THE DANGER OF DELAY.

Why should I say, “’Tis yet too soon

To seek for Heaven or think of death?”

A flower may fade before ’tis noon,

And I this day may lose my breath.

If this rebellious heart of mine

Despise the gracious calls of Heaven,

I may be harden’d in my sin,

And never have repentance given.

What if the Lord grow wroth and swear,