Thomas Gainsborough died 1788.
Elisha Gray born 1835.
Marion Crawford born 1854.
William Watson born 1859.
The Holy Supper is kept, indeed,
In whatso we share with another's need;
Not what we give, but what we share,
For the gift without the giver is bare;
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,
Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
--James Russell Lowell.
And when o'er storm and jar I climb,
Beyond life's atmosphere,
I shall behold the lord of time
And space--of world and year.
O vain, far quest! not thus my heart
Shall ever find its goal!
I turn me home--and there thou art,
My Father, in my soul.
--George Macdonald.
That they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and
find him, though he is not far from each one of us; for in him we
live, and move, and have our being.
--Acts 17. 27, 28.
O Lord, my gracious Father, may I not be so eager for more, that I
feel I have nothing to spare. Help me to realize that if I may be on
the mountain-top, or at the level of the sea, thy spirit may dwell in
my soul. May I rejoice that I can always receive and share thy grace
and love. Amen.