That they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed. --1 Timothy 6. 19. Lord God, I pray that my life may not be impoverished by neglect, nor burdened with indulgences, but that it may be kept in condition for high endeavors. Grant that I may never be content to rest in satisfaction and ease when I could struggle and accomplish a good work. Amen. NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH William Blake born 1757. Anton G. Rubinstein born 1829 Washington Irving died 1859. The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal, every other affliction to forget. Take warning by the bitterness of this thy contrite affliction over the dead, and henceforth be more faithful and affectionate in the discharge of thy duties to the living. --Washington Irving. Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine; Every grief and pine Runs a joy with a silken twine. --William Blake. Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. --John 16. 20. Heavenly Father, grant that I may not lose the kindness that I may give and receive to-day. I thank thee for the memories of yesterday, the hope of to-morrow, and the wisdom of to-day. May I have a vision of immortality that will keep me through the closest sorrow. Amen. NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH Sir Philip Sidney born 1554. A. Bronson Alcott born 1799. Wendell Phillips born 1811. Louisa M. Alcott born 1832. Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment of its sacredness. --A. Bronson Alcott. Faith that withstood the shocks of toil and time, Hope that defied despair, Patience that conquered care, And loyalty whose courage was sublime; Teaching us how to seek the highest goal, To earn the true success; To live to love, to bless, And make death proud to take a royal soul. --Louisa M. Alcott. Nor is it Wiser to weep a true occasion lost, But trim our sails, and let old bygones be. --Alfred Tennyson. In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal. --Titus 1. 2. Heavenly Father, I pray that I may live in truth; and without fear of life or death live content in the faith of eternal life. Amen. NOVEMBER THIRTIETH Peregrine White born New England 1620. Jonathan Swift born 1687. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) born 1835. Winston Churchill born 1874. He gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. --Jonathan Swift. That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank,-- Creation's blot, creation's blank.