The Washington times., 1920-01-04

Life made up of the present moment Neglect that and
you neglect life.
Maeterinck whose arrival in America much
interest wrote years ago in essay The Future
"Time is a mystery which we have arbitrarily di
vided into past and future, in order to try and
understand something of it, In itself, it is almost
tain that it. is but immense, eternal motionless
present in which all that takes place and all that will
take place takes place immutabl in which tomorrow
in the ephemeral mind of man, is ndistngushabe
from yesterday or today
Another year begins the twentieth of our century the
hundred month year perhaps of the little planet upon
which live. There millions of years of preparation
back of u.s. millions of years Of perfecng development
ahead But for there is only the present hour Of
work or Of neglect The old in Mr. McCays cartoon
watching the sand through the hour glass is watch
ing all that he has, the passing of time.
Some of u.s. too many merely pass the time It would
be better expressed said that time passes There
those that idly watch the river flowing BY others that
go out and work upon it, harness it's power it to
carry heavy, useful burdens.
As we ive what is worth while? "To live according
to reason" said the stocs.
To live with contempt for everything that others hold
important" }" said the cynics
ITO live only for pleasure" said the epicurians What
really is worth while? Your that question would
tell your character clearly than any other thing you
could say.
Honest hard work is worth WHILE for work evidently
is the destiny of man. is the will of God that the power
given to all living creatures should be used and upon
man. the highest being this little earth, the
heaviest responsibility for misuse of time.
It is every mans duty do the best that he and
to be that he is really doing the best within him
merely to avoid harm, to act justly scaer seeds of
kindness as the banal song says is not enough.
There is fable about in charge of great light
house built to guide ships at Maeterlnck tells about
him in his "Wisdom and Destiny" On the shore near
the lighthouse few very poor families living in little
cabins and needing OIL The in the lighthouse could
not resist their appeals and gave them the oil that he
should have saved for the great lamps in the Lighthouse
tower. The night and the storm came, the ships were
wrecked lives lost The lighthouse gentleman scattered
seeds of kindness the wrong time and in the wrong
Do the little thngs-the good natured things show all pos
sbe kindness But you watch beside the hourgass that
represents your fe be you can that you try
ing to do big thing, in addition doing the little
things Bgness is comparative Try at least something
big for you
Our difficulty is that make for ourselves
One has never had chance" That is the most comcal
blind the best postmaster England ever
had The greatest Greek orator. in the beginning suffered
abominably Washington beaten constantly in his
battles and abandoned by his soldiers Of thousand great
at least nine hundred and ninety been
by men that began without q chance" For that very
they succeeded Not having the chance they de-
cided to make it.
Another will tell you, II tied down to routine Job
do no more than attend to that" Newton the
greatet mathematical genius that lived and one OF
the hardest workers. held small government place an6
glad to get it. This did not prevent his doing really
great work
81 have family to take care Of children are burden
on me- first think of them" That is the excuse Of
many and among it is perhaps the best It
also the worst for the with such responsibilities has
for each child another rood reason for working hard