The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-05-27
Tomorrow is indissolubly and ire

Tomorrow is indissolubly and ire
voca bly, connected with today!
He who lives we'll today will, all
things equal, live we'll tomorrow.
He who begins his sentence of to-
day with an "if" will end his life in
a sh hGf)t. An "iffer" is invariably
"shifler."
Few men can write sentences of
life in the imperative mood. All can
write in the indicative if they will.
He is slave who begins his SEN
tences with IF things were differ
ent." He is a monarch in undis-
puted realm, wh5 says, Il am, there
fore l can"
What man is today that he is
apt to be tomorrow. Today is the
prophecy of tomorrow. "Seest thou
man diligent in his business he
shall stand before kings" The field
of the idle yields no harvest in au-
tumn.
Today is the loom upon which to-
morrows fabric is woven. He who
weaves idleness shall have the cloth
of regret for his toll. He who
weaves through the golden hours
the strands of opportunity with the
shuttle of purpose, shall never go
naked.
What man does with today that
he will do with tomorrow. It is
Cortland Myers who says: What
man does with the dollar he will
do with the million. What he does
with one moment he will do with a
year. What he does with one book
he will do with a library. What be
does with small opportunities he will
do with the larger. iWha" he does
in ordinary life he will do in the
moment when he declared he would
reveal startling courage and high
| heroism."
Mans safety in the tomorrow OF
life is gauged by his use of today's.
He who comes to today's problems
with grit, grace and gumption, will
| find there has been given him cum
ulative strength that will enable him
to meet tomorrow's difficulties with
promptness, decision and dispatch.
Old Indians in going into battle
believed that every enemy they killed
gave them added strength. They be-
lieved that the strength of the dead
| man entered into their life and sup
plemented their strength with his.
The old Greeks believed that every
time they hit the ground in battle
just so often Mother Nature gave
them in their time OF need. Two
beautiful illustrations of the thought
that out of both victories and defeats
men receive strength for coming bat
! ties.
Conquered foes today do not mean
that tomorrow there shall be no ene-
mics. 1t does mean that today's
confidence supplemented b. victory
will give greater power in tomor-
rows battle.
Failure in life's fight today does
not of nece ity mean defeat in to-
morrows struggle. 1t should mean
more grit, resolution and experience
gained through the disaster Vic
tory is oft times won out of the jaws
OF bitterest defeat. Mistakes and
failures should be inspirational teach
ers to spur to greater heights.
Today is no time to count victo-
res. Neither is 1t time to brood
over defeats. Today is the time for
sizing up situations, pressing for
ward, hard fighting and cheering the
soul with the thought OF ultimate
victory.
The golden steps to every throne
are made out Of the pure metal OF
earnestness, energy and grit, and de-
termination and conquered failure. y
The highest plateaus are .eached
through hard climbing. AS frondeG
coral islands are built upon tb' death
of countless thousands of little loves,
so banners of triumphant victory
swings over those only who have put
the dead past underneath their feet.
Despair must conc at times to ALL
1t is the skull in every banquet. Yet,
as Burke said, Never despair, but if
you do work on in despair" He who
! Yields himself victim to despair
aps the energy of his own soul and
unmans himself for the conflict of
life.
Courage marches are the only
marches that man should allow HIM
self to beat on drum of his life.
All honor to the little soldier boy,
who when ordered to beat retreat,
made reply: Sire, this drum never
played that, and it never will
| They win whose drums beat beat
forward Taps are for the dead. the
the reville is for tho living who are
ready to be up adding.
Todays strength wisely used is
like money out on compound inter-
est. In the hour of severe strain 1t
makes the way more easy and pleas
ant. Webster said Of critical mo-
ment in his congressional career:
"All the reading of my past seemed
to rush through my head. and !
needed but 20 reach aD and take that
which I needed for my purpose. :"
That was a return OF energy COM