rth's compass round;
And your high-priesthood shall make earth
All hallowed ground.

--Thomas Campbell.

Remember the week day to keep it holy.

--Elbert Hubbard.

The meaning of life comes to us mostly in great revealing flashes
and intense emotions.

--Dean Farrar.

To the pure all things are pure.

--Titus 1. 15.

Gracious Father, may I not feel that it is necessary to wait for
certain days and ceremonies to prepare to worship thee, while at every
moment thy love is pleading for me. May I through the busiest hours
and the most perplexing moments serve thee in reverence and obedience,
and ever give praise to thy holy name. Amen.

JULY TWENTY-EIGHTH

John Sebastian Bach died 1750.

Robespierre executed 1794.

Jean Baptiste Corot born 1796.

O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine's blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.

--George Matheson.

Follow your Star that lights a desert pathway, yours or mine,
Forward, till you learn the highest Human Nature is divine.
Follow Light and do the Right--for man can half control his doom--
Till you see the deathless Angel seated in the vacant Tomb.

--Alfred Tennyson.

My soul waiteth for the Lord,
More than watchmen wait for the morning;
Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

--Psalm 130. 6.

Almighty God, help me to kindle my life by the shining light of thy
power and love, that I may be an ambassador for thee. Amen.

JULY TWENTY-NINTH

Andrew Marvell died 1678.

William Wilberforce died 1833.

Dr. Thomas Dick died 1857.

I wrestle not with rage
While fury's flame doth burn;
It is vain to stop the stream
Until the tide doth turn.

But when the flame is out
And ebbing wrath doth end
I turn a late enraged foe
Into a quiet friend.

--Robert Southwell.

If I can lend
A strong hand to the fallen, or defend
The right against a single envious strain,
My life though bare
Perhaps of much that seemeth dear and fair
To us on earth, will not have been in vain.

--Unknown.

A friend loveth at all times;
And a brother is born for adversity.

--Proverbs 17. 17.

Gracious Father of us all, if I may have cause to be provoked to-day,
help me to rise ab