The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
A VOCA-
TION.
BY JENNIE MOORE GOTTEN,
(For The Democrat.

the very nature and necessities ol
the world, born to gain our llveli
hood by some means, and no depart
ment Of life is now without trials
and struggles, and long and dIli'
gent preparation.
| Circumstances and conditions o1
life have been and will be the great
arbitrator in this very valuable and
| important decision of life. Every
man must patiently bide lis time.
He must walt-not in llstless idle
ness, bUtin constant, steady, cheer.
ful endeavors, always willing and
fulfilling and accomplishing his
task, and when the time comes he
may be equal TO the occasion. A
poet has said that,
The man who seeks one tLing in life,
! and but one,
| May hope 10 achieve # before lite is doue,
But he who seeks all things where'er De
goes,
OaIy reap8 from the seed that round
| HIM he strews,
| B. harvest of barren regtets."
Iu all the vocatiods OF lifei the
body is dependent upon the mind
| for its vlgOr. Great vOcatiOns have
been reached by men who have had
the advan5 5agee Of life 20 cultivate
an already rich and fertile mind;
But how is it with those upon whom
Providence has failed to look with
beaming Smiles? Take poor girl,
Tor instaDce,-one who is alone III
the world, and who probably has an
aged mother to support, trying still
| TO be bnoyant midst the waves OF
adverse fate. Size is without etu
cation Or means to abtain 1t. What
is there for her to do? She can not
keep set Of books nor be a teach
er, for she herself has never been
taught. There is literally nothing
that she can do. She selects the
needle when nature endowed her
with the qualities requisite to make
her flushed artist
!, Agriculture is the oldest and
mobiles Of all vocations. From the
beginning of the world, sacred his
tory teaches US that the first voca-
ton Of man was, beng placed in
charge of the Garden of Eden.
From the beginning to the present
day, he who cultlyates the soil,
comes nearer obey ing the divine
mandate, $50 ye forth, multiply
and replenish the earth" For it Is
! he who produces the corn of nour,
lshment, the OIL of retreshment and
the wine OF JOY.
He who pursues this vocation
| with energy, tempers his actions
with his fellow men with honesty
and justice, guiC IS his footsteps by
The light OF the star OF truth, may
without fear close lites labors with
a knowledge Of having made sue
cessful choice of llfe's vocations.
A wise man hath said that,
1.-The lawyer pleads for all,
The q ctor physics all,
| The teachers teach for all,
| The preacher prays for all.
And the farmer pays for ALL"
Mother earth III the hands of the
agticnlturlsts would produce moIe
imam the Inhabitants could con
sume, and NATURALLY some wouIC
tuIn TO other pursuits in life. His
tory gives us an account of the me
chanlcal arts in the building O
ooiomon's temple, and the awe--in
spring tower of Bable- This ar
was LOST, but Is once more regainel
10 hold sway over a mighty nation
Among the first articles produced
by mechanics Were implements 0
of offence and defence. To th,
mechanics the agrlcultufists lool
lor implements OF husbandry. II
the mechanics tue Inhabitants looI
Tor shelter " lthOut t; EN- the Ca
tons OF earth WouIu be minus he
ships and army supplies.
The commercial world depend
upon them tor transportation ant
we owe many Of tue comforts o
home lie to the skill of traine,
mechanlc, and he is second only II
value to the agricultuIlst.
The commercial world is tha
; portion OF It's inhabitantants who's
vocation is the distribution of tn
surplus OF the agricultural arts c
the different parts of the universe
For it IS he who supplies the me
cbanlcal and the professional wit
the products of the agricu!turls
aud IN turn barters the manufae
lures to the agrlculturiSts and tn