Caroline Howard Gilman born 1794.
Edmund Clarence Stedman born 1833.
John Hay born 1838.
He weren't no saint; them engineers
Is pretty much alike--
One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hill,
Another one here in Pike;
A keerless man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward hand in a row,
But he never flunked, and he never lied--
I reckon he never knowed how.
--John Hay.
He is brave whose tongue is silent
Of the trophies of his word.
He is great whose quiet bearing
Marks his greatness well assured.
--Edwin Arnold.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee,
that I am not as the rest of men.
--Luke 18. 11.
Lord God, thou knowest what I am and where I belong. Have mercy upon
me and strengthen me, that I may not through weakness stay in the
darkness. Lead me out into the light; and may I find my way and be
contented with it. Amen.