SEPTEMBER NINTH

• Battle of Flodden.
• James the Fourth of Scotland killed 1513.
• Luigi Galvani born 1737.

Then welcome each rebuff
That turns earth's smoothness rough,
Each sting that bids nor sit, nor stand but go!
Be our joys three-parts pain!
Strive and hold cheap the strain;
Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe.

—Robert Browning.

Life without industry is guilt; and industry without art is brutality.
—John Ruskin.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life.
—James 1. 12.

Almighty God, help me as I start this day to remember how easy it is to drive the peace from it. May I do my best to keep it, and defy any indolence or disposition, that may make me spoil it. May I lay me down at night in peace and sleep because of the contentment that has filled the hours. Amen.