GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 18 April 1907, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

THE MADONNA FLOWER. - There is a favored flower of Palestine— Hie pale Madonna lily of the plain So fair is it, so free from spot or stain, That they have named it for thee, Mother mineIts peerless beauty typical of thine. T V 3;?V 3 ;?? 1 ? 6 hore Moa b's verdant mountains chain a??, le 5? s valleYs > wher e the humble swain Still watch the lights of far Judea shine. 01 Ju white ' white fl °wer of olden Palestine, What tender thoughts your .fragile presence brings ! You breathe the -story of the King of Kings, " The plain, the shepherds, and the glorious sign The heavenly songs, the sweep of angels' wings, The sweet Madonna, and the Babe : — l Ave Maria.'

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always m progression. We must always purpose to do more or better than in time pa&s

Sorrow is sorrow, wherever you find it, and no bank account can purchase immunity. A grave is a grave whether there is a costly monument above it a headstone of marble. When you reckon with wIiH S ienCe ? 7CU d^cover they are indeoendent of tank »+ + &° V l rty + and ctme to - all alik€ ' w hen you look at the hearts of men you find the same measure departure, .what &jhall we carry with us ?

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