p. 14 | Make the Most of Your Time

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 13, 1913

Make the Most of Your Time

A BOY was employed to mind a lawyer's office, and he had a daily paper with which to amuse himself. One day he laid the paper aside and began to study French. Ultimately he became a fluent reader and writer of the French language. A coachman, who often had to wait a long time while his mistress made calls, determined to use his spare hours. He found a small volume of Virgil, but could not read it; so he purchased a Latin grammar, which he thoroughly mastered. One day the lady found him intently reading, and she asked him what book he had. “Virgil, my lady.” “What, do you read Latin?” She mentioned this to her husband, who got David a teacher. In a few years David became a scholar, and afterward was for many years a minister in Scotland. It is said of Charles Darwin, the great naturalist, that “he never wasted a few spare minutes from thinking that it was not worth while to set to work.” That is the best way to grow wise.—Southern Cross.