The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05
A SATURDAY SERMON.

| Every man shall receive his own re-
ward according to his own labour. 1 Cor
| lnthfanS III g.
This is one of the great truths
that was enu1ciated by the great apos-
tie, Paul. Its strength is to be found
in its reasonableness. On that ac-
| count it should appeal with compelling
force to all men, as it undoubtedly
| would, If they would only ponder on
| it. If they would do so their salts
faction with the condition of affairs
that surround them might be enhanced
to their own inestimable advantage,
and the way might be opened to them
for better and larger accomplishments.
Altogether too many people are apt
to bemoan their situations in life, no
matter what they may be nor how
really unsatisfactory they are, because
of their ideas that they are victims
of cruel fate. They see their breth-
rem, who started out on even terms
with them, forging to the front. They
shrug their shoulders as they are
passed on the way and remark that
they are not lucky" Many of them
let it go at that and stand STILL with
never a word from their lips unless it
expresses dissatisfaction.
Now if they would just get down to
brass tacks with themselves and an
alyze things as they really exist, they
would find that in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred they have no one to
blame but themselves for the lack of
progress they have made. for the I'M
enviable positions they occupy. They
will find a screw loose in some part
Of their Tnarhinaru xyi0 ho
in many instances, that has held them
back. Maybe they can fix things up
and start out again with renewed vigor
and determination, and maybe they
cannot. Many of them do and the ex-
cellent results achieved are little less
than remarkable.
All men may be equal in the eyes of
the law but the equality among them
does ont go much further, and some
times not that far. There are no
two individuals who are exactly alike
either in temperament or capabilities.
This is all the explanation that is
needed as to why one man fails at
one thing where another succeeds.
But the one who succeeds does not
do so as a general thing because he is
lucky or because the myth, called
SOOu fortune, smiles on MIN more
kindly. Search where you will among
successful men and you will find in al
most every instance that his success
has been due to the hardest kind of
work. This is as true of the pro-
fessions as it is of Industrial and ag-
ricultural pursuits. The farmer who |
works hard and long and with intel |
ligent effort in the cultivation of his
crops is going to have larger bank |
roll when the harvest seasons are
over than his neighbor who has taken |
things easy, or let them take care of |
themselves. And then this latter chap |
is going to be sure to remark: "I would |
have done as we'll as that fellow if |
I only had half his luck
So it is in every field of human ac- |
tivity. The man who puts his all into |
his work is going to get the largest |
returns. This is as it should be. Re- |
wards are measured by the labor |
that is expended for them. They al
ways have been and they always will |
be, and no man is entitled to anything
that he does not honestly earn. Just
as soon as more people realize this,
Just so soon will they be buster and
strive more earnestly to get their share
Of the things that are within their
reach