Miles Coverdale died 1568.
John Fitch born 1743.
John C. Fremont born 1813.
Thomas Erskine born 1750.
Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson born 1824.
So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others I
would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless
while he has a friend.
--Robert L. Stevenson.
So to the calmly gathered thought
The innermost of life is taught,
The mystery dimly understood,
That love of God is love of good:
That to be saved is only this--
Salvation from our selfishness.
--John Greenleaf Whittier.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the
fulfillment of the law. And this, knowing the season, that already
it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation
nearer to us than when we first believed.
--Romans 13. 10, 11.
Tender Father, may I not attempt to serve life for my own
gratification. May I not interpret love through vanity, but from
reality. Make me worth while, that I may be relied upon for my
pledges, and needed for my services. Amen.