Strict Truthfulness of Word or Manner

January 23.

If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall
thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness
be as the noon day; and the Lord shall
guide thee continually.

ISAIAH 58, verses 10 and 11.



If thou hast Yesterday thy duty done,
And thereby cleared firm footing for
To-day,
Whatever clouds make dark
To-morrow's sun,
Thou shall not miss thy solitary way

.J. W. VON GOETHE.


O Lord, who art our Guide even unto death,
grant us, I pray Thee, grace to follow Thee
whithersoever Thou goest. In little daily
duties to which Thou callest us, bow down
our wills to simple obedience, patience
under pain or provocation, strict truthfulness
of word and manner, humility, kindness;
in great acts of duty or perfection, if Thou
shouldest call us to them, uplift us to
self-sacrifice, heroic courage, laying down
of life for Thy truth's sake, or for a brother.
Amen.

C. G. ROSSETTI.