DECEMBER FOURTEENTH
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Daniel Neal born 1678.
Rev. Charles Wolfe born 1791.
George Washington died 1799.
Frances Ridley Havergal born 1836.
Seldom can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still; Self-forgetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill. —Frances R. Havergal.
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought. And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste * * * * * But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored, and sorrows end. —William Shakespeare.
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary.
—Isaiah 50. 4.
Gracious Father, keep me cheerful and courageous, that I may not be given to weary murmurings. May my hours of solitude be spent profitably as they pass. Grant that I may be a help to those who are in need of sympathy and encouragement, and through the peace that is given to me help them to a tranquil life. Amen.