GRAINS OF GOLD THE RETURN.

New Zealand Tablet, 15 July 1909, Page 1083

GRAINS OF GOLD

THE RETURN.

— Aye Maria.

I have sown, but the soil was barren ; I have eaten, yet hunger still; I have drunk of life's running waters, Nor yet have had my fill. I have clothed myself in raiment, And I am yet acold; And into bags with holes I put My wages scant of gold. The skies that arch above me Have stayed their blessed dew, The earth denies her bounty, And yields me only rue. I have left Thy house, O Master, And hastened to mine own; I am as one forgotten, Aye, forsaken and alone ! 0, Master, I am humbled! Down to the earth I bow. Let me once more serve Thee — See, I am ready now ! Bless Thou the seed I scatter, » Bless Thou this toil of mine; Sower and harvest, Master, For evermore are Thine !

A kind heart is the joy of everyone who comes in cootact with it. Kind-heartedness in our dealings with others is the great charm of life. The Catholic school educates a child not only for today or to-morrow, but also for eternity. The test of the spiritual man is his conformity to the mind of the Church. ' Sentire cum Ecclesia 'in dogma, discipline, traditions, customs, devotions, sympathy is the countersign that the work in our hearts is not from the diabolical spirit, nor from the human, but from the divine. — Cardinal Manning. A prime source of happiness is work. To put forth our God-given power, to be active and useful, to do the thing we were born to do, to use our native gifts in whatever direction they may lie, to feel that we are actually* doing something, the best that in us lies, to help the world along — this is indeed happiness, yielding the highest satisfaction, j The world is filled with temptations and allurements. \ Our children will be reached and tempted by the worldly spirit, no matter what we do. We can, however, so train them at home that they be strengthened. We can give them correct Catholic standards of life and thought. "We can send them to Catholic schools, where their faith and morals will be safeguarded. The Catholic parent who does less than this is failing to make provision for the day when the child must face the world without parental guidance pr care.