Daily Thoughts: selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife

By Charles Kingsley

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Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley was born in Holne, Devon, in 1819. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Helston Grammar School, before moving on to King's College London and the University of Cambridge. After graduating in 1842, he pursued a career in the clergy and in 1859 was appointed chaplain to Queen Victoria. The following year he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, and became private tutor to the Prince of Wales in 1861. Kingsley resigned from Cambridge in 1869 and between 1870 and 1873 was canon of Chester cathedral. He was appointed canon of Westminster cathedral in 1873 and remained there until his death in 1875. Sympathetic to the ideas of evolution, Kingsley was one of the first supporters of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), and his concern for social reform was reflected in The Water-Babies (1863). Kingsley also wrote Westward Ho! (1855), for which the English town is named, a children's book about Greek mythology, The Heroes (1856), and several other historical novels.

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Charles Kingsley

Daily Thoughts: selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife

EAN 8596547359722

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

DAILY THOUGHTS

January.

New Year’s Day. January 1.

The Nineteenth Century. January 2.

Forward. January 3.

The Noble Life. January 4.

Duty and Sentiment. January 5.

The Everlasting Harmony. January 6.

The Keys of Death and Hell. January 7.

A Living God. January 8.

The Fairy Gardens. January 9.

Love. January 10.

Life—Love. January 11.

The Seed of Good. January 12.

Danger of Thinking vaguely. January 13.

The Possession of Faith. January 14.

The Eternal Life. January 15.

The Golden Cup of Youth. January 16.

Work and Duty. January 17.

Members of Christ. January 18.

Beauty a Sacrament. January 19.

The Ideal of Rank. January 20.

An Indulgent God. January 21.

The Fifty-First Psalm. January 22.

Waiting for Death. January 23.

The One Refuge. January 24.

Future Identity. January 25.

Friendship. January 26.

Night and Morning. January 27.

Communion with the Blessed Dead. January 28.

The Great Law. January 29.

The Coming Kingdom. January 30.

Christ’s Coming. January 31.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

February.

Virtue. February 1.

Happiness. February 2.

A Dream of the Future. February 3.

Bondage of Custom. February 4.

The Childlike Mind. February 5.

Unselfish Prayer. February 6.

God is Light. February 7.

The Veil Lifted. February 8.

All Science One. February 9.

Passion and Reason. February 10.

Enthusiasm and Tact. February 11.

The Eternal Good. February 12.

Awfulness of Words. February 13.

A Wise Woman. February 14.

Charity the one Influence. February 15.

The Ascetic Painters. February 16.

Reveries. February 17.

Woman’s Mission. February 18.

The Heroic Life. February 19.

The Wages of Sin. February 20.

Silent Depths. February 21.

True Justification. February 22.

A Present Hell. February 23.

Time and Eternity. February 24.

Christ’s Life. February 25.

The Higher Education. February 26.

God’s Kingdom. February 27.

Sowing and Reaping. February 28.

The Church Catechism. February 29.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

March.

Knowledge and Love. March 1.

A Charm of Birds. March 2.

Tact of the Heart. March 3.

Special Providences. March 4.

Be Calm. March 5.

Self-sacrifice and Personality. March 6.

Follow your Star. March 7.

Reverence for Books. March 8.

The Unknown Future. March 9.

Secular and Sacred. March 10.

Content or Happy? March 11.

Duty of Man to Man. March 12.

Blessing of a True Friend. March 13.

True Heroines. March 14.

Secret Atheism. March 15.

Tolerance. March 16.

The Hopes of Old Age. March 17.

The Highest Study for Man, March 18.

Eclecticism. March 19.

Duty. March 20.

The Great Unknown. March 21.

Loss nor Gain, March 22.

Ancient Greek Education, March 23.

Body and Soul. March 24.

Moderation. March 25.

Poetry in the Slums. March 26.

Time and Eternity. March 27.

Work. March 28.

Teaching of Pictures. March 29.

Voluntary Heroism. March 30.

The Ideal Holy One. March 31.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

April.

The Song of Birds. April 1.

True Reformers. April 2.

High Ideals. April 3.

Divine Knowledge. April 4.

Woman’s Love. April 5.

Feeling and Emotion. April 6.

The Beasts that perish. April 7.

Reverence for Age. April 8.

Prayers for the Dead. April 9.

Diversities of Gifts. April 10.

The Atonement. April 11.

A Day’s Work. April 12.

Self-control. April 13.

Women and Novels. April 14.

Expect Much. April 15.

What is Theology? April 16.

Sweetness and Light. April 17.

The Contemplative Life. April 18.

Sudden Death. April 19.

Prayer and Praise. April 20.

The Divine Spark. April 21.

The Worst Calamity. April 22.

Men and Women. April 23.

Faith in the Unseen. April 24.

Death—Resurrection. April 25.

Woman’s Work. April 26.

Passion—Easter—Ascension. April 27.

How to keep Passion-Week. April 28.

Self-Sacrifice. April 29.

Help from our Blessed Dead. April 30.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.Passion-tide.

May.

Past and Present. May 1.

The Earth is the Lord’s. May 2.

The Great Question. May 3.

Our Father. May 4.

Want of Sympathy. May 5.

A Religion. May 6.

True Civilisation. May 7.

Nature and Grace. May 8.

Wisdom the Child of Goodness. May 9.

Rule of Life. May 10.

Music the Speech of God. May 11.

Facing Realities. May 12.

Street Arabs. May 13.

Fellowship of Sorrow. May 14.

Heaven and Hell. May 15.

The Awfulness of Life. May 16.

Hope and Fear. May 17.

Cry of the Heart and Reason. May 18.

Speaking the Truth in Love. May 19.

Peasant Souls. May 20.

Death and Everlasting Life. May 21.

Science and Virtue. May 22.

A Child’s Heart. May 23.

Self-Security. May 24.

Loss and Gain. May 25.

The Law of Righteousness. May 26.

Human and Divine Love. May 27.

A High Finish. May 28.

Our Prayers. May 29.

Clearing Showers. May 30.

Vineyards in Spring. May 31.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

June.

Open Thou mine Eyes. June 1.

The Spirit of Romance. June 2.

The Everlasting Music. June 3.

Gifts are Duties. June 4.

Summer Days. June 5.

Sufficient for the Day. June 6.

Secret of Thrift. June 7.

Out-door Worship. June 8.

God’s Countenance. June 9.

Certain and Uncertain. June 10.

Sensuality. June 11.

The Journey’s End. June 12.

Punishment Inevitable. June 13.

The Problem Solved. June l4.

The Father’s Education. June 15.

Parent and Child. June 16.

A Charm of Birds. June 17.

Our Blessed Dead. June 19.

Silent Influence. June 20.

Chivalry. June 21.

Nature and Art. June 22.

Simple and Sincere. June 23.

God’s Words. June 24.

Taught by Failure. June 25.

Presentiments. June 26.

Common Duties. June 27.

Lost and Found. June 28.

How to bear Sorrow. June 29.

A certain Hope. June 30.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

July.

Nature and Grace. July 1.

Love and Book-Learning. July 2.

The Ancient Creeds. July 3.

A Master-Truth. July 4.

English Women. July 5.

Life retouched again. July 6.

Mystery of Life. July 7.

Beauty of Life. July 8.

True Civilisation. July 9.

The Church. July 10.

What does God ask? July 11.

Work or Want. July 12.

True Insight. July 13.

Retribution inevitable. July 14.

Antinomies. July 15.

False Refinement. July 16.

Music’s Meaning. July 17.

Vagueness of Mind. July 18.

A Faith for Daily Life. July 19.

Charms of Monotony. July 20.

How to attain. July 21.

The Divine Discontent. July 22.

Dra et labora. July 23.

Distrust and Anarchy. July 24.

A Future Life of Action. July 25.

An Ideal Aristocracy. July 26.

Our Weapons. July 27.

Uneducated Women. July 28.

Pardon and Cure. July 29.

Eternal Law. July 30.

God’s Mercy or Man’s? July 31.

The Chrysalis State.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

August.

Sight and Insight. August 1.

Genius and Character. August 2.

Nature’s Student. August 3.

The Masses. August 4.

Love and Knowledge. August 5.

Siccum Lumen. August 6.

This World. August 7.

The Life of the Spirit. August 8.

A Quiet Depth. August 9.

Acceptable Sacrifices. August 10.

Chivalry. August 11.

God waits for Man. August 12.

Thrift. August 13.

Revelations. August 14.

Christ comes in many ways. August 15.

Lesson of the Cross. August 16.

The Ideal Unity. August 17.

Body and Soul. August 18.

Childlikeness. August 19.

Inspiration. August 20.

Lifting of the Veil. August 21.

The Cross—its meaning. August 22.

The Crucifix. August 23.

Love to God proved. August 24.

Training of Beauty. August 25.

Ignorance of the Cynic. August 26.

Penitential Prayer. August 27.

A Real Presence. August 28.

A Living God. August 29.

Thine, not mine. August 30.

The Unquenchable Fire. August 31.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

September.

Goodness. September 1.

Be good to do Good. September 2.

The Undying I. September 3.

Love and Time. September 4.

Common Duties. September 5.

Despair—Hope. September 6.

The Critical Spirit. September 7.

Toil and Rest. September 8.

Storm and Calm. September 9.

On the Heights. September 10.

In the Valley. September 11.

Self-Conceit. September 12.

Facing Fact. September 13.

The Heroical Rest. September 14.

Body and Soul. September 15.

Love in Absence. September 16.

Special Providence. September 17.

Love of Work. September 18.

Fret not. September 19.

Battle before Victory. September 20.

Night and Growth. September 21.

Passion. September 22.

Worth of Beauty. September 23.

Empty Profession. September 24.

True Poetry. September 25.

Office of the Clergy. September 26.

Opinions are not Knowledge. September 27.

The Worst Punishment. September 28.

The Divine Order. September 29.

True Resignation. September 30.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

October.

Blessing of Daily Work. October 1.

The Forming Form. October 2.

Special Providences. October 3.

Virtue. October 4.

God-likeness. October 5.

The Refiner’s Fire. October 6.

The Prayer of Faith. October 7.

Mountain-Ranges. October 8.

The Temper for Success in Life. October 9.

Want of Simplicity. October 10.

True Rest. October 11.

God’s Image. October 12.

Woman’s Work. October 13.

Self-Enjoyment. October 14.

Temptations of Temperament. October 15.

Egotism of Melancholy. October 16.

Poetry of Doubt. October 17.

Work of the Physician. October 18.

Love Many-sided. October 19.

The only Path to Light. October 20.

Proverbs False and True. October 21.

True Sisters of Mercy. October 22.

The Divine Fire. October 23.

The Cross a Token. October 24.

The True Self-Sacrifice. October 25.

Now as Then. October 26.

One Anchor. October 27.

Self-Control. October 28.

Nature’s Permanence. October 29.

The Only Refuge. October 30.

England’s Forgotten Worthies. October 31.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

November.

Sympathy of the Dead. November 1.

Nature’s Parable. November 2.

Passing Onward. November 3.

The Divine Intention. November 4.

Christ Weeping over Jerusalem. November 5.

Love Expansive. November 6.

Still the same. November 7.

An absolutely Good God. November 8.

Nature’s Lesson. November 9.

Morals and Mind. November 10.

Fastidiousness. November 11.

Unconscious Faith. November 12.

Silence. November 13.

The Nineteenth Century. November 14.

Unreality. November 15.

The indwelling Light. November 16.

Woman’s Calling. November 17.

Waste. November 18.

True Penance. November 19.

Political Economy of the Future. November 20.

God’s Pleasure. November 21.

The Hospital Nurse. November 22.

No Work Lost. November 23.

True Temperance. November 24.

A Present Veil. November 25.

Cowardice. November 26.

Blind Faith. November 27.

Small and Great. November 28.

True and False. November 29.

The Mind of Christ. November 30.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

December.

The Final Victory. December 1.

Drifting away. December 2.

Our Father. December 3.

Circumstance. December 4.

Duty. December 5.

Humanity and the Bible. December 6.

Music. December 7.

Waiting. December 8.

True or False Toleration? December 9.

Success and Defeat. December 10.

Passing Emotions. December 11.

Christ’s Church. December 12.

Confound me not. December 13.

The Divine Hunger and Thirst. December 14.

Religion or Godliness? December 15.

Christ’s Coming. December 16.

God’s Nature. December 17.

Educators of Men. December 18.

The Earthly Body. December 19.

Home at Last. December 20.

The Bible. December 21.

Shaking of Heaven and Earth. December 22.

Self-Respect the Voice of God. December 23.

Christmas Eve. December 24.

The Miracle of Christmas Night. December 25.

Redemption. December 26.

Fellow-workers with Christ. December 27.

The bright Pathway. December 28.

New Worship. December 29.

Links in the Chain. December 30.

Past, Present, Future. December 31.

SAINTS’ DAYS, FASTS, & FESTIVALS.

INDEX.

Transcribed from the 1885 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email [e-mail]

DAILY THOUGHTS

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Selected from the Writings

of

CHARLES KINGSLEY

BY HIS WIFE

second edition

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

1885

Printed by

R. & R. Clark

, Edinburgh.

This little Volume, selected from the MS. Note-books, Sermons and Private Letters, as well as from the published Works of my Husband, is dedicated to our children, and to all who feel the blessing of his influence on their daily life and thought.

F. E. K.

July 10, 1884.

January.

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Welcome, wild North-easter!

Shame it is to see

Odes to every zephyr:

Ne’er a verse to thee.

. . . . .

Tired we are of summer,

Tired of gaudy glare,

Showers soft and steaming,

Hot and breathless air.

Tired of listless dreaming

Through the lazy day:

Jovial wind of winter

Turn us out to play!

Sweep the golden reed-beds;

Crisp the lazy dyke;

Hunger into madness

Every plunging pike.

Fill the lake with wild-fowl;

Fill the marsh with snipe;

While on dreary moorlands

Lonely curlew pipe.

Through the black fir forest

Thunder harsh and dry,

Shattering down the snow-flakes

Off the curdled sky.

. . . . .

Come; and strong within us

Stir the Viking’s blood;

Bracing brain and sinew:

Blow, thou wind of God!

Ode to North-east Wind.

New Year’s Day. January 1. [3]

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Gather you, gather you, angels of God—

Freedom and Mercy and Truth;

Come! for the earth is grown coward and old;

Come down and renew us her youth.

Wisdom, Self-sacrifice, Daring, and Love,

Haste to the battlefield, stoop from above,

To the day of the Lord at hand!

The Day of the Lord. 1847.

The Nineteenth Century. January 2.

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Now, and at no other time: in this same nineteenth century lies our work. Let us thank God that we are here now, and joyfully try to understand where we are, and what our work is here. As for all superstitions about the good old times, and fancies that they belonged to God, while this age belongs only to man, blind chance, and the evil one, let us cast them from us as the suggestions of an evil lying spirit, as the natural parents of laziness, pedantry, fanaticism, and unbelief. And therefore let us not fear to ask the meaning of this present day, and of all its different voices—the pressing, noisy, complex present, where our workfield lies, the