November 16

I can do all things through Christ which strength-eneth me.—PHIL. iv, 13.

Leaning on Him, make with reverent meekness His own way thy will,

And with strength from Him shall thy utter weakness Life's tasks fulfill.

J. G. WHITTIER.

No felt evil or defect becomes divine until it is inevitable, and only when resistance to it is exhausted and hope is fled does surrender cease to be premature. The hardness of our task lies here; that we have to strive against the grievous things of life, while hope remains, as if they were evil; and then, when the stroke has fallen, to accept them from the hand of God, and doubt not they are good. But to the loving, trusting heart all things are possible; and even this instant change from over-strained will to sorrowful repose, from fullest resistance to complete surrender, is realized without convulsion.

MARTINEAU.

In the moral world there is nothing impossible, if we bring a thorough will to it. Man can do everything with himself; but he must not attempt to do too much with others.

WM. VON HUMBOLDT.