The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24

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III all souls CniVersalist church a
| strong, practical sermon was delivered
| Yesterday morning by the pastor Rev.
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| Johh 6'63 Mr. Payne spoke as follows:
| We are living. my friends IN nm ncc of foyer.
| sh eyritrtucut and killing Intensity N,ithnr
| the dlvs nor thc weeks arc lony cuou,h for tbe
average man and woman to 'cst tIrouyh thc
work that all the time Is crowlinr upon
| them Whcrnns In DAYS mast n yn.t n,Di,ritv
| of men seemed TO live but to cat anal drink
and slepp. tl,c nycropr man ,odny /, irolous
| of the time he must spcnd in cotinu and slecp.
| ing that lie NAV live
| In an age like the present when so largo
4 part of our time ami strength il taken in
| the provision we must make for our maternal
needs. and our time is more and more cncroarhed
upon by the demands of these needs il il alsp.
htelv imperative that we find some time for
making provision for the needs of the soul
Yea, il the soul unlike ,l,c body which dies
and mouldcrs into dust, is TO live forever. as we
believe. is it not more important that we think
OF feeding and clothing it. than of feeding and
clothing the house in which it Cwclls Tie
house may be beautifully planned bnlt and
furnished; hut the tenant is "A million times
more deserving of our thought than the house is
In this fevcrish. rushing age, we are all apt
to forget this, | sometimes fear More and
more we are in danger of allowing the material
spirit OF the age to prcempt our time in pro-
vision for our material needs. This spirit and
this tendency. we must more and more resist
lay down the proposition. therefore, that no
matter how pressing and imperative the ma
,crial demands OF each ,ay and week NAV be-
every man and woman should give some part
of it 10 thought, reading, soul culture.
This morning I want to ask and in a partial
way answer the question. what Shall Busy
Man and Woman Read in This Busy Age?'
am going to take for granted what no intelli-
gent person will deny. namely, that every busy
man and woman should give some portion of
cnch tlav TO pro6tabln Thought and reading The
question of course will at once arise. sin this
busy age with so little time at our disposal and
so many books and papers and periodicals at
hand comoring 20 be read, what ought man
or woman Of little time to rcad?" This will
try to answer But let mc say at the outset
that. the course Of reading | advise is not for
a day hut month.
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speak of a few things that no busy man or
woman in this day should allow themselves TO
read speak OF these things because, dear
friends oir time is too limited. and we should
not allow il TO bc eaten M hv the worthless,
when We can. if we viii, transmutc il into intel
lcci,,al and ,piritual capitaI
No ono should ALLOW Themselves To- tbc lnsv man
cannot afford, TO read what NAV bc termed tho
professional "storv papcr" II is the '.pcnnv
,lrcadful' in another form. The life described
is unreal. thc situations pictured impos,iblc the
influence ,,nou tho mimi hcort and life lcmrr
,1iz;nr. Aorr with this sor, Of reading. for il
cannot in onv scnsc hc entitled ia tLc term
..Iitcraturc ,yor,d also cIass wcu nirh all
tho ..storics'' short and .'continucl'' in the Ia.
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