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I. TO ILLUSTRATE THE ASSERTION, "No abiding." This may apply to —

1. Human honours.

2. The pleasures of sense.

3. Worldly profits.

4. Particularly to man's life.To impress this truth, reflect —

(1)  That we have sinful souls, and that therefore we must die. "The wages of sin is death."

(2)  On the frailty of our bodies and their liability to disease,

II. TO DIRECT TO A PROPER IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRUTH.

1. Immediately close with Christ the Saviour.

2. Diligently apply to your proper work.

(1)  In relation to God. "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent."

(2)  In relation to yourselves. Salvation is a matter of the last importance.

(3)  In relation to your neighbours. "As ye have opportunity do good unto all men."

3. Cleave not to earthly things.

4. Murmur not under crosses.

5. Labour for the conversion of sinners.Address —

1. The aged.

2. The young.

(E. Brown.)

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KJV: For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

WEB: For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.