swept off the great chessboard
of this world, snippets taken from George Wilson. There is
no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to
come will not be remembered by those who follow. Ecclesiastes
chapter 1 verse 11 For the wise and the foolish
both die, the wise will not be remembered any longer than the
fool, in the days to come both will be forgotten. Ecclesiastes
chapter 2 verse 16 Councils of an invalid penned in the year
1862 Dear friend, we shall both very
soon, I anticipate, be called away from seeing all things through
a glass darkly, to meeting God face to face, and shall have
to answer to Him for the deeds done in the body. We would certainly
exhibit the most inordinate vanity if we thought that the great
mass of our fellow men would be losers by our being swept
off the great chess-board of this world. This board indeed
is always so crowded that, with the exception of our attached
relations and a few friends, the greater number of our neighbours
will be glad to know that our being cleared away has left more
elbow room for them. Think how soon the world gets
over the death of an eminent minister, and let us be content
that the place that knew us once shall know us no more. Our days
on earth are like grass, like wildflowers we bloom and die,
the wind blows and we are gone, as though we had never been here.
Psalm 103 verses 15 through 16 The length of our days is seventy
years, or eighty if we have the strength, yet their span is but
trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass and we fly away. So teach us to number our days
aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90 verses 10
and 12