STRIVING AND THRIVING.
Reading edition
BY
MRS. MADELINE LESLIE.
AUTHOR OF "TWO HOMES,"
"ROBIN'S NEST STORIES,"
"TIM THE SCISSORS GRINDER," ETC. ETC.
"The hand of the diligent maketh rich."
"The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor."
BOSTON:
YOUNG & BARTLETT.
26 SCHOOL STREET.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, In the year 1863,
By A. R. BAKER,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
ELECTROTYPED BY
W. F. DRAPER, ANDOVER, MASS.
To
MY SON WILLIAM,
WHO IS JUST ENTERING ON THE DUTIES OF ACTIVE LIFE,
THIS LITTLE VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HIS
Loving Mother,
IN THE HOPE THAT THE EXAMPLE OF ITS HERO MAY INSPIRE IN HIM
THE VIRTUES WHICH WILL ENSURE SUCCESS.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
HARRISON AND ELLA
"Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work."
CHAPTER II.
OYSTER-SALOON
"If any will not work, neither shall he eat."
CHAPTER III.
THE NEW BONNET
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man."
CHAPTER IV.
HARRISON IN TROUBLE
"The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty."
CHAPTER V.
HARRISON IN AFFLICTION
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep."
CHAPTER VI.
HARRISON'S NEW HOME
"But if any provide not for his own, especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
CHAPTER VII.
HONEST COWLES
"Work with your hands, that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."
CHAPTER VIII.
HARRISON LEAVING SCHOOL
"The Lord blesseth the habitation of the just."
CHAPTER IX.
HARRISON BECOMING A MERCHANT
"In all thy ways acknowledge him; and he will direct thy paths."
CHAPTER X.
THE SECRET PARTNER
"It is joy to the just to do judgment; but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity."
CHAPTER XI.
HARRISON'S STORY
"Be sure your sin will find you out."
CHAPTER XII.
HARRISON'S REWARD
"The hand of the diligent maketh rich."
CHAPTER XIII.
ALFRED A SAILOR
"The expectation of the wicked shall perish."
CHAPTER XIV.
THE PARTED SHIP
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
CHAPTER XV.
FRANK'S RETURN HOME
"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found."
CHAPTER XVI.
CONCLUSION
"Seest thou a man diligent in business; he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."