Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18

Hearts of patience to unraVel this
The worth of common deeds"
There never was a truer saying than
the one I've quoted This great war,
these trying times have proved to the
world the stuff that we are made Of
There has been a time when class was
arrayed against class, the poor man
despised the rich one, resented the fact
that he toiled in the field, endured the
heat and the burden of the day with
aching bones and blistered skin, while
the other one perhaps had nothing to
do but sit in an office and keep cool.
On the other hand, the man in the
office Derhaps looked with contempt on
the man who came to his door with IN
shaver face, soiled clothes and a slouch-
ing gait. Neither looked on the real
facts. The training that the American
soldier has had will be a help to the
nation The boys come home standing
at least an inch or more taller, because
they have had to conduct themselves
that way. They have learned many les
found out that to be physically clean
lifts one to noble life.
The training that the boys have had
has given many of them an insight into
the majesty of labor. The rich man
SponSibility was more worth while thail
just blowing or digging. The trench
work, the lines thrown up, the manage
ment of the manual labor at the front
sort.
And the careless one, be they from
rich or poor homes, have learned that
this is a time for positive people. There
can be no "near-abouts." This is a
time when eXactness is valuable as
set. Enjoy the present moment, If 1T
is your holiday time; make every mo-
ment count if it is your work time. NO
idlenesS, no laZiness, no procraStlnatlon.
Do todays work as if it were your
last. And how do you know that 1T is
not your last?
/ am not writing these lines to scare
you but no man knoweth when the
summons will come. Millions nave
joined the army and only two out OF
a hundred die on the battle field. can
YOU say as much of those at home
Look about you, count the new-made
graves that are the last resting places
of friends or kindred, and tell me If
YOU can be sure when your time Will
come.
/ started to say that the only thing
that we can put off doing Is mean
thing But / can't say that, for we must
not daily with mean things or mean
thoughts. Some day Like a giant, they
might overcome us. The best. the only
way. is to quote our Savior's words
Get thee behind me Satan
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, the Red Cross and other Chris
tan workers are helping the people
spiritually, intellectually, socially, physi-
cally Are you growing too? viii your
son, your daughter, your husband, come
home after association and work among
these broadminded Christian people and
ind you in the same little groove called
self that you were in when this war
started?
There are many problems that are to
be solved in the homes when the war
is over Some of them have not been
as tidy as a soldiers tent must be,
some of the cooking has not been as
carefully mixed or the vessels as care
fully kept as they might be. Let us all
try to keep step with the army regula-
tions. When this war is over some of us
are going to be called on to help in
have lost hands and feet must learn
new ways of making a living, and we
who have hands and feet must go about
the work with tact as well as sympathy.
No tears, no lamentations' let us be tae
one to uphold them.
Thorean said, 1.-THE most that I can
do for my friend is simply to be his
friend / have no wealth to beStoW
on him. If he knows that I am happy
in loving him, he will want no other re-
ward. Is not friendship divine in this?'
/ heard not long ago of young man
whose parents did everything they could
to give him the education that he
craved. They were not rich people, but
"tht. salt of the earth He is now a
captain in the navy, and among his men
is a millionaire's son. They were sta
toned at Boston and this rich young
man sent home and got his own car and
acts as chauffeur for his captain. Don't
you see it is no rich mans war and
poor mans fight?"
on the other hand, if class prejudice
had been rampant neither one would
have wanted to help the other. Both are
happier for their association with each
other.
Henry Drummond says, Half Of the
world is on the wrong scent in the pur-
suit of happiness. They think that it con-
sists in having and in being served by
others. 1t consists in giving and in serY-
ing others" Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia Ala