The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-28
TIE RUAND DAILY GLOBE SATURDAY

labor with their nands, can ma more tlne
for intellectual and moral self-improve..
ment than they now use. Labor Is In itself
no evil. 1t was no part of the curse. Adam
was placed in the garden of Eden to till
the ground. II was excessive and compar-
atively remunerative labor, which formed
part OF the curse. If man had continued
holy he would still have been obliged to
labor, but his labor would have been
pleasant recreation, ministering TO the. ad-
vantage of both soul and body, and cheer
fully performed, because God commanded
It, All honor to the man who finds con-
tentment and pleasure in cultivating the
soil, which God has made and which lie
enrches with fertilizing showers in SOW
ing the seed whose termination and up
sprnging God watches over and in train
ing the plants to whose nourishment and
growth God does not think it beneath Him to
minister. He who labors in any sphere is en-
titled TO respect rather than he who despses
labor and seeks to avoid it. Labor, espec-
tally that which is concerned in tilling the
soil. is at the foundation of all rocial pros
perity The Persian philosopher, Zoroas-
Ter, taught this emphaticaly in the relig-
ious system which he established 1t is
equally true now. Hence it is painful to
see young men and young women scorning
the pursuits of agriculture, and crowding
the cities and villages in search of what
they consider more honorable and n o easy
employments, willing to run the risk OF
starving or half-starying rather than till
the ground.
The tendency to Incidence, which all
have oil served, and which many have expe-
rienced, is the result of sin, just as much
rs the necessity for exhaustive and painful
toll is. In fact, it is easier to put ones
self beyond the necessity of such toll than
to overcome this tendency. 1t is the ten
dency of religion to restore things IN this
world to their original excellence. So far
as men obey the Gospel, they overcome
their natural aversion to labor and help to
make burdensomc toll unnecessary either
for themselves or for Others. The Chris
tian will be INDUSTRIOUS saying with bis
Divine Master, "My Father worketh hith.
erto, and | work" A lazy Christian
is phrase without meaning. Every Chris
tian should have some profession or bust
ness by means of which he can earn live
lihood. or, il there is no necessity for that,
so that he may have The more TO give to
those who need. No Christian will despise
those who are obliged to labor for their
daily bread, but will do all that he can to
enighten and cultivate those, whose ne
cessitics leave them little or no time for
self-improvement. Every Christian will
remember that patient and perseverng
working out TIE problem of life in the con-
dtion which God has appointed Is what
the great All-Worker requires and will
abundantly reward.
CastIetOn.
Thanksgiving services in which the
Methodist, Congregational and Advent
churches united, were held at the Congrc-
gational church, Thursday morning, Rev.
Milton Tator of the Methodist church. Of
fciatng. The text was from Eph. V; 90
"Giving thanks always for all things un-
to God the father, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ
Mr.. Tator spoke briefly and pointedly of
the importance of observing the thanks
giving season in religious sense, abiding
TO the oft repeated charge of mems ignor-
ing God in the instrument which is the
basis of the American government, and
also gave an account of the origin of the
custom. He reviewed at some length the
special causes for gratitude for life, health,
the never failing harvest, for our country,
its privileges, for our national prosperity,
for peace and the removal of the effects of
the late war, for the improved state of
commerce and manufactures, for the de-
crease Of the national debt, and strongly
urged national and individual retrenchment
as a means of general pecuniary relief. lie
spoke warmly of the causes we have fol
gratitude IN the religious prosperity we are
enjoying, in the steady growth and advance
of the cause of Christ here and in foreign
lands through the aid of religious bodies in
America, TO which he referred as the
nucleus of social, civil and religious liberty
the land toward which all nations arc look
ing for the long desired millennium. Thi:
land is called America, but her virgin
name, suggestive, perchance prophetic
was Terra Sancta Crusis," the land of thu
Holy Gross. He closed as follows: 'Be
hold the position we occupy to-day. lie
us prove ourselves worthy the trust ant
sufficient for the situation, and standing a
: we do, under the bannerof the cross, fight
ing for truth and liberty, let us pray Go'
that our national life be perpctuated am
, and that we may become more and NOR
illus'rious in all the true elements OF ma
tional greatness; ranking as we do anon
the chief nations of the earth, may this
! our country, be the beacon light of liberty
r truth and happiness to all mankind W.