th me to check the progress of the
wrong, make me submissive and eager for what is right, that I may
learn and uphold to others thy purposes and desires. Amen.

JULY TWELFTH

Caius Julius Caesar born B.C. 100.

Josiah Wedgwood born 1730.

Alexander Hamilton killed 1804.

Henry David Thoreau born 1817.

Clara Louise Kellogg born 1842.

Each reaching and aspiration is an instinct with which all nature
consists and cooperates, and therefore it is not in vain. If a man
believes and expects great things of himself it makes no odds where
you put him, he will be surrounded by grandeur.

--Henry David Thoreau.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be
lost--that is where they should be: now put foundations under them.

--Henry David Thoreau.

He is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and
laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream
brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had
been well builded.

--Luke 6. 48.

Lord of strength, I pray that while I may lay a strong foundation for
my life, I may remember that I should not delay the building by
neglecting to complete the plans. May I look to-day and see if I am
making my words stronger than my life. With thy wisdom help me to
realize that the test of life is made with the soul. Amen.

JULY THIRTEENTH

Richard Cromwell died 1712.

Elijah Fenton died 1730.

Jean Paul Marat killed by Charlotte Corday 1793.

Let each day take thought for what concerns it, liquidate its own
affairs, and respect the day which is to follow, and then it shall
be ready.

--Amiel.

What does your anxiety do? It does not empty to-morrow, brother, of
its sorrow; but ah! it empties to-day of its strength. It does not
make you escape the evil; it makes you unfit to cope with it if it
comes.

--Ian Maclaren.

Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

--Matthew 6. 25.

My Father, save me from the habit of borrowing. So often I borrow
trouble and cannot use it, when the peace that I possess is all that I
need. Help me, that I may not miss the glory of to-day, by
anticipating the uncertainty of to-morrow; but may I discern my place
and have delight in every day. Amen.

JULY FOURTEENTH

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