...xi. 10. He looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. James iv. 14. Ye know not what shall be on the morrow : for what...? it is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 2 Peter i. 10. Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election...

...ten children, their first-born, the writer of this brief memoir, •alone remains to this present. " For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." Of their.earlier years little is known, save only the mournful fact...

...undertakings, when about to travel, or when forming any plans for the future. " Go to now, ye that say, to day or to-morrow, we will go into such a city, and continue...and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, it' THE LORD WILL, we shall live, and do this or that," James iv. 13, 14, 15. Though the words "God...

...render this subject more familiar to your thoughts ? 189. Is the time of death EXTREMELY uncertain? Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will...? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.- Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may...

...witness tell us, my friends ! and may it arouse us before it be too late ! Let such no longer continue to say, " To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a...continue there a year, .and buy and sell, and get gain ;" (James iv. 13, 14.) whereas they know not what shall be on the morrow : but let them be willing...

...no willing concurrence, or at least no intention of inquiring the way of life. Many have said, " I will go " into such a city, and continue there a year, and " buy, and sell, and get gain :" or, ' I will go, and ' take my fill of pleasure and diversion with my ' friends and companions :'...

...It vanishes while we speak. It is, as it were, only the connecting link between two vast eternities. For, what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, und then passeth away. And yet, as the past is irrecoverable, as the future may never come, it...

...sudden death; but so it was. He died March 7, in his fifty-fourth year. So true is it, that 'we know not what shall be on the morrow; for what is your life? it is even as a vapor, which appeareth for a shprt time, and then vanisheth away.' Mr. Ward has left a widow and...

...day may bring forth. Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. For what is your life ? it is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." It is therefore indispensable that you seek that change of heart which...

...Providence indeed, and much to be laid to heart. It naturally reminds us of St. James's admonition. " Go to now, ye that say, to-day, or to-morrow,. we will go into such a place, and continue there a term of years ; and« buy, and sell, and get gain ; whereas, ye know noti...