Samuel Prout born 1783.
Dr. John Kidd died 1851.
Walter Savage Landor died 1864.
In the hour of distress and misery the eye of every mortal turns to
friendship; in the hour of gladness and conviviality, what is your
want? It is friendship. When the heart overflows with gratitude or
with other sweet and sacred sentiment, what is the word to which it
would give utterance? A friend.
--Walter Savage Landor.
The hurried quest of some people to get hold of new friends is so
perpetual that they never have time to get acquainted with anyone.
--M.B.S.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
--Proverbs 27. 10.
My Lord and my Friend, I pray that my sympathy may be sincere and
comforting, and with a glad heart I may bring rejoicing to my friends.
May I learn from thee how I may be a permanent friend. Amen.