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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0<\/strong> page.]<\/span><\/p>\n Many of our words are related to the passage of time. We have the precise measurements of seconds, minutes, hours, etc. We also use many words to approximate time lapse (\u201cwhile,\u201d \u201cmoment,\u201d \u201cbit,\u201d \u201clater,\u201d \u201csoon,\u201d \u201csometime,\u201d \u201cjiffy,\u201d etc.)<\/p>\n The scientist is more precise than most of us concerning a \u201cjiffy\u201d; to him it is the time it takes light to travel a centimeter, or .00000000003357 of a second! (How does that compare with your \u201cjiffy\u201d?) With all the jokes and jests we use concerning time, let us never forget the respect that is due it.<\/p>\n The noiseless foot of time steals swiftly by,<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And ere we dream of manhood, age is nigh.<\/p>\n The older we get the faster it goes until all our anniversaries seem to appear with a dizzying frequency. There seems to be no way to slow down the pace and yet, it is not the clock that races; we race. If we live to be 100, what is that compared to 1,000 years, or how much less duration when we vainly attempt to conceive of eternity?<\/p>\n John Kasper Lavater, the 18th<\/sup> century Swiss poet concluded well that \u201cthe great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, to respect time.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in the July 11, 1971edition of The Christian Reminder, <\/em>weekly bulletin of the Johnson Street Church of Christ, San Angelo, Texas, of which I was editor.<\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 2[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0 page.] Many of our words are related to the passage of time. We have the precise measurements of seconds, minutes, hours, etc. We also use many words to approximate time lapse…<\/p>\n\n
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