December 11

“It is the one inspiring element of Christianity that it throws us in boundless hope upon the future, and forbids us to dwell in the poisonous shadows of the past. A new and better growth is before us, a fresher, a diviner, a more enthusiastic life awaits us. We are to wake up satisfied in the likeness of Christ, the ever-young Humanity. Therefore, ‘forgetting those things which are behind’, let us ‘press forward to the mark of our high calling in Christ Jesus’.”

STOPFORD BROOKE

“Whosoever may
Discern true ends here – shall grow pure enough
To love them, brave enough to strive for them,
And strong enough to reach them, though the roads be rough.”

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

“The past is a story told,
The future may be writ in gold.”