If this should be the last year
That I shall know on earth,
I would not want to spend it
In carelessness and mirth.
I would each passing moment
Might glorify my Lord,
That I might know Him better
And feed upon His Word.
I would be more in earnest
Seeking for the lost,
As one redeemed by Jesus,
Bought at such a cost!
I would grow ever like Him,
Whose name I have confessed;
I would be more compassionate
To those who are distressed.
And this may be my last year,
I cannot tell for sure;
But I would live as if it were,
His "Well done" to secure.
-H. A. Ironside
