Maeterlinck born 1862.

Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!

--Oliver Wendell Holmes.

We all live in the sublime. Where else can we live? That is the only
place of life. Though you have but a little room, do you fancy that
God is not there, too, and it is impossible to live therein a life
that shall be somewhat lofty? Do you imagine that you can possibly
be alone, that love can be a thing one knows, a thing one sees; that
events can be weighed like the gold and silver of ransom?

--Maurice Maeterlinck.

My soul waiteth in silence for God only:
From him cometh my salvation.

--Psalm 62. 1.

Loving Father, help me to live, that my spirit may always dwell in thy
protecting love. Amen.

AUGUST THIRTIETH

Cleopatra died B. C. 30.

William Paley born 1743.

Julian A. Weir born 1852.

Thyself and thy belongings
Are not thine own so proper as to waste
Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched
But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends
The smallest scruple of her excellence,
But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
Herself the glory of a creditor,
Both thanks and use.

--William Shakespeare.

Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk
even as ye have us for an ensample.

--Philippians 3. 17.

My Father, I pray that I may not let my life become commonplace
through habit. May I not be content to rest in my virtues and let the
days pass neglected. Awaken my dull satisfactions to a desire to live
for the greatest, that I may have the greatest to live for. Amen.

AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST

John Bunyan died 1686.

Charles James Lever born 1806.

Theophile Gautier born 1811.

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland born 1880.

Let us be patient, and endure a while; the time may come that God
may give us a happy release; but let us not be our own murderers.

--John Bunyan.

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