I believe the real truth is, both are man's chief concern, and neither is all truth.
In this matter the general rule I have so often pointed out will harmoniously apply; that rule is, avoid extremes.
Those who believe that the now, the present, is the all important thing in man's life have the fashionable or favorite point of view.
Man definitely knows much about the present, he knows much about life. He is in the midst of life—it pulsates all around him and in him.
We know positively that the law of compensation is inexorable in its demands for right and positive in its punishment of wrong.
We know that on this earth kindness, love, occupation, help, truth, honor and sympathy are investments which bring happiness today. You get your pay instantly when you have done a helpful act and you get your punishment instantly when you have done a hurtful act.
That there is a future most of us agree, because good sense and logic points to that sane and reasonable conclusion.
So be it, with a belief in the future estate, it is reasonable to assume that our acts and lives in the present estate will have influence on our future estate.
We know positively of today, and the happiness we can get from good deeds done today.
If we will have power in the future to look back to today's acts, well and good, if today's acts are worth while.