Christian Endeavour Times Job 7:16 I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity. The Quiver contains a paper on "Butterflies," by the late Rev. Dr. Hugh Macmillan. This must have been one of the last papers written by that charming writer, and most cultured of men, and it is a curious coincidence that just before the great change came to him he should have written thus, "Death is 'the shadow feared by man,' as apparent destruction; but should we live always as we now live upon the earth, should we never pass through the experience of death, we should remain mere human embryos, undeveloped beings forever. It is only through death that the mortal can put on immortality. It is only undergoing a metamorphosis as complete as and at present more inexplicable than that which the caterpillar undergoes when it passes through the apparently lifeless condition of the chrysalis and becomes a butterfly, that we can pass from the seeming hopeless condition of the grave to the winged condition of the angel, acquire the full power of our being, and soar from earth to heaven." (Christian Endeavour Times.) Parallel Verses KJV: I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.WEB: I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. |
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