May I never repent of tenderness which others fail to
appreciate, but may I be glad of all that I give and for all I
receive. Amen.

MARCH TWENTY-SECOND

Sir Anthony Vandyke born 1599.

Caroline Sheridan Norton born 1808.

Johann Goethe died 1832.

Dr. Farrar, Dean of Canterbury, died 1903.

Rosa Bonheur born 1822.

Red Love still rules the day, white Faith enfolds the night,
And hope, green-mantled, leads the way by the walls of the City of Light.
Therefore I walk as one who sees the joy shine through
Of the other Life behind our life, like the stars behind the blue.

--Dean Farrar.

There can be no greater delight than is experienced by a man who, by
his own unaided resources, frees himself from the consequences of
error: Heaven looks down with satisfaction upon such a spectacle.

--Goethe.

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a
land that reacheth afar.

--Isaiah 33. 17.

Lord God, help me to remember that I may not only be forgiven for my
transgression, but with thy help I may be led away from the wrong. May
I be content to follow where thou dost lead. Amen.

MARCH TWENTY-THIRD

Pierre Savant La Place born 1749.

Schuyler Colfax born 1823.

Richard A. Proctor born 1837.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic,
into the daylight of life.... Nay, in thy own mean perplexities, do
thou thyself but hold thy tongue for one day; on the morrow how much
clearer are thy purposes and duties!

--Thomas Carlyle.

Deliberate much before you say and do anything; for it will not be
in your power to recall what is said or done.

--Epictetus.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.

--Psalm 141. 3.

My Lord, make me a lover of the truth. Make me careful of my thoughts,
and the words I would speak, that I may not think selfishly and speak
cruelly, but keep myself holy unto thee. Amen.

MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH

Queen Elizabeth died 1603.

Fanny Crosby born 1820.

Henry W. Longfellow died 1882.

Sir Edwin Arnold died 1904.

Every quivering tongue of flame
Seems to murmur some great name,
Seems to say to me "Aspire!"
No endeavor is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing,
And the rapture of pursuing
Is the prize of vanquished gain.

--He