A mailman, when making his rounds one day, noticed on a letter he delivered the words, “Not Here Long!” From the return address on the envelope, he judged it to be from a son in the armed forces, intimating that he would soon be moved to another camp.
As he continued his rounds, the mailman thought of those words "Not Here Long!” They could be written on every letter, he said to himself.
Each one of us, old and young, could truthfully say, “Not Here Long!” Soon time will change for eternity.
Fairest flowers soon decay;
Youth and beauty pass away.
Oh! you have not long to stay
Be in time!
Time is gliding swiftly by;
Death and judgment both draw nigh,
To the arms of Jesus fly,
Be in time!
ML-10/30/1977