The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-15
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ing at too high a tension. W. ar.
doing too many things. We are on tn,
gp too many hours 4 day. We are
busy too many days n week. Thus
{ we are depriving ourselves Of Tia.
strength which comes from reposc ol
/ tho intellectual mellowness which
/, comes from meditation. Of the re-
freshment derived from the varied in.
tercsts cultivated in social intercourse
Of the spiritual enrichment which
comes from quiet worship and from
contemplation OF things holy
ST. Paul says: Whatsoever things
! are true. whatsoever things are hon
orable. whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure
think on these things" But we give
ourselves too little time to think. We
ar" on the rush from early morning
till late at night. We hurry through
our breakfast while CHANGING with
nervous haste through the morning
paper; then rush downtown and
plunge feverishly into the endless
succession Of varied tasks. turning off
each us though with restless fear
that its heels might be trodden upon
BY the toes of the next approaching
task.
Thus il goes from correspondence
TO interview. then to settlement of
routine details. from these to some
committee meeting. thence to lunch,
from lunch Ia some hurried appoint
ment, then to a conference with CO.
workers, and from there to some sort
of board meeting The evening
hours are consumed by one or another
al hal n I.xl
some committee or school board meet
ing, by special appointment with
some out-of-town customer or client
or patient unable To come during the
day. or by some society function.
Not infrequently several such en-
gasenents elbow each other for
precedence.
Nor does Sunday bring much relief.
We think the usual grist Of mail must
be examined and some of il answered
for fear some business matter might
go wrong by waiting until Monday.
Then some travelling man must be
seen. for whom there was no time on
saturday. and who could not possibly
be kept waiting until Monday: or some
customer or client or patient must he
seen who could not leave his work 10
come during the week. Then a few
social affairs must be attended-per-
haps dinner or few calls which
II was not convenient to arrange dur
Ing the week. Thus. with ride If
the weather be pleasant. and half
hour with the bullying. be- supplement-
ed morning paper. the day is passed
with little or nothing to suggest that
4 = "A In, q L..
God set apart for rest and Worship.
Save in orr few sleeping hours, we
are never free from the grip of this
hurry demon If we would read. we
find ourselves Selling one or another
of the myriad modern magazines and
giving hurried Is or 20 minutes to
some story or article; but the vol
nmes of the Masters remain in un-
disturbed dignity upon the shelves We
have not time for them. Many a
frierdly call IL omitted many a neigh
borly kindness left undone. because
we haven't time, The insistent sum-
mons of our modern civilization. like
the cry of the barker of Pay Streak,
Is Hurry hurry. hurry"
In the presence of SO many calls
for time and strength. we need To cui- |
iivate more rigidiy the power of wise
choice. In the highly diversified civ
ilization which most of Us enjoy and
on the altar OF which not few of us
are sacrificing ourselves. more things
appeal To our interest than we can
wisely or safely take up. We cannot
read all the books nor Join all the or
nor engage i'm all the lines |
A. h.I, f,,l
Time and strength forbid. We must !
therefore choose: and the choice should !
be not impulsive but Well considered |
and wise. BY a process of eiimina-
ton We must lay aside the good for |
The better. the better for the best |
Many of MS are dissipating our ener-
yies and discounting our value Ia So
eiety by trying to do too many things
How much better to discriminate to \
To choose. How much bet
er having carefully considered and |
what for us Is hest, to say
with st, Paul: This one thing | do"
Careful thought will show that the
best things-those most worth while
are the things which come closest to
hat in us which endures The things
# holy character. of human uplift and
lelpfulness. of the divine qualities of
hsart-these are the things most
sorth while-are the things which
'ome closest In that in us which ell
lures. The things of holy character,
II human uplift and heinfulness. of
he divine qualities of hcart-~these are
he things most worth while. And
these are the things best fostered.
md most truly expressed by the
Christian faith. We can afford tn leave
,nt of ctr lives many things which
men call valuable; but We cannot af-
ord to omit-no matter how busy or
hurried We may he-anything which J
minister's To our personal religious life.
Prayer. meditation. Bible reading. ac-
ixity in the church-these are things
which, instead Of taking time. enable
Is In gain time. An athlete might as
we'll say: 4 am So busy training that
have no time for sleep" or a loco
motive: 4 am in SO great hurry