the strengthening of
her own heart and for the benefit of all who might come after her,
"Resist!" "Resist!" "Resist!"

--J.G. Mantle.

Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with
thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all
the Jews ... and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the
kingdom for such a time as this?

--Esther 4. 13, 14.

Lord God, give me wisdom to help relieve the ignorant and suffering.
May I strive in every way to free thy people, that they may be
uplifted in the progress of life. Amen.

AUGUST EIGHTEENTH

Virginia Dare, first English child born in America, 1587.

Dr. Henry Hammond born 1605.

Robert Williams Buchanan born 1841.

John Russell born 1792.

Pour out thy love like the rush of a river,
Wasting its waters for ever and ever,
Through the burnt sands that reward not the giver;
Silent or songful thou nearest the sea.

Scatter thy life as the summer showers pouring.
What if no bird through the pearl rain is soaring?
What if no blossom looks upward adoring?
Look to the life that was lavished for thee.

--Unknown.

Who is the happiest person? He whose nature asks for nothing that
the world does not wish and use.

--Goethe.

Freely ye received, freely give.

--Matthew 10. 8.

My Father, I pray that I may have the sympathy that responds with
consideration and devotion. May it be a joy for me to give comfort and
render service where I may help. Grant that I may not linger too long
in happiness and miss thy blessings, but remember that to "travel
hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Amen.

AUGUST NINETEENTH

Augustus Caesar died A.D. 14.

James Watt died 1819.

Robert Bloomfield died 1823.

Honore Balzac died 1850.

It is written not, "Blessed is he that feedeth the poor," but
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor." And you know a little
thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal
of money.

--John Ruskin.

So pity never leaves the gentle breast
Where love has been received a welcome guest;
As wandering saints poor huts have sacred made,
He hallows every heart he once has swayed,
And, when his presence we no longer share,
Still leaves compassion as a relic there.

--Thomas Sheridan.

If a brother or sister be naked and in l