Oliver Goldsmith died 1774.
Dorothea Dix born 1802.
James Freeman Clarke born 1810.
"The greatest object in the universe," said a certain philosopher,
"is a good man struggling with adversity"; yet there is still a
greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.
--Oliver Goldsmith.
Yet I believe that somewhere, soon or late,
A peace will fall
Upon the angry reaches of my mind;
A peace initiate
In some heroic hour when I behold
A friend's long-quested triumph, or unbind
The tressed gold
From a child's laughing face. I still believe--
So much believe.
--J. Drinkwater.
But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need,
and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God
abide in him?
--1 John 3. 17.
Almighty God, may I have a liberal heart. Grant that I may feel the
needs of thy children in all lands; and may I be willing to give of
thy blessings, as I am ready to receive them. May my tribute be not
only of tender thoughts and kind words, but may I give of myself, and
of what I have, as thou hast through love and wisdom done for me.
Amen.