Dr. John Fothergill born 1712.
C.P. Cranch born 1813.
Anna Letitia Barbauld died 1825.
O boundless self-contentment voiced
In flying air-born bubbles!
O joy that mocks our sad unrest,
And frowns our earth-born troubles!
The life that floods the happy fields
With song and light and color,
Will shape our lives to richer states
And heap our measures fuller.
--C.P. Cranch.
One may secure and preserve that repose in the turbulence of a great
city--as Shakespeare surely found and preserved it in the London of
the sixteenth century. For repose does not depend on external
conditions; it depends on sound adjustment to tasks, opportunities,
pleasures, and the general order of life.
--Hamilton Mabie.
That we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in godliness and gravity.
--1 Timothy 2.2.
Gracious Father, help me to understand that peace cannot abide in
misery, nor can it stay with every mood. May I be able to overcome the
depression that may keep me in sadness and isolation, and have delight
in the gladness of friends, and live in the peace of strong
resolutions. Amen.