This is my Father's world, And to my list'ning ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father's world: I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas- His hand the wonders wrought. This is my Father's world: The birds their carols raise, The morning light, the lily white, Declare their Maker's praise. This is my Father's world: He shines in all that's fair; In the rustling grass I hear Him pass, He speaks to me everywhere. This is my Father's world: Oh, let me ne'er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is my Father's world, The battle is not done: Jesus who died shall be satisfied, And earth and Heav'n be one.

If you can hear the whispering about you, And never yield to deal in whispers, too; If you can bravely smile when loved ones doubt you, And never doubt, in turn, what loved ones do; If you can keep a sweet and gentle spirit In spite of fame or fortune, rank or place, And though you win your goal or only near it, Can win with poise and lose with equal grace; If you can meet with Unbelief, believing, And hallow in your heart a simple Creed, If you can meet Deception, undeceiving, And learn to look to God for all you need; If you can be what girls should be to mothers: Chums in joy and comrades in distress, And be unto others as you'd have the others Be unto you - No more, and yet no less; If you can keep within your heart the power To say that firm, unconquerable "No"; If you can brave a present shadowed hour, Rather than yield to build a future woe; If you can love, yet not let loving master, But keep yourself within your own self's clasp, And not let dreaming lead you to disaster, Nor pity's fascination loose your grasp; If you can lock your heart on confidences, Nor ever needlessly in turn confide; If you can put behind you all pretenses Of mock humility or foolish pride: If you can keep the simple, homely virtue Of walking right with God - then have no fear That anything in all the world can hurt you- And - which is more - you'll be a Woman, dear.

Peter, James, John, Andrew, Bartholomew or Nathaniel, James the Lesser/Younger, Judas, Jude or Thaddeus, Matthew or Levi, Phillip, Simon the Zealot, and Thomas

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin

Q. What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil. He also preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, all things must work together for my salvation. Therefore, by his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for him.