GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 16, 23 April 1908, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

A HYMN TO OUR LADY.

Blossoms sparkling with the dew, Garlands bright of varied hue, Fragrant buds and clustered spray, Cull we fox the Queqn of May. Other flowers, Mother dear, Thou -canst see with vision clear : Blossoms set for thee apart In the garden of our heart. Trutlfand candor, meekness fair, Ope their dainty petals there ; While in nr&tchless purity Reigns the iily, love, of thee. Grant, dear Mother, that each bloom Shajl our lives and acts perfume, Growing lovelier each day Till the dawn of -endless May. 1 Aye Maria.'.

Try to be something in the world, and you will besomething ; aim at excellence and excellence will be attained. This is the great secret of success and emm- - ence. • I cannot do it ' never accomplished anything. * I will try ' has wrought wonders. The need 1 of the world to-day !s character. It has brilliancy. It has capacity. It has ambition. It has energy. It lacks men who stand on the solid rock of honesty, who soorn to take anything that they have not rightfully earnetl, whose word can be trusted seven days in the week, who are self-contained, resolute, and strong.