, but with all my might do what I
can now. Amen.

JULY TWENTY-FIFTH

Thomas a Kempis died 1471.

Simon Bolivar born 1783.

Arthur James Balfour born 1848.

Blessed indeed are those ears which listen not after the voice which
is sounding without, but after the truth teaching within.

--Thomas a Kempis.

How joyed my heart in the rich melodies
That overhead and round me did arise!
The moving leaves--the water's gentle flow--
Delicious music hung on every bough.
Then said I in my heart, "If that the Lord
Such lively music on the earth accord;
If to weak, sinful man such sounds are given,
O! what must be the melody of heaven!"

--Izaak Walton.

But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart
toward thee.

--Jeremiah 12. 3.

Loving Father, thou hast made it needful for me to know that the songs
which are sung by divine love are rarely heard by cruel hearts. Grant
that my soul may chord with the sweetest music that vibrates in the
beauty and harmony of life. Amen.

JULY TWENTY-SIXTH

Charles Emmanuel died 1630.

John Wilmot died 1680.

George Clinton born 1739.

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune
or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a
thunderstorm.

--Robert L. Stevenson.

I have learned, as days have passed me,
Fretting never lifts the load;
And worry, much or little,
Never smooths an irksome road;
For do you know that somehow, always,
Doors are opened, ways are made;
When we work and live in patience
Under all the cross that's laid.

--Unknown.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be
quiet without fear of evil.

--Proverbs 1. 33.

Merciful and just God, I pray that I may regulate my life by thy
standards and conform my life to thy laws, that thy goodness and mercy
may not be wasted on me. Help me to bear in mind, that willingness is
the power that starts the hands to work. May I have thy presence while
I wait in quietness, that I may be helped through the anxious moments.
Amen.

JULY TWENTY-SEVENTH

Thomas Campbell born 1777.

Alexandre Dumas-fils born 1824.

Dr. John Dalton died 1844.

What's hallowed ground? 'Tis what gives birth
To sacred thoughts in souls of worth!--
Peace! Independence! Truth! go forth
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