March Twenty-Second
Sir Anthony Vandyke born 1599.
Caroline Sheridan Norton born 1808.
Johann Goethe died 1832.
Dr. Farrar, Dean of Canterbury, died 1903.
Rosa Bonheur born 1822.
Red Love still rules the day, white Faith enfolds the night,
And hope, green-mantled, leads the way by the walls of the City of Light.
Therefore I walk as one who sees the joy shine through
Of the other Life behind our life, like the stars behind the blue.
—Dean Farrar.
There can be no greater delight than is experienced by a man who, by his own unaided resources, frees himself from the consequences of error: Heaven looks down with satisfaction upon such a spectacle.
—Goethe.
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.
—Isaiah 33. 17.
Lord God, help me to remember that I may not only be forgiven for my transgression, but with thy help I may be led away from the wrong. May I be content to follow where thou dost lead. Amen.