Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1891 — Talmage on Hard Work. [ARTICLE]

Talmage on Hard Work.

There are very few men or women with character stalwart enough to endure continuous idleness, writes Dr. Talmage in The Ladies Home Journal. I see a pool of water in the country, and I say: “Thou slimy, fetid thing—what does all this mean*” “Oh,” says the pool of water. "1 am just stopping here.” I say: ‘‘Didn’t you drop like a beautiful gem into a casket of other gems as you tumbled over the rock?” “Oh yes, I sang all the way down from the cliffs to the meadow.” I say again: “Didn’t I see you playing with those shuttles and turning the grist mill?” “Oh yes I used to earn my living.” I say again: “Then what makes you loot so sick? Why are you covered with

this green scum? Why is your breath so vllef’ “Oh, says the water, “I have nothing tc do. lam disgusted with the shuttles and wheels. I am going to spend my whole lifetime and while yonder stream sings on its way down the mountain side, here I am left to fester and die, accursed of God because I have nothing to do.” Sin is a i old pirate that bears down on vessels whose sails are flapping in the wind. Morning,noon ana night;Sunday and week days, thank God for plenty to do.