MY SAINT.
No lanllionetl "window shrines ray saiat. Nor old. Munllo's crumbling paint; fiencath heir icot no clouds &Te rolled r / i No nimbus rings her brow with .gold, Uncanonised, she walks Hie earth, A saint in modest deed and worth. A woman she, with soul as whjte As lilies when they taste the light; A heart that beats With love for all Uotl's livingovcatoes', greater small; A hand to help, a voice- to pheor,, A sympathy for smile or tear. Jler sweetness she on all bestows As. freely v as the summer roseYields all her splendid womanhood A sacrifice to God and good, Ncr ever shrinks from word or deed That smooths the-path of other's need. To ail earth's fair and pleasant things My saint some added sunshine brings. She knows God ever wills to bIcES ; She knows that God made happiness. That He is good : that life is aweet ; That Howers should spring beneath otir feet. type o£ womanhood is she — Saint oLthc Nineteenth century : , A soul .who?© fair unselfishness Is robed in lovely outward dress. ' I ff«d Cecilia's character Transferred, to later days, in her. — James Buckiiam", in ' Congregationalist.*
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 392, 10 August 1889, Page 3
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192MY SAINT. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 392, 10 August 1889, Page 3
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