Virginia Dare, first English child born in America, 1587. Dr. Henry Hammond born 1605. Robert Williams Buchanan born 1841. John Russell born 1792. Pour out thy love like the rush of a river, Wasting its waters for ever and ever, Through the burnt sands that reward not the giver; Silent or songful thou nearest the sea. Scatter thy life as the summer showers pouring. What if no bird through the pearl rain is soaring? What if no blossom looks upward adoring? Look to the life that was lavished for thee. --Unknown. Who is the happiest person? He whose nature asks for nothing that the world does not wish and use. --Goethe. Freely ye received, freely give. --Matthew 10. 8. My Father, I pray that I may have the sympathy that responds with consideration and devotion. May it be a joy for me to give comfort and render service where I may help. Grant that I may not linger too long in happiness and miss thy blessings, but remember that to "travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Amen. AUGUST NINETEENTH Augustus Caesar died A.D. 14. James Watt died 1819. Robert Bloomfield died 1823. Honore Balzac died 1850. It is written not, "Blessed is he that feedeth the poor," but "Blessed is he that considereth the poor." And you know a little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. --John Ruskin. So pity never leaves the gentle breast Where love has been received a welcome guest; As wandering saints poor huts have sacred made, He hallows every heart he once has swayed, And, when his presence we no longer share, Still leaves compassion as a relic there. --Thomas Sheridan. If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit? --James 2. 16. Tender Father, help me to consider those who receive the crust of bread at my door; for if it be needed it is asked for by sad and desperate lives. Make me conscious of thy mercy and help, that I may be considerate for the one with the outstretched hand. Amen. AUGUST TWENTIETH Saint Bernard died 1153. Robert Herrick born 1591. John and Cornelius De Witt killed 1672. Francis Asbury born 1745. Henry P. Liddon born 1829. Benjamin Harrison, Ohio, twenty-third President United States, born 1833. The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set Until occasion tells him what to do; And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. --James Russell Lowell. Awake, arise! the hour is late! Angels are knocking at thy door! They are in haste and cannot wait, And once departed come no more. --Henry W. Longfellow.