...season of salvation. " Seek ye the Lord while he may be found ; call ye upon him while he is near. — Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." SERMON XIV. MARK X. 17 - 22. "And when he was gone forth into the way, there came...

...scripture, that the tenure by which we hold it is, as uncertain, as it is transient in its duration : " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." What can be more slight and precarious than the barrier, which interposes between...

...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what' a day may bring forth1 — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,...

...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1 792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth' — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,...

...are not to do evil that good may come. As to your future intentions, as a minister of the Gospel, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." And if you be a parent, or a husband, is it not written, " Leave thy fatherless children,...

...can infallibly tell that his life shall be continued here, even for another day, or another night. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Prov. xxvii. 1.) This night thy soul may be required. (Luke xii. 20.) There are thousands...

...As no man reasonably can be elevated with confidence in a good state, presuming on its duration, (' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth;') so no man should be dejected for a bad one, in suspicion that it will abide long...

...not then in youth ; it must soon turn to age. Rely not on strength ; it must soon end in weakness. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." (Prov. 27. 1.) Take no pride in thy wisdom or ability ; these shall go down quickly...

...steps. G If any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 7 Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. We know not what shall be on the morrow. ' Great men are not always wise, neither...

...period of our own lives. Our existence this moment is no security for its continuance the next : " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." It is always a matter of awful uncertainty when we enter on the business of the day,...