Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-11-02

eludes in each ease in individual work,
one which ear be done BY no other
than the person with whom it is born;
like ones shadow it cannot be trans
Iferred TO another, nor another shadow
taken in its place.
2-This personal and individual work
can be done only by aggression-by at
tack.
S-The attack belongs to the day
today's work is today IS, not tomor-
rows, nor yesterdays. There is no
borrowed ti,ae. Christ never went to
Ibis night rest with an mcompleted
task hanging over Him, nor did he even
put off till tomorrow what could be
done today.
Each day is a unity of time.
Each day is an eternity, separate AMI
distinct from each and every other day.
Today-borni
Today-diel
Today--Surrendered and savedl
Foday-unconverted, lostl
Today-Enter Paradisel .fThis day
thou shalt be with me in Paradise"
Today-There is only todayl There
is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow,
there only wasS or may be. Today is
the Accepted Time.
"There is a tide in the affairs of
men, which, taken at its flood, leads
on to fortune, = = y And we must
take the current when it serves, or lose
our ventures
"a miss is as good as a mile"
"Time and tide wait for no man."
Miss a high tide and we wait a half
day for another. Miss the through
train, and we wait a day to begin our
journey. Miss the ocean steamer by
the raising of the gang-plank, and a
week must pass before we may start
on the long journey to foreign lands.
If all this be true in nature and with
men, is it strange that it should also
be true with God in heaven and His
omnipctent plansF If we miss heaven
by the beat of the heart, we wait an
eternity to see our Father. We would
not have it so, but it is so, just as hard
things in life and nature are neverthe-
less so.
"There are moments says Dean
Afford, (which are worth more than
years. We cannot help it. There is no
proportion between spaces of time in
Importance nor value. A stray, I'M
thought Of five minutes may contain
the event Of a life"
The Israelitcs at the Red Sea paused
while Moses turned to God. God an
swcred them, "Why cryest thou unto
me? Speak unto the children of Israel,
THAT they GO FORWARD"
This is a time when men and NOM
ents count. Historys depends upon us
Individually, and to our hourly atten.
etion to the detailed affairs Of a tu-
multous existence. These days the
words of q private in the ranks are
needed by the commanders of asmies,
and the deedsso of that private are writ
ten in the archives Of Freedom. The
plan of God is at issue, and the fullness
Of times is upon us, not to bring times
to an end, but to bring Gods plan into
fuller fruition for the saving of men
and nations and the bringing of all
things more nearly into ono in Christ.
Each moment is The Moment. Each
day is The Day. Each man is The
Man. "Thc Son of God goes forth to
war;" and we are with Him all the
way. We will each be the man, the
woman, the child, for this the moment.
Whether the moment calls us to serve
under arms; Or being under arms to
make the supreme sacrifice; or to serve
in any Of the multitudinous ways open
to us all, or whether it calls us to the
Iclean, high, vigorous living of an act
i've progressive age, we will find our
selves equal at any moment to any call,
for We are of the Family Of God, and
His infinite resources are ours.