GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, 7 October 1909, Page 1563

GRAINS OF GOLD

A THOUGHT.

Ever and always the river is flowing: Down to the sea, ii,ver and always the breezes are blowing Over "the lea; i-ver the clouds o'er the heavens are sailing a 8r PP oaB o a8S 7m-?7 m -? Spir l tS witI } /vinding-sheets trailingJi^aith and its creatures with order unfailine .Restless as we. Ever and always my life-stream is racing ■nri i- 1 V own to Path's sea: Why should I waste then, the moments in chasing bnadows that flee? & foolish to value this life over measure foolish to covet or honor or pleasure W lse am I only when seeking Christ's treasure Promised to me. —Rev. A. B. O'Neill, C.S.C.

There is no rock so hard but that a little wave may iat admission in a thousand years. . y Work is the artist that builds a splendid arch and Sure'tHaT "-"""• the ailing the

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