John Locke born 1632.
John Fawcett born 1768.
Frederick D. Maurice born 1805.
Oliver Wendell Holmes born 1809.
Maurice Maeterlinck born 1862.
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
--Oliver Wendell Holmes.
We all live in the sublime. Where else can we live? That is the only
place of life. Though you have but a little room, do you fancy that
God is not there, too, and it is impossible to live therein a life
that shall be somewhat lofty? Do you imagine that you can possibly
be alone, that love can be a thing one knows, a thing one sees; that
events can be weighed like the gold and silver of ransom?
--Maurice Maeterlinck.
My soul waiteth in silence for God only:
From him cometh my salvation.
--Psalm 62. 1.
Loving Father, help me to live, that my spirit may always dwell in thy
protecting love. Amen.