Jog along, my brother,
Jog along I say,
Doing God good service
Till the final day;
For He will crown you
After all the wrong,
With his choicest blessings, if you
Jog along.
The Kingbolt Philosopher.
"There be some things," says Uncle Ezra Mudge, "that it is best to take
on faith. I don't know for certain that the devil has split hoofs and a
forked tail and carries a four-tined fork along with him in the hope of
finding a hay-field handy; but rather than make a private appointment
with him to find out, I am willing to take the word of the picture books
on the subject."
Whatever weaknesses he may have, the man who is so thick-skinned that he
can go on about his regular business and pay no attention to the little
distractions of this life, has a great advantage in the world. The
rhinoceros would not look well in a beauty show, but it can always sleep
well, even if hundreds of mosquitoes are buzzing around hunting for a
full meal.
Spring is that season of the year when the new plow-boy and the old
plow-mule patiently learn again the world-wide difference between "haw"
and "gee."
The Harvest Time.
I.
The harvest time is over! And across the fertile plain
Stand the winrows of the meadows and the stocks of golden grain;
And the aching limbs of labor take the rest of happy ease
From the scorching suns of noon-day in the shadows of the trees.
The harvest time is over! And the husbandman receives
For the days of hard endeavor all the wealth of garnered sheaves;'
And the land of hill and valley smiles exalt with joys untold
Heaping high above the stubbles in the piles of ripened gold!
Harvest time! Harvest time!
Hours of toil are told;
Hill and valley both rejoice
With their wealth of gold!
II.
The harvest time is over! After all the years of strife
There's a joy for every sorrow and a crown for every life;
And the songs of Heaven's angels on the straining soul arise
As the weary foot-steps falter on the walks of Paradise.
The harvest time is over! All the struggle has surcease!
After life, the stars above us! After battle, love and peace!
And the glories of achievement that atone for sin and strife
Are the sheaves of good we garner as we reap the fields of life!
Harvest time! harvest time!
Years of struggle gone,
Joy shall crown the soul with light
In eternal Dawn!
The Kingbolt Philosopher.
"Fer accumulatin' much experience in a short while and in a rapid
manner," said Uncle Ezra Mudge, "thar is nothin' under the sun beats
a-goin' to law. With only a toler'ble fair case and a good lively lawyer
on the other side, a man can git enough out of one single law-suit
suitably appealed, to decently equip a whole neighborhood fer at least
three generations."
Mister Cantaloupe.