The Negro Laborer: A Word to HimCouncill, W. H. (William Hooper)
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The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him
Councill, W. H. (William Hooper)
African Americans -- Employment; Work ethic
HOME.--Home is the little harbor into which we anchor our vessels after
a day's battle with the elements on the ocean of life; it is a port
of supply into which we steer our bark to prepare for running a few
more knots amid pirates and breakers; it is the haven where our dear
ones should be secure from the storms of adversity, and where peace,
virtue and happiness reign. Of all places, home should be the dearest
to us. There the faithful wife, the partner of our joy and sorrow,
our sunshine and storm, our prosperity and adversity, and our merry
children greet us as we return weary and worn with the toils of the
day and heart-sore of the jeers and slights of men. In that home let
the Word of God be the supreme law. In that home let all be united
for truth and virtue; and the winds may blow, the rains fall, and the
floods descend, but it will stand unharmed. A few substantial articles
of furniture, a few small pictures on the wall, a floor neat and clean,
the rays of the king of day streaming in cheer through a glass window
or two, a yard clean and in order, a flower or a shrub, the fence and
front of the little cottage with a coat of new paint, costing only
about one dollar because it was spread on by the son or the father at
extra time, and you have a home to be envied by a king, whether you own
it, or rent it.
Keep in mind that the school room and pulpit combined cannot elevate
people above their homes. As their homes are, they will be. As long
as father and mother, son and daughter sleep in the same room, often
occupying the same bed, we cannot make much progress in virtue. The
off-spring is born with corrupt mentality. Make partitions if they must
be constructed of old newspapers. By all means give privacy to your
daughters, if you wish them to be virtuous and modest.
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