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Time Is Short

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 2, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 9, No. 22.

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Time Is Short.

By Am. Tract Society

HAVE you ever considered the truth of this solemn declaration? Time is progressive and passes away imperceptibly. Time is made up of moments which, when once gone, improved or not, can never be recovered.
Time is given us for the great purpose of seeking those things which make for our peace and salvation in the eternal world. If these things have never engaged your serious attention, O no longer trifle away your time, but improve it by thinking on your latter end.
Hitherto you have been spared from year to year, through the protection of your heavenly Father; but you know not how long his providential mercy will be extended towards you. The present moment is all you can call your own. To-day you may be in health, to-morrow in the grave. O then come to Christ now for salvation.
It is in this world and not the next that you will have the opportunity of fleeing from the wrath to come. Jesus is not only able but willing to receive you, if you come unto him with a contrite heart. He says, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." Christ does not say that salvation may be obtained to-morrow, for that is uncertain. Therefore from this time forward, redeem your time.
"Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Live in the recollection of your mortality, and in all your engagements remember that time is short.—Am. Tract Society.