The Value Of Time
He that is choice of his time will also be choice of his company, and choice of his actions; lest the first engage him in vanity and loss, and the latter, by being criminal, be a throwing his time and himself away, and a going back in the accounts of eternity.
God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends; and so for every hour of our time we must give an account to the great Judge of men and angels.
—Jeremy Taylor.
For To-Morrow And Its Needs
Lord, for to-morrow and its needs
I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for to-day.
Help me to labor earnestly,
And duly pray;
Let me be kind in word and deed,
Father, to-day.
Let me no wrong or idle word
Unthinking say;
Set thou a seal upon my lips
Through all to-day.
Let me in season, Lord, be grave,
In season gay;
Let me be faithful to Thy grace,
Dear Lord, to-day.
—Ernest Wilberforce.
Sinful thoughts are even more dangerous than sin itself.
—The Talmud.
Alternate Reading: Matthew 17:14-20.