The Progress., 1892-12-17
AN ABlE..SERMON.

cred by Rev. l.. +. jackson, OF the
Methodist Mission church,ef Shreve-
port, onsEriday evening, October 7tb
ult.. an36as been preserved by TIE
PRoGhEss for special -eecasien aud we
think the present issue u good oppor-
tunity 30 present it to our readers.
A csresOl perusal VIII, we think, be
both edifying and enEght tsrIng:
THE gIELE THE WsRKIsHMAN's
FRIEND.
What Carlyle said of tie book of
Job, may with equsl truth BE said of
The Beck of which * forIas part:
1T is noble book. All mems book.
There il nothing IIkeitin al litera-
ture"
1t is raeiestic in the simplicity
with which it deals with world-fac,s
and universal laws It iS marvellous
in the accuracy with which. itDictures
the rise and progress of nations and
the minutse of the heart and miud
working Of the most iasignik cant of
Gods intelligent creatures. sNithiu
a breathing space # tells OF the rise
and ruin of a dynasty, er furnishes
code of laws which forms the kcsis of
all future legislation. Ii paints word
pictures winch no artist will ever be !
able TO put on cauva,s. In less time |
than man c0Etd begin, or find be- |
ginning of, the story of the sorrow of 1
single heat q tells the cause Of all /
human woe and as speedily the cure.
No other (ousginal) book pretends
, to hanSie the questions of mans
origin, relation to God and each
othtr, and his destiny. Ii 1t be trne.
then without it, it would be useless
to attemP. to answer. even if it be
conceded chat human minds could
conceive or ask them.
"But what" say you, 'has this to
do with wefkingmon~ Much. All
men are wOzkingmen.
The Bible goes back to the begin
ming of the rece and states the .eondi-
tionsin which it was .creat.si, lis fall, .
and the results, and lays dOwI the
law Of spiritual, mental, social and [
physical development, end that law is .
action-work. IL makes no class dis l
tinctioDS as the basis of the enjoy I
ment of benefits 10 be derived from .
obedience to this law. tut plScing |
itself alongside every man, seeks to a
gsise him TO its owa standard of per-
feetion. Eut it lays Oil al equally -
the necessity of obedience to- this law
rs q condition precedent to the en- e
ioyment which development bringz. o
Al men ara under the law Of labor q
and the curse of sin. When God a
said to Adam aud Eve, "In the sweat q
)f thy face shalt thou eat bread till IL
hon seturn unto the ground" He tr
spoke TO the race and all forms of IL
msntal and physical "
we're alike encountered and degraded tl
oy sin. el
Labor was not the curse of sin. for re
iod also directed Adam ito dress cs
lnd keep the garden The curse 81
vas sorrow in the labor. La sorrow la
halt thou eat bread. b
What is the difference between the pr
arious forms of labor as regards hc
heir M cessityi None. On the same OF
rinciple, that, as governments are tn
ow constituted neither Legislators nor ~
xecutives can be dispensed with. IL
What is the differ, nee between the mt
arious forms of physical labor, so fe'
ar as results are concerned? None Sol
III must ba done or the whole is as
ever done. / have watched the for an
lation of the various parts of a loco to
lotive in great engine works and
ondered that so much was done ed.
18th SO little thought. Especially i Ma
D iced one machine which plowed sin
nall shavings off of heavy steel bon
ar and turning to the attendant l dir
nd, sand what do you do7 'Oil nei
,d watch it." he replied. Nor was sav
le answer much of an exaggeration. sib
i've movements practically covered fan
8 part of the work. He put in a Cae
eel bar probably once in l0t) IL But
,urs, turned il once in 3 to 6 homs. viii
Used it by thumb screw SO that of 6
o point could get but furrows evil
'pth, oiled it, aad VIII, n completed. II
moved it. Any ordinarily intelli. of O
mt boy, 10 years Of age, could have bloe
me all save, possibly. the lifting aga
ut vi hout it there would be no pis- ina
n-rod-no locomotive-no rapid He
ansit fr;n
so 1t is with labor. There is no all !
s'inction in the great aggregate of ado
9 worlds work, as to the class of llbel
Dor all is necessary and equally br
1t rs simply question of taste free
q talent. All men must labor. ture
In the constitution of our being. age
leness and vice go hand in hand. natu
"a cannot be intimate with idleness mon
Trout breathing the po'lutlpg tool,
thors - sice. lou cannot be idle, bono
,ssha. oe'ng vicious. ldleness, child
Nv - Ial'lng Isg from iaziness di- with
rs,y OF iaziness superinduced by this
'aitn' breeds crime, and hence vol soc;s
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