Thoughtful Moments

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 41, 22 January 1943, Page 6

Thoughtful Moments

GLEANINGS (For the New Year) "Never doubted clouds would peale." Browning, "I send a message to all people in this world who arc. Sad and unhappy in trouble or despair at this moment to let them know that it doesn't last—it can't 'last; to tell them to go on believing and hoping and praying and looking forward because all the worst muddles, and the saddest, tangles are bound to come right in the end." "Oliver Sandys. m * m m New Year we greet thee, Reverently meet thee. Kneeling in prayer All that, would give us joy Bring us, without alloy, And, should there come annoy, Strengthen to bear. * 3a * I ana the New Year, and I come to you fresh and unstained. Fresh from the hand of God. Each day, a precious pearl, to you is given, that you must string upon the silver thread, of life. J give to you, free and unstinted, twelve glorious months of soothing rain and sunshine, golden,—the days for work and rest —the nights for peaceful slumber. All that I have I give with love unspoken. All that I ask—you keep the faith unbroken. J. D. Templeton. cs m » » What Thou hast in store This coming year, I do not stop .to ask; Enough if, day by day, there dawns before me My appointed task. I seek, not. great things. For I have learned, how vain such seeking is; But let me seek Thy will, O King of Kings, And find therein Thy bless. «* • * » Suppose we think little about num.-

OUR SUNDAY MESSAGE (Supplied by the Whakatane Ministers' Association).

ber one, Supjjose Ave all help someone else to have fun: Suppose we ne'er speak of the faults of, a friend, Suppose we arc ready our own to amend; Suppose we laugh with, and not at, other folk, And never hurt anyone "just for a joke.": Suppose we hide trouble, and show only cheer— 'lis likely we'll have quite a Happy New Year. —St. Nicholas. ! « r> ra j If nobody smiled and nobody checred And nobody helped us along If each minute looked after itself And the good things; all went to the strong If nobody cared just a little for you And nobody thought about, me And Ave stood all alone in the battle of life What a dcaiy old world it Avould be^ Life is SAA r eet bceause of the friends we lia\-e made And the things Avhicli in common Ave share. We Avant to liA'e on not because of ourseh r es But because of the people who< care. It's giA'ing and doing for somebody else On that all life's splendour depends, And the joy of the world when it's all added up Is found in the making of friends." ■ R « » In a Avorld o'erwrouglit Avith strain and strife We lose our sense of guilt in Avar; Our minds succumb to fear again. While the Lord who brought our souls to life With loA r e, enduring shame and scar, Proclaims aneAA r His loA r e to men. And bids us cleanse ourselves of sinful fear And place our trust in Him, throughout. the coming year.