Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-05-31
Communication.
Labor the Source Of
Wealth.
For the Fayetteville Observer.

The Creator who made man
with physical and intellectual fac
ulties adapted to labor, has wisely
ordered that labor is necessary iu
order to obtain the comforts and
conveniencss of life, no less than
as means ol preserving and i'm,
proving physical and mental
health. Then if this be true,
which it certainly is, why is it
that so many of us as Gods
creatures disdain to do that
which He intended we should
do? Is it because we don't care
to preserve and improve our
selves physically and mentally?
We would answer no, for no
rational person desires to be
looked upon with contempt and
disrespect, and called the most
indolent of the community in
which he resides. There are
but few people in this enlight-
ened country but what desires
to be opulent, refined and in
telligent. Then what is it?
We will leave it for our readers
to decide. God emphatically
says to his creatures, make thy
living by the sweat of thy face.
Then what will we do with
those that make their living
otherwise, such as gamblers,
extortioners, impOsters, thieves,
etc. That is for them and their
Creator to settle. There will be
final reckoning with such
characters as we'll as all others
at the day of that great judg-
ment. We will doubtless have
to render at that day an ac-.
count of our stewardship, and
the way and manner in which
we deport ourselves here. One
Of the Apostles accordingly
commanded that if any man
will not work. neither let him
eat. If this command should
be enforced, a war would be no
comparison as to the number
that would be hurled into nom
existence. But whether the
Apostle worked or not manual
ly, he says nothing about it; he
only leaves for us to surmise.
But We suppose he was follow
er of Christ and a good man or
ought to have been; we think
him to have been a laborer, at
least mentally, working for the
the souls Of men. We don't
think him to be like the preach
er we once heard Of: "Do,"
says he, "not as | do, but do as
l tell you to do" This is
proof TO us that people do not
always do as they think or
know best. If we were not
mistaken, the Bible says for the
man of God to take unto him
wife and raise up followers of
the Lord. How many preten-
ders of religion live to be old
bachelors and misers, and even
ministers of the Gospel live
without complying with this IN
junction. But we don't think
he means only the man of God
to marry. for many a man
though wild and reckless often
marries a good and religious
woman, and through her infiu-
ence and persuasion becomes a
moral and religious man. All
that God created was not only
good but very good. Then mat
rimony must be a good thing
for he instituted it also. But
not so good for some poor wo-
men at last, for when they get
to loving one of those indolent
fellows Of whom we speak, for
some girls are so kind-hearted,
sympathetic and affectionate
that they can't say no hardly to
any one, and marry them, then
many times they doubtless wish
they had never been born on ac-
count of mal-treatment. Then
how thankful ought woman to
be who has that generous, kind
hearted and affectionate COM
panion for life, who is willing at
a moments warning to do any
thing that lieth in him to please
and comfort her. But we di-
gress. Let us turn nearer to
our subject, we did not in the
outset of cur writing propose TO
discuss matrimony. But we
have merely suggested some
points, that girls may be on the
alert when One of those indolent
and boisterous fellows come
around. But some no doubt are
willing already to say that we
contemplate matrimony more
than labor. As we have said,
Labor is the source of wealth;