May 22

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing.—GAL. iv, 18.

Be firm! whatever tempts thy soul To loiter ere it reach its goal; Whatever syren voice would draw Thy heart from duty and its law, Oh, that distrust! Go bravely on, And, till the victor-crown be won, Be firm!

ANONYMOUS.

There is no substitute for thorough-going, ardent, and sincere earnestness.

CHARLES DICKENS.

I believe in heart-earnestness. Deep feeling is contagious. Words poured forth from burning hearts are sure to kindle the hearts of others. A tear-drop is a very little thing, and yet it is a thing of power. Hearts that can stand every thing else are often melted by a tear. Let the heart palpitate in every line and burn in every word.

ENOCH POND.

The earnest men are so few in the world that their very earnestness becomes at once the badge of their nobility; and as men in a crowd instinctively make room for one who seems eager to force his way through it, so mankind everywhere open their ranks to one who rushes zealously toward some object lying beyond them.

DWIGHT.