Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-05
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The New Year has begun. Already
there have been all sorts OF failures
as well as pleasant surprises. Some
have started out with the determination
to live more unselfishly and nearer Gun
Divine Model, others have put on long
faces and said there is no use trying.
while others have not given the matter
a thought. Every day should be new
beginning and the steps slipped yes
terday more than retrieved today. !
am thankful for that glorious promise
~Lo. I am with you always" and when
one rests on such promise there is
no chance to slip very FAR DO you
remember the story OF Robert Bruce
and the ant? six times, or was IL
seveng Bruce watched the tiny insect
start with the grain Of corn. or would
we say rye7 and fall every time, but
at last IL succeeded and Bruce in his
hiding place, wearied and discouraged
took heart and himself succeeded A
year should not be any more TO US
than each time was to the little in
sect.
While I do not believe in too much
introspection I must say that 1t is well
to search for the cause OF our failure
and II At is anything that we may
remove let Us do so. Bat let us be
sure that cur failure is really one that
counts in Gods great plan and not SIM
Div ! falling short or the worlds ideaa.
Every day we must fight against the
tendency 10 lean more and more on the
opinions OF the world and less on those
we get from Gods word.
Satan's most insidious weapon is de-
ceit. he planted il SO deep in the heart
Of our first parents that IL has never
rrrrnnroH There come
times in every life when to deceive
seems easier and more profitable than
to tell the truth. But you may be sure
that your sins viii find you out Us
ualy there comes a crisis in our life
that calls for all the strength we have
in every line OF thought and action.
then IS when that rotten timber, de-
ceit. viii creak and SILVER and per-
haps spoil IL all.
New Years morning I heard one wom-
an say. a happy New Year" to an
other. 4 don't know whether II Is or
not was the reply. Yes, IL is. Say IL
Is. and blum the hand that's pulling the
curtain over your eyes" the first one an
swered.
As I walked down the street thought
10 myself, that is the secret Of Mrs. Ber-
rvs happy life. She has much less, so
far Is the world sees things. 70 make this
a happy New Year. but she has shed sun
shine on every path she has crossed She
is far rom her home and her husband.
among strangers and trying TO get wei,
yet there is never a complaint nor even
a reminder that she would rather be in
some other place.
heard two girls talking about their
plans for this year and one OF them said
that her false pride had cut her out OF
many things. that she had been 50 afraid
that people would know how poor she
really was she had suffered all sorts Of
useless pangs. I thought then OF a say
ing I once learned, False pride is a
Joke. not a cIoak-it disgusts others
without Disgusting you" My work for
w-7rE~ 49, ~ years mas proved -r@s-
Or that Every day we see people whose
false pride has caused them more trouble
than all their poverty OF Ignorance or
even the family skeleton
Make I'D your mind, let this be your
main resolution. that you viii be honest,
that you will not let deceit nor false
pride nor jealousy make you lose your
self respect While you hold on to that
you are sure 10 eventually win You
haven't your self respect when you begin
to have secret sins. be they so called
white lies" or tampering with grosser
evils I heard a young woman say 70
another. as they walked dewri the street:
Il know I am the biggest liar God lets
live" WHY do you no. get straight and
ossit. was the friends question. well.
when you tell one lie the others seem
necessities. and the web gets so strong
there is no getting out"
Yes there IS a way. Why not say 70
others what you have said 70 TueT'
.-Oh. I see myself going 10 that crowd