1 6084 15 S3 >py 1 PN 6084 ,B5 S3 Copy 1 ri& GIRLS BOOK la& Glass Book ?Kb** f a*S3 GoKTight^ . COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. i Compiled bp Jfreto port Copyright, 1014, BV BARSE & HOPKINS •- ©CI.A376784 JUL 25 1914 ^irtto ^toucs and flowers 3fanuarp Garnet — Constancy. Snowdrop — friendship in trouble. jFebwatp Amethyst — contentment. Primrose — believe me. Jlartb Bloodstone — courage. Violet — love, faithfulness. aprii Diamond — innocence. Daisy — innocence. i»ap Emerald — success in love. Hawthorn — love. 3Ftme Agate — health and prosperity. Honeysuckle — generous and devoted love fttlp Ruby — nobility. Water-lily — purity of heart. aufftifiit Sardonyx — married happiness. Poppy — consolation. September Sapphire — brings success. Morning-glory — affection. ©ctober Opal — hope. Hops — injustice. I3obember Topaz — fidelity in friendship. Chrysanthemum — loveliness and cheer- fulness. December Turquoise — prosperity. Holly — domestic happiness. 3faauarp jFirst The best wishes that can be forged in your thoughts be servants to you ! Shakespeare. May the New Year be a happy one to you, happy to many more whose happiness depends on you ! Dickens. Sfaiutarp Second Janus am I, oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates, The years that through my portals come and go. Longfellow. 3famtarp Clnrtr New mercies, new blessings, new light on the way, New courage, new hope, and new strength for each day ; New notes of thanksgiving, new chords of delight, New praise in the morning, new songs in the night. Haver gal. 3famtarp jFottrtj) "All is of God that is, and is to be ; And God is good." Let this suffice us still, Resting in childlike trust upon His will, Who moves to His great ends unthwarted by the ill. Whit tier. ^anuarp J tftl) Good resolutions seldom fail of producing some good effect in the mind from which they spring. Dickens. 3fanuarp ^itt\) Keep wholesome, hopeful and sympathetic with the world at large, whatever individuals may do. Expect life to use yon better every year, and it will not dis- appoint you in the long run. For life is what we make it. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. To make this earth, our hermitage, A cheerful and a changeful page, God's bright and intricate device Of days and seasons doth suffice. Stevenson. Make good use of your time, for fast Time flies, and is forever past; To make time for yourself begin By order, — method,— discipline. Goethe. 3fanttarp JRinti) I fain would wish that as a petal falls, And falling, wafts a sense of fragrance sweet, So every day that passes from thy life May leave its fragrance 'neath thy happy feet. Anonymous. January Cent^ And, as the years go on, these golden days As snowdrops fair may blossom, purely white, Their meaning twining closer round thy heart, And clothing every shadow with God's light. Anonymous. The years with change advance : If I make dark my countenance, I shut my life from happier chance. Tennyson. ^anttarp ©toelftl) Innocent child and snow-white flower ! Well are ye paired in your opening hour. Thus should the pure and the lovely meet. Stainless with stainless, and sweet with sweet. Bryant. 10 ^January Cljirteentl) "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." Sfanttarp fourteen!!) We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. B alley. ii 3fanttatp Jifteeittl) One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every- day is the best day in the year. Emerson. 3famtarp H>ijcteentf) Then shun the ill ; and know, my dear, Kindness and constancy will prove The only pillars fit to bear So vast a weight as that of love Prior. 12 JJamtarp §>ebenteent& You are the evening star, alway Remaining betwixt dark and bright. Tennyson* 3famtan> ©tff&teentl) A cheerful temper, joined with innocence, will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good- natured. It will lighten sickness, poverty and affliction, convert ignorance into an amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself agreeable. Addison. 13 3fanttatp JSmeteentl) A fresh thought may be spoiled by sheer admiration. It was given us to work in and live by. Phillips Brooks. January Ctoenttetl) Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell: That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before. Tennyson. 14 ^anttarp Ctoentj^f ivttt Fair be all thy hopes, And prosperous be thy life. Shakespeare. Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven ; and every countenance bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevo- lence. Washington Irving. 15 We take too little views. It is not the events of life, nor its emotions, nor this nor that experience, but life itself which is good. Phillips Brooks, January ©toentpdF ottrt!) The test of the heart is trouble, And that always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth All the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through tears. Anonymous. 3Janttan> STtomtp^ iftfc Be firm ! one constant element in luck Is genuine, solid, old Teutonic pluck; See yon tall shaft ; it felt the earthquake's thrill, Clung to its base, and greets the sunrise still. Holmes:. Accomplish thy labor of love, till the heart is made God- like, Purified, strengthened., perfected, and rendered more worthy of heaven ! Longfelloic. 3fanuarp (£tomtp:g>ebrnt!) The tissue of the Life to be We weave with colors all our own, And in the field of Destiny We reap as we have sown. JVhittier. Sfanuarp (TtorntP^Ctgbtl) One smile can glorify a day. One word true hope impart ; The last disciple need not say There are no alms to give away. If love be in the heart. Anonymous. iS 3famtarp Ctoentp j!3intb In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscles trained ; know'st thou when fate Thy measure takes? or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy, do this thing for me!" Emerson. 3fatiuarp ©InrtietJ) For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Longfellozv. 19 3famtarp ©fnttp-jFireit The child, the seed, the grain of corn, The acorn on the hill, Each for some separate end is born In season fit, and still Each must in strength arise to work The Almighty will. Stevenson, 20 JFebtttarp Jitst Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown. Robt. Greene. jFefcntatp S>ecotU)i Primroses meek, in lowly places, Content to raise their smiling faces In peaceful trust, to Him on high, . Believing death a change of places Flow'r souls come and go, but do not die. M. E. Blain. 21 iFebrttarp CIritUi A thankful heart makes a melodious life. If we thought more of our mercies and brooded less over our cares, we should fill all the day with music. T. W. Handford. jFefcruarp jFottrtj) My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones Nor to be seen : my crown is call'd content ; A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy. Shakespeare. 22 jFebruarp jFtftl) He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God, who loveth us, He made and loveth all. Coleridge, jFebruarp IHj:tl) Truth is within ourselves : it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, Where truth abides in fulness. Browning. 23 jFefiruacp ^>£toenti) That smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. Longfellozv. jFehntatp Qfri^ty Words of frank cheer, glances of friendly eyes, Love's smallest coin, which yet to some may give The morsel that may keep alive A starving heart, and teach it to behold Some glimpse of God where all before was cold. Lozvell. 24 jFebntarp JQintl) Better trust all, and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart, that if believed Had blessed one's life with true believing. Kemble. JFebruarp Centj) Not one quick beat of your warm heart, Nor thought that came to you apart, Pleasure nor pity, love nor pain Nor sorrow, has gone by in vain. Stevenson. 25 jFebrttarp ©letoentl) An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labor, useful life. Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven ! James Thomson. jFebrttarp ©toeiftf) Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith, let us dare to do our duty as we understand it Abraha m Lincoln. 26 jFebwarj? GT&trteent!) He does not love me for my birth, Nor for my lands so broad and fair ; He loves me for my own true worth. Tennyson. februarp jFourtemtb Such war of white and red within her cheeks ! What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty. As those two eyes become that heavenly face? — Fair lovely maid, once more good-day to thee. Shakespeare. -7 jFeitttarp JFtfteentb Do right now. Always scorn appearances, and you always may. The force of character is cumulative. All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this. Emerson. Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall : and that should teach us There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. Shakespeare. 28 JFebrttarp Sebenteentl) Walk on, my soul, nor crouch to agony, Turn cloud to light, and bitterness to joy, And dross to gold with glorious alchemy, Basing thy throne above the world's annoy. Tennyson. JFebntarp <&i$Uzntb All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. Longfellow. 29 ^ «^FEBRVARY^» ^ jFebrttarp jftineteentb Cultivate a belief in yourself. Base it on self-respect and confidence in God's love for His own handiwork. Wilcox. jFebntarp ©roenttetf) 'T is not in pleasure's idle hour That thou canst know affection's power. No, try its strength in grief or pain ; Thou 'It find true love's a chain That binds forever! Moore. 3° jFefcrttarj) CtoentpdFiwt Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses, and small obligations given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort. Davy. jFebntarp Ctoentp^tconU Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. George Washington. 3i JFebntarp Ctomtp=Ct)ttfc Grave these lessons on thy soul — Faith, hope and love — and thou shalt find Strength when life's surges rudest roll, Light when thou else wert blind. Schiller. jFebrttarp Ctoentj>=jFottrt|) To love is to believe, to hope, to know; 'T is an essay, a taste of heaven below. He to proud potentates would not be known; Of those who loved Him, He was hid from none. Waller. 32 It 's the song ye sing, and the smiles ye wear, That 's a makin' the sun shine everywhere. Riley. There is in souls a sympathy with sounds ; And as the mind is pitched, the ear is pleased — Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touched within us, — the heart replies. Cowper. 33 We know this . . . That there 's a world of capability, For joy, spread round about us, meant for us, Inviting us. Browning. To-day, while yet the power of speech is mine, Through every word let truth and beauty shine ; To-morrow, when the Messenger is here, He '11 not reprieve me for a single line. Sa'dL 34 jFebtttarp ©tocRtp^uit!) Beauty, thou art twice blessed: thou blessest the gazer and the possessor. A sweet disposition, a lovely soul, an affectionate nature will speak in the eyes, the lips, the brow, and become the cause of beauty. Bulwer, 35 JHartf) first Violet is for faithfulness, Which in me shall abide. Byron. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe. Bryant. 36 Live a life of truest breath, And teach true life to fight with mortal wrongs. Tennyson. ^Rarcj) jFottttl) Violets, shy violets! How many hearts with thee compare; Who hide themselves in thickest green, And thence unseen Ravish the enraptured air With sweetness, dewy, fresh and rare. George Meredith. 37 parti) JFiftf) And thou, meek violet, appeal Unto her guileless heart, And with thy quiet loveliness Celestial dreams impart. Anonymous. JHarcI) §>(#& Mizpah — "God keep watch Tween thee and me," This is my prayer; He looks thy way. He looketh mine. And keeps us near. Julia A. Baker, 38 Prayer-strengthened for the trial, come together, Put on the harness for the moral fight, And with the blessing of your heavenly Father, Maintain the Right ! Whittier. iflard) eig:l)tl) Princess, what shall I bring, When low I bend at thy throne? "My heart for an offering," E'en that has been long thine own. Eugene Field. 39 iHartl) fointi) Many loved Truth. . . . Those love her best who to themselves are true, And what they dare to dream of, dare to do. Lowell. Thy life is dear; for all that life can rate Worth name of life in thee hath estimate, Youth, beauty, wisdom, courage, all That happiness and prime can happy call. Shakespeare. 40 jIKarc!) eietoentb Be strong! be good! be pure! The right only shall endure, All things else are but false pretences. Longfellow. JUart!) CEtoelft!) When beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's warble know, The yellow violet's modest bell Peeps from the last year's leaves below. Brvant. 41 ifHarcf) ©Mrteentf) The golden-chaliced crocus burns ; The long narcissus-blades appear; The cone-beaked hyacinth returns, And lights her blue-flamed chandelier. Holmes. Jftatcl) Jotttteentf) In kindly shower and sunshine, bud The branches of the dull gray wood ; Out from its sunned and sheltered nooks The blue eye of the violet looks. Whit tier. 42 ARIES nARCH V jttarc!) f tfttrntf) Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known. Ruskin. ^flarcl) JHrtrmtf) Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to iov. Wordsworth, 43 i^.ARCH V ^Harcl) i&etoenteentl) Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil, serene amidst alarms ; Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms. James Beattie. Jftarcl) ©iffbteentl) Hope is^ like a harebell, trembling from its birth ; Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth. Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white; Love is like a lovely rose, the world's delight. Rossetti. 44 iSarcj) JQmeteentf) 'T is Beauty, that doth oft make Women proud ; 'T is Virtue, that doth make them most admir'd ; *T is Modesty, that makes them seem divine. Shakespeare. Violets ever hiding, Take them now, and let them tell Of friendship all abiding. So may joys shine forth to-day, Shedding fragrance on your way. Ellis Walton. 45 ;ptatcb ®xotntp$ivxt 'T is not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'T is not the richest plant that folds The sweetest breath of fragrance in. Dawes. Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be As more of heaven in each we see ; Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. John Keble. 46 It is less pain to learn in youth than to be ignorant in age. Solon. ^Hatcl) C^cntp-fourtl) Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, As long as ever you can. John Wesley. 47 ARIES nARCH V iHarcft Ctoentp-jFiftb Work is worship, toil is holy, Let this thought our zeal inspire; Every deed done well and bravely Burns with sacrificial fire. T. W. Handford. Get but the truth once uttered, and 't is like A star new-born that drops into its place, And which, once circling in its placid round, Not all the tumult of the earth can shake. Lowell. 48 pare?) €toentp=§>etoentl) Be yourself superior to those storms of passion which reck inferior minds. Scott. wreck God, the maker of all things, does not change His laws. "As you sow you reap." He simply makes His laws, and we work our destinies for good or ill accord- ing to our adherence to them or violation of them. Wilcox. 49 Most of the shadows of this life are caused by stand- ing in our own sunshine. Emerson. JRartI) C&irtietl) There' s nothing bright above, below, From flowers that bloom, to stars that glow, But in its light my soul can see Some feature of the Deity. Moore. 50 *tZ£SM2&? ARIES AARC1 JHarcf) C&irtp-JFtart Violet ! dear Violet ! Thy blue eyes are only wet With joy and love of Him who sent thee, And for the fulfilling sense Of that glad obedience Which made thee all which Nature meant thee! LowelL Si Spril first Laugh of the mountain ! — lyre of bird and tree ! Pomp of the meadow ! mirror of the morn ! The soul of April, unto whom are born The rose and jessamine, leap wild in thee! Longfellow. Stpril Secanfc These golden Buttercups are April's seal, — The Daisy stars her constellation be : These grew so lowly, I was forced to kneel, Therefore I pluck no Daisies but for thee ! Hood, 52 V APRIL *f Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life ! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray. Byron. &pttl jFottrtl) Many and happy thy birthdays be ! In the light of Heaven arrayed, With the rainbow arching every cloud When the pathway lies in shade. Havergal. 53 &prti jFiftfc So should we live that every hour May die as dies the natural flower, — A self-reviving thing of power. R. M. Milnes. Slpni &i?tl) Behind the clouds the starlight lurks, Through showers the sunbeams fall ; For God, who loveth all His works, Has left His Hope with all ! J V hit tier. 54 Slpril SetoentI) The green grass is growing, The morning wind is in it ; 'T is a tune worth the knowing, Though it change every minute. Emerson. april eiffW Like souls that balance joy and pain, With tears and smiles from heaven again The maiden Spring upon the plain Came in a sunlit fall of rain. Tennyson. 55 3pril Bint!) Good name, in man or woman, Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Shakespeare. Slpril Suntl) I have no other shield than mine own virtue, That is the charm which has protected me ! Amid a thousand perils, I have worn it Here on my heart ! It is my guardian angel. Longfellow. 56 A virtuous deed should never be delay'd. The impulse comes from heav'n : and he who strives A moment to repress it, disobeys The God within his mind. Thomas Dozve. This is the lesson of the Spring, That all things change, that all things grow, That out of Death's most frozen woe. Come life, and joy, and blossoming. Prise ilia Leonard. 57 "0* APRIL V Sprtl C&irteentt) God made thee perfect, not immutable ; And good He made thee, but to persevere He left it in thy pow'r. Milton. 3Lpril jFourteeutb Sweet April ! — many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed; Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought, Life's golden fruit is shed. Longfellow. 58 aprtl fifteenth My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. Tennyson. Spnl S>tj;trentl) Small service is true service while it lasts, Of humblest friends, bright creature ! scorn not one The daisy, by the shadow it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun. Wordsworth. ^Q O how much more doth Beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which Truth doth give ! Shakespeare. 9tpril ©ig&tcentl) The smallest effort is not lost; Each wavelet on the ocean tossed Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow ; Each raindrop makes some flow'ret blow ; Each struggle lessens human woe. Chas. Mackay. 60 Slprtl JRineteentl) What is beauty? Not the Show Of shapely Limbs and Features. No. 'T is the stainless Soul within That outshines the fairest Skin. Sir A. Hunt. atpril Qltotntittl) Here's Daisies for the morn, Primrose for gloom, Pansies and Roses for the noontide hours: — A wight once made a dial of their bloom, — So may thy life be measured out by flowers ! Hood. 61 Our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. Shakespeare. O grant me, God, from every care, And stain of passion free, Aloft, through virtue's purer air, To hold my course to Thee ! Moore. 62 Ah ! human kindness, human love, — To few who seek denied, — Too late we learn to prize above The whole round world beside! Whit tier. The cords of love must be strong as death Which hold and keep a heart, Not daisy-chains, that snap in the breeze, Or break with their weight apart. Phoebe Cary. 63 May all go well with you ! May life's short day glide on peaceful and bright, with no more clouds than may glisten in the sunshine, no more rain than may form a rainbow. Richter. Thy smile and frown are not aloof From one another, Each to each is dearest brother; Hues of the silken sheeny woof Momently shot into each other. Tennyson. 64 Wake in the morning with a blessing for every living thing on your lips and in your soul. Wilcox. Wishes that the passing hours May be strewn with life's fair flowers, That the world may bring no care, But be ever bright and fair. To my friend. Clifton Bingham. 65 ''Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." april Cljtrtietb Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower; Spreads the fresh verdure of the field and leads The dancing maids through the dewey meads. Co zv per. 66 JHap jFtrat Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Milton, Love, only Love, can guide the creature Up to the Father- fount of Nature; What were this soul did Love forsake her : Love guides the Mortal to the Maker. Schiller. 67 Jfta? SClnr* Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For O ! it is not always May ! Longfellow. iHap jFottrtl) True love is like the ivy green, That ne'er forgetteth what hath been, And so till life itself be gone, Until the end it clingeth on. Eugene Field. 68 pap jFtftl) A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them ; Alas for those who never sing, But die with all their music in them ! Holmes. T is sweet to be awakened by the lark, Or luird by falling waters ; sweet the hum Of bees, the voice of girls, the song of birds, The lisp of children and their earliest words. Byron. 69 Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There 9 s in you all that we believe of Heav'n — Amazing Brightness, Purity and Truth, Eternal Joy, and everlasting Love. Otway. The sun may set, but constant love Will shine when he's away; So that dull night is never night, And day is brighter day. Hood. 70 iHap JRhttf) Love alone is wisdom, Love alone is power ; and where Love seems to fail, it is where self has stepped between and dulled the potency of its rays. George Macdonald. ;ptap Centf) O lady! there be many things That seem right fair below, above; But sure not one among them all Is half so sweet as love. Holmes. 71 The grace of heaven, Before, behind thee, and on every hand Enwheel thee 'round. Shakespeare. i»a? Ctoelftlj Ah! memories of sweet summer eves, Of moonlit wave and willowy way, Of stars and flowers and dewy leaves, And smiles and tones more dear than they! Whittier. 72 iHap Clntteent!) It is true praise To bless alike the bright and dark; To sing all days Alike with nightingale and lark. Anonymous. ;Ptap jFotttteent& How slowly through the lilac-scented air Descends the tranquil moon ! Like thistle-down The vapory clouds float in the peaceful sky; And sweetly from yon holloiv vaults of shade The nightingales breathe out their souls in song. Longfellow. 73 iWaj> fifteenth ''For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it." Beautiful thoughts make beautiful lives, For every word and deed Lies in the thought that prompted it, As the flowers lie in the seed. A. E. Godfrey. 74 JHap J§>etoenteentJ) The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts ; therefore guard accordingly. . Marcus Aurelius. JRap ©ig:J)tetntl) Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be When love is an unerring light, ^d joy its own security. Wordsworth. 75 JHap jQineteentb Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three — all they have had, all they have now and all they expect to have. Edward Everett Hale. ^Hap Ctoentietb To work, to help and to be helped, to learn sympathy through suffering, to learn faith by perplexity, to reach truth through wonder, — behold ! this is what it is to prosper, this is what it is to live. Phillips Brooks. 76 iHap Ctoent^jFtrfit Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace: And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast, Because sweet flowers are slow, and weeds make haste. Shakespeare. ^Hap ©toentp^ecotifc "The Lord bless thee and keep thee ; the Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace. ,, 77 O world, as God has made it! all is beauty: And knowing this, is love, and love is duty. What further may be sought for or declared? Browning. ;Ptap Ctoentp-JFottrtb A good deed done is not a thing completed and finished; a good thing done is nothing less than an endless series of good deeds set in motion. T. W. Hand ford. 78 The sweetest word in our language is Love; the greatest word is God; the word expressing the shortest time is Now. These three make the greatest and sweet- est duty we can perform: Love God nozv. Anonymous. Every time we entertain thoughts of love, sympathy, forgiveness and faith we add to the well-being of the world, and create fortunate and successful conditions for ourselves. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 79 Ray-fringed eyelids of the morn Roof not a glance so keen as thine: If aught of prophecy be mine, Thou wilt not live in vain. Tennyson. ;pta? ©toentp^igM So many gods, So many creeds, So many ways that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is all this sad world needs. Wilcox. 80 jftap Ctoentp^jQuttf) Love scarce is love that never knows The sweetness of forgiving. Whittier. Jflap C&irtietl) lonely, Forgive and forget ! — why, the world would be The garden a wilderness left to deform, If the flowers but remember'd the chilling winds only, And the fields gave no verdure for fear of the storm. Charles Swain. 81 jRaj> STI)irtP iFirst There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light, And every kind of love makes a glory in the night. There is love that stirs the heart, and love that gives it rest, But the love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best. Henry Van Dyke. 82 3Tuae JFirst On all her days let health and peace attend, May she ne'er want, nor ever lose, a friend. George Lyttleton. 3fane ^econU Why those engraven agates dost thou wear, Rich rubies, and the flash of diamonds bright? Thy beauty is enough to make thee fair, — Beauty that love endows with its own light. Ronsard. 83 CANCER. ® JVNE ® Suite €{nr& With such a prayer, on this sweet day, As thou mayst hear and I may say, I greet thee, dearest, far away ! Whittier. 3ftme jFottrtl) Fair honeysuckle, thy fragrance As sweet and pure as love's incense, Light and free as air from Heaven, Purged my heart and now 't is given, Sweet one, to thee, all worthily. M. E. Blain. 84 KfH > J.I U ^P^H* u i j|j. — j i jH„j p . i 3fane iTiftf) O gift of God ! O perfect day : Whereon shall no man work, but play; Whereon it is enough for me, Not to be doing, but to be ! Longfellow. 3ftme Siytj) There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass. Tennyson. So The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it. Nathaniel Hawthorne. O beauty of holiness, Of self-forgetfulness, of lowliness ! O power of meekness, Whose very gentleness and weakness Are like the yielding, but irresistible air ! Longfellow. 86 CANCER. ® JVNE ® All her thoughts as fair within her eyes As bottom agates seen to wave and float In crystal currents of clear morning seas. Tennyson. 3ftme Centl) O, my Luve 's like a red, red rose That 's newly sprung in June : O, my Luve 's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. Bums. 87 CANCER. VNE ® 3 nut ©letentl) "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." %rmt Ctoelftj) Faith shares the future's promise; Love's Self-offering is a triumph won ; And each good thought or action moves The dark world nearer to the sun. Whit tier. 88 JJtme Ctntteentl) Not oaks alone are trees, nor roses flowers ; Much humble wealth makes rich this world of ours. Leigh Hunt. 3ftme JFottrteentb So circled lives she with Love's holy light, That from the shade of self she walketh free; The garden of her soul still keepeth she An Eden where the snake did never enter ; She hath a natural, wise sincerity. Lowell. 89 3fane jFifteentf) Let your best love draw to that point, which seeks Best to preserve it : if I lose mine honour, I lose myself. Shakespeare. No real love so true will prove, No tones one-half so tender, No lips so pure as those which lure The soul to visioned splendor. Eugene Field. 90 3une H>ebenteentl) Fame is the scentless sunflower, With gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the breathing rose, With sweets in every fold. Holmes. 3fane Ciff&tenuj) Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls, Come hither, the dances are done, In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one. Tennyson. 91 CANCER, s JVNE ® $um JQintteentb "Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones." ^tme Ctoenttetl) The riches of the Commonwealth Are free, strong minds and hearts of health; And more to her than gold or grain The cunning hand and cultured brain. Whittier. 92 3fane CtDentP'Jtrst I 've learned to judge of men by their own deeds; I do not make the accident of birth The standard of their merit. Mrs. Hale. Just a token — blossoms fair, Such as flood the happy air With a world of haunting scent, Borne with wishes kindly meant. To my friend. Clifton Bingham. 93 2Ftme Ctoentp=©|>irU Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet! Longfellow. 3fane Ctoentp-jFotirtj) To God's beloved ev'n the darkest day Is lighted by the beams that through it play; Without His aid can any human soul From out the dark evoke a single ray? Sa'di. 94 CANCER. ® JVNE ® ^tme gTtoentp=Jtft() Laughing cheerfulness throws sunlight on all the paths of life. Peevishness covers with its dark fog even the most distant horizon. Sorrow causes more absence of mind and confusion than so-called levity. Richter. 3ftme 2TtoentP^tptb It. is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. Dickens. 95 CANCER. ® JVN Just as the pansy petals fold Closely about their hearts of gold, So in these pages may there be Enfolded golden thoughts for thee ! Ida Scott Taylor. Give kind words, a smile or a tear, To those you pass on the way, Emblems of Charity, sincere, Which help to brighten the day. Mebe. 06 CANCER, ® JVNE ,® 3 tme SDtoentP^intl) There 's never a rose in all the world But makes some green spray sweeter ; There 's never a wind in all the day But makes some bird wing fleeter. Anonymous. 3mt ©Ijirtut!) A laugh is just like music, It lingers in the heart, And where its melody is heard, The ills of life depart; And happy thoughts come crowding Its joyful notes to greet; A laugh is just like music For making living sweet. St. Louis Republic. 97 3Mp first A soul So full of summer warmth, so glad, So healthy, sound, and clear and whole. Tennyson. 3Tulp ^erontr Love Virtue; she alone is free; She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her. Milton. 98 3Tuis> €I)trU I count this thing to be grandly true, That a noble deed is a step toward God. Lifting the soul from the common sod To a purer air and a broader view. /. G. Holland. 3Mp jFottrtl) Whene'er a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. Longfellow. 99 3faip iFtftj) Thy dress was like the lilies, And thy heart as pure as they; One of God's holy messengers Did walk with me that day. Longfellow. Mark her majestic Fabric; she's a Temple Sacred by birth, and built by hands Divine : Her Soul's the Deity that lodges there; Nor is the Pile unworthy of the God. Dryden. ioo 3Mp Setieiit!) Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — Health, Peace, and Competence But Health consists with Temperance alone; And Peace, O Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. Pope. Whence comes my love? O heart, disclose; It was from cheeks that shamed the rose, From lips that spoil the ruby's praise, From eyes that mock the diamond's blaze. Harrington. 101 Be good, dear child, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them all day long, And so make life and death and that vast forever One grand sweet song. Charles Kingsley. 3TttIj> Cent!) How equally the gifts of God come down To all the creatures which His hand has made ! The beams that wake the children of renown, Fall softly on the peasant in the glade. Phoebe Cary 102 ^ulp ©lebentl) I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace, Whose odors haunt my dreams. Tennyson. %u\v Ctoelftf) Where our duty's task is wrought In unison with God's great thought, The near and future blend in one And whatsoe'er is willed, is done. Whittier. 103 3Tttip Cjrirteentj) Peace be around thee, wherever thou rov'st; May life be for thee one summer's day, And all that thou wishest and all that thou lov'st Come smiling around thy sunny way ! Moore. 3ttlp jFottrteentl) A fairy shield your Genius made And gave you on your natal day. Your sorrow, only sorrow's shade, Keeps real sorrow far away. Tennyson. 104 Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage ; Noble by heritage, Generous and free. Henry Carey. 3falp ^ipteentl) Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart ay 's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang. Burns. 105 3Tttip H>ebentenitl) Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'T is only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. Tennyson. lulp eiffljtevntl) Thy finer sense perceives Celestial and perpetual harmonies ! Thy purer soul, that trembles and believes, Hears the archangel's trumpet in the breeze. Longfellow. 106 I 3FttiP jftmeteentl) Remember, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship ; nor nobly, which is done in pride. John Rusk in. fulp Ctoentietl) Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor, For 't is the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. Shakespeare. 107 O Love ! thy essence is thy purity ! Breathe one unhallowed breath upon thy flame And it is gone forever, and but leaves A sullied vase — its pure light lost in shame. Landon. 3Mp ©toentp^ecoitH All things radiant and rare, All things tender and sweet, Hasten, O Princess fair, To fall in delight at thy feet. Eugene Field. 108 JJttip Ctoentp^Ijirt Manners are not idle, but the fruit Of loyal nature and of noble mind. Tennyson. 3fttlp STtoentp^jFtmrt!) Thy desire which tends to know The works of God, thereby to glorify The great Work-Master, leads to no excess That reaches blame, but rather merits praise The more it seems excess. Milton. ioo 3ful? Ctoentp-f tftl) The countless gold of a merry heart, The rubies and pearls of a loving eye, The idle man never can bring to the mart, Nor the cunning hoard up in his treasury. William Blake. 3fttip ©toentp^ijcti) Give love, and love to your life will flow, A strength in your utmost need ; Have faith and a score of hearts, will show Their faith in your word and deed. Madeline S. Bridges. no The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart — this you will build your life by, this you will become. James Allen. 3Tulp gEtoentp^eiffbtb Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report — if there be any virtue and any praise, think on these things. St. Paul. in 3Tulp grtpentP'Bmtl) Every least thought of the brain is a chisel, chipping away at our characters, and our characters are building our destinies. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 3faip ©fjirtietj) Can thy style-discerning eye The hidden-working Builder spy, Who builds, yet makes no chips, no din, With hammer soft as snow-flake's flight; Knowest thou this? Emerson. 112 ^ttlp Cbirtp.jFinst For life is the mirror of king and slave, T is just what we are and do; Then give to the world the best you have, And the best will come back to you. Madeline S. Bridges*. 113 &u$uttt jFtrct The Heavens hold firm The walls of thy dear Honor ; keep unshak'd That Temple, thy fair Mind. Shakespeare. August Second True happiness has no localities, No tones provincial, no peculiar garb; Where duty goes, she goes, with justice goes, And goes with meekness, charity, and love. Pollok. 114 attaint Cjnta A life of beauty lends to all it sees The beauty of its thought ; And fairest forms and sweetest harmonies Make glad its way, unsought. Whittier. attffttflit jFoctrtl) Brilliant Poppies, cheerful, gay, Charm dull care away; Nodding Poppies infused with sleep, Lure to dreamland sweet. M. E. Blain. ii5 August jFiftl) Union of hearts, not hands, does marriage make, And sympathy of mind keeps love awake. Aaron Hill. &ttg;tt«5t Js>ij:tl) Misses ! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry: Choose not alone a proper mate But proper time to marry. William Cow per. 116 Thou must be true thyself If thou the truth would teach ; Thy soul must overflow, If thou another soul would reach ; It needs the overflowing heart To give the life full speech. Horatius Bonar. I always tell my girl when we talk about a husband for her, never to trust to chance ; but to make sure beforehand, that she has a good man, and true, and then chance will neither make her nor break her. Dickens. 117 attest JQintl) Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. Longfellozv. Circles are praised, not that abound In largeness, but th' exactly round ; So life we praise that does excel, Not much in time, but acting well. Edmund Waller. 118 august ©leDentl) The very flowers that bend and meet, In sweetening others, grow more sweet. Holmes. attfftust CtoelftI) The full joy of Heaven Knoweth no change of waning or increase ; The great heart of the Infinite beats even, Untroubled flows the river of His peace. Whit tier. 119 This world is so full of a number of things, I am sure we should all be as happy as kings. Stevenson. &tt£ttfiit jFcttrteentf) A beautiful and happy girl, With step as light as summer air, Eyes glad with smiles, and brow of pearl, Shadowed by many a careless curl Of unconfined hair. Whit tier. 120 Sug^st jFifteentj) Two little cub-bears In a child's breast, Called bear and forbear, They bring us rest. Eugene Field. SUffttct H>i#eetitl) Teach your children gentleness, And mercy to the weak, and reverence For Life, which, in its weakness or excess, Is still a gleam of God's omnipotence. Longfellow. 21 &ttfftt$t i§>etenteent!) We shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand — the habit of mind which theologians call, and rightly, faith in God. Kingsley. She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone or despise; For naught that sets one's heart at ease And giveth happiness or peace, Is low esteemed in her eyes. Lowell. 122 2tttffU6t jftmeteentf) Now is the time. Ah, friend, no longer wait to scatter loving smiles and words of cheer to those around whose lives are now so dear. They may not meet you in the coming year. Now is the time. Anonymous. Sttffttfirt Ctoenttetl) The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes — but in liking what one has to do. Barric. 123 August Ctoentp=jFir$t Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past calculation its powers of endurance. Carlyle. Think not of your own vexations, Be gentle and warm and true, ''Keep sweet" as long as there 's grief and wrong, And life will be sweet to you. M. E. Albright. 124 That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne. Ovid. &ttjptat Ctoentp^JFottrtf) The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheer- fulness : such a state and condition, as in the regions above the moon, is always clear and serene. Montaigne. 125 &ttffttst CtoentpsjFift!) Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considera- tions, habitually practised in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments. M. A. Kelly. attffusit Ctoentp=g>ijcti) As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing, no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee. Moore. 126 &ttffufiit Ctoentp ^etoentb For my own part, I am content if I can tinker joy, making it waterproof to keep out tears. Thomas Bailev A Id rich. There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart : Never believe anything bad about any- body unless you positively know it is true ; never tell even that, unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it. Henry Van Dyke. 127 attest Ctoentp'jeintl) There is only one real failure possible; and that is, not to be true to the best one knows. Canon Farrar. au^udt ©jrirtietf) Power dwells with cheerfulness; hope puts us in a working mood, whilst despair is no muse and untunes the active powers. Emerson. 128 attffttat ©&irtp*jFtait Love, be true to her; Life, be dear to her; Health, stay close to her; Joy, draw near to her; Fortune, find what your gifts can do for her, Search your treasure-house through and through for her ; Follow her steps the wide world over; You must ! for here is the four-leaved clover. Anonymous. 129 September jFtrat God bless thee, dear . . . With blessings beyond hope or thought, With blessings which no word can find. Tennyson. September ^ecnnfc Let Grace and Goodness be the principal loadstone of thy Affections". For Love which hath ends, will have an end ; whereas that which is founded on true Virtue, will always continue. Dryden. 130 September CjjirU Life is a glorious privilege, and we can make anything we choose of it, if we begin early and are in deep earnest, and realize our own divine powers. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. September jFottrtb Affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, return- ing Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment. Longfellow. 131 Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Longfellow. For, lo ! All this If sapph If rubies g>eptemfcer i^ij;t& my love doth in herself contain world's riches that may far be found ; ires, lo ! her eyes be sapphires plain ; , lo ! her lips be rubies sound. Spenser. 132 September Setoenti) The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Disraeli. September <&\%hty Sweet thoughts, like vines, around you cling, 'Til from this fond embrace Love's blossoms lift their face As morning-glories, To be kissed by the sun, their king. M. E. Blain. 133 September Jftintj) A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. Wordsworth. September QLmfy If music and sweet poetry agree, As they must needs, the sister and the brother, Then must the love be great 'twixt thee and me, Because thou lov'st the one, and I the other. Shakespeare. 134 September ©Ietoentfr Be busy, busy, busy— useful, amiable, serviceable, in all honest, unpretending ways. Dickens. September STtoelftl) Happy, thrice happy every one Who sees his labor well begun. And not perplexed and multiplied, By idly waiting for time and tide. Longfellow. 135 September ©Ijtrteentl) God hath made all things beautiful — the sky, The common earth, the sunshine, and the shade ; And with affections that can never die, Hath gifted every creature He hath made. Alice Cary. September jFottrteentj) The great Master said, "I see No best in kind, but in degree ; I gave a various gift to each, To charm, to strengthen, and to teach." Longfellow. 136 September JF ifteentl) Achievement, of whatever kind, is the crown of effort, the diadem of thought. James Allen. i&eptanijer S>t£teent{) We find it by experienced fact. Thought must ripen into fact ; For trees are held in high repute, Not for their blossoms, but their fruit. Nathaniel Cotton. 1.37 September isetornteentl) Pray for and work for fulness of life above every- thing — full red blood in the body, full honesty and truth in the mind, and the fulness of a grateful love of the Saviour in our heart. Phillips Brooks. September ©tjljteent!) Leaning on Him, make with reverent meekness His own thy will ; And with strength from Him shall thy utter weakness Life's task fulfill. Whittier, 1^8 September Jfttneteentf) All the good of nature is the soul's, and may be had if paid for in nature's lawful coin, that is, by labor which the heart and the head allow. Emerson. September Ctoenttetfr It is part of my religion to look well after the cheer- fulness of life, and let the dismals shift for themselves ; believing with good Sir Thomas More that it is wise to "be merrie in God." Louisa M. Alcott. 139 September ©toentp=JFtr0t "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." September Ctuentp-^econU Heaven is not reached by a single bound, But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. /. G. Holland. 140 September Ctoentp^CbirDf Maiden ! with the fair brown tresses Shading o'er the deep blue eye, Floating on thy thoughtful forehead Cloud wreaths of its sky. Whittier. September CrDentp-jFourtb O sunbeam glad, may I like thee Give all my cheer and brightness free, And help through all life's cloud and cold Some drooping heart unfurl its gold. Lydia M. Millard. 141 September Ctuentp=jFtft|) Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll ; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope. September Ctoentp=§>i}:t!) Give truth, and your gift will be paid in kind, And honor will honor meet; And a smile that is sweet will surely find A smile that is just as sweet Madeline S. Bridges. 142 September CtDentp-Setoentl) Look up and not down ; Look forward and not back ; Look out and not in ; And lend a hand. Edward E. Hale. September Ctoentp^igljt!) If when morning breaks, clouds obscure the sky, Fear not; God, who makes clouds, has sunshine nigh. Be patient. Havergal. !43 There is a pleasure in the pathless woods ; There is a rapture on the lonely shore; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar. Byron. ^cptnnijcr VLJurtietl; O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky. and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent! Longfellow. 144 ©rtxibrr first Hope, like the glimmering tar ■: - zht, Adorns and cheers the way And still, as darker grows the nig: Emits a brighter ray J / .' * rength, and faith, and hope: It crc ::i bliss our mortal state : And, glancing far beyond the gra :. Foresees a life of endless da: October CljiriJ A good Word is an easy Obligation ; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. Tillotson. (Bttohtv jFottrtl) Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just and fear not. Shakespeare. 146 Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be Our chastisement or recompense. Shelley. ©ctobcr ^tptf) Who said injustice was thy name. And doomed thy heads to droop in shame? Hops, turn your faces from the wall, God made thee just, or not at all. M. E. Blain. 147 Art builds on sand ; the works of pride And human passion change and fall ; But that which shares the life of God With Him survived! all. Whittier. ©ttobtv 6isl)tf) Only the prism's obstruction shows aright The secret of a sunbeam, breaks its light. Into the jewelled bow from blankest white; So may a glory from defect arise. Browning. i 4 8 ©ctoter jfttntl) I hear the wind among the trees Playing celestial symphonies ; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument. Longfellow. October Centb If Maud were all that she seem'd, And her smile were all that I dream'd. Then the world were not so bitter But a smile could make it sweet. Tennyson. 149 ©ctoier eietoentj) Tf thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. Longfellow. October Ctoeiftj) Our witches are no longer old And wrinkled beldames, Satan-scold, But young and gay and laughing creatures, With the heart's sunshine on their features. Whittier. 150 ©ctotier Cbirteentb O, welcome pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton. ©ctobec jFourtcentf) All precious things, discover'd late, To those that seek them issue forth : For love in sequel works with fate, And draws the veil from hidden worth. Tennyson. 151 ©ctobet JFifteentf) God's love and peace be with thee, where Soe'er this soft autumnal air Lifts the dark tresses of thy hair ! Whittier. October ^ipteentl) Only trust the living Saviour, Only trust Him all the way, And your springtide path shall brighten To the perfect day. Haver gal. 152 ©ttofaer SeDentetntl) If time be heavy on your hands, Are there no beggars at your gate, Nor any poor about your lands ? Tennyson. ©ctober ©i^Ijteentb Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed ; Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed. Horatius Bonar. 153 ©ctober Jftmeteentf) Thus at the flaming forge of life, Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. Longfellow. ©ctober Ctoenttetl) We rise by the things that are under our feet; By what we have mastered of good and gain ; By the pride deposed and the passion slain, And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet. /. G. Holland. 154 October ©toentp*jFirat God's benison go with you and with those That would make good of bad, and friends of foes. Shakespeare. ©ctober STtoentp^econU There is so much bad in the best of us. And so much good in the worst of us, That it hardly behooves any of us To talk about the rest of us. Anonymous. 155 The tiny-trumpeting gnat can break our dream When sweetest ; and the vermin voices here May buzz so loud — we scorn them, but they sting. Tennyson. ©ctokr ertoentpsjFotittJ) Trifles make the sum of life. Keep your own counsel, and avoid tittle-tattle. Dickens. IS6 October Ctoent2>=jFiftI) "Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out : so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.'" ©ttober Ctoentp=is>ij;tj) Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. Young. 157 Youth fades ; love droops ; the leaves of friendship fall ; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. Holmes. October Ctoentp'-©iff!)t!) There's never a star but brings to heaven Some silver radiance tender, And never a rosy cloud but helps To crown the sunset splendor. Th. Parker. 158 ©ttober Ctowtp*JBmt& In this world a great deal of the bitterness amongst us arises from an imperfect understanding of one an- other. Dickens. ©ctnber Cfnrttetb That pleases me which pleases thee, Great Universe : I murmur not, If but the evils of my lot May serve thy wider harmony. Antoninus. 159 A little thing, a sunny smile, A loving word at morn, And all day long the day shone bright, The cares of life were made more light, And sweetest hopes were born. Anonymous. 160 tf!Lc^>^ f%£&sm> jBotoember jFttat Like mine own life to me thou art, Where Past and Present, wound in one, Do make a garland for the heart. Tennyson. Mfatvxbtx SctonU Who knows the joys of friendship? The trust, security, and mutual tenderness, The double joys, where each is glad for both? Rowe. 161 SAGITTA^IVS NOVEMBER ^^^M To make the world a friendly place One must show it a friendly face. Edward Sandford Martin. JQobemier jFottttf) Live not without a friend ! The Alpine rock must own Its mossy grace, or else be nothing but a stone. Live not without a God ! however low or high, In every house should be a window to the sky. W. W. Story. 162 tf^s^>S) m&g2B> jQotoemfcer Jiftf) With loveliness and cheer I come, And joy that you '11 remember, For I 'm a bright chrysanthemum, A friend of old November. M. E. Blain. JQotoembet §s>ixtb Whichever way the wind doth blow, Some heart is glad to have it so; Then blow it east or blow it west, The wind that blows, that wind is best. Caroline E. Mason. 163 ifBSSigSI) m^^m It is a comely fashion to be glad — Joy is the grace we say to God. Anonymous. JBotoember ©igljtl) This life has joys for you and I; And joys that riches ne'er could buy; And joys the very best. There 's a' the pleasures o' the heart, The lover an' the frien'. Burns. 164 SAGlTTA^IVS NOVEttBER J^55£53S* JQotjember jftintj) Who friendship with a knave hath made Is judg'd a partner in the trade. T is thus that on the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends. Gay. Bobemfcer Cent!) Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things Keep ourselves loyal to truth, and the sacred professions of friendship. Longfellow. 165 m&g>s> M^M jBotoember ©letoentl) Cheerfulness and content are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of youthful looks, depend upon it. Dickens. Flowers are lovely ; Love is flower-like ; Friendship is a sheltering tree ; O! the joys, that came down shower-like, Of Friendship, Love, and Liberty, Ere I was old. Coleridge. 166 jQotoembet Cjntteentb "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance." "He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast." jQotoember jFatttteentl) Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a; A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. Shakespeare. 167 mm>^ SAGITTA^IVS NOVErtBER m&&m jRotoemfcer fifteenth There is in friendship something of all relations, and something above them all. It is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world. John Evelyn. Friendship 's like music ; two strings tuned alike Will stir, though only one you strike. It blooms and blossoms both in sun and shade, Doth (like a bay in Winter) never fade. Francis Quarks. 168 mm>^ GE3l§5Sb jQobembet ^euenteentl) Friendship ! Mysterious cement of the Soul ! Sweetener of life ! and solder of society ! Robert Blair. jQotoembet ©icjbteentl) Gentle Love ! how all thy fields of roses Bounded close by thorny deserts lie ! And a sudden tempest's awful: shadow Oft doth darken Friendship's brightest sky! Longfellow. 169 mm>^ mM£>^\* l^ofcember JQtneteentj) We are all splashed and streaked with sentiments, — not with precisely the same tints, or in exactly the same patterns, but by the same hand and from the same palette. Holmes. JRabember Ctoentietl) Beauty, Good, and Knowledge, are three sisters That doat upon each other, friends to man, Living together under the same roof, And never can be sunderd without tears. Tennyson. 170 ■tfE&agSI) m^^m jftotoember Ctoentp^JFtrfiit All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Longfellow. jBotoember Ctoentp decant! Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bet- tered the tradition of mankind. Stevenson. 171 mM£>m> As nothing reveals character like the company we like and keep, so nothing foretells futurity like the thoughts over which we brood. Newell Dwight Hillis. jQotoember CtoentpdFotttt!) Then let us smile when skies are gray, And laugh at stormy weather! And sing life's lonesome times away, So — worry and the dreariest day will find an end together ! Anonymous. 172 )l@3^Sli SAGITTA^IVS NOVEMBER ItEgX^Ek jftobembet Ctoentp-JFiftl) If you accept a truth, live it. The one law of progress is to use what you already have and more will follow. Kathrinc H. New comb. Jiobemfaer Ctuentp^ijtl) Grant this day some new vision of Thy truth. Inspire me with the spirit of joy and gladness, and make me the cup of strength to suffering souls. In the name of the Strong Deliverer. Phillips Brooks, 173 SAG1TTAF0VS •msgg>m NOVEMBER fSSSSli There is no death; the leaves may fall, The flowers may fade and pass away — They only wait through wintry hours The coming of the May. Anonymous. Don't you borrow sorrow, You '11 surely have your share. He who dreams of sorrow, Will find that sorrow 's there. Cornish. 174 iies5ig» f^K£&2©fc Jftotoember Ctoentp JRmtl) Meet is it changes should control Our being, lest we rust in ease. We all are changed by still degrees, All but the basis of the soul. Tennyson. Then don't you trouble trouble, Till trouble troubles you; You '11 only double trouble, And trouble others too. Cornish. 17 S ^«23 ^?^g^ ©e^ DECEMBER £ CAPRICORN £ December jFirdt Put the golden sunshine in each day; Others need the cheer which conies through you. Juniata Stafford. ^December Hwotifc The inner side of every cloud Is ever bright and shining; I therefore turn my clouds about And always wear them inside out, To show the silver lining. Anonymous. 176 ^^ v: &Z2* DECEMBER 7^ CAPRICORN ^ ^December ©birU The air of home . . . the purest and the best there is. . . . God bless home and all belonging to it. Dickens. ^December jFottrtl) Sweet is the smile of home, the mutual look When hearts are of each other sure ; Sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook, The haunt of all affections pure. Keble. *77 December JFift^ Life is a mirror; if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting. Anonymous. December H>ij;tl) Not learned, save in gracious household ways, Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants, No Angel, but a dearer being, all dipt In Angel instincts, breathing Paradise, Interpreter between the Gods and men. Tennyson. 178 ^^g^^^ DECEMBER ^ CAPRICORN £ IDtttmhtx §>ebent|) Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity — the more we dispense of it, the greater our possessions. Hugo. If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies. The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home. Cotton. 179 December Etixitb The simplest and most affecting passage in all the noble history of our Great Master is His consideration for little children. Dickens. ^December ©enij) Yes, call me by my pet-name ! let me hear The name I used to run at, when a child, From innocent play, and leave the cowslips piled, To glance up in some face that proved me dear With the look of its eyes. E. B. Browning. 180 \W£ DECEMBER CAPRICORN Q Drcrmbrr Clcticntb Weary of the mother's part? My sweet baby, never ! I will rock thee on mv heart ,ver, ves. tor ever : Alice Carw ^Tfcnrttfr cl turlftb My mother pitying made a thousand prayers : My mother was as mild as any saint. Half-canonized by all that look'd on her. So gracious was her tact and tenderne-- Tennyson. 1S1 ^December Cfjirteentj) Pride is one of the seven deadly sins, but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues — faith and hope. Dickens. ^December jFottrteentj) Beauty hath its homage still, And nature holds us still in debt; And woman's grace and household skill, And manhood's toil, are honored yet. Whit tier. 182 ^December jFifteentf) But, dear girl, both flowers and beauty Blossom, fade and die away; Then pursue good sense and duty, Evergreens ! which ne'er decay. Nathaniel Cotton. T)tttvxbtv §s>ij:ttznt\) O pleasant is the welcome kiss When day's dull round is o'er; And sweet the music of the step That meets us at the door. /. R. Drake. 183 DECEMBER ^ CAPRICORN >X T>tttmbtv iktoenteentf) Be cheerful. Give this lonesome world a smile, We stay at longest but a little while. Be sweet and tender — that is doing good ; 'T is doing what no other good deed could. Anonymous. I cannot but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of Happiness as well as the Happiness of Duty. F. Lubbock. 184 DECEMBER ^ CAPRICORN ^ JJy^*\L' ^December j^mrtrratb With the day the light, with the road the strength to tread it. Johns 3?ftcmtjtr (Lturnttrtb Cheerfulness is a small virtue, it is true, but it sheds such a brightness around us in this life that neither the dark clouds nor rain can dispel its happy influence. E. R. B. Alexander. Where there is Faith there is Love, Where there is Love there is Peace, Where there is Peace there is God, Where there is God there is no need. Anonymous. ^December SCtoentpJkconfci Follow the reverent steps, the great example Of Him whose holy work was "doing good"; So shall the wide earth seem our Father's temple, Each loving life a psalm of gratitude. Whittier. 186 ^December STtoentp STIjirH Each leaf of holly bears the wish That Christmas may bring you good cheer; And every little berry red / Is a prayer for your Happy New Year. Virginia Biorcn Harrison. ^December Ctocntp^Jcmrtl) May thy Christmas morning break Holy and bright and calm ; And may all thy life, for His dear sake. Be a joyful Christmas psalm. Haver gal. 187 ^Hja^ DECEMBER 7* CAPRICORN ^ ^rcrmbrr (ZTtaentp-iFiftl) The sweetest life mankind can know- Is that of selfless living. The Christ Child came, the way to show, He gave Himself in giving. Jl/c7rv C. how ^Dmmbcr (Ltocntp §irtl) Not what we give, but what we share, — For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, — ■ Himself, his hungering neighbor and Me. Lowell. 188 DECEMBER ^ CAPRICORN ' £ TDtttmbtv <£toentp*%etoent!) "As thy day thy strength shall be!*' This should be enough for thee; He who knows thy frame will spare Burdens more than thou canst bear. Havergal. Let the fancy fly From belt to belt of crimson seas On leagues of odor streaming far, To where in yonder orient star A hundred spirits whisper "Peace." Tennyson. 189 ^sup DECEMBER ^ CAPRICORN ^ If o'er their lives a refluent glance they cast, Theirs is the Present who can praise the Past ; Life has its bliss for these when past its bloom, As withered roses yield a late perfume. William Shenstone. ^December Cjjirtietj) May each year be happier than the last, and not the meanest of our brethren or sisterhood debarred their rightful share in what our Great Creator formed them to enjoy! Dickens. 190 December ^ivtv-Iiv&t I would flood your path with sunshine; I would fence you from all ill ; I would crown you with all blessings If I could have my will. Aye ! but human love may err, dear, And a Power All-wise is near; So I only pray, God bless you, And God keep you through the year. Anonymous. 191 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 021 100 842 8