+I. Time ought to be improved because its value is
inexpressible.+--1. _The worth of time may be argued from a survey of
the great and momentous business to which it must be
appropriated_--to get ready for eternity. 2. _From the astonishing
price at which it has been purchased for us._ 3. _From the careful
manner in which it is allotted to mankind._
+II. Because of the brevity of its duration.+
+III. Because, short as our time is, much of it has already elapsed.+
+IV. Because what remains to us is uncertain.+
+V. Because nothing can ever compensate the loss of time.+
+VI. God has made eternity to depend on the issues and results of
time.+--_Dr. Robt. Newton._