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Bible Dictionaries
Procrastination
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
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It is a snowy day, and some boys have put a few bricks together, making a sort of square box of them; they have set up one on edge on a piece of stick, and have scattered under it a few crumbs. Here comes a robin, and he picks up a crumb or two, and while he is feeding, down comes the brick! 'I did not wait long,' says the robin, 'but I am caught! I did not wait long, but I cannot get out! I did not wait long, but I have lost my liberty! I did not wait long, but it may be I shall lose my life!' Ah! little robin, thou shalt be a preacher to some here. They have gone a little into sin, and they are inclined to-night to wait a little while. Take care that this is not your dolorous note one of these days, 'I did not wait long, but the devil caught me in his trap! I did not wait long, but I waited too long! I did not wait long, but I lost my soul for ever?' God grant that this may not be your lot.
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Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'Procrastination'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fff/p/procrastination.html. 1870.
