Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-01-25

tnf ADtTCE TO W WoKKyNGmES. -Hcnry III arr
Beccher. in one of his sermons. SPOKE Z,
the working classes as follows:
! There il tendency among the work
Ing class to shorten their hours of labor
sHsynpathize With this and abhor is;
sympashize with il in 80 far a. il is one o.
the signs of advancement among the work
ing classes of their attempt TO aim hishe,
and nobler, and | abhor it in so far as i
is tending to make men feel tha, work i:
not good thing for them. tina. they mus,
shrink in equivalent and enlarge in re.
ward. / don't believe the common peo-
pie are going to carve out Independent
fortunes by any combination except bard
knocks, and good many of;hem. during
good many hours Of the day. Our faith
crs did 50. and their children must Learn
that they have got 10 work bard and long
TO achieve success should be glad tc
have wages paid for by the hour, by re.
tail rather than by the gross. but if mer
expect that eight hours day is gong tC
be all that is necessary for their support
they are wrong. My own impression i.
that there are very few men hat can make
enough ont of eight hours day to enable
them to educate their children aud lif,
their family far higher than they found it
Politicians say great deal about the in
terests of the workingmen. they are prais.
ed great deal in the papers, and God
forbid that ] who have the blood Of black
smiths in my veins. should not think wei,
of workingmen. But they should love
work for its own sake. and their children
must be brought mp to feel that they must
BY work make themselves independent -
Do not expect division Of your fathers
estate. BE honest: be manly! Cultivate
a spirit of independence. and by the sweat
OF your brow work out your own saliva
ton. There is pride in this, aud Just
pride. and honor man who can say. II
am not indebted to fortune for my pros.
perity; | earned it by the sweat Of my
brow baptized every dollar of it with
that sweat" Money 50 earned generally
stays by man, and usually has a man b
stay by. Uaughterl DO not rely on
luck. II is asked. Do you not believe in
luck Yes. he that has a good father
and mother has good luck. lie whose
father and mother whipped him enough
had good luck. lie that has common
sense has good luck. He that rises early
and tolls late has good luck. Men that
do not drink Intoxicating liquor have good
luck. y man that does not quarrel. but
by Kindness wins the love OF all around
him has good luck He tia. has good
faculties has good luck. but | never knew
a man that was weak aud changeahle tia;
had good luck. Luck is in work; do no,
trust to any other luck fools trust to lot
terry, to snpersltious luck. Mr.. Bcecher
thea advised frugality, and said that those
who were unhappy WHO were so brought
up that they did not have to economist
1t was not SO much the value of the nor.
cy saved by frugalty as it was the moral
benefit of the habit, and the man in this
country that knew how to save was sure
to become rich before he died. unless he
died very soon. He warned his hearers
against habits Of self-indulgcnce. and in
culcated the necessity of self-culture. clos
ing by adiuring the audience in all thing.
to have Il firm trust in God, who would
order all things for the best.