Charles A. Dana born 1819.
Laurence Hutton born 1843.
Cecile Chaminade born 1861.
Lo! all the glory gone!
God's masterpiece undone!
The last created and the first to fall;
The noblest, frailest, godliest of all.
Child of the humble sod,
Wed with the breath of God,
Descend! for with the lowest thou must lie--
Arise! thou hast inherited the sky.
--John B. Tabb.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations; I cannot
reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them,
and try to follow where they lead.
--Louisa M. Alcott.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:
From whence shall my help come?
--Psalm 121. 1.
Heavenly Father, may I see as I raise my eyes to the mountains that
without the deep shadows there would be no vision of the high-light,
and still higher may I see that without the sun there would be no
color to encircle the rainbow. And beyond, O Father, may I believe
that without the shadow of the cross we could not have the glory of
the resurrection. May I keep the vision clear. Amen.