The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-07
A man AT PLAY
Sensible Recreation Ad-
vised By a Preacher.
One Of Rev. Vim. Kneait's Lee 'vres Pas.
time 4 Means 10 al Ens.
The FaiiiSi.

Sunday night at the Central Union
church Rev. VIM. VI. Kincaid continued
his talks on Man" the subject for the
evening being Man a Play" The
text was l Corinthians 1881. And they
that use this world as not abusing &C."
There is i story that at one time 4
youth came upon John, the apostle.
amusing himself in playing with
dove. When the young man expressed
his wonder the apostle inquired why
the youth carried his bow unsTung.
TO release the tension was the
answer.
And so it is today. Tension destroys
the elasticity, and it must be released.
The question OF amusement Is one
which has ever been important. What
is meant by play? What is play Co
some is work 20 others. The general
difference between work and play Is
that the former is employed TO obtain
some end beyond itself, while play Is
sufficient to itself. Play is usually the
/ imitation OF serious activities.
Nations and people may be studied
I by their forms of amusement Il is no.
necessary to so to Rome for the glad
iatOrial show. Spain with her bull
/ fights and America with her prize
fights present parallels. Athletics when
properly employed are beneficial. The
old saying that bad theology and bile
90 together is true.
/ Recreation IS recreation. The tired
body and worn brain need change.
Sometimes rest is best. and sometimes
TO take the mind from care and worry
ny simple recreation IS best. Amuse-
ments are the diversions in which re-
creation is sought-they are a means
TO an end.
We should play FOR the sake Of our
physical health. Our body is like the
musical instrument which suffers when
the strings are too long tightly drawn,
The man with the hobby IS sometimes
ridiculed On the contrary he Is
blessed. provided the hobby be a heal
thy one.
We should play for the sake OF our
work. Man works better az something
ne likes. Play makes him reader f0g
work Pity the man who has forgotten
the play OF his childhood. Emerson
says that beauty is its own excuse fOg
existing. So il is with play.
All forms of play are not noble. For
q person to do nothing bur play
throughout his life Is to be false 20 his
manhood. Play can be carried TO eN-
cess. The man who boards up hts
wages in order .hat on The next holt
day he may squandeT them in sl-Callcd
/ amusement is on the wrong path.
Every play can hurt you. but DC can
also help YOU.
Most amusemeuts are better than
most people think. People are prone
TO connect some special circumstance
with the whole class OF amusements iu
I which that circumstance arose. That
is unjust. The church was at one time
antagOnistic 10 all forms OF amuse-
ments. This general antagOnism IS be-
ing relaxed, "A broader view is being
taken. The idea that the young have
no control over themselves is being
/. disSipated
! But the young man must judge OF his
own conscience and be true TO Is. \
sound man and sound body are wanted,
and a mind prophetic and Inspired
/ with manhood growing richer and
fuller as the years glide by. For him
that can use the world w.thou; abUs-
ing il all is Well; for him IL Is easy t1
follow after Jesus Christ.