Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-06

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.oad Tines great clock that never stops.
Nor runs TOO fast nor slow
Hang up amid the worlds OF space.
Where wheeling planets glow.
Is dial plate the orbit vast.
Where whirls our mundane sphere.
Has pushed its pointer round again.
And struck another year.
happy new year 20 each OF you May
IL be a year filled with Joy and peace
ard usefulnesss = year that will see
much good accomplished and much un-
happiness and restlessness conquered
s n imaginatton~I see figure on the
top OF high mountain With a hand
to shade It's eyes Il peers into the shad-
ows and tries 70 see what this first
month or the new year Is bringing TO
the children or men The gateway OF
IRE skies, the cleaning bars OF crimson
ard gold have Aurora-s clouds just be-
hind II and the ambitious watcher sees
only the flags OF triumph that january
s. waving over Winters cleaning cas-
ties and minarets. That watcher hears
only the JOY bells ringing. the echo OF
the Christmas season
with straintng eyes and listening ears
there Is little that Is really tangible IN
ii Hope the tender hearted. spreads the
rainbow OF promise TO 80 with Us like
. pillar OF cloud BY day and OF fire By
might We are TO be led beside the still
wakzrn. and through the valley OF hunaiI-
1AtIon perhaps, to be tempted as Moses
wzs when the stream OF hfe-giving wa
tar gushed from the rock and he gave
not God the glory. We may be led
across waste places and again IN fields
o. Amaranth and moley, out OF darkness
ard privafion into light and luxury. and
T. al VIII depend on how We acQuit our
selves> whether We shan at theend OF
this year be able 70 hear the voice OF
the lone watcher cry DDS In the heav-
ens and airs well with the world" or
woe Is me: have wasted my opportu-
mites have been untrue 70 my princi-
PIES and have stultiaed my conscience
with spectous reasoning"
IN the year that has Just gone there
we're so many mistakes. there were so
many misunderstanding. There were
times when you and your friends differ
&C: pe=haps there Is one TREND who be-
came offended and strove 70 hurt you
crueiIy. was indeed untrue 10 you Can
you let that occasion pRss2 Can you let
the piece OF mind" whether given oral
y or BIZ letter. remain unanswered even
though II contains many things that are
distorted facts and pre1udiced. views
Can you let that other party feel sure
tire bubble OF your vanity has been
prfcked." and remain silent because you
know the nature OF that one-time friend
70 be such that nothing but time will
teach the truth2 AS long as we cherish
unkind thoughts. as long as We are un-
1orgfving. as long as we fill our hearts
with bitterness we are unhappy. There
cannot be the peace that passeth under
standing in the heart that has bitterness
N II ~
As a rule the thing We look for Is the
thing We ind II we look for the worst
II people we ind little that Is good; II
re pride ourselves on a sharp tongue
and q keen pen NE can almost always
md occasions TO use them. and as the
years pass what have We 10 show for
our share In nfe-fr1ends7 Not many.
Some great work as an evidence OF our
1aborf Not often. for our minds have
bsen too warped 10 1T in with our fell
low-workers and none OF us can accom-
plLsh much good II we are 50 unforru-
nate a. to have nobody TO help us.
Do not misunderstand me. I do not
sax that We must wfnk a. sin. nor gloss
ever sEfldoine. But do say that II
= man OF woman Is dong the best he or
not help your cause 70 knock their D.
Our Saviour taught thak lesson when He
rebuksd the disciples for interfering
With the man who WAS casting out dew
Is IN His name though he followed not
xhnm. "a viii weaken your cause every
&lma and not damage Ehe other IS much
- y0u may think
N our eagarusas 70 advance eur cause
- Often say nfnEs thar We regret aft
erwnrds Let's ask pardon and then
~ 20 1--we better. me best way 20
!. really forgive f. 70 help the one we>feel
haa hurt ~
sasorrowB hurnmutzs the race you