Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-05

The Lord is risen indeed,
He is here for your love, for your
need
Not in the grave nor the sky.
But here where men live and die"
Richard Watson Glider
soon Easter viii be with as, many OF
you win read these lines on the Fri
anv before Easter. Good Friday, as II
has been named. the Friday that saw
cur Savior laid IN the tomb that
good man offered 70 what so many con-
slider the end OF high hopes. and what
others considered the proper ending OF
n sacriligeous mortal
There have come so many lessons out
Of this life OF Jesus, the Christ. that no
two people see the same thing; books
could De compiled that would MI
library too large for any ones home
but We can all CLEAN some thoughts for
our own betterment- The cross had 10
come before the light broke on the
world. Good Friday with its tears and
pain before Easter with its good cheer
ana faith fulfilled. There are sacrifices
for every one TO make; in every heart
are buried hopes and aspirations; these
are not lost. but in some way. in other
lives II they are given up bravely,
they fuIhlI their destiny. Mothers,
fathers. sisters, brothers. all have their
Gethsemane and their Good Fridays.
Their Easter may be years after, but II
surely comes. The sacrifices need not
be heralded. but the beauty OF that life
touches some one and Easter lilies
bloom for aye.
Christians so often become cast down
and wonder il there is any use in try
ing 10 do right In a letter that lies
before me there is this expression:
when I Try to do right always there
seems some one 10 criticise or cast
stone At me"
Can We let this Easter season pass
without getting a beautiful lesson out
Of tie fact that our Savior had all
manner OF evil said OF Him. His death
and resurrection did not silence His
enemies and we who are prone TO make
mistakes need not expect to keep clear
or criticism Therefore. the only thins
Ne can do is 20 lift up our faces and so
nj our hearts with the melody OF good
cheer that all other lives may be helped
BIZ the sunshine we absorb. Notice the
difference in the room that has no sun
shine and one that is filled with IL, even
in rainy weather there is a difference
and we who can store IL away in our
hearts FOR the gloomy days are just
that much ahead OF inanimate nature
Suppose you are picked at. suppose crit
icisms are your portion. didn't you ever
hear the sunshine called a nuisance? 1t
keeps right on shining and there is no
dinerence made between the grateful
aid the ungratefuL
Don't get the idea in your head that
you are not appreciated: there never
Nas 3 bigger mistake; none OF us sue
coed II that is our tim Be glad that
We live. that we have another chance
TO improve on last years failures.
Let something help US lift our hearts in
praise and thanksg giving. BY all means
forget the sadness in the past. Think OF
the cheerful things: there are some in
every life. and they multiply when we
begin 70 forget the disagreeable episodes
Do you not know people who can tell
you AL sorts Of unkind treatment they
have received when children? AS the
years pass they have dwelt on such
things until now there is never a pleas
ant recollection At this Easter season
lets bury the ugly things and let the
lilies bloom
.-1ne hest rosebush. after all, is not
that which mas the fewest thorns. but
that which bears the finest roses and
the Ire Inat comes nearest the one whose
resurrection We rejoice over is the one
lat lifts in praise the purest deeds and