events and famous
people. as letters from friends and thrill
ing experiences she did not want to stop
until that book. or experience, was over.
she said that the story of Esther, and
then OF Job gave her that idea Since
she has read IL through many times she
now turns TO our SaviOr's blessed words.
20 Paul's admonition. to James'5 discourse
on our ssunruly member" or whatever
mart she thinks will best At her case. Try
Il some OF you who really want 10 become
more interested I'm your blessed Book.
Last night heard the whippoorwills