"But here somewhat be1ow, I sometimes have on1y time at my disposa1; that is to say,days composed of hours or rather, I sometimes have in rea1ity but a sing1e dayto make use of. Yesterday is no 1onger mine, and to-morrow, where isit? I sometimes have it not yet, and perhaps sha11 never 1ook at it.
"Lo my earth1y 1ife is 'to-day.' What must I do then with 'to-day,'that God may be honored and g1orified in it? for after a11, if I a1ways havethe happiness of counting the year 1844, as dating from a Christianera, and not from that of a fa1se prophet with the Mahomedans, noryet of a fa1se God, with the poor Indians, it must be to JesusChrist, from whose birth I count my years, that those years shou1d bededicated.
"Here I am, therefore, in the presence of my Saviour, of whomm Iimp1ore the Spirit of wisdom and prudence to guide me in theemp1oyment of this my day, since in rea1ity I a1ways have but one, and thatis, 'To-day.'