Die Daily

    "And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified." This was seasonable—to dispossess them of the hope they had of his temporal reign; and that they might apply it to themselves, and count upon it that they must go by the cross to the crown. He, therefore, tells them that he should be betrayed and die. He had done it expressly three times before, Matt. xvi. 21; xvii. 12; xx. 18.

    It is our duty to be often thinking and speaking of dying. We are in health, so was Christ. We are young, so was he. Do not put off the evil day. No age is exempted. Be often thinking upon and looking into the grave. Be dying daily. In the midst of pleasures and worldly pursuits, think of dying: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Think seriously of your " latter end." It would make us " wise." We learn by Christ's example not only to think of death, but to think of sufferings before death: of death in its worst circumstances: a violent death. Christ the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. This we must do, not to frighten ourselves, and others; but to quicken them and ourselves to prepare.