BBB:The Deathbed

   The death-bed is a wonderful reasoner, many a proud infidel hath it
humbled and refuted without a word, who but a short time before would
have defied all the ability of man to shake the foundation of his
system. All is well as long as the curtain is up, and the puppet-show
of life goes on; but when the rapid representation draws to a close,
and every hope of longer respite is precluded, things will appear in a
very different light. Would to God I could say that that great and
awful moment were as often distinguished by the dawn of repentance as
by the groan of despair!

   --Boyle