Thomas à Kempis died 1471.
Simon Bolivar born 1783.
Arthur James Balfour born 1848.
Blessed indeed are those ears which listen not after the voice which
is sounding without, but after the truth teaching within.
--Thomas à Kempis.
How joyed my heart in the rich melodies
That overhead and round me did arise!
The moving leaves--the water's gentle flow--
Delicious music hung on every bough.
Then said I in my heart, "If that the Lord
Such lively music on the earth accord;
If to weak, sinful man such sounds are given,
O! what must be the melody of heaven!"
--Izaak Walton.
But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart
toward thee.
--Jeremiah 12. 3.
Loving Father, thou hast made it needful for me to know that the songs
which are sung by divine love are rarely heard by cruel hearts. Grant
that my soul may chord with the sweetest music that vibrates in the
beauty and harmony of life. Amen.