Is The Bible Worth Reading, and Other EssaysWashburn, L. K. (Lemuel Kelley)
Religion
Is The Bible Worth Reading, and Other Essays
Washburn, L. K. (Lemuel Kelley)
Free thought
We do not wish to imply that one individual should not consider it his or
her duty to help another or to work for another. What we desire to convey
is this, that if people did more of their own work, and waited upon their
own wants more, they would not only be doing what is best for themselves,
but also what is best for the community in general. For men or women to be
dependent upon servants and almost helpless without them, is not a
condition to be proud of, but to be ashamed of. The man who cannot harness
or drive his horse; the woman who cannot buy and cook a dinner for her
family, has not been properly educated.
The home in which there are the fewest servants is the happiest home. The
father that brings up his sons to work, to know how to earn a living; the
mother who teaches her daughters to cook, to sew, to do housework, is
doing them good, not harm. There are too many know-nothings and
do-nothings in the world. It is honorable to be useful in this world, and
it ought to be dishonorable to be useless. Let us work for the day when we
can get along without servants; when life shall be so simple that each
family can do its own work. The servant system is but little different
from the slave system, and it ought to be abolished.
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The money man gives to get him into heaven is what he ought to use to
improve the earth.
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The Unitarian walks with a cane, the Congregationalist, Methodist,
Presbyterian and Baptist go with crutches, the Episcopalian has to be
pushed about in an invalid’s chair, while the Roman Catholic crawls on his
hands and knees and is led around with a ring in his nose by a priest.
A HEAVENLY FATHER
It may pay some persons to talk about a heavenly father who cares for his
earthly children, but we prefer to get money in a more honorable business.
Honor bright, now, gentlemen of the pulpit, did you ever see anything that
convinced you that there is a power in the universe outside of the human
body, that cared a snap for men, that showed any more love for a child
than for a crocodile? Tell the truth, and let us see how far apart we are
on this question.
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