Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1879 — More and Better Work in Jasper. [ARTICLE]

More and Better Work in Jasper.

• Editor UnionJ—Weuld it not bethought • hard government that would tax its poopis one-tenth part of their time io be employed tn its service? But idleness taxes many of du much more, and sloth, by bringing on disense, shortens life. “Sloth, like ru»t,’ r says the proverb, “consumes faster than labor' Wears, while the used key is always bright.’’ .And again the proverb asks, “dost thon love life, than do not squander time, sos tlrat is the thing that life is made of?’ HoW rifffcft tn ore time than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that tbe sleepy fox catches no geese or ducks, and there will be sleeping enough when our work is done, ts time of all things be the most precious, waiting time must be, as is said, the greatest prodigality, since, as we are again told, lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. Let us be up and doing, and be doihgtothepurpdse.BbbydutgfellCF shall we do more with less complaining. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes everything easy. It is an old saying thut "he that riseth late must ran all day and shall scaree overtake bis bust' nets at night,” and again that ’’laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.” Drive thy business; let not thy business drive thee. What is the use of wishing and hoping for better times? We may make the times better if we more ana better work. As it has been said, the industrious man will not stand and wish, and he that lives upon hope alone will always be fasting. There are no gains without some pain. Then let the poor man say, ‘‘help, hands and feet, for 1 have no lands.” Let me say to him that “he that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.” But then the trade must bo worked at and the calling well followed or neither the estate or the office will keep us from want. If we are industrious we shall never starve. The promise is “the willing and obedient shall eat of the good of the land,” It has been well said that at the workman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter, for industry pays debts while idleness increases them. Though you have found nd treasure, and no rich relative has left you a legacy, is not industry the mother of luck? God adds to those who are iuduslrious. Then “plow deep while sluggards sleep and you will h ive corn to sell and some to keep.” ■ Work while it is called day, for you know not how much you may be hindered to-mor-row. “Why stand ye here all the day idle?” S» handle tour tools without mittens. Remember that a cat in gloves catches no mice. True there is much to be done and perphaps no one to help. We need courage. UNinth Brethren.