Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-06-10

to do and such Il little time In which
10 do 1t. Be busy. Be busy" The hui
man foot may have often crushed an
ant in the pathway, but l doubt II it
ever killed an ant taking an afternoon
nap. When an ant is slain in the coun-
try road she is always hurrying some
where or trying to get back to her
hive after she has accomplished tho
purpose of her Journey She Is work
ing. She Is continually working. She
is always working.
No Place For Idlenexs.
ldlencss has no place in Gods econ
omy. Life is work: life means a con-
tinual struggle for physical as well as
moral and spiritual existence. God
would not send the SHOWS of winter.
the drafts of summer the winds. the
frosts and the hunger unless he meant
man to work: God would not have
made helplcssness during infancy and
childhood unless he meant a parent to
work: God would not send sickness
and helpless old age unless he desired
all people To work during the strength
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If any would not work. neither should
he eat" is the Pauline invective against
slOth. go to 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 far livelihood
the better Ii will he for them and the
better 1t will be for us who are caring
for them during the years OF their de-
velopment
Unremitting toll. an essential for hui
man life. Is the first lesson the ant hill
teaches us today But the ability to
make the right use of toll. TO conserve
energy SO that the maximum of results
are produced from the minimum of In
Dor. to perform work SO thoroughly and
intelligently that 1t is not useless and
has to he done over. Is the second
teaching of my text go to the ant,
thou sluggHrd. consider her ways and
be wise" does not allude any more to
the ceasclesS activity of the ant than 1t
does to her marvellous foresight. with
which she plans out her work and ac
complishes her results.
The ant uses her brain as well as her
mandiblcs or legs. She uses her eyes
to see where she is going as we'll as
her feet to walk Study the ant as an
architect or a builder. Some Of us
H..
tural wonders of the cathedrals and
the palaces of the east. We have seen
walls and columns and domes and
minarets and spires that are frozen
music In stone" We have climbed the
heights of Milan cathedral. whose tow
ers AMI walls are peopled with almost
as great numbers OF apostles and
saints and martyrs and priests carved
i'm solid stone as there are worshipers
who ever gather ut one time before its
sacred shrines. We have seen st. Pc
ter's Of Rome connected with the Won
dcrful Vatican and st. Marks, more
poetic than the Venetian canals. We
have seen the marvellous conceptions of
a Christopher Wren and the wonderful
structure at Cologne. only 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. Why: Every beam, every stone.
had its appointed place. Each part, as
small mite. fitted into n great united
whole. But as stand today before a
Westminster abbey or st. Paul Of
London l emphatically assert that
these structures compared to the
strength and intelligence of the build
ers are not us wonderful as an ordina-
ry, everyday. commonplace ant hive we
may see In the country road.
Building n Cathedral.
To build the Cathedral Of ST. John
the Divine In New York city blasting
powder had to be used. The founda-
tons had TO be cXcavated out of solid
rock True. But the ants often build
rock. The walls of Canterbury cathe
dral must be absolutely straight. True.
But no mason's plumb line ever erected
straighter walls than the walls of an
ant hills chambers. The rooms of the
Vatican must be arranged In orderly
fashion All the chambers of an ant
hill open into long corridors. Each
room has its connecting Railways. 4
well regulated cathedral must have its
proper system OF drainage. The ant
hive Is SO built that II will shed all wa
ter. No rainstorm can deluge its eel
lars. No water overlooking the river
bank can destroy its foundations. The
ancient Romans always built their
cities upon the hilltops for protection.
The ants build their hives on high
places. where storm and water cannot
submerge them.
The ants wisdom should he emulat-
ed as much as her activity. The Ara
bians held the ants wisdom In such re-
spect that after the birth of Il male
child they would place one of these in
sects I'm the baby's hand while they
made the earnest prayer. 20 God. may
the boy turn out as clever ana as wise
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