Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-05-17
An Essay on sour Duly"

Tho following is an essay which was
read recently before tho Pleasant Ridge
Sunday school by Mrs. j. G. Garrison.
Inc scho0l voted chat tho slmo DO pub
lishcd in TIE kEowEE COURIER:
DUTY before pleasure" is an old and
worry familiar saying, but we do not
always ieol that duty performed brings
true. When we havo done our duty, no
matter how unpleasant the task may
have seemed at first, wo fecl that our
conscience is clear, and, therefore, We
are satisfied and pleased about it.
Some people mako the mistake of sad
ding themselves with great many
things that arc not really thoir duty at
small, homcly duties of everyday ,lifc
that lie at our feet by reaching out after
| some great imaginary duty that is beyond
our strength and talent. We should
seek a knowledge of our true duties and
thon perform thom faithfully.
Duty is thrcc-fold. In tho first place,
wc owe duty to ourselves; in tho sec
ond place, wo owe duty to each other;
and in tho third place We owo a duty to
our Heavenly Father.
The duty wo owo to ourselves is to
| mako ourselves true, honest and upright
| so that we may deserve tho lovo and re-
spcct of others. Each one of these little
| girls and boys can be truthful, can bo
obcdicnt to their parents and attentive
| To their teachers and thus make thcm-
selves good and true.
Tho duty we owo to others lies in the
| golden rulc, "Whatsoevcr ye would that
| men should do unto. you, do yc even so
unto thcm.' If we always observe that
rule wo will never fail in our duty to
others. "o will never fail to bo kind to
each other or Judge each other harshly
or uniustly.
God made ls-wc arc the creatures of
his hand, therefore we ought to be obc-
dicnt. lie feeds and clothes us, there
fore we ought to be thankful; lIo keeps
us through the day, watches over us
through the light, guides and directs
our way, the. fore wo ought to trust
him; lie fullils all his promises to us,
therefore we ought to be faithful; and
| lie gavc his only son TO die for us, there,
fore wc should never cease to love Him
And lastly, but not least, we como &c
our duty in attending the Sunday school
| 1t is the duty of the little ones to be
here with bright, smiling faces, with
well learned lessons and good behavior
True politcncss, little girls and boys, is
nothing more than Kindness of heart.
What is Il prctticr sight than the bright
smiling faces of these little girls and
boys as they gather here from Sabbati,
to sabbath to learn the truths Of the
blessed Word of God? They arc like
lovely flowers in beautiful garden, and
the older ones should nourish their hun,
gcring minds with the true bread of life
thus filling each little mind with some,
thing worth learning. 1t is the duty OF
| the children to come to the Sabbath
school to learn of Jesus and to become
| like llim-kind, obodicnt and true. II
is the duty of tho parents to come with
the children that they may learn the
truth Of the promise, Seek me early
and yc shall find me. 1t is the duty OF
| the teacher To ever carry these young
people ON our hearts, to willingly, earn,
cstly and praycrlully seek to instruct
| them IN a knowledge OF Gods Word
| that they may grow wise unto salvation.
IT is the duty Of the superintendent to
hold forth something new each Sabbath
| ihal VII DC for the interest and good OF
ali, aNd have kind wold and pleasant
smile FOR every one, and now let rs each
strive to do our duty to ourselves by
being true, honest and upright: to caci
other by being kind, arcctionate and
helpful; To our God by being obcdicnt
faithful, trusting and loving.