The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-05-25

an .npossibility. That By means of the
photograph ones last viii and testa-
ment could be handed down in his
own voice to his devices If he would
speak into that instrument, he never
could have been made to believe. In
deed, the man of seventy years silent
sleep. walked UP and brought back to
his native land, would stand amazed
and COMPOUNDED at the many strange
and undreamed of things which would
confront him. 1t would be almost i'm
possible TO make him believe that he
had once lived and moved and played
his part in land where such marvel
Gus things were possible. 1t would be
easier for him TO believe, and no doubt
that thought would be uppermost in
his mind, that he had reached the land
of the great beyond. where the fruit
Of the Tree OF knowledge had been
freely eaten and the occupants were
akin TO the gods.
Indeed the splendid and astounding
achievements In every field of science
and art have been so great and Won
derful 20 sto stagger the mental facul-
ties of the everyday" man and lead
him 10 look out each day for some new
revelation which he had only hoped to
see when he shall know as he is
known"
Yea. marvellous things have come to
pass in these days, and We are using
them for our pleasure and profit-but
what good do they do the Pharoahs-
the kings. the emperors, whose num-
mics lie entombed in the splendid
mausoleums of the Ancient World, for
US to know that in the Yesterday of
long ago they were great in their day
and ruled over a people advanced in
the arts and sciences? That they knew
and enjoyed many of the wonderful
and useful things which we now know
and enjoy and that the knowledge of
them was lost ages ago and had 10 be
rediscovered in these later days? No
good can come to them to know-if
they can know-that we know what
they once knew. They knew-we
know-it was lost-it is found-to be
lost again? Who knows? Verify, great
| things have been accomplished. but
nothing was ever done yesterday-no
great truth was ever brought TO light
no discovery ever made-no pleasure
ever enjoyed-no sorrow ever bowed
down-no passion ever flamed-no
LnauIad1a o1-ar aoouirad- love ovar
sweetened life-no bliss ever elated-
no tears ever shed-no smiles ever
parted lips-nO one ever born-no one
ever died-no ambition ever realized
no victory ever won-no defeat ever
suffered-NOTHING ever happened
YESTERDAY. EVERYTHING OC-
tCURS TODAY.
Then Let the dead past bury its
dead and we take thought for today.
We are told in Sacred Writ to take
no thought for tomorrow" and it is
certain We should take no thought for
yesterday. unless it be to avoid the
mistakes We made, and in the today
repent OF the wrongs done in the un-
changeable yesterday, which was our
then today. We are also told in the
Holy Book, Work while ii is called
today" and that Now is the accepted
time" If. then, We are to accomplish
anything in this world-if We hope or
expect TO leave our impress upon the
world in which we live-if We would
leave behind US record We wish TO
be remembered-if we wish 10 achieve
success in any field Of life, il must be
done today. Today is all the time we
have. and even that is melted out II
! US in golden moments too precious 10
be lost or idled away. Today is preg-
nant with its own work which must
be done within its feeting hours, or
go forever undone. Each today brings
its own new and special duties and
obligations which require every mo-
ment Of the day 20 perform and hence
We cannot carry over any portion %
the work of today into the coming to-
day which We call tomorrow No to-
day is filed with more duties and re-
sponsibilities than we are able to per-
form in the allotted time, if we squan-
der il not away and undertake to do
only that which belongs TO today
Every hope that ever nestled in the
human breast-every aspiration a HUI
man heart has ever cherished-every
inspiration that ever quickened NOR
tai mind-was born today!
Everything that we know-an that
we enjoy and all that we have is to-
day. II, then, mortal life is totaled in
today how all important that we
should utilize it with the utmost care
diligence ana economy. Use Il with
care that we may prevent mistakes
which might bring about irretrievabe
disaster which would wreck our fond
est hopes of success in our chosen field
for all mortal time \ small error in
the construction or equipment Of q
battleShip might result in q defeat
which would overthrowy an empire, \
small error in calculation might cost
lmiliions Of dollars in the construction
\ of a great tunnel. The misstatement
of a single fact may bring US 20 an
erroneous conclusion in the most care