"CANDLES IN THE WIND."
A short time ago in reading some of Meredith's writings, I came across the following lines: "The light of .every soul burns"upwards, but most of us are candies in the wind. Let us allow, then, for atmospheric disturbances. Then I thought of the hundreds of homes in Auckland where poverty, sickness and distress abound, caused mostlv bv unemployment, and I marvelled that* the lights flickering from these poor souls did not rn out altogether. It seems awful to thiny one man can, by granting employment to another man, change the -atmospheric conditions of his soul and leave the air clear so that the light can '"burn upwards." For what man can honestly and sincerely "keep the faith" if he can only look forward to a futon without hope? Any man holding a responsible position should thank God for the privilege of assisting these souls by granting emptor, ment to the bodies attached to them. A CANDLE. *
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 232, 1 October 1928, Page 6
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