National Republican., 1885-09-05

Remarks of Albion W. Tourgcc Before
the Ministerial Convention at Eu-

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Correspondence of the Inter ocean.
Thursday evening last Elder A. \. Gil;
bert, Of Jacksonville, lcctured before the
state cncampmcnt on Walks About Jcru-
salcm.n Yesterday the business of the
state convention was about finished up, aud
the meeting was practically closed last even
ing with lecture hy Albion W. Tuurgcc,
on "Givc Is u Rest A fair-sizcd all-
dicncc greeted him, and apparently apprc-
ciatcd the rich treat presented hy him. The
following Is II brief outline of his remarks:
Americans know but little about rest.
Rest, as a factor in human life, enters but
little into our thought. All is action. The
whole world has cniOincd upon those who
come after inccssant action. The worn,
haggard looks Of our people speak of the
need for rest. The hest Of Gods rcvcla
tions come to us IN flesh aud blood The
| American cannot be- drOnc. LOafcrs make
| hard work of lOaiimg. Our nation to-day
needs to concern itself with this question
Of rest. Humanity never had an Oppor-
tunity To get tired until now. So long
/ as the stagc-COaCh, Canal-bOat, horse
back age continued, that long man had too
( much time for his work To get tired, Forty
Years ago this world was struck hy light
/ ming which So shrunk its dimensions rs To
make IL possible for us To know the worlds
| whole life at every moment. This has made
| It possible to get tired. Railroads have
made 1t possible It, took George Wash
/ iugtOn thirtytwO days to 90 from New
/ York to Philadelphia when he was in hurry.
| lie had too much time Ia get tired.
| Our New England forcfathrrs were plOd-
/ ding fellows who came to America to
worship God as they pleased, and compel
every one else to do the same. They
Inst
CATION To progress was right To land in
| 'fcc simplc.n \ desire to turn golden
moments" into golden dollars the cause of
the progress westward, The sun used to
set; II never does now. The sunset guns are
our only means Of determining when might
bcginS. lampight is ischeNpcr than daylight.
We Of middle age must feel old when We
think Of the achievements of the last half
century. In that elder day u man had Ia
have u body Of iron aud Il heart Of steel.
Now he hasn't any use for II body except as
II case for cnrrgy-a means of catching the
nearest train most quickly. Hurry has be-
come disease with us, In the earlier time
one was dependent tO Il great extent upon
tue earth; now We have but little use for the
earth. Even the farmer gets no nearer il
than the seat Of u sulky-plow. Life bring'
hut little opportunity to the boy Of to-day I,
touch natures hand, City life Is Il grca
hot-bcd, brickcd up all around We ar,
destroying this product of the past-uu
American lifr-by over-work, by COnstau
out wear. \ man who Is of any value II
American life huS worn himself out before h,
has reached lifc's meridian. This consider
alton of rest touches every phase of life, Ice
cause every phase is uyer-wOrked aud under
rested. The strongest man Of 100 year
ago, put into our places, surrounded rs We
are, would br IN an insane asylum before
nightlall, A boy Of l2now knows more than
his father at a.. lie can't help H. knuwl
edge is IN the air; one catches It rs lr doe'
, smallpox, 10y exposure, We think q
, running The world ON train We live OF
/, brulu, This eternal wear makes Il
necessary that our effectiveness
must come before middle life, What 1
! itTorrnCc between the ages uf leading men
, In Europe aud those uf our own. We un
, consciously burn the candle ut life at bOtl
cuds. OvcrwOrk in younger years I'LL
insane asylums. We are u nation OF hypu
critics. We are the llcrods Of the earth
BY anteCedent uycrwurk We destroy NOR
infants less than > years ot age than wer
ever contained in the limits of Judea
We are checking out the strength q
the future hy uutwOrking our owl
our system of public schools is mos
dangerous. The knowledge Of fact /
itself is worse than useless. Only thu
which makes mental muscle is useful, TIL
CTammiug process In our schools II to 1
condemned, knowledge rs often weaker
us power. That knowledge only is pow,
that has been wrought into the fiber of
mortal nature. "Morc Of our drunkart
are made 10y u pious mothers zeal tina
from any other cause Too much zeal
detrimental. Business men all burned ol
before they reach maa's maturity