The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-17

* LIZA LA4LL = - & - \ F. e
do not nave 10 work; resliy the only
man TO be env1ed IS ne VINO. 1as found
ms work, and is dong at 70 the limit Of
MS powers.
Where there is little work there is
much woe.
There is something divine about the
spectacle OF a man who feels himself
under. the constant inpulsions II must
work. President Harper, OF Chicago
university, VINO recently passed away,
was one of these. He was consumed
by passion for work. The zeal to
bring things to pass burned like a
flame in his soul. And that way lies
greatness. It is not the man who seeks
large things for himself, but the one
who seeks the accomplishment of some
necessary and noble work who finds
himself known and honored by the
world.
work.
The man with a mission. like Jesus.
who lives only that he may do a Ger
tain great service, has pulled the sting
from life. He is lifted thereby above
much of the pettiness that makes life
seem not worth while. In a high and
noble sense, a man is saved by his
work. worthy task often makes the
worker worthy. Most men who are
eminent are SO because they have been
exalted by their tasks. Had they re-
mained in the treadmill of small ser
4 vices and trifiing routine they would
never have been heard of to the end of
their days.
Who works for works sake will
never want for wages.
} raayeoY79= xxyc7-I~ ie M aoya than a f1irp
to give him bread and butter; it is
the medium through which he ex-
/ presses his personality. Ones best
4 powers are, or should be, demanded
/ by his work. That is his first and
! final gift to the world. Thereby he
! contributes his share of constructive
ability to the worlds wealth. Not even
! his church-gong and other worship
/ are more sacred than his days work.
By it his life will be judged a success
or a failure. Every man misses the
mark who does not do we'll the work
/ for which he draws a wage; IT ne IS not
4 faithful in this he cannot be faithful in
other stewardships. This truth is one
that needs to be rung over and over
in the ears of every young man and
woman entering LIES activities.
Good work is not only the sure route
! to reward; but it is the first and most
immediate proof of character A poor
/ workman may be sure that there is
first place in which to glorify God is
in ones daily employ.
A certain employer came into his Of
fee day after day and found his clerk
! lOlling back in a chair reading the BIZ
Bile. But the dust on the desk at which
she sat was an eighth of an inch thick,
and specific office tasks were being neg
lected Is it any wonder that the en-
ployer sought a new clerk whose con
ception Of religious devotion was
saner?
serviceableness is success. No one
has failed who has been helpful.
Jesus was always under the doni-
nance of the conviction that his work
ing time was short. The night com
eth, when no man can work. he cried
This belief is a spur to labor. We work
better if we feel that working hours
are limited. so much to dol So little
donet' was one great mans dying cry
The spirit of Jesus lies behind the pop
ular business motto; DO it now"
A mans daily work. should be his
great goal; but he should not negleci
Wayside ministries the while. While
the Redeemer had one overmastering
purpose in his life, yet by the way he
abounded in deeds of helpfulness
small and great. No matter how har6
pressed the traveller may be, he should
make time to help lame dogs over
stiles
2 All who labor for man labor with
The best ambition is that which
4 makes the end of all its toll the vii
of God. Jesus could say. 'I am come t.
/ do thy Will O Cod" This is the meas
> ure of the worth of mans work. L
3 | it Gods wfll2 The Master had no othe
q ! st q raf ms a wit
their curses. swayed him not. He Ia
= bored for the Father who seeth in Sc
: cret. This same conviction will enabl
t any man to do the hardest toll il
= serenity and assurance.
r When all mems work is Gods vii
the reward will be all mems veal.
[ When the days work is viewed il
A its larger relations-with respect to tn
: whole world and to a boundless eter
: nity-it takes on a new meaning and
new joy.
God calls no man to be so busy tha
he has not time for the finer concern
of the spirit. Man shall not live b
bread alone.' He must have time 70
thought. for reading, for prayer, 70
seeing and meditating upon the beauu
full, and for holding fellowship i
T things spiritual with his brother mar
The world is not mere hive of indus
= try; it is a place for men and wome
to live symmetrical, free and happ
lives
In these times, when the labor prob
lem is engrOssing more attention tina
- ever before in the world, both partie
: to the discussion need to get a firI
= grasp of the significant fact that Jesu
- spent most of his life in a carpente
= shop. He was reared in a carpente
= home, the workshop was his playroon
{, his boyhood tasks were in helpin
y Joseph, and after a full apprenticeship
- he himself became jOurneyma
member of the craft, toiling at tn
= bench, and knowing all the varie1
= and vicissitudes of a village carpenter
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