The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03

sure IL does not maLter. uOW h1h0 We
know of the change those few moments
NAV bring. A physician may deem them
of little import and lose bis patient an
engineer may be a moment TOO laIe IN
giving the signal and thousands OF lives
pay the penalty of his neglect.
Every man should teel it duty 10 De
on time in every undertaking. No matter
how intrinsic his other virtues, II he lacks
punctualitv he will soon meet with loss
of confidence and ultimate failure rive
minutes late on an appointment may be
little thing. and yetit is one OF the strands
broken in the bonds of confidence, once
broken never 10 be repaired. 1t is related
of Bonaparte that once having invited his
marshais TO dine with him they were ten
minutes late the emperor rose 10 meet
them, saying: Gentlemen, 1T IS now past
the dinner hour and we will Immediately
proceed to business The msrshais were
evidently chagrined at being compelled,
with DR.. Johnson, to sign their names
"dinnerless," but il may have tauyht
them a valuable lesson.
l would rather my child inherit those
essentials necessary to win him success In
life than the most princely fortune.
Wealth is uncertain at all times, and more
uncertain still il we are not taught the
methods of punctuality and economy:
Bows who grow up without being schooled
in these virtues may Tor time enjoy q
life of luxury and comfort, but when the
wealth they have inherited IS no longer In
their keeping what is to become OF them
We all know only too well the results that
follow. If they apply for a position II is
seldom their services ere wanted Shrewd
men avoid them, naturally thinking tnem
incompetent TO promote or preserve the
hN moi
| bic of subscribing their own. III such
person succeeds in obtaining position as
clerk or bookkeeper he will always be an
hour late. He will get his breakfast eaten
/ about the time he should be at the store
he will linger over the dinner hour and
| spend the evening lounging about some
| club room or billiard hall. He is never on
time always late. These habits he either
cannot or will not shake off and soon he Is
without work, having been dismissed IRON
remunerative position.
We do not depreciate the value OF mon
ev. We can accomplish much that Is good
! and noble through the medium thai
| wealth affords. But it is vast source o.
benefit and does much to promote educa
ton and religion. 1t is uphill work wheI
we enGeavor to gain knowledge without
books or the means of purchasing them
accomplish little without persistent effort
Mere riches come only by hard work, close
attention to business and the noble lnsplr
alton of blessing a fellow-man. Ii We
give him an example OF prudence anC
| punctuality we give him blessings OF NJ
small value.
We very seldom see man who is want
| ing in punctuality who Is not also seihsn
This alone should prompt us TO endeavo
to overcome the habit of dawdllng. Sell
ishness is in itself a crime; no man can b
happy and be a victim to this one oil tn
worst foes Of mankind. Suppose. say
! a good man, that We were TO live solel
for ourselves; suppose that the heart Q
selfshness was not stretched so lar IN a.
men as to embrace the offspring OF thel
own bodies; suppose that our parents, on
senses. our teachers, every one throug
whose kind administration we have grow
ND to what We are, bad lived altogethe
for themselves, what would have becom
, of us? Should we ever have risen fror
our cradles? Should we ever have had
| cradle TO rise from? Surely our first me
: ment would have been our last"
t Samuel johnson tells us: HE tht
hopes to look back hereafter with satl
faction upon past years must learn
know the present value of single moment
and endeavor to let no particle OF TIM
r fall useless to the ground" Here "
3 have the secret of success. Let not mt
/ ment of your own time be wasted. do
!, much more then should you guard again
e the unlawful method of monopolizin
: that of your fellow man?
}. Let us not spend our precious momen
a in useless wishes, but 60 to work faithful
o ly striving to do our entire duty at Il
e proper moment. "Well begun is ha
d done" 1.-THE ills OF this life are like Il
a hills: we find them toilsome, rugged al
i steep, when seen from afar, but they a
h pear smaller as we approach them" !
e our post let US stand, bravely doing Of
y duty. II we are punctusl in all we unde
Y take, cultivating diligence, economy ar
T. prudence, we shall have no occasion
? look back upon our past life with regre
p but with satisfaction, proud that we ha
v won in life's battleields the purest laure
v | for human brow.