warning. If he can meet the Lord amidst the flaming heavens and the gathering dead, he will not be loath to obey His call, when its dread reality is tempered with all gentle and kindly alleviation—with the gradual approaches of sickness and infirmity, and the tender solaces of loving friends and watchful attendants. But, on the other hand, he who has forgotten his Lord’s coming, and has simply been careful about readiness for his own dismissal, will ever be too liable in the lesser thing to have