GRAINS OF GOLD. THE SIMPLE LIFE—A PRAYER

New Zealand Tablet, 18 October 1906, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD. THE SIMPLE LIFE— A PRAYER

Give me, O Lord of life and light A clear unclouded mind, A feeling heart that loves the right, And gentle words and kind. 1- ask not fortune, fame or rank, Not length of days my plea ; But let each flying moment find Me nearer Lord, to Thee. I fain would love Thee, better, Lord, And ever do Thy will ; Help me to Thee and all the world My. duty tp fulfil. Free Thou my life from stain of sin, From envy, malice, hate, From every evil wish or thought However small or great. And when the sands of time are run, ■My task on earth complete, Receive me to Thyself above, To worship at Thy feet.

In this world, one must be a little too kind to be kind enough. He will never accomplish anything who dreams of what he will do instead of showing what he can do. Whatever you do, do not judge people hastily ; try and judge them as you would wish them to judge you. The. simple question is, whatever a man's rank in life may he, does he in that rank perform the work that God has given him to do ? To everyone there -comes in life a great turning - point fo.r good or evil, and this is generally brought"'" about by some crushing sorrow. . - The life of duty, not tlie life oi mere ease or mere pleasure— that is the kind of life which makes the great man, as it makes the great nation. The good, the true, the beautiful in lives never die Like the spirits of great men these qualities float ' down the ages thrilling other hearts, animating other souls, ennobling lives, inspiring generations yet unborn to noble actions.