The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-24

dE11Y WAHD BEEcH11 on LABoR.-
We cut the following extract from . ser.
mon Of Henry Ward Beechsr In the last
Independent. II gives some excellent ad.
vice to well to-do parents who are raising
their boys to extrayagance and idleness
Many young men have fathers that are
well OH, and have no ambition, and nc
particular prospect. They scorn trade.
They are too we'll born for a gallows T.
Thousands Of parents WHO BY Industry,
have gained 3 position which enables
them 10 destroy their children, take the
surest means Of accomplishing their des.
truction, BY encouraging them "a idlenees,
ana allowing them to grow up With 9 :
ought to be reared to feel that Il ID dis
I graceful to work at whatever manual la.
Dor best suits his talents, NO matter II his
fss:;ler is u minister, or q lawyer, or sem
Ator, or the President ofthe Un,ted states,
IL Il boy is fitted to work in metals. let
/ iihhn work in metals. II boy is fitted to
work in soil, let him work in soil. TIA
let hlin do that; NOT, however, because ii
is more honorable, for anything is honor
. able is this world that you serve honora-
bly,. But many young men are looking
forward upon life with the general idea
that they aregoing on to enjoy themselves.
They are provided with ali Dessiful physi-
cal comforts, and they mean 10 be happy.
profession. Their whole governing prin-
ciple in life is to ahirk anything like work;
and they expect 10 havo enjoyment With.
out industry But no man "a THE world
will b happy who violates the fundamea-
tai law Of industry. You must work, II
you are going 70 b ahappy man. know
you think 1t " hard but II God had meant
n
have been borna butterfly. Aud - youl
were not born q moth or miller, but 81
man, you Inust ieeebt the conditionA Z 6tI
your lnenh00d, Aud if there il ouS briiSS.
Cple that II more tGd6po5tSnt ct thb# verye
tkYeshold III life thsn another, II n thIti
'sa0n . b01ss 70 work. AT the tse91nninE ofI
the hiAtofy POT tlSe race II may have u en- q
thank C0d, IT, has been Changed to j blsM,c
ing nows And she baptism Or worK il
-hapaisap ~ blessing. sys n3s an sfsai,l
80, I call the attention Of those who iarles
spts5Iqy SpRn lls g sae sFsst naS stA leE
society. bold az tetote y0d the cnrsA Of
lying, ercrss,s e e.csis; AND Salegy e
God and man but that they oet3Y thhif
penalty witho Diem In s1iA w6r d! do hot
1neaA tnAt he whole pea aa1ty 'et0pe here
lmeAA they WORT 10c 4 f6tteness thaA IA.
sdtAo15oaoleh su6er1nG VII Inevitably Is.
sule h0m them. qgssh that thby .h1ve
rslHtiohe 70 Human S6ciety and ft0 bafbi-
nssssu0h that tho nan who utderiake kes 70
nuke his way Though life without hones-
", and BY lying, and craft, and deceit wiN
sooner OF later resp fruits precisely oppo-
site To those which ne seeks.
: Ipass in review before you the thriftv
classes-thp successful men Of life. Z do
not say that every man that is successful
never tod > lie. / do not say that there
are not seeming exceptions % the rule
which have stated. Bat where there are
Nbpa rent exceptions, they can usually be
a0e00nted for In accordance with that rule.
Man is creature Of . hundred laws. end
Il he disobeys one ana blsys the ether
ai6ety-nias,x Tho disobeyine that o1ne Wiil
nctaes,ysry msrked Il his eass, psshsps.
lSugm - 0ee sceuntEy, .. . general 1see.
men that succeed, sucssed hocAus0 tKey
obey celtain great natural virtuous laWs:
and u,on that lail, 1hil because thoy dieohev
certain 11eak natural viytuou0 lawn. / IS.