Seldom can the heart be lonely If it seek a lonelier still-- Self-forgetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill. --F. R. Havergal. The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary. --Isaiah 50. 4. Gracious Father, keep within me that cheer and courage which never has a place for weary murmurings; and with peace make the hours of solitude profitable as they pass. Help me to seek those who are in need of sympathy and encouragement, that I may help them to have a tranquil life. Amen. JUNE SEVENTEENTH Joseph Addison died 1719. Charles Francois Gounod born 1818. Sir E. C. Burne-Jones died 1898. He who plants a tree Plants a hope. Rootlets up through fibers blindly grope, Leaves unfold unto horizons free. So man's life must climb From the clods of time Unto heavens sublime. Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree, What the glory of the boughs shall be? --Lucy Larcom. Very early, I perceived that the object of life is to grow. --Margaret Fuller. Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. --George Henry Lewes. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. --Luke 2. 52. Almighty God, thy power is so great I cannot express it; help me to comprehend the meaning of it, that I may feel more profoundly thy expectations of my life. May I remember that to forget that life is eternal may make me to lose all it has grown. Amen. JUNE EIGHTEENTH Robert Stewart born 1769. Battle of Waterloo 1815. William Cobbett died 1835. Not he the threatening texts who deals Is highest 'mong the preachers, But he who feels the woes and weals Of all God's wandering creatures. He doth good work whose heart can find The spirit 'neath the letter; Who makes his kind of happier mind, Leaves wiser men and better. Dear Bard and Brother! let who may Against thy faults be railing, (Though far, I pray, from us be they That never had a failing!) --James Russell Lowell. Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. --Romans 12. 19. Heavenly Father, I pray that I may not be so occupied in expressing my judgment of others, that I will forget to live in thy judgment myself. May I have the compassion for others that I hope to receive from thee. Amen. JUNE NINETEENTH Magna Charta signed, Runnymede, 1215. Blaise Pascal born 1623. Charles H. Spurgeon born 1834. Find your niche and fill it. If it is ever so little, if it is only a hewer of wood or a drawer of water, do something in the great battle for God and truth. --Charles Spurgeon.