Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-07-02
SUNDAY REST.

Rufus Choate, when at the climax of his
| reputation, said that his brain would long
before have given away, owing to the in
| tense and constant strain OF professional
work, had it not been for the refreshing and
recreatng influence of the fiction, poetry,
history, and Greek and Latin classics ne
read. But rufus ChOate did die OF an over
worked brain, which shattered nervous
system that knew but little of the restful-
ness of relaxation.
What the great orator sought for in books,
the jealous man Of business and the faith
full man n-of-all-work may find in the period
ical rest of Sunday. "Men who labor six
DAYS in the week and rest on the seventh" !"
said DR.. Fare, in his testimony before q
committee of the House of Commons, "will
be more healthy and live longer, other
things being equal, than those who labor
seven they will do more work and better
work."
Twenty leading physicians of England
said "We say ditto to DIR. Farre."
The managers of large stables where sew
eral hundred head of horses are kept, say a
horse must have one days rest in seven, or
he will break down. One days rest in ten,
or nine, or even eight days, will not keep
him in working condition.
Mr.. A was driving man of business,
and-nothing more. He made fortune,
and worked seven days in the week, rs If
he was struggling to gain his ten thousand
dollars.
One day, in the midst of his prosperity,
his mental vision being dazed by the ap-
prehension of some coming evil, he took
his own life. The physicians judgment
was, "Insanity caused by overwork:" The
| friends said, HE worked seven days in
the week for years; that killed him."
Mr.. B was the president of manu-
featuring company, the management OF
which kept him from his home six days.
On Saturday he would return home, TAX
ing with him large package of business
papers, and passed Sunday in examining
them. .,...... ..... ......
"Why do you labor and toll as you do?"
said Christian friend. "Six days in the
es to retain his health. You will kill your
self by this continuous strain. Besides, my
dear friend, you are neglecting the better
part of yourself, as we'll as your family, by
allowing business to absorb your Sundays"
81 know it," ne said sadly. "But |
must do it, or my business will get ahead of
me- By-and-by hope to get time to rest
on Sundays, but can't now"
He went on working seven days in the
week and died in the prime of life of soft
ening of the brain.
'ftaQ IL nOC UeeIl iOF Ile weekly leSI vi
the Sabbath" said Boston merchant OF
twenty years. successful business, II should
have been maniac long ago. 1t was moth
ing but the rest of that day which rested my
brain and saved it from giving way under
the constant pressure"
II have had an extensive acquaintance
with business men," said another Boston
merchant, land cannot recall one who did
not shorten his life or 90 insane"
Some men say, "Oh, the Fourth Com
mandmenti is an old Jewish law intended for
an isolated farming people-itis is not appli-
cable to modern civilization"
"That is a mistake-it is the command of
higher than human intelligence, the dec
laration of the physiological law of rest,
which demands obedience one day in seven,
under the penalty of a physical punishment
that shall make the violator an imbecile.-
Youths Companion.