Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-14
Make new friends. but keep the old;

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MAKE new friends. but keep the old;
Those are silver these are gold.
Friendships that havc stood the test
Time aud ehange-are surely pest
Frlepdship is. religion. Christianity is found
ca upon IL. for IL is a religion Of love. affec-
tom warns and sweetens life and makes II
beautiful. The value Of old friend Is that
they have common experience and for mat
reason there is free Interchange OF thought
aud feeling. You can think aloud In the
presence Of an old friend and every can
have a friend ii they will only show them
selves friendly. While We are kindly disposed
toward all. Numbers would not prove that
vou we're srieb in friendship. for we choose
Few out 'of many. Friends are like melons.
SHALL ! tell ron whyI To find one good you
must a hundred try.
Amid the troubles and sorrows how comfort
Ing It Is TO rest In the affections aud sym.
patty Of an old friend. What this old world
reeds Is kindness and love. How many dis
hearteued and lonely people there and how
many find solace and peaee In. the heart OF
fris nd
ssNo one Is 50 accurst by fate.
No one utterly desoate.
Bat some heart though unknown,
Responds unto his own,
some day we win find that friend. con-
mon sorrow. a mutual burden. like destina-
IS 10 friendship. Valuable friendships are kept
tndtr control aud true friend Is always dis
Greet aud does nothing that VIII compromise
virtue or stain character. There is a proper
limit 20 the familiarity II friends. To fass
~ these limits is the danger Of railway
engineer running by red iight-there's =
Friendship Is as mysterious as it is beautiful.
when the army OF Israel watching the
fight Of David and Goliath the people ap-
plauded the deed Of bravery. but Prince iona
thaE's insight was Tar deeper; he understood
David by kindred feeling. IL was face an
swering to face. heart beating with heart.
Both young men heroes. IL took the
nObie in Jonathan 60 discover the noble In
David. We say opposites attract each other.
but there are tine deeper undercurreQts Of
soul. In all the subsequent peril Of their lives
Jonathan appears a model friend. lie re
NAMED tender woman and yet true 81
sterl. uverfioWing with generous Kindness de
void OF selfishIess. trusting he was trusted.
The world has admired this noble friendship
aud has extolied the Junathsus and Davids n
they have repeated themselves in the heroic
life Of the world.
We cherish the hope that all friendships NAV
lesI 20 a grateful recognition " the source
q ali human felicity tme personal al
fiction Friendships OF the world will fail
uhere the higher friendships hold. Your friend
T. not perfect. but the lOftier conception over
sookx his faults and reioices in his virtues.
Gad's love Is eternal and they that put Nope
end trust in Him are bound by far-sighted
and everlasting covenant
We ought to appreciate our earthly friends;
they csa not stay with is always. Thank Goa
and lonely hearts. IL max be helpful 20 ton on
boiling Ii or fond memories the past. bat
stln we long for ''the sound Of a voice thai
Is still"
II would Hood your path with sunshine,
! would fence you from all III;
would crown you with all blessing,
IL / could have NV viii.