Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-28

Dr.. HOLLANDS LECTURE-WORK AND PLAY
The genial and eloquent author OF Bitter Sweet
"TitcOmb's Letters, and popular Proverbs, lee
tured last evening to a crowded house. at the Me-
lOdeon. The people iocked to see and hear the
man that could win the hearts of his readers to
himself, as he has done through his published Wri
tings,
DR.. Holland is a man Of the people. Entrencbed
behind no cold fOrmalsty, no assumed excentrici-
ties, and no pedantic airs-be shows to his hearers
that he can think and actlWith them for their mu.
tual benefit. A
he commenced his lecture by saying that there
Is no more noble phrase of human life than that
which appears in apron and shirt-sleeves. There
is ahofice for every man and man for every
Office Everywhere and anywhere man and wO-
men ale at work, aud the worlds great heart
throbs through all the channels of industry, But
this wOhd is a world not only of work, but Of
play.
He hat selected this subject because every man
or woman who was not too lazy 10 attend lee
ture, had an interest in it and because the public
ideas are too often erroneous upon this subjecti He
would speak Of work and play first, in their signi
fcatiOn and meanings second, in their relations 10
each other third, in their relation to the health
aud happiness of the world; and fourth, suggest
their ultimate results and consequences.
The boy in his childhood is full Of life. He plays
because in the inmost reeesses Of his nature, God
has written his command for him to plsy. The
boy ought to play, and the boy that plays the best
makes the best man. If he does not play be is
not worth much, no matter how many pious
hymns be can repeat. or how well he knows his
cateehism. Play is not only an innocent thing in
ITSELF but it is an essential portion of the disci-
pline which fits the boy TO be a man.
When be IS taught to work, he must b.ing al
The organs which have been developed by play,
under the command of his will, which is itself de-
velOped by the exercise of its functions, At The
close Of the boys days work, he is ready to play,
and this exercises the functions which have moi
been brought into use by his work.
Work was made for man and not man for work
Men become the kind of men which their work
makes them. We can tell a clergyman as far a,
we can see him, and know an old lawyer as easily
as we do an old fox When work exercises one
set of faculties, 10 the exclusion of all others, 4
destroys the perfection OF the man. Men may bC
old lawyers in one line of business. and babes o.
fools in all Others. Hence, something beside wOrh
is needed for full development, amer the period Of
play is passed.
Play is needed for men and women as much al
for boys and girls, and oil that sancimoniOusnesi
which condemns all play as wrong, is an unmitiga
ted nuisance. Play has its part to perform in the
life Of man as well as prayer. A great blessing
would il be could a mistaken conscientious world
look toward Heaven and see that the Lord frowni
as much upon that work which enslsves man al
upon dissipation Play should never be made
task. The young man or woman who takes daily
exercise" to gain health. may succeed but prOba
bly, not, for they make task of it. No wonder
the "strong-miDded women" rule such race o
week-kneed, pale-faced, spindle shanked men a
now people our cities We want more muscle
and the church militant will yet welcome in The
times that are coming, additions of hard listed
muscular saints.
Society and play are inseparabls Solitary play
does no good Il takes two pair Of eyes to weigh
the glory Of summer sunset, and two pair of ean
So long IS a man retains. his faculties and bis
eOutrolo of them, he must keep himself in business
IL be would be happy. A man who has really re-
tired from all busincssis practically dead. To la
Dor rightly and earnestly is 10 walk in the golden
track that leads to God.
The lecture closed with an elegant summing up
Of the resultsof mans aehievemlnts through the
means Of labor and work, which lift each genera
tiOn step higher up the golden ladder toward the
perfection which is the end and aim Of life. We
much regret that our limited space prevents Ion
ger and fuller report The lecture was full of no
bic thOughtand sentiment, calculated TO make th'
hearer wiser aud better. Nay we soon hear DR.
Holland again.
TIE next lecture win be delivered on Thursda,
next by Rev. Mr. Bushell Of Fremont. O upol
Complete Manhood"