September 18

Be content with your wages.—LUKE iii, 14.

We'll therefore relish with content,

Whate'er kind Providence hath sent,

Nor aim beyond our pow'r;

For if our stock be very small,

'Tis prudent to enjoy it all,

Nor lose the present hour.

NATHANIEL COLTON.

Contentment furnishes constant joy. Much covetousness, constant grief. To the contented even poverty is joy. To the discontented even wealth is a vexation.

SUM PAON KEEN.

If I be not outwardly rich, I will labor, to be poor in craving desires; but in the virtues of the mind (the best riches) I would not have a man exceed me. He that hath a mind contentedly good, enjoyeth in it boundless possessions. If I be pleased in myself, who can add to my happiness? As no man lives so happy, but to some his life would be burdensome, so we shall find none so miserable, but we shall hear of another that would change calamities.

OWEN FELLTHAM.

To have little in peace is really to have much.

ROJAS.