Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-20

the sins Of the world into two parts
half OF them would be the sins OF this
tongue"
4 we all knew what other people were
saying about US we would not have -four
friends in the world. When YOU have
entered a room and there is a luil in the
conversation it is dollars to doughnuts
they were talking about you
Dr. Talmage said. Discount twenty
five per cent for the spirit of gossip
Twenty-Five per cent for Ignorance OF
facts. and when you get through YOU
have got nothing left"
Don't YOU utter careless words.
When Lord Byron was a young man
he heard Of a girl. in whom he was in
terested and whom ne loved, saying in
response to a question that somebody
asked her-tf she would marry Byron
Pooh. do you think l would marry that
crippled young fellow.
1t made him cynical and he never had
much regard for woman the rest OF
his life. although : they put him in his
grave when he was only thirty-seveu
years old
Count TOlstoy. when he was hOme-all
his neighbors and friends used TO laugh
at him because he was so ugly. and
when he was alone in the secret OF his
room he would cry 20 think his features
were so repulsive- Don't utter careless
words.
Don'r utter proud words. The great
Roman general said. Il have only to
stamp my foot and all italy will spring
10 arms" Later on when their enthu-
siasm coolS on. some OF his enemies
said. "Pompey. now is the time 10
stamp your foot"
Adelaide. the proud. naughty daugh-
ter Of the Duke OF Savoy. said. Well.
they will reason with me when l be-
come queen OF England" She has not
become queen of England yet
And don't utter bitter words. Vol
tafre said. Of Frederick the Great. He
caresses me with one hand and tears
my flesh with the other"
And Samuel Johnson. the English
philosopher. was seated at the table
with his wife. and she looked into the
face Of her husband as he was about
TO ask a blessing on the food, and snt
said to him. Samuel. don't 90 throuSn
the mockery of thanking God for the
bounties which we have when in less
than two minutes you will be condemn
ing the food on the table"
So what the world needs is a little
cheer. The world needs a song. Down
in old Kentucky they are building >
monument 10 the memory Of stephen
Foster who wrote The Swanee River.
.'OId Black Joe" and My old Kentucky
Home"
somsbody paid $1,000 not long ago for
the table on which Robert Burns wrote
should Aud Acquaintsnce Be For
got" Three thousand dollars
Most Of your enemies are within l
may have enemies out there that may
Islander me and they may want TO kill
me- but o the people who talk about you
never harm YOU. when / hear anybody
talking about somebody else, you can
bet your sweet life that they are trying
10 drag somebody down TO the low, stink
ing God-forsaken cesspOOl level where
they live and they can't stand to see
anybody else higher up
on. a word is an arrow poisoned with
pain.
Or a thorn or rose or serpent of
stings.
or a tear or a smile or a joyous refrain,
or the note of a song that with melody
rings
II God had possession OF our mouths
we would see the greatest revival the
world has ever known. No lie. no mis-
representation. no deceit. no wrong, no
backbiting. no knocking. no sinners Ev-
erybody would tell the truth. everybody
would speak words OF encouragement.
Everybody would give gou the glad hand
Nobody criticising- No white lies. No
blacklists-
oh. il God Almighty only had our
mouths how much He could keep out
rhat the devil stuffs in on, what time
we would have
on. there won't be so much money
spent for tobacco. when that time comes
There would not be so much money
spent 70 beer. for cocktails and so
little given 10 the chuch Of God Al
mighty
some of our church piTars w1Iid
no: be so noisy in politics and 50 Quiet
in religion. il God AlmisHty owned
their mouths. and three would be more
preaching out OF the Bible and less high
brow preaching
II God had your mouths YOU would
he better All around How hard il would
be for a sinner TO get away II every
body were looking for Christ? How
many troubled hearts you can comfort
every day. How many tears would SCOT
be wiped away2 How many homes OF
ss.uaIor and want would be made glad!
How many willing hands would be lift
ing burdens? How many things you
would find pleasure in doing. you would
ston doing. IL God only had your hands
Things that we do that make US proud
make US selfish. make US deveIish, make
Us uuC can. make US un-Christian-
Present your bodies" That body
you love as you love your life. That
body that can bleed That body that
can surfer That BODY that can en-
dLTc- That body that can die.
Oh. that body that can show the face
Of Jesus Christ TO the fallen sons OF
man. God wants you TO trust Him with
it.
are you willing to walk up anG say
Here. God, take H.
Why go low tC the banks AMI Eay
Here take my rs Ley-"
Why don't you say. Here. God, YO1
car take all 1 have. My feet. eyes
head and all. II IS yours "Work out
through me Your glorious plan Of sal
alton
II is a part Of our religion 20 take
care of our bodies IF you did. dissipa-
ton would stop. late hours would stop
loose habits would stop. overeating
would stop Cnder-sleeping would stop
We'd play the game right. and We would