Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-16
NEW SERlES--y0L. 10, NO. 2

Work is q penalty. for disobedience
that was laid on our first parents, and
men from the time of Adam until now all
every where baye been under the ban,
"ln the sweat Of thy face shalt thou
eat thy bread | know there are q
great many people who cat their bread
in the sweat Of their face, only from the
rapacity with which they eat il. But il
is IA law as well us necessity OF our
beings TO work, from which we cannol
rid ourselves 1t is work, work, work
And | doubt very much IL there be
any such being as an absolute idea
believe the lazy loafer who idles most
Of his time away around shops and on
street corners has about as hard work
AS the man who tolls from morn till
night. One thing is certain the man
who is accustomed TO work, can lind
no harder employment than doing
nothing. We should be Industrious
and work because il is dangerous to be
idle. ldlcness is the prolific parent OF
crime, and at no time in the history OF
this country, has crime of all grades
been moro prevalent than since the
commencement OF the present financial
panic, that has thrown thousands and
tens Of thousands Of men, women and
children out of employment. 1t is a
very old and common, but q very
truthful saying, that
"satan finds some mischief still,
Por idle hands TO do"
But industry includes all kinds OF
work-not only physical but mental.
! have heard some people say, "Oh, u
preacher don't work Well | take it
that the faithful Minister, who in al
dition to his pastoral aud other duties,
prepares two or three sermons for Sab.
bath. has the hardest kind of work
"Ob, says one, "a lawyer don't work,
oh no" Well, youngmaD, you try it
once, and see how you will get along,
without work. 1t Is all very nice to
see n smooth iylib.tongued lawyer get
up in court 10 advocate his clients
cause, or TO make speech Whenever
he is called upon-that l. all well
enough. 1t is no work TO tell u man a
few words in your Office and charge
him five dollars for It-oh no, that's no
work. Well, admit it is great deal
harder work just now TO get the five
dollars, but do you imagine il takes no
work to fit himself to make speech
and give advice, to say nothing Of the
clerical work be performs Ifyou do,
you are mistaken. | assert here TO-
night, that there is not minister of
tho Gospel, nor lawyer, who has ris.,
en 10 eminencc in bis profession, who
has not done work that would break
down the strongest laboring man ia this
community. But there is higher
moral incentive TO mental culture. The
servant who received the tea talents
and made ten more, having been faith.
ful over few things, was made ruler
over many things. The servant who
received the one talent, and tied il up
in napkin and hid il IN the earth,
was cast into outer darkness. A man
has no right either TO abuse or neglect
his talents, be they many or few. On,
how we would bewail our fate, viewing
il from our present standpoint, if God
in bis infinite wisdom had given US but
one talent. We woald say, "lf He had
only give me ten, how much good |
could have done-how would have
labored and studied, and tollcd to i'm
prove them and make ten more, and
yet, when we have but one or i've we sit
idly by from morning TIL night and
never think OF them, when the very
fact of having so few, makes the neces-
sity greater for improvement, and we
do not improve what we have. How
then could we take care Of ten talents
Third, man 10 succeed must be
earnest use the term here in the
sense of determination, not as sinccri.
ty. Ii is true, as in sincerity, he must
believe what he says and mean what
he does. The preacher who would get
up in his pulpit and read his hymns, and
preach his sermon. as though he were
more anxious TO get through, than to
impress his hearers with tho truth,
would not accomplish much good. The
public speaker who would get up. and
stand like piece of statuarv, and
make his speech ns tbough be were
gotten up for tho special occasion, If
he were TO repeat even that simple lit
tic poem
"rbc boy stood on the burning deck"
would not give his hearers much idea
., the true courage OF that little hero.
lie must be earnest; he must get the
ear OF his audience, and impress them
with the idea that he is in dead earnest /;
that he feels what he says, and believes
It, and he can control them ut his will,
A man must be determined he would
succeed. General Grant, after many
long and weary marches and bloody
battles trying TO take Richmond, and
failed, quietly sat down in front of the
entrenched city, with his segar in his
mouth, and telegraphed the President.
II will fight IL out on this line ilittaics
all summer 1t did take him all
summer and winter, but II showed the
determination of the man. lie took
the city and General Lev too--ended
the rebellion aud made Grant Presi-
dent. IL occurs TO me that IT II had
not been for his determination, and his
success as result OF that determina-
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