Charles Emmanuel died 1630.
John Wilmot died 1680.
George Clinton born 1739.
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune
or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a
thunderstorm.
--Robert L. Stevenson.
I have learned, as days have passed me,
Fretting never lifts the load;
And worry, much or little,
Never smooths an irksome road;
For do you know that somehow, always,
Doors are opened, ways are made;
When we work and live in patience
Under all the cross that's laid.
--Unknown.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be
quiet without fear of evil.
--Proverbs 1. 33.
Merciful and just God, I pray that I may regulate my life by thy
standards and conform my life to thy laws, that thy goodness and mercy
may not be wasted on me. Help me to bear in mind, that willingness is
the power that starts the hands to work. May I have thy presence while
I wait in quietness, that I may be helped through the anxious moments.
Amen.