Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-03-20
7 II E B U G LIE .
w Labor not in Vain.

Richard D. Webb OF Dublin, Comuuui-
Gates the following, TO the Liberator it is
from work rutilrd "'The creed Of Cris;cn-
DOM by William Ratbbone Gregg.
"Thc hope Of success, NOT the hope Of re-
ward. should lp OIr stimulating audet~taiu-
ing might Our ohiac,, not ourselves, shoud
lie our inspiring tDou-lL Tire lui,ois ui
philanthropy ,ra ,uup u.r,i, cssy when
ihe ctl.ci 70. t,Irm. uu tnri' rrcbil upon
ours Nos, are Immediate nud apparent But
this can rarely be. unless Where the field
ol oar exertuus y narrow, aud ourselves the
only or the ciiiri a'0rcts. In tiIo more
frequent cases, where we have to Join our
Efforts to those OF thousands of others To
contribute To the carrying forward of great
cause, e,-ncrrly To I'LL tie ground or SOW the
seed for n very distant hnrvcst, or 10 prepare
tic way for the future advent OF some great
amendment, ,--ihe amount which each mnn
Inns contributed to the achievement OF ulH-
mate SUCCESS the portion OF the prize which
justice should assign to each us his special
production, can never be accurately asCer-
tained. Perhaps few OF those who have
labored, ia the patience of secrecy and
silence, To bring about some political or
socInl change, which they felt convinced
would ultimately prove Of vast service to
humanity, may live to see the change effect
cd, or the anticipated good How from it,
Fewer still will he able to pronounce what
hppreciable weight their several efforts
contributed to the advancement of tho change
desired. Aud disnnying doubts will there
fore often creep in upon minds in which
rg0tism is not wholly swallowed up hy ear
IIcstlcss, ns to whether, ia truth, their exer-
...H
in sid aud soh,cr fact, they have nor been the
mere fly upon the wheel. With many men,
these doubts are fatal to active effort To
connlcract them, then, we must labor to
elevate aud purify our motives, rs well as
scdulollsy cherish the conviction, ,-ussuredly
u true oIe,--tllat in this world there is no
such thing us effort thrown away, that "iu
all labor there is profit" that all sincere ex-
criion in II righteous aud unsellisli cause is
necessarily followed in spite of all appear
10 the contrary, by an appropriate and pro-
pOrilODate success-thnt no bread cast upon
the waters can be wholly lost-tllat no seed
planted IN the ground can fail 10 trucuiy ~
due time aud measure aud that however we
may, IN moments Of dependency, be apt To
doubt not only whether our cause shall
triumph, but whether we shall have contri-
buted to its lrlumph--there il One who has
mot only seen every cXcrtlon we have made,
but who can assign the exact degree in which
each soldier has assisted TO gaia the victory
over social evil The Augean stables of the
world-the accumulated unclcauliness aud
misery of centuries require a mi, hty river
To cleanse them thoroughly away. Every
drop we contribute aids to swell that river
aud augment lis force in degree apprrcil-
BILE by God, though not by man; aud he
whose zenl is deep aud earnest wiil not DE
over-anxious that his individual drop should
he dislinguislnhle umld the mighty mass OF
cleansing aud ferlIlizlng waters; far less
that, tor the sake OF distinction, i, should
How Ia ineffective singlcuess away. lie will
not he careful that his name Should be in.
scribed upon the mite which he casts iuto
the treasury of God. II should suffice each
OF us 10 know, TINT il we have lnhorcd with
purity oi purpose in any good cause, we must
have contributed To lis success that the de-
gree in which we have contributed is n
matter OF infinitely small concern; aud still
more, TINT The consciousness OF having
40 contributed, however ohscnrely and unno-
iced, should be our sufficient, it our sole,
reward. Let us cherish this faith il is n
duty. lie who SONS aud reaps is a good
labOrer, aud worthy of his hire. But lac who
sows what shall lac reaped 10y others, who
know not aud reck nor oi the sewer, is la
borer OF nohler order, and worthy OF Il
loitier gucrdon."