IS IT WORTH WHILE?

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 314, 7 November 1888, Page 2

IS IT WORTH WHILE?

Is it worth while that we jostle a Brother, Beaiing his load on the lough road of life? Is it worth while that we jeer at each other In blackness of heart — that wo war to the knife ? God, pity us all in oar pitiful strife. God, pity us all as we jostle each other ; ,God, pardon us all for the triumphs we -V feel When a fellow goes down 'neath hi& load '. on the heather, Pierced to the heart ; words are keener than steel, And mightier far for woe orfor weal. Were it not well in this brief little journey j On over the isthmus, dowu into the tide, i We give him a fish instead of a serpent, Ere holding the hands to be and abide 1 Forever and aye in dust at his side ? Look at the roses saluting each other } Look at the herds all at peace on the plain — Man and man only makes war on his brother, And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain ; Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain. Is it worth while that we battle to humble Some poor fellow-soldier down in the dust? God, pity -as all I Time oft soon will tumble All of us together, like leaves in a gust y Humbled, indeed, down into the dust.

Quite Another Thing. — "N r est-ce pas r Monsieur Duroc, you will be good enough to turn over the music y when I play ? >r ' 4 Ah r Mademoiselle, I don't understand music in the least ?" "What? Did I not see you turn over the leaves for your sister when she was playing just now ?" u OOrh r that is different f My sister always — steps on my foot when I am to turn over." It is said that for many years Lord Beaconsfield kept every scrap of paper in the form of letters addressed to him. Asthey were dealt with he dropped them in a wooden box, without order other than they might accidentally fall into. When one box was full he started another. These Avere handed over to Lord Roy ton, his old secretary and nominated biographer. " He," speaking metaphorically," sat down upon one in blank despair," '