Life's Clock

"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools 

but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." 

--Ephesians 5:15-16

The clock of life is wound but once,

And no man has the power

To tell just where the hands will stop--

At late or early hour.

To lose one's wealth is sad indeed,

To lose one's health is more,

To lose one's soul is such a loss

As no man can restore.

The present only is our own,

Live for Christ with a will;

Place no faith in tomorrow,

For the clock may then be still.