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Though the road be rough and hard,
Duty is aye its own reward.

Every friend is to the other a Sun, and a Sunflower

also:

He attracts and follows.

RICHTER.

Thus hand in hand through life we'll go,

Its chequer'd path of joy and woe

With cautious steps we'll tread.

NATHANIEL COTTON, 1707.

Those who fall asleep in Jesus are not lost to those that survive them; they are only parted from them for a time, to meet again, and to meet at home.

February 14.

W. LEGG.

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our Guardian Angel ever keep
Bright watch and ward o'er thee.

GOLDSMITH.

J. S. B. Monsell.

No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast,

Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; Each season looked delightful, as it passed,

To the fond husband and the faithful wife.

BEATTIE.

They are but lent us till God pleases to call for them back again. LORD BALTIMORE, 1631.

Those of thine that are clothed in white which have fulfilled the law of the Lord. 2 Esdras, ii. 40.

February 14.

The great use of intercourse with other minds is to stir up our own, to whet our appetite for truth, to carry our thoughts beyond their old tracks.

I went home to my wife,

CHANNING.

There in comfort to spend all the rest of my life : My wife was industrious, we earned what we spent, And though little we had, were with little content.

The dread is drowned in joy;
The hope is filled with immortality;

SOUTHEY.

Pass along, pilgrim of life, go to thy grave unfearing.

February 16.

M. F. TUPPER.

A cheerful expecter of the best hath a fountain of joy

within him.

TUPPER.

Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord his house shall soon be overthrown.

Ecclesiasticus, xxvii. 3.

I give thee with the girl,

Thine after life to bless,

Health, wealth, long life, and whatsoe'er

The world calls happiness.

SOUTHEY.

Death opens the gate of Fame and shuts the gate of Envy after it. It unlooses the chain of the captive, and puts the bondsman's task into another man's hands.

STERNE.

February 16.

Good sense will make you esteemed; good manners will make you beloved; and wit will give a lustre to both. LORD CHESTERFIELD.

What is best? To do well what lies before you.

Those whom love cements

An equal transport, free as nature live,
Disdaining fear,

Nought but love

PITTACUS.

Can answer love, and render bliss secure.

The dead cannot grieve:

Not a sob, not a sigh meets mine ear,
Which compassion itself could relieve.

THOMSON.

Ah, sweetly they slumber! nor hope, love, nor fear: Peace! Peace! is the watchword, the only one here.

February 18.

HERBERT KNOWLES.

Save me from folly, vanity, and vice,

From every low pursuit, and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure— Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss. THOMSON. Think much and often; speak little, and write less.

Italian Proverb.

The world has nothing to bestow,
From our own selves our joys must flow,

And that dear Hut-our Home.

NATHANIEL COTTON, 1707.

The righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.

Nature bade her die ;

Wisdom, v. 15.

Fate snatched her early to the pitying sky.

POPE.

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