The Works of the REV. Robert Hall, A.M. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ... success inspires a feeling of strong confidence, which animates and sustains the mind amid every difficulty. There is a concurrence of the highest reason with the Scriptural precept, which exhorts us to set " our affections on things above.'" V. We shall very soon quit the present life. What is more uncertain than the present life Its utmost extreme, if it be placed at the farthest limit of the space allotted to us in this probationary scene, removes to a very small distance the hour of our departure. A gray hair, though it may be unobserved, is a silent messenger to announce the approach of death. It reminds us that life is wasting away, and that our earthly house is decaying. Why, then, should we love a world we must so soon quit 1 If it were a final condition of our being, the case would be widely different. But it is foolish to cherish a strong desire for its pleasures, when the gratification will so soon be over. If we fix our affections upon this world, we shall soon see the grave of our hopes and joys. How irrational, therefore, to cling to a world we must so soon leave How vain to attach ourselves so firmly to a structure which will crumble into dust, and bury us beneath its ruins " The fashion of this world passeth away." Our earthly tabernacle will soon be dissolved. We can transport no earthly possession to the better country. Riches and honours must all be left behind. What propriety and force there are in the exhortation, " Set your affections on things above /" Good men, when they go away, carry their treasure with them. Then they can triumph in the article of death, and rejoice in the hope of the glory which is to follow. 1. Where things above are, is the residence of Christ, the High Priest and Intercessor. H...