ary 2.

Now, and at no other time: in this same nineteenth century lies our work.
Let us thank God that we are here now, and joyfully try to understand
_where_ we are, and what our work is _here_. As for all superstitions
about "the good old times," and fancies that _they_ belonged to God,
while this age belongs only to man, blind chance, and the evil one, let
us cast them from us as the suggestions of an evil lying spirit, as the
natural parents of laziness, pedantry, fanaticism, and unbelief. And
therefore let us not fear to ask the meaning of this present day, and of
all its different voices--the pressing, noisy, complex present, where our
workfield lies, the most intricate of all states of society, and of all
schools of literature yet known.

_Introductory Lecture_, _Queen's College_.
1848.

Forward. January 3.

Let us forward. God leads us. Though blind, shall we be afraid to
follow? I do not see my way: I do not care to: but I know that He sees
His way, and that I see Him.

_Letters and Memories_. 1848.

The Noble Life. January 4.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them all day long;
And so make life, and death, and that For Ever
One grand sweet song.

_A Farewell_. 1856.

Live in the present that you may be ready for the future.

_MS._

Duty and Sentiment. January 5.

God demands not _sentiment_ but _justice_. The Bible knows nothing of
"the religious sentiments and emotions" whereof we hear so much talk
nowadays. It speaks of _Duty_. "Beloved, if God so loved us, we _ought_
to love one another."

_National Sermons_. 1851.

The Everlasting Harmony. January 6.

If thou art living a righteous and useful life, doing thy duty orderly
and cheerfully where God has put thee, then thou in thy humble place art
humbly copying the everlasting harmony and melody which is in heaven; the
everlasting harmony and melody by which God made the world and all that
therein is--and behold it was very good--in the day when the morning
stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy over the new-
created earth, which God had made to be a pattern of His own perfection.

_Good News of God Sermons_. 1859.

The Keys of Death and Hell. January 7.

Fear not. Christ has the keys of death and hell. He has been through
them and is alive for evermore. Christ is the _first_, and was loving
and just and glorious and al