SUNDAY READING.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1745, 16 August 1905, Page 73

SUNDAY READING.

Clergymen// and allinterested in /tee • iigidus work are invited to- send news; . ft ents and otlier contributions suitable v . for , publication .in ’• this . .column. - to m care of Editor • "New . Zea- ' land Mail/’ Wellington, f /// ••//' « t ;’///-/.// . ~ TRUTH.- ' ; ; •// ; ' 'life ybii live-is always'drawn ' "/’./ o><3r your fiace.liiiid outward form.! ./ iipt you • lean /hide/ freim view /Thdughts that /stamp you thro’ -and - ; ' thro’/; 'i ' //. .The- mask.' you wear, for a little while, " The- falsehood, hidden ’neatli the smile, Rack of these, to the'honest soul, // ■ Is read with ease—Hike an open scroll! Truth, will-float ! like a sea tossed cork! Though lies against it nrie .wrought. IK fo : r ;awhile you are sorely pressed Eight - oh !-.- Hold. .Tight. Triitli-sj -battle-' .’crest.-:' ' ; :.////';?•;/■'. ' ',.//.■ \// Like floating buoy that marksthe way'. Gr ' heaoonTlight at the :plosd of day, // : Your/inmost heart will show to you With thoughts aright what ; you should /- '-A/ dbi /:,-••■'■// ./i/./YT •••///'/: r "- Then, JetiTruth reign "in every breast, ’Tis a seal fhat staihps nobility’s crest, Greater' than , any out- ancestors wore . When to battle famous crests they bore.. '••List’-' to the voice that- speaks to the soul A .compass to .you, o’er life’s seas as f v . ; they roll, A Beacon to guide you, a true ray of i / ' light," " : ’ ‘ ; •// - - A cuirass to gird you; a sword of might! . kyi} ALE/ RHVFN ALi;,'../ .•/ Y-.;/>.//Y‘ // / \ Melbourne. '