IN LOFTIER VEIN

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4394, 3 April 1909, Page 1

IN LOFTIER VEIN

SERVICEABLE SUFFER. ing. : i To suffer pain without flinching that is our Master’s example' but pain for the mere sake 4 pain, that is not Christian; IE aocept povert/in order to seourj good for others, that is our S$ viour’s principle; but to becom poor for the sake and merit c being poor, is but selfishnei after all. Our Lord refased th< anodyne that would have mac the cup untasted which Hi Father had put into His hand 1 drink, but He would not tasfc one drop more than His Fathe k gave him. Yet He did not | fuse the natural solace whicl His Father had placed befor Him.—Rev. F. W. Robertson. ;

ENCOURAGEMENT *?•

1 —-—. 'i. ■' r-M | Hot to the swift the race, -4 I Hot to the strong the fight, | Not to the righteous perfect grace, Not to the wise the light. The trutn the wise men sought Was spoken by a child, The alabaster box was brought By trembling hands defiled. ,’^Sj For ofttimes faltering feet Come swiftly to the goal; And those that walk in darknese meet The sunrise of the soul. - ,§| —Henry Yan Dyke;

THE WAY TO FORM I SOUND JUDGMENT

The temper by which righ taste is formed is characterise cally patient. It dwells upo what is submitted to it. It doe not trample upon it, lest i should be pearls, even though i look like husks. It is a gboi ground, soft, penetrable, reten tive; it does not send up thorn of unkind thoughts, tc choke tki weak seed; it is hungry anc thirsty too, and drinks all tl dew that falls upon it. It is ai honest and good heart, thi shows no too ready springing before the sun be up, but fail not afterwards; it is distrustfu of itself so as to believe and tr all things, and yet so trustful o itself that it neither quit wha it has nor take anything withou trying. And the pleasure whicl it has in things that it finds trd| and good is so great that i cannot possibly be led aside bj any tricks of fashion or disease*

of vanity ; ... its vision

and delights are too penetrating too living, for any whitewashed or shallow fountain long to ett dure or supply. It clasps al that it loves so hard, that i crushes it if it be hollow. —John Ruskin. l