SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH

• Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood born 1750.
• Dr. Mary Walker born 1832.
• Irving Bacheller born 1859.
• Frederic William Faber died 1863.

—F. W. Faber.

Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be—
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!

—Sarah F. Adams.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

—Job 27. 6.

My Father, may I consider the place in which I stand: and may I not be deceived in thinking I am near thee while I am living far away. Teach me the way to draw nearer to thee each day, until my spirit may continually dwell with thee. Amen.