A DAILY MESSAGE
THE SHADOWS WILL PASS Tun study of men and their mottoes is an intensely interesting one. it. is surprising how many great men have derived comfort, strength, and inspiration from a motto—a motto which, by their own selection, became the mainspring of their lives. Sir Walter Scott, we are told, set his whole life by those prophetic words: “ The night cometh when no man can work.” Abraham Lincoln, it is said, found rare comfort in the words: “ 'this, too. shall pass away.” That motto he had placed in such a position that in moments of stress or anxiety it was constantly within his line of vision to steady and tranquilize his mind. If we may judge the merit of these mottoes by the calibre of the men tliey influenced so deeply, their merit is indeed great. '• If we may judge their power to comfort and inspire by the fruits of the lives of the men who lived by them, their power to comfort ami inspire *is very real. Nothing is truer than that “ The night cometh when no man can work ’ unless it he “ Everything in life passetli.” If wp could keep the former before our minds it would teach us the nr*' ousness of time, the danger of procrastination, the value of now. If we could keep the latter before rin times of trouble, it would help us to hear our burdens and get our proportions right. We should realize that no sorrow will last, no pain or situation endure for ever. Tf there’s a darkening shadow round you now, this, too, shall pass. —M. PRESTON STANLEY. -
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 1
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271A DAILY MESSAGE Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 1
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