_All that is, at all, Lasts ever, past recall: Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure; What entered into thee, That was, is and shall be._ * * * * * _He fixed thee 'mid this dance Of plastic circumstance, This Present, thou, forsooth, wouldst fain arrest; Machinery just meant To give thy soul its bent, Try thee, and turn thee forth, sufficiently impressed._ ROBERT BROWNING. We thank Thee, O Father, for the yet unwrought possibilities of this day. Show us Thy purpose; or, if it please Thee, withhold the entire plan, yet may our faith claim a divine sanction for each hour's work as a part of the fulfilment of Thy purpose. We pray for strength and patience to have our souls rightly impressed by the cares, the joys, and disappointments of life. Make the things of the body only incidental to us. Save us from all but the best things. Give us the happiness of harmony with Thee. Wilt Thou grant these things through the power of Thy spirit, and in the name of Thy perfect Son, the vision of whom transforms our lives. Amen. GEORGE W. OWEN. January 27 _Beloved, let us love so well, Our work shall still be better for our love And still our love be sweeter for our work._ ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. _If your name is to live at all, it is so much more to have it live in people's hearts than only in their brains! I don't know that one's eyes fill with tears when he thinks of the famous inventor of logarithms, but a song of Burns or a hymn of Charles Wesley goes straight to your heart and you can't help loving both of them, the sinner as well as the saint._ OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. Our Father, who art in heaven, help us to hold Thee in our hearts this day, that we may live for Thee, from the love of Thee. Forgive us that we have not always a thankful spirit. Strengthen our wills to do good work, as in Thy sight, with clean hands and heart. Help us now as we pray, and flood the morning with the sunshine of Thy face, that we may be glad all the day long, and bring other lives into the brightness of Thy light. Save us from a partial mind, that we may love all Thy little ones with the same love of Him who said "Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Amen. C. W. HOLDEN. January 28 _All thoughts of ill; all evil deeds. That have their root in thoughts of ill; Whatever hinders or impedes The noble action of the will;-- All these must first be trampled down Beneath our feet if we would gain In the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time._ HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.