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Vanity of Life

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 15, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 3.

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Vanity of Life.

When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet the grief of parents on a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs of parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates, of mankind; when I read the dates of the tombs of some that died but yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all be cotemporaries, and make our appearance together.