INSPIRING THOUGHTS
NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY. To those who have opportunities of 'culture placed within their reach, these are the instruments of the Divine discipline. It is part of that discipline to put large opportunities in men’s hands, and to leave it to therneslves whether, they will use or neg'ecfc them. There shall be nio coercion to make us turn them to account. Occasions of learning and self-improvem nt come, stay with us for a while, then pass—and the wheels of time shall not he reversed to bring them hack once they are gone. If we neghct them, we shall he permanent losers for this life; we cannot say how much we may be losers hereafter. But, if we do what we can to use them while they are granted, we shad have learnt one lesson of the heavenly discipline, and shall l>e, we may hope, the better prepared for the others, whether of action or endurance, which are yet to come. Principal Shairp. -X- * * * Do not he afraid of ridicule. Ninetenths of all the bad tilings in the world are done because not to do them would he held ridiculous.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1931, Page 1
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189INSPIRING THOUGHTS Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1931, Page 1
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