Just to let thy Father do
What He will;
Just to know that He is true,
And be still.
Just to follow hour by hour
As He leadeth;
Just to draw the moment’s power
As it needeth.
Just to trust Him, that is all!
Then the day will surely be
Peaceful, whatsoe’er befall,
Bright and blessed, calm and free.
“The Secret of a Happy Day,” St. I,—Frances Ridley Havergal.
Frances Ridley Havergal, a noted English poet and religious writer, was born at Astley, Worcestershire, December 14, 1836, and died at Swansea, Wales, June 3, 1879. She wrote: “The Four Happy Days,” “Under the Surface” poems; “Royal Graces and Loyal Gifts” (6 vols., 1879), “Under His Shadow,” etc.
Then here’s to the oak, the brave old oak,
Who stands in his pride alone!
And still flourish he, a hale green tree,
When a hundred years are gone!
“The Brave Old Oak,”—H. F. Chorley.
Henry Fothergill Chorley, a famous English critic and miscellaneous writer, was born in Blackley Hurst, Lancashire, December 15, 1808, and died in London, February 15, 1872. He wrote a famous play, “Old Love and New Fortune,” and several novels, among them: “Conti,” “The Prodigy,” and “The Lion.”
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
“Mansfield Park,” Chap. II,—Jane Austen.
Jane Austen, a renowned English novelist, was born in Steventon, Hampshire, December 16, 1775, and died in Winchester, July 18, 1817. Her most famous works are: “Mansfield Park,” “Sense and Sensibility,” and “Pride and Prejudice.”
A sacred spark created by his breath,
The immortal mind of man his image bears;
A spirit living ’midst the forms of death,
Oppressed, but not subdued by mortal cares.