One sees, and the other does not see; one enjoys an unspeakable pleasure, and the other loses that pleasure which is as free to him as the air....  The whole outward world is the kingdom of the observant eye.  He who enters into any part of that kingdom to possess it has a store of pure enjoyment in life which is literally inexhaustible and immeasurable.  His eyes alone will give him a life worth living.

    —­Charles W. Eliot.

    Having eyes, see ye not?

    —­Mark 8. 18.

My Father, help me to realize that I cannot feel the joy that breathes through the early morning unless I am with it.  May I see distinctly the glory of to-day.  Help me to be watchful and keep my spirit awake, that I may receive thy revelations.  Amen.

APRIL TWENTIETH

Marcus Aurelius born 121.

Elizabeth Barton (Maid of Kent) executed 1534

Sir Francis T. Baring born 1796.

Alice Cary born 1820.

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away.  Death
stands at your elbow.  Be good for something while you live and it is
in your power.

—­Marcus Aurelius.

And O, my heart, my heart,
Be careful to go strewing in and out
The way with good deeds, lest it come about
That when thou shalt depart,
No low lamenting tongue be found to say,
The world is poorer since thou went’st away

—­Alice Cary.

A good man prolongs his life; to be able to enjoy one’s past life is
to live twice.

—­Martial.

    The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.

    —­Psalm 112. 6.

Heavenly Father, thou hast made my life dear; forgive me if I have made dearer the things that I have put around it.  Many days have been used for costly things that have faded and are laid aside.  May I realize the meaning of days that have been lost.  Make me more concerned for what I put in the days to come.  Amen.

APRIL TWENTY-FIRST

Peter F. Abelard died 1142.

Friedrich Froebel born 1782.

Reginald Heber born 1783.

James Martineau born 1805.

Charlotte Bronte born 1816.

Henry Shaw (Josh Billings) born 1818.

    Education should lead and guide man to clearness concerning himself
    and in himself, to peace with nature, and to unity with God.

    —­Friedrich Froebel.

    When spring unlocks the flowers, to paint the
      laughing soil;
    When summer’s balmy showers refresh the mower’s
      toil;
    When winter binds in frosty chains the fallow and
      the flood,
    In God the earth rejoiceth still, and owns its maker
      good.

    —­Reginald Heber.

    A memory without a blot or contamination must be an inexhaustible
    source of pure refreshment.