148 WONDERS OF EGYPT.

 

Even his bones are gone. ‘They are
scattered to the winds. His dust is
mingled with other dust. There 18
nothing noble about it now. No one
could distinguish it, if he were to
see it. |

O, my young friend ! how much bet-
ter if is to be honored by God than to
be honored by men. How much more
desirable it is, to have a place among
the mansions of heaven, than to lie en-
tombed among the great and the noble
of the earth. Strive to live not for time
only, but for eternity.