Amen to that

Aurora Farm & Mechanic, Dec 20, 1873

Sacred history teaches us that the earth was made for man to cultivate. The all-wise Creator so constituted man that his most pleasant occupation should be in beautifying his home -- in planting, nurturing and keeping perpetually fresh and blooming the productions of the soil.

By the sweat of his brow, man was to prolong his existence and make the world better for his having lived in it. Here his mind was to develop, as the seed which he deposited in the earth, to mature and perfect itself in useful knowledge.

Many of the eminent men of the Bible followed the avocation of the first man; and even to this day, some of the brightest intellects are engaged in the novel avocation of farming. 

Our own country too has had its Cincinnatus. In the peaceful and healthy pursuit of tilling the earth, Washington spent his happiest moments.

Art, science and mechanism have blended to enhance the labor of the farmer and thus we have indubitable evidence that the interests of the farmer are co-equal with the march of improvement -- that man lives not to himself, but each and all, in their several spheres of labor, swell the immensity of commerce and give life, energy and vitality to the earth.

Amen.