Grains of Gold

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIX, Issue 39, 5 October 1922, Page 3

Grains of Gold

MY ANGEL GUARDIAN. * I turn to thee! Thou beautiful companion of my soul, Angelic friend whom God has given me My proud and wayward spirit to control; Take this poor, weary, suffering heart of 1 mine, And soothe its woes, and .fold it close to thine. I turn to thee! , Oh !, take me to thy heart and calm my fears, As though I were a weary, suffering child; And bid them cease to flow, these burning tears, And still life’s tempest, raging fierce and wild,' For peace can only dawn when thou hast smiled. I turn to thee! Angel of God, with crown of living light, Pray thou for me, blessed spirit, whilst I pray And wrestle with this agony of night Roll back the stone that seals my living tomb, And call me forth in triumph from its gloom! V MORALITY DEFINED. No word is bandied about by modern philosophers with so little comprehension of its true meaning as the word “morality.” Father Hull gives this definition, which may clear .up doubts in many minds on this fundamental matter: —“Morality consists in doing what is right as a duty: that is, because I ought. A duty means something due to somebody, and that' somebody is God. God, being our Maker .and Master, has a right to command, and it is, therefore, our duty to obey. From God we receive all that we are, and all that we can do; and, therefore, we owe it V, to Him to be what He wills us to be, and to do what He ■ -i , ,• # . 7 wills us to do. 'And this is Morality.” REFLECTIONS. •' We must , only love ourselves as for God, instead of ■ which we are always trying, if we are not careful, to love . God for ourselves. — St. Ignatius Loyola. No one else' can solve your problem, or work-out your V :-; riddle. You stand or fall by it. Your happiness, your i ' well-being, your success, and your destiny hang upon your ‘■y carrying out the programme, the Creator has given you. -