GRAINS OF GOLD.

New Zealand Tablet, 2 August 1906, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD.

The True Wisdom

(Jod is the source of li lit, whom if we approach by faith and ohantv we sliall be truly illuminated, and it is by a holy life ratner than by subtlety of' reasoning that we must soe'< for a knowledge of the truth. There is a light which mm may s>-air>i by study, but it suffices not to fill the soul . and there is light which God po-irs out on those -who sanctify study with prayer, and this is the true wisdom. According to the words of Hie Wise Man,. , ' I called upon Cod, and Ihc spirit of wif-dom came upon ire ' Be assured ih a t he who walks faithfully in Ihc presence of Gcd, and is always ready to prive Him an account of his actions, will- never be separated from Him by consenting to sin.— St. Thomas Aquinas.

Friendships are the purer and more ardent the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Son not only of righteousness but of love. One can ma'<e a great sacrifice, now and then, with a martyr's lieryi&m, but the petty thorns in one's path hurt as cruelly', and must be endured in silence. In order that you niav \iew tbe sunshine in life, link your soul to God. You can never be permeated \yith real .'oy i n'jtss He is your-'companion and guide. Hast thou seen any one wise in his own conceit ? There shall be more'hopi* of a tool than of 'him. Let another praise Ih^e afnl not thy own mouth ; a stranger, and not thy own Irs. — Holy Scripture, Prov. xxvi., 12 ; xx\ii., 2. * In the realms of nature one finds the greatest consolation. God seems to dwe 1 ! here, and we can conmune with Hinvin every leaf and flower. He rises up in a beauty that must needs^ awaken our homage and praise. However practical we deem it, that life loses itself which fails to Wp in touch with the invisible— with the deepest principles winch make business more\ "than barter, and science more, than hammering rocks and a skilled use of the, scalp,"*, and life more than the-bak-ing and eating of-brctd. . . Th? misspents of 4 every ihinute - are a r.iew record us ira heaven. Surely if- we "Ihoupht* thus - we" should dismiss them with better reports and not" suffer them to fly aw a y empty or laden with* dangerous - intelligence. How hat>,py is it- when they carry up aiot only the messr^c, but the fruits of good, and stay the Anncnt of Days to speak for us before His glorious throne. ' - ■