John Earl of Stair died 1707.
Sir William Draper died 1787.
Alfred Russel Wallace born 1823.
William Wilkie Collins born 1824.
Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema born 1836.
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."
--Laurence Alma-Tadema.
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.
--John Ruskin.
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.
--Job 8. 20, 21.
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.