FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH
Saint Valentine’s Day.
Captain James Cook killed 1779.
Jean Ernest Reynaud born 1808.
Oh! little loveliest lady
mine,
What shall I send for your
valentine?
Summer and flowers are far
away;
Gloomy old Winter is king
to-day;
Buds will not blow, and sun
will not shine:
What shall I do for a valentine?
I’ve searched the gardens
all through and through
For a bud to tell of my love
so true;
But buds are asleep and blossoms
are dead,
And the snow beats down on
my poor little head:
So, little loveliest lady
mine,
Here is my heart for your
valentine.
—Laura E. Richards.
Oh rank is gold, and gold
is fair,
And high and low
mate ill;
But love has never known a
law
Beyond its own
sweet will!
—John G. Whittier.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God.
—1 John 4. 7.
Loving Father, may I not fall to nodding in the balmy air of luxury and miss the messages of love. Arouse me, that I may give and take in the treasures of love as they come my way, and that they may not pass unnoticed. Amen.
FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH
Galileo Galilei born 1564.
Louis XV born 1710.
S. Weir Mitchell born 1829.
Sir Frederick Treves born 1853.
The night I know is nigh at
hand,
The mists lie
low on hill and bay,
The autumn sheaves are brown
and dry,
But I have had
the day.
Yes, I have had, dear Lord,
the day.
When at thy call
I have the night
Brief be the twilight as I
pass
From light to
dark, from dark to light.
—S. Weir Mitchell.
If thou faint in the day of
adversity, thy strength is small—too
small to be worth talking
about, for the day of adversity is its
first real opportunity.
—Maltbie Babcock.
Nay, in all these things we
are more than conquerors through him
that loved us.
—Romans 8. 37.
My Father, may my daily work not be the means of separating me from thee, but may I have thee for my companion through my work. Forbid that I should ever submit to despair from weakness of body, but that I may be blest and grow strong as my spirit lives in thee. Amen.
FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH
Philip Melanchthon born 1497.
Gasper de Coligny born 1517.
Thomas Robert Malthus born 1766.
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel born 1834.
Thy love shall chant its own
beatitudes
After its own life working.
A child’s kiss
Set on thy sighing lips shall
make thee glad.
A poor man served by thee
shall make thee rich;
A sick man helped by thee
shall make thee strong;
Thou shalt be served thyself
by every sense
Of service which thou renderest.