June 12

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man.— MARK xiii, 32.

Rise, soul, and set thy house in order, lest

At any moment Death should be thy guest.

Be ready for the journey thou must go

At morn or midnight. If he finds thee so,

Brave with a faith in things thou canst not see,

What does it matter when it comes to thee?

ANON.

If you are living in the neglect of prayer, in the neglect of your Bible, in the neglect of any known duty, oh! I beseech you, to attend to these things now. A languid state of body, or a bewildered mind, may take our last hours entirely out of our control, even if death does not come upon us in the form of sudden accident. I would impress upon you this im- portant truth, that our hold on life is extremely uncer- tain, and that if we have any preparation to make, we had better set about it without delay.

JOHN N. NORTON.