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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 14, 1902

“Do It Now”

THAT is the motto hung under every clock in a big factory in America. It would be a good motto to print on the dial of every watch and clock in Christendom. Half of life's sad omissions, half of its regrets, would be saved if we did things the moment we are reminded of them.

Sometimes, to be sure, it is impossible to do a thing on the instant. In such cases our duty is to bear it in mind until the earliest possible moment when we are at liberty, and then go and do it. But fully one half of the obligations we think of, but do not fulfill at once, are among the things that might have been done immediately. Our postponing them is not for a better opportunity, but simply for readier inclination.

“Do it now.” You will save time—you may save deep regret. So much of life's ever-accumulating duty will have been discharged ere it has become a reproach and a subject of dread. The joy of duty promptly done is worth all that it costs. No habit is better worth cultivating. Is there any task undone for which the present moment, unless otherwise employed, affords a fitting opportunity? Why, then, postpone that instant duty? Do it now!—Northwestern Christian Advocate.