Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-09
CHAT
The Footpath TO Peace

To be glad OF life because it gives
Won the chance to love and to work and
TO play and TO look UP at the stars; 10
be satisfied with your possessions, nut
not contented with yourself until you
have made the best OF them; TO despise
nothing in the world except falsehood
and meanness. and to fear nothing eX-
cant eowardice: to be governed by your
admirations rather than by your dis
gusts. 10 covet nothing that is your
neighbor's except his kindness OF heart
and gentleness OF manners: TO think sell
dom Of your enemies. often OF your
friends. and every day of Christ. and to
spend as much time as you can, with
body and with spirit. in Gods out-of-
doors. These are little gideposts on the
footpath 10 peace.-Henry van Dyke.
I came across DR.. Henry van Dykes
beautiful Footpath to Peace and ] want
every reader OF Chat to try TO memoriZe
II. Pin 1t up where your eyes can rest
on IL as you work and let IL be an
inspiration 10 you. Put il in your heart
and the peace that comes from a heart
filled with beautifG thoughts will help
the other members OF the family bear
their burdens more cheerfuliy. and per-
haps cause some Of them to disappear.
There never was a truer antidote for
morbidnesS than the lines: Think sell
dom OF your enemies. often of your
friends. and every day Of Christ"
Soon the melancholy days" will come,
the "wailing winds and naked woods"
may turn many Of your thoughts toward
the Ionely mound on the hillside. where
rests all that was mortal OF a loved
one Fight against that. turn yot-
thoughts TO the living and thank God
that you are able TO help them bear
their sorrows. The heart that has never
really ached. the voice that has never
been broken BY sobs OF real sorrow can
rot as truly comfort as the one who
ran say, Yes. /. too. have borne that
-sorrow." Jesus was a man Of sorrows
and acquainted with grief.
As the years pass and we see the
hands that we kissed when they looked
AXE rose petals SCARED with toll the
1istIe active form we admired in tho
athletic games OF school prematurely
bsnt by nfe's responsibilities. looking
nj them. we say in our hearts they
who 90 early miss much that is sadden-
ES
lizard may be Duty's hand; but 10. If
leads
out into perfect joy. where pain shall
cease.
Goa sees anu my p6NAcuCc
heeds:
and thou shall find peacep.'
Song Celia Thaxter. and so may il be
with us. Often I get. letters that are
so filed with bitterness that they hurt
M. I don't suppose there is one who
hrs not had TO bear toll, misfortune.
m Understanding and all sorts of dis
appointments. but don't let them poison
yoEr life.
Cn your place there may be spring
wi use waters flow on and on, helping
mEn. beast and bird. Some one puts
something in that spring that poisons
the water. and widespread is the destruc-
fiol. II may be that spring continues a
so-srce OF death Until one, Drawer than
all the rest. cleans il out. That may be
the condition OF our hearts. That bitter
thought lodging there ruins a life's in
dus nee as time passes all that ema-
mates from such hearts is poison Be
nrs We. lay the balm of forgiveness in
that heart and purify it, Be once more a
spring Of joy and comfort. so that all
may turn to you sure of help and not
unconspicuously imbibing bitterness and
In the end revenge.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.