GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

- THE WRITING ON THE WALL. If I should see a ghostly hand.Against the wall this night,. - What message would "it bring to me, What sentence would it write ? If ' Mane ' were the firs<t word traced Before my awe-filled gaze, Should I find comfort in the past, Its countless squandered days ?' _ If ' Theccl ' on the wall appeared, Should I not be "afraid - Lest justice full be meted out When life's poor*deeds are weighed ? And if that hand should write once more, What would the message be ? Should 1 a sentence dread of doo.m, Or pledge of mercy see ? "l«is not till night the hand appears— Life's sun is - shining still : * - I yet have power to guide the hand To . write whate'er I will.

— '.Aye Maria.'

Sacrifice imparts to the soul a holy power of affection, hi-therlo unknown to it.

They who are right can afford to" pardon whether victorious or defeated.— Bishop Spaldin-g. Have- death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to' God.— St. Bernard. J "

It is God alone for whom we never have to search in vaim; we are always able to find Him.— St.- Bernard.. -

The foolhardy man prevails there and ' now ; the " prudent man in Hhe long run and everywhere.— Abbe Roux. - ~

Keep thyself innocent, O my soul !■ that, endowed with greater delicacy, thbu mayest feel thyself at all times penetrated with the presence of God

Take care that you do not knowingly rejoice at - the downfall of your ■ neighbor, nor at a mislortune ' that has befallen him.— Yen. L. de Blois, 0.5.8. EVery heavy burden of sorrow seems like a stone hung around our neck, • yet. are they often only like the stones used by pearl-divers, which enable them to reach their prize and to rise enriched. * 4ii T6^ .seU-<. seU-< i e Pial in your homes. It is not kind to J tne ottiid to- allow him everything he asks. Teach him that the truest and greatest happiness is to be found in denying himself and helping others.