The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
LABOR DAY.
vices.

Labor Day, being legal holiday, was
observed with the usual privileges.
Chapel exercises were held in the fore
noon, in which the inmates were treat
ed to splendid feast of reason from
Rev. Thos. McClary, of Minneapolis,
Miss Bess Waller, of Chippewa Falls,
Wis, opened the exercises with solo,
"The Gift" Her grand contraluo voice,
tuned with perfect meditation, touched
the hearts of her audience and eliciteda
wave of applause seldom equaled in the
chapel. Prayer was offered by Rev. c.
A. Cressy, of Saltwater, after which Miss
Waller again favored us with another
solo "Bonnie of Dundee" Warden
Wolfer introduced the speaker, who
spoke on "The Nobility of Labor" of
which the following is brief synopsis:
To earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow is the duty Of man, and when he
does it with pleasure he obeys the laws
of his nature. In the order of the uni
verse it has been decreed that man shall
labor, and that the result of his toll
shall serve the grand cause of humani-
! ty. To work without an object is to
work without benefit. The aim of all
labor is the up-building of the human
race; the supplying of its material
wants; the application of the intelli-
gent touch Of art to nature and the
safeguarding of the moral elements in
man. Circumstances adapts us all to
some one calling that enables us to bet
ter perform the duties we owe the
world and ourselves. To find this call
ing and direct our energies in line with
it's needs is the first step in the begin
ming of life career. We may fail at
one thing, but there is others that we
may engage in and fulfill our mission
on earth as part of the whole. Wrong
adaptibility is at the bottom of many
failures in life and the discomfort that
marks industrial troubles. In the per-
Torrance of our work it is not so much
in it's nature as the heart we put in it.
The greatest triumphs of science, the
, noble buildings that adorn our great
cities, with the cities themselves, the
: inventions, discoveries and all the
, grand results of human thought have
; been wrought by the sO-called common
f man. 1t is him who has built the
mighty railroads, constructed the state
ly ships of the ocean and produces the
, countless luxuries that makes life
| worth living. and every product of his
hand and brain is evidence of the nobil-
3 ity of labor.
Labor should be directed by intelli'
7 gence. The more intellectual effort we
: put into our work the more perfect the
7 result and the greater it's value. Any
one can dig dirt from the earth and
< heap it in pile, but how many can
D take this same dirt and convert it into
y a beautiful vase? 1t is trained intelli
: gence. reinforced with earnest endeav
2 or. that conquers where mere brawI
e stands appalled,. The story of Murrillt
J. and Sebastian beautifully illustrates
y the power of intelligence to assert its
e claims to recognition and triumph Over
n difficulties. We should study to exec
e in whatever we undertake and be king:
o in our sphere. The wife of Presiden
e Garfield expressed the spirit of true
G ambition, when she wrote him and said
r GAS you have concluded to be a king
in your work, l am determined to be {
/. queen in nine
J. Every dollar we get from this world
e without giving something in return il
e a dollar not honestly earned. The NAL
is who can lay down at night with tn
h moral sense of satisfaction that he ha
d earned the bread he has eaten is tn
e one that knows true contentment o
e. mind. In their work men seem to for
q get the moral element that should ente
h into their business. We get sand il
n our sugar, water in our milk, chlcor
le in our coffee-with the chicOry doctore
h at that-and light weight in everything
" that we drink and we eat. In the rus
If for money the moral aspects lost sigh
" of, and every principle of honest
ID stretched to acquire what someone els
is spends after death. All human happ
j. ness is the result of honest dealing be