The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-10
Better Work.

"3Vhat is. worth doing atsaR, sfsABoEfn
doino~wel,n wassa motto that adorned
the walls of an old academy far azEaT
among the hills, yearsago, but the truth
of the adage remains the same. anu
never has there been a time when the
demand for good work, the very best
work that men and women can do, was
greater than noNl Systematic order Is
thaeoIner-st>ae.of~an successful UNDER
takings, physical, mental Or moral and,
we think we may add, even spirfsaaL
What could q man accomplish ln nas
ordinary business, or q woman IN afe1
household arrangements, that had no
REGARD to time, on place, OF methodS
Cur schools are founded on systems.
Oar churches are established on this
basis. We say, 1.-The system OF the
uufxerse;n e'the planetary system;"
tAorder is Heavens first law" thus
pEoEino our constant and unconscious
acknowledgements of this fact. After the
time is fixed for the doing, and the
place, comes the way thereof, which
Should always, everywhere, be the best
and whatever we undertake we.shoutd
study to do it in the best possible way.
Consider it for yourselves; pay atten.
zion; and then go forward and do it.
though the heavens fall. Ii we stop to
advise with all our friends, first trying
fhSs@way, and then that, we will probas
bly, fail where we should have succeeded
Our business should be to. thoroughly
master the thing in hand for ourselves;
then do it in our own way. Ii we ever
. accomplish anything of any value we
,mustb be constant in orr endeavor;; selfa
DENYING, persistent, turning neither to
the right hand nor the left. It was this
dDgged persistence that caused Richs
.nsoHd to surrender. The most successs
falmen do not win their victories by
words. We often hear: 80, it's easy
TO talkir' The minister knew howseasy
when he told his congregation to doas
he said, not as he did. Everything
worth having in this world is the price
of some sort of labor. Labor not for
the meat that perisheth, but for that
which endureth unto eternal life"
Inathe above connection we are ledsto
consider the value of time, and the rep
rehensibility of those who infringe
upon, or waste the time of others.
Something is due to courtesy, and the
maintaining of friendly relations; but
all this requires considerable attention
for others, consideration for their time
and duties. There are people in the
! world who never seem TO. have anything
to do, and no special object ia Life
They answer to swell the census ac~
count; perhaps to educate others in pa
tience, like nies 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 neEer did anything
they were up" This accorded
with an idea of the resurrection, and
weeconfess to having some sympathy
with it at certain times. Boarding.
house ladies, as a rule, are great
wasters, not only of their own time, but
shat of others. They seem to regard it
as a 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
wv time iEssGust view of the subject;
bat for this we are the losers. and must
give an account for ourselves. When
we waste another's time, we defraud
him OF aportion of his property as truly
as if we took a well-flled purse fromhis
pocket. Have we a right TO exclude air
and sunshine from another, because it is
free to all? Do the moon and the stars
shine for us onlya Shall we say to an
other: so much shalt thou have, and.
no more?'' DR.. Gregory, of our Agri-
cultural College, once said: ssAllafrue
study must be solitary If this be so,
how many true students do we havef
OF all the treasures vouehsafed us by
kind Heaven, this of time is one of the
Richest and most sacred. Let us use and
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