HOW SHORT MY TIME IS

 

How short my time is
Psalm 89:47

 
THEN it should be well improved.
 
Not an hour should be lost.
 
The brevity of time shows its value.
 
The view of time as introductory to eternity,
  makes it all important.
 
If our time is short,
  we ought to secure an interest in Christ at once,
  not delaying 1 moment.
 
If I our time is short,
  we are to profess Christ immediately,
  if we have not.
 
If our time is so short,
  we ought to work for God, and
  the good of the world we inhabit,
  while we can, for our opportunity
   of doing so will soon passed away.
 
Lord, remember how short my time is,
  and give me special grace, heavenly wisdom,
  and real prudence,
  that I may buy up the opportunity,
   because the days are evil.
 
My soul, remember how short thy time is, and
  trifle no more, loiter no more, procrastinate no longer;
  but put thy hand to the plow,
  keep thy hand on the plow, and
   work while the day last.
 
The night cometh.
 
Working time will soon be over come.
 
O to make the most of the short day!
 
O to turn the little time that is left to the best account.
 
Beloved, what are you doing?
 
How are you living?
 
Are you affected with a sense of the shortness of time
  and the uncertainty of life?
 

This sole occasion then is ours,

This day we never again shall see;

O God, awaken all our powers

To spend it for eternity!

 
James Smith 1849