The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-31

been given. If it was a great day for |
the saints in Damascus, how much
greater was it for the Church uni |
versali Caesars crossing the Rubicon |
was a triflfng incident in its effect up !
on history, as compared with the con-
sequences of the conversion OF Saul OF
Tarsus at Damascus.
The Highest Use of Time.
Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societfes- Christian En-
deavor, etc.-for April 2: The Con-
secration of Time-'-Ps. go
The length of a life is really meas
ured by its use of days. One person
/ may live a hundred years and not ac-
complish in that time half as much
as another person who has lived only
twenty years. Instead of praying for
a long life We would better pray for
wisdom to rightly use the life we
have.
| Much of our time is sheer waste.
/ In dwadling work or listless play
every of US consumes needless
hours. In the duty of pleasure, in
/ the duty of helpfulness, in the duty
of getting ready, in the duty of def
mite work-in some real duty, use the
time that God has so pountifully be-
slowed.
Many a man has educated himself
in the time that the average young
person fritters away Each days
! wasted moments in human lives are
| enough, were they combined, to make
a century.
! The moment that is slipping
/ needed from our lives is frauSht with
/ eternal destiny to some one else. That
minute one man will find plenty long
| enough to die in. Another, in the
| same minute, will do deed that will
insure the happiness of hundreds.
Another will make the choice of death
or life. If once we could come to
/ understand the vital value of the
smallest portion of time we surely
! would cease to drift along through life
| as if we had ell eternity in which to
| fulfill our mission, instead of this
short span of years.
The neglect of little moments is
responsible for many of life's greatest
failures.
The right use of today equips us
for a better use of tomorrow.
The habit of saving is a significant
trademark upon any young mans life.
And the habit of saving time is more
important than the habit of saving
money.-Assembly Herald
One of the elusive secrets of sue
cess is the right division of time. A
proper care for the moments is more
important than care for the pennies.
To realize the supreme value of time
is to make valuable all of life. No
one who fails to appreciate the i'm
portance of the flying hours can
achieve much in his own character or
in the world of affairs. The first
step toward any success is to cultivate
a wise regard for time.
Time is oftenest abused by not be-
ing used Sheer idleness is sinful. A
serious charge to bring against life
AS serious as many other accusa-
lions that the world counts severe
is the charge of simple Incidence. We
do wrong by doing nothing. A myriad
lives have been loafed away, and for
this shameful misuse of the talent of
time and all other talents, an ac-
counting will some day be required.
There must be time given to prep
arationS as we'll as to performance
The days and years that are spent in
, getting ready are lost. Jesus gave
} thirty years of his short life to quiet
: and secluded preparation for his three
| years of activity among men. Ou1
| time is not rightly divided unless we
make full provision for preparation
periods
: He who finds no time for helpful
ness will find time for sorrow.
The people give to the president his
high office, and everyone recognizes il
| as a trust. 1t is not given to him fol
l his own pleasure or profit. 1t is not
his to do with as he pleases. With
the gift go certain obligations. So il
/ is with our time. The mistake of con-
: sidering it as our absolute possession
2 is radical one. Time is a trust. II
5 is a talent to be administered, not a
l gift to be spent selfishly. In a noble
= life the time employed in service
should be greater than the time USED
= for self.
The great rule of moral conduct is
next to God, to respect time.-LaVater
Time well employed is Satan's dead.
lest foe:
1t leaves no opening for the lurking
f1end- -Wilcon.
Dost thou love life? Then do moi
squander time, for that is the stuff
life is made of.-Franklin.
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