The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-06
Today l. the Future
BY MARY CHAMPION.

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0EACE the future. and tho future
r. yours. have said in
those articles %Uw. although I have
received many letters agreeing with
me. there have been certain NUM-
my arguments
Really. the center OF their trouble
-. ns u Is expressed in one ur their
letters. "Sani-lsnt unto tho day 10
the svil thereof"
And - lyIs' end Wish 90 answer
those who disagree. I shall speak 20
You again with emphasis
Today n The Future
you who write 10 mo and speak -
todsys eril have not realized that
there 81 no present With every
passing moment our Today becomes
part = The past. tho very next tick
of the clock drives che second %
the present Today into the has
been. leaving The rest as part %
the future
That n vNSt I meant when 7 re-
marked that we are forced 20 dwell
either IN the dshf past or the living
tuiure; you either bury yourself IN
the grave OF gone things. or you
stride along the road % the future
% the festival a ambition.
But YOU cannot b both a mourrer
AZ tho funeral and a laughing pnrticl-
pant Of the festival
There, them You who cry out 20
me-. su1ic.sni unto the day f. the
evil thereof might Just as well ex-
claim. let me sluuber In the drovsy
air % the immediate past. Heaven
alone knows what the future holds
for me, and am afraid OF Heaven"
Now. ! greatly admire a certain
American municipal motto II con-
sists Of two very short words. and
sums the whole Of what ! have been
trying 70 tell you:
with tina, motto no man OF woman
need fear the world or the tomor-
row. 20 live up to II Is 10 be great
Il VIII Is the courageous heort and
tranquil soul that faces the future
uunlnching. IL s. a clear song Of tri-
umph, as II Is a living. throbbing
prayer 20 the Almighty.
Look to the future" ! wrote.
"and the future Is yours Wen. "
you do not quite Ike that way OF
putting II ! shall alter II for you.
You work today because OF tomor-
row. not because OF yesterday You
imagine that you work 10 live, 10
gain wages. but in this you are mis-
taken.
You work because some power be-
yond our infinite capacity Of under
standing has ordained that we should
be put upon earth 10 carry out cer-
tain duties: YOU work FOR reward
apart from the weekly money pay
rnent: YOU work as a unit In God
great scheme OF things. You. Win
your humble. upno,iced efforts. are
striving as the tiny part Of the COM
80 n pFArtAnly
those around you nrst; your craft
second: your nation third and tho
world fourth, and the hrst Is the
smallest Of your results. as the fourth
is your greatest.
Yes, YOU do niI this: you live IN
the spirit OF Fl Will" or you re,ard
and become a dras upon both the
individual and the community. You
strive toward the greater goodnoEses
of the future carrying with you and
conveying 90 others a sense Of power
and progress. or you hang back and
choke up the crowded path of bet
tcTment--your path Rs well as the
pa:h OF countless Others
THE future is yours Try 10 real
ize what ! AN trying TO tell you.
BE great In doing your very best al
WAYS.
/ don't care what your work is. 10
II with all your heart and all your
energy and skin. and no man. even
in the highest. may cTi,ieise you or
better you. The past is tho plav-
ground OF fools and ne'er do-wells;
the future Is the garden Of the amol-
tious and the honest WORKERS.
The future ls yours II you have no
fear OF IL. You may only face ~
without fear and forebodlng n you
strive with all your heart
Give TO N YOUR very best, and II
will WELD 10 you a higher. mightier
best than your mind has yet dreamed
or
How MANY of YOU are ready 10 say.
10 live. 10 work. 10 pray: Il will: