New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19
SKETCHES OF LECTURES
WORK AND LABOR.
BY TIE REV. DIR. BETHUSE.

WORK AND LABOR
DIR. BETBUNE
On Monday evening lecture, above, was delivered
before the Mechanics Society, No. AZ Broadway The
audience, which large, received the discourse with
frequent applause The lecturer referred TO volume by
the Rev K C. Trench On "The Study of Words as an
excellent authority for some things which might not be
received his own No language lhe said has two
words of precisely the same meaning speak Of syn
onyms but they differ in at least apprecable par
ticular word is not apt to be invented till a new
idea requires IT, In the Sanscrt which has few words
the same word has several meanings; but in corrupt
and aduerated language such as ours words many
with many shades of ideas and hence the necessity Of de
fning accurately the terms used in argument An art
Of the soph is to as interchangeable words really
differ Battles about words sometimes derided but
they should not for they really battles about thoughts
Synonyms sometimes adopted from one language
into another. Thus say, from the Norman, "beeves
for = classical scholars have brought in "lauda
"be" for "praseworthy - but such words in time
to have different shades of idea thus not called
beeves except when intended for the butcher and we do
not speak Of man, but of his acts as laudable shop
keeper ignorant OF etymoogy tells yOu of fine article
"Of silk not understanding that article does not
kind" There are those who wish to make new wordi
when the old are better; it is bad habit Saint Pete,
describes presumpuOus man as speaking in pOysylls
bes 1t is inOlerable to hear long word extracted ont
Of Latin and Greek when good Anglo Saxon word would
answer if love mothers let us love the tongue
they taught When two words nearly synonymous
retained IL worth while to examine them; it is of
"work" and labor" they no., and never were sy
nonymOus, though not seldom COMPOUNDED There dif
ference in their radical meanings, which implies crest
moral truth Work is English; labor is Latin, but
it is from usage we are TO derive the difference
Power to act Outwardly is an attribute of life 10
all its forms, whether vegetable, animal spintial
moral. | define work the acting of IN in
telligen being, beyond himself for chosen purpose
The beast machine works, Tor better is worked but
under human intelligence The bee and beaver work for
themselves but it hard to deny that what We call
instinct is degree Of God + the great ST be
gives reason he gives strength and motives Compare
man before and after the fan His work in the garden
was we know what but it must have been light and
instructive; but outside his feet laceraed he urns
toward the ground and wrestes for his food under an or
dent sun, he sinks at night compelled to ask new
vigor from sleep Work" does not express all that Is
seen in his exertions add the idea OF distress
fatigue and call il labor, which is effort accompa-
MED by pain and followed by wearness The same dis
tncOn through all languages OF which know any
thing The engineers machine works, no. labors the
seaman grieves for his ship when she labors not works
We at once recognize the difference between working
and aborng il would sound absurdly to speak Of
a skiful lsboTer while say one is workman conveys
the idea that be has clear head and disciplined hand
The artist works: and though ali author may indeed
have abored he would not wish to have his work called
labored-the critic soften the term TO elaborate We
writers labor TO concealabor without labor one may
strike out few sparksbu cannot have the fuel geniu,
ignite Ready writers II do not mean any disrespectt
the gentlemen before me- seldom write anything that lasts
long The aborer in California pays for his gold with his
but the workers in San Francisco ana New YORK
have the lions share. Moores verses seem poured forth
like wine from Tuscan vase but his hand labored
them out from the collections OF thousand vntages
We say author abors but when the result is brought
out we vindicate spirituality, by calling il his work. The
Bibles the nobles monument ofour language Ishudderto
see any put forth hand TO alter it. often wish no
preachers should be allowed TO use werd not used IN IT. at
least until approved by the highest authority in his church
How many high sounding wind bag would then collapse
into pucker OF shrivelled nonsense. Laughter The
transators Of the Bible always use work and labor in the
sense | have given. " Come unto me all ye who
labor, and are heavily laden, and viii give you rest
How contrary to our penental desire for the divine
service would be, Come unto me al ye WHO
faba he mi
but for that meat which endureth to everlasting life
and What shall we do that we shall work the works Of
Cod" The most exquisite instance is that which we
hear over the open grave Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord that they may rest from their lsbors and
"their works do follow them The Scriptures are full OF
Gods works. man in his senses would dare to speak Of
his abors With labor is associated pain and pain means
originally punishment. We educe important moral
truths work privilege labor the necessity attending
it. may observe how necessary to health labor Is me
British arstocracy of both fine physical spec
mems contrasted with our fashonables-wh the youths
who tease the boomaker to sten the leather that
there shall be calf somewhere else than directly under
the hat Laughter have taken excursion OF eight
miles foot in England in which ladies joined The
bile and indigestion of leading minds have bred
countless Ills in Church and state. Fastan says;
The frequent effect Of vice is emacation the FAT
man rolls easily through lifes crowd. while your
lean is continually fretted by knocks on his sharp
points Working is sympathy with almightinessi we
NAV we'll be content 10 labor if We be only allowed %
work Work is pleasure and dignity is the vindi-
cation OF our ngnt 10 W1dt Uou nas PrV'iue io ns GU"
dren Labor is itself the result of degradation but work
may communicate some Of its dignity to labor when II EN-
ploys it, protest against gross errors in the phrase
ology of Political Economy We hear of the dignity OF
labor but it can have apart from the intelligent pur
pose Of work Labor spoken of the only ally of cap
tai and the wealth of country equal TO the labor en-
poyed; while the labor farm and in factory has been
essened third or more by machinery without the pro
ducton being lessened. Let estimate the cost OF
product by labor but work Those who call workers
with the body, producers and with the BRAIN non pro
thuke laboratory teaches the
farmer how TO procure teniod increase And of the
other professions what would the world be without them
Political Economy has been called cold aud hearess the
reason is II has COMPOUNDED work with labor. DR.. Be
hune concluded with some severe structures what be
termed the miserable naxms of Poor Richard taught
TO children before their caechism and tending to make
work appear desirable only to money He re-
pesed that work should be regarded privilege and an
alton IN the Most IIigh