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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 13.

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"EXAMINE YOURSELVES."

By George Herbert

By all means use some time to be alone, Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'tis thine own; And tumble up and down what thou find'st there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, He breaks up house, turns out-of-doors his mind.
Sum up by night what thou hast done by day, And in the morning, what thou hast to do; Dress and undress thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that, too, Be down, then wind up both; since we shall be Most surely judged, make thine accounts agree. —George Herbert.