Rev. John Whitaker died 1808.
John Adams, Massachusetts, second President
United States, born 1735.
Adelaide Anne Procter born 1825.
And yet thou canst know,
And yet thou canst not see;
Wisdom and sight are slow
In poor humanity.
If thou couldst trust, poor soul,
In Him who rules the whole,
Thou wouldst find peace and rest;
Wisdom and right are well, but trust is best.
--Adelaide Anne Procter.
The heart to speak in vain essayed,
Nor could his purpose reach--
His will nor voice nor tongue obeyed,
His silence was his speech.
--John Quincy Adams.
But still believe that story wrong
Which ought not to be true.
--Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust.
--Psalm 40. 4.
My Father, may I not be given to unkindly speech. Deliver me from a
critical spirit; and may I not encourage mistrust, but cultivate the
kindly considerations in which life abounds. Amen.