Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1911 — THE FLEETING YEARS [ARTICLE]

THE FLEETING YEARS

PMMHE days of our years ■.*»! three score yean and wn;| JfJBL jk and If by reason of strength wlK.ii they be four score cutoff and we fly away. ... So* teach us to number our day* that we may apply our hearts unto window; Psalm 90:10-12. . Monday. come now, ye that say, today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and 1 get gain; whereas ye know not; what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall both Uvel and do this or that James 4'. 13-15. Tuesday. Rejoice, O young man, In thy youths and letthy heart'cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into Judgment. . Remember now thy Creator In the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shaft say, -1 have no pleasure in them. . . . Then shall the dust return to the. earth as It was; and Mie 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. 27:1. Thursday. If ye call on him as father, 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 GentilesJ . . . who shall give account to him that is ready to Judge the living and the dead. 1 Peter 1:17; 4:3-5. ? Friday. I will restore to you the years that the 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. Saturday, Forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand year* as one day. ’The Lord is not Mack concerning his promise, as some count slackness,’.but is long-suffering to you* ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens (the sky) shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the 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 de* siring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 2 Peter 3:8-18.