Henry George born 1839.

George R. Sims born 1842.

Eugene Field born 1850.

Newell Dwight Hillis born 1858.

    And thus we sat in darkness,
      Each one busy in his prayer;
    “We are lost!” the captain shouted,
      As he staggered down the stair. 
    But the little daughter whispered,
      As she took his icy hand,
    “Isn’t God upon the ocean,
      Just the same as on the land?”

    —­Eugene Field.

    Happiness is through helpfulness.  Every morning let us build a booth
    to shelter some one from life’s fierce heat.  Every noon let us dig
    some life-spring for thirsty lips.

    —­Newell Dwight Hillis.

    Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
    To all that call upon, him in truth.

    —­Psalm 145. 18.

Heavenly Father, may I live that my spirit may never feel lost from thee; and when I am in great need of thee, even unto death, may I know that thou art very near.  Amen.

SEPTEMBER THIRD

Oliver Cromwell died 1658.

George Lillo died 1739.

Bishop James Harrington born 1847.

Sarah Orne Jewett born 1849.

    Love thyself last:  cherish those hearts that hate thee: 
    Corruption wins not more than honesty. 
    Still in thy right hand carry peace,
    To silence envious tongues.  Be just and fear not: 
    Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s,
    Thy God’s and truth’s; then if thou fallest, O Cromwell,
    Thou fallest a blessed martyr.

    —­William Shakespeare.

Surely, the only true knowledge of our fellow man is that which enables us to feel with him, which gives us a fine ear for the heart-pulses that are beating under the mere clothes of circumstance and opinion.

    —­George Eliot.

    With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one
    another in love.

    —­Ephesians 4. 2.

Lord, give thy people consistency of judgment, one heart, and mutual love; and go on to deliver them, and with the work of the reformation; and make the name of Christ glorious in the world.  Teach those who look too much on thy instruments to depend more upon thyself.  Pardon the folly of this short prayer:  Even for Christ’s sake.  And give us a good night, if it be thy pleasure.  Amen.

    —­Prayer by Oliver Cromwell, just before death.

SEPTEMBER FOURTH

Pindar, poet, born B. C. 522.

William E. Dodge born 1805.

Phoebe Cary born 1824.

Sir Wilfred Lawson born 1829.

    I ask not wealth, but power to take
      And use the things I have, aright;
    Not years, but wisdom that shall make
      My life a profit and delight.