Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-10-01

toll, WEAKNESS and care. Sometimes they re-
greet that they are not lawyers, ministers or
doctors, or occupy some position where less
labor would be required of them. But look
ed at Alright, labor is a blessing, duty and
praisewortby. Without labor mankind would
cease to exist. Did we live in caves, we
should be required to labor to find them, la
Dor to catch fish to eat, to procure skins for
clothing. The law of creation makes labor
extend to all animal life. The smallest in
sect that crawls, and the mightiest leviathan
OF the deep have to labor to procure the food
that sustains life. There is no exemption
from the rule. Without labor the wool upon
the sheep, the fax and cotton of the fields,
all furnished by Providence for our use, would
be valueless. Nature furnishes the mater ais,
but labor must fit them for the use of man.
Our crops must be sowed and garnered in
season, year after year and generation after
generation. We must take care of our pro-
duce after it is harvested. Our animals must
be cared for or loss ensues. All the gifts of
nature, such as the wind, water, coal, stone,
wood, and all our machinery, our dams, mills
and ships, have to be supplied with labor or
they are Of no avail The water-powcrs Of
Maine, which are subject of State pride,
are valpeless unless utilized by labor. Provi-
dence has locked the forces of nature, and
labor is the key that unlocks them. All the
capital of the earth is useless without labor
to expand it, Our cities would crumble to
ruin unless renewed by labor. Our food is
always decaying, and constant labor is requir-
ed to renew and replace it.
Can there be any doubt that man should
labor? Honest labor is compliance with the
laws of Heaven. God himself labors as the
Holy Writ informs us that on the seventh day
He rested from His work. Idleness is sin.
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to the will of Heaven in performing constant
and consistent labor. Labor is not hard
ship when viewed Alright But some people
are not anxious to "enj oy" this blessing 1t is
noticeable that the people who live in those
latitudes where labor is most performed are
the best developed, enjoy the most privileges,
and are the most advanced in arts, sciences
and social blessings. The people of the tor
rid zone, where living can be obtained for the
picking, are degraded. weak and worthless.
Man was made to labor, he is formed for it.
The little child early performs labor, and en-
joys it. Bring up your children TO labor.
Don accumulate riches to leave them to their
hurt; but enjoy yourselves with the fruits of
your toll as you go along, and learn your chill
dren to labor and thus secure to them bless
ing greater than the riches you may leave
them. As all property is the result of labor,
let each one acquire and en- Oy for himself
The speaker didn't agree with the theolog-
ical theory that labor was a curse imposed
upon man for disobedience in the garden.
Adam was given the vineyard to dress before
the fall. Dwelt upon distinction sometimes
set up between mental and physical labor,
where really there should be none; each is
dependent upon the other.
Farmers should strive TO make their labor
pay better by making use Of all genuine inn
provements that may assist them. We must
move on as the world progresses. God de-
signs us TO improve. Adorn your dwellings,
make your homes pleasant and your children
contented. Don't be restless and be always
ready TO move. | have travelled in thirteen
States of the Union, and can truly say that l
like Maine best OF all. Farmers should live and
work and improve as though they expected to
live a thousand years in the same dear old
home Have a kind word tor all-get togeth-
err at these exhibitions. and become acquaint-
ed with each other. And finally so live that
the God of Heaven will bless your labors.
The above is a meagre synopsis of the ad-
dress tina: occupied one hour in the delivery,
and was listened 10 with marked attention