Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25
MisteHanp.
RELIGION IN COMMON LIFE
INTnE WORKSHOP.


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.'You are not going to put in that piece
Of wood, Richard?" said one workman to
another.
"Yrs I am. No one viii be the wiser
for it." was answered.
but some one may be wronged by it."
"No very serious wrong. The worst
that can happen, will bc rickety draw
er."
"But. Richard, if you will take the
troahle to go4up into the third story, and
select a hetter.seasoned piece Of wood. you
will then be able to fnrnisha drawer that
viii slways run smoothly"
~ am not going to take that trouble.
Mrs. Thompson would be very far from
putting herself out as much for me.''
1T doesn't strike me that you have any
thing to do with Mrs. Thompson's dispo-
sition toward you, in tho case. 1t is o
simple question Of right and wrong. You
are at work on a bureau, for which she
has agreed to pay our employer = certain
price. The understanding is, of course,
that the wood and workmanship are to be
of good quality. Now, il yonput in that
piece Of wood, you win wrong both Mrs,
Thompson and our employer. She will
receive Z detective, troublesome article,
and liz will be injured IN his business; for
Mrs. Thompson would hardly engage him
to make another piece Of furniture after
finding herself deceived in this. Your
doing this thing, Richard, is, according to
my notion, violation Of Christian char.
| ity."
Il don't sec that Christian charity has
anything to do in the matter. Mrs.
Thompson crowded down in the price,
and am not too well paid for my part Of
the work. So, you see, L can't afford 70
be hunting about after seasoned wood.
This piece comes nicely 10 my hand, and
| am going 70 use II"
"Ihave nothing more TO say" replied
the ow-workman, except TO repeatmy
judgment OF your act. and call it viola
ton of Christian charity. Our praying,
singing, and Bible-rsading. Richard, will
not help US heayenward, unless we are Just
between man and man. The Christian
profession is nothing without the Christian
life. Our religion, in order TO change US
radically. must descend into all our COM
monest duties. II beloRgsAs much to the
shop as 70 the family, and as much to the
family rs to the sanctuary. II you put in
that piece of wood; knowing as sou do,
that It win render the bureau yon are max
ing permanently detective, YOU viii hHrt
toar own soul" -tW
"Don't trouble yourselfabout my SOUL"
was the rather short reply. "IWill take
good care Of that. If you hadn't said 30
much about tit--magnifying molehillintO
a mountsin--I might have selected 3 bet
ter piece Of wood. But this shall go in
now. III risk the consequences"
"The risk may be greater than Jou ina
agine. Il generally is in all such cases, !"
was the grave reply.
And here the Tenoo0strance closed.
Richard Wheeler. the journeywan cabinet
, maker, worked IN the unseasoned piece Of
wood. and went on to 6Bish the bureau.
which was sent home at the time agreed
upon. and the price paid. We do not
know whether the suggestions Of his fell
How remained with hin0 cr Rot, o. whether
the nnseasoned pieeeof wood troubled in
any wise his conscience.
/ Time passed on. The bGrean, which
| had been placed IN the chamber Of Mrs.
I ThompssS, gave gsod satisfsctiou fos q
time; bsa lhe uDscssoDed piece Of pOod
faied 1T length to do is proper dusy. and
d the drawer began haltmgin It's work. Ths
disproportiunste shrinkage Of one side o.
! the drawer, bens all the parts out Of linz,
and 60 the opening and closing Thereof
Was always attended with more or less DIFF
Gcul.y.
i Richard, the jouru"ymAn WHO made tl'
bureau. Was in tho wareroom one da,
vler Mrs. ThyniE.on cans in a'l viii