II. God speaks from the grave—and says,
1. ‘Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou mayst be no longer steward.’ Luke, xvi. 2.
2. ‘Time is short.’
1 Cor. vii. 29. 1 Pet. iv. 7.
What a little life—gone as a spark!
You may die—your children may die—or Christ may come. Do not say, ‘to-morrow.’ Jam. iv. 13.
3. ‘Be ye also ready.’
Matt. xxiv. 44.
4. Your child shall rise again.
‘I am the resurrection and the life.’ John, xi. 25. (See Burial Service.) Jer. xxxi. 16, 17.