Lord God, help me to feel the power of praise. "As words without thoughts never to heaven go," so the highest praises are never sung alone, but rendered with service and love. May I have the heart to sing thy praises far and near, and rejoice in him from whom all blessings flow. Amen. FEBRUARY TWENTIETH J.H. Voss born 1828. Joseph Jefferson born 1829. Mihaly Munkacsy (Michael Lieb) born 1844. Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. --Voltaire. Lo, Spring comes forth with all her warmth and love, She brings sweet justice from the realms above; She breaks the chrysalis, she resurrects the dead; Two butterflies ascend encircling her head. And so this emblem shall forever be A sign of immortality. --Joseph Jefferson. Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. --Psalm 73. 24. Lord God, I pray that I may not neglect my soul in trying to fathom immortal life. If I may be hesitating between comfort and work, remind me of the greatness of the place which I started to reach. May I not grow weary of climbing and falter on the stair. Breathe upon me thy inspiration and love, that I may continue in faith all the way. Amen. FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIRST Edmund William Gosse born 1849. Karl Czerny born 1791. Cardinal John H. Newman born 1801. Jean L.E. Meissonier born 1815. Alice Freeman Palmer born 1855. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. --John H. Newman. Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed; Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed; Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed. --Horatio Bonar. We ought to love everybody and make everybody love us. Then everything else is easy. --Alice Freeman Palmer. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward. --Isaiah 58. 8. Almighty God, look upon me with pity; so often I have obeyed the thoughts that have been misleading and profitless. Make me more careful of what I think and say, and may I learn from my mistakes the forbidden paths. Help me to keep my mind in unity with thy will. Amen. FEBRUARY TWENTY-SECOND George Washington, Virginia, first President United States, born 1732. James Russell Lowell born 1819. Margaret E. Sangster born 1838. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. --George Washington. Life is a sheet of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. Greatly begin! though thou hast time But for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.