American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-06-30

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The broad sweep of that universal law, that in
the sweat Of our brow shall we eat our bread,
lays on the race the stern alternative--work or
starve. In some lights this looks like the law
Of hard master and the philosophic friend
of humanityis saddened at the spectacle of all
this weariness and toll, barren alike for body
and soul, and very naturally wonders how this
drudgery and care can be made to harmonic
with the dignity of mans nature, or the benev-
olenoe of mans Creator. What relation has
the bent back, and the furrowed brow, and the
hard hand and the worn-out FRAME and the
overtasked brain, and the weary sinking heart,
with the growth of the immortal mind and with
all those better aspirations of the soul-those
most characteristic marks of the Divine finger
which formed it 2
These and thousand questions like them
which pass through the thoughtful mind would
be hard to answer, if there were not brighter
side to the decree. But once find in this law
the noble purpose and the beneficial results of
labor--let down upon this busy, toiling scene
of life the beautiful light of the Creators love,
and the difficulty vanshes. Work is mans APP
pointed task--the great missionhe is sent upon.
Labor is not merely a necessity, but a duty
the fulflment of responsible trust; obedience
to wisely imposed and benefcent law.
You are obliged to work. Thank God and
all your stars for it Out of his infinite treasure
house of gifts, we know not that the Creator
could find a more precious one than this same
necessity of labor. In the midst of your weari-
ness and pain, think moment--labor of some
sort lies at the foundation of all progress. all
hope, all good, here or hereafter. From first to
last life is q school to teach activity, effort
labor. Every sense and every muscle of the
body must be trained; every intellectual and
moral power within US has to be brought out
and cultivated. Nature is vigorous old school
dame; and her morning greeting and evening
charge to her pupils is, what the voice of God
is, and what the voice of conscience within us
is,--he that will not work shall not eat. We
are not sent into the world to be sheep, to crop
the spontaneous herbage of the fields, and then
recline on full stomachs in thoughtless repose.
Nature gives nothing but the raw material,
which we must work up for our wants. Thoughts
as well as wool must be eombed and spun Sir-
tue as well as gold must be dug out, cleansed
and assayed honor, station, power-all good
must be built up, course by course, toilingly
and anxiously every step to the top. If nature
had her way the monarch in this world would be
the greatest worker and the only order of nobility
composed of those that achieve the largest and
best results. Labor is life's great function.
With spade and plough, with shaft and furnace,
with FIRE and steam, amidst the noise and whirl
of swift and bright machinery, abroad in the
silent fields under the roofing sky--every where
and always man must work, always be expert
menting, pushing, progressing. He is a man
only when he works-he is faithful to life's great
law, and Gods express will, only as he tolls on,
in imitation of the nature that supports him.
Yes, thank God for labor 1t is the only way
of happiness and self-respect. Luxurious indo-
lence never yet did for man, and never will
There is law against it. Every good thing in
this world has it's price. Whatever is obtained
without effort, by q necessary law of the mind,
is used without pleasure. To enjoy q thing we
must strive for it; and usually the measure of
the enjoyment will be the length and stress of
the toll by which it has been obtained. The
mother loves not one of the group that clusters
around her fresde, and claims her affections, az
she loves the poor, fragile plant whose life and
growth have been the fruits of manifold watch
ings, and cares, and tears. No dividend nor
instalment is half so sweet to the possessor of
millions, as that first precious dollar that re-
warded his early toll. The heart gilds with a
thousand precious affections the object it strives
for and tolls for. The world over, labor and
peace, toll and pleasure, work and happiness,
go hand-in-hand. The sweat Of the brow turns
into diamonds and drops upon our path.
Nobody has right to live who does not
labor in some way. A lazy man is defaulter
in the most precious trusts; and, tried by
just standard he deserves to be shunned-if
not shut up. Nature has no respect for the
man that will not work. She uses him very
roughly indeed If it were not for his friends,
or for his crimes, he would be starved and put
out Of the way. If You ask the stars, or the
swelling sea, or the untiring forces of earth
and air, they will tell you, he only is living
like man, and worthy the honor of manhood,
who masters his tasks, and goes about his ap-
pointed duty manfuly. All others are intru-
ders, drones, or something worse.-N. Y. Sun.
The people Of Boston are moving in favor of
o home for aged females. About these dig
gings people go in for providing homes for
young females, in which the assistance of cler-
gynar is generally required All this we re-