hat perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's wintry main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

--Henry W. Longfellow.

They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
They are slaves who will not choose
Hatred, scoffing, and abuse,
Rather than in silence shrink
From the truth they needs must think;
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three.

--James Russell Lowell.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

--Matthew 5. 16.

Merciful Father, help me to know that my shadow cannot fall without
me, and that my footprints cannot be found where I have never trodden.
I pray that thou wilt make me so familiar with the right path that it
may be mine to have the privilege of leading others to the right
places. Amen.

FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH

Montaigne born 1533.

Mary Lyon born 1797.

Sir John Tenniel born 1820.

Soul, rule thyself; on passion, deed, desire,
Lay thou the laws of thy deliberate will.
Stand at thy chosen post, Faith's sentinel:
Though Hell's lost legions ring thee round with fire,
Learn to endure.

--Arthur Symonds.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no slight evidence of a
man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

--Montaigne.

Though a host should encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear:
Though war should rise against me,
Even then will I be confident.

--Psalm 27. 3.

My Father, may I ever be kept in remembrance of my virtue, and may I
be sensitive to its strength. As I go on my way, keep me within
control of the impetuous desires of my nature, and in call of the
duties and obligations of my daily life. Amen.

FEBRUARY TWENTY-NINTH

Anne Lee born 1736.

G.A. Rossini born 1792.

John Landseer died 1852.

Happy is he and more than wise
Who sees with wondrous eyes and clean
This world through all the gray disguise
Of sleep and custom in between.

--G.K. Chesterton.

In the morning, when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise,
consider with thyself presently, if it is to go about a man's work
that I am stirred up. Or was I made for this, to lay me down, and
make much of myself in a warm bed.

--Marcus Aurelius.

Arise and be do