rdens! when the eve is cool?
Nay but I have a sign;
'Tis very sure God walks in mine.

--Thomas E. Brown.

Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:
Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

--Numbers 6. 24, 25, 26.

My Father, may this be a day of usefulness. Make me sure of myself,
that I may not spend my days in questioning, but accept with
gratefulness thy love and tender care. Make me worthy to be called thy
child. Amen.

MAY NINTH

John Brown (Ossawattomie) born 1800.

Johann Schiller died 1805.

J.M. Barrie born 1860.

Have love! not love alone for one,
But man as man thy brother call:
And scatter like the circling sun
Thy charities on all.

--Johann Schiller.

He spoke, and words more soft than rain
Brought the Age of Gold again:
His action won such reverence sweet,
As hid all measure of the feat.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson.

That their hearts might be comforted, they being knit together in
love.

--Colossians 2. 2.

Gracious Lord, I pray that I may not only be known to those who are my
own, but may I consider all mankind. May those who need me find me
through my gentleness, and may they be assured by quiet confidence and
faith. Amen.

MAY TENTH

Rouget de l'Isle born 1760.

Jared Sparks born 1789.

James Bryce born 1838.

Sir Henry Stanley died 1904.

For four months and four days I lived with David Livingstone in the
same house, or in the same boat, or in the same tent, and I never
found a fault in him. I am a man of quick temper, and often without
sufficient cause, I dare say, have broken the ties of friendship;
but with Livingstone I never had cause for resentment, but each
day's life with him added to my admiration for him.

--Sir Henry Stanley.

In speech right gentle, yet so wise: princely of mien,
Yet softly mannered; modest, deferent,
And tender-hearted, though of a fearless blood.

--Edwin Arnold.

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

--Matthew 5. 14.

Almighty God, help me to aspire, that my life may tend toward the
ideal. May I be persuaded that I cannot be that which I do not
possess, nor can I live in that which I do not know. Help me to put
the best in what I do, that I may not feel I ha