FATHER AND SON
Sir, —At this time hundreds of sons are having their school holidays, and seeing more than usual of their fathers. May venture to send you what seems to me some apt words which every father ought to read and read to his son ? Perhaps it might help some fathers and some sons. 0 lad o' mine. O, lad o' mine, be never coldly dumb, to me, Whatever care is on your heart, be e-ver quick to come to me; , Come with the truth upon your tongue and have no fear or doubt o me; 1 have such love for you, my lan, no hurt could drive it out o' me. O lad o' mine. O lad o' mine, your father Gcd has made o' me. And shamed I'.ll be to go to Him, if evpr you're afraid o' me; • I'll grieve to learn you've done a -wrong but 'twill be worse distress to me To find you hid behind a lie and would not all confess to me. O lad o" mine. O lad o' mine, you are the living part o Die; f , To find a stranper in my place would surely break the heart o' me; , , ~,. Keep faith m me—whate er befalls 111 stand and share the worst with you. No friend shall be as true as I, but, U, l must be first with you. Anon* l'hank vou for allowing the use of your valuable space. H. K. Archdall. Headmaster, King's College, Auckland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19727, 29 August 1927, Page 12
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