‘I must work the work of Him that sent me while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.’—John, ix. 4.

Time past—is gone, thou canst not it recall.
Time is—thou hast, improve the portion small.
Time future—is not, and may never be.
Time present—is the only time for thee!

Therefore,

I. Hear to-day. (Ps. xcv. 7.) ‘See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh.’

Exhort to-day your children. (Heb. iii. 13.)

Work to-day (John, ix. 4) for your children’s souls.

Never postpone. Jam. iv. 13. 2 Cor. vi. 2.

Now it is high time to wake out of sleep. Rom. xiii. 11.

II. Because the night cometh when no man can work. John, ix. 4.

The night of your death—your husband’s death—your children’s death.

Perhaps this sentence has gone forth against you, or yours, ‘This year thou shalt die.’ Jer. xxviii. 16.

Luke, xii. 20; xiii. 7.

Mothers, awake! to your own, and your children’s danger.

Awake to the importance of safety in Christ.

Mothers, work! for yourselves, for your families.

‘Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life.’ John, vi. 27.