January 14

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him.—NAHUM i, 7.

I like the man who faces what he must With step triumphant, and a heart of cheer; Who fights the daily battle without fear; Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps unfaltering trust That God is God: that somehow, true and just His plans work out for mortals; not a tear Is shed when fortune, which the world holds dear, Falls from his grasp: better, with love, a crust Than living in dishonor; envies not, Nor loses faith in man: but does his best, Nor ever murmurs at his humbler lot, But with a smile and words of hope, gives zest To every toiler: he alone is great, Who by a life heroic conquers fate.

SARAH K. BOLTON.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul— that is in the force of thought, moral principle and love; . . .

The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menance and frowns, whose reliance on the truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering.

WM. E. CHANNING.

MAKE THE BEST OF IT.—You would live longer and happier if you would only be quiet and fretless. The man who takes life as it comes and makes the best of it is the one who gets most out of it.