October 11

“The heart sometimes grows jealous of itself, and is fearful of being glad. We check the signs of returning joyfulness; we would keep about us the signs of woe, careful for the monument, not content with the grave in the heart. This must not be. After the storm can the blue break out too quickly? Every impulse towards returning happiness is of God. Back to the old work then, with as much of the old care and diligence as may be. In the words of the glorious old German, Richter, ‘The most beautiful wreath we can lay on the grave of our dead, is the fruit wreath of good deeds done to others.’”

GEORGE DAWSON

“How foolish it is not to enjoy with gratitude the consolations which God sends us after the afflictions He sometimes causes us to feel! There is, it seems to me, great wisdom in enduring storms with resignation, and in enjoying the calm when it pleases Him to restore it to us, for this is to follow the ordinance of Providence.”

Madame DE SÉVIGNÉ

October 5

“From every sorrow you receive in a spirit of Christian resignation, from every pain you bear patiently, from every great trial you bravely meet, there silently passes to those about you strength, and comfort, and encouragement.”

S. A. SMITH

“Oh, fear not in a world like this,
And thou shalt know ere long,
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.”

LONGFELLOW

“There are in this world blessed souls whose sorrows spring up into joys for others; whose earthly hopes, laid in the grave with many tears, form the seed whence spring healing flowers and balm for the desolate and the afflicted.”

Mrs H. B. STOWE