GRAINS OF GOLD.

New Zealand Tablet, 23 August 1906, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD.

TIIK WAY TO lIEAVKiV. Heaven is open every day ; In night also. lie that would wend his upward wayMay suiely go. There is no wall to that demesne Where God lo.sides, nor any scieen To hide- the glones of that scene If man will Know. The ladder which the Hebrew saw \Uien as he slept From earth God never doth updraw, But still hath kept ; And angels ever to and fro On errands swiftly glide and glow, For love above, for love below, Its rounds have stepped. Thereon the saint doth daily mount Above the stars, Caring no whit to take account Of earthly bars ; Since well 'tis known to such as he There are no guards but pass him free ; He hath the watchword and the key In peace or wars. Gold letters are not more elastic than iron. Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun. Respectability is no substitute for repentance. Never make tears flow ; God counts them. We give our pity more readily than our esteem. Opponents are teachers who cost us nothing. If Satan could love he would cease to be wicked. Command great fields, but cultivate small ones. Those who always creep arc the only ones that never fall.