The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26
We Must Rest.

Work wastes man. Dram "o'h
draws upon all the system. Provision is
made tor the regular wear, but not for
an irregular waste or complete exhaus,
ton. Men need bodily and mental
recreation. Food does much. No man
need be idle for an hour. ldleness IS
not recreation. But no man can put
himself to particular kind of work and
keep constantly at it, without weakening
his capabilities for other employment,
and also for that special work to which
he has devoted himbelt.
Business men must learn that it is not
so much the strong pull as the long pull
that does the whole life work. A man
might break his back or rupture himself
by an attempt to lift warehouse, and
he would fail. But he can begin at the
top and remove every piece OF WOOD,
every brick, every bolt, until no sign OF
the warehouse remains. But he must
do this in detail, and take intervals OF
rest to accomplish the work.
1t is just SO in business of any kind
No great fortune is to be made in day
But there are days that requirelthe cool,
est, healthiest brain, and the full
strength of manhood to carry the busl'
ness man safely over, or to give such I'M
pulse to his business as shall push MN
far forward. If he be worn out early
those days of crisis will be his ruin.
Men must learn the great value OF
wise rests, pauses, breathing places.
The hor-e must not be dashed up long
hill from the bottom to the top. The
wheels of the truck must be scotched
until the beast of the burden takes
breath, Our city railway companies DO
not take a horse and drive him from the
Central Park to the Battery, back and
forwards, day and night, getting all they
can out of him at once. That would be
FOOLS economy, which the satirist ridi'
cules in the fable of cutting open the
goose that laid the golden egg daily.
| am not talking morals, l am talking
business sense As an investment in
money point of view, whether mar
believes or not in the Jewish Sabbath OF
the Christian Sunday, nature has writer
the law of rest as the law of activity IL
every man. Rest is as necessary to &C
tiyity as activity is to rest When Their
! il a given and limited supply of waite
. to run mill, it is sheer folly to be pour
ing it over a wheel which is stopped b.
distractions. Quit feeling that you ar
working when you are only splitting you
life.
Let our business men live much b
: living long. To live long they must liv
wisely. Wisdom is knowing the capa
bility. of the machine you work. 70
will lose your steam, or burst yoon
boiler, if you attempt to drive by hv
y power engine machinery which require
a a ten horsepower to move it.
t Recreate! Have YOUR evenings ft
other work, reviving brain work, pur
y living heart work. Take your time II
" the country. In the old myth, whenev'
. Anteus was wounded, fell, the touch
a his mother Earth renewed him. 20
n the summer and roll in the grass. 70
!, will not come back to your work an
X greener. Have your Sundays, not ft
70 drumming up customers, nor in with
up books, but for the rest OF body an
mind and soul. Have your little bene
olent pet schemes, some poor family
help, some little sweet flower OF geodne
in a hidden nook to cultivate, almo
Is anything that is not your regular, ever
dav ,outiue o. business.