Of thy brother, foe, or friend,
Take thou, then, the silent way,
Lest in word thou shouldst offend.

ANON.

If there is any person to whom you feel dislike, that is the person of whom
you ought never to speak.

R. CECIL.

To recognize with delight all high and generous and beautiful actions; to
find a joy even in seeing the good qualities of your bitterest opponents,
and to admire those qualities even in those with whom you have least
sympathy, this is the only spirit which can heal the love of slander and of
calumny.

F. W. ROBERTSON.



January 14


_Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall
appoint_.--2 SAM. xv. 15.

I love to think that God appoints
My portion day by day;
Events of life are in His hand,