January 26
Daily Cheer for All the YearI know that Thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee.—JOB xlii, 2.
A poet prayed for a beautiful thought, Which he might make the theme Of a song, as sweet to the ear it caught As a wood-bird's music, nature taught, Or the laugh from a baby's dream.
To pray is good; to do, is best! Make, though thy voice be dumb, A pure heart home within thy breast, Where they, as sacred things, may rest, And beautiful thoughts will come.
ADELE R. INGERSOLL.
The happiness of your life depends upon the character of your thoughts. MARCUS AURELIUS.
Observe what direction your thoughts and feelings most readily take when you are alone, and you will then form a tolerably correct opinion of your real self. The Household.
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art in life is to have as many of them as possible. BOVEE.
As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book or friend, or best of all, in your own thoughts—the eternal thought speaking in your thought.
GEORGE MACDONALD.