The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-02
THOROUGH lllG WoGk.
As tssfktatst ui uu tNuur
fitts stnuuS.


Once moro. "Ihoough" means
through 30 the end $50 man can DO
true work who BE- watching Cor the
chance OF getting a competency. then
ceasing 10 labor ~ work Is an obliga.
ton in itself and II one Is finding please
ure in 30, us something done for God
and ia his honor then he will not want
release until ID Is clearly the divine will
for him 10 rest. brother said one
aged man CO. another who was labor.
ously at work at his craft, "why not
rest now Rest, replied the other,
II shall have all eternity 90 rest in;
must work while the day lasts To
work with the idea uppermost in mind
60 get done with it as soon as possible.
degrades both the quality aud the
motive Of your work.
But Christianity is not only ~.
ligion Of sacrifices. II is religion of the
richest rewards. II pays the highest
wages as one works ON in fidelity and in
hope.
For conscientious labor insures sue
cess. The wretched poor are those who
have never been conscientious workers
in anything. Then looseness runs
through the whole web of their lives.
OF course there are some exceptions,
because Of hereditary disease, adverse
circumstances and orphaned conditions.
and we cannot blame those subject to
these sad misfortuDes. They demand
our sympathy and aid. But as a rule,
the abject poor are the reckless shift
less, vicious element in the community.
Those who get nothing to do, except in
very hard times, are the "do-nothings."
Good work always commands its price.
Good workmen are turned off last when
trade is dull and taken ON first when
trade revives.
Another reward of conscientious work
is the pleasure one always takes in it.
A set of books well kept satisfies the
mind of the faithful bookkeeper; a SER
mon carefully prepared, whatever the
audience may think of it, is a delight to
the soul of the true preacher; a horse
well groomed reflects from his glossy
coat the happy look of the hostler; a
room well swept, corners and all; sub
ject thoroughly investigated; job well
done: lesson well studied; each yields
conscious pleasure in the thing
achieved.
The mind is constituted to be con.
tented with and often to have a sort of
affectionate interest in, any piece of
work well done. 1t is not a misleading
fable that tells Of Pygmalion, the sculp.
tor of Cyprus, who fell in love with the
exquisite ivory statue of "A maiden
which he had carved and into which
the gods breathed life at bis request
that he might make the perfect woman
his wife; for thus every one who atTec.
tinnately renders truth into whatsoever
form will heartily enjoy the result.
Among the most agreeable earthly SEN
sations are those which center about
a task which in its own de-
this makes the difference between the
artist and the drudge. On this earth
where nearly all labor without love is
drudgery, the only escape from servile
toll in anything is to do it "as to the
Lord"
Another great reward is the effect OF
thorough, conscientious work upon the
world at large. Every genuine work,
l.. 4. IL ~,
antidote to that miserable deception and
chcanery OF which our earth has far too
large "A surplus. Every true stroke OF
the hammer rings out its protest against
the self-compromsing spirit abroad in
the community. Every honorable
transaction in business lifts mercantile
life out OF mere jobbery, and to some eX-
tent, reduces the amount OF inglorious
continuance to get rich without
work. A merchant says if he is honest
his neighbor will take advantage OF it.
Another declares that his tricky partner
is too much for his principles, and SC
the infection spreads till old Diogenes
with his lantern, cannot find dozen,
not to say two, strictly honest men doing
business on the same street. How
effective, then, single case Of uncom-
promising fidelity! The very rarity Of
the phenomenon is one element Of its
influence. One man or woman, con-
sistently Offering such a sacrifice for the
people, may "save many from then
sins"
To sum up in u work, we have the
revelation of God to warrant us in say.
ing that all work done las unto the
Lord" is accepted as true worship in his
sight.
When Phidias chiseled carefully the
backs of his statues, which were to bt
placed out of sight in the pediment oi
the Parthenon at Athens, to one who
demonstrated with HIM on the waste Of
labor he replied, "But the gods see tn,
whole" In like manner we may say OF
any work, done in self-sacrifce and fol
the love of God and man, that it il
among the sincerest tributes that mar
can offer to his Maker. 1t is the bes
recognition possible; yea, the best imi
tation of the perfection of Jehovah'
own creations that feeble mortals car
give. Gods handiwork admits no flaw
''God of the sunlight and the rose
Soul of the sparrow and the bee;
The endless tide of being flows
In countless channels, Lord, from Thee
Ii springs alike in grass and flowers;
Through every grade of being runs;
And from Creations topmost towers
1t leaps alike from stars and suns
The minutest animalcule of God