August 30.

Prompted by love of human race,
From generous motives bent to please,
Thy feelings answer to thy face,

Thy manners still are stamped with ease.

FORDYCE.

The angel to strengthen is never far from the praying The Battle and Burden of Life.

soul.

They that love early become like-minded, and the tempter touches them not;

They grow up leaning on each other, as the olive and the vine. Proverbial Philosophy: TUPPER. I shall love thee still, when death itself is overpast. CAMPBELL.

The Lord is our keeper,

And we are still His care;

You on earth, I in Heaven-both guarded,
Both safe, till you follow me there. A. NORRIS.

SEPTEMBER.

CHRYSOLITE: ANTIDOTE AGAINST MADNESS.

THE seed must die, before the corn appears
Out of the ground, in blade and fruitful ears.
Low have those ears before the sickle lain,
Ere thou canst treasure up the golden grain.
The grain is crushed, before the bread is made;
And the bread broke, ere life to man conveyed.
Oh! be content to die, to be laid low,

And to be crushed, and to be broken so,

If thou upon God's table may'st be bread,
Life-giving food for souls an-hungered.

The Third Part of Life through Death': R. C. TRENCH.