Charles James Lever born 1806.

Theophile Gautier born 1811.

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland born 1880.

    Let us be patient, and endure a while; the time may come that God
    may give us a happy release; but let us not be our own murderers.

    —­John Bunyan.

    He that is down need fear no fall;
      He that is low no pride;
    He that is humble ever shall
      Have God to be his guide.

    —­John Bunyan.

    Time delivers fools from grief and reason wise men.

    —­Epictetus.

    For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us
    more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.

    —­2 Corinthians 4. 17.

My Lord, if I may be walking through fields that are rough with grief and care, may I have the courage to continue on to the smooth pastures, where I may walk with comfort and peace.  May I not let the weariness and sorrow that may come to my heart to-day dwarf my hope and enjoyment of the future.  Amen.

SEPTEMBER

            Go forth at eventide,
    The eventide of summer, when the trees
    Yield their frail honors to the passing breeze,
    And woodland paths with autumn tints are dyed;
    When the mild sun his paling luster shrouds
    In gorgeous draperies of golden clouds,
    Then wander forth, mid beauty and decay,
    To meditate alone—­alone to watch and pray.

—­Emma C. Embury.

SEPTEMBER FIRST

Edward Alleyn born 1566.

Lydia Sigourney born 1791.

James Gordon Bennett, Sr., born 1795.

William Stanley Jevons born 1835.

               O ye, who proudly boast,
    In your veins, the blood of sires like these,
    Look to their lineaments.  Dread lest ye lose
    Their likeness in your sons.  Should mammon cling
    Too close around your heart, or wealth beget
    That bloated luxury which eats the core
    From manly virtue, or the tempting world
    Make faint the Christian purpose in your soul,
    Turn ye to Plymouth Rock, and where they knelt
    Kneel, and renew the vow they breathed to God.

    —­Lydia Sigourney.

    Educate children without religion, and you make a race of clever
    devils.

    —­Duke of Wellington.

    Remember his covenant for ever,
    The word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

    —­1 Chronicles 16. 15.

O Lord of wisdom, kindle me with a love for true knowledge, that I may strive, in the moments I have now, to culture my life.  Not by might, not by power, but by thy spirit, O Lord, may I learn and teach thy children.  Amen.

SEPTEMBER SECOND

John Howard born 1726.