GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 08, 8 October 1908, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

GOD'S PEACE. How oft amid the griefs of life Perplexed, misjudged, distressed, O God, I waver in the strife, And long and cry for rest. How oft I feel — so great my need, My courage so outworn — As though my griefs, were now indeed Greater than could be borne. Yet oft will come in times like these — Come like a gracious balm — A sense of peace, of joy, of ease, A sense of heaven's own calm. ■ Ah ! then my heart would fain express What I have felt before— 'Tis not I feel my griefs are less — I feel Thy love is more. And some are here, O God, to-day, Here with their voiceless grief, O give the aid for which they pray, O give such sweet relief ; O give Thy peace, Thy calm, Thy joys, Here as they humbly bow — Such gifts, nor time, nor change destroys, Give them, and give them now. — Exchange.

The habit of happiness can be acquired. Begin each morning by resolving to enjoy something during the" day. It may be the sunrise, a child's play, and laughter, or a pretty peep of landscape Learn to look in each experience that comes for a little pleasure. You will be. surprised to find how many circumstances and duties that you thought commonplace and rather disagreeable possess either an" amusing or an instructive " side. No matter how disagreeable a duty is, some happiness may be got out of iv even if it is only the thought that b r your efforts you are getting it over and done with. If the duty must be, repeated continually, you can get some comfort as well as happiness out of the fact that you are cultivating patience and strength or will power, both of which are essential to happiness and success. '