Eternity, Eternity! who can tell its length?

Supposing there was a ball of sand as big as the whole earth.  Suppose a grain of this is to be annihilated in a thousand years: Which would be more preferable, --to be happy while this ball was wasting away at the rate of one grain in a thousand years, and be miserable ever after? --or to be miserable, while it was wasting away at that proportion and happy ever after?

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Matt 16:26

"The Writings of John Wesley" - Mitchell