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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 30, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 25.

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Only One Day at a Time

ONLY ONE DAY AT A TIME.—A certain lady had met with a serious accident which necessitated a very painful surgical operation and many months' confinement to her bed. When the physician had finished his work and was about taking his leave, the patient asked, "Doctor, how long shall I have to lie here helpless?" "Oh, only one day at a time," was the cheery answer, and the poor sufferer was not only comforted for the moment, but many times during the succeeding weary weeks did the thought, "Only one day at a time," come back with its quieting influence. I think it was Sidney Smith who recommended taking "short views" as a good safeguard against needless worry; and one, far wiser than he, said; "Take, therefore, no thought for the morrow. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."