ing to
the hope that thou hast provided for my soul. May I be trustful, and
be thankful to "see so much as one side of a celestial idea, one side
of the rainbow, and the sunset sky." Amen.

JULY THIRD

John S. Copley born 1737.

Henry Grattan born 1746.

Eugene Sue died 1857.

Not from the dangers that beset our path
From storm or sudden death, or pain or wrath,
We pray deliverance;
But from the envious eye, the narrowed mind
Of those that are the vultures of mankind
Thy aid advance.

Not at the strong man's righteous rage or hate,
But at the ambushed malice laid in wait
Thy strength arise;
At those who ever seek to spot the fair
White garments of a neighbor's character
With mud of lies.

--Theodosia P. Garrison.[1]

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and
hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings.

--1 Peter 2. 1.

My Lord, may I remember that to protect the character of others is to
add virtue to my own. Grant that I may see the good and not be looking
for the evil. Cause me to know that peace will not abide in deceit or
revenge, but may be found in a happy and charitable spirit. Help me to
earn thy peace. Amen.

[Footnote 1: Special permission by Mitchell Kennerly, New York.]

JULY FOURTH

Independence Day.

Colonel William Byrd died 1704.

Nathaniel Hawthorne born 1804.

Thomas Jefferson died 1826.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust";
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

--Francis Scott Key.

Seek not to keep your soul perpetually in the unwholesome region of
remorse. It was needful to pass through that dark valley, but it is
infinitely dangerous to linger there too long.

--Nathaniel Hawthorne.

And this city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for
a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all
the good that I do unto them.

--Jeremiah 33. 9.

Lord of justice and peace, may I not pause at the marked stones of the
brave to lear