Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-08-28

who, hewever different in their moral
aud intellechssl qualities, were all re-
nowned O. hard workers. With all this
bov many paltry, narrow-minded souls
are there vho look upon work as mean
thing. and consider it degrading. La
Dor degrading! Who that worships geni
MS and bvos down before the mighty
poser of intellecs will despi.e labor,
when se find that sll the great and good
OF past ages have labored hard? In that
simple word lies the true secret of human
success. This is the talisman which
solves the mysterious difference between
one mans history and another's. The
open sesame Of life is labor. In the lit
tie ant, the slow snail and tho feeble
folk of the coney, it supplies the lack
OF size, speed and strength, and in man,
where its operations are directed by eht
from within and from on high, scarce
anything seems impossible to it. Who
has not seen it begin its undertakings in
conflict with every kind of difficulty,
gradually, but surely master them all.
and though often bafled and defeated.
gain at last complete success? Ees. there
is a moral and mental dignity attached
to labor. Whatever furthers mans do.
mlnion over the elements whereby be
subsists, improves his condition and ex.
ats his character. Then those who toll,
whether they ply the shuttle, work in the
deep recesscs of the mine or plough the
earth beneath the blue sky of heaven.
are nobler far than the idle patrician,
who lives upon what his ancestors earned
and does nothing for the advancement or
interests of humanity. They are dronss
in the hive, eating what they do not earn
-deveuring locusts-blots upon this fair
and beautiful creation; for this Garth
contains no useless thing save sloth and
idleness.
And Eow the last class of laborers to
bo mentioned are the heart-workcrs,
who, above all. shall be blessed in their
labors. The moral workers. The reg
ulators and purifiers Of the great social
system. Go forth and read the opcn
book Of nature. From it VIC may learn
wisdom greater than that Of tho schools;
from its simple page We may CLEAN les
sons of humility and love-heart lessons,
such as the united volumes Of ancient
classic loro cannot furnish--lessons which
all may learn. written upon every grass.
blade and flower BY the finger of tho
Creator. Then look at the number OF
those who have girt about their loins
with truth. having on the breast plate of
righteousness and the helmet of saliva
ton. bearing the shield of faith and the
sword of the spirit, going forth into life's
great battlefield to fight for God and
Truth. Such were Paul, Stephen, the
beloved John, and the rest of that plo-
rious band who went "up out of much
Such also was tho patient
sufferer and earnest laborer, Madame
Guyon," and Luther, that grand master
spirit of the Reformation, and our own
Wesley, and Whitfield, and Coke, and
good old Asbury, with the rest of those
pioneers Of Methodism in our land.-
And, thanks be to God, the laborers are
not all dead. Many are there who are
performing labors. the results of which
the judgment only will reveal. These
are emphatically Gods workers" The
object Of their work is q moral object,
with no taint of earthliness. Concern
ing themselves with the moral interests
of man, they keep one object steadily in
from sin and its conse-
quenccs. They enter society with the
pure love Of Christ burning upon the
altar of their hearts. and this principle
pervades and enlightens every form oft
as the sunlight peryadcs and enlightens
the atmosphere. Hero is work for
eternity. When the cities and empires.
which have been the work Of ages, shall
have been destroyed ed-when the heavens.
which God himself made, shall be parted
IS a scroll, the stars scattered, as a fg-
.ree scattereth her untimely fgs, aud the
burning luminary of heaven wells his
lace in blood, this work shall be but BE-.
gun. and shall continue ''long as eternal
,gos ROLL" Then those who engage IN
his great work may exclaim: death
'annot interrupt my activity; eternity
'nly can complete the task, and l must
therefore, live. Then come thou raging
lood and fiery tempest. defy your
night; have engaged in my vocation.
md it is more enduring than 20 are; it
Q eternal. and | am eternal If I hut