We may not see to-morrow, but we
shall certainly see the day of our death. And yet we have all our plans
laid for to-morrow, and only one here and one there has any plan laid for
the day of his death. And can it be for the same reason that made the
man in rags unwilling to die? Is it because of the burden on our back?
Is it because we are not fit to go to judgment? And yet the trumpet may
sound summoning us hence before the midnight clock strikes. If this be
thy condition, why standest thou still? Dost thou see yonder shining
light? Keep that light in thine eye. Go up straight to it, knock at the
gate, and it shall be told thee there what thou shalt do next. Burdened
sinner, son of man in rags and terror: What has burdened thee so? What
has torn thy garments into such shameful rags? What is it in thy burden
that makes it so heavy? And how long has it lain so heavy upon thee? 'I
cannot run,' said the man, 'because of the burden on my back.' And it
has been noticed of you that you do not laugh, or run, or dress, or
dance, or walk, or eat, or drink as once you did.
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