auty like a reed.

--George Henry Lewes.

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and
men.

--Luke 2. 52.

Almighty God, thy power is so great I cannot express it; help me to
comprehend the meaning of it, that I may feel more profoundly thy
expectations of my life. May I remember that to forget that life is
eternal may make me to lose all it has grown. Amen.

JUNE EIGHTEENTH

Robert Stewart born 1769.

Battle of Waterloo 1815.

William Cobbett died 1835.

Not he the threatening texts who deals
Is highest 'mong the preachers,
But he who feels the woes and weals
Of all God's wandering creatures.
He doth good work whose heart can find
The spirit 'neath the letter;
Who makes his kind of happier mind,
Leaves wiser men and better.

Dear Bard and Brother! let who may
Against thy faults be railing,
(Though far, I pray, from us be they
That never had a failing!)

--James Russell Lowell.

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of
God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will
recompense, saith the Lord.

--Romans 12. 19.

Heavenly Father, I pray that I may not be so occupied in expressing my
judgment of others, that I will forget to live in thy judgment myself.
May I have the compassion for others that I hope to receive from thee.
Amen.

JUNE NINETEENTH

Magna Charta signed, Runnymede, 1215.

Blaise Pascal born 1623.

Charles H. Spurgeon born 1834.

Find your niche and fill it. If it is ever so little, if it is only
a hewer of wood or a drawer of water, do something in the great
battle for God and truth.

--Charles Spurgeon.

If I do what I may in earnest, I need not mourn if I work no great
work on earth. To help the growth of a thought that struggles toward
the light; to brush with gentle hand the stain from the white of one
snowdrop--such be my ambition.

--George Macdonald.

Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that
thou puttest thy hand unto.

--Deuteronomy 15. 10.

Lord God, I pray that I may not through conceit be betrayed into
slacking my work, or through visions of greatness lose it. Teach me
how to obtain the secret wealth in the smallest thing; and may I
recognize thy treasures, and fill my life with the finest that may be
given me. Amen.