he most I could get out of him all the year round.
That is, doubtless, the way a man should use his body, and to do
this he should take as much time for his food and daily rest as is
necessary to replace the energies he has used up by his work.

"In the leisure taken for this purpose, it will be necessary to
have specified hours, as otherwise, those who are without principle
will take advantage of the weak, and anything like system will be
impossible.

"Then, again, when the proper performance of a particular task
depends upon the united labour of a number of individuals, who have
agreed to work in co-operation, it will be necessary, in the
interests of the whole, that each should conform to the regulations
laid down, always supposing that such rules are in harmony with
truth and righteousness.

"The wishes and interests of employers have also to be taken into
consideration. But, in every case, the principle is equally
obligatory upon all.

"These duties will demand, and must have devoted to them, a
measure of the time at our control. What that amount of time shall
be, must be determined by the relative importance of those duties.
For instance:--

"There is the work a man can do for his earthly employers, over and
above the amount that is considered to be a strict and just return
for his wages. Here, again, he must be guided by Jesus Christ's
rule, and to do unto his master as he would that his master should
do unto him.

"There is the work that he ought to do for his family, apart and
beyond the bare earnings of their daily bread. This is work which
no one else can do so well, and which, if it be neglected by him,
will probably not be done at all.

"There is the effort that every workman should put forth for his
own personal improvement. For instance, a youth of seventeen works,
we will say, ten hours a day for his employer, who would very much
like him to put in another hour at the same task, and would be
willing to pay him extra for doing so. This, we will suppose, the
youth could do without any injurious effect to his health. But
then, by reading his Bible, or cultivating his mind, he might
qualify himself to become an Officer, or to fill some other
important position, in either case fitting himself for a field of
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