Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-27
The Country Home
BY MRS. w. I'll. FELTON,
The, Beautiful Lines Written by
oliver Wendell Holmes

More than sixteen years ago L
clipped this poetry for my scrap
book. 1t is a gospel of comfort for
those who are weary and heavy Ia
den with earthborn cares, the sort
that go hand in hand with bitter
tears and that must be borne. IL
is gospel of patience for those VINO
are walking in the darkness of such
earthly gloom. ,.,.
1t is a balm of healing, WIN Sootn-
ing calm when trembling faith has
been turned to fear, when. the SUI
ferer is crying: Lord, to whom shall shall
we go? Thou only hast the words
of eternal life"
Unless the Lord is forever near,
and the heavy weight of burdensome
woe, which is wearing down poth
mind and body, how could any of US
stand erect in an evil and ga1nsay-
ing world, unless the Lord is ever
near?
20 Love Divine, that stopped to
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest
tear;
On thee we cast each earthborn
We smile at pain when thou art
near;
No pain we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, thou
art near.
When dropping pleasure turns to
And trembling faith is turned to
fear;
The murmuring wind. the quivering
leaf
Shall softly tell us, thou are near.
On thee we fling our burdening woa.
o Love Divine, forever dear,
Content to suffer while we know,
Living or dying, ever near"
Brave Little Belgium
Continuous reports of revived in
dustries and the energy of the Bel
gian people are obliged to create
cheerful hopefulness in these after
war days.
Belgium is said to be the most
densely settled nation in Europe, and
it is true that the products Of Bel
GUM agricultural products - are
among the most valuable in the
world. Before the war the greatest
flax fields in the world were in Rus
STA.
At present little Belgium has a flax
| boom that is remarkable. The price
| that linens have reached will show
| how profitable the flax industry can
| be made.
All flax must be cultivated where
there is stagnant water or a slow
flowing river. The linen mills in Bel
| GUM were a total wreck in some
| devastated districts, but some have
been revived. Belgium has retained
| more laborers than France. France
| lost so per cent of all her men be-
| tween nineteen and thirty-two, &C
| cording to military statistics. Little
Belgium has risen up and is facing
| the battle bravely.
The Belgians hurried back to the
| land when the armistice arrived.
They were allowed to claim the old
| home and the soil. They knew that
| it meant hard work and close econo-
my. But they are digging away, de-
| termined to win.
How the Czarina and Her Daughters
Died
| The latest story (said to be relia-
| ble) is that the hapless czarina and
| her four grown daughters were actu-
| ally pushed into blazing log heap
| and kept there by bayonets until their
| bodies persisted in the blazing bon
| fire.
1t is awful to hear about. 1t was
| more horrible to witness. Fifteen
years ago and less these people were
| the richest of earth. Their posses
| jewels and everything money could
We'd family in the continent of Eu-
| rope.
The czarina was a granddaughter
| of Queen Victoria, an own cousin
of the Emperor William and of King
| George, of the British empire.
Does not this surpass all the fic.
ton in our libraries? Was there ever
a greater reversal in human for
| tunes?