Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-11-24
AMERICANS ARR
IN TOO GREAT HURRY
REV. DR. DUCKwoRTH DECLARES
THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY LIVE ON WINGS.
he SAYS We LACK The DIGNITY
Wonders That Nervous Diseases Are
Not More Prevalent Than They
Are Because of the Constant
Mental Strain.

"The eternal God Is dlstinctively
un-American because he is never In
a hurry "Do not wonder that nervous
diseases are so c0mmon:rather wonder
that they are not mo<e prevalent
"The whole nation seems ~ be but
five minutes ahead Of an epileptic fit."
These were some Of the epigrams In
troduced in a sermon by Doctor Duck
worth at St. James Memorial church
Sunday on Hurry, which he termed
an un-dignified characteristic of the
American people.
Doctor Duckworth's text was taken
from Proverbs Will "a: blessed is the
man that heareth me, watching daily
at my gates, waiting at the posts Of
my doors" He said In part:
"We are 10 too great a hurry to
watch or to wait. We live upon the
wing. Some strange influence seems
to be upon us, urging us to attempt to
do In one hour that which requires
two hours. We are SO anxious to live
to the full measure Of the strenuous
life that we have no time TO listen to
the voice Of wisdom. We cannot afford
to waste time In waiting at her gates
or any other gates. Even the letter
OF friendship we conclude with the
words, In great haste In our pleas
ures we manifest the same spirit Of
hurry. For a vacation, some take a
run over to Europe, and frequently 1t
is dead run, for they must tell upon
their return how many countries they
have done In such brief space Of
time. At the theatre, 1t requires the
greatest talent of the most unique
novelty to hold the average audience
to the end of the performance.
"And we are all familiar with the
restlessness of the average audience,
| II the intermissions are not short.
Perhaps we try to crowd two or three
engagements into single evening. II
we visit the base ball park, the pitcher
must not take too long In the delivery
OF the ball, unless he is prepared to be-
come a target for all sorts Of uncompli-
mentary remarks. Our young men are
urged to become hustlers. They must
be quick In speech, travel by the most
rapid form Of transit, write shorthand,
speak shorthand, and be able to dine
regularly at some place which makes a
speciality of quick lunches, or, as some
has termed them, 'Breathless Break
fasts. 1t would be better still II he
could subsist on luncheon tablets.
These are being introduced because
the quick lunch takes too long. They
could be carried in the vest pocketare
said to be just as good and are more
expeditions. A calmnesss OF success
and Joy is reached when the business
man can do two things at once, name
ly, take a probable customer to meal,
have lunch and talk business at the
same time. Or, as he swallows the
necessary food, to read at the other
end of the room the latest telegraphic
Quotations of the stock market. What
a saving of time What shrewdness
and success in businessl 1t may seem
so for the moment, but in the long run
1t is not the policy of wisdom.
Hurry takes away the blessed calm
and delicious Joy Of living. Hours Of
waiting, hours Of meditation, hours Of
prayer, will enrich our inmost being,
and streams of blessing will outflow
from us as the result. Do not Imagine
that you ought to hurry through life
because 1t is short. That Is but
another reason for taking it quietly.
| No one makes bis life longer by hurry
ing through it. How frequently God
tells US of the Importance OF quiet
waiting. BE still, and know that |
lam God.' wait on the Lord Wait,
/ say, on the Lord They that walt
upon the Lord shall renew their
strength, they shall mount upon wings
as eagles, they shall run and not be
weary, they shall walk and not faint"
| Rev. VIM. Jesse, west of town, who
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