November 12

Thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thy hands unto.—DEUT. xii, 18.

For wisely the will of the Lord ordains

From hour to hour our pleasures and pains;

The given pain brings a given might,

The given pleasure yields rare delight.

In the heart of man 'tis the Spirit's voice

That crieth ever, "Rejoice! Rejoice!"

He shall cheerfully, gratefully, joyfully live,

Who taketh only what God doth give.

C. W. HARRIS.

If any one would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you. For it is certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for it, you turn it into a blessing. Could you, therefore, work miracles, you could not do more for yourself than by this thankful spirit; for it heals with a word speaking, and turns all that it touches into happiness.

WILLIAM LAW.