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My 28th Birth Day.
My 28th Birth Day.
Honolulu, H.I.
Honolulu, H.I.
Another year has rolled by with its vicissitudes and [[changes??]] and bringing with it another [[unit??]] to be added to my age. Thus [[unclear]] joins [[unclear]] surely and steadily until God shall say it is enough - his number is full - "go cut him down." What if this unit should be the last? Should an angel from Heaven [[unclear]] me of the fact could I recognize the event? I feel as though length of years [[were??]] mine. so strong runs the current of life. that Death is the most [[unclear]] of imaginations. Yes [[unclear]] I can [[write??]] my 29 birth day I may be [[stumbling??]] in the grave uninterested in the concerns of mortal life. To die. to be no more. companion of corruption and worms. how different that [[unclear]] and to which we all do surely [[unclear]] from this living state to which we cling to [[unclear]] and to which [[unclear]]. [[unclear]] where circle of our thoughts. If man is but a tenant here. a mere [[unclear]] for [[unclear]] life. More important. more interesting. more absorbing. and infinitely more lasting than this. Please O my Lord! at this another [[unclear]] [[unclear]] of thy existence. and take thy bearings for the life to [[me??]]. though [[unclear]] where year beside stifle thy vision with the fogs of [[harshly??]] [[unclear]] yet on this day. stop and [[consult??]] the horoscope of what [[unclear]] [[If??]] future that courts thy consideration. Now stands thy preparations for that time. when this mortal coil being shuffled off - "then like a stranger shall be ushered into an [[unclear]] world. to [[unclear]] thy part in it as [[then??]] [[unclear]] through infancy and childhood in this? Thou [[needest??]] - [[sort??]] be altogether ignorant. wholly unprepared. In [[unclear]] that future world shall take thou by surprise? If there be a preparation here. [[thou?]] [[unclear]] [unclear]] those [[unclear]] mints. shall bear a recognized relation to [[their??]] an advancement only in what thou began to [[unclear]] and practice here. Here stands thy prospect?
Another year has rolled by with its vicissitudes and changes and bringing with it another unit to be added to my age. Thus unit joins unit - surely and steadily until God shall say "it is enough - his number is full" - "go cut him down." What if this unit should be the last? Should an angel from Heaven assure me of the fact could I realize the event? I feel as though length of years were mine - so strong runs the current of life - that Death is the most improbable of imaginations - yet ere I can write my 29 birth day I may be slumbering
in the grave - uninterested in the concerns of mortal life. To die - to be no more - companion of corruption and worms - how different that state and to which we all do surely hasten - from this living state to which we cling so perseveringly - and which engropes the whole circle of our thoughts. If man is but a tenant here - a mere probationer for another life - more important - more interesting - more absorbing - and infinitely more lasting than this - pause O my soul! at this another mile stone of thy existence - and take thy bearings for the life to come. Though the whole year beside - stifle thy vision with the fogs of earthly anscieties yet on this day - stop and consult the horoscope of what endle future that courts thy consideration. How stands thy preparations for that time - when "this mortal coil being shuffled off" - thou like a stranger shall be ushered into an untried world - to learn thy part in it - as thou has through infancy and childhood in this?  
Thou needest not be altogether ignorant - wholly unprepared - so [?] that future world shall take thee by surprise? If there be a preparation here - those scenes and those employments - shall bear a recognized relation to them -  an advancement only in what thou began to learn and practise here. Here stands thy prospect?

Latest revision as of 15:26, 3 April 2021

My 28th Birth Day. Honolulu, H.I. Another year has rolled by with its vicissitudes and changes and bringing with it another unit to be added to my age. Thus unit joins unit - surely and steadily until God shall say "it is enough - his number is full" - "go cut him down." What if this unit should be the last? Should an angel from Heaven assure me of the fact could I realize the event? I feel as though length of years were mine - so strong runs the current of life - that Death is the most improbable of imaginations - yet ere I can write my 29 birth day I may be slumbering in the grave - uninterested in the concerns of mortal life. To die - to be no more - companion of corruption and worms - how different that state and to which we all do surely hasten - from this living state to which we cling so perseveringly - and which engropes the whole circle of our thoughts. If man is but a tenant here - a mere probationer for another life - more important - more interesting - more absorbing - and infinitely more lasting than this - pause O my soul! at this another mile stone of thy existence - and take thy bearings for the life to come. Though the whole year beside - stifle thy vision with the fogs of earthly anscieties yet on this day - stop and consult the horoscope of what endle future that courts thy consideration. How stands thy preparations for that time - when "this mortal coil being shuffled off" - thou like a stranger shall be ushered into an untried world - to learn thy part in it - as thou has through infancy and childhood in this? Thou needest not be altogether ignorant - wholly unprepared - so [?] that future world shall take thee by surprise? If there be a preparation here - those scenes and those employments - shall bear a recognized relation to them - an advancement only in what thou began to learn and practise here. Here stands thy prospect?