--Charles Lamb.

A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart
the spirit is broken.

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.

--Proverbs 15. 13, 17.

Gracious Father, if I am sorrowing over disappointment and am
forgetful, grant that I may see the things thou hast made, for which I
should be thankful. Help me to so live that I may have a right to
claim a cheerful heart. Amen.




JANUARY TENTH

Dr. George Birkbeck born 1776.

Michel or Marshal Ney born 1769.

Karl von Linné, Linnæus, died 1778.

Ethan Allen born 1737.

Shall I hold on with both hands to every paltry possession? All I
have teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.