The Rush to Get Something for Nothing
The Master says to His servants, “Go work to-day in My vineyard;” but the tendency of the world and its imitators is toward labor-saving devices—as nearly as possible to get something for nothing. The capitalist wants large returns for small outlays. The manufacturer or other producer wants a large output from a few employees. The laborer wants larger pay for fewer hours. The student wants a show of education with as little effort as possible. The mass of humanity want salvation without the cross of Christ, without the obedience of faith, without the sacrifice of self. And so the warring classes and the clashing multitude go heedlessly on in the mad rush to get something for nothing—each striving to get some advantage of his fellows. How much better to enlist under the banner of Him who says, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work;” and when the work is over will say again, “Well done, good and faithful servant; . . . enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”