Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-18
Friday, October 1S, 1907.
BETTER WEAR OUT THAN RUST
OUT.

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That's our motto when chided for
trying to do too much. Honestly,
we had II iLer live life of only so
years and be useful to others, our
community aud ourselves, than to
drawl out rs years ia do moth ing
stvle, dying nonenity, of little
use to others and the community
aud only having gratifed selfish
indulgence in taking thipgs easy"
Loshng has the greatest adherence
to us; 1t would be the most irksome
thing We could undertake. Man
makes up most of the beds he lies 10
here below, yet nature has done one
thing towards one mans living and
another thing towards another mans.
We mean by that, some mems natures
and dispositions are pnshiug-it may
be nervous euergy-while others are
endowed with an indolent disposition.
Certainly, duty should point the first
fellow to toning down, while the
other should endeavor to get a little
better move on himself.
On the same line of arguing, one
man because of his restless nature
would suffer more-and probably die
from years imprisonment than
another would from a lifetime behind
the bars. Continuing this reasoning,
1t is great pity there cannot be ora.
dations ofpunishment according to
felons' dispositions. We know men
whom we verify believe would rather
die-yea, be han ged-than to be sem
fenced to the penitentiary for mod.
crate term of years. But for hope
that springs eternal In the human
breast, many, many men would, and
some do, attempt death rather than
serve term incarcerated.
thinking on these things, about
"redeeming" the time, since we
pass this way but once, our eyes fall
upon an excerpt from an article in
recent issue of the Granville
Methodist" which will fit in here
and paint higher emulation than
our random thoughts just gone.
The writer says:
But few of us take due consideration
OF the value of time. That it is given
Tor a wise purpose, none can deny. On
some it hangs heavily, with others it
lies rapidly. Is it not the part of wis
dom to carefully consider its value and
SO use it as TO get the most and best
out of it for time and eternity?
so many years and so many DAYS
are given. For what purpose? The
wise person sees that each period has
been bestowed for the purpose of allow
ing Its possessor to make out of it,
something profitable for himself and
Tor Others. To such person we NAV
be sure time will be wisely expended. |
but what may be considered the best
rule for so spending our DAYS and
years as will insure one that profit
alone will accrue from such expendi-
ture? Only by taking God into account
as the giver of time, with all its accom-
panying blessings.
This rule in life leads one to dill
gently inquire, What will thou have
me to dog Each day has its du-
ties; they must be met, or thew are
gone to return no more. How unwise.
then, to defer Gods will today with
the promise of attending to it tomorrow
When tomorrow comes we shall find
that its duties are equal to every mo-
ment composing it. Two days can
never be put into one. The DAYS whose
duties are neglected must always be a
blank that can never be filled. AS an
incentive to redeem the time we are
reminded that much has been misspent.
ana we are nearing the end. How
many more years are to be added none
can tell. Around US are daily admoni-
tons that'we are rapidly passing away.
On the right and on the left those who
started with US are entering the valley
OF death. We, too, must soon be gone "