Every Thing Has a Last Day
By Montgomery
To every thing beneath the sun there is a last day. Let the sanguine, then, take warning, and the disheartened take courage; for to every joy and to every sorrow, to every hope and every fear, there will come a last day; and man ought so to live by foresight, that while he learns in every state to be content, he shall in each be prepared for another, whatever that other may be. When we see an acorn, we expect that it will produce an oak; when we plant a vine we calculate upon gathering grapes; but when we lay a plan for years to come, we may wish, and we can do no more, except pray, that it may be accomplished, for we know not what to-morrow may bring forth. All that we do know beforehand of anything is, that to every thing beneath the sun there comes a last day.—Montgomery.