'Aphorisms.’
i Be true; he who is true is strong— Strong in himself without the, aid of men, And holds a buckler which shoots oil again The bitterest shafts of enmity and wrong. Be pure ; he who is pure shall feol An inward consciousness nought else can give, ’Twill keep him blest so long as he shall live, And after life shall God’s own self reveal. Be kind ; and kindness will come back. The pity which for others now you know, Will when your want cries out, uncalled for, shew, And. helped three-fold by love, nothing you'll lack. Thus live, and life will hold no tear Unbalanced by a joy, save those which flow In chastened gladness, as wo learn to grow Nearer to God, and further from things here. —William Hunt6r Birkhead.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 915, 13 September 1889, Page 4
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133'Aphorisms.’ New Zealand Mail, Issue 915, 13 September 1889, Page 4
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