GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 27, Issue 21, 27 May 1909, Page 803

GRAINS OF GOLD

A PEAYER. Thy love and patient tenderness I crave, Heart pierced and torn one day on Calvary — Eternal Godhead, murdered like a slave 1 Sorrow and slights Thy portion to the grave; And, since that ignominy was for me, Crush Thou within my soul all vain desires, Resolve them into pure and holy fires; Endure my nothingness, its falls forgive; Deign to uphold me, or I cannot live. Hatred and falsehood banish far away, Embrace me with Thy mercy every day, Aid mo when Satan with the world conspires. Red flowed Thy lifeblood once: oh, may that crimson stain To my redeemed soul no more appeal in vain ! J — Aye Maria. It is far more merciful to train a child to submit to authority — by means of the physical pain of some good whipping — than to let it go unpunished and thus lay the foundation of a miserable life. — Schoolmaster. If there be a mote in your eye, remove it at once. Otherwise you cannot look the world straight in the face. Further, there will be a cloudiness, a haze, about your character which will be noticeable to those about you. Over three doors of the Cathedral of Milan, Italy, are three inscriptions. The first, amid a wreath of sculptured roses, reads: 'All which pleases us is but for a moment.' Over another door, around a sculptured cross, we read : ' All that which troubles us is but for a-moment.' On the central door we read : ' That only is important which is, eternal.' When the shadows of night are gone, when the hand of God unlocks the gates of morning and gives to the world the unspeakable blessing, in which His~creatures may go their several ways — some to meet the morning with a smile, some to work and some to suffer and to weep, but all, if they only wish it, to draw nearer and nearer to God and to God's eternal rest — is there one of His creatures but should offer every thought, every word, and every action of that day to Him? We should endeavor to perform all our actions with an upright intention, having in view God's honor and the interests of truth, justice, and charity. Resolve, then, to make every morning an oblation of your actions to Gol This daily consecration will sanctify your life. It will give a certain holy impulse to your work. Sell the fruit of your mental and physical labor as dearly as possible. Then your days will be full. Then though your life will be short it will be full of merit. Then every act will be a prayer which will pierce the clouds. It will be a sacrifice most pleasing to the Lord.