Work Preferable 10 Idleness.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1146, 12 February 1903, Page 3

Work Preferable 10 Idleness.

Anything Is preferable to the life of the lotus-eater, who sees no further than the Indolent enjoyment of the moment with him. One of our sreat teachers has told uk that " too much rest Is rust." Some if us, overborne at times with thronging duties which have no apparent em!, are apt to sigh l'< r a little rest, willing: to take with it the risk ,-jC rust. Rut that is only the occasionai outcry of a burdened spirit i in our wholesome momerits we brace ourselves for what lies beforts us, and thank God for work, a,nd the power to do it. And very well v.e may, for work Is the salvation of many a hesitating and tempted soul. Temptation seldom assails the busy man or woman to whom leisure Is an almost unknown luxury. Towards two classeg of society my heart goes out In great pity—those who are unemployed from necessity, and those who are unemployed from choice. The case of lhe first Is '.jd indeed, but the case of the second tttdder still, for, being- well fed and pampered in every way, they are more prone to fall when temptation ns«ail,s. The best wish which can nt« forth from my heirt to my reader-! this Chrlstmastlde Is that they may have, time, inclination, and opportunity e;!vcn to do some honourable work in the world, and so serve ilie day and generation of which they are a part.—"The Woman at Home,"