"The Christian, therefore, I repeat, as Christian, will take his full part in preparing for the amelioration of the conditions of men no less than for their conversion. He will in due measure strive to follow, under the limitations of his own labour, the whole example of his Lord, who removed outward distresses and satisfied outward wants, even as He brought spiritual strength and rest to the weak and weary. Moreover, this effort based upon resolute thought, belongs to the completeness of the religious life of the Christian." Bishop WESTCOTT. "Reforms which are effective must develop and strengthen character." Bishop WESTCOTT. Work--"To cure is the Voice of the Past" MARCH 8 "All measures of reformation are effective in exact proportion to their timeliness. Partial decay may be cut away and cleansed, incipient error corrected: but there is a point at which corruption can no more be stayed, nor wandering recalled. It has been the manner of modern philanthropy to remain passive until that precise period, and to leave the sick to perish, and the foolish to stray, while it spent itself in frantic exertions to raise the dead, and reform the dust." _The Queen of the Air_, JOHN RUSKIN. "THE real work of charity is not to afford facilities to the poor to lower their standard, but to step in when calamity threatens and prevent it from falling." _The Standard of Life_, MRS. BERNARD BOSANQUET. "To cure is the voice of the past; to prevent, the divine whisper of to-day." _Children's Rights_, KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN. Satan's Opportunities MARCH 9 "Physiologists know as much about morality as ministers of the gospel. The vices which drag men and women into crime spring as often from unhealthy bodies as from weak wills and callous consciences. Vile fancies and sensual appetites grow stronger and more terrible when a feeble physique and low vitality offer no opposing force. Deadly vices are nourished in the weak diseased bodies that are penned, day after day, in filthy crowded tenements of great cities." _Children's Rights_, KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN. "Man's unpitied misery is Satan's opportunity." "Mould conditions aright, and men will grow good to fit them." HORACE FLETCHER. "Evil is Wrought by want of Thought" MARCH 10 "But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart." THOMAS HOOD. "It is clear that in whatever it is our duty to act, those matters also it is our duty to study." DR. ARNOLD.