Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1877 — It is a Solemn Thing to Live. [ARTICLE]

It is a Solemn Thing to Live.

Most people sav: “ It is a solemn thing to die.” And so*it is. Death takes ns from those we love, bears the body to the silent grave, and sends the soul ihto the unseen world. But is it not A great and solemn thing to live ? Of this we may be certain: that people generally die as they live. "Oh, if I had _ thought I should die as I do, I would not have lived as I did," cried an eastern King when dying. And if you would know what your last end may be, you are only to look at your present conduct Is sin your delight or your dread? Doe# a true repentence lead you to forsake every evil way? Under a sense of guilt and danger, are you seeking for pardon and acceptance through Him who died to save sinners ? And are you by the grace of tbe Holy Spirit showing the sincerity of your faith by a holy life ? It will come to these inquiries at last. Let them have your attention now. Learn that life is a sacred trust, and that as yo.u use it so will your eternal condition be in Heaven or hell. Be assured, that a life of faith in Christ, and of Obedience to the will of God, is the happiest life that can be spent on earth, and is the only way to a life of blessedness hereafter.—2. C. Cuyler. . ■■ , ■ , t