to pray as thou
wouldst have my needs. Sustain me, that I may overcome my weaknesses,
and strengthen me, that I may have thine approval. May I be reverent
and unselfish as I come to thee in prayer. Amen.

SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH

Battle of Salamis B. C. 480.

Alexander the Great born B. C. 356.

Robert Emmet died 1803.

David Ross Locke (Petroleum V. Nasby) born 1833.

'Tis weary watching wave by wave,
And yet the tide heaves onward;
We climb, like corals, grave by grave,
That pave a pathway sunward.
We're driven back, for our next fray
A newer strength to borrow;
And where the vanguard camps to-day,
The rear shall rest to-morrow.

--Gerald Massey.

Be like the bird, that, pausing in her flight
A while on boughs too slight,
Feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings,
Knowing that she hath wings.

--Victor Hugo.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness.

--Psalm 37. 3.

Eternal God, help me to realize that life is not only endless but,
whether I live in love and obedience, or wait in neglect and
indifference, that I can never separate myself from thee. May I be
diligent in worthy endeavors to do my best for thee. Amen.

SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIRST

Girolamo Savonarola born 1452.

Emperor Charles V died 1558.

Sir Walter Scott died 1832.

It is the secret sympathy,
The silver link, the silken tie,
Which heart to heart and mind to mind
In body and in soul can bind.

--Sir Walter Scott.

No action, whether foul or fair,
Is ever done, but it carves somewhere
A record, written by fingers ghostly,
As a blessing or a curse, and mostly
In the greater weakness or greater strength
Of the acts which follow it.

--Henry W. Longfellow.

And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold,
when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as
I do, so shall ye do.

--Judges 7. 17.

Loving Father, may I remember that from the beginning, all things were
created beautiful and were given for love. I pray that I may be
willing to be guided to the beautiful things of life and receive from
them the delight of thy love. Amen.

SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SECOND

Peter Simon Pallas born 1741.

Michael Faraday born 1791.

Theodore Edward Hook born 1788.

Man learns to swim by being tossed