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Leaves of Life - April 27

Leaves of Life
Daily Inspiration by Margaret Bird Steinmetz

APRIL TWENTY-SEVENTH

Samuel Morse born 1791.
Lajos Kossuth born 1802.
Herbert Spencer born 1820.
Ulysses S. Grant, Ohio, eighteenth President United States, born 1822.
Ralph Waldo Emerson died 1882.

People who are dishonest, or rash, or stupid will inevitably suffer the penalties of dishonesty, or rashness, or stupidity.

—Herbert Spencer.

Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life; obey thy heart.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Well, then, we must cut our way out.

—General Grant.

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

—Ephesians 6. 13.

Loving Father, help me to live a simple and noble life. Grant that I may have the blessedness that comes through peace, and escape the misery that comes from cruelty and untruth. Through my life may what I reap show that I have been careful in choosing and cultivating what I have sown. Amen.

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