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,everett ,hale4 ,george ,h4 ,doran ,company1 ,new ,york1 ,n4,y4 ,sir ,oliver ,lodge1 ,arnold ,bennett1 ,j4 ,stalker1 ,a4,h4 ,begbie4 ,fleming ,h4 ,revell ,company1 ,new ,york1 ,n4,y4 ,percy ,c4 ,ainsworth1 ,e4,h4 ,divall1 ,margaret ,e4 ,sangster1 ,j4,h4 ,jowett1 ,george ,matheson4 ,longmans1 ,green ,company1 ,new ,york and ,london4 ,william ,james4 ,dodd1 ,mead ,company1 ,new ,york1 ,n4,y4 ,maurice ,maeterlinck1 ,hamilton ,mabie1 ,ian ,maclaren1 ,jerome ,k4 ,jerome1 ,g4,k4 ,chesterton1 ,paul ,laurence ,dunbar4 ,small1 ,maynard ,company1 ,boston1 ,mass4 ,mrs4 ,charlotte ,perkins ,gilman1 ,john ,b4 ,tabb1 ,ernest ,crosby4 ,lothrop1 ,lee ,shepard ,company1 ,boston1 ,mass4 ,paul ,hamilton ,hayne4 ,doubleday1 ,page ,company1 ,garden ,city1 ,new ,york ,charles ,wagner1 ,edwin ,markham1 ,helen ,keller4 ,e4,p4 ,dutton ,company1 ,new ,york4 ,george ,macdonald4 ,,january ,janus am ,i2 oldest of potentates2 ,forward ,i look1 and backward1 and below ,i count1 as god of avenues and gates1 ,the years that through my portals come and go4 ,i block the roads1 and drift the fields with snow2 ,i chase the wild fowl from the frozen fen2 ,my frosts congeal the rivers in their flow1 ,my fires light up the hearths and hearts of men4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,,january ,,first ,bartolome ,esteban ,murillo1 baptized #afah4 ,paul ,revere born #agce4 ,betsy ,ross born #ageb4 ,maria ,edgeworth born #agfg4 ,arthur ,hugh ,clough born #ahai4 ,old things need not be therefore true1 ,o brother men1 nor yet the new2 ,ah6 still awhile the old thought retain1 ,and yet consider it again6 ,we6 what do we see8 each a space ,of some few yards before his face2 ,does that the whole wide plan explain8 ,ah1 yet consider it again6 ,alas6 the great world goes its way1 ,and takes its truth from each new day2 ,they do not quit1 nor can retain1 ,far less consider it again4 --,arthur ,hugh ,clough4 ,there are two sorts of content2 one is connected with exertion1 the other habits of indolence4 ,the first is a virtue2 the other a vice4 --,maria ,edgeworth4 ,oh send out thy light and thy truth2 let them lead me3 ,let them bring me unto thy holy hill1 ,and to thy tabernacles4 --,psalm #dc4 #c4 ,almighty ,god1 lead me in the search for life4 ,teach me what is important and what is unimportant2 what is false1 and what is true4 ,remove the hindrances that keep me from the worthiest deeds1 and grant that ,i may have the peace that comes with surrender of self to thy will4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,second ,general ,james ,wolfe born #agbg4 ,colonial flag first raised #aggf4 ,mary ,carey ,thomas born #aheg4 ,to what profit we could use the time for our present task that we spend in impatient waiting and wondering over the future6 ,so often the future is just one step up from the present1 but some of us miss it by preferring to wait for an elevator4 --,m4 ,b4 ,s4 ,prepare to live by all means1 but for heaven's sake do not forget to live4 ,you will never have a better chance than you have at present4 ,you may think you will have1 but you are mistaken4 --,arnold ,bennett4 ,he that riseth late must trot all day1 and shall scarce overtake his business at night2 while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him4 ,he that lives on hope will die fasting4 --,benjamin ,franklin4 ,whatsoever thy hand findeth to do1 do it with thy might1 for there is no work1 nor device1 nor knowledge1 nor wisdom1 in ,sheol1 whither thou goest4 --,ecclesiastes #i4 #aj4 ,gracious ,father1 my heart burns with shame when ,i think how much ,i claim1 and how little ,i am4 ,i pray that my body may not cast a shadow to-day1 and cloud the light of my life to-morrow4 ,cleanse the windows of my soul that ,i may take in thy glory4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,third ,marcus ,tullius ,cicero born ,b4,c4 #ajf4 ,martin ,luther excommunicated #aeba4 ,douglas ,jerrold born #ahjc4 ,charles ,wagner 7,france7 born #aheb4 ,to be continually advancing in the paths of knowledge is one of the most pleasing satisfactions of the human mind4 ,these are pleasures perfect consistent with every degree of advanced years4 --,cicero4 ,fidelity in small things is at the base of every great achievement4 ,we too often forget this and yet no truth needs more to be kept in mind particularly in the troubled eras of history and in the crises of individual life4 ,in shipwreck a splintered beam1 an oar1 any scrap of wreckage saves us4 ,to despise the remnants is demoralization4 --,charles ,wagner4 ,he that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much4 --,luke #af4 #aj ,almighty ,god1 may ,i understand that thou art in everything and that ,i cannot hide from thee1 for thou boldest me though ,i know it not4 ,give me the desire1 and help me to learn of thy laws1 that ,i may know that even in the least of things1 ,i have the liberty to obtain happiness by obeying them4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,fourth ,archbishop ,usher born #aehj4 ,jacob ,l4 ,carl ,grimm born #aghe4 ,elizabeth ,peabody died #ahid4 ,years rush by us like the wind1 we see not whence the eddy comes1 nor whitherward it is tending1 and we seem ourselves to witness their flight without a sense that we are changed3 and yet time is beguiling man of his strength1 as the winds rob the trees of their foliage4 --,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,the bell strikes one4 ,we take no note of ,time ,but from its loss4 ,to give it1 then a tongue ,is wise in man2 as if an angel spoke ,i feel the solemn sound4 ,if heard aright ,it is the knell of my departed hours3 ,where are they8 --,edward ,young4 ,days should speak1 ,and multitude of years should teach wisdom4 ,and the breath of the ,almighty giveth them understanding4 ,it is not the great that are wise1 ,nor the aged that understand justice4 --,job #cb4 #g1 #i4 ,lord ,god1 help me to see my mistakes1 and bring me to the realization of my life4 ,grant that ,i may no longer use the time that thou gavest me to learn in1 heedlessly1 but to give it my best thought and care4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,fifth ,stephen ,decatur born #aggi4 ,robert ,morrison born #aghb4 ,thomas ,pringle born #aghi4 ,let me go where'er ,i will1 ,i hear a sky-born music still3 ,it sounds from all things old1 ,it sounds from all things young1 ,from all that's fair1 from all that's foul1 ,peals out a cheerful song4 ,it is not only in the rose1 ,it is not only in the bird1 ,not only where the rainbow glows1 ,nor in the song of woman heard1 ,but in the darkest1 meanest things ,there alway1 alway something sings4 ',tis not in the high stars alone1 ,nor in the cup of budding flowers1 ,nor in the redbreast's mellow tone1 ,nor in the bow that smiles in showers1 ,but in the mud and scum of things ,there alway1 alway something sings4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,the heavens declare the glory of ,god2 ,and the firmament showeth his handiwork4 --,psalm #ai4 #a4 ,almighty ,god1 grant that my life may no longer be a noise1 but be kept in tune with the sublimest melodies1 that wherever ,i am1 there may be no discords in the songs of my soul4 ,through thy loving-kindness may my songs resound4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,sixth ,epiphany1 or ,twelfth-,day4 ,joan d',arc born #adab4 ,david ,dale born #agci4 ',twas even so6 and thou the shepherd's child1 ,joanne1 the lowly dreamer of the wild6 ,never before and never since that hour ,hath woman1 mantled with victorious power1 ,stood forth as thou beside the shrine didst stand1 ,holy amidst the knighthood of the land4 --,mrs4 ,felicia ,hemans4 ,every one must recognize the splendid work which has been done by women in social and educational fields4 ,and it will1 ,i believe1 come more and more to be recognized that in some respects women are specially fitted for government and for official-municipal life4 --,sir ,oliver ,lodge4 ,now ,deborah1 a prophetess1 the wife of ,lappidoth1 she judged ,israel at that time4 ,and she dwelt under the palm tree of ,deborah between ,ramah and ,bethel in the hill-country of ,ephraim3 and the children of ,israel came up to her for judgment4 --,judges #d4 #d1 #e4 ,my ,father1 help me to be thoughtful and just4 ,may ,i consider the great truths and broader visions that may not be seen from where ,i stand4 ,may ,i be willing to accept a better view4 ,grant that ,i may realize that the battle of life is not a sham battle1 but a struggle for the advancement of life4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,seventh ,general ,putnam born #agah4 ,robert ,nicholl born #ahad4 ,t4 ,de,witt ,talmage born #ahcb4 ,opportunities fly in a straight line1 touch us but once and never return1 but the wrongs we do others fly in a circle2 they come back from the place they started4 --,t4 ,de,witt ,talmage4 ,our share of night to bear1 ,our share of morning1 ,our blank is bliss to fill1 ,our blank is scorning4 ,here a star1 and there a star1 ,some lose their way1 ,here a mist1 and there a mist1 ,afterwards--day6 --,emily ,dickinson4 ,arise ye1 and depart2 for this is not your resting-place4 --,micah #b4 #aj4 ,lord ,god1 give me the desire to be persistent in service1 while ,i have health and strength4 ,may ,i experience the sweetness that comes in doing the thing that ,i ought to have done1 as well as that in which ,i took the most pleasure4 ,help me to so live that my days may be useful1 and be recalled with bright and happy recollections4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,eighth ,john ,earl of ,stair died #agjg4 ,sir ,william ,draper died #aghg4 ,alfred ,russel ,wallace born #ahbc4 ,william ,wilkie ,collins born #ahbd4 ,sir ,laurence ,alma-,tadema born #ahcf4 ,a blue bird built his nest ,here in my breast4 ,o bird of ,light6 ,whence comest thou8 ,said he1 ,from ,god above3 ,my name is ,love4 ,a mate he brought one day1 ,of plumage gray4 ,o bird of ,night6 ,why comest thou8 ,said she3 ,seek no relief6 ,my name is ,grief4 --,laurence ,alma-,tadema4 ,it is not so much resolution as renunciation1 not so much courage as resignation1 that we need4 ,he that has once yielded thoroughly to ,god will yield to nothing but ,god4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,behold1 ,god will not cast away a perfect man1 ,neither will he uphold the evildoers4 ,he will yet fill thy mouth with laughter1 ,and thy lips with shouting4 --,job #h4 #bj1 #ba4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to understand that peace does not come in rebellion or grieving1 but is obtained through the calm of the soul4 ,grant that if ,i may be perplexed or worried to-day1 ,i may have the power to control myself and wait in thy strength4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,ninth ,dr4 ,thomas ,brown born #aggh4 ,elizabeth ,o4 ,benger died #ahbb4 ,caroline ,lucretia ,herschel died #ahdh1 aged ninety-seven4 ,wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness altogether past calculation its powers of endurance4 ,efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyous--a spirit of all sunshine4 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting4 --,washington ,irving4 ,a laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market4 --,charles ,lamb4 ,a glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance2 ,but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken4 ,better is a dinner of herbs1 where love is1 ,than a stalled ox and hatred therewith4 --,proverbs #ae4 #ac1 #ag4 ,gracious ,father1 if ,i am sorrowing over disappointment and am forgetful1 grant that ,i may see the things thou hast made1 for which ,i should be thankful4 ,help me to so live that ,i may have a right to claim a cheerful heart4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,tenth ,dr4 ,george ,birkbeck born #aggf4 ,michel or ,marshal ,ney born #agfi4 ,karl von ,linne1 ,linnaeus1 died #aggh4 ,ethan ,allen born #agcg4 ,shall ,i hold on with both hands to every paltry possession8 ,all ,i have teaches me to trust the ,creator for all ,i have not seen4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,the practical weakness of the vast mass of modern pity for the poor and the oppressed is precisely that it is merely pity2 the pity is pitiful but not respectful4 ,men feel that the cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals4 ,they never feel that it is injustice to equals2 nay1 it is treachery to comrades4 --,g4,k4 ,chesterton4 ,be ye all like-minded1 compassionate1 loving as brethren1 tender-hearted1 humble-minded3 not rendering evil for evil1 or reviling for reviling2 but contrariwise blessing4 --#a ,peter #c4 #h1 #i4 ,god of justice1 may ,i pause to remember that while ,i may do a mean act and keep it hidden from others1 ,i cannot keep it hidden from myself1 nor from thee4 ,help me to have a nobler sense of the quality of life1 and less anxiety for the quantity1 that ,i may avoid harshness and selfishness1 and be given to tenderness and justice4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,eleventh ,alexander ,hamilton born #ageg4 ,bayard ,taylor born #ahbe4 ,william ,james born #ahdb4 ,alice ,caldwell ,regan ,rice born #ahgj4 ,the paternal relation to man was the basis of that religion which appealed directly to the heart2 so the fraternity of each man with his fellow was its practical application4 --,bayard ,taylor4 ,it is indeed a remarkable fact that sufferings and hardships do not1 as a rule1 abate the love of life2 they seem on the contrary1 usually to give it a keener zest2 and the sovereign source of melancholy is repletion4 ,need and struggle are what excite and inspire4 ,our hour of triumph is what brings the void4 --,william ,james4 ,blessed is the man that endureth temptation2 for when he hath been approved1 he shall receive the crown of life1 which the ,lord promised to them that love him4 --,james #a4 #ab4 ,lord ,god1 ,i come to thee for help that the small things may not force themselves into my life1 and keep me from pursuing the larger things which are continually open to me4 ,may ,i not be blind to what ,i may have and be1 through inspiration and work4 ,grant that ,i may not be satisfied to remain in that in which ,i have triumphed1 but climb to greater endeavors4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twelfth ,edmund ,burke born #agbi4 ,johann ,heinrich ,pestalozzi born #agdf4 ,francois ,coppee born #ahdb4 ,john ,s4 ,sargent born #ahef4 ,show the thing you contend for to be reason2 show it to be common sense2 show it to be the means of attaining some useful end4 ,the question with me is not whether you have a right to render your people miserable1 but whether it is your interest to make them happy4 --,edmund ,burke4 ,like the star ,that shines afar1 ,without haste ,and without rest1 ,let each man wheel with steady sway ,round the task that rules the day1 ,and do his best4 --,goethe4 ,love suffereth long1 and is kind2 love envieth not2 love vaunteth not itself1 is not puffed up4 --#a ,corinthians #ac4 #d4 ,gracious ,father1 cause me to be critical of my life1 that ,i may not be deceived in myself4 ,help me to look into my soul and see what thou dost find there2 and with humility may ,i acknowledge what ,i am to thee1 and seek thy wisdom and love4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,thirteenth ,george ,fox1 founder ,society of ,friends1 died #afia4 ,samuel ,woodworth 7,old ,oaken ,bucket7 born #aghe4 ,order of ,king's ,daughters founded #ahhf4 ,have thy soul feel the universal breath ,with which all nature's quick1 and learn to be ,sharer in all that thou dost touch or see2 ,break from thy body's grasp thy spirit's trance2 ,give thy soul air1 thy faculties expanse2 ,love1 joy1 even sorrow1--yield thyself to all6 ,they make thy freedom1 groveling1 not thy thrall4 ,knock off the shackles which thy spirit bind ,to dust and sense1 and set at large the mind6 ,then move in sympathy with ,god's great whole1 ,and be like man at first1 a ,living ,soul4 --,richard ,henry ,dana4 ,i was deeply impressed by what a gardener once said to me concerning his work4 ,i feel1 sir1 he said1 when ,i am growing the flowers or rearing the vegetables1 that ,i am having a share in creation4 ,i thought it a very noble way of regarding his work4 --,j4,h4 ,jowett4 ,for we are ,god's fellow workers3 ye are ,god's husbandry1 ,god's building4 --#a ,corinthians #c4 #i4 ,creator of all1 help me to see what there is for me to do2 and help me to know that ,i cannot be productive if ,i am hovering in the choice of my work4 ,may ,i learn from thy great works of heaven and earth the ways of selection and steadfastness4 ,give me the desire to work and the confidence that is needed to carry on my work4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,fourteenth ,madame de ,sevigne died #afif4 ,edmund ,halley died #agdb4 ,pierre ,loti born #ahej4 ,are you in earnest8 ,seize this very minute ,what you can do1 or dream you can2 begin it2 ,boldness has genius1 power magic in it4 ,only engage1 and then the mind grows heated2 ,begin and then the work will be completed4 --,goethe4 ,were half the power that fills the world with terror1 ,were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts1 ,given to redeem the human mind from error1 ,there were no need of arsenals or forts4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,choose you this day whom ye will serve2444 but as for me and my house1 we will serve ,jehovah4 --,joshua #bd4 #ae4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to appreciate the sacredness of work while ,i have it to do4 ,grant that ,i may be spared the wretchedness that comes from working with fragments from idleness4 ,may ,i do my part1 even if it be in obscurity and the night overtakes me before it is done4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,fifteenth ,moliere born #afbb4 ,dr4 ,samuel ,parr born #agdg4 ,edward ,everett died #ahfe4 ,the sun withholds his generous beam2 ,athwart my soul the shadows stream2 ,the weird winds boisterously blow1 ,and drift the melancholy snow4 ,when ,i1 in sorrow and despair1 ,expect the storm1 with tender care ,he rends the clouds and through the blue ,the glorious sun breaks forth anew4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,so with the wan waste grasses on my spear1 ,i ride forever seeking after ,god4 ,my hair grows whiter than my thistle plume ,and all my limbs are loose2 but in my eyes ,the star of an unconquerable praise2 ,for in my soul one hope forever sings1 ,that at the next white corner of the road ,my eyes may look on ,him4 --,g4,k4 ,chesterton4 ,he brought me forth also into a large place2 ,he delivered me1 because he delighted in me4 --,psalm #ah4 #ai4 ,loving ,father1 if ,i may be discouraged to-day1 strengthen my faith4 ,may ,i not weary of waiting for thee1 but trust in thy promises4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,sixteenth ,edmund ,spenser died #aeii4 ,johann ,august ,neander born #aghi4 ,edward ,gibbon died #agid4 ,sir ,john ,moore died #ahji4 ,but lovely concord1 and most sacred peace1 ,doth nourish vertue1 and fast friendship breeds2 ,weake she makes strong1 and strong thing does increase1 ,till it the pitch of highest praise exceeds4 --,edmund ,spenser4 ,perfect good-breeding is the result of nature and not of education2 for it may be found in a cottage1 and may be missed in a palace4 ',tis the genial regard for the feeling of others that springs from an absence of selfishness4 --,disraeli4 ,can a fig tree1 my brethren1 yield olives1 or a vine figs8 neither can salt water yield sweet4 --,james #c4 #ab4 ,heavenly ,father1 help me to value my thoughts1 words1 and deeds4 ,if at the close of the day1 there may be one who has been wounded by my injustice1 may ,i be willing to make quick atonement4 ,may ,i avoid the ways and words that hurt2 and not only wish rightly and work rightly1 but speak to enrich others with tenderness4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,seventeenth ,john ,ray died #agje4 ,benjamin ,franklin born #agjf4 ,george ,bancroft died #ahia4 ,employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure2 and since thou art not sure of a minute1 throw not away an hour6 ,leisure is time for doing something useful2 this leisure the diligent man will obtain1 but the lazy man never2 a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things4 --,benjamin ,franklin4 ,there is nothing to gain and everything to lose by despising the example of nature1 and making arbitrary rules for oneself4 ,our liberty wisely understood is but a voluntary obedience to the universal laws of life4 --,amiel4 ,i will meditate on thy precepts1 ,and have respect unto thy ways4 --,psalm #aai4 #ae4 ,my ,father1 help me to understand the power of nature1 that ,i may be willing to obey her laws4 ,i pray that ,i may so live that my life will proclaim itself without need of boasting or deception4 ,forbid that ,i should spend my life in perfecting trifles1 and have no leisure to enjoy thy great gifts4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,eighteenth ,charles de ,montesquieu born #afhi4 ,john ,gillies born #agdg4 ,daniel ,webster born #aghb4 ,we would leave for the consideration of those who shall occupy our places some proof that we hold the blessings transmitted from our fathers in just estimation2 some proof of our attachment to the cause of good government and of civil and religious liberty2 some proof of a sincere and ardent desire to promote every thing which may enlarge the understanding and improve the hearts of men4 --,daniel ,webster4 ,brother and friend1 the world is wide1 ,but ,i care not whether there be ,the soothing song of a summer tide ,or the thrash of a wintry sea1 ,if but through shimmer and storm you bide1 ,brother and friend1 with me4 --,percy ,c4 ,ainsworth4 ,honor all men4 ,love the brotherhood4 ,fear ,god4 ,honor the ,king4 --#a ,peter #b4 #ag4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i thank thee for all the tender influences of life2 for all the gentleness and strength that may be given and received through friendship4 ,help me to be careful of what ,i do1 for my sake1 and for the sake of those who may follow me4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,nineteenth ,hans ,sachs died #aegf4 ,william ,congreve died #agbi4 ,james ,watt born #agcf4 ,robert ,e4 ,lee born #ahjg4 ,edgar ,allan ,poe born #ahji4 ,i stand amid the roar ,of a surf-tormented shore1 ,and ,i hold within my hand ,grains of the golden sand-- ,how few6 ,yet how they creep ,through my fingers to the deep1 ,while ,i weep--while ,i weep6 ,o ,god1 can ,i not save ,one from the pitiless wave8 ,is all that we see or seem ,but a dream within a dream8 --,edgar ,allan ,poe4 ,do not train up your children in hostility to the government of the ,united ,states4 ,remember that we are one country now4 ,dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling1 and bring them up to be ,americans4 --,robert ,e4 ,lee4 ,wait for ,jehovah3 ,be strong1 and let thy heart take courage2 ,yea1 wait thou for ,jehovah4 --,psalm #bg4 #ad4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that if ,i have struggled for the wrong1 and have worked with weak hands1 thou wilt forgive me for my lost strength4 ,give me more light to shine upon my work1 upon thy promises1 and upon my duties2 and with thy wisdom may ,i search for the truth that is behind every wrong1 and for the purpose that is beyond all journeyings4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twentieth ,eve of ,saint ,agnes4 ,david ,garrick died #aggi4 ,john ,howard died #agij4 ,john ,ruskin died #aijj4 ,nathaniel ,p4 ,willis born #ahjf4 ,how like a mounting devil in the heart ,rules the unreigned ambition6 ,let it once ,but play the monarch1 and its haughty brow ,glows with a beauty that bewilders thought ,and unthrones peace forever4 ,putting on ,the very pomp of ,lucifer1 it turns ,the heart to ashes4 --,nathaniel ,p4 ,willis4 ,temperance1 in the nobler sense1 does not mean a subdued and imperfect energy2 it does not mean a stopping short in any good thing1 as love or in faith2 but it means the power which governs the most intense energy1 and prevents its acting in any way but as it ought4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,and thy gentleness hath made me great4 --,psalm #ah4 #ce4 ,gracious ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may be willing to profit by the experience of great teachers1 and appreciate the value of strong principles4 ,may ,i too live for the higher ideals of life1 and through a sympathetic response add power and virtue to other lives1 while gaining strength for my own4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,first ,miles ,coverdale died #aefh4 ,john ,fitch born #agdc4 ,john ,c4 ,fremont born #ahac4 ,thomas ,erskine born #agej4 ,thomas ,jonathan 7,stonewall7 ,jackson born #ahbd4 ,so long as we love we serve2 so long as we are loved by others ,i would almost say that we are indispensable2 and no man is useless while he has a friend4 --,robert ,l4 ,stevenson4 ,so to the calmly gathered thought ,the innermost of life is taught1 ,the mystery dimly understood1 ,that love of ,god is love of good3 ,that to be saved is only this-- ,salvation from our selfishness4 --,john ,greenleaf ,whittier4 ,love worketh no ill to his neighbor3 love therefore is the fulfillment of the law4 ,and this1 knowing the season1 that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep3 for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed4 --,romans #ac4 #aj1 #aa4 ,tender ,father1 may ,i not attempt to serve life for my own gratification4 ,may ,i not interpret love through vanity1 but from reality4 ,make me worth while1 that ,i may be relied upon for my pledges1 and needed for my services4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,second ,andrea del ,sarto died #aeca4 ,francis ,bacon born #aefa4 ,lord ,george ,byron born #aghh4 ,queen ,victoria died #aija4 ,father of light6 to thee ,i call1 ,my soul is dark within3 ,thou who canst mark the sparrow's fall1 ,avert the death of sin1 ,thou who canst guide the wandering star1 ,who calm'st the elemental war1 ,whose mantle is yon boundless sky1 ,my thoughts1 my words1 my crimes forgive2 ,and since ,i soon must cease to live1 ,instruct me how to die4 --,lord ,byron4 ,knowledge1 whether it descend from divine inspiration or spring from human sense1 would soon perish and vanish to oblivion if it were not preserved in books1 traditions1 conferences1 and places appointed4 --,francis ,bacon4 ,blessed is he that readeth1 and they that hear the words of the prophecy1 and keep the things that are written therein4 --,revelation #a4 #c4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i would have thy counsel as ,i read the words and follow the deeds of helpful lives1 that ,i may be inspired to nobler activities4 ,give me the desire to know more of thy holy word1 that ,i may have a better knowledge of life4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,third ,john ,hancock born #agcg4 ,william ,pitt died #ahjf4 ,charles ,kingsley died #ahge4 ,paul ,gustave ,dore died #ahhc4 ,never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful4 ,welcome it in every fair face1 every fair sky1 every fair flower1 and thank ,him for it1 who is the fountain of all loveliness4 --,charles ,kingsley4 ,nature never did betray ,the heart that loved her2 'tis her privilege ,through all the years of this life1 to lead1 ,from joy to joy2 for she can so impress ,with quietness and beauty1 and so feed ,with lofty thoughts1 that neither evil tongues1 99 99 99 99 99 ,nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life1 ,shall e'er prevail against us or disturb ,our cheerful faith1 that all which we behold ,is full of blessings4 --,william ,wordsworth4 ,is not ,god in the height of heaven8 ,and behold the height of the stars1 how high they are6 ,and thou sayest1 ,what doth ,god know8 ,can he judge through the thick darkness8 --,job #bb4 #ab1 #ac4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may not overlook thy blessings of beauty while endeavoring to perform my duties4 ,guide me that ,i may not struggle to be where thou wouldst not have me go4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,fourth ,charles ,earl of ,dorset born #afcg4 ,frederick the ,great born #agab4 ,charles ,james ,fox born #agdi4 ,the great ,gods pass through the great ,time-hall1 ,stately and high2 ,the little men climb the low clay wall ,to gape and spy2 ,we wait for the ,gods1 the little men cry1 ,but these are our brothers passing by4 ,the great ,gods pass through the great ,time-hall2 ,who can see8 ,the little men nod by the low clay wall1 ,so tired they be2 ',tis weary waiting for ,gods1 they yawn1 ,there's a world o' men1 but the ,gods are gone4 --,a4,h4 ,begbie4 ,but their eyes were holden that they should not know him4 --,luke #bd4 #af4 ,my ,father1 may ,i be careful of getting weary and missing the best through the need of rest4 ,intensify my desire for the songs and glorious ways1 that ,i may not settle into dullness and slumber1 while others pass on in the light4 ,i pray for a keener sense of the possessions made possible by the deeds and cares of noble men and women4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,fifth ,robert ,burns born #agei4 ,lord ,frederick ,leighton died #ahif4 ,daniel ,maclise born #ahaa4 ,when ranting round in pleasure's ring ,religion may be blinded3 ,or if she gie a random sting1 ,it may be little minded3 ,but when on life we're ,tempest-driv'n-- ,a conscience but a canker1 ,a correspondence fixed wi' ,heav'n1 ,is sure a noble anchor4 --,robert ,burns4 ,be good1 sweet maid1 and let who will be clever2 ,do noble things1 not dream them1 all day long3 ,and so make life1 death1 and that vast forever ,one grand sweet song4 --,charles ,kingsley4 ,o ,lord1 by these things men live2 ,and wholly therein is the life of my spirit3 ,wherefore recover thou me1 and make me to live4 --,isaiah #ch4 #af4 ,gracious ,father1 grant that ,i may not be willing to spend my life for trivial needs1 for thou dost measure me for what ,i am1 and boldest me for what ,i lose in waste4 ,be with me in my judgment of what is best1 that ,i may make the most of my life4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,sixth ,lord ,george ,sackville born #agaf4 ,benjamin ,robert ,haydon born #aghf4 ,mary ,mapes ,dodge born #ahch4 ,general ,gordon 7,chinese ,gordon7 killed #ahhe4 ,ave ,maria6 blessed be the hour1 ,that time1 the clime1 the spot1 where ,i so oft ,have felt that moment in its fullest power ,sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft1 ,while swung the deep bell in the distant tower ,or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft1 ,and not a breath crept through the rosy air1 ,and yet the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer4 --,lord ,byron4 ,i am quite happy1 thank ,god1 and like ,lawrence1 ,i have tried to do my duty4 --,general ,gordon 7just before death74 ,for in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion3 ,in the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me2 ,he will lift me up upon a rock4 --,psalm #bg4 #e4 ,heavenly ,father1 teach me how to breathe in the sweetness of life4 ,reveal to me the life that will bring peace to the soul4 ,may ,i not be dismayed1 but find the ,peace that passeth all understanding1 the perfect peace that comes from thee4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,seventh ,johannes ,wolfgang ,mozart born #agef4 ,a4,w4 von ,schlegel born #agfg4 ,david ,friedrich ,strauss born #ahjh4 ,to keep young1 every day read a poem1 hear a choice piece of music1 view a fine painting1 and1 if possible1 do a good action4 ,man's highest merit always is1 as much as possible1 to rule external circumstances1 and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them4 --,goethe4 ,let us not always say1 ,spite of this flesh to-day ,i strove1 made head1 gained ground upon the whole6 ,as the bird wings and sings1 ,let us cry1 ,all good things ,are ours1 nor soul helps flesh more now than flesh helps soul6 --,robert ,browning4 ,surely goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life4 --,psalm #bc4 #f4 ,loving ,father1 help me to foresee that it is what ,i care for to-day that determines how ,i will find old age4 ,may ,i not bring my closing years to weariness and lonesomeness1 but may ,i have the restfulness that comes with communing with thee4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,eighth ,charlemagne died #had4 ,sir ,francis ,drake died #aeif4 ,peter the ,great died #agbe4 ,charles ,george ,gordon 7,chinese ,gordon7 born #ahcc4 ,he only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer1 whose blood warmer1 whose brain quicker1 and whose spirit is entering into living peace4 ,and the men who have this life in them are the true lords and kings of the earth--they1 and they only4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,just where you stand in the conflict1 ,there is your place6 ,just where you think you are useless1 ,hide not your face6 ,god placed you there for a purpose1 ,what e'er it be2 ,think you he has chosen you for it3 ,work loyally4 --,anonymous4 ,o the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of ,god6 how unsearchable are his judgments1 and his ways past tracing out6 --,romans #aa4 #cc4 ,my ,father1 ,i thank thee that thou hast endowed me with a will2 help me to use it aright4 ,may ,i have the knowledge of what thou dost demand of my soul1 that ,i may do my best with what thou hast given me4 ,help me that ,i may reach out for the highest ideals of life4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,twenty-,,ninth ,emanuel ,swedenborg born #afhh4 ,thomas ,paine born #agcg4 ,adelaide ,ristori born #ahbb4 ,william ,mc,kinley1 ,ohio1 twenty-fourth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahdc4 ,god will keep no nation in supreme place that will not do supreme duty4 --,william ,mc,kinley4 ,reputation is what men and women think of us2 character is what ,god and the angels know of us4 --,thomas ,paine4 ,the reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another4 --,george ,eliot4 ,let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand1 ,upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself4 ,so shall we not go back from thee3 ,quicken thou us1 and we will call upon thy name4 --,psalm #hj4 #ag1 #ah4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may be just and be given to kindness4 ,may ,i be conscious of my virtues1 and use them to overcome my faults4 ,may ,i hear clearly thy call that ,i may be sure of the way as ,i lead others to duty and happiness4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,thirtieth ,archbishop ,butler born #aggd4 ,walter ,savage ,landor born #agge4 ,henri ,rochefort born #ahcj4 ,why1 why repine1 my pensive friend1 ,at pleasures slipped away8 ,some the stern fates will never lend1 ,and all refuse to stay4 ,i see the rainbow in the sky1 ,the dew upon the grass2 ,i see them and ,i ask not why ,they glimmer or they pass4 ,with folded arms ,i linger not ,to call them back2 'twere vain2 ,in this1 or in some other spot1 ,i know they'll shine again4 --,walter ,savage ,landor4 ,when disappointment comes meet it1 but do not carry it along with you2 nor fetter your spirit by changeless haste4 ,memory will always pursue some precious instance of itself1 which will bring either renewed confidence or resignation4 --,m4 ,b4 ,s4 ,for thou shalt forget thy misery2 ,thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away4 --,job #aa4 #af4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to ,lift mine eyes unto the hills that glorify the discouraging ways4 ,may ,i appreciate thy great love1 and from my limitations find the possibilities that are limitless4 ,amen4 ,,january ,,thirty-,,first ,cromwell dissolved ,parliament #afee4 ,charles ,edward 7,young ,pretender7 died #aghh4 ,franz ,schubert born #agig4 ,james ,g4 ,elaine born #ahcj4 ,nature demands that man be ever at the top of his condition4 ,he who violates her laws must pay the penalty1 though he sit on a throne4 --,james ,g4 ,elaine4 ,dig channels for the streams of love1 ,where they may broadly run2 ,and love has overflowing streams ,to fill them every one4 ,for we must share if we must keep ,the good things from above2 ,ceasing to give1 we cease to have-- ,such is the law of love4 --,r4 ,c4 ,trench4 ,and thy life shall be clearer than the noonday2 ,though there be darkness1 it shall be as the morning4 --,job #aa4 #ag4 ,my ,father1 ,i would remember that it is mostly from my inspirations that ,i conceive life4 ,take away hatred and vanity that keep me in faults1 and awake in me the thoughts that are responsible for visions that lead to high ideals4 ,amen4 ,,february ,then came old ,february1 sitting ,in an old wagon1 for he could not ride1 ,drawn of two fishes for the season fitting1 ,which through the flood before did softly slide ,and swim away2 yet he had by his side ,his plow and harness fit to till the ground1 ,and tools to prune the trees1 before the pride ,of hasting prime did make them bourgeon wide4 --,edmund ,spenser4 ,,february ,,first ,ben ,jonson born #aegd4 ,john ,philip ,kemble born #ageg4 ,arthur ,henry ,hallam born #ahaa4 ,george ,cruikshank died #ahgh4 ,it is not growing like a tree ,in bulk1 doth make man better be2 ,or standing long an oak1 three hundred year1 ,to fall a log at last1 dry1 bald1 and sere3 ,a lily of a day ,is fairer far in ,may1 ,although it fall and die that night-- ,it was the plant and flower of ,light4 ,in small proportions we just beauties see2 ,and in short measure life may perfect be4 --,ben ,jonson4 ,there are four things which are little upon the earth1 ,but they are exceeding wise3 ,the ants are a people not strong1 ,yet they provide their food in the summer2 ,the conies are but a feeble folk1 ,yet make they their houses in the rocks2 ,the locusts have no king1 ,yet go they forth all of them by bands2 ,the lizard taketh hold with her hands1 ,yet is she in king's palaces4 --,proverbs #cj4 #bd-bh4 ,creator of all1 lead me to see the light1 and instruct me that ,i may be able to reason4 ,guard me against spectacular endeavors1 that ,i may be genuine4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,second ,candlemas ,day4 ,nell ,gwynn born #afej4 ,hannah ,more born #agde4 ,william ,henry ,burleigh born #ahab4 ',twas doing nothing was his curse-- ,is there a vice can plague us worse8 ,the wretch who digs the mine for bread1 ,or plows1 that others may be fed1 ,feels less fatigue than that decreed ,to him who cannot think1 or read4 ,not all the peril of temptations1 ,not all the conflict of the passions1 ,can quench the spark of ,glory's flame1 ,or quite extinguish ,virtue's name4 --,hannah ,more4 ,sound1 sound the clarion1 fill the fife6 ,to all the sensual world proclaim1 ,one crowded hour of glorious life ,is worth an age without a name4 --,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,he went out1 and found others standing2 and he saith unto them1 ,why stand ye here all the day idle8 ,they say unto him1 ,because no man hath hired us4 ,he saith unto them1 ,go ye also into the vineyard4 --,matthew #bj4 #f1 #g4 ,eternal ,god1 who hath weighed the mountains and measured the seas1 ,i pray that ,i may not be satisfied to wait in idleness1 and let thy wisdom pass away from me as the days4 ,steady me in my weakness1 and reveal to me my strength as ,i draw near and ask of thee4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,third ,felix ,mendelssohn-,bartholdy born #ahji4 ,horace ,greeley born #ahaa4 ,frederick ,william ,robertson born #ahaf4 ,sidney ,lanier born #ahdb4 ,my soul is sailing through the sea1 ,but the past is heavy and hindereth me4 ,the past hath crusted cumbrous shells ,that hold the flesh of cold sea-mells ,about my soul4 ,the huge waves wash1 the high waves roll1 ,each barnacle clingeth and worketh dole ,and hindereth me from sailing4 --,sidney ,lanier4 ,to stand with a smile upon your face1 against a stake from which you cannot get away--that no doubt is heroic4 ,true glory is resignation to the inevitable4 ,but to stand unchained1 with perfect liberty to go away held only by the higher chains of duty1 and let the fire creep up to the heart--that is heroism4 --,f4,w4 ,robertson4 ,we are pressed on every side1 yet not straitened2 perplexed1 yet not unto despair2 pursued1 yet not forsaken2 smitten down1 yet not destroyed4 --#b ,corinthians #d4 #h1 #i4 ,gracious ,father1 thou knowest what ,i am and the condition of my life4 ,may ,i seek thy will for me4 ,grant that ,i may never struggle for consolation through indulgence and indolence1 but in my sorrow and failure may ,i reach out for thy enduring comfort4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,fourth ,mark ,hopkins born #ahjb4 ,w4 ,harrison ,ainsworth born #ahje4 ,jean ,richepin born #ahdi4 ,thomas ,carlyle died #ahha4 ,life is not a ,may-game1 but a battle and a march1 a warfare with principalities and powers4 ,no idle promenade through fragrant orange groves and green flowery spaces1 waited on by coral muses1 and the rosy hours2 it is a stern pilgrimage through the rough1 burning1 sandy solitudes1 through regions of thick-ribbed ice4 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,for all sweet and pleasant passages in the great story of life men may well thank ,god2 for leisure and ease and health and friendship may ,god make us truly and humbly grateful2 but our chief song of thanksgiving must be always for our kinship with him1 with all that such divinity of greatness brings of peril1 hardship1 toil1 and sacrifice4 --,hamilton ,mabie4 ,thy bars shall be iron and brass2 ,and as thy days1 so shall thy strength be4 --,deuteronomy #cc4 #be4 ,my ,father1 help me to choose the road that leads to my work1 and may ,i not fail to reach it1 by wandering away from it4 ,keep me in touch with the human side of life1 holding in mind that ,truth and honesty are the noblest works of ,god4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,fifth ,sir ,robert ,peel born #aghh4 ,ole ,boreman ,bull born #ahaj4 ,john ,muir born #ahaj4 ,dwight ,l4 ,moody born #ahcg4 ,when a great man dies1 then has the time come for putting us in mind that he was alive6 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,if ,i practice one day1 ,i can see the result4 ,if ,i practice two days1 my friends can see it4 ,if ,i practice three days1 the great public can see it4 --,ole ,bull4 ,those who say they will forgive but can't forget an injury simply bury the hatchet while they leave the handle out1 ready for immediate use4 --,dwight ,l4 ,moody4 ,but ,i hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself1 so that ,i may accomplish my course4 --,acts #bj4 #bd4 ,almighty ,god1 if ,i am uncertain1 and tremble at the crossroads in doubt of the right way1 may ,i wait and be led by thee1 and follow on1 even if the way be dark and rough4 ,may ,i be faithful and have thy presence as thou promised at the end4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,sixth ,queen ,anne of ,england born #affe4 ,aaron ,burr born #agef4 ,sir ,henry ,irving born #ahch4 ,nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair4 ,i encourage myself in the ,lord my ,god and go forward4 --,david ,livingstone4 ,to expect defeat is nine tenths of defeat itself4 --,marion ,crawford4 ,i do not see how any man can afford1 for the sake of his nerves and his nap1 to spare any action in which he can partake4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,art is a jealous mistress1 she requires the whole man4 --,michael ,angelo4 ,watch ye1 stand fast in the faith1 quit you like men1 be strong4 --#a ,corinthians #af4 #ac4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to have true conceptions1 that my life may not be secured to needless purposes4 ,may my soul be influenced by high ideals1 and my work be the production of truth and not of selfishness4 ,protect me from evil that ,i may be kept pure and strong for my work4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,seventh ,millard ,fillmore1 ,new ,york1 thirteenth ,president ,united ,states born #ahjj4 ,sir ,thomas ,more born #adgh4 ,charles ,dickens born #ahab4 ,anne ,radcliffe died #ahbc4 ,sidney ,cooper died #aijb4 ,let no man turn aside ever so slightly1 from the broad path of honor1 on the plausible pretense that he is justified by the goodness of his end4 ,all good ends can be worked out by good means4 --,charles ,dickens4 ,if evils come not1 then our fears are vain2 ,and if they do1 fear but augments the pain4 --,sir ,thomas ,more4 ,a human heart knows aught of littleness1 ,suspects no man1 compares with no one's ways1 ,hath in one hour most glorious length of days1 ,a recompense1 a joy1 a loveliness2 ,like eaglet keen1 shoots into azure far1 ,and always dwelling nigh is the remotest star4 --,william ,ellery ,channing4 ,teach me thy way1 ,o ,jehovah2 ,i will walk in thy truth3 ,unite my heart to fear thy name4 --,psalm #hf4 #aa4 ,gracious ,father1 ,i pray that thou wilt control my impulses1 and protect me from false interpretations4 ,may ,i have wisdom1 and search for the high and holy ways4 ,help me to be patient for thy purposes1 and may my relations to life be triumphant in thy standards4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,eighth ,samuel ,butler born #afab4 ,john ,ruskin born #ahai4 ,general ,sherman born #ahbj4 ,jules ,verne born #ahbh4 ,richard ,watson ,gilder born #ahdd4 ,if you want knowledge1 you must toil for it2 and if pleasure1 you must toil for it4 ,toil is the law4 ,pleasure comes through toil1 and not by self-indulgence and indolence4 ,when one gets to love work his life is a happy one4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,whatever sceptic could inquire for1 ,for every why he had a wherefore4 --,samuel ,butler4 ,through love to light6 ,o wonderful the way1 ,that leads from darkness to the perfect day6 ,from darkness and from sorrow of the night ,to morning that comes singing o'er the sea4 ,through love to light6 through light ,o ,god to ,thee6 ,who art the love1 the eternal light of light6 --,richard ,watson ,gilder4 ,we must work the works of him that sent me1 while it is day3 the night cometh1 when no man can work4 --,john #i4 #d4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not weight my life with worthless efforts4 ,may ,i be guided to the right work1 and through the love of it find strength for my soul4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,ninth ,c4,f4 ,volney born #ageg4 ,william ,henry ,harrison1 ,virginia1 ninth ,president ,united ,states1 born #aggc4 ,anthony ,hope 7,hawkins7 born #ahfc4 ,george ,ade born #ahff4 ,a man's own observation1 what he finds good of1 and what he finds hurt of1 is the best physic to preserve health4 ,but it is a safer conclusion to say1 ,this agreeth not well with me1 therefore ,i will not continue it2 than to say1 ,i find no offense of this1 therefore ,i may use it4 ,for strength of nature in youth passeth over many excesses1 which are owing a man till his age4 --,francis ,bacon4 ,though man a thinking being is defined1 ,few use the grand prerogative of mind4 ,how few think justly of the thinking few6 ,how many never think1 who think they do6 --,jane ,taylor4 ,blessed is the man that endureth temptation2 for when he hath been approved1 he shall receive the crown of life4 --,james #a4 #ab4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i would learn that while thou art a forgiving ,lord1 nature has no mercy on them that break her laws4 ,forgive me for all my neglect1 and help me to see the way in which thou hast through mercy led me4 ,give me the power to endure and the strength to resist temptation4 ,may ,i seek to understand thy laws1 that ,i may not fail through ignorance4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,tenth ,rev4 ,henry ,hart ,milman born #agia4 ,charles ,lamb born #agge4 ,sir ,william ,napier died #ahfj4 ,never let the most well-intended falsehood escape your lips2 for ,heaven1 which is entirely ,truth1 will make the seed which you have sown of untruth to yield miseries a thousandfold4 --,charles ,lamb4 ,we cannot command veracity at will2 the power of seeing and reporting truly is a form of health that has to be distinctly guarded1 and as an ancient rabbi has solemnly said1 ,the penalty of untruth is untruth4 --,george ,eliot4 ,the bat hangs upside down and laughs at a topsy-turvy world4 --,unknown4 ,the lip of truth shall be established for ever2 ,but a lying tongue is but for a moment4 --,proverbs #ab4 #ai4 ,lord ,god1 give me the will to hold to the truth and the strength to help keep the world true2 and may ,i help others to look up and catch the truth from the purest light4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,eleventh ,mary1 ,queen of ,england1 born #aeaf4 ,daniel ,boone born #agce4 ,lydia ,m4 ,child born #ahjb4 ,washington ,gladden born #ahcf4 ,thomas ,a4 ,edison born #ahdg4 ,few1 in the days of early youth1 ,trusted like me in love and truth4 ,i've learned sad lessons from the years2 ,but slowly and with many tears2 ,for ,god made me to kindly view ,the world that ,i was passing through4 ,and all who tempt a trusting heart ,from faith and hope to drift apart1 ,may they themselves be spared the pain ,of losing power to trust again6 ,god help us all to kindly view ,the world that we are passing through6 --,lydia ,m4 ,child4 ,for ye shall go out with joy1 and be led forth with peace3 the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing2 and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands4 --,isaiah #ee4 #ab4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may not rest my hope in self alone1 but know that the greatest joy is in the hope of the world4 ,help me to have faith in mankind2 and with a loyal heart and a brave spirit be as kind to the world as ,i can4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twelfth ,dr4 ,cotton ,mather born #affc4 ,peter ,cooper born #agia4 ,abraham ,lincoln1 ,kentucky1 sixteenth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahji4 ,robert ,charles ,darwin born #ahji4 ,george ,meredith born #ahbh4 ,with malice towards none1 with charity for all1 with firmness in the right as ,god gives us to see the right1 let us strive on to finish the work we are in2 to bind up the nation's wounds1 444 to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations4 --,abraham ,lincoln4 ,the great moral combat between human life and each human soul must be single4444 ,when a soul arms for battle she goes forth alone4 --,owen ,meredith4 ,according to the grace of ,god which was given unto me1 as a wise master builder ,i laid a foundation2 and another buildeth thereon4 --#a ,corinthians #c4 #aj4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i thank thee for the courage that comes with a great life4 ,help me to be brave1 even if it is only that others may be blest4 ,may ,i lay a careful foundation and plan to build the best that ,i can afford4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,thirteenth ,david ,allan born #agdd4 ,maurice de ,talleyrand-,perigord born #aged4 ,richard ,wagner died #ahhc4 ,a man is not his hope1 nor yet his despair1 nor yet his past deed4 ,we know not yet what we have done2 still less what we are doing4 ,wait till evening1 and other parts of our work will shine than we had thought at noon1 and we shall discover the real purport of our toil4 --,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,when you make a mistake don't look back at it long4 ,take the reason of the thing into your mind1 and look forward4 ,mistakes are lessons of wisdom4444 ,the past cannot be changed4 ,the future is yet in your power4 --,hugh ,white4 ,he that goeth forth and weepeth1 bearing seed for sowing1 ,shall doubtless come again with joy1 bringing his sheaves with him4 --,psalm #abf4 #f4 ,my ,father1 help me to survey my life4 ,make me compassionate and considerate1 that ,i may be qualified to promote that which is helpful4 ,may ,i appreciate that what is worth keeping ,i can obtain from thee4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,fourteenth ,saint ,valentine's ,day4 ,captain ,james ,cook killed #aggi4 ,jean ,ernest ,reynaud born #ahjh4 ,oh6 little loveliest lady mine1 ,what shall ,i send for your valentine8 ,summer and flowers are far away2 ,gloomy old ,winter is king to-day2 ,buds will not blow1 and sun will not shine3 ,what shall ,i do for a valentine8 ,i've searched the gardens all through and through ,for a bud to tell of my love so true2 ,but buds are asleep and blossoms are dead1 ,and the snow beats down on my poor little head3 ,so1 little loveliest lady mine1 ,here is my heart for your valentine4 --,laura ,e4 ,richards4 ,oh rank is gold1 and gold is fair1 ,and high and low mate ill2 ,but love has never known a law ,beyond its own sweet will6 --,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,beloved1 let us love one another3 for love is of ,god4 --#a ,john #d4 #g4 ,loving ,father1 may ,i not fall to nodding in the balmy air of luxury and miss the messages of love4 ,arouse me1 that ,i may give and take in the treasures of love as they come my way1 and that they may not pass unnoticed4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,fifteenth ,galileo ,galilei born #aefd4 ,louis ,,xv born #agaj4 ,s4 ,weir ,mitchell born #ahbi4 ,sir ,frederick ,treves born #ahec4 ,the night ,i know is nigh at hand1 ,the mists lie low on hill and bay1 ,the autumn sheaves are brown and dry1 ,but ,i have had the day4 ,yes1 ,i have had1 dear ,lord1 the day4 ,when at thy call ,i have the night ,brief be the twilight as ,i pass ,from light to dark1 from dark to light4 --,s4 ,weir ,mitchell4 ,if thou faint in the day of adversity1 thy strength is small--too small to be worth talking about1 for the day of adversity is its first real opportunity4 --,maltbie ,babcock4 ,nay1 in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us4 --,romans #h4 #cg4 ,my ,father1 may my daily work not be the means of separating me from thee1 but may ,i have thee for my companion through my work4 ,forbid that ,i should ever submit to despair from weakness of body1 but that ,i may be blest and grow strong as my spirit lives in thee4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,sixteenth ,philip ,melanchthon born #adig4 ,gasper de ,coligny born #aeag4 ,thomas ,robert ,malthus born #agff4 ,ernst ,heinrich ,haeckel born #ahcd4 ,thy love shall chant its own beatitudes ,after its own life working4 ,a child's kiss ,set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad4 ,a poor man served by thee shall make thee rich2 ,a sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong2 ,thou shalt be served thyself by every sense ,of service which thou renderest4 --,elizabeth ,b4 ,browning4 ,ask nothing more of me1 sweet2 ,all ,i can give you ,i give4 ,heart of my heart1 were it more1 ,more would be laid at your feet3 ,love that should help you to live1 ,song that should help you to soar4 --,algernon ,charles ,swinburne4 ,all things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you1 even so do ye also unto them4 --,matthew #g4 #ab4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may not neglect the help and happiness that ,i may give with compassion and love4 ,make me strong in all the senses that answer to the call of humanity4 ,help me to guide and protect little children1 and to care for the comforts of the old4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,seventeenth ,kate ,greenaway born #ahdf4 ,michael ,angelo ,buonarroti died #aefc4 ,giordano ,bruno burned at ,rome #afjj4 ,moliere died #afgc4 ,rose ,terry ,cooke born #ahbg4 ,frances ,e4 ,willard died #ahih4 ,it is not much ,to give a gentle word or kindly touch ,to one gone down ,beneath the world's cold frown1 ,and yet who knows ,how great a thing from such a little grows8 ,o1 oftentimes1 ,some brother upward climbs ,and hope again ,uplifts its head1 that in the dust had lain1 ,gives place to morning's light4 --,e4 ,h4 ,divall4 ,i will seek that which was lost1 and will bring back that which was driven away1 and will bind up that which was broken1 and will strengthen that which was sick4 --,ezekiel #cd4 #af4 ,my ,father1 may ,i not sorrow so that ,i fail to comfort the sorrowing1 and may ,i not be so happy that ,i fail to see that others need to be glad4 ,i thank thee for thy providences4 ,may ,i serve thee in helping others to brighter lives4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,eighteenth ,martin ,luther died #aedf4 ,george ,peabody born #agie4 ,wilson ,barrett born #ahdf4 ,a mighty fortress is our ,god1 ,a bulwark never failing3 ,our helper he amid the flood ,of mortal ills prevailing4 ,for still our ancient foe ,doth seek to work us woe2 ,his craft and power are great3 ,and1 armed with cruel hate1 ,on earth is not his equal4 --,martin ,luther4 ,let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively4 ,i am not bound to win1 but ,i am bound to be true4 ,i am not bound to succeed1 but ,i am bound to live up to the light that ,i have4 --,abraham ,lincoln4 ,jehovah is my rock1 and my fortress1 and my deliverer2 ,my ,god1 my rock1 in whom ,i will take refuge4 --,psalm #ah4 #b4 ,lord ,god1 help me to lay my life in the rocks of thy foundation1 and not in moving sands which are tossed from shore to shore4 ,may ,i cling to the rock that was cleft for me and trust for thy care4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,nineteenth ,copernicus born #adgc4 ,leonard ,bacon born #ahjb4 ,w4,w4 ,story born #ahai4 ,adelina ,patti born #ahdc4 ,so mine are these new fruitings rich1 ,the simple to the common brings2 ,i keep the youth of souls who pitch ,their joy in this old heart of things2 ,full lasting is the song1 though he ,the singer passes2 lasting too1 ,for souls not lent in usury1 ,the rapture of the forward view4 --,george ,meredith4 ,all deep things are ,song4 ,it seems1 somehow1 the very central essence of us1 ,song2 as if all the rest were wrappages and hulls6 the primal element of us2 of us1 and all things4 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept2 and gladness of heart1 as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of ,jehovah4 --,isaiah #cj4 #bi4 ,lord ,god1 help me to feel the power of praise4 ,as words without thoughts never to heaven go1 so the highest praises are never sung alone1 but rendered with service and love4 ,may ,i have the heart to sing thy praises far and near1 and rejoice in him from whom all blessings flow4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twentieth ,j4,h4 ,voss born #ahbh4 ,joseph ,jefferson born #ahbi4 ,mihaly ,munkacsy 7,michael ,lieb7 born #ahdd4 ,who serves his country well has no need of ancestors4 --,voltaire4 ,lo1 ,spring comes forth with all her warmth and love1 ,she brings sweet justice from the realms above2 ,she breaks the chrysalis1 she resurrects the dead2 ,two butterflies ascend encircling her head4 ,and so this emblem shall forever be ,a sign of immortality4 --,joseph ,jefferson4 ,thou wilt guide me with thy counsel1 ,and afterward receive me to glory4 --,psalm #gc4 #bd4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may not neglect my soul in trying to fathom immortal life4 ,if ,i may be hesitating between comfort and work1 remind me of the greatness of the place which ,i started to reach4 ,may ,i not grow weary of climbing and falter on the stair4 ,breathe upon me thy inspiration and love1 that ,i may continue in faith all the way4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,first ,edmund ,william ,gosse born #ahdi4 ,karl ,czerny born #agia4 ,cardinal ,john ,h4 ,newman born #ahja4 ,jean ,l4,e4 ,meissonier born #ahae4 ,alice ,freeman ,palmer born #ahee4 ,prune thou thy words1 the thoughts control ,that o'er thee swell and throng2 ,they will condense within thy soul1 ,and change to purpose strong4 --,john ,h4 ,newman4 ,think truly1 and thy thoughts ,shall the world's famine feed2 ,speak truly1 and each word of thine ,shall be a fruitful seed2 ,live truly1 and thy life shall be ,a great and noble creed4 --,horatio ,bonar4 ,we ought to love everybody and make everybody love us4 ,then everything else is easy4 --,alice ,freeman ,palmer4 ,then shall thy light break forth as the morning1 and thy healing shall spring forth speedily2 and thy righteousness shall go before thee2 the glory of ,jehovah shall be thy rearward4 --,isaiah #eh4 #h4 ,almighty ,god1 look upon me with pity2 so often ,i have obeyed the thoughts that have been misleading and profitless4 ,make me more careful of what ,i think and say1 and may ,i learn from my mistakes the forbidden paths4 ,help me to keep my mind in unity with thy will4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,second ,george ,washington1 ,virginia1 first ,president ,united ,states1 born #agcb4 ,james ,russell ,lowell born #ahai4 ,margaret ,e4 ,sangster born #ahch4 ,labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience4 --,george ,washington4 ,life is a sheet of paper white ,whereon each one of us may write ,his word or two1 and then comes night4 ,greatly begin6 though thou hast time ,but for a line1 be that sublime4 ,not failure1 but low aim is crime4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,god keep us through the common days1 ,the level stretches white with dust1 ,when thought is tired1 and hands upraise ,their burdens feebly since they must2 ,in days of slowly fretting care ,then most we need the strength of prayer4 --,margaret ,e4 ,sangster4 ,make level the path of thy feet1 ,and let all thy ways be established4 --,proverbs #d4 #bf4 ,lord ,god1 help me to realize the influence of the individual life4 ,and as ,i would care for my own1 may ,i seek to do for others2 and may ,i not criticize1 but help all who are trying to make the world better4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,third ,samuel ,pepys born #afcc4 ,george ,f4 ,handel born #afhe4 ,george ,frederick ,watts born #ahag4 ,john ,keats died #ahba4 ,margaret ,deland born #aheg4 ,labor is life6 'tis the still water faileth2 ,idleness ever despaireth1 bewaileth3 ,keep the watch wound1 or the dark rust assaileth2 ,flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon4 ,labor is glory6 the flying cloud lightens2 ,only the waving wing changes and brightens1 ,idle hearts only the dark future frightens1 ,play the sweet keys1 wouldst thou keep them in tune4 --,frances ,s4 ,osgood4 ,,keats ,palled death1 with kisses ghostly1 ,wooed and won him while too young1 ,and the world reveres him mostly1 ,for the songs he might have sung4 --,samuel ,a4 ,wood4 ,enlarge the place of thy tent1 and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations2 spare not3 lengthen thy cords1 and strengthen thy stakes4 --,isaiah #ed4 #b4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i pray for the will to do my finest work4 ,disclose to me if ,i am being detained by serving selfishness in myself or in others4 ,lead me to what is right for me to do2 and may ,i diligently tarry in it4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,fourth ,samuel ,lover born #agig4 ,robert ,fulton died #ahae4 ,george ,william ,curtis born #ahbd4 ',tis not to enjoy that we exist1 ,for that end only2 something must be done2 ,i must not walk in unreproved delight ,these narrow bounds1 and think of nothing more1 ,no duty that looks further and no care4 --,william ,wordsworth4 ,we weave our thoughts into heart-spun plans1 ,and weave secure for a fitful day1 ,but lose in the web of earthly things ,the pattern of sublimity4 ,shall days spring up as wild vines grow1 ,unheeding where they climb or cling8 ,consider1 child1 before you sow1 ,and wait not until harvesting4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,jehovah is my strength and my shield2 ,my heart hath trusted in him1 and ,i am helped3 ,therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth2 ,and with my song will ,i praise him4 --,psalm #bh4 #g4 ,loving ,father1 command my judgment for the influences which ,i permit to come into my life4 ,grant that ,i may not delay my purposes for the lack of comforts which are so often made more than life4 ,with thy strength may ,i be steadfast in what ,i would achieve4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,fifth ,william ,seely died #aeba4 ,sir ,christopher ,wren died #agbc4 ,jane ,goodwin ,austin born #ahca4 ,camille ,flammarion born #ahdb4 ,in general1 pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes4 ,all other passions do occasionally good2 but wherever pride puts in its word everything goes wrong4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,he that is proud eats up himself3 pride is his own glass1 his own trumpet1 his own chronicle2 and whatever praises itself but in the deed1 devours the deed in the praise4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,save me alike from foolish pride ,or impious discontent2 ,at aught ,thy wisdom hath denied1 ,or aught ,thy wisdom lent4 --,alexander ,pope4 ,a man's pride shall bring him low2 ,but he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor4 --,proverbs #bi4 #bc4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not let pride keep me down when it may be mine to be carried to the heights4 ,with tenderness take me out of myself1 that ,i may see how pride deceives1 and destroys an humble spirit4 ,help me to master both stubbornness and pride4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,sixth ,christopher ,marlowe 7baptized #aefd74 ,victor ,hugo born #ahjb4 ,lord ,cromer born #ahda4 ,thomas ,moore died #aheb4 ,when ,i go down to the grave ,i can say1 like so many others1 ,i have finished my work2 but ,i cannot say ,i have finished my life2 my day's work will begin again the next morning4 ,my tomb is not a blind alley2 it is a thoroughfare4 ,it closes in the twilight to open in the dawn4 --,victor ,hugo4 ,there's nothing bright above1 below1 ,from flowers that bloom to stars that glow1 ,but in the light my soul can see ,some feature of the ,deity4 ,there's nothing dark below1 above1 ,but in its gloom ,i trace ,god's love1 ,and meekly wait that moment when ,his truth shall turn all bright again4 --,thomas ,moore4 ,jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants2 ,and none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned4 --,psalm #cd4 #bb4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i not only feel the need of thee when ,i am burdened with sorrow and care1 but may ,i have need of thee in my pleasures and joys4 ,i thank thee for thy gracious kindness1 thy mercy and thy protection4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,seventh ,henry ,wadsworth ,longfellow born #ahjg4 ,ellen ,terry born #ahdh4 ,mary ,f4 ,robinson born #aheg4 ,lives of great men all remind us ,we can make our lives sublime1 ,and1 departing1 leave behind us ,footprints on the sands of time-- ,footprints that perhaps another1 ,sailing o'er life's wintry main1 ,a forlorn and shipwrecked brother1 ,seeing1 shall take heart again4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,they are slaves who fear to speak ,for the fallen and the weak2 ,they are slaves who will not choose ,hatred1 scoffing1 and abuse1 ,rather than in silence shrink ,from the truth they needs must think2 ,they are slaves who dare not be ,in the right with two or three4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,even so let your light shine before men2 that they may see your good works1 and glorify your ,father who is in heaven4 --,matthew #e4 #af4 ,merciful ,father1 help me to know that my shadow cannot fall without me1 and that my footprints cannot be found where ,i have never trodden4 ,i pray that thou wilt make me so familiar with the right path that it may be mine to have the privilege of leading others to the right places4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,eighth ,montaigne born #aecc4 ,mary ,lyon born #agig4 ,sir ,john ,tenniel born #ahbj4 ,soul1 rule thyself2 on passion1 deed1 desire1 ,lay thou the laws of thy deliberate will4 ,stand at thy chosen post1 ,faith's sentinel3 ,though ,hell's lost legions ring thee round with fire1 ,learn to endure4 --,arthur ,symonds4 ,the confidence in another man's virtue is no slight evidence of a man's own1 and ,god willingly favors such a confidence4 --,montaigne4 ,though a host should encamp against me1 ,my heart shall not fear3 ,though war should rise against me1 ,even then will ,i be confident4 --,psalm #bg4 #c4 ,my ,father1 may ,i ever be kept in remembrance of my virtue1 and may ,i be sensitive to its strength4 ,as ,i go on my way1 keep me within control of the impetuous desires of my nature1 and in call of the duties and obligations of my daily life4 ,amen4 ,,february ,,twenty-,,ninth ,anne ,lee born #agcf4 ,g4,a4 ,rossini born #agib4 ,john ,landseer died #aheb4 ,happy is he and more than wise ,who sees with wondrous eyes and clean ,this world through all the gray disguise ,of sleep and custom in between4 --,g4,k4 ,chesterton4 ,in the morning1 when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise1 consider with thyself presently1 if it is to go about a man's work that ,i am stirred up4 ,or was ,i made for this1 to lay me down1 and make much of myself in a warm bed4 --,marcus ,aurelius4 ,arise and be doing1 and ,jehovah be with thee4 --#a ,chronicles #bb4 #af4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to take of the wealth of my day1 while it is in season1 and accessible4 ,may ,i not be ignorant of the abundance in which ,i live1 and be found in overwhelming regret4 ,forgive me for all that ,i have missed in life1 and make me more watchful of that which is to come4 ,amen4 ,,march ,spring still makes spring in the mind1 ,when sixty years are told2 ,love makes anew this throbbing heart1 ,and we are never old4 ,over the winter glaciers1 ,i see the summer glow1 ,and through the wild-piled snowdrift ,the warm rosebuds below4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,,march ,,first ,alexander ,balfour born #agfg4 ,frederick ,francois ,chopin born #ahji4 ,augustus ,saint-,gaudens born #ahdh4 ,william ,dean ,howells born #ahcg4 ,thy soul shall enter on its heritage ,of ,god's unuttered wisdom4 ,thou shalt sweep ,with hand assured the ringing lyre of life1 ,till the fierce anguish of its bitter strife1 ,its pain1 death1 discord1 sorrow1 and despair1 ,break into rhythmic music4 ,thou shalt share ,the prophet-joy that kept forever glad ,god's poet-souls when all a world was sad4 ,enter and live6 ,thou hast not lived before4 --,s4 ,weir ,mitchell4 ,return unto thy rest1 ,o my soul2 ,for ,jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee4 ,for thou hast delivered my soul from death1 ,mine eyes from tears1 ,and my feet from falling4 --,psalm #aaf4 #g1 #h4 ,almighty ,god1 grant that ,i may never be so discouraged that ,i feel my life has been spent4 ,help me to so live1 that ,i may not follow into hopeless days1 but look for the bright and beautiful in to-morrow4 ,forgive me for all that ,i have asked for and accepted through willful judgment1 and make me more careful in selecting my needs4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,second ,juvenal born ,a4,d4 #dj4 ,john ,wesley died #agia4 ,horace ,walpole died #agig4 ,nature never says one thing1 ,wisdom another4 --,juvenal4 ,by all means1 use some times to be alone2 ,salute thyself--see what thy soul doth wear2 ,dare to look in thy chest1 for 'tis thine own1 ,and tumble up and down what thou findest there4 --,william ,wordsworth4 ,lonesomeness is part of the cost of power4 ,the higher you climb1 the less can you hope for companionship4 ,the heavier and the more immediate the responsibility1 the less can a man delegate his tasks or escape his own mistakes4 --,shailer ,mathews4 ,but thou1 when thou prayest1 enter into thine inner chamber1 and having shut thy door1 pray to thy ,father who is in secret1 and thy ,father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee4 --,matthew #f4 #f4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that thou wilt take care of my thoughts when ,i am alone and tired1 and keep them strong and clean4 ,grant that while ,i commune with thee ,i may yield to my needs and be restored with keener energy for worthier deeds4 ,may ,i ask of thy wisdom every day4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,third ,edmund ,waller born #afje4 ,george ,herbert died #afcc4 ,christine ,nilsson born #ahdc4 ,pitch thy behaviour low1 thy projects high1 ,so shalt thou humble and magnanimous be2 ,sink not in spirit3 who aimeth at the sky1 ,shoots higher than he that means a tree4 --,george ,herbert4 ,we and ,god have business with each other2 and in opening ourselves to his influence our deepest destiny is fulfilled4 --,william ,james4 ,while we look not at the things which are seen1 but at the things which are not seen2 for the things which are seen are temporal2 but the things which are not seen are eternal4 --#b ,corinthians #d4 #ah4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to remember that the power of character is the highest point of success1 and that thou hast put within reach of all the choice ideals of life4 ,may ,i have the desire to cultivate strong purposes1 and strive for high endeavors1 that ,i may not aim for the low4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,fourth ,casimer ,pulaski born #agdh4 ,sir ,henry ,raeburn born #agef4 ,e4,w4 ,bull1 originator ,concord grape1 born #ahjf4 ,alexander ,graham ,bell born #ahdg4 ,it is perfectly obvious that men do necessarily absorb1 out of the influences in which they grow up1 something which gives a complexion to their whole after-character4 --,anthony ,froude4 ,all common things1 each day's events ,that with the hour begin and end1 ,our pleasures and our discontents ,are rounds by which we may ascend4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,our doubts are traitors1 and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt4 ,i --,shakespeare4 ,and ,david put his hand in his bag1 and took thence a stone1 and slang it1 and smote the ,philistine in his forehead2 and the stone sank into his forehead1 and he fell upon his face to the earth4 --#a ,samuel #ag4 #di4 ,my ,father1 ,i would remember that my life may decline from the neglect of small things2 for as thou dost nourish the wheat from flakes of snow1 and supply the springs from drops of rain1 so thou wilt strengthen my soul from every little blessing4 ,i pray that ,i may not forget to watch my habits1 and keep track of the hours that culture and sustain my life4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,fifth ,correggio died #aecd4 ,howard ,pyle born #ahec4 ,arthur ,foote born #ahec4 ,when ,i have the time so many things ,i'll do1 ,to make life happier and more fair ,for those whose lives are crowded now with care1 ,i'll help to lift them from their low despair ,when ,i have time4 ,when ,i have time the friend ,i love so well ,shall know no more the weary1 toiling days2 ,i'll lead his feet in pleasant paths always1 ,and cheer his heart with words of sweetest praise1 ,when ,i have time4 ,now is the time6 ,speed1 friend2 no longer wait ,to scatter loving smiles and words of cheer ,to those around whose lives are drear2 ,they may not need you in the far-off year3 ,now is the time4 --,unknown4 ,behold now is the acceptable time2 behold1 now is the day of salvation4 --#b ,corinthians #f4 #b4 ,lord ,god1 teach me this day to know that the veriest trifle often keeps happiness alive1 and that the smallest trifle often may kill it4 ,i pray that now thou wilt put within my heart that touch of love1 which brings consideration for others1 and the care that brings the greatest happiness4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,sixth ,michael ,angelo ,buonarroti born #adge4 ,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning born #ahjf4 ,george du ,maurier born #ahca4 ,beloved1 let us love so well ,our work shall still be better for our love1 ,and still our love be sweeter for our work3 ,and both commended for the sake of each ,by all true workers and true lovers born4 --,elizabeth ,b4 ,browning4 ,earth saddens1 never shall remove1 ,affections purely given2 ,and e'en that mortal grief shall prove ,the immortality of love1 ,and heighten it with heaven4 --,elizabeth ,b4 ,browning4 ,and if ,i bestow all my goods to feed the poor1 and if ,i give my body to be burned1 but have not love1 it profiteth me nothing4 --#a ,corinthians #ac4 #c4 ,loving ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not try to change the standard of love by grafting on my own selfishness and infirmities4 ,may ,i remember that it is mostly for gratification that love is held to the base in life2 may ,i follow it to the summits1 where it is divine4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,seventh ,sir ,thomas ,wilson died #agee4 ,sir ,edwin ,landseer born #ahjb4 ,luther ,burbank born #ahdi4 ,earth gets its price for what it gives us2 ,the beggar is taxed for a corner to die in1 ,the priest has his fee who comes and shrives us1 ,we bargain for the graves we lie in2 ,at the devil's booth are all things sold1 ,each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold2 ,for a cap and bells our lives we pay1 ,bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking2 ',tis heaven alone that is given away1 ',tis only ,god may be had for the asking4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,we are our own fates4 ,our own deeds ,are our doomsmen4 ,man's life was made ,not for men's creeds1 ,but men's actions4 --,owen ,meredith4 ,the free gift of ,god is eternal life4 --,romans #f4 #bc4 ,gracious ,father1 may the world speak to me of thy love1 and of thy gifts of peace and power1 which it freely offers4 ,may ,i not pass by its great values1 and prefer to purchase at a great cost my indolence and dissipation4 --,amen4 ,,march ,,eighth ,dr4 ,john ,fothergill born #agab4 ,c4,p4 ,cranch born #ahac4 ,anna ,letitia ,barbauld died #ahbe4 ,o boundless self-contentment voiced ,in flying air-born bubbles6 ,o joy that mocks our sad unrest1 ,and frowns our earth-born troubles6 ,the life that floods the happy fields ,with song and light and color1 ,will shape our lives to richer states ,and heap our measures fuller4 --,c4,p4 ,cranch4 ,one may secure and preserve that repose in the turbulence of a great city--as ,shakespeare surely found and preserved it in the ,london of the sixteenth century4 ,for repose does not depend on external conditions2 it depends on sound adjustment to tasks1 opportunities1 pleasures1 and the general order of life4 --,hamilton ,mabie4 ,that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in godliness and gravity4 --#a ,timothy #b4b4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to understand that peace cannot abide in misery1 nor can it stay with every mood4 ,may ,i be able to overcome the depression that may keep me in sadness and isolation1 and have delight in the gladness of friends1 and live in the peace of strong resolutions4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,ninth ,americus ,vespucius born #adea4 ,lewis ,gonzaga born #aefh4 ,comte de ,mirabeau born #agdi4 ,william ,cobbett born #agfb4 ,edwin ,forrest born #ahjf4 ,yet nerve thy spirit to the ,proof1 and blanch not at thy chosen lot2 ,the timid good may stand aloof1 the sage may frown--yet faint thou not2 ,nor heed the shaft too surely cast1 the foul and hissing bolt of scorn2 ,for with thy ,side shall dwell1 at last1 the victory of endurance born4 --,william ,c4 ,bryant4 ,you cannot dream yourself into a character2 you must hammer and forge yourself into one4 --,james ,anthony ,froude4 ,can thy heart endure1 or can thy hands be strong1 in the days that ,i shall deal with thee8 --,ezekiel #bb4ad4 ,loving ,father1 search me1 and if there be any evil ways in me1 correct them1 and lead me into the ways everlasting4 ,i pray that ,i may not be deformed from selfishness1 but with a lowly and expectant heart run with patience and triumph the race that is set before me4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,tenth ,bishop ,duppa born #afih4 ,professor ,playfair born #agdh4 ,charles ,loyson 7,pere ,hyacinthe7 born #ahbg4 ,so he died by his faith4 ,that is fine-- ,more than the most of us do4 ,but stay4 ,can you add to that line ,that he lived for it too8 ,it is easy to die4 ,men have died ,for a wish or a whim-- ,from bravado or passion or pride4 ,was it hard for him8 ,but to live3 every day to live out ,all the truth that he dreamt1 ,while his friends met his conduct with doubt1 ,and the world with contempt4 ,was it thus that he plodded ahead1 ,never turning aside8 ,then we'll talk of the life that he led4 ,never mind how he died4 --,ernest ,crosby4 ,for ,i have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth1 saith the ,lord ,jehovah3 wherefore turn yourselves1 and live4 --,ezekiel #ah4 #cb4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to live an upright life4 ,give me courage to abandon useless customs1 and seeming duties that keep me from perfecting my life4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,eleventh ,torquato ,tasso born #aedd4 ,alexander ,mackenzie died #ahbj4 ,henry ,drummond died #ahig4 ,there is nothing that is puerile in nature2 and he who becomes impassioned of a flower1 a blade of grass1 a butterfly's wing1 a nest1 a shell1 wraps around a small thing that always contains a great truth4 ,to succeed in modifying the appearance of a flower is insignificant in itself1 if you will2 but reflect upon it for however short a while and it becomes gigantic4 --,maurice ,maeterlinck4 ,o world1 as ,god has made it6 ,all is beauty3 ,and knowing this1 is love1 and love is duty3 ,what further may be sought for or declared8 --,robert ,browning4 ,consider the lilies of the field1 how they grow2 they toil not1 neither do they spin3 yet ,i say unto you1 that even ,solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these4 --,matthew #f4 #bh1 #bi4 ,creator of all1 ,i do know that if ,i may hold myself close enough1 ,i can hear restful music through the breeze1 and find secrets in the flowers and leaves4 ,i rejoice that thou hast made the woods and rivers that thou dost love1 so ,i too might possess them1 and not be a tenant of them only4 ,may ,i look and study deeper the things which bring me closer to thee4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twelfth ,cesare ,borgia killed #aejg4 ,bishop ,buckley born #afhd4 ,simon ,newcomb born #ahce4 ,among the happiest and proudest possessions of a man is his character4 ,it is a wreath1 it is a bank in itself4 ,what is the essence and life of character8 ,principle1 integrity1 independence4 --,bulwer ,lytton4 ,no great genius was ever without some mixture of madness1 nor can anything grand or superior to the voice of common mortals be spoken except by the agitated soul4 --,aristotle4 ,handsome is that handsome does4 --,oliver ,goldsmith4 ,since thou hast been precious in my sight1 and honorable1 and ,i have loved thee2 therefore will ,i give men in thy stead1 and peoples instead of thy life4 --,isaiah #dc4 #d4 ,lord ,god1 forbid that ,i should try to supplant character with manners and worldly goods4 ,may ,i remember that thou seest me1 and knowest me1 and ,i need no shield from thee4 ,help me that ,i may be found acceptable while thou dost search me to the depths of the soul4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,thirteenth ,joseph ,priestley born #agcc4 ,esther ,johnson 7,stella7 born #afha4 ,regina ,maria ,roche died #ahde4 ,if stores of dry and learned lore we gain ,we keep them in the memory of the brain2 ,names1 things1 and facts--whate'er we knowledge call1 ,there is the common ledger for them all2 ,and images on this cold surface traced ,make slight impressions and are soon effaced4 ,but we've a page more glowing and more bright ,on which our friendship and our love to write2 ,that these may never from the soul depart1 ,we trust them to the memory of the heart4 ,there is no dimming--no effacement here2 ,each pulsation keeps the record clear2 ,warm golden letters all the tablet fill1 ,nor lose their luster till the heart stands still4 --,daniel ,webster4 ,i often wonder why it is that we are not all kinder than we are4 ,how much the world needs it6 ,how easily it is done6 ,how instantaneously it acts6 ,how infallibly it is remembered6 --,henry ,drummond4 ,cast thy bread upon the waters2 for thou shalt find it after many days4 --,ecclesiastes #aa4 #a4 ,my ,father1 thou hast taught me through the gifts of life1 that there is no labor or price too dear to pay for love4 ,i pray to love thee more that ,i may have more love to bestow on others4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,fourteenth ,thomas ,h4 ,benton born #aghb4 ,johann ,strauss born #ahjd4 ,victor ,emmanuel born #ahbj4 ,rivers to the ocean run1 ,nor stay in all their course2 ,fire ascending seeks the sun2 ,both speed them to their source2 ,so a soul that's born of ,god1 ,pants to view his glorious face1 ,upward tends to his abode1 ,to rest in his embrace4 --,robert ,seagrave4 ,as the bird trims her to the gale ,i trim myself to the storm of time2 ,i man the rudder1 reef the sail1 ,obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime2 ,lowly faithful1 banish fear1 ,the port well worth the cruise is near ,and every wave is charmed4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,as the hart panteth after the water brooks1 ,so panteth my soul after thee1 ,o ,god4 --,psalm #db4 #a4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that if ,i meet with difficulty1 ,i may not go backward1 nor stand still1 and fear to go forward4 ,unfold to me the depth and breadth of the ideal and beautiful1 that ,i may not be content to succeed in the shallowness of life3 but may ,i aspire to the height of the soul1 even if ,i fail to acquire great things4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,fifteenth ,julius ,caesar killed ,b4,c4 #dd4 ,peasants ,war began #aeab4 ,andrew ,jackson1 ,north ,carolina1 seventh ,president ,united ,states1 born #agfg4 ,john ,davenport died #afgj4 ,i will take the responsibility6 --,andrew ,jackson4 ,what ought to be possible for everyone is to arrive at a sort of harmony of life1 to have definite things that they want to do4444 ,the people whom it is hard to fit into any scheme of benevolent creation are the vague1 insignificant1 drifting people1 whose only rooted tendency is to do whatever is suggested to them4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,heard are the voices1 ,heard are the sages1 ,the worlds1 and the ages2 ,choose well6 your choice is ,brief and endless4 --,goethe4 ,only be strong and very courageous1 to observe to do according to all the law4444 --,joshua #a4 #g4 ,gracious ,father1 ,i pray that thou wilt free me from evil thoughts before they become a habit4 ,create in me that freedom which makes me not ashamed to acknowledge the wrong1 and which will enable me to stand for the right4 ,quicken my thoughts1 that they may keep my heart inspired4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,sixteenth ,james ,madison1 ,virginia1 fourth ,president ,united ,states1 born #agea4 ,caroline ,lucretia ,herschel born #agej4 ,alexander ,watts born #agig4 ,if we live truly we shall see truly4 ,it is as easy for the strong man to be strong as it is for the weak to be weak4 ,when we have new perception we shall gladly disburthen the memory of the hoarded treasures as old rubbish4 ,when a man lives with ,god his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,the tissue of the life to be1 ,we weave with colors all our own1 ,and in the field of ,destiny ,we reap as we have sown4 --,raphael4 ,now when they beheld the boldness of ,peter and ,john1 and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men1 they marveled2 and they took knowledge of them1 that they had been with ,jesus4 --,acts #d4 #ac4 ,lord ,god1 quiet me if ,i am not calm1 that my soul may be able to contemplate and have an opportunity to grow4 ,help me1 that ,i may be able even in discouragements to have the true perception of life4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,seventeenth ,saint ,patrick's ,day4 ,ebenezer ,elliott born #agha4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,chalmers born #aghj4 ,moncure ,d4 ,conway born #ahcb4 ,clara ,morris born #ahdi4 ,what is really wanted is to light up the spirit that is within a child4 ,in some sense and in some effectual degree there is in every child the material of good work in the world2 and in every child1 not only in those who are brilliant1 not only in those who are quick1 but in those who are stolid1 and even in those who are dull4 --,william ,gladstone4 ,if you make children happy now1 you will make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it4 --,kate ,douglas ,wiggin4 ,and these words1 which ,i command thee this day1 shall be upon thy heart2 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children1 and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house1 and when thou walkest by the way1 and when thou liest down1 and when thou risest up4 --,deuteronomy #f4 #f1 #g4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i be diligent for the progress of little children4 ,show me how ,i may minister unto them2 and grant that ,i may be able to see the necessity of giving1 more than ,i do the pleasure of receiving4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,eighteenth ,william ,byrd died #afgd4 ,john ,c4 ,calhoun born #aghb4 ,grover ,cleveland1 ,new ,jersey1 twenty-second ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahcg4 ,my minde to me a kingdom is3 ,such perfect joy therein ,i finde ,as far exceeds all earthly blisse ,that ,god or nature hath assignede4 --,william ,byrd4 ,teach your proud will to make those nobler choices ,which bring to soul and heart enduring health4 ,deafen your ears to those contending voices1 ,look in your heart1 learn your own being's wealth4 ,its resources vast1 its undiscovered treasure ,waiting for these same idle hands to mine4 ,learn that the grandest of ,nature's creations ,may not be bounded by man's limitations4 --,rose ,e4 ,cleveland4 ,but he is in one mind1 and who can turn him8 ,and what his soul desireth1 even that he doeth4 --,job #bc4 #ac4 ,almighty ,god1 grant that ,i may never succumb to the controlling influences of the body1 and lose the power of my mind4 ,may ,i guard the dictates of my heart and keep my mind in command to obey thy will4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,nineteenth ,david ,livingstone born #ahac4 ,alice ,french 7,octave ,thanet7 born #ahej4 ,william ,jennings ,bryan born #ahfj4 ,isn't it interesting to get blamed for everything8 ,but ,i must be thankful in feeling that ,i would rather perish than blame another for my misdeeds and deficiencies4 --,david ,livingstone4 ,criticism is helpful4 ,if a man makes a mistake1 criticism enables him to correct it2 if he is unjustly criticized1 the criticism helps him4 ,i have had my share of criticism since ,i have been in public life1 but it has not prevented me from doing what ,i thought proper to do4 --,william ,jennings ,bryan4 ,for himself hath said1 ,i will in no wise fail thee1 neither will ,i in any wise forsake thee4 ,so that with good courage we say1 ,the ,lord is my helper2 ,i will not fear4 --,hebrews #ac4 #e1 #f4 ,loving ,father1 ,i thank thee that thou art the same yesterday1 to-day1 and forever2 and ,i am glad ,i cannot receive from thee the slights and wounds that ,i may give or receive from my friends4 ,may ,i be considerate and more forgiving1 and by my sincerity be worthy of the purpose which ,i pursue4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twentieth ,publius ,ovidius 7,ovid7 born ,b4,c4 #dc4 ,sir ,isaac ,newton died #agbg4 ,karl ,august ,nicander born #agii4 ,henrik ,ibsen born #ahbh4 ,whoever is not with me in the essential things of life1 him ,i no longer know--,i owe him no consideration4 --,henrik ,ibsen4 ,only he who lives in truth finds it4 ,the deepest truth is not born of conscious striving1 but comes in the quiet hour when a noble nature gives itself into the keeping of life1 to suffer1 to feel1 to think1 and to act as it is moved by a wisdom not its own4 --,hamilton ,mabie4 ,forgetting the things which are behind1 and stretching forward to the things which are before1 ,i press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of ,god4 --,philippians #c4 #ac1 #ad4 ,lord ,god1 ,i thank thee for the silent ways of revelation which bring hopeful communion with thee4 ,help me to be composed1 that my life may not create a noise and my soul miss the messages that come from the depths of truth and love4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,first ,johann ,sebastian ,bach born #afhe4 ,archbishop ,cranmer burnt at ,oxford #aeef4 ,jean ,paul ,richter born #agfc4 ,henry ,kirke ,white born #aghe4 ,go through life with soft influences breathing around thee4 ,keep thy heart high above the many-colored mist of earth and above its storm clouds4 --,jean ,paul ,richter4 ,recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out4 --,jean ,paul ,richter4 ,come1 ,disappointment1 come6 ,thou art not stern to me2 ,sad monitress6 ,i own thy sway1 ,a votary sad in every day1 ,i bend my knee to thee1 ,from sun to sun ,my race will run2 ,i only bow1 and say1 ,my ,god1 thy will be done6 --,henry ,kirke ,white4 ,if ,i say1 ,i will forget my complaint1 ,i will put off my sad countenance1 and be of good cheer4 --,job #i4 #bg4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to respond cheerfully when called upon to give4 ,may ,i never repent of tenderness which others fail to appreciate1 but may ,i be glad of all that ,i give and for all ,i receive4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,second ,sir ,anthony ,vandyke born #aeii4 ,caroline ,sheridan ,norton born #ahjh4 ,johann ,goethe died #ahcb4 ,dr4 ,farrar1 ,dean of ,canterbury1 died #aijc4 ,rosa ,bonheur born #ahbb4 ,red ,love still rules the day1 white ,faith enfolds the night1 ,and hope1 green-mantled1 leads the way by the walls of the ,city of ,light4 ,therefore ,i walk as one who sees the joy shine through ,of the other ,life behind our life1 like the stars behind the blue4 --,dean ,farrar4 ,there can be no greater delight than is experienced by a man who1 by his own unaided resources1 frees himself from the consequences of error3 ,heaven looks down with satisfaction upon such a spectacle4 --,goethe4 ,thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty3 they shall behold a land that reacheth afar4 --,isaiah #cc4 #ag4 ,lord ,god1 help me to remember that ,i may not only be forgiven for my transgression1 but with thy help ,i may be led away from the wrong4 ,may ,i be content to follow where thou dost lead4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,third ,pierre ,savant ,la ,place born #agdi4 ,schuyler ,colfax born #ahbc4 ,richard ,a4 ,proctor born #ahcg4 ,silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together2 that at length they may emerge1 full-formed and majestic1 into the daylight of life4444 ,nay1 in thy own mean perplexities1 do thou thyself but hold thy tongue for one day2 on the morrow how much clearer are thy purposes and duties6 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,deliberate much before you say and do anything2 for it will not be in your power to recall what is said or done4 --,epictetus4 ,set a watch1 ,o ,jehovah1 before my mouth2 ,keep the door of my lips4 --,psalm #ada4 #c4 ,my ,lord1 make me a lover of the truth4 ,make me careful of my thoughts1 and the words ,i would speak1 that ,i may not think selfishly and speak cruelly1 but keep myself holy unto thee4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,fourth ,queen ,elizabeth died #afjc4 ,fanny ,crosby born #ahbj4 ,henry ,w4 ,longfellow died #ahhb4 ,sir ,edwin ,arnold died #aijd4 ,every quivering tongue of flame ,seems to murmur some great name1 ,seems to say to me ,aspire6 ,no endeavor is in vain2 ,its reward is in the doing1 ,and the rapture of pursuing ,is the prize of vanquished gain4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,never be sad or desponding ,if thou hast faith to believe2 ,grace for the duties before thee ,ask of thy ,god and receive4 --,fanny ,crosby4 ,i spread forth my hands unto thee3 ,my soul thirsteth after thee1 as a weary land4 --,psalm #adc4 #f4 ,almighty ,god1 make me conscious of my weaknesses1 and make me ashamed of my indulgences4 ,give me a victory over self2 and may ,i consider more what ,i put in my life4 ,may ,i be eager for that which will inspire me for greater aspirations4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,fifth ,archbishop ,john ,williams born #aehb4 ,joachim ,murat born #agga4 ,anna ,seward died #ahji4 ,how awful is the thought of the wonders underground1 ,of the mystic changes wrought in the silent1 dark profound6 ,how each thing upward tends by necessity decreed1 ,and the world's support depends on the shooting of a seed6 ,the summer's in her ark1 and this sunny-pinioned day ,is commissioned to remark whether ,winter holds her sway3 ,go back1 thou dove of peace1 with myrtle on thy wing1 ,say that floods and tempests cease1 and the world is ripe for ,spring4 --,horace ,smith4 ,i should never have made my success in life if ,i had not bestowed upon the least thing ,i have ever undertaken the same attention and care that ,i have bestowed upon the greatest4 --,charles ,dickens4 ,gather up the broken pieces which remain over1 that nothing be lost4 --,john #f4 #ab4 ,loving ,father1 cause me to learn from nature that to have perfection ,i must be attentive at the beginning of growth4 ,help me to select with care the soil wherein ,i plant2 and to weed and cultivate my life that it may grow to beauty and usefulness4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,sixth ,konrad von ,gesner born #aeaf4 ,w4 ,e4 ,h4 ,lecky born #ahch4 ,gustave ,guillaumet born #ahdj4 ,walt ,whitman died #ahib4 ,every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him1 but a day comes when he begins to care that he do not cheat his neighbor4 ,then all goes well4 ,he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,he that is unacquainted with the nature of the world must be at a loss to know where he is4 ,and he that cannot tell the ends he was made for is ignorant both of himself and the world too4 --,marcus ,aurelius4 ,give diligence to present thyself approved unto ,god1 a workman that needeth not to be ashamed1 handling aright the word of truth4 --#b ,timothy #b4 #ae4 ,almighty ,god1 may ,i not only approve of justice and kindness1 but practice it4 ,grant that ,i may be attentive to the call of work and steadfast in completing it4 ,may ,i be sincere to those who are dear to me1 and never falter in my support to those who are dependent upon me4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,seventh ,alfred ,vigny born #agii4 ,general ,a4 ,w4 ,greely born #ahdg4 ,sir ,gilbert ,scott died #ahgh4 ,it takes great strength to bring your life up square ,with your accepted thought and hold it there3 ,resisting the inertia that drags it back ,from new attempts1 to the old habit's track4 ,it is so easy to drift back1 to sink4 ,so hard to live abreast of what you think4 --,charlotte ,perkins ,stetson4 ,if a person had delivered up your body to anyone whom he met in his way1 you would certainly be angry4 ,and do you feel no shame in delivering up your own mind to be disconcerted and confounded by anyone who happens to give you ill language4 --,epictetus4 ,wherefore1 ,o ,king ,agrippa1 ,i was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision4 --,acts #bf4 #ai4 ,my ,father1 my soul sinks with shame when ,i think of the great moments that ,i have given over to mean little things4 ,help me that ,i may reckon more on the value of time1 and live not to tolerate life1 but to have a great need for it1 that day by day ,i may have a deeper consciousness of its appropriate use4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,eighth ,santi d',urbino ,raphael born #adhc4 ,sir ,thomas ,smith born #aead4 ,margaret 7,peg7 ,woffington died #agfj4 ,they may not need me1 ,yet they might2 ,i'll let my heart be ,just in sight-- ,a smile so small ,as mine might be ,precisely their ,necessity4 --,unknown4 ,you hear that boy laughing8--you think he's all fun2 ,but the angels laugh too at the good he has done2 ,the children laugh loud as they troop to his call1 ,and the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all4 --,oliver ,wendell ,holmes4 ,let all bitterness1 and wrath1 and anger1 and clamor1 and railing1 be put away from you1 with all malice3 and be ye kind one to another1 tender-hearted1 forgiving each other4 --,ephesians #d4 #ca4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may be fair1 and not pass judgment on those whom ,i like or those whom ,i dislike1 and so bring unhappy regrets4 ,may ,i remember that1 though hasty judgment often may be temporary1 the gain or loss of a friend may be permanent4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,twenty-,,ninth ,dr4 ,john ,lightfoot born #afjb4 ,john ,tyler1 ,virginia1 tenth ,president ,united ,states1 born #agij4 ,amelia ,barr born #ahca4 ,the year's at the spring ,and the day's at the morn2 ,the hillside's dew-pearled2 ,the lark's on the wing3 ,the snail's on the thorn2 ,god's in his heaven3 ,all's well with the world4 --,robert ,browning4 ,dear ,lord and ,father of mankinds ,forgive our feverish ways2 ,reclothe us in our rightful mind2 ,in purer lives thy service find1 ,in deeper reverence praise4 --,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength4 --,isaiah #cj4 #ae4 ,lord ,god1 ,i beseech thee to give me the strength which endures4 ,grant that ,i may have the ceaseless content which is secured by choosing and continuing in the right way4 ,from the wealth of each day renew my hope1 and quiet my soul with the calm of thy peace4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,thirtieth ,sir ,henry ,wotton born #aefh4 ,archbishop ,somner born #afjf4 ,john ,fiske born #ahdb4 ,john ,constable died #ahcg4 ,i said1 ,let us walk in the field4 ,he said1 ,nay walk in the town4 ,i said1 ,there are no flowers there4 ,he said1 ,no flowers but a crown4 ,i said1 ,but the air is thick1 ,and the fogs are veiling the sun4 ,he answered1 ,yet souls are sick ,and souls in the dark undone4 ,i cast one look at the field1 ,then set my face to the town4 ,he said3 ,my child1 do you yield8 ,will ye leave the flowers for the crown8 ,then into his hand went mine ,and into my heart came ,he1 ,and ,i walked in a light divine ,the path ,i had feared to see4 --,george ,macdonald4 ,now therefore amend your ways and your doings1 and obey the voice of ,jehovah your ,god4 --,jeremiah #bf4 #ac4 ,eternal ,god1 teach me the way of a complete and unbroken trust4 ,in my disappointments1 and in my devotions1 may my faith and hope be as immortal as my soul4 ,may ,i listen for thy voice and answer thy call4 ,amen4 ,,march ,,thirty-,,first ,ludwig von ,beethoven died #ahbg4 ,joseph ,francis ,haydn born #agcb4 ,andrew ,lang born #ahdd4 ,charlotte ,bronte died #ahee4 ,the ,great ,being unseen1 but all-present1 who in his beneficence desires only our welfare1 watches the struggle between good and evil in our hearts1 and waits to see whether we obey his voice1 heard in the whispers of conscience1 or lend an ear to the ,spirit ,evil1 which seeks to lead us astray4 ,rough and steep is the path indicated by divine suggestion2 mossy and declining the green way along which temptation strews flowers4 ,then conscience whispers1 ,do what you feel is right1 obey me1 and ,i will plant for you firm footing4 --,charlotte ,bronte4 ,god help us do our duty1 and not shrink1 ,and trust in heaven humbly for the rest4 --,owen ,meredith4 ,i call heaven and earth to witness against you this day1 that ,i have set before thee life and death1 the blessing and the curse3 therefore choose life4 --,deuteronomy #cj4 #ai4 ,my ,father1 as ,i review my life ,i am impressed how accurately my deeds have copied my thoughts4 ,and though ,i have failed the so often1 yet ,i pray that thou wilt accept my yearnings1 to think and work for the best in every day4 ,amen4 ,,april ,god's ,april is coming up the hill1 and the noisy winds are quieting down1 subdued by the fragrance of the wild flowers on the way4 ,lest we miss the richness of life1 while pursuing the world1 ,god continues to pour out precious fragrance from his storehouse1 and unconsciously1 our souls are lulled to peace through the sweetness of ,april days4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,,april ,,first ,all ,fools' ,day4 ,william ,harvey born #aegh4 ,prince von ,bismarck born #ahae4 ,edwin ,a4 ,abbey born #aheb4 ,agnes ,repplier born #aheh4 ,it is a peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others1 and to forget his own4 --,cicero4 ,a man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense4 --,mrs4 ,jameson4 ,he that knows not1 and knows not that he knows not1 is a fool3 shun him4 --,arabian ,maxim4 ,seest thou a man wise in his own conceit8 ,there is more hope of a fool than of him4 --,proverbs #bf4 #ab4 ,almighty ,god1 grant that ,i may be spared the allurements of deceptive happiness which leaves weary days4 ,i ask for wisdom that ,i may not speak foolishly1 think foolishly1 or act foolishly2 and may ,i not be detained by the foolishness of others1 but pursue my work1 whether it be far or near4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,second ,charlemagne born #gdb4 ,thomas ,jefferson1 ,virginia1 third ,president ,united ,states1 born #agdc4 ,hans ,andersen born #ahje4 ,frederic ,a4 ,bartholdi born #ahcd4 ,emile ,zola born #ahdj4 ,when a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself public property4 --,thomas ,jefferson4 ,we hold these truths to be self-evident--that all men are created equal2 that they are endowed by their ,creator with certain unalienable rights2 that among these are life1 liberty1 and the pursuit of happiness4 --,declaration of ,independence4 ,breathes there the man with soul so dead ,who never to himself hath said1 ,this is my own1 my native land6 ,whose heart hath ne'er within him burned ,as home his footsteps he hath turned ,from wandering on a foreign strand8 --,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,render therefore unto ,caesar the things that are ,caesar's4 --,matthew #bb4 #ba4 ,my ,lord1 ,i thank thee for the wisdom and love that is spoken through the lives of strong men and women4 ,grant that ,i may be willing to learn of them1 and gladly serve where ,i am needed1 remembering that thou art ,lord of all4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,third ,george ,herbert born #aeic4 ,washington ,irving born #aghc4 ,edward ,everett ,hale born #ahbb4 ,john ,burroughs born #ahcg4 ,sum up at night what thou hast done by day ,and in the morning what thou hast to do3 ,dress and undress thy soul3 mark the decay ,and growth of it2 if with thy watch that too ,be dowl1 then wind up both2 since we shall be ,most surely judged1 make thy accounts agree4 --,george ,herbert4 ,to look up and not down1 ,to look forward and not back1 ,to look out and not in1 and ,to lend a hand4 --,edward ,e4 ,hale4 ,there is a healthy hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others1 however humble4 --,washington ,irving4 ,i put on righteousness1 and it clothed me3 ,my justice was as a robe and a diadem4 --,job #bi4 #ad4 ,my ,lord1 ,i pray that ,i may always be found clothed in love and kindness4 ,make me worthy to minister to those who may be dependent on me1 and whether they be rich or poor1 high or low1 may ,i try to help them4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,fourth ,oliver ,goldsmith died #aggd4 ,dorothea ,dix born #ahjb4 ,james ,freeman ,clarke born #ahaj4 ,the greatest object in the universe1 said a certain philosopher1 is a good man struggling with adversity2 yet there is still a greater1 which is the good man who comes to relieve it4 --,oliver ,goldsmith4 ,yet ,i believe that somewhere1 soon or late1 ,a peace will fall ,upon the angry reaches of my mind2 ,a peace initiate ,in some heroic hour when ,i behold ,a friend's long-quested triumph1 or unbind ,the tressed gold ,from a child's laughing face4 ,i still believe-- ,so much believe4 --,j4 ,drinkwater4 ,but whoso hath the world's goods1 and beholdeth his brother in need1 and shutteth up his compassion from him1 how doth the love of ,god abide in him8 --#a ,john #c4 #ag4 ,almighty ,god1 may ,i have a liberal heart4 ,grant that ,i may feel the needs of thy children in all lands2 and may ,i be willing to give of thy blessings1 as ,i am ready to receive them4 ,may my tribute be not only of tender thoughts and kind words1 but may ,i give of myself1 and of what ,i have1 as thou hast through love and wisdom done for me4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,fifth ,elihu ,yale born #afdh4 ,sir ,henry ,havelock born #agie4 ,frank ,stockton 7,francis7 born #ahcd4 ,algernon ,charles ,swinburne born #ahcg4 ,as morning hears before it run ,the music of the mounting sun1 ,and laughs to watch his trophies won ,from darkness1 and her hosts undone1 ,and all the night becomes a breath1 ,nor dreams that fear should hear and flee ,the summer menace of the sea1 ,so hear our hope what life may be1 ,and know it not for death4 --,algernon ,charles ,swinburne4 ,i came from ,god1 and ,i'm going back to ,god1 and ,i won't have any gaps of death in the middle of my life4 --,george ,mac,donald4 ,the hope of the righteous shall be gladness2 ,but the expectation of the wicked shall perish4 --,proverbs #aj4 #bh4 ,lord ,god1 teach me the way and show me the light of the eternal day2 and may the vision fill my soul as ,i take courage and follow it4 ,may ,i not be fearful of what may be provided1 but remember that before the creation of life thou didst have a purpose in death4 ,may ,i be trustful4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,sixth ,albert ,duerer died #aebh4 ,james ,mill born #aggc4 ,jean ,baptiste ,rousseau born #affi4 ,even if the sacrifices which are made to duty and virtue are painful to make1 they are well repaid by the sweet recollections which they leave at the bottom of the heart4 --,jean ,b4 ,rousseau4 ,i am the man of a thousand loves1 ,a thousand loves have ,i2 ,and all my loves are white-winged doves1 ,that into my soul would fly4 ,i am the man of a thousand friends ,of tuneful memory2 ,and each of them spends the delicate ends ,of a brilliant day with me4 ,and all my gifts are magical words ,that sing sweet songs to me2 ,and the sensitive words are caroling birds ,in the garden of imagery4 --,edwin ,leibfreed4 ,be thou faithful unto death1 and ,i will give thee the crown of life4 --,revelation #b4 #aj4 ,loving ,father1 ,i bless thee for thy love and ministry4 ,may ,i enter into a broader conception of sharing thy gifts4 ,may ,i not seek thy blessings to keep1 but to use for renewed inspiration4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,seventh ,saint ,francis ,xavier born #aejf4 ,william ,wordsworth born #aggj4 ,william ,ellery ,channing born #aghj4 ,my heart leaps up when ,i behold ,a rainbow in the sky3 ,so was it when my life began2 ,so is it now ,i am a man2 ,so be it when ,i shall grow old1 ,or let me die6 ,the child is ,father of the ,man2 ,and ,i could wish my days to be ,bound each to each by natural piety4 --,william ,wordsworth4 ,a self-controlled mind is a free mind1 and freedom is power4 ,i call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers4 ,i call that mind free which resists the bondage of habit1 which does not live on its old virtues1 but forgets what is behind1 and rejoices to pour itself forth in fresh and higher exertions4 --,william ,ellery ,channing4 ,that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind1 and put on the new man1 that after ,god hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth4 --,ephesians #d4 #bc1 #bd4 ,lord ,god1 give me the power to control my mind and heart1 that ,i may not be a slave to habits that may keep me from eternal love and blessedness4 ,may ,i have sympathy and compassion for others1 and cherish thy tenderness and mercy as ,i hold it in my daily life4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,eighth ,petrarch crowned #acda4 ,william ,herbert1 ,earl of ,pembroke1 born #aehj4 ,david ,rittenhouse born #agcb4 ,if ,i can stop one heart from breaking1 ,i shall not live in vain2 ,if ,i can ease one life from aching1 ,or cool one pain1 ,or help one fainting robin ,unto his nest again1 ,i shall not live in vain4 --,emily ,dickinson4 ,the most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business of one's life is to help in some small way to reduce the sum of ignorance1 degradation1 and misery on the face of this beautiful earth4 --,george ,eliot4 ,make full my joy1 that ye be of the same mind1 having the same love1 being of one accord1 of one mind2 doing nothing through faction or through vainglory1 but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself4 --,philippians #b4 #b1 #c4 ,my ,father1 take away the spirit1 if ,i may be inclined to keep the best1 and to be always seeking my portion4 ,may ,i have the desire to share with those who have less1 and to give to those who may have more1 whether it be of bread or love4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,ninth ,fisher ,ames born #ageh4 ,john ,opie died #ahjg4 ,dante ,gabriel ,rossetti died #ahhb4 ,gather a shell from the strown beach ,and listen at its lips2 they sigh ,the same desire and mystery1 ,the echo of the whole sea's speech4 ,and all mankind is this at heart-- ,not anything but what thou art3 ,and ,earth1 ,sea1 ,man are all in each4 --,dante ,gabriel ,rossetti4 ,and as1 in sparkling majesty1 a star ,gilds the bright summit of some glory cloud2 ,brightening the half-veil'd face of heaven afar2 ,so when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud1 ,sweet ,hope6 celestial influence round me shed1 ,waving the silver pinions o'er my head4 --,john ,keats4 ,now the ,god of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing1 that ye may abound in hope1 in the power of the ,holy ,spirit4 --,romans #ae4 #ac4 ,almighty ,god1 may ,i ever know the generous glow that comes with an overwhelming desire to cultivate the soul4 ,with hope may ,i find the way through the darkness that leads to immortality1 even if ,i may have to experience the weariness that may accompany it4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,tenth ,hugo ,grotius born #aehc4 ,william ,hazlitt born #aggh4 ,general ,lew ,wallace born #ahbg4 ,general ,william ,booth born #ahbi4 ,the essence of happy living is never to find life dull1 never to feel the ugly weariness which comes of overstrain2 to be fresh1 cheerful1 leisurely1 sociable1 unhurried1 well-balanced4 ,it seems to me impossible to be these things unless we have time to consider life a little1 to deliberate1 to select1 to abstain4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,four things come not back--the spoken word1 the sped arrow1 the past life1 the neglected opportunity4 --,william ,hazlitt4 ,wherefore1 brethren1 give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure4 --#b ,peter #a4 #aj4 ,my ,father1 may ,i not miss my work through indifference and feel it is thy neglect of me4 ,may ,i be reminded that the enrichment of life comes through persistency and being consistent1 and may not be found on the idle paths of extravagant ways4 ,help me to take up my work with a willing spirit and give my best to it4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,eleventh ,george ,canning born #aggj4 ,edward ,everett born #agid4 ,donald ,g4 ,mitchell 7,ik ,marvel7 born #ahbb4 ,the safe path to excellence and success in every calling1 is that of appropriate preliminary education1 diligent application to learn the art of assiduity and practicing it4 --,edward ,everett4 ,that nothing walks with aimless feet2 ,that not one life shall be destroyed1 ,or cast as rubbish to the void1 ,when ,god hath made the pile complete4 ,behold1 we know not anything3 ,i can but trust that good shall fall ,at last--far off--at last1 to all1 ,and every winter change to spring4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,and we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fullness of hope even to the end3 that ye be not sluggish1 but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises4 --,hebrews #f4 #aa1 #ab4 ,lord ,god1 help me in all my circumstances1 and be with me in my daily work4 ,help me in my efforts1 as ,i endeavor to attain1 and may my will be hid in thine4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twelfth ,edward ,young died #agfe4 ,edward ,bird born #aggb4 ,henry ,clay born #aggg4 ,i would rather be right than be ,president4 --,henry ,clay4 ,who does the best his circumstances allow ,does well1 acts nobly2 angels could no more4 --,edward ,young4 ,pedigree haz no more to do in making a man aktually grater than he iz than a pekok's feather in his hat haz in making him aktually taller4 ,when the world stands in need of an arestokrat1 natur pitches one into it1 and furnishes him papers without enny flaw in them4 --,josh ,billings4 ,cast not away therefore your boldness1 which hath great recompense of reward4 ,for ye have need of patience1 that1 having done the will of ,god1 ye may receive the promise4 --,hebrews #aj4 #ce1 #cf4 ,lord ,god1 help me to select with care the site1 the plans1 and the foundation of my life4 ,may ,i use the best material2 and may it be worthy of a permanent home4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,thirteenth ,madame ,jeanne ,guyon born #afdh4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,beddoes born #agfj4 ,james ,harper born #agie4 ,if there were dreams to sell1 ,merry and sad to tell1 ,and the crier rang the bell1 ,what would you buy8 ,a cottage lone and still ,with bowers nigh1 ,shadowy1 my woes to still1 ,until ,i die4 ,such pearl from ,life's fresh crown ,fain would ,i shake me down1 ,were dreams to have at will ,this would best heal my ill1 ,this would ,i buy4 --,thomas ,lovell ,beddoes4 ,i pray you1 bear me hence ,from forth the noise and rumor of the field ,where ,i may think the remnant of my thoughts ,in peace1 and part this body and my soul ,with contemplation and devout desires4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,come ye yourselves apart into a desert place1 and rest awhile4 --,mark #f4 #ca4 ,lord ,god1 help me to bear in mind that to step aside and safeguard the mind in contemplation is a safe guard to the soul4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,fourteenth ,dr4 ,george ,gregory born #aged4 ,george ,frederic ,handel died #agei4 ,horace ,bushnell born #ahjb4 ,flower in the crannied wall1 ,i pluck you out of the crannies-- ,hold you here1 root and all1 in my hand1 ,little flower--but if ,i could understand ,what you are1 root and all1 and all in all1 ,i should know what ,god and man is4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,so much is history stranger than fiction1 and so true it is ,nature has caprices which ,art dares not imitate4 --,thomas ,macaulay4 ,nature is the face of ,god4 ,he appears to us through it1 and we can read his thoughts in it4 --,victor ,hugo4 ,many1 ,o ,jehovah my ,god1 are the wonderful works which thou hast done1 ,and thy thoughts which are to us-ward4 --,psalm #dj4 #e4 ,eternal ,god1 ,i thank thee for the seasons which bring abundance and beauty4 ,i thank thee for thy loving care1 which is over all and forever4 ,may ,i behold thy works and make thee a very present help for all my needs1 and perceive the joy of thy love through the greatness of the earth4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,fifteenth ,emile ,souvestre born #ahjf4 ,john ,lothrop ,motley born #ahad4 ,henry ,james born #ahdc4 ,abraham ,lincoln died #ahfe4 ,two thirds of human existence are wasted in hesitation1 and the last third in repentance4 --,emile ,souvestre4 ,and1 having thus chosen our course1 let us renew our trust in ,god and go forward without fear and with manly hearts4 --,abraham ,lincoln4 ,the barriers are not erected which shall say to aspiring talent1 ,thus far and no further4 --,beethoven4 ,be strong and of good courage4 --,joshua #a4 #f4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may always be alive to my opportunities1 but may ,i never leave others impoverished by taking advantage of them4 ,may my prosperity be conducted with my eyes open1 guarding what ,i give and receive1 that my possessions may remain valuable through life4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,sixteenth ,charles ,montagu1 ,earl of ,halifax1 born #affa4 ,charles ,w4 ,peale born #agda4 ,sir ,john ,franklin born #aghf4 ,weary of myself and sick of asking ,what ,i am1 and what ,i ought to be1 ,at the vessel's prow ,i stand1 which bears me ,forward1 forward1 o'er the starlit sea ,o air-born voice6 long since severely clear1 ,a cry like thine in my own heart ,i hear4 ,resolve to be thyself3 and know that he ,who finds himself1 loses his misery4 --,matthew ,arnold4 ,this above all to thine own self be true1 ,and it must follow1 as the night the day1 ,thou can'st not then be false to any man4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,let thine eyes look right on1 ,and let thine eyelids look straight before thee4 ,make level the path of thy feet1 ,and let all thy ways be established4 --,proverbs #d4 #be1 #bf4 ,my ,father1 give me a sense of nearness to thee when ,i may be faltering from weariness in well doing4 ,may ,i hold to my determinations4 ,help me to know what is useless1 that ,i may not give unnecessary energy1 and to know what is worth while1 that ,i may acquire strength through the power of truth4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,seventeenth ,bishop ,benjamin ,hoadley died #agfa4 ,benjamin ,franklin died #agij4 ,william ,g4 ,simms born #ahjf4 ,shall ,i ask the brave soldier who fights at my side1 ,in the cause of mankind1 if our creeds agree8 ,shall ,i give up the friend ,i have valued and tried1 ,if he kneel not before the same altar as me8 --,thomas ,moore4 ,i met a little ,elf-man once1 ,down where the lilies blow4 ,i asked him why he was so small ,and why he didn't grow4 ,he slightly frowned1 and with his eye ,he looked me through and through4 ,i'm quite as big for me1 said he ,as you are big for you4 --,john ,kendrick ,bangs4 ,woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes1 and prudent in their own sight6 --,isaiah #e4 #ba4 ,loving ,father1 grant that ,i may not barter love with formalities1 nor sacrifice love for customs4 ,but1 may ,i have a fellowship that is true and sincere1 and that may be counted on1 though all and for all4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,eighteenth ,lord ,jeffreys died #afhi4 ,george ,henry ,lewes born #ahag4 ,sir ,francis ,baring born #agdj4 ,nor can ,i count him happiest who has never ,been forced with his own hand his chains to sever1 ,and for himself find out the way divine2 ,he never knew the aspirer's glorious pains1 ,he never earned the struggler's priceless gains4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,there is not time for hate1 ,o wasteful friend4 ,put hate away until the ages end4 ,have you an ancient wound8 ,forget the wrong-- ,out in my ,west a forest loud with song ,towers high and green over a field of snow1 ,over a glacier buried far below4 --,edwin ,markham4 ,fight the good fight of the faith1 lay hold on the life eternal1 whereunto thou wast called1 and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses4 --#a ,timothy #f4 #ab4 ,lord ,god1 help me to realize the power of my life4 ,i feel ashamed and alarmed when ,i think of the grievous wrongs ,i may have done for greed4 ,may ,i have delight in the struggles ,i have made for the ways of righteousness4 ,make me careful to avoid the things that debase life4 ,may ,i aspire for the highest and best4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,nineteenth ,roger ,sherman born #agba4 ,lord ,byron died #ahbd4 ,lord ,beaconsfield 7,disraeli7 died #ahha4 ,charles ,darwin died #ahhb4 ,the secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes4 --,disraeli4 ,one sees1 and the other does not see2 one enjoys an unspeakable pleasure1 and the other loses that pleasure which is as free to him as the air4444 ,the whole outward world is the kingdom of the observant eye4 ,he who enters into any part of that kingdom to possess it has a store of pure enjoyment in life which is literally inexhaustible and immeasurable4 ,his eyes alone will give him a life worth living4 --,charles ,w4 ,eliot4 ,having eyes1 see ye not8 --,mark #h4 #ah4 ,my ,father1 help me to realize that ,i cannot feel the joy that breathes through the early morning unless ,i am with it4 ,may ,i see distinctly the glory of to-day4 ,help me to be watchful and keep my spirit awake1 that ,i may receive thy revelations4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twentieth ,marcus ,aurelius born #aba4 ,elizabeth ,barton 7,maid of ,kent7 executed #aecd ,sir ,francis ,t4 ,baring born #agif4 ,alice ,cary born #ahbj4 ,do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away4 ,death stands at your elbow4 ,be good for something while you live and it is in your power4 --,marcus ,aurelius4 ,and ,o1 my heart1 my heart1 ,be careful to go strewing in and out ,the way with good deeds1 lest it come about ,that when thou shalt depart1 ,no low lamenting tongue be found to say1 ,the world is poorer since thou went'st away --,alice ,cary4 ,a good man prolongs his life2 to be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice4 --,martial4 ,the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance4 --,psalm #aab4 #f4 ,heavenly ,father1 thou hast made my life dear2 forgive me if ,i have made dearer the things that ,i have put around it4 ,many days have been used for costly things that have faded and are laid aside4 ,may ,i realize the meaning of days that have been lost4 ,make me more concerned for what ,i put in the days to come4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,first ,peter ,f4 ,abelard died #aadb4 ,friedrich ,froebel born #aghb4 ,reginald ,heber born #aghc4 ,james ,martineau born #ahje4 ,charlotte ,bronte born #ahaf4 ,henry ,shaw 7,josh ,billings7 born #ahah4 ,education should lead and guide man to clearness concerning himself and in himself1 to peace with nature1 and to unity with ,god4 --,friedrich ,froebel4 ,when spring unlocks the flowers1 to paint the laughing soil2 ,when summer's balmy showers refresh the mower's toil2 ,when winter binds in frosty chains the fallow and the flood1 ,in ,god the earth rejoiceth still1 and owns its maker good4 --,reginald ,heber4 ,a memory without a blot or contamination must be an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment4 --,charlotte ,bronte4 ,for ye are all sons of light1 and sons of the day3 we are not of the night1 nor of darkness4 --#a ,thessalonians #e4 #e4 ,lord of light1 thou art the light of my life4 ,may ,i make thee the joy and light of my soul4 ,call me to where it is clear and high1 that ,i may see above the mist4 ,may ,i not weary in climbing to reach thee in the high places4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,second ,henry ,fielding born #agjg4 ,immanuel ,kant born #agbd4 ,philip ,james ,bailey born #ahaf4 ,we live in deeds1 not years3 in thoughts1 not breaths3 ,in feelings1 not in figures on a dial4 ,we should count time by heart-throbs4 ,he most lives ,who thinks most1 feels the noblest1 acts the best4 --,philip ,james ,bailey4 ,men cease to interest us when we find their limitations4 ,the only sin is limitation4 ,as soon as you once come up with a man's limitations it is all over with him4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,but he that looketh into the perfect law1 the law of liberty1 and so continueth1 being not a hearer that forgeteth but a doer that worketh1 this man shall be blessed in his doing4 --,james #a4 #be4 ,lord ,god1 help me to break away from habits that fasten me in the ruts of life4 ,draw me out to thy broad way1 where there are no limits to thy wonderful works1 that ,i may expand my life4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,third ,william ,shakespeare born #aefd1 died #afaf4 ,cervantes died #afaf4 ,j4,m4,w4 ,turner born #agge4 ,james ,buchanan1 ,pennsylvania1 fifteenth ,president ,united ,states1 born #agia4 ,james ,anthony ,froude born #ahah4 ,thomas ,nelson ,page born #ahec4 ,edwin ,markham born #aheb4 ,my crown is in my heart1 not on my head3 ,not decked with diamonds and ,indian ,stones1 ,nor to be seen4 ,my crown is called content4 ,a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,at the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky ,and flinging the clouds and the towers by ,is a place of central calm3 ,so here in the roar of mortal things1 ,i have a place where my spirit sings1 ,in the hollow of ,god's ,palm4 --,edwin ,markham4 ,rest in ,jehovah1 and wait patiently for him3 ,fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way4 --,psalm #cg4 #g4 ,almighty ,god1 my heart beats quicker and the desire for thy care grows stronger when ,i remember thy promises are given for all eternity4 ,may ,i be grateful and contented with thy love and care4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,fourth ,edmund ,cartwright born #agdc4 ,anthony ,trollope born #ahae4 ,arthur ,christopher ,benson born #ahfb4 ,by religion ,i mean the power1 whatever it be1 which makes a man choose what is hard rather than what is easy2 what is lofty and noble rather than what is mean and selfish2 that puts courage into timorous hearts and gladness into clouded spirits4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,for all noble things the time is long and the way rude4444 ,for every start and struggle of impatience there shall be so much attendant failure4444 ,but the fire which ,patience carries in her own hand is that truly stolen from heaven--unquenchable incense of life4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,but they that wait for ,jehovah shall renew their strength2 they shall mount up with wings as eagles2 they shall run and not be weary2 they shall walk1 and not faint4 --,isaiah #dj4 #ca4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not be indifferent to the call of my soul4 ,may ,i not seek to serve the disappearing and neglect to make life worthy4 ,acquaint me with the permanent values of life4 ,make clear the way of strength1 that ,i may not be misled by ease and carried to weakness4 ,may my life be ennobled by the power of my possessions4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,fifth ,oliver ,cromwell born #aeii4 ,john ,keble born #agib4 ,alexander ,duff born #ahjf4 ,guglielmo ,marconi born #ahgd4 ,mrs4 ,burton ,harrison 7,constance ,cary7 born #ahdf4 ,samuel ,wesley died #agce4 ,truly ,god follows us with encouragements3 let him not lose his blessing upon us6 ,they come in season1 and with all the advantages of heartening1 as if ,god should say1 ,up and be doing1 and ,i will stand by you and help you6 ,there is nothing to be feared but our own sin and sloth4 --,oliver ,cromwell4 ,sun of my soul1 thou ,saviour dear1 ,it is not night if thou be near2 ,o may no earthborn cloud arise ,to hide thee from thy servants' eyes4 --,john ,keble4 ,for ,jehovah ,god is a sun and a shield3 ,jehovah will give grace and glory2 ,no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly4 --,psalm #hd4 #aa4 ,my ,father1 may ,i not err in choosing thy benefits1 nor fail from the neglect to use them4 ,make me appreciative of all thy gifts1 and1 through thy wisdom and power1 may ,i find the best use for them4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,sixth ,david ,hume born #agaa4 ,daniel ,defoe died #agia4 ,charles ,f4 ,browne 7,artemus ,ward7 born #ahcd4 ,how strange a chequer-work of ,providence is the life of man6 and by what secret different springs are the affections hurried about1 as different circumstances present6 ,to-day we love what to-morrow we hate2 to-day we seek what to-morrow we shun2 to-day we desire what to-morrow we fear2 nay1 even tremble at the apprehension of4 --,daniel ,defoe4 ,now don't do nothin' which isn't your ,fort1 for ef you do you'll find yourself splashin' round in the ,kanawl1 figgeratively speakin'4 --,artemus ,ward4 ,now there are diversities of gifts1 but the same ,spirit4 ,and there are diversities of ministrations1 and the same ,lord4 ,and there are diversities of workings1 but the same ,god1 who worketh all things in all4 --#a ,corinthians #ab4 #d-f4 ,lord forbid that ,i should fear to change for the better or be so pleased with myself and the things which surround me that ,i feel no need for a higher life4 ,make me dissatisfied if ,i am not trying to grow in truth and to live in noble deeds4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,seventh ,samuel ,morse born #agia4 ,lajos ,kossuth born #ahjb4 ,herbert ,spencer born #ahbj4 ,ulysses ,s4 ,grant1 ,ohio1 eighteenth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahbb4 ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson died #ahhb4 ,people who are dishonest1 or rash1 or stupid will inevitably suffer the penalties of dishonesty1 or rashness1 or stupidity4 --,herbert ,spencer4 ,abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life2 obey thy heart4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,well1 then1 we must cut our way out4 --,general ,grant4 ,wherefore take up the whole armor of ,god1 that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day1 and1 having done all1 to stand4 --,ephesians #f4 #ac4 ,loving ,father1 help me to live a simple and noble life4 ,grant that ,i may have the blessedness that comes through peace1 and escape the misery that comes from cruelty and untruth4 ,through my life may what ,i reap show that ,i have been careful in choosing and cultivating what ,i have sown4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,eighth ,charles ,cotton born #afcj4 ,james ,monroe1 ,virginia1 fifth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ageh4 ,anthony ,ashley1 ,earl of ,shaftesbury1 born #ahja4 ,during a long life ,i have proved that not one kind word ever spoken1 not one kind deed ever done1 but sooner or later returns to bless the giver1 and becomes a chain1 binding men with golden bands to the throne of ,god4 --,earl of ,shaftesbury4 ,there's many a time when the bitterest thing ,is said without reason1 and ,god knows ,the courage it takes to suffer the sting1 ,by hiding the wounds that the heart shows4 ,there's many a sob we bravely keep down ,for the sake of old times revered so1 ,there's many a head with thorns for a crown ,where kisses would soon make the heart glow4 --,edwin ,leibfreed4 ,so shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul2 ,if thou hast found it1 then shall there be a reward1 ,and thy hope shall not be cut off4 --,proverbs #bd4 #ad4 ,my ,father1 if ,i am to-day without happiness1 may ,i go in search of it4 ,help me to remember that the will thou hast given me to overcome evil with good ,i may use to overcome misery with happiness4 ,make me careful that ,i may not be trapped by selfishness as ,i look for joy4 ,may ,i delight in the sweet sensations that are felt in having consideration for others1 and may ,i make kindness a daily habit4 ,amen4 ,,april ,,twenty-,,ninth ,michel ,ruyter died #afgf4 ,abbe ,charles de ,st4 ,pierre died #agdc4 ,matthew ,vassar born #agib4 ,edward ,rowland ,sill born #ahda4 ,never yet was a springtime1 ,late though lingered the snow1 ,that the sap stirred not at the whisper ,of the south wind1 sweet and low2 ,never yet was a springtime ,when the buds forgot to blow4 ,ever the wings of the summer ,are folded under the mold2 ,life that has known no dying1 ,is ,love's1 to have and to hold1 ,till1 sudden1 the burgeoning ,easter6 ,the song6 the green and the gold6#a --,margaret ,e4 ,sangster4 ,in tracing the shade1 ,i shall find out the sun4 --,owen ,meredith4 ,all chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous2 yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby1 even the fruit of righteousness4 --,hebrews #ab4 #aa4 ,almighty ,god1 grant that as the fulfillment of the green comes to the withered grass1 so thy restoring may come to me with the glory of life that comes in the resurrection of the soul4 ,i trust thee to bring me out of winter's seal1 that ,i may help make the spring4 ,amen4 ,footnote #a3 ,from ,easter ,bells4 ,copyright1 #ahig1 by ,harper ,brothers4 ,,april ,,thirtieth ,chevalier de ,bayard killed #aebd4 ,sir ,john ,lubbock born #ahcd4 ,james ,montgomery died #ahed4 ,david ,livingstone died #ahgc4 ,we scatter seeds with careless hands1 ,and dream we ne'er shall see them more2 ,but for a thousand years ,their fruit appears ,in weeds that mar the land4 --,john ,keble ,and there came up a sweet perfume ,from the unseen flowers below1 ,like the savor of virtuous deeds1 ,of deeds done long ago4 --,mrs4 ,southey4 ,mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard1 very precious1 and anointed the feet of ,jesus1 and wiped his feet with her hair3 and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment4 --,john #ab4 #c4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that it may be mine to have the recollection of happy deeds1 and not the memory of unkept promises4 ,help me to remember that one act is worth a thousand intentions1 and that memory is the storehouse that supplies old age4 ,make me careful of my memory1 that it may not be burdened4 ,amen4 ,,may ,i cannot see what flowers are at my feet1 ,nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs1 ,but1 in the embalmed darkness1 guess each sweet ,wherewith the seasonable month endows ,the grass1 the thicket1 and the fruit tree wild2 ,white hawthorn1 and the pastoral eglantine2 ,fast-fading violets covered up in leaves2 ,and mid-,may's wildest child1 ,the coming musk-rose1 full of dewy wine1 ,the murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves4 --,john ,keats4 ,such a starved bank of moss ,till that ,may morn1 ,blue ran the flash across3 ,violets were born4 --,robert ,browning4 ,,may ,,first ,arbor ,day4 ,joseph ,addison born #afgb4 ,arthur1 ,duke of ,wellington1 born #agfi4 ,if you wish to succeed in life1 make perseverance your bosom friend1 experience your wise counselor1 caution your elder brother1 and hope your guardian genius4 --,joseph ,addison4 ,he who plants a tree1 he plants love2 ,tents of coolness spreading out above ,wayfarers1 he may not live to see4 ,gifts that grow are best2 ,hands that bless are blest2 ,plant-life does the rest6 ,heaven and earth help him who plants a tree1 ,and his work his own reward shall be4 --,lucy ,larcom4 ,and he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water1 ,that bringeth forth its fruit in its season1 ,whose leaf also doth not wither2 ,and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper4 --,psalm #a4 #c4 ,my ,creator1 give me joyful eyes for joyful nature4 ,may ,i be alive to the gentle influences of a ,may day which bring new experiences to all who may receive them3 and may ,i serve thee by unfolding to others the love of truth1 the love of good1 and the love of beauty4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,second ,leonardo da ,vinci died #aeai4 ,robert ,hall born #agfd4 ,jerome ,k4 ,jerome born #ahei4 ,william ,henry ,hudson born #ahfb4 ,without a false humility2 ,for this is love's nobility1-- ,not to scatter bread and gold1 ,goods and raiment bought and sold2 ,but to hold fast his simple sense1 ,and speak the speech of innocence1 ,and with hand and body and blood1 ,to make his bosom-counsel good4 ,he that feeds man serveth few2 ,he serves all who dares be true4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,small service is true service while it lasts3 ,of humblest friends scorn not one3 ,the daisy1 by the shadow it casts1 ,protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun4 --,william ,wordsworth4 ,surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot2 ,yea1 thou shalt be steadfast1 and shalt not fear4 --,job #aa4 #ae4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i would be thankful for the blessings ,i am inclined to forget4 ,give me a heart of gratitude1 and forbid that ,i should hold my friends for material gain or selfish ends4 ,may ,i through the truthfulness of my lips1 and the honor of my acts1 be a necessary friend4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,third ,niccolo ,machiavelli born #adfi4 ,thomas ,hood died #ahde4 ,jacob ,riis born #ahdi4 ,the longing for ignoble things2 ,the strife for triumph more than truth2 ,the hardening of the heart that brings ,irreverence for the dreams of youth2 ,all these must first be trampled down ,beneath our feet1 if we would gain ,in the bright fields of fair renown ,the right of eminent domain4 --,john ,keble4 ,one lesson1 and only one1 history may be said to repeat with distinctness2 that the world is built somehow on moral foundations2 that in the long run1 it is well with the good2 in the long run it is ill with the wicked4 --,james ,anthony ,froude4 ,no soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life2 that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier4 ,and if also a man contend in the games1 he is not crowned1 except he have contended lawfully4 --#b ,timothy #b4 #d1 #e4 ,gracious ,father1 may my heart be mindful of thee1 that ,i may discover the truth and possess it4 ,steady me in my affections and save me from wandering impulses2 and may ,i help to put wrong down and uplift humanity4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,fourth ,frederick ,edwin ,church born #ahbf4 ,isaac ,barrow died #afgg4 ,john ,james ,audubon born #aghj4 ,horace ,mann born #agif4 ,thomas ,henry ,huxley born #ahbe4 ,the chess board is the world1 the pieces are the phenomena of the universe1 the rules of the game we call the laws of nature4 ,my metaphor will remind some of you of the famous picture in which ,retzsch has depicted ,satan playing chess with man for his soul4 ,substitute for the mocking fiend in that picture a calm1 strong angel1 who is playing for love1 as we say1 and would rather lose than win1 and ,i should accept it as an image of human life4 --,thomas ,henry ,huxley4 ,riches and nobility fade together4 ,o1 my ,god6 be thou praised for having made love for all time1 and immortal as thyself4 --,george ,sand4 ,he hath given food unto them that fear him3 ,he will ever be mindful of his covenant4 ,the works of his hands are truth and justice2 ,all his precepts are sure4 --,psalm #aaa4 #e1 #g4 ,father of life1 ,i know ,i cannot hold youth4 ,i may have prosperity or poverty4 ,i thank thee that thou hast taught me that love may be kept changeless through all4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,fifth ,napoleon ,bonaparte died #ahba4 ,empress ,eugenie born #ahbf4 ,bret ,harte died #aijb4 ,as ,i stand by the cross1 on the lone mountain's crest1 ,looking over the ultimate sea1 ,in the gloom of the mountain a ship lies at rest1 ,and one sails away from the lea2 ,one spreads its white wings on the far-reaching track1 ,with pennant and sheet flowing free2 ,one hides in the shadow with sails laid aback-- ,the ship that is waiting for me4 ,but lo6 in the distance the clouds break away1 ,the gate's glowing portals ,i see1 ,and ,i hear from the outgoing ship in the bay ,the song of the sailors in glee4 ,so ,i think of the luminous footprints that bore ,the comfort o'er dark ,galilee1 ,and wait for the signal to go to the shore ,to the ship that is waiting for me4 --,bret ,harte4 ,yea1 though ,i walk through the valley of the shadow of death1 ,i will fear no evil2 for thou art with me2 ,thy rod and thy staff1 they comfort me4 --,psalm #bc4 #d4 ,eternal ,god1 ,i praise thee1 that thy love is broader than the measure of man's mind1 and that through all my years ,i may hide myself in thee1 trusting thee to the end4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,sixth ,plato born ,b4,c4 #dbg4 ,robespierre born #ageh4 ,general ,andrea ,messena born #ageh4 ,hard ye may be in the tumult1 ,red to your battle hilts2 ,blow give blow in the foray1 ,cunningly ride in the tilts4 ,but tenderly1 unbeguiled-- ,turn to a woman a woman's ,heart1 and a child's to a child4 ,test of the man if his worth be ,in accord with the ultimate plan ,that he be not1 to his marring1 ,always and utterly man4 ,that he may bring out of the tumult1 ,fetter and undefiled1 ,to woman the heart of a woman-- ,to children the heart of a child4#a --,o4 ,henry4 ,a man's concern is only whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong--acting the part of a good man or a bad4 --,plato4 ,a faithful man shall abound with blessings4 --,proverbs #bh4 #bj4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may seek sincerely those whom ,i approach with sympathy1 and by my honor may they feel the same sincerity for me4 ,amen4 ,footnote #a3 ,special permission ,cosmopolitan ,magazine1 ,new ,york4 ,,may ,,seventh ,correggio born #adid4 ,robert ,browning born #ahab4 ,johannes ,brahms born #ahcc4 ,lord ,rosebery 7,archibald ,primrose7 born #ahdg4 ,so1 take and use thy work3 amend what flaws may lurk1 ,what strain o' the stuff1 what warpings past the aim6 ,my times be in ,thy hand6 perfect the cup as planned6 ,let age approve of youth1 and death complete the same6 --,robert ,browning4 ,no matter how often defeated1 you are born to victory4 ,the reward of a thing well done is to have done it4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,when ,i hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of high genius1 the first question ,i ask about him is always--,does he work8 --,john ,ruskin4 ,ye therefore shall be perfect1 as your heavenly ,father is perfect4 --,matthew #e4 #dh4 ,o ,god1 ,i pray that thou wilt search me1 and in the silent moments show me myself without obstruction4 ,breathe upon me thy awakening breath1 that ,i may be revived to nobler activities4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,eighth ,rev4 ,william ,jay born #agfi4 ,francois ,mignet born #agif4 ,louis ,gottschalk born #ahbi4 ,john ,stuart ,mill died #ahgc4 ,a profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule4 --,john ,stuart ,mill4 ,a garden is a lonesome thing1 ,god wot6 ,rose plot1 ,fringed pool1 ,ferned grot-- ,the veriest school ,of peace2 and yet the fool ,contends that ,god is not-- ,not ,god6 in the gardens6 when the eve is cool8 ,nay but ,i have a sign2 ',tis very sure ,god walks in mine4 --,thomas ,e4 ,brown4 ,jehovah bless thee1 and keep thee3 ,jehovah make his face to shine upon thee1 and be gracious unto thee3 ,jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee1 and give thee peace4 --,numbers #f4 #bd1 #be1 #bf4 ,my ,father1 may this be a day of usefulness4 ,make me sure of myself1 that ,i may not spend my days in questioning1 but accept with gratefulness thy love and tender care4 ,make me worthy to be called thy child4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,ninth ,john ,brown 7,ossawattomie7 born #ahjj4 ,johann ,schiller died #ahje4 ,j4,m4 ,barrie born #ahfj4 ,have love6 not love alone for one1 ,but man as man thy brother call3 ,and scatter like the circling sun ,thy charities on all4 --,johann ,schiller4 ,he spoke1 and words more soft than rain ,brought the ,age of ,gold again3 ,his action won such reverence sweet1 ,as hid all measure of the feat4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,that their hearts might be comforted1 they being knit together in love4 --,colossians #b4 #b4 ,gracious ,lord1 ,i pray that ,i may not only be known to those who are my own1 but may ,i consider all mankind4 ,may those who need me find me through my gentleness1 and may they be assured by quiet confidence and faith4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,tenth ,rouget de l',isle born #agfj4 ,jared ,sparks born #aghi4 ,james ,bryce born #ahch4 ,sir ,henry ,stanley died #aijd4 ,for four months and four days ,i lived with ,david ,livingstone in the same house1 or in the same boat1 or in the same tent1 and ,i never found a fault in him4 ,i am a man of quick temper1 and often without sufficient cause1 ,i dare say1 have broken the ties of friendship2 but with ,livingstone ,i never had cause for resentment1 but each day's life with him added to my admiration for him4 --,sir ,henry ,stanley4 ,in speech right gentle1 yet so wise3 princely of mien1 ,yet softly mannered2 modest1 deferent1 ,and tender-hearted1 though of a fearless blood4 --,edwin ,arnold4 ,ye are the light of the world4 ,a city set on a hill cannot be hid4 --,matthew #e4 #ad4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to aspire1 that my life may tend toward the ideal4 ,may ,i be persuaded that ,i cannot be that which ,i do not possess1 nor can ,i live in that which ,i do not know4 ,help me to put the best in what ,i do1 that ,i may not feel ,i have failed1 even though it may not seem to be a success4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,eleventh ,baron ,muenchhausen born #agbj4 ,william ,pitt1 ,earl of ,chatham1 died #aggh4 ,jean ,leon ,gerome born #ahbd4 ,and methought that beauty and terror are only one1 not two2 ,and the world has room for love1 and death1 and thunder and dew2 ,and all the sinews of hell slumber in the summer air2 ,and the face of ,god is a rock1 but the face of the rock is fair4 ,beneficent streams of tears flow at the finger of pain2 ,and out of the cloud that smites1 beneficent rivers of rain4 --,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,it is more shameful to be distrustful of our friends than to be deceived by them4 --,la ,rochefoucauld4 ,thou shalt rejoice in all the good which ,jehovah thy ,god hath given unto thee4 --,deuteronomy #bf4 #aa4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i comprehend the sacredness of friendship4 ,i thank thee for my friends1 and for all the beautiful influences which they bring to my life4 ,may ,i never hold friendship without the sincerity to return it4 ,correct my faults1 and cause me to learn the secret of cheerful endurance1 that ,i may be steadfast4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twelfth ,robert ,fielding died #agab4 ,james ,sheridan ,knowles born #aghd4 ,dante ,gabriel ,rossetti born #ahbh4 ,jules ,massenet born #ahdb4 ,look in my face2 my name is ,might-have-been2 ,i am also called ,no-more1 ,too-late1 ,farewell2 ,unto thine ear ,i hold the dead sea-shell ,cast up thy ,life's foam-fretted feet between2 ,unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen ,which had ,life's form and ,love's1 but by my spell ,is now a shaken shadow intolerable1 ,of ultimate things unuttered the frail screen4 --,dante ,gabriel ,rossetti4 ,let me not pass my work at morn ,and then at eve1 ,find for what purpose ,i was born-- ,just as ,i leave4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,we must work the works of him that sent me1 while it is day3 the night cometh1 when no man can work4 --,john #i4 #d4 ,lord ,god1 ,i do earnestly pray that thou wilt give me strength to break away1 if ,i may be trying to free myself from habits that mar my character4 ,may ,i not lose courage and fall back in the old ways1 but by faith be led where ,i should go4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,thirteenth ,carolus ,linnaeus 7,karl von ,linne7 born #agjg4 ,alphonse ,daudet born #ahdj4 ,sir ,arthur ,sullivan born #ahdb4 ,i heard a voice in the darkness singing 7,that was a valiant soul ,i knew71 ,and the joy of his song was a wild bird winging ,swift to his mate through a sky of blue4 ,and his song was of love and all its bringing ,and of certain day when the night was through2 ,i raised my eyes where the hope was springing1 ,and ,i think in his heaven ,god smiled too 7,that was a valiant soul ,i knew74 --,j4 ,stalker4 ,the soul aids the body1 and at certain moments raises it4 ,it is the only bird which bears upward its own cage4 --,victor ,hugo4 ,but desire earnestly the greater gifts4 --#a ,corinthians #ab4 #ca4 ,gracious ,lord1 ,i rejoice that thou dost know the depths of my soul1 and that ,i may call upon thee to supply its needs4 ,make me worthy that ,i may not be kept from the springs of joy where my soul may be refreshed1 and where ,i may gather hope and encouragement for the greater loves of life4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,fourteenth ,john ,dutton born #afei4 ,gabriel ,d4 ,fahrenheit born #afhf4 ,robert ,owen born #agga4 ,henry ,grattan died #ahbj4 ,they that wander at will where the ,works of the ,lord are revealed1 ,little guess what joy can be got ,from a cowslip out of the field4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,move onward serenely1 cast aside regret1 cleanse and purify life1 only be undismayed and hopeful1 as you turn page after page of the revelation of ,god4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,thou wilt show me the path of life3 ,in thy presence is fullness of joy2 ,in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore4 --,psalm #af4 #aa4 ,my ,father1 ,i thank thee that nature reveals thy power as she unfolds her beauty and wonder to the searching eye4 ,guide me that ,i may see in the little flower the smile of welcome1 the look of kindness1 and the beauty of hope which it renders to all2 and may ,i learn from it thy protection in the smallest things of life4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,fifteenth ,ephraim ,chambers died #agdj4 ,florence ,nightingale born #ahbj4 ,michael ,w4 ,balfe born #ahjh4 ,edmund ,keane died #ahcc4 ,daniel ,o',connell died #ahdg4 ,light human nature is too lightly lost ,and ruffled without cause1 complaining on1 ,restless with rest1 until being overthrown1 ,it learneth to lie quiet4 --,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning4 ,was the trial sore8 ,temptation sharp8 ,thank ,god a second time6 ,why comes temptation but for a man to meet ,and master and make crouch beneath his foot1 ,and so be pedestaled in triumph8 ,pray ,lead us into no such temptations1 ,lord6 ,yea1 but1 ,o thou whose servants are the bold1 ,lead such temptations by the head and hair1 ,reluctant dragons1 up to who dares fight ,that so he may do battle and have praise4 --,robert ,browning4 ,therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard1 lest haply we drift away from them4 --,hebrews #b4 #a4 ,almighty ,god1 if ,i am overwhelmed by the tides of temptation and discouragement1 let me not drift away to sea1 but anchor and take harbor in thee4 ,may ,i not be afraid to trust in thy protection1 but calmly wait and watch for thy deliverance4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,sixteenth ,sir ,william ,patty born #afbc4 ,honore de ,balzac born #agii4 ,william ,h4 ,seward born #ahja4 ,felicia ,hemans died #ahce4 ,favored of ,heaven6 ,o ,genius6 are they thine1 ,when round thy brow the wreaths of glory shine2 ,while rapture gazes on thy radiant way1 ',midst the bright realms of clear mental day8 ,no6 sacred joys6 'tis yours to dwell enshrined1 ,most fondly cherished1 in the purest mind4 --,felicia ,hemans4 ,genius is intensity4 --,honore ,balzac4 ,but what if ,i fail of my purpose here8 ,it is but to keep the nerves at strain1 ,to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall1 ,and1 baffled1 get up and begin again-- ,so the chase takes up one's life1 that's all4 --,robert ,browning4 ,be urgent in season1 out of season4 --#b ,timothy #d4 #b4 ,my ,lord1 my life makes me conscious of weakness1 and my memory brings regret2 forgive me for the lost strength ,i neglected to develop4 ,in thy compassion encourage me to be more watchful of my power1 that ,i may usefully increase it1 and not willfully deplete it4 ,may ,i learn the need of constancy in well-doing4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,seventeenth ,heloise died #aafc4 ,matthew ,parker died #aege4 ,edwin ,jenner born #agdi4 ,the weakest among us has a gift1 however seemingly trivial1 which is peculiar to him1 and which worthily used1 will be a gift to his race forever4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,not in entire forgetfulness1 ,and not in utter nakedness1 ,but trailing clouds of glory do we come ,from ,god who is our home4 --,william ,wordsworth4 ,a weak mind sinks under prosperity as well as under adversity4 ,a strong and deep mind has two highest tides--when the moon is at full1 and when there is no moon4 --,julius ,hare4 ,thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness2 ,and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit4 --,job #aj4 #ab4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may have a true appreciation of the quality of life4 ,reveal to me my responsibilities and help me to make them my opportunities4 ,keep me in search of thoughts and deeds that will increase the delight of my soul4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,eighteenth ,francis ,mahony 7,father ,prout7 died #ahff4 ,mrs4 ,johnson 7,stella7 born #agce4 ,john ,wilson 7,christopher ,north7 born #aghe4 ,longing is ,god's fresh heavenward will1 ,with our poor earthly striving2 ,we quench it1 that we may be still ,content with merely living4 ,but would we learn that heart's full scope ,which we are hourly wronging1 ,our lives must climb from hope to hope1 ,and realize our longing4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,pretexts are not wanted when one wishes a thing4 --,goldoni4 ,friendship is for all aid and comfort through all the relations of life and death--for serene days and graceful gifts and country rambles2 but also for rough roads1 and hard fare1 shipwreck1 poverty1 and persecution4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,strive to enter in by the narrow door4 --,luke #ac4 #bd4 ,eternal ,god1 ,i pray that thou wilt graciously restore my spirits if ,i may have settled into despondency over my disappointments4 ,may ,i have the will to rise above them1 and patiently strive for renewed hope4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,nineteenth ,james ,boswell died #agie4 ,johann ,gottlieb ,fichte born #agfb4 ,william ,e4 ,gladstone died #ahih4 ,tired6 ,well1 what of that8 ,didst fancy life was spent on beds of ease1 ,fluttering the rose-leaves scattered by the breeze8 ,come6 rouse thee1 work while it is called to-day6 ,coward1 arise--go forth upon the way6 ,lonely6 ,and what of that8 ,some one must be lonely2 'tis not given to all ,to feel a heart responsive rise and fall1 ,to blend another life into its own2 ,work may be done in loneliness2 work on4 ,dark6 ,well1 what of that8 ,didst fondly dream the sun would never set8 ,dost fear to lose thy way8 ,take courage yet1 ,learn thou to walk by faith and not by sight1 ,thy steps will be guided1 and guided right4 --,unknown4 ,and let us not be weary in well-doing3 for in due season we shall reap1 if we faint not4 --,galatians #f4 #i4 ,my ,father1 if thou wert far off ,i could not reach thee in time1 for ,i falter so much and need thee so often4 ,i pray that thou wilt keep so near that ,i can feel thy love and strength breathing within me4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twentieth ,elizabeth ,g4 ,fry born #aghj4 ,john ,stuart ,mill born #ahjf4 ,alfred ,domett born #ahaa4 ,rudolf ,h4 ,lotze born #ahag4 ,marquis de ,lafayette died #ahcd4 ,nature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces which is honored wherever presented4 ,you cannot help trusting such men2 their very presence gives confidence4 ,there is a promise to pay in their faces which gives confidence1 and you prefer it to another man's indorsement4 ,character is credit4 --,william ,m4 ,thackeray4 ,henry ,drummond has told us how in the heart of ,africa he came across men and women who remembered the only white man they ever saw before--,david ,livingstone2 and as you cross his footsteps in the dark continent men's faces light up as they speak of the kind doctor who passed there years ago4 ,they could not understand him2 but they felt the love that beat in his heart4 ,who is wise and understanding among you8 let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom4 --,james #c4 #ac4 ,my ,lord1 inspire me with kind words and thoughtful deeds1 that ,i may share the yearnings and sympathy of others4 ,may my life show that ,i am dependable1 and may none be left lonely to-day because of my forgetfulness4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,first ,albrecht ,duerer born #adga4 ,fernando de ,soto died #aedb4 ,alexander ,pope born #afhh4 ,self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake ,as the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake2 ,the center moved1 a circle straight succeeds1 ,another still1 and still another spreads2 ,friend1 parent1 neighbor1 first it will embrace1 ,its country next1 and next1 the human race4 --,alexander ,pope4 ,a gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claim of self-love in others1 and exacts it in return from them4 --,william ,hazlitt4 ,but he knoweth the way that ,i take2 ,when he hath tried me1 ,i shall come forth as gold4 ,my foot hath held fast to his steps2 ,his way have ,i kept1 and turned not aside4 --,job #bc4 #aj4 ,lord ,god1 teach me how secret actions make or destroy my life4 ,show me the deep lines made by sorrow and discontent that cannot be effaced4 ,may ,i look toward the corrections of life and not on my imperfections1 that my life may be a helpful influence4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,second ,newman ,hall born #ahaf4 ,wilhelm ,richard ,wagner born #ahac4 ,maria ,edgeworth died #ahdi4 ,victor ,hugo died #ahhe4 ,who cares for the burden1 the night1 and the rain1 ,and the long1 steep1 lonesome road1 ,when at last through the darkness a light shines plain1 ,when a voice calls ,hail1 and a friend draws rein1 ,with an arm for the stubborn load8 ,for life is the chance of a friend or two ,this side of the journey's goal4 ,though the world be a desert the long night through1 ,yet the gay flowers bloom and the sky shows blue ,when a soul salutes a soul4 --,unknown4 ,in all misfortune the greatest consolation is a sympathizing friend4 --,cervantes4 ,they help every one his neighbor2 and every one saith to his brother1 ,be of good courage4 --,isaiah #da4 #f4 ,loving ,father1 may ,i lay hold upon the highest standards of friendship and so be qualified to be a friend4 ,may those who call and lean on me feel secure in my support4 ,may none ever be ashamed to call me friend4 ,grant that those whom ,i love may keep faith with me4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,third ,thomas ,hood born #agih4 ,margaret ,fuller ,ossoli born #ahaj4 ,henrik ,ibsen died #ahif4 ,dr4 ,john ,campbell died #ahfa4 ,chance cannot touch me6 ,time cannot hush me6 ,fear1 ,hope1 and longing1 at strife2 ,sink as ,i rise1 on1 on1 upward forever1 ,gathering strength1 gaining breath-- ,naught can sever ,me from the ,spirit of ,life4 --,margaret ,fuller4 ,but evil is wrought by want of thought1 as well as want of heart4 --,thomas ,hood4 ,for ,i reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward4 --,romans #h4 #ah4 ,heavenly ,father1 cause the newness of life to continue to flow through my heart1 that ,i may not be fatigued1 as ,i struggle with discouragements4 ,release me from hopeless cares that ,i have made mine1 thinking they were thine4 ,may ,i trust in the boundless limit of thy mercy1 and rejoice in the world of living light4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,fourth ,jean ,paul ,marat born #agdd4 ,stephen ,girard born #agej4 ,sir ,robert ,adair born #agfc4 ,queen ,victoria born #ahai4 ,caroline ,fox born #ahai4 ,i see my way as birds their trackless way4 ,i shall arrive6 what time1 what circuit first1 ,i ask not3 but unless ,god send his hail ,or blinding fireballs1 sleet1 or stifling snow1 ,in some time1 his good time1 ,i shall arrive3 ,he guides me and the bird4 --,robert ,browning4 ,to live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws--that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him1 and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him4 --,honore ,balzac4 ,but whoso putteth his trust in ,jehovah shall be safe4 --,proverbs #bi4 #be4 ,lord ,jehovah1 all goodness1 tenderness1 and forbearance that are in my life have come from thee4 ,may ,i not lose them in self1 but by them make possible happiness and endurance for others4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,fifth ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson born #ahjc4 ,edward ,bulwer-,lytton 7,george7 born #ahjc4 ,dr4 ,william ,paley died #ahje4 ,william ,henry ,channing born #ahaj4 ,hast thou named all the birds without a gun8 ,loved the wild rose1 and left it on the stalk8 ,at rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse8 ,unarmed faced danger with a heart of trust8 ,and loved so well a high behavior1 ,in man or maid1 that thou from speech refrained1 ,nobility more noble to repay8 ,o1 be my friend and teach me to be thine6 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,what the superior man seeks is in himself2 ,what the small man seeks is in others4 --,confucius4 ,make no friendship with a man that is given to anger2 ,and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go4 --,proverbs #bb4 #bd4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i live for the pure and upright1 and have the blessedness of a rejoicing heart4 ,may ,i yearn for the secrets of nature4 ,grant that my life may not seek destruction1 but tenderly find and protect life4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,sixth ,the ,venerable ,bede died #gce4 ,count ,nicolas ,ludwig ,zinzendorf born #ahjj4 ,capel ,lofft died #ahba4 ,let us disengage ourselves from care about the passing things of time2 let us soar above our worldly possessions4 ,the bee does not less need its wings when it has gathered an abundant store1 for if it sink in the honey1 it dies4 --,saint ,augustine4 ,perhaps if we could penetrate nature's secrets1 we should find that what we call needs are more essential to the well-being of the world than the most precious grain or fruit4 --,nathaniel ,hawthorne4 ,we trust the ,lord in faith serene1 ,a ladder he hath given2 ,the lower rounds in earth are seen1 ,the higher reach to heaven4 --,thomas ,brevior4 ,is not the life more than the food1 and the body than the raiment8 --,matthew #f4 #be4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i bless thee for the privilege of a great life4 ,may ,i not be satisfied to rest with idle hands in youth and make age regretful because ,i have lived a useless life3 but with a clear eye and an exalted mind may ,i choose the durable satisfactions that may be mine4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,seventh ,alighieri ,dante born #abfe4 ,john ,calvin died #aefd4 ,julia ,ward ,howe born #ahai4 ,noah ,webster died #ahdc4 ,john ,kendrick ,bangs born #ahfb4 ,to your judgments give ye not the reins ,with too much eagerness1 like him who ere ,the corn be ripe1 is fain to count the grains3 ,for ,i have seen the briar through the winter snows ,look sharp and stiff--yet on a future day ,high on its summit bear the tender rose3 ,and ship ,i've seen1 that through the storm hath passed1 ,securely bounding o'er the watery way1 ,at entrance of the harbor wrecked at last4 --,dante1 translated by ,wright4 ,in the beauty of the lilies ,christ was born across the sea1 ,with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me3 ,as he died to make men holy1 let us die to make them free1 ,while ,god is marching on4 --,julia ,ward ,howe4 ,trust in ,jehovah with all thy heart1 ,and lean not upon thine own understanding4 --,proverbs #c4 #e4 ,lord ,god1 help me to know my ability1 that ,i may not attempt with weakness that which requires strength to undertake2 and make me stable that ,i may not relax vigilance even though victory seems assured4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,eighth ,william ,pitt born #agei4 ,thomas ,moore born #aggi4 ,louis ,agassiz born #ahjg4 ,the bird let loose in eastern skies1 ,when hastening fondly home1 ,ne'er stoops to earth her wing1 nor flies ,where idle warblers roam2 ,but high she shoots through air and light1 ,above all low delay1 ,where nothing earthly bounds her flight1 ,nor shadow dims her way4 --,thomas ,moore4 ,remember1 the essence of religion is1 a heart void of offense toward ,god and man2 not subtle speculative opinions1 but an active principle of faith4 --,william ,pitt4 ,and hope putteth not to shame2 because the love of ,god hath been shed abroad in our hearts4 --,romans #e4 #e4 ,god of mercy1 reveal to me the hallowed life4 ,may ,i be reminded that1 while ,i may save and keep the dust from things that perish1 my life1 though unkept and undeveloped1 tells in itself the value and need of the most watchful care4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,twenty-,,ninth ,patrick ,henry born #agcf4 ,joseph ,fouche born #agfc4 ,josephine died #ahad4 ,gerald ,massey born #ahbi4 ,is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery8 ,forbid it1 ,almighty ,god4 ,i know not what course others may take1 but as for me1 give me liberty or give me death4 --,patrick ,henry4 ,though hearts brood o'er the past1 our eyes ,with smiling features glisten2 ,for lo6 our day bursts up the skies1 ,lean out your souls and listen6 ,the world is following freedom's way1 ,and ripening with her sorrow2 ,take heart6 ,who bears the cross to-day ,shall wear the crown to-morrow4 --,gerald ,massey4 ,for ,god gave us not a spirit of fearfulness2 but of power and love and discipline4 --#b ,timothy #a4 #g4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i never feel that ,i have a right to sell thy joys1 nor the privilege of giving away my burdens4 ,grant that ,i may not forsake my principles1 but may ,i keep the way clear that memory may find an unruffled rest4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,thirtieth ,decoration ,day4 ,joan d',arc burned at ,rouen #adca4 ,alexander ,pope died #agdd4 ,voltaire died #aggh4 ,alfred ,austin born #ahce4 ,here is the nation ,god has builded by our hands4 ,what shall we do with it8 ,who stands ready to act again and always in the spirit of this day of reunion and hope and patriotic fervor8 ,the day of our country's life has but broadened into morning4 ,do not put uniforms by4 ,put the harness of the present on4 ,lift your eyes to the great tracts of life yet to be conquered in the interest of righteous peace1 of that prosperity which lies in a people's hearts and outlasts all wars and errors of men4 --,woodrow ,wilson4 ,cover them over with beautiful flowers3 ,deck them with garlands these brothers of ours2 ,lying so silent1 by night and by day1 ,sleeping the years of their manhood away2 99 99 99 99 99 ,give them the laurels they lost with their life4 --,will ,carleton4 ,greater love hath no man than this1 that a man lay down his life for his friends4 --,john #ae4 #ac4 ,my ,father1 as ,i pause this day to think of the brave men and women who have given their lives for the sake of others1 may ,i be thankful for them4 ,may ,i remember that noble deeds and kind words are never lost1 but that self may block the way to justice4 ,o ,father1 make war to cease6 and lead us to victories that are won through peace4 ,amen4 ,,may ,,thirty-,,first ,ludwig ,tieck born #aggc4 ,joseph ,haydn died #ahji4 ,walt ,whitman born #ahai4 ,passage1 immediate passage6 the blood burns in my veins6 ,away1 ,o soul6 hoist instantly the anchor6 ,out the hawser--haul out--shake out every sail6 ,have we not stood here like trees in the ground long enough8 ,have we not groveled here long enough eating and drinking like mere brutes8 ,have we not darkened and dazed ourselves with books long enough8 ,sail forth--steer for the deep waters only1 ,reckless1 ,o soul1 exploring1 ,i with thee1 and thou with me1 ,for we are bound where mariner has not dared to go1 ,and we will risk the ship1 ourselves and all4 --,walt ,whitman4 ,be strong and of good courage1 fear not1 nor be affrighted at them3 for ,jehovah thy ,god1 he it is that doth go with thee2 he will not fail thee1 nor forsake thee4 --,deuteronomy #ca4 #f4 ,my ,father1 give me joyful courage to squarely face my life4 ,help me to know that ,i cannot vanquish life by evading duties1 nor encircling myself with indulgences4 ,if ,i may be blind to my situation1 restore my sight that ,i may make ready a worthy passage with thee4 ,amen4 ,,june ,there lives a glory in these sweet ,june days ,such as ,i found not in the days gone by1 ,a kindlier meaning in the unclouded sky1 ,a tenderer whisper in the woodland ways2 ,and ,i have understanding of the lays1 ,the birds are singing1 forasmuch as ,i ,have learned how love avails to satisfy ,a man's whole heart1 and fills his lips with praise4 --,percy ,c4 ,ainsworth ,,june ,,first ,nicolas ,poussin born #aeid4 ,sir ,christopher ,marlowe died #aeic4 ,sir ,david ,wilkie died #ahda4 ,hugo ,muensterberg born #ahfc4 ,in every act of ours1 in every feeling and every volition and every thought1 we are conscious of a self which expresses its aims and meanings4 ,every idea of ours points beyond itself1 every volition binds us in decision1 and every experience gets meaning by our attitudes4 ,the most immediate task which life demands from us in the understanding of ourselves and of others is1 therefore1 to interpret our ideas1 to draw the consequences of our will1 to appreciate the attitudes1 to measure them by higher standards4 --,hugo ,muensterberg4 ,and ,god said1 ,let us make man in our image1 after our likeness4 --,genesis #a4 #bf4 ,my ,creator1 ,i pray that ,i may not only have the desire to know life1 but the assurance to live it4 ,help me to understand that my earthly possessions are not the measure of my life1 nor my body the boundary of my living4 ,may ,i reach for the high standards that are free1 without limit1 to all4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,second ,ethelbert baptized #eig4 ,john ,randolph born #aggc4 ,thomas ,hardy born #ahdj4 ,in battle or business1 whatever the game1 ,in law or in love1 it is ever the same3 ,in the struggle for power1 or scramble for pelf1 ,let this be your motto3 ,rely on yourself4 --,john ,g4 ,saxe4 ,labor is necessary to excellence4 ,this is an eternal truth1 although vanity cannot be taught to believe or indolence to heed it4 --,john ,randolph4 ,but let each man prove his own work1 and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone1 and not of his neighbor4 --,galatians #f4 #d4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i regret the hours of indiscretion and waste2 through thy forgiveness may ,i have thy help over past wrongs4 ,may ,i have a deeper conception of a profitable life1 that ,i may hereafter live by it4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,third ,sydney ,smith born #agga4 ,dr4 ,john ,gregory born #agbd4 ,richard ,cobden born #ahjd4 ,jefferson ,davis born #ahjh4 ,norman ,macleod born #ahab4 ,certainly1 let the board be spread and let the bed be dressed for the traveler2 but let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in these things4 ,honor to the house where they are simple to the verge of hardship1 so that there the intellect is awake and reads the law of the universe1 the soul worships truth and love1 honor and courtesy flow into all deeds4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,kind actions1 and good wishes1 and pure thoughts ,no mystery is here3 ,here is no boon ,for high--yet not for low3 ,the smoke ascends ,to heaven as lightly from the cottage hearth ,as from the haughtiest palace4 --,william ,wordsworth4 ,given to hospitality4 --,romans #ab4 #ac4 ,gracious ,father1 ,i beseech thee to give me wisdom for kind thoughts and deeds4 ,teach me true hospitality1 that ,i may be gracious in my own home and appreciative in the home of others4 ,may ,i not temper my hospitality for certain reasons1 but have a genuine welcome for all4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,fourth ,george ,,iii born #agch4 ,lord ,edward ,fitzgerald died #agih4 ,general ,garnet ,wolseley born #ahcc4 ,this is the gospel of labor--ring it1 ,ye bells of the kirk-- ,the ,lord of ,love came down from above ,to live with the men who work4 ,this is the rose he planted1 here ,in the thorn-cursed soil2 ,heaven is blest with perfect rest1 but ,the blessing of earth is toil4 --,henry van ,dyke ,no man is born into the world whose work ,is not born with him4 ,there is always work ,and tools to work withal1 for those who will2 ,and blessed are the horny hands of toil4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,six days thou shalt do thy work1 and on the seventh day thou shalt rest4 --,exodus #bc4 #ab4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray for the love of work1 and the desire to cultivate life4 ,stir me1 that ,i may be ambitious4 ,may ,i not stare at life in an everyday way and forget that others are watching for the surprises4 ,help me to be considerate and kind in all that ,i do4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,fifth ,socrates born ,b4,c4 #dfi4 ,dr4 ,adam ,smith born #agbc4 ,karl ,maria von ,weber died #ahbf4 ,o4 ,henry died #aiaj4 ,you think that upon the score of foreknowledge and divining ,i am infinitely inferior to the swans4 ,when they perceive approaching death they sing more merrily than before1 because of the joy they have in going to the ,god they serve4 --,socrates4 ,o yet we trust that somehow good ,will be the final goal of ill1 ,to pangs of nature1 sins of will1 ,defects of doubt1 and taints of blood2 ,that nothing walks with aimless feet2 ,that not one life shall be destroyed1 ,or cast as rubbish to the void1 ,when ,god hath made the pile complete4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,how precious is thy lovingkindness1 ,o ,god6 ,and the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings4 --,psalm #cf4 #g4 ,eternal ,god1 forbid that ,i should try to set up thy judgment-seat in so small a place as self1 and attempt to render decisions for thee4 ,my soul lives anew as ,i think of thy love1 and that there is no place where thy mercy can be withheld from me4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,sixth ,diego ,r4 ,velasquez born #aeii4 ,pierre ,corneille born #afjf4 ,nathan ,hale born #agee4 ,sir ,john ,stainer born #ahdj4 ,these stones that make the meadow brooklet murmur ,are the keys on which it plays4 ,o'er every shelving rock its touch grows firmer1 ,resounding notes to raise4 ,if every path o'er which footsteps wander1 ,were smooth as ocean strand1 ,there were no theme for gratitude and wonder ,at ,god's delivering hand4 --,w4 ,e4 ,winks4 ,we also rejoice in our tribulations3 knowing that tribulation worketh steadfastness2 and steadfastness1 approvedness2 and approvedness1 hope4 --,romans #e4 #c1 #d4 ,my ,father1 if rain may come to-day1 may ,i realize its help1 with the power of the sun1 to increase life2 and may its influence be sweet and wholesome to me1 as ,i learn that sadness is temporary and will disappear with the coming of gladness4 ,may ,i go search for the joy that may be mine to-day4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,seventh ,robert ,bruce died #acbi4 ,george ,bryan 7,beau ,brummel7 born #aggh4 ,rev4 ,w4,d4 ,conybeare born #aghg4 ,when the lamp is shattered ,the light in the dust lies dead-- ,when the cloud is scattered ,the rainbow's glory is shed4 ,when the lute is broken ,sweet tones are remembered not2 ,when the lips have spoken ,loved accents are soon forgot4 --,percy ,bysshe ,shelley4 ,a slip of the rose may take root1 and bring forth a bloom to give peace to the soul4 ,a slip of the tongue may take root1 and bring forth a thorn that will torture the soul4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,abide in me1 and ,i in you4 ,as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself1 except it abide in the vine2 so neither can ye1 except ye abide in me4 --,john #ae4 #d4 ,many of us1 ,o ,father1 overlook the fragrance of the rose while we are being pierced by its thorn4 ,increase my faith in life and in thee1 that ,i may not be dismayed over mysteries1 but sincerely wait for deliverance4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,eighth ,mohammed died #fcb4 ,thomas ,rickman born #aggf4 ,charles ,reade born #ahad4 ,john ,everett ,millais born #ahbi4 ,if one touch of nature makes the whole world kin1 methinks that sweet and wonderful thing sympathy is not less powerful4 ,what golden barriers1 what ice of centuries1 it can melt in a moment6 --,charles ,reade4 ,if ,i had two loaves of bread1 ,i would sell one to buy white hyacinths to feed my soul4 --,mohammed4 ,what do you live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other8 --,george ,eliot4 ,pure religion and undefiled before our ,god and ,father is this1 to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction1 and to keep oneself unspotted from the world4 --,james #a4 #bg4 ,my ,father1 help me to understand that kind hearts and willing hands are made possible by the depth and greatness of thy love4 ,may ,i possess the spirit of forgiveness and consideration1 that ,i may not hold prejudice and revenge1 but help with sympathy and tenderness4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,ninth ,george ,stephenson born #agha4 ,john ,howard ,payne born #agia4 ,richard ,d4 ,blackmore born #ahbe4 ,charles ,dickens died #ahgj4 ,reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many2 not upon your past misfortunes1 of which all have some4 --,charles ,dickens4 ',mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam1 ,be it ever so humble1 there's no place like home6 ,a charm from the skies seems to hallow us there1 ,which1 sought through the world1 is ne'er met with elsewhere4 ,home6 home6 sweet1 sweet home6 ,there's no place like home6 --,john ,howard ,payne4 ,for thou shalt forget thy misery2 ,thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away4 --,job #aa4 #af4 ,lord ,god1 my soul fills with gratitude for the blessings which ,i have received and enjoyed4 ,help me to conform to thy will concerning my duties4 ,may ,i not try to resist thy providence4 ,i pray that thou wilt bless my daily life1 and make my home a place to dispense kindness and cheerfulness4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,tenth ,sir ,edwin ,arnold born #ahcb4 ,henry ,m4 ,stanley born #ahdj4 ,edward ,everett ,hale died #ahji4 ,robert ,schumann born #ahaj4 ,what have you done with your soul1 my friend8 ,where is the ray you were wont to send1 ,glancing bright through the outer night1 ,touching with hope what was dark before1 ,glimmering on to the further shore8 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,god suffers the light to know eclipse1 ,dashes the cup from the eager lips2 ,you perchance would have drunk too deep4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,lift where you stand4 --,edward ,everett ,hale4 ,a friend is the first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out4 --,unknown4 ,who comforteth us in all our affliction1 that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction1 through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of ,god4 --#b ,corinthians #a4d4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to correct my mistakes1 and to be more careful of what ,i take in my life4 ,may ,i always stretch out a hand of love to inspire others with confidence to care more for themselves and more for thee4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,eleventh ,roger ,bacon died #abib4 ,george ,wither born #aehh4 ,john ,constable born #aggf4 ,exceeding gifts from ,god are not blessings1 they are duties4 ,they do not always increase a man's happiness2 they always increase his responsibilities4 --,charles ,kingsley4 ,make a rule and pray for help to keep it4 ,once a day spare room for a thought that will pursue a strong purpose4 ,help in some way the progress of a weary soul who cannot repay you4 --,m4 ,b4 ,s4 ,there is no true potency1 remember1 but that of help2 nor true ambition1 but ambition to save4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry1 and satisfy the afflicted soul3 then shall thy light rise in darkness1 and thine obscurity be as the noon day4 --,isaiah #eh4 #aj4 ,heavenly ,father1 when ,i think of how little ,i have given away my heart burns with shame1 as ,i recall what thou hast given to me4 ,may ,i from this day be more thoughtful of thy tender compassion by being less selfish with what ,i have4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twelfth ,harriet ,martineau born #ahjb4 ,charles ,kingsley born #ahai4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,arnold 7,arnold of ,rugby7 died #ahdb4 ,sir ,oliver ,lodge born #ahea4 ,do to-day's duty1 fight to-day's temptation1 and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking-forward to things which you cannot see1 and could not understand if you saw them4 --,charles ,kingsley4 ,genuine religion has its roots deep down in the heart of humanity4444 ,the actions of the ,deity make no appeal to any special sense4 ,we are deaf and blind1 therefore1 to the imminent grandeur around us unless we have insight enough to appreciate the whole and to recognize the woven fabric of existence flowing steadily from the loom of an infinite progress toward perfection4 --,sir ,oliver ,lodge4 ,every good gift and every perfect gift is from above1 coming down from the ,father of lights1 with whom can be no variation1 neither shadow that is cast by turning4 --,james #a4 #ag4 ,gracious ,father1 forbid that ,i should make thee regret thy gifts to me2 and if ,i have failed to appreciate them1 look upon me with pity1 for ,i have cheated myself more than ,i have thee4 ,give me a deeper appreciation1 that ,i may be strengthened day by day in the veriest duties of life4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,thirteenth ,dr4 ,thomas ,young born #aggc4 ,general ,winfield ,scott born #aghf4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,arnold 7,arnold of ,rugby7 born #agie4 ,william ,butler ,yeats born #ahfe4 ,beyond all wealth1 honor1 or even health1 is the attachment we form to noble souls1 because to become one with the good1 generous1 and true is to become1 in a measure1 good1 generous1 and true ourselves4 --,thomas ,arnold4 ,open thy bosom1 set thy wishes wide1 and let in manhood--let in happiness2 admit the boundless theater of thought from nothing up to ,god 444 which makes a man4 --,thomas ,young4 ,two are better than one1 because they have a good reward for their labor4 ,for if they fall1 the one will lift up his fellow2 but woe to him that is alone when he falleth1 and hath not another to lift him up4 --,ecclesiastes #d4 #i1 #aj4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i thank thee for good friends1 and for the delight that dwells in fellowship4 ,give me the power to apprehend love1 and guard me against the ways to lose it4 ,may ,i look to my friends to help me to be pure1 and to help me live my truest life4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,fourteenth ,carlo ,guidi born #afej4 ,harriet ,beecher ,stowe born #ahab4 ,mary ,carpenter died #ahgg4 ,when you get into a tight place1 and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn't hold on a minute longer1 never give up then1 for that's just the time and place that the tide will turn4 --,harriet ,beecher ,stowe4 ,i cannot do it alone1 ,the waves run fast and high1 ,and the fogs close chill around1 ,and the light goes out in the sky2 ,but ,i know that we two ,shall win in the end-- ,god and ,i4 --,unknown4 ,let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not4 --,hebrews #aj4 #bc4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i pray that thou wilt sustain me when ,i may be enduring for a purpose1 and to accomplish it seems beyond my strength4 ,renew me with courage1 and give me unceasing hope1 and faith that is able to hold out to the end4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,fifteenth ,thomas ,randolph born #afje4 ,edward ,grieg born #ahdc4 ,thomas ,campbell died #ahdd4 ,what is rightly done stays with us1 to support another right beyond1 or higher up2 whatever is wrongly done vanishes2 and by the blank1 betrays what we would have built above4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,the seed ye sow another reaps1 ,the wealth ye find another keeps1 ,the robe ye weave another wears1 ,the arms ye forge another bears4 --,percy ,bysshe ,shelley4 ,thou drewest near in the day that ,i called upon thee2 thou saidst1 ,fear not4 ,o ,lord1 thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul2 thou hast redeemed my life4 --,lamentations #c4 #eg1 #eh4 ,lord ,god1 reveal to me my selfishness if ,i am receiving much and giving little to satisfy life4 ,may ,i be grateful and considerate of all those who labor to give me comfort and happiness4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,sixteenth ,hugh ,capet succeeds to throne of father #ief4 ,sir ,richard ,fanshawe died #afff4 ,sir ,john ,cheke born #aead4 ,when to the sessions of sweet1 solemn thought ,i summon up remembrance of things past1 ,i sigh the lack of many a thing ,i sought4 ,but if the while ,i think on thee1 dear friend1 ,all losses are restored and sorrows end4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,seldom can the heart be lonely ,if it seek a lonelier still-- ,self-forgetting1 seeking only ,emptier cups of love to fill4 --,f4 ,r4 ,havergal4 ,the ,lord ,jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught1 that ,i may know how to sustain with words him that is weary4 --,isaiah #ej4 #d4 ,gracious ,father1 keep within me that cheer and courage which never has a place for weary murmurings2 and with peace make the hours of solitude profitable as they pass4 ,help me to seek those who are in need of sympathy and encouragement1 that ,i may help them to have a tranquil life4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,seventeenth ,joseph ,addison died #agai4 ,charles ,francois ,gounod born #ahah4 ,sir ,e4 ,c4 ,burne-,jones died #ahih4 ,he who plants a tree ,plants a hope4 ,rootlets up through fibers blindly grope1 ,leaves unfold unto horizons free4 ,so man's life must climb ,from the clods of time ,unto heavens sublime4 ,canst thou prophesy1 thou little tree1 ,what the glory of the boughs shall be8 --,lucy ,larcom4 ,very early1 ,i perceived that the object of life is to grow4 --,margaret ,fuller4 ,many a genius has been slow of growth4 ,oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed4 --,george ,henry ,lewes4 ,and ,jesus advanced in wisdom and stature1 and in favor with ,god and men4 --,luke #b4 #eb4 ,almighty ,god1 thy power is so great ,i cannot express it2 help me to comprehend the meaning of it1 that ,i may feel more profoundly thy expectations of my life4 ,may ,i remember that to forget that life is eternal may make me to lose all it has grown4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,eighteenth ,robert ,stewart born #agfi4 ,battle of ,waterloo #ahae4 ,william ,cobbett died #ahce4 ,not he the threatening texts who deals ,is highest 'mong the preachers1 ,but he who feels the woes and weals ,of all ,god's wandering creatures4 ,he doth good work whose heart can find ,the spirit 'neath the letter2 ,who makes his kind of happier mind1 ,leaves wiser men and better4 ,dear ,bard and ,brother6 let who may ,against thy faults be railing1 7,though far1 ,i pray1 from us be they ,that never had a failing67 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,avenge not yourselves1 beloved1 but give place unto the wrath of ,god3 for it is written1 ,vengeance belongeth unto me2 ,i will recompense1 saith the ,lord4 --,romans #ab4 #ai4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not be so occupied in expressing my judgment of others1 that ,i will forget to live in thy judgment myself4 ,may ,i have the compassion for others that ,i hope to receive from thee4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,nineteenth ,magna ,charta signed1 ,runnymede1 #abae4 ,blaise ,pascal born #afbc4 ,charles ,h4 ,spurgeon born #ahcd4 ,find your niche and fill it4 ,if it is ever so little1 if it is only a hewer of wood or a drawer of water1 do something in the great battle for ,god and truth4 --,charles ,spurgeon4 ,if ,i do what ,i may in earnest1 ,i need not mourn if ,i work no great work on earth4 ,to help the growth of a thought that struggles toward the light2 to brush with gentle hand the stain from the white of one snowdrop--such be my ambition4 --,george ,macdonald4 ,jehovah thy ,god will bless thee in all thy work1 and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto4 --,deuteronomy #ae4 #aj4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may not through conceit be betrayed into slacking my work1 or through visions of greatness lose it4 ,teach me how to obtain the secret wealth in the smallest thing2 and may ,i recognize thy treasures1 and fill my life with the finest that may be given me4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twentieth ,john of ,lancaster born #achi4 ,dr4 ,adam ,ferguson born #agbc4 ,anna ,letitia ,aiken 7,mrs4 ,barbauld7 born #agdc4 ,if the soft hand of winning ,pleasure leads ,by living waters1 and through flowery meads1 ,where all is smiling1 tranquil1 and serene1 ,oh6 teach me to elude each latent snare1 ,and whisper to my sliding heart1 ,beware6 ,with caution let me hear the ,syren's voice1 ,and doubtful1 with a trembling heart rejoice4 ,if friendless in a vale of tears ,i stray1 ,where briars wound1 and thorns perplex my way1 ,still let my steady soul thy goodness see1 ,and1 with a strong confidence1 lay hold on ,thee4 --,anna ,letitia ,barbauld4 ,for thou1 ,o ,god1 hast proved us3 ,thou hast tried us1 as silver is tried4 --,psalm #ff4 #aj4 ,o ,lord1 teach me to select my pleasures with care1 that ,i may not plunge into joyful moments that are irretrievable4 ,may ,i indulge in the pleasures that bring happiness and not weariness4 ,grant that ,i may have the honor to protect others from harm and loss1 as ,i engage in my pleasures and in my work4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,first ,captain ,john ,smith died #afca4 ,anthony ,collins born #afgf4 ,jacques ,offenbach born #ahai4 ,in our eagerness to solve life we start out to trace its mysteries and trample ,god's truths as we search4 ,as we return we discover the shattered treasures1 and gladly stoop to gather up the fragments1 and with them translate the revelations of the soul4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,i stretch my hands out in the empty air2 ,i strain my eyes into the heavy night2 ,blackness of darkness6--,father1 hear my prayer2 ,grant me to see the light6 --,george ,arnold4 ,but when he came to himself he said1 ,how many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare1 and ,i perish here with hunger6 ,i will arise and go to my father4 --,luke #ae4 #ag1 #ah4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i pray that as ,i search for the truth ,i will not be so eager to seek thy mysteries as ,i am to extend thy ministries4 ,grant that by thy love ,i will be guided in comprehending and exalting thy kingdom4 ,may my service bring me wisdom as ,i obey thy laws4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,second ,matthew ,henry died #agad4 ,karl ,wilhelm von ,humboldt born #agfg4 ,h4 ,rider ,haggard born #ahef4 ,the safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment4 ,sorrow is a kind of rust in the soul1 which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away4 --,dr4 ,johnson4 ,we may be sure that one principle will hold throughout the whole pursuit of thoughtful happiness--the principle that the best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day4 ,to secure any desirable capacity for the future1 near or remote1 cultivate it to-day4 ,what would be the use of immortality for a person who cannot use well half an hour8 asks ,emerson4 --,charles ,w4 ,eliot4 ,strengthen ye the weak hands1 and confirm the feeble knees4 ,say to them that are of a fearful heart1 ,be strong1 fear not4 --,isaiah #ce4 #c1 #d4 ,loving ,father1 help me that ,i may realize the depth of thy love4 ,if ,i may be discouraged over my failures1 speak to me hopefully and lead me out where ,i may find the right way to succeed4 ,may ,i not be kept in sorrow1 but find each day the happiness that brings a thankful heart4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,third ,mark ,akenside died #aggj4 ,john ,fill born #afbe4 ,josephine born #agfc ,could we by a wish ,have what we will and get the future now1 ,would we wish aught done undone in the past8 ,so1 let him wait ,god's instant men call years2 ,meantime hold hard by truth and his great soul1 ,do out the duty6 ,through such souls alone ,god stooping shows sufficient of his light ,for us i' the dark to rise by4 ,and ,i rise4 --,robert ,browning4 ,press not thy purpose on thy ,lord1 ,urge not thy erring will1 ,nor dictate to the ,eternal mind ,nor doubt thy ,maker's skill4 --,lydia ,h4 ,sigourney4 ,cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning2 ,for in thee do ,i trust3 ,cause me to know the way wherein ,i should walk2 ,for ,i lift up my soul unto thee4 --,psalm #adc4 #h4 ,my ,father1 help me to see that in my portion of work thou hast entrusted me to help further thy kingdom4 ,correct me if ,i am wrong in interpreting thy way4 ,may ,i concentrate my mind and make my heart and hands do the work which thou hast given for me to do4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,fourth ,jean ,baptiste ,massillon born #affc4 ,alexandre ,dumas born #ahjc4 ,henry ,ward ,beecher born #ahac4 ,general ,lord ,kitchener born #ahej4 ,all the world cries1 ,where is the man who will save us8 ,don't look so far for this man1 you have him at hand4 ,this man--it is you1 it is ,i1 it is each one of us6 ,how to constitute oneself a man8 ,nothing harder if one knows not how to will it2 nothing easier if one wills it4 --,alexandre ,dumas4 ,many of our troubles are ,god dragging us1 and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither he would have us4 --,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,ye shall therefore keep my statutes1 and mine ordinances2 which if a man do1 he shall live in them4 --,leviticus #ah4 #e4 ,gracious ,lord1 ,i pray that ,i may have reverence for that which is pure and holy1 and that my soul may delight in the presence of the good4 ,help me to so live that ,i may have the memory of precious deeds1 and that ,i may not have to depend on the service of others to supply contentment for my closing days4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,fifth ,william ,smellie died #agie4 ,antoine ,jean ,gros died #ahce4 ,lucy ,webb ,hayes died #ahhi4 ,in every feast remember there are two guests to be entertained--the body and the soul2 and what you give the body you presently lose1 but what you give the soul remains forever4 --,epictetus4 ,we take pains and weary to faultlessly clothe the body4 ,we persevere1 and often struggle1 to adorn the mind4 ,as we pass through the rays of truth1 sometimes we find1 after all we have put on1 we have left bare the soul4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,for what shall a man be profited1 if he shall gain the whole world1 and forfeit his life8 --,matthew #af4 #bf4 ,lord ,god1 help me to understand that thou hast made the principle of truth so that ,i cannot add to it1 nor take from it1 lest in altering it ,i might destroy it4 ,may ,i never try to make my purpose cover the truth1 but without fear1 face the light where truth shines the brightest4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,sixth ,archbishop ,robert ,leighton died #afhd4 ,dr4 ,philip ,doddridge born #agjb4 ,george ,morland born #agfc4 ,why are we so glad to talk and take our turns to prattle1 when so rarely we get back to the stronghold of our silence with an unwounded conscience8 --,thomas a ,kempis4 ,i have read that those who listened to ,lord ,chatham felt that there was something finer in the man than anything which he said4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,speech is like the cloth of ,arras opened and put abroad1 whereby the imagery doth appear in figure2 whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs4 --,plutarch4 ,keep thy tongue from evil1 ,and thy lips from speaking guile4 --,psalm #cd4 #ac4 ,tender ,father1 make me more watchful of the time that ,i give to useless thoughts and words1 and save me from cutting words1 which make deeper impressions than can be cut with sharp tools4 ,forgive me for the hours that have not been profitable2 ,i would ,i had them back1 for my heart and mind have need of them4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,seventh ,paul ,laurence ,dunbar born #ahgb4 ,lafcadio ,hearne born #ahej4 ,helen ,keller born #ahhj4 ,of course1 it was not easy at first to fly4 ,the speech wings were weak and broken2 nothing was left save the impulse to fly1 but that was something4 ,one can never consent to creep when one has an impulse to soar4 ,there are so many difficulties in the way1 so many discouragements2 but ,i kept on trying1 knowing that perseverance and patience win in the end4 --,helen ,keller4 ,de da'kest hour1 dey allus say1 ,is des' befo' de dawn1 ,but it's moughty ha'd a-waitin' ,were de night goes frownin' on2 ,an' it's moughty ha'd a-hopin' ,when de clouds is big and black1 ,an' all de t'ings you's waited fu' ,has failed1 er gone to wrack-- ,but des' keep on a joggin' ind a little bit o song4 ,de moon is allus brightah w'en de night's been long4 --,paul ,laurence ,dunbar4 ,weeping may tarry for the night1 ,but joy cometh in the morning4 --,psalm #cj4 #e4 ,my ,father1 ,i thank thee for life and its faculties4 ,may ,i not be deceived by gratification and miss the permanent satisfactions4 ,make me brave that ,i may be courageous in affliction1 and not be dismayed over humiliations and disappointments4 ,may ,i be kept in harmony with thy will4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,eighth ,henry ,,viii born #adia4 ,jean ,jacques ,rousseau born #agab4 ,john ,wesley born #agjc4 ,frederick ,william ,faber born #ahad4 ,workman of ,god6 ,o lose not heart1 ,but learn what ,god is like2 ,and in the darkest battlefield ,thou shalt know where to strike4 ,for right is right1 since ,god is ,god2 ,and right the day must win2 ,to doubt would be disloyalty1 ,to falter would be sin4 --,f4 ,w4 ,faber4 ,leisure and ,i have parted company4 ,i look upon the world as my parish4 ,the best of all is1 ,god is with us4 ,to overdo is to undo4 --,john ,wesley4 ,but be ye doers of the word1 and not hearers only4 --,james #a4 #bb4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray for a desire to work4 ,may ,i not be deceived in my convictions1 and work for that of which ,i may afterward be ashamed4 ,lead me into a clear conception of right and wrong4 ,help me to see as thou dost see1 that ,i may walk with confidence in thy steps4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,twenty-,,ninth ,paul ,rubens born #aegg4 ,baron ,john ,de ,kalb born #agba4 ,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning died #ahfa4 ,do ye hear the children weeping1 ,o my brothers1 ,ere the sorrow comes with years8 ,they are leaning their young heads against their mothers1 ,and they cannot stop their tears4 ,the young lambs are bleating in the meadows2 ,the young birds are chirping in the nests2 ,the young fawns are playing with the shadows2 ,the young flowers are blowing toward the west3 ,but the young1 young children1 ,o my brothers6 ,they are weeping bitterly4 ,they are weeping in the playtime of the others1 ,in the country of the free4 --,elizabeth ,b4 ,browning4 ,moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters1 whom thou hast borne unto me1 and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured4 --,ezekiel #af4 #bj4 ,father of all1 ,i pray that ,i may always love children4 ,may ,i never forget that ,i wanted things and needed things when ,i was a child1 and that the help and neglect which ,i received then told in my life4 ,make me interested in the purposes that will help the progress of the child to-day1 and may ,i realize that the child does not need my casual charity as much as it needs my permanent justice4 ,amen4 ,,june ,,thirtieth ,alexander ,brome died #afff4 ,archibald ,campbell beheaded #afhe4 ,sir ,thomas ,pope ,blount died #afig4 ,be useful where thou livest1 that they may ,both want and wish thy pleasing presence still2 ,kindness1 good parts1 great places are the way ,to compass this4 ,find out men's wants and will1 ,and meet them there4 ,all worldly joys go less ,to the one joy of doing kindnesses4 --,george ,herbert4 ,thrice happy he1 who by some shady grove1 ,far from the clamorous world1 doth live his own2 ,though solitary1 who is not alone1 ,but doth converse with that eternal love --,william ,drummond4 ,seek1 and ye shall find4 --,matthew #g4 #g4 ,my ,father1 help me to draw from the wisdom of life1 that my soul may grow in knowledge and power4 ,may ,i have the quiet confidence that comes in trusting thee4 ,may ,i help others to think on the uplifting things of life4 ,amen4 ,,july ,then came hot ,july1 boiling like to fire1 ,that all his garments he had cast away2 ,upon a lion raging yet with ire ,he boldly rode1 and made him to obey4 --,edmund ,spenser4 ,a pleasing land of drowsyhead it was1 ,of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye2 ,and of gay castles in the clouds that pass1 ,for ever flushing round a summer sky4 --,james ,thomson4 ,,july ,,first ,comte de ,rochambeau born #agbe4 ,gideon ,welles born #ahjb4 ,george ,frederick ,watts died #aijd4 ,there is no unbelief6 ,whoever plants a seed beneath a sod1 ,and waits to see it push away the clod1 ,he trusts in ,god4 ,there is no unbelief6 ,and day by day1 and night1 unconsciously1 ,the heart lives by that faith the lips deny-- ,god knoweth why4 --,bulwer ,lytton4 ,more and more ,i see that nothing is so necessary for the religious condition of the mind as absolute simplicity4 ,we know what we have got to do1 and the only thing is to ask ourselves whether we are doing it as well as we can4 --,george ,frederick ,watts4 ,being therefore justified by faith1 we have peace with ,god4 --,romans #e4 #a4 ,my ,creator1 ,i praise thee for the knowledge of life1 and the hope of immortality4 ,help me to express my belief1 and to give my utmost for the divinest1 that ,i may be worthy of life eternal4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,second ,archbishop ,cranmer born #adhi4 ,christopher ,w4 ,gluck born #agad4 ,richard ,henry ,stoddard born #ahbe4 ,sir ,robert ,peel died #ahej4 ,one step more1 and the race is ended2 ,one word more1 and the lesson's done2 ,one toil more1 and a long rest follows ,at set of sun4 ,who would fail1 for one step withholden8 ,who would fail1 for one word unsaid8 ,who would fail1 for a pause too early8 ,sound sleep the dead4 --,christina ,g4 ,rossetti4 ,one who never turned his back1 but marched breast forward1 ,never doubted clouds would break1 ,never dreamed1 though right were worsted1 wrong would triumph1 ,held we fall to rise1 are baffled to fight better1 ,sleep to wake4 --,robert ,browning4 ,he that endureth to the end1 the same shall be saved4 --,matthew #aj4 #bb4 ,my ,father1 thou hast proven the strength of thy promises by thy tender love and mercy through the darkest hours4 ,help me always to cling to the hope that thou hast provided for my soul4 ,may ,i be trustful1 and be thankful to see so much as one side of a celestial idea1 one side of the rainbow1 and the sunset sky4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,third ,john ,s4 ,copley born #agcg4 ,henry ,grattan born #agdf4 ,eugene ,sue died #aheg4 ,not from the dangers that beset our path ,from storm or sudden death1 or pain or wrath1 ,we pray deliverance2 ,but from the envious eye1 the narrowed mind ,of those that are the vultures of mankind ,thy aid advance4 ,not at the strong man's righteous rage or hate1 ,but at the ambushed malice laid in wait ,thy strength arise2 ,at those who ever seek to spot the fair ,white garments of a neighbor's character ,with mud of lies4 --,theodosia ,p4 ,garrison4#a ,putting away therefore all wickedness1 and all guile1 and hypocrisies1 and envies1 and all evil speakings4 --#a ,peter #b4 #a4 ,my ,lord1 may ,i remember that to protect the character of others is to add virtue to my own4 ,grant that ,i may see the good and not be looking for the evil4 ,cause me to know that peace will not abide in deceit or revenge1 but may be found in a happy and charitable spirit4 ,help me to earn thy peace4 ,amen4 ,footnote #a3 ,special permission by ,mitchell ,kennerly1 ,new ,york4 ,,july ,,fourth ,independence ,day4 ,colonel ,william ,byrd died #agjd4 ,nathaniel ,hawthorne born #ahjd4 ,thomas ,jefferson died #ahbf4 ,by the rude bridge that arched the flood1 ,their flag to ,april's breeze unfurled1 ,here once the embattled farmers stood1 ,and fired the shot heard round the world4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,then conquer we must1 when our cause it is just1 ,and this be our motto1 ,in ,god is our trust2 ,and the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave ,o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave6 --,francis ,scott ,key4 ,seek not to keep your soul perpetually in the unwholesome region of remorse4 ,it was needful to pass through that dark valley1 but it is infinitely dangerous to linger there too long4 --,nathaniel ,hawthorne4 ,and this city shall be to me for a name of joy1 for a praise and for a glory1 before all the nations of the earth1 which shall hear all the good that ,i do unto them4 --,jeremiah #cc4 #i4 ,lord of justice and peace1 may ,i not pause at the marked stones of the brave to learn of liberty1 but may ,i look for the opportunities that ,i may measure up to because of them1 and do my part to keep the peace and spread the blessings of our land4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,fifth ,mrs4 ,sarah ,siddons born #agee4 ,david ,g4 ,farragut born #ahja4 ,george ,sand born #ahjd4 ,cecil ,rhodes born #ahec4 ,nature alone can speak to our intelligence an imperishable language1 never changing1 because it remains within the bounds of eternal truth and of what is absolutely noble and beautiful4 --,george ,sand4 ,say1 dost thou understand the whispered token1 ,the promise breathed from every leaf and flower8 ,and dost thou hear the word ere it be spoken1 ,and apprehend love's presence by its power8 --,unknown4 ,but ask now the beasts1 and they shall teach thee2 ,and the birds of the heavens1 and they shall tell thee3 ,or speak to the earth1 and it shall teach thee2 ,and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee4 ,who knoweth not in all these1 ,that the hand of ,jehovah hath wrought this8 --,job #ab4 #g-i4 ,lord ,god1 direct me away from self1 that ,i may learn of thy wisdom1 and help further thy kingdom4 ,give me patience to search for thy truths1 that ,i may obtain the noblest to use for thy service4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,sixth ,john ,huss burned at ,constance1 ,baden1 #acfi4 ,baron ,wilhelm ,leibnitz born #afdf4 ,john ,paul ,jones born #agdg4 ,john ,flaxman born #agee4 ,no man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession1 and every man worthy of the name will row long against wind and tide before he allows himself to cry out1 ,i'm baffled6 and submit to be floated passively back to land4 --,charlotte ,bronte4 ,there is nothing so small but that we honor ,god by asking his guidance of it1 or insult him by taking it into our hands4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,if ,i take the wings of the morning1 ,and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea2 ,even there shall thy hand lead me1 ,and thy right hand shall hold me4 --,psalm #aci4 #i1 #aj4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may have wise judgment and use discretion in the choice of my work4 ,may ,i remember that only that is genuine which is received and used for thee4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,seventh ,alexis1 son of ,peter the ,great1 died in prison #agah4 ,thomas ,blacklock died #agia4 ,richard ,brinsley ,sheridan died #ahaf4 ,the surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed4 --,richard ,b4 ,sheridan4 ,i felt my hot blood a-tingling flow2 ,with thrill of the fight my soul did glow2 ,and when1 braced and pure1 ,i emerged secure ,from the strife that had tried my courage so1 ,i said1 ,let heaven send me sun or rain1 ,i'll never know flinching fear again4 --,thomas ,crawford4 ,for the ,lord ,jehovah will help me2 therefore have ,i not been confounded3 therefore have ,i set my face like a flint1 and ,i know that ,i shall not be put to shame4 --,isaiah #ej4 #g4 ,lord ,jehovah1 help me to learn how to be strong and brave1 that ,i may not remain in fear and weakness4 ,help me to conquer unworthiness1 and to overcome discouragements1 that ,i may be spared the needless battles that are brought on through impatience and selfishness4 ,keep my soul in repose1 that ,i may add to my conquering strength4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,eighth ,jean de ,la ,fontaine born #afba4 ,dr4 ,samuel ,d4 ,gross born #ahje4 ,joseph ,chamberlain born #ahcf4 ,neither gold nor grandeur can render us happy4 --,la ,fontaine4 ,spirit of ,god6 descend upon my heart2 ,wean it from earth2 through all its pulses move2 ,stoop to my weakness1 mighty as thou art1 ,and make me love thee as ,i ought to love4 ,i ask no dream1 no prophet ecstasies1 ,no sudden rending of the veil of clay3 ,no angel visitant1 no opening skies-- ,but take the dimness of my soul away4 --,george ,croly4 ,for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth4 --,luke #ab4 #ae4 ,eternal ,god1 help me to honor my life2 and may ,i realize1 whether ,i select good or bad1 much or little1 the harvesting is for eternity4 ,grant that ,i may not make my life accumulate gold and grandeur1 and laden it with much spending2 but may ,i strive and love what thou dost love1 and make my life worthy of my labor4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,ninth ,henry ,hallam born #aggg4 ,edmund ,burke died #agig4 ,elias ,howe born #ahai4 ,discretion of speech is more than eloquence2 and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order4 --,francis ,bacon4 ,when anyone provokes you1 be assured it is your opinion which provokes you4 ,try therefore1 in the first place1 not to be hurried away with appearance4 ,for if you once gain time and respite1 you will more easily command yourself4 --,epictetus4 ,let your speech be always with grace1 seasoned with salt1 that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one4 --,colossians #d4 #f4 ,my ,father1 help me to learn through kindness and tenderness the value of self-control4 ,help me in the moods of jealousy and impatience1 that ,i may not cause others unhappiness by words or deeds4 ,teach me how to overcome the ways that keep me discontented1 that ,i may have a brighter speech4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,tenth ,john ,calvin born #aeji4 ,sir ,william ,blackstone born #agbc4 ,frederick ,marryat born #agib4 ,the quality of mercy is not strained2 ,it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven ,upon the place beneath4 ,it is twice blessed2 ,it blesseth him that gives1 and him that takes4 ',tis mightiest in the mightiest2 it becomes ,the throned monarch better than his crown2 99 99 99 99 99 ,it is enthroned in the hearts of kings2 ,it is an attribute to ,god himself4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,his gain is loss2 for he that wrongs his friend ,wrongs himself more1 and ever has about ,a silent court and jury1 and himself ,the prisoner at the bar1 ever condemned4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,brethren1 even if a man be overtaken in any trespass1 ye who are spiritual1 restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness2 looking to thyself1 lest thou also be tempted4 --,galatians #f4 #a4 ,my ,father1 help me to avoid the critical spirit that leans toward injustice4 ,grant that none may be made despondent waiting for my mercy2 but through forgiveness may ,i inspire confidence in those who have made mistakes1 and influence them to a better life4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,eleventh ,robert de ,bruce born #abgd4 ,jean ,marmontel born #agbc4 ,john ,quincy ,adams1 ,massachusetts1 sixth ,president ,united ,states1 born #agfg4 ,susan ,warner 7,e4 ,wetherell7 born #ahai4 ,a friend to chide me when ,i'm wrong1 ,my inmost soul to see3 ,and that my friendship prove as strong ,for him as his for me4 --,john ,quincy ,adams4 ,our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can3 this is the service of a friend4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,it is better to hear the rebuke of the wise1 than for a man to hear the song of fools4 ,for as the crackling of thorns under a pot1 so is the laughter of the fool4 --,ecclesiastes #g4 #e1 #f4 ,my ,father and ,friend1 who calleth me to check the progress of the wrong1 make me submissive and eager for what is right1 that ,i may learn and uphold to others thy purposes and desires4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twelfth ,caius ,julius ,caesar born ,b4,c4 #ajj4 ,josiah ,wedgwood born #agcj4 ,alexander ,hamilton killed #ahjd4 ,henry ,david ,thoreau born #ahag4 ,clara ,louise ,kellogg born #ahdb4 ,each reaching and aspiration is an instinct with which all nature consists and cooperates1 and therefore it is not in vain4 ,if a man believes and expects great things of himself it makes no odds where you put him1 he will be surrounded by grandeur4 --,henry ,david ,thoreau4 ,if you have built castles in the air1 your work need not be lost--that is where they should be3 now put foundations under them4 --,henry ,david ,thoreau4 ,he is like a man building a house1 who digged and went deep1 and laid a foundation upon the rock3 and when a flood arose1 the stream brake against that house1 and could not shake it3 because it had been well builded4 --,luke #f4 #dh4 ,lord of strength1 ,i pray that while ,i may lay a strong foundation for my life1 ,i may remember that ,i should not delay the building by neglecting to complete the plans4 ,may ,i look to-day and see if ,i am making my words stronger than my life4 ,with thy wisdom help me to realize that the test of life is made with the soul4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,thirteenth ,richard ,cromwell died #agab4 ,elijah ,fenton died #agcj4 ,jean ,paul ,marat killed by ,charlotte ,corday #agic4 ,let each day take thought for what concerns it1 liquidate its own affairs1 and respect the day which is to follow1 and then it shall be ready4 --,amiel4 ,what does your anxiety do8 ,it does not empty to-morrow1 brother1 of its sorrow2 but ah6 it empties to-day of its strength4 ,it does not make you escape the evil2 it makes you unfit to cope with it if it comes4 --,ian ,maclaren4 ,be not anxious for your life1 what ye shall eat1 or what ye shall drink2 nor yet for your body1 what ye shall put on4 --,matthew #f4 #be4 ,my ,father1 save me from the habit of borrowing4 ,so often ,i borrow trouble and cannot use it1 when the peace that ,i possess is all that ,i need4 ,help me1 that ,i may not miss the glory of to-day1 by anticipating the uncertainty of to-morrow2 but may ,i discern my place and have delight in every day4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,fourteenth ,bastille destroyed #aghi4 ,jane ,baillie ,welch ,carlyle born #ahja4 ,owen ,wister born #ahfj4 ,sail fast1 sail fast1 ,ark of my hopes1 ,ark of my dreams2 ,sweep lordly o'er the drowned ,past1 ,fly glittering through the sun's strange beams2 ,sail fast1 sail fast4 ,breath of new buds from off some drying lea1 ,with news about the ,future scent the sea2 ,my brain is beating like the heart of ,haste4 ,i'll loose me a bird upon this ,present waste2 ,go1 trembling song1 ,and stay not long2 ,o1 stay not long2 ,thou art only a gray and sober dove1 ,but thine eye is faith and thy wing is love4 --,sidney ,lanier4 ,god speed thee1 pretty bird2 may thy small nest1 ,with little ones all in good time be blest4 ,i love thee much2 ,for well thou managest that life of thine1 ,well ,i6--,o ask not what ,i do with mine6 ,would ,i were such6 --,jane ,welch ,carlyle4 ,behold the birds of the heaven1 that they sow not1 neither do they reap1 nor gather into barns2 and your heavenly ,father feedeth them4 ,are not ye of much more value than they8 --,matthew #f4 #bf4 ,my ,father1 may ,i start this day with more faith in myself and greater love for thy world4 ,may my soul be awakened to the highest and be ready for the joys of to-day4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,fifteenth ,inigo ,jones born #aegc4 ,rembrandt born #afjg4 ,henry ,edward ,manning born #ahjh4 ,william ,winter born #ahcf4 ,his was the heart that overmuch ,in human goodness puts its trust1 ,and his the keen1 satiric touch ,that shrivels falsehood into dust4 ,fierce for the right1 he bore his part ,in strife with many a valiant foe2 ,but laughter winged his polished dart1 ,and kindness tempered every blow4 --,william ,winter4 ,a wise man will so act that whatever he does may rather seem voluntary and of his own free will than done by compulsion1 however much he may be compelled by necessity4 --,machiavelli4 ,wherefore ,i saw that there is nothing better1 than that a man should rejoice in his works2 for that is his portion3 for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him8 --,ecclesiastes #c4 #bb4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i not forget that it is in the light1 and not the darkness1 that my work is revealed4 ,i beseech thee to pour in thy light as ,i plan my life1 and open my heart and mind for the reception of thy truth4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,sixteenth ,andrea del ,sarto born #adhf4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds born #agbc4 ,margaret ,fuller ,ossoli perished at sea #ahej4 ,reverence the highest1 have patience with the lowest4 ,let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion4 ,are the stars too distant8 ,pick up the pebble that lies at thy feet and from it learn all4 --,margaret ,fuller4 ,the situation that has not its ,duty1 its ,ideal1 was never yet occupied by man4 ,yet1 here is this miserable1 despicable ,actual1 wherein thou standest--here or nowhere is thy ,ideal6 ,work it out therefrom6 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,and whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only1 in the name of a disciple1 verily ,i say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward4 --,matthew #aj4 #db4 ,great ,god1 may ,i begin this day bearing in mind that the things which ,i think and do are my life4 ,i pray that thou wilt keep me from making great efforts for that which is valueless1 and thus waste my life4 ,may ,i watch my pride and indolence that they may not cause me to lose the best4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,seventeenth ,dr4 ,isaac ,watts born #afgd4 ,charlotte ,corday guillotined #agic4 ,paul ,delaroche born #agig4 ,j4,a4 ,mc,neil ,whistler died #aijc4 ,so frail is the youth and beauty of men1 ,though they bloom and look gay like the rose2 ,but all our fond cares to preserve them is vain1 ,time kills them as fast as he goes4 ,then ,i'll not be proud of my youth nor my beauty1 ,since both of them wither and fade2 ,but gain a good name by well doing my duty2 ,for this will scent like the rose when ,i'm dead4 --,isaac ,watts4 ,onward1 onward may we press ,through the path of duty2 ,virtue is true happiness1 ,excellence true beauty2 ,minds are of supernal birth1 ,let us make a heaven of earth4 --,james ,montgomery4 ,all things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you1 even so do ye also unto them4 --,matthew #g4 #ab4 ,my ,lord and my strength1 ,i pray that ,i may possess that expectancy which comes in joyous hope and have the endurance that is controlled by courage and energy4 ,grant in the future that ,i may be less concerned about my living and more anxious for what ,i make of my life4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,eighteenth ,william ,makepeace ,thackeray born #ahaa4 ,jane ,austen died #ahag4 ,jean ,antoine ,watteau died #agba4 ,learn to admire rightly3 the great pleasure of life is that4 ,note what great men admired2 they admired great things2 narrow spirits admire basely and worship meanly4 --,w4,m4 ,thackeray4 ,our thoughts are often more than we are1 just as they are often better than we are4 ,and ,god sees us as we are altogether1 and not in separate feelings or actions1 as our fellow men see us4 ,we are always doing each other injustice1 and thinking better or worse of each other than we deserve1 because we only hear separate feelings or actions4 ,we don't see each other's whole nature4 --,george ,eliot4 ,the wilderness and the dry land shall be glad2 and the desert shall rejoice1 and blossom as the rose4 --,isaiah #ce4 #a4 ,eternal ,god1 may ,i become more like thee4 ,give me the desire to associate myself with people and places where the divine spirit is supreme4 ,may my soul breathe in the influence of all that is good and true2 and may ,i use my life for thy honor and praise4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,nineteenth ,john ,martin born #aghi4 ,samuel ,colt born #ahad4 ,charles ,victor ,cherbuliez born #ahbi4 ,in love1 if love be love1 if love be ours1 ,faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers3 ,unfaith in aught is want of faith in all4 ,it is the little rift within the lute ,that by and by will make the music mute1 ,and ever widening slowly silence all4 ,the little rift within the lover's lute1 ,or little pitted speck in garner'd fruit1 ,that rotting inward slowly molders all4 ,it is not worth the keeping3 let it go3 ,but shall it8 ,answer1 darling1 answer no4 ,and trust me not at all or all in all4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,take us the foxes1 the little foxes1 ,that spoil the vineyards2 ,for our vineyards are in blossom4 --,song of ,solomon #b4 #ae4 ,loving ,father1 help me to put away the distractions and cares that make me discontented4 ,grant that ,i may not set myself in gilded pride and keep out the precious things of life4 ,help me to abandon doubt and suspicion1 and keep the faith that is happy to believe and willing to forgive4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twentieth ,petrarch born #acjd4 ,thomas ,lovell ,beddoes born #ahjc4 ,john ,sterling born #ahjf4 ,jean ,ingelow died #ahig4 ,let thy day be to the night ,a letter of good tidings6 ,let thy praise ,go up as birds go up--that when they awake1 ,shake off the dew and soar4 --,jean ,ingelow4 ,i1 and the bird1 ,and the wind together1 ,sang a supplication ,in the winter weather4 ,the bird sang for sunshine1 ,and the trees for winter fruit1 ,and for love in the spring time ,when the thickets shoot4 ,and ,i sang for patience ,when the teardrops start2 ,clean hands and clear eyes1 ,and a faithful heart4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,unto thee1 ,o ,jehovah1 do ,i lift up my soul4 --,psalm #be4 #a4 ,lord ,god1 if ,i am discouraged this morning1 may ,i pause for thine encouragement4 ,grant that the fear of the night may make no decline in my morn1 but that into the future ,i may fuse the past1 and use what is clearest for to-day4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,first ,matthew ,pryor born #affd4 ,william ,lord ,russell beheaded #afhc4 ,robert ,burns died #agif4 ,our heaven must be within ourselves1 ,our home and heaven the work of faith ,and thro' this race of life which shelves ,downward to death4 ,while over all a dome must spread1 ,and love shall be that dome above2 ,and deep foundations must be laid1 ,and these are love4 --,christina ,rossetti4 ,if happiness has not her seat ,and center in the breast1 ,we may be wise or rich or great1 ,but never can be blest4 --,robert ,burns4 ,keep thy heart with all diligence2 ,for out of it are the issues of life4 --,proverbs #d4 ,my ,father1 if ,i choose to be unhappy and miserable1 may ,i not be to myself and friends as a harp with one string4 ,help me to free myself from thinking and anticipating things that keep me from the pleasure that ,i might receive and give4 ,may ,i have more trust in my friends and in thee4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,second ,sir ,john ,graham killed #abih4 ,pilgrims started for ,america #afbj4 ,earl of ,shaftesbury 7,anthony ,ashley ,cooper7 born #afba4 ,how comes it to pass1 then1 that we appear such cowards in reasoning1 and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule8 --,earl of ,shaftesbury4 ,he that of such a height hath built his mind1 ,and reared the dwelling of his thoughts so strong1 ,as neither fear nor hope can shake the frame ,of his resolved powers2 nor all the wind ,of vanity or malice pierce to wrong ,his settled peace1 or to disturb the same3 ,what a fair seat hath he1 from whence he may ,the boundless wastes and wilds of man survey8 --,samuel ,daniel4 ,thou wilt keep him in perfect peace1 whose mind is stayed on thee2 because he trusteth in thee4 --,isaiah #bf4 #c4 ,o ,lord1 it is not that ,i am ashamed to ask thee for the truth that ,i do not more diligently seek it1 but it is because ,i fear the sacrifice that may follow in obtaining it4 ,i would that ,i could understand that thy strength is given in the sacrifice4 ,make me braver as ,i seek to live in the truth4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,third ,richard ,gibson died #afij4 ,charlotte ,cushman born #ahaf4 ,coventry ,patmore born #ahbc4 ,i do not ask1 ,o ,lord1 that life may be ,a pleasant road2 ,i do not ask that thou would'st take from me ,aught of its load4 ,for one thing only1 ,lord1 dear ,lord1 ,i plead3 ,lead me aright-- ,though strength should falter1 and though heart should bleed-- ,through peace to light4 --,adelaide ,a4 ,procter4 ,o1 why and whither8--,god knows all1 ,i only know that he is good1 ,and that whatever may befall ,or here or there1 must be the best that could4 --,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,lead me1 ,o ,jehovah1 in thy righteousness because of mine enemies2 ,make thy way straight before my face4 --,psalm #e4 #h4 ,loving ,father1 may ,i never fail to ask for thy guidance1 for thou hast promised to lead me to the cool springs while ,i pass through the desert places4 ,help me to put myself in thy keeping and say1 ,thy will be done4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,fourth ,rev4 ,john ,newton born #agbe4 ,john ,p4 ,curran born #agej4 ,j4,g4 ,holland born #ahai4 ,as the winged arrow flies ,speedily the mark to find2 ,as the lightning from the skies ,darts and leaves no trace behind2 ,swiftly thus our fleeting days ,bear us down life's rapid stream2 ,upward1 ,lord1 our spirits raise2 ,all below is but a dream4 --,john ,newton4 ,o gentlemen6 the time is short2 ,to spend that shortness basely were too long1 ,if life did ride upon a dial's point1 ,still ending at the arrival of an hour4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,jehovah1 make me to know mine end1 ,and the measure of my days1 what it is2 ,let me know how frail ,i am4 --,psalm #ci4 #d4 ,lord1 forbid that ,i should overcast my life with intentions1 and neglect to put in the deeds4 ,may ,i not be satisfied to spend my days in being merely occupied1 but live to learn and work4 ,may ,i not be dismayed over what ,i might have been1 but with all my might do what ,i can now4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,fifth ,thomas a ,kempis died #adga4 ,simon ,bolivar born #aghc4 ,arthur ,james ,balfour born #ahdh4 ,blessed indeed are those ears which listen not after the voice which is sounding without1 but after the truth teaching within4 --,thomas a ,kempis4 ,how joyed my heart in the rich melodies ,that overhead and round me did arise6 ,the moving leaves--the water's gentle flow-- ,delicious music hung on every bough4 ,then said ,i in my heart1 ,if that the ,lord ,such lively music on the earth accord2 ,if to weak1 sinful man such sounds are given1 ,o6 what must be the melody of heaven6 --,izaak ,walton4 ,but thou1 ,o ,jehovah1 knowest me2 thou seest me1 and triest my heart toward thee4 --,jeremiah #ab4 #c4 ,loving ,father1 thou hast made it needful for me to know that the songs which are sung by divine love are rarely heard by cruel hearts4 ,grant that my soul may chord with the sweetest music that vibrates in the beauty and harmony of life4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,sixth ,charles ,emmanuel died #afcj4 ,john ,wilmot died #afhj4 ,george ,clinton born #agci4 ,quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened1 but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace1 like a clock during a thunderstorm4 --,robert ,l4 ,stevenson4 ,i have learned1 as days have passed me1 ,fretting never lifts the load2 ,and worry1 much or little1 ,never smooths an irksome road2 ,for do you know that somehow1 always1 ,doors are opened1 ways are made2 ,when we work and live in patience ,under all the cross that's laid4 --,unknown4 ,but whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely1 ,and shall be quiet without fear of evil4 --,proverbs #a4 #cc4 ,merciful and just ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may regulate my life by thy standards and conform my life to thy laws1 that thy goodness and mercy may not be wasted on me4 ,help me to bear in mind1 that willingness is the power that starts the hands to work4 ,may ,i have thy presence while ,i wait in quietness1 that ,i may be helped through the anxious moments4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,seventh ,thomas ,campbell born #aggg4 ,alexandre ,dumas-fils born #ahbd4 ,dr4 ,john ,dalton died #ahdd4 ,what's hallowed ground8 ',tis what gives birth ,to sacred thoughts in souls of worth6-- ,peace6 ,independence6 ,truth6 go forth ,earth's compass round2 ,and your high-priesthood shall make earth ,all hallowed ground4 --,thomas ,campbell4 ,remember the week day to keep it holy4 --,elbert ,hubbard4 ,the meaning of life comes to us mostly in great revealing flashes and intense emotions4 --,dean ,farrar4 ,to the pure all things are pure4 --,titus #a4 #ae4 ,gracious ,father1 may ,i not feel that it is necessary to wait for certain days and ceremonies to prepare to worship thee1 while at every moment thy love is pleading for me4 ,may ,i through the busiest hours and the most perplexing moments serve thee in reverence and obedience1 and ever give praise to thy holy name4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,eighth ,john ,sebastian ,bach died #agej4 ,robespierre executed #agid4 ,jean ,baptiste ,corot born #agif4 ,o ,light that followest all my way1 ,i yield my flickering torch to thee2 ,my heart restores its borrowed ray1 ,that in thy sunshine's blaze its day ,may brighter1 fairer be4 --,george ,matheson4 ,follow your ,star that lights a desert pathway1 yours or mine1 ,forward1 till you learn the highest ,human ,nature is divine4 ,follow ,light and do the ,right--for man can half control his doom-- ,till you see the deathless ,angel seated in the vacant ,tomb4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,my soul waiteth for the ,lord1 ,more than watchmen wait for the morning2 ,yea1 more than watchmen for the morning4 --,psalm #acj4 #f4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to kindle my life by the shining light of thy power and love1 that ,i may be an ambassador for thee4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,twenty-,,ninth ,andrew ,marvell died #afgh4 ,william ,wilberforce died #ahcc4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,dick died #aheg4 ,i wrestle not with rage ,while fury's flame doth burn2 ,it is vain to stop the stream ,until the tide doth turn4 ,but when the flame is out ,and ebbing wrath doth end ,i turn a late enraged foe ,into a quiet friend4 --,robert ,southwell4 ,if ,i can lend ,a strong hand to the fallen1 or defend ,the right against a single envious strain1 ,my life though bare ,perhaps of much that seemeth dear and fair ,to us on earth1 will not have been in vain4 --,unknown4 ,a friend loveth at all times2 ,and a brother is born for adversity4 --,proverbs #ag4 #ag4 ,gracious ,father of us all1 if ,i may have cause to be provoked to-day1 help me to rise above my angry passions1 and not from weakness plunge into that for which ,i may be sorry4 ,make me self-forgetful1 that ,i may be willing to make peace with those whom ,i may have displeased4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,thirtieth ,samuel ,rogers born #agfc4 ,thomas ,gray died #agga4 ,w4,t4 ,adams 7,oliver ,optic7 born #ahbb4 ,prince ,bismarck died #ahih4 ,sit down1 sad soul1 and count ,the moments flying2 ,come1 tell the sweet amount ,that's lost by sighing6 ,how many smiles8--a score8 ,then laugh1 and count no more2 ,for day is dying4 ,lie down sad soul1 and sleep1 ,and no more measure ,the flight of time1 nor weep ,the loss of leisure2 ,but here by this lone stream1 ,lie down with us1 and dream ,of starry treasure4 ,bryan ,waller ,procter4 ,the only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is4 ,grief will not carry you one step into real nature2 grief can teach me nothing4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,leave off1 ye simple ones1 and live2 ,and walk in the way of understanding4 --,proverbs #i4 #f4 ,god of love1 may ,i come quickly to thee1 when ,i am in need of protection and sympathy4 ,guard me against sorrow that is drawn from the imagination4 ,may ,i not allow grief to drag me into misery1 but with strength and courage may ,i find happiness in thy daily will4 ,amen4 ,,july ,,thirty-,,first ,john ,conybeare died #agge4 ,john ,ericsson born #ahjc4 ,paul ,b4 ,du ,chaillu born #ahce4 ,phoebe ,cary died #ahga4 ,be wise to-day2 'tis madness to defer2 ,next day the fatal precedent will plead2 ,thus on1 till wisdom is pushed out of life4 ,procrastination is the thief of time2 ,year after year it steals1 till all are fled1 ,and to the mercies of a moment leaves ,the vast concerns of an eternal scene4 --,dr4 ,edward ,young4 ,o1 my friend1 rise up and follow ,where the hand of ,god shall lead2 ,he has brought thee through affliction1 ,but to fit thee for his need4 --,mary ,howitt4 ,for he is our ,god1 ,and we are the people of his pasture1 and the sheep of his hand4 ,to-day1 ,o that ye would hear his voice6 ,harden not your heart4 --,psalm #ie4 #g1 #h4 ,lord ,god1 ,i come to thee for help1 that ,i may make more of my life4 ,steady me1 that ,i may know its value without wavering1 and the loss it sustains from wasted days4 ,i pray that ,i may live more in thy commandments1 and with my work accept the joy of thy love4 ,amen4 ,,august ,flame-like1 the long midday1 ,with not so much of sweet air as hath stirred ,the down upon the spray1 ,where nests the panting bird1 ,dozing away the hot and tedious noon1 ,with fitful twitter1 sadly out of tune4 ,pleasantly comest thou1 ,dew of the evening1 to the crisped-up grass2 ,and the curled corn-blades bow1 ,as the light breezes pass1 ,that their parched lips may feel thee1 and expand1 ,thou sweet reviver of the fevered land4 ,so1 to the thirsting soul1 ,cometh the dew of the ,almighty's love2 ,and the scathed heart1 made whole1 ,turneth in joy above1 ,to where the spirit freely may expand1 ,and rove1 untrammeled1 in that better land4 --,william ,d4 ,gallagher4 ,,august ,,first ,andrew ,melville born #aede4 ,richard ,henry ,dana1 ,jr41 born #ahae4 ,maria ,mitchell born #ahah4 ,am ,i wrong to be always so happy8 ,this world is full of grief2 ,yet there is laughter of sunshine1 to see the crisp green on the leaf1 ,daylight is ringing with song-birds1 and brooklets are crooning at night2 ,and why should ,i make a shadow when ,god makes all so bright8 ,earth may be wicked and weary1 yet cannot ,i help being glad6 ,there is sunshine without and within me1 and how should ,i mope or be sad8 ,god would not flood me with blessings1 meaning me only to pine ,amid all the bounties and beauties he pours upon me and mine2 ,therefore ,i will be grateful1 and therefore will ,i rejoice2 ,my heart is singing within me2 sing on1 ,o heart and voice4 --,walter ,c4 ,smith4 ,rejoice always4 --#a ,thessalonians #e4 #af4 ,gracious ,father1 my soul floods with joy for the blessings of life4 ,may it be my privilege to be happy in them4 ,help me not to ask thee for anything which will cause loss to another2 may ,i not delight in a lonely view1 but as ,i see thy glory bring others to the vision also4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,second ,thomas ,gainsborough died #aghh4 ,elisha ,gray born #ahce4 ,marion ,crawford born #ahed4 ,william ,watson born #ahei4 ,the ,holy ,supper is kept1 indeed1 ,in whatso we share with another's need2 ,not what we give1 but what we share1 ,for the gift without the giver is bare2 ,who gives himself with his alms feeds three1 ,himself1 his hungering neighbor1 and me4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,and when o'er storm and jar ,i climb1 ,beyond life's atmosphere1 ,i shall behold the lord of time ,and space--of world and year4 ,o vain1 far quest6 not thus my heart ,shall ever find its goal6 ,i turn me home--and there thou art1 ,my ,father1 in my soul4 --,george ,macdonald4 ,that they should seek ,god1 if haply they might feel after him and find him1 though he is not far from each one of us2 for in him we live1 and move1 and have our being4 --,acts #ag4 #bg1 #bh4 ,o ,lord1 my gracious ,father1 may ,i not be so eager for more1 that ,i feel ,i have nothing to spare4 ,help me to realize that if ,i may be on the mountain-top1 or at the level of the sea1 thy spirit may dwell in my soul4 ,may ,i rejoice that ,i can always receive and share thy grace and love4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,third ,john ,henley born #afib4 ,henry ,cuyler ,bunner born #ahee4 ,eugene ,sue died #aheg4 ,set out in the very morning of your lives with a frank and manly determination to look simply for what is right and true in all things4444 ,this is the only way to know ,god's will and do it4 ,you may not find it at once1 but you have set your face in the true direction to find it4 --,jeremy ,taylor4 ,the important thing in life is to have a great aim1 and to possess the aptitude and perseverance to attain it4 --,goethe4 ,blessed are they that keep his testimonies1 ,that seek him with the whole heart4 --,psalm #aai4 #b4 ,lord ,god1 forbid that ,i should lose the opportunities of making my life by waiting for sudden developments4 ,cause me to notice that the tree that bears fruit must first grow the blossom before it may be perfected by the sun3 whether thou hast made me greater or less1 may ,i be ashamed to live in untruth and wait in idleness4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,fourth ,percy ,bysshe ,shelley born #agib4 ,edward ,irving born #agib4 ,walter ,h4 ,pater born #ahci4 ,we look before and after1 ,and pine for what is not2 ,our sincerest laughter ,with some pain is fraught2 ,our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought4 ,yet if we could scorn ,hate and pride and fear1 ,if we were things born ,not to shed a tear1 ,i know not how thy joy we ever could come near4 --,percy ,bysshe ,shelley4 ,it becomes no man to nurse despair1 ,but in the teeth of clenched antagonisms ,to follow up the worthiest till he die4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,he suffered no man to do them wrong2 ,yea1 he reproved kings for their sakes4 --#a ,chronicles #af4 #ba4 ,my ,father1 ,i bless thee for thy patience and forbearance4 ,i pray that thou wilt forgive me for all the sorrow that ,i have made from rebellion and despair1 and with thy forgiveness may ,i receive patience and cheerful courage4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,fifth ,john ,eliot born #afjd4 ,john1 ,lord ,wrottesley1 born #agih4 ,richard ,lord ,howe died #agii4 ,to live within a cave--it is most good2 ,but if ,god made a day1 ,and some one come1 and say1 ,lo6 ,i have gathered faggots in the wood6 ,e'en let him stay1 ,and light a fire1 and fan a temporal mood6 ,so sit till morning6 when the light is grown ,that he the path can read1 ,then bid the man ,godspeed6 ,his morning is not thine3 yet must thou own ,those ashes on the stone4 ,they have a cheerful warmth4 --,thomas ,edward ,brown4 ,it is given to us sometimes1 even in our everyday life1 to witness the saving influence of a noble nature1 the divine efficacy of rescue that may lie in a self-subduing act of fellowship4 --,george ,eliot4 ,and the ,king shall answer and say unto them1 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren1 even these least1 ye did it unto me4 --,matthew #be4 #dj4 ,father of mankind1 may ,i not be a barrier to the discouraged1 but help them in the ways of encouragement4 ,may ,i not allow pride and prejudice to keep me from acts of love and deeds of kindness1 but may ,i be worthy of thy trust4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,sixth ,ben ,jonson died #afcg4 ,francois ,fenelon born #afea4 ,daniel ,o',connell born #agge4 ,alfred1 ,lord ,tennyson1 born #ahji4 ,o well for him whose will is strong6 ,he suffers1 but he will not suffer long2 ,he suffers1 but he cannot suffer wrong2 ,for him nor moves the loud world's random mock1 ,not all ,calamity's hugest waves confound1 ,who seems a promontory rock1 ,that compassed round with turbulent sound1 ,in middle ocean meets the surging shock1 ,tempest-buffeted1 citadel-crowned4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,grandeur of character lies in force of soul--that is1 in the force of thought1 moral principle1 and love2 and this may be found in the humblest condition of life4 --,william ,ellery ,channing4 ,so then1 brethren1 stand fast4 --#b ,thessalonians #b4 #ae4 ,eternal ,god1 help me that ,i may not be deceived by my surroundings as ,i seek to have life abundantly4 ,instruct me that it is by the way of character that ,i must attain the laws of growth1 and learn reverence for the spirit of divine life4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,seventh ,battle of ,thermopylae ,b4,c4 #dhj4 ,frederick ,william 7,dean7 ,farrar born #ahca4 ,alexander ,m4 ,bell died #aije4 ,although a friend may remain faithful in misfortune1 yet none but the very best and loftiest will remain faithful to us after our errors and our sins4 --,dean ,farrar4 ,friendship is like a debt of honor3 the moment it is talked of it loses its real name1 and assumes the more ungrateful form of obligation4 ,from hence we find that those who regularly undertake to cultivate friendship find ingratitude generally repays their endeavors4 --,oliver ,goldsmith4 ,for even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue4 --,psalm #ada4 #e4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i ever continue to be thankful for the times thou hast helped me1 when ,i have asked for thy compassion2 may ,i recall the joy in which ,i received it1 when it may be mine to have compassion and extend a helping hand to others4 ,i pray that ,i may place my life where it will be stronger than adversity and controlled by sincerity and love4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,eighth ,charles ,a4 ,dana born #ahai4 ,laurence ,hutton born #ahdc4 ,cecile ,chaminade born #ahfa4 ,lo6 all the glory gone6 ,god's masterpiece undone6 ,the last created and the first to fall2 ,the noblest1 frailest1 godliest of all4 ,child of the humble sod1 ,wed with the breath of ,god1 ,descend6 for with the lowest thou must lie-- ,arise6 thou hast inherited the sky4 --,john ,b4 ,tabb4 ,far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations2 ,i cannot reach them1 but ,i can look up and see their beauty1 believe in them1 and try to follow where they lead4 --,louisa ,m4 ,alcott4 ,i will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains3 ,from whence shall my help come8 --,psalm #aba4 #a4 ,heavenly ,father1 may ,i see as ,i raise my eyes to the mountains that without the deep shadows there would be no vision of the high-light1 and still higher may ,i see that without the sun there would be no color to encircle the rainbow4 ,and beyond1 ,o ,father1 may ,i believe that without the shadow of the cross we could not have the glory of the resurrection4 ,may ,i keep the vision clear4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,ninth ,izaak ,walton born #aeic4 ,john ,dryden born #afca4 ,francis ,scott ,key born #aghj4 ,joseph ,jacques ,tissot died #aijb4 ,all habits gather1 by unseen degrees1 ,brooks make rivers1 rivers run to seas4 --,john ,dryden4 ,now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam1 ,in full glory reflected now shines on the stream2 ',tis the star-spangled banner2 ,o yet may it wave ,o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave6 --,francis ,scott ,key4 ,do not be troubled because you have not great virtues4 ,god made a million spears of grass where he made one tree4444 ,only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities1 and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint4 --,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,the reward of humility and the fear of ,jehovah ,is riches1 and honor1 and life4 --,proverbs #bb4 #d4 ,lord ,god1 who keepest truth to generations1 and who through love and wisdom hath gathered us into nations1 forgive me for what ,i have done that is wrong1 and for what ,i have neglected that was right4 ,may ,i give greater loyalty to my country and to thee4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,tenth ,founding of ,greenwich ,observatory #afge4 ,sir ,charles ,napier born #aghb4 ,george ,park ,fisher born #ahbg4 ,no one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,men at some time are masters of their fates3 ,the fault1 dear ,brutus1 is not in our stars1 ,but in ourselves1 that we are underlings4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,the greatest punishment one can have is to discover1 not how hard1 but how low he has fallen4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,o ,timothy1 guard that which is committed unto thee1 turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so-called4 --#a ,timothy #f4 #bj4 ,almighty ,god1 through thy mercies may ,i recognize my faults1 and correct any evil that is in me4 ,make me strong1 that ,i may not yield to temptation4 ,may ,i have regard for thy will and be prepared to take thy messages as they are flashed to the soul4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,eleventh ,jean ,victor ,moreau born #agfa4 ,octave ,feuillet born #ahba4 ,signer ,crispi died #aija4 ,heaven overreaches you and me1 ,and all earth's gardens and her graves4 ,look up with me1 until we see ,the day break and the shadows flee4 ,what though to-night wrecks you and me ,if so to-morrow saves8 --,christina ,g4 ,rossetti4 ,the essence of joy lies in the doing rather than in the result of the doing4 ,there is a lifelong and solid satisfaction in any productive labor1 manual or mental1 which is not pushed beyond the limit of strength4 --,charles ,w4 ,eliot4 ,show me thy ways1 ,o ,jehovah2 ,teach me thy paths4 ,guide me in thy truths1 and teach me4 --,psalm #be4 #d1 #e4 ,my ,father1 keep me where my eyes may look expectantly toward the dawn1 through the darkness4 ,take away everything that comes between me and the brightness of the morning4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twelfth ,robert ,southey born #aggd4 ,francis ,horner born #aggh4 ,edith ,thomas born #ahed4 ,katherine ,lee ,bates born #ahei4 ,our restlessness in this world seems to indicate that we are intended for a better4 ,we have all of us a longing after happiness2 and surely the ,creator will gratify all the natural desires he has implanted in us4 --,robert ,southey4 ,whenso my quick1 light-sandaled feet ,bring me where ,joys and ,pleasures meet1 ,i mingle with their throng at will2 ,they know me not an alien still1 ,since neither words nor ways unsweet ,of stored bitterness ,i spill2 ,youth shuns me not nor gladness fears1 ,for ,i go softly all my years4 --,edith ,thomas4 ,he hath swallowed up death forever2 and the ,lord ,jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces4 --,isaiah #be4 #h4 ,loving ,father1 help me to guard my inclinations4 ,may ,i be able to appreciate that though ,i may be restless from ambition1 ,i also may be restless through discontent4 ,correct my life1 that my desires may meet the true demands of my soul4 ,strengthen me with the power of calmness1 that ,i may go softly all my years1 even though ,i walk through the bitterness of sorrow4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,thirteenth ,jeremy ,taylor died #affg4 ,dr4 ,william ,wotton born #affi4 ,elizabeth ,stuart ,phelps ,ward born #ahdd4 ,elizabeth ,prentiss died #ahgh4 ,sir ,john ,millais died #ahif4 ,feeling the way--and all the way up hill2 ,but on the open summit1 calm and still1 ,the feet of ,christ are planted2 and they stand ,in view of all the quiet land4 ,feeling the way--and if the way is cold1 ,what matter8 since upon the fields of gold ,his breath is melting2 and the warm winds sing ,while rocking summer days for him4 --,elizabeth ,s4 ,phelps4 ,all the performances of human art1 at which we look with praise and wonder1 are instances of the resistless force of perseverance4 --,samuel ,johnson4 ,but abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of1 knowing of whom thou hast learned them4 ---#b ,timothy #c4 #ad4 ,my ,lord1 ,i would remember to ask thee this morning for that of which ,i seem to have most need4 ,may ,i have the will to keep my patience and realize the untold power of my words and actions4 ,give me thy peace1 not only to rest in1 but that ,i may have it to give to others4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,fourteenth ,dr4 ,meric ,casaubon born #aeii4 ,dr4 ,charles ,button born #agcg4 ,walter ,besant born #ahcf4 ,ernest ,thompson ,seton born #ahfj4 ,florence ,nightingale died #aiaj4 ,i count this thing to be grandly true1 ,that a noble deed is a step toward ,god2 ,lifting the soul from the common clod ,to a purer air and a broader view4 ,we rise by the things that are under our feet1 ,by what we have mastered of good or gain1 ,by the pride deposed and the passion slain1 ,and the vanquished ills that we hourly meet4 --,richard ,watson ,gilder4 ,no ,apostle of ,liberty much to my heart ever found ,i2 ,license each for himself1 this was at bottom their want4 ,liberator of many6 first dare to be ,servant of many2 ,what a business is that1 would'st thou know it1 go try6 --,goethe4 ,prove all things2 hold fast that which is good4 --#a ,thessalonians #e4 #ba4 ,gracious ,father1 if ,i may be beginning this day with an unclean purpose in my heart1 help me to clear it away2 if ,i may be trying to avoid some urgent duty1 make me ashamed to resist it4 ,keep away the desires that harm my life1 and that withhold the enjoyment of my common work4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,fifteenth ,jeremy ,taylor baptized #afac4 ,napoleon ,bonaparte born #agfi4 ,sir ,walter ,scott born #agga4 ,thomas de ,quincey born #aghe4 ,and do our loves all perish with our frames8 ,do those that took their root and put forth buds1 ,and their soft leaves unfolded in the warmth ,of mutual hearts1 grow up and live in beauty1 ,then fade and fall1 like fair1 unconscious flowers8 ,o1 listen1 man6 ,a voice within us speaks the startling word1 ,man1 thou shalt never die6 --,richard ,henry ,dana4 ,i am drawing near to the close of my career2 ,i am fast shuffling off the stage4 ,i have been perhaps the most voluminous author of the day2 and it is a comfort to me to think ,i have tried to unsettle no man's faith1 to corrupt no man's principle1 and that ,i have written nothing which on my deathbed ,i should wish blotted4 --,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,but concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you3 for ye yourselves are taught of ,god to love one another4 --#a ,thessalonians #d4 #i4 ,almighty ,god1 may ,i have that faith in eternal life which will make me careful of what ,i choose for my own and more careful of what ,i put in the lives of others4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,sixteenth ,ralph ,thoresby born #afeh4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,fuller died #affa4 ,dr4 ,matthew ,tindal died #agcc4 ,the secret of goodness and greatness is in choosing whom you will approach and live with1 in memory or imagination1 through the crowding obvious people who seem to live with you4 --,robert ,browning4 ,fair ,nature's book together read1 ,the old wood-paths that knew our tread1 ,the maple shadows overhead-- ,where'er ,i look1 where'er ,i stray1 ,thy thought goes with me on my way1 ,and hence the prayer ,i breathe to-day4 --,john ,greenleaf ,whittier4 ,shall two walk together1 except they have agreed8 --,amos #c4 #c4 ,lord ,god1 ,i thank thee for the delight of congenial companions and the memory of friendship4 ,may ,i not be quick to lose my friends through misunderstanding and selfishness4 ,may ,i be considerate and constant and be able to climb to the highest steeps of friendship4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,seventeenth ,dr4 ,william ,carey born #agfa4 ,david ,crockett born #aghf4 ,mary ,abigail ,dodge 7,gail ,hamilton7 died #ahif4 ,the destiny of nations lies far more in the hands of women--the mothers--than in the hands of those who possess power4 ,we must cultivate women1 who are educators of the human race1 else a new generation cannot accomplish its task4 --,froebel4 ,in an old continental town they will show you a prison in a tower1 and on all the stones of that prison within reach one word is carved--it is1 ,resist6 ,years ago a godly woman was for forty years immured in that dungeon1 and she spent her time in cutting with a piece of iron on every stone that one word1 for the strengthening of her own heart and for the benefit of all who might come after her1 ,resist6 ,resist6 ,resist6 --,j4,g4 ,mantle4 ,then ,mordecai bade them return answer unto ,esther1 ,think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house1 more than all the ,jews 444 and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this8 --,esther #d4 #ac1 #ad4 ,lord ,god1 give me wisdom to help relieve the ignorant and suffering4 ,may ,i strive in every way to free thy people1 that they may be uplifted in the progress of life4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,eighteenth ,virginia ,dare1 first ,english child born in ,america1 #aehg4 ,dr4 ,henry ,hammond born #afje4 ,robert ,williams ,buchanan born #ahda4 ,john ,russell born #agib4 ,pour out thy love like the rush of a river1 ,wasting its waters for ever and ever1 ,through the burnt sands that reward not the giver2 ,silent or songful thou nearest the sea4 ,scatter thy life as the summer showers pouring4 ,what if no bird through the pearl rain is soaring8 ,what if no blossom looks upward adoring8 ,look to the life that was lavished for thee4 --,unknown4 ,who is the happiest person8 ,he whose nature asks for nothing that the world does not wish and use4 --,goethe4 ,freely ye received1 freely give4 --,matthew #aj4 #h4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may have the sympathy that responds with consideration and devotion4 ,may it be a joy for me to give comfort and render service where ,i may help4 ,grant that ,i may not linger too long in happiness and miss thy blessings1 but remember that to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,nineteenth ,augustus ,caesar died ,a4,d4 #ad4 ,james ,watt died #ahai4 ,robert ,bloomfield died #ahbc4 ,honore ,balzac died #ahej4 ,it is written not1 ,blessed is he that feedeth the poor1 but ,blessed is he that considereth the poor4 ,and you know a little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,so pity never leaves the gentle breast ,where love has been received a welcome guest2 ,as wandering saints poor huts have sacred made1 ,he hallows every heart he once has swayed1 ,and1 when his presence we no longer share1 ,still leaves compassion as a relic there4 --,thomas ,sheridan4 ,if a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food1 and one of you say unto them1 ,go in peace1 be ye warmed and filled2 and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body2 what doth it profit8 --,james #b4 #af4 ,tender ,father1 help me to consider those who receive the crust of bread at my door2 for if it be needed it is asked for by sad and desperate lives4 ,make me conscious of thy mercy and help1 that ,i may be considerate for the one with the outstretched hand4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twentieth ,saint ,bernard died #aaec4 ,robert ,herrick born #aeia4 ,john and ,cornelius ,de ,witt killed #afgb4 ,francis ,asbury born #agde4 ,henry ,p4 ,liddon born #ahbi4 ,benjamin ,harrison1 ,ohio1 twenty-third ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahcc4 ,the busy world shoves angrily aside ,the man who stands with arms akimbo set ,until occasion tells him what to do2 ,and he who waits to have his task marked out ,shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,awake1 arise6 the hour is late6 ,angels are knocking at thy door6 ,they are in haste and cannot wait1 ,and once departed come no more4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,boast not thyself of to-morrow2 ,for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth4 --,proverbs #bg4 #a4 ,gracious ,father1 grant that ,i may not tarry so long1 that when ,i arrive ,i will hear1 ,too late1 too late1 ye cannot enter now2 but may ,i be so persistent with every day that when ,i arrive ,i may be ready as well as on time4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,first ,lady ,mary ,montagu died #agfb4 ,jules ,michelet born #agih4 ,john ,tyndall born #ahbj4 ,let us never be afraid of innocent joy2 ,god is good and what he does is well done2 resign yourself to everything1 even happiness2 ask for the spirit of sacrifice1 of detachment1 of renunciation1 and above all1 for the spirit of joy and gratitude4 --,amiel4 ,that's the wise thrush2 ,he sings each song twice over1 ,lest you should think he never could recapture ,the first fine careless rapture6 --,robert ,browning4 ,and these things we write1 that our joy may be made full4 --#a ,john #a4 #d4 ,lord ,god1 help me to keep the things under my feet that are inclined to destroy happiness4 ,show me clearly the line which divides right and wrong1 that ,i may not fear the censure of the world4 ,help me to act with good judgment and be calm in obeying thy laws4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,second ,john ,b4 ,gough born #ahag4 ,warren ,hastings died #ahah4 ,g4 ,w4 ,de ,long born #ahdd4 ,i never saw a moor1 ,i never saw the sea2 ,yet know ,i how a heather looks ,and what a wave must be4 ,i never spoke with ,god1 ,nor visited in heaven2 ,yet certain am ,i of the spot ,as if the chart were given4 --,emily ,dickinson4 ,i don't want to possess a faith2 ,i want a faith which will possess me4 --,charles ,kingsley4 ,not by might1 nor by power1 but by my ,spirit1 saith ,jehovah of hosts4 --,zechariah #d4 #f4 ,my ,father1 may there be no room in my soul for doubt4 ,help me to be cautious and careful that my own neglect and carelessness may not cause the loss of my faith4 ,may ,i be trustful as ,i look for the great light that guides me over the uncertain way4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,third ,rowland ,hill born #agdd4 ,louis ,,xvi born #aged4 ,william ,e4 ,henley born #ahdi4 ,out of the night that covers me1 ,black as the ,pit from pole to pole1 ,i thank whatever gods may be ,for my unconquerable soul4 ,it matters not how strait the gate1 ,how charged with punishments the scroll1 ,i am master of my fate1 ,i am the captain of my soul4 --,w4 ,e4 ,henley4 ,a man who has borne himself honorably through a whole life makes an action honorable which might appear ambiguous in others4 --,goethe4 ,wherefore1 my beloved brethren1 be ye steadfast1 unmovable4 --#a ,corinthians #ae4 #eh4 ,father of mercy1 ,i beseech thee to protect me in my endeavors as ,i try to live my ideals4 ,may ,i not choose unnecessary burdens1 and when ,i most need to be strong find that ,i have lived in that which has weakened my life4 ,i ask for a clear mind and a strong heart that ,i may be ,captain of my soul4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,fourth ,william ,wilberforce born #agei4 ,william ,thomas ,moncrieff born #agid4 ,theodore ,parker born #ahaj4 ,give me1 ,lord1 eyes to behold the truth2 ,a seeing sense that knows the eternal right2 ,a heart with pity filled1 and gentlest ruth2 ,a manly faith that makes all darkness light3 ,give me the power to labor for mankind2 ,make me the mouth of such as cannot speak2 ,eyes let me be to groping men and blind4 --,theodore ,parker4 ,love's hearts are faithful1 but not fond1 ,bound for the just1 but not beyond2 ,not glad1 as the low-loving herd1 ,of self in other still preferred1 ,but they have heartily designed ,the benefit of broad mankind4 ,and they serve men austerely1 ,after their own genius1 clearly1 ,without a false humility4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,herein ,i also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offense toward ,god and men always4 --,acts #bd4 #af4 ,heavenly ,father1 help me to-day to look into my heart and see the truth of my life1 and show me thy heart that ,i may see the truth of life4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,fifth ,thomas ,chatterton died #aggj4 ,sir ,william ,herschel died #ahbb4 ,francis ,bret ,harte died #aijb4 ,o teach me in the trying hour1 ,when anguish swells the dewy tear1 ,to still my sorrows1 own thy power1 ,thy goodness love1 thy justice fear4 ,then why1 my soul1 dost thou complain8 ,why drooping seek the dark recess8 ,shake off the melancholy chain1 ,for ,god created all to bless4 --,thomas ,chatterton4 ,each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows which show like grief itself1 but are not so3 ,for sorrow's eye1 glazed with blinding tears1 ,divides one thing entire to many shadows4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,why art thou cast down1 ,o my soul8 ,and why art thou disquieted within me8 ,hope thou in ,god4 --,psalm #db4 #e4 ,loving ,father1 forbid that ,i should be lonesome1 and forget thou art my friend3 and may ,i not pass over thy mercies while waiting for thy compassion4 ,help me to find contentment in the inheritances of the earth1 where ,i may always draw from thee4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,sixth ,sir ,robert ,walpole born #afgf4 ,adam ,clarke died #ahcb4 ,henry ,fawcett born #ahcc4 ,lord1 for to-morrow and its needs ,i do not pray2 ,keep me1 my ,god1 from stain of sin ,just for to-day4 ,help me to labor earnestly1 ,and duly pray2 ,let me be kind in word and deed1 ,father1 to-day4 ,let me no wrong or idle word ,unthinking say2 ,set thou a seal upon my lips ,through all to-day4 ,let me in season1 ,lord1 be grave1 ,in season gay2 ,let me be faithful to thy grace1 ,dear ,lord1 to-day4 --,ernest ,wilberforce4 ,and which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life8 --,matthew #f4 #bg4 ,my ,lord1 ,i pray that thou wilt control my life1 and bless the going out of my work1 be it ever so great or small4 ,help me to realize the necessity of earnestness1 that ,i may work while it is to-day1 and ,i have the light1 and not wait for the night1 when it is too dark for work to be done4 ,may ,i be faithful in my work until it is completed4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,seventh ,william ,woollett born #agce4 ,james ,thomson died #agdh4 ,george ,w4 ,f4 ,hegel born #aggj4 ,who are thy playmates1 boy8 ,my favorite is joy1 ,who brings with him his sister ,peace1 to stay ,the livelong day4 ,i love them both2 but he ,is most to me6 ,and where are thy playmates now1 ,o man of sober brow8 ,alas6 dear joy1 the merriest is dead1 ,but ,i have wed ,peace2 and our babe1 a boy ,newborn1 is joy4 --,john ,b4 ,tabb4 ,depart from evil1 and do good2 ,seek peace1 and pursue it4 --,psalm #cd4 #ad4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i realize more my dependence on thee for the joys of life4 ,i pray that as ,i accept thy gifts ,i will not neglect to take the peace and happiness which thou dost give with them4 ,grant that ,i may have the bright hope and cheerful courage that is the experience of power and truth4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,eighth ,johann ,w4 von ,goethe born #agdi4 ,ormsby ,mac,knight ,mitchel born #ahji4 ,jones ,very born #ahac4 ,count ,lyoff 7,leo7 ,tolstoy born #ahbh4 ,sir ,edward ,burne-,jones born #ahcc4 ,leigh ,hunt died #ahei4 ,all truly wise thoughts have been already thought a thousand times2 but to make them truly ours we must think them over again honestly1 till they take firm root in our personal experience4 --,goethe4 ,the light that fills thy house at morn ,thou canst not for thyself retain2 ,but all who with thee here are born ,it bids to share an equal gain4 ,the wave1 the blue encircling wave1 ,no chain can bind1 no fetter hold2 ,its thunders tell of ,him who gave ,what none can ever buy for gold4 --,jones ,very4 ,and the glory which thou hast given me ,i have given unto them --,john #ag4 #bb4 ,father of love1 ,i thank thee for thy daily love and for thy daily bread4 ,may ,i feel that thy gifts are for all1 and not mine to keep and store from those who are in need4 ,help me as ,i say1 ,thy will be done to me1 to so will it to others4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,twenty-,,ninth ,john ,locke born #afcb4 ,john ,fawcett born #agfh4 ,frederick ,d4 ,maurice born #ahje4 ,oliver ,wendell ,holmes born #ahji4 ,maurice ,maeterlinck born #ahfb4 ,build thee more stately mansions1 ,o my soul1 ,as the swift seasons roll6 ,leave thy low-vaulted past6 ,let each new temple1 nobler than the last1 ,shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast1 ,till thou at length art free1 ,leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea6 --,oliver ,wendell ,holmes4 ,we all live in the sublime4 ,where else can we live8 ,that is the only place of life4 ,though you have but a little room1 do you fancy that ,god is not there1 too1 and it is impossible to live therein a life that shall be somewhat lofty8 ,do you imagine that you can possibly be alone1 that love can be a thing one knows1 a thing one sees2 that events can be weighed like the gold and silver of ransom8 --,maurice ,maeterlinck4 ,my soul waiteth in silence for ,god only3 ,from him cometh my salvation4 --,psalm #fb4 #a4 ,loving ,father1 help me to live1 that my spirit may always dwell in thy protecting love4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,thirtieth ,cleopatra died ,b4 ,c4 #cj4 ,william ,paley born #agdc4 ,julian ,a4 ,weir born #aheb4 ,thyself and thy belongings ,are not thine own so proper as to waste ,thyself upon thy virtues1 they on thee4 ,heaven doth with us as we with torches do1 ,not light them for themselves2 for if our virtues ,did not go forth of us1 'twere all alike ,as if we had them not4 ,spirits are not finely touched ,but to fine issues1 nor ,nature never lends ,the smallest scruple of her excellence1 ,but1 like a thrifty goddess1 she determines ,herself the glory of a creditor1 ,both thanks and use4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,brethren1 be ye imitators together of me1 and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample4 --,philippians #c4 #ag4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not let my life become commonplace through habit4 ,may ,i not be content to rest in my virtues and let the days pass neglected4 ,awaken my dull satisfactions to a desire to live for the greatest1 that ,i may have the greatest to live for4 ,amen4 ,,august ,,thirty-,,first ,john ,bunyan died #afhf4 ,charles ,james ,lever born #ahjf4 ,theophile ,gautier born #ahaa4 ,queen ,wilhelmina of ,holland born #ahhj4 ,let us be patient1 and endure a while2 the time may come that ,god may give us a happy release2 but let us not be our own murderers4 --,john ,bunyan4 ,he that is down need fear no fall2 ,he that is low no pride2 ,he that is humble ever shall ,have ,god to be his guide4 --,john ,bunyan4 ,time delivers fools from grief and reason wise men4 --,epictetus4 ,for our light affliction1 which is for the moment1 worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory4 --#b ,corinthians #d4 #ag4 ,my ,lord1 if ,i may be walking through fields that are rough with grief and care1 may ,i have the courage to continue on to the smooth pastures1 where ,i may walk with comfort and peace4 ,may ,i not let the weariness and sorrow that may come to my heart to-day dwarf my hope and enjoyment of the future4 ,amen4 ,,september ,go forth at eventide1 ,the eventide of summer1 when the trees ,yield their frail honors to the passing breeze1 ,and woodland paths with autumn tints are dyed2 ,when the mild sun his paling luster shrouds ,in gorgeous draperies of golden clouds1 ,then wander forth1 mid beauty and decay1 ,to meditate alone--alone to watch and pray4 --,emma ,c4 ,embury4 ,,september ,,first ,edward ,alleyn born #aeff4 ,lydia ,sigourney born #agia4 ,james ,gordon ,bennett1 ,sr41 born #agie4 ,william ,stanley ,jevons born #ahce4 ,o ye1 who proudly boast1 ,in your veins1 the blood of sires like these1 ,look to their lineaments4 ,dread lest ye lose ,their likeness in your sons4 ,should mammon cling ,too close around your heart1 or wealth beget ,that bloated luxury which eats the core ,from manly virtue1 or the tempting world ,make faint the ,christian purpose in your soul1 ,turn ye to ,plymouth ,rock1 and where they knelt ,kneel1 and renew the vow they breathed to ,god4 --,lydia ,sigourney4 ,educate children without religion1 and you make a race of clever devils4 --,duke of ,wellington4 ,remember his covenant for ever1 ,the word which he commanded to a thousand generations4 --#a ,chronicles #af4 #ae4 ,o ,lord of wisdom1 kindle me with a love for true knowledge1 that ,i may strive1 in the moments ,i have now1 to culture my life4 ,not by might1 not by power1 but by thy spirit1 ,o ,lord1 may ,i learn and teach thy children4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,second ,john ,howard born #agbf4 ,henry ,george born #ahci4 ,george ,r4 ,sims born #ahdb4 ,eugene ,field born #ahej4 ,newell ,dwight ,hillis born #aheh4 ,and thus we sat in darkness1 ,each one busy in his prayer2 ,we are lost6 the captain shouted1 ,as he staggered down the stair4 ,but the little daughter whispered1 ,as she took his icy hand1 ,isn't ,god upon the ocean1 ,just the same as on the land8 --,eugene ,field4 ,happiness is through helpfulness4 ,every morning let us build a booth to shelter some one from life's fierce heat4 ,every noon let us dig some life-spring for thirsty lips4 --,newell ,dwight ,hillis4 ,jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him1 ,to all that call upon1 him in truth4 --,psalm #ade4 #ah4 ,heavenly ,father1 may ,i live that my spirit may never feel lost from thee2 and when ,i am in great need of thee1 even unto death1 may ,i know that thou art very near4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,third ,oliver ,cromwell died #afeh4 ,george ,lillo died #agci4 ,bishop ,james ,harrington born #ahdg4 ,sarah ,orne ,jewett born #ahdi4 ,love thyself last3 cherish those hearts that hate thee3 ,corruption wins not more than honesty4 ,still in thy right hand carry peace1 ,to silence envious tongues4 ,be just and fear not3 ,let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's1 ,thy ,god's and truth's2 then if thou fallest1 ,o ,cromwell1 ,thou fallest a blessed martyr4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,surely1 the only true knowledge of our fellow man is that which enables us to feel with him1 which gives us a fine ear for the heart-pulses that are beating under the mere clothes of circumstance and opinion4 --,george ,eliot4 ,with all lowliness and meekness1 with long-suffering1 forbearing one another in love4 --,ephesians #d4 #b4 ,lord1 give thy people consistency of judgment1 one heart1 and mutual love2 and go on to deliver them1 and with the work of the reformation2 and make the name of ,christ glorious in the world4 ,teach those who look too much on thy instruments to depend more upon thyself4 ,pardon the folly of this short prayer3 ,even for ,christ's sake4 ,and give us a good night1 if it be thy pleasure4 ,amen4 --,prayer by ,oliver ,cromwell1 just before death4 ,,september ,,fourth ,pindar1 poet1 born ,b4 ,c4 #ebb4 ,william ,e4 ,dodge born #ahje4 ,phoebe ,cary born #ahbd4 ,sir ,wilfred ,lawson born #ahbi4 ,i ask not wealth1 but power to take ,and use the things ,i have1 aright2 ,not years1 but wisdom that shall make ,my life a profit and delight4 --,phcebe ,gary4 ,another day may bring another mind1 ,a mind to learn when there is none to teach2 ,to follow when no leader we can find2 ,to enjoy when good is now beyond our reach4 ,a better mind1 but not a better time1 ,a mind to will1 but not a time to do ,what had been done1 if we in life's bright prime1 ,when ,god was ready1 had been ready too4 --,thomas ,t4 ,lynch4 ,give diligence to present thyself approved unto ,god1 a workman that needeth not to be ashamed4 --#b ,timothy #b4 #ae4 ,my ,father1 help me to have lofty thoughts1 and may ,i not be content until they are carried into purpose4 ,help me to conquer that which will keep me from an act of happiness1 and grant that by thinking of that which is pure1 and doing that which is good1 ,i may be made helpful and true4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,fifth ,catherine ,parr died #aedh4 ,cardinal ,richelieu born #aehe4 ,robert ,fergusson born #agej4 ,giacomo ,meyerbeer born #agia4 ,richard ,c4 ,trench born #ahjg4 ,be patient6 ,o1 be patient6 ,put your ear against the earth2 ,listen there how noiselessly the germ o' the seed has birth-- ,how noiselessly and gently it upheaves its little way1 ,till it parts the scarcely broken ground1 and the blade stands up in day4 ,be patient6 ,o1 be patient6--though yet our hopes are green1 ,the harvest fields of freedom shall be crowned with sunny sheen4 ,be ripening6 be ripening--mature your silent way1 ,till the whole broad land is tongued with fire on freedom's harvest day4 --,richard ,c4 ,trench4 ,and let patience have its perfect work1 that ye may be perfect and entire1 lacking in nothing4 --,james #a4 #d4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to see the truth as thou hast made it1 and may ,i not be indifferent to the beauty and patience of the earth's revelations4 ,may ,i not mistake indolence for patient ambition1 which ,i would have for anxious hours1 and which ,i need for my heart's desires4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,sixth ,moses ,mendelssohn born #agbi4 ,marquis de ,lafayette born #ageg4 ,jane ,addams born #ahfj4 ,god will not seek thy race1 ,nor will he ask thy birth2 ,alone he will demand of thee1 ,what hast thou done on earth8 --,persian4 ,one dreams of the time when the interest and capacity of each person shall be studied with reference to the industry about to be undertaken4 --,jane ,addams4 ,honor is purchased by deeds we do1 honor is not won1 until some honorable deed is done4 --,sir ,christopher ,marlowe4 ,in diligence not slothful2 fervent in spirit2 serving the ,lord4 --,romans #ab4 #aa4 ,gracious ,father1 wilt thou bring to my mind and heart the important things which are needed in preparing life4 ,help me to use the strength that is given to me for to-day1 that ,i may not have to give to-morrow to learning what ,i should have known4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,seventh ,queen ,elizabeth born #aecc4 ,comte de ,buffon born #agjg4 ,victorien ,sardou born #ahca4 ,hannah ,more died #ahcc4 ,john ,g4 ,whittier died #ahib4 ,side by side ,in the low sunshine by the turban stone ,they knelt2 each made his brother's woe his own1 ,forgetting1 in the agony and stress ,of pitying love1 his claim of selfishness2 ,peace1 for his friend besought1 his own became2 ,his prayers were answered in another's name2 ,and when at last they rose up to embrace1 ,each saw ,god's pardon in his brother's face4 --,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,my care is like my shadow in the sun1 ,follows me flying1 flies when ,i pursue it2 ,stands and lies by me1 does what ,i have done1 ,this too familiar care does make me rue it4 ,no means ,i find to rid him from my breast1 ,till by the end of things it be suppressed4 --,queen ,elizabeth4 ,bear ye one another's burdens1 and so fulfill the law of ,christ4 --,galatians #f4 #b4 ,lord ,god1 help me to look for those who are in need of help4 ,forgive me for my failures1 and may ,i gather up my broken promises and try to redeem them4 ,i ask for thy forgiveness1 as ,i ask that thou wilt help me to forgive them who may have trespassed against me4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,eighth ,richard ,coeur de ,lion born #aaeg4 ,a4,w4 ,schlegel born #agfg4 ,antonin ,dvorak born #ahda4 ,all service ranks the same with ,god1-- ,with ,god1 whose puppets1 best and worst1 ,are we3 there is no last nor first4 --,robert ,browning4 ,thou needest not man's little life of years1 ,save that he gather wisdom from them all2 ,that in thy fear he lose all other fears1 ,and in thy calling heed no other call4 ,then shall he be thy child to know thy care1 ,and in thy ,self the eternal ,sabbath share4 --,jones ,very4 ,he that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul2 ,but he that is careless of his ways shall die4 --,proverbs #aia4 #f4 ,my ,lord1 forbid that ,i should want to live to be known only for power and pride4 ,help me to strive for that which is helpful and lovely4 ,may ,i never be restrained from thee1 but delight to follow in thy way4 ,help me to be obedient to thy laws1 that ,i may learn thy truths4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,ninth ,battle of ,flodden4 ,james the ,fourth of ,scotland killed #aeac4 ,luigi ,galvani born #agcg4 ,then welcome each rebuff ,that turns earth's smoothness rough1 ,each sting that bids nor sit1 nor stand but go6 ,be our joys three-parts pain6 ,strive and hold cheap the strain2 ,learn1 nor account the pang2 dare1 never grudge the throe4 --,robert ,browning4 ,life without industry is guilt2 and industry without art is brutality4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,blessed is the man that endureth temptation2 for when he hath been approved1 he shall receive the crown of life4 --,james #a4 #ab4 ,almighty ,god1 help me as ,i start this day to remember how easy it is to drive the peace from it4 ,may ,i do my best to keep it1 and defy any indolence or disposition1 that may make me spoil it4 ,may ,i lay me down at night in peace and sleep because of the contentment that has filled the hours4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,tenth ,william the ,conqueror died #ajhg4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,sheridan died #aghh4 ,mungo ,park born #agga4 ,mrs4 ,godwin 7,mary ,wollstonecraft7 died #agig4 ,let the wind blow east1 west1 north1 or south1 the immortal soul will take its flight to the destined point4 --,thomas ,sheridan4 ,he is void of true taste who strives to have his house admired by decorating it with showish outside2 but to adorn our character by gentleness of a communicative temper is a proof of good taste and good nature --,epictetus4 ,let fortune empty her whole quiver on me4 ,i have a soul that1 like an empty shield1 ,can take it all1 and verge enough for more4 --,thomas ,dryden4 ,the ,lord will deliver me from every evil work1 and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom4 --#b ,timothy #d4 #ah4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i bless thee that it is thou who brought me to live on earth2 and ,i rejoice that it is thou who wilt judge my life when thou takest me away4 ,may ,i be saving thy rich gifts that ,i may not be found poor2 and may ,i be worthy to receive thine inheritance and hear thee say1 ,well done4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,eleventh ,battle of ,marathon ,b4 ,c4 #dij4 ,william ,lowth born #affa4 ,james ,thomson born #agjj4 ,but what is virtue but repose of mind1 ,a pure ethereal calm1 that knows no storm2 ,above the reach of wild ambitious wind1 ,above the passions that this world deform4 --,james ,thomson4 ,and if ,i pray1 the only prayer ,that moves my lips for me ,is1 ,leave the heart that now ,i bear1 ,and give me liberty6 ,yes1 as my swift days near their goal1 ',tis all that ,i implore2 ,in life and death1 a chainless soul ,with courage to endure4 --,emily ,bronte4 ,cast not away therefore your boldness1 which hath great recompense of reward4 --,hebrews #aj4 #ce4 ,tender ,father1 may ,i pause this morning to look at that which ,i keep uppermost in my life2 and if it may not be worthy of thy esteem1 may ,i be bold enough to revise my ideals4 ,with thy compassion may ,i free my heart and mind of all unworthiness1 and be given endurance to restore the empty places4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twelfth ,jean-,philippe ,rameau born #afic4 ,griffith ,jones died #aghf4 ,charles ,dudley ,warner born #ahbi4 ,our duty is to be useful1 not according to our desires1 but according to our powers4 --,amiel4 ,how good is man's life1 the mere living6 how fit to employ ,all the heart and the soul and the senses for ever in joy6 --,robert ,browning4 ,do something6 ,no man is born with a mortgage on his soul2 but every man is born a debtor to ,time4 ,meet this obligation before you find too late that your life is impoverished and you cannot redeem it4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,let him labor1 working with his hands the thing that is good1 that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need4 --,ephesians #d4 #bh4 ,my ,father1 what ,i have left out of my life ,i know ,i cannot recover now4 ,i pray that ,i may give the best to what is left4 ,make me deliberate1 that ,i may prove my earnestness4 ,make me industrious1 that ,i may use my best resources to develop my life and further thy kingdom4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,thirteenth ,william ,cecil born #aebj4 ,michael de ,montaigne died #aeib4 ,general ,wolfe died #agei4 ,charles ,james ,fox died #ahjf4 ,and thou1 ,o river of to-morrow1 flowing ,between thy narrow adamantine walls1 ,but beautiful1 and white with waterfalls ,and wreaths of mist1 like hands the pathway showing2 ,i hear the trumpets of the morning blowing4 ,it is the mystery of the unknown ,that fascinates us2 we are children still1 ,wayward and wistful2 with one hand we cling ,to the familiar things we call our own1 ,and with the other1 resolute of will1 ,grope in the dark for what the day will bring4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,behold1 happy is the man whom ,god correcteth4 --,job #e4 #ag4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i pray that thou wilt help me to correct my life to-day that ,i may know a better way to-morrow2 and may ,i be mindful and try to do right4 ,grant that ,i may be patient and kind if ,i may be sick or in need1 and always keep uppermost the faith of deliverance and eternal care4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,fourteenth ,alighieri ,dante died #acba4 ,alexander ,baron von ,humboldt born #agfi4 ,julia ,magruder born #ahed4 ,charles ,dana ,gibson born #ahfg4 ,since it is ,providence that determines the fates of men1 their inner nature is thus brought into unison4 ,there is such harmony1 as in all things of nature1 that one might explain the whole without referring to a higher ,providence4 ,but this only proves the more clearly and certainly this higher ,providence1 which has given existence to this harmony4 --,wilhelm von ,humboldt4 ,the good mariner1 when he draws near the port1 furls his sails and enters it softly2 so ought we to lower the sails of our worldly operations1 and turn to ,god with all heart and understanding4 --,dante4 ,thy righteousness is like the mountains of ,god2 ,thy judgments are a great deep3 ,o ,jehovah1 thou preservest man and beast4 --,psalm #cf4 #f4 ,my ,father in heaven1 may ,i hear thy voice to-day6 ,may ,i be quiet as ,i listen to thee4 ,above the clamor of the crowd may ,i hear thee calling me4 ,may ,i hear thee in my joys and in my sorrows2 in my work and in my leisure4 ,may ,i listen to thee oftener1 that ,i may be familiar with thy ways4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,fifteenth ,james ,fenimore ,cooper born #aghi4 ,louis ,joseph ,martel born #ahac4 ,porfirio ,diaz born #ahcj4 ,william ,howard ,taft1 ,ohio1 twenty-sixth ,president ,united ,states1 born #aheg4 ,friendship is one of the cheapest and most accessible of pleasures2 it requires no outlay and no very serious expenditure of time or trouble4 ,it is quite easy to make friends1 if one wants to444 ,there is surely no greater pleasure in the world than to feel one is needed1 welcomed1 missed1 and loved4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,friendship is love without his wings4 --,william ,h4 ,taft 7from ,byron74 ,without sympathy1 in the highest sense of intellectual penetration1 kindness may be a folly1 and intended aid1 oppression4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,he that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction2 but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother4 --,proverbs #ah4 #bd4 ,my ,father1 may ,i know the delight of true friendship which is responsive and sincere4 ,may ,i never feel so secure in myself that ,i will cease to want friends1 or be so dependent on others that ,i will be continually seeking them4 ,may ,i understand the value of having a stanch friend and of being one4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,sixteenth ,gabriel ,d4 ,fahrenheit died #agcf4 ,w4 ,augustus ,muhlenberg born #agif4 ,francis ,parkman born #ahbc4 ,yes1 to this thought ,i hold with firm persistence-- ,the last result of wisdom stamps it true3 ,he only earns his freedom and existence ,who daily conquers them anew4 --,goethe4 ,for thee hath been dawning ,another blue day2 ,look how thou let it ,slip empty away4 --,goethe4 ,happy the man1 and happy he alone1 ,who can call to-day his own3 ,he who1 secure within1 can say1 ,to-morrow1 do thy worst1 for ,i have lived to-day4 --,john ,dryden4 ,arise1 shine2 for thy light is come1 and the glory of ,jehovah is risen upon thee4 --,isaiah #fj4 #a4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to be alert this morning and select the noblest that is in to-day4 ,may ,i be diligent and not find in the evening that ,i have been unworthy of the day4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,seventeenth ,samuel ,prout born #aghc4 ,dr4 ,john ,kidd died #ahea4 ,walter ,savage ,landor died #ahfd4 ,in the hour of distress and misery the eye of every mortal turns to friendship2 in the hour of gladness and conviviality1 what is your want8 ,it is friendship4 ,when the heart overflows with gratitude or with other sweet and sacred sentiment1 what is the word to which it would give utterance8 ,a friend4 --,walter ,savage ,landor4 ,the hurried quest of some people to get hold of new friends is so perpetual that they never have time to get acquainted with anyone4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,thine own friend1 and thy father's friend1 forsake not2 ,and go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity3 ,better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off4 --,proverbs #bg4 #aj4 ,my ,lord and my ,friend1 ,i pray that my sympathy may be sincere and comforting1 and with a glad heart ,i may bring rejoicing to my friends4 ,may ,i learn from thee how ,i may be a permanent friend4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,eighteenth ,trajan1 ,roman emperor1 born #aehd4 ,james ,shirley born #aeif4 ,samuel ,johnson born #agji4 ,joseph ,story born #aggi4 ,there is no greater happiness than to be able to look on a life usefully and virtuously employed3 to trace our own purposes in existence by such tokens that excite neither shame nor sorrow4 --,dr4 ,johnson4 ,the perfect poise that comes-from self-control1 ,the poetry of action1 rhythmic1 sweet-- ,the unvexed music of the body and soul ,that the ,greeks dreamed of1 made at last complete4 ,our stumbling lives attain not such a bliss2 ,too often1 while the air we vainly beat1 ,love's perfect law of liberty we miss4 --,annie ,matheson4 ,brethren1 ,i have lived before ,god in all good conscience until this day4 --,acts #bc4 #a4 ,heavenly ,father1 may ,i not confuse my life with rebellion1 but through thy guidance find peace4 ,help me through the perplexities that may keep me from the quietness of to-day4 ,keep me in sight of the great plan of life1 that ,i may grow steadfastly toward thee4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,nineteenth ,battle of ,poitiers #acef4 ,hartley ,coleridge born #agif4 ,president ,garfield died #ahha4 ,be not afraid to pray--to pray is right4 ,pray if thou canst1 with hope2 but ever pray ,though hope be weak1 or sick with long delay2 ,pray in the darkness1 if there be no light4 ,far is the time1 remote from human sight1 ,when war and discord on earth shall cease3 ,yet every prayer for universal peace ,avails the time to expedite4 --,hartley ,coleridge4 ,more things are wrought by prayer ,than the world dreams of4 ,wherefore let thy voice ,rise like a fountain for me night and day4 ,for what are men better than sheep or goats ,that nourish a blind life within the brain1 ,if1 knowing ,god1 they lift not hands of prayer ,both for themselves and those who call them friend8 ,for so the whole world is every way ,bound by gold chains about the feet of ,god4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,continue stedfastly in prayer1 watching therein with thanksgiving4 --,colossians #d4 #b4 ,o ,lord1 give me the desire to pray1 and teach me to pray as thou wouldst have my needs4 ,sustain me1 that ,i may overcome my weaknesses1 and strengthen me1 that ,i may have thine approval4 ,may ,i be reverent and unselfish as ,i come to thee in prayer4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twentieth ,battle of ,salamis ,b4 ,c4 #dhj4 ,alexander the ,great born ,b4 ,c4 #cef4 ,robert ,emmet died #ahjc4 ,david ,ross ,locke 7,petroleum ,v4 ,nasby7 born #ahcc4 ',tis weary watching wave by wave1 ,and yet the tide heaves onward2 ,we climb1 like corals1 grave by grave1 ,that pave a pathway sunward4 ,we're driven back1 for our next fray ,a newer strength to borrow2 ,and where the vanguard camps to-day1 ,the rear shall rest to-morrow4 --,gerald ,massey4 ,be like the bird1 that1 pausing in her flight ,a while on boughs too slight1 ,feels them give way beneath her1 and yet sings1 ,knowing that she hath wings4 --,victor ,hugo4 ,trust in ,jehovah1 and do good2 ,dwell in the land1 and feed on his faithfulness4 --,psalm #cg4 #c4 ,eternal ,god1 help me to realize that life is not only endless but1 whether ,i live in love and obedience1 or wait in neglect and indifference1 that ,i can never separate myself from thee4 ,may ,i be diligent in worthy endeavors to do my best for thee4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,first ,girolamo ,savonarola born #adeb4 ,emperor ,charles ,v died #aeeh4 ,sir ,walter ,scott died #ahcb4 ,it is the secret sympathy1 ,the silver link1 the silken tie1 ,which heart to heart and mind to mind ,in body and in soul can bind4 --,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,no action1 whether foul or fair1 ,is ever done1 but it carves somewhere ,a record1 written by fingers ghostly1 ,as a blessing or a curse1 and mostly ,in the greater weakness or greater strength ,of the acts which follow it4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,and he said unto them1 ,look on me1 and do likewise3 and1 behold1 when ,i come to the outermost part of the camp1 it shall be that1 as ,i do1 so shall ye do4 --,judges #g4 #ag4 ,loving ,father1 may ,i remember that from the beginning1 all things were created beautiful and were given for love4 ,i pray that ,i may be willing to be guided to the beautiful things of life and receive from them the delight of thy love4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,second ,peter ,simon ,pallas born #agda4 ,michael ,faraday born #agia4 ,theodore ,edward ,hook born #aghh4 ,man learns to swim by being tossed into life's maelstrom and left to make his way ashore4 ,no youth can learn to sail his life-craft in a lake sequestered and sheltered from all the storms1 where other vessels never come4 ,skill comes through sailing one's craft amidst rocks and bars and opposing fleets1 amidst storms and whirls and counter currents4 --,newell ,dwight ,hillis4 ,o1 a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce1 ,or a trouble is what you make it6 ,and it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts1 ,but only--how did you take it8 --,edmund ,c4 ,vance4 ,and thus1 having patiently endured1 he obtained the promise4 --,hebrews #f4 #ae4 ,tender ,father1 may ,i not encourage the disposition to enlarge and make much of the troubles and disappointments of life1 and make light of the joys and privileges4 ,i pray that ,i may keep a large place for happiness4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,third ,karl ,theodore ,koerner born #agia4 ,hjalmar ,hjorth ,boyesen born #ahdh4 ,wilkie ,collins died #ahhi4 ,m4,f4,h4 ,de ,haas died #ahie4 ,when over the fair fame of friend or foe ,the shadow of disgrace shall fall2 instead ,of words to blame1 or reproof of thus and so1 ,let something good be said4 ,forget not that no fellow-being yet ,may fall so low but love may lift his head2 ,even the cheek of shame with tears is wet ,if something good be said4 --,author unknown4 ,the right ,christian mind will 444 find its own image wherever it exists2 it will seek for what it loves1 and draw out of all dens and caves1 and it will believe in its being1 often when it cannot see it2 and so it will lie lovingly over the faults and rough places of the human heart1 as the snow from heaven does over the hard1 and black1 and broken mountain rocks4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,to him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend4 --,job #f4 #ad4 ,lord ,god1 grant that after years of climbing ,i may not find the mist in my soul has dulled the vision of thy glory4 ,keep me from the habit of looking for faults1 and missing the virtues in others4 ,forbid that ,i should be so occupied in taking measure of other lives that ,i neglect to measure my own4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,fourth ,john ,marshall born #agee4 ,zachary ,taylor1 ,virginia1 twelfth ,president ,united ,states1 born #aghd4 ,s4,r4 ,crockett born #ahfj4 ,get the truth once uttered1 and 'tis like ,a star newborn that drops into its place1 ,and which1 once circling in its placid round1 ,not all the tumult of the earth can shake4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,if you would be well spoken of1 learn to speak well of others4 ,and when you have learned to speak well of them1 endeavor likewise to do well to them2 and reap the fruit of being well spoken of by them4 --,epictetus4 ,he that slandereth not with his tongue1 ,nor doeth evil to his friend1 ,nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor2 ,he that doeth these things shall never be moved4 --,psalm #ae4 #c1 #e4 ,lord ,god1 ,i bless thee for the lives of men and women who are willing to be led by the truth1 and who are worthy to follow thee4 ,i pray that thou wilt make me truthful1 and keep me steadfast1 that none may go astray by the uncertainty of my way4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,fifth ,william ,romaine born #agad4 ,felicia ,d4 ,hemans born #agic4 ,w4,m4 ,rossetti born #ahbi4 ,not as the conqueror comes1 ,they1 the true-hearted1 came2 ,not with the roll of the stirring drums1 ,and the trumpet songs of fame3 ,amidst the storm they sang1 ,and the stars heard and the sea2 ,and the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang ,to the anthem of the free4 ,ay1 call it holy ground1 ,the soil where first they trod2 ,they have left unstained what there they found-- ,freedom to worship ,god4 --,felicia ,d4 ,hemans4 ,but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree2 and none shall make them afraid4 --,micah #d4 #d4 ,eternal ,god1 may ,i look to the ,pilgrims and learn that to pray by faith with the heart is not to pray by faith of the imagination4 ,help me to pray1 and have faith to struggle for that which ,i would rightfully have4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,sixth ,admiral ,cuthbert ,collingwood born #agej4 ,dr4 ,mary ,walker born #ahcb4 ,irving ,bacheller born #ahei4 ,frederic ,william ,faber died #ahfc4 ,god is never so far off as even to be near-- ,he is within3 ,our spirit is the home he holds most dear4 ,to think of him as by our side is almost as untrue ,as to remove his throne beyond the starry blue4 --,f4,w4 ,faber4 ,nearer1 my ,god1 to thee1 ,nearer to thee6 ,e'en though it be a cross ,that raiseth me2 ,still all my song shall be-- ,nearer1 my ,god1 to thee1 ,nearer to thee6 --,sarah ,f4 ,adams4 ,my righteousness ,i hold fast1 and will not let it go3 ,my heart shall not reproach me so long as ,i live4 --,job #bg4 #f4 ,my ,father1 may ,i consider the place in which ,i stand3 and may ,i not be deceived in thinking ,i am near thee while ,i am living far away4 ,teach me the way to draw nearer to thee each day1 until my spirit may continually dwell with thee4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,seventh ,george ,cruikshank born #agib4 ,samuel ,francis ,dupont born #ahjc4 ,aime ,millet born #ahai4 ,henri ,frederic ,arniel born #ahba4 ,the man who has no refuge in himself1 who lives1 so to speak1 in his front rooms1 in the outer whirlwind of things and opinions1 is not properly a personality at all2 444 he is one of a crowd4 --,amiel4 ,happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour1 ,and in the depths of heavenly peace reclined1 ,loves to commune with thoughts of tender power-- ,thoughts that ascend1 like angels beautiful4 --,paul ,hamilton ,hayne4 ,the art of meditation may be exercised at all hours and in all places2 and men of genius in their walks1 at table1 and amidst assemblies1 turning the eye of the mind inward1 can form an artificial solitude2 retired amidst a crowd1 calm amidst distractions1 and wise amidst folly4 --,disraeli4 ,commune with your own heart upon your bed1 and be still4 --,psalm #d4 #d4 ,heavenly ,father1 save me from being so poor in spirit1 that ,i will have to be sustained by the bright spirits of others4 ,may ,i be continually refreshed by the spirit of life that may be found at all times4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,eighth ,francis ,turner ,palgrave born #ahbd4 ,frances ,e4 ,willard born #ahci4 ,general ,john ,d4 ,french born #aheb4 ,mary ,anderson born #ahei4 ,unless there is a predominating and overmastering purpose to which all the accessories and incidents of life contribute1 the character will be weak1 irresolute1 uncertain4 --,frances ,e4 ,willard4 ,life is not an idle ore1 ,but iron dug from central gloom1 ,and heated hot with burning fears1 ,and dipt in baths of hissing tears1 ,and battered with the shocks of doom ,to shape and use4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed4444 ,a double-minded man1 unstable in all his ways4 --,james #a4 #f1 #h4 ,o ,god1 help me to be positive4 ,may ,i not want to be in so many places1 and in so many things1 that ,i can never be found in anything4 ,help me to know that a purpose secured is worth many attempts1 and that to have a character ,i must build it4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,twenty-,,ninth ,pompey killed ,b4,c4 #dh4 ,robert ,lord ,clive born #agbe4 ,horatio ,nelson born #ageh4 ,o strange and wild is the world of men ,which the eyes of the ,lord must see-- ,with continents1 inlands1 tribes1 and tongues1 ,with multitudes bond and free6 ,all kings of the earth bow down to him1 ,and yet--he can think of me4 ,for none can measure the mind of ,god ,or the bounds of eternity1 ,he knows each life that has come from him1 ,to the tiniest bird and bee1 ,for the love of his heart is so deep and wide ,that it takes in even me4 --,mary ,e4 ,allbright4 ,are not two sparrows sold for a penny8 and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your ,father3 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered4 --,matthew #aj4 #bi1 #cj4 ,almighty ,god1 cause me to look out this morning1 and open wide my eyes1 that ,i may see what great preparation thou hast made that ,i might live4 ,may ,i be ashamed to start wrong and be unworthy of the glory of this day4 ,amen4 ,,september ,,thirtieth ,george ,whitefield died #aggj4 ,william ,hutton born #agbc4 ,john ,dollond died #agfa4 ,up1 up1 my soul1 the long-spent time redeeming2 ,sow thou the seeds of better deeds and thought2 ,light other lamps while yet thy lamp is beaming-- ,the time is short4 ,think of the good thou might'st have done when brightly ,the suns to thee life's choicest season brought2 ,hours lost to ,god in pleasure passing lightly-- ,the time is short4 ,if thou hast friends1 give them thy best endeavor1 ,thy warmest impulse1 and thy purest thought1 ,keeping in mind and words and action ever-- ,the time is short4 --,elizabeth ,prentiss4 ,what is your life8 ,for ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time1 and then vanisheth away4 --,james #d4 #ad4 ,loving ,father1 help me to realize that ,i am not living in the right way nor the right place if ,i am discontented1 or happy in trifles and untruth4 ,help me to find my place1 and with thy help may ,i stand firm and confident4 ,amen4 ,,october ,the morns are meeker than they were1 ,the nuts are getting brown2 ,the berry's cheek is plumper1 ,the rose is out of town4 ,the maple wears a gayer scarf1 ,the field a scarlet gown2 ,lest ,i should be old-fashioned1 ,i'll put a trinket on4 --,emily ,dickinson4 ,,october ,,first ,saint ,john ,viscount ,bolingbroke born #afgh4 ,pierre ,corneille died #afhd4 ,rufus ,choate born #agii4 ,he speaks not well who doth his time deplore1 ,naming it new and a little obscure1 ,ignoble and unfit for lofty deeds4 ,all times were modern in the time of them1 ,and this no more than others4 ,do thy part ,here in the living day1 as did the great ,who made old days immortal4 --,richard ,watson ,gilder4 ,he who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom1 and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten the cause4 --,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,for use almost can change the stamp of nature1 ,and master the devil1 or throw him out ,with wondrous potency4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,and when ,daniel knew that the writing was signed1 he went into his house 7now his windows were open in his chamber toward ,jerusalem27 and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day1 and prayed1 and gave thanks before his ,god1 as he did aforetime4 --,daniel #f4 #aj4 ,heavenly ,father1 help me to get away from doubt that leads to despair4 ,give me a vision of hope that is stayed on faith4 ,may ,i be conscious and appreciative of my privileges while they come to me and make them immortal4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,second ,aristotle died ,b4,c4 #cbb4 ,major ,john ,andre hanged #aghj4 ,william ,ellery ,channing died #ahdb4 ,i am not earth-born1 though ,i here delay2 ,hope's child1 ,i summon infiniter powers1 ,and laugh to see the mild sunny day ,smile on the shrunk and thin autumnal hours2 ,i laugh1 for hope hath a happy place for me-- ,if my bark sinks1 'tis to another sea4 --,william ,e4 ,channing4 ,the stars shall fade away1 the sun himself ,grow dim with age1 and ,nature sink in years2 ,but thou shall flourish in immortal youth1 ,unhurt amidst the war of elements1 ,the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds4 --,thomas ,addison4 ,for with thee is the fountain of life3 ,in thy light shall we see light4 --,psalm #cf4 #i4 ,my ,father1 ,i would pray that my sense of gloom may not be more than thy grace4 ,may the glorious light of thy love break through my disheartened soul1 and reveal the sincerity of thy promises1 that ,i may be happy in thy care4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,third ,robert ,barclay died #afij4 ,george ,bancroft born #ahjj4 ,william ,morris died #ahif4 ,come hither1 lads1 and harken1 ,for a tale there is to tell ,of the wonderful days a-coming1 ,when all shall be better than well4 ,come1 then1 let us cast off fooling1 ,and put by ease and rest1 ,for the cause alone is worthy ,till the good days bring the best4 --,william ,morris4 ,man's life is but a working day ,whose tasks are set aright2 ,a time to work1 a time to pray1 ,and then a quiet night4 ,and then1 please ,god1 a quiet night ,where palms are green and robes are white2 ,a long-drawn breath1 a balm for sorrow1 ,and all things lovely on the morrow4 --,christina ,g4 ,rossetti4 ,and the ransomed of ,jehovah shall return1 and come with singing unto ,zion2 and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads4 --,isaiah #fa4 #aa4 ,heavenly ,father1 help me to see that before the night thou hadst planned the morning1 and that thou hast never sent the night without the hope of the morning4 ,before ,i rest in the night may ,i be ready for the morning4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,fourth ,francis of ,assisi died #abbf4 ,edmund ,malone born #agda4 ,francois ,guizot born #aghg4 ,jean ,francois ,millet born #ahad4 ,rutherford ,b4 ,hayes1 ,ohio1 nineteenth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahbb4 ,m4,e4 ,braddon born #ahcg4 ,we ought to rise day by day with a certain zest1 a clear intention1 a design to make the most of every hour2 not to let the busy hours shoulder each other or tread on each other's heels1 but to force every action to give up its strength and sweetness4 ,there is work to be done1 and there are empty hours to be filled as well4444 ,but1 most of all1 there must be something to quicken1 enliven1 practice the soul4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,men's souls ought to be left to see clearly2 not jaundiced1 blinded1 twisted all awry1 by revenge1 moral abhorrence1 and the like4 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,but there is a spirit in man1 ,and the breath of the ,almighty giveth them understanding4 --,job #cb4 #h4 ,spirit of life1 ,i pray that thou wilt continually live within me4 ,may my days be spent neither in waste nor idleness1 but planned to use1 with the best that is given me4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,fifth ,jonathan ,edwards born #agjc4 ,denis ,diderot born #agac4 ,horace ,walpole born #agag4 ,nancy ,hanks died #ahah4 ,chester ,a4 ,arthur1 ,vermont1 twenty-first ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahcj4 ,h4,r4 ,guy de ,maupassant born #ahej4 ,earth gets its price for what earth gives us2 ,the beggar is taxed for a corner to die in1 ,the priest has his fee who comes and shrives us1 ,we bargain for the graves we lie in2 ,at the devil's booth are all things sold1 ,each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold2 ,for a cap and bells our lives we pay1 ,bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking2 ',tis heaven alone that is given away1 ',tis only ,god may be had for the asking4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,the free gift of ,god is eternal life4 --,romans #f4 #bc4 ,gracious ,father1 may the world speak to me of thy gifts1 and of the peace and power which it freely offers4 ,may ,i not pass by thy great appeals1 and prefer to purchase at a great cost my indolence and dissipation4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,sixth ,jenny ,lind ,goldschmidt born #ahbj4 ,harriet ,g4 ,hosmer born #ahcj4 ,charles ,stewart ,parnell died #ahia4 ,alfred ,tennyson died #ahib4 ,the heart which boldly faces death ,upon the battlefield1 and dares ,cannon and bayonet1 faints beneath ,the needle-points of frets and cares4 ,the stoutest spirits they dismay-- ,the tiny stings of every day4 ,ah6 more than martyr's aureole ,and more than hero's heart of fire1 ,we need the humble strength of soul ,which daily toils and ills require4 ,sweet patience1 grant us1 if you may ,an added grace for every day4 --,adelaide ,a4 ,procter4 ,sunset and evening star1 ,and one clear call for me6 ,and may there be no moaning of the bar1 ,when ,i put out to sea4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,fret not thyself4 --,proverbs #bd4 #ai4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not be dismayed over life1 and its trifles4 ,help me to master difficulties great and small1 and give me patience through all until ,i reach the untroubled way4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,seventh ,sir ,philip ,sidney died #aehf4 ,edgar ,allan ,poe died #ahdi4 ,oliver ,wendell ,holmes died #ahid4 ,mary ,j4 ,holmes died #aijg4 ,yet in opinions look not always back2 ,your wake is nothing1 mind the coming track2 ,leave what you've done for what you have to do2 ,don't be consistent1 but be simply true4 --,oliver ,wendell ,holmes4 ,a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds1 adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines4 ,with consistency a great soul has nothing to do4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,speak unto the children of ,israel1 that they go forward4 --,exodus #ad4 #ae4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not be so consistent in the small things of life that ,i will lose the great inspirations that come to the soul4 ,broaden my life1 that ,i may have the freedom of heart and mind to pass over the failures and interruptions1 and with vigorous energy continue in the progress of life4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,eighth ,caroline ,howard ,gilman born #agid4 ,edmund ,clarence ,stedman born #ahcc4 ,john ,hay born #ahch4 ,he weren't no saint2 them engineers ,is pretty much alike-- ,one wife in ,natchez-under-the-,hill1 ,another one here in ,pike2 ,a keerless man in his talk was ,jim1 ,and an awkward hand in a row1 ,but he never flunked1 and he never lied-- ,i reckon he never knowed how4 --,john ,hay4 ,he is brave whose tongue is silent ,of the trophies of his word4 ,he is great whose quiet bearing ,marks his greatness well assured4 --,edwin ,arnold4 ,the ,pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself1 ,god1 ,i thank thee1 that ,i am not as the rest of men4 --,luke #ah4 #aa4 ,lord ,god1 thou knowest what ,i am and where ,i belong4 ,have mercy upon me and strengthen me1 that ,i may not through weakness stay in the darkness4 ,lead me out into the light2 and may ,i find my way and be contented with it4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,ninth ,michael ,cervantes born #aedg4 ,jacques ,auguste de ,thuanus 7,de ,thou7 born #aeec4 ,charles ,camilla ,saint-,saens born #ahce4 ,i will not doubt1 though all my ships at sea ,come drifting home with broken masts and sails2 ,i shall believe the ,hand which never fails ,from seeming evil worketh good for me2 ,and though ,i weep because those sails are battered1 ,still will ,i cry1 while my best hopes lie shattered1 ,i trust in ,thee4 --,ella ,wheeler ,wilcox4#a ,cease every joy to glimmer on my mind4 ,but leave1 ,o leave the light of hope behind4 --,thomas ,campbell4 ,hope deferred maketh the heart sick2 ,but when the desire cometh1 it is a tree of life4 --,proverbs #ac4 #ab4 ,loving ,father1 help me to pass by my discouragements of yesterday and look into the hope of to-day4 ,make me more careful of my strength1 and less forgetful of thy promises and of my trust4 ,amen4 ,footnote #a3 ,special permission ,w4,b4 ,conkey1 ,hammond1 ,indiana4 ,copyright #aiab4 ,,october ,,tenth ,henry ,cavendish born #agca4 ,benjamin ,west born #agch4 ,hugh ,miller born #ahjb4 ,giuseppe ,verdi born #ahac4 ,fridtjof ,nansen born #ahfa4 ,we cannot make bargains for blisses1 ,nor catch them like fishes in nets2 ,and sometimes the thing our life misses ,helps more than the thing which it gets4 ,for good lieth not in pursuing1 ,nor gaining of great nor small1 ,but just in the doing and doing ,as we would be done by is all4 --,alice ,gary4 ,true1 it is most painful not to meet the kindness and affection you feel you have deserved1 and have a right to expect from others2 but it is a mistake to complain1 for it is no use2 you cannot extort friendship with a cocked pistol4 --,sydney ,smith4 ,thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself4 --,matthew #bb4 #ci4 ,lord ,god1 help me to understand that true affection is not that which as it gives feels it merits return4 ,may ,i avoid being selfish and stubborn2 and with my affections give peace and joy4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,eleventh ,sir ,thomas ,wyatt died #aedb4 ,dr4 ,samuel ,clarke born #afge4 ,james ,barry born #agda4 ,ask ,god to give thee skill ,in comfort's art1 ,that thou may'st consecrated be ,and set apart1 ,unto a life of sympathy2 ,for heavy is the weight of ill ,in every heart2 ,and comforters are needed much ,of ,christlike touch4 --,alexander ,hamilton4 ,the man who melts ,with social sympathy though not allied1 ,is than a thousand kinsmen of more worth4 --,euripides4 ,who comforteth us in all our affliction1 that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction1 through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of ,god4 --#b ,corinthians #a4 #d4 ,heavenly ,father1 thou hast made sympathy divine4 ,may ,i never make it commonplace4 ,grant that as thou dost bless and comfort me ,i may be willing to comfort others1 and do whatsoever thou wouldst have me do4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twelfth ,columbus discovered ,america #adib4 ,lyman ,beecher born #agge4 ,george ,w4 ,cable born #ahdd4 ,helena ,modjeska born #ahdd4 ,one poor day6 ,remember whose and how short it is6 ,it is ,god's day1 it is ,columbus's4 ,one day with life and heart is more than time enough to found a world4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,an illusion haunts us1 that a long duration1 as a year1 a decade1 a century1 is valuable4 ,but an old ,french sentence says1 ,god works in moments4 ,we ask for long life1 but 'tis deep life or grand moments that signify4 ,let the measure of ,time be spiritual1 not mechanical4 ,life is unnecessarily long4 ,moments of insight1 of fine personal relation1 a smile1 a glance--what ample borrowers of eternity they are6 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,one day is with the ,lord as a thousand years1 and a thousand years as one day4 --#b ,peter #c4 #h4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that when the sun sets to-day my hope may not set with it4 ,be with me earlier than the dawn1 that ,i may plan with thee a new day4 ,i pray that thou wilt release me from anything that keeps me from reaching the highest4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,thirteenth ,theodore ,beza died #afje4 ,murat1 ,king of ,naples1 shot #ahae4 ,elizabeth ,fry died #ahde4 ,what stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted6 ,thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just1 ,and he but naked1 though locked up in steel1 ,whose conscience with injustice is corrupted4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,a man's accusations of himself are always believed1 his praises never4 --,montaigne4 ,justice needs that two be heard4 --,from ,goethe's ,autobiography4 ,that which is altogether just shalt thou follow1 that thou mayest live4 --,deuteronomy #af4 #bj4 ,lord of justice1 if ,i may be influenced this morning by doubt and am inclined to be resentful1 wilt thou cause me to have a generous spirit and keep my faith4 ,may ,i never descend to anything base or deceitful1 but may ,i remember that if ,i lay down my life1 ,i may have the power to take it up again4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,fourteenth ,william ,penn born #afdd4 ,james ,fenimore ,cooper died #ahea4 ,duke of ,wellington died #aheb4 ,do good with what thou hast1 or it will do thee no good4 ,if thou wouldst be happy1 bring thy mind to thy condition1 and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient4 --,william ,penn4 ,the finest fruit earth holds up to its ,maker is a finished man4 --,humboldt4 ,i considered ,napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty men in the balance4 --,duke of ,wellington4 ,what is man1 that thou art mindful of him8 ,and the son of man1 that thou visitest him8 ,for thou hast made him but little lower than ,god1 ,and crownest him with glory and honor4 --,psalm #h4 #d1 #e4 ,eternal ,god1 may ,i know the value of the gift of life4 ,may ,i think seriously of it1 and not through abuse or neglect cripple it1 remembering that it is mine to sow1 to grow1 and to reap4 ,i pray that ,i may care more for the food and raiment of my soul than ,i care for the food and raiment of my body4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,fifteenth ,virgil born ,b4,c4 #gj4 ,evangelista ,torricelli born #afjh4 ,edward ,fitzgerald born #agfc4 ,being not unacquainted with woe1 ,i learned to help the unfortunate4 --,virgil4 ,there are some hearts like wells green-mossed and deep ,as ever summer saw1 ,and cool their water is1 yea1 cool and sweet2 ,but you must come to draw4 ,they hoard not1 yet they rest in calm content1 ,and not unsought will give2 ,they can be quiet with their wealth unspent1 ,so self-contained they live4 --,author unknown4 ,for out of much affliction and anguish of heart ,i wrote unto you with many tears2 not that ye should be made sorry1 but that ye might know the love which ,i have more abundantly unto you4 --#b ,corinthians #b4 #d4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to understand that while ,i may be content to rest with what ,i have gathered1 ,i cannot preserve the strength of my soul unless ,i share my possessions4 ,give me a passion for humanity that will advance gifts through love1 and offer service without the need of an appeal4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,sixteenth ,bishop ,hugh ,latimer burned at ,oxford #aeee4 ,albrecht von ,haller born #agjh4 ,noah ,webster born #ageh4 ,robert ,stephenson born #ahjc4 ,as ships meet at sea--a moment together1 when words of greeting must be spoken1 and then away upon the deep--so men meet in this world2 and ,i think we should cross no man's path without hailing him1 and if he needs1 giving him supplies4 --,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word4 ,a thought may be present to the mind1 and two minds conscious of the same thought1 but as long as it remains unspoken their familiar talk flows quietly over the hidden idea4 --,nathaniel ,hawthorne4 ,and if ye salute your brethren only1 what do ye more than others8 --,matthew #e4 #dg4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i pray that thou wilt give me a generous heart4 ,may ,i not lose sight of the truth1 that thou hast made others to have the same needs and wants that ,i may have4 ,may ,i not through pride or egoism fail to help1 and neglecting to speak1 miss an opportunity to assist4 ,may ,i be self-forgetful in friendly service4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,seventeenth ,andreas ,osiander died #aeeb4 ,frederic ,chopin died #ahdi4 ,good name1 in man or woman1 dear my ,lord1 ,is the immediate jewel of their souls2 ,who steals my purse1 steals trash2 'tis something1 nothing2 ',twas mine1 'tis his1 and has been slave to thousands2 ,but he that filches from me my good name ,robs me of that which not enriches him1 ,and makes me poor indeed4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,keep back your tears when a soul is untrue2 ,sorrow is shallow2 and one can wade through ,the mud and the marshes1 and still endure ,if he finds he has kept his spirit pure4 ,the rose near died when it fell to its lot ,to break its heart for forget-me-not2 ,but after its heart was healed by the dew1 ,right by its side a sweet violet grew6 --,m4,b4,s4 ,a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches1 ,and loving favor rather than silver and gold4 --,proverbs #bb4 #a4 ,my ,father1 teach me the value of the possessions that can neither be handled nor seen2 and may ,i not take them away from others4 ,help me to keep thy commandment ,thou shalt not steal1 and interpret it in all its relations to life4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,eighteenth ,matthew ,henry born #affb4 ,margaret 7,peg7 ,woffington born #agbj4 ,helen ,hunt ,jackson born #ahca4 ,frederick ,harrison born #ahca4 ,yet ,i argue not against heaven's hand or will1 nor bate a jot of heart of hope21 but still bear up and steer right onward4 --,john ,milton4 ,write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year4 ,no man has learned anything rightly until he knows that every day is doomsday4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,he mourns that day so soon has glided by3 ,e'en like the passage of an angel's tear ,that falls through the clear ether silently4 --,john ,keats4 ,i will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go3 ,i will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee4 --,psalm #cb4 #h4 ,my ,father1 if ,i may be living in bad habits1 help me to get out of them4 ,if ,i may be neglectful of good deeds1 help me to get at them4 ,may ,i reach for the highest purposes as ,i search for the realities1 and may ,i not delay1 but start to-day4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,nineteenth ,dean 7,jonathan7 ,swift died #agde4 ,leigh ,hunt born #aghd4 ,henry ,kirke ,white died #ahjf4 ,don't look too hard except for something agreeable2 we can find all the disagreeable things we want1 between our own hats and boots4 --,leigh ,hunt4 ,instead of a gem or a flower1 cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend4 --,george ,macdonald4 ,for the want of common discretion the very end of good breeding is wholly perverted2 and civility1 intended to make us easy1 is employed in laying chains and fetters upon us1 in debarring our wishes1 and in crossing our most reasonable desires and inclinations4 --,jonathan ,swift4 ,if it be possible1 as much as in you lieth1 be at peace with all men4 --,romans #ab4 #ah4 ,my ,lord1 help me to adjust my life to what ,i ought to be1 rather than be content in what ,i am4 ,may ,i not spend my time in dreaming of obstacles1 or searching for things that hurt1 but may ,i be gentle and kind1 and as ,i see the truth speak for it and follow it4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twentieth ,sir ,christopher ,wren born #afcb4 ,thomas ,hughes born #ahbc4 ,charles ,dudley ,warner died #aijj4 ,there has always seemed to me something impious in the neglect of health4 ,i could not do half the good ,i do if it were not for the strength and activity some consider coarse and degrading4 --,charles ,kingsley4 ,to keep well drink often1 but water2 ,eat not that which makes life shorter2 ,but first1 with all your might and skill1 ,just chain your habits to your will4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,i will be lord over myself4 ,no one who cannot master himself is worthy to rule1 and only he can rule4 --,goethe4 ,know ye not that your body is a temple of the ,holy ,spirit which is in you1 which ye have from ,god8 --#a ,corinthians #f4 #ai4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i not wait until ,i am afflicted and cannot use them to thank thee for my blessings4 ,guard me against infirmities that are brought on through indulgences1 and help me to control my life4 ,may ,i never forget that regret will not retrieve the life that is spent1 even if it brings forgiveness and hope for the days to come4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,first ,samuel ,taylor ,coleridge born #aggb4 ,alphonse ,lamartine born #agij4 ,samuel ,f4 ,smith born #ahjh4 ,will ,carleton born #ahde4 ,he prayeth best who loveth best ,all things both great and small2 ,for the dear ,god who loveth us1 ,he made and loveth all4 --,samuel ,taylor ,coleridge4 ,we thank thee1 ,o ,father1 for all that is bright-- ,the gleam of the day and the stars of the night1 ,the flowers of our youth and the fruits of our prime1 ,and the blessings that march down the pathway of time4 --,will ,carleton4 ,thanklessness is a parching wind1 drying up the fountain of pity1 the dew of mercy1 the streams of grace4 ,for doth not that rightly seem to be lost which is given to one ungrateful8 --,saint ,bernard4 ,o give thanks unto ,jehovah2 for he is good2 ,for his lovingkindness endureth for ever4 --,psalm #acf4 #a4 ,my ,father1 help me to understand that ,i cannot have self-development unless the spirit of truth drills my character4 ,cleanse my heart from all impurity1 and strengthen me for all usefulness3 help me to daily live this prayer4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,second ,charles ,martel died #gda4 ,franz ,liszt born #ahaa4 ,george ,eliot born #ahai4 ,sarah ,bernhardt born #ahdd4 ,o may ,i join the choir invisible ,of those immortal dead who live again ,in minds made better by their presence3 live ,in pulses stirred to generosity1 ,in deeds of daring rectitude1 in scorn ,for miserable aims that end with self1 ,in thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars1 ,and with their mild persistence urge man's search ,to vaster issues4 ,this is life to come1 ,which martyred men have made more glorious ,for us to strive to follow4 ,may ,i reach ,that purest heaven1 be to other souls ,the cup of strength in some great agony1 ,enkindle generous ardor1 feed pure love1 ,beget the smiles that have no cruelty1 ,be the sweet presence of a good diffused1 ,and in diffusion ever more intense6 ,so shall ,i join the choir invisible ,whose music is the gladness of the world4 --,george ,eliot4 ,and ,i give unto them eternal life2 and they shall never perish4 --,john #aj4 #bh4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may be more generous with my smiles and gladness1 and more saving with my tears and sadness4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,third ,anne ,oldfield died #agcj4 ,robert ,bridges born #ahdd4 ,mollie ,elliot ,seawell born #ahfj4 ,o youth whose hope is high1 ,who doth to truth aspire1 ,whether thou live or die1 ,o look not back nor tire4 ,thou that art bold to fly ,through tempest1 flood and fire1 ,nor dost not shrink to try ,thy heart in torments dire-- ,if thou canst ,death defy1 ,if thy faith is entire1 ,press onward1 for thine eye ,shall see thy heart's desire4 --,robert ,bridges4 ,doubt indulged becomes doubt realized4 ,to determine to do anything is half the battle4 ,courage is victory1 timidity is defeat4 --,nelson4 ,and thou1 son of man1 be not afraid of them1 neither be afraid of their words1 though briers and thorns are with thee1 and thou dost dwell among scorpions4 --,ezekiel #b4 #f4 ,gracious ,father1 try me again by the courage ,i have to-day1 if thou art judging me by the fear ,i held yesterday4 ,help me to see that wavering is misleading and temperament is deceptive4 ,may ,i learn self-control4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,fourth ,hugh ,capet died #iif4 ,sir ,moses ,montefiore born #aghd4 ,daniel ,webster died #aheb4 ,exceeding peace made ,ben ,adhem bold1 ,and to the presence in the room he said1 ,what writest thou8 ,the vision raised its head1 ,and1 with a look made of all sweet accord1 ,answered1 ,the names of those who love the ,lord4 ,and is mine one8 said ,abou4 ,nay1 not so1 ,replied the angel4 ,abou spoke more low1 ,but cheerily still2 and said1 ,i pray thee1 then1 ,write me as one that loves his fellow men4 ,the angel wrote1 and vanished4 ,the next night ,it came again1 with a great awakening light1 ,and showed the names whom love of ,god had blessed-- ,and1 lo6 ,ben ,adhem's name led all the rest6 --,leigh ,hunt4 ,call unto me1 and ,i will answer thee1 and will show thee great things4 --,jeremiah #cc4 #c4 ,lord ,god1 may ,i keep within my heart that secret sympathy that adds to the power of life4 ,help me to seek the things that are real1 and not be deceived by the things which only appear to be4 ,may all with whom ,i have to do feel the better for my companionship4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,fifth ,geoffrey ,chaucer died #adjj4 ,william ,hogarth died #agfd4 ,george ,w4 ,faber born #aggc4 ,thomas ,b4 ,macaulay born #ahjj4 ,wav'ring as winds the breath of fortune blows1 ,no power can turn it1 and no prayers compose4 ,deep in some hermit's solitary cell1 ,repose1 and ease1 and contemplation dwell4 ,let conscience guide thee in the days of need1 ,judge well thy own1 and then thy neighbor's deed4 --,geoffrey ,chaucer4 ,to every man upon this earth ,death cometh soon or late2 ,and how can man die better ,than facing fearful odds1 ,for the ashes of his fathers ,and the temples of his gods4 --,thomas ,b4 ,macaulay4 ,even as the ,son of man came not to be ministered unto1 but to minister1 and to give his life a ransom for many4 --,matthew #bj4 #bh4 ,heavenly ,father1 help me to remember that ,i am to cover life's journey1 even though ,i may go the way carelessly and aimlessly4 ,may ,i make an estimate of what ,i am losing1 by waiting so long at the resting places1 ,for the road winds up hill all the way to the end1 and the journey takes the whole day long1 from morn to night4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,sixth ,dr4 ,philip ,doddridge died #agea4 ,count ,von ,moltke born #ahjj4 ,elizabeth ,cady ,stanton died #aijb4 ,one of the notable eddies of the present-day world currents is what has been loosely called the ,woman ,movement4 ,the sensitive and vicarious spirit of womanhood has been enlisted for service in behalf of those who have been denied a fair chance1 or who are the victims of oppression1 greed1 and ignorance4 --,william ,t4 ,ellis4 ,and whether consciously or not1 you must be in many a heart enthroned3 queens you must always be3 queens to your lovers2 queens to your husbands and sons2 queens of higher mystery to the world beyond1 which bows itself1 and will forever bow1 before the myrtle crown1 and the stainless scepter of womanhood4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,o woman1 great is thy faith3 be it done unto thee even as thou wilt4 --,matthew #ae4 #bh4 ,lord and ,master of all1 ,i pray that thou wilt make me see through my prejudices and beyond my desires to the very top of my condition4 ,may ,i not wait for places or circumstances that are dimly in the distance or that are near at hand1 but accomplish the work ,i should do to-day4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,seventh ,james ,cook born #agbh4 ,nicolo ,paganini born #aghb4 ,theodore ,roosevelt1 ,new ,york1 twenty-fifth ,president ,united ,states1 born #aheh4 ,the vice of envy is not only a dangerous1 but a mean vice2 for it is always a confession of inferiority4 ,it may promote conduct which will be fruitful of wrong to others1 and it must cause misery to the man who feels it4 --,theodore ,roosevelt4 ,of all the passions1 jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service1 and pays the bitterest wages4 ,its service is to watch the success of one's enemy2 its wages to be sure of it4 --,c4,c4 ,colton4 ,dear to me is the friend1 yet ,i can also make use of an enemy4 ,the friend shows me what ,i can do1 the foe teaches me what ,i should4 --,schiller4 ,let us not become vainglorious1 provoking one another4 --,galatians #e4 #bf4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i would ask thee that my days be filled with aspiration1 and that my heart may know no envy4 ,help me to love humanity4 ,may ,i be so glad of the success of others that ,i may never know what it is to be envious4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,eighth ,desiderius ,erasmus born #adfe4 ,john ,locke died #agjd4 ,georges ,jacques ,danton born #agei4 ,not so in haste1 my heart6 ,have faith in ,god and wait2 ,although he linger long1 ,he never comes too late4 ,until he cometh1 rest1 ,nor grudge the hours that roll2 ,the feet that wait for ,god ,are soonest at the goal2 ,are soonest at the goal ,that is not gained by speed2 ,then hold thee still1 my heart1 ,for ,i shall wait his lead4 --,bayard ,taylor4 ,it is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of ,jehovah4 --,lamentations #c4 #bf4 ,lord of life1 may ,i pause to remember that rest may not be obtained with wretched thoughts1 nor can it be enjoyed in discontent4 ,in my moments of rest wilt thou show me how to relax1 and with tranquillity may ,i gather hope for renewed ambition4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,twenty-,,ninth ,sir ,walter ,raleigh beheaded #afah4 ,james ,boswell born #agdj4 ,john ,keats born #agie4 ,thomas ,bayard born #ahbh4 ,thomas ,edward ,brown died #ahig4 ,rise1 ,o my soul1 with thy desires to heaven1 ,and with divinest contemplation use ,thy time where time's eternity is given1 ,and let vain thoughts no more thy thoughts abuse2 ,but down in darkness let them lie3 ,so live thy better1 let thy worse thoughts die6 --,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,the great elements we know of are no mean comforters2 the open sky sits upon our senses like a sapphire crown--the air is our robe of state1 the ,earth is our throne1 and the ,sea a mighty minstrel playing before it4 --,john ,keats4 ,ah ,lord ,jehovah6 behold1 thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm2 there is nothing too hard for thee4 --,jeremiah #cb4 #ag4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i thank thee for the power that gives me the breath of life4 ,may ,i be willing to be controlled by its guiding care4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,thirtieth ,rev4 ,john ,whitaker died #ahjh4 ,john ,adams1 ,massachusetts1 second ,president ,united ,states1 born #agce4 ,adelaide ,anne ,procter born #ahbe4 ,and yet thou canst know1 ,and yet thou canst not see2 ,wisdom and sight are slow ,in poor humanity4 ,if thou couldst trust1 poor soul1 ,in ,him who rules the whole1 ,thou wouldst find peace and rest2 ,wisdom and right are well1 but trust is best4 --,adelaide ,anne ,procter4 ,the heart to speak in vain essayed1 ,nor could his purpose reach-- ,his will nor voice nor tongue obeyed1 ,his silence was his speech4 --,john ,quincy ,adams4 ,but still believe that story wrong ,which ought not to be true4 --,richard ,brinsley ,sheridan4 ,blessed is the man that maketh ,jehovah his trust4 --,psalm #dj4 #d4 ,my ,father1 may ,i not be given to unkindly speech4 ,deliver me from a critical spirit2 and may ,i not encourage mistrust1 but cultivate the kindly considerations in which life abounds4 ,amen4 ,,october ,,thirty-,,first ,all ,hallow's ,eve4 ,john ,evelyn born #afbj4 ,christopher ,anstey born #agbd4 ,ere1 in the northern gale ,the summer tresses of the trees are gone1 ,the woods of autumn1 all around our vale1 ,have put their glory on4 ,the mountains that unfold1 ,in their wide sweep1 the colored landscape round1 ,seem groups of giant kings1 in purple and gold1 ,that guard the enchanted ground4 ,ah6 'twere a lot too blessed ,forever in thy colored shades to stray2 ,amid the kisses of the soft southwest ,to rove and dream for aye2 ,and leave the vain low strife ,that makes men mad2 the tug for wealth and power1 ,the passions and the cares that wither life1 ,and waste its little hour4 --,william ,cullen ,bryant4 ,let the field exult1 and all that is therein2 ,then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy4 --,psalm #if4 #ab4 ,my ,father1 may ,i have an appreciation of the wonderful creations of the earth4 ,give me a discriminating eye1 that ,i may know the precious things that thou art growing2 and throughout my life may ,i love the beautiful1 and choose that which will make my life worthy of growth4 ,amen4 ,,november ,who said ,november's face was grim8 ,who said her voice was harsh and sad8 ,i heard her sing in wood paths dim1 ,i met her on the shore so glad1 ,so smiling1 ,i could kiss her feet6 ,there never was a month so sweet4 --,lucy ,larcom4 ,,november ,,first ,sir ,matthew ,hale born #afji4 ,william ,m4 ,chase born #ahdi4 ,sir ,robert ,grant died #ahib4 ,o worship the ,king1 all glorious above1 ,o gratefully sing his power and his love2 ,our ,shield and ,defender1 the ancient of days1 ,pavilioned in splendor1 and girded with praise4 ,thy bountiful care what tongue can recite8 ,it breathes in the air1 it shines in the light2 ,it streams from the hills1 it descends to the plain1 ,and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain4 --,robert ,grant4 ,ye shall walk in all the way which ,jehovah your ,god hath commanded you1 that ye may live1 and that it may be well with you1 and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess4 --,deuteronomy #e4 #cc4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to make my life refulgent while ,i have the abundance of summer1 that ,i may not find the ,november of life bleak and barren4 ,help me to live in the realities of life1 that ,i may gain energy and repose1 to use for the lonesome and anxious hours4 ,may ,i be watchful for the conditions that thwart life1 and with patience wait for the awakening of truth4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,second ,marie ,antoinette born #agee4 ,field-,marshal ,radetzky born #agff4 ,james ,knox ,polk1 ,north ,carolina1 eleventh ,president ,united ,states1 born #agie4 ,overmastering pain--the most deadly and tragical element in life--alas6 pain has its own way with all of us2 it breaks in1 a rude visitant1 upon the fairy garden where the child wanders in a dream1 no less surely than it rules upon the field of battle1 or sends the immortal war-god whimpering to his father2 and innocence1 no more than philosophy1 can protect us from this sting4 --,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,my hopes retire2 my wishes as before ,struggle to find their resting place in vain2 ,the ebbing sea thus beats against the shore2 ,the shore repels it2 it returns again4 --,w4,s4 ,landor4 ,yet ,jehovah will command his loving-kindness in the day-time1 ,and in the night his song shall be with me4 --,psalm #db4 #h4 ,loving ,father1 ,i bless thee for thy goodness and tender mercy which is over all4 ,may ,i trust thy provision and love through all circumstances1 and as ,i trust myself to thee may ,i have faith to believe that thou wilt give me strength for what ,i may have to endure1 and believe that thou wilt care for me1 as thou dost care for all4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,third ,lucan born ,a4,d4 #ci4 ,william ,cullen ,bryant born #agid4 ,francis ,d4 ,millet born #ahdf4 ,john ,watson 7,ian ,maclaren7 born #ahej4 ,pearl ,mary ,teresa ,craigie 7,john ,oliver ,hobbes7 born #ahfg4 ,whither1 midst falling dew1 ,while glow the heavens with the last steps of day1 ,far1 through their rosy depths1 dost thou pursue ,thy solitary way6 ,vainly the fowler's eye ,might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong1 ,as1 darkly painted on the crimson sky1 ,thy figure floats along4 ,he who1 from zone to zone1 ,guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight1 ,in the long way that ,i must tread alone1 ,will lead my steps aright4 --,william ,cullen ,bryant4 ,for ,jehovah your ,god dried up the waters of the ,jordan from before you1 until ye were passed over4 --,joshua #d4 #bc4 ,almighty ,god1 help me to guard against gratification that leads to disappointment1 that ,i may not miss the true way4 ,i pray that thou wilt lift me in my weakness1 and carry me over the rough and discouraging places1 that ,i may be made strong in thy loving care1 and be able to continue alone4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,fourth ,guido ,reni born #aege4 ,james ,montgomery born #agga4 ,edmund ,keane born #aghg4 ,ernest ,howard ,crosby born #ahef4 ,eugene ,field died #ahie4 ,keep me1 ,i pray1 in wisdom's way1 ,that ,i may truths eternal seek2 ,i need protecting care to-day-- ,my purse is light1 my flesh is weak4 --,eugene ,field4 ,no one could tell me where my ,soul might be1 ,i searched for ,god1 but ,god eluded me4 ,i sought my brother out1 and found all three4 --,ernest ,h4 ,crosby4 ,in all thy ways acknowledge him1 ,and he will direct thy paths4 --,proverbs #c4 #f4 ,my ,father1 may ,i not face the going down of the sun to-day1 looking at life1 in a mirror that reflects my own privileges and prejudices1 but may ,i see it as it is1 known to those who are living to make it better4 ,may the days to come prove my sincerity in wanting the truth that ,i might live by it1 and help to do good with it4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,fifth ,hans ,sachs born #adid4 ,dr4 ,john ,brown born #agae4 ,benjamin ,butler born #ahah4 ,the thing that goes the farthest ,toward making life worth while1 ,that costs the least1 and does the most1 ,is just a pleasant smile4 ,that smile that bubbles from a heart ,that loves its fellow men ,will drive away the cloud of gloom ,and coax the sun again4 --,anonymous4 ,one whom ,i knew intimately1 and whose memory ,i revere1 once in my hearing remarked that1 ,unless we love people we cannot understand them4 ,this was a new light to me4 --,christina ,g4 ,rossetti4 ,oil and perfume rejoice the heart2 ,so doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel4 --,proverbs #bg4 #i4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may be worthy of my friends4 ,may ,i not fear to go where ,i am called1 and may ,i go cheerfully1 even though the way be dark and lonesome4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,sixth ,james ,gregory born #afch4 ,john ,bright born #ahaa4 ,sir ,george ,williams died #aije4 ,look full into thy spirit's self1 ,the world of mystery scan2 ,what if thy way to faith in ,god ,should lie through faith in man8 --,john ,bright4 ,blessed are they who have the gift of making friends1 for it is one of ,god's best gifts4 ,it involves many things1 but above all1 the power of going out of oneself and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another4 --,thomas ,hughes4 ,be perfected2 be comforted2 be of the same mind2 live in peace3 and the ,god of love and peace shall be with you4 --#b ,corinthians #ac4 #aa4 ,lord ,god1 ,i earnestly entreat thee to show me if ,i may be cramping the happiness in another's life by forcing in my selfishness and demands4 ,may ,i understand that perfect gifts are those that come through loving sacrifice4 ,make me ashamed to ask for what ,i refuse or prefer not to give4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,seventh ,sir ,martin ,frobisher died #aeid4 ,william ,stukeley born #afhg4 ,friedrich ,leopold1 ,count von ,stolberg1 born #agej4 ,once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide1 ,in the strife of ,truth with ,falsehood1 for the good or evil side2 ,some great cause1 ,god's new ,messiah offering each the bloom or blight1 ,parts the goats upon the left hand1 and the sheep upon the right2 ,and the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,we cannot command veracity at will2 the power of seeing and reporting truly is a form of health that has to be delicately guarded1 and as an ancient rabbi has solemnly said1 ,the penalty of untruth is untruth4 --,george ,eliot4 ,behold1 this only have ,i found3 that ,god made man upright2 but they have sought out many inventions4 --,ecclesiastes #g4 #bi4 ,my ,father1 help me to speak the truth and guard the truth1 that righteousness may be an abiding influence in my life4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,eighth ,edmund ,halley born #afef4 ,john ,milton died #afgd4 ,owen ,meredith 7,bulwer ,edward ,lytton7 born #ahca4 ,the morning drum-call on my eager ear ,thrills unforgotten yet6 the morning dew ,lies yet undried along my field of noon4 ,but now ,i pause a while in what ,i do1 ,and count the bell1 and tremble lest ,i hear 7,my work untrimmed7 the sunset gun too soon4 --,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,i fear ,life's many changes1 not ,death's changelessness4 ,so perfect is this moment's passing cheer1 ,i needs must tremble lest it pass to less4 ,thus in fickle love of life ,i live1 ,lest fickle life me of my love deprive4 --,owen ,meredith4 ,and ,jehovah said unto ,joshua1 ,get thee up2 wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face8 ,up1 sanctify the people1 and say1 ,sanctify yourselves against to-morrow4 --,joshua #g4 #aj1 #ac4 ,almighty ,god1 help me in these fleeting days that ,i may not use my time to consider and hesitate1 but be positive in my desires and pursue them4 ,grant that ,i may have the strength to hold each day precious1 and live it more than consistently4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,ninth ,mark ,akenside born #agba4 ,william ,sotheby born #ageg4 ,charles ,f4 ,thwing born #ahec4 ,the victor's road is the easy way4 ,straight it stretches and climbs to where ,fame is waiting with garlands gay ,to wreathe the fighter who clambers there4 ,there's applause in plenty and gold's red gleam ,for the man who plays on the winning team4 ,the loser travels a longer lane2 ,level it leads to a lonely land4 ,there's little glory for him to gain ,the voices mock him on either hand2 ,but the man who wins in the greater game ,is the man who1 beaten1 fights on the same4 --,g4 ,rice4 ,the hero is not fed on sweets1 ,daily his own heart he eats2 ,chambers of the great are jails1 ,and head-winds right for royal sails4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,he thanked ,god1 and took courage4 --,acts #bh4 #ae4 ,o ,lord1 ,i pray that whether ,i may be successful in the sight of the world1 or whether ,i may be successful in my own sacrifices1 ,i may have the freedom of courage1 and be master of my life4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,tenth ,martin ,luther born #adhc4 ,william ,hogarth born #afig4 ,oliver ,goldsmith born #agbh4 ,johann von ,schiller born #agei4 ,joaquin ,miller born #ahda4 ,henry van ,dyke born #aheb4 ,as faith1 so is ,god4 --,martin ,luther4 ,learn the luxury of doing good4 --,oliver ,goldsmith4 ,love is the ladder by which we climb up to the likeness of ,god4 --,johann von ,schiller4 ,and who will walk a mile with me ,along life's weary way8 ,a friend whose heart has eyes to see ,the stars shine out o'er the darkening lea1 ,and the quiet rest at the end of the day-- ,a friend who knows and dares to say1 ,the brave sweet words that cheer the way ,where he walks a mile with me4 --,henry van ,dyke4 ,and whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile1 go with him two4 --,matthew #e4 #da4 ,my ,father1 may ,i not dwell in the appearances of life1 where ,i may grow selfish2 but live in the realities of simplicity4 ,may ,i not only seek those who may return me pleasure1 but may ,i find delight in brightening the walk of a weary friend4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,eleventh ,alfred de ,musset born #ahaj4 ,thomas ,bailey ,aldrich born #ahcf4 ,rev4 ,joshua ,brookes died #ahba4 ,i'll not confer with ,sorrow ,till to-morrow1 ,but joy shall have her way ,this very day4 --,thomas ,bailey ,aldrich4 ,shall we have ears on the stretch for the footfalls of sorrow that never come1 but be deaf to the whirr of the wings of happiness that fill all space8 --,maurice ,maeterlinck4 ,this day is a day of good tidings1 and we hold our peace3 if we tarry till the morning light1 punishment will overtake1 us2 now therefore come1 let us go and tell the king's household4 --#b ,kings #g4 #i4 ,loving ,father1 ,i pray that thou wilt help me to overcome unhappiness4 ,may ,i not let depression overpower me1 but claim the promises of joy that are open to every life4 ,may ,i be blest by my own cheerfulness and encourage others to possess it4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twelfth ,saint ,augustine died ,a4 ,d4 #ced4 ,richard ,baxter born #afae4 ,amelia ,opie born #agfi4 ,elizabeth ,cady ,stanton born #ahae4 ,thomas ,lord ,fairfax died #afga4 ,in life it is difficult to say who do you the most mischief--enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best4 --,edward ,bulwer4 ,the friends thou hast1 and their adoption tried1 ,grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,where persons who ought to esteem and love each other are kept asunder1 as often happens1 by some cause which three words of frank explanation would remove1 they are fortunate if they possess an indiscreet friend who blurts out the whole truth4 --,thomas ,b4 ,macaulay4 ,yea1 mine own familiar friend1 in whom ,i trusted1 ,who did eat of my bread1 ,hath lifted up his heel against me4 --,psalm #da4 #i4 ,lord ,god1 help me to consider more carefully what ,i offer to my friends2 and may ,i not be critical of what ,i receive from my friends4 ,may ,i not be a hindrance instead of a help to those who would have my companionship4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,thirteenth ,sir ,john ,moore born #agfa4 ,robert ,louis ,stevenson born #ahej4 ,sir ,john ,forbes died #ahfa4 ,little do we know our own blessedness2 for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive1 and the ,true ,success is to labor4 --,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,whether thy work be fine or coarse1 planting corn or writing epics1 so only it be honest work1 done to thine own approbation1 it shall earn a reward to sense as well as to the thought4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,nature gives to labor2 and to labor alone4 ,in a very garden of ,eden a man would starve but for human exertion4 --,henry ,george4 ,but let each man prove his own work1 and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone1 and not of his neighbor4 --,galatians #f4 #d4 ,my ,father1 make pure living clear to me1 that ,i may not be deceived in my work2 and may ,i not use my working hours searching for more suitable work1 but may ,i be sure in what ,i am that ,i may feel secure in what ,i undertake to do4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,fourteenth ,bishop ,hoadley born #afgf4 ,fanny ,mendelssohn-,hensel born #ahje4 ,robert ,smythe ,hichens born #ahfd4 ,give us1 ,o give us1 the man who sings at his work6 ,be his occupation what it may1 he is better than any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness4 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,what doctor possesses such curative resources as those latent in a single ray of hope8 ,the mainspring of life is in the heart4 ,joy is the vital air of the soul1 and grief is a kind of asthma complicated by atony4 --,amiel4 ,i will sing unto ,jehovah as long as ,i live3 ,i will sing praise to my ,god while ,i have any being4 --,psalm #ajd4 #cc4 ,loving ,father1 restore the spirit of gentleness and meekness if it may be withered within me1 that ,i may be contented4 ,may ,i make it a habit to be happy over my work and cheerful about my duties4 ,may ,i never lose the view of the glory of thy kingdom4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,fifteenth ,william ,pitt1 ,earl of ,chatham1 born #agjh4 ,william ,cowper born #agca4 ,sir ,william ,herschel born #agch4 ,johann ,lavater born #agda4 ,richard ,henry ,dana born #aghg4 ,ida ,tarbell born #aheg4 ,the parting sun sends out a glow ,across the placid bay1 ,touching with glory all the show-- ,a breeze6 ,up helm6 ,away6 ,careening to the wind1 they reach1 ,with laugh and call1 the shore4 ,they've left their footprints on the beach1 ,but them ,i hear no more4 --,richard ,henry ,dana4 ,art little8 ,do thy little well3 ,and for thy comfort know ,the great can do their greatest work ,no better than just so4 --,goethe4 ,but be thou an ensample to them that believe1 in word1 in manner of life1 in love1 in faith1 in purity4 --#a ,timothy #d4 #ab4 ,lord ,god1 grant that if ,i may be complaining of what ,providence has not sent me1 ,i may not be neglecting what ,providence has given me4 ,may ,i not pause too long over what ,i have done1 or over what ,i might have done1 but may ,i be appreciative of what thou dost expect of me and endeavor to accomplish it4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,sixteenth ,tiberius born ,b4,c4 #db4 ,gustavus ,adolphus killed #afcb4 ,francis ,danby born #agic4 ,judge not the workings of his brain ,and of his heart thou canst not see2 ,what looks to thy dim eyes a stain ,in ,god's pure light may only be ,a scar1 brought from some well-won field1 ,where thou would'st only faint and yield4 ,and judge none lost2 but wait and see1 ,with hopeful pity1 not disdain2 ,the depth of the abyss may be ,the measure of the height of pain ,and love and glory that may raise ,the soul to ,god in after days6 --,adelaide ,a4 ,procter4 ,i am more afraid of deserving criticism1 than of receiving it4 --,william ,gladstone4 ,judge not1 that ye be not judged4 --,matthew #g4a4 ,lord ,jehovah1 judge of all mankind1 forbid that ,i should set myself as a judge of another's life1 and neglect to live for the higher judgment of my own4 ,may ,i not be absorbed in that which thrives in darkness1 but live in the light of honesty and gentleness4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,seventeenth ,queen ,mary of ,england died #aeeh4 ,joost van den ,vondel born #aehg4 ,george ,grote born #agid4 ,there are evergreen men and women in the world1 praise be to ,god6--not many of them1 but a few4 ,they are not the showy folk4 7,nature is an old-fashioned shopkeeper2 she never puts her best goods in the window47 ,they are only the quiet1 strong folk2 they are stronger than ,fate4 ,the storms of life sweep over them1 and the biting frosts creep round them2 but the winds and the frosts pass away1 and they are still standing1 green and straight4 --,jerome ,k4 ,jerome4 ,and he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water1 ,that bringeth forth its fruit in its season1 ,whose leaf also doth not wither2 ,and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper4 --,psalm #a4c4 ,gracious ,lord1 may ,i not spend most in equipment and forget the tides1 which may desert me on the sands1 or the rocks in the channels1 which may crush the finest vessel4 ,may ,i be prepared for the hard knocks if they come1 but may ,i know how to keep clear of them4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,eighteenth ,sir ,david ,wilkie born #aghe4 ,louis ,j4 ,m4 ,daguerre born #aghi4 ,cyrus ,field born #ahai4 ,william ,s4 ,gilbert born #ahcf4 ,if e'er when man had fallen asleep1 ,i heard a voice1 ,believe no more1 ,a warmth within the breast would melt ,the freezing reason's colder part1 ,and like a man in wrath1 the heart ,stood up and answered1 ,i have felt4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,faith is the deep want of the soul4 ,we have faculties for the spiritual1 as truly as for the outward world4 ,god1 the foundation of all existence1 may become to the mind the most real of all beings4 ,the believer feels himself resting on an everlasting foundation4 --,william ,henry ,channing4 ,and they said one to another1 ,was not our heart burning within us1 while he spake to us in the way1 while he opened to us the scriptures8 --,luke #bd4 #cb4 ,lord ,god1 save me from a hard and doubting heart4 ,may ,i be trustful and come to thee in faith4 ,all the days of my life may my lips sing thy praise as ,i unfold thy love and purposes4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,nineteenth ,nicolas ,poussin died #affe4 ,albert ,thorwaldsen born #aggj4 ,james ,a4 ,garfield1 ,ohio1 twentieth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahca4 ,mary ,hallock ,foote born #ahdg4 ,count ,lyoff 7,leo7 ,tolstoy died #aiaj4 ,and son ,i live1 you see1 ,go through the world1 try1 prove1 reject1 ,prefer1 still struggling to effect ,my warfare2 happy that ,i can ,be crossed and thwarted as a man1 ,not left in ,god's contempt apart1 ,with ghastly smooth life1 dead at heart1 ,tame in earth's paddock1 as her prize4 --,robert ,browning4 ,be good at the depths of you1 and you will discover that those who surround you will be good even to the same depths4 ,therein lies a force that has no name2 a spiritual rivalry that has no resistance4 --,maurice ,maeterlinck4 ,first of all1 ,i must make myself a man2 if ,i do not succeed in that1 ,i can succeed in nothing4 --,james ,a4 ,garfield4 ,that we may be no longer children1 tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine1 by the sleight of men1 in craftiness1 after the wiles of error4 --,ephesians #d4 #ad4 ,eternal ,god1 ,i thank thee for all the sterling elements that greaten the individual life4 ,i pray that ,i may not desire to be kept a small creature1 but seek to grow in wisdom and love1 and qualify for mighty purposes and achievements4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twentieth ,paul ,potter born #afbe4 ,thomas ,chatterton born #ageb4 ,william ,ellery ,channing born #ahah4 ,sir ,wilfred ,laurier born #ahda4 ,then why1 my soul1 dost thou complain8 ,why drooping seek the dark recess8 ,shake off the melancholy chain1 ,for ,god created all to bless4 ,the gloomy mantle of the night1 ,which on my sinking spirits steals1 ,will vanish at the morning light1 ,which ,god1 my ,east1 my ,sun1 reveals4 --,thomas ,chatterton4 ,lady1 there is a hope that all men have-- ,some mercy for their faults1 a grassy place ,to rest in1 and a flower-strewn1 gentle grave3 ,another hope which purifies our race1 ,that when that fearful bourne forever past1 ,they may find rest--and rest so long to last4 ,i seek it not1 ,i ask no rest forever1 ,my path is onward to the farthest shores4 --,william ,ellery ,channing4 ,he brought me up also out of a horrible pit1 out of the miry clay2 ,and he set my feet upon a rock1 and established my goings4 ,and he put a new song in my mouth4 --,psalm #dj4 #b1 #c4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may have patience to live through the difficulties of life4 ,may ,i correct my faults1 that they may not destroy my peace and take from me my strength2 help me to center my life in brightness and hope4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,first ,claude ,lorraine died #afhb4 ,bryan ,waller ,procter 7,barry ,cornwall7 born #aghg4 ,mary ,johnston born #ahgj4 ,there is not a creature from ,england's king ,to the peasant that delves the soil1 ,who knows half the pleasures the seasons bring ,if he had not his share of toil4 --,barry ,cornwall4 ,it may be proved1 with much certainty1 that ,god intends no man to live in this world without working2 but it seems to me no less evident that he intends every man to be happy in his work4 ,now1 in order that people may be happy in their work1 these three things are needed3 they must be fit for it2 and they must not do too much of it2 and they must have a sense of success in it4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,let him labor1 working with his hands the thing that is good1 that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need4 --,ephesians #d4 #bh4 ,my ,father1 if my work seems hard to-day1 may ,i not cease working if ,i grow weary1 but may my strength be renewed to continue my work4 ,may the aim of my work be to please thee1 and to help in the progress of humanity4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,second ,saint ,cecilia martyred ,a4,d4 #bcj4 ,sir ,henry ,havelock died #aheg4 ,justin ,m',carthy born #ahcj4 ,sometimes the sun1 unkindly hot1 ,my garden makes a desert spot1 ,sometimes a blight upon the tree ,takes all my fruit away from me2 ,and then with throes of bitter pain ,rebellious passions rise and swell2 ,and so ,i sing and all is well4 --,paul ,laurence ,dunbar4 ,such songs have power to quiet ,the restless pulse of care1 ,and come like benediction ,that follows after prayer4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,songs consecrate to truth and liberty4 --,percy ,bysshe ,shelley4 ,david took the harp1 and played with his hand3 so ,saul was refreshed1 and was well1 and the evil spirit departed from him4 --#a ,samuel #af4 #bc4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i thank thee that thou wilt come to me as my heart cries for need4 ,i bless thee that thou dost come to me as my lips sing thy praise4 ,i pray that ,i may be saved from a cruel and cheerless heart1 and be a sharer of the songs that are sung to the soul4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,third ,thomas ,tallis died #aehe4 ,franklin ,pierce1 ,new ,hampshire1 fourteenth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahjd4 ,marie ,bashkirtseff born #ahfj4 ,asleep1 awake1 by night or day1 ,the friends ,i seek are seeking me2 ,no word can drive my bark astray1 ,nor change the tide of destiny4 ,the stars come nightly to the sky1 ,the tidal wave unto the sea2 ,nor time1 nor space1 nor deep1 nor high1 ,can keep my own away from me4 --,john ,burroughs4 ,if a man could make a single rose we would give him an empire2 yet flowers no less beautiful are scattered in profusion over the world1 and no one regards them4 --,martin ,luther4 ,let patience have its perfect work4 --,james #a4 #d4 ,my ,creator1 may ,i remember that after thou didst create the earth thou didst say it was good4 ,may ,i love the fragrance and beauty of the flowers which were made to nourish the soul1 and the fruits and herbs which were made to nourish the body4 ,may my song of thanksgiving be new every morning1 as ,i awake in the abundance of what thou hast prepared4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,fourth ,john ,knox died #aegb4 ,baron ,spinoza born #afcb4 ,grace ,darling born #ahae4 ,frances ,hodgson ,burnett born #ahdi4 ,i waited long until the sky ,should give me of its blue ,to weave and wear1 and share1 and weave ,the very stars into4 ,the days they went1 the years they went1 ,and left my hands instead ,another thing for wonderment1 ,the mending and the bread4 ,ah me1 and one must set a hand ,to burnish up the task1 ,and hush and hush the old demand ,a wakeful heart will ask4 ,but with a star's clear eye on me1 ,o1 ,i can hear it said1 ,what souls there be that only see ,the mending and the bread6 --,josephine ,p4 ,peabody4 ,the riches of a commonwealth ,are free1 strong minds and hearts of health4 ,and more to her than gold or grain1 ,the cunning hand and cultured brain4 --,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,for the life is more than the food1 and the body than the raiment4 --,luke #ab4 #bc4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that thou wilt help me1 that ,i may not consume my life in preparing clothes and food for my body4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,fifth ,charles ,kemble born #agge4 ,john ,bigelow born #ahag4 ,paul ,haupt born #aheh4 ,john ,kitto died #ahed4 ,i will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly1 nor destroy any beautiful thing1 but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life and guard and perfect all natural beauty on earth4 ,i will strive to raise my own body and soul daily into all the higher powers of duty and-happiness1 not in rivalship or contention with others1 but for help1 delight1 and honor of others and for the joy and peace of my own life4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain2 for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of ,jehovah1 as the waters cover the sea4 --,isaiah #aa4 #i4 ,lord ,god1 ,i rejoice in the blessedness of peace4 ,may ,i not try to force peace where cruelty has entered1 but keep a watch for what may come into my life4 ,i pray that if ,i may be in turbulence to-day1 thou wilt quiet me with thy peace which knows no fear or wrong4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,sixth ,sir ,william ,ware born #aeid4 ,john ,elwes died #aghi4 ,john ,loudoun ,macadam died #ahcf4 ,i'd like a way ,to change the clouds that bring us sorrow1 ,and build to-day a bright to-morrow2 ,to banish cares that tarry long1 ,and have the days like the blue-bird's song-- ,i'd like a way4 ,i'll find a way-- ,i'll set sail when the breeze is high1 ,and calmly drift when pleasure's nigh2 ,i'll steer a course afar from tears1 ,and take in joy the coming years-- ,i'll find a way4 ,i've lost the way6 ,out through the gloom a beam of light ,looks like a purpose looming bright6 ,up with the sail6 ,i'll out to sea ,and bring that purpose back with me1 ,or go its way4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness3 ,he is gracious1 and merciful1 and righteous4 --,psalm #aab4 #d4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not through indifference wander without a purpose1 or through discouragement stumble through the darkness4 ,may ,i be drawn to the light by the vision of hopeful and useful days4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,seventh ,horace died ,b4,c4 #h4 ,marquise d',aubigne ,maintenon born #afcbd4 ,general ,artemus ,ward born #agbg4 ,fanny ,kemble born #ahji4 ,alexandra ,dumas died #ahie4 ,be this thy brazen bulwark of defense1 to preserve a conscience void of offense1 and never turn pale with guilt4 --,horace4 ,is life a noxious weed which whirlwinds sow8 ,a useless flint o'er which the waters flow8 ,not so6 ,a life well spent has not its weight in gold2 ,it is the clearest crystal earth doth hold1 ,a gem beside which suns seem dull and cold4 --,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed4 --#a ,timothy #f4 #ai4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that my life may not be impoverished by neglect1 nor burdened with indulgences1 but that it may be kept in condition for high endeavors4 ,grant that ,i may never be content to rest in satisfaction and ease when ,i could struggle and accomplish a good work4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,eighth ,william ,blake born #ageg4 ,anton ,g4 ,rubinstein born #ahbi ,washington ,irving died #ahei4 ,the sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced4 ,every other wound we seek to heal1 every other affliction to forget4 ,take warning by the bitterness of this thy contrite affliction over the dead1 and henceforth be more faithful and affectionate in the discharge of thy duties to the living4 --,washington ,irving4 ,joy and woe are woven fine1 ,a clothing for the soul divine2 ,every grief and pine ,runs a joy with a silken twine4 --,william ,blake4 ,ye shall be sorrowful1 but your sorrow shall be turned into joy4 --,john #af4 #bj4 ,heavenly ,father1 grant that ,i may not lose the kindness that ,i may give and receive to-day4 ,i thank thee for the memories of yesterday1 the hope of to-morrow1 and the wisdom of to-day4 ,may ,i have a vision of immortality that will keep me through the closest sorrow4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,twenty-,,ninth ,sir ,philip ,sidney born #aeed4 ,a4 ,bronson ,alcott born #agii4 ,wendell ,phillips born #ahaa4 ,louisa ,m4 ,alcott born #ahcb4 ,truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment of its sacredness4 --,a4 ,bronson ,alcott4 ,faith that withstood the shocks of toil and time1 ,hope that defied despair1 ,patience that conquered care1 ,and loyalty whose courage was sublime2 ,teaching us how to seek the highest goal1 ,to earn the true success2 ,to live to love1 to bless1 ,and make death proud to take a royal soul4 --,louisa ,m4 ,alcott4 ,nor is it ,wiser to weep a true occasion lost1 ,but trim our sails1 and let old bygones be4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,in hope of eternal life1 which ,god1 who cannot lie1 promised before times eternal4 --,titus #a4 #b4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may live in truth2 and without fear of life or death live content in the faith of eternal life4 ,amen4 ,,november ,,thirtieth ,peregrine ,white born ,new ,england #afbj4 ,jonathan ,swift born #afhg4 ,samuel ,l4 ,clemens 7,mark ,twain7 born #ahce4 ,winston ,churchill born #ahgd4 ,he gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn1 or two blades of grass1 to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before1 would deserve better of mankind1 and do more essential service to his country1 than the whole race of politicians put together4 --,jonathan ,swift4 ,that man may last1 but never lives1 ,who much receives1 but nothing gives2 ,whom none can love1 whom none can thank1-- ,creation's blot1 creation's blank4 --,thomas ,gibbons4 ,give1 and it shall be given unto you2 good measure1 pressed down1 shaken together1 running over1 shall they give into your bosom4 ,for with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again4 --,luke #f4 #ch4 ,my ,father1 preserve my soul from all selfishness4 ,may ,i delight in thy teaching as ,i trust in thy word4 ,i pray that ,i may not only speak truthfully1 but that ,i may leave the door of my spirit open1 that truth may always enter and abide continually4 ,amen4 ,,december ,he comes--he comes--the ,frost ,spirit comes3 ,you may trace his footsteps now ,on the naked woods and the blasted fields1 ,and the brown hill's withered brow4 ,he has smitten the leaves of the gray old trees1 ,where their green came forth1 ,and the winds1 which follow wherever he goes1 ,have shaken them down to earth4 ,he comes--he comes--the ,frost ,spirit comes6 ,let us meet him as we may1 ,and turn with the light of the parlor fire ,his evil power away2 ,and gather closer the circle round1 ,where the firelight dances high1 ,and laugh at the shriek of the baffled fiend1 ,as his sounding wing goes by4 --,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,,december ,,first ,dr4 ,george ,birkbeck died #ahda4 ,queen ,alexandra born #ahdd4 ,r4,w4 ,dale born #ahbi4 ,ebenezer ,elliott died #ahdi4 ,we would fill the hours with the sweetest things1 ,if we had but a day3 ,we should drink alone at the purest springs1 ,in our upward way3 ,we should guide our wayward or wearied will1 ,by the clearest light3 ,we should keep our eyes on the heavenly hills1 ,if they lay in sight3 ,we should be from our clamorous selves set free1 ,to work and pray3 ,and be what the ,father would have us to be1 ,if we had but a day4 --,margaret ,e4 ,sangster4 ,whatsoever things are true1 whatsoever things are honorable1 whatsoever things are just1 whatsoever things are pure1 whatsoever things are lovely1 whatsoever things are of good report2 if there be any virtue1 and if there be any praise1 think on these things4 --,philippians #d4 #h4 ,gracious ,father1 help me to understand that my life grows out of what ,i put into my days4 ,forgive me for the unspoken words and the kind deeds which ,i kept for rare days1 and had so few occasions to use4 ,may ,i be as useful in kindness as ,i am in work1 remembering that to thee every day is a golden day4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,second ,david ,masson born #ahbb4 ,john ,brown hanged1 ,charlestown1 ,west ,virginia #ahei4 ,hugh ,miller died #ahef4 ,the solitude of life is known to us all2 for the most part we are alone1 and the voices of friends come only faint and broken across the impassable gulfs which surround every human soul4 --,hamilton ,mabie4 ,to have an ideal or to have none1 to have this ideal or that--this is what digs gulfs between men1 even between those who live in the same family circle1 under the same roof1 or in the same room4 ,you must love with the same love1 think with the same thoughts as some one else if you are to escape solitude4 --,amiel4 ,the plans of the heart belong to man2 ,but the answer of the tongue is from ,jehovah4 --,proverbs #af4 #a4 ,lord ,god1 help me to take in the glory of life1 that my spirit may never be lonely1 even though ,i may have to be much alone4 ,i pray that thou wilt spare me the loneliness and the solitude that may be brought on by selfishness4 ,make me considerate of others4 ,may ,i soar above the disappointments and losses that may come to me1 and stay where ,i may have thy companionship4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,third ,samuel ,crompton born #agec4 ,sir ,frederick ,leighton born #ahcj4 ,robert ,louis ,stevenson died #ahid4 ,to know what you prefer1 instead of humbly saying ,amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer1 is to have kept your soul alive4 --,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,there is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong4 ,let a man try faithfully1 manfully to be right4 ,he will grow daily more and more right4 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,the hero is the man who is immovably centered4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith1 having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience3 and having our body washed with pure water4 --,hebrews #aj4 #bb4 ,gracious ,father1 grant that ,i may not be content to follow through ignorance and indolence and be led to the lowly paths of life4 ,make my ,hie positive2 and from my surroundings may ,i look out and struggle to mount to the highest ideals1 that ,i may be qualified to select the best in life4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,fourth ,cardinal ,richelieu died #afdb4 ,william ,drummond died #afdi4 ,madame ,recamier born #aggg4 ,thomas ,carlyle born #agie4 ,john ,kitto born #ahjd4 ,it is with a man's soul as it is with nature3 the beginning of ,creation is--,light4 ,till the eye have visions the whole members are in bonds4 ,divine moment1 when over the tempest-tost ,soul1 as once over the wild-weltering ,chaos1 it is spoken3 ,let there be ,light6 --,thomas ,carlyle4 ,what in me is dark ,illumine1 what is low raise and support2 ,that to the light of this great argument ,i may assert eternal ,providence ,and justify the ways of ,god to men4 --,john ,milton4 ,for thou art my lamp1 ,o ,jehovah2 ,and ,jehovah will lighten my darkness4 --#b ,samuel #bb4 #bi4 ,my ,lord1 forgive me if ,i have allowed bitterness and misery to darken my life1 for my soul yearns continually for the light4 ,in thy compassion lead me to the sunny side of the road where the beautiful flowers grow1 that my path may be made bright and cheerful all the rest of the way4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,fifth ,martin ,van ,buren1 ,new ,york1 eighth ,president ,united ,states1 born #aghb4 ,christina ,g4 ,rossetti born #ahcj4 ,alice ,brown born #aheg4 ,a cold wind stirs the blackthorn ,to burgeon and to blow1 ,besprinkling half-green hedges ,with flakes and sprays of snow4 ,through coldness and through keenness1 ,dear hearts take comfort so3 ,somewhere or other doubtless ,these make the blackthorn blow4 --,christina ,g4 ,rossetti4 ,there are some men and women in whose company we are always at our best4 ,all the best stops in our nature are drawn out by their intercourse1 and we find a music in our souls never there before4 --,henry ,drummond4 ,and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works4 --,hebrews #aj4 #bd4 ,my ,father1 ,i thank thee for life4 ,make me sensitive to the unseen influences that bring thy messages4 ,may ,i be led where great riches may be found through small kindnesses1 and where ,i may learn from the meek the beauty of earth4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,sixth ,general ,george ,monk born #afjh4 ,warren ,hastings born #agcb4 ,dr4 ,richard ,barham born #aghf4 ,that low man seeks a little thing to do1 ,sees it and does it3 ,this high man1 with a great thing to pursue1 ,dies ere he knows it4 ,that low man goes on adding one to one1 ,his hundred's soon hit3 ,this high man1 aiming at a million1 ,misses an unit4 ,that1 has the world here--should he need the next1 ,let the world mind him6 ,this1 throws himself on ,god1 and unperplexed ,seeking shall find him4 --,robert ,browning4 ,hitch your wagon to a star4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,when thou saidst1 ,seek ye my face2 my heart said unto thee1 ,thy face1 ,jehovah1 will ,i seek4 --,psalm #bg4 #h4 ,almighty ,god1 show me what thou hast given for me to do1 that ,i may not leave undone that which is mine4 ,forgive me for useless planning and blind asking for the things which cannot be mine4 ,i pray that my work may be honest work1 well done1 and acceptable for thy service4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,seventh ,cicero assassinated ,b4,c4 #dc4 ,john ,dalton born #agff4 ,mary ,stuart1 ,queen of ,scotland1 born #aedb4 ,it is virtue--yes1 let me repeat it again--it is virtue alone that can give birth1 strength1 and permanency to friendship4 ,for virtue is a uniform and steady principle ever acting consistently with itself4 --,cicero4 ,a common friendship--who talks of a common friendship8 ,there is no such thing in the world4 ,on earth no word is more sublime4 --,henry ,drummond4 ,but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him1 and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need4 --,deuteronomy #ae4 #h4 ,lord ,god1 wilt thou reveal to me my weakness if ,i may be insincere2 and give me the strength that ,i lack to keep me true4 ,may ,i not take advantage of the ignorant1 or thoughtlessly lead the innocent into temptation4 ,grant that ,i may be a trustful and kind friend4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,eighth ,john ,pym died #afdc4 ,richard ,baxter died #afia4 ,thomas ,de ,quincey died #ahei4 ,elihu ,burritt born #ahaj4 ,robert ,collyer born #ahbc4 ,into the dusk of the ,east1 ,gray with the coming of night1 ,this may we know at least-- ,after the night comes light6 ,over the mariners' graves1 ,grim in the depths below1 ,buoyantly breasting the waves1 ,into the ,east we go4 ,on to a distant strand1 ,wonderful1 far1 unseen1 ,on to a stranger land1 ,skimming the seas between2 ,on through the days and nights1 ,hope in each sailor's breast1 ,on till the harbor lights ,flash on the shores of rest6 ,j4,h4 ,jowett4 ,so he bringeth them unto their desired haven4 --,psalm #ajg4 #cj4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that thou wilt provide me with thy indwelling peace4 ,may it keep me reconciled to the decline of years1 and enable me to bear the earthly separation from those whom ,i love4 ,may ,i always have hope and trust in thee4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,ninth ,john ,milton born #afjh4 ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck died #afda4 ,joel ,chandler ,harris born #ahdh4 ,doth ,god exact day labor1 light denied8 ,i fondly ask3 but ,patience1 to prevent ,that murmur1 soon replies1 ,god doth not need ,either man's work1 or his own gifts2 who best ,bear his mild yoke1 they serve him best2 his state ,is kingly2 thousands at his bidding speed1 ,and post o'er land and ocean without rest2 ,they also serve who only stand and wait4 --,john ,milton4 ',tain't on'y chilluns w'at got de consate er doin' eve'ything dey see yuther folks do4 ,hit's grown folks w'at oughter know better1 said ,uncle ,remus4 --,joel ,chandler ,harris4 ,wherefore1 receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken1 let us have grace1 whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to ,god with reverence and awe4 --,hebrews #ab4 #bh4 ,my ,father1 teach me to select my work from that which is noble and true4 ,may ,i not mold my life in affectation or feel that ,i must imitate the lives of others1 but grant that ,i may perfect my life through experiences which are worthy of increasing endeavors4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,tenth ,thomas ,holcroft born #agde4 ,dr4 ,thomas ,hopkins ,gallaudet born #aghg4 ,eugene ,sue born #ahjd4 ,be of good cheer4 ,do not think of to-day's failures1 but of success that may come to-morrow4 ,you have set yourselves a difficult task1 but you will succeed if you persevere2 and you will have a joy in overcoming obstacles--a delight in climbing rugged paths which you would perhaps never know if you did not sometimes slip backward1 if the road were always smooth and pleasant4 ,remember1 no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost4 --,helen ,keller4 ,we rise by things that are beneath our feet1 ,by what we have mastered by good and gain1 ,by the pride deposed and passion slain1 ,and the vanquished ills that we hourly meet4 --,j4,g4 ,holland4 ,he that overcometh1 ,i will give to him to sit down with1 me in my throne1 as ,i also overcame1 and sat down with my ,father in his throne4 --,revelation #c4 #ba4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may not be given to contradicting and doubting1 nor take for granted that which needs to be considered4 ,grant that ,i may have the faith and strength of heart to fulfill the longings of my soul4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,eleventh ,sir ,roger ,l',estrange died #agjd4 ,dr4 ,william ,cullen born #agab4 ,colley ,cibber died #ageg4 ,lord1 subdue our selfish will2 ,each to each our tempers suit1 ,by thy modulating skill1 ,heart to heart1 as lute to lute4 --,charles ,wesley4 ,one of the last1 slowly murmured sayings of ,whittier1 was this3 ,give--my--love--to--the--world4 ,and this is the world's supreme need to-day2 more than our eloquence1 or our knowledge1 or our wealth1 or all else besides1 it needs our love4 ,true1 even love may sometimes err2 but the cure for love's mistakes is just more love2 we often blunder because we do not love enough4 ,god help us all that1 like ,whittier1 we may live and die1 giving our love to the world4 --,george ,jackson4 ,love never faileth4 --#a ,corinthians #ac4 #h4 ,lord ,god1 help me to see the beauty of the world1 and through my duty may ,i find the love in the world4 ,may ,i not spend my life in discontent1 but may ,i remember that thou hast said1 ,the meek shall inherit the earth4 ,fill my heart with compassion1 that ,i may love my fellow man as ,i love myself4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twelfth ,chief ,justice ,john ,jay born #agde4 ,gustav ,flaubert born #ahba4 ,robert ,browning died #ahhi4 ,a people is but the attempt of many ,to rise to the completer life of one4 ,and those who live for models for the mass ,are singly of more value than they all4 --,robert ,browning4 ,give me the power to labor for mankind2 ,make me the mouth of such as cannot speak2 ,eyes let me be to groping men and blind2 ,a conscience to the base2 and to the weak ,let me be hands and feet1 and to the foolish1 mind2 ,and lead still further on such as thy kingdom seek4 --,theodore ,parker4 ,i was eyes to the blind1 ,and feet was ,i to the lame4 --,job #bi4 #ae4 ,almighty ,god1 wilt thou guide me in the direction where ,i may choose a useful life2 open wide my heart as well as my eyes1 that ,i may early see my work and be diligent in its prosecution4 ,reveal to me1 when ,i may have failed1 that ,i may do better to-morrow4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,thirteenth ,william ,drummond born #aehe4 ,dr4 ,samuel ,johnson died #aghd4 ,joseph ,noel ,paton born #ahba4 ,phillips ,brooks born #ahce4 ,hamilton ,mabie born #ahdf4 ,when the clouds of sorrow gather over us1 we see nothing beyond them1 nor can imagine how they can be dispelled2 yet a new day succeeded to the night1 and sorrow is never long without a dawn of ease4 --,dr4 ,samuel ,johnson4 ,the fountains of joy and sorrow are for the most part locked up in ourselves4444 ,there come to great1 solitary1 and sorely smitten souls moments of clear insight1 of assurance of victory1 of unspeakable fellowship with truth and life and ,god1 which outweigh years of sorrow and bitterness4 --,hamilton ,mabie4 ,and ye therefore now have sorrow3 but ,i will see you again1 and your heart shall rejoice1 and your joy no one taketh away from you4 --,john #af4 #bb4 ,my ,father1 may ,i remember that the days of my life that ,i give over to grief can never be reclaimed4 ,help me that ,i may not want to keep sorrow in my life1 but with faith may ,i believe that weeping may endure for a night1 but joy cometh in the morning4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,fourteenth ,daniel ,neal born #afgh4 ,rev4 ,charles ,wolfe born #agia4 ,george ,washington died #agii4 ,frances ,ridley ,havergal born #ahcf4 ,seldom can the heart be lonely1 ,if it seek a lonelier still2 ,self-forgetting1 seeking only ,emptier cups of love to fill4 --,frances ,r4 ,havergal4 ,when to the sessions of sweet silent thought ,i summon up remembrance of things past1 ,i sigh the lack of many a thing ,i sought4 ,and with old woes new wail my dear time's waste 99 99 99 99 99 ,but if the while ,i think on thee1 dear friend1 ,all losses are restored1 and sorrows end4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,the ,lord ,jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught1 that ,i may know how to sustain with words him that is weary4 --,isaiah #ej4 #d4 ,gracious ,father1 keep me cheerful and courageous1 that ,i may not be given to weary murmurings4 ,may my hours of solitude be spent profitably as they pass4 ,grant that ,i may be a help to those who are in need of sympathy and encouragement1 and through the peace that is given to me help them to a tranquil life4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,fifteenth ,catherine of ,aragon born #adhe4 ,george ,romney born #agcd4 ,franklin ,b4 ,sanborn born #ahca4 ,yet frequent visitors shall kiss the shrine1 ,and ever keep its vestal lamp alight2 ,all noble thoughts1 all dreams divinely bright1 ,that waken or delight this soul of mine4 --,f4,b4 ,sanborn4 ,one small cloud can hide the sunlight2 ,loose one string1 the pearls are scattered2 ,think one thought1 a soul may perish2 ,say one word1 a heart may break4 --,a4,a4 ,procter4 ,self-scrutiny is often the most unpleasant1 and always the most difficult1 of moral actions4 ,but it is also the most important and salutary2 for1 as the wisest of the ,greeks said1 ,an unexamined life is not worth living4 --,j4 ,strachan4 ,try your own selves1 whether ye are in the faith2 prove your own selves4 --#b ,corinthians #ac4 #e4 ,gracious ,father1 help me that ,i may not be thoughtless and unkind4 ,may ,i be gentle and sympathetic4 ,forgive me for any unhappiness which ,i may have made1 and may it be mine to know the rejoicing that comes hi lifting a discouraged life in time4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,sixteenth ,john ,selden born #aehd4 ,francois ,la ,rochefoucauld born #afaj4 ,george ,whitefield born #agad4 ,jane ,austen born #agge4 ,so live that when thy summons comes to join ,the innumerable caravan that moves ,to that mysterious realm where each shall take ,his chamber in the silent halls of death1 ,thou go not1 like the quarry slave at night1 ,scourged to his dungeon1 but1 sustained and soothed ,by an unfaltering trust1 approach thy grave ,like one who wraps the drapery of his couch ,about him and lies down to pleasant dreams4 --,william ,cullen ,bryant4 ,as the wind extinguishes a taper but kindles the fire1 so absence is the death of an ordinary passion1 but lends strength to the greater4 --,la ,rochefoucauld4 ,if a man die1 shall he live again8 --,job #ad4 #ad4 ,heavenly ,father1 with thy help may ,i enter into the hope that overcomes the fear of death4 ,may my days be full of aspiration1 and through faith may my life move toward the eternal and the sublime4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,seventeenth ,sir ,roger ,l',estrange born #afaf4 ,ludwig van ,beethoven born #aggj4 ,sir ,humphry ,davy born #aggi4 ,john ,greenleaf ,whittier born #ahjg4 ,the night is mother of the day1 ,the winter of the spring2 ,and ever upon old decay ,the greenest mosses cling4 ,behind the cloud the starlight lurks1 ,through showers the sunbeams fall2 ,for ,god1 who loveth all his works1 ,has left his hope with all4 --,john ,greenleaf ,whittier4 ,the sun set2 but not his hope3 ,stars rose2 his faith was earlier up4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,what ,i am ,i have made myself4 --,sir ,humphry ,davy4 ,therefore my heart is glad1 and my glory rejoiceth3 ,my flesh also shall dwell in safety4 --,psalm #af4 #i4 ,my ,father1 may ,i never be content to pass by thy beautiful offerings and keep on in wretched despair4 ,save me if ,i may 'be inclining toward misery4 ,give me the spirit of repose1 and help me to confide in thee as ,i daily seek the strength of thy love4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,eighteenth ,charles ,wesley born #agjh4 ,lyman ,abbott born #ahce4 ,samuel ,rogers died #ahee4 ,sir ,joseph ,john ,thomson born #ahde4 ,and let this feeble body fail1 ,and let it faint or die2 ,my soul shall quit this mournful vale1 ,and soar to worlds on high4 --,charles ,wesley4 ,it were better to live an immortal life and be robbed of immortality hereafter by some supernal power1 than to live the mortal1 fleshly animal life1 and live it endlessly4 ,who would not rather have a right to immortality than to be immortal without a right to be8 --,lyman ,abbott4 ,so when a great man dies1 ,for years beyond our ken1 ,the light he leaves behind him lies ,upon the paths of men4 --,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,but he that soweth unto the ,spirit shall of the ,spirit reap eternal life4 --,galatians #f4 #h4 ,my ,father1 ,i pray that ,i may be spared the deprivations that may come from years spent in selfishness4 ,help me to realize before it is too late how little self can hold and how much remorse may accumulate4 ,help me to aspire to ideals that compel me to live an immortal life4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,nineteenth ,gustavus ,adolphus born #aeid4 ,horatio ,bonar born #ahjh4 ,f4 ,delsarte born #ahaa4 ,mary ,a4 ,livermore born #ahbj4 ,j4,m4,w4 ,turner died #ahea4 ,if a man is to be a pillar in the temple of his ,god by and by1 he must be some kind of a prop in ,god's house to-day4 ,we are here to support1 not to be supported4 ,no one can be a living stone on the foundations of the ,spiritual ,house which is ,god's habitation without being a foundation to the stones above him4 --,maltbie ,babcock4 ,since trifles make the sum of human things1 ,and half our misery from our foibles springs2 ,since life's best joys consist in peace and ease1 ,o let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence1 ,a small unkindness is a great offense4 --,hannah ,more4 ,he that overcometh ,i will make a pillar in the temple of my ,god1 and he shall go out thence no more4 --,revelation #c4 #ab4 ,my ,father1 grant that ,i may not deceive myself and expect big results from little efforts2 nor be willing to receive assistance and refuse my support4 ,may ,i not only be anxious to give others all that ,i can1 and share their burdens1 but may ,i be glad to help make fewer burdens for others to bear4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twentieth ,louis the ,dauphin died #agfe4 ,john ,wilson ,croker born #aghj4 ,cyrus ,townsend ,brady born #ahfa4 ,love is not love ,which alters when it alteration finds1 ,or bends with the remover to remove4 ,o no6 it is an ever-fixed mark ,that looks on tempests and is never shaken4 ,it is the star to every wandering bark1 ,whose worth's unknown1 although his height be taken4 --,william ,shakespeare4 ,i will not doubt the love untold ,which not my worth nor want hath bought1 ,which wooed me young and wooes me old1 ,and to this evening hath me brought4 --,henry ,david ,thoreau4 ,yea1 ,i have loved thee with an everlasting love3 therefore with lovingkindness have ,i drawn thee4 --,jeremiah #ha4 #c4 ,loving ,father1 teach me the secret of constancy1 that none may ever be disappointed in me4 ,may ,i not reckon what ,i give on recompense1 but have the spirit of giving which has no measure for what it may receive in return4 ,may ,i not be forgetful of thy love which will hold me to deeper reverence and devotion4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,first ,jean ,baptiste ,racine born #afci4 ,robert ,moffat born #agie4 ,laura ,bridgman born #ahbi4 ,to think and to feel constitute the two grand divisions of men and genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination4 --,disraeli4 ,grow old along with me6 the best is yet to be1 ,the last of life1 for which the first was made3 ,our times are in his hand who saith1 a whole ,i planned1 ,youth shows but half2 trust ,god3 see all1 nor be afraid6 --,robert ,browning4 ,but the path of the righteous is as the dawning light1 ,that shineth more and more unto the perfect day4 --,proverbs #d4 #ah4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i pray that ,i may have the grace to penetrate the deep things of life and test their truth and greatness4 ,may ,i have faith in thy power and train for the best which thou hast made possible for me to live4 ,help me to think and feel aright1 that ,i may be thine to-day1 and in the days of to-morrow may ,i still be thine1 ever keeping bright memories of past days4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,second ,franz ,abt born #ahai4 ,thomas ,w4 ,higginson born #ahbc4 ,george ,eliot died #ahhj4 ,love and ,pain ,make their own measure of all things that be4 ,no clock's slow ticking marks their deathless strain2 ,the life they own is not the life we see2 ,love's single moment is eternity4 --,thomas ,w4 ,higginson4 ,life is made stronger ,giving1 receiving2 ,love is made longer ,hoping1 believing4 ,life is made sweeter1 ,truly worth living2 ,love is completer1 ,trusting1 forgiving4 --,m4,b4,s4 ,in love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another2 in honor preferring one another4 --,romans #ab4 #aj4 ,loving ,father1 ,i thank thee that every morn breaks in a new day without the sadness of yesterday or the gladness of to-morrow4 ,i pray that ,i may not lose the love and joy that it brings to-day4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,third ,michael ,drayton died #afca4 ,robert ,barclay born #afdh4 ,james ,sargent ,storer died #ahed4 ,when heaven endows you with all gifts1 you are an incomplete being if you stay still in your corner instead of taking advantage of your real value4 --,marie ,bashkirtseff4 ,life1 which ought to be a thing complete in itself1 and ought to be spent partly in gathering materials1 and partly in drawing inferences1 is apt to be a hurried accumulation lasting to the edge of the tomb4 ,we are put into the world1 ,i cannot help feeling1 to be rather than do4 --,arthur ,c4 ,benson4 ,jehovah is the strength of my life4 --,psalm #bg4 #a4 ,heavenly ,father1 ,i pray that thou wilt reverse my standards of life if ,i may be striving only for selfish gain4 ,may ,i care for all that ,i could be1 and may ,i care for where ,i should be found1 but1 most of all1 may ,i care for what ,i really am4 ,help me to keep my mind on thee that ,i may find delight in doing thy will4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,fourth ,george ,crabbe born #aged4 ,kit ,carson born #ahji4 ,matthew ,arnold born #ahbb4 ,john ,morley born #ahch4 ,william ,makepeace ,thackeray died #ahfc4 ,ah1 friend1 let us be true ,to one another6 ,for the world1 which seems ,to lie before us like a land of dreams1 ,so various1 so beautiful1 so new1 ,hath really neither joy1 nor love1 nor light1 ,nor certitude1 nor peace1 nor help for pain1 ,and we are here as on a darkling plain ,swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight1 ,where ignorant armies clash by night4 --,matthew ,arnold4 ,we take care of our health1 we lay up money1 we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient1 but who provides wisely that we shall not be wanting in the best property of all--friends8 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,faithful are the wounds of a friend4 --,proverbs #bg4 #f4 ,gracious ,lord1 fill my life with the spirit of love and sacrifice4 ,i bless thee for the deep fellowships and tender intimacies2 and on the eve of this ,christmas ask thy blessing for all1 as my heart rings with joy for those whom ,i love4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,fifth ,christmas ,day4 ,sir ,isaac ,newton born #afdb4 ,william ,collins born #agba4 ,father ,taylor born #agid4 ,this is the month1 and this is the happy morn1 ,wherein the ,son of heaven's eternal ,king1 ,of wedded maid1 and virgin mother born1 ,our great redemption from above did bring4 --,john ,milton4 ,christmas is here2 ,winds whistle shrill1 ,icy and chill1 ,little care we2 ,little we fear ,weather without1 ,shelter'd about ,the ,mahogany tree4 --,william ,m4 ,thackeray4 ,and the angel said unto them1 ,be not afraid2 for behold1 ,i bring you good tidings of great joy1 which shall be to all the people3 for there is born to you this day in the city of ,david a ,saviour1 who is ,christ the ,lord4 --,luke #b4 #aj1 #aa4 ,almighty ,god1 ,i give honor and praise to express my joy for thy great love in the gift of thy ,son1 ,jesus ,christ4 ,with a glad heart ,i wish all mankind ,a merry ,christmas1 and may ,i ever remember1 where the angels sang1 ,peace on earth1 good will toward men4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,sixth ,thomas ,gray born #agaf4 ,mrs4 ,southworth born #ahah4 ,stephen ,girard died #ahca4 ,let not ambition mock their useful toil1 ,their homely joys1 and destiny obscure2 ,nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile ,the short and simple annals of the poor4 ,nor you1 ye proud1 impute to those the fault1 ,if memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise1 ,where1 through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault1 ,the pealing anthem swells the note of praise4 ,full many a gem of purest ray serene ,the dark1 unfathomed caves of ocean bear2 ,full many a flower is born to blush unseen1 ,and waste its sweetness on the desert air4 --,thomas ,gray4 ,jehovah1 my heart is not haughty1 nor mine eyes lofty2 ,neither do ,i exercise myself in great matters1 ,or in things too wonderful for me4 --,psalm #aca4 #a4 ,gracious ,father1 give me the courage to live my life1 and the endurance to overcome the disappointments that may come to me4 ,may ,i not be neglectful of the great opportunities of which ,i am privileged to take advantage4 ,may ,i not be pretentious of what ,i have not done1 or boastful of what ,i am1 but with my best ability live in truth4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,seventh ,jacques ,bernoulli born #afed4 ,johann ,kepler born #aega4 ,charles ,lamb died #ahcd4 ,there is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance2 that imitation is suicide2 that he must take himself for better or worse1 as his portion2 that1 though the wide universe is full of good1 no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till4 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,knowing ourselves1 our world1 our task so great1 ,our time so brief1 'tis clear if we refuse ,the means so limited1 the tools so rude ,to execute our purpose1 life will fleet1 ,and we shall fade1 and leave our task undone4 --,robert ,browning4 ,study to be quiet1 and to do your own business1 and to work with your hands4 --#a ,thessalonians #d4 #aa4 ,lord ,god of life1 give me the desire to learn1 and the wisdom to live in my best4 ,may ,i not fail to culture my mind and heart and make life productive and worthy4 ,help me to see the mistakes that ,i have made in the past1 and in the year that is approaching not only try to avoid them1 but try to make amends for them4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,eighth ,catherine ,m4 ,sedgwick born #aghi4 ,woodrow ,wilson1 ,virginia1 twenty-seventh ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahef4 ,thomas ,b4 ,macaulay died #ahei4 ,the government might be serviceable for many things4 ,it might assist in a hundred ways to safeguard the lives and the health and promote the comfort and happiness of the people2 but it can do these things only if they respond to public opinion1 only if those who lead government see the country as a whole1 feel a deep thrill of intimate sympathy with every class and every interest in it4 --,woodrow ,wilson4 ,the hearts of men are their books2 events are their tutors2 great actions are their eloquence4 --,thomas ,b4 ,macaulay4 ,be of good courage1 and let us play the man for our people1 and for the cities of our ,god3 and ,jehovah do that which seemeth him good4 --#b ,samuel #aj4 #ab4 ,lord ,god1 ,i pray that my estimate of life may not be as ,i take it1 but as thou hast given it for peace and prosperity4 ,teach me my duty to my country1 and make me useful in uplifting and serving humanity4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,twenty-,,ninth ,thomas a ,becket died #aagj4 ,andrew ,johnson1 ,tennessee1 seventeenth ,president ,united ,states1 born #ahjh4 ,william ,e4 ,gladstone born #ahji4 ,margaret ,bottome born #ahbg4 ,pauline ,o4 ,louise1 ,queen of ,roumania 7,carmen ,sylva71 born #ahdc4 ,christina ,g4 ,rossetti died #ahid4 ,one example is worth a thousand arguments4 --,william ,e4 ,gladstone4 ,one day at a time6 ,that's all it can be ,no faster than that is the hardest of fate1 ,and days have their limit1 however we ,begin them too early or stretch them late4 --,j4,r4 ,miller4 ,he lives happy and master of himself ,who can say1 as each day passes on1 ,i have lived6 no matter whether to-morrow ,the great ,father shall give us a clouded sky or a clear day4 --,horace4 ,give us this day our daily bread4 --,matthew #f4 #aa4 ,eternal ,god1 guard me against the love of praise1 that ,i may not lose the sense of duty4 ,start me for the right places and give me strength with my days1 that ,i may press toward their possession4 ,deliver me from drifting when it is mine to pull against the tide1 that ,i may not be carried out of my course4 ,shield me from the storms that may gather about me1 and bring us all to the desired haven safe in thy keeping4 ,amen4 ,,december ,,thirtieth ,titus born ,a4,d4 #dj4 ,william ,r4 ,alger born #ahbb4 ,rudyard ,kipling born #ahfe4 ,god of our fathers1 known of old1 ,lord of our far-flung battle line1 ,beneath whose awful hand we hold ,dominion over palm and pine3 ,lord ,god of ,hosts1 be with us yet1 ,lest we forget--lest we forget6 ,for heathen heart that puts her trust ,in reeking tube and iron shard2 ,all valiant dust that builds on dust1 ,and guarding calls not thee to guard3 ,for frantic boast and foolish word1 ,thy mercy on thy people1 ,lord6 ,amen4 --,rudyard ,kipling4 ,but thou shalt remember ,jehovah thy ,god1 for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth4 --,deuteronomy #h4 #ah4 ,almighty ,god1 as ,i come to thee wilt thou forgive me for the errors ,i have made1 and for the promises that ,i have broken4 ,help me to be as true as the holly that keeps itself red through the snow4 ,remind me of my opportunities as ,i breathe in thy blessings1 ,lest ,i forget6 ,amen4 ,,december ,,thirty-,,first ,new ,year's ,eve4 ,john ,wycliffe died #achd4 ,battle of ,wakefield #adfj4 ,charles ,marquis ,cornwallis born #agch4 ,ring out1 wild bells1 to the wild sky1 ,the flying cloud1 the frosty light3 ,the year is dying in the night2 ,ring out1 wild bells1 and let him die4 ,ring out old shapes of foul disease1 ,ring out the narrow lust of gold3 ,ring out the thousand wars of old1 ,ring in the thousand years of peace4 --,alfred ,tennyson4 ,let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life1 and every setting sun be to you as its close4 --,john ,ruskin4 ,the night is far spent1 and the day is at hand3 let us therefore cast off the works of darkness1 and let us put on the armor of light4 --,romans #ac4 #ab4 ,my ,father1 as ,i look to the past days1 ,i feel much of my happiness and much of my misery has come from my own choice4 ,may ,i be more watchful of my standards and less wasteful of my time1 and keep a poise in life that will leave a memory of well-spent days4 ,for the year that has passed and for its blessings ,i thank thee4 ,amen4