The Protoplast Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. How rapidly do the "few days" which succeed the first evening and morning in the life of man, pass away. I think I have somewhere read of a philosopher who was seen in tears, and on being asked, "Why weepest thou?" answered, "I weep because there is so much for me to do, and my life is too short to do it in." Whether the philosopher said so or not, I am sure my own heart has said it oftentimes, and so, I doubt not, have the hearts of others. Sorrow and sickness are the two great means by which many a young heart has become aged; the mind is early matured, and the stranger wondering says, "How old such an one is in character!" Yet every day of natural life has its burden, as foreordained of God. There is one thought connected with the day, that is a very solemn one. The evening and the morning will succeed each other, without break or change, year after year; but a day will come upon us, the evening of which we shall never see; a sun will rise that we shall never see go down; the morning will come and find us in a body of sin and suffering, and before the evening we shall have passed away. (The Protoplast.) Parallel Verses KJV: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. |
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