The Red Cloud chief., 1882-10-27
DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS.


any Scripture in other pulpits MS morn
ing that carries more truth To the square
inch than this. And the especial atten-
ton Of the young men in the congrega-
lion IL called to the text.
The reason why. or at least n reason
why, the Psalmist, after he had been
young, and was old. could not remem-
Der ever to have seen the righteous Tor
saken or his seed begging bread. was
because o lazy man can I be very right
eOus. Not righteous enough TO hurt
him. The spectacle Of a lazy Christian
would be as great q rarity as q fat skel-
eton.
II your Bible teaches you anything 1t
teaches you that there Is no room IN
this hive for q drone. 1.-The hand Of the
diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful
shall be under tribute" 1.-The way
of the slothful man Is rs . hedge OF
thorns; but the way Of the righteous is
made plain" 1.-The desire of the slOih-
full killeth him. for his hands refuse TO
labor" 1.-The sluggard will o pillow
by reason of the cold. therefore shall he
beg in harvest and have nothing"
1.-The soul Of the sluggard desireth. and
hath nothing; but the soul of the dill
gent shall be made fat" mot sloihful
in business; fervent in spirit serving the
Lord" IAN Idle soul shall suffer hun.
ger" Alazy Christian. brethren. would
find but cold comfort IL he should exert
himself TO read his Bible.
The diligent soul always possessed
the land. Not the man or woman who
steps into n dead mans shoes and n fort
une, but the boy and girl who learn in
their teens what a dollar is worth,
and how To gain and use n power that
money cannot buy, are the pcopl; who
move the world. Clifford. the first cdi-
tor Of the Quarterly kcricU was only q
ommon sailor: Ben. Johnson was a
bricklayer: John Bunyan was a tinker;
Hugh Miller vas a quarryman; a
peare's father was so illiterate he didn't
know how to spell his sons name;
neither did his son. and no more do
YOU, for that NATTER; DE Foe, the au-
thor of Robinson Crusoc. was almost
wholly self-taught: Edgar A. Zoe was
the son of strolling PLAYERS; Ben.
Franklin, the printer. was the son OF a
tallow chandler; Sir Richard Arkwright,
inventor of the cotton spinning I'D
chine. was a barber; Tom Moore was
the SON of a grocer; Gerald Massey be-
gan life rs an erraad boy; and Caxton.
who set up the first printing press in
England, was q weaver's apprentice;
John Adams was the son OF n farmer;
President Lincoln was q farm hand and
flat boatman; Andrew johnson was a
tailor; Grant was a tanner; Garfield
was a canal boy-nonc Of these men
were renowned for their great wealth.
perhaps, but they were diiigent in their
business. and they stood before Kings;
a long. long WAYS before most Kings.
There is M particular merit in being n
King. Any man who happens to be
born Mt the right time into the right
family. can't help being a King. But
all the kingcraft in the world couldn't
make a De Foe. a Hugh Miller. a Burns.
or a Bunyan. if the boy didn't make
himself.
Dearly beloved. il may lie that this
congregation is not made up exclusive.
ly Of future Presidents, and OF peO, L.
whose names snail be written the fore
most of ri in their time. But there is
little doubt that it is largely made upof
men and women who are not doing all
the world has a right to expect of them.
Ask yourselves how many Of you de-
serve to stand before Kings for your
diligence? Possibly. my young brother
may not wish TO stand before Kings.
Very well, then he doesn't have to.
Bat if he does. there is only one way for
him 10 get there; he must be diligent i'm
business, whatever his business is; con
active; persistent and devoted in
his application. He wants to keep his
elbows, not his feet, on his desk. He
must work harder i'm the morning of his
life. just when he wants to play, than
no will in the afternoon.
II won't be at all easy for you. dearly
beloved, to be .'diligent in business"
A man is often very busy who isn't at
all diligent in business. The most act
i've man l cver saw was a man who did
less than you would suppose ten men
could do. He lived on the street. He
talked politics ten hours . day. He was
always going to run for some office, but
nobody ever nominated him. He would
drag you away from your desk or book.
20 talk TO you by the hour about some
thing you didn't care . cent for; he
knew q little about every living mans
business save his own; he spent the
most of his time in caucus and the rest
Of it in convention and procession, and
vet. when you went into that mans
Office, there was a great legend staring
at you from the wall. right over his
dcsk-"Time is money"
Be diligent in your business. dearly
beloved, and You will have no time to
manage your neighbours Affairs. and
this will keep you out Of trouble and
mischief. And just rs soon rs your
neigEbor finds that your time is too val
uable to be wasted upon him for moth
ing, he will want il, and pay for it. Men
always want what is hard for tlsem 10
get. Be diligent, and your Thoughts
will tend to plenty" Be diligcnt, and
..outo of Asher your bread shall be fat"
Be diligent, and "God shall give thee
of the dew of heaven, and the fairness
Of the earth. and plenty Of corn and
wine." and . whole chapter Of amend
ments can't keep il from you. Be dill
rent and your fullest manhood will be
developed; the world will be glad that
YOU have lived in IL and society will
miss you when you are called up higher.
Be dfligent in your business and the
thousaxd and one temptations that BE-
set the lazy man cannot be heard BY
you, absorbed in your own honest
affairs Be diligcnt and "re,oice in
your labor: this Is the gift Of Cod and
ssit Is good and comeiy for one 10 enjoy
the good Of al his labor that he taketh
undcr tho sun al the days Of his Life;
far Il = h:s- portion" Be dili9enk and