row we shun; to-day we desire what
to-morrow we fear; nay, even tremble at the apprehension of.

--Daniel Defoe.

Now don't do nothin' which isn't your Fort, for ef you do you'll
find yourself splashin' round in the Kanawl, figgeratively speakin'.

--Artemus Ward.

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there
are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord. And there are
diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in
all.

--1 Corinthians 12. 4-6.

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 life. Make me dissatisfied if I am not trying to
grow in truth and to live in noble deeds. Amen.

APRIL TWENTY-SEVENTH

Samuel Morse born 1791.

Lajos Kossuth born 1802.

Herbert Spencer born 1820.

Ulysses S. Grant, Ohio, eighteenth President United
States, born 1822.

Ralph Waldo Emerson died 1882.

People who are dishonest, or rash, or stupid will inevitably suffer
the penalties of dishonesty, or rashness, or stupidity.

--Herbert Spencer.

Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life; obey thy heart.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Well, then, we must cut our way out.

--General Grant.

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

--Ephesians 6. 13.

Loving Father, help me to live a simple and noble life. Grant that I
may have the blessedness that comes through peace, and escape the
misery that comes from cruelty and untruth. Through my life may what I
reap show that I have been careful in choosing and cultivating what I
have sown. Amen.

APRIL TWENTY-EIGHTH

Charles Cotton born 1630.

James Monroe, Virginia, fifth President United
States, born 1758.

Anthony Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury, born 1801.

During a long life I have proved that not one kind word ever spoken,
not one kind deed ever done, but sooner or later returns to bless
the giver, and becomes a chain, binding men with golden bands to the
throne of God.

--Earl of Shaftesbury.

There's many a time when the bitterest thing
Is said without reason, and God knows
The courage it takes to suffer the sting,
By hiding the wounds that the heart shows.

There's many a sob w