THINGS THAT MATTER
THE DIGNITY OF WORK. Life is hard work—any life, at least which is worth being called life. I had rather, for tile sake of my character, my manhood, my immortal soul—l had rather, 1 say,a hundred times over, he an English labourer, struggling on on twelve shillings a week, and learning obedience, selfdenial, self-respect, and trust in God, by the tilings suffered in that hard life here at home, than be a negro m tropic islands, fattening himself in sloth under that perpetual sunshine, and thinking nought of God, because —poor fool—he can get all he . wants without God’s help. It is necessary for a man, if he is to be a man, to have to work hard whether lie likes it or not.
-X- -X- -X- -XA Christian never falls asleep in the tire or in the water; but grows drowsy in the .sunshine. * * * ■» Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying tlrat of another. .). Paul.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1931, Page 1
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168THINGS THAT MATTER Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1931, Page 1
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