A quotation from Owen Wister on believing

     It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.
     OWEN WISTER (1860-1938)
     Quoted in Words of Life (1966),
     edited by Charles L. Wallis

Owen Wister

American writer

Indian Summer: A Quotation from Emily Dickinson

These Indian-Summer Days

with their peculiar Peace

remind me of those stillest things

that no one can disturb.

-- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Source: New Poems of Emily Dickinson (1993),

edited by William H. Shurr

with Anna Dunlap & Emily Grey Shurr

Emily Dickinson

American poet

"A Special Prayer for Our Nation" by an Author Unknown

"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice:

But when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."

(The Bible: Proverbs 29:2, King James Version)

     "We humbly thank Thee, Almighty God, for the many blessings which Thou hast given to our country, and add this, O Lord, to Thy other mercies, that we may be enabled to use them better to Thy service. O take from among us all contempt of Thy Word and commandments. Break down all the barriers of selfishness and ignorance which keep men from Thee. Convince the impenitent of the misery of sin, and comfort the brokenhearted with the assurance of Thy love. Teach us all to be evangelistic, not in word only, but in everything which we do. This we ask in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen." -- Author Unknown

Source of the prayer above: A Pocket Prayer Book and Devotional Guide (1941), compiled by Ralph Spalding Cushman and published by The Upper Room, upperroom.org 

Emily Dickinson on dreaming about her father

I dream about father every night,

always a different dream,

and forget what I am doing daytimes,

wondering where he is.

Without any body, I keep thinking.

What kind can that be?

-- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Source: New Poems of Emily Dickinson (1993),

edited by William H. Shurr

with Anna Dunlap & Emily Grey Shurr

Emily Dickinson

American poet

A quotation from Emily Dickinson about November

November always seemed to me

the Norway of the year.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

American poet

A Poem on Humility, from the King James Bible

A POEM ON HUMILITY
from the Bible: Proverbs 15:33, 18:12 (King James Version)

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom;
And before honor is humility.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty;
And before honor is humility.