mm»miim*M **4 M & Strength !§ Class ^Ml : •■ \ Book y LS Copyright^ COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. FOUR BEAUTIFUL BOOKS OF IDEAL THOUGHTS By the compilers of " Borrowings" Thirty thousand copies sold THOUGHTS." A charming collection of beau- tiful gems of thought. Cloth, $1.25. Ooze leather, $2.00. BORROWINGS." Uniform with " Thoughts. " Cloth, $1.25. Ooze leather, $2.00. MORE BOROWINGS." A companion volume to "Borrowings." Cloth, $1.25. Ooze leather, $2.00. QUOTATIONS ON NATURE OUT-OF-DOORS." A charming book of quo- tations selected from the leading writers on Nature. Cloth, $1.25. Ooze leather, $2.00. Fully illustrated. trengtb for every Day A COMPILATION OF BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS FOR MY FRIEND new Vorfc Dodge PuMisftteg Company 40 West utb Street TtfF UBRARY OF CONGRESS, f-jwo Cowe* Recsiwd 3 1902 |CU*SS ^"XXo No COPY 8. To My Friend: I would flood your path with sunshine; I would fence you from all ill; I "would crown you with all blessings, if I could but 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. FOR EVERY DAY UST to be good, to keep life pure from degrad- ing elements, to make it constantly helpful in little ways to those who are touched by it, to keep one's spirit always sweet and avoid all manner of petty anger and irritability, — that is an ideal as noble as it is difficult. — Edward Howard Griggs. FOR EVERY DAY HAVE never had a policy. I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came. — Lincoln. io STRENGTH Half the world is on the wrong scent in the pursuit of happiness. They think it con- sists in having and getting, and in being served by others. It consists in giving and in serving others. — Henry Drummond. The grand essentials of happiness are, something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. — Chalmers. Let us be content, in work, to do the thing we CAN and not presume to fret because it's little. — E. B. Browning. Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known. — Ruskin. Our friends see the best in us, and by that very fact call forth the best from us. *— Black. FOR EVERY DAY n Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport the world knows. — Theodore Roosevelt. Never hunt trouble. However dead a shot one may be, the gun he carries on such expeditions is sure to kick, or go off half- cocked. — Artemus Ward. A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. Character is like bells which ring out sweet music, and which, when touched accidentally even, resound with sweet music. — Phillips Brooks. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it. — Lincoln. Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. — Lowell. 12 STRENGTH Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who par- takes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction ; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us. — Pilpay. The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life. Edward Everett Hale. Wanting to have a friend is altogether different from wanting to be a friend. The former is a mere natural human craving, the latter is the life of Christ in the soul. —J. R. Miller. If a man does not make new acquaint- ances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendships in constant repair. — Dr. yohnson. It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place, as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend. — Ruskin, FOR EVERY DAY 13 ETTER to work and fail than to sleep one's life away. — J. K. Jerome, 14 STRENGTH I was walking in the street ... a beggar stopped me, — a frail old man. His inflamed, tearful eyes, blue lips, rough rags, disgusting sores . . . oh, how horribly poverty had disfigured the unhappy creature ! He stretched out to me his red, swollen, filthy hand ... he groaned and whimpered for alms. I felt in all my pockets ... no purse, watch, or handkerchief did I find. I had left them all at home. The beggar waited . . . and his out- stretched hand twitched and trembled slightly. Embarrassed and confused, I seized his dirty hand and pressed it . . . "Don't be vexed with me, brother ; I have nothing with me, brother." The beggar raised his bloodshot eyes to mine ; his blue lips smiled, and he returned the pressure of my chilled fingers. "Never mind, brother," stammered he ; "thank you for this — this, too, was a gift, brother." I felt that I, too, had received a gift from my brother. — Ivan Tourgueneff, FOR EVERY DAY 15 »HALL pass through this world but once. Any [good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness ^that I can show to any Luman being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. — A. B. Hegetnan. 16 STRENGTH Good taste is essentially a moral quality. Taste is not only a part and an index of morality — it is the only morality. The first, last, and closest trial question to any living creature is, " What do you like ? " — and the entire object of true education is to make people not merely do right things, but enjoy the right things. What we like deter- mines what we are, and is the sign of what we are ; and to teach taste is inevitably to form character. — Ruskin. FOR EVERYDAY 17 It is not required of every man and woman to be or to do something great ; most of us must content ourselves with taking small parts in the chorus, as far as possible without discord. Henry Van Dyke. It is better to go down on the great seas which human hearts were made to sail than to rot at the wharves in ignoble anchorage. — Hamilton W. Mabie. If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. — Shakespeare. The most fortunate men and women are those who have "worthy work to do and who do it because they love it. — G. Bate be lor. Free men freely work. Whoever fears God fears to sit at ease. — E. B. Browning. 18 STRENGTH New occasions teach new duties. — Lowell. If you've any debt to pay, Rest you neither night nor day : Pay it. Circumstances are the rulers of the weak ; they are but the instruments of the wise. — Samuel Lover. Think of living! Thy life, wert thou the pitifullest of all the sons of earth, is no idle dream, but a solemn reality. It is thy own. It is all thou hast to front eternity with. Work then, even as He has done, and does, like a star, unhasting yet unresting. — Thomas Carlyle. No pain, no palm ; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. — William Penn. FOR EVERY DAY 19 Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. — Shakespeare. That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it ; This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one — His hundred's soon hit ; This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That has the world here — should he need the next, Let the world mind him ! This throws himself on God, and unperplexed Seeking shall find him. — Robert Browning. So let my past stand just as it stands, And let me now, as I may grow old. I am what I am, and my life for me Is the best, or it had not been, I hold. — P. Carey. 20 STRENGTH I am glad to think I am not bound to make the wrong go right, But only to discover and to do, With cheerful heart, the work that God appoints. Jean Inge low. We need, each and all, to be needed, To feel we have something to give T owards soothingthe moan of earth's hunger And we know that then only we live When we feed one another as we have been fed, From the hand that gives body and spirit their bread. — Lucy Larcom. FOR EVERY DAY 21 Reputation is what men and women think of us ; character is what God and the angels know of us. — Thomas Paine. It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient. — George Eliot. A waistcoat of broadcloth or of fustian is alike to an aching heart, and we laugh no merrier on velvet cushions than we did on wooden chairs. — J. K. Jerome. The nature which is all wood and straw is of no use ; if we are to do well, we must have some iron in us. — Canon Farrar. Some of your griefs you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived; But what torments of pain you endured From evils that never arrived. 22 STRENGTH Swift kindnesses are best ; a long delay in kindness takes the kindness all away. It is not how great a thing we do, but how well we do the things we haVe to do, that puts us in the noble brotherhood of artists. Only the new days are our own ; To-day is ours, and to-day alone. Seize what you can ; the times are hard ; one needs To snatch enjoyment nimbly while it passes. — Schiller. We sleep, but the loom of life never stops ; and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up to-morrow. — Beecher. FOR EVERY DAY 23 Go, put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue. — Emerson. Disappointment, ailment, or even weather depresses us; and our look Or tone of depression hinders others from maintain- ing a cheerful and thankful spirit. We say an unkind thing, and another is hindered in learning the holy lesson of charity that think- eth no evil. We say a provoking thing, and our sister or brother is hindered in that day's effort to be meek. How sadly, too, we may hinder without word or act ! For wrong feeling is more infectious than wrong doing ; especially the various phases of ill temper — gloominess, touchiness, discontent, irrita- bility. Do we not know how catching these are ? — Frances Ridley Havergal. What makes life dreary is want of motive. — George Eliot. 24 STRENGTH So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, "When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can ! — Emerson. If we want light, we must conquer dark- ness. —J. T. Fields, He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause. — Beecher. A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something. — Marcus Aurelius. Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few ; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed, if he has not one too many. — Bulwer. FOR EVERY DAY 25 Lincoln's heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong. — Emerson. Who upon earth could live were all judged justly? — Bunyan. Hate of one will affect our attitude to- ward all. — Black. We pardon in the degree that we love. Much of our dissension is due to mis- understanding, which could be put right by a few honest words and a little open dealing. —Black. 26 S T R E N GT H The test of your Christian character should be that you are a joy-bearing agent to the world. — Beecher. Happiness is where it is found, and sel- dom where it is sought. If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the, old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. — Josh Billings. If a man is unhappy this must be his own fault ; for God made all men to be happy. — Epictetus. To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back. — Haliburton. FOREVERYDAY 27 " Stay at home," said Inclination, " Let the errand wait." " Go at once ! " said Duty, firmly, " Or you'll be too late." " But it snows," said Inclination, "And the wind is keen." " Never mind all that," said Duty : " Go and brave it, Jean." Jean stepped out into the garden, Looked up at the sky, Clouded, shrouded, dreary, sunless, Snow unceasingly. "Stay!" again said Inclination, "Go!" said Duty, "Go!" Forth went Jean with no more waiting, Forth into the snow. You will smile if now I tell you, That this quiet strife, Duty conquering Inclination, Strengthened all her life. Sometimes on a little skirmish Hangs a nation's fate. Very much hung on that skirmish At the garden gate. 28 STRENGTH The weakest among us has a gift. Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass when He made one tree. — Beecher. There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing. — George MacDonald. No one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. — Dickens, "A commonplace life," we say, and we sigh; But why should we sigh as we say ? The commonplace sun in the common- place sky, Makes up the commonplace day. FOREVERYDAY 29 No one knows what he can do till he tries. — Publius Syrus, No simplest duty is forgot, Life has no dim and lonely spot That doth no^ in her sunshine share. — Lowell. Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known. — Ruskin. Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come ; as though that time should be of another make from this, which has already come, and is sure. — T. Fuller. Every brave heart must treat society as a child, and never allow it to dictate. — Emerson. 30 STRENGTH To say well is good, but to do well is better. Do well is the spirit, and say well, the letter. Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more. — Gail Hamilton. Talking is like playing the harp. There is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out the music. — Holmes. If we have not quiet in our minds, out- ward comfort will do no more for us than i golden slipper on a gouty foot. — Bunyan. Be not simply good — be good for some thing. — Thoreau. FOR EVERY DAY 31 Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last. — Publius Syrus. Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. — Edward Young. If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I change ; for I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed. But he is harmed who abideth on still in his deception and ignorance. — -Marcus Aurelius. A man is helpless and unsafe up to the measure of his ignorance. — M. F. Tupper. 32 STRENGTH Soul, in thine Autumn days have utmost cheer ! Spring hath no flower of flowers that can contest The splendor of the hues upon his breast — Who beareth up the incense of the year. — E. Thomas. When we turn away from some duty or some fellow-creature, saying that our hearts are too sick and sore with some great yearn- ing of our own, we may often sever the line on which a Divine message was coming to us. We shut out the man, and we shut out the angel who had sent him on to open the door . . . There is a plan working in our lives; and if we keep our hearts quiet and our eyes open, it all "works together;" and, if we don't, it all fights together, and goes on fighting till it comes right, somehow, some- where. ■ — Annie Keary. FOR EVERY DAY 33 IE when I may, I want it said of me, by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower when I thought a flower would grow. — Lincoln, 34 STRENGTH The man who cannot be strong, cheerful, creative, in his own age, would find all other ages inhospitable and barren. — Hamilton TV. Mabie. 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. Everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way than not at all. — Holmes. Discontent is want of self-reliance ; it is infirmity of will. — Emerson. It is no great matter to live lovingly with humble and meek persons, but he that can do so with the peevish and perverse — he hath true Charity, , — Jeremy Taylor. FOR EVERY DAY 35 T is indeed a desirable thing to be well descen- ded, but the glory be- longs to our ancestors. — Plutarch, 36 STRENGTH To have what we want is riches ; but to be able to do without is power. — George Mac Donald. Never give a moment to complaint, but utilize the time that would otherwise be spent in this way, in looking forward and actualizing the conditions you desire. — Trine. Seek your life's nourishment in your life's work. — Phillips Brooks. Between the great things that we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing. — Adolph Monod. Probably he who never made a mistake never made anything. — Samuel Smiles. FOR EVERY DAY 37 lO be honest, to be kind, to earn a little, and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered, to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation ; above all, on the same condition, to keep friends with himself: here is a task for all a man has of fortitude and delicacy. — Robert Louis Stevenson. 38 STRENGTH There's nae power in Heaven or airth like love. It makes the weak strong and the dumb tae speak. — Ian Maclaren. Without distinction, without calculation, ■without procrastination, love. Lavish it up- on the poor, where it is very easy; especially upon the rich, who often need it most ; most of all upon our equals, where it is very dif- ficult, and for whom perhaps we each do least of all. — Henry Drummond. And he who serves his brother best, Gets nearer God than all the rest. It is not written, blessed is he that feed- eth the poor, but he that considereth the poor. A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. — Ruskin. Put a seal upon your lips and forget what you have done. After you have been kind, after love hath stolen forth into the world and done its beautiful work, go back into the shade again and say nothing about it. FOR EVERY DAY 39 HAT are you worth to- day? Not in money, but in brains, heart, pur- pose, character? Tell yourself the truth about yourself. — George H. Hepworth 4 o STRENGTH There's no slipping up hill again, and no standing still, when once you've begun to slip down. — George Eliot. The test of sincerity is fruitfulness. — Canon Farrar. There is no virtue in solemn indifference. Joy is just as much a duty as beneficence is. Thankfulness is the other side of mercy. — Henry Van Dyke. Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned. — Holmes. Nothing is more significant of men's character than what they find laughable. — Goethe. Of all the lights you carry in your face, joy shines farthest out to sea. FOR EVERY DAY 41 k O live content with small means — to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich — to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart — to bear all cheerfully — do all bravely, await oc- casions — never hurry; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and uncon- scious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony. — JV. E. Channing. 42 STRENGTH Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path. — Scandinavian proverb. Thy friends thou hast and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade. — Shakespeare. They who love best need friendship most ; Hearts only thrive on varied good ; And he who gathers from a host Of friendly hearts his daily food, Is the best friend that we can boast. —J. G. Holland. Is thy friend angry with thee ? Then provide him an opportunity of showing thee a great favor. Over that his heart must needs melt, and he will love thee again. — Richter. Live not without a friend : the Alpine rock must own Its mossy grace or else be nothing but a stone. — W. W. Story. FOR EVERY DAY 43 Worship God by doing good, Works, not words ; kind acts, not creeds ! He who loves God as he should Makes his heart's love understood by kind deeds. I cannot think but 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. — J. Lubbock. How many simple ways there are to bless. — Lowell. 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. There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life, and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can. — Henry Van Dyke. 44 STRENGTH All truth is from God, as all light is from the sun. . . All truth that bears on the cul- ture of the human soul, the development of human life, is part of the unfolding revelation of the divine. So when we catch glimpses, intimations, ideals, of those things that are finer and better than have ever yet been incarnated in the life of the race, we are anticipating that which is to be written on those new leaves of God's book, to be clearly read when they shall be turned, in his ever progressive, always advancing, and never completed Bible. FOR EVERY DAY 45 HERE are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart: Never believe anything bad about anybody un- less 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. 46 STRENGTH Hundreds can talk to one who can think; thousands can think to one who can see. — Ruskin. To widen your life without deepening it is only to weaken it. Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence. — S a hat or. It is better to kno less than to kno much that ain't so. — Josh Billings. Be humble or you'll stumble. — D. L. Moody. He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and a nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on the rock, because the wind and rain have ruined his house on the sand. FOR EVERY DAY 47 Esteem not thyself better than others, lest perhaps thou be accounted worse in the sight of God, who knows what is in man. To see without envy the glory of a rival shows a worthy man ; to rejoice in it, a good heart ; but to contribute to it, a noble soul. Men should bear with each other. There lives not the man who may not be cut up, aye, lashed to pieces, on his weakest side. — John Keats. Ask yourself what you would have been if you had never been tempted and own what a blessed thing the educating power of temp- tation is. — Phillips Brooks. Taking trouble is the best way of avoid- ing troubles. The lack of taking trouble has been the means of making trouble in many lives. 48 STRENGTH If there be no nobility of descent, all the more indispensable is it that there should be nobility of ascent, — a character in them that bear rule so fine and high and pure that as men come within the circle of its influence they involuntarily pay homage to that which is the one pre-eminent distinction, the royal- ty of virtue. — Bishop Henry C. Potter. FOR EVERY DAY 49 Let me to-day do something that shall take A little sadness from the world's vast store, And may I be so favored as to make Of joy's too scanty sum, a little more. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 50 STRENGTH Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man ; but for one man who can stand pros- perity there are a hundred that will stand adversity. — Thomas Carlyle. The little worries which we meet each day May lie as stumbling-blocks across our way, Or we may make them stepping-stones to be Of grace, O Lord, to Thee. — Anna E. Hamilton, Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without com- forts and hopes. — Bacon. If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man can not so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him. — Bacon. FOR EVERY DAY 5* 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. — Holmes, 52 STRENGTH Hearts only thrive on varied good ; And he who gathers from a host Of friendly hearts his daily food, Is the best friend that we can boast. —J. G. Holland. We should pray with as much earnest- ness as those who expect everything from God ; we should act with as much energy as those who expect everything from them- selves. — Co/ton. Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it ; and with this I begin and end. — 'John Newton. Only be steadfast, never waver, Nor seek earth's favor, But rest ; Thou knowest what God wills must be For all his creatures, so for thee The best. — Paul Fleming. FOR EVERYDAY 53 The secret of success consists not in the habit of making numerous resolutions about various faults and sins, but in one great, absorbing, controlling purpose to serve God and do His will ! If this be the controlling motive of life, all other motives will be swept into the force of its mighty current and guided aright. 54 STRENGTH Love is not getting, but giving; not a wild dream of pleasure, and a . madness of desire — oh, no, love is not that — it is good- ness and honor, and peace and pure living — yes, love is that ; and it is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives longest. — Henry Van Dyke. If any little word of ours can make one life the brighter ; If any little song of ours can make one heart the lighter; God help us speak that little word, and take our bit of singing, And drop it in some lonely vale, and set the echoes ringing. The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission. — George MacDonald. Every life is meant To help all lives; each man should live For all men's bettejrment. — Alice Cary. The springs of life are all from below. — Trine. FOR EVERY DAY 55 To err is human, to forgive divine. ■Pope. 56 STRENGTH We have need of patience with ourselves and with others ; with those below, and those above us, and with our own equals ; with those who love us and those who love us not ; for the greatest things and for the least ; against sudden inroads of trouble, and under our daily burdens; disappointments as to the weather ; or the breaking of the heart ; in the weariness of the body, or the wearing of the soul ; in our own failure of duty, or others' failure toward us ; in every- day wants, or in the aching of sickness or the decay of age ; in disappointment, be- reavement, losses, injuries, reproaches ; in heaviness of the heart, or its sickness amid delayed hopes. In all these things, from childhood's little troubles to the martyr's sufferings, patience is the grace of God, whereby we endure evil for the love of God. — E. B. Pusey, FOR EVERY DAY 57 Choose a book as you would choose a friend. 58 STRENGTH There shall never be one lost good ! What was, shall live as before ; The evil is null, is nought, is silence im- plying sound ; What was good shall be good, with for evil so much good more ; On the earth the broken arcs ; in the heaven, a perfect round. — Robert Browning. FOR EVERY DAY 59 He that cannot think, is a fool ; He that will not, is a bigot; He that dare not, is a slave. Inscription on the wall of Andrew Carnegie' s Library. 60 STRENGTH If we accept the simple and unadulter- ated gospel of a Father's love, and it makes us fit to live and ready to die, we do well to leave that gospel to our children as a valu- able and sacred inheritance. Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, But cheerly seek how to redress their harms. What though the mast be now blown over- board, The cable broke, the holding anchor lost, And half our sailors swallowed in the flood — Yet lives our Pilot still. — Shakespeare. In the morning of life, work; in the mid- day, give counsel ; in the evening, pray. Remember this — that very little is need- ed to make a happy life. — Marcus Aurelius. Just to fill the hour — that is happiness. — Emerson. FOR EVERY DAY 61 It is by doing our duty that we learn to do it. So long as men dispute whether or no a thing is their duty, they get never the nearer. Let them set ever so weakly about doing it, and the face of things alters. They find in themselves strength which they knew not of. — £. B. Pusey. 62 STRENGTH That best portion of a good man' s life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. — Wordsworth. Maintain a holy simplicity of mind, and do not smother yourself with a host of cares, wishes, or longings, under any pretext. — Francis de Sales. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called Conscience. — George Washington. A Persian philosopher being asked by what method he had acquired so much know- ledge, answered, " By not being prevented by shame from asking questions when I was ignorant." FOR EVERY DAY 63 But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart. — Thomas Hood. 64 STRENGTH A friend may well be reckoned a master- piece of nature. If I knew you and you knew me; if both of us could clearly see, And with an inner sight divine the meaning of your heart and mine, I'm sure that we would differ less and clasp our hands in friendliness, Our thoughts would pleasantly agree if I knew you and you knew me. Nixon Waterman. FOREVERYDAY 65 HATSOEVER things are true, whatsoever things are honest, what- soever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. — Paul. 66 STRENGTH Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest; Home-keeping hearts are happiest; For they that wander, they know not where, Are full of trouble, and full of care ; To stay at home is best. — Longfellow. If you will not hear reason, she'll surely rap your knuckles. Liberality consists rather in giving reasonably than much. — La Bruyere. It matters not what fate may give ; The best is thine — to nobly live. — J. Buckham. Hoarding always brings loss in one form or another. Using, wisely using, brings an ever-renewing gain, — Trine. FOR EVERY DAY 67 endeavour amends to thereunto. HOLD every man a debtor to his profession ; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to themselves by way of be a help and ornament — Bacon, 68 STRENGTH To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. — T. Campbell. All the joy which does not fade is that which grows from self-sacrifice. —A. H. Bradford. It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a man's death hallows him anew to us ; as if life were not sacred too — as if it were comparatively a light thing to fail in love and reverence to the brother who has to climb the whole toilsome steep with us, and all our tears and tenderness were due to the one who is spared that hard journey. — George Eliot. No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. — Lowell. FOR EVERY DAY 69 jERE you stand at the parting of the ways; some road you are to take; and as you stand here, consider and know how it is that you intend to live. Carry no bad habits, no cor- rupting associations, no enmities and strifes into this New Year. Leave these behind, and let the dead Past bury its dead ; leave them behind, and thank God that you are able to leave them. ■Epbraim Peabody. 70 STRENGTH God has so arranged the chronometry of our spirits, that there shall be thousands of silent moments between the striking hours. — Martineau. Why are we so impatient of delay, Longing forever for the time to be ? For thus we live to-morrow in to-day, Yea, sad to-morrows we may never see. —P. Gary, If thou wilt fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetous- ness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pine-woods. — Emerson. It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul. —Ovid. FOR EVERY DAY 7i UILD a little fence of trust around to-day, Fill the space with loving works and therein stay; Look not through the sheltering bars upon to-morrow ; God will help thee bear what comes of joy or sorrow. -Mary Butts. 72 STRENGTH We are our own fates. Our own deeds Are our doomsmen. Man's life was made Not for men's creeds, but men's actions. — Owen Meredith, Ever judge of men by their professions. For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment, and cannot be prolonged, yet if sincere in its moment's extravagant goodness, why, trust it, and know the man by it, I say — not by his performance ; which is half the world's work, interfere as the world needs must with its accidents and circumstances : the profession was purely the man's own. I judge people by what they might be — not are, nor will be. — Robert Browning. Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. — Charles Buxton. He that would have the fruit must climb the tree. FOR EVERY DAY 73 WTil^^ ET the weakest > let the > humblest remember, that in his daily course he can, if he will, shed around him almost a heaven. Kindly words, sympathizing attentions, watchfulness against wounding men's sensitive- ness—these cost very little, but they are priceless in their value. Are they not almost the staple of our daily hap- piness? From hour to hour, from moment to moment, we are supported, blest, by small kindnesses. — F. W. Robertson. 74 STRENGTH There is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works. In idleness alone is there perpetual despair. — Thomas Carlyle. The sweetness around us will sweeten labor If we will but let it have its way. — Mary E. Wilkins. And he gave it for his opinion, that who- ever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. — Swift. Nothing great was ever achieved with- out enthusiasm. — Emerson. FOR EVERY DAY 75 fj^rjOU find yourself refresh - | ed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort 3jy to confer that pleasure on others! You will find half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. — L. M. Child. 76 STRENGTH Let not another's disobedience to Nature become an ill to you ; for you were not born to be depressed and unhappy with others, but to be happy with them. And if any is unhappy, remember that he is so for him- self; for God made all men to enjoy felicity and peace. — Epictetus. 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. — C. A. Mason. Why shouldst thou fill to-day with sorrow About to-morrow, My heart ? One watches all with care most true, Doubt not that He will give thee, too, Thy part. — Paul Fleming. And God, who studies each separate soul, Out of commonplace lives makes his beauti- ful whole. — Susan Coolidge. FOR EVERY DAY 77 HEY are gladdening souls who mean exactly what they say and ex- pect you to say exactly what you mean. — Elizabeth Sheppard. 78 STRENGTH I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. —Newton. We meet at one gate When all's over. The ways tney are many and wide, And seldom are two ways the same. Side by side may we stand at the same little door when all's done ! The ways they are many, the end it is one. ■ — Owen Meredith. A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Bacon. Minds that have nothing to confer find little to perceive. FOR EVERY DAY 79 HE first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. — Beecher. 80 STRENGTH He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king. — Milton. When is man strong until he feels alone ? — Robert Browning. What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted ? Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. — Shakespeare. Dare to be true : nothing can need a lie ; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. — George Herbert. FOR EVERY DAY 81 Folded hands are ever weary, Selfish hearts are never gay ; Life for thee hath many duties, Active be, then, while you may. The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. — Thomas Carlyle, I have never united myself to any church, because I have found difficulty in giving my assent, without mental reservation, to the long complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize their Articles of Belief and Confession of Faith. Whenever any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Sav- ior's condensed statement of the substance of both law and gospel, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself," that church will I join with all my heart and all my soul. — Lincoln. Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect. — Marcus Jurelius. 82 STRENGTH Dare to look up to God and say, "Make use of me for the future as Thou wilt. I am of the same mind ; I am one with Thee. I refuse nothing which seems good to Thee. Lead me whither Thou wilt. Clothe me in whatever dress Thou wilt." — Epictetus. Great men are they who see that spirit- ual is stronger than any material force ; that thoughts rule the world. — Emerson, For right is right, since God is God, And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin. — F. W. Faber. Do to-day thy nearest duty. — Goethe. FOR EVERY DAY 83 Every thought and word and deed, of every human being, is followed by its inevit- able consequence : for the one we are re- sponsible ; with the other we have nothing to do. — Gail Hamilton. 84 STRENGTH The truest self-respect is not to think of self. — Beech er. Nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; nor nobly, which is done in pride. — -Ruskin. He jests at scars that never felt a wound. — Shakespeare. Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy. — Emerson. The best fire doesna flare up the soonest. — George Eliot. FOR EVERY DAY 85 One example is worth a thousand argu- ments. — Gladstone. 86 STRENGTH 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. As one lamp lights another nor grows less, So nobleness enkindleth nobleness. — Lowell. Give love, and love to your heart will flow, A strength in your utmost need ; Have faith, and a score of hearts will show Their faith injj/^rwork and deed. Guard within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hes- itation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. — George Sand. FOR EVERY DAY 87 No one is so accursed by fate, No one so utterly desolate, But some heart, though unknown, Responds unto his own. — Longfellow. Seek not to pour the world into thy little mould, Each as its nature is, its being must unfold; Thou art but as a string in life's vast sound- ing board, And other strings as sweet will not with thine accord. — W. W. Story. Be strong to hope, O Heart ! Though day is bright, The stars can only shine In the dark night. Be strong, O heart of mine ; Look towards the light. — A. Procter. Each day the world is born anew For him who takes it rightly. — Lowell. 88 STRENGTH And only the Master shall praise us, And only the Master shall blame, And no one shall work for money, And no one shall work for fame : But each for the joy of the working and each in his separate star Shall draw the Thing as he sees it for the God of things as they are. — Rudyard Kipling. FOR EVERY DAY 89 In the man whose childhood has known caresses there lies a fiber of memory, which can be touched to nobler issues. — George Eliot. The good of human life cannot lie in the possession of things which for one man to possess is for the rest to lose, but rather in things which all can possess alike, and where one man's wealth promotes his neighbor's. — B. Spinoza. We cannot live among men, suspicious of our own interest and fighting for our own hand, without doing dishonor and hurt to our own nature. — Black. We are members of one great body. Nature planted in us a mutual love, and fitted us for a social life. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole. — Senecca. go STRENGTH The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne; For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed As by his manners. — Spenser, Everything that is mine, even to my life, I may give to one I love, but the secret of my friend is not mine to give. — Philip Sidney. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. — Edward Young. Speak gently ! 't is a little thing Dropp'd in the heart's deep well; The good, the joy, that it may bring, Eternity shall tell. — G. W, Lang ford. O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. — Shakespeare. FOR EVERY DAY 91 I think that good must come of good, And ill of evil — surely unto all In every place or time, seeing sweet fruit Groweth from wholesome roots, or bitter things From poison stocks : yea, seeing, too, how spite Breeds hate — and kindness friends — or patience Peace. — Edwin Arnold. 92 STRENGTH Truth forever on the scaffold ; Wrong for- ever on the throne ; Yet that scaffold sways the future and be- yond the dim unknown Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own. — Lowell, So many plans, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, When just the art of being kind Is all this sad world needs. The world goes up and the world goes down, And the sunshine follows the rain ; And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never come again. — Kingsley. But noble souls through dust and heat Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger. — Longfellow. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low — an excellent thing in woman. — Shakespeare. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that. FOR EVERY DAY 93 I am quite sure that one secret of youth is to keep up with determined and steady- hand, one's own tone, to avoid ruts and narrowing circles. — F. W. Ware. Repose we may possess even in the most arduous toil ; ease we can never have while we are surrounded by conditions which are hostile to our highest life. — Hamilton TV. Mabie. This above all — to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. — Shakespeare. It is 'well to think well ; it is divine to act well. — Horace Mann. Let us pride ourselves on thinking high thoughts, achieving great deeds, living good lives. — J. K. Jerome. 94 STRENGTH It is not what a man gets, but what a man is, that he should think of. He should first think of his character, and then of his condition. He that has character need have no fears about his condition. Character will draw after it condition. — Beech er. FOREVERYDAY 95 Now don't go off half-cocked ; folks never gains By usin' pepper sarse instid o' brains. — Lowell. Whatever your present self may be, resolve with all your strength never to degenerate thence. — Bronte. We must not take the faults of our youth into our old age ; for old age brings with it its own faults. — Goethe. If one life shines, the next life to it must catch the light. It is the infection of excel- lence. — A. D. T. Whitney. Good deeds ring clear through heaven like a bell. — Dickens. The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. — Phillips Brooks. 96 STRENGTH Little things done well make a great soul, and small duties are always great duties in the sight of the angels. — Hepworth. There is not an angel added to the Host of Heaven but does its blessed work on earth in those that loved it here. — Dickens. It's well we should feel as life's a reck- oning we can't make twice over; there's no real making amends in this world any more nor you can mend a wrong subtraction by doing your addition right. — George Eliot. If for the age to come, this hour Of trial hath vicarious power, And blessed by Thee, our present pain Be Liberty's eternal gain; Thy will be done. — Whittier, A heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touched by the thorns. FOR EVERY DAY 97 For a man to grow a gentleman, it is of great consequence that his grandfather should have been an honest man ; but if a man be a gentleman, it matters little what his grand- father, or grandmother either, was. — George MacDonald. 98 STRENGTH The Recessional God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle line, Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine, Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! The tumult and the shouting dies, The Captains and the Kings depart, Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, A humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! FOR EVERY DAY 99 Far-called, our navies melt away, On dune and headland sinks the fire, Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe> Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law, Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard, All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard, For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord ! — Amen — Rudyard Kipling. L.ofC. ioo STRENGTH As a tired mother when the day is o'er, Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leaves his broken playthings on the floor Still gazing at them through the open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which though more splendid, may not please him more ; So nature deals with us and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest so gently that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends the what we know. — Longfellow. Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. — Dickens. FOR EVERY DAY 101 The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. — Longfellow, If we work upon marble, it will perish ; if we work upon brass, time will efface it ; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal souls, if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which will brighten all eternity. — Daniel Webster, In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. — Beecher. 102 STRENGTH The Poet's Prayer If there be some weaker one, Give me strength to help him on; If a blinder soul there be, Let me guide him nearer Thee ; Make my mortal dreams come true With the work I fain would do ; Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ; Let me find in Thy employ, Peace that dearer is than joy ; Out of self to love be led, And to Heaven acclimated, Until all things sweet and good Seem my natural habitude. — Whittier. FOR EVERY DAY 103 God has a few of us whom He whispers in the ear ; The rest may reason and welcome : 'tis we musicians know, — Robert Browning. Do not think it wasted time to submit yourselves to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling. — Ruskin. Religion is the best armor in the world ; but the worst cloak. — Bunyan. Beyond all doing of good is the being good ; for he that is good not only does good things, but all that he does is good. — George Mac Donald. 104 STRENGTH Happiness. The idea has been transmitted from generation to generation, that happiness is one large and beautiful stone, a single gem so rare that all search after it is vain, all effort for it hopeless. It is not so. Happi- ness is mosaic, composed of many smaller stones. Each taken apart and viewed singly may be of little value ; but when all are grouped together and judiciously combined and set, they form a pleasing and graceful whole — a costly jewel. Trample not under feet, then, the little pleasures which a gracious Providence scatters in the daily path, and which, in eager search after some great and exciting joy, we are apt to over- look. "Why should we always keep our eyes fixed on the bright, distant horizon, while there are so many lovely roses in the garden in which we are permitted to walk ? The very ardor of our chase after happiness may be the reason that she so often eludes our grasp. FOR EVERY DAY 105 If you and I — just you and I — Should laugh instead of worry ; If we should grow — just you and I — Kinder and sweeter hearted, Perhaps in some near by and by A good time might get started ; Then what a happy world 'twould be For you and me — for you and me! The books which help us most are those which make us think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading ; but a great book that comes from a great thinker, is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and with beauty. — Parker, What I kept I have lost ; what I gave away I have. — Dying words of Croesus, the rich king. Too low they build who build beneath the stars. — Edward Young, io6 STRENGTH Let us hope that sometime we may stop and make deliberate choice of a sweeter, quieter, friendlier life, and by cutting down our social tasks and intellectual recreations, make time for rest and domesticity, and for remembrance of others whose houses and lives adjoin our own. FOR EVERY DAY 107 An Ideal I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of a man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. It is some- thing to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so make a few objects beautiful ; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which mor- ally we can do. — Thoreau. io8 STRENGTH Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow; 'The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true. — Tennyson. INDEX Page Arnold, Edwin gi Aurelius, Marcus 24, 31, 60, 81 Batchelor, G 17 Bacon 50, 67, 78 Beecher . . . .22, 24, 26, 28, 79, 84, 94, 101 Black 10, 25, 89 Browning, E. B 10, 17 Browning, Robert 19, 58, 72, 80, 103 Brooks, Phillips 11,36,47,95 Bradford, A. H 68 Bronte 95 Billings, Josh . . . . . . . 26, 46 Bulwer, (Lord Lytton) 24 Bunyan 25, 30, 103 Buckham, J 66 Butts, Mary 71 Buxton, Charles 72 Carlyle, Thomas . . * . . . 18, 50, 74, 81 Carey, P 19, 70 Cary, Alice . 54 Carnegie, Andrew -59 Campbell, T 68 Chalmers 10 Channing, W. E 41 Child, L. M 75 Coolidge, Susan 76 Colton 5 2 Croesus 105 Dickens 28, 95, 96, 100 Drummond, Henry 10, 38 Eliot, George . . . . 21, 23, 40, 68, 84, 89, 96 Emerson . . 23, 24, 25, 29, 34, 60, 70, 74, 82, 84 Epictetus 26, 76, 82 112 INDEX Page Faber, F. W. 82 Farrar, Canon ax, 40 Fields, J. T. . 24 Fleming, Paul . . . . . . . 52, 76 Fuller, T 29 Gladstone e 85 Goethe 40, 82, 95 Griggs, Edward Howard 7 Hale, Edward Everett 12 Havergal, Frances Ridley ..... 23 Haliburton .,._..... 26 Hamilton, Gail . 30, 83 Hamilton, Anna E. . 50 Hegeman, A. B. Hepworth, George H. . . . . . . 3g, 96 Herbert, George 80 Holmes 30, 34, 40, 51 Holland, J. G 42, 52 Hood, Thomas 63 Ingelow, Jean , 20 Jerome, J. K. .13,21,93 Johnson, Dr. f ....... 12 Keary, Annie 32 Keats, John 47 Kipling, Rudyard 88, 98, 99 Kingsley 92 Larcom, Lucy 20 Langford, G. W. .90 La Bruyere 66 Lincoln 9,11,33,81 Lowell ... 11, 18, 29, 43, 68, 86, 87, 92, 95 Lover, Samuel . . . . . . . .18 Longfellow 66, 87, 92, 100, iox INDEX H3 Page Lubbock, J 43 Mabie, Hamilton W i 7, 34, 93 MacDonald, George ... 28, 36, 54, 97, 103 Maclaren, Ian . 38 Martineau 7° Mason, C. A 76 Mann, Horace 93 Meredith, Owen . . . . . . . 72, 78 Milton 80 Miller, J. R 12 Monod, Adolph 36 Moody, D. L 46 Newton 52, 7 8 Ovid 70 Payne, Thomas 21 Paul 65 Parker 105 Penn, William . .... 18 Peabody, Ephraim 6g Pilpay 12 Plutarch 35 Potter, Bishop Henry C. 4 8 Pope 55 Procter, A 87 Pusey, E. B. . . . . • • . 56, 61 Richter 42 Robertson, F. W 73 Roosevelt, Theodore n Ruskin . . . . 10, 12, 16, 2g, 38, 46, 84, 103 Salvator 4 6 Sand, George 86 Sales, Francis de 62 Schiller 22 ii4 INDEX Page Shakespeare . . 17, 1 9, 42, 60, 80, 84, 92, 93 Sheppard, Elizabeth 77 Sidney, Philip ....... go Senecca 89 Smiles, Samuel ....... 36 Spinoza, B. . ....... 89 Spenser ........ 90 Stevenson, Robert Louis ..... 37 Story, W. W 42, 87 Swift 74 Syrus, Publius 29, 31 Taylor, Jeremy 34 Tennyson, ..;..... 108 Thoreau ........ 30, 107 Thomas, E 32 Tourgueneff, Ivan 14 Trine 36, 54, 66 Tupper, M. F 31 Van Dyke, Henry .... 17, 40, 43, 45, 54 Ward, Artemus 11 Washington . . . . . . .62 Waterman, Nixon ...... 64 Ware, F. W 93 Webster, Daniel 101 Whitney, A. D. T 95 Whittier ....... 96, 102 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler 49 Wilkins, Mary E 74 Wordsworth 62 Young, Edward . . . . . 31, 90, 105 SEP 190» 1 COi 1902 25582 SEP 3 1902 Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process. 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