The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-12-21
For the Huntington Argus.
HALF 4 LOAF.


HALF loaf is better than no bread"
believe 1t thoroughly, and by labor alon.
is the goal won. They may pirate to us
that old weather beaten pocii.m, "A little
earning Is dangerous thing but while
looking starwsrd shall we trsmple on IN,
ho"er-' Shall we, while pressing onward
10 the mark Of our high calling" what.
soever 1t may be, blind our senses to the
myriad things that tend to make our iour-
ney lcss wearisomeG Nav, for /, is human
nature to gather the roses, that lie in our
path, although our aim is for golden fruit.
Immediate reward might be like Toodle.'
coffin, "A very good thing to have in the
family, but steady Development of noble
character will scarcely prove sodom ap-
pie, wnile the success attained without eS-
er'i may take wings and fly" ms ofteH
riches are said TO do. Success is complex.
and cannot be measured by any rule II
we cut dry and label il, we forget nature.
tor there are vices and veal nesses often
found with true nobility and generosity of
character Because poor Robert Burns,
'Scotlas darling child, loved too wei the
barley bree, shall we wholly cast aside
the remembrance that he cheered millions,
aud more than he WAS comiortei by his
"bree and pipe, at "Sablrlown"2 Byron
was considered success, and vet when
The bitterness of his sorrovs, and the
memory Of his own bad deeds come to US.
can we cancel them all aud write it down
That lac achieved all ior which he laboredt
He had all energy that might have
made "A goodly frame OF glorious elements.
had they been wisely mixed; Gas Byro.
wrote of the Priest in the Giaone) but rea-
son and judgment was perverted by evil
passions; yet for all this he lightenei
many n weary ] ad for many a way-worn
traveller, and justice writes sL epitaph, in
the face of the worlds jeors aud thankless
taunts. II to live for fame is the noble.t
object, then indeed fame is success, and
obscnrty Is our failure. In doing good
to our fellow men, it is from Heaven and
our own hearts that the recompense must
come. To labor in the service Of human
ity with applause in view, is merely court.
inG the Imitation OF vanity, aud this spu.
iious bcnevolence is doomed TO die under
the first hast OF disappointment. l. not
Jenkinson, il Vicar OF Wakefield. wholly
successfully lie was so exauisitely bland.
aud swindliog was the qnintessencs of Ell.
esance, 30 how could hls neighbors d.
Otherwise than follow the Pick nifr plan
and plead with him to swinde them AGAIN.
There are times of Towering. and times Of
iruiiion, aud II the object il perfectly de-
fined and perseverance and frmuess 90
hand IN hand. We @.av accomplish great
thlus~, II We act in a favorable mo-
me"t' when the -ympaihies ani good feel
ihs Of mankind are drunken with th.
new wine OF novelty, or raj apprecia.
ton Of a good cause, while the most sub
tie demonstrations will bring no golden
harvest, If we trust TO the moral action, IN
Sn unreasonable rc,ela ion. II we allow
no mist or storm cloud 10 obscure tb.
pri/e, hope cannot forget its pennons II
self becomes the ruling goddess, aud ~,
percedrz the craven idols set up for pubic
adpradon, amt the Laws and Pcnates Of
our own good intentions. making thereby
protgions economy ol dc,otion. then
vail the lamp We have ever with NJ. and
the shrine OF our goal Toe identical. aud We
~lll become like The Delhuu Lamii. who'll
ly absorbed ~ ec-tatic contemplation Of
our own divinity. Strengthened sustained
aud r.rhd by tie mysterious power Of .
knowing HAT our aim i- "A ture and true
one. our tilrn's and energies unite. and
Fr -"t forth on the way Of victory over
evil, with the splendid energy endowed II.
hy conscience voi Of olisnre The wis.
man viii take the .haf loaf. Whiting
tni hoping tor mO+e IN the next frui,
gathrring time. while the foolish one viii
de-la-e the one talent because u is no,
seven Ihr way 10 the ".un tower 4.
ong anI tp'I-ome, bat God h~ips t,c hum
".', and proves lamp unto ne4ry aud
"'ui"E feet VI T. T. T.
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