Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-07-02

hard struggle for Il nan in n small po-
sition To climb up into higher posi-
ton But it is nearly always an al
most impossible struggle for a man out
of job To he called 10 Il fine position.
Christ uttered sound philosophy when
he said in his parable: Take therefore
the talent from him and give II unto
him who hath ten talents. For unto
every one that hath shall be given and
he shall have abundance. but from him
that hath not shall be- taken away even
that which he hath" 1t is easy enough
for the pastor of Il successful church
of New York to be called to = prosper
Gus church of Chicago. But a minister
without pulpit. though he be n giant
among preachers, ha. an almost insur-
mountablc undertake ~ to be called to
any strong pulpit. The man without a
job is II man whose failure Is stamped
upon his brow. and every one looks at
him with suspicion. BE patient. Every
thing will come - all right. Just be
patient.
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 can make OFT. you are getting
In life jast 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 % rest upon bed
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 Il right to expect more than
they: Instead OF grumbling about
your small position. you should see
men. in every way your superiors.
physically. mentally and spiritually. oc-
cupying smaller positions than you.
BE patient in that W ork God has given
TO you. Most of usage. perhaps all OF
us have all we deserve In life. and
more too. Ii God wants us to 20 high
er. he will open the way. II he does
not open the way, then let us do what
he wants MS TO do. You and | are not
SO important or SO brilliant or SO per-
fcctly sanctified as some of us think
we are. In order 10 impress upon you
this fact. would read TO you quaint
piece of poetry by James Whitcomb
Riley. Ii has helped and encouraged
me much In life. | nope the reading
will make you conte lted in the field
OF labor TO which God has called you
to work.
The signs are bad when folks commence
A-finding fault with Providence
And baking cause IN. world don't shake
At every prancing step they take.
No man is great TIL he can
How less than little he would be
| II stripped To self. and stark and bare
| He hung his sign out anywhere,
| Ny doctrine is to lay aside
| Contentious and be satisfied.
| jest do your best. and praise or blame
That follcrs. 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 I'm and out among the
Israclitish hosts encamped ut Pi-hahi-
roth. find the ranks of the Mosaic ar
my cursed and retarded with hangers
on. There were many brave men In
that army Men there We're like Josh
ua and Caleb. but there was also
host of lazy. good FOR nothings. as In
every army. who ex oected others to do
all the work Wher the tents We're to
be lifted. they wer. not there; when
| the mamma was TO be collected, they
were like the five foolish virgins who
wanted to borrow the oil of the five
wise virgins And 50 today when see
| q strong. willing mnn | inevitably see
| a lot of human leeclies clinging to that
man MS barnacles st ok TO a ships hull.
| Furthermore. today | see scores and
hundreds of you hardworking men and
women rebelling n: the injustice by
which others are trying to live off the
results of the sweat of your brow.
Let me illustrate" my thought by
drawing a verbal picture of what we
all know to be true: There are four of
| us boys all brothers. born In humble
| farmhouse away back I'm the country.
| Two of my brothers and myself are
just happy so lucky boys. oh. yes. we
| work hard when we work. but we work
| just as little as we can. and when we
have Il dollar we always spend the
whole dollar. II there Is a country
dance. my two brothers and | always
go there IL leisure hour. you can al
ways find us lying around the village
store or playing pran INKS upon the boys.
We are not bad; We are just ordinary.
happy go lucky. everyday boys. We
are like most Of boys. We do what we
are told to do and do nothing more.
The Successful Mans Burden.
But l have brother Jack. The
young folks say he is queer and mean
and stingy. Some people say he Is
crazy My brother Jack is not lazy.
He works just as hard as we do. but
| when he makes dollar. instead OF
spending that dollar as we do. he saves
II or goes and buys some books. In
stead of loafing about the village store
I'm the evening Jack IL always home
studying. II he Is not crazy. Jack is
certainly queer. one day Jnck comes
| In and tells us he Is going 10 teach
winter school i'm order to go TO college.