Thrift of Time
Proverbs 10:5
He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.


Every moment lost in youth is so much character and advantage lost; as, on the other hand, every moment employed usefully is so much time wisely laid out at prodigious interest. It was to the young Mr. Gladstone was speaking when he said, "Thrift of time will repay you in after-life with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams."



Parallel Verses
KJV: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

WEB: He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.




Summer, the Christian's Gathering-Time
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