_He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much_.--LUKE xvi, 10. _The Lord preserveth the faithful_.--PS. xxxi. 23 The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves; a road To bring us, daily, nearer God. J. KEBLE. Exactness in little duties is a wonderful source of cheerfulness. F. W. FABER. The unremitting retention of simple and high sentiments in obscure duties is hardening the character to that temper which will work with honor, if need be, in the tumult or on the scaffold. R. W. EMERSON. We are too fond of our own will. We want to be doing what we fancy mighty things; but the great point is, to do small things, when called to them, in a right spirit. R. CECIL. It is not on great occasions only that we are required to be faithful to the will of God; occasions constantly occur, and we should be surprised to perceive how much our spiritual advancement depends on small obediences. MADAME SWETCHINE. May 28 _Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness_.--COL. I. 11. God doth not need Either man's works or His own gifts; who best Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best; His state Is kingly; thousands at His bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait. J. MILTON. We cannot always be doing a great work, but we can always be doing something that belongs to our condition. To be silent, to suffer, to pray when we cannot act, is acceptable to God. A disappointment, a contradiction, a harsh word, an annoyance, a wrong received and endured as in His presence, is worth more than a long prayer; and we do not lose time if we bear its loss with gentleness and patience, provided the loss was inevitable, and was not caused by our own fault. FRANÇOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON. May 29 _Be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises_.--HEB. vi. 12. Where now with pain thou treadest, trod The whitest of the saints of God! To show thee where their feet were set, The light which led them shineth yet. J. G. WHITTIER.