ted 1521.

Douglas Jerrold born 1803.

Charles Wagner (France) born 1852.

To be continually advancing in the paths of knowledge is one of the
most pleasing satisfactions of the human mind. These are pleasures
perfect consistent with every degree of advanced years.

--Cicero.

Fidelity in small things is at the base of every great achievement.
We too often forget this and yet no truth needs more to be kept in
mind particularly in the troubled eras of history and in the crises
of individual life. In shipwreck a splintered beam, an oar, any
scrap of wreckage saves us. To despise the remnants is
demoralization.

--Charles Wagner.

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much and he
that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

--Luke 16. 10

Almighty God, may I understand that thou art in everything and that I
cannot hide from thee, for thou boldest me though I know it not. Give
me the desire, and help me to learn of thy laws, that I may know that
even in the least of things, I have the liberty to obtain happiness by
obeying them. Amen.

JANUARY FOURTH

Archbishop Usher born 1580.

Jacob L. Carl Grimm born 1785.

Elizabeth Peabody died 1894.

Years rush by us like the wind, we see not whence the eddy comes,
nor whitherward it is tending, and we seem ourselves to witness
their flight without a sense that we are changed: and yet time is
beguiling man of his strength, as the winds rob the trees of their
foliage.

--Sir Walter Scott.

The bell strikes one. We take no note of Time
But from its loss. To give it, then a tongue
Is wise in man; as if an angel spoke
I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright
It is the knell of my departed hours:
Where are they?

--Edward Young.

Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. And
the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding. It is not the
great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

--Job 32. 7, 9.

Lord God, help me to see my mistakes, and bring me to the realization
of my life. Grant that I may no longer use the time that thou gavest
me to learn in, heedlessly, but to give it my best thought and care.
Amen.

JANUARY FIFTH

Stephen Decatur born 1779.

Robert Morrison born 1782.

Thomas Pringle born 1789.

Let me go where'er I will,