The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-06-23
LABOR v1Nc1r oMN1A."

There have been, in the history of this
world, many great and wise men, who
have written many true sayings. But
the wisest and trHest of all these is, "La.
Dor Vincit Omnia," or "Labor conquers
all things"
There are many different kinds of
labor. Among the different kinds are
mental, physical, honest and dishonest
labor. If 8 man hires to another to work
for him, ard, as sooD as his employers
back is turned, he does not do his work
properly, it is dishonest labor, or in other
words it is stealing.
The rewards of labor are SUCCESS,
wealth and happiness One of the re.
wards of labor, as we have stated above,
Is wealth. Wealth has great and beue6.
cent uses, but may he made to make men
either prosperous and happy, or misera-
BILE and poor. 1t is both right and hon
orable to seek wealth, provided it is done
rightly in the sight of God. If wealth
cannot be obtained with clear con-
science, and by honest labor, it is far bet.
ter to be poor. John Wesley said, "Get
all you can, save all you can, and then
give all you can" But this does not
mean for the wealth to be obtained
through any other means than by honest
labor. If person gains great wealth
through fraud, no matter how much he
gives to charity, it will add no more to
his treasures in Heaven.
An unparalleled illustration, showing
that "Labor conquers all things" is the
story of Christopher Columbus, with
which we are all more or less acquainted.
After he conceived the idea that the
world was round, 1t was eighteen years
before he accomplished his designs.
During all this time he WAS very patient,
and biavely devoted to the one purpose
of his life. Columbus first laid his plans
before the King of Portugal, bat was
there ridiculed. Yet he did not despair,
but went to the Court of Spain. There,
after seven long years of labor and watt
ing, he obtained his request, and then
discovered this beautiful land of ours.
Had it not been for the perseverance, aud
labor of that great man, it is probable
that this grand and glorious country of
ours would not have been discovered,
but that it would have been in the hands
Of savages until the present day.
The farmer does not plant his crop
and then sit down and do nothing and
expect the products of his farm to come
to him. But, on the contrary, he be.
slows upon his farm great physical labor,
and when the crop is gathered he enjoys
the benefit thereof. The farm does not
require much mental labor, but it does
require the expenditure of much manual
labor.
How did that great and noble man,
Wade Hampton, rescue the fair State Of
South Carolina from the hands of the
Republicans in the heated campaign of
1857 1t was only by great mental and
physical exertion. It was labor that
conquered.
Some people, especially young men,
seem to think that they can live by suck
ing the end of gold headed cane. It is
mistake. A person cannot live without
laboring, for it was SO decreed when God
expelled Adam from the garden of Eden.
Demosthenes, the unrivaled orator of
Greece, was once an awkward, sickly,
stammering boy, and when he first sp-
peared before the public was hissed off
the stage. But By his determined energy
and perseverance he "placed himself at
the head of all the mighty masters Of
speech-unapproachable forever"
Ifa person wishes to make succeDs of
the time allotted him to live, he must
form fast friendship with perseverance,
and honest labor. And if he deserts
these two friends Of his he will soon find
that his life is a total failure, for man
bot live without laboring, gz