THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 108, 22 May 1875, Page 6

THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.

In the streets of the city, where laughter is loud Where Manimom smiles down on his worshipping crowd, Where the footsteps f all fast as the falling of rain The sad and the sinful, the vile and the vain • In the streets of the city what form do we meet, With long sable robe flowing free at his feet, Who is it that moves through the wandering mall ? Tis our teacher— a son of the sainted La, Salle. He hath left his young home in the land of the vine For the vineyard of God— for those tendrils ot thine • He hath heard that dear voice which of old calm'd the sea, As it whisper'd to him, " Bring the children to me For of such is the Kingdom of God," ere the soul ' Hath a speck of the sin that defileth the whole Tis for this that he liveth— upbraid him who shall Who walks in the way of the sainted La Salle. ' Oh, city ! that looking forth seaward for ever To the fleet on the bay, through the fleet on the river • Still laving thy limbs in the parallel tides, And proud of- the strength that disaster derides • Would you win true renown— 'tis a dutiful youth An heirloom of honour, devotion, and truth • Would you have them to pillar the. home and the hall, Oh ! teach them the lore of the sainted La Salle ! T. D'Akct M'Geb.