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Would’st thou inherit life with Christ on high? 
Then count the cost and know 
That here on earth below 
Thou needs must suffer with thy Lord, and die. 
We reach that gain, to which all else is loss. 
But through the Cross! 
— Anon. 
FVjyrtle. 
A plant of the genus Myrtus, of several species. It 
has small, pale flowers from the axils, singly on each foot¬ 
stalk. 
“Dark-green and gemmed with flowers of snow, 
With close uncrowded branches spread 
Not proudly high, nor meanly low, 
A graceful Myrtle reared its head.” 
— Montgomery. 
Love. 
B OD, our Lord and Creator, should be the first object of all our love, 
because He alone merits all our love, since in Him alone, is found 
in limitless measure whatever is amiable, perfect, and attractive, in all 
creatures united. 
All the beauties and shining qualities of the most perfect intelligence 
are no more to be compared with God, than so much darkness and 
deformity. 
God was the first to love us : I have loved you, He says, with an 
eternal love. He loved us before we were able to know Him; even before 
we were born. He has placed us in this world; He has given His only 
