The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-08
People Who Work and
People Who Hold Positions

There is a vast difference in these
1.-TWO classes. Did you ever stop and
think to which class you belong? Let
us hope that you belong to the first
mentioned, the people who work
For you know you can easily hold a
position and yet be as free from
work as you were upon the day on
which you We're born. If, by any
chance or misfortune, you happen 10
belong to this second class. that of
the position holders, by all means
frouse yourself and work out of this
fabhorable state, and, turning over
new leaf, start out upon the road
leading 10 happiness by working
whenever possible, prompted by a
desire to accomplish something, and
not let Gods grace in putting you
upon His green earth go for nothing.
Nothing is so shameful to a young
man, or woman. as for MIN or her
to feel that he or she is too good to
work No matter who you may be,
you may always find someone whom
you are accustomed to look up to and
admire, and yet who works every
day for what you would consider a
mere pittance, but who is neverthe-
less just as happy, if not more so,
than you.
This person, of course, belongs to
the people who work. He may
have enough money or influence to
enable him to find position paying
more money or meaning less eXer-
tion and trouble for him. but he
clings 10 his work because of the
pleasure derived therefrom,
There are indeed many who be-
long to this class. Men who. if ban
ded together, could possibly buy the
world and all its contents, but who
continue working. as day laborers, if
necessary, to further the cause for
which they are striving. The 'one
dollar a year" men of Washington
are men of this kind. Men of the
highest type Of intellect and brain
power If, then, these men are not
ashamed to work, why should the
people who have barely enough mo-
Iney on which to live be averse to it?
There are indeed many in this class.
In fact, if one should attempt to
count them, he would doubtless die
before completing his mission.
1t is this class of people that are
failing down on God and civilization.
They are the fermenters of all strikes
and various other eruptions. They
are always going from one point to
Hnother with the idea of stirring up
some trouble tits indeed disgrace
10 belong to such class. Not only
is it a disgrace to you. but disgrace
to your parents. who brought you in
to this world; to God, Who put you
into it, and your children, who must
reap the harvest of your fruitless-
ness.
In these critical times, when we
are lighting to keep the Hun from
our shores, to belong to such class
as those just mentioned is to be
classed as Hun agent. You are do
ing more to further the cause of the
German Kaiser than ten of his picked
soldiers are doing on the Western
Front. For the sake of God and hu-
manity, wake up and look at things
in the right light. If the Hun wins
this war, the United States of Ameri-
ca will be a thing of the past. God
forbid it's ever happening, but unless
we all do the best that is in US, it
must inevitably come.
We see a number of men who for
merly belonged to the loafing class,
who are now holding positions. Some
are working, some are not. Those
who are working are becoming sue
cessful, the others have fallen deep
er into the pit than they were at
first. Something must be done to
rouse them and shake them up. They
must be made to realize that 1t is
their duty to God and man, as we'll
as to their country, to do something
to win this war.
Let them take example from the
women and young ladies who are
knitting for the soldiers. Think how
much comfort these soldiers get out
of the things sent to them. Let them
think of the Red Cross workers, and
the Salvation Army workers. Those
people who are on the battlefield day
after day, striving to do good, with
no reimbursement, except that OF
the satisfaction of knowing that they
are helping save Christianity for fu-
ture generations.
The young people of the country
must take this thing to heart and
must see how much more honorable
is it for them to work than simply
lie around, siuggard, and stop the
progress of the world. They must be
made to see that it is always best for
them to accomplish something. The
parent who is against his child work
ing has something wrong with him,
and must also be stirred up. So let's
all wake to the full realization of
what is going on around us, ain Zach
one decide to do all in his o. ner
power to get a hand on the Kaiser's
throat and throttle his efforts to
down Christianity and the world.
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