The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-24
PUBLICSERVANTS
Rev. L. B. Thomas Says
They Are Not Appreciated.

THE man is very small one who
is ashamed of the clasp of the hand
of craftsman. / glory in the grasp
Of the hand that is grimed with honest
toll"
These were the words of Rev. Leo
Boone Thomas in the course of a ser
mon preached at the Main Street Bap-
fist Church last night. The discourse
was brief but decidedly pithy one,
on the subject of Public servants"
in which Mr.. Thomas referred in a
somewhat pointed manner to the way
in which certain people of social stand
ing treat those whom they consider to
be their interiors in that respect.
Rev. Mr.. Thomas evidently had no
respect for the social pretensions of
those who base them on anything but
the merit of honest endeavor for the
good of mankind in whatever sphere
they may be placed.
He took his text from the fifth chap
ter OF the I'd book of Timothy using
an excerpt which illustrated the effect
on the life of the apostle of certain of
| pear as prominent characters in the
Scriptures. He said that in the ca
reer of every public man there were
forces working that did not appear on
the surface, but which were more i'm
portant oftentimes than those that
seemed to dominate him. In all history
the real causes that direct the course
of events are not those that show them
selves most prominently on the surface.
il tln hi
of inconspicuous persons that govern
and control the destinies Of the great
figures in the drama of life.
In all the affairs of every day exist
ence we see this. How little honor
has it hcen the custom, until recently,
to pay to the educators of youth, yet
theii work is the most important in
whici. any one can engage. Even now
the teachers in the public schools are
the worst paid of all the servants of
the public. and yet they are doing the
greatest work that can be done for the
welfare AMI progress of the community.
The teacher with the primer is more
powerful than the general with the
sword.
Everywhere we come in contact with
| the servants Of the public, who are in
what are called, for some reason, the
humber walks of life. How many peo-
pie are negligent in the common cour-
tesy that is due to the public servants
that hey meet on the street cars. The
men who administer to our comfort in
transporting us about our business ev-
cry day on the public conveyances, are
not our slaves, and we should treat
them as fellows, not as though they
were made only to serve our conven-
fence.
The policemen as they travel their
beats to preserve the public peace; the
employees in the great stores, those in
charge of trains, and those who are
everywhere employed to serve the pub
lie should be treated with courtesy by
every one and not, as is often the case,
with insulting and overbearing de-
meanor No man is too good to treat
his fe'lCwmen with courtesy and polite
ness.
Let none forget that it is the duty
Of every American to practice as well
as - preach the great doctrine of hui
man equality upon which the republic
IS founded If the love of Christ is in the
heart of any man, he cannot meet his
lfellow-men in any walk of life and treat
then, with discourtesy and unkind-
ness. 1t should always be remembered
that the true test of a mans worth is
that he is doing faithfully and consci-
enticusly What he is called to do be the
occupation ever so lowly.