JANUARY EIGHTEENTH

Charles de Montesquieu born 1689.

John Gillies born 1747.

Daniel Webster born 1782.

We would leave for the consideration of those who shall occupy our places some proof that we hold the blessings transmitted from our fathers in just estimation; some proof of our attachment to the cause of good government and of civil and religious liberty; some proof of a sincere and ardent desire to promote every thing which may enlarge the understanding and improve the hearts of men.

    —­Daniel Webster.

    Brother and friend, the world is wide,
      But I care not whether there be
    The soothing song of a summer tide
      Or the thrash of a wintry sea,
    If but through shimmer and storm you bide,
      Brother and friend, with me.

    —­Percy C. Ainsworth.

    Honor all men.  Love the brotherhood.  Fear God.  Honor the King.

    —­1 Peter 2. 17.

Almighty God, I thank thee for all the tender influences of life; for all the gentleness and strength that may be given and received through friendship.  Help me to be careful of what I do, for my sake, and for the sake of those who may follow me.  Amen.

JANUARY NINETEENTH

Hans Sachs died 1576.

William Congreve died 1729.

James Watt born 1736.

Robert E. Lee born 1807.

Edgar Allan Poe born 1809.

    I stand amid the roar
    Of a surf-tormented shore,
    And I hold within my hand
    Grains of the golden sand—­
    How few!  Yet how they creep
    Through my fingers to the deep,
    While I weep—­while I weep! 
    O God, can I not save
    One from the pitiless wave? 
    Is all that we see or seem
    But a dream within a dream?

    —­Edgar Allan Poe.

    Do not train up your children in hostility to the government of the
    United States.  Remember that we are one country now.  Dismiss from
    your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

    —­Robert E. Lee.

    Wait for Jehovah:  Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea,
    wait thou for Jehovah.

    —­Psalm 27. 14.

Lord God, I pray that if I have struggled for the wrong, and have worked with weak hands, thou wilt forgive me for my lost strength.  Give me more light to shine upon my work, upon thy promises, and upon my duties; and with thy wisdom may I search for the truth that is behind every wrong, and for the purpose that is beyond all journeyings.  Amen.

JANUARY TWENTIETH

Eve of Saint Agnes.

David Garrick died 1779.

John Howard died 1790.

John Ruskin died 1900.