The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-09-29


exertion made the rest possible. Mel
ther is to be disparaged, but II you
could estimate and compare them,
and appraise them, that morning hojl
OF divine activity would be the best
Work is not hardship 1t is a bless
ing.
And observe this: Work is an ex-
ercise of the soul as we'll as the body.
The OK himself shows II. He has a
dull, animal soul. But when he thrusts
his shoulder into the yoke and drags
the load behind him you see from
his rolling eye that all the soul that
is in him is active. Much more is
this the case with man. The mind
directs the hand, and shares its toll.
In some activities, like preaching,
the mind is far more active than the
body, and in some the mind does prac-
tically all. Mental toll is yoke
of exertion and enjoyment And IN
every useful task there is a chance
for skill, for head work and heart
work as well as for hand work. Take
a farmer gathering his apples: tie
bodily toll is good. He is in the
open air, on the grass, and in the tree
top, exercising all his body as he
mounts the ladder, rolls the barrels,
and picks the apples. His mind is
active; he must sort the fruit, and
pack 1t with care. And his heart is
cheered; he remembers the setting
and the grating OF the trees; be
anticipates the enjoyment of tho
fruit which he keeps, and he is plan
ming for the use of the money from
that which he sells. Farm work is a
yoke, but IL is not a hardship.
And the man who tolls with his
brains is brother tC the man who
tolls with his hands. You may see
in our library sets Of books, volume
one, two, and three, entitled the works
of such and such man. That man is
not remembered for his toll of hand,
but these books are his works; they
stand for his industry. his applica-
ton. his exertion Of mind. 1t is good
for each kind of worker to have some
taste of the others work. The far
mer and the carpenter ought to work
somewhat with their heads as well.
And the man who writes books,
or breaches, ought to know the
difference between a wheelbarrow
and gTindstone. The great
est men are sure to see this. The
wisest farmers, blacksmiths, lumber
men and sailors have respect for the
labor OF the head And the greatest
teachers, writer's and professional men
have a respect for labor of the hand.
Walter Scott, the poet, and George
Washington, both worked on their
own farms. And Longfellow, the Col
lege professor, was himself a garden
er. and showed his regard for manual
labor by his poem entitled The VII
lage Blacksmith.
Each morning sees some task begun
Each evening sees 1t close;
Something accomplished. something
done
Has earned a nights repose."
"He looks the whole world in the
face
For he owes not any man."
There is one other objection 10
work. The lazy man is often a good
arguer. He asks me IF work is sucn
a good thing, why are We all trying
to get away from It? Why do we try
to save steps, and invent labor-saviag
machinery, and make things easy
and handy?
There are two answers: First,
some people are trying to escape
from work, and they are surely max
ing a great mistake. Just as soon
as they succeed in fixing things SO
that they have no work, no care, no
responsibility, no duty. no cause for
exertion, they lose interest in life
and become grievously unhappy. Many
a man has worked hard for years,
saving money so that he could retire
from business and rest. And when he
succeeded, and began to rest, be
has found out his mistake, and he
has either gotten back to work in
some way, or wasted away and died
before his time. Nobody in this world
is happy except through work and
strenuous living.
But secondly as for these labor
saving inventions they are not TO
save people from work, but simply to
enable them TO do more work. When
/ got a typewriter for my office IL
was to enable me to get out twice
as many letters, and when a second
typewriter came that was to make it
possible to write still more letters.
There are so many things to be done
in this world, and so many tasks
that have been waiting for long years