The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
The Benefits of Industry.

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The Benefits of Industry.
| Tho idlo are always exposed to temptation
Labor is tho condition of health and hnrpi
ness, Of purity and virtue. Bishop Hal
says; Put q narrow-mouihed glass near I,
a beehive, aud you shall soon SEQ how
0usily tho TdsPs resort to it, being drawr
thlthor by tho smell of that liquor whore
with 1t is baited; and how eagerly tho,
creep into tho mouth Of IL, and fall dowr
suddenly from that slippery steopness intC
that watcry trap, from which they car
never rise Now there arc some Of the
bees that never so much as look that wav
they pass directly to their hivo. without any
notice OF such pleasing bait"
II throw baub!c to tho sea,
A billow caught it hastily;
Another billow quickly came,
Successfully tho prize to claim;
From wave to wave unchecked it passed
I'LL tossed upon the strand at last.
Thus glido unto tho unknown shore
Those goldon moments wo deplore---
| Those moments which, not thrown away
Might win for US otcrnal day."
Thoro is no true nobility without labor
The world would sink into barbarism with
out 1t. You SEQ, in tho condition of the
Indians of our forest, tho Africans in their
kraals, and tho dull, stupid Asiatics, in theil
voluptuousncss, what the condition of man.
Kind woDld bo without labor.
God is always at work. "My father
hitherto works, and l work." said the Savior.
No cessation, all activity and motion, which
are the truo conditions of life. Consciously
is God at work throughout his mighty do.
nlnions. Al work iE tho mineral kingdom.
tho animal, tho vegetable, the moral. ain
hIm VIC live, are mored. and have our beinp. -
Tho world might havo been dispensed
with, or tho universe might, at bis bidding.
return to nothing; or ho might SO have ar.
ranged tho system of material nature as to
have met all our wants without our daily
toll. Our bread might havo been placed
upon our tables by unseen hands, and We
might have been saved tho trouble even of
eating II. Houses suitable for man might
have been erected without tho sound of
hammer. as noiselcss!y us capitalization
COOS on in the laboratory of the chemist. or
m hidden minos.s And Ho who clothes the
lily OF tho fields with garment more boau
tifu' than Solomon's, in al! his glory, might
have arrayed us, too, without tho machinery
when IS now necessary to produce it. The
richest tapestry might have been woven of
silver, and flashing with tho iewelry cf
heaven. to adorn our dwellings. Carpets
moro valuable than ever tempted tho feat
of princes, and coucbes soft as down. might
have boon constructed to our hands. and
spread for our comfort, and the most Iuyu.
rant banquots might havo boon provided
for us. But God docs all this for tho toad
the viper end the sloth. Ho has furnished
n n at, 70. a.
OF the inferior tribes, and without their caro-
ho has enriched il with al, things necessnrv
for their woll-bcing and comfort But the
condition upon phich man enjoys the good
things of this life, and partakes of its luxu.
ries, is labor and toll, I'm tho sweat of his
brow. Aud this calls for and Develops his
energy aud patience, his solf.donial aud
heroism.
Better by far that the earth was but ono
savage mass, without any appearance of life
but possessing in itself tho hidden resources
for our happiness and existence, than to bc
fashioned in all tho elements of beauty and
grandeur, and leave us in tho brutal dignity
OF enjoyment without oxcrtiuu.
Every idlcr should hasten from his iguo.
bio couch to tho fields of labor. either of
the head or the hands. II is hoaven's prea,
ordinance for human improvement and
progress. Her ancient and heraIdic henors
OF the bony hand. and tho sun burnt bro W.
ana tho stalwart frame, arc moro TO be
priced than the attenuated fingers. the
blanchcd check, which. like tho peach. has
mover been crimsOned on "the sido next the
SUM-. and tho Haunting robes of imbecie
idlenoss and vanity.
Thero is no excellence without labor.
Genius, with tho largo eye and the exquisite
tasto, is always slow and painful in tho exc
cution o: its tasks. Guido never satisfied
himself with an oye, nor Caracci with an
ear. Whom Domonichno was roproached
for not painting q picture. he said, II am
painting it within myself"-
How often Milton sat under a cedar tree
with Eve, and Shakespeare gazed into the
passionate eyes of Juliet, bofore those life
pictures received their last touch
A secluded apartment, with nothing but
q desk, chair. and single sheot of paper,
was for fifty years tho study of Button the
single ornament was a print of Newton
placed before his eyos-nothing broke into !
The unity of his revories.
Industry is tho feature by which the an.
clients describe an omiuont character, "in.
;redibiH industrial"
How incrod;ble the labors of Cicero, Eras.
mus, Lord Bacon, Usher, and Baye, and
he othor great educators of our race 1!
"All my tragedies" said Alfieri, Il havo
three times. After these three
operations. proceed, like other authors, to
polish, correct, or amend"
The historian. Do Thou, devoted bis life
n preparing to write his great work. Evcn
his dreams he was travelling in distant
ands. conversing with tho learned, and
isiting libraries.
Pope was never satisfied with his pro.
nctions. No edition of his works ever re.
elyed the last touch from his hands.
Gibbon tells us of his History, "At the
rst all was dark and doubtful; oven tho
ltle of the work." He was often tempted
0 throw away tho labors of soven years.
Cowpers task" grew out of his task of
escribing the Sofa-unti tho greatest work a
the day was evolved from his prolific {
rain. "The Pleasures of Memory" had for B
nucleus few lines on the subject, but q
y meditation and labor. after the lapse of a
'verai years. that fine poem was brought t
ito being by Rogers. n