It will go with him by day to trample under foot the allurements of pleasure. It will hold his eyes waking as he toils by the evening lamp. It will watch over his slumbers to jog him at the appointed hour, and summon him to the cheerful duties of his chosen pursuit. Those who labor and study under the inspiration of such a purpose, will soar out of sight of those who barely allow themselves to be carried along by the momentum of the machinery to which they are attached. Many pass through life without even a consciousness of where they are and what they are doing.
Human life is a watchtower.
It is the clear purpose of God that every one, the young especially, should take their stand on this tower. Look, listen, learn, wherever you go, whenever you tarry. Something is always transpiring to reward your attention. Let your eyes and ears be always open and you will often observe in the slightest incidents, materials of advantage and means of personal improvement. In nothing is childhood more strongly distinguished from manhood than in this, that the small child has no purpose.