The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-28
RATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS.
Pastor Halleran Condemns College
Rowing and Walking Matches.

"Let all things be done decently and in
good order" 1 Cor. xiv, 40. This was
the Rev. Mr.. Halleron's text for the sixth
of his series of eloquent sermons to young
men at st. Paul's NJ. Z. Church last even
ing. Rational Amusements' was his
theme.
Each season." said he, suggests its
own class of pleasures. The summer calls
for out-of-door sports on the hill side, on
the river or sea or along the valley. Els
pecially when nature is robed in the love-
illness of summer or laden with the RICH
ness of the harvest, do those of sedentary
habits need recup Grafton. Winter calls
for indoor amusements, though not ex-
clusively; the family gathering around
the table, the variety in age, each having
its own class OF feelings and calling for
its own supply.
"Amusements, we thus see, have q two
fold purpose, physical and mental. The
first has for its purpose the Strengthening
OF the body. affording a freedom from
strain, so that its wasted energies may be
re~cuperated. Without a sound body
there can be little work done by the mind.
1t is the great foundation upon which we
build all u success. I would place
walking among the most useful pleasures.
In this exercise the mind is ~agreeably
pleased with the variety of the scenery.
The atmosphere pure fills the lungs.
The exercise should be gentle. Walk
ing matches are extremely laborious and
have ~degenerated into disgusting
s%pectacles. We need the quiet walk in
the country. free from the noise and
smoke OF the city. Often the best medi-
cine lies in the grass we trample under
foot. and the purest water sings its own
song with never a cup presented for it's
filling. while city water is quaffed almost
regardless of where it comes from. Som Q
of the best physicians recommend the
exercise of walking as the most healthful
we can engage in. Yet some
young men never feel well ex-
cepc when seated behind a frisky horse
in a handsome surry. Walking
| believe to be best and surest pleasure
and exercise for women. American
women cannot walk a mile. English
women walk from three TO seven miles
before breakfast-consequently their gem
eral health is much superior to that of
our women. Many of these 1adieEaccom-
pany their husbands on pedestrian excnr-
sions over the principal places of interest
on the continent Of Europe.
CROQUET n ARCHERY RECOMMENDED.
1.-The many lawn games 1 would recon-
mend, such as croquet aud archery /
may provoke discussion among the older
heads by referrin 6 to these, but / see in
the ease of their execution a beautiful
| rest for the body. There is q heaIthful
excitement in them. / am glad to see
archery SO much in fashion. The cos
tunes are of the walking kind and are
provocative of healthful competition. /
certainly would like to see it introduced
on all the lawns around us. My indivi-
dual objection to the lighter amusements
just mentioned is that there is not stuff
Gent swing in them for robust men and
boys. They are admirably suited to per-
sons in weak health and for all ladies,
but for strong young men / deem base
ball the best of all games. There is the
! manly strength impaired by it, muscular
development and precision acquired.
COLLEGE ROWING CoNDEMoND.
Rowing. perhaps, with a great many,
takes precedence in manly sports today.
In all our leading colleges clubs are
formed and much time is given to them.
/ deem this an abuse of this
amusement. We send our children to
college to learn. We can teach him row.
ing at home at little or 40 expense. 1t
may be objected that the sedentary habits
of students call for some such chest ex-
pander. But in all our colleges we have
first class gymnasiums, and in some the
military drill. One hour a day will coun-
teract any physical evil in study. Boating,
however, is a most enjoyable exercise.
The arms are strengthened, the chest at
tains width, the lungs and heart are re-
lieved of the strain incident upon con-
traction. Then the play of the waters,
especially toward sunset, the tide, the
banks, the sea in the distance, all combine
to cause that elasticity of the system and
mind. The full, healthful flow of the
blood through the body productive of
soundness of grist and brain.n
Mr.. Halleron classed among mental
amusements those belonging to a higher
tsphere. II suppose" said he latter all
the mental stimulates men in the pursuit
OF pleasure. Not n man In a hundred
pursues an amusement for the effect 1t
may have upon the body, but for the
pleasure arising from the mind by indul-
gence. To crafty the mind in its wicked
cravings all hat Is simple and abomin-
able is sought. For this all wickedness
arrays itself in it's most attractive form, =
MENTAL ADJUSTMENTS.
Reading the ministers classed as first
among mental amusements.
The world" he declared, has never
had such an amount OF reading matter as
at present. Books in every home. print
ing presses everywhere, whirring news
papers in every quarter; periodicals treat
ing of all subjects, the grave, the gay, the
beautiful, the sublime; history, poetry
and lighter reading for q mere pittance;
what substance, what variety, suited to
every taste, abounds everywnerei"
The minister advocated debating So
c~ieties, lyceums and some parlor gam es,
but not all. He advised against undue
familiarity Of the sexes and said in nan
of these parlor games this was the cry
ing evil. Legerdemaln he considered a
legitimate amusement in parlor enter
tainments. All amusement, he said,
should be confined to its proper sphere
relaxation-and not to kill time. They
should not interfere with the duties OF
life but be subsidiary, harnessed TO them
and helping to pull. Amusement should
be made to pay in solid worth as other
investments. Gambling In any and
every form should be positively eschewed
mot the slightest approach to it wa adj
missible under any circumstances.
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