—­Harriet Beecher Stowe.

    I cannot do it alone,
      The waves run fast and high,
    And the fogs close chill around,
      And the light goes out in the sky;
    But I know that we two
    Shall win in the end—­
      God and I.

    —­Unknown.

    Let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not.

    —­Hebrews 10. 23.

Almighty God, I pray that thou wilt sustain me when I may be enduring for a purpose, and to accomplish it seems beyond my strength.  Renew me with courage, and give me unceasing hope, and faith that is able to hold out to the end.  Amen.

JUNE FIFTEENTH

Thomas Randolph born 1605.

Edward Grieg born 1843.

Thomas Campbell died 1844.

    What is rightly done stays with us, to support another right beyond,
    or higher up; whatever is wrongly done vanishes; and by the blank,
    betrays what we would have built above.

    —­John Ruskin.

    The seed ye sow another reaps,
    The wealth ye find another keeps,
    The robe ye weave another wears,
    The arms ye forge another bears.

    —­Percy Bysshe Shelley.

    Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon
      thee; thou saidst, Fear not. 
    O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul;
      thou hast redeemed my life.

    —­Lamentations 3. 57, 58.

Lord God, reveal to me my selfishness if I am receiving much and giving little to satisfy life.  May I be grateful and considerate of all those who labor to give me comfort and happiness.  Amen.

JUNE SIXTEENTH

Hugh Capet succeeds to throne of father 956.

Sir Richard Fanshawe died 1666.

Sir John Cheke born 1514.

    When to the sessions of sweet, solemn thought
      I summon up remembrance of things past,
    I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought. 
      But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
      All losses are restored and sorrows end.

    —­William Shakespeare.

    Seldom can the heart be lonely
      If it seek a lonelier still—­
    Self-forgetting, seeking only
      Emptier cups of love to fill.

    —­F.  R. Havergal.

    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 within me that cheer and courage which never has a place for weary murmurings; and with peace make the hours of solitude profitable as they pass.  Help me to seek those who are in need of sympathy and encouragement, that I may help them to have a tranquil life.  Amen.

JUNE SEVENTEENTH