DISCOURSE. 2 TIMOTHY, iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the LORD, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day. UNDER the most ordinary circumstances, it is impossi ble to contemplate the termination of human life, but with the interest of a personal relation. It is the end of so much that is known, and the beginning of so much that is unknown, that it is not easy to witness, much less to approach it, without a solemn pause in the current of the thoughts; for how much is crowded into this brief hurrying period, and what scenes await us at its close! Then cometh the end. The account on earth is terminated. No more temptations, no more trials, no more conflicts. The battle is fought, and the victory is lost or won; the race is run, and the prize is missed or gained. The past cannot return, nor its decisions be reversed. The page in its history is written, and the page in GoD's book of life. And to him who sat and talked with us but yester |