rds, than thy words
without heart.

--_Bunyan._

1567

A QUAINT OLD PRAYER.

"Oh, that mine eyes might closed be
To what concerns me not to see;
That deafness might possess mine ear
To what concerns me not to hear;
That love my tongue might always tie
From ever speaking foolishly!
But what are wishes! Lord, mine eye
On Thee is fixed. To Thee I cry.
Wash, Lord, and purify my heart
And make it clean in every part;
And when 'tis clean, Lord, keep it, too,
For that is more than I can do."

--_Unknown._

1568

_Rev. Thomas Guthrie_:--"As an ambassador for Christ, I regard a
preacher of the Gospel as filling the most responsible office any mortal
can occupy. His pulpit is, in my eyes, loftier than a throne; and of all
professions, learned or unlearned, his, though usually in point of
wealth the poorest, I esteem the most honorable. That office is one
angels themselves might covet."

--_From Memoir of Dr. Guthrie._

1569

When the preacher seeks fame he is sure to find folly.

1570

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
violence.

1571

He who never leaves his country is apt to be full of prejudices.

--_Goldoni._

1572

_Enjoy the Present._--Our advantages fly away:
Gather flowers while ye may.

1573

YESTERDAY, TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.

We cannot change yesterday--that is clear,--
Or begin on to-morrow until it is here;
So all that is left for you, and me,
Is to make to-day as sweet as can be.

1574

Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.

--_Sir Philip Sidney._

1575

People who strive to appear to be what they are not, only succeed in
being nothing.

1576

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

1577

Thou art proud; believest thou thyself to be one of the more exalted
beings?

1578

Proud people seldom have friends. In prosperity they know nobody; in
adversity nobody knows them.

1579

Never be too much elated.

--_From the Latin._

1580

How little do they know of human nature, who imagine, that pride is