Middletown transcript., 1872-08-17
Stand Firm.

No tendency of the present age Of shams
is more marked than the growing neglect
Of ihoroughncss in work With the ma
joriiy sf the people now-a-days. the yourg
especially, the cnleavor is not how well
they can perform any task. but how quick
ly they can &c, through il in such way
that il will pass muster. Their aim Is not
conscicn,iously to fulfill their whole duty
in whatever position they may be called to
occupy. but to shrk i, rs far rs may be
possible without incurring any immediate
penalty for the neglect Present case is
their whole and sole object They lose
sight altogether Of the future. They for
get that in nature there is n law of COM
pcnsation governing all conditions from
the highest to the lowest. which sooner or
later will make itself felt. In their blind
hurry they do not perceive the wrecks
that strew the road over which they are
passing, and in which, did they but pause
to study. they would find eloquent warn
ings against such mad hcedlessncss. as
they are guilty Of They would see how
thousands. starting out in life with the
faircst prospects, have, for the sake Of
little present rnsc, bar,erca their future
welfare They would see how one task
after another was slighted, until at last
the test came which the imperfect nature
Of their work would not bear, and ruin
was the consequence. Examples abound
in schools. and in every one Of the occu-
/ pations Of more advanced youth and man
hood The scholar through half-hcar,cd
| study is unable to pass his examination ;
the employee through careless workman
ship fails 10 satisfy his employer. and is
turned a,lri't on the wd.l without repu-
tation; and the employer, for want Of
earnest, conscientious devotion to his bu-
>incss fails to retain lis customers The
day may be long delayed. owing To one !1r.
tunate circumstance aud another; but the
tine when the sham il exposed will surely
come. aud the incifcien, aborer will re-
pent too late his f1lly.
/ Bu, such half hearted work i 10, only
u folly bat = crime. II is dishonest Ii
n child u school does not study faithfully
it j. roHbine i,s parents of the money they
are expanding upon its oirca,i5u besides
ha.cly abusing their confidence - an
eniplayer who does uot give ri, cmplaycr
what tha; employer bargains for-hi- best
services --rnhs him as distinctly rs though
b. knocked him down ID IL, >,rcct and
,tgif ihnmnInt Of H.. .aary S,a hu.in,s,
man mua .a MI tnldll in lha ,rtit as
VII p. Is tier. hi- contract. walton or
uf..Hd W5si lii e:..;..i!ar, r4lss i'm
4, t0ali.a ~ ourselves ani a.HuuH to-
wards rs. IL us therefore siriys d.
.aiasi alI temptations 10 shin. wgf fc.
mamhe,iat d. oil ,nyins aA6l@ "
Naf:E laisg q al j. worth wc,I lai#s. -
1T u tl,.i AL cur energies 70 the accom-
(, llishmcnt II whatever task We find 10 per.
rm Far homes, wo.k the reward i. n
rialn ~ is the penalty for dishonc.; pal
laring With lutr 10 strong earnest cf-
fort ever failed u at least measurable sue.
CO.'S. while the most brilliant. solid and
enduring triunpbs have for their ciiaf
foundation The constantly thorough work
Of their architects iut more highly to
bf priced than mere worldly prosperity.
desirable ns that is to all Of ~, is the
proul satisfaction resulting from a sense
nt honestly performed dgty This is a
pleasure beside which tie temporary graf.
itcaiion ot the siipshod worker sinks into
utter insignifcanre. It Is 50 keon and sat.
i>fsing trnt none who have tasted it in it,
fnllness will ever permit themselves to
risk it. loss |, arises mt 20 much from
the perfection of the work i1ne for all
our work Il imperfect, and tha, Of some
necessarily more 80 than others. but from
the earnestncss Of the effort to do it we'll
1t cannot be taken from us By any mis-
Torture. but, on the contrary, is the suresi
sustainer. provided by God, to boar Us up
against all alvcrsi,y Let each Of US re-
solve that it shall be ours