The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-05-07
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INDusTRv.--lt has been wisely ordered
BY n beneficent Providence that the neces
sites of man, properly administered to,
should become sources of enjoyment and
though, according to the primal curse, the
field of existence must be moisteued by the
sweat of his brow, yet, that his very la.
bour should give health to the body, and
coutentment to the mind. |: is universally
observed, by such as have looked upon life
with thin king eyes, that those whom neces-
sity requires to be constantly employed ara
the most cheerful among mankind while,
on the contrary, the disciples Of sloth,
they who cling to their couch and sicken
years away" are irrascible in temper and
diseased or imbecile in body; unsatisfed
with themselves, and unsatisfactory TO oil a.
round them.
The sa lutaTy influence and the necess-
ty of activity, both as regards the mental
and coporesl functions, are not denied ev-
en- by those who purchase ease at the OK
pense of health and for a state Of uDenva
bic and bloated Quietude, barter the spirit
and vivacity which industry only can en- =.
Soy. Natnra, by her secret and myster.
ious promptings. teaches all who live, that
exercise is requisite the child chases its
hoop or ball, in obedience to her .feN com
mands, until his cheek glows and hfs brow
glistens from the salubrious pastme; the
sportsman awakes the morning with the re
verberated thunder of bis warfare on the
fea,hered tribe, and others pursue DANCE
rous and ,oilsomo modes of recreation, all
unconsciously fulfilling her proyident de.
crecs.
Hilarity Of heart and hardhood offrame,
a, ;p,ha 1,,,n
vigorous, courage TO face danger, and
strength to bear fatigue, can only DO en-.
ioycd by him VINO induratcs his body by
frequent exposure, and renders it plant by
incessant motion who by being always
employed, gives sadness no time to tasten
on his spirits, and earns refreshing slum-
bcr by useful toll.
A state of ease is at best but n neutral
state Of being, alike distant from positive
happiness and positive misery. But i; is
the source of misery; for as the bark that
is suffered to lie unattended to on the o
cean, its sails untrmmed, and its helm un
guided, may be wrecked by sudden storm
which vigilance could easily have avoided
so, in the voyage Of life, he who pauses
supinely on the tide of time, may be over.
taken by the tempests that activity hat
outspeeded, or be dashed against the rocks
that by the exertons OF findustry had beer
passed in safety.
Industry prolongs life. 1t cannot con
quer death, but can defer his hour ant
spreads over the interval thousand en-
joymcuts that make it pleasure to live. As
rust and decay rapidly consumes the ma
chine that is not kept in use so disease
and sickness acc cumulates on the frame OF
Incidence. until existence becomes bur
den. and the grave bed ofrest. Iudustry
is the friend Of virtue and Incidence the
handmad of vice. The active are seldom
criminal but The most Of those who yield
TO guilty enticements, might have then
lapse from rectitude to habits of idlencss
which, leaving the heart vacant, gave full
opportunity for the evil passions and dc
sircs Of our nature to exert their power.
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