Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-15

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Jane Butts:
MAN gceth forth unto his labor unit
night" From childhood till the night Of
death man is laborer. As in esrly spring
he commences to prepare his ground fol
cultivation, he behOlds vast fields of in.
tellect in the spring time Of life, on which
Il 10 necessary to b. stow much labor Il
prepare 1t for future usefulness. The
prepar ,tion of this soil Dies not devolse
upon the laborer alone. The maid has
her allotted tasks. Not only does she per
form the common duties assigned her, bul
she comes In ~ an assistant worker in the
fields of intellect; to aid in the eradication
Of error. and to prepare this flexible soil
for the good seed of life. The laborei
has fitted his ground, prepared and cult.
waited his soil, and has now gone forth "a
scatter the secd with hope that there will
be an abundant harvest.
The maid, now s CAREFUL watcher over
the flocks of her care, is patiently
guiding and lnstructing 'hier minds.
The scattered seed has taken root and
the harvest is ripe. He who planted the
seed has gone forth, and the golden grain
falls before the sickle of the harvester
Faith has been unyielding. Hope has
been triumphant. and he gathers an abun
dant harvest.
Now charity opens wide her hand, and
the humble cleaner gathers up the scst-
tered ears. and she Is more than supplied
with the abundant gift of heaven. The
lambs over which she watched with such
tender care have passed to other folds,
and she too IS looking for the ripening of
those seeds which che has sided IN plant.
ink In the soil Of hCman intellect What
will be the gathering Of that harvest?
Will it be good AM bright like the golden
grain OF the earth? las ye SOW 50 shall ye
reap" If the seed has been gentlene4s.
love and charity. words IF pity for an
others failings, kind counsel for the fallen
and forsaken, of hope and encouragement
to the weary and responding. reached out
the HAND of kin.iness to lead the wander
ers sunk in infamy and shame back to the
path Of virtue, and pointed them to the
beacon light of purity and peace, then
golden indeed will be the harvest.
Here both CLEANER and harvester scatter
the seed and gather the crops. Each
throws broadcast their words aud acts up
on the broad fields of mind with whchthey
are surrounded. and il takes deep root in
the tender soil; and az the fruit ripens each
gathers his sheaves from the field. Sor-
rowful will It be II in looking over our
harvest We fnd heads of smut in our
sheaves. But We have sown and we must
reap. o. in casting our eye 1T snother'sI
shesves We eco dark snd dingy appear.
ance caused By gathering seed which We
have sown, We may find some chess in|
ours which another has s'rewn, sod wei
greedily caught and gathered it in.
This dark seed was so~n in unguarded|
hours, and brought forth TEARS of bitter
sorrow. The angel of charity lowering
over such rs these would drop . tear to
wash It ont. But our bundles are gather
ID In to b husbaudrd for the winter of
life. Faithfully, she who was thu little
maid, the patient sheperd 81, the humble |
cleaner, now the devoted matron. pre-
Dtded over her household. kindly dispeus-
ing her stores of knowledge and goodness
which have been carefully gleane.'; while
he huabandman sees to it that his xrs
stored for future good. We being XIII.
together By fidelity, that strongest bond
81 true affection. We move On to the gar
ner of the Great Husbandman, each
our sheaves to be housed BY him
lbove. Then let us SOW the seeds of faith,
hope. charity and fidelity we'll migrated
With love broadcast over our land, that
he fruit be An unen ing chain Of fellow 4
hip. and The world be better for curl
having lived N II L
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