THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16904, 1 December 1922, Page 3

THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

READ X-OVE. The love that is kind, tint envies not and i* humble, will win its wav through doors that are barred to the sell-asser-tive and the overbearing. The Dust is often in the Face. Of him who learns to win the Race, j GROWTH OF THE SOUL. We have only to he patient, to pray, j and do His wi!l, according to our pre- l sent light aitcl strength. and the j growth of the soul will go on. A | plant grows in the mist and under , clouds as truly as under sunshine.— i Cha lining. THE ETERNAL BATTLE. One of the qualities of Liberty te that as long as it is being striven after it. Does on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands still in the struggle and says. “> have it.” merely shows hv *o doing that: lie has just lost it.— Henrik Ibsen. TIME AND YOUTH. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of voutli, Stolen on his wing three-and-twen-tieth year! My hasting days fly oil with full But my late spring no bud or bios soin shew’th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth That I to r an hood have arrived so And inward ripeness doth much less appear. That some more timely-happy spirits endu’tli. Yet. be it less or more, or soon or slow. Jt shall he still in strictest measure To that same lot. however, mean or high. Toward which Time leads me. and the will of Heaven. All is. if T have grace to use it so. As ever in my great Task-Master’s —Milton; BIDING HIS TIME. Everv man must patiently abide his time. ‘He must wait. Not in listless idleness, not in useless pastime, not in constant, steady, cheerful endeavour, always willing, fulfilling and accomplishing his task. “ that when the occasion comes he may be equal to the occasion.” The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, without a thought oil fame. If it comes at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.—Longfellow. Friendship must have its foundation in faith. Tf we open the door of the* heart to all whiskers an 1 slanders, loyalty cannot abide. Love without trust is torment. MODESTY. “Jt is better to be obscure than to be a cinder in the public eye,” someone lias said. Y'et t here ;re persons so covetous of attention that they wftulil rather be disagreeably noticeable than not to be noticed at- all. There are some who apparently do not know the diffeiem-e between being notable ami being notorious. IF. If for a lit Lie longer stay God give my far-spent life to me. Among liis flowers and birds to stray When air is onlv melodv. I shall be glad, for 1 shall know His loving kindness lead- me so! And when life’s evening shadows And flowers and birds have gone When voices loved, of home. sweet home. Are silent all. bv night, hv dev. More then than notv. mv soul d.a!! know His loving kindness leads me so!A. E. P. BEAUTY Beauty, is everywhere.: if we will hut recogui.se it. it i> in the changing skies and the c’-mging seasons, in the* heavens above us nud the earth around us, the music of the w ind and t boson g of the bird, the rippling stream and thundering torrent. The story God’s.love of beauty‘is w ritten everywhere. T< is not only possible to be angr> and not to sin ; it is not possible to be a, man and not to be angry. He win has no temper, if be cannot hate neither can he love, neither can lie b-> loyal, neither can he be strong, neither can Tie be holy.—-John "Watson. JUDGMENT. No one can hope to make any real progress in the pursuit and apprehen sibu of truth who does not industrious ly ply the broom of impartial judg nient. ( mercilessly sweeping down the cobwebs of misconception and error Part of this work w e can do for others, but we must begin by removing tbbecun from our own eve before -eekinv. to cast out the mote that dims our brothers vision—Rev J Frank Thomsen. OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD. The little cares that fretted me. T lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea Among the winds at plav. Among the lowing of the herds. The rustling of the trees. Among the singing of the birds, The humming of the bees. The foolish fears of wliat may happen.. i on>r them all mv«v .Among the clover scented grass, Among the husking of the corn, Where drowsy poppies nod. Where ill thought,; die and good aro born. Out. in tlic fields with God. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning GUIDES TO SUCCESS. ' If you wish success in life, make ! Perseverance your bosom inc-nd. Ex' | perience your w ise counsellor. Caution : your elder brother, and Hope vonr | guardian genius.- Joseph Addison. | GYMNASIA OF THE SOUL, j It is man’s business to he strong and to be trained. Man is his own j devil. When he is strong enough to j whip himself, all other enemies arc I as straw, and may be laid flat l>y the | push of a knuckle. The real gymnasium is the one in which the muscle,. of the soul are made competent.— Richard Wightman.