Out of Tribulation.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 380, 26 June 1889, Page 8

Out of Tribulation.

Dovt tlwu fool the wnunils and j'rrows By berejivetnents on thoe cnst ? Do they c'onil ih.v sky with sorrows, And emluJti-r all Uiy p>isi ? Art thnn growing weary henrt^d Willi the irinl^'thnt do not oenpp ? Do«t thou think thy j-oul hath parti'd, For all time, with joy nnd peace ? Think not thus. Though toils environ, Others have the RiiniP with?toorl \ 'Tis by constant blows that iron [- Grows more 1 powerful for good. . ' . Every tree is fuller fruited For the wound of pruning 1 sbw* ; „ Eveiy tfee i^ firmer looted For the tempests of the years. If the fire that burns thee sorely Be indeed a fiery cross, It refines tbeo, slowly, surely Cleansing: all thy gold of dro^o. Ann the perfect man is bnilded Faster in the evil daj' ; Every loss a cornice gilded, Every care a stronger stay. So that, though the world grows colder, And thy bosom friends bo less, Tl ou to every true beholdev Shalt increase in comeliness. So tl at, out of tribulation, Thuu sh»lt have more perfect light, And a fuller compensation For the darkness of the night.

Fools. — When once Dr Vincent introduced Henderson, who was to lecture on "Fools " he said- *' We are to now have a lecture on fools 03' one" (long pause and loud laughter fiom the audience, when the president concluded the clause)" of the ■widest men in the country." The lecturer advanced to the desk and responded : " I am not half as big a fool as Dr. Vincent " (another very long pause and still more heai ty laughter from the audience) "would have you suppose." The letter of paternal advice which Dickens addressed to his youngest son on the eve of his departure for .Australia 'is worth recalling just now, when that son has risen to be a prosperous colonist, and a member of the Parliament of the parent colony. It is given in full at page 445 of the third volume of John Foister's 'Life.' Here is an extract :—": — " It is mj' comfort nnd my sincere conviction that you are going to try the life for which yon are best fitted. I think its freedom and wildness moro suited to you than any experiment in a ptudi* or office would have been. Try to do to others as you would have them do to yon, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better foe you that they should fail in obeying the greatest rule laid down by our Saviour than that you should. I put a New Testament among your books, for the very same reasons and with the very same hopes that made me write an easy account of it when 3*oll were a Httle child — because n is the best book that ever was or will be known in the world, nnd because it teaches yon the best lessons by which any human creature who tn'es fo i>p truthful and faithful to duty can possibly be guided."