The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-06-09

your shops, your rising walls, your anviia
are fc/sresses in which you may hide, and
from which you may fight against the
temptations Of your life. Morning, noon
and night, Sundays and week days, thank
God for plenty to do.
z Another encouragement Is the fact that
their families are going to have the very
best opportunity for development and use.
fulness. That may.sound strange to you,
but the children Of fortune are very apt to
turn out poorly. In nine cases out Of ten
the lad finds out II a fortune is coming, by
twelve years Of age-he finds out there Is
no necessity of toll; and he makes no
struggle, and a life without struggle goes
into dissipation or into stupidity There
are thousands and tens of thousands of
men In our great cities who are toilng on,
denying themselves all luxuries, year after
year toiling and grasplng. What fort To
get enough to spoil their children.
The father was fifty years getting the
property together. How long will It take
the boys to get rid Of that property, not
having been brought up in prudent habits?
Less than five years to undo all the work
of fifty. You see the sons of wealthy par
ents going out into the world, inane, nerve-
less, dyspeptic, or they are incorrigible
and reckless; while the son Of the porter
that kept the gate learns his trade, gets a
robust physical constitution, achieves high
moral culture, and stands In the front rank
Of Church and State. Who are the men
mightiest in our legislatures, and Con-
gress, and cabinetsi Did they walk up the
steep OF life in silver slippersG Ol no. The
mother put him down under the tree in the
shade, while she spread the hay. Many Of
these mighty men ate out Of an iron spoon
and drank out Of the toughest earthen-
ware-their whole life forcei march.
They never had any luxuries until, after
awhile, God gave them affluence and USE
fulness and renowD as reward for their
persistence. Remember, then. that thoug h
you may have poor surroundings an small
means for the education of your children,
they are actually starting under better ad-
vantages than though you had fortune TO
give them. Hardship and privation are
not a damage to them, but an advantage.
Again, offer as encoura cement that
you have so many opportunities Of gain
ing information. Plato gave S1,3 Tor two
books. The Countess Of Aujou gave 200
sheep for one volume. Jerome ruined nim-
self financially by buying one copy Of
Origen. Oh, the contrast. Nov there are
tens Of thousands Of pens gathering up
in Information -.
"copy." All our cities quake with the
rolling cylinders of the Harpers and me
Appletons, and the LippincoSs and the
Petersons and the Ticknors, and you now
buy more than Benjamin franklin ever
knew for fifty cents A hard working
man comes along toward his home, and he
looks into the show window OF the book
store and sees an elegantly bound volume.
He says:
~ wish had that book; there must be
a great deal of information In IT,"
A few months pass along, and thou n
that book which he looked at cost FIVE
dollars, IL comes now In pamphlet shape
and costs him fifty cents. The high wall
around about the well Of knowledge is be-
ing broken down, and people come, some
with porcelain pitchers and some with
pewter mugs, TO dip up the living water
for their thirsty lips. There are people
who toll from seven o'clock In the morning
until six o'clock at night, who know more
about anatomy than the old Psychologists,
and who know more about astronomy
-tl-1 fold philosophers. II you should
take tbe learned men OF two hapdred
years ako and put them on one bench, and
take twenty children from the common
schools in Brooklyn, and put them down
on the other bench, the children could ex-
anime the philosophers and the philoso-
piers could not examine the children.
oi rejoice that you have all these oppor.
tunities Of information spread out before
you, and that, seated In your chair at
home, by the evening light, you can look
over all nations and see the descending
morn of universal day.
One more encouragement: Your tolls in
this world are only intended TO be disci-
pline by which you shall be prepared for
heaven. "Behold bring you glad tidings
Of great Joy" and tell you that Christ,
the carpenter, Of Nazareth, is the work.
ingman's Christ. You get his love once
in your heart, o, workIngman, and you
can sing on the wall In the midst Of the
storm, and in the shop amidst the showing
Of the plane, and down In the mine amid
the plunge of the crowbar, and on
shipboard while climbing ratlines. II
you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ he
win count the drops Of sweat on your
brow. He knows every ache and pain you
have ever suffered In your worldly occu-
patton. Are you wearyl He will give
you rest. Are you sickS He will give you
health. Are you coldf He viii wrap
around you the warm mantle OF his eter-
nal love. And beside that, my friends, you
must remember that all of this Is only
preparatory--a preparatory and introduc.
tory. fsee q great multitude before the
throne Of God. Who are theyi 10" you
say, "those are princes. They must have
always been In a royal family. They
dress like princes; they walk like princes;
they are princes. There are none Of the
common people there-none Of the people
that ever toiled with hand and foot" All,
you are mistaken. Who 10 that bright
spirit before the thronei Why, that
was sewing g-girl, who, work as hard as
III could, could make but two shillings
the day. Who 10 that other illustrious
soul before the thronei Why, that man
.oilsd amid the Egyptian brick kilns. Who
Is that other iilustrious soul before the
thronei Why her drunken father drove
her out on a-cold winter night and she
irore into heaven. What are those kings