GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 52, 30 December 1909, Page 2043

GRAINS OF GOLD

■^^Tlli- il^&A T GE'OF V THE N^e|v YEAR. : „I asked -the New^ar for some mottp sweet, ,, L . \. , -.-, A,a i^, g oin^ Yule of F 'li^e with' which to 'guidfe my feet; 6 '' : CjJ v -") c r askeS 5 and paused: he answered soft and. Iqw,-, '.. „-. , 'God's will to know.' t - i.> t . r ,' f -'j>Will- 'then suffice,! New JY^arP' I cried,*' Arfd ere" the question i into, silence, djed r Th;e'j answer came :^|Nay^ remember, foo, God's will "to do.' " . ; --JsiS I asKeh^ r: Is tnere^ no more to, tell?'-. And once* again the answer sweetly' f elk: f '\ fvf"-fc 'h \£ ] t \ "% „,'Yesl This .one thing,- all other thi^gs^'above, &" ' „1 „. '. God's will t<rk),ve.' '/';,!? .. •■. Nothing •in - life is nilore- remarkable sthan the unnece^Savy 'anxiety "which we endure, and generally occasion ourselves. „ "* ij. ■ . - There i.aTjeftrp.ublesi in reyery life, bivfi there are a-thou-sSfM. gspod oiie' tK'a^t* is.^sad. ' Sometimes ,\ve ,haye . Ciig^ppOTHlr^fiivts. .vBuJ everi^thf^#e reUlly GV)d*s appoiritmefc §^shlll|Mj|)ut. Uggaßte»J3?U .^ojme-. , thnjy|!>e stinkind to" us; oil^ go on loving just tS^oeTor.ef^oijr^sheart ; fu.ll ..ofVuneo^qiier^Dle tt *ktff3liess*'"''No i ' matter HvHat^c6mesnwe v "shou-ld sing a'nql bc.tjTankf^l, and,, should always keep*-sweet. i, | U^? s£r ' '"' ". We or^ nc*!sra^ooj?,(£qd by chain^ r .of_iron, says St. * F£ft£qi|V>f < Sales* but "by allurements, dejicjious 51 enticements, atfd' I fe6ly i n"nspiratiSn's7 t^-' : <si < ace'Ji : istso grilcious, and so gr.aciQjislyiislayJi hol4.'^of draw 'sthejn onwards,, lih^t, it; spoils ,in nothiiig^the liberty "x>f ;our willsr'The-effect pr^dffced : oTi 3 %he > sourb'y -bhe«firs^''aWactipn of grace,;<he thus;r desoribes 1 ; l^t'^ias^o^etimes^ajg^erfed tnat.,,l ssete t a.night- . ingale awaking with the first dawn^of' tjie day. "If begins SmiWl «§»*§& it| wihgs^aha fluttdf- 1 fl§BSfi3>oul^i ti» f . bap^iel it is perched/an d ? then begin to thrill its delicious melodyi? i^ i:s^^-* > * R^ v^'^^^ Unless-^ur -religion- has swjeeteneja_ us_to a very considerable extent — given us the control of our tempter, checked us in the moment of our irritation and 3 weakness/^ judgments of others, and gQ O6l^/^*^^]^?^^ o^ citJ!s atmosphere that is genial and wi4s6nlrar«ofc»®?X~k el||^r& may jTajre/gamed,«^)necthing is sure: religion is not doingits peVfec't^orkM^HisV'aTid even" though our life is clean and upright, it is only as a gnar|^(&@ t^igji^^ple tree that bears no fruit. Onn*#3pF Itl pdsijig.^fxQm the .death < *or- f sm', G tne first step is~a change UiL^li Qispositions-GK^S^.^S'S Yielding^to the imprtfssidMjS' fl&jj&ftdne grace, we must roll away the stone whic%j|ee^^ Till entombed in *^he sepulchfe" of fße dead; that Jsad^sayPivjff^ffuat lay aside our love of. sin by turning our affections against it, and thus our strong insensibilityof heart must be sor * ene^^S^| c ffi® i:^R^ o f^\.'^ n^ I&*iPlif {£% scended.J rom heaven and~TollS'(3~bflck""the"'ston'e.' -Thus—will*chiel' ' I wilL take aveay the stony heart out of your flesh, and i '\?uf frfd^j'ti^ heartP^l^Ssh.Jni&onnCl ,b49Bt*B JbsoiwaiO