Article January 11, 1900 Issue

A lesson that we all need to learn is to grasp opportunities...

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A lesson that we all need to learn is to grasp opportunities the instant they appear. A person was walking along the seashore, gathering the treasures which were left on the sands. He was searching in a dreamy way, listlessly looking here and there. Suddenly the waves left at his feet a shell more beautiful than any he had found. "That shell is safe enough," he said; "I can pick that up at my leisure." But, as he waited, a higher wave swept along the beach, recaptured the shell, and bore it back to the bosom of the ocean. Is not that like many of our opportunities? Seemingly they are providentially cast at our feet. The chance to do good or to get good seems so wholly within our reach that we think it safe to attend to other matters first. We delay for a moment, and when we turn again, the opportunity is gone.—Selected.

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