The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-11-24

There lea lawful concern and atten.
tion to bs payed every interest of life
Certainly II was not the mind OF the
Apostle toinfer that we should live re-
gardless and Indifferent to the legiti-
mate claims OF our welfare. Such an Ir-
rational idea would be utterly foreign to
a Judgment SO clear and accurate as his.
Plainly then his counsel is, that we
should not worry about any matter how
ever paramount it may be-or seem to
be. That Is wholesome advice. Per-
fectly in harmony with the teaching of
the Great Master in His sermon on the
mount, wherein He said: "Take no any
ious tho't for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for
your body what ye shall put on" And
again in His gentle reproof to the tired
and fretful Martha Of Bethany when He
said Martha. Martha thou are careful
and troubled about many things: but
one thing is needful.
You know dear friends that worry is
not conducive to healthful physical con-
stitution or mental state. Neither does
1t create a congenial atmosphere in bust
ness, social or domestic life. " A cheer
ful spirit brightens toll" and keeps one
from dwelling in the shadows OF life.
The melancholy strain comes from the
sombre coated hoot-owl of the dismal
swamp, but the enspirting songs OF
cheer from the brilliant breasted robin
in the sunlight crest Of the cherry-tree
on the hill, and the golden vested lark
OF the open meadow land-from whence
it frequently scars to the higher altitude
above the clouds.
But il is difficult to follow the injunc-
ton Of Paul and not worry about some
things You are business man and have
learned that application is one of the
principal laws Of success. In your eager
ness to meet that requirement you are in
danger Of sighting other interests quite,
and often vitality more important than
your business pursuits. Do you leave
your business cares when you leave your
Office, or do you pack them to your home
aud allow them to disturb and perpaps
deprive you Of that quiet hour that
should be given in gentle attention to
your wife and .hldreni Some business
men are surly or suleu in their home,
this ought not to be. Again do you per
nit the demands of your business to in
terieie with your religious obseryances?
Have YOU any reverence whatever for
the Sabbath Dayr Do you attend the
preaching OF Gods word, and il you do,
or do not, have you regular habits of
prayer? II not why not? Can you give
reason and not an excuse, why you
should not pray? Remember you are a
man. You have soul, you are immor-
tai: "What shall II profit" you if you
"gain the whole world and lose" your
soulY
Or you may be an instructor and the
class room the sphere of your labors.
| How broad is the measure Of your re-
sponsibility. You are the foster parent
OF your pupils. In the primary classes
are sensitive and susceptible minds. and
the tablets Of their memories will long
bear the impress of your fingers, the
question marks and periods Of your pen.
The trainisg il not alone intellectual
but moral ae well and il In the chapter
on Moral Restraint and Questionable
Habits you should write comma where
a period should be, one pupil or more
might simply pause there and then go on,
Till hs feet be found on forbidden
ground" You are conscious that the
convictions Of your mind. and principles
of your character will 10 some degree be
re- eincarnited 10 those committed to your
guardian,hip. In your endeavor to faith
fully fulfil the claims Of your calling you
often exhaust your energies and are liza
BILE to be harassed, then worried. Hence
it will not be easy for you to conform to
the adnonition: "Be careful for moth
ing" Again, gentle woman you may be
a wife and mother. How queenly is
your position. Your dominion is not
large but the affairs Of your jurisdiction
are Of pre-eminent importance. Gentle
ness, firnness, forbearance. patience aid
goodness are elements OF character
which must meet and blend in your ma
ture il you are to be thoroughly quail
fed to answer the demands OF mother
hood. An these you may asquire but
even then your sufiiciency will not ex-
ceed your need. We understand that
an emergency fund is always reserved
by Banking and Insurance. Companies
and yet failures in those enterprises en-
sue. So we reflect that the emergency
fund and iesourcefulness of mother
love must often be quite expended for
how manifold are the draughts thereon.
She more than others 1t see ms must eat
the bread of sacrifice and feel the keen
edge Of disappointment as the blade
thereof sewers the cords near the heart
OF her own and the household's fondest
hopes and desires. And she must be the
great eympathizer. All the plans. aims,
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