Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-04
OUR HOUSEHOLD
Nothing But Good
Conducted by
LIZZIE D. THOMAS.

among the papers OF the great tTeSDy-
terrain missionary, DR.. w. NJ. Morrison,
who died in Luebo, Africa, March IA,
1919:
IF all my years were summer could
1 know
If all my days were sunny, could say
In His fair land He wipes all tears
away"
IF I we're never weary, could l keep
Close to my heart, He gives His loved
sleep?
Were no graves mine, might I not
The.Iife eternal but a baseIess dream?
MY winters, yea my tears, my weari-
Even my graves may be His way to
bless;
l call them ills, yet that can surely be
Nothing but good that shows my Lord
to me-"
All of you remember the. glorious
part The Atlanta Journal readers had
in supplying Testaments to the United
States soldiers. Borden Burr: the Wen
known and beloved lawyer of Birming-
ham, Ala, has just returned from
France where he has been doing founS
Mems Christian association WORK. he
spoke to the War Workers of Blrmlng-
ham last Monday night and among the
thrilling things he told was this gIorl-
GUS fact:
Of a squad of men and collected the
bodies of the dead American boys TO
bury them. The dead boys were scat
tered through the dense woods through
which they had charged the enemy ana
routed him. Mr.. Burr says there was
not a man found but had on his BODY
Testament or Bible, and in many In.
stances the book was in the hand OF
the dead soldiers, thus showing When
wounded unto death the dying Doys
would turn, to Gods WORD Tor Hsnt
to ilIumine the valley of death as they
Are you not glad. glad to know that
We had a part in providing IhoSe
D'S So many EA times when mothers and
fathers have given line upon line pre-
cept upon precept, and always tne
faithful example: tb 5aei ruth Yet when
those boys. met temptation II was TIC
home training that triumphed. A.
The American army Is showing Ii i
world that this Christian nation is mar
ing good all the agencies that the :
M. G. A and Y. w. G. A. sIahu ioi
Spiritual, intellectual, social, physlGIal
development are all requl p6ooS 20 Mot mot
by might, nor by power, put py NY
spirit, saith the Lord Of Hosts is Ile II
motto, and the soldiers over there d. Z
proving the foundation ana Ihe SOuAN
AS I have said many times. the world
was getting too far away from Gou' ~
needed ~
TneeS This war is a terrible thing
and 1 would not have you think tor one
moment that it is the WORK OF Gou L
We are free agents. made In Goa own
image and have brought upon ourselves
this nunishrnent Not all OF US, OF
course, but it is well-knoWn IacI Iudt
as a general thing, the innocent mus
suffer with the guilty Every gay SOe
see examples of that in tamlleS. Ohe
member of a family misbehayes ana
all of the others .have to pay MIN ouI
of his trouble, or do without the ne
cessities of life because the money Is
The world is really just one big fam
ilv neighborS, friends and close reIa-
tives. When one nation goes TOO t lar
in sin it's influence extends ana the
faint gets across the boundary. Ger
MANY has been treacherouS. we some
times find nearer home the same mean
spirit, and it is only the grace OF 600
and the fact that the law is admins
tered for the most part by God-tearlng
men that keeps any country from just
such sins. rza
made Russia is going through worse
things than France ever SuHered our
ing her reign of terror" and IL Is our
duty to pray for her, also to make every
effort to keep our schools going. The
demagogue is always on the lookout for
ipnorance and superstition. German
gold and German influence put RUSSIA
where she is, and If we do not Keep
attuned to the higher Voice, there VIII
be plenty of pro-German whisper1nSs
right around us. Plenty of people act
as If there was no cause a r soIi1 oeo'" -
I know that the majority of people
are honest, and they are doing all that
they can for their suffering allies put
you know that some families have cake
right often, not war cake, but pound
cake, I saw it in more than one lunch
as I went back and forth last month.
The dear Lord has said "lnasmuch as
We do ii until the least of these, my
brethren, We do it unto me. one
woman said, "I get So-and-So's sugar.
They do not need it and we have SO
pany find things as they honestly
should be than to give them the impress
sion that it's fair for them to hlch
too. -,
me. THAT winter in your home ten
wears ago changed the current of Mans
life. The stage was her goal tnen ana
now she is giving her talents and splen,
did personality helping young women.
1t made me very happy to know that
a life is added to my reward, and !
tell YOU this, not Boosting, but TO en-
courage each one of you to keep the
watchfire burning. You do not have to
preach. but you do have to live a con-
sistent everyday life to prove that you
are call for Jesus"
Missionaries went to Madagascar
many years ago. Some sowed the good
seed with no help from relatives or
even home folks, others laid down their
lives on that little-known island To-
day in France there are thirty thou
sand troops from Madagascar. Ten
thousand are Christians who have been
led to the Truth, as it is in Jesus,
through foreign missions. They heart
iiv receive the advances of the Chris
tian Association workers and are what
they are because a brave set of men
and women took to their country the
Light of the World and showed them
the Way.
Now I come back to the verses that
are at the head of this Chat. Nothing
but good can come of all we receive in
this life If we put our trust in God.
BY His counsel guided, our feet can
not stray, and our loved ones across
the seas are in His hands as long as
we trust and pray.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
LTrrscumbia. Ala.