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Salient Thought for the Day.

It makes us stronger, to endure.

Lines to Memorize.

Brave heart, tired soul, remain awake awhile longer, awhile longer.

The hour of watching is almost over.

It will end,

And its end will bring thee gladness and rest.

Lesson.

We need to pass through times of darkness in order to learn the value of spiritual consciousness. When our life becomes blinded by despair, all our efforts seem unsuccessful; those are the moments when we need to hold fast. When we have a thing, we do not realize the lack of it. For instance when a person rolls in luxury, it is very difficult for him to imagine the misery of poverty. Same is it when we have great spiritual consciousness in us, we do not appreciate what misery, what unhappiness, its absence can create in a soul.

Prayer.

Supreme Spirit, Thou knowest my innermost being,

Thou knowest my strength and my weakness

Rouse in my heart such fortitude and firmness of faith

That nothing can throw me down or overwhelm me.

Help me to lift my thoughts above the distractions of this world

And fasten them to the stable and undying.