THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16892, 17 November 1922, Page 10

THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

Love in the air will never convert humanity, that can only he done by love on the Cross. —Halliday. It is a'good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend. — Ruskin. Life loveth life and good: then trust AY hat most the spirit would, it must ; Deep wishes in the heart that b* Are blossoms of necessity. David A. Watson. DANGER OF DESPAIR. Despair makes a despicable figure, curl is descended from a mean original. It i*i the offspring of fear, laziness, and impatience. It argues a. defect of spirit and resolution, and oftentimes of honesty, too. After ail, the exercise of this passion is so troublesome, that nothing but dint of evidence and de monstrntion should force- it upon us. I would not despair unless I *n«w the irrevocable decree was passed; spw my misfortune recorded in the book of fate, and signed and sealed by necessity.—Jeremy Collier. The man who prefers Ws dearest friend to the call of duty will soon show that he prefers himself to his dearest friend.—Frederick W. Robertson. V THE SURE SAFEGUARD. The pence which, is approaching, as wo all believe and expect, will l>e a peace that will last for the centuries to come. Jn that the co-operation of America and Great Britain must ever play a leading part. The sacrifices that they havo made together, and the work that they have done together, will endure for all time. Continued intercourse between the American and British jjcople is the surest safeguard for the closest co opera ton in the future. — The Earl of Reading. We are to do what we find to do, but there is direction as to the way iu which it is to be done —with our might ALWAYS THE BEST. We should fill the hours with tho sweetest thiugs If we had but a day; We should drink alone at the purest I springs In our upward way ; Wc should love with a lifetime’s lov© in au hour If the hours were few : We should rest not for dreams, but for fresher power To be and to do. We should waste no moments in weak regret. If the day were but one; It what we remember and what wc regret Went out with the sun; We should be from our clamorous salves .set free To work and to pray. And to be what the Father would have us to be, If we had but a day. —Mary Lowe Dickinson. Whenever a sincere soul shines forth, men will gather round and follow as the sheep follow the shepherd. AMITY AMONG NATIONS. It is to my mind inconceivable that at this time there can bo any man who does not hunger for goodwill-and amity among nations. I cannot believe that in Great Britain and America there are any thinking persons who do not desire, not alone the continued friendship of those countries, but their constant co-operation. If such there be, he is, in niy opinion, not meiely foolish and misguided, but a dangerous lunatic who should be under restraint for the sake of the world.—Mr J. W, Davis, American Ambassador. THE WINNER. I read the lessons of the past That firm endurance wins at last More than the sword. —J. G. Whittier. A BETTER ENGLAND. We have got to get it recognised that religious sentiment is part of our daily life. We must not be pessimistic dull, or depressing. We have got to teach men to live. Everyone can die; ir, is not everyone who can live to advantage. The times are very critical. Me cannot lx* content to sit still and do nothing. We must make a better England, a better Empire, a better world, or this terrible war will havo been in vain and our comrades will hove given their lives for nothing.— General Sir H. S. Horne, K.C.B. WASTE OF TIME. Ob. Day. if J squander a wavelet of thee. V mi tv of mv twelve hours’ tieasure Then shame fall on Asolo, mischief on me l - Robert Browning. Opportunity knocks at the door—trouble breaks it open. THE VALUE OF MACHINERY. We are producing cheaper to-day, and better, under an eight-hours day system, than our forefathers ever produced under a twelve-hours system. The reason is obvious: every reduction of hours is only made possible by means of machinery, and that machinery can produce more in a fewer hours than men, without machinery, could have produced in the longer hours. Any reduction, of hours that will not be attended with increased output is an impossibility. The workers consume 95 per cent of the bulk of the articles produced iu the country. Therefore, if they produce less, tho prices will he dearer, and wages have less purchasing power.—Lord Leverlmlme. There is no sort of wrong deed of nhich a man can hear the punishment Mone. We do not know what important Interests may depend in some critical hour, years from now. on the piece of J work wc arc doing to-day.—J. R. Mil-