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: took
i
tho pood littlo
to its stable. Finding no oiie tin re, lie gave the pony it
:d viafer. looen. ill' :
iiid
bewail t.i do tli" ;,-ri om's
, in which lie had be u instructed; for ho was fund of
Imrt .-: :'iid tiie coachman at Pv.nwanio i;i-ed to leu h him in
leisure liouiv, telling him that he liked a 7:1:111 to lie able to ride
and drive, groom a home, ami ham; I, saddle and bri-
dle ;.n one who had a knowledge of most things.
Pet< r was oi:e of those people, w. o can Jearn and do learn.
1' 1 :.i ew, what we ought ail of us lo k ow, thut the seeds of
know edge grow to their p rt'eotion iu the gr.mnd of humility.
He had a teachable, spirit nud he never ;
thought that he knew
everything when, in truth, he had only begun to /.earn some-
thing.
Peter was neither vain nor self-conceited ; and, so far, ho
hnd succeeded very well iu life. In fact he was just the boy o
succeed, for he was willing to learn and humble enough to
listen; lie was quick to understand and wise to remember;
then, 'no, he was diligent in the practice of wl at he had learnt,
and faithful t) do well what he lied undertaken to do.
lie was clever, methodi al,
t oughtln), industrious and faithful.
It uia- be said that it was his i:ature to persevere an i to
conquer. Bat t.iere are miuiy things which learners find in the
path of pcr.- cowardice, never
to turn aside with tiie discontented all that was more than
Peter's nature could have done without help, and that help he
got by let ping God in all his thoughts ; and the grace so to
ivu in the presence of God lie got by prayer, and by going to
Mass and the Sacraments.
When people said, looking at Peter, "There goes a clever
1 1 ley-would have been near the real truth if they Lad
said, " There goes one who is good."
This b do t ,s daily
care for ourselves, keeping our hearts clear Iroin t -,,i i ,,. ,