A small aged brass hourglass with almost no sand left in the top, casting a long soft shadow on a dark blue background.

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Faith's Checkbook

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Spurgeon says a life is truly stretched by living it, not by counting years. Every hour is meant for the highest purposes, with nothing frittered away. His closing 'So be it this day' makes it a resolution to start today.

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