AUGUST. SARDONYX: CONJUGAL FELICITY. REPOSE. AN earnest, steady, active life, is one of the great roots of real happiness. Repose is consistent with such a life. It is the way work is done, not the work itself, which wears out man or woman. Repose is a physical benefit; a vast amount of nervous tissue is lost for want of it. A right judgment produces repose, repose in action and in thought; repose brings quietness, in which is strength; and calmness, which is the sense of power. The foundation of all true repose is, Faith in God: realize true peace and rest of mind, and our nervous and physical energies will be wisely controlled, and throughout an active life that calmness and repose will be a blessing to others as well as to ourselves. Cultivate repose of thought, word, and deed, and you will do more for the benefit of 'Womankind' than by advocating her so-called 'Rights;' practise it until it becomes second nature, and you will then shed around you that wondrous charm which cannot emanate from any one who has forgotten in the great 'Symphony of Life' to practise the 'Andante of Repose.' From the Queen,' April 1881. A heart well worth winning, and well won; a heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, never changes, and is never daunted. C. DICKENS. The light of a whole life dies when love is done. In life's delight, in death's dismay, E. W. LONGFELLOW. As an adamant cannot be broken, so love cannot be overcome for love is as strong as death. DURRANDUS, 1220. Of the lost one think and speak When summer suns sink calm to rest. T. MOORE. Oh, once again mine own, for ever mine. August 2. A greater monument than this thou leavest LONGFELLOW. If we could embrace the Divine Will with the whole love of ours, cleaving to it and holding fast by it, we should be borne along as upon the river of the water of life. ARCHBISHOP MANNING. His being was in her alone, And he not being, she was none; Their joy—one joy, one grief they grieved, SIR P. SYDNEY. We know that they are not leaving us who are to remain behind, for ever, but a little while preceding us who are soon to follow. S. AUGUSTINE. Let the weary at length possess quiet rest. SENECA. Guard well thy thoughts, Our thoughts are heard in heaven. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. A gentleman is a man who combines a high and well-founded self-respect with an habitual nice and delicate regard to the rights and feelings of others. PROFESSOR BLACKIE. My full heart o'erflows in praise of thee, HEYWOOD. The threads of our two lives are woven in one. LONGFELLOW. How luminous and shining shall our countenances be when we shall enter into these places of light, and behold face to face the blessed Redeemer for ever and ever! DRELINCOURT. August 4. Every good thing when shared with others becometh more bright and beautiful when it is shared. Master Hugh of S. Victor. Was never payne, but it had joye at last In the fayre morrowe. STEPHEN HAWES, 1530. I was his soul; he lived not but in me, Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserve the fair. DRYDEN. DRYDEN. When the Lord shall summon us, whom thou hast left behind, May we, untainted by the world, sure a welcome find; May each like thee depart in peace. H. MILMAN. |