George III born 1738.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald died 1798.
General Garnet Wolseley born 1833.
This is the gospel of labor--ring it,
Ye bells of the kirk--
The Lord of Love came down from above
To live with the men who work.
This is the rose he planted, here
In the thorn-cursed soil;
Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but
The blessing of earth is toil.
--Henry van Dyke
No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him. There is always work
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hands of toil.
--James Russell Lowell.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt
rest.
--Exodus 23. 12.
My Father, I pray for the love of work, and the desire to cultivate
life. Stir me, that I may be ambitious. May I not stare at life in an
everyday way and forget that others are watching for the surprises.
Help me to be considerate and kind in all that I do. Amen.