Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1911 — THE FLEETING YEARS [ARTICLE]

THE FLEETING YEARS

three score years and ten;; G (Milt and if by reason of strength' yet cut off and we fly away. . . , So* teach os to number oor day that w* * taay apply our hearts unto window. 1 Psalm'9o: lß-12. - Monday. Come now, ye that say, tomorrow we will go into this dty, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain; whereas ye know not whafc shall be on toe morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that eth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say* if toe Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that. James 4:13-16. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in toe days of thy youth, and walk ip the. ways of toy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. . . . Remember pow thy. Creator in the days of toy youth, while toe evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt- say, I have no pleasure In them. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and toe spirit shall return unto God who gave It Eccl. 11:9; 12:1-7. Wednesday. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Prov. 27: L Thursday. If ye call on him as Dither, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear. . . . For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles. . . . who shall give account to him that Is ready to judge toe living and the dead. 1 Peter 1:17; 4:3-6. • Friday. I will restore to you toe years that toe locust hath eaten, the cankerworm and the caterpiller, and the pal-mer-worm. my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you. Joel 2:25-26. F&cget not this one thing, heiobed, that one day te with toe Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some Count slackness; but is long-suffering to yonward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of toe Lord will come as a thief; in toe which the heavens (the sky) shall pass away with a great noise, aaul toe elements shall be dissolved with fervent beat, and toe earth and toe works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing that these things are thus all to be. dissolved, what manner of persons ought to be in holy living and godliness, looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of toe day of God, by reason of which toe heavens beipg on fire shall be dissolved, and toe elements shall melt with fervent heat. But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleto righteousness. 2 Peter 3:8-13.