foundation of my life. May I use the best material; and may it be
worthy of a permanent home. Amen.

APRIL THIRTEENTH

Madame Jeanne Guyon born 1648.

Dr. Thomas Beddoes born 1760.

James Harper born 1795.

If there were dreams to sell,
Merry and sad to tell,
And the crier rang the bell,
What would you buy?

A cottage lone and still
With bowers nigh,
Shadowy, my woes to still,
Until I die.
Such pearl from Life's fresh crown
Fain would I shake me down,
Were dreams to have at will
This would best heal my ill,
This would I buy.

--Thomas Lovell Beddoes.

I pray you, bear me hence From forth the noise and rumor of the
field Where I may think the remnant of my thoughts In peace, and
part this body and my soul With contemplation and devout desires.

--William Shakespeare.

Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile.

--Mark 6. 31.

Lord God, help me to bear in mind that to step aside and safeguard the
mind in contemplation is a safe guard to the soul. Amen.

APRIL FOURTEENTH

Dr. George Gregory born 1754.

George Frederic Handel died 1759.

Horace Bushnell born 1802.

Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies--
Hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower--but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.

--Alfred Tennyson.

So much is history stranger than fiction, and so true it is Nature
has caprices which Art dares not imitate.

--Thomas Macaulay.

Nature is the face of God. He appears to us through it, and we can
read his thoughts in it.

--Victor Hugo.

Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works
which thou hast done,
And thy thoughts which are to us-ward.

--Psalm 40. 5.

Eternal God, I thank thee for the seasons which bring abundance and
beauty. I thank thee for thy loving care, which is over all and
forever. May I behold thy works and make thee a very present help for
all my needs, and perceive the joy of thy love through the greatness
of the earth. Amen.

APRIL FIFTEENTH

Emile Souvestre born 1806.

John Lothrop Motley born 1814.

Henry James born 1843.

Abraham Lincoln died 1865.

Two thirds of human existence are wasted in hesitation, and the last
third in repentance.