How Do You End The Day?

"At evening when you prepare thyself to take thy rest meditate on these few points. That seeing that thy days are numbered there is one more of thy number spent and that thou art now nearer to thy end by a day. Sit down awhile before you go to bed and consider with yourself what memorable thing thou hast seen, heard, or read that day - more than thou so hast heardest or knewest before and make the best use of them. But especially call to mind what sin thou hast committed that day against God or man and what good thou hast omitted and humble thyself for both. If thou findest that thou hast done any goodness, acknowledge it to be God's grace and give Him the glory and count that day lost wherein thou hast not done some good. If by frailty or strong temptation thou shalt perceive that thou hast committed any grievous sin or fault, presume not to sleep till thou have upon thy knees made a particular reconciliation with God in Christ both by confessing the fault and by fervently praying for pardon - thus making thy score even with Christ every night. Thou shalt have the less to account for when thou art to make thy final reckoning before His majesty in the Judgment Day. And if thou hast fallen out with any in the day, let not the sun go down on thine anger that night."
~L. Bailey
(I typed this from a sermon I heard online. Any grammatical errors are mine)

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