Gabriel D. Fahrenheit died 1736.
W. Augustus Muhlenberg born 1796.
Francis Parkman born 1823.
Yes, to this thought I hold with firm persistence--
The last result of wisdom stamps it true:
He only earns his freedom and existence
Who daily conquers them anew.
--Goethe.
For thee hath been dawning
Another blue day;
Look how thou let it
Slip empty away.
--Goethe.
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
Who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
"To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have lived to-day."
--John Dryden.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is
risen upon thee.
--Isaiah 60. 1.
Gracious Father, help me to be alert this morning and select the
noblest that is in to-day. May I be diligent and not find in the
evening that I have been unworthy of the day. Amen.