Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
YOUTHS IN KHAKI
WISH FOR BIBLES
IN THE TRENCHES
Book of All Books Is the One
They Want When They Can
Get Only Censored Editions
of Newspapers

II you were cast away on a desert
island with many dreary months
stretching ahead of you. what book out
OF all the books in the world would
you choose?
The question has been asked before,
and TO it there has ever been but one
answer-"The Bible"
In a few short months, hundreds of
boys that you know and love will be
so far as books and reading are con-
cerned-as isolated from the world as
though they were Robinson Crusoes.
They Will be in France. in small bill
lets where the only reading they get
consists of censored editions of Paris
and American papers. IN the trenches.
where they get no reading ut all
Unless you dig down in your pocket
today and with just small contribu-
tion-oh, such a small contribution in
view of the wonders it will work!-help
The Journal TO buy for the boys in
southern training camps a khaki-clad
Testament apiece. a Testament which
will be delivered to each of them almost
at once, a Testament which he can take
with him to France, to the trenches.
where he can read 1t in the light of
guttering candles. a Testament he can
keep throughout the war. in the field,
on board ship, in hospitals, wherever
II IS not necessary to picture further
the great measure OF good you can do
by subscribing to The Journals Tesla
ment fund. But let this be pointed
out-you must subscribe soonl Next
week is American Bible week. 1t has
been set aside by the American Bible
society as the time in which a great
campaign shall be waged to furnish
these khaki-bound Testaments to Amer
- has
to boost the campaign in Atlanta, in the
hope that through it's columns Georgians
will give enough money to furnish as
many men as possible in Georgia train
ing camps with the little books in which
are packed the comfort. the courage,
the solace, the inspiration, the sheer
entertainment which can be found no
where else.
quarter from you is sufficient to
buy a Testament for one soldier. But
the time is so short-why not make your
contribution big enough to give Tes-
taments to four soldiers at least?
Billy Sunday. by leading off the list
of contributors with a ten-dollar BILL
has insured Testaments for FORTY
SOLDIERS! Miss Annie B. Northen,
with a check for SIS, buys Testaments
for SIXTY SOLDIERS!
How many soldiers will YOU buy
Testaments for?
Think what IL will mean to those
boys to take their Testaments with
them into that war-torn land! And
think what IL may mean to you-the
knowledge that YOU have helped. IL
was in this spirit that the letter which
The Journal received Tuesday morning
was written. The letter was from Mrs.
c. r. Giles, of IS East Avon avenue.
a grandmother. She sent dollar and
this is what she wrote:
81 have an Irresistible impulse
to make a request of the Testament
committee. This war has come very
close to me. 1 want to do so much
and 7 feel able to do so little. 1t
would be very encouraging TO know
] have been instrumental in help
ing a soldier boy through the gift
of a Testament The request L
make is this: I want written in
the Testament Cor Testaments), if
81 buys more than one. Present
ed by Mrs. C. r. Giles, grand
mother, IS z. Avon avenue, Atlanta,
Ga Won't you drop me line at
the above address II this Testament
has been a comfort to your"