rets. May
I remember that, though hasty judgment often may be temporary, the
gain or loss of a friend may be permanent. Amen.

MARCH TWENTY-NINTH

Dr. John Lightfoot born 1602.

John Tyler, Virginia, tenth President United States,
born 1790.

Amelia Barr born 1831.

The year's at the spring
And the day's at the morn;
The hillside's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing:
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his heaven:
All's well with the world.

--Robert Browning.

Dear Lord and Father of mankinds
Forgive our feverish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind;
In purer lives thy service find,
In deeper reverence praise.

--John G. Whittier.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.

--Isaiah 30. 15.

Lord God, I beseech thee to give me the strength which endures. Grant
that I may have the ceaseless content which is secured by choosing and
continuing in the right way. From the wealth of each day renew my
hope, and quiet my soul with the calm of thy peace. Amen.

MARCH THIRTIETH

Sir Henry Wotton born 1568.

Archbishop Somner born 1606.

John Fiske born 1842.

John Constable died 1837.

I said, "Let us walk in the field."
He said, "Nay walk in the town."
I said, "There are no flowers there."
He said, "No flowers but a crown."

I said, "But the air is thick,
And the fogs are veiling the sun."
He answered, "Yet souls are sick
And souls in the dark undone."

I cast one look at the field,
Then set my face to the town.
He said: "My child, do you yield?
Will ye leave the flowers for the crown?"

Then into his hand went mine
And into my heart came He,
And I walked in a light divine
The path I had feared to see.

--George Macdonald.

Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of
Jehovah your God.

--Jeremiah 26. 13.

Eternal God, teach me the way of a complete and unbroken trust. In my
disappointments, and in my devotions, may my faith and hope be as
immortal as my soul. May I listen for thy voice and answer thy call.
Amen.

MARCH THIRTY-FIRST

Ludwig von Beethoven died 1827.

Joseph Francis Haydn born 1732.

Andrew Lang born 1844.

Charlotte Bronte died 1855.

The Great Being unseen, but all-present, who in his beneficence
desires only our welfare, watches t