Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-13
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Him. He will ever be mindful of His
covenant"
The Bible encourages the worker. One
need not say God is too good to let us
do suffer We are free agents He gives
US a mind, a body and ample opportu-
mites to use both. If we have only one
talent 1t is all that God expects of us,
but it is not our place to say how we
shall us it, There are too many who
say, I've no calling for such and such
work. l have never had the opportunity
| to do my best work" The Bible tells
us to do what our hands find to do, and
| the greatest eulogy ever paid any one
were those words that have helped me
so often, She hath done what she
could" Even the ant and the grass
hopper are used in Gods word as object
lessons for mankind. GO to the ant
thou sluggard." shows that organized
effort is a great factor in life. and the
faithfulness of the hen to her brood Is
used for our benefit.
Some of us are prone to look for dis
aster, to be pessimistic and to expect
| failure. The Bible does not teach any
| such line of living. Fear not: for !
have redeemed thee, L have called thee
| by thy name; thou art mine l even
am the Lord, and beside me there is no
savior. 1 even 1, am he that blotteth
out thy transgressions, and will not re-
| member thy sins" Neither is there
salvation in any other, for there is none
other name under heaven given among
men, hereby we must be saved"
The Bible is ten measure that we
should use in our aims and ideals. The
pattern that can be made to fit the SIM
| plest as well as the one in the highest
| office You and l, dear friend, ca mind
in our daily reading just the advice we
need, and the president of this great
| country daily seeks, In Gods word, the
counsel and he finds in it the wisdom
| that he is showing in these troublous
| times.
Unconsciously many of us forget our
| own shortcomings and criticise our as
sociates. AS the years pass we mature
and we forget the mistakes we made in
| earlier years and seem to get the idea
that we were born prudent or careful
or skillful or less apt to make mistakes.
/ intact, we forget to give the benefit
of the doubt" to the one we are judging.
Somehow we forget that the preacher,
the teacher, our neighbor or our sena-
tor, as the case may be, is human be-
ing Just like US, and in his or her heart
may be trying as hard to do right-if
the truth were known may be really try
| ing harder than we are. The Bible says
Judge not LnaJ We De not JuQReu.
| When we cease robibng God" we shall
find the windows of heaven open to pour
out the harvests we need.
Let us not wait until January first to
turn over that new leaf we so often
hear of. Let us take this blessed Book
as our instructor and learn of it the
way to live. Let US ask ourselves these
questions, What iknd of a church
would our church be If every member
were just like me? How many would
fill the room Of prayer. If all with me
had an equal care? How many would
march in the army line, If the zeal of
each were just like mine How many
like me at the judgment seat, when the
king Of saints like this will greet, Faith
full vert thou to the Masters Word, en-
ter now the joy of thy Lord"
Do not begin to make excuses. The
way is plain. The ten commandments,
the golden rule and the command to do
right, live justly and serve God faith
fully makes any ones conduct just what
he wants 1t to be.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia, Ala.
N. B.-Win Mrs. Madison send her
present address? There are letters to be
forwarded to her. l do not give real
names unless they are signed with that
intention.