They perished-the blithe days of boyhood perished—

And all the gladness, all the peace I knew! Now have I but their memory, fondly cherished: God! may I never, never lose that too.

October 31.

(Longfellow.)

MAN.

What a chimera is man! what a confused chaos! what a subject of contradiction! A professed judge of all things, and yet a feeble worm of the earth! the great depositor and guardian of truth, and yet a mere huddle of uncertainty! the glory and the scandal of the universe!

(Pascal.)

November.

UPWARD STEALS THE LIFE OF MAN,

AS THE SUNSHINE FROM THE WALL;

FROM THE WALL INTO THE SKY;

FROM THE ROOF ALONG THE SPIRE.

AH! THE SOULS OF THOSE THAT DIE,

ARE BUT SUNBEAMS LIFTED HIGHER.

NOVEMBER.

NOVEMBER 1.

THE BALM OF GOD.

Let me not be afraid of sorrow; it may open a way for the balm of God to flow into my soul. My Lord, who told me plainly that I should have to suffer in the world, said, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." In the gloomy and dark day, I must take refuge in my Lord's wounds. Blessed springs of life (unknown and unconceived in worldly prosperity) will refresh me there! Grace and glory will find me there!

(Pulsford.)

November 2.

BELIEF OF A FUTURE STATE

We are led to the belief of a future state, not only by the weaknesses, by the hopes, and fears

of human nature, but by the noblest and best principles which belong to it-by the love of virtue, and by the abhorrence of vice and injustice. (Adam Smith.)

November 3.

ESSENCE OF SELF-DENIAL.

Life is not entirely made up of great evils or heavy trials; but the perpetual recurrence of petty evils and small trials in the ordinary and appointed exercise of the Christian graces. To bear with the failings of those about us,-with their infirmities, their bad judgment, their illbreeding, their perverse tempers; to endure neglect when we feel we deserved attention, and ingratitude when we expected thanks; to bear with the company of disagreeable people, whom Providence has placed in our way, and whom He has perhaps provided on purpose for the trial of our virtue;-these are the best exercises of patience and self-denial, and the better because not chosen by ourselves. To bear with vexation in business-with disappointment in our expectations with interruption in our retirement— with folly, intrusion, disturbance,-in short, with