Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-24
WORK.

Arise, therefore, and be doing. and the Lord
be with thee.-I Chronicles, xxii:16
When David was king of Israel he had it
in mind to build house unto the name
of the Lord God, but the word of the Lord
came to him saying, thou shalt not build
an house unto my name. because thou hast
shed much blood on the earth in my sight"
The voice further assured him that his son
Solomon should do that work. Then the
king set himself to prepare iron for nails,
brass, and cedar wood, and gold and silver
without number, and he charged Solomon,
his son, n these words: ''Arise therefore
and &c doing, and the Lord be with thee
The great work of building house for
the God of Israel. which deyolved upon
Solomon, finds a counterpart in the pur-
pose OF every human life. Every man and
woman IS created to perform some special
work, and as that work shall be done lies
the success or failure of life. David. while
occupied with the affairsi of MS kingdom,
made al preparation possible to aid his son
IN his great work. He gathered for him all
the treasures of the East, he summoned to
his assistance cunning artificers in gold
anG silver. as we'll as hewers of wood. and
carvers Of stone, and then Solomon was
left to MS allotted task. In the same man
ner now wise parents surround their chill
dren with all the aidsIpossible to success
full lite.ss Books,' training for mind and
body, t-avel, refinement of thought and
manner, all the appliances to make them
rich - knowledge, sound in body and
skilled N labor, but the work of life de-
ponds Upon each individual for its per
Torrance. There are certain tasks to be
done, specified work to be accomplished
by every one, and no man can transfer his
labor 10 another. Besides the work de-
mands haste: do with thy might, for
there Is no work in the grave to which
thou hGsteth."
If all realized, this truth would the young
man n MS strength fritter away his time
in the frivolities of the ball ROOM or the
more vicious amusements of gambling
saloons and other palaces of sin? Would
the 'gelden morn pass and he have made
no noble or sweet use of life?'' Would the
young woman be contented with
the inaEe vanities of fashionable life. if
she knew that her Creator had work for her
to DO, work which would fill every hour of
her life, and that eternity with its gain or
loss depended upon that work being done.
and done we'll. If mankind are surrounded
by $50 great n cloud of witnesses" with
what astonishment must they behold the
children of men neglecting the tasks God
has set them and busted with their own bus
iness o. pleasure, spending the brief day
of life without a thought of the coming
judgment. ''Arise and be doing
it is the command of the almighty; no
dreaming of virtue or charity, but acting
them.
Bishop Butler says that drawing pic
ture OF virtue in ones mind, is so far from
necessarily or certainly conducive to form
habit of it in him who thus EMPLOYS
himself, that it may even harden the mind
IN contrary course, and render it grad
ually more insensible." Because a clergy
man IS eloquent in his sermons, or gifted in
prayer, counts for nothing if his life be bad
In.these earthly fields white fer the harvest
1t Is nonsense for any man to talk of the
dignity OF reaping or the glory of bringing
home Inc sheaves. if shis own hands are
idle
Benjamin Constant, the gifted French
man, wrote upon religion while daily
frequenting gambling saloons, and was
guilty OF the grossest RIGHTEOUSNESS while
writing ''Adolphe." What merit was there
in his affecting high thinking while prac-
ticing the lowest living? The Bible speaks
of him who knew his Lords will and did
1t not. Arises and be doing" The de-
nand IS for work, earnest honest work.
No lettering, no waiting for another. LESS
talk and more work" was the wise counsel
OF pastor in classmeeting. Then after
the resping comes the harvest, after toll,
rest, after life, the Judgment and the
award, In as much as ye did it inherit the
kingdom