The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-04
DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS.

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Dearly beloved. you win not listen to
any Scripture in OTHER pulpits this morn
ing that carries more truth to the square
inch than this. And the especial atten-
ton of the young men in the congrega-
ton is called to the text.
The reason why, or at least one reason
why, the Psalmist, after he had been
young, and was old. could not remem-
Der ever to have seen the righteous for
saken or his seed begging bread. was
because lazy man can be very right
eous. Not righteous enough to hurt
him The spectacle Of zlazy Christian
would be as great rarity as a lat skel-
etoA.
Ii your Bible teaches you anything it
teaches you that there is no room in
this hive for drone. "The hand of the
diligent shall bear rule; but the slothul
shall be under tribute" The way
of the slothful man is as hedge Of
thornsi but the way of the righteous 10
made plain" THE desire OF the slotil-
full killeth him. for his hands refuse to
labor "fhe sluggard will not pillow
BY reason of the cold, therefore shall he
beg in harvest and have nothing"
''The soul of the sluggard desireth. and
hath nothing; but the soul OF the dill
gent shall be made fat mot slothfuI
In business; fsrvent in spirit serving the
Lord" ''An idle soul shall suffer hun
ger.n A lazy Christian, brethren, would
find but cold comfort if he should exert
himself to read his Bible.
The diligent soul always possessed
the land Not the man or woman who
steps into dead man shoes and fort
une. but the boy and girl who learn in
their teens what a dollar is worth,
and how to gain and use . power that
money cannot buy, are the people who
move the world. Clifford, the first edi-
tor of the Quarterly Reuieso was only
common sailor: Ben. Johnson was 3
bricklayer; John Bunyan was tinker;
Hugh Miller was quarryman; Shakes
peare' father was SO illiterate he didn't
know how to spell his sons name;
neither did his son, and no moro do
you, for that matter; De Foe, the au-
thor Of Robinson Crusoe, was almost
wholly self-taught; Edgar A.. Poe was
the SON OF strolling players; Ben.
Franklin. the printer. was the son of .
tallow chandler; Sir Richard Ark wright,
inventor of the cotton spinning ma
chine, was barber; Tom Moore was
the son of grocer; Gerald Massey be-
gan life as an errand boy; and Caxton,
who set up the first printing press in
j England, was q weaver's apprentice;
+, John Adams was the son of farmer;
President Lincoln was q farm hand and
| fat boatman; Andrew johnson was a
tailor; Grant was tanner; Garfield
(, was q canal boy-none of these men
! were renowned for their great wealth.
perhaps. but they were diligent in their
business, and they stood before Kings
q long. long ways before most Kings.
There is no particular merit in being q
King. Any man who happens to be
born at the right time into the right
all the kingcraft in the world couldn't
make De Foe. Hugh Miller, a Burns
or Bunyan, If the boy didn't make
himself.
J Dearly beloved, it may be that thi:
congregation is not made up exclusive
ly Of future Presidents, and of people
whose names shall be written the fore
most of all in their time. But there /!
little doubt that it is largely made up o
men and women who are not doing al
the world has right to expect of them
Ask yourselves how many of you de
serve to stand before Kings for you
diligencep Possibly. my young brothe
may not wish to stand before Kings
Very well, then he doesn't have to
But If he does, there is only one way TO
him to get there; he must be diligent il
business, whatever his business is; cen
stantly active; persistent and devoted il
his application. He wants to keep hi
elbows. not his feet, on his desk. ii
must work harder in the morning of hi
life, just when he wants to play. thai
he will in the afternoon.
1t won't be at all easy for you. dearl,
beloved. to be '.diiigent in business.
A man is often very busy who isn't a
. all diligent in business. The most ACT
i've man ever saw was man who di
less than you would suppose ten me
} could do. He lived on the street. ID
talked politics ten hours a day. de wa
; always going to run for some office, bu
nobody ever nominated him. be woul
drag you away from your desk or book
to talk. to you by the hour about some
thing you didn't care cent for; b
: knew little about every living man
: business save his own; he spent tn
| most of his time in caucus and the res
{ of it in convention and procession, an
yet, when you went into that man
. Office, there was great legend starin
at you from the wall. right over b
; desk-"Time is money"
: Be diligent in your business, dearl
. beloved. and you will have 40 time
Z manage your neighbours affairs, an
5 this will keep you out of trouble an
! mischief. And just as soon as yol
neighbor finds that your time is too va
: liable to be wasted upon him for not
ing. he will want it, and pay for it. Me
always want what is hard for them I
get. Be diligent, and your Though
,. will tend to plenty" Be diligent, an
: "out of Asher your bread shall be fat.
:. Be diligent, and '.God shall give The
: Of the dew Of heaven, and the fatne
I of the earth. and plenty of corn ar
: wine." and whole chapter of amen,
: ments can't keep 1t from you. Be di
gent, and your fullest manhood will
: developed; the world will be glad tn
= you have lived in it, and society w
8 mss you when you are caleo up nigne
Z Be dfligent in your business. and Il
y thousand and one temptations that b
70 ret tho lazy man cannot be heard
you. absorbed in your own hone
= affairs. Be diligent and rejoice
e your labor; this is the gift of God" Al
e lit is good and comely for one to emf
d. the good o. all his labor that he take
q under the sun all the days of his LID
b for it is his portion" Be diligent. q
&c rest and refreshing viii follow your to
b. for the sleep Of laboring man
tt sweet whether he eat little or much
T., S Seest thou man diligent in his hu
be nessP He shall stand before Kings;