"The Time Is Short"

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THESE QUAINT lines are found on a clock in a village tower in England:
Time’s on the wing, how swift he speeds his way,
Hast’ning to sink in one eternal day.
Pause, passing traveler, what thy destiny,
When death unveils a vast eternity?
Live then to Christ; in Christ eternal gain;
No Christ, no hope, but everlasting pain.
They speak a word of warning to all who are unsaved.
“Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door,... "
ML-11/10/1963