ST. PATRICK AND THE SHAMROCK.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 265, 3 April 1874, Page 4

ST. PATRICK AND THE SHAMROCK.

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In, Tarn mot the kings and chiefs of ancient innisfail; And Pagan priests wore lighting up the sacred . tiros of Baal, And in the Hoyal Council Hall were bards and Druidj sage, "Whilst youthful clansmen gathered round to hear the words of age. When lo! a hoarded,stranger, with cross and staff irv hand, Approached the chiefs and rvtlers, and before ■ ' them took his stand. Majestic was his figure, yet ho boro no axe nor sUcan, For Patrick was a soldier of the peaceful Nazarone. With glowing zoal „he preached to ;them of Christ the crucitfc.d; Ho told thom bow, for fallen man, the Saviour lived and died; 'I-Ie piotured thu unselfish love which Jesus • boro our race, Until the tears of pity rushed down many a • "nigged face. But when he preached of one great God, in :-i ■•<■■■■ which are persons three, i 'They wondered, and thoy doubted, and they I askod how that could'be; So, stooping down. St. Patrick plucked a : shamrock frftn the sod, . And, pointing to it# triple leaves, thus spake to them of God? " The .stalk' and centre leaf's the Sire, the one is the Son) The,right one is the Holy Ghost, and yet the o three are one/' Converted and convinced by him, his hearers wore baptized, And this is why the Shamrock still by Irishman is prized, 0 iiomas Bracken. —' Oamaru Times.'