Christian Foundations

DEVOTIONAL ARCHIVE

OCTOBER THIRTIETH

Rev. John Whitaker died 1808.
John Adams, Massachusetts, second President United States, born 1735.
Adelaide Anne Procter born 1825.

And yet thou canst know,
And yet thou canst not see;
Wisdom and sight are slow
In poor humanity.
If thou couldst trust, poor soul,
In Him who rules the whole,
Thou wouldst find peace and rest;
Wisdom and right are well, but trust is best.

—Adelaide Anne Procter.

The heart to speak in vain essayed,
Nor could his purpose reach—
His will nor voice nor tongue obeyed,
His silence was his speech.

—John Quincy Adams.

But still believe that story wrong
Which ought not to be true.
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust.
—Psalm 40. 4.

My Father, may I not be given to unkindly speech. Deliver me from a critical spirit; and may I not encourage mistrust, but cultivate the kindly considerations in which life abounds. Amen.

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