AUGUST SIXTH

 

• Ben Jonson died 1637.
• François Fénelon born 1651.
• Daniel O'Connell born 1775.
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson, born 1809.

O well for him whose will is strong!
He suffers, but he will not suffer long;
He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong;
For him nor moves the loud world's random mock,
Not all Calamity's hugest waves confound,
Who seems a promontory rock,
That compassed round with turbulent sound,
In middle ocean meets the surging shock,
Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crowned.

?Alfred Tennyson.

Grandeur of character lies in force of soul?that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love; and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.
?William Ellery Channing.

So then, brethren, stand fast.
?2 Thessalonians 2. 15.

Eternal God, help me that I may not be deceived by my surroundings as I seek to have life abundantly. Instruct me that it is by the way of character that I must attain the laws of growth, and learn reverence for the spirit of divine life. Amen.