I GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, 14 October 1909, Page 1603

I GRAINS OF GOLD

I ALL IS VANITY. I Look around 1 The world seems fair, I Yet sin and care are everywhere ; I The sunlight plays, but soon, alas ! I The shadows come 1 ; the gleams will pass. ■ The sweetest flow'r will meet decay ; I The brightest dream will fade away, I And "blasted all man's hopes shall be, I For ev'rything is vanity. I We build, perhaps, an ancient name, I On honored place, or wealth, or fame — I A breath will shadow these — the rust I Will eat our treasure ; in the dust ■ Will moulder what we valued so, I And we this truth of truths shall know. I And with the Wise Man shall agree H That ev'rything is vanity. H ' Vanity of Vanities ' — I The things that fret, the joys that please; H Discordance, rancor, grief, and pain, H Inspiring thoughts, ambitions vain, H Go down before the certain fate H That for each mortal lies in wait — H In God, alone, our trust should be, H For all the rest is vanity. ■ — Amadeus, O.S.F. H_ If we are well with God, all is well with us, though Re thickest darkness be around us. Humility is a divine shield and veil which conceals good works, and virtiies from our own eyes. If in spiritual reading you find a passage that inyou, return* to it and read it over often. Be true to thy God, true to thy friends, true to thyand thou shalt never know true unhappiness. Be careful that you say nothing to call forth praise for or blame for your neighbor. — Yen. L. de Blois, Wherein lies thd fascination and charm about children ■ bachelor can never understand unless he lets himself go, then his heart aches. Happiness is what everyone desires and seeks. But many seek it few find^t. And why? Because they not seek it in the right place. ' • Give,' says Our Lord, ' and it shall be given. Good and pressed down and shaken together and runover shall they give into your bosom.' When you come before Our Lord, speak to Him if you Htn; if you cannot remain there, show yourself to Him be not disturbed. — St. Francis de Sales. Sunshine and blue skies cheer the heart. But the are often clouded. Make then your own sunshine. pure heart and the grace of God will help -you to do Souls reared in pious society, understanding the inesgift of religion, never counterfeit. If they have taught to serve Him, they do not wish to As soidiers of Christ we all have many and fierce foes fight, but after each battle fought and won we can feel fresh grace and see the approving smile of our Lord upon us. This renews our courage and fills our with a heavenly peace and the sweetest joy.