GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 9 May 1907, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

HAIL MARY. Hail, full of grace, predestined Virgin blest, Hail Mary, Star of Advent's troubled sea, The Lord, the promised Saviour, is with thee, His tabernacle is thy sinless breast ; Amongi all women dost thou stand confessed Thie chosen one, Chiist's Mother pure to be. All hail : the Fruit of thy VirginUy, The Word 1 , hath come— Et homo factue est. 0 Holy Mary, hear our humble prayer ! Before thee, Mother of our God, we bow. Be thou our _ help until our latest breath. 0 take thy sinful cMldren to thy care, And in thy pity pray for us, both now And in the dank, the lonely, hour of death !

Let your aim be to keep cheerful always. You may^ fall short of the ■' always,' but you will achieve more by taking this highest standard than 'by trying to be cheerful merely ' most of the time. ' Learn to maloe an atmosphere of joy for yourself, not only for your own sake, 'b/ut for the good of the people you meet. As the strongest, deepest love veils itself most " in silence and secrecy, so does love's inevitable penalty, suffering, shrink from discovery and observation, and ignore even those appeals for pity with which it is Lesieged by its own weaker nature ; • and 'by such ignoring does it not only conquer suffering, Iput gains the strength to suffer more and conquer more. Ah ! No man knows his strength or his weakness till occasion proves them. If there be some thoughts and actions of his life from the memory of which a man shrinks with shame, surely there are some whioh be may be proud lo own and remember ; forgiving injuries, conquered temptations, (now and then), and •difficulties vanquished by endurance. Remember that all this ' world can' bestow will be assured by seeking, as God intended we should seek, the kingdom of God. For to seek the kingdom of God consistently, it is as necessary to be industrious as it is to be prayerful, and industry will bring all in the way of worldly wealth that your capabilities can accumulate. Honesty, truthfulness, candor and sincerity must characterise the dealings -of Mm who really seeks- - the bwi'gdojni of God. And with this array of virtues l em,bodied in practical life, pleasure, honor and culture are assured.