The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-28

with tie dew Of She morning yet fresh
upon them. speak TO Us OF life cut down
in its prime.
As watch in the night No man
ever stood sentinel IN the darkness and
paced the path of unseen danger without
feeling the truth of Moses words. OF stood
IN the midnight By The sick bed OF Tie
sufferer when time is measured by lessen
ing gasps and lengthenfng heart beats.
without realizing the constant neaness
Of eternity.
Perhaps Moses wrote this psalm 20 Je
sung in the congregation after some one
OF those terrible scoUrges by which the
desert path was marked. 1t chords 50
perfectly with the cry of the hearts of
sorrowing survivors. If God smoke to His
children thus of old, He surely speaks so
still. There are many homes left desoIate
among His children today
The air is filled with fareweIIs to the
dying and mourning for the dead There
is no more familiar sight than the hearse
With its sad burden. and THE mourners
go about the streets" Surely it is Gca
speaking to Us. Pause. and number thy
days" But it is not the numbering of
days that is SO valuable. The merest
child knows that two figures will num-
Der and leave over a margin of all the
years he viii see IN this world
Numbering the Days.
There are several ways of numbering
days There is the fools way who says.
Let US eat, drink, for tomor-
row We die" He numbers his
days, and the result is reckless
nesss. \ traveller in the streets of
Paris a century ago, passing the prisons
packed with condemned criminals might
have heard. not signs and groaning. not
psalms and prayers befittfng the condi-
ton OF men and women TO die on the
morrow. but wild revelry, awful curses,
drunken laughter Fools, they had said
in their hearts. There is No God We
have but a few hours TO live, let us make
the best Of it
Neither are We TO number cur days in
sadness and detection. We are TO so num-
Der them that We nay apply our hearts
unto wisdom. What is wisdom? 1t has
been said that wisdom consists in the Sc
lection Of the best object; deliberately.
calmly. choosing the thing most worth
possessing And what is that object TO
which every one should bend his powers
to attain? To that some would answer.
! gold" and others cry. learning but
I Gods word says, Behold the Eeer OF the
Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from
evil that is understanding. An ever
Iastingly happy life is the chief good,
and the gospel way OF getting It the only
way Is it not true on the very face OF
! it that a joyful life that lasts forever
IS better than any kind Of a joyful life
that lasts only for a short time?
Applied Truth.
\ man in little boat On a bright bit
of eddying water occupies his time in
gathering driftwood that floats by his
small craft, Till suddenly voices rom the
shore make known To him that he is in
the rapids above Niagara Falls. He
seizes the oars and works for his life.
casting out the wreIched driftwooG for
which he idled away so many precious
| hours
How to Help the Leader.
Pray Moses prayer, Lord, teach ne TO
number my days and to apply my heart TO
they wisdom. -
Hints 20 the Leader.
Urge the members to give little per
| sonal experience Speak of the wsys and
; means for learning the wisdom that viii
make the numbering of our days worth
while
| Build Thee more stately Mansions 0 Iny soul,
! As the swift seasons roll!
/ Leave they l9w-vauited pasti
| Let each new temple. noblcr than the last
! Shut thee from heaven with = dome more vast,
Til Jhou a length art free.
Leaving thine CUJgrOwn shell bv LIES fIEreSting
/ sea- Oliver Wendell Holmes.