--1 Samuel 17. 49.

My Father, I would remember that my life may decline from the neglect
of small things; for as thou dost nourish the wheat from flakes of
snow, and supply the springs from drops of rain, so thou wilt
strengthen my soul from every little blessing. I pray that I may not
forget to watch my habits, and keep track of the hours that culture
and sustain my life. Amen.

MARCH FIFTH

Correggio died 1534.

Howard Pyle born 1853.

Arthur Foote born 1853.

When I have the time so many things I'll do,
To make life happier and more fair
For those whose lives are crowded now with care,
I'll help to lift them from their low despair
When I have time.

When I have time the friend I love so well
Shall know no more the weary, toiling days;
I'll lead his feet in pleasant paths always,
And cheer his heart with words of sweetest praise,
When I have time.

Now is the time! Speed, friend; no longer wait
To scatter loving smiles and words of cheer
To those around whose lives are drear;
They may not need you in the far-off year:
Now is the time.

--Unknown.

Behold now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of
salvation.

--2 Corinthians 6. 2.

Lord God, teach me this day to know that the veriest trifle often
keeps happiness alive, and that the smallest trifle often may kill it.
I pray that now thou wilt put within my heart that touch of love,
which brings consideration for others, and the care that brings the
greatest happiness. Amen.

MARCH SIXTH

Michael Angelo Buonarroti born 1475.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning born 1806.

George du Maurier born 1831.

Beloved, let us love so well
Our work shall still be better for our love,
And still our love be sweeter for our work:
And both commended for the sake of each
By all true workers and true lovers born.

--Elizabeth B. Browning.

Earth saddens, never shall remove,
Affections purely given;
And e'en that mortal grief shall prove
The immortality of love,
And heighten it with heaven.

--Elizabeth B. Browning.

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body
to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

--1 Corinthians 13. 3.

Loving Father, I pray that I may not try to change the standard of
love by grafting on my o