Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-21


heaven declare the routine OF God
and there is no doubt that lffe's worl
may be done and its burdens born,
in such manner that, instead OF be
ing meaningless and repellant, II;
most difficult tasks shall make mel
and women grow so strong and cree
and gracious as to remind us Of thos'
tall straight angels OF God. RuskiI
says, Duty done is the souls fire
side 1t Is a comfortable and bless
ed restinsplace. There is no hope
for the idler either in this world Of
in the world to come. he Son of Coz
owned the universe. Ut He prepared
for His work of redemption in the
shop of Joseph the carpenter. Mrs
Browning says:
Get leave to work
In this world, tbs the best you get al
| all, a=% .s.
For God in cursing giveth better gifts
Than man in benediction.
Get work, get work; be sure It's better
far
Than what you work to get"
1t is possible for man le make hia
work, whatever 1t is, his, point of at
tschment to the life of God, an ex
preston of his soul. In his service q
suit of holden gray becomes a livery
Ios cloth of gold Partnership with
God lifts up our toll and makes il
divine. There was Stradivarious, the
onl violin-maker of Cremona,-
That, plain white-aproned man who
! stood at work T..
Patient and accurate full fourscore
| . years, ~
Cherished his sight and touch by tenn,
| perance, ... +.
Ard since keen tense is love OF pro
fectness
Made perfect yiolins, and needed
paths, <s"-.
For inspiration and nigh. mastery"
Life could not be commonplace to
him, though working in his dingy
shop in making instruments from
which others were to draw the music
mo simpler man than he; he never
cried, ..s....E
Why was born to this monotonous
TO- making violins?' Or flung them
down .....
To suit with hurting act a well-hurled
curse
At labor on such perishable stuff.
Not for gold to spend on pleasures
Gid he labor, but because these was
something in his sould that hungered
for a point of contact with Cod
WHO draws line and satisfies hi,
soul,
Making 1t crooked where is should be
straight"
Sham work can never be a point OF
attachment with the life of the Infinite
Toiler. a.
God he praised,
antonio Stradivari has an eye L.. ~
That Winces at false work and loves
the true, =.
With hand and arm that play upon
the tool
AS willingly as any singing bird
Sets him to sing his morning rounie.
lay.
Because he likes to sing and likes TIL
sins" ss35
And when his friend suggests that
this slavery to the making of such
good violins will win no fame, no
masses in the church, and no exemp-
ton from the fires of purgatory, he
replies
"t'Twere purgatory here to rake
them ill; r Pr. Is.
Ard for my fame-when any master
holds
'Twixt chin and hand violin of mine,
He will be glad that Stradivari lived;
Made violins, and made them OF the
best" - ..-..-... 4
Antonio had learned the great sec.
ret that work may be worship, be-
cause it Is placing at the disposal Of
God willing organ of the Infinite life
So humdrum never for a moment
brought him discomfort, for while Coo
gives the masters skill of touch and
tone z -. ..s.+ y. ~
Il give them instruments to play upon.
God choosing me to help him."
And he feels he is doing sometime
no other man can do as we'll, and that
i'll the sight of heaven his commenda-
ton is as great as that of him who
plays divinely on the instrument.
My work is mine, 49,. ~.
And, heresy or not, if my hand slack:
ed F.. .:.s.eE
should rob God-since He is fullest
good
Leaving%a blank instead of collins"
Partner with God! And standing at
his bench his soul grows true and
white through the power of that great
Partnership. An endless significance
lies in work" ..
Work Makes Him Partner.
And the meaning is here, that any
work truly done, done in :. e eternal
light, done in spirit of patience an
of faith, Iiberates the divine elements
in the nature of the doer, and makes
him the organ and partner of God. A
man who works for God like that will
work as If he had to live forever.
Every day he will live as if he had to
die at set of sun, and when he lies
down at night in happy and trustful
WEAKNESS the angels of God will
breathe over him IN evening blessing
and shut to the doors of his earl; till.