The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-10

every morning and runs after it during
the whole day without being able te
oxertake it, Many men and women
are wasting precious days that might
be used for Christ by not getting up or
time and starting the work Of the day
Oh time and systematically and prompt.
ly meeting all demands as they come
up for settlement.
Wasting Time. -
This warning against the wasted min
utes of the early morning is far more
necessary than some of us have here
tofore supposed. When we waste the
early minutes Of the morning we waste
the very best minutes of the whole
day. The old proverb says: Beauty
sleep is always taken before u O'Clock
at night. Every hour of sleep before
midnight is worth two taken in bed
after that time" Along exactly the
same line Of thought say, EVERY
hour of work done before 9 or 10
o'clock in the morning is worth at
least two hours of work after - clock
noon" There is something about the
ozone Of the early atmosphere, some
thing about the exhilaration of the
early morning, that arouses us and
fires US and drives us on and clarifies
our brains, SO that we can accomplish
at least double the work In one half
hour then than In any half hour Of the
afternoon or evening. early to bed
and early to rise makes man healthy,
wealthy and WISE has just as much
truth tackled On to the last injunction
as on to the first.
Almost without exception the great
workers of the world have been early
risers. While other men were in bed
they were at their desks or In their
laboratories or down at their offices o.
out making their Investigations. Har.
ry Lee once said to his great leader, the
Father Of His Country, ''Sir, we sol
diers are amazed at the vast amount Of
work you can accomplish" ''Sfr," an
swered General George Washington, 81
do what I do because rise every
morning at 4 o'clock, and great deal
of my work Is done while others are
asleep" How did Walter Scott write
his many books? He arose every mern-
ing at 5. He then cleared away his
He laid out his plans
of work, and 'sby breakfast time" he
said, II have broken the neck Of the
days work" Frederick the Great did
not need any one to describe for him
the rising sun. During all the long
seven years. war which has been the
marvel of European strategists for
century and half be saw with his
own eyes the sun rise every morning.
But, though the great work Of nearly
all our great workers was due to the
fact that they were early risers. many
Of us linger in our beds In the morn
Ing just as long as possible. Instead
Of living up to the old proverb we say.
Late to bed and late to RISE" and we
fritter away the late hours of the night
IN doing nothing, just as In the morn
ing we fritter them away In bed.
A Family History.
what time does your rising bell
,fng?' ask. .sOh, you answer, 1--WE
10 not have any rising bell; we get up
when we are slept out. = What time
Ices your break fast bell ring = I'VE do
lot have any breakfast bell you an
;wer. when we are slept out, we get
I'D and dress and go to breakfast. That
$ the history of our house" Oh, no.
That is part OF the history; 1t is not all.
will tell you the rest of II. When you
wake, you get up and dress, but you
10 not all dress at the same time. First
he father has his breakfast. Then one
IF two Of the children struggle down.
Then the mother comes last, or the
lder sister. Then the breakfast, which
'ught to take just twenty-five minutes.
rags out over an hour. The children
un of to school. The father hurries
way to business. The servant girls
fishes are not washed for an hour and
half later There has been no time
or prayers. Everything in the heme
,oes topsy turvy merely because the
amily did not arise together. eat to
ether, pray together and go to work
t the same time. The wasted minutes
{ the early morning are directly re-
ponsible for whole days and weeks
nd months of life wasted for the sery-
&c Of the Master "The Austrians lost
he battles Of Lodi and Arcola,' said
napoleon, because they did not appre-
late the value Of five minutes. The
eason many men waste whole days OF
fe's service that might have been con-
ecrated for Christ Is because they do
ot appreciate the value OF the sacred /
ainutes In the early hours Of the morn
1g.
Utilize the Minutes.
How do we diminish our service for
'hrist by lost days7 BY not improv-
ag the fragments OF time that lie scat
cred about us during the days work,
y not utilizing those extra few min
tes here and there to at ourselves In
by reading and study Tor
be work God has given us TO do. By
Imposing that God viii let Us inter
ret the passage. ASK, and We shall
aceive: seek, and re shall find; knock.
nd It shall be opened to Jon, when
ur lips are dumb, when our feet are
alsied and know nothing about the
Ight paths to tread. when our hands