January 1

But this I say, brethren, the time is short.—1 Corinthians 7:29.

DO I realize how fast time is flying? how fast probation is speeding away, and eternity is drawing near? Has the great work of life as yet been begun by me? Am I living by faith on the only Son of God? Knowing the uncertainty of life, am I striving wisely and faithfully to improve it, to the glory of God, to my own spiritual good, and for the good of my fellow-men?

Time well employed is Satan's deadliest foe; it leaves no opening for the lurking fiend.—WILCOX.

Make diligent and wise use of time if thou valuest eternity. Yesterday cannot be recalled. To-morrow cannot be assured. To-day, only, is thine, which, if thou procrastinatest, thou losest; which lost, is lost forever.—JEREMY TAYLOR.

The great rule of moral conduct, is, next to God, to respect time.—LAVATER.

As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every minute of time.—MASON.

As if you could kill time, without injuring eternity!—THOREAU.

To show us the worth of time, God, who is most liberal of all other things, never gives us two moments together, nor grants us a second till he has withdrawn the first, still keeping the third in his own hands, so that we are in perfect uncertainty whether we shall have it or not. The true way of preparing for the last moment, is, to spend all others well, and ever to be expecting that.—FENELON.

We are always complaining that our days are few, and yet acting as though there would be no end of them.—SENECA.

Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst.—PENN.

The bell strikes one. We take no note of time

But from its loss. To give it, then, a tongue,

Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke

I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright

It is the knell of my departed hours.

Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.

It is the signal that demands despatch.

How much is to be done!—YOUNG.