Clocks forward.
The universe has excited the wonder and admiration of poets and writers since time began.  “Awake”, says Omar Khyam in his 11th century Rubaiyat, “ for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight, and lo the hunter of the East has caught the Sultan’s turret in a noose of light. ..
Conscious of the evolution of the seasons and the management of time.  
I’ve chosen hymn 103 as it seems timely to celebrate God’s the creation of our universe., conscious as we are of the fleeting moments we spend in it. 
So in this hymn written by the 18th century essayist Joseph Addison, politician, man of culture,  founder of The Spectator magazine, whose successor publication flourishes to-day.    
It’s based on Psalm 19, “The Heavens declare the glory of the Lord and the firmament showeth his handiwork. “
The spacious firmament on high with all the blue ethereal sky
“The unwearied sun from day to day does his Creator’s power display…”
The simplicity of the words appeal to me and their direct message of wonder at the creation in which we find ourselves.  So what if we are lumps of atoms and water, sitting in a small village in a small country in a small world, one among millions of terrestial bodies.  
But at my back I always hear/ Time’s winged chariot hurrying near/ and yonder all before usl ie/ Deserts of vast eternity/
Hymn reminds us of the vastness of God’s creation.  puts our day to day worries into proportion. 
And helps us muse on the meaning of life.  But most of all it seems to me it reminds us that the most important part of life is time now. 
What we have to do as Chrisitans.
Andrew Marvell: 
 Thus, though we cannot make our sun  45 Stand still, yet we will make him run.
 
