rleton born 1845.

He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.

--Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

We thank thee, O Father, for all that is bright--
The gleam of the day and the stars of the night,
The flowers of our youth and the fruits of our prime,
And the blessings that march down the pathway of time.

--Will Carleton.

Thanklessness is a parching wind, drying up the fountain of pity,
the dew of mercy, the streams of grace. For doth not that rightly
seem to be lost which is given to one ungrateful?

--Saint Bernard.

O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness
endureth for ever.

--Psalm 136. 1.

My Father, help me to understand that I cannot have self-development
unless the spirit of truth drills my character. Cleanse my heart from
all impurity, and strengthen me for all usefulness: help me to daily
live this prayer. Amen.

OCTOBER TWENTY-SECOND

Charles Martel died 741.

Franz Liszt born 1811.

George Eliot born 1819.

Sarah Bernhardt born 1844.

O may I join the choir invisible
Of those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence: live
In pulses stirred to generosity,
In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end with self,
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
And with their mild persistence urge man's search
To vaster issues.

This is life to come,
Which martyred men have made more glorious
For us to strive to follow. May I reach
That purest heaven, be to other souls
The cup of strength in some great agony,
Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love,
Beget the smiles that have no cruelty,
Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,
And in diffusion ever more intense!
So shall I join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness of the world.

--George Eliot.

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish.

--John 10. 28.

My Father, I pray that I may be more generous with my smiles and
gladness, and more saving with my tears and sadness. Amen.

OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD

Anne Oldfield died 1730.

Robert Bridges born 1844.

Mollie Elliot Seawell born 1860.

O youth whose hope is high,
Who doth to truth aspire,