'See, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.'--Eph. v. 15, 16.
Some of us have, in all probability, very little more 'time' to
'redeem.' Some of us have, in all probability, the prospect of many
years yet to live. For both classes my text presents the best motto for
another year. The most frivolous among us, I suppose, have some thoughts
when we step across the conventional boundary that seems to separate the
unbroken sequence of moments into periods; and as you in your business
take stock and see how your accounts stand, so I would fain, for you and
myself, make this a moment in which we may see where we are going, what
we are doing, and how we are using this great gift of life.
My text gives us the true Christian view of time. It tells us what to do
with it, and urges by implication certain motives for the conduct.