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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 9, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 32.

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PUNCTUALITY.

[From the On Timer's Monthly.]
Not everybody can be bright, or smart, or scholarly, or eloquent, or famous, or rich, but everybody could be "on time." Then, why not?
In the kingdom of the heavenly bodies there is no confusion, but perfect order and peace, because every star and planet moves "on time." The tardiness of a moment often affects the issue of eternity; fame and fortune have repeatedly hung on promptness in performance of duty.
Tardiness generally means light regard for obligation. The man who knows that his meat and bread depend upon punctuality is on time, unless "unavoidably hindered."
An old proverb says punctuality is only common honesty. Mr. Charles Spurgeon added: "For it is due to others that we keep due time. What right have we to rob a man of his hours? Might we not as well steal his money as his minutes in which he might be earning it?"