Intermountain Catholic | 1900-01-20 | Page 5 | The Better Part

THE BETTEP. PART. - ; (By Si'ster M. Amadous, O. S. F.) Better to be at peace and he alone. All-sat i.-ik-d because desiring not. t Than, discontented, occupy a throne "With sycophantic worship for one's lot. E'tor to Ft.;nd aloof and hold to right, Though scorned, it may be, by the niot- icy throng. Than, mid a, jrrand acclaim, to yield the fwlit. Uncaring if the principle be wrong. j Bettor th? sacrifice, of place and fame, And all that early vanity can seek, i Than ever dim the lustre of one's nam j By d--d too base for honest lips to j speak. Better to act one's real part each day Thonch it, perhaps, may bring- one lower low-er rate. Than any scheme of false pretense to Play, In ho;:v of reaching higher estimate. Better ti humble cot and paltry crust ho!i swoe-iened by affection blest' and rare. Than luxury without the love and trun unify Uie world and make it fair. "