Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-09-16
.nty. Minnea Thursdoy September 1G
Some Z almbllns Thoughts,
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lCopyright BY Dave 4 Tabor.

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To TEAcHERs AND PuRposEruL Pro
PIE - The faint little tap on your
desk for intention at the first ses-
sion this term, will, to some of YOU,
sound as omiflous as the tolling Of a
death -knell. Ut will conjnre up the
pleasures Of the weeks Of rest, aud
then they willall vanish under a lu-
rid cloud out .of whose gray body will
peep viisons'of children who insist on. Il
being stupid when, the superintend-
ent appears, q who are tri,lmphantly
mischievo when your back is turn
ed and strangely angelic when YOU
wheel round p detect them. Really,
there is ]ittlefwonder if your heart
sinks within you,,> as you remember
that to.keeP W the standard Of the
school you vii need to be alert, not
once a week, Nut every hour of every
day. : I csn#q quite understand a feel
ing akin to Nausea, when the familiar
backs of the: Old familiar books tell
you that, this year as last, you will
| have to so over the self-same simple
lessons to new set Of simple listen
! ers. Then, Il you are a woman, a
little feeling Of angry protest will
arise; for yquSknow full we'll that the
average man. Of your town, however
free he feels to point out your defects,
would prefera week Of the hardest
toll to one day of attempting the con
troll of twenty of your sprites and,
if you are male teacher, criticised
for your severe discipline, you need
[no telling that no mother out of a
captious ten: would be able tosgov-
ern such a heaped-together family
Except by free and indiscriminate
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SiAltoget1oKsy0u eet t littlo SlOOmy
las the duties begin to burden your
shoulders again. >,%... - ,t, !:
-1s.@@ss&@ @s& < ~ Es.r " N g..
, But do not undo the good of your
vacation by fretting and fuming. To
t a certain extent the laborio,ls charac-
. ter of your work is recompensed, in
that your rest time is longer and your
hours Of labor shorter than is .vouch-
safed to the general run of brain
workers. Take courage from that,
and stand sup to duty in your chosen
sphere as bravely as your favorite
historic character stood up for his.
But as for yearning for full appreci-
alton, - sweep the temptation behind
you else you will be unhappy contin-
ually. No good work is ever fully
appreciated, This you probably be-
lieve in theory, but your difficulty
comes in adapting the theory
to- fact, and that fact
{your own career. It is pain
full to discover thatyou are the living
counterpart Of, the man who fell
among thieves people Of your COM
munity pass you by without bestow-
ing any more than thought on you,
and it is left to me, distant and i'm
poverished Samaritan, to pour in the
oil and the wine upon your troubled
spirit. ".. .sA4nsr -,->.~ :,
! We expect children to place them
selves where their heads can be pat
ted, but we'll balanced men and wo-
men never do this. / will even dare
to suggest: that if half of your good
efforts were fully praised, your head
would be. turned, and your heart too,
away from the very things that first
brought you applause. Not a tithe
Of all the good work of life is done
where men may place garlands Of es.
.|teem upon Il; IL it were, SO, how would
our bridges. or Dur houses weather
single storm. Out-of-sight work
counts in the great balance sheet Of
I the Almighty; If you are tempted tc
4 doubt it, say iitpyer and over again
!. until you reaeh sthe point Of gloryine
in the doing of,p duty though noswit.
nesses be near. The faith you de: