HEXRT KIRKE WHITE. 



I will labour diligently in my mathematical studies, be- 

 cause I half suspect myself of a dislike to them. 



I will walk two hours a day, upon the average of every 

 week. 



Sit mihi gratia adclifa ad hcec facienda." 



About this time, judging by the handwriting, he wrote 

 down the following admonitory sentences, which, as the 

 paper on which they are written is folded into the shape 

 of a very small book, it is probable be carried about with 

 him as a manual. 



" 1. Death and judgment are near at hand. 



2. Though thy bodily part be now in health and 

 ease, the dews of death will soon sit upon thy forehead. 



3. That which seems so sweet and desirable to thee 

 now, will, if yielded to, become bitterness of soul to thee 

 all thy life after. 



4. "When the waters are come over thy soul, and 

 when, in the midst of much bodily anguish, thou dis- 

 tinguishest the dim shores of eternity before thee, what 

 wouldest thou not give to be lighter by this one sin? 



5. God has long withheld his arm ; what if his for- 

 bearance be now at an end? Canst thou not contem- 

 plate these things with the eyes of death ? Art thou not 

 a dying man, dying every day, every hour? 



6. Is it riot a fearful thing to shrink from the sum- 

 mons when it comes ? — to turn with horror and despair 

 from the future being? Think what strains of joy and 

 tranquillity fall on the ear of the saint who is just swoon- 

 ing into the arms of his Redeemer; what fearful shapes, 

 and dreadful images of a disturbed conscience, surround 

 the sinner's bed, when the last twig which he grasped 

 fails him, and the gulf yawns to receive him. 



7. Oh, my soul, if thou art yet ignorant of the enor- 

 mity of sin, turn thine eyes to the man who is bleeding 

 to death on the cross ! See how the blood from his 

 pierced hands trickles down his arms, and the more 



