Thus I have saved the
expense of a new Bible; and it is the same thing to me."
Amelia's diary is very remarkable; her mother has allowed me to read
many portions of it, and to copy out what relates to her usual manner
of employing each day. I send it to you, dear Esther, and you will
find, as I have done, that the Spirit of God always teaches those who
trust in Him, how precious _time_ is here below. The following
is what our dear friend wrote upon this subject.
"_January 1st_, 1844--Nearly eighteen centuries, and a half
have passed away, since our Saviour took upon himself the form of
human flesh for our salvation. Those years seemed long as they
succeeded each other, but now that they are gone, they appear as
nothing.
"Families, and nations, and the mighty generations of mankind,
which, in times gone by, peopled the earth, have all passed away.
Nothing remains of them here below!
"But such is not the case in heaven,--I should rather say,--in
eternity. There, all these nations still exist, no man can be absent,
but must appear before the Sovereign Judge, to answer for the use
which he has made of his time.
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