Edmund Cartwright born 1743.
Anthony Trollope born 1815.
Arthur Christopher Benson born 1862.
By religion I mean the power, whatever it be, which makes a man
choose what is hard rather than what is easy; what is lofty and
noble rather than what is mean and selfish; that puts courage into
timorous hearts and gladness into clouded spirits.
--Arthur C. Benson.
For all noble things the time is long and the way rude.... For every
start and struggle of impatience there shall be so much attendant
failure.... But the fire which Patience carries in her own hand is
that truly stolen from heaven--unquenchable incense of life.
--John Ruskin.
But they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be
weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
--Isaiah 40. 31.
My Father, I pray that I may not be indifferent to the call of my
soul. May I not seek to serve the disappearing and neglect to make
life worthy. Acquaint me with the permanent values of life. Make clear
the way of strength, that I may not be misled by ease and carried to
weakness. May my life be ennobled by the power of my possessions.
Amen.