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Salient Thought for the Day.

So long as we are at war with ourselves we cannot better ourselves.

Lines to Memorize.

Once I was a rebel and abhorred all subjection, even unto Thee;

My haughty heart would not bend:

Now I smile to think with what whole-souled surrender I lie at Thy blessed Feet.

Verily Thou art a transformer!

Thine unseen touch changes our blemish into beauty,

Our emptiness into fullness,

Our life’s harshness into sweet tenderness.

Lesson.

Whenever there is any difficulty the wise man begins with himself, not outside. We find the remedy from within. The only way to prove our steadiness and our devotion to our Ideal, is to so order and organize our feelings and thoughts that they can never overcome us. Then we are able to be so steadfast that we never fall away from our higher Principle. Only by remaining faithful do we attain ripening.

Prayer.

Thou art the one eternally abiding Source of my life.

Thou knowest my innermost needs.

Make me worthy of Thy blessing.

Make me worthy of Thy kingdom.