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The Youth's Instructor for 1923 The YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR Vol. 71 December 4, 1923 No. 49 Courtesy Commissioners Victorian Railways KALIMNA FALLS, LORNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA of humanity.* More power to the daydreamer ! The world could make little progress without him. May The Morning Snatch he never lose his vision of possibilities of tomorrow ; EDNA L. WALKER and may he bring wholesome ambition, good judg- ment, and sanctified common sense to the task of Carl Snover prided himself on being able to sleep till 7: 40 in the morning, then get up, dress, have translating them into the actualities of today ! breakfast, and be ready to take the eight o'clock car for work. To miss this car meant that he would be late to work. No Time Mrs. Shover usually was up early, and having put breakfast on the table, at 7: 50 would take her post I SHOULD be glad to do it, but really I haven't at the front-room window to watch for the car, while the time ! " her, husband eagerly devoured his food. More often What a familiar refrain ! And how many really than not, the car appeared too soon, making it neces- good, conscientious people use this time-worn, dog- sary for Mr. Snover to either miss all his breakfast, eared excuse for side-stepping duties. And it isn't or snatch at a little in his flight. Quite often. he had time for only a piece of toast, washed down by a cup the truth at all! of coffee. The Creator of our marvelous world has so ar- Early one afternoon Mr. Snover came home un- ranged things that every one has at his disposal all expectedly. "Sick, wife, sick all over. Got such a the time there is — twenty-four hours every day. And pain in my stomach. Just had to quit," he explained. Dr. Gilber arrived soon, and after close questioning, furthermore, any normal person can always find lei- diagnosed the case as severe stomach trouble due to sure to do the thing he really wants to do! the patient's "morning snatch." William H. Ridgway, writing in the Christian En- When I learned of this, I thought of the many thou- deavor World, tells how one Oriental went to another sands of us professing Christians who every day either Oriental to borrow an ax. Said Mr. Ax Owner : go without our spiritual food or snatch it. We get up late, we are in a hurry, something unexpected hap- " My dear friend, I should be delighted to lend you pens, so we just read the Morning Watch, and are off my ax, but you see, I am expecting company for din- to meet the battles of the day with only a " snatch." ner today, and I shall need the ax to serve the soup And so all through life we go on " snatching " until, with." defeated and disheartened, we recognize that we, too, are sick, for " whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he The would-be borrower turned away, sad and dis- also reap." appointed. A friend who stood near, said to Mr. Ax Owner : " That was a ridiculous reason you gave that man for not lending him your ax. He'll think you have lost your mind." The Daydreamer " My good friend," replied Mr. Ax Owner, " one F course you have met him ! Perhaps he was excuse is just as good as another when you don't want O walking along the street with a far-away look to lend the ax." in his eye, a rapt expression on his face, and all but In real life the problem resolves itself into a matter unconscious of his material surroundings. If you of viewpoint and preferences. Why try to justify could get a word-picture of his vision, it would have ourselves, and delude others, by pleading " no time," to do with glorious possibilities for the future. To- when we simply wish to escape some responsibility day's realities have gone a-glimmering in the pursuit or duty? of an illusive tomorrow. It is a great thought that all of us really have all the time there is. The choice of how it will be used, There are two classes of these dreamer-folk — those rests with each one individually. who are chronically affected, and those who have only occasional acute attacks. When one spends all his time in dreaming, of course he is able to accomplish " CHRIST is a conqueror. He can make our weak nothing. He is a mere idler, a drone in the busy hive souls victorious by His entrance." of life. < But if he dreams, and. then awakens, and gets busy at the task of making his vision into a reality, he may do a great many things. We owe much to The Youth's Instructor men like James Watt, Cyrus Field, Alexander Graham Issued every Tuesday Bell, Eli Whitney, Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edi- Printed and published by the son, and others — men who dreamed, and then worked REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSN. to make their dreams come true. AT TAKOMA PARK, WASHINGTON, D. C., U. S. A. Yes, the world needs the daydreamer, but if you LORA E. CLEMENT EDITOR are the indolent sort, and this state of mind is ap- L. FLORA PLUMMER proaching the chronic stage, begin today to resolve M. E. KERN W. E. HOWELL - SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS your dreams into realities. There is no time like the MRS. E. E. ANDROSS present. Those air castles you have been building C. A. HOLT may be translated into substantial realities if you have VOL. 71 DECEMBER 4, 1923 No. 49 the " spizerinktum " to forge ahead along a new and untried way. True, they may not be successful reali- Subscription Rates ties today, nor bring you fame or wealth tomorrow. Yearly subscription - - $1.75 Six months 1.00 But the effort put forth in doing, will add a worthy Club Rates Each stone to your character-structure. And who knows ? In clubs of five or snore copies, one year $1.50 The future holds so many possibilities in its unseen Six month. - - - - --- .8r hand ! You may be the genius who will give the -class matter, August 14, 1903, at 0,, •uost world an invention that will revolutionize industry, omrt, ,),,, n C., under the Act of Congr's _ or a volume that will be second only to the Book in 3, 187! Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for its power to touch the heart and influence the life in See. 1103, 4Ct of (jct. 3, 1917. authorized on June 22. 1918. The Youth's Instructor Vol,. 71 TAKOMA PARK, WM-iliNGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 4, 1923 NO. 49 Before a Mohammedan Tribunal [It is not unusual, in these days of higher criticism and unbe- " You said there have been 124,000 prophets. Can lief, to hear men declare that other religions in the world are equally as good as Christianity, thereby denying, of course, the you give me the five leading ones? " superiority of Jesus Christ to every other religious leader. Rev. Y. H. Shabaz, a Baptist missionary in Persia, had an unusual op- " Yes. Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus, and Mo- portunity to witness for his Master. We give the story as related in his own words.] hammed." I took a piece of paper and wrote down these names BOUT fifteen miles from my own town is a city one under the other. Then I said : A of between 300,000 and 400,000 inhabitants. I " Priest, suppose that instead of being a great priest, was walking along the street there one day when a man you were an ordinary sinner, could a guilty man like who knew me said, "Kasha (pastor) ! I want to talk yourself come and save you? Tell me what kind of to you. There is a great reception today, at which man he would have to be." about one hundred fifty•of the best men in the town " He must certainly be holy, pure, sinless, or at will be present. I wish you would go there, and have any rate, possess the best moral character." an argument about religion. " You have well said." They would be very pleased •:•: " Priest, could a liar ever to hear what you have to save you? " say." No." The Value of Life • 4.4 I entered the great hall • " Could a murderer ever ROBERT HARE where these men were as- • save you? " • sembled, and as I' walked MODCH:821:F. How much for your thought and life? " No." How much for your hand and brain? • up, they gave me a seat (on " You have given me the • How much for the will that dare fulfil the floor) befitting my posi- • Its purpose in sun or rain? names of five leading proph- tion as a pastor. aj• ets. Let us find out whether The chief priest began to How much for your flesh and blood, they can stand the tests just For your sinew and nerve today? argue with me about reli- •:•:•:• set by yourself." And have you lost what they have cost, gion, but I said, " Please By this time all the men •:•:• Thus far along the way? excuse, me, I do not wish to in the hall had become quite talk; but if you really wish What of your friendship ties, interested ; this last sugges- me to say something, I want Are they worth a silken thread — tion of mine they thought Too strong to break, or only a freak you to promise that no harm •:•:•:•:•:•:•: Of the careless heart or head? very good, and their curios- shall come to me because of •.
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