Milford chronicle., 1904-07-01
Not as Important as We Think.

Not as Important ns We Think.
But there is still another reason why
do not want you to give up that po-
sition which seems to fret you. AS
far as l can make out. you are getting
in life just about as much as you de-
serve. Instead of complaining, you
ought to get down on your knees and
thank God for the position which he
has given to you. Why should you
expect God to make you his favorite
child and allow you TO rest upon a bed
4 Of roses: Are you any different from
any of his other children? Are you so
smart or so good or so humble that
you have a right to expect more than
they? Instead OF grumbling about
| your small position, your should see
men, in every way your superiors,
physically, mentally and spiritually, oc-
cupying smaller positions than you.
BE patient in that work God has given
to you Most Of usage, perhaps all Of
us-have all we deserve in life. and
more too. If God wants us to 20 high
er, he will open the way If he does
not open the way, then let us do what
he wants us to do. You and l are not
so important or so brilliant or so per
fectly sanctifled as some of us think
we are. In order TO impress upon you
this fact, would read to you a quaint
piece Of poetry by James Whitcomb
Riley 1t has helped and encouraged
me much in life. l hope the reading
will make you contented in the field
of labor to which God has called you
to work
The signs are bad when folks commence /
A-inding fault with Providence
And baking cause the world don't shake .
AT every prancing step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
II stripped to self. and stark and bare
He hung his sign out anywhere.
My doctrine is to lay aside
Contentious and be atisHed
Jest do your best and praise or blame
That follers that counts just the same.
I've alters noticed great success
Is mixed with trouble. more or less.
And it's the man who does the best
That gets more kicks than all the rest.
But. roaming in and out among the
-sraelitish hosts encamped at Pi-hahi-
9th, l find the ranks of the Mosaic ar
ny cursed and retarded with hangers ]
N. There were many brave men in
hat army. Men there were ike Josh ]
Ia and Caleb. but there was also I
lost of lazy, good for nothings. as in J
very army, who expected others to do t
II the work. When the tents were to @
'e lifted, they were not there; when $
he mamma was to be collected, they il
we're like the five foolish virgins who O
wanted to borrow the oil of the five v
'ise virgins. And so today when see v
strong, willing man | inevitably see a
lot of human leeches clinging to that b
nan as barnacles stick to a ships hull. s.
furthermore today l see scores and W
Of You hardworking men and C
'Omen rebelling at the injustice by b
-hich others are trying to live off the a
esults of the sweat of your brow. II
Let me Illustrate my thought by G
rawing a verbal picture of what we q
] know to be true: There are four of N
) boys all brothers, born in a humble hi
irmhouse away back in the country. in
wo Of my brothers and myself are al
Ist happy -go-lucky boys Oh, yes, we az
ork hard when we work, but we work y
st as little as we can. and when we G
ave a dollar we always spend the OF
hole dollar If there is a country
ince, my two brothers and / always is
} there. If a leisure hour, you can al le
ays find US lying around the village til
ore or playing pranks upon the boys. be
e are not bad; we are just ordinary, pr
py-gO-luelsy, everyday boys. We ju
e like most of boys. We do what we tn
e told to do and do nothing more. NJ
The Successful MINIS Burden. to
But l have brother Jack. The 70
ung folks say he is queer and mean Ct
d stingy. Some people say he is IS
lzy. My brother Jack is not lazy. tn
: works just as hard as we do, but wi
len he makes n dollar, instead of '
ending that dollar as we do he saves
or goes and buys some books. In
ad of lOafing about the village store {
the evening Jack is always home
ldying. If he is not crazy, Jack is
'tainly queer One day Jack comes
and tells us he is going to teach A
nter school in order to go to college. -
? think then he is crazier still. Aft =
awhile Jack. by working all his sum- L