Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-09-22
Better Work.

"What is worth doing at all, is worth
doing well. )" Was motto that adorned
tie walls OF an old academy far away
among the hills, years ago. but the truth
OF the adage rema ms the same, and
never has there been time when the
demand for good work, the very lest
work that men and women can do. was
greater than now. Systematic order is
the corner stone of all successful under
takings. physical. mental or moral, and,
we think we may add, even sp ritual.
What could a man accomplish in his
ord nary business, or a woman in her
household arrangements, that had no
regard 10 time, or place, or method?
Our schools are founded on systems.
Our chul ches are e>tabl shed on this
basis. We say, " the system of the
universe;" ''the planetary SYSTEM"
"or Ter is Heavens first law" thus
proving our constant AMI unconscious
acknowie lgment OF this tact. After the
time is fiXe for the doing, AMI the
place, comes the wav thereof, VIII CHI
shoul | ALWAYS, everywhere, be the best,
AMI whatever we I'm ertake we shout [
study to do it in the best possible way.
Consi Ter it for yourselves; pay atten-
ton; an then 60 forwar an do it,
though the heavens fall If we stop to
wise with all our frisn Is. first trying
this way, an then that, we will prOba-
bly fail where we shoulI have succee e I.
Our business should be to thoroughly
master the tn NO N han for ourselves;
then 90 it in our own wav. Ii we ever
accom- lish ANYTHING of any value we
must be con slant in our eldeavor: self
denying, rersis ent. turning neither to
the right han nor the lett 1t was this
dOgged persistence that caused Rich
mon to surrender. The most success
full men do not win their victories bv
wor s. We often hear: 90, is easy
to talk" The II mister knew how cas-
when he tol his congregation to do as
he sal |, not as he iii l. EVERYTHING
worth having in this worl is the price
of some sort of labor. Labor not for
the meat that perisheth, but for that
which en- luretl unto eternal life.''
In the above connection we are led to
consider the value of time and the rep
rehensibility of those VINO infringe
upon, or waste the time of othe s.
Something is due to courtesy. and the
maintaining of friendly re,at ions: but
for others, consideration for their time
and duties. There are people in the
world who never seem to have ANYTHING
Tn do, and no special object in life.
They answer to swell the census ac-
count; perhaps to educate others in pa
thence, like flies and mosquitoes; but
really such remedies seem worse than
most diseases. They seem like those
people whom a Swedenborgian lady re-
marked would never come up. Why
should they? They never did anything
when hey were up" This accorded
with an idea of the resurl e:tion, and
we confess to having some sympathy
with 1T at certain times. Boarding
house ladies, as a rule, are great
MASTERS. not only of their own time, but
that OF others. They seem to regard it
as something to be disposed of and
forgotten as soon as possible; but re-,
member that the whole human family
are served alike in this matter, and that
each must give account for himself.
What We might have been, under the
circumstances is what we are required
to be. We have no right to waste our
own time in just view of the subject;
but for this we are the losers. and must
give an account for ourselves. When
we waste ano hers time, we defrauI
n m OF pc ton of h property as truly
as if we took a well-filled purse from his
pocket. Have we right 10 clude air
and sunshine from another. because it is
Tree to all? Do tho moon and the stars
shine for us only? Shall we say to an
OF er: so much shalt thou have, and
no more?" DIR. Gregory. of our Agri-
cultural College, once said: All true
how many true students do we have!
Of all the treasures vouchsafed us by
kind Heaven, this of time is one of the
richest and most sacred Let us use and
not abuse It - Chicago Interior.