CLARENCE E. RICE. June 20 _Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer, Into every bare inlet and creek and bay; Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills it._ JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! early in the morning we approach unto Thee. The whole round of creation is burdened with the exuberance of Thy life, and everywhere is hallowed ground. We come with unshod feet. The sun, mighty minister of Thy great goodness, flooding the world with light and piercing all things with his fiery arrows, calls back to life the sleeping earth, and assures us that we are partakers of Thy light and Thy love and Thy life. O most glorious God! may these Thy mercies, fresh every morning, be with us through the day to strengthen us to do Thy will, we ask in the name of Him who came that we may have life and have it abundantly. Amen. FRANK W. COLLIER. June 21 _Man hath much need of courage; and need to brace His spiritual nerve in solitude; Self-trusting, self-sustained, and self-imbued; Seeking God in his own heart's secret place. To perfect self, and in that self embrace The triune essence of truth, beauty, and good; This is fulfilment, this beatitude Throned high above base fears and hopes more base. What shall it profit us, if, gaining all The privilege of priest-made paradise, We lose therewith our self which is the soul? And wherefore should we shrink from even the fall, If haply we should fail with steadfast eyes Fixed only on so bright, so pure a goal?_ JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS. Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the gift of a new day, for the tasks which it brings, and for the strength with which we rise to its requirements. Help us, through all this day, to remember Thee. Thou art our strength, our guide, our inspiration. Fill us with the courage born of faith. Let us feel that, seeking to do right, we shall be moved and aided by an unseen Power. In all our experiences this day, help us to speak the truth, to be loyal to friendship, to be steadfast in principle, to fight the good fight and to keep the faith. Bless our endeavors to give heart and hope to other souls; and grant them the presence of Thy loving spirit. Amen. JOHN CLARENCE LEE. June 22