My Father, help me to be thoughtful and just. May I consider the great truths and broader visions that may not be seen from where I stand. May I be willing to accept a better view. Grant that I may realize that the battle of life is not a sham battle, but a struggle for the advancement of life. Amen.
Opportunities fly in a straight line, touch us but once and never return, but the wrongs we do others fly in a circle; they come back from the place they started.
Our share of night to bear, Our share of morning, Our blank is bliss to fill, Our blank is scorning.
Here a star, and there a star, Some lose their way, Here a mist, and there a mist, Afterwards--day!
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place.
Lord God, give me the desire to be persistent in service, while I have health and strength. May I experience the sweetness that comes in doing the thing that I ought to have done, as well as that in which I took the most pleasure. Help me to so live that my days may be useful, and be recalled with bright and happy recollections. Amen.
A blue bird built his nest Here in my breast. "O bird of Light! Whence comest thou?" Said he, "From God above: My name is Love."
A mate he brought one day, Of plumage gray. "O bird of Night! Why comest thou?" Said she: "Seek no relief! My name is Grief."
It is not so much resolution as renunciation, not so much courage as resignation, that we need. He that has once yielded thoroughly to God will yield to nothing but God.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evildoers. He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.
Almighty God, help me to understand that peace does not come in rebellion or grieving, but is obtained through the calm of the soul. Grant that if I may be perplexed or worried to-day, I may have the power to control myself and wait in thy strength. Amen.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel died 1848, aged ninety-seven.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness altogether past calculation its powers of endurance. Efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyous--a spirit of all sunshine.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting.
A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.