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Earth: Quotations from Burning Words

This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom,- the very fashion of which "passeth away."— FENELON

We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.— J. H. VINCENT

Build your nest upon no tree here, for ye see that God hath sold the forest to death.— RUTHERFORD

Too low they build who build beneath the stars.— YOUNG

Our earthly possessions will indeed perish in the final wreck of all things; but let the ship perish, let all we have sink in the deep, if we may come "safe to land." From these storms and billows - these dangerous seas - these tempestuous voyages - may we all be brought at last, safe to heaven.— ALBERT BARNES

Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do you mean that they shall be for you?— ALEXANDER MACLAREN

The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.— SHAKSPEARE

Let the mantle of worldly enjoyments hang loose about you, that it may be easily dropped when death comes to carry you into another world.— T. BOSTON

Do not wade far out into the dangerous sea of this world's comfort. Take the good that God provides you, but say of it, "It passeth away;" for, indeed, it is but a temporary supply for a temporary need. Never suffer your goods to become your God.— C. H. SPURGEON