O happy house I and happy servitude! Where all alike one Master own; Where daily duty, in Thy strength pursued, Is never hard or toilsome known; Where each one serves Thee, meek and lowly, Whatever Thine appointment be, Till common tasks seem great and holy, When they are done as unto Thee. C. J. P. SPITTA. At Dudson there was no rushing after anything, either worldly or intellectual. It was a home of constant activity, issuing from, and retiring to, a centre of deep repose. There was an earnest application of excellent sense to the daily duties of life, to the minutest courtesy and kindness, as well as to the real interests of others. Everything great and everything little seemed done in the same spirit, and with the same degree of fidelity, because it was the will of God; and that which could not be traced to His will was not undertaken at all. Nothing at Dudson was esteemed too little to be cared for, and nothing too great to be undertaken at the command of God; and for this they daily exercised their mental and bodily powers on the things around them; knowing that our Lord thoroughly furnishes each of His soldiers for his work, and places before each the task he has to do. M. A. SCHIMMELPENNINCK. October 10 _Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means_.--2 THESS. iii. 16. _The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace_.--PS. xxix. 11. In the heart's depths a peace serene and holy Abides, and when pain seems to have its will, Or we despair,--oh, may that peace rise slowly, Stronger than agony, and we be still. S. JOHNSON. But if a man ought and is willing to lie still under God's hand, he must and ought also to lie still under all things, whether they come from God, himself, or the creatures, nothing excepted. And he who would be obedient, resigned, and submissive to God, must and ought to be also resigned, obedient, and submissive to all things, in a spirit of yielding, and not of resistance; and take them in silence, resting on the hidden foundations of his soul, and having a secret inward patience, that enableth him to take all chances or crosses willingly; and, whatever befalleth, neither to call for nor desire any redress, or deliverance, or resistance, or revenge, but always in a loving, sincere humility to cry, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!" THEOLOGIA GERMANICA. October 11 _And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord_.--NUM. xi. 1. When thou hast thanked thy God For every blessing sent, What time will then remain For murmurs or lament? R. C. TRENCH.