JUNE SEVENTH

Robert Bruce died 1329.

George Bryan (Beau Brummel) born 1778.

Rev. W.D. Conybeare born 1787.

When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead-- When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed.

When the lute is broken Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken Loved accents are soon forgot.

--Percy Bysshe Sh.e.l.ley.

A slip of the rose may take root, and bring forth a bloom to give peace to the soul. A slip of the tongue may take root, and bring forth a thorn that will torture the soul.

--M.B.S.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

--John 15. 4.

Many of us, O Father, overlook the fragrance of the rose while we are being pierced by its thorn. Increase my faith in life and in thee, that I may not be dismayed over mysteries, but sincerely wait for deliverance. Amen.

JUNE EIGHTH

Mohammed died 632.

Thomas Rickman born 1776.

Charles Reade born 1814.

John Everett Millais born 1829.

If one touch of nature makes the whole world kin, methinks that sweet and wonderful thing sympathy is not less powerful. What golden barriers, what ice of centuries, it can melt in a moment!

--Charles Reade.

If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one to buy white hyacinths to feed my soul.

--Mohammed.

What do you live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

--George Eliot.

Pure religion and undefiled before our G.o.d and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

--James 1. 27.

My Father, help me to understand that kind hearts and willing hands are made possible by the depth and greatness of thy love. May I possess the spirit of forgiveness and consideration, that I may not hold prejudice and revenge, but help with sympathy and tenderness.

Amen.

JUNE NINTH

George Stephenson born 1781.

John Howard Payne born 1791.

Richard D. Blackmore born 1825.

Charles d.i.c.kens died 1870.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many; not upon your past misfortunes, of which all have some.

--Charles d.i.c.kens.

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!

A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which, sought through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.

Home! home! sweet, sweet home!

There's no place like home!

--John Howard Payne.

For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are pa.s.sed away.

--Job 11. 16.

Lord G.o.d, my soul fills with grat.i.tude for the blessings which I have received and enjoyed. Help me to conform to thy will concerning my duties. May I not try to resist thy providence. I pray that thou wilt bless my daily life, and make my home a place to dispense kindness and cheerfulness. Amen.

JUNE TENTH

Sir Edwin Arnold born 1832.

Henry M. Stanley born 1840.

Edward Everett Hale died 1809.

Robert Schumann born 1810.