THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
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without working! OMthe beat kind of a
life, yoing to foot-ball games every day,
doing every tiling I want to, and not work
in?.. No you would not. Maybe one or
two Una would think, w II, 'I have worked
all my lif lime, o I can take it easy,' but
men who are so rich that they do not. h ve
to work; are the most deplorable class of
people. The most absolutely pitiable m in
in the world, is ihe man who is built to
work and dues not do any work in the
world.
When 1 go through the streets and pee
the man with his hands hardened, his
clothes soiled and begrimed with the day's
labor,' well I never go by 'such a person
without saying "there goes a man who is
worthy of the highest recognition,"' but )
when I see one of tho3 "little dudes"? ? ? I
I think "he ought .to get" off :the earth to
make room for the people t that do want to
work."
I knew of a mnn who; once went into a.i
clay shop where thn potter was. turning a
whet!, turning ... awheel all day long, with
his foot.
While he was moulding; the man who
was visiting the clay fhop said to him:
"Well I pity you, how that foot of yours
that turns the' wheel all day,- how tired-it
must be." The man turned to the visitor
and saM; "Oh no! this foot that does the'
turning mver'gets tired, it is the foot on
Which I rest.
It is not the foot that works, the hand that
works, the hoy that works if not iherrnn
tha' g-fts lira I, i ,ii the boy thitdcsnot
work) lounges about and does nothing, he
is Hie tiied man.
I would impress upon your minds tho
word ''perseverance."
What do you think is the meaning of
"perseverance."
(Ans.) To keep after a thing until . you
find it, and alter finding it, stick to it,
stick to it, stick to it.
There were tvo frogs that fell into a pail
of milk; they did not know what to do;
they did. not want to drown. Of course a
pail of milk to a frog is as 1 rge as a tank of
water to us. Now what do you think
they did? The oue little frog gave a few
sighs nnd said: "There is no use, I am in
for it," and be fell over dead. Theother
little frog said : lam not going to drown."
What do yon think he did? He kicked,
and kicked and kicked for about four'houra
and churned the milk until it became
bu'ter and jumped out.
Now boys and girls, you just fall into a
tub of milk and if you kick long enough
you will have churned all the butter and
be able to jump out.
The one frog gave a few gasps and drown
ed, theother little frog that stuck to it,
and he bad what we call 'perseverance.'
Y.ou, boys and girls, know sounetbing
about the Bible. Have you ever thought
that when Jacob was lying down asleep
and in the light saw a vision.
Question. What was the vision of Ja
cob? Answer. He saw a ladder stretched
froaaw Heaven, upon which were Angela
ascending and di scending.
Now, boys and girls, have, you ever
thought why, there was a ladder, st retched ,.
fromiHeaven to earth?.. I rather think, the
Lord permitted. a ladder- stretched from
Hfaven to earth tohhow that even Angels
have to climb step by , step, and if Angels
cannot fly, you cannot expect to fly from
the beginning to the end. You cannot ex
pect to achieve your end oi the goal, unless
you go step by step. The Augelsdid. not go
from Heaven to earth, but the Bible said,
that tiny ascended nnd dfscended. The An?
gels that Jacob saw were good rtsolutions
that he planned when they went to Heaven,
and they came back to him iu the form, of
Angels. in his hie.
Now I. am going to make you realize that
word 'perseverance.'
There was a father who had a great track
of land. He had three sons, and he said to
his three sous: "My boys, 1 am getting
old, so I give you the land that I own, and
I will divide it into three equal parts, I
will give to the first, oue part; second part
to the second and third part to - the third;
But I waat to tell you. this, my. sons, I
want you to dig in your land until you. find
a well. When you find that well, you will
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