NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH 

• Tiberius born B. C. 42.
• Gustavus Adolphus killed 1632.
• Francis Danby born 1793.

Judge not the workings of his brain

And of his heart thou canst not see;

What looks to thy dim eyes a stain

In God's pure light may only be

A scar, brought from some well-won field,

Where thou would'st only faint and yield.

And judge none lost; but wait and see,

With hopeful pity, not disdain;

The depth of the abyss may be

The measure of the height of pain

And love and glory that may raise

The soul to God in after days!

--Adelaide A. Procter.

I am more afraid of deserving criticism, than of receiving it. 

--William Gladstone.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. 

--Matthew 7.1.

Lord Jehovah, judge of all mankind, forbid that I should set myself as a judge of another's life, and neglect to live for the higher judgment of my own. May I not be absorbed in that which thrives in darkness, but live in the light of honesty and gentleness. Amen.