Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-26

u will not DOUBT, thouSh all my ShlpS
at sea
Come drifting home with broken masts
and sails; 30
| will believe the hand which never
fails,
From seeming evil worketh good for
me,
And though I weep because those sails
are tattered,
Still will I cry, while my best hopes lie
shattered,
81 trust in Thee
l will not doubt, though all my prayers
return
Unanswered from the still white
realm above;
I will believe it is an aIl-wise love
Which has refused these things for
which | yearn;
And though at times l cannot keep from
grieving,
Yet the pure ardor of my fixed believing
Undimmed shall burn.
I will not doubt, though sorrows fall
like rain,
And troubles swarm like bees ABOUT
a hive:
I will believe the heights for which 1
l. strive,
Are only reached by anguish and by
pain;
And though 1 groan and writhe beneath
my crosses,
| yet shall see through my seVerest
losses
The greater gain.
I will not doubt Wen anchored is this
faith;
Like some stanch ship, my soul braves
every gale;
So strong its courage that it will not
quail
To breast the mighty unknown sea of
Oh. may cry, though body parts w''-l
spirit,
az do not doubt" so listening worlds
may hear it,
With my last breath.
The beautiful inspiring, heartening
words that I quote this time have been
a blessing to thousands of troubled
souls. For the most sheltered life, the
most trusting heart sometimes has an
assault from the powers of evil. There
come disappointments, foes come to the
most inoffensive, if they assert right
eous cause is to be upheld. When you
hear people say person never mad
harm word spoken of them, you may
nut it down in black and white that
slIph. "a person ran with the hares ard
hunted with the hounds. I've known
more than. one of that sort that kept
some more impulsive soul stirred all
the time, whining and crying, In Sc
cret, about their ill-treatment, while
outwardly carrying a patient counte-
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| things the heart can hope for, and talth
in God is the only way to possess the
peace that passeth understanding, but
the life that is lived for peace alone,
the man or woman who hasn't stamina
or backbone to "cry aloud and spare
not when they see another soul walking
| in darkness, shall at the judgment bar
| be called on to answer the sin OF omlS-
| sion. l don't believe in being oh1clous
nor calling down" the promiscuods
| crowd. that is often a stumbling block.
But in the home and with ones asso-
| ciates do not be afraid to let them know
where. YOU stand and live up to it. Have
| faith enough to send out your ships,
| even as our nation today is doing, and
| IL they do not return to us we mus
| have faith to say, "He doeth all Things
we'll"
This letter is written to those whose
| feet may seem on shifting sands You
| may have gone into your present WORK
! with a prayer to God to bless and con-
| secrate it to His service. Has 1t be-
| come necessary to change? Have you
| come to the end? Are you sure? II so.
remember that God moves all of US, IL
we are really in His service, for the
| betterment of the work as whole, not
| for merely our small portions.
| i . AM N hnNS adVanC-
| ing along the Marine and then falling
back General Pershing and General
| Foch knew the conditions there and else
| where Don't you know that plenty or
the troops hated to fall back? They
were too true to rebel, but it hurt them
| to seemingly give way.
Theirs not to ask the reason why"
and after events showed the wisdom of
| the general in command.
I am glad that our grandmother re-
minded us of David and his small sling.
The world is not dependent on might
| God tells us that but it is dependent
| on faith in God, In ourselves and our
| training Suppose David had thrown
| down the weapon that had been his de-
pendence and tried the clumsy armor of
a physically larger man?
| I despise conceit and Dragging. 1t is
usually the ignorant who indulge in
| such. After people have tried thing
! and know it is true, hold fast to it. On
! the other hand don't condemn a thing
| because it came from your own home.
| David knew that his sling was his sur
! est weapon. Saul's armor was for Saul,
! he could no more use a sling than you
| or / could use it. The American SOL
diers are showing the Germans that they
! can shoot straight and do good work
with American-made guns. If they had
no faith in their guns or ammunition,
| co you suppose they would have the
| heart to meet the barbarians? Some of
| the powder was spoiled by aliens, some
| of the shells made defective, glass has
! been put in some of the food but shall
we lose faith in all of these things?
| You may be so unfortunate as to be
! tied to, or have dealings with a hypo-
| critic, an enemy of righteousness, but
| is that any reason for US to say there
| are no good people, to even say God
! has forgotten you? Not at all Hold on
| to your work, to whatever place He has
! sent you, until He says Come higher
! vengeance is mine. | will repay,
| saith the Lord" does not mean we shall
! sit supine and let the emissaries of
| Satin run over us. David killed the en-
| envy that was destroying his people; not
| him especially, please remember, for he
was safe in the mountains. There rs
| where our president was wiser than
| some who rallied because he declared