DECEMBER FIFTEENTH
Reading edition
Catherine of Aragon born 1485.
George Romney born 1734.
Franklin B. Sanborn born 1831.
Yet frequent visitors shall kiss the shrine, And ever keep its vestal lamp alight; All noble thoughts, all dreams divinely bright, That waken or delight this soul of mine. —F. B. Sanborn.
One small cloud can hide the sunlight; Loose one string, the pearls are scattered; Think one thought, a soul may perish; Say one word, a heart may break. —A. A. Procter.
Self-scrutiny is often the most unpleasant, and always the most difficult, of moral actions. But it is also the most important and salutary; for, as the wisest of the Greeks said, "An unexamined life is not worth living."
—J. Strachan.
Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves.
—2 Corinthians 13. 5.
Gracious Father, help me that I may not be thoughtless and unkind. May I be gentle and sympathetic. Forgive me for any unhappiness which I may have made, and may it be mine to know the rejoicing that comes hi lifting a discouraged life in time. Amen.