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经文: 松树阿，应当哀号，因为香柏树倾倒。（撒迦利亚书十一：2）
在森林中若听到橡树倒下的声音，就是伐木者正在工作的讯号。附近的每一棵树都在战栗，因为明日锋利的斧头可能临到它身上。我们都像树木被斧头选中。一棵树倒下，提醒我们，无论高大如香柏树，或谦卑如松树，指定的时刻将快速来临。我们不应为了随时有死亡发生而对死亡无动于衷，反之，应当视它为最沉重的事件，对它的临近也应保持冷静清醒。倘若我们的永恒目标已是岌岌可危，而仍然嬉戏作乐，那是何等愚蠢啊！剑已出鞘、刀刃锋利，切勿玩弄它。不作好准备面对死亡的人，不只是愚蠢的，乃是近乎疯癫。基督的仆人哪，随时准备，不敬虔的世人极不盼望祂再来，而祂会突然降临！留意，你必须在祂的事工中尽忠，否则坟墓是为你挖掘的。为人父母者当留神，鉴察自己曾否教导儿女敬畏上帝，因为他们总有一日成为孤儿。商人啊，也当留意，注意自是否循规蹈矩，并以全心事奉上帝。你在地上事奉的日子瞬间即逝，你将向主陈述所作的一切，无论是善是恶。但愿我们各人皆准备面对伟大君王之审判，并得祂恩典赞许之赏赐；“好，你这又良善又忠心的仆人”！（太二十五：21）
Evening, September 26
Scripture: “Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen.”(Zechariah 11:2)
When in the forest there is heard the crash of a falling oak, it is a sign that the woodman is abroad, and every tree in the whole company may tremble lest to-morrow the sharp edge of the axe should find it out. We are all like trees marked for the axe, and the fall of one should remind us that for every one, whether great as the cedar, or humble as the fir, the appointed hour is stealing on apace. I trust we do not, by often hearing of death, become callous to it. May we never be like the birds in the steeple, which build their nests when the bells are tolling, and sleep quietly when the solemn funeral peals are startling the air. May we regard death as the most weighty of all events, and be sobered by its approach. It ill behoves us to sport while our eternal destiny hangs on a thread. The sword is out of its scabbard－let us not trifle; it is furbished, and the edge is sharp－let us not play with it. He who does not prepare for death is more than an ordinary fool, he is a madman. When the voice of God is heard among the trees of the garden, let fig tree and sycamore, and elm and cedar, alike hear the sound thereof.
Be ready, servant of Christ, for thy Master comes on a sudden, when an ungodly world least expects him. See to it that thou be faithful in his work, for the grave shall soon be digged for thee. Be ready, parents, see that your children are brought up in the fear of God, for they must soon be orphans; be ready, men of business, take care that your affairs are correct, and that you serve God with all your hearts, for the days of your terrestrial service will soon be ended, and you will be called to give account for the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil. May we all prepare for the tribunal of the great King with a care which shall be rewarded with the gracious commendation, “Well done, good and faithful servant”