The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-23
TRUE VALUATION OF TIME
Continued from First Page.)

to do just before and immediately af- ter breakfast, and so on for each hour of the day. But you cannot run life by the bell in that way. The most useful service of such rules is in ridding us of that device of the slothful T don't feel like it." which came from the artists and authors who believed in the old inspiratlonal theory of work, and refused to do anything except they
 were moved" thereto. Every man must judge what we'll ordered life is for him; only, let him determine that no time shall be wasted, and the day will moments for reading, having a book in the pocket or at hand-Which is made possible by the popular handy volume series of standard authors-Will enable one to gather information and get en- joyment from which he would be other
 wise barred. We need not rehearse what men have done by such use of odd
 moments, nor finger over the names of learned blacksmiths, geologists, and art critics who have climbed to power and fame by that means. Learning is made easy now; to say nothing of the schools and colleges supported by taxation and open to all, we have tutors to cram
 the backward and indolent, reference books and reviews galore and little real work is required to put 6 man where he
 can establish reputation for great learning; but by the diligent use of his spare time he can get something better than reputation. It is not too trite nor trivial a thing to speak of the time wasted by keeping others waiting, be- cause there is a moral principle in- Volved. The tardy man is appropriat- ing what belongs to others and is not only prodigal but thief, and he can never restore his stealings. One of the | worst uses to which time can be put is to spend it in worrying, This world is not in all respects such a place as we
 would like, but it is poor place for
 pessimists and bilious people; doubt less you could suggest some useful re- | forms bnt don't fret; especially don | look straight ahead or down too much, | look up instead; the everlasting | Father who cares for you to-day will care for you tomorrow and every day"
 There is waste in all selfish pleasure
 seeking, and in some social functions 1 which are simply time elaborately
 thrown away" Two things must be
 definitely settled in our minds.
 | CD Time is as sacred as life
 ''Who murders time, he crushes in the | birth
 | A power etherial'
 l CD Wem emustdetermine what is of chief l importance, what is duty and what is matter of choice. That brings us nat
 urally to the second general answer to
 our question. The best thing to do with l our life is to use it for your age; for l the Improvement of others for the SUD- port of public movements, for bettering | the conditions of life in the world A l portion of your time belongs to others l by right of the brotherhood of man.
 Carry sympathy and love into other l lives. That is the Christly life: nothing 1 is more important than that you and
 should live such life. The man
 who expects to be happy in heaven will miss his expectation unless he tries | to make somebody happy on earth 1 Someone introduced Lamartine to a
 great audience of F'renchmen by say l ing: "Gentlemen, l introduce to you
 sixty years of a pure life" What a | tribute He had found the answer tc
 our question What shall l do with my time? make it clean, make it helpful tc
 the world. I beseech you use youl
 time to develop yourself by making
 your soul white, your life influential
 use it for comforting and helping youl
 brother in his sorrow and pain. You
 cannot tell what the results will be, but
 it is your business to do your best