Article May 23, 1903 Issue

One Day at a Time

ALFRED FARLOW

Boston Times

JESUS said: "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."

It seems impossible not to give some thought to the future, and without doubt one of the most important things in this line is to note that the success, prosperity, the general welfare of the future depends largely, if not exclusively, on our taking good care of the present. He who does not take to-day's steps to-day cannot take to-morrow's steps tomorrow, but on the morrow will be obliged to take to-day's steps. If a link should be dropped out of the chain, we would find ourselves obliged to go back and replace it, in order that the chain may be unbroken. To-morrow's work can never be done to-day, for we have not yet reached it. We cannot even determine accurately to-day what we will do to-morrow, hence the wisdom of James's words: "For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that."

To-morrow's circumstances and environments are not yet arrived. Therefore, the testimony which is to govern to-morrow's decision is not yet at hand, and he is a very unwise judge who decides his case before the testimony is in. The battles of to-day, and which we already have on hand, demand all our thought and attention, all our ingenuity and effort, and if they are being properly provided for there is little time and opportunity left for anxious thought of either the past or the future. The evil or burden of to-day, that which it is necessary to combat and overcome to-day, is sufficient, said Jesus. It is a sufficient undertaking for our strength and a sufficient task for our duty.

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