The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-08

4 ers have their natural time 10 blossom.
and fruits have their natu III time 10 ripe sna
sD.
Just suppose for minute, that such things
should get into the way of saying, "Any
timer That the grains should say, 80, we
can get ripe any day." and should go on,
putting It of and putting it of all through
July and August, and September, and Octo-
Der; for WHEN people once begin to PIT of,
there is no knowing what will stop them
until, al Of q sudden. some day q sharp
frost should come and kill every grass blaie
throughout the country. WHAT would %
20 for hay, then. wonder Why, half the
poor horses ana cows would starve, an all
tecsuse the hey grains said they could get
ripe ''sny time"
Suppose Strawberries or apples should take
it int their heads to say the same thing.
Wouldn't We get out of patience going, day
alter Gay, looking for some ripe enough to
.st3 And wouldn't the summer DO gone be-
fere they knew IT'D and all the time be wasted
that the vines and the trees had spent put
ting cut heir leaves and blossoms, which had
not come to fruit? And wouldn't tho VII lie
world and every6ody's plan Of living be
thrown into confusion if such things were TO
hsppen7
Luckily no such thing is possible il this
orderly earth, which Goa has made With 3
fixed time for everything; even for the bios
coming Of tho finest little flower, and tor the
ripenlng OF the smallest berry that was
ever seen. Nobody ever heard the words
"sDy time" from anything in this world ex-
cept human beings.
Fourthly, we say to our dear Spsnisrd,
Things which are put of are very likely
never TO 10 done st all. The chances are
that they will be at last forgotten, over
locked, crowded cut.
''Any time'' is no time; just ga ''anybody's
work, and never gets attended 70, or if it is
done at sll, isn't half done.
And after we have preached through our
little sermon with its four heads, then we
sum it sll up, and add that the best Of all
reas sons for never saying p things cSn be
done anytime" il that, besides being
shiftless and lazy phrase, it is disgraceiul
one. 1t is the badge of q thief; the name
end badge of the worst thief that there Ia in
the world; thief that never is older than
the Wandering Jew, and has been robbing
every body ever sincs the world began;
theii that scorns to steal money or G 'ods
which money could buy; thief that steals
OF ly one thing, but that the most precious
thing that was ever made,
1t ia the cus.om to have photographs
taken Ct all the notorious tbiefs that are
caught; these photographs are kept In books
at the headquarters OF the police, In the
great cities, ana where any suspicious char
scter is arrested the police officers look in
I'll is book to zee If his face is among t1a
photographs there. Many q thief mas be n
esueht in this way when he suppoied that
ne IVES safe.
Now mcst of you have had sort Of
photograph of this dangerous and dreadful
thief have been describing. But you will
never guess till tell you where il is. 1t is
in your writing boos, under the letter z.
You had to write out the description of
him so many times that you ali know it by
heart.
Decentralization is the thief of time.n
When you wrote that sentence over and
over, you did not think very much about it,
your When We are young it always
6, ems TO us as If there were so much time in
u world, it couldn't be 3 very great mater
# thief did steal some of Il. But | wis /
could find any words strong enough to m&le
you believe that long before you are old yOu
will feel quite differently. You wi see that
there isn't going TO be half time enough 70
Go Whist you want to do; not half time
enough to learn Whist you want TO learn; to
see what you want to see. No, not If you
live TO be hundred, not half time enough;
nost of all, not half time enough to love all
the dear people you love. Long before You
are I'D, you will feel this; and then, if sou
are wise, you will como to have so great
hatred Of this master thief, that you will
never use-or if you can help il, let anybody
you know, use that feVorite by-word of tis,
t.spy time"