Labor is necessary to excellence. This is an eternal truth, although vanity cannot be taught to believe or indolence to heed it. --John Randolph. But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor. --Galatians 6. 4. Almighty God, I regret the hours of indiscretion and waste; through thy forgiveness may I have thy help over past wrongs. May I have a deeper conception of a profitable life, that I may hereafter live by it. Amen. JUNE THIRD Sydney Smith born 1771. Dr. John Gregory born 1724. Richard Cobden born 1804. Jefferson Davis born 1808. Norman Macleod born 1812. Certainly, let the board be spread and let the bed be dressed for the traveler; but let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in these things. Honor to the house where they are simple to the verge of hardship, so that there the intellect is awake and reads the law of the universe, the soul worships truth and love, honor and courtesy flow into all deeds. --Ralph Waldo Emerson. Kind actions, and good wishes, and pure thoughts No mystery is here: Here is no boon For high--yet not for low: The smoke ascends To heaven as lightly from the cottage hearth As from the haughtiest palace. --William Wordsworth. Given to hospitality. --Romans 12. 13. Gracious Father, I beseech thee to give me wisdom for kind thoughts and deeds. Teach me true hospitality, that I may be gracious in my own home and appreciative in the home of others. May I not temper my hospitality for certain reasons, but have a genuine welcome for all. Amen. JUNE FOURTH George III born 1738. Lord Edward Fitzgerald died 1798. General Garnet Wolseley born 1833. This is the gospel of labor--ring it, Ye bells of the kirk-- The Lord of Love came down from above To live with the men who work. This is the rose he planted, here In the thorn-cursed soil; Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but The blessing of earth is toil. --Henry van Dyke No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil. --James Russell Lowell. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. --Exodus 23. 12. My Father, I pray for the love of work, and the desire to cultivate life. Stir me, that I may be ambitious. May I not stare at life in an everyday way and forget that others are watching for the surprises. Help me to be considerate and kind in all that I do. Amen. JUNE FIFTH Socrates born B.C. 469. Dr. Adam Smith born 1723. Karl Maria von Weber died 1826. O. Henry died 1910.