Page:Sermons preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia.djvu/165

Rh life" while on the other hand, "unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation, and anguish, upon every soul that doeth evil." These considerations, brethren, stamp upon our time an incalculable value, connected as it is with our eternal destinies. We may contemplate the shortness of life as an abstract truth, somewhat unmoved. But it becomes us to consider it as connected with its thrilling results—we should ever bear in mind that our few days here below will tell whether we shall be happy forever in heaven, or forever miserable in hell. This is the sober view in which we should always regard this subject; this is the view in which the Apostle regarded it when he lifted up his voice and pronounced with such solemn emphasis, saying,—"But this I say, brethren, the time is short."