The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-08-25

would not send the SHOWS OF winter
the drafts OF summer, the winds. tn,
frosts and the hunger unless he meani
man 10 work: God would not have
made helplessness during infancy ano
childhood unless he meant a parent te
work; God would not send sickness
and helpless old age unless he desired
oil people 10 work during the strength
and vigOr Of manhood and womanhOOd
If any would not work. neither shOulc
he eat is the Pauline invective against
slOth. Go 10 the ant, thou sluggard
consider her ways and be- wise" All
happiness and health all mental, so
cial. spiritual and financial progress
depend upon persevering toll. The soon
er our growing boys and girls realize
that they must work for u livelihood
the better II will be for them aud the
better It will be for us who are caring
for them during the years Of their de
velopment.
Unremitting toll, an essential for hu
man life. is the first lesson the ant hi
teaches us today. But the ability te
make the right use of toll. TO conserve
energy so that the maximum OF results
are produced from the minimum Of la
bOr, 10 perform work so thoroughly an6
intelligently that IL is not useless 0n0
has TO he done over. Is the secono
teaching Of my text. GO 10 the ant
thou sluggard. consider her ways and
be wise" does not allude any more tc
the ceaseless activity Of the ant than II
does TO her marvellous foresight. with
which she plans out her work aud ac
cOmplishes her results.
The ant uses her brain as well as heI
mandibles or legs. She uses her eyes
to see where she is going as well a,
her feet to walk Study the ant as an
architect or builder. Some Of us
have stood in awe before the architec
tural wonders OF the cathedrals and
the palaces Of the east. We have seeL
walls aud columns and dOmes and
minarets and spires that are frozen
music in stone" We have climbed the
heights OF Milan cathedral, whose tow
ers and walls are peopled with almost
as great numbers of apostles and
saints and martyrs and priests carved
IN solid stone as there are wOrshipers
who ever gather at one time before It's
sacred shrines. We have seen 81. Pc
ter's OF Rome connected with the won
derful Vatican and ST Marks. more
poetic than the Venetian canals We
have seen the marvellous conceptions OF
a Christopher Wren and the wonderful
structure al Cologne. only a few years
ago dedicated after having consumed
centuries In building. These transcend
ent buildings have lifted themselves up
even as did the temple Of King Solo
mon. Why1 Every beam, every stone,
had its appointed place. Each part, as
a small mite. fitted into great united
whole. But as l stand today before a |
Westminster abbey OF ST. Paul OF
London emphatically assert that
these structures compared TO the
strength and intelligence Of the build !
ers are not as wonderful as an ordina.
ry, everyday. commonplace ant hive we
may see In the country road
These ants obey their leaders Just as
submissively a. the soldiers Of the |
British army obcyed Lord Roberts in
the BOcr war or the American soldiers |
obeyed Lee or Grant during our late
civil strife. When the commanding |
general OF the ants gives the order
Forward, march, the great hosts Of |
ants fall into line. They tramp along |
in companies. In regiments. I'm bri- |
gades, In great divisions. They have /
their officers, their advance guards and /
their soldiers to protect the rear When /
they bivouac for the night they seem
to throw out their picket lines, as did |
William I. Sherman on his march from |
Atlanta 20 the sea. The ants of Mica
ragua always march in phalanxes OF
from four 10 six yards square. When
these great armies OF invasion or NH
grafton cease their marching and go TO
building houses they disband as quiet
ly and work at the yOcati0ns of peace
as zealously as did the soldiers Of the
late civil war when they disbanded
after the famous Washington review.
When these ants are living ut the home
hive each individual member Of the ant
community seems to have her appoint
ed place. Some ants are detailed 20
90 oil
while others take care Of the bitches;
some hunt food. while others stay at
home and clean the eggs. Each ant is
n small atom. but each ant is part OF
great army or community, which moves
and works In concert And because
these ants DO work and march In con-
cert they can deyastate whole forests
They can make the Hons and the ele-
phantlne monsters turn and fee for
their lives: they can build towns and
cities; they can be the uncrowned
kings OF tho fields. Every living crea-
ture stands In fear and dread Of them.
Every industrious human life that Is
successful always coOperates with
other lives. Every ideal human or
ganizatiOn on a large scale must be n
perfect human ant hive. Everywhere
human talent should be specialized.
What especial niche are you going
70 oil in the great human beehlyel
When 40 and closely examine the
wonderful mosaic floors and walls
And ceilings Of the Alhambra Of the
old Spanish Moors do not And these
individual stones very valuable In
themselves. Many Of them are only
common pebbles that we might spurn
with our feet In the street gutter. But
when these common pebbles, as In
dividuals. are cut and polished and
placed side by side IN contrast with
other stones they form the beautiful
mOsaics Of the Alhambra, which are
one OF the mRrvels Of this century.
You as an individual may not amount
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