The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-08-10
Remarks made at the Commence
mcnt Of the CharIier Institute
by Rev. DR.. $. IrenguS prico.

lomg GcnAemc@ II am invited to
speak to you i've minutes, and only
five. Little can be said muel, may bo
done, in five mihutcs-ln FIVE minutes
you may Gre city, scut'lc u ship. OF
} ruin soul. The crrer ola moment
makes !ho borrow Of lie. Get that
thought we'll into yorr kcar's, and my
work IS doac ia q minuto instead Of five.
Many young man in q moment Of
weakness, or Of S'roag tcmpt1.ion, has
wrought rr;n that . lie time. through
4 thousand years, eau never rebuild.
One crime, ore sin, ouc error, ycs,cuO
neglect ofduty, rrd tic deed is Gcrc,
perhaps forever.
In q moment Of LunGcr, Eau no!d
his bir;hrigh! for mess ofpOtIage;
millions Of boys sell theirs fer lcss. a
breach Of trust, an act Of dishonesty,
proFauc word, and the soul is dcfIed
with a stain that Eve oceans cannot
wash away.
| Tempted to sin, remember that in
five minutes you may destroy your good
name, Gll your soul with uadying re.
morse, and bring, with sorrow, your
fathers gray hairs to the grave. Bat
il you can do so much evil, so yOu may
do mighty sum OF good in five min
utcs.
You may decide to live for usefulness
and honor. Everything hangs on that
choice, and it may be in Eve minutes
as we'll as ia Eve years.
Take care Of the pence and the
pounds will take caro- uf themselves;
take caro- Of tho minutes aad the hours
arc safe. made little book in this
way; in the breakfast room wcrc pen,
ink, aud paper, aud il, when the hour
for breakfast came, ell ras not ready.
| wrote few words or lines, as time
allowed. The book was Euishca, and
it had been Published scarcely q week
before | heard i: had saved q ooul; it
haS tavcd many since. It did not cost
nc one minute that would have been
Used for anything else. 1t was the five
minutes before breakfast that made the
bool; that saved tue souls.
Little drops Of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
.-- And the solid land.
John Bradford says: II count that
hour lost on which havc done no good
by my pen or tongue"
Seneca taught that "timc is the only
treasure Of which it il virtue to bc
corctous."
If had improved in useful study all
the Eve minutes Of which have bcrn
robbed by bOrcs. or to be waiting for
other men to conc 10 lime on commit
tees and the like, | would now be-
would know more than I do.
Never waste five minutes Of your
own tine; never rob others BY compcll.
ing them to wait for you.
Five minutes in tho morning, and as
many in tho evening. will make you
master Of q new language in two or
thrcc years. Before you arc Of middle
ago you may speak all tho modern
tongues, if you will but improve the
spare minutes Of tho years flying By.
Time once passed can never be rc
called. Gold lost may be found. For.
tune wasted may be regaiucd. Health,
gone, returns with medicine and care.
But timc lost, is lost forever. Min
utcS arc moro than jewels: they nrc"the
stuff that life is made Of" they arc dia.
mOnd stepping stones to wisdom, useful
ness and wealth tho ladder to heaven.
But | must stop before the tap Of the
drum warns mo that | have ovcrrun
my five minutes Young gentlemen,
never unlervaluO five minutes; even il
you arc invited 10 spcrk and arc limited
to five minutes, take them, do tho best
you can with them, use them, and
Count th.t day lost whose low descending
Views from thy hand no worthy action
| done. "
It will not take FIVE minutes to do a
good deed, and one day will make
life ofhOnor and usefulness, with glory
beyond.
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