"But here below, I have only time at my disposal; that is to say,
days composed of hours or rather, I have in reality but a single day
to make use of. Yesterday is no longer mine, and to-morrow, where is
it? I have it not yet, and perhaps shall never see it.
"Lo my earthly life is 'to-day.' What must I do then with 'to-day,'
that God may be honored and glorified in it? for after all, if I have
the happiness of counting the year 1844, as dating from a Christian
era, and not from that of a false prophet with the Mahomedans, nor
yet of a false God, with the poor Indians, it must be to Jesus
Christ, from whose birth I count my years, that those years should be
dedicated.
"Here I am, therefore, in the presence of my Saviour, of whom I
implore the Spirit of wisdom and prudence to guide me in the
employment of this my day, since in reality I have but one, and that
is, 'To-day.'
"But I cannot do better than walk in the footsteps of my Redeemer,
and in his conduct and conversation whilst on earth, I observe these
three things: Temperance, piety, and charity, to all of which he
wholly devoted himself, and has thus left me an example to follow.
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