Welsh Journals

THE TEEASUEY. No. 36. DECEMBER, 1866. Price 2d. " The time of our sojourning."—Petee. SHE main idea of this term is that of temporary resi¬ dence. . Sojourners in a place are passers through, tem¬ porary inhabitants; they may remain for a season, bat have no intention of becoming permanent residents, for if so, they lose the character of sojourners, and become -citizens. This expression was appropriate in more than one sense in the case of many of the early Christians, for through the malice of their enemies, they were spoiled of their goods, and driven from their homes and compelled to take up a temporary resi¬ dence in foreign lands and strange countries, and thus they were sojourners in a sense peculiar to themselves; while in another respect all mankind are merely sojourners on earth. Our stay here is a mere temporary stay, we cannot abide on earth for ever, we pitch our tents here for a season, but as we pitch them on the very ground which was occupied by pre¬ vious travellers, so also must we take ours down, and pass on, for there are others coming after us who demand our places, and they are even now pressing forwards, and in their language they say " move on," and willingly or unwillingly we must give way to their cry. . " One generation passeth away; and another generation cometh." Where are the old men of our childhood? They have moved on, and even moved out of our sight; we look for them,