Just an old book.  But one of my treasures is a very old book that dates back to 1823.  The author, unless he was very young (doubtful) was probably born around the time of the American revolution.That is a long time ago.  I have had it for about 50 years...and that seems like a long time.  Just by chance, I came across it as a teenager and "rescued" it from an old sheep barn.  It was in a pile of deteriorating materials in the hayloft.  The author....somebody that nobody would recognize today, was obviously impressed to write things that were on his heart. The author's life was extinguished a long time ago but his message lives on.  Perhaps not many are reading it, but it does live on.  I can't help but wonder, when we have drawn our final breath, what will we have done that will continue to give testimony to what was on our heart while we were living!