n of liberty, but may I look for the opportunities that I
may measure up to because of them, and do my part to keep the peace
and spread the blessings of our land. Amen.

JULY FIFTH

Mrs. Sarah Siddons born 1755.

David G. Farragut born 1801.

George Sand born 1804.

Cecil Rhodes born 1853.

Nature alone can speak to our intelligence an imperishable language,
never changing, because it remains within the bounds of eternal
truth and of what is absolutely noble and beautiful.

--George Sand.

Say, dost thou understand the whispered token,
The promise breathed from every leaf and flower?
And dost thou hear the word ere it be spoken,
And apprehend love's presence by its power?

--Unknown.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of
the heavens, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it
shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought
this?

--Job 12. 7-9.

Lord God, direct me away from self, that I may learn of thy wisdom,
and help further thy kingdom. Give me patience to search for thy
truths, that I may obtain the noblest to use for thy service. Amen.

JULY SIXTH

John Huss burned at Constance, Baden, 1369.

Baron Wilhelm Leibnitz born 1646.

John Paul Jones born 1747.

John Flaxman born 1755.

No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice
of his profession, and every man worthy of the name will row long
against wind and tide before he allows himself to cry out, "I'm
baffled!" and submit to be floated passively back to land.

--Charlotte Bronte.

There is nothing so small but that we honor God by asking his
guidance of it, or insult him by taking it into our hands.

--John Ruskin.

If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me,
And thy right hand shall hold me.

--Psalm 139. 9, 10.

My Father, I pray that I may have wise judgment and use discretion in
the choice of my work. May I remember that only that is genuine which
is received and used for thee. Amen.

JULY SEVENTH

Alexis, son of Peter the Great, died in prison 1718.

Thomas Blacklock died 1791.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan died 1816.

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