A MONK’S ELECYN WRITTEN IN A MOINDAH MONASTERY

Peoples Vice, 26 June 1943, Page 4

A MONK’S ELECYN WRITTEN IN A MOINDAH MONASTERY

In that old monastic hide-out Proudly titled Priory Hall, Can be found five monks devot- . ■' ’• . ' ■ ing ■ /. ■ 5 Their days to thought and toil. These monks from choice do > « . • dwell there Bar away from' lust and,. sin. Forsaking all the pleasure ‘ - - Of women,cards and gin. But,Sceptic, pleases remember y That in the days gone by ’ < .. / < These monks have known the rap- ? « /’J. — , \ ” tures ‘ For which most men would die • <■» The thrill of waiting anxiously . -The toss of cards to tell . Whether you will be / a - mill ion- ‘ ~ ’ ‘ ‘ \ : aire , . ; Cr shirt " you’ll have to sell. , ? They too have known the, reck - . • -/ •' less i' ' Joys of being properly soused, And the subsequent! al. tortures When throbbing head is doused. They have felt the rapturous . ' thrills Of mans sire let loose The ecstasy of a maid field ■ ■ ■ ■• close/ The taste of forbidden fruit.?

But re these monks had gone , ' /'' too .far . On the way that leads to Hall The Lord, He spoke to then one JJ; ' word Which meant ;hew life -’KiSCAL And so their hearts resolved \ • / and- firm, With true religious fervour. They urneyed to that riromy ' ised < Forsaking worldly ■o' .. ? And now on balmy tropic * nights When pre the sun has set. The monks ycuTlfind a’praying I .? Their souls for to be blessed But though' the monks seem ‘ , bright and gay Their heart do..truly yearn, For all-the: joys they left ■ ' ■ behind ■ , - Their noble lives to learn. Bor . / they ? have found,that. after 1 ■ all ?.'.The things that make life . • ( . ■ fine Are just the things they cannot get. *-Yes -—Women, ’ "■-■ Song, ' \ ? ' ■ and ” • Wine••

The huge profits made by the Canteen are .well shown by the huge building now being erected on .a corner section at Camp Uoihdoh.Covering four re's and towering six stories high it is a monvimcnt -to the business'acumen of Ockey Stevens*••