When you cry out for God, He will cry out for you. There was never a heart homesick for heaven, that heaven was not homesick for it. Never did a soul long for God, that God did not long for that soul.

HENRY WARD BEECHER.

There is no loneliness to the believer. He may be misunderstood, slandered, disliked, persecuted; but near him is the mysterious presence of a sympathizing Father, shaping, guiding, influencing every step in his path through life towards a definite and a blessed end.

BASIL WILBerforce.

From Thee is all that soothes the life of man,
His high endeavors and his glad success,
His strength to suffer and his will to serve.
But O Thou sovereign Giver of all good,
Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself the crown;
Give what Thou canst, without Thee we are poor,
And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
AMEN.

WILLIAM COWPER.

In the loom of life we weave each day
On the warp of circumstance,

The colors grave and the colors gay,
However the threads may chance.

But the web is ours to make or mar,
And the pattern we may choose;
We may make the fabric strong and fair,
And blend as we will the hues.

The glint of gold from our happy days
May shine through the sombre shades,

And love's warm gleams, like the morning's rays,
And beauty that never fades.

MARY VAUGHAN.

Lord, Thou knowest the circumstance into which we have this day woven a thread that must constitute an imperishable part of the fabric of our lives. Make the thread strong and the fabric stainless. Impress us deeply with the truth that the web we are today weaving is our own and that we are responsible for its pattern, its strength, and its hues. If in our lives today there have been sombre shades there have also been some glintings of golden sunshine, helpful, we trust, to all with whom we have been associated. Forgive whatever there may have been amiss in thought, word or deed during the day that is ending and grant that when the loom of our lives shall cease their weaving, the finished fabric may be strong and fair, possessed of a beauty that shall never fade. Amen.

A. B. LEONARD.

"Your way is dark," the angel said,

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Because you downward gaze;

Look up! the sun is overhead;

Look up and learn to praise."

I looked. I learned: Who looks above
Will find in Heaven both Light and Love.

"Why upward gaze?" the angel said;
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The Light of God shines overhead
That men may work below?"
I learned: Who only looks above
May miss below the work of Love.

And thus I learned the lessons twain:
The heart whose treasure is above
Will gladly turn to earth again

Because the heavens is Love.

Yea, Love that framed the starry height
Came down to earth and gave it Light.

THE BISHOP OF RIPON.

O Thou who makest the darkness as well as the light, and who art blessing Thy children in the gloom of sorrow as well as in the brightness of joy, we lift our hearts to Thee, that we may find ourselves evermore in the light that is born of love and the consciousness that we are ever the objects of Thy care. Help us, O Heavenly Father, as the light of Thy love comes into our lives, to use it to walk in the paths of peace and righteousness, and to do the work that falls to our lot in a way that is acceptable in Thy sight by being of service to our fellows.

LE GRAND POWERS.

What matters, then, where your feet stand, or wherewith your hands are busy? So that it is the spot where God has put you, and the work He has given you to do?

We

Sacrifice is the beginning of all redemption. must give up. We must even give up the wish and seeming to have a hand in things, that we may work unseen in the elements, and make them fit and healthful; that daily bread and daily life may be sweet again in dear, old homely ways, and plentiful with all truly blessed opportunities.

MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY.

Heavenly Father, we thank Thee that the evening is here, when we may give back to Thee the work and the care which have been ours for the day. Forgive us if we have not done the work well, forgive us if we have put ourselves forward or have sought name or fame even in our little sphere, but most of all forgive us if we have borne the care of the day as a burden of our own rather than a trust, from Thee. Let us find our joy in being in the place of Thy will, counting it better to follow Thee in obscurity than to go alone in a larger place. For the night let us cast off all burdens and rest in Thy love, and so be ready to undertake tomorrow's work and care worthily. Amen.

CLELAND B. MCAFEE.

I will fear no evil" voices the higher self.

We must eliminate every particle of the poison of fear from our minds before we can arrive at the perfect peace which cometh through understanding.

Fear is only indolence of will.

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Awake! Awake! Put on strength!" was the cry of the old prophet.

CHARLES B. NEWCOMB.

Our Father in heaven, we thank Thee for Thy preserving care of this day, and for all the comforts of life it has brought to us; for the peace of mind which fears no evil in the assurance that Thou art with us equally when we walk in the sunshine of prosperity and under the clouds of adversity. As the disciples of Thy Son, may we follow in His footsteps, having the same mind which was in him. Graciously watch over us this night and let us sleep in quiet, having that love for Thee and for our fellowmen which casteth out fear. Let us awake, refreshed, faithfully to perform every duty, endure every trial, and enjoy every blessing Thou shalt send. Amen.

W. W. CURRY.