The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11

co.'s sncouragements for suca: end the nrss
encouragement Is, that one Of the greatest
safeguards against evil 10 plenty to do.
When men sin against the law OF their
country, where do the police detectives 60
to dnd theml Not amid the dust Of fac.
tories, not among those who have on their
''overalls;" but among those who stand
with their hands in their pockets around
the doors of saloons and restaurants and
tavern.. Active employment is one OF the
greatest sureties for . pure and upright
life. There are but very few men with
character stalwart enough to endure con'
secutive idleness.
Sin is an old pirate that bears down on
vessels whose sails are tapping idly in the
wind. The arrow Of sin has hard work to
puncture the leather Of an old working
apron. Be encouraged by the fact that
your shops, your rising walls, your anvils
are fertresses in which you may hide, and
from which you may fight against the
temptations of your life. Morning. noon
and night. Sundays and weekdays, thank
God for plenty to do.
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 il fortune is coming, by
twelve years of age-he finds out there is
no necessity of toll: AMI he makes no
struggle, and life without struggle goes
into dissipation or into stupidity. There
are thousands and tens of thousands of
men in our great cities who are toiling on,
denying themselves al. luxuriss. year after
year toiling and grasping. What for! 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 incorricible
and reckless; while the son Of the porter
that kept the gate learns his trade, gets a
robust physical constitution. achieves high
HUI IA CuAtui cs anu stduA~ VIC Al Vhe q
Of Church and State. Who are the men
mightiest in our legislatures, and Con-
gress, and cabinets: Did thew walk up the
steep of life in silver slippers: o! 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 forced march.
They never had any Injuries until, after
awhile, God gave them affiuence and use-
fulness and renowp as a reward for their
persistence. Remember, then, that thong h
you may have poor surroundings and small
means for the education of your children,
they are actually starting under better ad =
vantages than though you had a fortune 70
give them. Hardship and privation are
not a damage to them. but an advantage.
Again, I offer as encoura cement that
you have SO many opportunities of gain.
ing information. Plato gave II $50 for two
books. The Countess of Anjou gave 200
sheep for one volume. Jerome ruined him.
self financially by buying one copy of
Origen. Oh. toe contrast. Now there are
tens of thousands of pens gathering up
information. Type-se.ters are calling FOR
"copy" All our cities quake with the
rolling cylinders of the Harpers and the
Appletons. and the Lippincots and the
Petersons and the Ticknors. and you now
bug more than Benjamin Franklin ever
knew for fifty cents! A Woodworking
man comes along toward his home, and he
looks into the show window of the book
store and sees an elegantly hound volume.
He says:
Il wish 1 had that book: there mus. be
. great deal OF information in it."
= A few months pass along, and thourh
that book which he looked at cost i've
dollars, il comes now in pamphlet shape
and costs him fifty cents. The hi. wall
around about the well of knowledge is he-
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
than the old philosophers. Ii you should
take the learned men OF two hundred
years ago ana put them on one bench. and
take twenty children from the common
schools in BrookIyn, and put them down
on the other bench, the children could ex.
anime the philosophers aud the philoso.
pliers could not examine the children.
o! rejoice that you have all these oppor.
tunities of information spread out b-fore
you, and that, seated in your chair at
home, by the evening light, you can look
over all nations and see tie descending
morn of universal dav.
One more announcements: Your tolls in
this world are only intended to he 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
will 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 weary! He will give
you rest. Are you sick? He will give you
health. Are you cold? He will wrap
around you the warm mantle Of his e.er.
nal love. And beside that, my friends, you
must remember that all of this is only
preparatory and introduc.
tory. Isee great multitude before the
throne of God. Who are they: &c." you
say, "those are princes. They must have
always been in a royal family. They
1ress like princes; they walk like princes;
hey are princes. There are none of the
people therefore of the people
hat ever toiled with hand and foot" All,
you are mistaken. Who is that bright