—­Hebrews 13. 5, 6.

Loving Father, I thank thee that thou art the same yesterday, to-day, and forever; and I am glad I cannot receive from thee the slights and wounds that I may give or receive from my friends.  May I be considerate and more forgiving, and by my sincerity be worthy of the purpose which I pursue.  Amen.

MARCH TWENTIETH

Publius Ovidius (Ovid) born B.C. 43.

Sir Isaac Newton died 1727.

Karl August Nicander born 1799.

Henrik Ibsen born 1828.

    Whoever is not with me in the essential things of life, him I no
    longer know—­I owe him no consideration.

    —­Henrik Ibsen.

Only he who lives in truth finds it.  The deepest truth is not born of conscious striving, but comes in the quiet hour when a noble nature gives itself into the keeping of life, to suffer, to feel, to think, and to act as it is moved by a wisdom not its own.

    —­Hamilton Mabie.

    Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to
    the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the
    prize of the high calling of God.

    —­Philippians 3. 13, 14.

Lord God, I thank thee for the silent ways of revelation which bring hopeful communion with thee.  Help me to be composed, that my life may not create a noise and my soul miss the messages that come from the depths of truth and love.  Amen.

MARCH TWENTY-FIRST

Johann Sebastian Bach born 1685.

Archbishop Cranmer burnt at Oxford 1556.

Jean Paul Richter born 1763.

Henry Kirke White born 1785.

    Go through life with soft influences breathing around thee.  Keep thy
    heart high above the many-colored mist of earth and above its storm
    clouds.

    —­Jean Paul Richter.

    Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned
    out.

    —­Jean Paul Richter.

    Come, Disappointment, come! 
      Thou art not stern to me;
    Sad monitress!  I own thy sway,
    A votary sad in every day,
      I bend my knee to thee,
          From sun to sun
          My race will run;
    I only bow, and say, My God, thy will be done!

    —­Henry Kirke White.

    If I say, I will forget my complaint,
    I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer.

    —­Job 9. 27.

Gracious Father, help me to respond cheerfully when called upon to give.  May I never repent of tenderness which others fail to appreciate, but may I be glad of all that I give and for all I receive.  Amen.

MARCH TWENTY-SECOND

Sir Anthony Vandyke born 1599.