APRIL TWENTIETH
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Marcus Aurelius born 121.
Elizabeth Barton (Maid of Kent) executed 1534
Sir Francis T. Baring born 1796.
Alice Cary born 1820.
Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.
—Marcus Aurelius.
And O, my heart, my heart, Be careful to go strewing in and out The way with good deeds, lest it come about That when thou shalt depart, No low lamenting tongue be found to say, The world is poorer since thou went'st away —Alice Cary.
A good man prolongs his life; to be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.
—Martial.
The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
—Psalm 112. 6.
Heavenly Father, thou hast made my life dear; forgive me if I have made dearer the things that I have put around it. Many days have been used for costly things that have faded and are laid aside. May I realize the meaning of days that have been lost. Make me more concerned for what I put in the days to come. Amen.