Bishop Hoadley born 1676.
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel born 1805.
Robert Smythe Hichens born 1864.
Give us, O give us, the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation
what it may, he is better than any of those who follow the same
pursuit in silent sullenness.
--Thomas Carlyle.
What doctor possesses such curative resources as those latent in a
single ray of hope? The mainspring of life is in the heart. Joy is
the vital air of the soul, and grief is a kind of asthma complicated
by atony.
--Amiel.
I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live:
I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
--Psalm 104. 33.
Loving Father, restore the spirit of gentleness and meekness if it may
be withered within me, that I may be contented. May I make it a habit
to be happy over my work and cheerful about my duties. May I never
lose the view of the glory of thy kingdom. Amen.