DON'T BE IN A HURRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14807, 10 October 1911, Page 5

DON'T BE IN A HURRY.

Ix is reported that the Bishop of London, in a speech at Southwsa-k the other day, uttered a warning against the sins of omission that might arise through being in a hurry. He did not think that ' the men who passed by on the other side were by disposition more heartless, more callous, or more selfish than the. : good Samaritan. They were simply men in a hurry. ■ It was a very • timely hint that the bishop gave, and one that leads to many reflections. Why 'is everyone in such a hurry? What is it all about? Are they really accomplishing more because they hurry? How is- it that the really able people never seem in a hurry? How is it that the really good people are never too busy to notice that someone has fallen by the wayside, and to attend to him Isn't hurry rather a senseless thing?

Everyone must answer, these questions in their own way, but we think, says the Lady, that all whose lives are permeated by some higher ideal than that of making a great deal of money ' will admit that hurry is as futile as it is demoralising. The person in a hurry is to be pitied because he has no time to notice things that are beautiful to the eye, no time for the exquisite sensations to which the leisured heart responds.