Sir Matthew Hale born 1609.
William M. Chase born 1849.
Sir Robert Grant died 1892.
O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing his power and his love;
Our Shield and Defender, the ancient of days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.
Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
--Robert Grant.
Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded
you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye
may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
--Deuteronomy 5. 33.
Almighty God, help me to make my life refulgent while I have the
abundance of summer, that I may not find the November of life bleak
and barren. Help me to live in the realities of life, that I may gain
energy and repose, to use for the lonesome and anxious hours. May I be
watchful for the conditions that thwart life, and with patience wait
for the awakening of truth. Amen.