Ludwig von Beethoven died 1827.
Joseph Francis Haydn born 1732.
Andrew Lang born 1844.
Charlotte Brontë died 1855.
The Great Being unseen, but all-present, who in his beneficence
desires only our welfare, watches the struggle between good and evil
in our hearts, and waits to see whether we obey his voice, heard in
the whispers of conscience, or lend an ear to the Spirit Evil, which
seeks to lead us astray. Rough and steep is the path indicated by
divine suggestion; mossy and declining the green way along which
temptation strews flowers. Then conscience whispers, "Do what you
feel is right, obey me, and I will plant for you firm footing."
--Charlotte Brontë.
God help us do our duty, and not shrink,
And trust in heaven humbly for the rest.
--Owen Meredith.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have
set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse:
therefore choose life.
--Deuteronomy 30. 19.
My Father, as I review my life I am impressed how accurately my deeds
have copied my thoughts. And though I have failed the so often, yet I
pray that thou wilt accept my yearnings, to think and work for the
best in every day. Amen.