E S Heath, autograph book entry, 1882

E S Heath, autograph book entry, 1882 Your Time rolls on unceasingly, and every sixty minutes past you have one hour less in life, and at the end of twenty four hours, a day has past [sic] that will never Never come to you again. And when the Great Hand of God points the hour you will have to go, you cannot put it off. Friends nor riches will have no influence. The TIME will come, the great clock strikes, your light goes out and you are No More [image of pocket watch] Waste not your Time but grasp every fleeting moment as if it was the last. And make each minute a beat, and in one hour you will have sixty leaves of a Rose that must bloom in splendor, and at the end, you shall lie down on beds of Roses. and the great hand of time shall emblazon upon the sacred Scroll in letters of Gold Well done thou good and FAITHFULL SERVANT E.S. Heath. Kennerdell Rond Mch 10th 82 Writer E S Heath Date written 1882-05-10 Paper x in x in Pen black manuscript print Penmanship Style File name Heath, E S_18xx-001-001-001