Abide with me! fast falls the even-tide!
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me!
"Abide With Me!"--_Henry Francis Lyte_.
HENRY FRANCIS LYTE, a distinguished British clergyman and poet, was born
at Kelso, Scotland, June 1, 1793, and died at Nice, France, November 20,
1847. He has written: "The Spirit of the Psalms," and some well-known
hymns, among them, "Abide with Me," "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken,"
"Praise, My Soul," "The King of Heaven," etc.
While we would have our young sisters imitate, as they cannot fail
to love, the conduct of Ruth, will not their elders do well to
ponder on, and imitate the tenderness of Naomi? Would we have our
daughters Ruths, we must be Naomis.
--_Grace Aguilar_.
GRACE AGUILAR, a celebrated English novelist, was born at Hackney, June
2, 1816, and died at Frankfort-on-the-Main, September 16, 1847. She
wrote: "The Spirit of Judaism," "Women of Israel," "Home Influence,"
"The Days of Bruce," "The Vale of Cedars," etc.
'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create.
"The Library,"--_John G. Saxe_.
JOHN G. SAXE, a noted American humorous poet, was born in Highgate, Vt.,
June 2, 1816, and died in Albany, N. Y., March 31, 1887. His most
popular poems include: "Rhyme of the Rail," and "The Proud Miss
McBride."
When false things are brought low,
And swift things have grown slow,
Feigning like froth shall go,
Faith be for aye.
"Between Us Now,"--_Thomas Hardy_.
THOMAS HARDY, the renowned English novelist, was born in Dorsetshire,
June 2, 1840. Among his noted works are: "Desperate Remedies," "Under
the Greenwood Tree," "A Pair of Blue Eyes," "Far from the Madding Crowd"
(Cornhill), "The Hand of Ethelberta," "The Return of the Native," "The
Trumpet Major," "A Laodicean," "Two on a Tower," "The Mayor of
Casterbridge," "The Woodlanders," "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," "Jude the
Obscure," "The Well Beloved," "Wessex Tales," "A Group of Noble Dames,"
"Life's Little Ironies," "A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper and Other
Tales," "Wessex Poems," "Poems of the Past and the Present," "The
Dynasts" Pt. 1, 2, 3 (1903, 1906, 1908), "Time's Laughing Stocks,"
"Satires of Circumstance," "Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses,"
"Complete Poetical Works."
Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment
of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness
that he has done his best.
"Memoirs," Vol. i, p. 130,--_Sydney Smith_.
SYDNEY SMITH, the famous English wit, essayist and clergyman, was born
at Woodford, Essex, June 3, 1771, and died in London, February 22, 1845.
Among his publications are: "Three Letters to Archdeacon Singleton on
the Ecclesiastical Commission," "Letters," "Papers," "Peter Plymley's
Letters," etc.
Courage, Brother! do not stumble,
Though thy path be dark as night;
There's a star to guide the humble,
Trust in God and do the Right.
"Trust in God,"--_Norman Macleod_.
NORMAN MACLEOD, a distinguished Scottish divine and miscellaneous
writer, was born at Campbeltown, June 3, 1812, and died at Glasgow,
June 16, 1872. Among his writings are: "Peeps at the Far East," "Wee
Davie," "The Earnest Student," "Character Sketches," "Parish Papers,"
and "The Starling."
Qui fuit peut revenir aussi;
Qui meurt, il n'en est pas ainsi.[1]
--_Scarron_.
PAUL SCARRON, a noted French poet, novelist, and dramatist, was born at
Paris, June 4, 1610, and died there October 14, 1660. His works include:
"The Ridiculous Heir," "Jodelet," "Don Japhet of Armenia," "The Scholar
of Salamanca," and his best known work the "Comic Romance." His travesty
of the Æneid (1648-53) was considered a masterpiece of its kind.
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a
people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only
for a nation of shopkeepers.
"Wealth of Nations," Vol. ii, Book iv, Chap. vii, part 3
(1775),--_Adam Smith_.
ADAM SMITH, a celebrated Scotch political economist, was born at
Kirkcaldy, June 5, 1723, and died at Edinburgh, July 17, 1790. Among his
works may be mentioned: "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the
Wealth of Nations," "Theory of Moral Sentiments," and "Origin of
Languages."