GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, 22 October 1908, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

CHRTSTUS CONSOLATGR. - The way is long behind thee, and the lands Barren with filthy shards and burning sands ; What matter? "Thou hast reached my clasping hands. Far hast thou come to me, through loss and fear ; Far hast thou left the land -thy heart held dear ; What matter? Thou hast found love's fullness here. There were a thousand pitfalls in the way ; Hunger and thirst, and lures to lead astray ; What matter? Thou hast seen my face to-day. Thy feet have slipped and bled with bruising pain ; - Thy robes are rent, and soiled with many a stain ; What matter? Love shall make them whole again. The way is long before thee ; and the sod Sharp with its thorns ; steep with its slopes untrod ; What matter? Thou shalt walk thy way with God. " — Exchange. Don't make the same errors twice. Profit from experience. It is no disgrace to be mistaken ; it is a crime to be a hypocrite. "" , Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings. The path of the just is as the shining light, that shincth more and more unto, the perfect day. Not by levity of-floating, but by stubborn force of swimming, shalt thou make thy way.; — Carlyle. I have come to see that cleverness, success, attainment, count for little ; that goodness, or character, is the important factor in life. . ' Beautiful this thought and beautiful the language wherewith Sir Philip Sidney gave it expression : ' They are never alone who are accompanied by noble thoughts. '- To be prudent, honest, and good are infinitely higher accom- . plishments than the being the nice, florid, learned, "or all that which the world calls great scholars and fine gentlemen. Take life earnestly Take it as an earnest, 'vital, essential" matter. Take it as though you personally were born to the task of performing a noble work in it, as though the world had waited for your coming. - - - %i A great people and. petty thoughts or revengeful feelings -go iill together. The strong do not wail; the brave fnake.no outcry.' In proportion" to one's' power should be his forbearance and selfcontrol. — Bishop Spalding. I .When physicians visit a sick man they ask to look at .his tongue, and the appearance of that organ furnishes an indication, a sure one, of the state of the health. if we could' (prove, . from a moral point of -view, the sanitary state of the [tongue, what an insight would it not afford us into the interior pof souls. " The color of the tongue and the style of the conversation would be an indication of the tone of the mind.