Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb. - Reginald Heber

We deny our Lord whenever, like Demas, we through love of this present world forsake the course of duty which Christ has plainly pointed out to us.

Remember that every guilty compliance with the humors of the world, every sinful indulgence of our own passions, is laying up cares and fears for the hour of darkness; and that the remembrance of ill-spent time will strew our sick-bed with thorns, and rack our sinking spirits with despair.

By cool Siloam's shady rill
How sweet the lily grows!