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New Zealand Tablet, 1 November 1917, Page 13

\ ~ ..' ■ * 1 V s ’ ? How sweetly does the Angelus bell ring out upon the evening air in the quiet of the country scenes. It 1 there seems vested with some charm which makes meji’s thoughts turn instinctively towards Mary, whose angelic purity it announces. ' ' Something seems to guide 1 them in the path of prayer, Of purity; of holiness of truth. Try as we will ‘we cannot explain this,ibut J the . truth is that' nowhere I does the ringing* of the Angelus bell I have ! such an influence; ; such ■'as abiding influence as t in the country. ’" Perhaps ' the distance l of i! the sound,-; mellowed by ‘coming so far through the ! still air, has something : to do with 1 it. 5 Perhaps the * very i! stillness of the air : impresses ; the observer with • ! awe. “However it may ’ be' ’ most men 1 irresistibly • grow ■ silent * when the* • sound of the bell breaks the , calmness of the summer l! air; " ' ■ > 1! ito \ l ■ - ..M .::U ; !,., , ,