JANUARY TWENTIETH
- Eve of Saint Agnes.
- David Garrick died 1779.
- John Howard died 1790.
- John Ruskin died 1900.
- Nathaniel P. Willis born 1806.
Temperance, in the nobler sense, does not mean a subdued and imperfect energy; it does not mean a stopping short in any good thing, as love or in faith; but it means the power which governs the most intense energy, and prevents its acting in any way but as it ought.
—John Ruskin.
Gracious Father, I pray that I may be willing to profit by the experience of great teachers, and appreciate the value of strong principles. May I too live for the higher ideals of life, and through a sympathetic response add power and virtue to other lives, while gaining strength for my own. Amen.
