When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that I could lie for centuries and wait for the dawning of the face of God out of the awful loving-kindness. G. MACDONALD. August 4 _He satisfieth the longing soul, and the hungry soul He filleth with good_.--PS. cvii. 9 (R. V.). _That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God_.--EPH. iii. 19. Enough that He who made can fill the soul Here and hereafter till its deeps o'erflow; Enough that love and tenderness control Our fate where'er in joy or doubt we go. ANON. O God, the Life of the Faithful, the Bliss of the righteous, mercifully receive the prayers of Thy suppliants, that the souls which thirst for Thy promises may evermore be filled from Thy abundance. Amen. GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY, A. D. 490. God makes every common thing serve, if thou wilt, to enlarge that capacity of bliss in His love. Not a prayer, not an act of faithfulness in your calling, not a self-denying or kind word or deed, done out of love for Himself; not a weariness or painfulness endured patiently; not a duty performed; not a temptation resisted; but it enlarges the whole soul for the endless capacity of the love of God. E. B. PUSEY. August 5 _O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto Him that hath called you to the heavenly kingdom_.--2 ESDRAS ii. 37. _Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift_.--2 COR. ix. 15. O Giver of each perfect gift! This day our daily bread supply; While from the Spirit's tranquil depths We drink unfailing draughts of joy. LYRA CATHOLICA. The best way for a man rightly to enjoy himself, is to maintain a universal, ready, and cheerful compliance with the divine and uncreated Will in all things; as knowing that nothing can issue and flow forth from the fountain of goodness but that which is good; and therefore a good man is never offended with any piece of divine dispensation, nor hath he any reluctancy against that Will that dictates and determines all things by an eternal rule of goodness; as knowing that there is an unbounded and almighty Love that, without any disdain or envy, freely communicates itself to everything He made; that always enfolds those in His everlasting arms who are made partakers of His own image, perpetually nourishing and cherishing them with the fresh and vital influences of His grace. DR. JOHN SMITH. August 6 _Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits_.--PS. ciii. 2. Wiser it were to welcome and make ours Whate'er of good, though small, the Present brings,-- Kind greetings, sunshine, song of birds, and flowers, With a child's pure delight in little things. R. C. TRENCH.