GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 15, 11 April 1907, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

FAITH. , . My way of life would " be "so drear, - Oh Christ, but for Thy light ; I need the glow from out r l hy love To guide me through the night. The. shadows fall so thick and fast, Thou art so far aw&y, Enthroned upon the heights between The darkness and the day. I've climbed so lonig, and yet am fafBelow the mountains- peak; 1 need the grasp of Thy strong hands To aid my footsteps weak. But I have never called in vain, Nor emgty gone, from Thee ; At every step I feel Thy grace, And taste— Eternity ! —Boston ' Pilot.'

Let nothing sadden or dishearten thee ; but in the midst of things that are for ever passing away live in worlds which can never pass away. -- x ~ ■ , Wise men mingle innocent mirth with their cares as a help either to forget or overcome them ; but to resort to intoxication for the ease of one's min-d is to cure melancholy with madness. Be this our "one end in life — to cleanse our hearts that we may behold more and more of the , beauty and -''splendor of the Divine Presence ; that we may see God in all His creatures, in all His providence; in* all the changes and the calls and chastisements" of life. Dissatisfaction with one's lot sometimes arises'from over-conscientiousness. 'Always try -to do your best,' is one of the several hundred copy-book ■ maxims which hypocrisy pretends are necessary to success, but which _ common sense and practical life - quietly - ignore. Very much less • than • your best will often answer the purpose, and the rope that reaches is L long enough. Good - enough is good.