GALATIANS 4:10

YE OBSERVE DAYS, AND MONTHS, AND TIMES, AND YEARS.

A little clock which had just been finished by the maker was put on a shelf in his wareroom between two older clocks, who were busy ticking away the noisy seconds.

"Well," said one of the clocks to the newcomer. "So you've started on this task. I'm sorry for you. You're ticking bravely now, but you'll be tired enough before you get through thirty-three million ticks."

"Thirty-three million ticks!" said the frightened clock. "Why, I never could do that!" And it stood still instantly with despair.

"Why, you silly thing," said the other clock at this moment. "Why do you listen to such words? It's nothing of the kind. You've only got to make one tick this moment. There, now, isn't that easy? And now another, and that is just as easy, and so right along."

"Oh, if that's all," cried the new clock, "that's easily done, so here I go." And it started bravely on again, making a tick a moment and not counting the months and millions. But at the year's end, it had made 33,000,000 vibrations without knowing it.