Editorial September 5, 1908 Issue

THE DIGNITY OF LABOR

Annie M. Knott

The sentence imposed upon Adam—"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground"—is usually remembered with a bitter sense of resentment on the part of those who believe that they must suffer endless pains and penalties because of the mistake made by their remote ancestor, but Paul gives a happier turn to thought when he says, "As in Adam all die; even so in Christ shall all be made alive." Mrs. Browning writes.—

After Adam work was curse ...
But after Christ, work turns to privilege ...
I count that Heaven itself is only work
To a surer issue.

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