Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. --Robert L. Stevenson. I have learned, as days have passed me, Fretting never lifts the load; And worry, much or little, Never smooths an irksome road; For do you know that somehow, always, Doors are opened, ways are made; When we work and live in patience Under all the cross that's laid. --Unknown. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil. --Proverbs 1. 33. Merciful and just God, I pray that I may regulate my life by thy standards and conform my life to thy laws, that thy goodness and mercy may not be wasted on me. Help me to bear in mind, that willingness is the power that starts the hands to work. May I have thy presence while I wait in quietness, that I may be helped through the anxious moments. Amen. JULY TWENTY-SEVENTH Thomas Campbell born 1777. Alexandre Dumas-fils born 1824. Dr. John Dalton died 1844. What's hallowed ground? 'Tis what gives birth To sacred thoughts in souls of worth!-- Peace! Independence! Truth! go forth Earth's compass round; And your high-priesthood shall make earth All hallowed ground. --Thomas Campbell. Remember the week day to keep it holy. --Elbert Hubbard. The meaning of life comes to us mostly in great revealing flashes and intense emotions. --Dean Farrar. To the pure all things are pure. --Titus 1. 15. Gracious Father, may I not feel that it is necessary to wait for certain days and ceremonies to prepare to worship thee, while at every moment thy love is pleading for me. May I through the busiest hours and the most perplexing moments serve thee in reverence and obedience, and ever give praise to thy holy name. Amen. JULY TWENTY-EIGHTH John Sebastian Bach died 1750. Robespierre executed 1794. Jean Baptiste Corot born 1796. O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine's blaze its day May brighter, fairer be. --George Matheson. Follow your Star that lights a desert pathway, yours or mine, Forward, till you learn the highest Human Nature is divine. Follow Light and do the Right--for man can half control his doom-- Till you see the deathless Angel seated in the vacant Tomb. --Alfred Tennyson. My soul waiteth for the Lord, More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning. --Psalm 130. 6. Almighty God, help me to kindle my life by the shining light of thy power and love, that I may be an ambassador for thee. Amen. JULY TWENTY-NINTH Andrew Marvell died 1678. William Wilberforce died 1833. Dr. Thomas Dick died 1857.