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New Zealand Tablet, 12 September 1918, Page 22

Just think how much smoother the creaking wheels of life would run if they were lubricated with the "oil of gladness." If men could be taught to see "the brightness that is in the cloud"; if, like St. Paul, they might be "though sorrowing, yet always rejoicing." This is what true religion essays to do.—Rev. James F. Callaghan, D.D. Among all those who are included under the title of neighbor there are none, be it remembered, who deserve it more, in one sense, than those of our own household. They are nearest of all to us, living under the same roof and eating the same bread with ourselves. They ought, therefore, to be one of the principal objects of our love and we should practise in regard to them all the acts of a true charity, which ought to be founded not upon flesh and blood, or upon their good qualities, but altogether upon God.—St. Francis de Sales.