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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1871 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. THE DAY-LABORER. RAND is the poem from which these words are selected, and it is syllabled all through with the music of nature. It celebrates the order of God's universe, the harmony of the seasons, the beauty and bounty of the fields, trees, waters, and living creatures, with all the various phenomena of the material world. Among the distinct statements concerning the economies which God has instituted, we find this verse of Scripture: Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labor, until the evening. It teaches that the Creator's plan of worlds implies human industry. The word man, here, is general; it includes all men and all women--the aggregate of humanity; it associates labor with every individual of the race. Daily work is announced as a settled fact in the arrangement of nature, and sung as a paean of praise to the Lord. The will of Heaven toward men is that they should have regular employment. Labor is as necessary and as dignified as the revolving of the sun in his circuit, the changing of the moon, the harvest-yield of the earth, the coursing of the waters down the valleys and among the hills, the distribution of the rain, the errands of the wind, the sweep of the tides, or any other of the movements of inanimate creation. The Psalmist puts all celestial and terrestrial operations in sublime accord with the every-day duties of men. It is as much the divine will and plan that human hands should be busy, as it is that nature should observe her appointments from the beginning until the end of time. Every created finger has its place and its work, and is, in its errands, as important in the grand summing of things, as any star that shines, or any world that yields its increase. The Bible makes human labor a sacred ordinance, and claim...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151731494 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151731498 |
| Weight | 0.35 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.24 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 100 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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