June 3

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry.—Ecclesiastes 7:9.

DO I endeavor at all times to govern my temper with wisdom and grace, seeking with earnest prayer, to repress the first rising of evil feeling or passion in my heart? In thought, word and deed, do I cultivate the habit of self-control, remembering that better is he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city? If provoked and tempted to give way to anger, do I remember the blessed Saviour, who when he was reviled, reviled not again? In all things, do I seek to cherish his spirit?

I will suffer a thousand wrongs, rather than offer one, and an hundred rather than return one. I have ever found that to strive with my superior is fatuous: with my equal, doubtful; with my inferior, sordid and base; with any, full of unquietness.—BISHOP HALL.

I am naturally as impatient and irritable as any, but when I find anger, or passion, or any other evil temper arise in my mind, I go at once to my Saviour, and confessing my sin, give myself up to be managed and controlled by him.—CLARKE.

Cherish kindly, loving feelings,

While you here on earth may stay;

They will scatter light and sunshine,

On your own and others' way;

They will make life's pathway brighter,

All around you they will bless,

And o'er every lot and station

Pour fresh streams of happiness.

—KIDDER.