"A good farmer's tools are under shelter;
But Pete Tumbledown's lie helter-skelter;
And when he wants his tools again
He finds them rusty from the rain."
"Divide and conquer," was Joshua's rule of strategy in the conquest of Canaan. "Separate for the march, unite for the attack," was a maxim of Napoleon. Both are good rules for the people in all our churches, in their constant conflict with vice and iniquity.
The noblest man does not always uphold his rights, but waives them for his own good and the good of others. A keen sense of honor, that condemns dishonorable conduct, is one of the finest results of a good education. Education is expected to do for the mind, what sculpture does to a block of marble.
"A merry farmer's girl am I,
My songs are gay and blithe;
For in my humble country home
I lead a free, glad life.
Through fertile fields and gardens mine,
I love at will to roam,
And as I wander gayly sing,
This is my own, free home,
My own free home."
Genius. There is no genius like a love for hard work. Hard work develops strength, increases usefulness, and tends to length of days. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Labor conquers all things.
"He lives the best who never does complain,
Whether the passing days be filled with sun or rain.
Who patiently toils on though feet be sore,
Whose home stands by the road with open door;
Who smiles though down he sits to feast or crust,
His faith in man sincere, in God his trust."
A. F. Caldwell.
Seek employment by the month or year, rather than by the day; and render unswerving loyalty to those of your own home, school and church; and those who favor you with employment.
A man's work is the expression of his worth. It should make a man of him, and give him great pleasure and delight. When a man knows his work and does it with the enthusiasm of Nehemiah, it gives him joy and enables him to exert a good influence. "That man is blest who does his best and leaves the rest."
The world owes no man a living, but every man owes the world an honest effort to make at least his own living.
SAVE THE BOY; SAVE THE GIRL!