March 9

“This joy in obeying, this happiness in the sense of Christ’s help, this cheerfulness in the sight of God and man, is one of the great missionary powers on earth, second only to the power of love. And if we would ask how, without any ostentation, we can best obey our Lord’s command to ‘let our light so shine before men that they shall glorify our Father in heaven’; how we can combine such a command with the direction ‘not to let our left hand know what our right hand doeth’; the answer is, let all men read in your face the happiness of a Christian that loves his Master. Let them see in your unvarying cheerfulness the assurance of your faith, and the certainty of your hope, and the blessedness of your love.”

Bishop TEMPLE

“ . . . . So others shall
Take patience, labour, to thy heart and hand
From thy hand and heart, and thy brave cheer
And God’s grace fructify through thee to all.
The least flower with a brimming cup may stand
And share its dewdrop with another near.”

ELIZABETH B. BROWNING