m more afraid of deserving criticism, than of receiving it.

--William Gladstone.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

--Matthew 7.1.

Lord Jehovah, judge of all mankind, forbid that I should set myself as
a judge of another's life, and neglect to live for the higher judgment
of my own. May I not be absorbed in that which thrives in darkness,
but live in the light of honesty and gentleness. Amen.

NOVEMBER SEVENTEENTH

Queen Mary of England died 1558.

Joost van den Vondel born 1587.

George Grote born 1794.

There are evergreen men and women in the world, praise be to
God!--not many of them, but a few. They are not the showy folk.
(Nature is an old-fashioned shopkeeper; she never puts her best
goods in the window.) They are only the quiet, strong folk; they are
stronger than Fate. The storms of life sweep over them, and the
biting frosts creep round them; but the winds and the frosts pass
away, and they are still standing, green and straight.

--Jerome K. Jerome.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also doth not wither;
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

--Psalm 1.3.

Gracious Lord, may I not spend most in equipment and forget the tides,
which may desert me on the sands, or the rocks in the channels, which
may crush the finest vessel. May I be prepared for the hard knocks if
they come, but may I know how to keep clear of them. Amen.

NOVEMBER EIGHTEENTH

Sir David Wilkie born 1785.

Louis J. M. Daguerre born 1789.

Cyrus Field born 1819.

William S. Gilbert born 1836.

If e'er when man had fallen asleep,
I heard a voice, "Believe no more,"
A warmth within the breast would melt
The freezing reason's colder part,
And like a man in wrath, the heart
Stood up and answered, "I have felt."

--Alfred Tennyson.

Faith is the deep want of the soul. We have faculties for the
spiritual, as truly as for the outward world. God, the foundation of
all existence, may become to the mind the most real of all beings.
The believer feels himself resting on an everlasting foundation.

--William Henry Channing.

And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us,
while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the
scriptures?

--Luke 24. 32.

Lord God, save