reap, if we faint not.

--Galatians 6. 9.

My Father, if thou wert far off I could not reach thee in time, for I
falter so much and need thee so often. I pray that thou wilt keep so
near that I can feel thy love and strength breathing within me. Amen.

MAY TWENTIETH

Elizabeth G. Fry born 1780.

John Stuart Mill born 1806.

Alfred Domett born 1811.

Rudolf H. Lotze born 1817.

Marquis de Lafayette died 1834.

Nature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces which is
honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men; their
very presence gives confidence. There is a "promise to pay" in their
faces which gives confidence, and you prefer it to another man's
indorsement. Character is credit.

--William M. Thackeray.

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 Livingstone; 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 ago. They could not understand him; but they felt
the love that beat in his heart.

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good
life his works in meekness of wisdom.

--James 3. 13.

My Lord, inspire me with kind words and thoughtful deeds, that I may
share the yearnings and sympathy of others. May my life show that I am
dependable, and may none be left lonely to-day because of my
forgetfulness. Amen.

MAY TWENTY-FIRST

Albrecht Duerer born 1471.

Fernando de Soto died 1542.

Alexander Pope born 1688.

Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake
As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake;
The center moved, a circle straight succeeds,
Another still, and still another spreads;
Friend, parent, neighbor, first it will embrace,
Its country next, and next, the human race.

--Alexander Pope.

A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference
to the claim of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from
them.

--William Hazlitt.

But he knoweth the way that I take;
When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
My foot hath held fast to his steps;
His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

--Job 23. 10.

Lord God, teach me how secret actions make or destroy my life. Show me
the deep lines made by sorrow and