He Has Not Time

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 3, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 17.

A LITTLE child expressed the wish that his father might be with him as he said his evening prayer before retiring; but he half sighed, "He hasn't time." It is a sad thought, isn't it, that men have no time to give to the most important, most sacred, most far-reaching things of life?

The greatest thought, Daniel Webster said, that ever impressed him, was man's personal responsibility to God.

Yet how little time do the busy men and women give to the awful truth, which enters into every act of life, whatever the choice of the man may be; "for we must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ;" for "every one shall give account of himself to God." And the decision which will then be rendered is for eternity.

That destiny depends on character, all that truly makes a man of worth, even among his fellows.

Think of it! With the twenty-four hours of the day at one's disposal, and no time for the things of eternal import, no time for the most important minutes in that child's day—its bedtime hour, the very time when thoughts of God's goodness and love most impress the little heart, and bring the father or mother nearer with God.

O friend, however busy you may be, you have time for the most important things—the things of God and life and eternity.

Not to take time, to squander the time needed on anything of lesser importance, is robbing you of your best, your most priceless opportunities, is robbing others, is robbing God. Can you afford it?