ack of daily food, and one
of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet
ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it
profit?

--James 2. 16.

Tender Father, help me to consider those who receive the crust of
bread at my door; for if it be needed it is asked for by sad and
desperate lives. Make me conscious of thy mercy and help, that I may
be considerate for the one with the outstretched hand. Amen.

AUGUST TWENTIETH

Saint Bernard died 1153.

Robert Herrick born 1591.

John and Cornelius De Witt killed 1672.

Francis Asbury born 1745.

Henry P. Liddon born 1829.

Benjamin Harrison, Ohio, twenty-third President
United States, born 1833.

The busy world shoves angrily aside
The man who stands with arms akimbo set
Until occasion tells him what to do;
And he who waits to have his task marked out
Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.

--James Russell Lowell.

Awake, arise! the hour is late!
Angels are knocking at thy door!
They are in haste and cannot wait,
And once departed come no more.

--Henry W. Longfellow.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow;
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

--Proverbs 27. 1.

Gracious Father, grant that I may not tarry so long, that when I
arrive I will hear, "Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now"; but may
I be so persistent with every day that when I arrive I may be ready as
well as on time. Amen.

AUGUST TWENTY-FIRST

Lady Mary Montagu died 1762.

Jules Michelet born 1798.

John Tyndall born 1820.

Let us never be afraid of innocent joy; God is good and what he does
is well done; resign yourself to everything, even happiness; ask for
the spirit of sacrifice, of detachment, of renunciation, and above
all, for the spirit of joy and gratitude.

--Amiel.

That's the wise thrush;
He sings each song twice over,
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture!

--Robert Browning.

And these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

--1 John 1. 4.

Lord God, help me to keep the things under my feet that are inclined
to destroy happiness. Show me clearly the line which divides right and
wrong, that I may not fear the censure of the world. Help me to act
with good judgment and be calm in obeying thy laws. Amen.

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