O Lord our God, may we have grace to discover the blessings that lie on
Thy roundabout roads. May we never make the mistake of thinking that
the path to true happiness is the one that runs straight towards it.
Keep us true to Christ, and we shall not then be false to any man. And
give us to know that we are likest Him, not when we hoard and cherish
life and virtue, but when we spend them without stint or measure in any
worthy cause of God or man, for His sake. Amen.
"_Why was not this ointment_
_sold for three hundred pence,_
_and given to the poor?_"
(JOHN xii. 5.)