"How long sometimes a day appears!
And weeks, how long are they!
Months move as slow as if the years
Would never pass away.
"It seems a long, long time ago
That I was taught to read;
And since I was a babe, I know
'Tis very long indeed.
"Days, months, and years are passing by,
And soon will all be gone;
And day by day, as minutes fly,
Eternity comes on.
"Days, months and years must have an end;
Eternity has none.
'Twill always have as long to spend
As when it first begun.
"Great God! no finite mind can tell
How much a thing can be:
I only pray that I may dwell
That long, long time with Thee."
JANE TAYLOR.
RUIN AND DARKNESS.
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."—HEBREWS xi. 3.
"Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places."—PSALM cxxxv. 6.
There are three words which God has used to tell us about His work which we call "The Creation."