As I looked upon a number of young friends whom I had not seen for some years, I thought 01 The words written concerning Esau and Jacob,
“And the boys grew.”
These friends of mine had grown taller and stouter since I last saw them. Their tenderer years were passing; childhood was merging into youth. Soon youth would pass into manhood, the summit of the hill would be reached, and then the descent begin, and so “eternity.”
Do you remember the story entitled And what then?’ A boy was asked what he was going to do after leaving-school.
“I shall go to college,” he replied.
“And what then?”
“O, I shall get my degree.”
“And what then?”
“O, I shall study law,”
“And what then?
“I shall pass my examinations and be called to the Bar.”
“And what then?”
“I shall get to be a judge.”
“And what then?”
“Well...well, I shall be getting old then.”
“Well what then?”
“O! then...then I shall die.”
“And what then?”
He had not looked so far ahead, and did not like the question.
Have you faced it? Life appears long indeed to the boy. But it passes unnoticed, “swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,” and soon is over. Time will end.
“Eternity is drawing nigh.” And what then?
O, give Christ your boyhood and youth and manhood. Then will Time be happy and useful; and “Eternity” be blessed and glorious.
ML 05/22/1938