Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-13
REV. MANN AGAIN IN PULPIT
PrsSohss for First Time Since his Vacation
Trip Abroad.
TELLS STORY OF LIES VARIATIONS
snys we Are Glad Because Things
Are sure TO Gomez Also Glad
because They Are sure
to Pass.

There Is a hymn which Graves for a
place where congregations ne'er break UP.
end sabbaths never end but that is a
mere song, and people often say queer
things in their songs. There is a saying,
Actions speak louder than words and
this is especially true when the words are
set TO music. Imagine how we'll a con-
tinuous church service would be endured
by people who chafe under five stanZas Of
a hymn, and who are obviously bored by
a sermon more than thirty minutes in dur
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with these sober pleasantries the Rev.
Newton NJ. Mann delighted the hearts Of
the large congregation which greeted him
at Unity church Sunday morning upon his
return from a vacation abroad, the oc-
casion being the first church service Of the
new season. Rev. Mann preached on many
things, on vacations and their Significance
and necessity, on vocations and avocations
and plain Jobs" on work and mans ca
pacity and fitness for certain classes Of
It. He said in part:
'In fact, we wish no given condition
to be perpetual, even though many people
often say we do. We are glad because
things are sure to come. but also glad be-
cause they are sure to pass. We welcome
our time for sleeping, but because 70
know 80 viii end, and bring us to another
days tasks. SO with darkness and light.
We like them. but would abhor the ap-
proach of either we're 1t to be eternal.
Death itself we fear because of that very
perpetuity, despite the philosophy of Soc
rates. who said; Sleep is sweet, and II
undisturbed can bring no sense of incon-
venience.'
Excess destroys all pleasure. There is
Joy in recreation. and no less is there Joy
in work. but too much of either causes
IT to pail. Even 20 the most ambitious a
task too long continued grows irksome at
times. Attenuation gives zest to life, and
happy is he who can so alternate that he
has always before him what he desires.
There is a longing at the beginning Of
a vacation for It, and an equally whole
some one at the end of a vacation for work
again. A vacation is the more enjoyable
the harder has been the work that pre-
coded 1t, and the end Of one is even more
plcasurable than the beginning, as one
comes back with reinforced energies to
take up the work he loves.
"A mans work should always be his
fondness. and it is undeniable that people
are fitted to an extent for certain lines OF
labor. 1t would be far better did they al
ways follow their real DENTS. So often We
see men who would have made happy farm
ers or teamsters or artisans who are mis-
cradle lawyers or doctors or ministers.
Hours are no index Of the value Of SER
vices rendered in all cases. In fact, the
highest values have a certain independence
of time. Ordinary work is done in time;
those who perform extraordinary work do
II out Of time. they scarcely know how.
Were ]. Pierpont Morgan to advertise to-
day for a play better than Hamlet. to be
delivered in six months. would he get
It?
For the same reason the same time
can not be set for all kinds of work. The
most exhausting toll is not necessarily that
which produces the most Precipitation. One
division OF time for labor and resA will
not do for all. The nerves are more easily
worn out than the muscles. and three
hours Of some work is equivalent to twelve
hours OF other kinds"