The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

selfish self The end OF all such labor Is
grieT Heaven Is kind II will not AL
ways allow man 20 deceive himself. one
day the curtain Is pulled aside, the nerce
light beats down upon our labor and tho
man who has toilcd with 10 higher end
than his own ease and comfort. the salts
faction OF his own selfish desires sees how
small and measit all is.
All of us can feel pain. but few can
diagnose correctly the disease. We do
not need a physician 10 tell us We fufcr,
but medical skill Is necessary 60 nnd the
source OF our PAIN
j know from the cries that go M from
the hearts OF men that for thousands the
burdens of life are almost too grieNous
90 be borne. Men do not nccd to be tod
that they md ouh- wrctchcdncss aud dis-
content Ia their drcary round oi dallN ton.
I DO not profess 60 know much about
theology ] hope ! know something OF
life and / am certain i~makc no mistake
find in their daily tasks is due "a the
lack OF horizon. The deeds are hcmmeu
IN 20 too narrow round. They look not
God-ward or man-ward only self-waru
We have read how the men who follow
ed stanley into the wilds Of Africa sif-
fered and sickened and died. bur We
have never read that Stanley or his brave
hearted men grew sick Of their task, Tor
they were not seeking fame or cndeaN-
oring 10 satisfy an emnty ambition. They
were sceklng % tlnd aud lead back 20 HE
other men, We have read how Florence
Nightingale left the ease and quiet nt So
Ciety she loved and went 20 the battle
glazed With death liked on her face soft
ened ere thc spark of life went out and
reflected the life from the other shore.
But we have never read that Florence
Nightingale With all the weary days and
nights OF watching and waiting. ceased 20
find JOY and peace in her labor
Yes this ls wen. hat We cannot all do
Gods work. We cannot work for other
men.
Thc demands placed upon a man Ia
business; In professional life, wherever a.
may bc arc so severe that one has no
tfr1r to think of others. fut may not
their toll in business. their practice or
medicine. their pleading at th bar he
Gods work as truly as preaching the SER
mon OF CARRYING tho banner Of the cross
TO foreign ields
n it is not them despite the work OF
the sabbath school. the toll of the preach
or. the zeal OF the missionary. I say there
is no SIch thing IN this world as God $
work All work from the lowest to the
highest becomes Gods work when u rs
done u God s way ana with Gods spirit.
It's not the what We do It's the how
and the why we de- it.
GODS WORK IN GODS WAY.
How do We transact our business. train
oru children, keep our home. plead onr
law. practice or medicines. preach our
sermons? 10 We transact our business
with truth and integrity? 10 We recog-
nizc tho home aS a shrine. whose hearth
stone is an altar and the preserving of its
sanctity. the heaven giveu duty OF every
woman and man? DO we train the child
as II u were an immortal soul? Do We
practice our medicine e though the body
was the temple OF the living God2 " so
then We arc doing Gods work IN GOD
way and Gods work must be done IN
God : way.
Tho scheme OF Gcs has no room for
Jcsuitry. In Gods Kingdom the end does
not always. justify the means It's not
right 20 Kill a man because he dcnounceS
truth and breaches lies. The Josults said
II was. God said IL was not whatever
your end may he toward which YOU toll
remember the work YOU accomplish Is
only Gods work il YOU use Gods means
and methods. It's not right 20 steal six
days In the week In Your business be-
cause YOU intend To build church or on
dow "A college. The prohabiiitits are that
your theft will do moro harm than the
church or college sprung from such
source will ever do good
Bat II is not enough merely 10 toll with
God instruments 10 make OR work the
work OF God We may be honest in busi-
ness because honesty IS the best policy
We may be diigent in thousand ways
because IL pays and because we value our
reputation. What we DO must be done
with Gods spirit. the spirit Of unsellish-
ness. the desire of aiding men. not be-
cause " Is our duty, but because of our
love for humanity
Then the smallest tasks become great
and of vast Significance The thought
of that which we do is being done for
the good of others enlarges and dignitie $
the labor. All things cease then 70, be
small and Insignificant. How weighty
and imperative are the trihes done by a
lover FOR the object of his or her affec-
ton? The msther sits sewing while the
candle burns itself out. It's a simple gar
ment. an humble task. Someone SCOTS
and begs her 60 lay II aside. After all
II does hot matter, To the one looking
significance. She is a mother. ln her
breast are those emotions, those hopes
and aspirations that only the mother
knows.
No. ii Is not trifing thing. this maxi
ing OF garment for she Is working for
her boy. whom she loves; love is stamped
ON the garment with her fingers. Her
tears damp H. IL becomes part OF her
And how the horizon lifts for this Young
man who before has toiled only for him
self But now he has a home. Another
soul depends on his effort. he Is work
inc for another
THEOLOGY OF THE HOME.
The theology that the home teaches ls
is always safe. IL il there we learn fath-
crhood and brotherhood and motherhood
n do not wonder at the logic or the faith
OF the Catholic church that makes many
divinel
stretch out these relationships of the
home TO the world and YOU have CHRIST
ianity. 60 10 your business tomorrow
and work not only for Yourself aud your
family. but work for that clerk of yours.
Remember he, TOO. is mado for INN. that
he f. 10 labor for humanity in Gods iin-
age, that he has The same joys and sor-
rows. homes and despairS that you have.
Make the circle wider work for every
man iu your specia. line of business or
iu your profession. cling TO truth Hnd
righteousness aud n will bc just that
much harder for every other man TO de-
pend on falsehoOd and sin. IL VIII be
that much easier FOR every man CndeaV-
oring to do the right TO Go il.
Remember that you arc sent into this
world To H9ID work ont the purposes Of
God YoIr work Is not Isolated. IL is
related 10 every other man and eternity
and your duty H. 10 iutther Goo Will
Gods purpose. not outside. but within the
daily round of your chosen vocation.
10 weave the purpose OF God into to-
m0rrows labor will dignity and lit f..
Work with that thought aud you cannot
bc dishonest. careless. negligent
Through such channels the love Of God
must low into the hearts Of mcn Loss
bv preaching more by so totliuc mat
Others may sec vcur good works and glo-
rlfy your father. which Is In heaven
IDEAL or LIFE.
An that's The ideal 70 reveal, bY la