A DEAR little girl, whose parents were not Christians, attended a Sunday-school. There she heard about Jesus and learned a good many verses. She liked to repeat the verses but one seemed more precious to her than the others. It was this:— “For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” James 4:1414Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (James 4:14). She often said it. Not long after she had learned it, she was taken sick and very soon went to be with Jesus.
How truly little Irene’s life was like a vapor! She was not more than six years old when she was called away from this poor world.
Yet even the longest life is like a vapor—so quickly gone! A hundred years is as nothing compared with the endless ages of eternity.
May all who read about little Irene think of their own lives as a vapor and seek to please God at all times, not wasting any of the precious moments in wrong-doing. For a vapor soon “vanisheth away” and our opportunities for doing good will soon be forever gone.
ML 04/19/1903