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Dear Pabtoe, I think your Sermon of last Sabbath forenoon fitted to be eminently useful, and -worthy of being again and again read and pondered ; and that it may be for those purposes in the hands of every member of the church and congregation, I beg you to take the trouble to extend your notes of it, and to give it to me for publication. I am, Yours very respectfully, Rev. Dr. Wilkes. ##*»» Mt Dear Sib, It is said that printed Sermons are never read. I should be sorry, if this be true, that you should expend the money lequired to print and that I should expend the time required to write out my MS. for the press, in vain. But it may be otherwise, with a discourse designed for private circulation among members of the church and congregation, to whom it was very recently addressed. If the thoughts suggested impressed their minds at the time, they may be desirous of renewing the impression by a perusal of them in the retirement of their chamber. And should one soul be bene- fited, we, my dear sir, shall be amply repaid for our respective parts of this publication. You will unite with me in the prayer, that by this and every other appropriate movement, our beloved church may be greatly blessed and prospered of the Lord. Yours faithfully, „ , IIENuY WILKES. Bleury St., January 19, 1853. rch, by one of ary 6. 1853. enoon fitted to and pondered ; nember of the end your notes ad. I should uired to print y MS. for the ed for private whom it was 1 their minds by a perusal ioul be bene- parts of this is and erery satly blessed WILKES. "KNOAVIING THE TIME. »> Knowing the time.-Honians xiii. 1 1 . One, and, as friendsand n. iT '"'' ^"^^^^^'^^^ ''>« ^Id another mutual delrluS^ W expressed to one our house of vvor^hin on it! ! , , ""'"^ assembled in dress to you Cri;'an sa J 7' '"'" ^^^ ^^^*«'- *" ^d- prayerfuNesire th t t "-err" '7^P^^^^ "^« — ^ -d blessings. Such are ' , .^'''^r\'^« ^'«»'"g"i«hed by spiritual they a;e also the 1st endtll ' pt -''"^ '" ^'"^ "^'"^^' ^ propriate sentiments VnT^" ''"''"' '"'^^"'^ '^'^"'^"d ap- Tliil «.r '^"*"»ents, and suggest suitable topics of reflection i Ills season natiimlNr >in;„ . i »."3 ui leiiection. vacancies among u,, a„J i„ „e„,„.j„„ .^^'^ 7', '"'"^'^ "» -.i.y of >vaker„i„c!;l' ■":;""'>;,,'; ™-6>- ""J "« -. doing •' ,vhile i, is Jay." TIa v , , . 7 '""" '" "' »"'' for it U Jay, and noini.l,, I- """'■wp as Jo others," And if thro ,sh so °e , ' ", ""■' "■''" '''"'= ^'" ''<^'^P- .».=ep.,M.isg?,:Z:^;,:;r::;:2^r«;-a% ..ey a^e practical heed to these Pvhn-f ♦• , '^.^- ^ "^^ '"ey may give portance of ],n„, in! , 'T't, '"'"™'" '" '"™ *' '"- themselves ,„ our mif,J „ eTe'cti " loT?"" ^'7' ""P"- are : What conccmin; limeTi^J'J '"" ""1''"^'' '"J™«'°» I ■ 4 ledge? Tlicse questions obviously suppose tl.at ti.c knowledge mtended .s rather experimental and practical, than speculative As a consequence, the whole subject must be dedt with as of .solemn practical interest. It is not my purpose to an.use you with speculations, nor to seek to startle you by original or second hand theories, but my desire is that we mav reflect together for our permanent practical benefit on this gieat matter of time. I. Beginning then with the first of the two questions-What con- cerning time is it desirable forustoknow?-it maybe replied, 1. iimcslmddhc known in its nature. Some knowledge of the nature of an object lies at the basis of all accurate acquaint- ance wnh its working and influence. The definitions of time have been various. By one it has been quaintly described as - a fragment of eternity broken off at both ends." Another more formally says, "it is finite, and successive duration distinguished by past, present and future, and measured by the revolutions of t^ie heavenly bodies, which God has appointed for this end » A poet says " From old eternity's mysterious orb ' "Was time cut off and cast beneath the skies, The skies wliich watch him in }iis new abode, Measuring his motions by revolving spheres." But as we can only know an object by its qualities, these being the only pouits concerning it capable of definition, or indeed of bemg conceived by the mind, we may regard time as ^^^tVeg. It IS ever m progicss. It neve.- tires or stops to rest, not a mo- ment. Since its birth it has had no holiday, no cessaUon. It ad- vances in one steady, ceaseless, awful course, like some mighty river, whose current was never arrested for a single instant, but which pours itself ever and ever into the boundless ocean. We may regard it also as inevocahle. It cannot be recalled. Its waste cannot be repaired. Its misappropriation cannot be amended. Once gone, it is for ever gone. No power m the Universe can bring it back. It were vain to send a mes- senger after it, craving its return ; he would not be listened to. Its chariot wheels were not made to roll backward. Its symbols '-i- ^ le knowledge I speculative. »It with as of amuse you lal or seconi] t togetlier for af TIME. —What con- i be replied, nowledge of ite acquaint- ons of time cribed as "a lother more lisfinguitihed volutions of this end." these being • indeed of as fleeting. not a mo- on. It ad- me mighty gle instant, boundless cannot be propriation No power md a mes- istened to. ts symbols I . "n«(5. I ou can denetid unnn it Ti ,. i8 to US unknown rV""''''^'^''"^'^*^^«»t^^l>ich it occurred S. . ""^"^I^^^^^'^^ ^ ^'"gle nunnent before werediffimlttn. >-«uos are so momentous, that it deeL g IW' ; :!rT^^ ''" his exhortation "re- Josingnone Our T n ni' ' "'^*^'"'"g «" one can, and of him that sent me .^i Tit'n , """ '^' ""'"'^^ WHEN NOMANCANWOUK^ LeV.. ' T'.''^'"^ •^°^^^™ be pondered until thei^ meaning a dTo^tVi'"'^ T'°" important does time appea J' W| j i ' ^i"'' ?"' ^""^ '""^ we n.ay work for God'a'd our 'e ti "''"'"^''""^^ --'"' terval, uncertain in duration bu oCm nTe im ". 'V, 'T '"■ during which we may really worl^^laTZ :^^''^''^'^ '^^'^' build the strurtin-P ,/ ^ ^""""''' '"" ^"^ «« far "" maa can work "■ ! ~" " '°"" "''° •'''" '"" ' " »''«» ,^na» „ ,„ g,„,ir, ,;„j ,„,, ,„ " .iZ h ' '" 6 which preparation is made for eternity. Everlasting luappine,. «s .ngonfyingand enjoying God: present duty deLn ds lha« whether we eat or drink or whatsoever we do, we should do all to the glory of God" ; and when this is fulfilled, he forme ■Bsecured. Such then is the right use of time. If we would tl W that use, ,ts claims must be regarded in the light of eternity . What m that vew are the sacrifices we have to make? What the duties we have to perform ? What the objects we have to pursue? What the blessings we have to secure? Whaltl e race we have to run? What the goal we have to reach? in wd Ipomt outthetrueuseoftime: letU be diligently and honestly given to these great purposes. Alas! the multitude squander away ,ts hours, and days, and years of untold preciousnels, as if t were of no .mportance,-was entirely their own-left abso- ute ly at their own disposal and never to be accounted for. Me- lancholy waste ! Most criminal perverseness ? 3. Tone should he known in its value. AuA yet who can es .mate that value? How may we adventure the arduous caT cu lafon ? We have various modes of arriving at the idea of ralue several of which may be suitably tried in the case before us. Thus, sometimes the question is determined by scarcity. Gems, pearls diamonds and precious stones are valuable as they are rare ;-the necessaries and comforts of life increase in value as they beconae scarce. Shall this be the standard of our esti- mate of time? Then how prodigious its value! How scarce when we consider how much is gone, what is left, and what has to be done ! ^he day is far spent" : the day of'oarth.y ^JZ t.on The shades of evening are gathering. << The night is at nand. But scarceness appears in another aspect of the ca^e Ihere.sbut a single moment of it in the world at once, and anothern mt given until thai is gone. The clock that strikes the passing hour informs us, not that we have so much time in possession, but that another portion of it is gone,-irrecoverably gone For this reason a poet calls it-" The knell of a departed ZJu '""?:^' ^"' '^' ^^'"^ ''^^""^''^^ P"^''«" «f «"^ time. The blessmgs of Divine Providence are many of them lavished upon us m generous profusion, so that they can be hoarded up for the future J but "time is dealt out by particles," or, like • ^ ig happiness uty demands o, we should , fhe former ! would truly t of eternity, ike ? What we have to ' What the ) reach ? in se questions md honestly le squander usness, as if — left abso- i for. JMe- ;t who can rduoua cal- the idea of case before y scarcity. ble as they 36 in value 3f our esti- ow scarce i what has hly proba- night is at the case, once, and hat strikes 3h time in ;coverabIy i departc(< our time, fi lavished warded up or, like some invaluable cordial, in single drops, that not one of them may be wasted. Surely the the time is short :- " Our hours " Where are thoy ? Will, the years beyond the flood It 19 the signal that domuiuis dapatch : How much is to be done I" Sometimes we determine the question of value by the advan- tages whu-h „.ay accrue through the possession of the object, rh.s .s really the only value of gold and silver. Tiiey are the med.um of exchange. We can buy possessions with them- hou«es, lands, merchandise. Shall this be our standard t Then hovy amazing the value of time ! What may not be gamed by its improvement, and by the proper dis- posal of .ts hours ! How may one enlarge his ac^.tan e w h the tru,h-with God, His character, works, and ways - and vvuh self and fellowmen ! What gloriou. and sublime opics are these, and how worthy of the utmost exertion of our menta and sp.ntual powers ! Think of David's use of time when he th ught om those great truths which fmd utterance in his Psalms. Th.nk of Paul's use of time when he exercised his mind upon those wondrous realities on which he dilates in his discourses and etters. There have been instances of this sort in every aTe slandrng out as blessed monuments to encourage us to estima^' t.me h.gh y, and as finger posts to direct us in the right use of it Nor should we lose sight, among the advantages, of the largeness and strength of mind itself, which the proper use of time'amid these high themes is fitted to impart, " The man who consecrates his hours By vigorous eftbrt, and an honest aim, At once he draws the sting of life and death, He walks with nature, and her paths are peace. Value is at other times estimated by the shortness of the period we shall have possession of the object, and the impossib lity of recovenng it when gone. There is a plant which p'ts forth i flower only once in a century : that plant in flower I deemed o valu unparalleled in the vegetable kingdom. Shall this be the r, rh "*'T- T^'- ^- P-i- is time ! Tothlu- aands of human beings destined to live for ever, time is but a I. n 8 mere point-a hand breadth-a «pan. They liveand breathe in it a fe^y days, and then leave it for eternity. They enter unon .hi ceasele. current in a part very near the' ocean!' 'C ; e has been longer; tin.e has been more extended : we have been ong on the current and have not yet reached the ocean A et ovv short, and how soon to end ! The shadow declineth for the sun ,s descending behind the n.oun.ains. The ITll appearH for a h'ttle wh.Ie in the valley and on the sil ofTe pas:r;"T !'""'■"'"' ''^r ^^"' ^^^^ ''''y^^' -^^ '^ « hand To'i^r r "^ '^""'' ^''''' ^^^''''J- '•^"'» hand to hand So ,s „^e w.th us all ; and once gone it will return no more. Where .s yesterday: already where is the first day of the year 1 Gone ! They are with the vears beyond the flood and ,t were as hopeful to atte.pt calling them b^ck 1 he'; ;::::r::vT"' ''^^ ^"^ ^^ ^- Timeshmddbc/cm^oninitsmanascmcnt. Thisisamost .mportant part of the knowledge required. The mana. LeZ ^ rne .s o ten most wretched, and in some instances it if en rely Heaven. God never gives us work to do without givin. us time m wh>ch to do it. But, as we have seen, he does not la" " excess. There ,s to us no spare, extra, unnecessary time. Ac cordmgly ,t should be husbanded and managed. The p ec^us" g.ft should be thoroughly arranged and ev:r improved Qu Ws course afforded a striking example of the m'nagetJo t.me. When was he ever idle 7 We read of many th n^^c 1 cern.ng h,m m the epitome of his life which the Gospels ^p" but where do we read that he ^oas noro at leisure LuJ^ll^ •we and extra t,me?_inshort,/..^;e«,/„>,.,,^, His leis re was employed inclevotion, and he found his recreation in c nge of employment. His whole time was well occupied, and in order thereto, it was well managed. In a subordinate degree such ancient worthies as Moses and Davul, Dan.el and Paul, afford us distinguished examples of the .management of time. In the presence of the first of these name! «s ne gmdrs, incites, and controls tha two and a ha!f millions of emigrant, from Egypt on their way through the wilderness to the breathe in it er upon the us the river have been :ean. A nd cleclineth ; rhe vapour siile of the nd it shall fn hand to 1 return no rst day of the flood ; from their 1 hath just sis a most igement of :s entirely use under ng us time t lavish it e none in ne. Ac- ' precious ed. Our jement of ings con- 5 supply; lad some is leisure 1 change in order )ses and s of the e names llions of >H to tha 8 government;;;. ir:;,:"; '"""""^' ""^'"""^'- '^^ heaven ; enact and p^^l^^ ^ ::::;:-"";--"- ^■^"• "on-S and pen sacred So iptuL 1 '"" "''^""^ ""*'""- •"ay be said of David and Da • " T ". T^'""' ""-' ^""^' of exciting scenes nJZ^T ■ '""' ''"'"'' '" <''« "^id^t -ent heafy upontC "tr '^"""" "' ''" ^'^^ <'^g-ern- not a lit„e „ give oTc'ts .f ' '•" "'''"'''' ''"^^ "'^' "'^"y '-'^ which have b'n eve in TT- ""' ''' "'■'^^" -"I'o^^'i-s vout readers, lul e pV ' """'"' ^""'"^^''''^-'t and de- cent of the system til!," "''"V" ''"^'^'•-" -' """-li- able to have accol r r"? "' ^' ''"' '"^" ''"P^ -anagementoThisthne ' "' '^ "'"^'^'^^ ^^''"'-^ ^"-^''^.1 p;op.e,.vhon:t::.j-:^--^ Then be assured that Z re " •'"" ""'"'^^^^ -i,h ennui? •atingly conchule t iu L! V" ""• ^"" "'^'' -'''^'- formed, quite fdlu ; t .:";;:^'^"'"' ^^•'-•'' "">'"''- i^ per- you to awake out o e n . " """ '' '' ''^^ '-« ^or what will thou have J^doT ''"•"'''"^' ''' "'^"'^^' " ^^^ On the other Inn,] . i,„ d"nej Have y„„ „o 1 f °'™ r^'""™ »>■ - 'N- ■» be • ' "o time »nd ,0 come ,0 dZi L~ , "'"'" >"- ■■*'-"» '» Go,l,_ you no ,ime .o gt e l "r ftlr"" ?"^""»' -%'™ ' Have for domoslic wor»l,ipV H-,™" ' *"" '"""'"« ""'' "•™i"S «fyou,-Lord',Ki„.fdom„r"°"7'° "''"''• "'■""= '"'«"=''» ".en. for iO advanc llrlanl I!""*" ""' ■— Jcpar,. •■aivalion „f „e„1 If,",' , '" I ">' ■» "■«" »' =« for ihe ■"OS. »lem„ d,„ies, J it „ ',1" V""'- '"" '!"'" ""™- -'' ments are not Wisely a««l^np! Ti ^'''- ^'^ hours, ,ts mo- which needs adjustment It i. r " "'"''"''"^ """'>' ^^'--""g J"^tment. Jt .^ of moment unspeakable that vou i;j 10 should know time in its management. Ascertain the duties de- volving upon you, and also the time at your command, and then let every hour have its work. In order to this, have a plan. Remodel and alter it from time to time, if you will, but Juive it. If you fail now and again in carrying it out, still have it; he not discouraged by failures, but rally again to your plan. It will at least assist you in the proper management of time, and its exis- tence will reprove you when time is mismana£,ed or lost. It will prove an incitement to conscience to be faithful in its admonitions concerning our responsibility for the possession of time. What incalculable disorders arise in society from the mismanagement of time ! Business neglected : duties left undone : just expectations disappointed : confusion induced : souls lost for want of " know- ing the time.^' 5. Ti?nc sJiould be known in its termination. Time, unlike eternity, has a consummation. Theday of judgement will be the last day, and most evetitful since days began to be numbered. Yet, " of that day and that hour knoweth no man ;" we only know that it uill come. Destined as we are to take part in the transactions of that "great and terrible day of the Lord," it becomes us to " know that time," that is, to prepare for the unknown but certain termination of all time. "Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should per- ish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing tlien that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy con- versation and godliness ; looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat," 2 Peter iii, 8—12. But to each of us there is a much nearer termination of our time. And who can tell whm ? where ? how 1 What an affect- ing illustration of this inability to know had we last week ! A 1 i the -duties de- aiid, and then have a plan. 1, but liave it. ive it ; be not m. It will at and its exis- • lost. It will ,s admonitions time. What lanagement of ; expectations nt of " know- Time, unlike nt will be the be numbered, n ;" we only :e part in the he Lord," it jpare for the loved, be not he Lord as a The Lord is nt slackness ; y should per- le day of the the heavens nts shall melt it are therein ings shall be all holy con- o the coming fire shall be ;nt heat," 2 lation of our lat an nflect- t week ! A for the n.orrow. But t . v li'l ' ? '"" '"^" ''''•^ '''«''• P'^"« fatal night they were w t i «" " '""'""• ^"^'"^'^'-' -rning uUz::^xz'::^ ^"' t '""^'"' ^^^ '" ^'- niay perhaps be renll ter,„,nat,oa of their time ! It regarJingii) I, ,|,i,„ "' "'""'-'^- Can >vu llien know nMliing Ve.! J. can kn^ LIHr' '"'"T °"""°"'"' ""'> "' Jie as ihcv live. J- .1, ' fj , , ^'"''"'"'■' " »' ""''"'"'ly Mas,er, oWien, d,ild e„ T/ G f ^^ ''T' "'™"" "' '"« ■■ M»rk ,l,e perfect „,a„ " „ | , ? ', '7 "'""J" '«■= i" Peace. 'I>at man i, L,°., T"^^ '"'""'' "'= "P'khi, hr ,l,e end of »g.ins. G„d,U 'no concern f"^^'""''' ""' ''™ '" -'«=«-" from , he common Jali°"ri", I T" '"""" '•""'''^' ""'-"» of pro„„.e, having r„t,"r' °'' '''"^'°'' ''^ Surely then i. hofl,. .. ,„ ,,:^:Z U^ '" ""' '™'''''"^'-" leCse of ,om'a pl mt Tl :" ,""tT" ""' ■"« '"»- He .^sx^^itrn- °";'"""' »- - "'» '■-< • tion thus far is the e/Tect of ul T ' "" ^'""^ °'"' P'-e«erva- known, have been J ^'d f "' '"'" """'" ^^'^^ "^ « nipped flowers, just allowed to bloom for a I i 12 short day, and tlicn they have fallen. Others have been cut down in the zenith of their strength and influence, while still others have been gathered home as a shock of corn ripe. The past year has been marked by a greater number of deaths among us than any previous year of our history as a church. We have laid in the grave two sisters in Christ who were taken away in the morn- ing of early womanhood, one after prolonged illness, the other a young mother without any premonition. From among the long attendants on this ministry, one has been removed in the maturi- ty of manhood, leaving behind widow and fatherless children. And, from among the ngcd, the Lord has removed two venerable brethren and a sister, who had passed or were on the verge of three score years and ten. What a debt of gratitude do we owe for continued life — for the present possession of time, and for all past mercies. But, my brethren, let our gratitude be practical as well as vocal : let us prayerfully enquire " Lord what wilt thou have me to dof and having ascertained what, cheerfully do it. 2. Deep contrition of soul. If we know our ti me, we shall have strong convictions of our sad waste of it, and abuse of it, in need- less sleep, in idle lounging, in useless amusements, in unprofitable conversation, in unwise appropriation, and in evil doing. Oh, how grevious when thoughtfully considered, is this waste of time. How much might have been done for the promotion of one's own spiritual interests, the removal of the unsatisfactoriness of one's piety, and its complete renovation of spirit and character ; how much might have been done for the instruction, happiness, religi- ous interests of the family ; how much niiiiht have been done for the isterests of the ciiurch — how much prayer olTered, laiiour per- formed, gifts bestowed: — how much of the best part of one's being and energies might have been consecrated to the promotion of God's glory, in the time which has been squandered, or worse than wasted during the past. Such considerations seriously and prayerfully entertained are fitted to place us in the dust of self abasement on account of our misuse of time. 3. Unfeigned repentar-c and approach to the blood of aprinkling. Our injured and despoikd moments have carried up their report to that throne, whither they might have borne wel- come tidings, had we b een faitliful ; but now auw dark ihu record ! We cannot cancel the characters there inscribed. The en cut down still others lie past year long us than have laid in n the morn- the other a jng the long the maturi- ss cliildren. 'o venerable the verge of do we owe , and for all practical as at wilt thou ■fully do it. '^e shall have ' it, in need- unprofitable doing. Oh, aste of time. )f one's own ess of one's acter ; how iness, religi- ien done for labour per- art of one's e promotion 3d, or worse eriously and dust of self ie blood of avc carried borne wel- iv dark tlio fibed. The 13 Fath;,]^::1;:::r^|--'-ea„^ .ewi.hthe ^V^noW.., the time, we ^Lall f e U^ le of L '' " "'^^'^' and n approaching ivltl, • pardoning mercy; ponileiiu. 1, ccmink- h.r„ 7 ^ ''""""" °' P^ji'ig o- bnc„s,, and : :*,:'i v::"' ,f'v^>''''«'-. ^^-i-' «'e need more in.™,. ! 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We have no time to lot ^ ' Z^- 27 '' 'f '" - gre- and of momentous imp rt and tho ."""^ '" ""' ^'"^ - which it may be done. iC m nj "/?"' ^ ''"'''^'^'^ cultivated in preparation for e^J^l ""'"''"' ''"' ''' ^^ -rora blessed eternity. Howirg '' ,;;^t:r^^'"' '''"'' to prosecute this work, who can toll 7 A , "PPortunity How little do the mat Prl "'' ^''' ^^''^^ " "-"'k ■' -ost do interest I C^sr," 7"''"'^"" "'"' '^ -'-•'' the prosperity of coll 'oHhTr ^'^^'^ "' "^^ "''''^^'^' Oh .y brethL, the colc^r: tr^m?^ ""' '^^^•■•- '' eternity are of moment to us so va t 's t I- \ '"''''''' ^'' '"to comparative insigniHcance An , , ' ''"'•" "'''''• """g -uch earnest time to the o,, " 1" „","'""' ^'^« ^™«-- "ther thing and neglect this^lncip;! ^IT^ '' '^^ ''^^ ^^^y ^^::Z::::Z:J:::: to do forced and tmth, having:.