INSPIRING THOUGHTS
THE COMING OF SPRING. A winter over is like a trouble gone, it has had its mercies and its comforts, its fire-side joys and its song-' in the night,' as well as its sighs and tears ; its rain and itp < old. its storms and its fogs. Hut we aie glad when it is over, and again we feet the warn) breath of spring. Spring which come--and Maddens the human heart as well C"* > . , as all nature, making the world rmg with its resurrection joy, its unutterable promises of coming good! The air is laden with the sense of hope Let us offer to the God of all gladness anew our hearts.
-X- -X- -X- * Man’s cathedrals are most fair ’Neath yon haven-blue day’s abode; Hut the nest of the birds in the air Is the edifice of God v V. Hugo. * * * Little words, not eloquent speeches; little deeds, not miracles, nor battles nor one great heroic .act or mighty martyrdom, make up the true Christian ife. H. Bonar.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1931, Page 1
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170INSPIRING THOUGHTS Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1931, Page 1
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