Oh, how I was struck when I heard the Lord had taken him so suddenly! I was filled with sorrow and shame for having neglected what I had so often resolved to do.

But now the time of speaking for God to him was over.
Hence we see that the Lord's time is the best time.

Now the night of death was come upon him; no more work was to be done.

If I had done all that lay in my power to proclaim reconciliation by Christ to his soul, whether he had heard or no, I should have been more clear of his blood.

But I cannot recall the time that is past, nor him from the grave.