February 10

Forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.—MARK xi, 25, 26.

As a tale that is told, as a vision,

Forgive and forget; for I say

That the true shall endure the derision

Of the false till the full of the day;

Ay, forgive as you would be forgiven;

Ay, forget, lest the ill you have done

Be remembered against you in Heaven

And all the days under the sun.

For who shall have bread without labor?

And who shall have rest without price?

And who shall hold war with his neighbor

With promise of peace with the Christ.

JOAQUIN MILLER.

How great is the contrast between that forgiveness to which we lay claim from God toward us and our temper toward others! God, we expect, will forgive us great offenses—offenses many times repeated; and will forgive them freely, liberally, and from the heart. But we are offended at our neighbor, perhaps, for the merest trifles, and for an injury only once offered; and we are but half reconciled when we seem to forgive. Even an uncertain humor, an ambiguous word, or a suspected look will inflame our anger; and hardly any persuasion will induce us for a long time to relent.

H. THORNTON.

The forgiveness we want is infinite, changeless, everlasting. J. H. EVANS.