Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-06

Honest work for the morrow;
Are these worth nothing more
Than the hearts they have made sad,
Than the lives they have made dreary."
Work has been defined as doing
your duty. In the beginning mans
wants were abundantly provided for
without any effort on his part; but
he sinned, then came the curse.
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread until thou returnest unto
the ground; for out of the ground
vast theu taken; dust thou art and
hnto dust shalt thou return"
Thus with the mark of sin upon his
brow the disobedient child turned his
face forever from the Garden of Eden,
and went out to battle with the cold
and cruel world.
Each and all must work according
to their capacity.
Labor may be divided into two dis
tinct classes: mental, the labor of the
mind, and physical, the labor of the
body. There are then necessarily
two classes of laborers: mental, those
who labor with the mind, and physi-
cal, those who labor with the body.
To the former class belong the me-
chanic, farmer, etc.; to the latter,
poet, scientist, philosopher. In labor
ing with the mind the body is to
some extent brought into active SER
vice. Just so with the mental labor
er, his physical nature aids his mind
in its operations. There are instances
where the mind is in operation with
outthe body, but never where the body
operates without the mind. Mental
labor in its highest sense, real "sweat
of the BRAIN" is done without any as
Sistauce from the body; but it is
through the medium of the body that
these mental works are made known
to the world, and put into practical
use for the benefit of mankind. All
the grand advancements made in
civilization are united efforts of mind
and body; the mind planning and
the body carrying those plans into
execution, thus the two 90 hand in
hand.
Man in his original perfect state
was happy without work, but after
his fall God in His providence knew
man could not he happy without
work, hence it became a necessity.
From the very nature of our beings
we must be employed. Only in work
is there hope.
God has not only made it necessary
that we should work, but he has CIV
en- us the faculties with which to
work. Each and every one has a
place to fill in the grand plan of life !;
each has work to do. We believe
it true that some have a more decid-
ed adaptability, or talent than others,
hence it is easier for such persons to
find their places, while Others go
through the world, without knowing
for what they were created, or ever
finding or filling their proper places.
Some in following their greatest de-
sires, doing that which is most pleas
ant, are doing their life work. In
the case of an artist, nothing could be
more pleasant to him than the paint
ing, and that is just for what he was
intended. The life work of others
seems to be a great burden, that they
are hardly able to bear. 1t is through
great trials and tribulations that some
of us attain to higher and better
things, while others seem to reach
them naturally. But the "greater
our trials here, the greater our
strength in Heaven"
When we retrospect the pages OF
history and see the results of grand
and noble lives, how our hearts throb
with a sense of our unworthiness. But
if we examine these lines closely we
will see that it is through constant
and diligent labor that they have at.
tanned these ends. 1t is by wisely
and judiciously using the talents Civ
en- them. We can all do that, none
can do more. How often we wish we
might do something for the world
that would cause us to be remember
ed in years to come. Although We
may not be able to write our names
high on the monument of fame, we
can work in our own spheres, remem.
bering that the silent workers are
sometimes the noblest and most eff
cient. Some one has said that there
are more martyrs around the fireside
than in the open field. So we viii
work on, doing the duty which lies
nearest us and leave results with God
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