Chapter XXVIII: New Year’s Day

‘I must work the work of Him that sent me while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work.’—John, ix. 4.

Time _past_—is gone, thou canst not it recall.
Time _is_—thou hast, improve the portion small.
Time_ future_—is not, and may never be.
Time _present_—is the only time for thee!

Therefore,

I. _Hear to-day_. (Ps. xcv. 7.) ‘See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh.’

_Exhort to-day_ your children. (Heb. iii. 13.)

_Work to-day_ (John, ix. 4) for your children’s souls.

Never postpone. Jam. iv. 13. 2 Cor. vi. 2.

_Now_ it is high time to wake out of sleep. Rom. xiii. 11.

II. Because the _night_ cometh when no man can work. John, ix. 4.

The night of _your_ death—your _husband’s_ death—your _children’s_
death.

Perhaps this sentence has gone forth against you, or yours, ‘This year
thou shalt die.’ Jer. xxviii. 16.

Luke, xii. 20; xiii. 7.

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Mothers, _awake_! to your own, and your children’s danger.

_Awake_ to the importance of safety in Christ.

Mothers, _work_! for yourselves, for your families.

‘Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which
endureth unto everlasting life.’ John, vi. 27.