Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06

May 1s-The uproar at Ephesus' Acts 10; $-41
snSe s5 ildsristla siY liberty: At 4 :; 1 1l'
June classification by Faith Rom. 8: 1881
June 15-The Blessedness of Be-
Jn nsss 9siobcdiencc to Law: Rom: Is: i-ie
June 29-Review; or Missionary, Temperance,
or other Lesson selected by the school.
THE GREATEST THIEF IN THE
WORLD.
Who steals my purse steals trash: but
he who takes my time robs me of that
which not enriches him but makes me
poor indeed.-OM Nay Improved.
When we were learning to write at
school n of the most common of the
copies set for us was: thine is pre-
cious and we ought to improve it."
Very few boys, whether they have
that for q copy or not, get any proper
idea of the value of the moments as
they pass, and niRety-nine boys out of
a hundred set more store by a dozen
marbles OF n kite than they do by a
solid hour to be improved in getting
knowledge. Well, there is a time to
play as well as to work, and in child
hood time is often as we'll improved by
bealthful play as by hard study. Old
people think young folks fools because
they waste so much in that which brings
no return, except in health and fun, but
all work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy, and We do not want the boys to be
dull. But the boy is father OF the man,
and in nine cases out of ten as the boy
is in this matter of employing his time,
so will the man be. The same may be
said of girls, and we are now speaking
of the human family. Therefore the
child should be taught the value of
time SO 70 as he is able to learn any
thing. Habits acquired in the morning
cling until the evening of life, and the
''twig'' proverb is as true now rs when
1t was first made.
spare moments are like bits of gold,
and he who improves them will learn
that they are worth more than money.
1t is we'll to have something to do that
can be done at odds and ends of time SO
that the fragments may be gathered
and nothing lost. This may be carried
to excess, and would have been if the
rural pastor had followed his hired
mans retort. The minister told his
man to keep the hatchel in the barn
and some flax ready so that he could
have something to do whenever driven
in by the rain, or while waiting for din
ner. "And would it not be well," said
the man, "for you to have a hatchel in
the pulpit and do a little work while
they are singing" This would be out
OF place, but still the rule is a good one,
to have some work on hand, Of a useful
character, that no moment may be
spent in idleness.
Each one will divide his time among
his duties, according to his own judg.
ment, with regard to health and pleas
ure. Eight hours for work, eight hours
for refreshment and eight hours for
sleep, divides the day into thirds, and
makes a tit programme. Moralists and
psychologists have disputed over this
division, and no rule can be made to
cover all cases. Some kinds of work
may be pursued successfully more than
eight hours a day, and the attempt to
regulate a days work by statute law
proves q failure always, because q mans
time is his own, and he must be free to
use 1t as his own Judgment or wants
may dictate. Some mems work is
never done They give every waking
moment TO it, and when time has come
10 go to bed, there is still something NOT
finished. Such workers want ten DAYS
N q week and thirty hours in each day.
A young man comes to me and wants
me to put him in the way of GETTING
something to do. What have Won
been doing?"
Not much of anything; a Job here
ana there Just as l could get a chance.
l would like a steady place"
81 we talk it over and l give him the
pest advice in my power, and promise
to keep an eye out and let him know if
a see or hear anything to his adj
vantage. This being done, it is time
1or MN to 60 and leave me to do what
my mana tlnds to do. Instead of that
ne Talks on. asks questions, looks at the
wal, shifts in his seat and waits as
though he were expecting something to
drop from the ceiling into his lap. Tn
this way he consumes half an hour If
my tme, makes me sick and tired of
him and less disposed to do ANYTIME
Tor hlm. Then | learn why it is that he
Is out of work. He does not like IN
work. He is idle, lazy and will prob,
ABLY never earn his living Q. There is m
need o. saying to him: go West, YOUNG
man" He would starve on the riches{
prairie j n Illinois. He is a prod;oal
wasting his W time. and a thief wRen
ne takes mine. And that is what 7
mean by the greatest thief in the world.
ne IS n who, doing nothing himself
steals the time of one who wants to wort
ana has his hands full.
Thus it is often said if YOU want ,nv
!9lng done, ask - busy man to do Il
he is busy, full of work, because he 10
apie and willing to work. Rivers to III"
ocean run. The workers are the fe WY
II Is time improved that makes none
character, usefulness, YES, and ae{s
heaven, The Kingdom Of Heaven s suf'
iereth violence, and the violent tata T.
by force. o'on' lake 1t
The world owes me a ~livippn is tho
plea OF idleness. The world owes r .ne
no such thing. What did YOU Is evey .
ior the world? How came it into e no 40
debit All that you are and have y God
gave you, and to Him o are in d ooo
inilnltely beyond what you will ev erI IT,
ioae TO pay. And this gift of time. this us