I would learn that while thou art a forgiving Lord,
nature has no mercy on them that break her laws. Forgive me for all my
neglect, and help me to see the way in which thou hast through mercy
led me. Give me the power to endure and the strength to resist
temptation. May I seek to understand thy laws, that I may not fail
through ignorance. Amen.

FEBRUARY TENTH

Rev. Henry Hart Milman born 1791.

Charles Lamb born 1775.

Sir William Napier died 1860.

Never let the most well-intended falsehood escape your lips; for
Heaven, which is entirely Truth, will make the seed which you have
sown of untruth to yield miseries a thousandfold.

--Charles Lamb.

We cannot command veracity at will; the power of seeing and
reporting truly is a form of health that has to be distinctly
guarded, and as an ancient rabbi has solemnly said, "The penalty of
untruth is untruth."

--George Eliot.

The bat hangs upside down and laughs at a topsy-turvy world.

--Unknown.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever;
But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

--Proverbs 12. 19.

Lord God, give me the will to hold to the truth and the strength to
help keep the world true; and may I help others to look up and catch
the truth from the purest light. Amen.

FEBRUARY ELEVENTH

Mary, Queen of England, born 1516.

Daniel Boone born 1735.

Lydia M. Child born 1802.

Washington Gladden born 1836.

Thomas A. Edison born 1847.

Few, in the days of early youth,
Trusted like me in love and truth.
I've learned sad lessons from the years;
But slowly and with many tears;
For God made me to kindly view
The world that I was passing through.

And all who tempt a trusting heart
From faith and hope to drift apart,
May they themselves be spared the pain
Of losing power to trust again!
God help us all to kindly view
The world that we are passing through!

--Lydia M. Child.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the
mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing;
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

--Isaiah 55. 12.

Lord God, I pray that I may not rest my hope in self alone, but know
that the greatest joy is in the hope of the world. Help me to have
faith in mankind; and with a loyal heart and a brave spirit be as kind
to the world as I ca