Epiphany, or Twelfth-Day.
Joan d'Arc born 1412.
David Dale born 1739.
'Twas even so! and thou the shepherd's child,
Joanne, the lowly dreamer of the wild!
Never before and never since that hour
Hath woman, mantled with victorious power,
Stood forth as thou beside the shrine didst stand,
Holy amidst the knighthood of the land.
--Mrs. Felicia Hemans.
Every one must recognize the splendid work which has been done by
women in social and educational fields. And it will, I believe, come
more and more to be recognized that in some respects women are
specially fitted for government and for official-municipal life.
--Sir Oliver Lodge.
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel
at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between
Ramah and Bethel in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of
Israel came up to her for judgment.
--Judges 4. 4, 5.
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.