GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, 17 September 1908, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

FORGIVEN (For the N.Z. Tablet.) Oh that a chord from my heart would bind me Fast to the feet .of my God above ! "~~ Oh through my sins, that- He would remind me All that I owe to His endless love ! Unto me ever has He been Father, -. Gently forgiving, and patient, mild. ~ " .Ere I betray Him, oh, let me rather Die, when He -wills, His forgiven child. (Rev.) P. HICKEY. Corowa, N.S.W., August, 1908. Let us enrich our lives._with precious friendships read the best, think the best, do the best ; so shall we become our best. To do what seems • right may involve an extra struggle sometimes, but one may be sure that in the long run it will bring the most happiness. - . He that never changed any of his opinions never corrected any of his mistakes, and he who -was never wise enough to find out any mistake in himself will not be charitable enough to excuse what he reckons mistakes in others. ...J. o^ Ruskin, in counting up the blessings of his childhood, reckoned these three for the first : Peace He had been taught the meaning of peace' in thought' act, and word; had never "heard father's or mother's voice once raised in any dispute, nor seen an aher-/ glance m the .eyes of either, nor . had ever seen a moment s trouble or disorder in any household matter Next to this he estimated Obedience; he obeyed a" word or lifted finger of father or mother^ as a ship her helm without an idea of resistance. And lastly Faith' nothing, was ever promised him that was not given • nothing ever threatened him that was not inflicted and nothing told him that was not true. . '