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BE FOUND DOING YOUR DUTY

The time was the 19th of May, 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgment Day. For at noon the skies turned from blue to gray and by mid-afternoon had blackened over so densely that, in that religious age, men fell on their knees and begged a final blessing before the end came. The Connecticut House of Representatives was in session. And as some men fell down and others clamored for an immediate adjournment, the Speaker of the House, one Colonel Davenport, came to his feet. He silenced them and said these words: "The Day of Judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore, that candles may be brought."

(Winning the New Civil War, Robert P. Dugan, Jr., p. 183)

At the end of life God requires faithfulness - The demand to trust Him even at the edge of life.the call of God is not too hard for us to do. And there is always a reward that awaits the faithful. Amen.

(From a sermon by Arsenio B. Segismundo, Unto the End of Life, 7/28/2010)

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