St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-28

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OF which Moses both wrote and spoke
There is nothing in this world which
God has given into the hands OF mar
so valuable as time, and there Is
nothing of which he is so prCfiigate
Time! What is it? Stroughton puts
IL pungently and forc:bly thus: Time
is LIES freightage, Wherewith some
men trade, and make a fortune; anC
Others suffer it to molder all away, OF
waste in extravaganza. Time Is
lies book, out of which some ex-
tract wondrous wisdom; while Others
let It lie uncovered, and then die fools
lir,e is life's tree, from which some
| gather precious fruit, while others lie
down under its shadow, and perish
with hunger. Time is life's ladder
| whereby some raise themselves up tc
| honor and renoWn and glory; and some
let themselves down into the deeps OF
shame, degradation and ignomlny
IirSe will be to us what, by our use OF
| the treasure, we make it-a good or an
| evil. a blessing CT curse" With time
Sc laden with possibilities for good and
evil, for this life and the life to come
vel. may we pause at this season OF
the year. and make Moses prayer our
FRAZER: $50 teach us to number our
days that we may apply our hearts unto
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CT time that wisdom shall become our
teacher, and we shall no longer waste
CT misuse that which is so precious.
THE use of time. 1t is a theme
l which touches every life, for it is
enc OF the commodities of life which
ovesy man, woman and child handles.
1t IS the terms in which the life is
written, for the journey from the cradle
to che grave is marked by the min
utes that have licked themselves away.
and the record which is left is that
which has been written in as the mo-
ments passed. With few exceptions,
We Sigh and wish that the day was
longer or shorter, that the sun would
stau.1 still in it's course, or that it
would speed On its way with quickened
pace. We want to crowd into the
"a lours more than it can hold
CT human endeavor, or else we fret
under the tagging hours and long
Tor the experiences and gifts which
the morrow may bring to us. Queen
Charlotte once said: Il am always
quarreling with time: it is so short
to do something. and SO long to do
nothing And the spirit which
moved the queen to either long for
heightened day, or wish the hours
away in thoughtless Impotence, per-
vades human life everywhere. Just
stop and consider how often you quar-
rel with time, and find the day too
short or too long, according as the ex-
rerience and desire dictate.
IIOW often one hears the words
l l spoken with regretful sigh: IF
I had more time l would do SO and
so,' referring to some neglected duty,
some unimproved opportunity, some
kindly word or service left undone
And the soul would unconsciously seek
refuge in the thought that the fault
lay not within the individual. but was
chargeable to time itself But we
have all the time there is We have
all the time which God intended we
should have. 1t is not case of the
changing of time, retarding or has
tening OF its passage. 1t is a matter
CT the use to which time is put God
ask us how many hours we had in
the day, but how did we use those
hours And He from Whose hands
the hours have come with such faith
full regularity Is the One to Whom
we must render our accounting.
90 not think it is possible for man
in and OF himself to decide how best
he can use the time which is given
him. He needs Divine guidance in the
Use of that which God treasures so
highly as to give it with frugal
HAND, moment by moment. Fenelon
has said that God has done this that
He might impress man with the worth
OF time. He never gives us two mo-
Inents together, TOT grants us sec
ond till He has withdrawn the first
still keeping the third in His own
hands, so that we are in perfect I'M
certainty whether We shall have it or
not" And for the right use of that
precious moment we nesd to pray: so
teach us to number our days that we
Ma? apply ouI hearts unto wisdom"
600 TEACH u.s." We need to enter
~ Gods school and learn of Him
just how to use time. We need to
know the Divine values and to I'M
6erstand the highest uses to which
time may be put. With what un-
worthy aims and motives man fills the
moments as they pass With what
greedy hand he reaches out and gath
ers from the feeting days the treas
''res Of this life which perish with the
using. With what thoughtless en-
deavor ard aimless purpose he fills
the hours as they pass. But man, even
At his BEST if left to his own counsels
ind wisdom, is more than apt to mis-
use the time. How futile and need
less are some of mans best efforts as
they stand revealed in the light of the |
experiences of subsequent days. How
often we have to look back on past en-
leavor and admit that it was misdi-
rected and useless Our purpose may |