Religion Is Fit Living, Not Preparation to Die
RELIGION is thought of by many as a preparation to die. This is a mistake. Religion is fit living; but fit living cannot leave one unprepared to die. Hence you are not so much concerned how you shall die as how you ought to live. To live well is to make good dying inevitable. The living is your duty; the dying is in God's care. To live is the matter of to-day, the duty next to you; to die is in reserve for that future known only to God. Religion is the spirit of Heaven permeating, enlivening, elevating, sweetening, all your earthly life. It is to be to you a sunlight, an atmosphere; it is to pervade your existence, to inspire your efforts to build up the Redeemer's kingdom and to bless men, and to bring your whole being into harmony with the divine economy.—Sel.