Daily Thoughts
A collection of daily reflections by Charles Kingsley, the Victorian clergyman and author, offering brief meditations on Christian faith, duty, and the natural world for each day of the year.
393 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
January.
2
New Year's Day. January 1. {3}
3
The Nineteenth Century. January 2.
4
Forward. January 3.
5
The Noble Life. January 4.
6
Duty and Sentiment. January 5.
7
The Everlasting Harmony. January 6.
8
The Keys of Death and Hell. January 7.
9
A Living God. January 8.
10
The Fairy Gardens. January 9.
11
Love. January 10.
12
Life--Love. January 11.
13
The Seed of Good. January 12.
14
Danger of Thinking vaguely. January 13.
15
The Possession of Faith. January 14.
16
The Eternal Life. January 15.
17
The Golden Cup of Youth. January 16.
18
Work and Duty. January 17.
19
Members of Christ. January 18.
20
Beauty a Sacrament. January 19.
21
The Ideal of Rank. January 20.
22
An Indulgent God. January 21.
23
The Fifty-First Psalm. January 22.
24
Waiting for Death. January 23.
25
The One Refuge. January 24.
26
Future Identity. January 25.
27
Friendship. January 26.
28
Night and Morning. January 27.
29
Communion with the Blessed Dead. January 28.
30
The Great Law. January 29.
31
The Coming Kingdom. January 30.
32
Christ's Coming. January 31.
33
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
34
February.
35
Virtue. February 1.
36
Happiness. February 2.
37
A Dream of the Future. February 3.
38
Bondage of Custom. February 4.
39
The Childlike Mind. February 5.
40
Unselfish Prayer. February 6.
41
God is Light. February 7.
42
The Veil Lifted. February 8.
43
All Science One. February 9.
44
Passion and Reason. February 10.
45
Enthusiasm and Tact. February 11.
46
The Eternal Good. February 12.
47
Awfulness of Words. February 13.
48
A Wise Woman. February 14.
49
Charity the one Influence. February 15.
50
The Ascetic Painters. February 16.
51
Reveries. February 17.
52
Woman's Mission. February 18.
53
The Heroic Life. February 19.
54
The Wages of Sin. February 20.
55
Silent Depths. February 21.
56
True Justification. February 22.
57
A Present Hell. February 23.
58
Time and Eternity. February 24.
59
Christ's Life. February 25.
60
The Higher Education. February 26.
61
God's Kingdom. February 27.
62
Sowing and Reaping. February 28.
63
The Church Catechism. February 29.
64
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
65
March.
66
Knowledge and Love. March 1.
67
A Charm of Birds. March 2.
68
Tact of the Heart. March 3.
69
Special Providences. March 4.
70
Be Calm. March 5.
71
Self-sacrifice and Personality. March 6.
72
Follow your Star. March 7.
73
Reverence for Books. March 8.
74
The Unknown Future. March 9.
75
Secular and Sacred. March 10.
76
Content or Happy? March 11.
77
Duty of Man to Man. March 12.
78
Blessing of a True Friend. March 13.
79
True Heroines. March 14.
80
Secret Atheism. March 15.
81
Tolerance. March 16.
82
The Hopes of Old Age. March 17.
83
The Highest Study for Man, March 18.
84
Eclecticism. March 19.
85
Duty. March 20.
86
The Great Unknown. March 21.
87
Loss nor Gain, March 22.
88
Ancient Greek Education, March 23.
89
Body and Soul. March 24.
90
Moderation. March 25.
91
Poetry in the Slums. March 26.
92
Time and Eternity. March 27.
93
Work. March 28.
94
Teaching of Pictures. March 29.
95
Voluntary Heroism. March 30.
96
The Ideal Holy One. March 31.
97
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
98
April.
99
The Song of Birds. April 1.
100
True Reformers. April 2.
101
High Ideals. April 3.
102
Divine Knowledge. April 4.
103
Woman's Love. April 5.
104
Feeling and Emotion. April 6.
105
The Beasts that perish. April 7.
106
Reverence for Age. April 8.
107
Prayers for the Dead. April 9.
108
Diversities of Gifts. April 10.
109
The Atonement. April 11.
110
A Day's Work. April 12.
111
Self-control. April 13.
112
Women and Novels. April 14.
113
Expect Much. April 15.
114
What is Theology? April 16.
115
Sweetness and Light. April 17.
116
The Contemplative Life. April 18.
117
Sudden Death. April 19.
118
Prayer and Praise. April 20.
119
The Divine Spark. April 21.
120
The Worst Calamity. April 22.
121
Men and Women. April 23.
122
Faith in the Unseen. April 24.
123
Death--Resurrection. April 25.
124
Woman's Work. April 26.
125
Passion--Easter--Ascension. April 27.
126
How to keep Passion-Week. April 28.
127
Self-Sacrifice. April 29.
128
Help from our Blessed Dead. April 30.
129
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS. Passion-tide.
130
May.
131
Past and Present. May 1.
132
The Earth is the Lord's. May 2.
133
The Great Question. May 3.
134
Our Father. May 4.
135
Want of Sympathy. May 5.
136
A Religion. May 6.
137
True Civilisation. May 7.
138
Nature and Grace. May 8.
139
Wisdom the Child of Goodness. May 9.
140
Rule of Life. May 10.
141
Music the Speech of God. May 11.
142
Facing Realities. May 12.
143
Street Arabs. May 13.
144
Fellowship of Sorrow. May 14.
145
Heaven and Hell. May 15.
146
The Awfulness of Life. May 16.
147
Hope and Fear. May 17.
148
Cry of the Heart and Reason. May 18.
149
Speaking the Truth in Love. May 19.
150
Peasant Souls. May 20.
151
Death and Everlasting Life. May 21.
152
Science and Virtue. May 22.
153
A Child's Heart. May 23.
154
Self-Security. May 24.
155
Loss and Gain. May 25.
156
The Law of Righteousness. May 26.
157
Human and Divine Love. May 27.
158
A High Finish. May 28.
159
Our Prayers. May 29.
160
Clearing Showers. May 30.
161
Vineyards in Spring. May 31.
162
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
163
June.
164
Open Thou mine Eyes. June 1.
165
The Spirit of Romance. June 2.
166
The Everlasting Music. June 3.
167
Gifts are Duties. June 4.
168
Summer Days. June 5.
169
|Sufficient for the Day.| June 6.
170
Secret of Thrift. June 7.
171
Out-door Worship. June 8.
172
God's Countenance. June 9.
173
Certain and Uncertain. June 10.
174
Sensuality. June 11.
175
The Journey's End. June 12.
176
Punishment Inevitable. June 13.
177
The Problem Solved. June l4.
178
The Father's Education. June 15.
179
Parent and Child. June 16.
180
A Charm of Birds. June 17.
181
Notes of Character. June 18.
182
Our Blessed Dead. June 19.
183
Silent Influence. June 20.
184
Chivalry. June 21.
185
Nature and Art. June 22.
186
Simple and Sincere. June 23.
187
God's Words. June 24.
188
Taught by Failure. June 25.
189
Presentiments. June 26.
190
Common Duties. June 27.
191
Lost and Found. June 28.
192
How to bear Sorrow. June 29.
193
A certain Hope. June 30.
194
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
195
July.
196
Nature and Grace. July 1.
197
Love and Book-Learning. July 2.
198
The Ancient Creeds. July 3.
199
A Master-Truth. July 4.
200
English Women. July 5.
201
Life retouched again. July 6.
202
Mystery of Life. July 7.
203
Beauty of Life. July 8.
204
True Civilisation. July 9.
205
The Church. July 10.
206
What does God ask? July 11.
207
Work or Want. July 12.
208
True Insight. July 13.
209
Retribution inevitable. July 14.
210
Antinomies. July 15.
211
False Refinement. July 16.
212
Music's Meaning. July 17.
213
Vagueness of Mind. July 18.
214
A Faith for Daily Life. July 19.
215
Charms of Monotony. July 20.
216
How to attain. July 21.
217
The Divine Discontent. July 22.
218
Dra et labora. July 23.
219
Distrust and Anarchy. July 24.
220
A Future Life of Action. July 25.
221
An Ideal Aristocracy. July 26.
222
Our Weapons. July 27.
223
Uneducated Women. July 28.
224
Pardon and Cure. July 29.
225
Eternal Law. July 30.
226
God's Mercy or Man's? July 31.
227
The Chrysalis State.
228
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
229
August.
230
Sight and Insight. August 1.
231
Genius and Character. August 2.
232
Nature's Student. August 3.
233
The Masses. August 4.
234
Love and Knowledge. August 5.
235
Siccum Lumen. August 6.
236
This World. August 7.
237
The Life of the Spirit. August 8.
238
A Quiet Depth. August 9.
239
Acceptable Sacrifices. August 10.
240
Chivalry. August 11.
241
God waits for Man. August 12.
242
Thrift. August 13.
243
Revelations. August 14.
244
Christ comes in many ways. August 15.
245
Lesson of the Cross. August 16.
246
The Ideal Unity. August 17.
247
Body and Soul. August 18.
248
Childlikeness. August 19.
249
Inspiration. August 20.
250
Lifting of the Veil. August 21.
251
The Cross--its meaning. August 22.
252
The Crucifix. August 23.
253
Love to God proved. August 24.
254
Training of Beauty. August 25.
255
Ignorance of the Cynic. August 26.
256
Penitential Prayer. August 27.
257
A Real Presence. August 28.
258
A Living God. August 29.
259
Thine, not mine. August 30.
260
The Unquenchable Fire. August 31.
261
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
262
September.
263
Goodness. September 1.
264
Be good to do Good. September 2.
265
The Undying I. September 3.
266
Love and Time. September 4.
267
Common Duties. September 5.
268
Despair--Hope. September 6.
269
The Critical Spirit. September 7.
270
Toil and Rest. September 8.
271
Storm and Calm. September 9.
272
On the Heights. September 10.
273
In the Valley. September 11.
274
Self-Conceit. September 12.
275
Facing Fact. September 13.
276
The Heroical Rest. September 14.
277
Body and Soul. September 15.
278
Love in Absence. September 16.
279
Special Providence. September 17.
280
Love of Work. September 18.
281
Fret not. September 19.
282
Battle before Victory. September 20.
283
Night and Growth. September 21.
284
Passion. September 22.
285
Worth of Beauty. September 23.
286
Empty Profession. September 24.
287
True Poetry. September 25.
288
Office of the Clergy. September 26.
289
Opinions are not Knowledge. September 27.
290
The Worst Punishment. September 28.
291
The Divine Order. September 29.
292
True Resignation. September 30.
293
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
294
October.
295
Blessing of Daily Work. October 1.
296
The Forming Form. October 2.
297
Special Providences. October 3.
298
Virtue. October 4.
299
God-likeness. October 5.
300
The Refiner's Fire. October 6.
301
The Prayer of Faith. October 7.
302
Mountain-Ranges. October 8.
303
The Temper for Success in Life. October 9.
304
Want of Simplicity. October 10.
305
True Rest. October 11.
306
God's Image. October 12.
307
Woman's Work. October 13.
308
Self-Enjoyment. October 14.
309
Temptations of Temperament. October 15.
310
Egotism of Melancholy. October 16.
311
Poetry of Doubt. October 17.
312
Work of the Physician. October 18.
313
Love Many-sided. October 19.
314
The only Path to Light. October 20.
315
Proverbs False and True. October 21.
316
True Sisters of Mercy. October 22.
317
The Divine Fire. October 23.
318
The Cross a Token. October 24.
319
The True Self-Sacrifice. October 25.
320
Now as Then. October 26.
321
One Anchor. October 27.
322
Self-Control. October 28.
323
Nature's Permanence. October 29.
324
The Only Refuge. October 30.
325
England's Forgotten Worthies. October 31.
326
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
327
November.
328
Sympathy of the Dead. November 1.
329
Nature's Parable. November 2.
330
Passing Onward. November 3.
331
The Divine Intention. November 4.
332
Christ Weeping over Jerusalem. November 5.
333
Love Expansive. November 6.
334
Still the same. November 7.
335
An absolutely Good God. November 8.
336
Nature's Lesson. November 9.
337
Morals and Mind. November 10.
338
Fastidiousness. November 11.
339
Unconscious Faith. November 12.
340
Silence. November 13.
341
The Nineteenth Century. November 14.
342
Unreality. November 15.
343
The indwelling Light. November 16.
344
Woman's Calling. November 17.
345
Waste. November 18.
346
True Penance. November 19.
347
Political Economy of the Future. November 20.
348
God's Pleasure. November 21.
349
The Hospital Nurse. November 22.
350
No Work Lost. November 23.
351
True Temperance. November 24.
352
A Present Veil. November 25.
353
Cowardice. November 26.
354
Blind Faith. November 27.
355
Small and Great. November 28.
356
True and False. November 29.
357
The Mind of Christ. November 30.
358
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
359
December.
360
The Final Victory. December 1.
361
Drifting away. December 2.
362
Our Father. December 3.
363
Circumstance. December 4.
364
Duty. December 5.
365
Humanity and the Bible. December 6.
366
Music. December 7.
367
Waiting. December 8.
368
True or False Toleration? December 9.
369
Success and Defeat. December 10.
370
Passing Emotions. December 11.
371
Christ's Church. December 12.
372
Confound me not. December 13.
373
The Divine Hunger and Thirst. December 14.
374
Religion or Godliness? December 15.
375
Christ's Coming. December 16.
376
God's Nature. December 17.
377
Educators of Men. December 18.
378
The Earthly Body. December 19.
379
Home at Last. December 20.
380
The Bible. December 21.
381
Shaking of Heaven and Earth. December 22.
382
Self-Respect the Voice of God. December 23.
383
Christmas Eve. December 24.
384
The Miracle of Christmas Night. December 25.
385
Redemption. December 26.
386
Fellow-workers with Christ. December 27.
387
The bright Pathway. December 28.
388
New Worship. December 29.
389
Links in the Chain. December 30.
390
Past, Present, Future. December 31.
391
SAINTS' DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.
392
INDEX.
393
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