IN the Cathedral at Worcester, there is an ancient slab, bearing as its inscription the solitary word, “MISSERIMUS,”— “Most Miserable.”
Down in the Catacombs— those vast underground chambers of the dead, where the early Christians endeavored to hide from their fierce persecutors —engravers on a stone embedded in the wall stands this beautiful word, “FELICISSIMUS,”— “Most Happy.”
If you were to be laid in your grave this week, which of those Latin inscriptions would most truly represent your condition?
No time should be wasted,
Thy moments are precious;
Thy time for departing
From earth draweth nigh:
Then come now this moment
And He will receive you,
And then come to take you
To be with Him on high.
ML 05/19/1912