inged doves,
That into my soul would fly.

I am the man of a thousand friends
Of tuneful memory;
And each of them spends the delicate ends
Of a brilliant day with me.

And all my gifts are magical words
That sing sweet songs to me;
And the sensitive words are caroling birds
In the garden of imagery.

--Edwin Leibfreed.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

--Revelation 2. 10.

Loving Father, I bless thee for thy love and ministry. May I enter
into a broader conception of sharing thy gifts. May I not seek thy
blessings to keep, but to use for renewed inspiration. Amen.

APRIL SEVENTH

Saint Francis Xavier born 1506.

William Wordsworth born 1770.

William Ellery Channing born 1780.

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The child is Father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

--William Wordsworth.

A self-controlled mind is a free mind, and freedom is power. I call
that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and
powers. I call that mind free which resists the bondage of habit,
which does not live on its old virtues, but forgets what is behind,
and rejoices to pour itself forth in fresh and higher exertions.

--William Ellery Channing.

That ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new
man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness
of truth.

--Ephesians 4. 23, 24.

Lord God, give me the power to control my mind and heart, that I may
not be a slave to habits that may keep me from eternal love and
blessedness. May I have sympathy and compassion for others, and
cherish thy tenderness and mercy as I hold it in my daily life. Amen.

APRIL EIGHTH

Petrarch crowned 1341.

William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, born 1580.

David Rittenhouse born 1732.

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life from aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

--Emily Dickinson.

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that
the business of one's