''SERMONS IN''— ANTS. 349 



One of the worker-castes is a fimny-lookiug creature, 

 having a very large head. It is known as the 'Soldier,' 

 while the other forms are called ' workers. ' 



THE LESSONS. 



"And now, my children, having told you something 

 al)out that habit which the good Book refers to, let me 

 point you to the lessons which it is intended to teach. 

 The first is a lesson of Honest Industry. Turn once 

 more to Proverbs, Chapter xxx, and take up the Scrip- 

 ture at the verse where we stopped before — the 9th. 

 Eead, now, the 9th, 10th and 11th verses : 



" 'How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When 

 wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a 

 little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ! So 

 shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy 

 want as an armed man." 



" That is the lesson. If you love idleness and sleep, 

 if you grow up to be sluggards, poverty and want will 

 sweep down fast upon you like a swift traveler, and 

 will conquer and destroy you like an enemy in arms. 

 It is the hand of the diligent that shall wax rich. 

 Learn to work honestly and lovingly, not simply to get 

 your task done and pocket the pay for it, but as one 

 who loves his business, and is determined to do his 

 whole duty to his employer. Drive every nail, spin 

 every thread, turn every furrow, sweep every room, 

 dust every chair, wash every dish as in the sight of One 

 who sees the slightest not and will try all your work. 

 Quaint George Herbert has well sung : 



