Jean Paul Marat born 1744.
Stephen Girard born 1750.
Sir Robert Adair born 1763.
Queen Victoria born 1819.
Caroline Fox born 1819.
I see my way as birds their trackless way.
I shall arrive! what time, what circuit first,
I ask not: but unless God send his hail
Or blinding fireballs, sleet, or stifling snow,
In some time, his good time, I shall arrive:
He guides me and the bird.
--Robert Browning.
To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws--that is
what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and
unspoiled when the world praises him.
--Honore Balzac.
But whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.
--Proverbs 29. 25.
Lord Jehovah, all goodness, tenderness, and forbearance that are in my
life have come from thee. May I not lose them in self, but by them
make possible happiness and endurance for others. Amen.