Arizona republican., 1901-01-28
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 A GOSPEL OF DAYS WORKS.

At the Baptist church yestegddE morning Rev. -Dr. Halsey preached from Psalms civ. 23: Man goeth Forth to hts work and to his labor until the evening""
 The secret of success is work. Every man wants to succeed. but not every man is willing to pay the price of sue cess, A poet says: "Thc world gets its price for the treasures 1t gives us, and this is true. whether these treas uTes are mental or material. And heaven gets hs price for the treasures 1t gives US; and as far as mans own atility is concerned, that price is work son, go work today in my vineyard, Is the command which comes to every son of God, and after he work comes the reward. The reward IS rot for the work, but Is conditioned by the work. Men do not like to be compelled to work, vet is so compelled by the law of his nature Each man wants to en- joy Lord ByiOn's experience and be
 Lord of himself, that heritage Of
 woe.'
 Men and newspapers Genouncc po- | litical tosscs, but every man wants to be a boss" Men shrink from being hlrellngs. They want to own the earth, | The pArase hired man." or hired girl" Is usually considered term of rcproach rather than of honor, as is | any term or badge of ssrvitu1c, yet the | Son of Man came not to be minlstered ur.p, hut to minister and to he the | servant or slave of all. The minister Is | tho church's hired man, but if hc is | only that 1t would be better for him never to have been born. That presi- | dent of the United States was right ! who described the chief officer of our | government as the peoples "hirci | man." and President Lincoln, that ! common man from the common people. | was usually right. As rail-Splitter. clerk. natbGatman, president he earned | the money paid him by hls employers. | Our legislators are paid to work Ter | the people and tor the whole pecp'e, i not merely those of single city or county. and to laglslate no necessarily for the gocd of any individual or party, hut for the good of the territory of Ar lzona. The following quotation from a New Ycrk paper shows that a man noted for his loyalty to his party, may also be noted fer his loyalty to his
 
 ! fresh opportunity for economy in every depaTmont inv stigstion he makes. When he gets through with his work. there will be left few state emrloyes of the kind whose hardest work is the signing of their pay warrants. Soft snaps scon will be at premium at Albany"
 Some of Arizonas best. citizens are | members If our new legislature, and we look confidently to them for leSis- latlon which witl he credit to our territory and of lasting benefit to OUT citizens.
 The term, wage earnsr," is an hon. orable one; wage wastcr Is n title of dishcnor. The useful man-lnd he alone Is the successful mln--ig he who is willing co wOrI for other people; maa willing thus to work were Frank lin, the printer: Washington, the sur veyOr Wanamaker, the clerk; Garfield
 driver on the tow path. Perhaps the mos; GustTiOus example in all history C z man who was willing to work for others is seen in the life of Jos27h the prototype of tho Master, who was all ways doing something for somebody
 whether ir the home. in the prison ol In the palace. The secret of success in
 any w-rk, and especially in church
 work. is found in earnest, persistent
 work Tine horse which pals by jerks l accompliShes little.
 We need to come to our Father feel. ing our ned of forgiveness, Of homo
 and of wOrF, and say: Father, mak. me as C'tc ai thy hired servants" re- : T,1embrrintr that if is rrIIIjrel in stew.
 ards tha. man be found faithful
 Man goes forth to labor uritil the even
 ing, but ''at evening tima it shall b.
 light" Work may mean separation
 from the loved ones, denial of self wcarincss of the flesh, even sorrow O.
 soul, but it means als' the blessing O
 the Lord. which maketh rich and H.
 addeth no sorrow with it."