SERIOUS THOUGHTS.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 272, 9 April 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)

SERIOUS THOUGHTS.

<&_ _ THE SELF-SURRENDER. He emptied Himself.—lMiil -2- 7. (R.V.) He might have built a palace at a word, Who sometimes had not where to lay His Head : Time w r as, and He who nourished crowds with bread, Would not one meal unto himself afford ; Twelve legions girded with angelic sword Were at His back, —the scorned and buffeted! Ho healed another's scratch, His own side bled, Side, feet and hands with cruel piercings gored ! Oli! wonderful the wonders left undone ! And scarce, less wonderful than those He wrought! Oh! self-restraint, passing all human thought, To have all power and be—as having none ! Oh, self-denying love, which felt alone For needs of others,—-never for its own ! —French. If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. —Matt XVI. 24. No good Or glory of this life but comes by pain ! How poor were earth if all its martyrdoms, If all its struggling sights of sacrifice, Were swept away and all were satiate smooth ! -H. H. King. THE SUPREME VICTORY. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above. . . Set your affections on things above.—Col. 3. 1. 2. Christ is risen ! we are risen ! Shed upon our heavenly grace, Rain and dew and gleams of glory From the brightness of Thy face ! So that we, with hearts in heaven, Hero on earth may fruitful bo ; And by angel-hands be gathered And be ever, Lord, with Thee ! —Wordsworth (F)