SERIOUS THOUGHTS.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 363, 5 November 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)

SERIOUS THOUGHTS.

CONFLICT AND CONQUEST.

Coukage, brother, do not stumble Though thy path lie dark as night There's a star to guide the humble '•Trust in God, and do the right"

Let the road be rough and dreary Ami its cud far out of sight, Foot it bravely—strong or weary, " Trust in God and do the right "

Perish " policy " and " cunning !" Perish all that fears the light ; "Whether losing, whether winning, " Trust in God and do the right *'

Trust no party, sect or faction ; Trust no " Leaders " in the light; But in every word and action "Trust in God and do the right "

Trust no lovely forms of passion Fricuds may look like augols bright, Trust no custom, school, or fashion ; " Trust iu God and do the right. Simple rule and safest guiding, Inward peace and inward night, Star upon our path abiding : "Trust iu God and do the right," Some will bale thpe, some will love thee, Some will Hatter : some will slight; Cease from man and look above thee " Trust in God and do the right " NoiIMAX MCLEOD (F.)

" So long as i have a good conscience towards God, and, have His sun to shine upon me, and can hear the birds singing, I can walk across the earth with a joyful and free heart. Let them call me " broad." I desire to be broad as the charity of Almighty God," who maketh His sun to shine on the evil and the good :" who hateth no man, and who loveth the poorest Hindoo more than all their committees and all their churches. But while I long for that breadth of charity, I desire to be narrow—narrow as God's righteousness which as a sharp sword can separate between eternal right and eternal wrong. "-From Norman McLeod's last speech (F )