The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
Dayubv Day.

Auo uuy . pOItiOu III ltU uhys SuCu
was the rule for Gods giving and
mans working In the ingathering Of
the mama, 1t Is still the law In all
the dealings of Gods grace with his
children. A doctor was once asked
BY . patient who had met with seri.
Gus accident, "Doctor. how long shall
have TO be theref" The oahswerg
l"Only] q day at . time y taught the pa
Itient . precious lesson. . ! II WAS the
same lesson God had recorded for hisy
people Of, All ages Ions before: the
days portion 10 IT, day. bruof .lrcc
c1,t Was. without doubt. with q view
to this and to, meet mans weakness,
that God graciously appointed this
change, Of day and night. n time had
been given to man In the form OF one
alohs, unbr0ken day, II would have ,ex.
haustedl and Overwhelmed him. The
changes of day and night continually
recruit and re-create bis powers. AZ
o child, who early makes, himself mas.
ter Of q book, when each day only the
lesson for the day is given him, woulIi
be utterly hopeless II the whole book
were given him at once; 80 II would
be with man II there were no divisions
of tims. Broken small. and divided
into fragments, u he can bear them;
only the care and work Of each day
have to be undertaken-thed days p0r.
ton in It's day. .The rest of the night
Ats him for making q fresh start With
each, new morning.; the. mistakes Of
the past can be avoided, Its lessons
improved. And he Mas only each day
10 be faithful forAthe one short day,
and long years and q long life take
caro- Of themselves. without the sepso
Of their length or their weight being
. burden. h. ;. .,1 Mamma, ~ thy food
and strength, 10 given only By the day:
faithfully to NIL the present d thy
only security for the future. Accept
| and enjoy and fuinl with thy whole
heart the part thou hast this day 70
| perform. His presence and grace en-.
joysd today will remove all doubt
whether thou canst submit the morrow
to him too.--Andrew Murray. ,'''8
H. ell . ifiu-TT-- -T-TlJ hon
% Ready, to DIE. Or, Ready to Livef
| r.. Al great deal u said about the i'm.
| pprtance of getting ready to DIE. Yet
| readiness to, live Is always more i'm
| portant than readiness to die. Beink
ready to live 10 ever the FIRST duty Of
an being ready to die ID but q minor
matter and an Incidental one. In.
deed if one Ia truly ready to live. he
lie read to Idle; but many o man who
says and thiAks that he H. fully ready
to- dc II obviously quite unready and
united to live. A misunderstahdin
and, q ,miscopception on this, point ID
one OF the saddest and most Injurious
practical mistakes In this world, and
I 1t needs to be warned and guarded
against. lnG I9jlGm oal 70 a2rfq ."3u
ta1A soldier In active service IL liable
to fall In battle at any time. and he
has Il to- have the fact In mind In al
his duty doing: but his beat energies
must be given to bis duty-doing while
he lives. What folly It would be, fol
! O. soldier to shirk bis duty as . soldier
on the plea that he needed time t.
prepare for death! Living well and
rightly using his life while he stands
IL the best preparation that a soldier
can make for falling when he mus
i fall. 10 Tydni1W o2lG n ii.lt9N shI
1 q 1T 10 harder. as well as more I'm
portant to live than to die. The rea
test and trial of q soldiers ecourag'
and faith is. not In bearing up In thu
intensity Of o single hard fight tina
may end In death, but in meeting tn,
reality that this must be gone through
with again and again. That is wha
taxes the overstrained powers o
human nature This must be recog
nized. and must be prepared for b.
every soldier In earth's warfare. It 1
the same In quiet home life as It 1
on the battlefield Of great armies. ,..
Il Paul's confidence can ever be tn
confidence OF every disciple OF Jssu
through the lesser perils Of death an
the greater perils Of life. And In Ink
restful and jubilant faith we can Al
cry out brilliantly, "But thanks be I
God, who giveth us the victory Il
death and In Afe) through our Lor
Jesus Christ" u.g I'D, ....5 zen
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